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US10396636B2 Power converter and rotary electric machine
In a power converter, outer lead frames are drawn out from a semiconductor module and are bent to be separated from a cooler. Each of the outer leads has a terminal end. The terminal end of each outer lead frame projects from a virtual plane extending along a second surface of a housing. Connector leads each includes an inner portion disposed in the housing, and an outer portion drawn out from the housing and bent to be separated from the cooler. The outer portion of each connector lead has a terminal end. The terminal end of the outer portion of each connector lead projects from the virtual plane.
US10396635B2 Reflective optical encoder with contaminant protection
A reflective optical encoder (40) assembly includes a motor and brake assembly at least partially in a motor and brake housing (42). An encoder housing is at least partially received in a cavity (34) of the motor and brake housing. The reflective optical encoder includes an encoder disk (50) and an encoder shaft (44) that rotate with a shaft of the motor. The assembly includes holes (54, 56, 58) in the encoder disk. A seal (80) at an interface between the encoder housing and the encoder shaft to prevent contaminants from the cavity from entering the encoder housing and a packing inside the encoder housing. A packing (84) is situated to prevent any dust or debris associated with the encoder shaft rotating relative to the seal from getting on the encoder disk.
US10396634B2 Sensor assembly and motor including the same
Disclosed herein are a sensor assembly including a holder that includes a first insertion groove formed at one side and a second insertion groove formed at the other side, a sensing magnet disposed at the first insertion groove, and a sensor cap that covers the sensing magnet, and a motor including the same.
US10396631B2 Dual inverter and electric motor split-flow cooling system
A split-flow coolant system is provided. The split-flow coolant system may include a single inlet and multiple coolant distribution channels arranged inside a housing, or cooling plate, of the inverter. The coolant distribution channels may include a coolant chamber connected to the inlet and a coolant path running adjacent to various portions of the inverter. The coolant chamber splits into two separate coolant paths in the inverter housing, or cooling plate, that are then diverted to each of the motors. A first coolant path is diverted to the first motor where the coolant path is arranged to cool the first motor and a second coolant path is diverted to the second motor to cool the second motor. The separate coolant paths may connect to a common outlet at the end of the cooling path for the motors.
US10396629B1 Integrated shaft liquid-cooling for electric motor with gearbox
An electric motor comprising a gearbox housing containing a gearbox, a sump, a first-stage shaft rotatably mounted in the gearbox housing, and a rotatably-mounted motor shaft coupled to the first-stage shaft of the gearbox. The first-stage shaft has an internal passageway defined along the longitudinal axis of the first-stage shaft and extending between opposite first and second ends thereof. At the second end the internal passageway communicates with the sump. The rotatably-mounted motor shaft is coupled to the first end of the first-stage shaft. The motor shaft has an internal passageway defined along the longitudinal axis of the motor shaft and extending between opposite first and second ends thereof. At the second end thereof, the internal passageway of the motor shaft communicates with the internal passageway of the first-stage shaft at the first end thereof. The internal passageways of the motor shaft and first-stage gearbox shaft define a coolant path for liquid coolant, the coolant path beginning at the first end of the motor shaft and proceeding entirely through the internal passageways of the motor shaft and the first-stage shaft, and the coolant path terminating at the sump, where coolant exiting the internal passageway of the first-stage shaft at the second end thereof collects.
US10396628B2 Drive device
A drive device that includes a cylindrical rotor core of a rotary electric machine, a rotor shaft that supports the rotor core from a radially inner side, and a power transfer shaft coupled such that the power transfer shaft rotates together with the rotor shaft, wherein: the rotor shaft is formed in a tubular shape that has an outer peripheral surface that contacts an inner peripheral surface of the rotor core; and the power transfer shaft is disposed radially inward of the rotor shaft.
US10396627B2 Electric motor or generator
An electric motor or generator comprising a stator with at least one coil winding, wherein the stator includes a first surface having a section of the at least one coil winding extending in a direction away from the first surface, and a control module having a housing with a first side that is arranged to be mounted to the first surface of the stator, wherein the housing includes a first element for detecting current flow, and a control device for controlling current flow in the at least one coil winding based upon the current flow detected by the first element, wherein the section of the at least one coil winding that is arranged to extend away from the first surface is arranged to extend through an aperture formed on the first side of the housing for coupling to the control device, wherein the first element is mounted in the housing adjacent to the aperture.
US10396626B2 Electric machine
An electric machine includes a housing, a shaft, which is rotatably supported in the housing, a stator, which is received in the housing, and a rotor, which is received in the housing and interacts with the stator. A planetary gear train, accommodated in the housing, connects the rotor and the shaft with one another.
US10396622B2 Electromagnetic actuator and active vibration-damping device
An electromagnetic actuator including: an outer tubular member and an inner axial member connected by an elastic member; a coil member attached to the outer tubular member generating electromagnetic force through energization thereto; a magnet member attached to the inner axial member and subjected to the electromagnetic force to exert axial driving force between the inner axial member and the outer tubular member; a first support section provided at the outer tubular member to axially clamp and securely support the coil member; a synthetic resin annular member housed within the outer tubular member including a power feed terminal to the coil member; and a second support section provided at the outer tubular member to axially clamp and securely support the annular member in such a parallel structure that clamping force by the first support section is not exerted on the second support section.
US10396613B2 Armature, rotating electrical device, and armature manufacturing method
An armature provided with: plural core configuration members that configure an armature core and are segmented from each other on progression along the circumferential direction of the armature core; plural insulators that each include plural insulating portions mounted to the core configuration members and a coupling portion that couples the plural insulating portions together; plural windings that respectively include plural winding portions, wound on the core configuration members with the insulating portions interposed between the winding portions and the core configuration members, and a crossing wire that connects the plural winding portions together; a fitting portion that couples together adjacent core configuration members out of the plural core configuration members; and an exposing portion that is formed to the plural insulators and exposes the fitting portion when viewed along the axial direction of the armature core.
US10396599B2 Wireless power transmission apparatus and wireless power transmission method
A wireless power transmission method of a wireless power transmission apparatus having a plurality of power transmission schemes can include a first detection step including transmitting a first detection signal for a first power transmission scheme and detecting a first response signal corresponding to the first detection signal during a first predetermined time period; a second detection step including transmitting a second detection signal for a second power transmission scheme and detecting a second response signal corresponding to the second detection signal during a second predetermined time period; a determination step determining a power transmission scheme of an wireless power reception apparatus between the first power transmission scheme and the second power transmission scheme; and a power transmission step transmitting a power to the wireless power reception apparatus through the power transmission scheme.
US10396596B2 Transmitter for inductive power transfer systems
An inductive power transmitter having a plurality of transmitting coils for generating an alternating magnetic field arranged in a row with each transmitting coil partially overlapping with adjacent transmitting coils in the row. A transmitting circuit connected to each transmitting coil may drive the transmitting coils so that each transmitting coil's alternating magnetic field is phase shifted with respect to the alternating magnetic field of adjacent transmitting coils in the row or so that the alternating magnetic field generated by the transmitting coils travels along a charging surface.
US10396595B2 Inductive wireless power transfer with time slotted communication
A method is presented of allocating communication time slots contained in repeating frames for communication between an inductive wireless power transmitter and at least two inductive wireless power receivers, wherein the power transmitter and the power receivers are arranged to communicate by means of modulation and demodulation of an inductive power signal. The transmitter sends synchronization messages marking the start of the communication time slots and the frames, and messages indicating if a time slot is unallocated. A receiver may send, during an unallocated time slot, send a message to the transmitter requesting allocation of the unallocated communication time slot. The transmitter subsequently sends messages to indicate if the communication was successfully received, and if the allocation request is granted.
US10396590B2 Variable power energy harvesting system
The disclosed invention provides examples of preferred embodiments including systems for harvesting energy from variable output energy harvesting apparatus. The systems include energy harvesting apparatus for providing energy input to a switched mode power supply and a control loop for dynamically adjusting energy harvesting apparatus input to the switched mode power supply, whereby system output power is substantially optimized to the practical. Exemplary embodiments of the invention include systems for harvesting energy using solar cells in boost, buck, and buck-boost configurations.
US10396589B2 Storage-battery control system
In a storage-battery control system, an insulating communication unit couples a controller to a battery module constituting a storage battery unit that outputs a predetermined high voltage value. A power supply line is further provided for supplying electric power output from a controller DC/DC, i.e., a controller-side voltage converter for the controller, to the battery module, so that electric power is collectively supplied via the power supply line to a module CPU and a module-side insulating circuit both consuming electric power in the battery module. A secondary battery in the battery module supplies electric power to only a cell-voltage detector.
US10396587B2 Tetherless device charging for chained devices
In one embodiment, a method includes integrating a charging pad into a powered device having a power supply, where the powered device is at least one of a monitor and a keyboard. The method includes configuring the charging pad to receive a first chargeable device in a charging position relative to the charging pad. The method further includes configuring the charging pad to deliver an electrical charge from the power supply to the first chargeable device when the chargeable device is in the charging position.
US10396583B2 Wireless mobile communication device having an ensured short range functionality
A wireless mobile communication device having short range functionality that is designed to always be capable of short range functionality, including secure short range functionality by having a first and second energy source where charging of the second energy source may be achieved by the voltage induced by the received short range signal.
US10396582B2 Master slave charging architecture with communication between chargers
A battery charging system includes a master charger that receives a supply voltage, outputs a master charging current based on the supply voltage, and selectively outputs a slave charger control signal. At least one slave charger receives the slave charger control signal from the master charger, receives the supply voltage, and selectively outputs a slave charging current based on the slave charger control signal and the supply voltage.
US10396577B2 Electronic apparatus with environmental sensing function
The instant disclosure provides an electronic apparatus with environmental sensing function including an electronic device and a power cable. The power cable includes a plug and a cable connected between the electronic device and the plug. The plug has a sensor module and at least two power pins. The cable has at least an AC power cable and at least a DC transmission cable. The AC power cable is electrically connected to the two power pins, and the DC transmission cable is connected to the sensor module. The power cable is configured to transmit AC electrical power to the electronic device through the AC power cable. The electronic device executes a control command according to a sensing signal detected by the sensor module.
US10396576B2 Electric vehicle (EV) charge location notifications and parking spot use after charging is complete
A computer implemented method is provided. The method includes detecting, by a computer of a charging unit (CU), a connection of a charging connector of the CU to a vehicle charge port of an electric vehicle (EV). The detecting of the connection includes processing a data exchange between electronics of the EV and the computer of the CU. The method includes receiving, by the computer of the CU, charge status of the EV while the charging connector is connected to the CU. The received charge status of the EV changes as charge is provided from the CU to a battery of the EV. The method includes sending a notification by server to a user account that was used to obtain charge for the EV at the CU. The notification provides data for a graphical user interface that shows the charge status of the EV. The method includes receiving instructions from a device associated with the user account, to make payment of a fee or receive a fee charge, to instruct the CU to indicate an in progress or in-use state even when the EV is at a full level of charge while the EV is occupying the CU and is preventing others from access to the CU that is provided for public use of users with user accounts. The method includes sending data by the server to the computer of the CU to display an in progress or in-use state, wherein the server communicates over the internet with the device.
US10396575B2 Combination electronic cigarette holder and charger
A device for holding and charging an electronic cigarette element is disclosed. The device comprises a housing having a planar surface deposited with adhesive configured for coupling to a flat surface, the housing including a rechargeable battery, a first power port in the housing, the first power port conductively coupled to the rechargeable battery and configured for accepting external power for recharging the rechargeable battery, a tubular element coupled to the housing, the tubular element having a cavity that is configured to accept an electronic cigarette element, and a charging terminal located on the housing such that when the electronic cigarette element is inserted in to the tubular element, one end of the electronic cigarette element contacts the charging terminal, wherein when the electronic cigarette element contacts the charging terminal, the rechargeable battery recharges a battery of the electronic cigarette element.
US10396566B2 Geolocation using guided surface waves
Disclosed are various approaches for determining a location using guided surface waves. A guided surface wave is received. A field strength of a guided surface wave is identified. A phase of the guided surface wave is identified. A distance from a guided surface waveguide probe that launched the guided surface wave is calculated. A location is determined based at least in part on the distance from the guided surface waveguide probe.
US10396565B2 System and method for power distribution
A system for aircraft power distribution (100) includes a source of energy (112) to deliver an input power; a bus contactor (122); a set of switches (130) connected between the bus contactor and a set of essential and non-essential devices (132); a current analysis component (315) to determine a power level drawn from the source of current by the set of essential and non-essential devices (132); a variation reduction component (317) to determine an energization schedule of the set of essential and non-essential devices (132) based on reducing temporal variation in the input power drawn from the source of energy (112) to the bus contactor (122); and a switch control component (319) configured to adjust the set of switches (130) according to the energization schedule. If too much power is drawn, the set of switches (130) will be configured such as not to exceed the maximum power rating of the source (112).
US10396560B2 Electric multi-mode power converter module and power system
An electric multimode power converter module includes an AC/DC converter, including a first AC port; a DC/AC converter, including a second AC port; a DC/DC converter, including a DC port; a controller; and a communication bus interconnecting the converters. The controller includes a hardware configuration port and sets the module in the following states, based on the value read from the configuration port: a first state in which the module transfers power between the first AC port and the DC port, a second state in which the module transfers power between the DC port and the second AC port, and a third state in which the module transfers power between the AC ports and the DC port. A power supply system includes a shelf device including at least one compartment, and an electric multimode power converter module as mentioned above is inserted in the at least one compartment.
US10396556B2 120VAC to 240VAC power converter, adapter and methods of use
The present invention is directed, in part, to electrical components and methods of use associated with such components. In particular, the invention relates to an electrical device and methods of converting the use of 120 VAC electrical power into 240 VAC electrical power in order to power 240 VAC-requiring equipment and appliances. The electrical system includes at least two 120 VAC electrical cords and plugs, at least one 240 VAC outlet, a plurality of electrical switches and coils managed by a plurality of electrical relays within a central housing unit. The housing unit includes hot side, neutral side and ground wiring that transfer 120 VAC electrical power through the plurality of switches so that the power is safely routed to a 240 VAC outlet for use in powering 240 VAC-requiring equipment and appliances. As a safety feature, the invention further includes a plug circuit breaker that will break the electrical circuit within either a 120 VAC or 240 VAC plug.
US10396553B2 System and method for control of multiple voltage regulators
A power control system provides multiple supply voltages that are guaranteed not to violate boundary conditions regardless of the timing of voltage change commands. A first voltage (Vlogic in the embodiments described herein) is controlled conventionally, and a second voltage (Vmemory) is either selected, or generated by adding a selected offset to the first voltage. Both the size of the offset, and the absolute value of the second voltage, are constrained at all times, by constraint values specific to the current voltage zone. The invention ensures a smooth transition between different voltage operating points, and ensures that the trajectory of change between specified operating points remains within predefined boundaries.
US10396550B2 ESD protection charge pump active clamp for low-leakage applications
Disclosed examples include an electrostatic discharge protection circuit including a shunt transistor coupled between first and second power supply nodes, a sensing circuit to deliver a control voltage signal to turn on the shunt transistor in response to a detected change in a voltage of the first power supply node resulting from an ESD stress event, and a charge pump circuit to boost the control voltage signal in response to the control voltage signal turning the shunt transistor on.
US10396548B2 Pneumatically operable current protection device for a fault current limiter
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a current protection device for a fault current limiter, the current protection device including a detection circuit electrically coupled between a current transformer and a pneumatic timer, and an electrical vacuum interrupter (EVI) coupled to a pneumatic cylinder. In some embodiments, the EVI includes a set of breaker contacts, wherein the pneumatic timer is communicatively coupled with the pneumatic cylinder to actuate a moveable contact of the set of breaker contacts. In some embodiments, the detection circuit is configured to detect a current of the current transformer, and to provide a control signal to the pneumatic cylinder to open or close the set of breaker contacts based on the detected current.
US10396547B2 Semiconductor device and power control device
To realize a reduction in the number of parts in a system including a driver IC (semiconductor device). A high potential side power supply voltage is applied to a power supply application area. A high side area is formed with a circuit which includes a driver driving a high side transistor and is operated at a boot power supply voltage with a floating voltage as a reference. A low side area is formed with a circuit operated at a power supply voltage with a low potential side power supply voltage as a reference. A first termination area is disposed in a ring form so as to surround the power supply application area. A second termination area is disposed in a ring form so as to surround the high side area.
US10396541B2 Processor-based circuit interrupting devices
Circuit interrupting devices are provided. One circuit interrupting device includes a fault sensor configured to output a sensor signal; a voltage sensor configured to sense a reference voltage; and a controller configured to determine an occurrence of an actual fault based on the sensor signal and the reference voltage. The circuit interrupting device further includes an amplifier configured to receive the sensor signal and the reference voltage and output an amplified signal; an analog-to-digital converter configured to receive the reference voltage and the amplified signal and output respective digital signals corresponding to the reference voltage and the amplified signal; and a line interrupt assembly configured to interrupt current flow through a conductive path when a characteristic of the sensor signal exceeds an actual fault threshold.
US10396540B2 Electric submersible pump power cable termination assembly
A power cable termination assembly can include a cable end; a connector end; a longitudinal axis that extends between the cable end and the connector end; a cable securing mechanism; a dielectric material space that includes a volume where the dielectric material space is disposed axially at least in part between the cable securing mechanism and the connector end; and a movable component that moves responsive to a pressure differential where movement of the movable component alters the volume of the dielectric material space.
US10396538B2 Hinged clamp for spacer-damper
A clamp for a spacer-damper includes a first jaw and a second jaw connected to the first jaw. The first jaw has a first clamping surface and a first aperture. The first aperture retains the fastener in an initial position and in a second position spaced latterly from said initial position. The second jaw has a second clamping surface and an open-ended second aperture. The second aperture receives the fastener in the second position. The first jaw may also include a keeper surface for receiving the fastener in an initial position, a keeper pocket for receiving the fastener in a second position and a keeper protrusion is positioned between the keeper surface and the keeper pocket.
US10396525B2 Laser fault tolerance and self-calibration system
A laser diode system includes plurality of laser pumps, each of the plurality of laser pumps including a plurality of laser diode drivers and a plurality of laser diode elements, wherein each of the plurality of laser diode drivers is electrically coupled to power at least two of the plurality of laser diode elements. A combiner electrically is coupled to the plurality of laser diode elements to combine an output of each of the plurality of laser pumps to generate a combined output light. A controller identifies a failed laser pump or a failed laser diode element, receives an encoded key to gain access to the controller, and disables the failed laser pump or the failed laser diode element based at least in part on authenticating the encoded key.
US10396524B2 High power optical fiber laser combiner
A high power optical fiber laser combiner includes a plurality of input port fibers; an output port fiber including a cladding and a propagating layer, the cladding being used to clad the propagating layer, and the cladding including a micro-nano structure on a surface thereof for removing a residual power in the cladding; and a bundling portion for bundling the input port fibers, and the input port fibers spliced to the output port fiber. The heat effect accumulation of laser power on the cladding can effectively be reduced by the micro-nano structure of the high power optical fiber laser combiner. The tolerant power and bundling power of the optical fiber laser combiner can be raised to increase the output power of the optical laser.
US10396522B2 Pulse compression in chirped pulse laser systems
In a general aspect, a chirped optical pulse is compressed by operation of diffraction gratings and a dispersive mirror having a smooth reflective surface. In some aspects, a chirped pulse laser system includes a programmable optical dispersive filter (PODF) operable to modify a spectral phase of optical pulses and a pulse compressor that receives an optical pulse based on an output of the PODF. The pulse compressor includes optical elements in a vacuum chamber. The optical elements define an optical path through the pulse compressor, and are arranged to disperse the optical pulse in the optical path. The optical elements include diffraction gratings and a dispersive mirror, which has a smooth reflective surface that defines a portion of the optical path.
US10396519B2 Two-piece male electric terminal and method of assembling same
A two-piece male electric terminal includes an attachment piece with an attachment fastener portion that extends along a terminal axis. The two-piece male terminal also includes a contact piece with a lance and a contact fastener portion that extends along the terminal axis. One of the attachment fastener portion and the contact fastener portion includes a box structure. The box structure is positioned around and extends along the terminal axis and defines an interior space. The box structure includes a resilient contact locator that extends from a wall of the box structure into the interior space. The other of the attachment fastener portion and the contact fastener portion is located in the interior space. The contact locator is pre-stressed against the other of the attachment fastener portion and the contact fastener portion. The two-piece male terminal also includes a weld applied between the attachment piece and the contact piece.
US10396518B2 Cable gripper tool
Disclosed is a cable gripping device used for manually gripping a coaxial cable to install a coaxial connector on the coaxial cable. According to an exemplary embodiment, the coaxial gripping tool includes a first half portion and a mating and/or hinged second half portion, wherein the mating/hinged portions provide a longitudinal bore configured to grip the coaxial cable.
US10396516B2 Slipring with integrated heating unit
A slipring assembly comprises a slipring module having at least one slipring track which is in electrical contact with at least one slipring brush. The slipring module includes an isolating body holding the at least one slipring track. Furthermore a heating element is embedded in the slipring module to generate heat within the slipring module and to increase the temperature of the at least one slipring track. This allows increasing the temperature of the slipring module to an optimum operation temperature and further to remove humidity from the surface of the slipring track.
US10396513B2 Plug assembly and receptacle assembly with two rows
A connector system for a pluggable IO connector is disclosed that includes a plug with two rows of pads on two sides of a mating blade and a receptacle with two connection regions that is configured to engage the two rows of pads. In an embodiment the connector system can support double the data bandwidth of a typical connector while allowing for backward compatibility with convention plug assemblies that have a single row of pads on each side the mating blade.
US10396511B2 Corrugated cable co-axial connector
The corrugated cable co-axial connector includes a connection body (1), having an internal thread (12) in a connector through hole (11); a clamping nut (2), having a central through hole (21), having a cable end and a clamping end in an axial direction of the central through hole (21) which are opposite to each other, and having an external thread (22) at the clamping end; an annular elastic clip (3) which is axially slidingly fitted into the central through hole (21) of the clamping nut (2); and a resilient ring (4) sleeved around the annular elastic clip (3) and located between the clamping end of the clamping nut (2) and the annular elastic clip (3). When a corrugated cable (10) having a corrugated outer conductor (102) is received in the central through hole (21) of the clamping nut (2), the connector body (1) applies at least a radial inward force to the annular elastic clip (3) by the engagement of the external thread (22) and the internal thread (12), to lock the corrugated cable (10) in the annular elastic clip (3). The connector is simple to manufacture and is convenient to use. At the same time, it is able to ensure the reliable cable connection and is suitable for repeated use.
US10396506B2 Cable connector with filter function
A compact cable connector includes an insulative block set consisting of a docking member and a terminal holder block assembly, a circuit board set including an input circuit board vertically set between the docking member and the terminal holder block assembly and an output circuit board transversely mounted on the top of the terminal holder block assembly, and a terminal set including input terminals transversely mounted in the docking member and electrically bonded to the input circuit board, output terminals vertically mounted in the terminal holder block assembly and electrically bonded to the output circuit board and connection terminals electrically connected between the input circuit board and the output circuit board.
US10396504B2 Plug connection with a shield support and a wall bushing
A plug connection assembly includes a wall with a wall bushing and a plug connection which penetrates the wall bushing. The plug connection includes a first plug connector on one side of the wall and a second plug connector connected with the first plug connector on a second side of the wall by plugging the first and second connectors together. The second plug connector is arranged on a printed circuit board and the first plug connector includes a shield support in the form of a shielding plate. The shield support is held in contact with the printed circuit board.
US10396497B1 Plug-in module injector lever assembly, kit, and method
A lever assembly for mounting to a removable plug-in module for selectively engaging a lip of a rack for effecting an injection of the plug-in module into the rack, and related kit(s) and method(s). The lever assembly includes a lever handle, an elastic bias element mounted to the lever handle, a pivot arm pivotally mounted to the lever handle, a pawl pivotally mounted to the lever handle, and a pivot axle. The pivot arm and the pawl abut one another so that a rotational force applied to a forward free end of the pivot arm, urging the pivot arm to rotate away from a lower interior surface of the lever handle, is transmitted to the pawl so that a rearward tip of the pawl is urged to rotate upward.
US10396493B2 Electrical connector with pull release
A connector plug comprises two or more pivotable nut members that are configured to engage one or more threads on a receptacle to secure the connector plug to the receptacle in a closed position. A lanyard or merely a pivoting mechanism is configured to cause pivoting of the nut member to disengage the one or more threads in an open position to allow disengagement of the connector plug from the receptacle.
US10396492B2 Electric power distribution using magnetic electrical connectors
The present magnetic electrical connectors use magnets to press electrical terminals together, when the magnetic electrical connectors are correctly oriented with respect to each other. A magnetic electrical connector is identical other magnetic electrical connectors so there are fewer parts used for manufacturing and the assembly of the electrical connectors is simplified. The present electrical connectors improve electrical connection in applications where physical connection may be difficult to achieve because of limited physical access or because of low light conditions. When inserted into the ends of a conduit, the present magnetic electrical connectors transfer electricity through conduits that may have a different primary purpose. Conduits may be, for example, scaffolding or temporary barriers, velvet rope, or trim for modular furniture. In the case of scaffolding and a temporary barriers, magnetic electrical connectors can transfer electricity for lighting, power tools, and communications.
US10396491B2 Alignment structures for chip modules
A coupling system includes a first connecting unit and a second connecting unit adapted to be connected to each other either directly or indirectly through an adaptor. Each of the first connecting unit and a second connecting unit includes an enclosure with a first mating surface and a second mating face perpendicular to each other, a pair of chip modules and an electrical connector. The electrical connector is exposed on the first mating surface while the chip module is protectively hidden behind the second mating surface. The electrical connector is equipped with magnets for activating mating with a counterpart electrical connector so as to have the chip modules of the first connecting unit and those of the second connecting unit aligned for coupling.
US10396490B2 Connector assembly and connector cover
A connector assembly may have a cover installed to a connector for curving a cable extending from a lead-out portion of a housing in a direction different from a lead-out direction of the cable. The cover may have a hood portion that covers the lead-out portion of the housing and a slit that is formed in the hood portion and where through the cable is inserted. The housing may have an outer shell portion that is disposed on an outer side of the hood portion of the cover and covers at least a portion of the hood portion.
US10396487B2 Measuring and/or checking system including at least two units, and method to connect such units
A measuring and/or control system (1), to control for example a machine tool, comprises at least a first and a second unit, each comprising electronic circuits and at least one socket. The systems further includes a multipolar cable (8) containing a plurality of wires (8A) and having a first and a second end, each provided with a multipolar connector (9) adapted to be coupled to a socket of the first unit and second unit. At least one of the multipolar connectors of the multipolar cable is a fast wiring multipolar connector (12) provided with a first body (12A) and a second body (12B), adapted to be plugged into the first body. The first body comprises a support with two opposite faces, a first group of electrical contacts fixed to one of the faces of the support and adapted to be coupled to one of the sockets of the first or second unit, and a second group of electrical contacts fixed to the other face of the support. The second body comprises a frame with a plurality of seats (12S), a plurality of perforating electrical contacts (12P) that are adapted to be coupled to the second group of contacts of the first group, are housed in the seats, and are configured to perforate an insulating sheath which covers the wires (8A) and to fasten and electrically connect the wires and the perforating electrical contacts to each other, and a plurality of movable elements (12D) coupled to the frame and adapted to cooperate, in the seats, with the wires housed in the multipolar cable (8) in order to fasten and electrically connect the wires (8A) and the perforating electrical contacts (12P) to each other.
US10396485B1 Electrical connector assembly
An electrical connector assembly includes a connector body having a plurality of terminal receiving cavities formed therein and a plurality of flexible retaining arms integrally formed with a cavity wall and projecting from the cavity wall into the terminal receiving cavity toward a centerline of the terminal receiving cavity. The retaining arm defining a lock surface extending from a first free end of the retaining arm in a direction toward the centerline of the terminal receiving cavity. The assembly also includes a plurality of terminals having an end configured to connect with a corresponding mating terminal and a second end configured to be secured to a wire. The end defines a lock edge. The terminal is received in the terminal receiving cavity such that the first lock surface and the second lock surface engages the lock edge, thereby inhibiting the terminal from being withdrawn from the terminal receiving cavity.
US10396479B2 Multipolar connector set
A multipolar connector set includes a first connector and a second connector fitted together. The first connector includes first inner terminals arranged in multiple rows and a first insulating member configured to hold the first inner terminals, and the second connector includes second inner terminals arranged in multiple rows and a second insulating member configured to hold the second inner terminals. The multipolar connector set further includes a conductive shielding member disposed between adjacent rows of the first or second inner terminals in a fitted state where the first connector and the second connector are fitted together, with the first inner terminals being in contact the second inner terminals.
US10396476B2 Conductor connection device
A connection device for conductors has one or more single conductor terminals which are formed as direct plug connections. Each conductor terminal has a metal contact element such as a metal clamping cage, a spring support made of a non-conductive material such as plastic, and a clamping spring. Each of the spring supports is placed on at least one corresponding receiving element made of a non-conductive material.
US10396471B2 Three polarization MIMO antenna system
An antenna system is set in a substrate. The substrate includes a first floor, a second floor, a third floor, a fourth floor, and a ground plane. The antenna system further includes at least one radiation part, including a first radiation part, a second radiation part, and a third radiation part. The antenna system further includes at least one signal feed part set in the fourth floor, configured to feed electromagnetic wave signal. The feed part comprises a first feed part, a second feed part, and a third feed part. The antenna system 10 employs simple hierarchical structure, is low cost, and occupies a little space. The antenna system also has advantages of high gain, low loss, and high stability in 2.412 GHz˜2.472 GHz frequency band.
US10396461B2 Low profile, ultra-wide band, low frequency modular phased array antenna with coincident phase center
An antenna is provided and includes a radiator assembly extending along a first plane, a patterned ferrite layer extending along a second plane and a band stop frequency selective surface (FSS) extending along a third plane. The third plane of the band stop FSS is axially interposed between the first plane of the radiator assembly and the second plane of the patterned ferrite layer.
US10396459B2 Radar apparatus and controlling method thereof
A vehicle-mounted radar apparatus includes transmission antenna members and a transmitting section provided with an oscillator and phase shifters, a controller, a reception antenna member, and a receiving section. The transmission antenna members transmit radar waves. The oscillator generates radio waves necessary to transmit the radar waves. Each phase shifters changes a phase of the radio waves generated at the oscillator and supplies the phase-shifted radio waves to a corresponding one of the transmission antenna members. The controller controls the phase shifter. The reception antenna member receives reflected waves of the of the radar waves. The receiving section generates a reception signal including the reflected waves that are received through the reception antenna member. For the noise reduction process, the controller controls the phase control, so that, of the received signals generated at the receiving section, a first leak component indicating reflected waves from objects other than a target detected outside the vehicle is subtracted from the received signals by using a second leak component indicating the radio wave leaking from the transmitting section to the receiving section.
US10396454B2 Simplified antenna peaking apparatus
Embodiments are directed towards an antenna mount that is configured with a self-plumbing mast for simplified peaking. The mounting system includes an elevation alignment joint that includes a first member and a second member, which are configured to rotate about a central axis and can be locked into a fixed rotation. A plumb is connected to the first member and an antenna mounting support is connected to the second member such that the antenna position is maintained at an elevation identified on the first member when in the fixed rotation. The mounting system also includes a base assembly that is configured to hold the elevation alignment joint such that the plumb weight self-orients in a vertical, plumb position with the antenna at the desired elevation. The base assembly also includes a compass for aligning the azimuth of the antenna.
US10396452B2 Dielectric substrate and antenna device
A dielectric substrate for transmitting a signal with a frequency f0 includes a dielectric and a copper film pattern arranged on a first surface of the dielectric. The copper film pattern has a first dimension L in a direction parallel to a propagation direction of an electromagnetic wave that has the frequency f0 and that propagates on the first surface, and the first dimension L is given by: L = 1 ɛ r - 1 ⁢ k ⁢ ⁢ λ 0 where εr represents a relative permittivity of the dielectric, k represents a constant in a range of 0.15 to 0.70, and λ0 represents a free space wavelength of the signal.
US10396448B2 Radome end cap with bulk head mount connector
An apparatus includes an end cap capable of supporting numerous antenna configurations and securing connectors without the use of additional hardware. An end cap assembly for connecting a cable to the end cap comprises the end cap including one or more flanges, wherein each of the one or more flanges includes a plurality of edges defining a cavity, the plurality of edges being configured to mate with a portion of a connector, and a flange nut including a first plurality of serrations configured to mate with a second plurality of serrations on an outside of the end cap, wherein the flange nut and the flange are formed so as to allow for attachment of the cable to the end cap.
US10396445B2 Structure for arranging planar antenna unit in vehicle
A structure for arranging in a vehicle a planar antenna unit including a planar antenna provided in a roof of a vehicle is provided. The planar antenna unit includes: a planar antenna including an antenna which receives a radio wave from an outside and an amplifier which amplifies the radio wave received by the antenna; and a long line which outputs a radio wave signal amplified by the amplifier. The planar antenna and the line are formed into a sheet-like structure. The line is disposed within a pillar of the vehicle such that a leading end portion of the line extends to a position beyond a lower end of the pillar.
US10396439B2 Antenna device and communications device
A small antenna device having good communications performance and a wide communications area even when a metal plate is present in the antenna communications direction, even when the antenna is arranged, for example, inside a box-shaped metal case, and even when a through hole is used that has a smaller area than the antenna. This device comprises: the antenna; a rear surface cover overlapping with the antenna and being a conductor that faces the winding of the antenna; two first insulating areas provided in the rear surface cover and extending in a direction that intersects the winding axis of the antenna; and a second insulating area that connects between the first insulating areas. At least part of the area sandwiched by the first insulating areas faces the antenna.
US10396438B1 Antenna system and electronic device including one or more conductive elements for use with a differential and an alternative signal source
The present application provides an antenna system for use in an electronic device. The antenna system includes a conductive substrate. The antenna system further includes a conductive element, which extends along a length between two ends a distance away from the conductive substrate. An area between the conductive substrate and the conductive element form at least part of a loop which is internal to the antenna system. The antenna system still further includes a differential signal source coupled between two points along the length of the conductive element. Each of the two points are proximate a respective one of the two ends of the conductive element. The differential signal source is coupled to each of the two points via a high frequency blocking circuit. Further yet, the antenna system includes an alternative signal source coupled to the conductive element between the two ends of the conductive element toward a center of the conductive element via a low frequency blocking circuit.
US10396437B2 Mobile terminal
A mobile terminal including a body having a display unit mounted on a front surface of the body; a ground frame located on a back surface of the display unit and supporting the display unit; a first radiation element mounted on the body below the ground frame and configured to radiate an electromagnetic wave comprising a main lobe radiating in a backward direction of the mobile terminal toward a back surface of the body and a sub lobe radiating toward the front surface of the body; a metal plate disposed below the first radiation element and configured to reflect the electromagnetic wave comprising the main lobe in a forward direction to cause a surface wave along the ground frame and increase a size of the sub lobe radiating toward the front surface of the body; and a controller configured to apply power to the first radiation element to control the electromagnetic wave to be radiated.
US10396436B2 Communications device
A communications device is provided, including a metal carrier having a mounting plane with at least one mounting area, and further includes an antenna element disposed in each mounting area. The mounting area is where the mounting plane intersects a circle centered at a feedpoint of the antenna element in the area and whose radius does not exceed a specified radius. When a boundary line of the mounting area includes a boundary line, a distance from the feedpoint to the boundary line is less than or equal to a specified distance; and/or when a boundary line of the mounting area includes a vertex of the mounting plane, a distance from the feedpoint to the vertex is less than or equal to a specified distance. A feed position on the antenna element is designed to obtain relatively good antenna roundness performance and enhance an antenna signal coverage effect.
US10396435B2 Antenna device and portable wireless device using the same
Disclosed herein is an antenna device that includes a planar coil pattern having first, second, third and fourth sections, the first and second sections being opposite to each other, and the third and fourth sections being opposite to each other, and a metal layer having at least one aperture. A part of the first section and a part of the second section overlap the metal layer, and a remaining part of the first section and a remaining part of the second section overlap the aperture. A part or an entirety of both the third and fourth sections overlaps the metal layer or the aperture.
US10396430B2 Touch screen integrated with NFC antenna, terminal, and near field communication method therefor
The present disclosure is applicable to the technical field of near field communication, and in particular, provides an NFC antenna-integrated touch screen, a terminal and a near field communication method thereof. The touch screen comprises a substrate, the substrate having a touch sensing region, a touch sensing electrode pattern being arranged in the touch sensing region; wherein a single-turn conductive wire is arranged on an outer side of the touch sensing region, the conductive wire being connected to an external near field communication manager as a screen antenna for near field communication.
US10396429B2 Wireless communication device
A compact wireless communication includes a first radiating element and a second radiating element, which define and function as a dipole antenna, a feeder circuit including a wireless IC chip coupled with the first and second radiating elements, and a feeder substrate that is provided with the wireless IC chip. The first radiating element is provided to the feeder substrate. The second radiating element is provided to a substrate other than the feeder substrate.
US10396428B2 Beam shaping antenna for laminated glass
An apparatus including an antenna, a first split ring resonator, and a second split ring resonator disclosed. The first split ring resonator located on a first side of the antenna, wherein the first split ring resonator is magnetically coupled to the antenna. The second split ring resonator located on a second side of the antenna, wherein the second split ring resonator is magnetically coupled to the antenna.
US10396426B2 Alignment determination for antennas
An exemplary alignment module for a base station antenna has one or more accelerometers and one or more magnetometers. The one or more accelerometers are used to determine tilt and roll angles of the antenna, while the yaw angle of the antenna is determined using the one or more magnetometers and the determined tilt and roll angles. Using multiple accelerometers and/or multiple magnetometers can improve accuracy of angle determination. A service provider can determine when to re-align the antenna by monitoring the tilt, roll, and yaw angles remotely to detect changes in antenna orientation. Yaw angle determination can also take into account offset values corresponding to soft-iron effects, hard-iron effects, and factory calibration. The need to re-calibrate offset values following changes in local magnetic environment can be detected by comparing different sensor signals, such as the different magnetic fields detected by a plurality of magnetometers.
US10396424B2 Transmission medium having a coupler mechanically coupled to the transmission medium
A dielectric waveguide coupling system for launching and extracting guided wave communication transmissions from a wire. At millimeter-wave frequencies, wherein the wavelength is small compared to the macroscopic size of the equipment, transmissions can propagate as guided waves guided by a strip of dielectric material. Unlike conventional waveguides, the electromagnetic field associated with the dielectric waveguide is primarily outside of the waveguide. When this dielectric waveguide strip is brought into close proximity to a wire, the guided waves decouple from the dielectric waveguide and couple to the wire, and continue to propagate as guided waves about the surface of the wire.
US10396423B2 Device including a passage within a non-conductive carrier, wherein the passage transmits a high-frequency signal between a transmitter and a receiver which are galvanically isolated from each other
A device and a method for transmitting a high-frequency signal. The device is designed to include a carrier, through which a passage is formed; a transmitting element on a first surface of the carrier, to which the high-frequency signal may be applied; and a receiving element on a second surface of the carrier, which is galvanically isolated from the transmitting element, the high-frequency signal being transmittable as an electromagnetic wave through the passage to the receiving element with the aid of the transmitting element.
US10396422B1 Apertured waveguides for electromagnetic wave transmission
In some embodiments, an apertured waveguide includes a wall comprising a plurality of apertures and an interior channel along which electromagnetic waves can propagate, the interior channel being defined at least in part by the wall.
US10396420B2 Stacked ceramic resonator radio frequency filter for wireless communications
A ceramic resonator radio frequency filter includes a printed circuit board, one or more first coaxial resonators disposed on the printed circuit board, and one or more second coaxial resonators disposed over the one or more first coaxial resonators so that the one or more first coaxial resonators and one or more second coaxial resonators are arranged in a stacked configuration. The one or more first coaxial resonators and second coaxial resonators electrically connected to the printed circuit board.
US10396416B2 Passive insulation materials
A material consisting of an insulating, ceramic-based matrix into which an endothermic gas-generating material is incorporated for the intended purpose of protecting electrical energy storage devices from cascading thermal runaway.
US10396414B2 High power battery cells having improved cooling
A thermal management system for a battery pack having at least one battery cell is provided. The thermal management system may include a cooling plate disposed adjacent to the at least one battery cell. The cooling plate may include thermal pyrolytic graphite (TPG) to dissipate heat away from the at least one battery cell.
US10396408B2 Waste battery treatment apparatus using continuous heat treatment, and method for recovering valuable metals from lithium-based battery using same
The present invention relates to a waste battery treatment apparatus using continuous heat treatment, and a method for recovering valuable metals from lithium-based batteries using the same, the waste battery treatment apparatus comprising: a frame (10); a reaction reservoir (30) which is disposed in the inner space of the frame (10) and has thereinside a treatment space (S1) in which waste batteries to be treated are disposed; an inlet 34 (33) in which a gas blocking door (34) is disposed so as to selectively communicate the treating space (S1) with the outside, and which serves as a path through which an object to be treated is inputted to the treating space (S1) of the reaction reservoir (30). In addition, the waste battery treatment apparatus is provided with a vacuum forming means (40) which is connected to the treatment space (S1) of the reaction reservoir (30) to vacuumize the treatment space (S1). In the treatment apparatus of the present invention, since the inside of the reaction reservoir (30) is vacuumized and, at the same time, an inert gas is injected thereinto while a pretreatment process of waste batteries is performed in the reaction reservoir (30), the waste batteries are prevented from exploding during heat treatment, whereby work stability can be improved.
US10396400B2 Electrolyte for lithium battery and lithium battery including the electrolyte
An electrolyte for a lithium battery includes an organic solvent; and a compound represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, X1 to X4, A1 to A4, and R1 to R4 are further defined in the specification.
US10396399B2 Liquid electrolyte, and method for manufacturing phosphate
An electrolyte solution capable of providing electrochemical devices whose internal resistance is less likely to increase even after repeated charge and discharge and whose cycle capacity retention ratio is high. The electrolyte solution contains a solvent, an electrolyte salt, and a phosphate in an amount of 0.001 to 15 mass % relative to the solvent and represented by the formula (1): (R11O)(R12O)PO2M, where R11, R12 and M are as defined herein.
US10396396B2 Lithium-ion conductive garnet and method of making membranes thereof
A gallium doped garnet composition of the formula: Li7−3yLa3Zr2GayO12 where y is from 0.4 to 2.0, and as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for making a dense Li-ion conductive cubic garnet membrane, comprising one of two alternative lower temperature routes, as defined herein.
US10396391B2 Ionized gas metal core battery
A battery is provided. The battery includes a pressurized gas circulating system and a reaction chamber. The reaction chamber includes a housing and a metal core disposed within the housing. The pressurized gas circulating system at least includes a high pressure storage tank. A delivery line fluidly connects the high pressure storage tank to the housing. An exhaust line fluidly connects the housing to the pressurized gas circulating system. The battery further includes a cathode terminal and an anode terminal.
US10396390B2 Fuel cell stack for vehicle
A fuel cell stack for a vehicle includes a stack body and a case. The stack body includes power generating cells to generate electric power via electrochemical reaction between fuel gas and oxidant gas. The power generating cells are stacked. The case houses the stack body therein and is mounted in the vehicle. The case includes a lower panel and an upper panel. The upper panel is provided above the lower panel in a height direction of the vehicle and has an inner surface opposite to the lower panel in the height direction. The stack body is provided between the upper panel and the lower panel. The upper panel includes a flow passage therein which extends along the inner surface of the upper panel and which communicates with an interior of the case and an exterior of the case.
US10396388B2 System and method for storing and releasing energy
A system for storing energy includes a hydrogen production unit for producing hydrogen, a hydrogen storage device for storing hydrogen, with a loading unit for loading a carrier medium with the hydrogen produced in the hydrogen production unit and with an unloading unit for unloading the hydrogen from the loaded carrier medium, a heat generation unit for generating heat and a heat storage unit for storing the heat generated by the heat generation unit, with the heat storage unit connected with the unloading unit in order to supply heat.
US10396380B2 On-vehicle fuel cell system
A fuel cell includes a cathode side and an anode side. An oxidant gas is fed to the cathode side. In the cathode side, an oxidant exhaust gas is generated by using the oxidant gas. A fuel gas is fed to the anode side. In the anode side, a fuel exhaust gas is generated by using the fuel gas. The oxidant exhaust gas and the fuel exhaust gas are discharged from an outlet of a mixed exhaust gas discharge pipe as a mixed exhaust gas. The dilution apparatus is connected to the outlet of the mixed exhaust gas discharge pipe. The dilution apparatus includes a stirring chamber and an opening. The stirring chamber communicates with the mixed exhaust gas discharge pipe and expands from the outlet of the mixed exhaust gas discharge pipe. The opening is provided in the stirring chamber to take in air.
US10396378B2 Device and method for improving stack performance of fuel cell system
A device and method for improving stack performance of a fuel cell system are provided. The device includes a fuel cell controller that operates a stack of a normal-pressure fuel cell system. When the fuel cell controller determines that an operating state of the stack is normal and a current intake air pressure is decreased as a result of monitoring the current intake air pressure, a current output, and an exterior air temperature of the stack, the fuel cell controller increases the amount of air to be supplied into the stack by adjusting a range of a theoretical air ratio which is a theoretical ratio of an air amount to a coolant temperature in the stack.
US10396376B2 Fuel cell vehicle control method and fuel cell vehicle control apparatus
A fuel cell vehicle control method changes an output current of a fuel cell depending on a required generated power and adjusts an air supply flow rate depending on the change of the output current. The output current is reduced in response to a decrease of the required generated power when a gearshift operation of a transmission is under an inertia phase of an upshift operation. The air supply flow rate is controlled to an inertia phase supply flow rate higher than the air supply flow rate set in response to the decrease of the output current.
US10396375B2 System and method for condition monitoring of redox flow batteries using data analytics
One embodiment provides a method for predicting maintenance of a redox flow battery, the method including: receiving, from a plurality of sensors, data regarding characteristics of the redox flow battery; weighting, using a processor, each of the characteristics to form an estimated state parameter for the redox flow battery; and determining, using the processor, a maintenance action for the redox flow battery using the estimated state parameter. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10396374B2 Fuel cell cooling system
A fuel cell cooling system includes an air temperature estimating unit, an air temperature sensor and an abnormality determining unit. The air temperature sensor senses an air detection temperature of the air that flows out of the air cooler and is supplied to the fuel cell. The air temperature estimating unit estimates an air estimation temperature of the air, based on a temperature of a refrigerant flowing into the air cooler, a power supply quantity of a power supplied to the circulation pump, a temperature of the air flowing into the air cooler and a flow volume of the air. The abnormality determining unit determines that a circulation flow volume of the refrigerant is in an abnormal state when the air detection temperature is higher than the air estimation temperature by a value greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
US10396372B2 Electrolytic solution circulation type battery
An electrolytic solution circulation type battery includes a tank which stores an electrolyte to be circulated to a battery cell, and a pressure adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the pressure of a gas phase portion in the tank. The pressure adjustment mechanism includes a pressure adjustment bag which is provided outside the tank and expands or contracts in response to changes in pressure of the gas phase portion in the tank.
US10396364B2 Electrode, method of fabricating the same, and battery using the same
Provided are a non-woven fabric current collector and a method and system of fabricating a battery using the same. An electrode according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a non-woven fabric current collector including a conductive non-woven fabric sheet including a network of conductive fibers and pores for communication between a main surface and the interior thereof; and conductive patterns partially blocking the pores on the main surface of the conductive non-woven fabric sheet.
US10396363B2 Copper foil, negative electrode current collector and negative electrode material for non-aqueous secondary battery
An object of the present invention is to provide a copper foil inexpensive and sufficient in tensile strength even after heat treatment. The copper foil includes zinc in a content range of 0.02% by mass to 2.7% by mass in the total mass of the entire copper foil, and if the regions in thicknesses direction from both surfaces of the copper foil where occupies 5% by mass in the total mass of the entire copper foil are referred to as the respective external layers and a region between one external layer and the other external layer is referred to as an internal layer, the internal layer includes copper as a main element and includes 100 ppm or more of one or mixture of small amount-elements selected from carbon, sulfur, chlorine and nitrogen, and includes zinc at 10% or more in the total mass of zinc included in the entire copper foil.
US10396361B2 Nonaqueous lithium-type power storage element
The disclosure provides a nonaqueous lithium power storage element containing a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a lithium ion-containing nonaqueous electrolytic solution.
US10396359B2 Method to stabilize lithium / carbon monofluoride battery during storage
A method includes treating a CFx material with a base during the formation of a CFx cathode; and assembling the treated CFx material into a cathode electrode and assembling the cathode electrode with a lithium anode electrode and an electrolyte into a cell.
US10396350B2 Method for manufacturing electrode for lithium ion battery
A method for manufacturing an electrode for a lithium ion battery is provided. A powder layer is formed by using a squeegee roll to squeegee powder including an electrode active material and supplied onto a substrate, and then compacted on the substrate by means of a pair of press rolls while conveying the substrate vertically downward to form an electrode sheet. The method includes: supplying the powder onto the substrate; leveling the powder supplied onto the substrate to form the powder layer using the squeegee roll which is disposed in a position so that a squeegee angle formed by a vertical line passing through the rotating axis of one of the press rolls and a line passing through said rotating axis and the rotating axis of the squeegee roll is 0° to 60°; and compacting the powder layer on the substrate using the pair of press rolls.
US10396345B2 Apparatus and method for manufacturing electrode
The present invention relates an apparatus and method for manufacturing an electrode, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for manufacturing an electrode, which is capable of improving productivity of the electrode in comparison with the related art. According to an aspect of the present invention so at to achieve the above object, a method for manufacturing an electrode includes: a step of preparing a collector; a coating step of applying an electrode active material to one surface or both surfaces of the collector to manufacture an initial electrode; and a first cutting step of cutting the initial electrode coated with the electrode active material to manufacture a plurality of middle-stage electrodes, wherein, in the first cutting step, the initial electrode is cut so that at least one of the plurality of middle-stage electrodes has a length different from those of the other middle-stage electrodes.
US10396344B2 Drying method and battery manufacturing method
An object of the invention is to provide a drying method, a drying device, and a battery manufacturing method which are capable of rapid drying. A drying method according to an embodiment of the invention dries an electrode layer (12) including a binder and a solvent. The drying method according to the embodiment includes a first step of blowing a gas onto a first area (22) of the electrode layer (12) to volatilize the solvent, the electrode layer (12) being coated on a current collector foil (11); and a second step of blowing a gas onto a second area (22) of the electrode layer (12) to volatilize the solvent, the second area (22) being located around the first area (21).
US10396342B2 Method for manufacturing secondary cell having a wound body effectively impregnated with electrolytic solution
Provided is a method for manufacturing a secondary cell by which a wound body can be effectively impregnated with an electrolytic solution. The method includes: a step of depressurizing an interior of an outer case 30; a step of pouring an electrolytic solution E into the depressurized outer case 30; a step of depressurizing the interior of the outer case 30; a step of pouring the electrolytic solution E into the depressurized outer case 30; a step of impregnating the wound body with the electrolytic solution E from both axial end portions 100a, 100b of a wound body 100; a step of waiting until a difference in pressure between a wound body external space S, which is a space between the outer case 30 and the wound body, and a wound body internal space S1 is reduced after the impregnation with the electrolytic solution E; and a step of pressurizing the wound body external space S.
US10396340B2 Device and method for making a battery safe
A safety device (19) for a battery (12) being designed so that an electrical connector (18) can be connected to the positive (14) and negative (16) electrical terminals of the battery (12) in a first (A+, A−) or a second (B+, B−) connection position, the safety device (19) being adapted to be selectively positioned in a first or a second safety position so that only the desired connection positions are accessible to an electrical connector (18). A battery including the safety device or a set of such batteries and a method for making such a set of batteries safe.
US10396339B1 Bi-metal battery tab
A bi-metal tab includes an internal tab segment that can be coupled to a battery cell terminal within an interior of the cell and an external tab segment that can be coupled to an element external to the cell. One tab segment includes a pin tab segment that comprises a pin, and another tab segment includes a socket tab segment comprised of a separate metal material, that comprises a socket. The socket can be at least partially enclosed, on at least two opposing sides, by the structure of the socket tab segment, and the socket and pin of the separate segments can be configured to couple, to form the tab, where at least two surfaces of the pin are in flush contact with the socket tab segment structure. A protection layer that restricts electronic transport across the tab based on exposure to particular physical conditions can be included between the tab segments.
US10396337B2 Method for mechanical treatment of an electrical connection part for a secondary cell
In a connecting part for connecting electrodes of an electrochemical cell to a current output terminal of the secondary cell, the connecting part has a surface at least a portion of which includes a plurality of indentations regularly spaced in two directions in the plane defined by the surface.
US10396335B2 Connector for power batteries, power battery module, power battery pack and vehicle
A connector for connecting power batteries, a power battery module, a power battery pack and a vehicle are provided. The connector includes a main connection sheet, a first fixing sheet and a second fixing sheet, in which the main connection sheet includes first and second connection segments in a longitudinal direction, the second connection segment is bent over to be located above the first connection segment, the first fixing sheet is connected to an edge of the first connection segment and a first predetermined angle is formed between the first fixing sheet and the first connection segment, the second fixing sheet is connected to an edge of the second connection segment and a second predetermined angle is formed between the second fixing sheet and the second connection segment, each of the first and second predetermined angles is larger than 0 degree and less than 180 degrees.
US10396334B2 Battery module and battery pack comprising same
Disclosed are a battery module and a battery pack including the same, in which laser welding can be used for coupling three or more electrode leads to a single bus bar, thereby enhancing adhesion and improving the ease of a manufacturing process. The battery module includes: a plurality of secondary batteries, each including an electrode assembly, a case and an electrode lead; and a terminal bus bar having a plate-like coupling unit, wherein electrode leads of the same polarity provided in the three or more secondary batteries are coupled to the coupling unit, two or more electrode leads stacked to each other are in contact with one end of the coupling unit, and the other one or more electrode leads are in contact with the other end of the coupling unit.
US10396332B2 Bus bar assembly for an electrochemical cell stack
An electrochemical cell stack assembly is disclosed comprising a member made of an elastic and electrically conductive material placed between a bus bar and a starter plate. The elastic, electrically conducting member covers at least a peripheral region along a perimeter of a recess housing the bus bar to distribute compression forces over an interface area between the bus bar and an insulator end plate, thereby reducing shear stresses in the starter plate when the stack is compressed. An elastic pad also may be arranged in the recess and between the insulator end plate and the bus bar.
US10396331B2 Laminate, secondary battery, battery pack, and vehicle
A laminate that includes an active material layer including a plural of active material particles, a separator layered on the active material layer, and an organic electrolyte. The separator includes a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface, and includes particles containing an inorganic compound having lithium ion conductivity at 25° C. of 1×10−10 S/cm or more, and a ratio (L/Rmax) of a thickness L to a radius Rmax is greater than zero and less than or equal to five, where L and Rmax are defined in the application.
US10396328B2 Cellulose based functional composites, energy storage devices and manufacturing methods thereof
Document discloses new technologies for utilizing cellulose based materials in composites and electrically functionalized structures, such as energy storage devices. The object of the invention is achieved by means of high consistency fibrillated cellulose with at least one functional additive. This high consistency mixture is processed to form the composite structure having a shape and then dried or let to dry.
US10396327B2 Acid resistant glass mats that include binders with hydrophilic agents
Glass-fiber mats for lead-acid batteries are described. The glass-fiber mats may include a plurality of glass fibers held together with a binder. The binder may be made from a binder composition that includes (i) an acid resistant polymer, and (ii) a hydrophilic agent. The hydrophilic agent increases the wettability of the glass-fiber mat such that the glass-fiber mat forms a contact angle with water or aqueous sulfuric acid solution of 70° or less. Also described are methods of making the glass-fiber mats that include applying a binder composition to the glass fibers, and including a hydrophilic agent in the glass fiber mat that increases the wettability of the mat. The hydrophilic agent may be added to the binder composition, applied to the glass-fiber mat, or both.
US10396325B2 Battery module and battery pack comprising same
The present disclosure relates to a battery module, which includes: a housing including a first housing and a second housing, which are coupled to each other to form a accommodation space; a plurality of secondary batteries accommodated in the accommodation space; a bolt including a screw portion, which has screw threads formed on at least a portion of an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a bolt head arranged at an end of the screw portion, the bolt being configured to fasten the first housing and the second housing to each other by being mounted such that the screw portion penetrates the first housing to be screw-coupled to the second housing, and that the bolt head is caught by the first housing; and an O-ring mounted to be interposed between the first housing and the bolt head, wherein the O-ring includes: a hollow pierced such that the screw portion is inserted therein; and a recognition protrusion formed to protrude in a radial direction of the bolt head as compared with the bolt head.
US10396323B2 Electrical box for battery pack and battery pack structure using same
Provided are an electrical box for a battery pack and a battery pack structure using the same. The electrical box for the battery pack according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is embedded in the battery pack structure in which one or more battery modules are received and includes a battery protection circuit configured to protect the one or more battery modules, and a housing configured to receive the battery protection circuit therein, wherein the housing includes flanges that contact an inner frame constituting a load-bearing structure of the battery pack structure and are configured to support the inner frame, thereby preventing the battery pack structure from being deformed by a load of the battery pack or an external impact and improving the strength and durability of the battery pack structure.
US10396321B2 Battery pack spacer
A battery pack spacer is divided into a first region and a second region, the first region includes an end portion in a first direction and occupies half of an entire region of the spacer in a second direction from the end portion in the first direction, the second region includes an end portion in the second direction and occupies half of the entire region of the spacer in the first direction from the end portion in the second direction, and the second region has higher compressibility in the single cell arrangement direction than the first region.
US10396318B2 Stretch removable adhesive tapes and preparation method and application thereof
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a stretch removable adhesive tape comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane film having a unique combination of properties leading to a unique stretch removal profile.
US10396317B2 Ultrasonic welding apparatus and secondary battery with enhanced electrode structure
The present disclosure describes an ultrasonic welding apparatus, which improves the welding strength of an electrode tab and an electrode lead included in a secondary battery, and a secondary battery with an enhanced electrode structure strength by using the ultrasonic welding apparatus. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly in which a cathode plate provided with a cathode tab, an anode plate provided with an anode tab, and a separator are stacked in turn; a pouch for receiving the electrode assembly; a cathode lead electrically coupled to the cathode tab by welding; and an anode lead electrically coupled to the anode tab by welding, wherein the density of welding points, formed at a welding surface between the anode lead and the anode tab, is higher than that of welding points, formed at a welding surface between the cathode lead and the cathode tab.
US10396313B2 Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A manufacturing method of a display device includes: forming pixels on a mother substrate including a display area and a non-display area; attaching a polarization film stretched in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction on the mother substrate having the pixels thereon; and cutting at least a portion of the polarization film along a third direction, wherein the third direction forms an acute angle with the first direction toward an outside of the polarization film.
US10396312B2 Organic light emitting diode display and method for manufacturing the same
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display including: a substrate; an organic light emitting diode formed on the substrate; a metal oxide layer formed on the substrate and covering the organic light emitting diode; a first inorganic layer formed on the substrate and covering the organic light emitting diode; a second inorganic layer formed on the first inorganic layer and contacting the first inorganic layer at an edge of the second inorganic layer; an organic layer formed on the second inorganic layer and covering a relatively smaller area than the second inorganic layer; and a third inorganic layer formed on the organic layer, covering a relatively larger area than the organic layer, and contacting the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer at an edge of the third inorganic layer.
US10396311B2 Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device includes: an insulating substrate, where a through hole is defined through the insulating substrate; and an organic layer which covers the insulating substrate. In the display device, a barrier area surrounding the through hole is defined in the insulating substrate, and an interruption portion, at which the organic layer is interrupted, is defined in the barrier area.
US10396303B2 Organic electroluminescence display device
An organic electroluminescence display device comprising a plurality of light emitting elements, a sealing film covering the plurality of light emitting elements, and having a top surface which is an inorganic film made of a first inorganic material, a protective film made of an organic material, the protective film covering the sealing film, and a close-fitting layer made of a second inorganic material and located between the top surface of the sealing film and the protective film. The first inorganic material has higher moisture-barrier properties than the second inorganic material, and adhesion between the second inorganic material and the organic material is higher than adhesion between the first inorganic material and the organic material.
US10396300B2 Carbon nanotube device with N-type end-bonded metal contacts
A field effect transistor includes a substrate and a gate dielectric formed on the substrate. A channel material is formed on the gate dielectric. The channel material includes carbon nanotubes. A patterned resist layer has openings formed therein. The openings expose portions of the gate dielectric and end portions of the channel material under the patterned resist layer. Metal contacts are formed at least within the openings. The metal contacts include a portion that contacts the end portions of the channel material and the portions of the gate dielectric exposed within the openings.
US10396299B2 Organic electroluminescent devices and metal complex compounds
An organic electroluminescent device, which has a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer including a luminescent layer between the pair of electrodes, wherein at least one layer between the pair of electrodes comprises at least one metal complex having a tridentate- or higher polydentate-chain structure ligand.
US10396298B2 Iridium complex and organic light-emitting diode using the same
An iridium complex and an OLED using the same are provided. The iridium complex is represented by general formula (I). In the general formula (I), A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5 are each independently a 5-membered unsaturated ring or a 6-membered unsaturated ring.
US10396292B2 Compound and organic electronic device using the same
Provided are a novel compound and an organic electronic device using the same. The novel compound is represented by the following Formula (I):
US10396290B2 Spiro organic compounds, material comprising the same for organic electroluminescence devices, and organic electroluminescence device comprising the material
The present invention provides a novel organic compound, a material comprising the same for organic electroluminescence devices, and an organic electroluminescence device comprising the material. The organic compound provided in the present invention is useful in organic electroluminescence devices as a hole injection layer material, a hole transport layer material, an electron blocking layer material, and an emission layer material such as green and red phosphorescent host material, and can reduce the drive voltage, and increase the luminous efficiency, luminance, thermal stability, color purity and service life of the devices.
US10396284B2 RF-transistors with self-aligned point contacts
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes depositing a dielectric layer on a substrate and a nanomaterial on the dielectric layer. The method also includes depositing a thin metal layer on the nanomaterial and removing a portion of the thin metal layer from a gate area. The method also includes depositing a gate dielectric layer. The method also includes selectively removing the gate dielectric layer from a source contact region and a drain contact region. The method also includes patterning a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode.
US10396283B2 Method for producing vapor deposition mask, vapor deposition mask preparation body, method for producing organic semiconductor element, method for producing organic EL display, and vapor deposition mask
A vapor deposition mask preparation body in which a metal mask is provided on one surface of a resin plate for obtaining a resin mask, and a protective sheet with peel strength not less than about 0.0004 N/10 mm and less than about 0.2 N/10 mm in conformity with JIS Z-0237:2009 is provided on the other surface of the resin plate is prepared, with respect to the vapor deposition mask preparation body, the resin plate is irradiated with laser light from the metal mask side to form a resin mask opening corresponding to a pattern to be produced by vapor deposition in the resin plate, and the protective sheet is peeled off from the resin mask in which the resin mask opening corresponding to the pattern to be produced by vapor deposition is formed.
US10396282B2 Mask frame assembly for thin layer deposition, method of manufacturing the same, and method of manufacturing display apparatus by using the mask frame assembly
A mask frame assembly through which a deposition material to be deposited on a substrate passes, the mask frame assembly includes a frame including an opening, and a mask having first and second ends in a length direction thereof coupled to the frame, in which the mask includes a main body part having a first thickness and including a pattern part, the pattern part including pattern holes through which the deposition material passes and a support part having a second thickness greater than the first thickness and extending away from first and second ends of the main body part.
US10396281B2 Methods for forming arrays of small, closely spaced features
Methods of forming arrays of small, densely spaced holes or pillars for use in integrated circuits are disclosed. Various pattern transfer and etching steps can be used, in combination with pitch-reduction techniques, to create densely-packed features. Conventional photolithography steps can be used in combination with pitch-reduction techniques to form superimposed patterns of crossing elongate features with pillars at the intersections. Spacers are simultaneously applied to sidewalls of both sets of crossing lines to produce a pitch-doubled grid pattern. The pillars facilitate rows of spacers bridging columns of spacers.
US10396278B2 Electronic devices with magnetic and attractor materials and methods of fabrication
A magnetic cell includes an attracter material proximate to a magnetic region (e.g., a free region). The attracter material is formulated to have a higher chemical affinity for a diffusible species of a magnetic material, from which the magnetic region is formed, compared to a chemical affinity between the diffusible species and at least another species of the magnetic material. Thus, the diffusible species is removed from the magnetic material to the attracter material. The removal accommodates crystallization of the depleted magnetic material. The crystallized, depleted magnetic material enables a high tunnel magnetoresistance, high energy barrier, and high energy barrier ratio. The magnetic region may be formed as a continuous magnetic material, thus enabling a high exchange stiffness, and positioning the magnetic region between two magnetic anisotropy-inducing oxide regions enables a high magnetic anisotropy strength. Methods of fabrication and semiconductor devices are also disclosed.
US10396276B2 Electric-current-generated magnetic field assist type spin-current-induced magnetization reversal element, magnetoresistance effect element, magnetic memory and high-frequency filter
The present invention has the purpose of providing an electric-current-generated magnetic field assist type spin-current-induced magnetization reversal element that utilizes magnetization reversal based on pure spin current. The electric-current-generated magnetic field assist type spin-current-induced magnetization reversal element of the present invention includes a first ferromagnetic metal layer with a varying magnetization direction; spin-orbit torque wiring that adjoins the first ferromagnetic metal layer and that extends in a second direction in a plane orthogonal to a first direction normal to the first ferromagnetic metal layer; and electric-current-generated magnetic field assist wiring that is arranged so as to be electrically insulated from the first ferromagnetic metal layer by an insulating layer and in which flows an electric current I0 for forming a magnetic field H0 that assists magnetization reversal of the first ferromagnetic metal layer.
US10396272B2 Display distortion for alignment with a user gaze direction
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for distorting a display coupled to a user device to bring the display into alignment with a gaze direction of a user of the user device. In certain scenarios, a user's gaze direction may not be aligned with a display of the user device. In such example scenarios, a user device determines a gaze direction of a user using, for example, camera means. When an event occurs, the user device determines one or more distortion elements to activate based at least in part on the gaze direction of the user. The user device then activates the distortion element(s) to cause the display of the device to distort to a position in which it is aligned with the gaze direction of the user. The distortion element(s) may be formed of an electroactive polymer configured to deform upon application of an electric field.
US10396271B2 Piezoelectric element, method of forming piezoelectric element, and ultrasonic device
A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric body that is provided on a substrate and includes multiple sides; a first wiring that is provided from the piezoelectric body to the substrate; and a second wiring that is provided from the piezoelectric body to the substrate. When the piezoelectric element is viewed from a thickness direction of the piezoelectric body, a second side and a fourth side on which the piezoelectric body is superimposed on the first wiring are different from a first side and a third side on which the second wiring is superimposed on the piezoelectric body.
US10396266B2 Thermocouple ribbon and assembly
A thermocouple ribbon features a pair of flat conductors and first and second layers of a polyimide film covering the conductors. The polyimide film preferably is coated with a fluoropolymer, such as fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP). During manufacture of the thermocouple ribbon, the first and second layers of polyimide film, with the pair of flat conductors positioned there between, are heated above the melting temperature of the FEP. The completed thermocouple ribbon is then cooled. A thermocouple connector may then be attached to a first end of the thermocouple ribbon, while a welded thermocouple junction may be formed at a second end of the thermocouple ribbon.
US10396264B2 Electronic module and method for manufacturing the same, and thermoelectric device including the same
An electronic module includes a first base layer and at least one via. The first base layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and defines at least one first hole. The first base layer includes a first metal. The via is disposed in the first hole of the first base layer. The via includes a thermoelectric material. A value of Z×T for the thermoelectric material is greater than a value of Z×T for the first metal, wherein Z is a thermoelectric figure of merit, T is temperature (in K), and the value of Z×T for the thermoelectric material is greater than 0.5.
US10396263B2 Thermoelectric powder and thermoelectric material prepared using the same
Disclosed is surface-treated thermoelectric powder which may be used for manufacturing a Skutterudite-based thermoelectric material with improved thermoelectric performance. The thermoelectric powder may include a core portion having one or more Skutterudite particles, and a coating portion having a Ni-containing material and coated on at least a part of a surface of the core portion.
US10396261B2 Light emitting device and method of manufacturing the light emitting device
A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes: providing a substantially flat plate-shaped base member which in plan view includes at least one first portion having an upper surface, and a second portion surrounding the at least one first portion and having inner lateral surfaces; mounting at least one light emitting element on the at least one first portion; shifting a relative positional relationship between the at least one first portion and the second portion in an upper-lower direction to form at least one recess defined by an upper surface of the at least one first portion that serves as a bottom surface of the at least one recess and at least portions of the inner lateral surfaces of the second portion that serve as lateral surfaces of the at least one recess; and bonding the at least one first portion and the second portion with each other.
US10396251B2 Light-emitting diode including a plurality of luminescent regions
Various embodiments may relate to A light-emitting diode, including an LED chip having at least one emitter surface for emitting primary light, and a plurality of luminescent regions, which are connected optically downstream from the at least one emitter surface. At least one harder one of the luminescent regions is embedded in another, softer one of the luminescent regions.
US10396248B2 Semiconductor light emitting diode
A semiconductor light emitting diode is disclosed. The semiconductor light emitting diode includes a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer disposed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer, a transparent electrode formed on the second conductive semiconductor layer, a non-conductive reflection film covering the circumferential surface of the transparent electrode and having one or more via-holes formed therein, a reflective electrode formed on the non-conductive reflection film, interconnection electrodes filled in the via-holes and electrically connecting the reflective electrode to the transparent electrode, and ohmic contact layers formed between the transparent electrode and the interconnection electrodes and filled in recesses formed at positions of the transparent electrode corresponding to the via-holes by etching or extending through the via-holes from the recesses.
US10396243B2 Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device includes: a rectangular shape with a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, and a third side connecting the first side and the second side; a light-emitting stack, comprising a lower semiconductor layer, an upper semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the lower semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer; a first electrode formed on the lower semiconductor layer, comprising a first electrode pad and a first extension electrode; a second electrode formed on the upper semiconductor layer, comprising a second electrode pad and a second extension electrode; and a first current blocking layer formed between the lower semiconductor layer and the first electrode pad, wherein the first current blocking layer comprises a top surface and side surfaces; wherein the first electrode pad covers the top surface and the side surfaces of the first current blocking layer and contacts the lower semiconductor layer.
US10396242B2 Semiconductor light emitting device
A semiconductor light emitting device including a substrate, an electrode and a light emitting region is provided. The substrate may have protruding portions formed in a repeating pattern on substantially an entire surface of the substrate while the rest of the surface may be substantially flat. The cross sections of the protruding portions taken along planes orthogonal to the surface of the substrate may be semi-circular in shape. The cross sections of the protruding portions may in alternative be convex in shape. A buffer layer and a GaN layer may be formed on the substrate.
US10396236B2 Semiconductor device and display device
Disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising a thin film transistor and wirings connected to the thin film transistor, in which the thin film transistor has a channel formation region in an oxide semiconductor layer, and a copper metal is used for at least one of a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate wiring, a source wiring, and a drain wiring. The extremely low off current of the transistor with the oxide semiconductor layer contributes to reduction in power consumption of the semiconductor device. Additionally, the use of the copper metal allows the combination of the semiconductor device with a display element to provide a display device with high display quality and negligible defects, which results from the low electrical resistance of the wirings and electrodes formed with the copper metal.
US10396234B2 Package structure of long-distance sensor and packaging method of the same
A package structure of a long-distance sensor includes a substrate, a light-emitting chip, a sensing chip, two packaging gel bodies, and a cap. The substrate has a bearing surface. The light-emitting chip and the sensing chip are disposed on the bearing surface and separated from each other. The two packaging gel bodies cover the light-emitting chip and the sensing chip respectively and are separated from each other. The cap is disposed on the bearing surface and the packaging gel bodies, fastened to the bearing surface and the packaging gel bodies by adhesive, and provided with a light-emitting hole located above the light-emitting chip and a light-receiving hole located above the sensing chip.
US10396233B2 Solar cell and solar cell module
In one or more embodiments, a solar cell may include: a silicon substrate, which is crystalline; a p-doped silicon oxide layer, which may be disposed on a first principal surface of the silicon substrate and may include phosphorus as an impurity; and an amorphous silicon layer, which may be disposed on the p-doped silicon oxide layer.
US10396230B2 Backside contact solar cells with separated polysilicon doped regions
A solar cell includes polysilicon P-type and N-type doped regions on a backside of a substrate, such as a silicon wafer. A trench structure separates the P-type doped region from the N-type doped region. Each of the P-type and N-type doped regions may be formed over a thin dielectric layer. The trench structure may include a textured surface for increased solar radiation collection. Among other advantages, the resulting structure increases efficiency by providing isolation between adjacent P-type and N-type doped regions, thereby preventing recombination in a space charge region where the doped regions would have touched.
US10396229B2 Solar cell with interdigitated back contacts formed from high and low work-function-tuned silicides of the same metal
A solar cell having n-type and p-type interdigitated back contacts (IBCs), which cover the entire back surface of the absorber layer. The spatial separation of the IBCs is in a direction perpendicular to the back surface, thus providing borderless contacts having a zero-footprint separation. As the contacts are on the back, photons incident on the cell's front surface can be absorbed without any shadowing.
US10396227B2 Method for fabricating a solar module of rear contact solar cells using linear ribbon-type connector strips and respective solar module
A solar module and a method for fabricating a solar module comprising a plurality of rear contact solar cells are described. Rear contact solar cells (1) are provided with a large size of e.g. 156×156 mm2. Soldering pad arrangements (13, 15) applied on emitter contacts (5) and base contacts (7) are provided with one or more soldering pads (9, 11) arranged linearly. The soldering pad arrangements (13, 15) are arranged asymmetrically with respect to a longitudinal axis (17). Each solar cell (1) is then separated into first and second cell portions (19, 21) along a line (23) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (17). Due to such cell separation and the asymmetrical design of the soldering pad arrangements (13, 15), the first and second cell portions (19, 21) may then be arranged alternately along a line with each second cell portion (21) arranged in a 180°-orientation with respect to the first cell portions (19) and such that emitter soldering pad arrangements (13) of a first cell portion (19) are aligned with base soldering pad arrangements (15) of neighboring second cell portions (21), and vice versa. Simple linear ribbon-type connector strips (25) may be used for interconnecting the cell portions (19, 21) by soldering onto the underlying aligned emitter and base soldering pad arrangements (13, 15). The interconnection approach enables using standard ribbon-type connector strips (25) while reducing any bow as well as reducing series resistance losses.
US10396218B2 Self-assembly pattering for fabricating thin-film devices
A method (200) for fabricating patterns on the surface of a layer of a device (100), the method comprising: providing at least one layer (130, 230); adding at least one alkali metal (235); controlling the temperature (2300) of the at least one layer, thereby forming a plurality of self-assembled, regularly spaced, parallel lines of alkali compound embossings (1300, 1305) at the surface of the layer. The method further comprises forming cavities (236, 1300) by dissolving the alkali compound embossings. The method (200) is advantageous for nanopatterning of devices (100) without using templates and for the production of high efficiency optoelectronic thin-film devices (100).
US10396213B2 Active device array substrate and manufacturing method thereof
An active device array substrate includes a substrate, first and second active devices, a gate insulation layer and an insulation barrier layer. The first and second active devices respectively includes first and second gate electrodes, first and second semiconductor blocks, first and second source electrodes, and first and second drain electrodes. A film layer of the second source electrode and the second drain electrode is the same with that of the first source electrode or the first drain electrode. The gate insulation layer is located between the first gate electrode and the first semiconductor block and between the second gate electrode and the second semiconductor block. The insulation barrier layer is disposed on the gate insulation layer, and covers the first semiconductor block. The insulation barrier layer has a first through hole for one of the first source electrode and the first drain electrode contacting the first semiconductor block.
US10396210B2 Semiconductor device with stacked metal oxide and oxide semiconductor layers and display device including the semiconductor device
The field-effect mobility of a semiconductor device is improved, and the on-state current thereof is increased, so that stable electrical characteristics are obtained. The semiconductor device includes a first oxide insulator, an oxide semiconductor, and a second oxide insulator which are stacked. The first oxide insulator includes In, Zn, and M (M represents Ti, Ga, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, Sn, or Hf), and the content of In is lower than the content of M, and the content of In is lower than the content of Zn. The oxide semiconductor includes In and M (M represents Ti, Ga, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, Sn, or Hf), and the content of In is higher than the content of M. The second oxide insulator includes In, Zn, and M (M represents Ti, Ga, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, Sn, or Hf).
US10396206B2 Gate cut method
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the formation of an oxide spacer layer to modify the critical dimension of a gate cut opening in connection with a replacement metal gate process. The oxide spacer layer is deposited after etching a gate cut opening in an overlying hard mask such that the oxide spacer layer is deposited onto sidewall surfaces of the hard mask within the opening and directly over the top surface of a sacrificial gate. The oxide spacer may also be deposited into recessed regions within an interlayer dielectric located adjacent to the sacrificial gate. By filling the recessed regions with an oxide, the opening of trenches through the oxide spacer layer and the interlayer dielectric to expose source/drain junctions can be simplified.
US10396199B2 Electrostatic discharge device
A semiconductor device includes a body and a transistor fabricated into the body. Isolation material at least partially encases the body. Biasing is coupled to the isolation material, wherein the biasing is for changing the electric potential of the isolation material in response to an electrostatic discharge event.
US10396196B1 Semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer, a doped region, a device region, a first isolation structure, a second isolation structure and a terminal. The semiconductor layer is disposed over the substrate. The doped region is disposed in the semiconductor layer. The device region is disposed on the doped region and includes a source, a drain and a gate. The first isolation structure is disposed in the semiconductor layer and surrounds the doped region. The second isolation structure surrounds the first isolation structure and is spaced apart from the first isolation structure. The terminal is disposed between the first isolation structure and the second isolation structure, and is equipotential with the source.
US10396195B2 Semiconductor device and method manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device is provided and includes an n− type layer disposed at a substrate first surface. A trench, n type region, and p+ type region are disposed on the n− type layer. A p type region is disposed on the n type region. An n+ type region is disposed on the p type region. A gate insulating layer is disposed in the trench. A gate electrode is disposed on the gate insulating layer. A source electrode is disposed on an insulating layer disposed on the gate electrode, n+ type region, and p+ type region. A drain electrode is disposed at a substrate second surface. The n type region includes a first portion contacting the trench side surface and extending parallel to a substrate upper surface and a second portion contacting the first portion, separated from the trench side surface, and extending vertical to the substrate upper surface.
US10396192B2 HEMT transistors with improved electron mobility
A method for manufacturing a HEMT transistor comprising the steps of: providing a wafer comprising a semiconductor body including a heterojunction structure formed by semiconductor materials that include elements of Groups III-V of the Periodic Table, and a dielectric layer on the semiconductor body; etching selective portions of the wafer, thus exposing a portion of the heterojunction structure; forming an interface layer by a surface reconstruction process, of a semiconductor compound formed by elements of Groups III-V of the Periodic Table, in the exposed portion of the heterojunction structure; and forming a gate electrode, including a gate dielectric and a gate conductive region, on said interface layer.
US10396190B2 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
Characteristics of a semiconductor device are improved. A semiconductor device includes a sequential stack of a buffer layer, a channel layer, and a barrier layer, and includes a mesa part including a fourth nitride semiconductor layer formed over the stack, and a side part formed on both sides of the mesa part and including a thin film part of the fourth nitride semiconductor layer. Generation of 2DEG is suppressed below the mesa part while being unsuppressed below the side part. In this way, the side part that disables the 2DEG suppression effect is provided on an end portion of the mesa part, thereby a distance from an end portion of the side part to the gate electrode is increased, making it possible to suppress leakage caused by a current path passing through an undesired channel formed between a gate insulating film and the mesa part.
US10396189B2 Semiconductor device
Considering ease of electrical conduction tests and the like, electrodes provided mainly above an active region are desirably continuous on a single plane. A semiconductor device is provided, including: a semiconductor substrate; a first top surface electrode and a second top surface electrode that are provided above a top surface of the semiconductor substrate and contain a metal material; and a first connecting portion that electrically connects to the first top surface electrode and contains a semiconductor material, wherein the second top surface electrode has: a first region and a second region that are arranged being separated from each other with the first connecting portion as a boundary in a top view of the semiconductor substrate, and a second connecting portion that connects the first region and the second region above the first connecting portion.
US10396186B2 Thin film transistor, method for fabricating the same, display panel and display device
A thin film transistor, a method for fabricating the same, a display panel and a display device are disclosed. The method includes forming an active layer on a substrate; forming an insulating layer on the active layer and an exposed surface of the substrate; forming a first conductive layer on the insulating layer; patterning the first conductive layer and the insulating layer to form a first stack on the active layer, wherein the first stack includes a first portion of the first conductive layer and a first portion of the insulating layer, the first stack acts as a gate stack and the active layer includes a channel region below the gate stack and a source region and a drain region at two sides of the channel region; and performing plasma treatment on the first conductive layer, the source region and the drain region, to improve conductivity.
US10396185B2 Integration of strained silicon germanium PFET device and silicon NFET device for finFET structures
A method of forming a finFET transistor device includes forming a crystalline, compressive strained silicon germanium (cSiGe) layer over a substrate; masking a first region of the cSiGe layer so as to expose a second region of the cSiGe layer; subjecting the exposed second region of the cSiGe layer to an implant process so as to amorphize a bottom portion thereof and transform the cSiGe layer in the second region to a relaxed SiGe (rSiGe) layer; performing an annealing process so as to recrystallize the rSiGe layer; epitaxially growing a tensile strained silicon layer on the rSiGe layer; and patterning fin structures in the tensile strained silicon layer and in the first region of the cSiGe layer.
US10396184B2 Integrated circuit device fins
Examples of an integrated circuit and a method for forming the integrated circuit are provided herein. In some examples, a method includes receiving a substrate that includes: a plurality of fins extending above a remainder of the substrate; a first region that includes a first fence region that contains a first subset of the plurality of fins; and a second region that includes a second fence region that contains a second subset of the plurality of fins. The first region has a first performance characteristic, and the second region has a second performance characteristic that is different from the first. Based on the first performance characteristic, the first subset of the plurality of fins is recessed to a first height, and based on the second performance characteristic, the second subset of the plurality of fins is recessed to a second height that is less than the first height.
US10396183B2 Parasitic capacitance reducing contact structure in a finFET
In a fin-Field Effect Transistor (finFET), a recess is created at a location of a fin, the fin being coupled to a gate of the finFET, the recess extending into a substrate interfacing with the gate. The recess is filled at least partially with a first conductive material. The first conductive material is insulated from the gate. The fin is replaced with a replacement structure. The replacement structure is electrically connected to the first conductive material using a second conductive material. the second conductive material is insulated from a first surface of the finFET. A first electrical contact structure is fabricated on the first surface. A second electrical contact structure is fabricated on a second surface of the finFET, the second surface being on a different spatial plane than the first surface.
US10396182B2 Silicon germanium-on-insulator formation by thermal mixing
A layer of amorphous silicon is formed on a germanium-on-insulator substrate, or a layer of germanium is formed on a silicon-on-insulator substrate. An anneal is then performed which causes thermal mixing of silicon and germanium atoms within one of the aforementioned structures and subsequent formation of a silicon germanium-on-insulator material.
US10396177B2 Prevention of extension narrowing in nanosheet field effect transistors
Methods of forming the same include forming a stack of layers of alternating materials, including first layers of sacrificial material and second layers of channel material. The first layers are recessed relative to the second layers with an etch that etches the second layers at a slower rate than the first layers to taper ends of the second layers. First spacers are formed in recesses formed by recessing the first layers. Second spacers are formed in recesses formed by recessing the first layers. The first spacers are etched to expose sidewalls of the second spacer. Source/drain extensions are formed in contact with exposed ends of the second layers.
US10396176B2 Selective gate spacers for semiconductor devices
Techniques related to forming selective gate spacers for semiconductor devices and transistor structures and devices formed using such techniques are discussed. Such techniques include forming a blocking material on a semiconductor fin, disposing a gate having a different surface chemistry than the blocking material on a portion of the blocking material, forming a selective conformal layer on the gate but not on a portion of the blocking material, and removing exposed portions of the blocking material.
US10396175B2 Nanogaps on atomically thin materials as non-volatile read/writable memory devices
The present invention relates to the presence of nanogaps across a metal dispersed over an atomically-thin material, such that the nanogap exposes the atomically-thin material. The resulting device offers an ultra-short gap with ballistic transport and demonstrated switching in the presence of a gate or dielectric material in close proximity to the channel.
US10396174B2 STI-diode structure
A method for manufacturing a fin-type diode includes providing a substrate structure including a substrate, first and second sets of fins on the substrate, an isolation region between the first and second sets of fins and having an upper surface lower than an upper surface of the first and second set of fins, a well region partially in the substrate and overlapping the first and second sets of fins. The method also includes forming a dielectric layer on the first and second sets of fins, forming a dummy gate structure covering the dielectric layer on an end of the second set of fins and the upper surface of the isolation region, doping the first set of fins to form a first doped region, and doping the second set of fins and a portion of the well region below the second set of fins to form a second doped region.
US10396172B2 Transistor with air spacer and self-aligned contact
A method of fabricating a semiconductor transistor and the semiconductor transistor include a source region and a drain region within a substrate. The method includes forming a gate above the substrate, forming a source contact above the source region and a drain contact above the drain region, and forming air spacers within a dielectric between the gate and each of the source contact and the drain contact. Metal caps are formed on the source contact and the drain contact, and a gate cap is formed between the dielectric and at least a portion of a bottom surface of higher-level contacts, which are contacts formed above the source contact and the drain contact.
US10396167B2 Semiconductor device
A resistive field plate including a spiral resistive element and meander resistive element is provided in an edge termination structure portion. The spiral resistive element is formed in a spiral planar layout, surrounding the periphery of a high-potential-side region to span from the high-potential-side region to a low-potential-side region. A spiral wire of the spiral resistive element includes a conductive film layer and a thin-film resistive layer connected to each other. The meander resistive element has ends positioned in the high-potential-side region and the low-potential-side region, and is provided in a meandering planar layout. The meander resistive element is provided at a same level as that of the thin-film resistive layer, and faces in the depth direction the conductive film layer of the spiral resistive element, sandwiching an interlayer insulating film therebetween. The conductive film layer of the spiral resistive element and the meander resistive element constitute a field plate.
US10396162B2 Silicon carbide semiconductor device
A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type provided on a front surface of a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type; a first semiconductor region of a second conductivity type; a second semiconductor region of the second conductivity type, connected with the first semiconductor region; a first electrode forming a Schottky contact with a first semiconductor layer and a first semiconductor region; and a second electrode forming an ohmic contact with the second semiconductor region. A density of the second electrode is lower at a center portion of the silicon carbide semiconductor substrate and increases toward an outer peripheral side.
US10396161B2 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A semiconductor device having a silicon carbide (SiC) substrate, a SiC layer formed on a front surface of the SiC substrate, a first region selectively formed in the SiC layer at a surface thereof, a source region and a contact region formed in the first region, a gate insulating film disposed on the SiC layer and on a portion of the first region between the SiC layer and the source region, a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating film above the portion of the first region, an interlayer insulating film covering the gate electrode, a source electrode electrically connected to the source region and the contact region, a drain electrode formed on a back surface of the SiC substrate, a first barrier film formed on, and covering, the interlayer insulating film, and a metal electrode formed on the source electrode and the first barrier film.
US10396159B2 FinFET cascode laterally-diffused semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first well region comprising a first dopant and a second well region comprising a second dopant. The semiconductor device includes semiconductor fin structures formed on the substrate, where at least one semiconductor fin structure has a channel region along a channel axis through the first well region. The semiconductor device includes a drain region and a source region formed on the semiconductor fin structures. The first well region and the drain region are formed to operate at a first operating voltage, and the second well region and the source region are formed to operate at a second operating voltage that is smaller than the first operating voltage. The semiconductor device includes a gate structure and a dummy gate disposed on respective portions of the semiconductor fin structures, where the dummy gate is disposed between the gate structure and the drain region.
US10396157B1 Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes semiconductor layer having first device region and second device region. A shallow trench isolation (STI) structure is in the semiconductor layer and located at periphery of the first and second device regions. A first and second insulating layers are on the semiconductor layer and respectively located in the first and second device regions. A first gate structure is located on the first insulating layer. A source region and a drain region are in the semiconductor layer and are located at two sides of the first gate structure. A gate doped region is in a surface region of the semiconductor layer in the second device region to serve as a second gate structure. A channel layer is located on the second insulating layer. A source layer and a drain layer are on the STI structure and are located at two sides of the channel layer.
US10396155B2 Semiconductor device with recessed source/drain contacts and a gate contact positioned above the active region
A method includes forming a device above an active region defined in a semiconducting substrate. The device includes a first gate structure, a first spacer formed adjacent the first gate structure, and first conductive source/drain contact structures positioned adjacent the first gate structure and separated from the first gate structure by the first spacer. A first portion of the first conductive source/drain contact structures is recessed at a first axial position along the first gate structure to define a first cavity. A second portion of the first conductive source/drain contact structures is recessed at a second axial position along the gate structure to define a second cavity. A dielectric cap layer is formed in the first and second cavities. A first conductive contact contacting the first gate structure in the first axial position is formed.
US10396154B2 Lateral bipolar junction transistor with abrupt junction and compound buried oxide
A lateral bipolar junction transistor (LBJT) device that may include a dielectric stack including a pedestal of a base region passivating dielectric and a nucleation dielectric layer; and a base region composed of a germanium containing material or a type III-V semiconductor material in contact with the pedestal of the base region passivating dielectric. An emitter region and collector region may be present on opposing sides of the base region contacting a sidewall of the pedestal of the base region passivating dielectric and an upper surface of the nucleation dielectric layer.
US10396153B2 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A high-electron-mobility transistor has a buffer layer, a channel layer, a barrier layer, a mesa-shaped cap layer, a source electrode formed on one side of the cap layer, a drain electrode formed on the other side, and a gate electrode formed over the cap layer via a gate insulating film. The semiconductor device has an element isolation region defining an active region in which the semiconductor device is provided. The gate electrode extends from over the active region to the over the element isolation region. In plan view, the active region has a projection part projected to the direction of the element isolation region in a region overlapped with the gate electrode. By providing the active region with a projection part, the channel length of a parasitic transistor can be increased, and turn-on of the parasitic transistor can be suppressed.
US10396150B2 Vertical power transistor die with etched beveled edges for increasing breakdown voltage
Various improvements in vertical transistors, such as IGBTs, are disclosed. The improvements include forming periodic highly-doped p-type emitter dots in the top surface region of a growth substrate, followed by growing the various transistor layers, followed by grounding down the bottom surface of the substrate, followed by a wet etch of the bottom surface to expose the heavily doped p+ layer. A metal contact is then formed over the p+ layer. In another improvement, edge termination structures utilize p-dopants implanted in trenches to create deep p-regions for shaping the electric field, and shallow p-regions between the trenches for rapidly removing holes after turn-off. In another improvement, a dual buffer layer using an n-layer and distributed n+ regions improves breakdown voltage and saturation voltage. In another improvement, p-zones of different concentrations in a termination structure are formed by varying pitches of trenches. In another improvement, beveled saw streets increase breakdown voltage.
US10396149B2 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a wide-bandgap semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a wide-bandgap semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type provided on a front surface of the wide-bandgap semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type, a base region of a second conductivity type selectively provided in a surface layer of the wide-bandgap semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, and a trench having a striped planar pattern. The base regions are cyclically provided in a direction parallel to the trench. At the lower portion of the trench, a portion of the base region extends in a direction parallel to the trench and the base regions are connected to each other.
US10396144B2 Magnetic inductor stack including magnetic materials having multiple permeabilities
Provided is an inductor structure. In embodiments of the invention, the inductor structure includes a first laminated stack. The first laminated stack includes layers of an insulating material alternating with layers of a first magnetic material. The inductor structure includes a laminated second stack formed on the first laminated stack. The second laminated stack includes layers of the insulating material alternating with layers of a second magnetic material. The second magnetic material has a greater permeability than does the first magnetic material.
US10396143B2 Organic light emitting display device
Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device that may include first and second pads on a pad area of a substrate, wherein the first pad includes a first bonding region and a first link region, and the second pad includes a second bonding region, a contact region, and a second link region. A first bonding electrode in the first bonding region is electrically connected to one or more signal lines in the active area of the device through contact holes in the first bonding region. A second bonding electrode is electrically connected to one or more signal lines of the device through contact holes in the contact region. The contact region is closer to the active area than the first bonding region.
US10396139B2 Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a substrate and an active pattern formed over the substrate. The OLED display also includes first and second gate electrodes formed over the active pattern. The first gate electrode defines a first transistor together with the active pattern. The second gate electrode defines a second transistor and a third transistor together with the active pattern. The OLED display further includes a first conductive pattern formed over the first and second gate electrodes. The first conductive pattern overlaps at least a portion of the second and/or third transistors so as to define a parasitic capacitor.
US10396135B2 OLED substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and display device
The application provides an OLED substrate, a method for manufacturing the OLED substrate, and a display device. The OLED substrate comprises a plurality of pixel regions, at least one of which is provided with a pixel driving circuit, and includes a display region and a connection region. The OLED substrate comprising: a base; a reflective electrode layer disposed on the base, wherein each reflective electrode is correspondingly disposed in one display region; a pixel defining layer disposed on the reflective electrode layer, wherein the pixel defining layer is provided with a first opening corresponding to the display region and a second opening corresponding to the connection region; a light-emitting material layer disposed in the first opening; a display electrode continuously disposed on the light-emitting material layer and in the second opening, and the display electrodes in the respective pixel regions electrically insulated from each other.
US10396133B2 Two-way organic light emitting diode display device
A two way organic light emitting display device having red, green and blue organic light emitting diodes at corresponding red, green and blue sub-pixels comprises an anode layer disposed at each sub-pixel and each including a first electrode, a first color control layer corresponding to the red sub-pixel and disposed on the first electrode, a second color control layer corresponding to the green sub-pixel and disposed on the first electrode, and a third color control layer corresponding to the blue sub-pixel and disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode electrically connected to the first electrode and disposed on the first, second and third color control layers, an organic light emitting layer disposed on the anode layer and emitting white light; and a cathode layer disposed on the organic light emitting layer, wherein the white light passes through the first, second and third color layers having different thicknesses and the anode layer and is converted to red, green and blue light in a first direction and passes through the red, green and blue color filters and is converted to red, green and blue light in a second direction, opposite to the first direction.
US10396125B2 Cross-point memory and methods for fabrication of same
A cross-point memory array includes a plurality of variable resistance memory cell pillars. Adjacent memory cell pillars are separated by a partially filled gap that includes a buried void. In addition, adjacent memory cell pillars include storage material elements that are at least partially interposed by the buried void.
US10396122B2 Hall sensor with buried hall plate
A CMOS integrated circuit includes a Hall sensor having a Hall plate formed in a first isolation layer which is formed concurrently with a second isolation layer under a MOS transistor. A first shallow well with a conductivity type opposite from the first isolation layer is formed over, and extending to, the Hall plate. The first shallow well is formed concurrently with a second shallow well under the MOS transistor. The Hall sensor may be a horizontal Hall sensor for sensing magnetic fields oriented perpendicular to the top surface of the substrate of the integrated circuit, or may be a vertical Hall sensor for sensing magnetic fields oriented parallel to the top surface of the substrate of the integrated circuit.
US10396120B2 Method for producing semiconductor epitaxial wafer and method of producing solid-state imaging device
A semiconductor epitaxial wafer production method that can increase the peak concentration of hydrogen in a surface portion of a semiconductor wafer after epitaxial layer formation is provided. A method of producing a semiconductor epitaxial wafer comprises: a first step of irradiating a surface of a semiconductor wafer with cluster ions containing hydrogen as a constituent element, to form a modifying layer formed from, as a solid solution, a constituent element of the cluster ions including hydrogen in a surface portion of the semiconductor wafer; a second step of, after the first step, irradiating the semiconductor wafer with electromagnetic waves of a frequency of 300 MHz or more and 3 THz or less, to heat the semiconductor wafer; and a third step of, after the second step, forming an epitaxial layer on the modifying layer of the semiconductor wafer.
US10396117B2 Optical receiver systems and devices with detector array including a plurality of substrates disposed in an edge to edge array
The present disclosure relates to optical receiver systems. An example system includes a plurality of substrates disposed in an edge-to-edge array along a primary axis. Each respective substrate of the plurality of substrates includes a plurality of detector elements. Each detector element of the plurality of detector elements generates a respective detector signal in response to light received by the detector element. The plurality of detector elements is arranged with a detector pitch between adjacent detector elements of the plurality of detector elements. Each respective substrate of the plurality of substrates also includes a signal receiver circuit configured to receive the detector signals generated by the plurality of detector elements. The respective substrates of the plurality of substrates are disposed such that the detector pitch is maintained between adjacent detector elements on their respective substrates.
US10396115B2 Semiconductor device, solid-state image sensor and camera system
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device, a solid-state image sensor and a camera system capable of reducing the influence of noise at a connection between chips without a special circuit for communication and reducing the cost as a result. The semiconductor device includes: a first chip; and a second chip, wherein the first chip and the second chip are bonded to have a stacked structure, the first chip has a high-voltage transistor circuit mounted thereon, the second chip has mounted thereon a low-voltage transistor circuit having lower breakdown voltage than the high-voltage transistor circuit, and wiring between the first chip and the second chip is connected through a via formed in the first chip.
US10396111B2 Package for an optical sensor, optical sensor arrangement and method of producing a package for an optical sensor
A package for an optical sensor, comprises an optically opaque enclosure for forming a cavity when mounted onto a substrate and an optical element based on an optically translucent polymer. An aperture in the enclosure is designed to attach the optical element to the enclosure.
US10396109B2 Local storage device in high flux semiconductor radiation detectors and methods of operating thereof
A detector element circuit for a CT imaging system may include a plurality of sensors for detecting photons passing through an object and a first electronic component configured to determine an energy of photons detected by the plurality of sensors and generate photon count data, which may be a count of detected photons in one or more energy bins. The detector element circuit may further include a second electronic component configured to receive the photon count data from the first electronic component and is clocked at a first clock rate; a local memory storage configured to receive the photon count data from the second electronic component at the first clock rate and to output the photon count data at a second clock rate.
US10396108B2 Solid-state imaging element, solid-state imaging element manufacturing method, and electronic apparatus
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging element, a solid-state imaging element manufacturing method, and an electronic apparatus that make it possible to suppress both junction leakage and diffusion leakage of an FD in an FD storage sensor. The present technology includes a photodiode, a photoelectric conversion film, a diffusion layer, and an impurity layer. The photodiode and the photoelectric conversion film perform photoelectric conversion of incident light. The diffusion layer has a second polarity, which is different from a first polarity possessed by the photodiode, and stores an electric charge derived from photoelectric conversion by the photoelectric conversion film. The impurity layer includes impurities having the first polarity. The photodiode and the diffusion layer are disposed on an identical substrate in parallel with each other. The impurity layer is disposed below the diffusion layer. The present technology is applicable to solid-state imaging elements.
US10396105B2 Display substrate and method of manufacturing the same
A display substrate includes a base substrate comprising a plurality of sub-pixels, a first switching element disposed on the base substrate and electrically connected to a gate line extending in a first direction and a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a color filter layer disposed on the switching element and comprising a red color filter, a green color filter, a blue color filter and a white color filter alternately disposed on the plurality of sub-pixels, respectively, a column spacer disposed on the color filter and comprising the same material as that of the white color filter, an insulation layer disposed on the color filter and the column spacer and a pixel electrode disposed on the insulation layer.
US10396099B2 Coplanar type oxide thin film transistor, method of manufacturing the same, and display panel and display device using the same
Disclosed are an oxide thin film transistor (TFT), a method of manufacturing the same, and a display panel and a display device using the same, in which a first conductor and a second conductor are provided at end portions of a semiconductor layer formed of oxide semiconductor. The first conductor and second conductor are electrically connected to a first electrode and a second electrode, and covered by a gate insulation layer. The oxide TFT includes a semiconductor layer provided on a buffer and including an oxide semiconductor, a gate insulation layer covering the semiconductor layer and the buffer, a gate electrode provided on the gate insulation layer to overlap a portion of the semiconductor layer, and a passivation layer covering the gate and the gate insulation layer.
US10396098B2 Thin film transistor substrate, and display panel and display device including same
A thin film transistor substrate according to an embodiment includes: a substrate; and a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, wherein the thin film transistor includes a channel layer including a nitride-based semiconductor layer, a source electrode electrically connected to a first region of the channel layer, a drain electrode electrically connected to a second region of the channel layer, a gate electrode disposed on the channel layer, and a depletion forming layer disposed between the channel layer and the gate electrode.
US10396097B2 Method for manufacturing oxide semiconductor device
An object is to provide a semiconductor device having a structure with which parasitic capacitance between wirings can be sufficiently reduced. An oxide insulating layer serving as a channel protective layer is formed over part of an oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with a gate electrode layer. In the same step as formation of the oxide insulating layer, an oxide insulating layer covering a peripheral portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is formed. The oxide insulating layer which covers the peripheral portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is provided to increase the distance between the gate electrode layer and a wiring layer formed above or in the periphery of the gate electrode layer, whereby parasitic capacitance is reduced.
US10396095B2 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes: hole source patterns; electron source patterns located between adjacent hole source patterns; a stack structure over the hole source patterns and the electron source patterns; and channel layers penetrating the stack structure, wherein each channel layer is in contact with a corresponding hole source pattern and an electron source pattern adjacent to the corresponding hole source pattern.
US10396094B2 Three-dimensional semiconductor devices
A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes gate electrodes sequentially stacked on a substrate, a channel structure penetrating the gate electrodes and being connected to the substrate, an insulating gap-fill pattern provided within the channel structure and surrounded by the channel structure as viewed in a plan view, and a conductive pattern on the insulating gap-fill pattern. At least a portion of the insulating gap-fill pattern is received in the conductive pattern, and at least a portion of the conductive pattern is interposed between at least that portion of the insulating gap-fill pattern and the channel structure.
US10396089B2 Semiconductor device
A semiconductor memory array includes a first nonvolatile memory cell having a first charge storage layer and a first gate electrode and a second nonvolatile memory cell, adjacent to the first memory cell in a first direction, having a second charge storage layer and a second gate electrode. The first and second electrodes extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the first electrode has a first contact section extending toward the second electrode in the first direction, and the second electrode has a second contact section extending toward the first electrode in the first direction. The first and second contact positions are shifted in the second direction, respectively, and the first electrode and the first contact section are electrically separated from the second electrode and the second contact section.
US10396088B2 Three-dimensional semiconductor device
A three-dimensional semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The three-dimensional semiconductor device includes a stack structure including insulating layers and electrodes that are alternately stacked on a substrate, a horizontal semiconductor pattern between the substrate and the stack structure, vertical semiconductor patterns penetrating the stack structure and connected to the horizontal semiconductor pattern; and a common source plug at a side of the stack structure. The stack structure, the horizontal semiconductor pattern and the common source plug extend in a first direction. The horizontal semiconductor pattern includes a first sidewall extending in the first direction. The first sidewall has protrusions protruding toward the common source plug.
US10396085B2 Circular printed memory device with rotational detection
A circular printed memory device and a method for fabricating the circular printed memory device are disclosed. For example, the circular printed memory device includes a base substrate, a plurality of bottom electrodes arranged in a circular pattern on the base substrate, a ferroelectric layer on top of the plurality of bottom electrodes and a single top electrode on the ferroelectric layer that contacts each one of the plurality of bottom electrodes via the ferroelectric layer.
US10396084B1 Semiconductor devices including self-aligned active regions for planar transistor architecture
Active regions for planar transistor architectures may be patterned in one lateral direction, i.e., the width direction, on the basis of a single lithography process, followed by deposition and etch processes, thereby providing multiple width dimensions and multiple spaces or pitches with reduced process variability due to the avoidance of overlay errors typically associated with conventional approaches when patterning the width dimensions and spaces on the basis of a sequence of sophisticated lithography processes. Consequently, increased packing density, enhanced performance and reduced manufacturing costs may be achieved on the basis of process techniques as disclosed herein.
US10396083B2 Semiconductor devices
Example embodiments relate to a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active region extending in a first direction, a plurality of bit lines running across the active region in a second direction crossing the first direction, a first spacer on a sidewall of the bit line, and a storage node contact on the active region between adjacent bit lines. The first spacer includes a first part between the storage node contact and the bit line, a second part between the first part and the storage node contact, and a third part between the first and second parts. A minimum vertical thickness of the first part is greater than a maximum vertical thickness of the third part. The maximum vertical thickness of the third part is greater than a maximum vertical thickness of the second part.
US10396081B2 Semiconductor device, antenna switch circuit, and wireless communication apparatus
A semiconductor device includes a layered body, a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a cap layer. The layered body includes a channel layer and a first low resistance region. The channel layer is made of a compound semiconductor. The first low resistance region is provided in a portion on surface side of the layered body. The gate electrode, the source electrode, and the drain electrode are each provided on top surface side of the layered body. The cap layer is provided between the first low resistance region and one or both of the source electrode and the drain electrode.
US10396080B2 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a shallow P-well, a shallow N-well, a shallow P-well, and a shallow N-well formed in regions different from one another, a deep N-well formed in a part deeper than the shallow P-well and the shallow N-well, and a base material, and further includes a first transistor formed in a part of the shallow P-well and the shallow N-well on the side of the principal surface, and a second transistor formed in a part of the shallow P-well and the shallow N-well on the side of the principal surface, in which the shallow N-well is formed in such a way as to surround the peripheral edge of the region of the shallow P-well.
US10396078B2 Integrated circuit structure including laterally recessed source/drain epitaxial region and method of forming same
The disclosure is directed to an integrated circuit structure. The integrated circuit structure may include: a first device region laterally adjacent to a second device region over a substrate, the first device region including a first fin and the second device region including a second fin; a first source/drain epitaxial region substantially surrounding at least a portion of the first fin; a spacer substantially surrounding the first source/drain epitaxial region, the spacer including an opening in a lateral end portion of the spacer such that the lateral end portion of the spacer overhangs a lateral end portion of the first source/drain epitaxial region; and a liner conformally coating the lateral end portion of the first source/drain epitaxial region beneath the overhanging lateral end portion of the spacer, wherein the liner includes an electrical insulator.
US10396076B2 Structure and method for multiple threshold voltage definition in advanced CMOS device technology
A method of fabricating a semiconductor structure having multiple defined threshold voltages includes: forming multiple field-effect transistor (FET) devices in the semiconductor structure, each of the FET devices including a channel and a gate stack formed of one of at least two different work function metals, the gate stack being formed proximate the channel; and varying a band-gap of the channel in each of at least a subset of the FET devices by controlling a percentage of one or more compositions of a material forming the channel; wherein a threshold voltage of each of the FET devices is configured as a function of a type of work function metal forming the gate stack and the percentage of one or more compositions of the material forming the channel.
US10396075B2 Very narrow aspect ratio trapping trench structure with smooth trench sidewalls
After forming a plurality of semiconductor fins that are separated from one another by trenches on a substrate, the semiconductor fins are fully or partially oxidized to provide semiconductor oxide portions. The volume expansion caused by the oxidation of the semiconductor fins reduces widths of the trenches, thereby providing narrowed trenches for formation of epitaxial semiconductor fins using aspect ratio trapping techniques.
US10396074B2 Power semiconductor device having different channel regions
A power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body coupled to first and second load terminal structures, and first and second cells each configured for controlling a load current and electrically connected to the first load terminal structure and to a drift region. A first mesa in the first cell includes a port region electrically connected to the first load terminal structure, and a first channel region coupled to the drift region. A second mesa included in the second cell includes a port region electrically connected to the first load terminal structure, and a second channel region coupled to the drift region. The mesas are spatially confined in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the load current by an insulation structure, and have a total extension of less than 100 nm in that direction. The first channel region includes an inversion channel. The second channel region includes an accumulation channel.
US10396071B2 Semiconductor device having a sense diode portion
A semiconductor device is provided, in which a loss of a sensing element is small. A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate is provided, the semiconductor device including: an upper-surface electrode that is provided on an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; a sensing electrode that is provided on the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate and is separated from the upper-surface electrode; a lower-surface electrode that is provided on a lower surface of the semiconductor substrate; a main transistor portion that is provided on the semiconductor substrate and is connected to the upper-surface electrode and the lower-surface electrode; a main diode portion that is provided on the semiconductor substrate and is connected to the upper-surface electrode and the lower-surface electrode; and a sense diode portion that is provided to the semiconductor substrate and is connected to the sensing electrode and the lower-surface electrode.
US10396070B2 Fin-shaped field effect transistor and capacitor structures
A fin-shaped field-effect transistor device is provided. The fin-shaped field effect transistor device may include a semiconductor substrate having a top and a bottom surface. The fin-shaped field effect transistor device may also include a fin structure disposed on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate, where the fin structure includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite of the first sidewall. The first sidewall is adjacent to a first region of the top surface of the semiconductor substrate and the second sidewall is adjacent to a second region of the top surface of the semiconductor substrate. The fin-shaped field effect transistor device may also include an insulation layer disposed above the fin structure and the first and second regions of the top surface. The fin-shaped field effect transistor device may also include a conductor structure disposed above and adjacent to the insulation layer.
US10396069B2 Approach to fabrication of an on-chip resistor with a field effect transistor
A method of forming a resistor adjacent to a fin field effect transistor on a substrate, including, forming a plurality of vertical fins on the substrate, forming a dielectric fill layer on the plurality of vertical fins, forming at least two dummy gate structures on the plurality of vertical fins, forming a replaceable resistor structure on the dielectric fill layer over a region of the substrate unoccupied by vertical fins, forming a sidewall spacer on the at least two dummy gate structures and the replaceable resistor structure, removing the replaceable resistor structure to form a trench, and forming a resistor structure in the trench.
US10396068B2 Electrostatic discharge protection device
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device including an ESD protection unit and a control circuit is provided. When a voltage level of a signal received by a signal input terminal reaches an ESD protection level, the ESD protection unit transmits the signal from the signal input terminal to the system voltage terminal. The control circuit controls a conduction state between the signal input terminal and the system voltage terminal through the ESD protection unit. The control circuit generates a control voltage according to the voltage level of the signal received by the signal input terminal and a system voltage level of the system voltage terminal to control the ESD protection unit, and to prevent the ESD protection unit from transmitting the signal to the system voltage terminal when the voltage level of the signal received by the signal input terminal does not reach the ESD protection level.
US10396066B2 Electro-static discharge transistor array apparatus
The present application discloses an electro-static discharge (ESD) transistor array apparatus, and relates to the field of semiconductor technologies. The ESD transistor array apparatus may include: a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate including a semiconductor layer, a doped region on the semiconductor layer, and a substrate contact region, where the doped region and the substrate contact region are isolated, and where the substrate contact region includes at least a first contact region part separately disposed on two sides of the doped region; multiple gates arranged in parallel on the doped region, where a direction of extension of the multiple gates is in parallel with a direction of extension of the first contact region part; and a dissipation layer contact member disposed on each gate along the direction of extension of the gate, where density of the dissipation layer contact member decreases with a decrease in a distance from the gate on which the dissipation layer contact member is located to the first contact region part on a corresponding side. By means of the present disclosure, uniform heat dissipation of an ESD transistor array apparatus can be achieved.
US10396063B2 Circuit with combined cells and method for manufacturing the same
In some embodiments, a first cell layout and a second cell layout are provided and combined into a third cell layout. Each of the first cell layout and the second cell layout includes a higher power line, a lower power line, an output pin, at least one up transistor and at least one down transistor formed to electrically couple the output pin to the higher power line and the output pin to the lower power line, respectively. The at least one up transistor and the at least one down transistor of the second cell layout include a gate line. For the combining, the gate line is non-selectively electrically coupled to the output pin of the first cell layout to form a first node. A design layout in which the third cell layout is used at different locations is generated.
US10396062B2 Micro light emitting diode display panel
A micro light emitting diode display panel including a substrate, a plurality of control elements, and a plurality of light emitting units is provided. The control elements and the light emitting units are disposed on the substrate. Each of the light emitting units is electrically connected to one of the control elements, and each of the light emitting units includes a plurality of micro light emitting diodes. The micro light emitting diodes at least have a red micro light emitting diode, a green micro light emitting diode, and a blue micro light emitting diode. A shortest distance between the green micro light emitting diode and the one of the control elements is less than a shortest distance between the blue micro light emitting diode and the one of the control elements.
US10396059B2 Microelectronic die packages with metal leads, including metal leads for stacked die packages, and associated systems and methods
Microelectronic die packages, stacked systems of die packages, and methods of manufacturing them are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system of stacked packages includes a first die package having a bottom side, a first dielectric casing, and first metal leads; a second die package having a top side attached to the bottom side of the first package, a dielectric casing with a lateral side, and second metal leads aligned with and projecting towards the first metal leads and including an exterior surface and an interior surface region that generally faces the lateral side; and metal solder connectors coupling individual first leads to individual second leads. In a further embodiment, the individual second leads have an “L” shape and physically contact corresponding individual first leads. In another embodiment, the individual second leads have a “C” shape and include a tiered portion that projects towards the lateral side of the second casing.
US10396057B2 Half-bridge power semiconductor module and method for manufacturing same
A half-bridge power semiconductor module has an insulating wiring substrate including a single insulating plate, and a positive electrode wiring conductor, a bridge wiring conductor, and a negative electrode wiring conductor disposed on or above the insulating plate while being electrically isolated from one another, at least one high side power semiconductor device having a rear surface electrode bonded onto the positive electrode wiring conductor, at least one low side power semiconductor device having a rear surface electrode bonded onto the bridge wiring conductor, a stand-up bridge terminal connected to the bridge wiring conductor, a stand-up high side terminal disposed between the high side power semiconductor device and the bridge terminal, and connected to the positive electrode wiring conductor, and a stand-up low side terminal disposed between the bridge terminal and the low side power semiconductor device, and connected to the negative electrode wiring conductor.
US10396054B2 Bonding alignment tool
An apparatus includes a bonding system configured to bond at least two wafers. The bonding system has a flag-out mechanism configured to remove a plurality of flags from an area between the at least two wafers. The apparatus also includes sensors configured to detect data related to a flag-out condition of the flags of the plurality of flag. The apparatus further includes at least one processor configured to receive inputs from the sensors, to calculate at least one value related to flag-out timing, and to drive a display indicating an alignment of the at least two wafers.
US10396053B2 Semiconductor logic device and system and method of embedded packaging of same
A reconfigured semiconductor logic device includes a semiconductor logic device comprising an active surface having a plurality of input/output (I/O) pads formed thereon and a redistribution layer. The redistribution layer includes an insulating layer disposed on the active surface of the semiconductor logic device and a patterned conductive layer comprising a plurality of discrete terminal pads formed atop the insulating layer. The plurality of discrete terminal pads are electrically coupled to respective I/O pads of the plurality of I/O pads by conductive vias formed through the insulating layer. The plurality of discrete terminal pads are larger than the plurality of I/O pads.
US10396050B2 Chip alignment utilizing superomniphobic surface treatment of silicon die
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for soldering a chip onto a surface. The method generally includes forming a bonding pad on the surface on which the chip is to be soldered, wherein the bonding pad is surrounded, at least in part, by dielectric material. The method may also include treating the dielectric material to render the dielectric material superomniphobic, and soldering the chip onto the bonding pad.
US10396044B2 Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a wiring substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a semiconductor chip including a plurality of chip electrodes and mounted over the wiring substrate, a first capacitor arranged at a position overlapping with the semiconductor chip in plan view and incorporated in the wiring substrate, and a second capacitor arranged between the first capacitor and a peripheral portion of the wiring substrate in plan view. Also, the second capacitor is inserted in series connection into a signal transmission path through which an electric signal is input to or output from the semiconductor chip.
US10396043B2 Timing based camouflage circuit
In one embodiment, a chip comprising a circuit, the circuit comprising a plurality of components, wherein the circuit is adapted to perform a function that is dependent on timing behavior of the circuit, and wherein a geometry of a layout of the circuit is substantially the same as another geometry of another layout of another circuit adapted to perform another function that is dependent on different timing behavior.
US10396042B2 Dielectric crack stop for advanced interconnects
An interconnect level is provided on a surface of a substrate that has improved crack stop capability. The interconnect level includes at least one wiring region including an electrically conductive structure embedded in an interconnect dielectric material having a dielectric constant of less than 4.0, and a crack stop region laterally surrounding the wiring region. The crack stop region includes a crack stop dielectric material having a dielectric constant greater than the dielectric constant of the interconnect dielectric material. The crack stop region may be devoid of any metallic structure, or it may contain a metallic structure. The metallic structure in the crack stop region, which is embedded in the crack stop dielectric material, may be composed of a same, or different, electrically conductive metal or metal alloy as the electrically conductive structure embedded in the interconnect dielectric material.
US10396037B2 Fan-out semiconductor device
There is provided a fan-out semiconductor device in which a first package having a semiconductor chip disposed therein and having a fan-out form and a second package having a passive component disposed therein and having a fan-out form are stacked in a vertical direction so that the semiconductor chip and the passive component are electrically connected to each other by a path as short as possible.
US10396033B1 First power buses and second power buses extending in a first direction
Methods and apparatuses for efficiently providing supply voltages to a load circuit are provided. The apparatus includes a first plurality of first power buses extending in a first direction and within a first range. The first range extends in a second direction. A second plurality of first power buses extends in the first direction and within the first range. The first plurality of first power buses and the second plurality of first power buses are powered at a first supply voltage. A plurality of second power buses extends in the first direction within the first range and a second range. The second range extends in the first direction. The plurality of second power buses is powered at a second supply voltage. The first plurality of first power buses, the second plurality of first power buses, and the plurality of second power buses are in a conductive layer.
US10396029B2 Semiconductor device
A plurality of unit MISFET elements connected in parallel with each other to make up a power MISFET are formed in an LDMOSFET forming region on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate. A control circuit that controls a gate voltage of the power MISFET is formed in a driver circuit region on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. A wiring structure having a plurality of wiring layers made of the same metal material is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The gate electrodes of the plurality of unit MISFET elements formed in the LDMOSFET forming region are electrically connected to each other via gate wirings formed in all of the plurality of wiring layers made of the same metal material.
US10396028B2 Semiconductor package and related methods
Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a prefabricated electrically conductive section; two or more metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFET) physically coupled together; and a back metal coupled to the two or more MOSFETs; wherein the electrically conductive section may be coupled to the back metal and may be configured to electrically couple the two or more MOSFETs together during operation of the two or more MOSFETs.
US10396024B2 Wiring substrate and semiconductor device
A wiring substrate includes a first insulating layer including a first through-hole formed through the first insulating layer in a thickness direction, a wiring layer formed on a lower surface of the first insulating layer, and a via wiring filled in the first through-hole and connected to the wiring layer, the via wiring having such a shape that it gradually becomes thinner from one side close to the lower surface of the first insulating layer toward the other side close to an upper surface of the first insulating layer, the via wiring including a first recess formed in an upper end surface of the via wiring. An upper end portion of the via wiring is an electrode pad for electric connection with an electronic component.
US10396022B2 Ground via clustering for crosstalk mitigation
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations for ground via clustering for crosstalk mitigation in integrated circuit (IC) assemblies. In some embodiments, an IC package assembly may include a first package substrate configured to route input/output (I/O) signals and ground between a die and a second package substrate. The first package substrate may include a plurality of contacts disposed on one side of the first package substrate and at least two ground vias of a same layer of vias, and the at least two ground vias may form a cluster of ground vias electrically coupled with an individual contact. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10396019B2 Molded intelligent power module and method of making the same
An intelligent power module (IPM) has a first, second, third and fourth die paddles, a first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), a tie bar, a metal slug, a plurality of spacers, a plurality of leads and a molding encapsulation. The molding encapsulation encloses the first, second, third and fourth die paddles, the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth MOSFETs, the tie bar and the plurality of spacers. A bottom surface of the metal slug is exposed from the molding encapsulation. A process for fabricating the IPM comprises preparing the first, second, third and fourth die paddles, the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth MOSFETs, the tie bar, the plurality of leads, the metal slug and the plurality of spacers and applying a molding process to form the molding encapsulation.
US10396016B2 Leadframe inductor
One example includes a device that is comprised of a die, a leadframe, and an electrically conductive material. The die includes a circuit therein. The leadframe is coupled with the die and the circuit therein. The electrically conductive material is disposed in a space above the die opposite the leadframe, the electrically conductive material being coupled to the leadframe and configured as one or more turns thereof to form at least one inductor.
US10396015B2 Die attach methods and semiconductor devices manufactured based on such methods
A semiconductor device includes a carrier, a semiconductor die and a die attach material arranged between the carrier and the semiconductor die. A fillet height of the die attach material is less than about 95% of a height of the semiconductor die. A maximum extension of the die attach material over edges of a main surface of the semiconductor die facing the die attach material is less than about 200 micrometers.
US10396014B2 Robust through-silicon-via structure
Methods and apparatus entailing an interconnect structure comprising interconnect features disposed in dielectric material over a substrate. Each interconnect feature comprises an interconnect member and a via extending between the interconnect member and a conductive member formed within the dielectric material. A through-silicon-via (TSV) structure is formed laterally offset from the interconnect structure by forming a first portion of the TSV structure with a first conductive material and forming a second portion of the TSV structure with a second conductive material. Forming the second portion of the TSV structure occurs substantially simultaneously with forming one of the interconnect features.
US10396005B2 Fan-out semiconductor package
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip, an encapsulant encapsulating the semiconductor chip, and a connection member disposed on at least one surface of the semiconductor chip and including an insulating layer and a plurality of redistribution layers electrically connected to the semiconductor chip. At least one of the plurality of redistribution layers includes a plurality of degassing holes penetrating therethrough in a thickness direction.
US10396004B2 Reduction of cross talk in WLCSP's through laser drilled technique
A wafer level chip scale package is described. The wafer level chip scale package comprises a plurality of redistribution layer (RDL) traces connected to a silicon wafer through openings through a first polymer layer to metal pads on a top surface of the silicon wafer. A plurality of underbump metal (UBM) layers each contact one of the plurality of RDL traces through openings in a second polymer layer over the first polymer layer. A plurality of solder bumps lie on each UBM layer. A metal plating layer lies under the first polymer layer and does not contact any of the plurality of RDL traces. At least one separator lies between at least two of the plurality of RDL traces. The separator is a metal fencing between the two neighboring RDL traces or an air gap between the two neighboring RDL traces.
US10396001B2 Offset test pads for WLCSP final test
A device configured for WLCSP, can include: a first pad; a test pad offset from the first pad; a first RDL path that connects the first pad to the test pad; and a second RDL path that connects the test pad to a solder ball. In another case, a device configured for WLCSP can include: a first pad; a test pad offset from the first pad; a first RDL path that connects the first pad to a solder ball; and a second RDL path that connects the test pad to the solder ball. A wafer having devices configured for WLCSP, can include: a first device having a first pad; a second device having a test pad; a first RDL path that connects the first pad to a solder ball; and a second RDL path that connects the test pad to the solder ball.
US10395998B2 Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method, and storage medium
A substrate processing apparatus, including: a development part configured to develop a substrate on which an exposed resist film formed to form a pattern on a surface of the substrate; a heat plate configured to mount and heat the substrate on which the resist film formed on the heat plate before the development is performed; a distribution acquisition part configured to optically acquire a size distribution of a dimension of the pattern on the surface of the substrate, and a determination part configured to determine whether abnormality has occurred in a mounting state of the substrate on the heat plate, based on the size distribution of the dimension of the pattern.
US10395995B2 Dual liner silicide
A method for fabricating a dual silicide device includes growing source and drain (S/D) regions for an N-type device, forming a protection layer over a gate structure and the S/D regions of the N-type device and growing S/D regions for a P-type device. A first dielectric layer is conformally deposited and portions removed to expose the S/D regions. Exposed S/D regions for the P-type device are silicided to form a liner. A second dielectric layer is conformally deposited. A dielectric fill is formed over the second dielectric layer. Contact holes are opened through the second dielectric layer to expose the liner for the P-type device and expose the protection layer for the N-type device. The S/D regions for the N-type device are exposed by opening the protection layer. Exposed S/D regions adjacent to the gate structure are silicided to form a liner for the N-type device. Contacts are formed.
US10395994B1 Equal spacer formation on semiconductor device
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device having a uniform spacer thickness between field-effect transistors (FETs) associated with regions of the device is provided. A first semiconductor material is epitaxially grown in a first source/drain region within a first region of the device associated with a first FET. A capping layer is selectively formed on the first semiconductor material by forming a layer over the first and second regions that reacts with the first semiconductor material to form the capping layer. A second semiconductor material is epitaxially grown in a second source/drain region within a second region of the device associated with a second FET. The capping layer caps the growth of the first semiconductor material during the epitaxial growth of the second semiconductor material to provide the uniform spacer thickness between the first and second FETs.
US10395989B2 Multi-layer work function metal gates with similar gate thickness to achieve multi-Vt for vFETs
A method is presented for forming a device having multiple field effect transistors (FETs) with each FET having a different work function. In particular, the method includes forming multiple microchips in which each FET has a different threshold voltage (Vt) or work-function. In one embodiment, four FETs are formed over a semiconductor substrate. Each FET has a source, drain and a gate electrode. Each gate electrode is processed independently to provide a substantially different threshold voltage.
US10395988B1 Vertical FET transistor with reduced source/drain contact resistance
A method is presented for reducing contact resistance and parasitic capacitance. The method includes forming a plurality of fins over a semiconductor substrate, forming a bottom source/drain region between the plurality of fins, forming a bottom spacer over the bottom source/drain region, forming high-k metal gates over the bottom spacers, and forming a top spacer over the high-k metal gates. The method further includes forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) over the top spacer, recessing the ILD to expose top sections of the plurality of fins, depositing an epitaxial material over each of the top sections of the plurality of fins, forming a dielectric film over the epitaxial material such that air-gaps are created between the top sections of the plurality of fins and recessing the dielectric film to expose top sections of the epitaxial material and to deposit a silicide metal liner and a conductive material thereon.
US10395987B2 Transistor with source-drain silicide pullback
The disclosure is related to MV transistors with reduced gate induced drain leakage (GIDL) and impact ionization. The reduced GILD and impact ionization are achieved without increasing device pitch of the MV transistor. A low voltage (LV) device region and a medium voltage (MV) device region are disposed on the substrate. Non-extended spacers are disposed on the sidewalls of the LV gate in the LV device region; extended L shaped spacers are disposed on the sidewalls of the MV gate in the MV device region. The non-extended spacers and extended L shape spacers are patterned simultaneously. Extended L shaped spacers displace the MV heavily doped (HD) regions a greater distance from at least one sidewall of the MV gate to reduce the GIDL and impact ionization of the MV transistor.
US10395985B2 Self aligned conductive lines with relaxed overlay
A method for forming conductive lines comprises forming a hardmask on an insulator layer, a planarizing layer on the hardmask, and a hardmask on the planarizing layer, removing exposed portions of a layer of sacrificial mandrel material to form first and second sacrificial mandrels on the hardmask, and depositing a layer of spacer material in the gap, and over exposed portions of the first and second sacrificial mandrels and the hardmask. Portions of the layer of spacer material are removed to expose the first and second sacrificial mandrels. A filler material is deposited between the first and second sacrificial mandrels. A portion of the filler material is removed to expose the first and second sacrificial mandrels. Portions of the layer of spacer material are removed to expose portions of the hardmask. A trench is formed in the insulator layer, and the trench is filled with a conductive material.
US10395975B2 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method for the same
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate where a plurality of elements or penetration electrodes are arranged and a trench is arranged to insulate and separate the plurality of elements or penetrating elements by surrounding the plurality of elements or penetration electrodes. The trench is arranged to penetrate both sides of the semiconductor substrate, and has an inner part where a space is arranged. Accordingly, it is possible to configure a semiconductor device having a structure to suppress insulation breakdown while simplifying a manufacturing process and improving yield of product manufacture.
US10395974B1 Method for forming a thin semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate
Various embodiments of the present application are directed to a method for forming a thin semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate at low cost and with low total thickness variation (TTV). In some embodiments, an etch stop layer is epitaxially formed on a sacrificial substrate. A device layer is epitaxially formed on the etch stop layer and has a different crystalline lattice than the etch stop layer. The sacrificial substrate is bonded to a handle substrate, such that the device layer and the etch stop layer are between the sacrificial and handle substrates. The sacrificial substrate is removed. An etch is performed into the etch stop layer to remove the etch stop layer. The etch is performed using an etchant comprising hydrofluoric acid, hydrogen peroxide, and acetic acid.
US10395973B2 Isolation structure and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first trench and a second trench in a substrate, the first and the second trenches communicate with each other, the second trench may be formed wider than the first trench; forming a liner layer over an inner surface of the first trench and over an inner surface of the second the trench; forming a capping layer over the liner layer to form a merged overhang and a non-merged overhang, the merged overhang may be fill a top portion of the first trench, the non-merged overhang may be open a top portion of the second trench; and forming a gap-fill layer over the capping layer to fill a lower portion of the first trench and the second trench.
US10395972B2 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes: a deep trench in a substrate; a sidewall insulating film on a side surface of the deep trench; an interlayer insulating film on the sidewall insulating film; and an air gap in the interlayer insulating film.
US10395969B2 Transparent halo for reduced particle generation
Embodiments herein include a halo having varied conductance. In some embodiments, a halo surrounding a semiconductor workpiece may include a first side opposite a second side, and a first end opposite a second end, wherein the first side is operable to receive an ion beam from an ion source. The halo may further include a plurality of apertures extending between the first side and the second side, wherein the plurality of apertures permit passage of a portion of the ion beam to pass therethrough, and wherein the halo has a varied conductance between the first and second ends. In some embodiments, at least a group of apertures of the plurality of apertures vary in at least one of: pitch, and diameter. In some embodiments, a thickness of the halo between the first side and the second side varies along a height extending between the first end and the second end.
US10395967B2 Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with improved manufacturing efficiency for the semiconductor device. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of: (a) forming a circuit at a front surface side of a wafer (semiconductor wafer) having the front surface and a back surface opposite to the front surface; (b) grinding the back surface of the wafer that has a center part (first part) and a peripheral edge part (second part) surrounding a periphery of the center part in such a manner that the center part is thinner than the peripheral edge part; (c) attaching an upper surface (bonding surface) of a holding tape to the front surface of the wafer; and (d) separating the center part from the peripheral edge part by cutting a part of the center part with a blade (rotary blade) while the wafer is held by the first tape.
US10395963B2 Electrostatic chuck
In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is provided an electrostatic chuck comprising an electrode, and a surface layer activated by a voltage in the electrode to form an electric charge to electrostatically clamp a substrate to the electrostatic chuck. The surface layer includes a plurality of protrusions extending to a height above portions of the surface layer surrounding the protrusions to support the substrate upon the protrusions during electrostatic clamping of the substrate. The protrusions are substantially equally spaced across the surface layer as measured by a center to center distance between pairs of neighboring protrusions.
US10395956B2 Substrate transfer apparatus and method of teaching substrate transfer robot
A controller: selects one optical sensor to use from among a first optical sensor and at least one second optical sensor; moves a substrate transfer hand to a detection start position at which an optical path of the selected optical sensor is positioned above a substrate placing portion and does not interfere with a pillar portion; lowers the substrate transfer hand from the detection start position to a detection position at which an object is detected by the optical sensor; and stores, as a height position of the substrate placing portion, a height of the optical path of the optical sensor from a predetermined positional reference when the substrate transfer hand is at the detection position.
US10395945B2 Bonding device for chip on film and display panel and bonding method for the same
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a bonding device for a chip on film and a display panel and a bonding method for the same. The bonding device includes: a bearing stage having a horizontal bearing surface for supporting at least one row of display panels, wherein one row of the at least one row of display panels has a row of first bonding regions; a grasping unit disposed above the bearing stage and configured to grasp at least a partial area of the entire chip on film so that a row of second bonding regions of the entire chip on film is horizontally located above the one row of display panels; and a bonding unit configured to bond the row of second bonding regions which has been aligned with the row of first bonding regions to the row of first bonding regions.
US10395941B1 SADP method with mandrel undercut spacer portion for mandrel space dimension control
A self-aligned double patterning (SADP) method is disclosed. The method may include forming a mandrel over an underlying layer, and undercutting the mandrel forming an undercut space under opposing sides of the mandrel. A pair of spacers may be formed adjacent the mandrel, each spacer including a vertical spacer portion on each side of the mandrel and an undercut spacer portion extending into the undercut space from the vertical spacer portion, the undercut spacer portions defining a sub-lithographic lateral dimension therebetween. The mandrels may be removed and, a sub-lithographic feature etched into at least the underlying layer using the spacers.
US10395940B1 Method of etching microelectronic mechanical system features in a silicon wafer
A method of etching features in a silicon wafer includes coating a top surface and a bottom surface of the silicon wafer with a mask layer having a lower etch rate than an etch rate of the silicon wafer, removing one or more portions of the mask layer to form a mask pattern in the mask layer on the top surface and the bottom surface of the silicon wafer, etching one or more top surface features into the top surface of the silicon wafer through the mask pattern to a depth plane located between the top surface and the bottom surface of the silicon wafer at a depth from the top surface, coating the top surface and the one or more top surface features with a metallic coating, and etching one or more bottom surface features into the bottom surface of the silicon wafer through the mask pattern to the target depth plane.
US10395939B2 Method for fin formation with a self-aligned directed self-assembly process and cut-last scheme
A method of making a semiconductor device includes disposing a first hard mask (HM), amorphous silicon, and second HM on a substrate; disposing oxide and neutral layers on the second HM; removing a portion of the oxide and neutral layers to expose a portion of the second HM; forming a guiding pattern by selectively backfilling with a polymer; forming a self-assembled block copolymer (BCP) on the guiding pattern; removing a portion of the BCP to form an etch template; transferring the pattern from said template into the substrate and forming uniform silicon fin arrays with two types of HM stacks with different materials and heights; gap-filling with oxide followed by planarization; selectively removing and replacing the taller HM stack with a third HM material; planarizing the surface and exposing both HM stacks; and selectively removing the shorter HM stack and the silicon fins underneath.
US10395938B2 Wafer element with an adjusted print resolution assist feature
A wafer element fabrication method is provided. The wafer element fabrication method includes forming a device element on a substrate such that the device element includes an upper surface and a sidewall extending from the upper surface to the substrate. The wafer element fabrication method further includes forming an adjusted print resolution assist feature (APRAF) on the substrate such that the APRAF is smaller than the device element in at least one dimension. In addition, the wafer element fabrication method includes depositing surrounding material, which is different from materials of the APRAF, to surround the APRAF and to lie on the upper surface in abutment with the sidewall of the device element.
US10395936B2 Wafer element with an adjusted print resolution assist feature
A wafer element fabrication method is provided. The wafer element fabrication method includes forming a device element on a substrate such that the device element includes an upper surface and a sidewall extending from the upper surface to the substrate. The wafer element fabrication method further includes forming an adjusted print resolution assist feature (APRAF) on the substrate such that the APRAF is smaller than the device element in at least one dimension. In addition, the wafer element fabrication method includes depositing surrounding material, which is different from materials of the APRAF, to surround the APRAF and to lie on the upper surface in abutment with the sidewall of the device element.
US10395931B2 LDMOS transistor, ESD device, and fabrication method thereof
A method is provided for fabricating an LDMOS transistor. The method includes providing a base substrate. The method also includes forming a first well area doped with a first well ion in the base substrate. In addition, the method includes forming a second well area doped with a second well ion in the base substrate, where the second well area includes a first region adjacent to the first well area. Moreover, the method includes forming a first ion doping region doped with first ions in the first well area and the first region, where a type of the first ions is the same as a type of the first well ion and opposite to a type of the second well ion. Further, the method includes forming a gate structure on part of the first well area and part of the first region.
US10395930B2 Substrate treating apparatus and substrate treating method
Disclosed are a substrate treating apparatus and a substrate treating method. The substrate treating apparatus includes a chamber providing an interior space for treating a substrate, a support unit provided in the chamber and configured to support the substrate, a first ejection unit having a first nozzle configured to supply a first cleaning medium in an aerosol state to the substrate supported by the support unit, and a second ejection unit having a second nozzle configured to supply a second cleaning medium to the substrate supported by the support unit.
US10395927B2 Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
The present application relates to the field of semiconductor technologies, and discloses methods for manufacturing a semiconductor device. The manufacturing method includes: forming an etchable material layer on a substrate; forming multiple openings on the etchable material layer by means of patterning processing to determine a position of a core; etching the substrate at bottoms of the multiple openings, so that the bottoms of the multiple openings extend into the substrate; depositing a material of the core to fill the multiple openings; etching the material of the core so as to expose the etchable material layer; removing the etchable material layer to leave multiple cores; depositing spacers; over etching the spacers so as to expose the multiple cores, and etching a part of the substrate, where an etching depth of the substrate is the same as a depth to which the openings extend into the substrate; and removing the multiple cores. The methods address the problem of a distance offset of gaps between spacers.
US10395925B2 Patterning material film stack comprising hard mask layer having high metal content interface to resist layer
A lithographic patterning method includes forming a multi-layer patterning material film stack on a semiconductor substrate. Forming the patterning material film stack includes forming a hard mask layer and forming a resist layer over the hard mask layer. The hard mask layer is formed such that an interface portion of the hard mask layer proximate the resist layer has a higher metal content than other portions of the hard mask layer. The method further includes exposing the patterning material film stack to patterning radiation to form a desired pattern in the resist layer, developing the pattern formed in the resist layer, etching the hard mask layer in accordance with the developed pattern, and removing remaining portions of the resist layer. The hard mask layer illustratively includes metal oxide, metal nitride and/or metal oxynitride, and may exhibit an elevated surface hydrophobicity due to its high metal content interface portion.
US10395920B2 Alkyl-alkoxysilacyclic compounds
A method and composition for producing a low k dielectric film via chemical vapor deposition is provided. In one aspect, the method comprises the steps of: providing a substrate within a reaction chamber; introducing into the reaction chamber gaseous reagents including at least one structure-forming precursor comprising a silacyclic compound, and a porogen; applying energy to the gaseous reagents in the reaction chamber to induce reaction of the gaseous reagents to deposit a preliminary film on the substrate, wherein the preliminary film contains the porogen, and the preliminary film is deposited; and removing from the preliminary film at least a portion of the porogen contained therein and provide the film with pores and a dielectric constant of 2.7 or less.
US10395918B2 Method and system for controlling plasma in semiconductor fabrication
A plasma processing system and a method for controlling a plasma in semiconductor fabrication are provided. The system includes a remote plasma module configured to generate a plasma. The system further includes a compound mixing member configured to receive the plasma. The system also includes a processing chamber configured to receive the plasma from the compound mixing member for processing. In addition, the system includes a detection module configured to monitor the plasma in the compound mixing member.
US10395917B2 Si precursors for deposition of SiN at low temperatures
Methods and precursors for depositing silicon nitride films by atomic layer deposition (ALD) are provided. In some embodiments the silicon precursors comprise an iodine ligand. The silicon nitride films may have a relatively uniform etch rate for both vertical and the horizontal portions when deposited onto three-dimensional structures such as FinFETS or other types of multiple gate FETs. In some embodiments, various silicon nitride films of the present disclosure have an etch rate of less than half the thermal oxide removal rate with diluted HF (0.5%).
US10395916B2 In-situ pre-clean for selectivity improvement for selective deposition
Methods to selectively deposit a film on a first surface (e.g., a metal surface) relative to a second surface (e.g., a dielectric surface) by exposing the surface to a pre-clean plasma comprising one or more of argon or hydrogen followed by deposition. The first surface and the second surface can be substantially coplanar. The selectivity of the deposited film may be increased by an order of magnitude relative to the substrate before exposure to the pre-cleaning plasma.
US10395913B2 Mass spectrometry probes and systems for ionizing a sample transport
The invention generally relates to mass spectrometry probes and systems for ionizing a sample. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a mass spectrometry probe including a substrate in which a portion of the substrate is coated with a material, a portion of which protrudes from the substrate.
US10395911B2 Systems and methods for relay ionization
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for relay ionization of a sample. In certain aspects, the invention provides systems that include an ion source that generates ions, a sample emitter configured to hold a sample, and a mass spectrometer. The system is configured such that the ions generated by the ion source are directed to interact with the sample emitter, thereby causing the sample to be discharged from the sample emitter and into the mass spectrometer.
US10395905B2 Ion detectors and methods of using them
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to ion detectors and systems. In some examples, the ion detector can include a plurality of dynodes, in which one or more of the dynodes are coupled to an electrometer. In other configurations, each dynode can be coupled to a respective electrometer. Methods using the ion detectors are also described.
US10395904B2 Method of real time in-situ chamber condition monitoring using sensors and RF communication
Plural sensors on an interior surface of a reactor chamber are linked by respective RF communication channels to a hub inside the reactor chamber, which in turn is linked to a process controller outside of the chamber.
US10395903B2 Self-sustained non-ambipolar direct current (DC) plasma at low power
A processing system is disclosed, having an electron beam source chamber that excites plasma to generate an electron beam, and an ion beam source chamber that houses a substrate and also excites plasma to generate an ion beam. The processing system also includes a dielectric injector coupling the electron beam source chamber to the ion beam source chamber that simultaneously injects the electron beam and the ion beam and propels the electron beam and the ion beam in opposite directions. The voltage potential gradient between the electron beam source chamber and the ion beam source chamber generates an energy field that is sufficient to maintain the electron beam and ion beam as a plasma treats the substrate so that radio frequency (RF) power initially applied to the processing system to generate the electron beam can be terminated thus improving the power efficiency of the processing system.
US10395902B2 Chamber with vertical support stem for symmetric conductance and RF delivery
A plasma chamber is provided to increase conductance within the plasma chamber and to increase uniformity of the conductance. A radio frequency (RF) path for supplying power to the plasma chamber is symmetric with respect to a center axis of the plasma chamber. Moreover, pumps used to remove materials from the plasma chamber are located symmetric with respect to the center axis. The symmetric arrangements of the RF paths and the pumps facilitate an increase in conductance uniformity within the plasma chamber.
US10395901B2 Plasma ignition and sustaining apparatus
Apparatus for use with a vessel used to generate plasma are provided. One apparatus includes a first comb structure configured to partially wrap around a circumference of the vessel. The first comb structure has a first end and a second end, and a first separation is defined between the first end and the second end. The first comb structure defines a first plurality of fingers oriented perpendicular to the circumference of the vessel. The first comb structure is configured to be connected to a first end of a radio frequency (RF) coil. Also provided is a second comb structure configured to partially wrap around the circumference of the vessel. The second comb structure has a first end and a second end. A second separation is defined between the first end and the second end the second comb structure. The second comb structure defines a second plurality of fingers oriented perpendicular to the circumference of the vessel. The second comb structure is configured to be connected to a second end of the RF coil. Further, ends of the first plurality of fingers and ends of the second plurality of fingers are configured to face each other and maintain a third separation.
US10395899B2 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus
In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first film on a substrate. The method further includes housing the substrate provided with the first film in a chamber, and introducing a first gas into the chamber. The method further includes generating plasma discharge of the first gas in the chamber or applying radiation to the first gas in the chamber. The method further includes introducing a second gas containing a metal component into the chamber to cause the metal component to infiltrate into the first film after the generation of the plasma discharge or the application of the radiation is started.
US10395893B2 Dual-feed tunable plasma source
A plasma source assembly for use with a processing chamber includes an inner RF feed connected to the inner edge of the electrode and an outer RF feed connected to the outer edge of the electrode. A capacitor is connected between the inner edge of the electrode and electrical ground to modulate the voltage of across the length of the electrode.
US10395892B2 High temperature electrolysis glow discharge method
The present invention provides a glow discharge assembly that includes an electrically conductive cylindrical screen, a flange assembly, an electrode, an insulator and a non-conductive granular material. The electrically conductive cylindrical screen has an open end and a closed end. The flange assembly is attached to and electrically connected to the open end of the electrically conductive cylindrical screen. The flange assembly has a hole with a first diameter aligned with a longitudinal axis of the electrically conductive cylindrical screen. The electrode is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the electrically conductive cylindrical screen and extends through the hole of the flange assembly into the electrically conductive cylindrical screen. The insulator seals the hole of the flange assembly around the electrode and maintains a substantially equidistant gap between the electrically conductive cylindrical screen and the electrode. The non-conductive granular material is disposed within the substantially equidistant gap.
US10395888B2 Optical-cavity based ponderomotive phase plate for transmission electron microscopy
An optical cavity is defined by a first mirror and a second mirror. The first mirror has a front surface that includes a first concave mirror. The second mirror has a front surface that includes a second concave mirror. The optical cavity has a resonant optical mode with a small focal spot size. The optical cavity may be used in a method of enhancing phase contrast in an electron beam image, and associated system for electron beam imaging or electron-beam spectroscopy, with a transmission electron beam microscope.
US10395883B2 Aperture size modulation to enhance ebeam patterning resolution
Lithographic apparatuses suitable for complementary e-beam lithography (CEBL) are described. In an example, a blanker aperture array (BAA) for an e-beam tool includes a first column of openings along a first direction and having a pitch. Each opening of the first column of openings has a dimension in the first direction. The BAA also includes a second column of openings along the first direction and staggered from the first column of openings. The second column of openings has the pitch. Each opening of the second column of openings has the dimension in the first direction. A scan direction of the BAA is along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The openings of the first column of openings overlap with the openings of the second column of openings by at least 5% but less than 50% of the dimension in the first direction when scanned along the second direction.
US10395879B2 Tungsten alloy part, and discharge lamp, transmitting tube, and magnetron using the same
According to one embodiment, a tungsten alloy includes 0.1 to 5 wt % of Zr in terms of ZrC.
US10395877B2 Protective device
The present invention proposes a protection device which has a large rated voltage and a large rated current, which is capable of sufficiently suppressing arc generation during activation, and which is also capable of providing suitable protection against overcurrent due to short circuiting or the like of a main circuit. The protection device of the present invention includes (i) a protection element which includes a first thermal fuse and a resistor, and in which the resistor generates heat as a result of current passing through the resistor when there are abnormalities, and the first thermal fuse is activated due to this heat and interrupts the current, (ii) a PTC element and a second thermal fuse which are electrically connected in parallel to the first thermal fuse and which are electrically connected in series to each other, and (iii) a current fuse which is electrically connected in series to the first thermal fuse.
US10395874B2 Auxiliary switch
An auxiliary switch includes a housing including a first housing part and a second housing part separate from and releasably connected to the first housing part. A printed circuit board is fixedly mounted within the housing and has an electrical pad and an electrical contact connected to the electrical pad. A terminal conductor is electrically connected to the printed circuit board. An actuator mechanism is mounted within the housing and has an electrical contactor engaged to the terminal conductor. The actuator mechanism is configured to move within the housing and at least partially displace the electrical contact while maintaining engagement between the contactor and the terminal conductor.
US10395869B2 Relay circuit and method for performing self-test of relay circuit
A relay circuit and a method for performing a self-test. The relay circuit has four relays, each relay having a first forcibly guided contact and a second forcibly guided contact. The four relays are arranged in a first and a second pair of two in series connected first forcibly guided contacts. The first and second relay pair are arranged in parallel between a power supply connection and a load connection for switching a power supply to a load through the first forcibly guided contacts. Such a relay circuit enables supplying power via one of the relay pairs, while cutting power via the other relay pair, which facilitates testing of the relay pair which has cut power without interrupting the process supervised by the Safety Instrumented System which the relay circuit forms part of.
US10395868B2 Method for determining the operating status of a mv switching device of the electromagnetic type
A method for determining the operating status of a MV switching device is provided. The method includes providing a test signal to said test coil for an observation period of time. Measuring data is obtained which is indicative of the voltage at the terminals of the test coil and of the current circulating along the test coil during the observation period of time. Observation data is calculated which is indicative of the electric behavior of the test coil at the end of said observation period of time. A transformation function is selected which is indicative of the electromagnetic behavior of the electromagnetic actuator. First estimation data is calculated which is indicative of the operating status of the electromagnetic actuator.
US10395866B2 High voltage DC circuit breaker
Provided is a high voltage DC circuit breaker that interrupts a fault current flowing through a high voltage DC transmission line with a vacuum circuit breaker and a gas circuit breaker connected in series. The circuit breaker includes: a vacuum circuit breaker installed on a DC transmission line and operating to interrupt a current in the DC transmission line when a fault occurs on either side of the DC transmission line; a gas circuit breaker connected in series with the vacuum interrupter; an LC circuit connected in parallel with the vacuum circuit breaker and including a capacitor and a reactor connected in series to induce LC resonance; a first bidirectional switching device connected in series with the LC circuit and switching a current flowing in any of two opposite directions; and a second bidirectional switching device connected in parallel with the LC circuit.
US10395865B2 Remote-controlled switch cover assembly
A remote-controlled switch cover assembly is described for converting an existing rocker switch into a remote-controlled switch. The remote-controlled switch cover assembly receives a wireless signal to actuate the standard rocker switch and, in response, activates an electric motor that causes a gear train to turn in a first direction. This causes a wiper to engage an under-surface of a tilt plate located above the standard rocker switch and, in response, an opposing end of the tit plate depresses the standard rocker switch.
US10395864B2 Switching device comprising a resetting device
A switching device includes a shell delimiting a plurality of spaces each able to accommodate a trip including a tripping device, a switching device, and a control mechanism including a device for grasping that can be moved between a first position and a second position by an operator in order to control movement of the switching device between an open position and a closed position. The switching device is in the closed position when the device for grasping is in the first position and in the open position when the device for grasping is in the second position. The control mechanism includes a single resetting device that resets each trip when the operator moves the device for grasping from the first position into the second position.
US10395862B2 Electronic apparatus comprising at least one luminous button and method for assembling such an apparatus
An electronic apparatus and a method of assembling the electronic apparatus having a chassis inserted into a housing having a face parallel to the direction of insertion of the chassis in the housing provided with push buttons with light guides projecting into the housing. An electronic board is mounted in the chassis so as to extend parallel to said face of the housing and is provided with switches in order to interact with the push buttons and light sources surrounded by a light-tight frame receiving the free end of the light guides. The light-tight frame has a height which decreases in a direction of separation from the chassis, and the light guides have a height which decreases in the opposite direction so as only to be in contact with one another once the chassis has been completely inserted into the housing.
US10395860B2 Strain gauge proportional push button
A transmitter device incorporating a strain gauge proportional push button is disclosed. The transmitter device includes a printed circuit board including one or more electrical components thereon and a proportional push button having a flexible membrane, a dome switch positioned beneath the flexible membrane and attached to the printed circuit board, the dome switch being proximate to the flexible membrane such that depression of the flexible membrane causes the dome switch to snap down and thereby form a closed circuit in the dome switch, and a strain gauge formed on or applied to the printed circuit board and positioned adjacent the dome switch, the strain gauge generating an electrical output proportional to an amount of deflection of the printed circuit board caused by pressure exerted thereon by depression of the flexible membrane and the dome switch.
US10395859B2 Switch case and switch
A switch case includes a metal plate having a first surface and a second surface that is at a side opposite to the first surface, and a resin case embedding a part of the metal plate. The resin case includes a housing portion having an opening disposed on a surface of the resin case. The metal plate includes a terminal portion, a contact portion, and an intermediate portion positioned between the terminal portion and the contact portion. The terminal portion is exposed from the surface of the resin case, and the intermediate portion is embedded in the resin case. The intermediate portion is provided with first and second through-hole each penetrating the first surface and the second surface. A hole diameter of the first through-hole at the second surface is larger than a hole diameter of the first through-hole at the first surface.
US10395856B2 Bus type switch socket bracket
A bus type switch socket bracket includes a bracket body (1). The bracket body (1) includes at least one control panel mounting hole (7). A bare metal contact pad (3) are arranged at the sides of the control panel mounting hole (7) and connected to a metal body (2) embedded in the bracket body (1). The bare metal contact pad (3) serves as a bus access port for providing low-voltage direct current power supply, communication and control lines of various control panels mounted on the bracket body (1). By means of providing a bracket body and a bus in the bracket body, the bus type switch socket bracket provides a hardware platform and a mounting space for application extension of an intelligent control device, and is simple in structure and convenient to use.
US10395855B2 Switch
A switch includes a first contact and a second contact that are placed along an operating shaft and can reciprocate with respect to each other. An end of the second contact opposite to an end thereof on the side of the first contact is housed in a housing space of a housing box. The pressure in the housing space is increased due to an arc generated when the first contact approaches the second contact. The increased in the pressure causes the second contact to move toward the first contact.
US10395854B2 Electrical switching apparatus, and crossbar assembly and spring cap therefor
A spring cap for an electrical switching apparatus having a housing, a stationary contact, a movable contact disposed on a moving arm, and a crossbar assembly. The crossbar assembly includes a crossbar, a first contact spring, a second contact spring, and a spring clip. The moving arm is coupled to the crossbar. The spring cap includes a first segment structured disposed between the spring clip and the first contact spring, a second segment disposed between the spring clip and the second contact spring, and a connecting portion connecting the first segment to the second segment. The spring clip is disposed between the moving arm and the contact springs. The spring cap supports the spring clip and evenly distribute bias forces of the contact springs.
US10395850B2 Quantum dipole battery
An electric energy storage device has first and second conductor layers, a plastic sheet, a quantum dot, and positive and negative electrodes wherein the first and second conductor layers has surfaces coated with ionic or dipole material. The first conductor layer is stacked on top of the second conductor layer with a nanometer-scale interval and with the ionic material layer inbetween, forming a bilayer structure and a quantum heterostructure. Millions of bilayers are stacked together to form a multilayer structure. A positive electrode is attached to the first conductor layer and a negative electrode is attached to the last conductor layer, wherein the first and second conductor layers store electrical energy in the bilayer in a form of binding energy.
US10395847B2 Photoelectric conversion element
An element includes a first substrate and a layer including a first conductive layer with a first conductive portion and a second conductive layer. The element includes a cell including the first conductive portion, a second substrate and a sealing portion. A groove is formed between the first and second conductive layers, the element includes an insulating layer provided between the sealing portion and the first substrate, and an outer circumferential edge of the insulating layer is provided to surround the entire sealing portion. The insulating layer covers and hides a portion of the first conductive layer, which protrudes outside the sealing portion, inside from the outer circumferential edge of the insulating layer and outside the sealing portion, enters the groove and covers a part of the second conductive layer, and the rest of the second conductive layer is exposed.
US10395843B2 Electrical connection contact for a ceramic component, a ceramic component, and a component arrangement
An electrical connection contact (5) for a ceramic component (2) is specified. The connection contact (5) comprises a first material (M1) and a second material (M2) arranged thereon, wherein the first material (M1) has a high electrical conductivity and the second material (M2) has a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
US10395840B1 Multilayer ceramic electronic component
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes alternately laminated with respective dielectric layers disposed therebetween, first and second external electrodes disposed on first and second external surfaces of the ceramic body, respectively, the first and second external electrodes each including first and second base electrode layers having at least a portion in contact with first and second external surfaces of the ceramic body, respectively, and first and second plating layers disposed to cover the first and second base electrode layers, respectively, and a water repellent layer disposed to cover both external side surfaces of the first and second plating layers and a surface of the ceramic body.
US10395837B2 Multilayer ceramic capacitor
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a body in which a plurality of dielectric layers are stacked, first and second external electrodes disposed on one surface of the body and spaced apart from each other, a plurality of first and second internal electrodes opposing each other, the dielectric layers being interposed therebetween, a first conductive via connecting the plurality of first internal electrodes to the first external electrode, a second conductive via connecting the plurality of second internal electrodes to the second external electrode, and a shielding layer covering at least a portion of an external surface of the body.
US10395829B2 Dielectric resin composition for film capacitor and film capacitor
A dielectric resin composition for a film capacitor is a mixture containing an organic material A and an organic material B. The organic material A includes at least two kinds of organic material components A1, A2, . . . having reactive groups (for example, OH, NCO) that cross-link each other. The organic material B does not have a reactive site capable of reacting with the organic material A and has a dielectric loss tan δ of 0.3% or less at a temperature of 125° C. The mixture has a glass transition temperature of 130° C. or higher and preferably 280° C. or lower.
US10395828B2 Capacitor
The dielectric layers are formed from a dielectric porcelain formed from crystal particles containing barium titanate as a main component and containing a rare earth element, and the crystal particles have, in a particle boundary vicinity, a low concentration region in which the concentration of the rare earth element is lower than the concentration of the rare earth element in an inside. The crystal particles further contain vanadium, and the low concentration region contains a larger amount of the vanadium than the amount of the vanadium in the inside. The crystal particles further contain magnesium and manganese, and the magnesium and the manganese have a concentration gradient that is at a maximum at the particle boundary vicinity and that lowers toward the inside.
US10395824B2 Method of manufacturing winding-type coil component
A method of manufacturing a winding-type coil component which can efficiently manufacture a winding-type coil component having external electrodes where a height of the external electrodes is gradually increased in an inclined manner from opposedly facing surfaces of one flange portion and the other flange portion to surfaces of the one flange portion and the other flange portion on a side opposite to the opposedly facing surfaces.
US10395823B2 Grain boundary engineering
This disclosure is directed to methods for creating recycled Nd—Fe—B type permanent magnets, the methods comprising homogenizing a first population of particles of a rare earth transitional elemental additive with a second population of particles of a magnetic material, wherein the nature of the rare earth transitional elemental additive and the magnetic material are described herein. Additional steps may include compressing the population of homogenized particles together to form a green body, and heating the green body at a temperature and for a time sufficient to sinter the green body into a sintered body. Compositions resulting from these methods are also within the scope of the disclosure.
US10395822B2 Rare-earth magnet, method of manufacturing rare-earth magnet, and rotator
A rare-earth magnet is an R-T-B-based rare-earth magnet containing a rare-earth element R, a transition metal element T, and boron B. The rare-earth magnet further contains Cu and Co, while having a Cu concentration distribution with a gradient along a direction from a surface of the rare-earth magnet to the inside thereof, Cu having a higher concentration on the surface side of the rare-earth magnet than on the inside thereof, and a Co concentration distribution with a gradient along a direction from the surface of the rare-earth magnet to the inside thereof, Co having a higher concentration on the surface side of the rare-earth magnet than on the inside thereof. The rare-earth magnet is excellent in corrosion resistance.
US10395820B2 Common mode choke coil
A common mode choke coil according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first coil conductor, a second coil conductor, and a third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the second coil conductor has a different shape than the first coil conductor and the third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor extend parallel with each other in a first region in plan view as seen from an axial direction along the coil axis. In the embodiment, in the first region, when seen in a cross section cut along a plane including the coil axis, in an n-th turn, an arranging order of the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor from an inner side in a radial direction thereof is inverted from that in an n+1th turn.
US10395814B2 Coil electronic component and method of manufacturing the same
A coil electronic component includes: a plurality of stacked coil layers each including coil patterns including anisotropic plating layers; conductive vias connecting the coil patterns formed on different coil layers to each other; and external electrodes electrically connected to the plurality of coil layers.
US10395813B2 Magnetic core and process for producing same
The present invention provides a magnetic core which can be produced with improved productivity without increasing a material cost and has required magnetic and mechanical properties and a process for producing the same. The magnetic core is produced by compression molding and thereafter thermally hardening iron-based soft magnetic powder having resin films formed on surfaces of particles thereof. The resin film is an uncured resin film formed by dry mixing the iron-based soft magnetic powder and epoxy resin containing a latent curing agent with each other at a temperature not less than a softening temperature of the epoxy resin and less than a thermal curing starting temperature thereof. The iron-based soft magnetic powder having the resin films formed on the surfaces of the particles thereof is compression molded by using a die to produce a compression molded body. The compression molded body having the resin films formed on the surfaces of the particles thereof is thermally hardened at a temperature not less than the thermal curing starting temperature of the epoxy resin.
US10395811B2 Inductive sensor tuning using a permeable paste mixture
An inductive sensor includes a core body, a coil wound on the core body, a cavity having a fixed volume within the core body, and an epoxy mixture filling a controlled portion of the fixed volume. The controlled portion of the fixed volume filled with the epoxy mixture controls an inductance of the sensor.
US10395809B2 Perpendicular magnetic layer and magnetic device including the same
Embodiments of the inventive concepts provide a flat perpendicular magnetic layer having a low saturation magnetization and a perpendicular magnetization-type tunnel magnetoresistive element using the same. The perpendicular magnetic layer is a nitrogen-poor (Mn1−xGax)Ny layer (0
US10395807B2 Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having excellent magnetic characteristics and coating adhesion
There is provided a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet stably having excellent magnetic characteristics and coating adhesion even when a rapid heating is conducted in a primary recrystallization annealing (decarburization annealing). Concretely, it is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet provided on its sheet surface with a tension-applying type insulation coating constituted with a coating layer A formed on a steel sheet side and mainly composed of an oxide and a coating layer B formed on a surface side and mainly composed of glass, characterized in that a ratio R (σB/σA) of a tension σB of the coating layer B on the surface side applied to the steel sheet to a tension σA of the coating layer on the steel sheet side A applied to the steel sheet is within a range of 1.20-4.0.
US10395805B2 Iron-based superconducting permanent magnet and method of manufacture
The present invention provides for polycrystalline superconducting permanent magnets which are synthesized of doped superconducting (AE) Fe2As2 compounds, where AE denotes an alkaline earth metal, such as Ba, Sr, Mg or Ca. The superconducting permanent magnets of the present invention can be magnetized in their superconducting state by induced currents, resulting in trapped magnetization that scales with the size of the bulk material. The magnitude of the trapped field has been demonstrated to be over 1 T and is predicted to be over 10 T if the technology is scaled, which is much higher than the capabilities of permanent magnets and other superconducting polycrystalline bulks currently known in the art.
US10395804B2 Isolating semiconducting single-walled nanotubes or metallic single-walled nanotubes and approaches therefor
Embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure include methods, polymers, and complexes. For example, a method embodiments includes providing a solution including a disassembled supramolecular polymer and a bond disrupting agent, adding an antisolvent to the solution to precipitate the supramolecular polymer, and isolating the precipitated supramolecular polymer from the bond disrupting agent. The isolated supramolecular polymer is configured to selectively disperse single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) of a particular electrical type from a SWNT mixture including SWNTS of at least two electrical types.
US10395803B2 Method for producing a cladding for elongated material
The present invention relates to a method for the production of a cladding for elongated material (2), in particular a sheath for cable sets. In this method, an adhesive tape (3, 4) consisting of a carrier (4) and a first adhesive coating (3) which substantially fully covers the front side of the carrier (4) is combined with an adhesive-free carrier tape (5) such as to form a laminate (3, 4, 5). This is carried out such that the adhesive tape (3, 4) is applied to the carrier tape (5) with its first adhesive coating (3) in such a way that a first projection (Ü1) is defined along at least one of the two longitudinal edges of said adhesive tape. According to the invention, the carrier (4) of the adhesive tape (3, 4) is additionally provided with a further second adhesive coating (7) substantially in parts of its rear side.
US10395801B2 Mechanical assembly by means of autogenous riveting
A mechanical assembly of a multi-strand cable including a plurality of strands and a substrate, the plurality of strands being aligned at the substrate in a first direction and the substrate having a convex edge in a plane perpendicular to the first direction. The plurality of strands is assembled on the substrate by swaging the strands around the convex edge, leading to the deformation of a portion of the strands around said convex edge. The substrate includes an opening in a plane substantially parallel to the first direction, the edge of which forms at least one portion of the convex edge. The swaging operation is carried out on the portion of the strands positioned between the edges of the opening such that a portion of the plurality of punched strands passes through the opening and projects around the convex edge onto the top and bottom sides thereof.
US10395792B2 Nanocomposite film comprising cellulose and a conductive nanofiller, and method of making
Nanocomposite films comprising carbon nanotubes dispersed throughout a polymer matrix and further comprising at least two surfaces with differing amounts of carbon nanotubes and differing electrical resistivity values are provided. Nanocomposite films comprising a polymer layer, a conductive nanofiller layer, and a polysaccharide layer having antistatic properties are provided. In particular, nanocomposites comprising polyvinyl alcohol as the polymer, graphene as the conductive nanofiller and starch as the polysaccharide are provided. In addition, processes for forming the nanocomposites, methods for characterizing the nanocomposites as well as applications in or on electrical and/or electronic devices are provided.
US10395791B2 Electrically conductive nanowire Litz braids
A structure includes a high-strength nanowire core with a first electrically-conductive metal layer bonded to an outer surface thereof. An insulating layer is bonded to an outer surface of the first electrically-conductive metal layer, and a second electrically-conductive metal layer is bonded to an outer surface of the insulating layer. The nanowires are braided into a litz bundle, which reduces electrical losses during transmission of high-frequency current.
US10395789B2 X-ray filter for x-ray powder diffraction
Technologies are described for apparatus, methods and systems effective for filtering. The filters may comprise a first plate. The first plate may include an x-ray absorbing material and walls defining first slits. The first slits may include arc shaped openings through the first plate. The walls of the first plate may be configured to absorb at least some of first x-rays when the first x-rays are incident on the x-ray absorbing material, and to output second x-rays. The filters may comprise a second plate spaced from the first plate. The second plate may include the x-ray absorbing material and walls defining second slits. The second slits may include arc shaped openings through the second plate. The walls of the second plate may be configured to absorb at least some of second x-rays and to output third x-rays.
US10395778B2 RF current drive for plasma electric generation system
A system and apparatus for controlled fusion in a field reversed configuration (FRC) magnetic topology and conversion of fusion product energies directly to electric power. Preferably, plasma ions are magnetically confined in the FRC while plasma electrons are electrostatically confined in a deep energy well, created by tuning an externally applied magnetic field. In this configuration, ions and electrons may have adequate density and temperature so that upon collisions ions are fused together by the nuclear force, thus forming fusion products that emerge in the form of an annular beam. Energy is removed from the fusion product ions as they spiral past electrodes of an inverse cyclotron converter. Advantageously, the fusion fuel plasmas that can be used with the present confinement and energy conversion system include advanced (aneutronic) fuels.
US10395776B2 Systems and methods for automatically determining myocardial bridging and patient impact
Embodiments include computer-implemented methods and systems for reporting the presence of myocardial bridging in a patient, the method comprising detecting, within a patient-specific model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on patient-specific anatomical image data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, a segment of an epicardial coronary artery at least partially surrounded by the patient's myocardium to determine the presence of myocardial bridging; and computing, using at least one computer processor, at least one physical feature of the myocardial bridging to identify the severity of the myocardial bridging.
US10395775B2 Apparatus and method for recommending operation path
The present disclosure provides an operation-path recommendation method and apparatus. In the present disclosure, by an operation-path recommendation apparatus, a blood vessel graph model is generated based on patient's anatomical information, a plurality of candidate paths between defined start and destination points is extracted; node information on at least one node in each of the candidate paths is extracted; a cost function is applied to each candidate path, based on the extracted node information.
US10395770B2 Systems and methods for monitoring a patient
System is configured to present a health-monitoring window in an operator display. The health-monitoring window includes a set of graph regions. Each of the graph regions of the set has a background and a signal line of a patient parameter. For at least one of the graph regions of the set, the processor is also configured to determine that the patient parameter for a designated time is significant based upon a predetermined standard. The processor is also configured to provide a reference color to the background for the designated time. The reference color includes at least one of a plurality of potential reference colors. The background for the designated time has a fixed position with respect to the parameter signal line such that an area of the background having the reference color appears to move along the horizontal axis with the parameter signal line as time progresses.
US10395767B2 Method and apparatus for managing medical data
Provided are a method and apparatus for managing medical data. The method includes sensing an error event of a medical diagnosis device; obtaining image data by capturing images of a user input of the medical diagnosis device with respect to a first period of time associated with a time that the error event is sensed; obtaining log data corresponding to the image data, from a console device for controlling the medical diagnosis device; and transmitting the image data and the log data to an external server.
US10395760B2 Methods, systems and processes of identifying genetic variation in highly similar genes
Provided herein are novel methods, systems and processes for mapping sequence reads to a modified reference genome and determining the presence or absence of a genetic variation, or the likelihood thereof, in a gene of interest in a subject.
US10395759B2 Methods and systems for copy number variant detection
Methods and systems for determining copy number variants are disclosed. An example method can comprise applying a sample grouping technique to select reference coverage data, normalizing sample coverage data comprising a plurality of genomic regions, and fitting a mixture model to the normalized sample coverage data based on the selected reference coverage data. An example method can comprise identifying one or more copy number variants (CNVs) according to a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) based on the normalized sample coverage data and the fitted mixture model. An example method can comprise outputting the one or more copy number variants.
US10395755B2 Stacked memory device using base die spare cell and method of repairing the same
Disclosed are a stacked memory device and a method of repairing the same, in which spare cells for a post-bond test and repair process are disposed in a base die and the spare cells are used in each memory layer as many as the number desired, a repair result after the test is permanently stored, and the spare cell of the base die and the memory layer are simultaneously approached and meaningful data is selected, so that it is not necessary to newly perform a test even though power of a memory is blocked, it is possible to solve time wasted during an approach to a memory layer after a spare memory performs determination, and it is possible to secure a high repair rate.
US10395753B2 Semiconductor memory device and programming method thereof
A semiconductor memory device is provided to keep data reliability while decreasing programming time. A NAND flash memory loads programming data from an external input/output terminal to a page buffer/sense circuit. A detecting circuit for monitoring the programming data detects whether the programming data is a specific bit string. If it is detected that the programming data is not a specific bit string, a transferring/writing circuit transfers the programming data kept by the page buffer/sense circuit to an error checking correction (ECC) circuit, and an ECC code generated by an ECC operation is written to the page buffer/sense circuit. If it is detected that the programming data is a specific bit string, transfer of the programming data kept by the page buffer/sense circuit is forbidden and a known ECC code corresponding to the specific bit string is written to the page buffer/sense circuit.
US10395751B2 Automated testing system and operating method thereof
A system and an operating method thereof include a system under test (SUT) having a hardware array of flash storages, partitions including logical volumes, a kernel subsystem including an operating system, and an application layer including services, applications, and/or systems. The application layer receives test drivers and corresponding test fixtures from an external source. The SUT is segmented into subsystems of interest, and a different test using a different test fixture is applied to each subsystem. The tests are monitored and the results of the tests are collected and verified against suitable benchmarks. Results and associated data are archived.
US10395746B2 Correlated double sampling integrating circuit
A correlated double sampling integrating circuit is provided. The circuit includes: a sampling and holding module, an energy storage unit and a feedback module. The sampling and holding module is configured to perform sampling and holding for different input signals. The energy storage unit is configured to store charges corresponding to the input signals upon the sampling and holding to generate node signals, and the feedback module is configured to form a negative feedback loop with the energy storage unit to control node signals at an integrating stage to keep consistent with node signals at a resetting stage and prevent output jump of the correlated double sampling integrating circuit. The correlated double sampling integrating circuit reduces noise, and prevents or weakens output jump of the correlated double sampling integrating circuit caused by the increase of the count of integrations.
US10395745B2 One-time programmable bitcell with native anti-fuse
A one-time programmable memory device includes a well of a first polarity in a semiconductor substrate. A lightly-doped drain (LDD) region is above one portion of the well. The LDD region has a first doping concentration and a second polarity that is opposite the first polarity. A source region or a drain region of the second polarity is above another portion of the well. The source region or the drain region has a second doping concentration that is higher than the first doping concentration. A first breakdown voltage between the LDD region and the well region is higher than a second breakdown voltage between the source region or the drain region and the well region. A select device is positioned at least partially above a portion of the source region or the drain region. The select device is configured to form a channel between the source region or the drain region and the LDD region. An anti-fuse device is positioned at least partially above a portion of the LDD region.
US10395736B2 Resistive random access memory device
A resistive random access memory with superior area efficiency and higher reliability is provided. The resistive random access memory RRAM in the present invention includes a memory array, which includes a plurality of memory cells MC arranged in rows and columns. Each memory cell MC includes a variable resistive element and an access transistor. Gates of the access transistors in a column are connected to a word line WL. First electrodes of the variable resistive element in a row are connected to a bit line BL. Second electrodes of the variable resistive element in the row are connected to a source line SL. The source line SL includes a local source line 250, which extends in a direction that is orthogonal to the bit lines BL0/BL1/BL2/BL3 and is shared by the bit lines BL0/BL1/BL2/BL3.
US10395735B2 Electronic device and method including memory with first and second write currents
An electronic device including a semiconductor memory may be provided. The semiconductor memory may include a write circuit configured for generating a first current. The semiconductor memory may include a first selection circuit configured for coupling the first write circuit to a first line based on a first selection signal. The semiconductor memory may include a second write circuit configured for generating a second current. The semiconductor memory may include a second selection circuit configured for coupling the second write circuit to a second line based on a second selection signal. The semiconductor memory may include a memory cell coupled between the first line and the second line. The semiconductor memory may include a voltage control circuit configured for controlling a voltage level of the second line.
US10395723B2 Memory system that differentiates voltages applied to word lines
A memory system includes a semiconductor memory chip including a substrate, an array of memory cells in arranged each of a plurality of levels in a thickness direction of the substrate, and a plurality of word lines arranged in the thickness direction, each of the word lines being connected to memory cells in one of the levels, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine an offset value with respect to each of a plurality of word line groups that are organized from the plurality of word lines along the thickness direction, and, with respect to each of the word line groups, set a voltage to be applied to the word line group during at least one of write, read, and erase operations, based on a base parameter value and the offset value corresponding to the word line group.
US10395720B2 Pseudo static random access memory and refresh method thereof
A pseudo static random access memory (SRAM) and a refresh method for a pseudo SRAM are provided. The refresh method includes: providing a basic clock signal; at a first time point, enabling a chip enable signal to perform a first write operation, and receiving write data during an enabled time period of the chip enable signal; at a delay time point after the first time point, enabling a sub-word line driving signal, and writing the write data to at least one selected sense amplifier during an enabled time period of the sub-word line driving signal; and receiving a refresh request signal, and determining whether the refresh request signal is enabled according to an end time point of the enabled time period of the chip enable signal to determine a timing of starting a refresh operation.
US10395719B2 Memory device driving matching lines according to priority
A memory device includes a storage circuit, a first driving circuit, and a second driving circuit. The storage circuit stores first data and compares the first data and second data. The first driving circuit selectively drives a matching line to a first logic state, depending on a comparison result of the first data and the second data by the storage circuit. The second driving circuit drives the matching line to a second logic state regardless of the comparison result.
US10395717B2 Full bias sensing in a memory array
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for full bias sensing in a memory array are described. Various embodiments of an access operation of a cell in a array may be timed to allow residual charge of a middle electrode between the cell and a selection component to discharge. Access operations may also be timed to allow residual charge of middle electrodes associated with other cells to be discharged. In conjunction with an access operation for a target cell, a residual charge of a middle electrode of another cell may be discharged, and the target cell may then be accessed. A capacitor in electronic communication with a cell may be charged and a logic state of the cell determined based on the charge of the capacitor. The timing for charging the capacitor may be related to the time for discharging a middle electrode of the cell or another cell.
US10395716B2 Multi-level storage in ferroelectric memory
Methods, systems, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. In some examples, multi-level accessing, sensing, and other operations for ferroelectric memory may be based on sensing multiple charges, including a first charge associated with a dielectric of the memory cell and a second charge associated with a polarization of the memory cell. In some cases, multi-level accessing, sensing, and other operations may be based on transferring a first charge associated with a dielectric of the memory cell to a sense amplifier, isolating the sense amplifier, activating the sense amplifier, transferring a second charge associated with a polarization of the memory cell to the sense amplifier, and activating the sense amplifier a second time.
US10395714B2 Charge sharing between memory cell plates using a conductive path
Methods, systems, techniques, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. A first ferroelectric memory cell may be used to charge a second ferroelectric memory cell by transferring charge from a plate of first ferroelectric memory cell to a plate of the second ferroelectric memory cell. In some examples, prior to the transfer of charge, the first ferroelectric memory cell may be selected for a first operation in which the first ferroelectric memory cell transitions from a charged state to a discharged state and the second ferroelectric memory cell may be selected for a second operation during which the second ferroelectric memory cell transitions from a discharged state to a charged state. The discharging of the first ferroelectric memory cell may be used to assist in charging the second ferroelectric memory cell.
US10395712B2 Memory array with horizontal source line and sacrificial bitline per virtual source
A memory device comprising an array of memory cells wherein each memory cell includes a respective magnetic random access memory (MRAM) element, and a respective gating transistor. A plurality of bit lines are routed parallel to each other, wherein each bit line is associated with a respective memory cell of the array of memory cells. A common word line is coupled to gates of gating transistors of the array of memory cells. A common source line is coupled to sources of the gating transistors, wherein the common source line is routed perpendicular to the plurality of bit lines within the array of memory cells. A sacrificial circuit element is coupled to a sacrificial bit line, coupled to the common word line and coupled to the common source line, wherein the sacrificial circuit element is operable to provide a desired voltage to the common source line wherein the desired voltage originates from the sacrificial bit line.
US10395706B2 Semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device including: a first memory section, a first peripheral circuit section, and a second peripheral circuit section that are disposed next to each other on a substrate; and a second memory section laterally spaced apart from the first memory section, the second peripheral circuit section and the second memory section disposed next to each other on the substrate, wherein the first memory section includes a plurality of first memory cells, each of the first memory cells including a cell transistor and a capacitor connected to the cell transistor, and the second memory section includes a plurality of second memory cells, each of the second memory cells including a variable resistance element and a select element coupled in series to each other, wherein the second memory cells are higher from the substrate than each of the capacitors.
US10395704B2 Apparatuses and methods for duty cycle error correction of clock signals
Apparatuses and methods for duty cycle error correction of clock signals are disclosed. An example method includes detecting a clock period error between a first clock signal and a third clock signal and adjusting a timing of the first or third clock signals based on the clock period error therebetween. The method further includes detecting a clock period error between a second clock signal and a fourth clock signal and adjusting a timing of the second or fourth clock signals based on the clock period error therebetween. Additionally, the example method includes detecting a duty cycle error between the first, second, third, and fourth clock signals, and adjusting a timing of the first and third or second and fourth clock signals based on the duty cycle error therebetween.
US10395702B1 Memory device with a clocking mechanism
A memory device includes a first data driver configured to send a first data according to a first clock signal; a first data port electrically coupled to the first data driver, the first data port configured to receive the first data; a second data driver configured to send a second data according to a second clock signal, wherein the second clock signal does not match the first clock signal; and a second data port electrically coupled to the second data driver, the second data port configured to receive the second data.
US10395700B1 Integrated level translator
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a circuit structure including: first PMOS and second PMOS each including a gate, source, and drain; wherein sources of first and second PMOS are coupled to first voltage source, gate of first PMOS is cross coupled to drain of second PMOS, gate of second PMOS is cross coupled to drain of first PMOS, drain of the first PMOS is coupled to first bit-line node, and wherein drain of second PMOS is coupled to second bit-line node; write bit-switch having first NMOS coupled to first bit-line node and second NMOS coupled to second bit-line node, wherein first and second NMOS of write bit-switch are respectively coupled to a pair of data nodes each receiving one of a pair of data inputs; and write driver, having a pair of transistor stacks each coupled to between one of the pair of data nodes and ground.
US10395696B1 Double data rate memory
A double data rate memory includes a circuit board, a goldfinger connection interface, at least 16 first IC chips, at least 16 second IC chips, a first and a second read-only memory. The circuit board has a first surface, a second surface, a first region and a second region. The first IC chips are disposed on the first surface. The second IC chips are disposed on the second surface. The first read-only memory is connected with the first and the second IC chips disposed on the first region. The second read-only memory is connected with the first and the second IC chips disposed on the second region. 10 pins of the goldfinger connection interface are connected with the second read-only memory and the first and the second IC chips disposed on the second region to make them operate. At least 32 IC chips are effectively operated in single one memory.
US10395694B1 Low permeability electrical feed-through
A low permeability electrical feed-through involves a laminate structure having alternating conductive and insulating layers with a conductive through-hole positioned therethrough, by which a lower connector pad is electrically connected with an upper connector pad. Such a feed-through may be used at an interface between a hermetically-sealed internal environment, such as in a lighter-than-air gas filled data storage device, and the external environment. An insulating layer is positioned and configured such that an associated horizontal leak path can meet an allowable feed-through leak rate, while the collection of layers is configured such that an associated vertical leak path can meet the feed-through leak rate.
US10395693B2 Look-ahead for video segments
A system executes a particular response for a particular sub-topic segment in a pre-recorded video. One or more processors receive a pre-recorded video, where the pre-recorded video is directed to a main topic, and then partition the pre-recorded video into multiple sub-topic segments, where each sub-topic segment is about a sub-topic of the main topic. The processor(s) identify previous entities' responses to sub-topic segments from the pre-recorded video. The processor(s) then compare a current entity's responses to the previous entities' responses that occurred while one or more precursory sub-topic segments are presented before a particular sub-topic segment in the pre-recorded video. In response to a match, the particular response is executed on behalf of the current entity in response to the one or more precursory sub-topic segments being presented to the current entity.
US10395690B2 Magnetic disk device and write capable of detecting data errors and performing read-write verification thereof
A magnetic disk device includes a disk, a head configured to write data on the disk based on a write current, and a controller configured to determine whether a write error occurs when data is written on the disk, based on a change in a heating value of the head, and upon determining that the write error occurs, read the data written on the disk.
US10395685B2 Magnetic tape device and head tracking servo method
The magnetic tape device includes a TMR head (servo head); and a magnetic tape including a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, a binding agent, and fatty acid ester, in which an XRD intensity ratio obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, a vertical direction squareness ratio is 0.65 to 1.00, Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 2.0 nm, full widths at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding a surface of the magnetic layer before and after performing a vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape are greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 7.0 nm, and a difference between spacings before and after the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 8.0 nm.
US10395684B2 Protective layer for mitigating protruding defects in magnetic tape recording media
A magnetic recording medium according to one embodiment includes an underlayer and a magnetic layer above the underlayer. The magnetic layer includes a first magnetic material and particulates. A protective layer is positioned above the magnetic layer, the protective layer including a second material. A magnetic recording medium according to another embodiment includes a base film and a first nonmagnetic layer above the base film. The first nonmagnetic layer has first nonmagnetic particles. A second nonmagnetic layer is positioned above the first nonmagnetic layer, the second nonmagnetic layer having second nonmagnetic particles. A magnetic layer is positioned above the second nonmagnetic layer, the magnetic layer including a magnetic material.
US10395678B1 Method and system for determining slider-disk contact in a magnetic recording disk drive with dual fly-height actuators
A method and system for determining slider-disk contact in a hard-disk drive (HDD) that has dual independent heaters for thermal fly-height control, and dual embedded contact sensors, includes dithering power to the two heaters at different frequencies. The HDD has the two contact sensors electrically connected to provide a single combined output signal in response to the dithering. The single combined output signal is analyzed to detect two signals at the two different frequencies. When either detected signal exceeds a predetermined touchdown threshold value, the values of heater power for the two heaters are recorded, indicating that that combination of heater power values corresponds to slider-disk contact.
US10395669B2 Voice analysis apparatus, voice analysis method, and program
Provided are a voice analysis apparatus, a voice analysis method, and a program that enable a steady tendency of a beat cycle to be specified with high accuracy. A sound volume correlation value calculation section (48) calculates, for each of a plurality of time intervals, a value indicating a degree of correlation in a sound volume of voices at two or more timings separated by the time interval, as a sound volume correlation value associated with the time interval. A beat cycle specification section (50) specifies the beat cycle of the voices on the basis of the sound volume correlation value associated with each of the plurality of time intervals.
US10395663B2 Signal encoding method and apparatus, and signal decoding method and apparatus
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for encoding and decoding spectrum coefficients in the frequency domain. The spectrum encoding method may comprise the steps of: selecting an encoding type on the basis of bit allocation information of respective bands; performing zero encoding with respect to a zero band; and encoding information of selected significant frequency components with respect to respective non-zero bands. The spectrum encoding method enables encoding and decoding of spectrum coefficients which is adaptive to various bit-rates and various sub-band sizes. In addition, a spectrum can be encoded using a TCQ method at a fixed bit rate using a bit-rate control module in a codec that supports multiple rates. Encoding performance of the codec can be maximised by encoding high performance TCQ at a precise target bit rate.
US10395662B2 Inter-channel encoding and decoding of multiple high-band audio signals
A device includes an encoder and a transmitter. The encoder is configured to generate a first high-band portion of a mid signal based on a left signal and a right signal, to generate a first synthesized signal based on a first gain and linear predictive coefficient (LPC) parameters, and to generate a second synthesized signal based at least in part on a second gain and the LPC parameters. The encoder is also configured to generate a set of first gain parameters based on a comparison of the first synthesized signal and the mid signal, and to generate a set of adjustment gain parameters based on the second synthesized signal and a high-band non-reference signal. The transmitter is configured to transmit information corresponding to the first high-band portion of the mid signal. The transmitter is also configured to transmit the set of adjustment gain parameters corresponding to the high-band non-reference signal.
US10395658B2 Pre-processing partial inputs for accelerating automatic dialog response
An apparatus comprising a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor receives input from a user, processes a first portion of the input via more than one service module while receiving a second portion of the input to determine a first speculative result, wherein processing the first portion of the input comprises executing at least one service module coupled to a corresponding speculation buffer, processes a second portion of the input via the more than one service module to determine a second speculative result, wherein processing the second portion of the input comprises executing the at least one service module coupled to the corresponding speculation buffer, processes the input via the more than one service module to determine a final output, wherein processing the input comprises executing the at least one service module coupled to the corresponding speculation buffer, and outputs the final output to the user.
US10395656B2 Method and device for processing speech instruction
A method and a device for processing a speech instruction are provided. With the method, a speech instruction is recognized so as to generate text information corresponding to the speech instruction. Semantic analysis is performed on the text information so as to obtain a semantic analysis result of the text information. Whether a corresponding operation is executable based on the semantic analysis result of the text information is determined. If it is determined that the corresponding operation is not executable based on the semantic analysis result of the text information, whether the text information belongs to instruction text data is determined. If yes, the text information is corrected so as to obtain corrected text information. Semantic analysis is performed on the corrected text information, and the corresponding operation is executed according to a semantic analysis result of the corrected text information.
US10395651B2 Device and method for activating with voice input
An information processing apparatus that detects a voice command via a microphone in order to activate the device and execute certain applications. The apparatus comprises a digital signal processor (DSP) and a host controller which are responsible for processing the voice commands. The DSP recognizes and processes voice commands intermittently while the host processor is in a sleep state, thereby reducing the overall power consumption of the apparatus. Further, when the DSP is configured to recognize voice commands intended only to activate the device, a memory having a sufficiently lower storage capacity suffices.
US10395650B2 Recorded media hotword trigger suppression
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for suppressing hotword triggers when detecting a hotword in recorded media are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a computing device, audio corresponding to playback of an item of media content. The actions further include determining, by the computing device, that the audio includes an utterance of a predefined hotword and that the audio includes an audio watermark. The actions further include analyzing, by the computing device, the audio watermark. The actions further include based on analyzing the audio watermark, determining, by the computing device, whether to perform speech recognition on a portion of the audio following the predefined hotword.
US10395646B2 Two-stage training of a spoken dialogue system
Described herein are systems and methods for two-stage training of a spoken dialog system. The first stage trains a policy network using external data to produce a semi-trained policy network. The external data includes one or more known fixed dialogs. The second stage trains the semi-trained policy network through interaction to produce a trained policy network. The interaction may be interaction with a user simulator.
US10395640B1 Systems and methods evaluating user audio profiles for continuous speech recognition
To attain the advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the technology of the present application, apparatuses, systems, and methods to evaluate a user audio profile are provided. The evaluation of a user audio profile allows for identification of potential causes of poor performing user audio profiles and potential types of remediation to increase the performance of the user audio profile.
US10395635B2 Reducing radio frequency susceptibility in headsets
A headset includes a microphone that detects an acoustic signal, and converts the acoustic signal into a microphone signal, an audio processor that receives the microphone signal, and a twisted pair conductor element coupling the microphone and the audio processor. The twisted pair conductor element self-cancels a radio frequency (RF) field to prevent the RF field from entering the microphone.
US10395627B2 Cap-style locking stud
A component mounting stud assembly including a lower portion having an upper externally-threaded portion and a socket, an upper cap portion having an internally-threaded portion configured for engagement with the upper externally-threaded portion, and a through-hole structured and arranged to provide access through the upper cap portion to the socket when the upper cap portion is attached to the lower portion.
US10395623B2 Handling surface level coherency without reliance on fencing
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that detects a memory fence in a thread, adds a group identifier to one or more memory operations in the thread that follow the memory fence, and sends the one or more memory operations and the group identifier to a memory structure. In one example, the group identifier is used to track completion of the one or more memory operations.
US10395621B2 Method, system and apparatus for modifying a font character
A method of modifying a font character. An outline of the font character is received, the outline being a vector representation of the character. A slant angle parameter to be applied to the font outline is received, the slant angle specifying an amount of shearing to be applied to the font outline. A modified stroke width is determined for each segment of the font outline according to an initial angle of the segment and the slant angle, the modified stroke width being proportional to ratio of a length of the segment before and after applying the slant angle to the outline. The modified stroke width is used for adjusting an initial stroke width of the segment to compensate for changes to stroke width of the segment caused by applying the slant angle. The font character is rendered using the modified stroke width of the segments.
US10395619B2 Profile adjustment system, profile adjustment device, and profile adjustment method
A profile adjustment system displays, in a display device 115, an input field of a coordinate of an adjustment point P0 disposed on a color space, and includes an adjustment coordinate reception unit U1, an adjustment influence range reception unit U3, a linking configuration reception unit U4, a linking configuration display processing unit UA, an adjustment coordinate configuration unit U5, an adjustment influence range configuration unit U6, a whole adjustment influence range display processing unit UB configured to display, in the display device 115, a whole adjustment influence range including U3, U4, U5, and U6, and a profile adjustment unit U7 configured to adjust a profile based on all adjustment points P0 configured in the adjustment coordinate reception unit U1 and an adjustment point Qx added by the adjustment coordinate configuration unit U5.
US10395617B2 Shift register circuit
A gate signal line driving circuit includes plural basic circuits, each outputting to a gate signal line a gate signal which is high during a high signal period and low during a low signal period. Each of the basic circuits includes: agate line high voltage application circuit which is turned on in accordance with the high signal period to apply the high voltage to the gate signal line; a gate line low voltage application circuit which is turned on in accordance with the low signal period to apply the low voltage to the gate signal line; and a second gate line low voltage application circuit which is turned on to apply the low voltage to the gate signal line in at least a part of a period between turning off the gate line high voltage application circuit and turning on the gate line low voltage application circuit.
US10395615B2 Display panel and method for manufacturing the same cross-references to related applications
A display panel is disclosed. The display panel includes a first display substrate, where the first display substrate includes a substrate and a flexible thin film, where the flexible thin film includes a first area covering the substrate entirely, and a second area beyond the substrate. In addition, a first circuit is disposed on the first area, and a second circuit is disposed on the second area. By covering the first display substrate with the flexible thin film, the second circuit on the flexible thin film could be bent, so that the border of the display screen could be narrowed without being limited by the requisite size of the peripheral circuit, thus narrowing the border of the display screen and improving the ration in area of the display screen to thereby accommodate the consumer demand for a wider liquid crystal display screen.
US10395612B2 Driver circuit
A driver circuit which includes an output circuit and a control circuit coupled to the output circuit. The driver circuit includes a pull-up transistor with a silicon semiconductor layer. The control circuit includes a first transistor with an oxide semiconductor layer.
US10395610B2 Display device and driving method thereof
Disclosed are a display device and a driving method thereof, which solve a problem where consumption power of a sync side increases when a remote frame buffer is used by applying PSR technology and MBO technology to the sync side. The display device includes a display panel displaying an image, a source side generating raw digital video data and supplying first digital video data generated by omitting at least one active frame in the raw digital video data, a sync side receiving the first digital video data, copying digital video data of an active frame, which is adjacent to the at least one active frame, to the at least one active frame to generate second digital video data, and generating a data driver control signal, and a data driver receiving the second digital video data and the data driver control signal to supply data voltages to the display panel.
US10395609B2 Semiconductor device, display panel, display device, input/output device, and data processing device
To provide a novel semiconductor device with high convenience or high reliability. The semiconductor device includes a D/A converter circuit and an amplifier including an operational amplifier and an offset adjustment circuit. The operational amplifier includes a gm amplifier, a current/voltage converter circuit, and a switch. The gm amplifier supplies a first current on the basis of a voltage between a first terminal and a second terminal. The switch controls an electrical connection between a node N3 and the second terminal on the basis of an enable signal. The offset adjustment circuit supplies a correction current to a node N1 and a node N2 such that the potential of the node N3 becomes closer to the potential of the second terminal. The current/voltage converter circuit supplies a first voltage to the node N3 on the basis of the first current and the correction current.
US10395605B2 Display device and displaying method
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display including a backlight comprising a plurality of light sources and a display panel and configured to display a background image including a preset object, a sensor disposed at an outer part of the display and configured to sense an external lighting environment and a processor configured to determine a direction of a lighting based on the sensed lighting environment, to display a shadow object for the preset object at a position corresponding to the determined lighting direction, and to adjust a brightness of a light source corresponding to a position of the shadow object from among the plurality of light sources based on the sensed lighting environment.
US10395600B2 Integrated gate driver circuit
A display device may include a plurality of rows of pixels configured to display image data on a display and a first gate driver circuit. The first gate driver circuit may couple a first voltage source to a first node associated with a first gate of a first switch upon receipt of a start signal or a gate signal from another gate driver circuit and couple a first clock signal to a first gate line via the first switch after a first voltage of the first node exceeds a threshold. The threshold is associated with activating the first switch, such that the first gate line is configured to couple to a first row of the plurality of rows of pixels. The first gate driver circuit may then couple a second voltage source to the first node based on a second clock signal, such that the second voltage source discharges the first node.
US10395599B2 Display device
A display device according to example embodiments includes a display panel divided into a first area including a plurality of first area pixel rows and a second area including a plurality of second area pixel rows, the number of pixels of each of the second area pixel rows being less than the number of pixels of each of the first area pixel rows, a scan driver configured to provide a plurality of scan signals to the display panel based on a width of an active period of a clock signal, the scan signals being output having substantially the same width of active periods to each other, a data driver configured to provide a plurality of data signals to the display panel, and a timing controller configured to adjust the width of the active period of the clock signal within a frame period based on locations of the first area and the second area.
US10395597B2 Method and device for adjusting a gamma voltage of a curved display panel
A method for adjusting a gamma voltage of a curved display panel includes following steps. A first gamma voltage is used as a gamma voltage of a planar display region of a curved display panel in a situation that the planar display region of the curved display panel is horizontally placed and in a white balance state. A curved display region of the curved display panel is divided into a plurality of sub-regions according to a bending degree of the curved display region of the curved display panel. A plurality of inclined angles are determined. A plurality of second gamma voltages are determined in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of inclined angles in a situation that the planar display region of the curved display panel is tilted at the plurality of inclined angles and in the white balance state.
US10395593B2 Display device
A display device includes a plurality of pulse output circuits each of which outputs signals to one of the two kinds of scan lines and a plurality of inverted pulse output circuits each of which outputs, to the other of the two kinds of scan lines, inverted or substantially inverted signals of the signals output from the pulse output circuits. Each of the plurality of inverted pulse output circuits operates with at least two kinds of signals used for the operation of the plurality of pulse output circuits. Thus, through current generated in the inverted pulse output circuits can be reduced.
US10395590B1 Hybrid microdriver architecture for driving microLED displays
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for controlling an emission of the light emitting devices are described herein. The light emitting devices may be light emitting diode (LED) devices including μLED devices or organic LED (OLED) devices. Emission control of the LED may be performed using a micro-scale driving circuit (e.g., μDriver) containing drive transistors for constant current driving of the light emitting devices. One embodiment provides for a display driver hardware circuit comprising a thin film transistor (TFT) backplane, an integrated circuit including emission logic to cause an LED emission pulse, and a ramp signal generator to cause a voltage ramp having a slope based on an analog input voltage from the TFT backplane. The length of the LED emission pulse is related to the slope of the voltage ramp. In one embodiment the TFT backplane includes a low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) transistor and/or an Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide (IGZO) transistor.
US10395587B2 Method and apparatus for establishing luminance compensation model, method and apparatus for compensating for luminance of display screen, and display device
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for establishing a luminance compensation model, a method and an apparatus for compensating for the luminance of a display screen, and a display device. The method for establishing a luminance compensation model for compensating for the luminance of a display screen includes acquiring an accumulated light emission amount of the display screen, if the accumulated light emission amount of the display screen falls within one of a plurality of predefined threshold intervals of light emission amount, determining a luminance compensation coefficient for the display screen corresponding to the one threshold interval of light emission amount, and establishing a luminance compensation model, which indicates a correlation between each of the plurality of threshold intervals of light emission amount and the corresponding luminance compensation coefficient.
US10395583B1 Driving a display for presenting electronic content
This disclosure is directed to methods, apparatuses, and systems for providing driving signals to present electronic content on an electronic display. The electronic display may include an electronic paper display that utilizes electronic ink to render the electronic content. An electronic signal can be generated by a display controller to drive individual pixels to a black state, a white state, or a gray state in-between the black state and the white state. In some instances, the display controller can provide a first driving signal to set a pixel to a target state, followed by turning a power off for the display. After a predetermined amount of time, a second driving signal can be provided to drive the pixel to the target state, without changing the target state of the pixel.
US10395581B2 Method of driving display device and display device for performing the same
A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, the display panel having an active region in which an image is displayed and an inactive region adjacent to the active region, an image processor setting image data of the inactive region to dummy data, and performing a rendering operation for a boundary pixel of the plurality of pixels based on the dummy data to generate output image data, the boundary pixel located in the active region and adjacent to the inactive region, and a panel driver providing a driving signal to the display panel to display the image corresponding to the output image data.
US10395580B2 Method of compensating for luminance of a display panel
A method of compensating luminance of a display panel, the method including respectively measuring, at different time points, test luminances of the display panel driven by test data while a multi-time programming (MTP) operation for setting the luminance of the display panel respectively for one or more gray values is performed, and deriving a luminance equation representing a relationship between a driving time of the display panel and the luminance of the display panel from the time points and the test luminances.
US10395571B1 Dynamically reforming surfaces to deliver physicality in introductory child education
A method for dynamically reforming a moveable display surface to deliver physicality to a user is provided. The method generates a physical profile of the user to calibrate the moveable display surface by receiving a measurement of at a hand of the user and estimating a maximum depth of a palm of the hand when folded based on causing a subset of cells of the plurality of moveable cells of the grid to increase in height. A query is generated to search a database comprising a plurality of images. The database is queried based on the generated query to obtain a search response that includes an image, the objects of the image, and relative positions of the objects. Physicality is delivered to the user by causing the grid of the moveable display surface to render the objects based at least in part on the physical profile and the relative positions.
US10395568B2 System and apparatus for reliably powering a sign using solar power
A reliable solar powered sign system is disclosed and claimed. The solar powered sign system includes an electric sign, a solar array, and a pair of battery banks. The battery banks are generally coupled a control unit. The control includes a first charge controller, a second charge controller, and a logic board. The first battery bank is coupled to the first charge controller, and the second battery bank is coupled to the second charge controller. The logic board monitors an operational state of the first charge controller and the second charge controller, and, based on the operational state of the first charge controller and the operational state of the second charge controller, couples one of the charge controllers to the electric sign.
US10395567B2 Traffic sign cover
A traffic sign cover including a planar member having a first and second side and shaped to be place on a side of an existing sign. Holding members project from the sides of the planar member and optionally along a portion of the outer edges. The holding member and first side form a first slot therebetween for receiving and retaining the existing sign. The second holding member and second side form a second slot therebetween for receiving and retaining a temporary sign. The planar member is slideable upon the existing sign until a top receiving feature contacts a top edge of the existing sign, overlaying a side of the existing sign with the planar member. The temporary sign is slideable upon the planar member until a bottom edge contacts a bottom receiving feature of the planar member, overlaying and covering a side of the planar member with a temporary sign.
US10395561B2 Three-dimensionally printed internal organs for crash test dummy
A three-dimensionally printed internal organ for a crash test dummy is made of a foam type material and has a plurality of defined and varied cell structures and is adapted to be disposed within a torso area of the crash test dummy to measure a regional pressure for the crash test dummy that provides for evaluation of potential abdominal injuries during vehicle crash testing.
US10395557B2 Method and apparatus for auscultation training
Provided is an auscultation training device having a stethoscope with a headpiece; at least one earpiece; tubing, wherein the tubing has a generally hollow interior; a speaker inserted into the hollow interior of the tubing, further having a 3.5 mm audio jack wherein the insertion points of the speaker forms an airtight seal with the tubing, and wherein the speaker does not obstruct the hollow interior of the tubing. Further provided is a method for auscultation training using the disclosed device.
US10395556B2 Kit for assembling planar LED lighting device
A kit includes front and back planar members each having receptacle notch, a generally U-shaped clip configured to mate with the receptacle notches to secure the front and back planar members together, at least one LED, a battery, and a plurality of conductive tapes.
US10395555B2 System and method for providing optimal braille output based on spoken and sign language
A system for determining output text based on spoken language and sign language includes a camera configured to detect image data corresponding to a word in sign language. The system also includes a microphone configured to detect audio data corresponding to the word in spoken language. The system also includes a processor configured to receive the image data from the camera and convert the image data into an image based text word. The processor is also configured to receive the audio data from the microphone and convert the audio data into an audio based text word. The processor is also configured to determine an optimal word by selecting one of the image based text word or the audio based text word based on a comparison of the image based text word and the audio based text word.
US10395554B2 Scoring of user operations performed on a computer in a computerized learning system
A computer and method to assess technical skills of a student undergoing education in a training course on a computer-related topic. The computer includes a plurality of computer components having functions in the topic. A training application running on the computer instructs a user of the computer to perform an exercise on the computer; and a scoring application running locally in the computer has: a configuration file; a system inspector that determines states of the computer components according to the configuration file as a result of the exercise; and a scoring engine that computes locally a score of a skill of the user related to the topic based on the states of the computer components determined by the system inspector and in accordance with the configuration file.
US10395551B2 Systems and methods for an immersive simulator
Systems, computer readable media, and method concern includes generating visual, auditory and other sensory depictions of a life-sized virtual crew member in an aircraft simulator. The virtual crew member simulates operational actions and behavioral and physiological responses of a crew member of an aircraft. The method includes collecting one or more responses of an operator using the aircraft simulator. The one or more responses comprise biofeedback data associated with the operator. The method includes generating, in response to the one or more responses, one or more simulated operational actions or simulated behavioral and physiological responses for the virtual crew member. The method includes collecting one or more additional responses of the operator. The one or more additional responses comprise additional biofeedback data of the operator that corresponds to an interaction with the one or more simulated operational actions or simulated behavioral and physiological responses for the virtual crew member.
US10395548B1 Computer-based system for relational modality assessment with projective testing
A computer-based system for relational modality assessment with projective testing is disclosed herein. The system includes a computer operably associated with a local input device located proximate to the computer, a visual display device, and memory storing executable instructions. The computer is specially programmed to generate a relational inventory test comprising a plurality of questions pertaining to a plurality of diagnostic categories, and a projective sequence test comprising a plurality of artwork assignments and corresponding questionnaires pertaining to a plurality of role states. The computer is further specially programmed to generate a quantitative assessment from the testee's responses to the relational inventory test, and to generate a structured output report using the testee's artwork and responses to the questionnaires of the projective sequence test so that the testee is capable of self-diagnosing his or her psychological state.
US10395547B2 Supporting popularization of information and communications technology in the field of education
There is provided an information processing apparatus that readily supports to provide hardware resources for implementing ICT education in the field of education. The information processing apparatus includes a device information receiver that receives, via a network, device information for identifying a device connected to a portable terminal, an education application selector that selects, based on the device information, an education application to be provided to the device, and an education application provider that provides the education application to the device via the network and the portable terminal.
US10395545B2 Analyzing speech delivery
In an aspect of the present disclosure, a method for analyzing the speech delivery of a user is disclosed including presenting to the user a plurality of speech delivery analysis criteria, receiving from the user a selection of at least one of the speech delivery analysis criterion, receiving, from at least one sensing device, speech data captured by the at least one sensing device during the delivery of a speech by the user, transmitting the speech data and the selected at least one speech delivery analysis criterion to an analysis engine for analysis based on the selected at least one speech delivery analysis criteria, receiving, from the analysis engine an analysis report for the speech data, the analysis report comprising an analysis of the speech data performed by the analysis engine based on the selected at least one criterion, and presenting to the user the analysis report.
US10395543B2 Unmanned aerial vehicle management system
An Unmanned Aerial System configured to receive a request from a user and fulfill that request using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The Unmanned Aerial System selects a distribution center that is within range of the user, and deploys a suitable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to fulfill the request from that distribution center. The Unmanned Aerial System is configured to provide real-time information about the flight route to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle during its flight, and the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is configured to dynamically update its mission based on information received from the Unmanned Aerial System.
US10395541B2 Integrated fault-tolerant augmented area viewing system
An integrated fault-tolerant augmented area viewing system includes, for example, a subsystem processor for receiving a safety signal for blind spot monitoring from a blind spot sensor and for generating a subsystem processor video output signal in response to the received safety signal. Selector circuitry selects the subsystem processor video output signal or a master controller video output signal received from a master controller and generates a selected video output signal in response. The selector circuitry performs the selection of the video output signal selection in response to receiving a safety request signal generated in response to a user action. A buffer outputs the selected video output signal for displaying on a display for viewing by the user.
US10395540B2 Proximity event determination with lane change information
A system for determining proximity events includes an input interface and a processor. The input interface is to receive a lane change information. The processor is to determine a proximity event based at least in part on the lane change information.
US10395529B2 Traffic signal control using multiple Q-learning categories
Technologies are described to provide control of traffic signals based at least in part on multiple Q-learning categories. In some examples, a method may include clustering historical traffic data into multiple traffic pattern clusters, and generating multiple Q-learning categories, where each Q-learning category corresponds to a traffic pattern cluster of the multiple traffic pattern clusters. The method may also include determining a first Q-learning category of the multiple Q-learning categories to use in controlling traffic signals at an intersection based at least in part on a first traffic data of the intersection, where the first Q-learning category corresponds to a first traffic pattern cluster, and the first traffic data corresponds to the first traffic pattern cluster. The method may additionally include generating a first control action for the traffic signals at the intersection based at least in part on the first Q-learning category.
US10395528B2 Transportation vehicle traffic management
Disclosed aspects relate to transportation vehicle traffic management. A traffic controller detects a first traffic state parameter value for a first lane. In response to detecting the first traffic state parameter value, the traffic controller establishes a first broadcast of a first movement value (e.g., speed, acceleration, direction). The first movement value may indicate a first movement pattern for a first set of vehicles in the first lane. In response to establishing the first broadcast of the first movement value, the traffic controller detects a second traffic state parameter value for the first lane. In response to detecting the second traffic state parameter value the traffic controller modifies the first broadcast of the first movement value. The modified first movement value may indicate a second movement pattern for the first set of vehicles in the first lane.
US10395527B2 Method and control and detection device for a plausibility check of a wrong-way driving incident of a motor vehicle
A method and a control and detection device for a plausibility check of a wrong-way driving incident of a motor vehicle at a junction of a unidirectional roadway of a road, in which the plausibility check is activated by recognizing a direction feature of a roadway of the junction, and in which it is determined whether a current driving direction of the motor vehicle leads in the direction of a roadway having at least one prohibition sign, indicating that entry is prohibited, and/or in which it is determined whether a predicated driving route of the motor vehicle leads in the direction of a roadway having at least one prohibition sign.
US10395523B2 Method, apparatus and computer program product for indexing traffic lanes for signal control and traffic flow management
A method is provided for identifying and indexing lanes of an intersection. Methods may include: determining a directionality for one or more lanes for each of two or more roadways proximate an intersection, where directionality is one of toward the intersection or away from the intersection; determining a bearing for each lane of the two or more roadways proximate the intersection, where the bearing includes a compass heading informed by the directionality; determining a lane position for each lane of the two or more roadways proximate the intersection; generating an order of the lanes using a hierarchy, where the hierarchy considers directionality first, bearing second, and lane position third; causing the generated order of the lanes to be stored in a memory, where the order of the lanes is associated with the intersection; and managing signal phase and timing of the intersection using the generated order of the lanes.
US10395519B2 Method and system for computing an O-D matrix obtained through radio mobile network data
A method for managing data regarding one or more flows of physical entities in a geographic area during at least one predetermined time period is provided. The method includes: subdividing the geographic area into at least two zones; subdividing the at least one time period into one or more time slots; identifying a number of physical entities that flowed from a first zone of the at least two zones to a second zone of the at least two zones during each time slot, and computing an Origin-Destination matrix for each time slot of the one or more time slots based on such identifying.
US10395517B2 System and method for monitoring user interactions with a universal controlling device
Usage of a universal controlling device is monitored by determining a current operating mode of the universal controlling device, sensing an event occurring within the universal controlling device, and storing within a memory of the universal controlling device data indicative of the event occurring in the current operating mode of the universal controlling device.
US10395516B2 Safety instrumented control apparatus and method thereof, and safety instrumented system
A safety instrumented control apparatus includes: a message transmitter that transmits an alarm message to a display apparatus on the basis of an output from a field device that continues to output an alarm on the basis of detection of an abnormal condition until a reset operation is performed; a storage that stores a group ID for identifying a group of the field devices; a reset manager that counts on a timer until a predetermined amount of time passes after the reset operation; and a diagnoser that, during the count of the timer for any of the field devices belonging to the group ID, adds display suppression information to the alarm message related to the field device belonging to the group ID.
US10395510B2 Reminding method and reminding device
Disclosed are an alert method and apparatus, and the present application relates to the field of intelligent alert technologies. The method comprising: detecting a focusing point position of a sightline of a user; and alerting the user according to the focusing point position and a state of the user. For the method and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application, a focusing point position of a sightline of a user can be detected precisely, and the user can be alerted accurately according to the focusing point position, so that the application range of the method and apparatus is relatively wide. In addition, according to a state of a user, user data, and the like, a monitoring parameter is selected and an alert threshold is set, so that the user can be properly alerted in a more targeted manner.
US10395509B2 Method of preparing and/or carrying out a ground survey in a region of interest and related apparatus
The method comprises triggering at least an event of the preparation and/or of the carrying out of the ground survey in a predetermined area of the region of interest; flying at least a presence detector able to detect the presence of a human and/or of an animal and/or of civil facilities in the predetermined area of the region of interest; before triggering the event, detecting presence of a human and/or of an animal and/or of civil facilities in the predetermined area with the presence detector; controlling the triggering of the event based on the results of the detection of a human and/or of an animal and/or of civil facilities made with the presence detector.
US10395508B2 Method for determining whether an individual leaves a prescribed virtual perimeter
A method and system that allows healthcare providers, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other persons to monitor disabled, elderly or other high-risk individuals to prevent or reduce falls and/or mitigate the impact of a fall by delivering automated notification of “at risk” behavior and falls by such an individual being monitored where assistance is required.
US10395503B2 Monitoring system for use with mobile communication device
A monitoring system for monitoring an environment and generating data in response to the presence of at least one chemical hazardous to human health in the environment. The monitoring system is configured to communicate the data to an associated personal communication device or the like for processing. The monitoring system can be in the form a selectively attachable component.
US10395502B2 Smart mobility assistance device
In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for providing smart mobility assistance. For instance, in one example, a device includes a set of sensors, a processor, a first set of feedback mechanisms, and a communication device. The set of sensors is to monitor an area surrounding a user of a mobility assistance device. The processor is to detect a hazard in the surrounding area, based on the monitoring. The first set of feedback mechanisms is to provide the user with an alert that notifies the user of the hazard. The communication device is to send a notification to a third party informing the third party of the hazard.
US10395500B1 Synchronized, wrist mounted perimeter alarms
An alarm, locating and tracking apparatus is provided for the prevention a dependent from being lost from a caregiver. A transmitter that carried by each are programmed with a safe distance demarcation such that when a dependent travels past such a distance, an audible alarm sounds on both transmitters. This alarm is intended to prevent the dependent from becoming lost. Should the alarm fail to prevent such an incident, a location signal is transmitted to a local cellular telephone towers or by low earth orbiting satellites used for low power communication. When an adult or child is lost or in danger, the transmitter which sends a signal to a central reporting station or stations to provide location information to aid in the caregiver's search. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
US10395499B2 Systems and methods for monitoring use of personal protective equipment
A personal protective equipment (PPE) monitoring system is disclosed that includes a set of wireless transmitting devices and a mobile application executable on a mobile device. The mobile device receives a wireless signal from a transmitting device associated with a workstation and determines the type of workstation based on an identifier included in the wireless signal. The mobile device also receives wireless signals from transmitting devices attached to PPE items located in proximity to the mobile device and determines the types of PPE items based on respective identifiers included in the wireless signals. The mobile application determines PPE items required to operate equipment at the workstation and further determines whether the set of detected PPE items includes all of the required PPE items. The mobile application generates a user interface that indicates the presence or absence of each required PPE item and displays the UI on the mobile device.
US10395496B2 Alarm and surveillance system and method
An alarm and surveillance system is provided for monitoring a location and for generating real-time data when an alarm is triggered. The system includes an alarm, a camera, and a DVR recording device which provides data to a server based system which distributes the data to a first responder. The first responder is provided with real-time information of the event location prior to arrival on the scene.
US10395495B2 Security system for restricting access to recreational venues
A security system and method for restricting access to recreation venues by a person who caused an incident at a recreation venue (22). The system includes a mobile communications device (12) having a camera and a GPS chip, and a computer processor (14) configured to receive an incident record (24) from the mobile communications device and broadcast over a communications network (16) the incident record to a plurality of recreation venues within a predetermined area. The incident record includes an image of the person and a record of the incident type.
US10395494B2 Systems and methods of home-specific sound event detection
Systems and methods of a security system are provided, including detecting, by a sensor, a sound event, and selecting, by a processor coupled to the sensor, at least a portion of sound data captured by the sensor that corresponds to at least one sound feature of the detected sound event. The systems and methods include classifying the at least one sound feature into one or more sound categories, and determining, by a processor, based upon a database of home-specific sound data, whether the at least one sound feature is a human-generated sound. A notification can be transmitted to a computing device according to the sound event.
US10395492B1 Speed-of-sound exhibit
A system for presenting a demonstration of the speed of sound, includes a sound source that produces a sound wave; a viewing area positioned at a predetermined distance from the sound source; and a plurality of lights positioned between the sound source and the viewing area, wherein each of the plurality of lights undergoes a visible change, sequentially, from the sound source to the viewing area when a sound wave is produced by the sound source. The rate at which the plurality of lights are visibly changed is substantially equal to the speed of sound such that the sound wave reaches the viewing area at substantially the same time that a light of the plurality of lights that is closest to the viewing area is visibly changed.
US10395490B2 Method and system for providing haptic effects based on information complementary to multimedia content
The present disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for providing haptic effects based on information complementary to multimedia content. For example, one disclosed method includes the steps of receiving multimedia data comprising multimedia content and complementary data, wherein the complementary data describes the multimedia content, determining a haptic effect based at least in part on the complementary data, and outputting the haptic effect while playing the multimedia content.
US10395489B1 Generation and braking of vibrations
An actuator system configured to generate a haptic effect, the actuator system including a housing of an electronic device, the housing being configured to form a mechanical ground, a first actuator disposed between a first moving mass and the mechanical ground, the first actuator being configured to render the haptic effect, and a second actuator disposed between a second moving mass and the mechanical ground, the second actuator being configured to dampen the haptic effect.
US10395486B2 Device for detecting surroundings
The invention relates to a device for detecting an environment, wherein the device includes at least one sensor unit, as well as at least one evaluation unit, wherein the sensor unit includes at least one distance sensor, as well as at least one position sensor, by means of which position sensor the spatial position of the at least one sensor unit, or the at least one distance sensor in relation to a horizontal plane can be determined, and wherein distance data from the distance sensor are only recorded when the at least one position sensor registers an acceptable position of the at least one distance sensor, or the distance data of the at least one distance sensor are only transmitted to the at least one evaluation unit when the at least one position sensor registers an acceptable position of the at least one distance sensor, or the distance data determined by the at least one distance sensor are recorded together with the associated position data, and the evaluation unit generates at least one virtual image of the environment recorded by the at least one distance sensor based on the distance data, taking the position data into account, if applicable.
US10395478B2 Gaming machine
A gaming machine including a display. The display displays a first prize and a second prize. The first prize has a first prize threshold and the second prize has a second prize threshold. The display also displays an overflow prize, while the game controller contributes to the first prize at least a portion of the credit balance with respect to a wagering activity, and causes the display to display an increment of the overflow prize in response to the first prize having reached the first threshold. A payout mechanism configured to, in response to determining the first prize and the second prize are not to be awarded, cause a payout associated with the incremented overflow prize.
US10395472B1 Networked gaming system and method
A networked gaming system and method is described. The networked gaming system and method include a user identification, a transactional component, a networked gaming module, and at least one network access device. The user identification is received by the network access device. The received user identification is compared with registration data in a registration database. A player is provided access to a game when the received user identification matches the registered player data. The transactional component charges the registered player at least one credit for a game outcome. The networked gaming module performs the game operations and generates at least one random game output by random generation at the networked gaming module. The networked gaming module then associates the at least one random game output with an image ID. The networked gaming module then communicates the one or more images corresponding to the image ID to the network access device.
US10395464B2 Cup dispensing apparatus in a beverage vending machine
A cup dispensing apparatus comprising at least one magazine adapted to accommodate a stack of cups, and a releasing device, which has a vertical channel designed to be engaged by the stack, is configured to support the stack and release, when operated, the last cup, and is equipped with at least three releasing elements movable on a horizontal plane in respective directions substantially tangential to said channel, between a rest position, in which they define a horizontal first support plane designed to be engaged by the last cup to support the stack, and a release position, in which they define a second support plane at a higher level than the first support plane and designed to be engaged by the penultimate cup to support the rest of the stack; each releasing device has an associated separating device adapted to impart a downward detaching thrust on the last cup.
US10395463B2 Product definition system
A data processing system defines products that a service provider may offer to customers. A completed product definition may include product definitions, price definitions, discount definitions, and commitment definitions. Each of the definitions may be employed as a re-useable component building block for establishing completed product definitions.
US10395457B2 User recognition system and methods for autonomous vehicles
Methods and a system are disclosed for providing autonomous driving system functions. The system includes a controller providing functions for automated user recognition in the autonomous vehicle, at least one environmental sensor configured to scan an environment of the autonomous vehicle and to transmit scan data of the environment to a biometric recognition module of the autonomous vehicle, and a biometric recognition module configured to analyze the scan data of the environment based on a gesture recognition algorithm by using a processor. The gesture recognition algorithm analyzes the scan data of the environment based on at least one biometric feature by using the processor. The at least one biometric feature comprises at least a flagging down gesture and the controller is configured to stop the autonomous vehicle at a position relative to the user and to configure the autonomous vehicle to offer to the user the use of the autonomous vehicle.
US10395454B2 Vehicle remote key system and smart key authentication method for the same
A smart key authentication method for a vehicle remote key system that includes a smart key performing bi-directional communication with a vehicle to control the vehicle and a vehicle authentication module provided at the vehicle to authenticate the smart key is provided. The smart key authentication method includes generating, by the vehicle authentication module, a random number and sharing the random number with the smart key and performing a first authentication process based on the random number, and performing, by the vehicle authentication module, a second authentication process by comparing at least one location information value among an access point (AP) list, a satellite-based positioning sensor value, or a geomagnetic sensor value, which are respectively measured at the vehicle and at the smart key and determining whether or not to permit an authentication to the smart key.
US10395453B1 Light-based vehicle messaging systems
Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for light-based communication. One representative embodiment includes: messaging units disposed at different locations within a space, each including at least one light source (e.g., light-emitting diode or LED); at least one messaging/modulation controller coupled to the light sources and configured to turn the light sources on and off so as to broadcast input digital messages; a central server coupled to the messaging/modulation controller(s) and configured to selectively provide messages to the messaging/modulation controller(s) for broadcast by different messaging units; and an associate device coupled to the central server and configured to: (a) display a user interface for manually inputting information about individuals within the space and (b) provide such information to the central server, where the central server selects messages to be broadcast by the messaging units based on the information received from the associate device.
US10395452B2 Systems and methods for enabling access control via mobile devices
Described herein are systems and methods for enabling access control via mobile devices. Embodiments of the invention have been particularly developed for allowing a user to gain access to a controlled functionality (for example the unlocking of a door) using a smartphone or the like. These leverage short-range wireless communications, such as Bluetooth Low Energy or Near Field Communications.
US10395451B2 Mobile device attendance verification with international mobile equipment identity
Provided are systems and methods of attendance verification using mobile electronic devices (or “mobile devices”). In some embodiments, a person's biometric data is acquired and verified locally by a mobile device associated with the person while the mobile device is located in a geographic region associated with an event, and attendance data, including an indication of the verification of the biometric data along with a unique identifier of the mobile device, such as an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) of the mobile device, is transmitted to an attendance server that makes a record of the person's attendance of the event based on the attendance data.
US10395450B2 Mobile device attendance verification with location data
Provided are systems and methods of attendance verification using mobile electronic devices (or “mobile devices”). In some embodiments, a person's biometric data is acquired and verified locally by a mobile device associated with the person while the mobile device is located in a geographic region associated with an event, and attendance data, including an indication of the verification of the biometric data along with a unique identifier of the mobile device, such as an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) of the mobile device, is transmitted to an attendance server that makes a record of the person's attendance of the event based on the attendance data.
US10395449B2 Mobile device attendance verification with personal identifier
Provided are systems and methods of attendance verification using mobile electronic devices (or “mobile devices”). In some embodiments, a person's biometric data is acquired and verified locally by a mobile device associated with the person while the mobile device is located in a geographic region associated with an event, and attendance data, including an indication of the verification of the biometric data along with a unique identifier of the mobile device, such as an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) of the mobile device, is transmitted to an attendance server that makes a record of the person's attendance of the event based on the attendance data.
US10395448B2 Remote data capture and management systems
A computer implemented method for managing data of a remote system includes receiving, at a processor on the remote system, fundamental data from a monitored subsystem of the remote system and/or at least one associated subsystem of the remote system as specified by a diagnostic protocol for the monitored subsystem and wirelessly transmitting the fundamental data to a remote support center that is separate from the remote system. The remote system applies additional, non-certified, logic to determine if augmented diagnostic data is desired. The method also includes wirelessly receiving a signal from the remote support center including at least one of a request for augmented data or a diagnostic protocol change command. The method also includes receiving the augmented data from the monitored subsystem and/or the at least one associated subsystem and/or at least one other subsystem of the remote system, and transmitting the augmented data to the remote support center.
US10395444B1 Vehicle self-diagnostics
Systems, methods, and apparatuses described herein are directed to vehicle self-diagnostics. For example, a vehicle can include sensors monitoring vehicle components, for perceiving objects and obstacles in an environment, and for navigating the vehicle to a destination. Data from these and other sensors can be leveraged to determine a behavior associated with the vehicle. Based at least in part on determining the behavior, a vehicle can determine a fault and query one or more information sources associated with the vehicle to diagnose the fault. Based on diagnosing the fault, the vehicle can determine instructions for redressing the fault. The vehicle can diagnose the fault in near-real time, that is, while driving or otherwise in the field.
US10395440B2 Battery agnostic provisioning of power
According to one embodiment, provisioning an amount of power for one or more vehicles can comprise receiving a request indicating a requirement for an amount of power for the one or more vehicles. The request can indicate the requirement for the amount of power for the one or more vehicles individually or in total. A set of management rules can be read from one or more databases. A set of service configuration information and a set of vehicle specific information for the one or more vehicles can also be read from one or more databases. One or more power sources to meet the requirement for the amount of power for the one or more vehicles can be determined based on applying the management rules and using the set of service configuration information and the set of vehicle information and an indication of the determined power sources can be provided.
US10395438B2 Systems and methods for crash determination with noise filtering
Embodiments of the invention include a vehicle telematics system including a telematics device and a remote server system, wherein the telematics device obtains sensor data from at least one sensor installed in a vehicle, calculates peak resultant data based on the sensor data, generates crash score data based on the peak resultant data and a set of crash curve data for the vehicle, and provides the obtained sensor data when the crash score data exceeds a crash threshold to the remote server system and the remote server system obtains vehicle sensor data and vehicle identification data from the vehicle telematics device, calculates resultant change data and absolute speed change data based on the obtained sensor data and/or the vehicle identification data, and generates crash occurred data when the resultant change data exceeds a first threshold value and when the absolute speed change data is below a second threshold value.
US10395435B2 System for multimedia spatial annotation, visualization, and recommendation
A system configured to provide a three-dimensional representation of a physical environment. The three-dimensional representation including annotation data associated with particular objects and/or viewpoints of the three-dimensional representation. In some cases, the viewpoints may be rendered using image data associated with a photograph captured from a corresponding viewpoint within the physical environment.
US10395434B2 Annotated 3D models of telecommunication sites for planning, engineering, and installation
Systems and method for creating, modifying, and utilizing a virtual 360-degree view of a telecommunications site with annotations thereon include obtaining data capture from the telecommunications site, wherein the data capture includes one or more of photos and video; processing the data capture to create a three-dimensional (3D) model of the telecommunications site with associated geography, buildings, and constructions therein; obtaining object data associated with one or more objects of interest located at the telecommunications site, in the associated geography, the buildings, and the constructions; inserting annotations for each of the one or more objects of interest in the 3D model at associated locations and with associated information for each of the one or more objects of interest; and utilizing the 3D model with the annotations for one or more of planning, engineering, and installation associated with the telecommunications site.
US10395433B2 Traffic situation awareness for an autonomous vehicle
The disclosure includes embodiments for providing traffic situation awareness for a driver of an autonomous vehicle. In some embodiments, the autonomous vehicle is a highly autonomous vehicle (HAV). A method implemented by the HAV includes, according to some embodiments, analyzing external sensor data recorded by one or more external sensors of the HAV to identify a traffic situation. The external sensor data describes one or more measurements of a physical environment external to the HAV. The method includes generating graphical data describing visual feedback that visually depicts information describing the traffic situation. The method includes providing the graphical data to an interface device to cause the interface device to display the visual feedback. The interface device is communicatively coupled to the HAV and operable to receive the graphical data from the processor of the HAV. The visual feedback provides the traffic situation awareness to the driver of the HAV.
US10395428B2 HMD transitions for focusing on specific content in virtual-reality environments
Methods and systems for presenting an object on to a screen of a head mounted display (HMD) include receiving an image of a real-world environment in proximity of a user wearing the HMD. The image is received from one or more forward facing cameras of the HMD and processed for rendering on a screen of the HMD by a processor within the HMD. A gaze direction of the user wearing the HMD, is detected using one or more gaze detecting cameras of the HMD that are directed toward one or each eye of the user. Images captured by the forward facing cameras are analyzed to identify an object captured in the real-world environment that is in line with the gaze direction of the user, wherein the image of the object is rendered at a first virtual distance that causes the object to appear out-of-focus when presented to the user. A signal is generated to adjust a zoom factor for lens of the one or more forward facing cameras so as to cause the object to be brought into focus. The adjustment of the zoom factor causes the image of the object to be presented on the screen of the HMD at a second virtual distance that allows the object to be discernible by the user.
US10395427B1 On-site visualization and modeling using P and ID drawings and augmented reality
An augmented reality application is proved that enhances on-site visualization and modeling using functional drawings (e.g., P&IDs). The augmented reality application may utilize a 3-D model as a bridge between symbols and lines in a functional drawing and objects (e.g., pieces of equipment) in the physical environment, to allow a user to rapidly locate a symbol or line in the functional drawing that represents a user-selected object (e.g., piece of equipment) in the physical environment or to rapidly locate an object (e.g., piece of equipment) in the physical environment that is represented by a user-selected symbol or line in the functional drawing. The augmented reality application may further allow a user to efficiently modify (e.g., add elements to) a 3-D model based on changes (e.g., additions) to a functional drawing.
US10395418B2 Techniques for predictive prioritization of image portions in processing graphics
Examples described herein generally relate to prioritizing portions of images for rendering in a computing device. A probability field for prioritizing portions of an image of a scene for processing can be determined, where the probability field includes a set of values each corresponding to a likelihood of a rendering parameter acquiring an altered value between a render time at which at least a portion of the image is rendered and a display time at which the image is displayed. A shaped probability field can be generated based at least in part on applying the probability field to an original target shape associated with a display. The shaped probability field can be provided to a downstream node for prioritizing, based at least in part on one or more of the set of values in the probability field, a portion of the image in processing the image.
US10395416B2 Method for rendering an augmented object
The present disclosure describes a new method for rendering ray traced reflections, applied to augmented reality and virtual reality. The intersections between secondary rays and scene geometry are done in large groups of rays, gaining high speed and lowering the computational complexity. Its reduced power consumption is suitable to consumer class of computing devices.
US10395398B2 Appartus and method for visualizing digital breast tomosynthesis and other volumetric images
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis allows for the acquisition of volumetric mammography images. The present invention allows for novel ways of viewing such images to detect microcalcifications and obstructions. In an embodiment a method for displaying volumetric images comprises computing a projection image using a viewing direction, displaying the projection image and then varying the projection image by varying the viewing direction. The viewing direction can be varied based on a periodic continuous mathematical function. A graphics processing unit can be used to compute the projection image and bricking can be used to accelerate the computation of the projection images.
US10395394B2 Encoding and decoding arrays of data elements
A method of encoding a block of an array of data elements comprises selectively writing out an encoded version of the block either that is encoded using a first encoding scheme, which provides encoded blocks of non-fixed data size, or that is encoded using a second encoding scheme, which provides encoded blocks of fixed data size. The selection of which version of the encoded block to write out is based on the size of the encoded block when encoded using the first encoding scheme. This provides the potential for the encoded block that is written out to be compressed in a more superior manner using the first encoding scheme where possible, while also providing an encoded block that has a predictable maximum compressed size.
US10395390B2 Sensor fusion using inertial and image sensors
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for controlling a movable object using multiple sensors. In one aspect, a method for calibrating one or more extrinsic parameters of a movable object having a plurality of sensors in an initial configuration is provided. The method can comprise: detecting that the initial configuration of the plurality of sensors has been modified; receiving inertial data from at least one inertial sensor during operation of the movable object; receiving image data from at least two image sensors during the operation of the movable object; and estimating the one or more extrinsic parameters based on the inertial data and the image data in response to detecting that the initial configuration has been modified, wherein the one or more extrinsic parameters comprise spatial relationships between the plurality of sensors in the modified configuration.
US10395386B2 Image processing apparatus and X-ray diagnosis apparatus
An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry detects the position of an object included in each of sequentially generated X-ray images. The processing circuitry generate corrected images by a correction process to substantially match, with a reference position, the detected position of the object in a X-ray image generated after a reference X-ray image, the reference position being the detected position in the reference X-ray image. The processing circuitry determines an addition condition of each region of a sequentially generated corrected image. The processing circuitry causes a display to display an added image to which a corrected image is added in accordance with the determined addition condition.
US10395385B2 Using object re-identification in video surveillance
In various implementations, object tracking in a video content analysis system can be augmented with an image-based object re-identification system (e.g., for person re-identification or re-identification of other objects) to improve object tracking results for objects moving in a scene. The object re-identification system can use image recognition principles, which can be enhanced by considering data provided by object trackers that can be output by an object traffic system. In a testing stage, the object re-identification system can selectively test object trackers against object models. For most input video frames, not all object trackers need be tested against all object models. Additionally, different types of object trackers can be tested differently, so that a context provided by each object tracker can be considered. In a training stage, object models can also be selectively updated.
US10395380B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
First, a displacement field (first displacement field) for deforming a first image so as to associate the first image with a second image is calculated based on information on an input corresponding point group. Then, upon a corresponding point candidate pair being input, a displacement field (second displacement field) for deforming the first image so as to associate the first image with the second image is calculated with the corresponding point candidate pair taken into consideration as well. Thereafter, a matching degree is calculated based on a difference between the two displacement fields, and a determination result indicating a match or a mismatch is displayed on a display unit.
US10395374B2 Surveillance video based video foreground extraction method
Disclosed in the present invention is a video foreground extraction method for a surveillance video, which adjusts a size of a block to adapt to different video resolutions based on an image block processing method; and then extracts a foreground object in a moving state by establishing a background block model, the method comprising: representing each frame of image I in the surveillance video as a block; initializing; updating a block background weight, a block temporary background and a temporary background; updating a block background and a background; saving a foreground, and updating a foreground block weight and a foreground block; and performing binarization processing on the foreground to obtain a final foreground result. The invention reduces the dimension of each frame of image in the surveillance video, eliminates the influence of the illumination on the block method by means of the pixel-based comparison, and meanwhile eliminates the influence on video analysis due to increasing size of the surveillance video. The invention can extract a dynamic foreground object, adapt to a larger size of a surveillance video, and has a lower algorithm complexity.
US10395373B1 Image feature detection
Systems and methods for identifying an interesting feature in displayed content are presented. In response to a user's direction to identify an interesting feature of content displayed on the user's computing device, an image capture operation is conducted. The image capture operation captures some of the content displayed on the computing device and rendered to a working image. One or more processing passes are conducted on the working image to reduce various aspects of the working image. Remaining features in the working image, after the one or more processing passes, are identified and at least one feature is identified as a selected feature. A bounding box of the selected feature is mapped to the captured image, and a sub-image of the captured image as determined by the mapped bounding box is used as an interesting feature of the captured image.
US10395372B2 Systems, media, and methods for pre-processing and post-processing in additive manufacturing
Systems, methods, and media for pre-processing and post-processing in additive manufacturing are provided. A method includes receiving object geometry data. The method may further include generating a sectional snapshot and a bounding box. The method may also include performing a boundary tracing operation on the sectional snapshots. Further still, the method may include executing a contour mapping algorithm. The method may additionally include outputting slice contour points with respect to the object to be fabricated.
US10395370B2 Method and wearable apparatus for disease diagnosis
A method and a wearable apparatus for disease diagnosis are provided. The method is applied to the wearable apparatus with an image capturing unit and a display unit. In this method, a plurality of input images in a field of view of the wearable apparatus are captured by using the image capturing unit, wherein each of the input images contains an array of pixels. The variations of the pixel values in a time domain are analyzed. The pixel variations within a specific frequency range are magnified and the magnified pixel variations are added onto the original ones to generate an output image. The output image is overlapped with a current image in the field of view of the wearable apparatus and displayed on the display unit.
US10395369B2 Methods and apparatus for bone segmentation in magnetic resonance images
Methods and apparatus for processing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data to perform bone segmentation. MRI data comprising a set of gradient-echo images acquired throughout a spin echo is processed to generate a bone segmentation image. The bone segmentation image is generated based, at least in part, on at least two images in the set of gradient-echo images, wherein the at least two images include a first image corresponding to a beginning portion of the spin echo and a second image corresponding to a central portion of the spin echo.
US10395361B2 Apparatus and methods for inspecting reticles
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for qualifying a photolithographic reticle. A reticle inspection tool is used to acquire a plurality of images at different imaging configurations from each of a plurality of pattern areas of a test reticle. A reticle near field is recovered for each of the pattern areas of the test reticle based on the acquired images from each pattern area of the test reticle. The recovered reticle near field is then used to determine whether the test reticle or another reticle will likely result in unstable wafer pattern or a defective wafer.
US10395357B2 Method and apparatus for detection of foam in specimen containers
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for detecting foam in a specimen container. The method includes the following steps: transporting a specimen container into a locator well; centering the specimen container in the locator well; rotating the specimen container around a vertical axis in the locator well; imaging the specimen container during the rotation; analyzing an image of the specimen container captured during the rotation; and detecting foam in the specimen container based on the analysis of the image. An apparatus configured to perform the steps is also provided. The method and apparatus may be used in conjunction with a system for automatically determining whether a sample is positive for microorganism growth.
US10395342B2 Methods and apparatus for selecting communication interface in wireless communication system
A method of a virtual reality (VR)-related device is provided, which includes setting a reference direction; receiving data; determining whether a direction of the data and the reference direction are different; modifying the direction of the data if the direction of the data and the reference direction are different; and transmitting data having the modified direction.
US10395340B2 System and method of generating 3D infrared camera stitching for a thermal mapping
An information handling system comprising a storage device for receiving a first infrared image and a second infrared image of a temperature observation area captured from a first infrared camera, each infrared image having a segmented field of view, wherein the segmented field of view of the first infrared image overlaps at least in part the segmented field of view of the second infrared image and wherein the network adapter receives temperature recording data from a first remote point source temperature probe located within at least one of the segmented fields of view and processor is operatively coupled to the memory and network adapter and executes code instructions of an image-stitching module for calibrating the first infrared image based on temperature values from the temperature recording data received from the first remote point source temperature probe and stitches the first infrared image together with the second infrared image to create a first combined infrared image by detecting one or more shared isotherms in each of the infrared image and the second infrared image.
US10395336B2 Computing systems and methods for processing graphics data using cost indications for sets of tiles of a rendering space
A computing system comprises graphics rendering logic and image processing logic. The graphics rendering logic processes graphics data to render an image using a rendering space which is sub-divided into a plurality of tiles. Cost indication logic obtains a cost indication for each of a plurality of sets of one or more tiles of the rendering space, wherein the cost indication for a set of one or more tiles is suggestive of a cost of processing rendered image values for a region of the rendered image corresponding to the set of one or more tiles. The image processing logic processes rendered image values for regions of the rendered image. The computing system causes the image processing logic to process rendered image values for regions of the rendered image in dependence on the cost indications for the corresponding sets of one or more tiles.
US10395335B2 Optimal data sampling for image analysis
One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving image data with a first image resolution, and determining an optimal image resolution for sampling the image data based on a learned model. The optimal image resolution is lower than the first image resolution. The method further comprises sampling the image data at the optimal image resolution, and performing image analysis on sampled image data resulting from the sampling.
US10395333B2 Hierarchical selection process
A network system can communicate with a user device and receive a set of request data for a scheduled request at a scheduled date and a scheduled time. The set of request data indicates a start location and a destination location for the scheduled request. The network system can record the scheduled request in a scheduling log, and implement a hierarchical selection process to fulfill the scheduled request.
US10395328B2 Virtual professionals community for conducting virtual consultations with suggested professionals
Systems and methods for providing a virtual professionals community for conducting virtual consultations with suggested professionals includes receiving, in a server, data associated with a plurality of professionals, including a specialty descriptive of one or more of the plurality of professionals. The server can receive a peer performance rating for one of the plurality of professionals generated by a second of the plurality of professionals. A client can submit, to the server, a search request that includes user-defined search criteria. The server can then search the received data based on the search criteria to select relevant professionals associated with the client's search request. The server can rank the selected relevant professionals based on peer performance ratings and the relevancy of the relevant professional to the search criteria. After ranking the selected professionals, the server can transmit a report of the relevant professionals ordered in the ranking determined by the server.
US10395327B2 Management of patient transfer systems, methods, and devices
Systems, methods, and devices are described related to the assignment and management of patient-specific bins. A dispensing device at a healthcare facility includes a number of bins for storage of medical supplies, with some of the bins designated as patient-specific bins allocated to be assigned to patients for storage of their medications or certain other supplies. A central server computer system, in communication with a computer of the dispensing device, may monitor and assign current and future patient-specific use of the bins for the dispensing device. The assignment and management of patient-specific bins may be performed by devices distributed through the system.
US10395317B2 Method for intermediating network communications between user device and destination system
A method for intermediating communications with an automated system includes receiving, at an intermediating device that implements an intermediating communication application, an instruction to complete a transaction request on behalf of a user. The method also includes determining, by the intermediating communication application on the intermediating device, a destination system from which to request completion of the transaction request. The method additionally includes interacting, by the intermediating device, with the destination system to fulfill the transaction request.
US10395316B2 Determination of implied orders in a trade matching system
A computer implemented method for determining implied orders in an electronic trading system is provided. The method comprises receiving a first set of one or more real orders, wherein the orders are not tradable against each other. One or more implied orders are identified within the first set of real orders. Market data corresponding to the implied orders can also be identified. At least one additional order is received and the tradability of the additional order is determined against the real or implied orders within the first set of real orders. A resting set of orders is determined from those real and implied orders within the first set of orders not affected by the tradability of the additional order. Implied orders are determined from within the set of resting orders.
US10395314B2 Opening price process for trading system
A system for determining an opening price for products traded over a distributed, networked computer system is described. The system includes a plurality of workstations for entering orders for financial products into the distributed, networked computer system, said orders specifying a quantity of the financial product. A plurality of workstations for entering orders and a server computer coupled to the workstations, said server computer executing a server process that determines an opening price for the product. The opening price process posting an allocation message to market maker participants to communicate an expected allocation of the imbalance for execution at an initial opening of the market in the event that the imbalance exists at the opening.
US10395311B2 Market data recovery
Networks, systems and methods for recovering data messages from a market data stream and for building a book for a financial instrument are disclosed. An out-of-band data stream related to an as-of state of the market for one or more financial instruments is distributed parallel to a stream of market data for the financial instrument. The as-of data stream is referenced to the financial according to a unique identifier of the messages of the market data stream. The as-of data for a financial instrument may be provided at periodic rate that may be varied according to one or more factors.
US10395309B2 Detection of activity patterns
A monitoring system (1) comprises an interface (2) for receiving source alerts from at least one detection engine, a database (7) of historical events; and a classifier (3) for classifying received source alerts by linking a source alert with an historical event or a current source alert to provide a link, and providing said link as an output alert. The classifier comprises match methods (9) for processing source alerts and generating a score for extent of matching of a source alert with an historical event or current source alert, a voting engine (4) for weighting scores from the match methods (9), and a linking function (6) for determining that there is a link if a combination of the weighted outputs of a plurality of match methods exceeds a threshold. At least some match methods (9) are each associated with a specific field of a source alert such as a numerical value field or a name field of a source alert. A feedback function (6) notifies a case management system (5) of links, and the voting engine (4) receives from the case management system (5) feedback (11) of success of each match method (9), and adjusts match method weights (12) accordingly.
US10395307B2 Mobile application to conduct an auction based on physical presence
A mobile application to conduct an auction based on physical presence is provided. The mobile application may be provided by a system comprising one or more modules. A notification module may identify an item to be sold at an auction. If a pre-auction window time period has arrived, the notification module may transmit auction notification messages to a plurality of client devices located within a predefined geographical area. A bidding module may conduct the auction by providing an auction interface to the client devices within the predefined geographical area. The auction interface includes an option to bid on the item. A completion module may transmit a confirmation to a winning auction participant.
US10395304B2 System and method for distributing multimedia content
A portable web widget for distribution of multimedia content over a computer communications network, the web widget adapted for viral distribution and execution in a web browser on a client device wherein the widget includes a content retrieval component communicatively coupled to an application server over the computer communications network, the content retrieval component configured to retrieve one or more multimedia display files and metadata into an embedded electronic commerce store in the web widget after it enters an active operational mode, the widget also including a content preview component configured to enable a streamed execution of a portion of the multimedia content files associated with each of the multimedia display files from a multimedia content distribution system executing on the application server, and a transaction processing component operative to execute and complete a commercial transaction in the embedded electronic commerce store pertaining to the multimedia content files.
US10395300B2 Method system and medium for personalized expert cosmetics recommendation using hyperspectral imaging
Various embodiments provide a customized cosmetics recommendation for a specific user. In one embodiment a method comprises capturing an image that includes the face of the specific user, producing a set of hyperspectral images from the image, analyzing the hyperspectral images to determine a set of spectral components of the face, and providing a recommendation for one or more cosmetics customized for the specific user based on the set of spectral components and cosmetician expert judgement. The image may be captured using a hyperspectral imaging camera. The set of spectral components is compared to a plurality of previous sets of spectral components to find a match and one or more cosmetics mapped to the match are provided as the recommendation. Additionally, a set of conditional options may be received and one or more cosmetics mapped to the set of conditional options and the set of spectral components are provided as the recommendation.
US10395295B2 Incremental partial text searching in ecommerce
A method for optimizing identification and access to product records in a product database, the method executed as a set of stored instructions by a computer processor to implement the steps of: receiving over a communications network textual information representing a potential portion of multiple different words or phrases, the textual information being a sequence of characters; searching metadata of each of a set of product listings stored in the product database for one or more of said multiple different words or phrases in the metadata matching the sequence of characters by having the sequence of characters included as a portion of the one or more of said multiple different words or phrases; executing a search query against the set of product listings using the one or more of said multiple different words or phrases to return a query search result containing a plurality of product listings matching the search query; selecting a product listing subset from the query search result, each product listing in the product listing subset associated with respective said metadata containing the sequence of characters; sending over the communications network the product listing subset for display on a user interface as a list of user selectable links, each of the user selectable links in the list for each said product listing coupled to a respective product record of the product records; and receiving over the communications network a link selection from the list of user selectable links and returning the respective product record associated with the link selection.
US10395294B2 Managing pre-computed search results
Methods, systems, and computer program products for re-computing pre-computed search results, such as pre-computed priced recommendations. Pre-computed search results stored in a search platform are subdivided into shares of related pre-computed search results including a first share. A re-computation controller determines a validity trend indicating a change rate of a validity probability of a pre-computed search result over time and an instantaneous validity rate for the pre-computed search results. If a difference between the instantaneous validity rate and the validity trend exceeds a given extent, the re-computation controller adjusts the validity probabilities being associated with other pre-computed search results included in a second share correlated with the first share. The re-computation controller issues re-computation orders to a computation platform to re-compute a part of the pre-computed search results, the part being selected by the re-computation controller on the basis of the validity probabilities associated with the pre-computed search results.
US10395291B2 System and method for navigating a collection of editorial content
Systems and methods for easily navigating a collection of editorial content related to products are described. Embodiments of the invention provide seamless, continuous, structured access to relevant product reviews. Users of embodiments of the invention can advance from one product review to another by selecting navigational buttons representing the previous and next product reviews from within a product review currently being viewed. The previous product review represents the review the user was viewing prior to the currently viewed review. The next product review is determined based on a simple learning engine that presents the next relevant product, along with another relevant product that is, for example, either cheaper or more expensive than the review being currently viewed. This simplifies the user experience by eliminating the need to go back to a listing page to research products similar to the product whose review is being viewed.
US10395286B2 Reactor for bulk production of photosynthetic microorganisms
An algae production reactor system according to the invention comprises a reactor vessel which is provided with: —one or more liquid inlets and one or more liquid outlets; —one or more gas inlets at the bottom, said gas inlets being connected with a source of carbon dioxide, and one or more gas outlets at the top of the vessel; —vertically interspaced and joined pairs of double glass plates which are at least partially submerged in the reactor liquid, said double glass plates having a layer of light-scattering particles in between and having a flat side being exposed to a light source; and —means for vertically circulating reactor liquid.
US10395285B2 Selecting vehicle type for providing transport
A transport arrangement system operates to receive a transport request from a user, and to make a selection of a vehicle type for the user based at least in part on a set of criteria associated with the transport request or user information. For example, the determination of whether an autonomous vehicle is to be provided can be based at least in part on the destination specified with the transport request.
US10395279B1 System and method for in-game calendar-based item promotion
A method and system for in-game calendar-based item promotion for use by groups of users in the game, such as alliances. The users have a shared calendar in which dates and times are scheduled for group activities and additional relevant information may be entered. The system and method include ways of identifying scheduled dates and times and activities and promoting items which may be helpful for the scheduled activities. The users are encouraged to purchase the promoted items. In addition, certain actions may be recommended to the users based on the scheduled dates, times, and activities and associated information. Scheduling incentives may be used to encourage users to play the game at preferred dates and/or times.
US10395276B1 Pull-type searching system
The pull-type searching system provides an effective and efficient way to navigate deals and assist the user in identifying a deal for selection. The pull-type searching system further enables identification of one or more alternative deals to present to the user when no deals are identified for the selected search criteria. The pull-type searching system includes a method and apparatus. The method includes communicating ordered selectable search criteria, the search criteria including one or more categories, subcategories and deal types based on a user profile or available deals, or redemption goals. The method further includes receiving a selection from the search criteria and searching a deals database for results associated with the selection. Further, the method includes communicating the results associated with the selection, one or more alternative categories, or one or more alternative deals. A similar apparatus is provided.
US10395271B2 System and method for normalizing campaign data gathered from a plurality of advertising platforms
A system and method for normalizing campaign data gathered from a plurality of advertising platforms. The method comprises receiving campaign data related to at least one campaign gathered from a plurality of advertising platforms; mapping data dimensions in the received campaign data to a marketing data model to produce a dataset that is organized and functions as the marketing data model; normalizing data values in the dataset according to a unified notation defined for each of the data dimensions in the marketing data model; and optimizing the normalized dataset to allow faster manipulation of data.
US10395270B2 System and method for recommending a grammar for a message campaign used by a message optimization system
A system and method is provided for recommending a grammar for a message campaign used by a message optimization system. A user specifies parameters for a new campaign, from which a set of statistical design budgets is calculated. The user selects a grammar structure, recommended based on the statistical design budgets, for the campaign. The n-most relevant past campaigns are identified. Semantic tags, associated with each previously used value from the n-most relevant past campaigns and each of a plurality of untested values, are identified and ranked based on past performance. The previously used values are ordered by ranked tag group and then within each tag group, while the untested values are ordered by ranked tag group and then randomly within the tag group. Recommended values are selected from the ranked list of previously used values and untested values depending on the degree of exploration/conservatism indicated by the user.
US10395269B2 Message broker for redemption of digital incentives
A message broker for redemption of digital incentives at a point-of-sale terminal for a commercial transaction that is able to communicate with a central database external to the point-of-sale terminal. The central database contains unique customer registration information, unique identifiers assigned to the unique customer registration information, business rules for redemption of digital incentives. Redemption of digital incentives at the point-of-sale terminal occurs at the time of purchase as follows: the customer's purchases are recorded in a basket list at the point-of-sale terminal; the customer presents their unique identifier; point-of-sale terminal initiates an instruction to process a transaction; the message broker routes the unique identifier and the basket list to the central database which applies the rules for redemption of digital incentives and returns validated applicable digital incentives to the message broker which forwards the validated digital incentives to the point-of-sale terminal for redemption; the point-of-sale terminal applies the validated digital incentives to the customer's purchase; and the message broker routes an acknowledgement message to the central database.
US10395265B2 Crowd sourcing coupon redemption information
A method for updating consumers is provided. The method comprises tracking coupon redemption activity across a plurality of store locations; maintaining a coupon redemption store list comprising stores that are currently able to redeem coupon based on the coupon redemption activity; and updating a plurality of client devices with at least a subset of information from the coupon redemption store list to enable shoppers to know the stores at which coupons are redeemable.
US10395258B2 Brand personality perception gap identification and gap closing recommendation generation
Mechanisms are provided to implement a brand personality perception gap assessment engine. The mechanisms receive an inferred brand personality for a specified brand. The mechanisms further receive an intended brand personality for the specified brand. The mechanisms calculate at least one gap between the inferred brand personality and the intended brand personality. The mechanisms output an output indicating aspects of the at least one gap.
US10395255B2 Method and system for indicating and documenting associations, disclosures and instructions using visually identifiable description
Methods and system for a unique coding framework used to create, manage and track instructions for documentation and dissemination of instructions, indicate a particular association or activate a given process. In one example, the present disclosure relates to the online publishing of documentation to demonstrate relationships of parties and compliance with regulatory and other requirements. The present disclosure uses URL hyperlinks, badges, watermarks, icons and visual displays that are representative of a given function and that may be identified by reference of unique coding structure. The present disclosure relates to the publishing and display of relevant visual codes or images for viewing by members of the public, (human readable) as well as machines. The present disclosure enables the tracking and measurement of uses of coded representations in public or private channels. Structured hyperlink codes allow brief messages to be sent in shortened form to instruct or deliver messages or processes.
US10395251B2 Remotely generated behavioral profile for storage and use on mobile device
A system, method and a device for offline authentication of transactions using mobile device, based on, analytic engine such as behavioral pattern detection are provided. The behavioral pattern can be for a specific person, for group of people with similar characteristics, or a combination of the two. The invention has the advantage over the prior art centralized authentication and fraud detection systems in that it more precise in identifying and preventing fraud in real time. The precision is better for both customer and merchant frauds. The present invention also requires fewer investments in infrastructure and uses less communication traffic when compared to the prior art.
US10395250B2 Dynamic pairing system for securing a trusted communication channel
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for securing a mobile financial transaction are provided. A table matches each one of a plurality of transaction risk levels to a corresponding one of a plurality of required user trust scores, correspondingly. A financial transaction risk level associated with a financial transaction is computed. A user trust score associated with the user is computed based on user identification data associated with the user. The financial transaction risk level is matched to a corresponding one of the plurality of transaction risk levels stored in the table. The one of the plurality of required trust scores that corresponds to the corresponding one of the plurality of transaction risk levels stored in the table is identified. If the user trust score is greater than or equal to the identified one of the plurality of required trust scores, then the financial transaction is authorized.
US10395247B2 Systems and methods for facilitating a secure transaction at a non-financial institution system
The systems and methods discussed herein relate to securely transferring funds over a private network. Receiving transaction data related to a fund transfer including a tokenized financial instrument, providing to a sender financial institution the tokenized financial instrument to enable the sender financial institution to de-tokenize the tokenized financial instrument and identify an account of the sender, receiving a sender private identifier generated by the sender financial institution, providing to the sender financial institution the transfer amount of the fund transfer to enable the sender financial institution to transfer funds, providing a transaction identifier and a recipient private identifier to the recipient financial institution to enable the recipient financial institution to receive an ACH message from the sender financial institution over the ACH network, the ACH message indicating payment from the sender financial institution to the recipient financial institution to perform the fund transfer with funds over the ACH network.
US10395244B1 Systems and methods for providing card interactions
A method including receiving a first application user credential associated with a user profile; comparing, for a first match, the first application user credential with a stored second application user credential, wherein the stored second application user credential is associated with a user identity; and responsive to finding a first match, verifying the user identity by performing the following: communicating with a card using near field communication; receiving a public key of a key pair of the card and cardholder identification information of an account holder of the card; instructing the card to generate a digital signature; receiving the digital signature from the card; verifying the digital signature using the public key; and comparing, for a second match, at least a portion of the user identity with at least a portion of the cardholder identification information.
US10395243B1 Merchant-specific shadow account numbers
Financial transactions, such as buying and selling, may be facilitated by merchant-based shadow account numbers. A master account may contain several associated shadow accounts. Each shadow account may in turn be associated with a specific merchant or group of merchants. Merchants and users may store and use the shadow account numbers rather than the master account numbers. Stolen or otherwise compromised shadow account numbers are useless with other non-associated merchants. Furthermore, the shadow numbers may be easily invalidated while leaving the master account untouched.
US10395242B2 Money transfer smart phone methods and systems
A method of implementing collaborative funds transfer includes receiving, by a host computer system, from an entity a collaborative funds transfer request for a relief effort to be executed within a collaborative environment. The methods further includes verifying, by the host computer system, validity of the entity, receiving funds provided to the entity via the collaborative environment, reviewing services offered within the collaborative environment, reviewing communications regarding the funds transfer within the collaborative environment, and transferring the funds to the entity.
US10395239B1 Automatically activating a transaction card by detecting a change associated with a package that carries the transaction card
A first device may be implemented within a package that is for transporting a second device requiring activation. The first device may determine whether the package has been opened based on whether a trigger condition has been satisfied. The trigger condition may be satisfied when a value identifying an amount of an electrical property of a conductive structure sealing the package satisfies a first threshold value or when a value identifying an amount of a measurable property associated with the package satisfies a second threshold value. The first device may provide, to a server, a request to activate the second device based on determining that the package has been opened. The request may cause the server to initiate an activation procedure and to activate the second device if the activation procedure succeeds.
US10395236B2 Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same
A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a display unit and a controller configured to execute a specific application related to a payment, change to a payment ready state and display a payment card in a center area of the display unit when selecting the payment card among cards stored in the specific application, produce one-time payment information, a token value, and perform the payment when receiving a first input in the payment ready state, and change to a payment waiting state and control the display unit so that a display of the payment card is changed to a display of a specific indicator, when receiving a second input in the payment ready state.
US10395233B2 Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same
The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal having a lateral display unit and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to the present disclosure may include a body having a front surface, a lateral surface and a rear surface; a display unit having a first region disposed on the front surface and a second region extended from the first region and disposed on the lateral surface; and a controller configured to display payment related information in the second region based on signals transmitted to and received from an external payment server while the first region is in an inactive state, and execute payment while the first region is in an inactive state based on the signals transmitted to and received from the payment server and the payment related information.
US10395228B2 Device connection system, portable terminal, device connection method, and device connection program
The purpose of the present invention is to enable nearby devices to be automatically identified if a portable terminal moves, and to automatically connect the identified devices and the portable terminal by a relatively stable high-speed communication format such as wireless LAN. In the present invention, in a system in which a first device and a second device are associated with each other and handled as a set and in which a plurality of such sets are disposed at locations distant from each other, a portable terminal that is used in the system performs communication with one of the first devices in compliance with a first communication format that is a short-distance wireless communication format, and so as to specify a set which includes said one of the first devices located closer to the portable terminal than other first devices, and performs communication with a second device included in the identified set in compliance with a second communication format.
US10395222B2 Information display method, information display apparatus, information display system, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium
An information display method includes a step of inputting, by an input, a work information for identifying a maintenance work to be conducted in a plant, and a step of displaying, by a display, a set of device-state-related information generated by at least a field device associated with the maintenance work identified by the work information.
US10395212B2 Heads up display for material handling systems
A method for managing container information in a warehouse system. The method includes identifying a container identification (ID) of a container with a scanner communicatively coupled to a portable computing device. The container ID is sent from the portable computing device to a warehouse server via a network. The container information is received at the portable computing device from the warehouse server in response to the container ID. The container information is communicated to a heads up display communicatively coupled to the portable computing device. Delivering the container to a target destination in the warehouse, based in part on the container information for the container. A delivery confirmation is initiated at the heads up display for the warehouse server when the container is delivered to the target destination. The delivery confirmation occurs at the time of delivery to the target destination.
US10395210B2 System and method for using stores as receiving points for third party, E-commerce suppliers
Systems, methods and computer-readable media for providing e-commerce suppliers an alternative shipping and distribution system based on real-time sales and demand being coupled with iterative machine learning processes. As an example, an e-commerce supplier can contract with a retailer to have products sold in retail locations belonging to the retailer. However, rather than the retailer providing to the e-commerce supplier a quoted price for acquiring the merchandise, the retailer can provide two prices: one for if the e-commerce supplier delivers the merchandise to a distribution center, and another if the e-commerce supplier delivers the merchandise directly to a retail location, from which the retailer will redistribute the merchandise to other retail locations.
US10395209B2 Automatic capacity detection systems and methods
The embodiments relate to an automatic capacity detection system and methods thereof. The system includes a capacity detector for continuously monitoring an area to track an available amount of capacity; a location sensor for automatically identifying a current location at which the available amount of capacity is available; a processor in remote communication with the capacity detector and the location sensor to: compare the current location of the available amount of capacity with a destination of the available amount of capacity; estimate a remaining value of the available amount of capacity based on the comparison; and assign at least some of the available amount of capacity at the remaining value to an offering party.
US10395208B2 Beacon tracking
Some embodiments relate to the use of Bluetooth beacons for enhancing delivery tracking. A Bluetooth beacon may be carried by a delivery agent. A ID of the beacon may be detected by one or more sensors. Tracking of the delivery agent may be performed by determining where the ID is detected.
US10395207B2 Food supply chain automation grocery information system and method
A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically storing grocery operations information regarding at least in part one or more grocery implementation aspects pertaining to grocery related merchandizing of one or more commercial grocery products; and electronically associating at least a portion of grocery operations information concerning at least in part one or more grocery implementation aspects pertaining to grocery related merchandizing of one or more commercial grocery products with identification information obtainable through one or more tags said one or more tags logged as being at least temporarily within at least a vicinity of one or more food based substances. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
US10395203B2 System and method to simulate the impact of leadership activity
A system and method to simulate the impact of leadership activity for individuals in leader and/or manager roles to be able to model their organization as a system and to simulate a plurality of actions that might be taken and their impact on the non-linear dynamics of the organization, its functions, capabilities, processes and outcomes. The system includes an Organization State component, a Leadership Activities component, an Environment State component, and a Simulation Module component. The Simulation Module component takes in initial conditions defined for the Organization State, Leadership Activities and the Environment State, iterates the functions and process of the organization through time, simulates the interactions of the various variables described in the Organization State, the Leadership Activities and the Environment State and the interactive effects among them and provides outputs of a plurality of measures for each time step.
US10395199B1 Method and system for ATM cash servicing and optimization
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented method and system for determining an optimization schedule comprising: executing, via the computer processor, a volume forecast determination for at least one ATM device to generate forecast data, wherein the volume forecast comprises a withdrawal forecast and a deposit forecast; executing, via the computer processor, a simulation based on the forecast data to develop a set of possible schedules for the at least one ATM, wherein the simulation considers one or more identified uncertainties; automatically, via the computer processor, generating one or more fault risks based at least in part on the one or more identified uncertainties; and automatically, via the computer processor, determining an optimal schedule for the at least one ATM device based on the one or more fault risks.
US10395197B1 Transportation system disruption management apparatus and methods
A system and method for receiving data associated with a plurality of travel legs; identifying a resources delay relating to a delay necessary to provide a travel leg from the plurality of travel legs with resources required for the departure of the travel leg, and an existing delay associated with the travel leg; determining a projected arrival delay and a projected departure delay based on the resources delay and the existing delay; outputting parameters relating to the projected arrival delay and the projected departure delay; receiving operation parameters; and generating a proposed operation plan using the projected arrival delay, the projected departure delay, and the operation parameters. In an exemplary embodiment, each of the travel legs is an airline flight.
US10395195B2 Provisioning virtual machines to optimize application licensing costs
Provisioning and management of virtual machines and shared processor pools to process the virtual machines is provided. Shared processor pool(s) of processing units are established on server(s) of a cluster. The shared processor pool(s) are to process virtual machines to execute an application for which licensing cost is determined based on a number of processing units used to process the virtual machines executing the application. Provision of the virtual machines into the shared processor pool(s) and assignment of the processing units to the shared processor pool(s) is managed, which controls the number of processing units dedicated to processing the virtual machines executing the application, to thereby control licensing costs of executing the application. The managing can provision at least two virtual machines for different tenants into a common shared processor pool of the one or more shared processor pools.
US10395194B2 Resource allocation for infrastructure engineering
Example systems and methods for resource allocation for infrastructure engineering are described. In one implementation, a method identifies resources for infrastructure engineering with respect to an organization. The method also sorts the resources based on skills and roles associated with the infrastructure engineering, and then determines multiple teams based on the sorted resources.
US10395193B2 Relevance management system
A relevance management system for managing relevance of a plurality of request for proposal (RFP) documents with respect to a plurality of project description (PD) documents; receiving a PD document; creating a PD-document decomposition by decomposing the PD document into PD segments; determining an RFP-document-to-PD-segment relevance for an RFP document from the plurality of RFP documents and the PD segments using document similarity processing and a metric; aggregating the RFP-document-to-PD-segment relevance by the PD-document decomposition to produce an RFP-to-PD relevance; and transmitting the RFP-to-PD relevance to an originator of the PD document.
US10395192B2 System and method for instructing personnel on washroom maintenance requirements
A system and associated method are provided for maintenance of a plurality of washroom facilities by maintenance personnel, wherein each of the washroom facilities has one or more consumable product dispensers that require periodic refill. For each of the washroom facilities, the product dispensers are configured with a sensor that detects a product level or amount condition of the product dispenser, the sensors in communication with a monitoring station assigned to the washroom facility. A set of instructions unique to each of the washroom facilities is generated based upon the detected product level or amount conditions of the dispensers in the respective washroom facility, the set of instructions including instructions as to the amount of product refill to be added to the dispensers. With an identification (ID) system configured within each washroom facility, maintenance personnel that enter the washroom facility are identified and provided with the unique set of instructions in a message via a mobile smart device carried by the maintenance personnel or an audio or visual display device within the washroom facility.
US10395186B1 Graphical user interface for a restaurant management system including a status indicator
A system for managing a restaurant comprises a restaurant server including a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface comprises a display and an input interface. The display displays reservation information for the restaurant. The reservation information includes a colored indicator of a status. The input interface receives an indication to display the reservation information for the restaurant.
US10395182B2 Privacy and modeling preserved data sharing
A method for generating a classification model using original data that is sensitive or private to a data owner. The method includes: receiving, from one or more entities, a masked data set having masked data corresponding to the original sensitive data, and further including a masked feature label set for use in classifying the masked data contents; forming a shared data collection of the masked data and the masked feature label sets received; and training, by a second entity, a classification model from the shared masked data and feature label sets, wherein the classification model learned from the shared masked data and feature label sets is the same as a classification model learned from the original sensitive data. The sensitive features and labels cannot be reliably recovered even when both the masked data and the learning algorithm are known.
US10395174B2 Method for performing insight operations within a cognitive environment
A method for providing cognitive insight via a cognitive information processing system comprising: encapsulating an operation for providing a desired cognitive insight; and, applying the operation to a target cognitive graph to generate a cognitive insight.
US10395173B1 System and methods for exemplary problem solving, thinking and learning using an exemplary archetype process and enhanced hybrid forms
Systems, methods, and apparatuses to facilitate development, documentation, presentation of and interaction with enhanced models of understanding, thinking and problem solving regarding an arbitrary problem. Preferred embodiments of the invention utilize an exemplary archetype process or exemplary archetype structure for user thinking or problem solving, or customized exemplary archetype process or exemplary archetype structure. Some embodiments accomplish models or interactive environments, or both, represented in three-dimensional or partly three-dimensional forms, and may also accomplish forms that combine, integrate or in parallel provide electronic and digital with additional physical, mechanical or other forms or elements.
US10395169B1 Self learning neural knowledge artifactory for autonomous decision making
Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for generating, enhancing, applying and updating knowledge neurons for providing decision making information to a wide variety of client applications. Domain keywords for knowledge domains are generated from domain data of selected domain data sources, along with keyword values for the domain keywords, and are used to generate knowledge artifacts for inclusion in knowledge neurons. These knowledge neurons may be enhanced by domain knowledge data sets found in various data sources and used to generate neural responses to neural queries received from the client applications. Neural feedbacks may be used to update and/or generate knowledge neurons. Any ML algorithm can use, or operate in conjunction with, a neural knowledge artifactory comprising the knowledge neurons to enhance or improve baseline accuracy, for example during a cold start period, for augmented decision making and/or for labeling data points or establishing ground truth to perform supervised learning.
US10395168B2 Tunable optical neuromorphic network
A reservoir computing neuromorphic network includes an input layer comprising one or more input nodes, a reservoir layer comprising a plurality of reservoir nodes, and an output layer comprising one or more output nodes. A portion of at least one of the input layer, the reservoir layer, and the output layer includes an optically tunable material.
US10395167B2 Image processing method and device
An image processing method and an image processing device are provided. The image processing method includes steps of extracting a feature of an inputted first image by a first CNN, and reconstructing and outputting an image by a second CNN. The first CNN includes a plurality of first convolutional layers connected sequentially to each other and a plurality of first pooling layers each arranged between respective adjacent first convolutional layers, and each first convolutional layer is configured to generate and output a first convolutional feature. The second CNN includes a plurality of second convolutional layers connected sequentially to each other and a plurality of composite layers each arranged between respective adjacent second convolutional layers, and each composite layer is an up-sampling layer.
US10395166B2 Simulated infrared material combination using neural network
Mipping systems and methods are disclosed. For example, a mipping system can include processing circuitry configured to receive combinations of a plurality of pixels N at a time, each pixel having material codes directed to respective materials of the pixels, where the material codes relate to infrared properties of the respective materials, and N is a positive integer greater than 1; and train an artificial neural network having a classification space by providing respective neurons for each unique combination of material codes, and condition the artificial neural network so that the respective neurons activate when presented with their unique of material code combinations in order to create a combined set of material code parameters for accurate rendering of the mipped pixels.
US10395162B1 Ultra-low power and cost purely analog backscatter sensors with extended range smartphone/consumer electronics FM reception
Ultra-low power and cost, purely analog backscatter sensors, based on capacitive and/or resistive principles, consumer electronics FM reception and extended range.
US10395160B2 Identifier device
An identification device that can be adjustably fit around an object or person whose identity is to be monitored includes an electrically conductive identification strap; electrically conductive locking means designed for adjustable circular locking of the identification strap around a predetermined part of the object or person whose location is to be monitored, thus forming a closed electrical circuit when the electrically conductive identification band and the locking means are both in the working or closed position; and a wireless communications transceiver module designed to establish communication with at least one transceiver module mounted in a different identification device fit onto a different object or person, wherein a first transceiver module executes a linking procedure by radio transmission of identification data streams to at least one other transceiver module in listening mode to receive the identification data stream transmitted from the first identification device.
US10395158B2 Method for making an anti-crack electronic device
A method for making an intermediate electronic device, wherein said device is coated or is to be coated with a cover sheet or layer, the method comprising the step of forming a carrier-body comprising: a cavity provided in the carrier-body; an electric circuit comprising at least one electric interconnection area inside the cavity; an electronic module comprising at least one connection pad connecting said interconnection area and arranged in the cavity; a space or gap provided at the interface between the module and the carrier-body, substantially perpendicular to a main surface of the carrier-body, in communication with the surface of the carrier-body, and intended to be covered with a cover sheet or layer; the method is characterized in that a flexible or elastic material is arranged in the device so as to fill the space or gap between the module and the body-carrier or at least partially cover same.
US10395157B2 Smart card module arrangement, smart card, method for producing a smart card module arrangement and method for producing a smart card
A method for producing a smart card module arrangement includes: arranging a smart card module on a first carrier layer, wherein the first carrier layer is free of a prefabricated smart card module receptacle cutout for receiving the smart card module. The smart card module includes: a substrate; a chip on the substrate; a first mechanical reinforcement structure between the chip and the substrate. The first mechanical reinforcement structure covers at least one part of a surface of the chip. The method further includes applying a second carrier layer to the smart card module, wherein the second carrier layer is free of a prefabricated smart card module receptacle cutout for receiving the smart card module; and at least one of laminating or pressing the first carrier layer with the second carrier layer, such that the smart card module is enclosed by the first carrier layer and the second carrier layer.
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