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US10425628B2	Alternating frequency captures for time of flight depth sensing Time-of-flight (ToF) 3D depth sensors are used virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) due to their light weight, small form factor, low computation cost and high depth quality. Phase based ToF sensors can provide depth maps with reasonable resolutions (VGA or equivalent) at adequate framerates for traditional 3D sensing applications such as video surveillance, surface reconstruction, gesture recognition and skeleton tracking. Recently, more sophisticated input methods, such as articulated hand tracking, require substantially higher frame rates. Traditionally increasing the frame rate increases the sensor and compute power proportionally to the increased number of frames/second. However, wireless, wearable devices, have limited power capacity. The teachings of this disclosure enable a 2× increase in frame rate without increase to the camera power consumption, and with only modest increases in the computational load.
US10425618B2	Information processing apparatus, tuner, and information processing method Methods and apparatus provide for: displaying a program guide on a display device, the program guide being such that respective program frames for a plurality of programs are arranged in a display area having a time axis of one or more time slots and a channel axis; displaying a cursor on the display device and allowing a user to move the cursor, highlight desired ones of the program frames, and select from among the plurality of programs in the program guide; and displaying detailed program information regarding content of one of the programs of one of the program frames that is highlighted and/or selected by the user via the cursor, where the detailed information is displayed by enlarging the one of the program frames as compared with others of the program frames.
US10425617B2	Distribution element for a self-calibrating RF network and system and method for use of the same A distribution element for a self-calibrating RF network and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the distribution element, the distribution element is located between a headend layer and an endpoint layer. An upstream directional control circuit and a downstream directional control circuit are positioned in a spaced opposing relationship such that respective upstream line and the downstream line are separated into a forward line and reverse line therebetween while being combined at the respective upstream directional control circuit and the downstream directional control circuit. A pair of amplifier circuits positioned between the upstream and downstream control circuits are under the control of a controller to amplify and shape the signal of the forward line and the reverse line. The controller monitor and analyzes signals through the distribution element.
US10425616B2	Hub and detachable head for tele-presence system The disclosure provides tele-presence devices for spatial communication in a tele-presence system. In particular, the present technology provides a tele-presence device having a camera system wirelessly, communicatively, and rotationally coupled to a hub. The hub includes an upper housing having an aperture for removably receiving the camera system, and a lower housing rotatable coupled to the upper housing. The hub further includes first and second rotational assemblies, and a controller, for operatively rotating and otherwise repositioning the camera system. The hub frictionally engages the camera system, such that the camera system is selectively detachable from the hub without any manipulation of the hub itself. That is, a user may lift the camera system out of the hub, which advantageously allows the camera system to be portable and easily docked to the hub or other hubs.
US10425613B2	System and methods providing sports event related media to internet-enabled devices synchronized with a live broadcast of the sports event An electronic device can be synchronized with a broadcast of a live sporting event to obtain supplemental sports data over a data network from a server storing data associated with the live sporting event. Supplemental sports data is obtained from the server for display on the electronic device following a triggering activity associated with the broadcast of the live sporting event. Supplemental sports data can be transmitted for rendering on a display associated with the electronic device. Supplemental sports data can include display of an instant replay video of a sports athlete combined with audio of a pre-recorded statement by the sports athlete associated with the instant replay video, an announcement of a score change for a sporting event monitored by the electronic device, and a display of a football widget providing updates on football game status (e.g., possession, ball location, current score) monitored by the electronic device.
US10425611B2	Data recording and playback system and method A data recording and playback system and method with a memory device adapted to receive and temporarily store input signal data as data frames with time stamps, the memory device having addresses associated thereto, and a circular storage buffer having a memory mapped file with same address space as the memory device for storing the input signal data. In one embodiment, an event controller provides an event signal associated to time of an event, and an event processor is provided that copies plurality of data frames stored in the circular storage buffer that have time stamps proximate to the time of the event. Another embodiment is adapted to allow playback of stored input signal data from the circular storage buffer without interrupting simultaneous recording of new input signal data into the circular storage buffer.
US10425610B2	Beam forming for microphones on separate faces of a camera A camera system capable of capturing images of an event in a dynamic environment includes two microphones configured to capture stereo audio of the event. The microphones are on orthogonal surfaces of the camera system. Because the microphones are on orthogonal surfaces of the camera system, the camera body can impact the spatial response of the two recorded audio channels differently, leading to degraded stereo recreation if standard beam forming techniques are used. The camera system includes tuned beam forming techniques to generate multi-channel audio that more accurately recreates the stereo audio by compensating for the shape of the camera system and the orientation of microphones on the camera system. The tuned beam forming techniques include optimizing a set of beam forming parameters, as a function of frequency, based on the true spatial response of the recorded audio signals.
US10425607B2	Display apparatus with light receiving part for sensing external light Disclosed is a display apparatus including a display panel, a main frame disposed at the rear of the display panel, a sensing module support member including a front part that defines the front surface thereof and extends along the edge of the display panel, the front part having a transmission part disposition hole formed therethrough in the forward-rearward direction, and a rear protrusion protruding toward the rear of the front part so as to be coupled to the main frame, the rear protrusion having a module cabinet disposition recess formed at the rear of the transmission part disposition hole, and a sensing module including a module cabinet that defines opposite side surfaces thereof and is inserted and fixed in the module cabinet disposition recess, a transmission part disposed in the transmission part disposition hole for transmitting light that is incident from the front thereof, and a light receiving part for sensing the transmitted light.
US10425605B2	Image sensor and image capturing apparatus An image sensor comprising: a pixel array in which a plurality of unit pixels are arranged in a matrix; a plurality of signal output lines provided for each column of the pixel array; a signal readout circuit provided for each column of the pixel array; and a control circuit for controlling a signal from the unit pixel of each column in a first row to be output to any of the signal output lines, and controlling the signal output to the any of the signal output lines to be input to the signal readout circuit. The control circuit controls, for each column, a signal from the unit pixel in a second row to be output to another of the signal lines while the signal output to the any of the signal output lines is being input to the signal readout circuit.
US10425601B1	Three-transistor active reset pixel Imaging apparatus includes a photosensitive medium, which is configured to convert incident photons into charge carriers. An array of three-transistor (3T) pixel circuits, coupled to the photosensitive medium, is arranged in rows and columns on a semiconductor substrate and collects the charge carriers from the photosensitive medium. A readout circuitry includes a plurality of column readout lines; each column readout line is coupled to respective outputs of the pixel circuits in a corresponding column of the array and includes a current source load coupled between a constant-voltage supply and the outputs of the pixel circuits, and a bypass switch in parallel with the current source load. Control circuitry alternately opens the bypass switch on each column readout line during a signal readout phase and closes the bypass switch during a pixel reset phase.
US10425590B2	Imaging apparatus, control method, and non-transitory storage medium According to an aspect of the invention, an imaging apparatus includes: a read unit configured to perform a first driving that reads image signals from each of photoelectric conversion units and a second driving that simultaneously reads image signals from the photoelectric conversion units, the photoelectric conversion units receiving light that passes through pupil regions having different imaging optical systems; a compensating unit configured to perform a process of compensating a first linearity based on the image signals obtained by the first driving and a second linearity based on the image signals obtained by the second driving, each of the first and second linearities being a relation between an amount of light incident to the photoelectric conversion unit and a brightness of the image signals read by the reading unit; and a generating unit configured to generate an image signal for recording by adding the image signals compensated the first linearity by the compensating unit.
US10425588B2	Imaging control methods and apparatuses for digital image collection Embodiments of the subject application disclose various imaging control methods and apparatuses for a digital zoom image and various imaging devices. One of imaging control methods for a digital zoom image comprises: acquiring a digital zoom parameter; determining an actual imaging area of an image sensor according to the acquired digital zoom parameter; adjusting a pixel density distribution of the image sensor, to cause an average pixel density of the actual imaging area after adjustment to become greater than those of other areas of the image sensor; and acquiring, by using the actual imaging area with the adjusted average pixel density, an image of a scene to be photographed. The technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the subject application cause that as many as possible pixels of the image sensor gather at an actual imaging area corresponding to a digital zoom parameter to participate in image collection, thereby improving efficiency of image collection and the definition of a collected image.
US10425587B2	Image capturing apparatus, control method of same, and program A camera capable of interchanging a mount as a connection part that connects with a lens. Under control of a system control unit, when the power of the camera is in an on state, a type of the mount attached to the camera is discriminated to determine mount interchange. When it is determined that the mount interchange has been performed, with respect to a menu including a plurality of items and a My Menu in which items selected by a user from among the items included in the menu are registered, an item unnecessary for the discriminated type of the mount among the items of the menu is set to non-display, and when toe item set to the non-display has been registered in the My Menu, the item is reset in the My Menu.
US10425585B2	Lens moving unit and camera module having the same One embodiment of a lens moving unit includes a bobbin mounted with at least one sheet of lens and arranged at a periphery with a coil unit, a cover member mounted with a magnet at a position corresponding to that of the coil unit, upper and bottom elastic members respectively coupled at one distal end to upper and bottom surfaces of the bobbin to support movement of the bobbin to an optical axis direction, and a detection unit to detect a movement parallel to an optical axis of the bobbin, wherein the detection unit includes a sensing magnet mounted at a periphery of the bobbin, and a position detection sensor arranged at a lateral wall of the cover member and formed at an inner lateral surface opposite to the sensing magnet, wherein the bobbin includes a correction magnet mounted at a side opposite to that of the sensing magnet.
US10425580B2	Image-capturing device and image-capturing method An image-capturing device uses a light reflecting member to redirect an exterior light image toward a lens module in order to focus the light image onto an image-capturing unit. The image-capturing device includes a rotating unit for driving the light-reflecting member to rotate within a limited range in such a manner that the image-capturing device can capture at least two light images of different photo-ing areas and combine them into one single combined image without a need of moving the image-capturing unit and the lens module. When a user takes a panoramic or wide-ranged picture, he/she doesn't need to move the whole image-capturing device, but only needs to stand at the same position, faces the same direction and simply pushes the shutter button, and then the image-capturing device will automatically capture light images of different photo-ing areas and then integrate them into one single panoramic or wide-ranged picture.
US10425576B2	Drone and method for controlling the same A drone including a flying unit configured to generate a lift force for flying; a communication unit configured to receive sensing data obtained in a mobile terminal from the mobile terminal; a camera configured to capture a specific object; and a controller configured to recognize at least one of a movement change of the specific object and a status change of the specific object based on the received sensing data, change a capturing composition of the specific object based on the recognized at least one of the movement change and the status change, and capture the specific object via the camera based on the changed capturing composition.
US10425573B2	Automatic focus adjustment device and automatic focus adjustment control device A device having: an optical system configured to be controlled to adjust a focal position so as to focus in an adjustment range; a switch configured to be switched between a first state and a second state; and a processor comprising hardware, wherein the processor is configured to implement: a focal position adjustment range setting unit configured to set: the adjustment range to a whole region in the first state; and the adjustment range to a part of the whole region in the second state, wherein the part of the whole region as a predetermined range is determined from a focal position of an object point conjugate with an imaging surface at the time the first switch is switched to the second state; and a controller configured to control the optical system to adjust the focal position based on the set adjustment range.
US10425569B2	Camera system Systems and methods may be provided for operating a camera based the position, orientation, or motion of the camera. A system can include a firearm, a camera mounted to the firearm, a sensor that gathers sensor data associated with at least one of a position, an orientation, or a motion of the firearm, and a processor that receives the sensor data and operates the camera based on the sensor data. The system may be used to capture image data such as video image data in response to a detected ballistic event, to modify the power status of the camera in response to a detected position of the camera, or to operate a display of the camera in response to a non-ballistic motion of the camera.
US10425565B1	Using a light source to temporarily saturate a camera sensor of a camera connected to a computer In some examples, a computing system may include a computing device, a display device, and a camera. The computing device includes a processor and a memory. The display device may be (1) separate from and electronically connected to the computing device or (2) integrated into the computing device. A camera may be connected to the computing device. The camera may be (1) a standalone device or (2) integrated into the display device. The camera may include a lens, a sensor, and a light source. For example, the light source may be a light emitting diode (LED) or an organic LED (OLED). Providing power to the light source causes the light source to emit an amount of light sufficient to saturate the imaging sensor such that if the camera is accessed by an unauthorized user, the image data from the saturated sensor is distorted and unusable to obtain account-related data.
US10425560B2	Image processing sensor An image processing sensor which enables users to perform a setting operation accurately and easily while confirming an image of a target object is provided.The image processing sensor has a configuration in which a power supply board, an illumination substrate, a main substrate, an imaging substrate, and a display substrate are housed in an internal space of a casing. The casing includes a first casing member, a second casing member, and a coupling casing member. The coupling casing member is interposed between the first casing member and the second casing member.
US10425552B2	System and method for sharing images using an upload menu There is disclosed a system and method for uploading an image file to an image repository from a mobile handheld communications device having an integrated camera. In an embodiment, the method comprises: upon determining capture of an image using the integrated camera, automatically initiating an image upload module; configuring the image upload module to display an image upload user interface having user selectable image upload settings; and upon receiving user instructions, uploading the image file to the image repository with the selected image upload settings. The upload settings may be preselected and the device may be preauthorized to access an account on the image repository.
US10425549B2	Information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and program An information processing apparatus capable of adding a function by an extension program includes a registration unit, a setting unit, an execution unit, and a determination unit. The registration unit registers information on the extension program having an interface defined for each type of function. The setting unit sets a use condition of the extension program. The execution unit executes a process sequence by combining a plurality of extension programs according to a definition file defining the process sequence including a plurality of steps. The determination unit dynamically determines, when the process sequence is executed by the execution unit, extension programs that execute the respective steps of the process sequence according to information on the extension programs registered in the registration unit and the use conditions of the extension program set in the setting unit.
US10425547B2	System and method for selecting and implementing one or more user customized MFP interfaces A system and method for customizing a multifunction peripheral user interface includes a multifunction peripheral with a document processing controller including a processor and memory. The memory stores identified electronic customization groups, each comprised of electronic files. The memory also stores device customization data sets, each data set corresponding to document processing in the multifunction peripheral. A print engine and a scan engine are operational by instructions issued from the controller. The processor generates indicia on a display identifying each of the customization groups and receives a user selection of one or more customization group. A customizations menu listing available customizations from the selections is displayed along with a document processing options menu including corresponding device customization data sets. Selectable user interface packages, where at least one of the interface packages includes a document processing options menu, are stored in the memory.
US10425545B2	Printing apparatus and method for controlling the same An image processing apparatus according to the present disclosure may operate in a normal state and a power saving state in which power consumption is smaller than that in the normal state. The image processing apparatus includes a detection unit which detects attachment of a detachable device to the image processing apparatus and detachment of the device from the image processing apparatus and a controller which controls execution of an interruption process in response to the attachment or the detachment of the device detected by the detection unit. The controller brings the image processing apparatus from the normal state to the power saving state after causing the detection unit not to perform the detection.
US10425531B1	Customized communication lists for data communications systems using high-level programming Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to customized communication lists for data communications systems using high-level programming. According to a specific example, a data communications server is configured to interface with a remotely-situated client entity using a first programming language. The data communications server includes a communication control engine that is configured to provide a private branch exchange (PBX) for the client entity. The communication control engine is configured and arranged to identify client-specific sets of control data derived from instructions written in a second programming language that is compatible with the first programming language, and to control communication routing by determining whether to route incoming data communications in response to a comparison of at least one feature of the incoming data communications telephone communications and the client-specific sets of control data.
US10425530B2	System and method for mobile core data services A mobile core network with distributed data services is provided. The mobile core network includes distributed mobile cores associated with mobile data service (MDS) agents at distributed data centers. A central MDS agent is host at a central data center providing legacy mobility management entity (MME) functions. The central MDS agent and the MDS agents at the distributed data centers coordinate with each other for synchronizing context information, such as subscriber data, session context data and metrics data of UEs, so that the context information is available at the central data center and the distributed data centers when or before it is requested.
US10425528B2	Standard mobile communication device distraction prevention and safety protocols Methods and systems for providing standardized mobile device distraction prevention and safety protocols are disclosed. In particular, an embodiment of a method for activating a distraction prevention or safety protocol behavior in a mobile device when the mobile device satisfies a specific condition is disclosed. The method includes discovering one or more protocol activators configured to transmit discovery information associated with a specific condition. The method further includes activating distraction prevention safety protocol behavior in the mobile device based at least in part on the discovery information. In an implementation, the specific condition may be a specified environment itself and or include an event when the mobile device enters a specified environment or a specified sequence of numbers is dialed from the mobile device.
US10425526B2	Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same A mobile terminal including a main body; a wireless communication unit configured to transmit and receive a call signal and a voice signal to and from an external terminal; a grip sensor disposed on a side surface of the main body and configured to sense an external force applied to the side surface; and a controller configured to execute a call function with an external terminal, and execute a function related to the call function when a grip input is sensed through the grip sensor during the execution of the call function.
US10425524B2	Apparatus and method for automatic call receiving and sending depending on user posture in portable terminal A method of receiving a call by recognizing a posture of a user in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes identifying whether a call reception event occurs, detecting a motion in which the user brings the portable terminal to an ear by using a posture detecting sensor, when the call reception event occurs, and connecting the call upon detecting the motion.
US10425523B2	Method for controlling mobile terminal, and mobile terminal The present disclosure discloses a method of controlling a mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal. The method of controlling a mobile terminal includes obtaining a motion status of a user of the mobile terminal, and performing a function of the mobile terminal corresponding to a predetermined event, based on the obtained motion status.
US10425522B1	Communication device The communication device comprising a 1st device remotely controlling implementer, a 2nd device remotely controlling implementer, and a video data transfer implementer.
US10425520B2	Attachment device and method for controlling electronic device thereof A technique for controlling an electronic device thereof is provided. The technique includes, in response to an attachment device being selected by an external device from a list of attachment devices, receiving and storing mapping information in which data configured in a first communication format and data configured in a second communication format in relation to one function of the electronic device to which the attachment device is attached are mapped. In addition, in response to the data configured in the first communication format being received from an external device which is communicably connected with the attachment device, the data configured in the second communication format corresponding to the data configured in the first communication format based on the mapping information is acquired, and the data configured in the second communication format to the electronic device to control the one function of the electronic device to be performed is transmitted.
US10425519B2	Multi-purpose device including mobile terminal and sensing device using radio-wave based sensor module A sensing device includes a radio-wave based sensor module, and a control processor configured to transmit data sensed by the radio-wave based sensor module to a mobile terminal. A holder is configured to hold the mobile terminal and to comprise the radio-wave based sensor module.
US10425516B2	Projector housing for iphone An iPhone LED projector device that projects a large image from an iPhone onto a nearby wall or screen, where the LED projector is built into a housing for the iPhone, where the iPhone is attached via a lightning connector, where the LED projector device is about the same size as an iPhone and encloses the iPhone in a case, where the LED projector has a removable rechargeable lithium ion battery, an A/C power unit, wherein the LED projector includes external controls on one or more outer surfaces of the housing, wherein the LED projector is able to project an image approximately 100″ in size diagonal dimension, and wherein the LED projector includes an audio Bluetooth connection for connecting to an external audio unit.
US10425508B1	System for identifying idle time of a protocol to facilitate communication using multiple protocols Described are techniques for enabling a computing device, such as a slave device using a Bluetooth Advanced Audio Distribution Protocol (A2DP), to determine times when a master device is likely to be idle, during which communications using an alternate protocol, such as Wi-Fi may be exchanged. The length of a delay period may be determined based in part on counts of successive communications received from a master device. The length of a transmission period for use of the alternate protocol may be determined based in part on lengths of time between sets of communications received from a master device. If no communication is received from the master device for a length of time greater than or equal to the delay period, data may be communicated using the alternate protocol for a length of time less than or equal to the transmission period.
US10425504B1	Securing internal services in a distributed environment Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes to secure internal services in a distributed computing environment. A service packet that includes a service call from a source appliance is intercepted at a server. A determination is made that the service call is for an internal service provided by the source appliance and includes client information with client process properties. The service packet is demultiplexed. A determination is made that rule attributes associated with the internal service match the client process properties. The client information is removed from the service packet and the service call is forwarded to the server.
US10425502B2	System and method for acquiring, processing and updating global information A system, apparatus, and method for maintaining the consistency of global information is disclosed herein. The method includes storing historical version information associated with global information; retrieving current version information associated with the global information from a global information server; generating updated historical version information based on the current version information; transmitting an update confirmation notice to the global information server; and retrieving updated global information from the global information server based on the updated historical version information.
US10425499B2	Server and method for providing content to users A server and method for transmitting content to an end user are provided. The server receives information from a user terminal and transmits the content related to the user terminal to a cache server based, at least in part, on information received from the user terminal. Accordingly, the user terminal receives the content from the nearest cache server upon the request of the end user. The method according to the embodiments of the present invention is capable of providing content immediately to end users with low cache miss rate.
US10425496B2	Operating distributed computer systems In one or more embodiments, a system (e.g., one or more computer systems) of synchronous orchestration may store and/or replay one or more operations of a synchronous orchestration operation if one or more issues impair the synchronous orchestration operation. For example, the system may replay and/or reproduce a task of the synchronous orchestration operation after an amount of time transpires and/or after receiving a notification that indicates an impairment has been overcome. For instance, a replay and/or reproduction process to begin from a point where an orchestration layer was impaired. In one or more embodiments, one or more efforts in repeating an entire synchronous orchestration operation may be reduced.
US10425494B2	File size generation application with file storage integration Media file storage integration and the generation of device specific file formats based upon a single original stored media item are described. One or more remote servers may provide a user one or more remote storage locations for media files and the remote servers may determine an exact storage location for a media file based on certain usage criteria. A server may make a request to retrieve a media file from storage, generate the media file from storage, and display the media file to the user on a device specific graphical user interface without a requirement that the server re-store the device specific displayed media item.
US10425486B2	Multipath driver cognitive coordination An aspect includes detecting a recurring intermittent error in a path of a network in a system that includes at least one data transmission port configured for connection to at least one shared data storage device via a plurality of paths of the network. It is determined by a path control module (PCM) in the network, whether a path recovery action has been initiated by a fiber channel protocol driver in the network. In response to determining that the path recovery action has not been initiated, the data transmission port is prevented from accessing the path for a specified time period by moving the path into a degraded sub-state, and subsequent to the specified time period the data transmission port is provided access to the path. In response to determining that the path recovery action has been initiated, the data transmission port is provided access to the path.
US10425484B2	Just a bunch of flash (JBOF) appliance with physical access application program interface (API) A storage array includes a first controller, memory, and one or more storage devices. Each of the storage devices comprises a second controller and a nonvolatile memory. The first controller receives a command and data from a host connected to the storage array and transmits a response or data to the host. When a write command, write data, and size information of the write data are received from the host, the first controller sends the received data to the second controller. The second controller determines a write address indicating a memory region of the nonvolatile memory in which the write data are to be written, based on the write command and the size information, writes the write data in the memory region associated with the write address, and transmits the write address to the first controller. The first controller further transfers the write address to the host.
US10425482B2	Information management device, local network system, information management method, and information management program Provided is an information management device including: a communication information obtaining unit configured to obtain communication information about a communication state in an internal network inside a building; and an update determination unit configured to determine a start of updating process by an information updating unit, based on the communication information obtained by the communication information obtaining unit, wherein the information updating unit obtains information from an external network outside the building and performs the updating process for storing the obtained information as local information into a storage device which is accessible, not via the external network, by a terminal device connected to the internal network.
US10425480B2	Service plan tiering, protection, and rehydration strategies A storage system stores objects and copies of objects on the storage system and other storage systems external to the storage system. The storage system stores the copies in storage pools of volumes, which are organized into one or more tiers. The configuration settings of each tier and each pool within the tier may be configured according to a user's preferences. In one example, the number of copies of data content and the number copies of metadata associated with the data content an individual pool stores may be specified. When objects are migrated between tiers, the objects are stored among the storage pools of the tiers. If the number of data content copies or metadata copies is increased, the data or metadata is copied from a determined copy source and if the number of copies decreases, the data is removed from the volumes in the pools.
US10425479B2	Saving video clips on a storage of limited size based on priority Methods and systems are described for storing video content collected by a home automation system. According to at least one embodiment, an apparatus for accessing video content collected by a home automation system includes a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory which are executable by a processor to receive video content associated with an event, determine a priority level of the video content based on at least one predetermined criteria, and store the video content for a period of time based on the priority level.
US10425467B1	Computer-implemented method and system for communication of audio data files Disclosed is a computer-implemented method, a computer readable medium, a computer program product and a communication system for communication between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, wherein the method includes the steps of: a) starting and completing a first audio recording at the first electronic device; b) transmitting the completed first audio recording from the first electronic device towards the second electronic device; and c) receiving the completed first audio recording at the second electronic device; wherein the second electronic device has an unlocked mode and a locked mode, wherein the locked mode has reduced functionality compared to the unlocked mode and requires user interaction to access the unlocked mode; wherein the method further includes the step of: d) playing the completed first audio recording automatically at the second electronic device when the second electronic device is in the locked mode.
US10425465B1	Hybrid cloud API management A method of serving an API request includes receiving the API request at a local API proxy deployed at a local deployment environment. The method includes utilizing the local API proxy to service the API request at the local deployment environment, establishing a connection with a remote API management server, and providing to the remote API management server, via the connection, at least metadata about the API request.
US10425463B2	Asynchronous message passing This specification describes technologies relating to software execution. A computing device includes a processor. An operating system includes an execution environment in which applications can execute computer-specific commands. A web-browser application includes a scripting environment for interpreting scripted modules. The web-browser application further includes a native environment in which native modules can execute computer-specific commands. The web-browser application further includes an interface between the scripting environment and the native environment. The interface includes functions to asynchronously pass data objects by value, from one of the scripting environment and the native environment, to the other of the scripting environment and the native environment.
US10425462B2	Multimedia streams which use control information to associate audiovisual streams A system and method for wirelessly transmitting audiovisual information. A first plurality of packets including audiovisual information may be generated. A second plurality of packets including error correction coding information for the audiovisual information may be generated. Control information for associating the error correction coding information with the audiovisual information may be generated, and a third plurality of packets including the control information may also be generated. The plurality of packets, including the first, second, and third pluralities of packets, may be transmitted to a mobile device in a wireless manner. The control information may inform the mobile device of the association of the first error correction coding information with the audiovisual information.
US10425460B2	Marking objects of interest in a streaming video A video system and method in which a remote viewer can place a marker in a video stream to indicate an object of interest to a local viewer. Transmission delays are accounted for by using optical flow to track the movement of the object of interest so that the marker can be placed into the video stream at an updated location on the display of the local viewer.
US10425459B2	Technologies for a seamless data streaming experience Technologies for seamless data streaming include a control server and one or more client computing devices. A client computing device receives user presence data indicative of whether a user is nearby from one or more sensors. The client computing device may receive user interest data indicative of the user's interest level in the current data stream from one or more sensors. The control server identifies available client computing devices based on the user presence data, selects a target client computing device, and causes the data stream to transition from the current client computing device to the target client computing device. The target client computing device may be selected based on proximity of the user or the user's interest level in the data stream. The volume or balance of the data stream may be adjusted to provide a smooth transition between client computing devices. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10425454B2	Device and method for transferring the rendering of multimedia content A transfer method and a method for controlling the transfer of digital content. The content is available on a content server, accessible via a service gateway, and can be processed by at least two devices of a user, namely a first device known as the mobile device and at least one second device known as the rendering device. The rendering device is connected to a transfer device. The content is selected on the mobile device and rendered on the rendering device. The transfer method includes: opening a point-to-point communication channel between the mobile device and the transfer device; receiving an identifier of a service gateway over the point-to-point communication channel; connecting the transfer device to a local network using the gateway identifier received; receiving an identifier of content to be rendered; accessing the identified content on the content server via the identified gateway.
US10425452B2	Identifying changes in multiple resources related to a problem Aspects include methods, systems, and computer programs to identify changes in a plurality of resources in a collaborative effort system, comprising receiving, by the collaborative effort system, an input of a suspect resource, generating, by a processor, a list of identified resources based on the suspect resource, generating a list of changes of the identified resources, and displaying, by a user interface of the collaborative effort system, the list of the changes of the identified resources.
US10425449B2	Classifying internet-of-things (IOT) gateways using principal component analysis Systems and methods for classifying Internet-of-Things (IoT) gateways using principal component analysis are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may be configured to: receive metadata from a plurality of IoT gateways in an IoT network, where the metadata describes hardware attributes of a given IoT gateway and hardware attributes of one or more IoT devices coupled the given IoT gateway, perform principal component analysis upon the metadata by performing an eigenvalue decomposition or a singular value decomposition of a matrix including the metadata, and classify the given IoT gateway based, at least in part, upon the principal component analysis.
US10425445B2	Deception using screen capture Multiple deception techniques utilized to mislead malicious entities that attempt to gather information associated with a computing device are implemented by changing a single result. In one aspect, requests for screen captures are intercepted and it is determined whether the requests are triggered due to user interaction (e.g., pressing a button and/or key) and/or received from an authorized application/device. If determined that the requests are not triggered due to user interaction and/or are received from an unauthorized application/device, a response comprising one of several pre-prepared or dynamically generated screen captures that are embedded (and/or appended) with misleading information (e.g., fake credentials, fake documents marked as important/hidden, etc.) is generated. Applications that attempt to utilize the misleading information can be flagged as malware.
US10425444B2	Social engineering attack prevention A system and method for preventing email social engineering attacks, comprising a whaling/CEO fraud/imposter protection module; a vendor/supplier fraud protection module; a personal email fraud/display name abuse module; an email traffic modeling module; an auto-configure/learn mode module; an in-line protection module; an integrated malware analysis module; an email fingerprinting module; and a trust score module.
US10425441B2	Translating security actions to action procedures in an advisement system Systems, methods, and software described herein enhances how security actions are implemented within a computing environment. In one example, a method of implementing security actions for a computing environment comprising a plurality of computing assets includes identifying a security action in a command language for the computing environment. The method further provides identifying one or more computing assets related to the security action, and obtaining hardware and software characteristics for the one or more computing assets. The method also includes translating the security action in the command language to one or more action procedures based on the hardware and software characteristics, and initiating implementation of the one or more action procedures in the one or more computing assets.
US10425440B2	Implementing security actions in an advisement system based on obtained software characteristics Systems, methods, and software described herein enhances how security actions are implemented within a computing environment. In one example, a method of implementing security actions for a computing environment comprising a plurality of computing assets includes identifying a security action in a command language for the computing environment. The method further provides identifying one or more computing assets related to the security action, and obtaining hardware and software characteristics for the one or more computing assets. The method also includes translating the security action in the command language to one or more action procedures based on the hardware and software characteristics, and initiating implementation of the one or more action procedures in the one or more computing assets.
US10425436B2	Identifying bulletproof autonomous systems A method, including collecting data transmitted from endpoints to Internet sites having respective domains and respective IP addresses, and transmissions to IP addresses of ASN numbers or ASN names included in a list of ASNs. An ASN data traffic model is generated by modeling, for each given ASN, data transmitted to any of the IP address of the given ASN based on the data, and for each given ASN and a set of keywords, multiple web searches are performed, each of the web searches including a given keyword and an ASN name or a number for the given ASN. Based on the web searches, a model of relationships between the keywords and the ASNs is generated, and one or more of the ASNs are predicted to be suspicious based on their respective modeled data transmissions and their respective modeled relationships between the keywords and the one or more ASNs.
US10425433B2	Network security database filtering tool A method comprises creating a word vector from a message, wherein the word vector comprises creating a word vector from a message stored in a database, wherein the word vector comprises an entry for each word of the plurality of words and each entry indicating a number of occurrences in the message of the word for that entry. The method further comprising calculating a cosine difference between the word vector and each group vector of a plurality of group vectors and assigning the word vector to a group for a group vector of the plurality of group vectors based on the calculated cosine difference between the word vector and the group vector for the group. The method may also comprise reformatting the message to include a phrase and assigning the phrase to the same group that the word vector is assigned to. The method may also comprise notifying the user.
US10425429B2	System and method for cyber security analysis and human behavior prediction An improved method for analyzing computer network security has been developed. The method first establishes multiple nodes, where each node represents an actor, an event, a condition, or an attribute related to the network security. Next, an estimate is created for each node that reflects the ease of realizing the event, condition, or attribute of the node. Attack paths are identified that represent a linkage of nodes that reach a condition of compromise of network security. Next, edge probabilities are calculated for the attack paths. The edge probabilities are based on the estimates for each node along the attack path. Next, an attack graph is generated that identifies the easiest conditions of compromise of network security and the attack paths to achieving those conditions. Finally, attacks are detected with physical sensors on the network, that predict the events and conditions. When an attack is detected, security alerts are generated in response to the attacks.
US10425426B1	Customized view of restricted information recorded into a blockchain Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein to generate a customized view of a blockchain transaction. A blockchain of block entries requested by a plurality of users from user devices is maintained in a distributed network of nodes. The block entries each comprise a plurality of data portions that are each associated with an access level. A request to view one or more data portions of a block entry is received which includes an access code associated with at least one access level. The access code in the request is evaluated with the blockchain of block entries to identify one or more data portions associated with the access level. A customized view of the block entry is generated which includes the one or more data portions associated with the access level.
US10425424B1	Systems and methods for integrated communications A notification is received that a first user device and a second user device would like to share a data set. The data set is retrieved from a database. A first security level associated with the first user device and a second security level associated with the second user device is retrieved. The data set is provided to the first user device and the second user device in accordance with the first security level and the second security level.
US10425422B1	Message content modification devices and methods The example embodiments are directed to an application and a system capable of securely delivering message content to an unintended recipient to enhance the security of message delivery. In an example, the method includes at least one of: receiving an electronic message from a user device, the electronic message including secure content and one or more recipients, determining that a recipient of the electronic message is a member of a project group associated with an organization, and in response, identifying an unintended recipient who is associated with the organization but who is not a member of the project group, and transmitting a notification to a device of the recipient indicating that the secure content is accessible via a device of the unintended recipient instead of transmitting the secure content directly to the device of the recipient.
US10425420B2	Method of and system for generating user profiles There are disclosed methods of and systems for generating a user profile. The method is executable at a server, the server having previously generated a first profile of a first user. The first profile of the first user has been stored in a first database. The method comprises: receiving a request to provide access to the first profile of the first user; retrieving the first profile of the first user from the first database; in response to at least one user interaction parameter in the request differing from the user interaction parameters in the first profile of the first user, performing a verification action associated with the first user; upon receiving a confirmation in response to the verification action, generating a second profile of the first user including the at least one interaction parameter of the first user, which is different from the interaction parameters in the first profile.
US10425418B2	Information processing apparatus, communications method, and system An information processing apparatus includes a first communications connector configured to implement first data communications connection between a first transmission terminal specified by first identification information and a second transmission terminal specified by second identification information when authentication of the first transmission terminal is established, an identification information acquisition part configured to acquire third identification information and fourth identification information by referring to correspondence information registering the third identification information in association with the first identification information, and the fourth identification information in association with the second identification information when acquiring a second data communications connecting request including the first identification information and the second identification information from the first transmission terminal, and a connection request part configured to transmit the second data communications connecting request together with the third identification information and the fourth identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition part to another information processing apparatus.
US10425417B2	Certificate system for verifying authorized and unauthorized secure sessions Systems, computer products, and methods are described herein for an improved secure certificate system for identifying potential authorized and unauthorized interactions between a web browser and a website. The certificate system utilizes stored certification requirements (e.g., pinned certification requirements, third-party certification requirement system, or the like), and compares the stored certification requirements with received certification requirements. The system may notify the user or prevent the interaction between the web browser and website when the stored certification requirements do not meet the received certification requirements (e.g., a threshold requirement of certificates to validate, validated certificates, or the like). The certificate system allows the interaction between the web browser and website when the stored certification requirements meet the received certification requirements and the website is verified based on the certification requirements. It should be also understood that the certificate system may also be utilized for interactions between dedicated applications.
US10425413B2	Secure provisioning of devices for manufacturing and maintenance Described herein are methods, apparatuses, and systems for secure provisioning of devices for manufacturing and maintenance. A method includes provisioning a sensor device by storing identification data for the sensor device and information used to authenticate the identification data in the sensor device. A method includes storing subassembly data for the sensor device and information used to authenticate the subassembly data in the sensor device in response to the sensor device being received and installed in a subassembly unit. The sensor device is installed in response to validating authenticity of the identification data. A method includes connecting the sensor device to a wireless sensor network in response to validating authenticity of one or more of the identification data and the subassembly data. The sensor device is integrated into a larger unit comprising the wireless sensor network.
US10425408B2	Encrypted biometric authenication In an embodiment of the present disclosure, an embodiment includes a user device comprises a conversion engine configured to receive a biometric file comprising biometric identification information of a user and convert the biometric file into a first numeric representation. The user device further comprises a hashing engine configured to create a superimposed numeric representation by performing a convolution operation on the first numeric representation and a second numeric representation, wherein the second numeric representation is based on a key file that is different from the biometric file. The hashing engine is further configured to convert the superimposed numeric representation into a hash value, send, over a network connection, the hash value for authentication, and receive a message indicating whether authentication was successful.
US10425404B2	Authentication system, reminder terminal, and information recording medium A reminder terminal creates a table having random letter strings in elements. A user views the created table and registers, at a resource server, a password obtained by arranging first letter strings contained in first elements extracted from the viewed table in accordance with a selection sequence. The created table is stored at the reminder terminal. When the user accesses the resource server, the reminder terminal presents the stored table to the user and transmits information indicative that the stored table is presented. The user obtains a password for the resource server by arranging second letter strings contained in second elements extracted from the presented table in accordance with the selection sequence. Unless the information is received by a management server, the resource server does not permit the user to access contents of the resource server.
US10425403B2	Method and device for accessing smart camera The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for accessing a smart camera. The method includes detecting access media for accessing the smart camera. The method also includes generating an access request corresponding to the access media when detecting that the access media is a local area network. The access request carries an access password. The method further includes sending the access request to the smart camera, such that the smart camera allows access after successfully verifying the access password in the access request.
US10425388B2	Protecting sensitive data security A method for protecting encrypted data may includes encrypting, by a client terminal, the sensitive data by using a key in response to receipt of the sensitive data; sending the encrypted sensitive data to a provider server through a first request and obtaining a unique tag corresponding to the sensitive data; and sending the key and the unique tag to the provider server through a second request so that the provider server decrypts the sensitive data corresponding to the unique tag by using the key. The first request and the second request are different requests. Since the client terminal sends the encrypted sensitive data and the key to the provider server respectively in different requests, if others intercept the encrypted sensitive data, it is difficult to intercept the key carried in another request, and the encrypted sensitive data cannot be decrypted. Thus security of the sensitive data is protected.
US10425376B2	Install mode and cloud learning for smart windows A cloud learning system for smart windows is provided. The system includes at least one server configured to couple via a network to a plurality of window systems, each of the plurality of window systems having at least one control system and a plurality of windows with electrochromic windows and sensors, wherein the at least one server includes at least one physical server or at least one virtual server implemented using physical computing resources. The at least one server is configured to gather first information from the plurality of window systems, and configured to gather second information from sources on the network and external to the plurality of window systems. The at least one server is configured to form at least one rule or control algorithm usable by a window system, based on the first information and the second information, and configured to download the at least one rule or control algorithm to at least one of the plurality of window systems.
US10425373B2	Systems and methods for prioritizing messages for conversion from text to speech based on predictive user behavior Embodiments describe systems and methods for prioritizing messages for conversion from text to speech. A message manager can execute on a device. The message manager can identify a plurality of messages accessible via the device and can determine, for each message of the plurality of messages, a conversion score based on one or more parameters of each message. The conversion score can indicate a priority of each message to convert from text to speech. The message manager can identify a message of the plurality of messages for transmission to a text-to-speech converter for converting the message from text to speech. The message manager can also receive, from the text-to-speech converter, speech data of the message to play via an audio output of the device.
US10425366B2	Reminder service for email selected for follow-up actions A reminder service is disclosed herein receives action information indicative of an email selected for follow-up action in an email application. The reminder service identifies an additional application through which to surface a reminder about the follow-up action and communicates reminder information to the additional application with which to render the reminder.
US10425360B2	Frontplane communication network between multiple pluggable modules on a single faceplate A system that includes (i) a device having connectors connected to pluggable modules external to the device and (ii) the pluggable modules exchanging signals with the device via the connectors. In particular, the pluggable modules includes a first pluggable module and a second pluggable module that further exchange a supplemental signal with each other and bypassing the connectors.
US10425357B2	Method for transmitting data stream in flexible ethernet, transmitter, and receiver A method for transmitting a data stream in a flexible Ethernet, where the method includes obtaining a to-be-transmitted data stream, allocating the data stream to N physical connections according to a sequence of the N physical connections in a physical connection group in order to obtain N sub-streams respectively corresponding to the N physical connections, and transmitting the N sub-streams using the N physical connections, where a sub-stream transmitted over each physical connection includes configuration status information of each physical connection, and the configuration status information includes an identifier of each physical connection and an identifier of a physical connection adjacent to each physical connection in the physical connection group. The method reduces, in a data stream transmission process, overheads required for identifying a sequence of all the physical connections in the physical connection group and improves transmission efficiency.
US10425354B2	Resource allocation method, packet communication method, and apparatus Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a resource allocation method, a packet communication method, and an apparatus. The resource allocation method includes: dividing, by a controller, a cloud data center network into multiple independent logical zones; allocating a corresponding tunnel label range to each logical zone; when a virtual network request for allocating a resource to a tenant is received, searching the logical zones to obtain a logical zone that meets the virtual network request; and allocating a tunnel label to the tenant according to a tunnel label range corresponding to the logical zone that meets the virtual network request. Because each logical zone is independent, during tunnel label range allocation, a same tunnel label range can be allocated to different logical zones. In this way, a same tunnel label can be allocated to different switches in different logical zones, implementing reuse of the tunnel label.
US10425350B1	Distributed catalog service for data processing platform An apparatus in one embodiment comprises at least one processing device having a processor coupled to a memory. The one or more processing devices are operative to configure a plurality of distributed processing nodes to communicate over a network, to abstract content locally accessible in respective data zones of respective ones of the distributed processing nodes into respective catalogs of a distributed catalog service in accordance with a layered extensible data model, and to provide in the distributed processing nodes a plurality of microservices for performing processing operations on at least one of the layered extensible data model and the catalogs. The layered extensible data model comprises a plurality of layers including a core data model layer and at least one extensions layer. The microservices may comprise at least one microservice to alter the layered extensible data model and at least one microservice to query one or more of the catalogs.
US10425349B2	Idle worker-process page-out Systems and methods for handling idle websites on a Web server are disclosed. The duration between requests for a website application is monitored and compared to an idle time-out value. The idle time-out value may be a user-selected value that is the same for all website applications or an idle time-out value selected for a group of worker processes. When the idle time-out value is reached, all inactive memory allocations for the website application are paged-out. When a request for the website application is later received, memory for the website application is paged-in so that the request can be processed.
US10425348B2	Stateless network functions Systems and methods are described for stateless network function virtualization. Embodiments operate in context of a data network, in which network middleboxes are virtualized, for example, for added scalability and fault tolerance. The virtualized middleboxes can implement state-reliant network functions in a manner that decouples the state from the packet processing pipeline, while maintaining reliability and throughput even at very high data rates. Various embodiments include novel packet processing pipeline architectures, novel thread coordination structures (e.g., including batching and buffer pool sub-structures), novel remote state data store structures, and/or other novel features.
US10425342B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for priority routing of diameter messages Methods, systems, and computer readable media for priority routing of Diameter messages are disclosed. In some examples, a method includes determining a Diameter Routing Message Priority (DRMP) priority value for a Diameter message. The method includes marking each of one or more Internet protocol (IP) packets carrying the Diameter message with an IP quality of service (QoS) value for the Diameter message based on the DRMP priority value. The method includes sending the one or more IP packets carrying the Diameter message to a destination Diameter node by way of an IP router on a data communications network providing quality of service using IP QoS values.
US10425340B2	Global optimization and load balancing in networks Method and apparatus for globally optimizing a weighted flow network, including the procedures of collecting a plurality of metrics in the weighted flow network, receiving a plurality of route requests from a first node to a second node in the weighted flow network, determining K best routes out of N possible routes from the first node to the second node according to the plurality of metrics, balancing a load in the weighted flow network by distributing the plurality of route requests over the K best routes from the first node to the second node, and updating the plurality of metrics.
US10425337B2	Method for processing downlink signalling of SDN virtualization platform based on openflow Disclosed is a method for processing downlink signalling of an SDN virtualization platform based on OpenFlow. The method comprises: after the preprocessing of downlink signalling is executed, further executing same, so as to judge whether more Match items also exist in a Match item list; if it is judged that more Match items also exist, acquiring an item from the Match item list; if it is judged that there are no more Match items, ending the processing; after completing the step of acquiring an item from the Match item list if it is judged that more Match items also exist, further judging whether more Action items also exist; if there are no more Action items, combining a new Action item list with the Match items to generate downlink signalling, and issuing same to a virtual network switch; and returning to the step to continue judging whether more Match items also exist; and if more Action items also exist, acquiring the next Action item.
US10425336B2	System and method of adaptive congestion management A system and method for adaptive congestion management uses measurements of usage of each edge network segment both per-customer and for each edge network segment as a whole. The technique then processes these measurements to determine what changes to make to allowed transfer rates to alleviate congestion. Adaptive congestion management also uses these measurements to determine when to remove any restrictions on transfer rates in the case that the edge network segment is no longer congested.
US10425335B2	Reconstructing message flows based on hash values A hash value is determined based on a payload of a message associated with a first system, the hash value related to a message flow instance that includes the message, wherein the payload associates the message with the message flow instance. Upon sending the message to a second system, generating a first event corresponding to the message, wherein the first event includes the hash value. The first event is sent to a monitoring system. The monitoring system receives a second event including the hash value, wherein the hash value included in the second event is determined in association with the second system. Based on the hash value, a relation is determined to associate the first event and the second event with the message flow instance. The message flow instance is reconstructed based on the determined relation.
US10425333B2	Managing phys of a data storage target device Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to managing phys of a data storage target device. In one embodiment, a method of managing phys of a data storage target device includes waiting to receive a host address on a target phy and transmitting a target phy address for the target phy after waiting to receive the host address on the target phy. In another embodiment, a method of managing phys of a data storage target device includes configuring a target port comprising a first target phy and reconfiguring the target port comprising a first target phy and a second target phy.
US10425332B2	Method for processing packets using ALG DNS A method of processing data packets, the method executable by a router. The method comprises receiving an indication of a UDP port number associated with a port used by a DNS server and a session duration for the port; receiving a UDP packet; in response to a destination port of the UDP packet matching the DNS port number, sending by a NAT component of the router, the UDP packet to an ALG DNS handler of the router. The method further comprises analyzing, by the ALG DNS handler, a payload length of the at least one UDP packet and verifying whether the UDP packet meets a processing condition. The method further comprises determining a DNS packet type.
US10425324B2	Method of computing balanced routing paths in fat-trees A device and method for providing balanced routing paths in a computational grid including determining a type of topology of the computational grid having a plurality of levels, wherein each level includes a plurality of switches, determining whether the type of topology of the computational grid is a fat-tree, determining whether the fat-tree is odd, determining whether the fat-tree is a regular fat-tree, computing a first set of routing paths for the computational grid based on the determining of whether the fat-tree is odd and is a regular fat-tree, computing a second set of routing paths for the computational grid using a topology agnostic routing technique, and configuring forwarding tables in said switches with the first set of computed routing paths when the topology is determined to be a fat-tree and with the second set of computed routing paths when the topology is determined to not be a fat-tree.
US10425323B2	Distributed producer mobility management in information centric networking The disclosure includes a method for an Information-Centric Networking (ICN) network. According to the method, a PoA receives registration information from a producer, where the registration information comprises a name prefix of the producer. The PoA sends a plurality of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) messages to a plurality of peers of the PoA, wherein at least some of the BGP messages respectively comprise a first mapping between the name prefix of the producer and an identifier of the PoA. By sending the BGP messages comprising the mapping to the plurality of peers, the PoA may efficiently make the plurality of peers to locate the producer.
US10425322B2	Scalable broadband metro network architecture A data center utilizing an architecture minimizing Internet Protocol (IP) routing therein includes one or more service edge network elements located in the data center, wherein a sub-IP network communicatively couples the one or more service edge network elements to one or more customer edge network elements located at or near demarcation points between a customer edge network and a service provider network, wherein the one or more customer edge network elements and the one or more service edge network elements are configured to provide direct user access to the data center for a plurality of users; and a control system communicatively coupled to the one or more service edge network elements and the sub-IP network, wherein the control system is configured to control resources on the sub-IP network and the data center for the plurality of users.
US10425320B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for network diagnostics Methods, systems, and computer readable media for network diagnostics are disclosed. According to one method, the method occurs at a diagnostics controller implemented using at least one processor. The method includes configuring a plurality of diagnostics nodes to observe traffic behavior associated with a system under test (SUT). The method also includes observing, using the diagnostics nodes, traffic behavior associated with the SUT. The method further includes detecting, using the traffic behavior, a SUT issue. The method also includes identifying, using SUT topology information, a network node in the SUT associated with the SUT issue. The method further includes triggering one of the diagnostics nodes to obtain node related information from the network node, wherein the diagnostics node uses at least one communications protocol to poll the network node for the node related information. The method also includes diagnosing, using the node related information, the SUT issue.
US10425319B2	Transport software defined networking (SDN)—zero configuration adjacency via packet snooping A transport software defined networking (SDN) controller comprising a receiver and a processor coupled to the receiver. The processor is configured to cause the transport SDN controller to determine a physical topology based on physical layer adjacency discovery messages received from physical layer network elements (NEs), receive advertisement messages from the physical layer NEs, each advertisement message comprising a mapping between an adjacent network layer NE and a port of the associated physical layer NE, extract a network layer adjacency request from some of the advertisement messages indicating a first network layer NE is requesting a network layer connection with a second network layer NE, and setup a physical layer connection between the first network layer NE and the second network layer NE based on the network layer adjacency request, the advertisement messages, and the physical topology.
US10425318B2	Method for heartbeat packet processing by using proxy, apparatus, and communications system The embodiments of the present invention provide a method for heartbeat packet processing by using a proxy, an apparatus, and a communications system. The method includes: receiving, by a host, a first heartbeat packet sent by a first application in a client, where the client is a terminal that accesses the host by using a short range communications technology; and determining, by the host according to the first heartbeat packet and a first preset list, whether the first application is included in the first preset list. Thus, an objective of saving power for the host and the client can be achieved.
US10425317B2	Adaptive device-initiated polling A method includes periodically sending a polling call to an enterprise system outside the firewall at a first polling rate during normal operating conditions, monitoring for a fault condition, periodically sending polling calls to the device outside the firewall at a second polling rate when a fault condition is detected, the second polling rate being higher than the first polling rate. The second polling rate is used as result of a fault condition. The method also includes sending a problem report with the polling calls when the fault condition is detected.
US10425314B2	Bandwidth estimation circuit, computer system, method for estimating and predicting the bandwidth and computer readable program product The present invention relates to a bandwidth estimation circuit for estimating and predicting the bandwidth of a computer system, the bandwidth estimation circuit comprising: a memory unit which is configured to store multiple predetermined bandwidth envelopes, wherein each one of the predetermined bandwidth envelopes is assigned to a feature of a code of an application program; a bandwidth measurement unit which is configured to online measure the bandwidth of a data transaction based on the code; a selection unit coupled either to the memory unit and the bandwidth measurement unit and configured to find the nearest bandwidth envelopes in the memory unit for the measured bandwidth; a calculation unit which is configured to calculate a ratio between the selected bandwidth envelopes, to construct a new bandwidth envelope by applying an interpolation function based on the calculated ratio and to calculate an estimated bandwidth by applying the new bandwidth envelope. The present invention also relates to a computer system, a method for estimating and predicting the bandwidth and a computer readable program product.
US10425313B2	Tuple traffic management Disclosed aspects relate to tuple traffic management in a stream computing environment to process a stream of tuples using a set of control group data with respect to a set of operation-system-level virtualization and resource isolation containers. The set of control group data may be collected with respect to a set of containers in the stream computing environment. A tuple flow model may be determined with respect to the set of containers in the stream computing environment based on the set of control group data. The stream of tuples may be processed using the tuple flow model with respect to the set of containers in the stream computing environment.
US10425307B2	Communication system, transmitting device and receiving device A transmitting device includes a packet generator that generates k (k: an integer of 2 or more) number of data packets as transmission targets, a coder that generates n (>k) number of coded packets by coding the k number of data packets, a transmission controller that instructs that the coded packets are to be transmitted or the transmission of the coded packets is to be interrupted, and a first transmitter that sequentially transmits the coded packets in response to a transmission instruction from the transmission controller. A receiving device includes a receiver that receives the coded packets, a decoder that decodes the coded packets, and a second transmitter that transmits a transmission interruption request packet to the transmitting device in a case where a first condition in which the coded packets are able to be decoded is satisfied. The transmission controller causes the first transmitter to interrupt the transmission of the coded packets in response to the transmission interruption request packet.
US10425303B2	Method and apparatus for a power-efficient framework to maintain data synchronization of a mobile personal computer to simulate a connected scenario An apparatus and method for a power-efficient framework to maintain data synchronization of a mobile personal computer (MPC) are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the detection of a data synchronization wakeup event while the MPC is operating according to a sleep state. Subsequent to wakeup event, at least one system resource is disabled to provide a minimum number of system resources required to re-establish a network connection. In one embodiment, user data from a network server is synchronized on the MPC without user intervention; the mobile platform system resumes operation according to the sleep state. In one embodiment, a wakeup alarm is programmed according to a user history profile regarding received e-mails. In a further embodiment, data synchronizing involves disabling a display, and throttling the system processor to operate at a reduced frequency. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10425302B2	Scalable end-to-end quality of service monitoring and diagnosis in software defined networks Methods and a system are provided for detecting a Quality of Service degradation in a network flow. A method includes configuring, by a monitoring element, at least two network elements on a path of a network flow to report statistical information pertaining to the network flow as time series data. The method further includes collecting, by the monitoring element, the time series data from the network elements. The method also includes computing, by the monitoring element, a similarity of the time series data. The method additionally includes indicating, by the monitoring element, the Quality of Service degradation when the similarity is below a specified similarity threshold.
US10425299B2	Quantifying and designing optimal connecting networks A method for optimizing network design includes identifying a set of terminal-to-terminal shortest paths in a network, wherein a terminal-to-terminal shortest path is a best connection between two terminals, evaluating a terminal betweenness for each non-terminal vertex in the network, wherein the terminal betweenness of a vertex is a fraction of the total number of terminal-to-terminal shortest paths that include said vertex, calculating an average terminal betweenness for each terminal-to-terminal shortest path based on the terminal betweenness of the vertices in the path, iteratively adding the terminal-to-terminal shortest paths to an output graph in order of decreasing average terminal betweenness until all terminals are represented on the output graph, and using the output graph to design or adjust a network. The method may also include displaying the output graph to a user. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.
US10425295B1	Transformation platform A device may receive a request for a service management plan that is to be used to implement a fully-integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for an organization. The device may receive organizational data associated with the organization. The device may determine, based on the organizational data, observations that serve as hypotheses for deficiencies associated with a current state of a system of the organization. The device may identify, based on the observations, priorities that define a target state for the fully-integrated ERP system that is to be generated. The device may select, based on a machine-learning-driven analysis of the observations and the priorities, a recommendation for a configuration of the fully-integrated ERP system. The device may generate, based on the recommendation, the service management plan for the organization. The device may perform a set of actions to cause the configuration to be implemented.
US10425293B2	Network resource allocation proposals Example implementations disclosed herein can be used to allocate network resources in a software defined network (SDN). In one example implementation, a method can include receiving a plurality of resource allocation proposals from a plurality of controller modules, instructing the controller modules to generate votes for the plurality of resource allocation proposals, and selecting one of the plurality of resource allocation proposals based on the votes to instantiate the selected resource allocation proposal in the SDN.
US10425288B2	Container telemetry in data center environments with blade servers and switches The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for determining container to leaf switch connectivity information in a data center in a presence of blade switches and servers. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of determining container to leaf switch connectivity information of a data center utilizing at least one blade switch and at least one blade server, includes receiving, at a network controller, link connectivity information that includes south-bound neighboring information between the at least one blade switch of the data center and the at least one blade server of the data center; determining, at the network controller, the container to leaf switch connectivity information of the data center, based on the link connectivity information; and generating a visual representation of a topology of the data center based on the container to leaf switch connectivity information.
US10425285B2	Automatic noise profile generation A system for noise profile generation includes a customer gateway communicatively coupled to one or more end devices over a communication medium, at least one noise information node communicatively coupled to the customer gateway and programmed to extract noise information present on a communication path from the customer gateway to at least one of the one or more end devices, a noise profile database storing one or more noise profiles, and a noise profile generator. The noise profile generator includes at least one processor and non-transitory computer readable media having a set of instructions executable by the at least one processor to retrieve the extracted noise information associated with the communication path, determine whether the at least one noise characteristic of the extracted noise information matches with one or more noise profiles and identify at least one noise source on the communication path.
US10425279B2	Distributed network emulation implemented by a network management entity in a virtualized computing environment Example methods are provided for a network management entity to implement distributed network emulation in a virtualized computing environment. The method may comprise: generating a translated network emulation rule by translating a source identifier and a destination identifier in a network emulation rule to respective source network address and destination network address, and configuring a source host or destination host to apply the translated network emulation rule to emulate a desired network condition for one or more first packets from the source network address to the destination network address. The method may further comprise: in response to detecting that the source network address or destination network address has been updated, updating the source network address or destination network address in the translated network emulation rule; and reconfiguring the source host or destination host to apply the updated translated network emulation rule.
US10425277B2	Diagnostic information logging Methods, systems and apparatuses for logging diagnostic information are disclosed. In accordance with one method, first diagnostic information is logged in a router in accordance with a first mode having a first logging rate. In addition, an operational problem within the router is detected. Further, in response to detecting the operational problem, second diagnostic information is logged in accordance with a second mode having a second logging rate that is greater than the first logging rate of the first mode.
US10425275B2	Centralized distribution of configuration parameters for a cluster server A management node of a server maintains a database of configuration parameters that stores the individual configuration parameters for each compute node. In response to a boot request at a compute node, a configuration parameter control module at the node intercepts locally targeted requests to load configuration parameters. The configuration parameter module sends the requests to the management node and in response the management node sends configuration parameters responsive to the requests. The configuration parameter module provides the configuration parameters to the compute node, thereby emulating a local boot memory for the compute node.
US10425274B2	Techniques and architectures for recovering from a service disruption in a multi-server environment Techniques and architectures to provide multiple application servers each having at least one connection agent and at least one enabler agent and at least one database organized as multiple nodes. An error condition between a first connection agent and a first database node is detected. The first connection agent indicates that the first database node is unavailable to stop attempts to access the first database node by a first application server. A first enabler agent periodically checks availability of the first database node. The first database node is indicated as available in response to a pre-selected number of successful attempts to contact the first database node with the first enabler agent. The first database node is accessed with the application server in response to the indication that the first database node is available.
US10425266B2	Method for reducing the peak factor of a multichannel emission by adaptive and intelligent clipping/filtering A method for reducing the peak factor of a signal transmitted in a frequency band comprising several channels, the signal using a plurality of channels in the band comprises: a step of clipping the signal, a step of subtracting the clipped signal from the signal, so as to obtain a peak signal, a step of filtering the peak signal with the aid of a multichannel filter configured to comply with a predetermined spectral mask for each of the channels used by the signal, and a step of subtracting the filtered peak signal from the signal. A device for emitting a multichannel signal implementing the method for reducing the peak factor is also provided.
US10425265B2	Method for receiving NRS and NB-IoT device thereof One disclosure of the present specification proposes a method for receiving a Narrowband Reference Signal (NRS) by a Narrow band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) device. The method may comprise receiving the NRS on at least one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. The one or more OFDM symbols are in a time division duplex (TDD) subframe. If the TDD subframe corresponds to a TDD special subframe, the one or more OFDM symbols for receiving the NRS is determined based on which TDD special subframe configuration index among a plurality of TDD special configuration indexes is used by the TDD special subframe.
US10425263B2	Method and apparatus for generating OFDM signals A method in a transmitter circuit of generating a signal comprising a first sequence of OFDM symbols, which are to be transmitted within a frequency sub band of a second sequence of OFDM symbols is disclosed. A first cyclic prefix (CP) of the second sequence of OFDM symbols has a first duration, and a second CP of the second sequence of OFDM symbols has a second duration. In order to generate both the first and the second cyclic prefix with an integer number of equidistant samples, a first sampling rate is required. The method comprises generating the signal comprising the first sequence of OFDM symbols at a second sampling rate, lower than the first sampling rate, and adjusting a sampling phase during CPs.
US10425262B2	Method and system for adaptive guard interval (GI) combining Methods and systems are provided for adaptive guard interval (GI) combining. A signal carrying a symbol that is preceded by a guard interval (GI) that includes a portion of the symbol may be received, and a portion of the GI that is free from inter-symbol interference (ISI) may be determined. Only a part of the ISI-free portion of the GI may be selected. The selected part of the ISI-free portion of the GI may be less than a whole of the ISI-free portion. The selection may be configured based on a parameter that is applied to a function used in extracting the symbol. The parameter may be a timing adjustment, relative to a start of the symbol, applied to the function when extracting the symbol. Only the part of the ISI-free portion of the GI may then be extracted and combined with a corresponding portion of the symbol.
US10425255B2	Estimation device There is provided an estimation device including an acquisition unit that acquires a channel estimation value for each combination of all of a plurality of combinations between a plurality of transmission antenna elements included in a base station and a plurality of reception antenna elements included in a mobile station; and an estimation unit that calculates a channel impulse response for each combination of all of the plurality of combinations between the plurality of transmission antenna elements and the plurality of reception antenna elements using the channel estimation values, and that estimates power delay profile by averaging, over all the combinations of the plurality of combinations between the plurality of transmission antenna elements and the plurality of reception antenna elements, power values for the respective combinations that are calculated from the calculated channel impulse responses for the respective combinations.
US10425248B2	Authentication systems and methods for controllers Systems and methods to authenticate a controller having a user interface with a manually actionable control include randomly selecting a first position of the plurality of positions of the manually actuatable control, prompting a user to position the manually actionable control to the randomly selected position, receiving an indication of the present position of the manually actionable control, comparing the indication of the randomly selected position with the indication of the present position, and authenticating the controller when the indication of the randomly selected position matches the indication of the present position.
US10425244B2	Machine to machine network automation platform with intuitive network configuration and deployment management interface This application discloses embodiments of systems and methods for a flexible automation system for a network of connected machines. In some embodiments, the network of connected machines uses one or more of wireless protocols such as Zigbee, ZWave, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other IEEE 802.15.4 protocols. The systems and methods provide a flexible automation system where end users can customize the operation of the network of connected machines to suit the automation logic desired. Intuitive graphical user interface methods are provided to allow users to implement their custom logic without requiring custom software programming. Systems and methods are provided to customize downloadable and sharable automation software applications to work in a variety of non-identical network configurations. Intuitive graphical user interface methods are provided to allow users to custom configure automation rules for their network of machines by remote collaboration or allowing remote configuring by experts. In one embodiment, a major goal of the disclosures is to provide many methods to a user to implement complex automation logic, for his network, his way, as he imagined it and without need for programming on part of the user.
US10425242B2	IoT provisioning service The disclosed technology is generally directed to device provisioning in an IoT environment. For example, such technology is usable in provisioning IoT devices to an IoT Hub. In one example of the technology, an identification message that includes information associated with identification of a first IoT device is received. The validity of the first IoT device is then verified. After the first IoT device is verified, based at least in part on the identification message, an IoT hub is selected from a plurality of IoT hubs. The first IoT device is then caused to be registered with the selected IoT hub.
US10425233B2	Method for automatically verifying a target computer file with respect to a reference computer file A method for verifying a target computer file with respect to a reference computer file, including defining a first area delimiting a portion of a reference file, and a second area delimiting a portion of a target file, the second area exhibiting the same size as the first area and being situated, inside the target file, at the same relative position with respect to the origin of this target file as the first area with respect to the origin of the reference file; calculating a first digital imprint, by applying a hash function solely to that portion of the reference file which is contained inside the first area to be tested; calculating a second digital imprint, by applying the same hash function solely to that portion of the target file which is contained inside the second area to be tested; comparing the first and second digital imprints.
US10425232B2	Encrypted biometric registration In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a biometric identification device comprises a conversion engine configured to receive a key file, receive a biometric file, wherein the biometric file is different from the key file and comprises biometric identification information of a user, convert the key file into a first numeric representation, and convert the biometric file into a second numeric representation. The biometric identification device further comprises a hashing engine configured to create a superimposed numeric representation by performing a convolution operation on the first numeric representation and the second numeric representation, convert the superimposed numeric representation into a hash value, and store the hash value.
US10425231B2	Information processing apparatus and method for authenticating message An information processing apparatus includes a shared information generation unit for generating shared information via a network, a communication unit configured to receive a message, a shared information verification unit configured to compare shared information in the message with the information generated by the shared information generation unit, and verify validity of the shared information in the message based on the comparison, a security code generation unit for generating a security code based on the shared information, a security code verification unit configured to compare a security code in the message with the security code generated by the security code generation unit, and verify correctness of the shared information in the message based on the comparison, and a processing determination control unit configured to determine normality of the message on the based on the verification by the shared information verification unit and the verification by the security code verification unit.
US10425226B2	Encryption processing device and encryption processing method An encryption processing device includes an encryption processing section that repeats a round operation on input data and generate output data, and a key scheduling section that outputs a round key to be applied in the round operation to the encryption processing section. The encryption processing section has an involution property in which a data conversion function E and an inverse function E−1 are executed sequentially, and executes the round operation in which a constant is applied once or more in only one of the function E and the inverse function E−1. The constant is a state that satisfies a condition that all of constituent elements of a state which is a result of a matrix operation with the linear conversion matrix which is applied in the linear conversion processing section at a position adjacent to the exclusive-OR section to which the constant is input are nonzero.
US10425224B1	Identity confirmation using private keys Systems and methods for identify confirmation and transaction security are described. The system transmits to a client computing system an encrypted challenge generated using a public key of an asymmetric key pair and a first partially decrypted challenge generated by applying a first private key fragment of a private key of the asymmetric key pair to the encrypted challenge. The system receives a decrypted challenge generated by applying a second private key fragment of the private key to the encrypted challenge to generate a second partially decrypted challenge, applying a third private key fragment of the private key to the encrypted challenge to generate a third partially decrypted challenge, and combining the first partially decrypted challenge, the second partially decrypted challenge and the third partially decrypted challenge to generate the decrypted challenge. The system uses the decrypted challenge for verification.
US10425218B2	Phase rotator The present disclosure relates to phase alignment, in particular to phase alignment circuitry (and parts thereof) for example for use in a multiplexer or other circuitry in which data is transmitted from one stage to another. Consideration is given to phase detection and phase rotation. Such circuitry may be implemented as integrated circuitry, for example on an IC chip.
US10425217B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program This disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that perform clock recovery processing efficiently and stably when a data stream having time information is received and clock recovery processing is performed. In one example, time information is extracted from a data stream including the time information serving as a reference when generating a system clock signal, and the time information is stored in a storage section. Further, the time information stored in the storage section is output synchronously with the system clock signal on the basis of a transmission rate of the data stream and position information regarding the time information in the data stream, and the clock recovery processing is performed on the basis of the time information output from the storage section and the system clock signal is generated.
US10425216B2	Optoelectronic circuit and a method for the transmission of an optical clock signal An optoelectronic circuit for transmitting an optical clock signal to an electronic component contains a clock-generating device for the generation of an optical clock signal, a converter element for the conversion of the optical clock signal into an electrical clock signal supplied to the electronic component and an optical line from the clock-generating device to the conversion element. The optoelectronic circuit in this context provides a delay time of the optical clock signal from the clock-generating device to the conversion element. The optoelectronic circuit accordingly comprises an adjustable optical element for adjusting the delay time between the clock-generating device and the electronic component.
US10425215B2	Method and device for self-interference cancellation in full-duplex communication system Disclosed is a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE. A method for cancelling self-interference in a full-duplex communication system is provided. The method comprises the steps of: cancelling cancellable self-interference components through an analog interference cancellation circuit, and estimating a channel state of an uplink channel and a channel state of a downlink channel on the basis of remaining residual self-interference components; estimating a channel capacity for each of possible beam combinations on the basis of the estimated uplink channel state and downlink channel state; selecting the beam combination having the largest channel capacity from among the possible beam combinations; and cancelling self-interference from a received signal on the basis of the selected beam combination.
US10425214B2	Method and apparatus for millimeter-wave hybrid beamforming to form subsectors Scheduling and allocating resources in a millimeter wave communication system are performed by components of both the MAC and the RF front end acting in cooperation with one another. MAC components operate essential in accordance with the 802.11 standard. Signals at 2.4/5 GHz intermediate frequency (IF) output from an IF module are upconverted to an RF mmWave spectrum. The RF signals are routed to different subsector antennas and/or polarizations of a subsector antenna in order to direct the RF mmWave signal to a desired destination. Beamforming by the physical structures of antennas, direct the RF signals to a particular subsector. The combination of allocating resources within the MAC, processing within the MBI module before being upconverting to RF, together with signal switching of the RF signals, determines the destination to which signals are to be transmitted and the source from which signals are to be received.
US10425212B2	Carrier indicator field usage and configuration in carrier aggregation Format of a downlink control channel for a user equipment UE is changed in conjunction with switching the UE between being enabled for cross carrier scheduling and being disabled for cross carrier scheduling. The changed format is used on at least one serving cell of the UE's configured set of component carriers CCs. In one embodiment the changed format comprises an explicit carrier indicator field CIF for the case in which the switching is from disabled to enabled; and the changed format has no explicit CIF when the switching is from enabled to disabled. In another embodiment switching from disabled to enabled comprises the UE's configured set of CCs being changed from one to multiple cells; and switching from enabled to disabled comprises the UE's configured set of CCs being changed from multiple cells to one cell. In one embodiment the changed format is implicit.
US10425209B2	Method and apparatus for processing ACK signal in a wireless local area network system An ACK signal processing method that can be used in a wireless LAN system is proposed. Various information that can be used for a downlink MU PPDU for multiple receiving stations may be proposed, and, for example, in order to omit the re-transmission of the related art, information requesting an ACK or Block ACK corresponding to previously transmitted data may be included. If an immediate acknowledgement (ACK) frame fails to be received after the MU-PPDU is transmitted from the AP, a Block ACK may be requested. In this case, while a Block ACK is requested, a radio resource through which a Block ACK is delivered may be allocated.
US10425208B2	Unified indexing framework for reference signals Facilitating a signaling framework for configuring different types of reference signals for wireless communication systems is provided herein. A system can comprise: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can comprise: receiving a reference signal from a user equipment device; based on the reference signal generating a unique identifier from the reference signal; allocating a resource associated with the reference signal based on a reference signal type and a component carrier index list; associating the unique identifier with the resource, the component carrier index list, and the reference signal type in a data structure; and storing the data structure to the memory and transmitting the data structure to the user equipment device.
US10425207B2	Pilot transmission method, station and access station Embodiments of the present invention provide a pilot transmission method, a station, and an access station. The method includes: receiving, by a station, a pilot transmission notification, where the pilot transmission notification includes a pilot transmission rule of the station and a pilot transmission rule of another station on a group of continuous subcarriers; the pilot transmission rule of the station includes: the group of continuous subcarriers is divided into two subcarrier groups, pilots transmitted on subcarriers in a same subcarrier group have a same amplitude and a same phase, and pilots transmitted on subcarriers in different subcarrier groups have a same amplitude but inverse phases, and the pilot transmission rule of the another station includes: pilots transmitted on all subcarriers have a same amplitude and a same phase; and transmitting, by the station, a pilot according to the pilot transmission rule of the station.
US10425206B2	Technique for assigning pilot signals to user equipments A technique for assigning pilot signals to user equipments is described. The UEs access an RBS that provides radio access. As to a method aspect of the technique, an access burst including initial pilot signals is received from the UEs, wherein at least two of the UEs apply simultaneously the same initial pilot signal. A multicast channel to the at least two UEs is estimated based on the received access burst. A combined signal power received at the RBS is computed for the at least two UEs based on the estimated multicast channel. A message to the at least two UEs is sent using the multicast channel. The message is indicative of the combined signal power and assigns different pilot signals to the at least two UEs, wherein the assignment depends for each of the at least two UEs on the combined signal power and a signal power received at the respective UE.
US10425201B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as a long term evolution (LTE). An operating method of a transmitting apparatus in a wireless communication system is provided. The operating method includes detecting an achievable rate region for a receiving apparatus, and determining a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level and a sliding window superposition coding (SWSC) multi-input multi-output (MIMO) scheme corresponding to the achievable rate region.
US10425199B2	Efficient handling of control subbands in multiple component carrier configurations Efficient handling of control subbands in multiple component carrier (CC) configurations is discussed. A user equipment (UE) may begin monitoring one narrowband control subband within a wider band CC. At various times, the UE may receive a dynamic activation signal that triggers the UE to begin monitoring at least another control subband. Dependent on a type of traffic state the UE is operating, when currently involved in wideband operations, the UE may be triggered to monitor one or more UE-specific control subbands within the same slot in the wider band CC.
US10425191B2	Information processing method, apparatus, communications device, and communications system An information processing method, an apparatus, a communications device, and a communications system are provided. The communications device is configured to: obtain a starting position in a buffer sequence W for an output bit sequence, and determine the output bit sequence from the buffer sequence W based on the starting position, where a value of the starting position is one element in {p0, p1, p2, . . . , pkmax−1}, 0≤k
US10425187B2	UE assisted interference learning In an unlicensed band, different types of interference may be experienced by user equipments (UEs), and a serving evolved Node B (eNB) may not be aware of the interference types affecting a UE. Therefore, aspects presented herein provide UE assisted interference learning, in which the UE detects an interfering signal and reports information such as the interference level and properties of the interfering signal to a serving eNB. Another aspects presented herein provide for an eNB which receives, from one or more UEs, information indicating properties of each of at least one interfering signals experienced by the UEs, such as interference types affecting the UEs. The eNB further uses the information received from the UE, including the wireless technology type to determine the properties of its downlink transmission and the length of the contention window leading up to its downlink transmission.
US10425176B2	Vehicle communication system and vehicle-mounted device A vehicle communication system comprising a vehicle-mounted device that transmits signals from a plurality of transmitting antennas on a vehicle; and a mobile device that receives signals transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device and transmits a response signal including received signal strengths of received signals. The transmitting antennas include: a first transmitting antenna in the vehicle cabin which is deviated in one direction in the width direction of the vehicle from the central portion in the width direction; and a second transmitting antenna nearer to the other side surface in the width direction of the vehicle. The device determines whether or not the mobile device is present inside an area containing the vehicle interior space and having a boundary surface following at least one side surface in the width direction of the vehicle, based on received signal strengths of signals transmitted from the first transmitting antenna and the second transmitting antenna.
US10425175B2	Transmission control method and apparatus A transmission control method is disclosed. The transmission control method includes: sending, by a base station, downlink data to a terminal at a high frequency when detecting that the downlink data needs to be transmitted at the high frequency; and sending, by the terminal to the base station at the high frequency, control information used for assisting the base station in improving transmission quality of the high frequency downlink data, so that the base station controls a transmission process of the high frequency downlink data according to the control information. Embodiments of the present invention further disclose a base station and a terminal. By means of the present invention, a terminal can rapidly feed back control information at a high frequency in a process in which downlink data is transmitted at a high frequency, and a feedback time is short.
US10425172B2	Clutter rejecting built in test for assignment-based AESA systems Methods and apparatus to provide clutter rejecting built-in-test and/or fault isolation of individual array elements in assignment-based AESAs. BIT beam states for array element testing can be stored in AESA memory for rapid assignment sequencing of RF waveform generators and receive processing. Simultaneously transmitted signals for BIT sequences have unique signal characteristics that allow test signal clutter rejection on the receive side processing.
US10425169B2	WiFi test chamber A system, method, and WiFi test chamber. The WiFi test chamber includes a case defining a number of isolation chambers. The case is configured to prevent radio frequency signals from entering the number of isolation chambers. The WiFi test chamber includes a number of wireless access points (WAPs) with one of the wireless access points in each of the number of isolation chambers. The WiFi test chamber includes interfaces extending from the exterior from the case and connected to the plurality of WAPs.
US10425167B2	Communication control device and communication control system First data and second data are transmitted by a simple configuration by including a generation unit that generates a wavelength-changed signal on the basis of the second data, and a transmission unit that transmits the wavelength-changed signal together with a first signal that indicates the first data.
US10425161B2	Circuit arrangement and corresponding method Enabling Low Frequency Periodic Signalling over an optical link with a circuit arrangement and method for controlling a light-emitting component, including: monitoring a differential input for the presence of an electrical idle state by an IDLE detector; triggering a time delay block by the IDLE detector when the electrical idle state at the differential input is interrupted or resumed; detecting whether the differential input is driven by a Low Frequency Periodic Signalling or by a Super Speed/Enhanced Super Speed signalling by a signal type detector; making a decision whether the signalling is to be transmitted by a decision circuit; an input stage connected to the decision circuit; and driving the light-emitting component by an output stage.
US10425157B2	Wavelength identification and analysis sensor According to examples, a wavelength identification and analysis sensor may include a wavelength transmitter, operably connectable to an input or output of a wavelength selective device of a wavelength division multiplex (WDM) network, to transmit test signals on a plurality of wavelengths into the input or output of the wavelength selective device of the WDM network. A wavelength analyzer is to detect returned signals from the input or output of the wavelength selective device of the WDM network, with each returned signal being associated with one of the transmitted test signals. Further, the wavelength analyzer is to analyze the returned signals and identify, based on the analysis of the returned signals, a wavelength associated with the input or output of the wavelength selective device of the WDM network.
US10425150B1	Remotely-managed aircraft RF communication network, device, and method An aircraft remote network, device, and method are disclosed. The network may include a central data management unit (CDMU) and one or more aircraft systems, where each system may include an antenna and one or more units, through which radio frequency (RF) signals are transmitted and/or received. The device could receive a RF signal from an external source via the antenna, convert the signal to data, and provide the data to the CDMU; and receive data from the CDMU, convert the data to an RF signal, and provide the RF signal to the external source via the antenna, where the distance between the antenna and the device is less than the distance between the device and the CDMU.
US10425148B2	Wireless communications system for broadband access to aerial platforms A terrestrial communications network for providing broadband internet access to aerial platforms is described. One set of embodiments describe systems and methods for assigning aerial platforms to cell sites, and imposing a network frequency reuse pattern over the assigned beams, such as to optimize a certain network performance metric. Another set of embodiments describe systems and methods to iteratively optimize the aerial platform to cell site beam assignment, and the associated network frequency reuse pattern, according to the specified network performance metric. In other embodiments, systems and methods are described for measuring exogenous interference, to be used in SINR estimation received from different cell sites at the aerial platform in order to choose the cell site from which highest data rate is received.
US10425144B2	Methods for assisting in beam sweeping, tracking and recovery Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide various appropriate frame structures, sweep sequences, and procedures that may assist in beam sweeping, tracking and recovery.
US10425142B2	Method for transmitting and receiving channel state information in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor A method, by which a terminal transmits channel state information in a wireless communication system, comprises a step for performing one integrated CSI process, the step for performing one integrated CSI process comprising the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a first channel state information-reference signal related to a CSI-RS resource which is not pre-coded; reporting, to the base station, a first pre-coding matrix indicator derived on the basis of the first CSI-RS; receiving, from the base station, a second CSI-RS related to one CSI-RS resource of a beam-formed CSI-RS type; and reporting, to the base station, a second rank indicator/channel quality indicator/second PMI derived on the basis of the second CSI-RS.
US10425139B2	Method and apparatus for beam management reference signals in wireless communication systems A method of a user equipment (UE) for a beam management in a wireless communication system/ The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information including information of receive (Rx) beam identifications (IDs) associated with Rx beams, receiving, from the BS, reference signals for determining the Rx beams, wherein the Rx beams include different Rx beam IDs, respectively, measuring, based on the Rx beams, a beam reference signal (BRS) and a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) received from the BS, and performing, based on the configuration information, an Rx beam cycling operation for the Rx beams to receive downlink channels.
US10425138B2	System and method for beam switching and reporting A UE may receive, from a base station, through a set of beams a set of BRSs. The UE may measure a signal quality of each BRS of the set of BRSs, and each measured signal quality may correspond to a beam of the set of beams. In an aspect, the UE may maintain a set of candidate beam indexes corresponding to a set of best measured signal qualities of the set of BRSs. In an aspect, the UE may transmit, to the base station, information indicating at least one measured signal quality and at least one beam index from the set of maintained candidate beam indexes, and the at least one beam index may correspond to the at least one measured signal quality.
US10425137B2	Facilitating switching between transmitting antennas in portable electronic devices The disclosed embodiments provide a system that uses a first antenna and a second antenna in a portable electronic device. During operation, the system receives a request to switch from the first antenna to the second antenna to transmit a signal to a cellular receiver. Next, the system loads a set of radio-frequency (RF) calibration values for the second antenna. Finally, the system performs the switch from the first antenna to the second antenna to transmit the signal, wherein the second antenna is operated using the RF calibration values after the switch.
US10425135B2	Coordinated multipoint systems In a coordinated multipoint system, geographically distributed base transceiver stations employ overlapping coverage areas in a Radio Access Network (RAN) to serve multiple User Equipments (UEs). A fronthaul network communicatively couples the base transceiver stations to a central processor. The central processor comprises a cooperative multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) processor configured to select multiple antennas residing on multiple ones of the base transceiver stations to serve each of the UEs; compute baseband pre-coding weights for signals to be transmitted by the antennas, the baseband pre-coding weights computed from RAN channel state information between the antennas and the UEs; and coordinate transmissions of pre-coded signals from the antennas to exploit multipath in the RAN to coherently combine at each of the UEs. Since each UE can be provided with its own localized coherence zone, this enables the UEs to concurrently employ the same frequency spectrum.
US10425132B2	Configurable receiver architecture for carrier aggregation with multiple-input multiple-output A wireless communication system and method that includes configurable Carrier Aggregation (CA) and/or Multiple-input Multiple-output (MIMO) operational modes. In CA, multiple carriers (i.e., channel bundling) are aggregated and jointly used for transmission to/from a single terminal. Downlink inter-band carrier aggregation increases the downlink data rates by routing two signals, received in different frequency bands, simultaneously to two active receivers in the RF transceiver. MIMO utilizes two additional receivers as diversity paths and the frequency generation can be shared between main and diversity path for each carriers.
US10425131B2	Beacon localization for a client device in wireless environment applications A method of operating a transceiver system includes receiving, from a client power receiver, a signal at a plurality of antenna elements of an antenna array. The method also includes determining, by at least one of the antenna array and a processor of the transceiver system, and based at least in part on a fixed geometry of the plurality of antenna elements, a value of at least one waveform characteristic of the received signal. The method further includes computing, by the processor and based on the determined value of the at least one waveform characteristic, a transmission path of the signal from the client power receiver to each antenna element. The method also includes, assigning, by the processor and based on the computed transmission path, a location of the client power receiver in a wireless data transmission and power delivery environment.
US10425129B1	Techniques to reduce power consumption in near field communication systems Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques communicate in a cellular communication frequency range, detect a resonant signal in response to the communication in the cellular communication frequency range for cellular communication, the resonant signal to indicate presence of a contactless card. Embodiments also include enabling a near-field communication device to send a communication to the contactless card based on the detection of the resonant signal, the near-field communication device to communicate with the contactless card in a near-field communication frequency range.
US10425120B2	Signal isolation control apparatus and method of controlling a hybrid junction A signal isolation control apparatus for controlling duplexing of signals to be transmitted through and received from an antenna. The apparatus includes a transmitter chain tap input for coupling to a transmitter chain. An auxiliary transmitter chain is operably coupled to the transmitter chain tap input for processing a transitory signal tapped from the transmitter chain, the auxiliary transmitter chain including an adaptive filter unit and a balance node output for operably coupling to a balance node of a hybrid junction. The adaptive filter unit has a signal leakage monitoring input for operably coupling to an output node of the hybrid junction. The auxiliary transmitter chain is arranged to process the tapped transitory signal in order to generate and apply an isolation signal at the balance node output for maximizing isolation of an output node of the hybrid junction from an input node of the hybrid junction.
US10425119B2	High-frequency switch module A high-frequency switch module (10) includes a switch element (20) and LC parallel resonant circuits (31 and 32). The switch element (20) includes selection target terminals (P14 and P21) used to transmit communication signals using different frequencies. The LC parallel resonant circuits (31 and 32) are connected between a connection conductor (901) connected to the selection target terminal (P14) and a connection conductor (902) connected to the selection target terminal (P21). The LC parallel resonant circuits (31 and 32) are connected in series between the connection conductors (901 and 902). The LC parallel resonant circuits (31 and 32) have different attenuation pole frequencies.
US10425114B2	Systems and methods for determining cable modulation using performance data In various embodiment, the disclosed systems, methods, and apparatuses describe the application of a pre-distortion at a transmitting device, such as a headend or a remote PHY device, to modify signals to be transmitted on a cable network in order to account for the distortions to the signals received by one or more devices on the network. In an embodiment, the pre-distortions can be implemented in the analog domain or in the digital domain, for example, using analog filters, or digital signal processing (DSP) devices. In an embodiment, the pre-distortion can be applied on particular subcarriers associated with the signals, without being applied to other subcarrier associated with the signals.
US10425113B2	Multiband radio frequency transmitter with receiving band variable filtering function A multiband radio frequency transmitter of a transceiver in which a receiving band is varied, includes a transmitting circuit, a receiving band-rejection filter, a power amplifying circuit, and an impedance compensating circuit. The transmitting circuit is configured to generate a transmission signal. The receiving band-rejection filter is configured to vary a rejection band in response to a variation of the receiving band, and reject the receiving band from the transmission signal provided from the transmitting circuit. The power amplifying circuit is configured to amplify the transmission signal that passes through the receiving band-rejection filter. The impedance compensating circuit is configured to compensate for impedance mismatch due to the variation of the rejection band of the receiving band-rejection filter.
US10425112B2	Data processing device and data processing method using low density parity check encoding for decreasing signal-to-noise power ratio The present technology relates to a data processing device and a data processing method which can ensure high communication quality in data transmission using LDPC codes.In group-wise interleaving, an LDPC code having a code length N of 64800 bits and a coding rate r of 9/15 is interleaved in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits. In group-wise deinterleaving, a sequence of bit groups of the LDPC code which has been subjected to the group-wise interleaving is returned to an original sequence. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a case in which data transmission is performed using LDPC codes.
US10425111B2	Polar code interleaving and bit selection Apparatus and methods are provided for polar code sub-block interleaving and bit selection. In one novel aspect, middle-part interlaced sub-block interleaving is provided for polar code interleaving. In one embodiment, the middle part of the polar code is interlaced and generates the interleaved polar code. In another embodiment, the lower part and the upper part are also sub-block interleaved with the middle-part interlaced method. In another novel, rate-dependent unified bit selection is provided. The bit selection is categorized into three operation categories of repetition, puncturing and the shortening. Each category follows unified bit selection rule with different categories differ only in the access scheme. In one embodiment, the circular buffer is used for bit selection.
US10425110B2	Transmitting apparatus and interleaving method thereof A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: an encoder configured to generate a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword by LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix; an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword; and a modulator configured to map the interleaved LDPC codeword onto a modulation symbol, wherein the modulator is further configured to map a bit included in a predetermined bit group from among a plurality of bit groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit of the modulation symbol.
US10425109B1	Method, apparatus, and system for deinterleaving data A method, apparatus, and system for deinterleaving data.
US10425107B2	Partial sum computation for polar code decoding Bits in a received word that is based on a codeword of a polar code are decoded to generate decoded bits. A lower-order partial sum is updated based on the decoded bits, and a higher-order partial sum based on the lower-order partial sum is computed. The higher-order partial sum computation is a live computation performed during decoding of a subsequent bit in the received word in some embodiments. In decoding the subsequent bit, nodes in a Data Dependency Graph (DDG) of the polar code may be traversed in a reverse order relative to node indices of at least some of the nodes in the DDG. A reverse order may also be applied to partial sum computations, to combine multiple lower-order partial sums that are based on previously decoded bits according to a reverse order relative to an order in which at least some of the previously decoded bits were decoded.
US10425106B2	Balanced Reed-Solomon codes Balanced Reed-Solomon codes in accordance with embodiments of the invention enable balanced load in distributed storage systems. One embodiment includes a storage controller, wherein the storage processor is configured by the controller Reed-Solomon application to: receive a data segment; partition the data segment into a first block of data and a second block of data; transmit the first block of data to a first node controller in the plurality of node controllers; transmit the second block of data to a second node controller in the plurality of node controllers; wherein the node processor in the first node controller is configured by the node Reed-Solomon application to: receive the first block of data; encode the first block of data using a balanced and sparsest error-correcting code; and store the encoded first block of data in the node memory of the first node controller.
US10425103B2	Data processing device and data processing method The present technology relates to a data processing device and a data processing method, which are capable of securing excellent communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code. In group-wise interleave, an LDPC code in which a code length N is 16200 bits and an encoding rate r is 12/15, 6/15, or 8/15 is interleaved in units of bit groups of 360 bits. In group-wise deinterleave, a sequence of the LDPC code that has undergone the group-wise interleave is restored to an original sequence. For example, the present technology can be applied to a technique of performing data transmission using an LDPC code.
US10425095B1	Multiple-bit parallel successive approximation (SA) flash analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuits Multiple-bit parallel successive approximation (SA) Flash analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuits are disclosed. In one aspect, a multiple-bit parallel SA Flash ADC circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit that receives reference voltage and trial bit codes, and generates DAC analog signals. The SA Flash ADC circuit includes parallel comparator stages, each including one or more comparator circuits equal to two (2) raised to a number of digital bits of the corresponding parallel comparator stage, quantity minus one (1). Each comparator circuit receives an analog input signal and corresponding DAC analog signal, and generates a digital signal. The digital signal of each comparator circuit is logic high if the analog input signal has a greater voltage than the corresponding DAC analog signal, and logic low if the analog input signal has a smaller voltage. The digital signals corresponding to each parallel comparator stage are used to generate a digital output signal.
US10425087B1	Phase adjustment apparatus and operation method thereof The exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a phase adjustment apparatus, and its operation method, provided with a phase detector, phase controller and phase calibrator for reducing complexity of a circuit and enabling execution of a phase adjustment operation in the background.
US10425086B1	Divider-less phase locked loop A divider-less phase locked loop (PLL) includes a phase frequency detector (PFD), a charge pump (CP), a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), a delay unit, and a clock gating unit. The PFD is electrically connected to the VCO through the CP, and the CP outputs a voltage control signal to the VCO. The VCO generates an output signal. The delay unit receives and delays a reference signal to generate a delay signal. The clock gating unit samples the output signal according to the delay signal. Since the clock gating unit samples the output signal according to the delay signal, the divider-less PLL does not need to include a divider to divide a frequency of the output signal. Therefore, power consumption of the divider-less PLL can be reduced.
US10425077B1	Transistor gate driver The present disclosure relates to a gate driver system suitable for driving the gate voltage of one or more transistors. The gate driver system is configured to operate in a first state when the current conducted by the transistor is relatively low and in a second state when the current conducted by the transistor is relatively high. In the second state, the gate voltage is set such that the source voltage at the transistor establishes a lower voltage across a source-driven load than is the case when operating the first state, thereby reducing the level of power consumption in the load during second state operation.
US10425072B2	Output circuit and output method An output circuit outputs communication signals and communicates with an external device ED, and includes: a PNP first transistor, which is capable of outputting a collector current as the communication signals; and a first current source, which is capable of changing a base current of the first transistor, and which reduces the base current to a predetermined current value after the first transistor is turned on and before the first transistor is turned off.
US10425056B2	Reconfigurable electromagnetic interference filter network An EMI filter network may be used to provide interference filtering for multiple loads (referred to collectively as a dynamic load). In one aspect, the EMI filter network includes electrical switches that establish different configurations or arrangements of passive circuit elements (e.g., inductors and capacitors) where each configuration generates a different filter value. The EMI filter network may be communicatively coupled to a controller which changes the configuration of the EMI filter network using the switches in response to the dynamic load changing operational states. For example, each configuration of the EMI filter network may correspond to one of the operational states of the dynamic load. Thus, as the operational state of the dynamic load changes—e.g., different motors become operational—the controller alters the configuration of the EMI filter network to provide a filter value that corresponds to the current operational state of the dynamic load.
US10425055B2	Electronic device with in-pocket audio transducer adjustment and corresponding methods An electronic device includes one or more microphones, one or more sensors, and one or more processors operable with the one or more microphones and the one or more sensors. The one or more processors, upon the one or more sensors detecting the electronic device is disposed within a repository container, such as a pocket, apply an audio signal adjustment function to signals received from the one or more microphones, thereby mitigating noise in the signals caused by the repository container.
US10425050B2	Amplification circuit, apparatus for amplifying, low noise amplifier, radio receiver, mobile terminal, base station, and method for amplifying Embodiments provide an amplification circuit, an apparatus for amplifying, a low noise amplifier, a radio receiver, a mobile terminal, a base station, and a method for amplifying. An amplification circuit (10) for amplifying a radio signal comprises a first amplification stage (12) configured to amplify an input signal, Vin(t), to obtain an intermediate signal. The amplification circuit (10) further comprises a cascoding circuit (14) configured to amplify the intermediate signal to obtain a first output signal Voutn(t). The amplification circuit (10) further comprises a second amplification stage (16) configured to amplify the intermediate signal to obtain a second output signal, Voutp(t).
US10425042B2	Negative capacitance circuits including temperature-compensation biasings In some examples, an amplifier stage includes a voltage-gain amplifier stage and a negative capacitance circuit coupled to the voltage-gain amplifier stage, the negative capacitance circuit comprising a first transistor that provides a first temperature-biased current.
US10425039B2	Apparatus and method for calibrating frequency of oscillator in response to external signal A frequency calibrator includes an input signal generator configured to generate an input signal based on an oscillation signal and an external signal; a frequency difference extractor configured to extract, from the input signal, a frequency difference signal having a frequency corresponding to a frequency difference between an external frequency of the external signal and an oscillation frequency of the oscillation signal; a divider configured to generate a division signal by dividing a signal having the oscillation frequency by a division ratio; and a frequency tuner configured to tune the oscillation frequency of the oscillation signal based on a result of comparing the frequency difference signal to the division signal.
US10425037B2	Oscillator To reduce interference between wiring patterns at an oscillator that outputs a plurality of oscillation signals. An oscillator includes an IC configured to output a plurality of oscillation signals using a crystal resonator, and a base plate connected to the IC. The base plate includes a crystal resonator land and a crystal resonator land that are electrically connected to the crystal resonator, a power source land electrically connected to a power source, and a first output land positioned between the crystal resonator land and the power source land to output a first oscillation signal from the IC to an outside, and a wiring pattern from the first output land passes through between the crystal resonator land and the crystal resonator land.
US10425036B2	Photovoltaic data collection device A data collection device for photovoltaic power generation is provided. The data collection device according to an embodiment includes a receiver that receives data on an amount of photovoltaic power generation, a storage unit that stores a representative pattern of a graph for monitoring the amount of photovoltaic power generation, a control unit that extracts a graph for a first piece of data on the amount of photovoltaic power generation received by the receiver and compares the extracted graph with the representative pattern stored in the storage unit to extract a pattern comparison value, and a transmitter that transmits the first piece of data compared by the system control unit to an external device.
US10425035B2	Module connector for flexible photovoltaic module Disclosed are module connectors for flexible photovoltaic modules. A module connector may include a clamp and an insert configured to be inserted into the clamp. The insert may have an insert body, an electrical lead and an electrical connector. The clamp may have a body portion with a recess configured to receive the insert body, a first clamping portion configured to clamp a second portion of the electrical connector to connect it to the body portion, and a second clamping portion with a first clamping surface configured to contact a first sheet of the module and a second clamping surface configured to contact a second sheet of the module. The second clamping portion may be configured to connect the clamp to the module such that the clamp overlaps and extends around a part of the first sheet, a part of the module's exterior edge surface, and a part of the second sheet.
US10425025B2	Power conversion device and motor drive apparatus Magnetic flux generated when a current flows through a main circuit wiring serves as disturbance of a magnetic sensor, and accurate rotor position information is obtained. A motor drive apparatus controls an operation of a power conversion device outputting a current to an AC motor on the basis of a desired torque command value, and includes a main circuit wiring that is electrically connected to a switching element forming the power conversion device, and through which a DC current or an AC current is transmitted thereto, a magnetic sensor that detects a magnetic flux change of a sensor magnet attached to a rotor of the AC motor, and a controller that calculates a current command value which is output from the power conversion device to the motor on the basis of position information of the rotor detected by the magnetic sensor, in which the controller includes a magnetic flux error correction unit that detects or calculates a magnetic flux component generated by a current flowing through the main circuit wiring.
US10425023B2	Control device and control method of rotary electric machine A motor control device performs rotation control of a motor by supplying a first driving waveform and a second driving waveform respectively to a pair of switching elements which make up part of upper and lower arms in an inverter circuit. The motor control device determines the amount of modulation of the second driving waveform from a combination of the calculated interpolation angle and the rotational speed of the motor. The motor control device generates the first driving waveform having a rectangular shape, and further generates the second driving waveform by performing pulse modulation by the determined amount of modulation.
US10425022B2	Motor drive controller for motor with three-phase windings A motor drive controller includes a control unit configured to control a motor drive unit, wherein the motor drive unit includes switching circuits for the three-phase windings, respectively, each of the switching circuits including two switching elements, wherein the control unit is configured to place a first switching element among the two switching elements in an “on” state for an energization period while placing a second switching element among the two switching elements in an “off” state, to place the second switching element alternately in the “on” and “off” states for the energization period while placing the first switching element in the “off” state, and to control the second switching element in an overlapping period during which two adjacent windings among the three-phase windings are placed in a same energization state, such that a magnitude of energization of the two adjacent windings changes gradually in a linear or nonlinear fashion.
US10425017B2	Method and apparatus for reducing current sensor power loss A space vector PWM technique includes defining a target voltage vector located in a sector defined by two switching voltage vectors, applying one switching voltage vector to each leg of a power conversion device for a first subperiod of a fixed switching period, applying the other switching voltage vector to each leg for a second subperiod of the switching period and applying some allocation of zero voltage vectors to each leg for a third subperiod of the switching period such that the device outputs approximately the voltage defined by the target voltage vector during the switching period. The zero voltage vectors are allocated, based on a minimum amount of time specified for the current sensors to accurately sense current, such that the zero voltage vector which causes current to flow through the current sensors is applied for a different length of the third subperiod than the other zero voltage vector.
US10425016B2	Method for controlling medium-voltage inverter and system comprising the same Disclosed herein are a method for controlling a medium-voltage inverter, and a system including the same. The system includes a motor, a medium-voltage inverter driving the motor, a control unit configured to control an output voltage from the medium-voltage inverter, and an output voltage measuring unit configured to measure counter electromotive force data of the motor including a voltage and a frequency of the counter electromotive force, and transmitting it to the control unit. The control unit generates the output voltage based on the measured counter electromotive force data to re-drive the motor when the output voltage measuring unit completes the measurement of the counter electromotive force data.
US10425014B2	Bidirectional AC/DC H-bridge power converter An AC/DC converter including: an H bridge; an inductance in series with an input of the bridge; an inductance in series with an output of the bridge; and a circuit capable of controlling the bridge alternately to a first configuration where first and second diagonals of the bridge are respectively conductive and non-conductive, and to a second complementary configuration, the circuit being capable, during a phase of transition between the first and second configurations, of: turning on a first switch of the second diagonal; turning off a first switch of the first diagonal when the current flowing through this switch takes a zero value; turning on the second switch of the second diagonal; and turning off the second switch of the first diagonal when the current flowing through this switch takes a zero value.
US10425013B2	Resonant converter with improved light load efficiency and the method thereof A resonant converter highly improves light load efficiency. The resonant converter blocks control signals which are used to control power switches in an input power stage and an output stage in light load condition until an output voltage drops to a preset value. The input power stage and the output stage are coupled by way of a resonant net and a transformer.
US10425007B2	Multiphase regulator with phase current testing According to an embodiment, a multiphase regulator includes a plurality of output phases each of which is operable to deliver a phase current through a separate inductor to a load connected to the output phases via the inductors and an output capacitor. A controller is operable to regulate a voltage delivered to the load by adjusting the phase currents delivered to the load by the output phases, monitor the phase currents delivered to the load by the output phases, test the output phases in a predetermined sequence, and determine if the phase currents respond in a predetermined way.
US10425005B2	Power supply unit The present disclosure relates to a power supply unit having: an output for outputting an output current and an output voltage; and a protective element having a signal output path, wherein the protective element is connected downstream of the output and designed to maintain the signal output path when the output current exceeds a first amplitude threshold value and to interrupt the signal output path when the output current exceeds a second amplitude threshold value, the second amplitude threshold value being higher than the first amplitude threshold value; wherein the power supply unit is designed to reduce an amplitude of the output voltage and to increase an amplitude of the output current above the second amplitude threshold value, in order to interrupt the signal output path, when the output current exceeds the first amplitude threshold value.
US10425002B2	Error amplification apparatus and driving circuit including the same The disclosure relates to an error amplification apparatus and a driving circuit including the error amplification apparatus. In the error amplification apparatus according to the disclosure, a pulse generating circuit generates a first pulse and a second pulse in accordance with an output voltage of an error amplification unit, a counting unit being coupled to the pulse generating circuit counts the first pulse and the second pulse, and generates a loop control signal representing a compensation voltage based on the count. The disclosure utilizes the counting unit to digitize the compensation voltage, and the counter value can reflect the compensation voltage, so that the variation of the loop control signal in the AC cycle of 50 Hz or 60 Hz is controlled to be little, thereby filtering out the ripple of AC of 50 Hz or 60 Hz. In this manner, the capacitance of the compensation capacitor is reduced so that the compensation capacitor can be integrated inside the IC chip, thereby simplifying the peripheral design, and eliminating the influence on the loop by the electrical leakage current due to moisture.
US10424999B2	Linear vibration motor The present invention makes thinness or widthwise compactness possible, while exhibiting the advantages of obtaining stable vibrations and excellent impact strength, just as in a linear vibration motor equipped with a fixed shaft. A linear vibration motor equipped with: a needle equipped with a magnet and a spindle part; a frame for slidably supporting the needle in one axial direction; a coil for driving the magnet in the one axial direction, and affixed to the frame; and an elastic member for imparting an elastic force to the needle in opposition to the driving force imparted on the magnet. Therein, the needle is equipped with a pair of shaft parts which project in opposite directions in the one axial direction, and the frame is equipped with bearings for slidably supporting the pair of shaft parts.
US10424998B2	Rotor and motor, power tool comprising the rotor A rotor includes a magnet yoke and a number of permanent magnets. The magnet yoke defines a number of accommodating slots therein, and each of the permanent magnets is received in one of the accommodating slots. An elastic member protrudes from the magnet yoke towards each of the accommodating slots, the permanent magnets are inserted in the corresponding accommodating slots, and the elastic members are bent and abut against the permanent magnets. A motor and a power tool include the rotor are also disclosed.
US10424996B2	Motor rotor, motor using this and electric compressor Provided is a motor rotor which, without changing an integral fastening structure relying on swage pins, increases resistance to the excessive excitation force of the motor rotor and which can easily prevent decreases in fastening strength; a motor that uses the motor rotor, and an electric compressor are also provided. This motor rotor is provided with a cylindrical rotor core comprising multiple laminated magnetic steel sheets, end plates and balance weights laminated on both ends of the rotor core, and multiple headed swage pins which are inserted from one side and which integrally fasten the rotor core, the end plates and the balance weights. The material of the balance weight arranged to the head of the swage pin is harder than that of the swage pin, and the material of the balance weight arranged to the swage part of the swage pin is softer than that of the swage pin.
US10424989B2	Methods for manufacturing a housing for an electrical machine A method for manufacturing a housing for an electrical machine includes printing, by a three-dimensional (3D) printing process, the housing. In addition, the method includes printing, by the 3D printing process, a cooling jacket that is integral with the housing. The method also includes printing, by the 3D printing process, at least one end cap configured to enclose a cavity defined by the housing. In addition, the method includes coupling the at least one end cap to the housing.
US10424988B2	Downhole electric submersible pumps with high rotordynamic stability margin An electric submersible pump is provided which has improved vibrational characteristics relative to conventional electric submersible pumps. The improved electric submersible pumps comprise an electric motor mechanically coupled to a pumping section. The improved vibrational characteristics of the electric submersible pump are attributed to the presence of one or more rotor bearings selected from the group consisting of herringbone patterned rotor bearings, pressure dam rotor bearings, circumferential groove rotor bearings, and combinations of two or more of any of the foregoing rotor bearings.
US10424987B2	Protective structure of stator and fan using the same The present invention relates to a protective structure of a stator and a fan using the same. The protective structure of a stator comprises plural silicon steel sheets, at least one first filler, and a cover body. The silicon steel sheets are surrounded by plural coils. Each of the silicon steel sheets has a hole and plural magnetic poles extending symmetrically outward from the hole. Each of two adjacent magnetic poles defines a space. The first filler is disposed in the spaces. The cover body is disposed to surround the silicon steel sheets such that the cover body, the silicon steel sheets, and the first filler are integrally combined. Therefore, by means of the first filler disposed in the spaces of each of two adjacent magnetic poles, the amount of cover body material can be effectively reduced to further achieve the effect of cost reduction.
US10424986B2	Actuator An actuator for a vehicle air-conditioning unit, has a housing, an output driven by a gear train, a motor driving the output via the gear train, a PCB connected to the motor for supplying power to the motor; and lead wires connected to the PCB via a direct connection connector to supply power to the PCB. Terminals of the connector are crimped to the lead wires and make direct mechanical contact with contact pads formed on the PCB.
US10424983B2	Stator for rotary electric machine A bus bar extended end portion of a bus bar that projects from a main body of a bus bar module and a coil conductor extended end portion extend in the same direction, and are disposed adjacent to each other. The respective distal ends of the coil conductor extended end portion and the bus bar extended end portion are welded to each other. The coil conductor extended end portion and the bus bar extended end portion are also fixed to each other at a position away from the weld.
US10424981B2	Rotating electric machine with magnetic gaps A rotating electric machine includes an armature and a field rotor. The field rotor includes magnetic pole teeth, an annular body portion, a bypass gap portion and permanent magnets. The magnetic pole teeth are arranged so that the polarities thereof alternate between N and S in a circumferential direction of the field rotor. The annular body portion connects the magnetic pole teeth at their root portions. The bypass gap portion is provided on an opposite side of the annular body portion to the magnetic pole teeth. The permanent magnets are provided in the annular body portion so as to be spaced from one another in the circumferential direction. The bypass gap portion includes first magnetic gaps each of which is formed adjacent to one of the permanent magnets. Each of the permanent magnets is arranged within an inter-pole angular range between one circumferentially-adjacent pair of the magnetic pole teeth.
US10424980B2	Motor and stator thereof A motor stator includes a stator core, a winding wound around the stator core, and a circuit board connected with the winding. The circuit board forms a through hole. The through hole has an opening formed at an outer edge of the circuit board. A wire terminal of the winding slides into the through hole via the opening, and a distal end of the wire terminal is bent and soldered to a surface of the circuit board after passing through the through hole.
US10424978B2	Rotating electrical machine comprising stator core, and machine tool comprising the same To provide a rotating electrical machine which can be easily configured at low lost, and which can highly accurately maintain an axial position (position in a thrust direction) of a rotating shaft in a prearranged position, and a machine tool, to which the rotating electrical machine is applied. A rotating electrical machine includes: a stator including a stator core; and a rotor supported on a rotating shaft supported by way of a non-contact bearing. When a section, in which a torque generation member exists in an axial direction of the rotating electrical machine, is defined as a torque generation section, a first end and a second end of the stator core in the axial direction extend outwards in the axial direction from a first end and a second end of the torque generation section at the rotor side in the axial direction. According to one aspect of the present invention, a length of the first end and the second end of the stator core extending outwards in the axial direction, from the first end and the second end of the torque generation section at the rotor side in the axial direction, is longer than a magnetic gap length of the rotating electrical machine.
US10424977B2	Charging system using NFC, mobile device chargeable by NFC, and charger Provided is a charging system characterized by being provided with: a mobile device including a first NFC antenna and a rechargeable battery which is charged on the basis of a current induced in the first NFC antenna by electromagnetic induction; and a charger including a second NFC antenna which causes electromagnetic induction to be induced in the first NFC antenna, and a supply unit which supplies the second NFC antenna with a feed current for inducing the electromagnetic induction; and in that the charging system is further provided with a control means for causing an intended electromagnetic induction to arise between the first NFC antenna and the second NFC antenna.
US10424976B2	Reconfigurable control architectures and algorithms for electric vehicle wireless energy transfer systems A control architecture for electric vehicle wireless power transmission systems that may be segmented so that certain essential and/or standardized control circuits, programs, algorithms, and the like, are permanent to the system and so that other non-essential and/or augmentable control circuits, programs, algorithms, and the like, may be reconfigurable and/or customizable by a user of the system. The control architecture may be distributed to various components of the wireless power system so that a combination of local or low-level controls operating at relatively high-speed can protect critical functionality of the system while higher-level and relatively lower speed control loops can be used to control other local and system-wide functionality.
US10424971B2	Energy storage device for wireless environmental applications Systems and methods are described for receiving wireless power and providing wired power. In some embodiments, a wirelessly chargeable battery apparatus comprises a housing and one or more antennas situated within the housing. The antennas are configured to receive wireless radio frequency (RF) power from a wireless charging system. One or more electronic circuit boards (PCBs) situated within the housing are included, and the one or more electronic circuit boards are configured to convert the received wireless RF power to direct current (DC) power. The apparatus also comprises one or more batteries configured to store the DC power and a port configured to couple with a cable external to the housing and to provide stored DC power from the one or more batteries to the cable.
US10424968B2	Methods and devices for controlling wireless power transfer levels Disclosed herein are embodiments of novel WPT systems, devices, and methods of using the same. Also disclosed herein are methods for controlling the power delivered from a stationary source (e.g., a primary coil) to a moving telemetric device (e.g., a secondary coil) via magnetic resonance coupling. The systems, device, and methods described herein can be used to tune and/or detune resonant frequency between a primary coil and a telemetric device so as to prevent device malfunction and/or tissue damage for the small animals associated with the telemetric device.
US10424962B2	Charging assembly for wireless power transfer A charging assembly for wireless power transfer. In embodiments, the charging assembly comprises a housing, a cap structure, a ferrimagnetic sleeve, an inductive coil, a magnet, a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), and a four-pin connector extending from a bottom surface of the PCBA. A ridge of the cap structure can be coupled to a lip of the housing. The housing can include a bottom housing surface having an aperture, and a sidewall extending between the bottom housing surface and the lip that extends outward from the sidewall along a perimeter of the housing parallel to the bottom housing surface. The four-pin connector can extend through the aperture of the housing. Some embodiments are directed to a charging device that incorporates the charging assembly.
US10424957B2	Methods and systems for handling passive entry passive start (PEPS) remote controller battery self-discharge A fob for a passive entry passive start (PEPS) system includes a LF receiver, an UHF transmitter, an UWB transceiver, a primary battery to power the receiver and the transmitter, a rechargeable secondary battery to power the transceiver, and a controller. The controller may cause the primary battery to recharge the secondary battery when the secondary battery has a low charge. The controller may cause the transmitter to transmit an indication to a base station of the PEPS system that the primary battery has a low charge. This indication is to alert a user to replace the primary battery. The controller may cause the transmitter to transmit an indication that the secondary battery is dead when the secondary battery is detected to be dead. This indication is to alert the base station that PEPS communications of the fob will not involve the transceiver.
US10424956B2	Methods and systems for handling passive entry passive start (PEPS) remote controller battery self-discharge A fob for a passive entry passive start (PEPS) system includes a LF receiver, an UHF transmitter, an UWB transceiver, a primary battery to power the receiver and the transmitter, a rechargeable secondary battery to power the transceiver, and a controller. The controller may cause the primary battery to recharge the secondary battery when the secondary battery has a low charge. The controller may cause the transmitter to transmit an indication to a base station of the PEPS system that the primary battery has a low charge. This indication is to alert a user to replace the primary battery. The controller may cause the transmitter to transmit an indication that the secondary battery is dead when the secondary battery is detected to be dead. This indication is to alert the base station that PEPS communications of the fob will not involve the transceiver.
US10424955B2	Charging system with compressible contacts A recharging system includes a contact pad charger having a compressible contact pad conformable to a rechargeable device body for charging a power storage device in the rechargeable device body. The contact pad charger includes a power supply configured to provide a supply voltage. The compressible contact pad is electrically coupled to the power supply and defines a first variable resistance in response to a first conductor compression. The rechargeable device body includes a power manager electrically coupled to the power supply and is configured to receive a variable input voltage in response to a first variable voltage drop across the first conductor and to provide a regulated output voltage in response to the received variable input voltage. The regulated output voltage is less than the supply voltage. The power storage device is electrically coupled to the power manager and configured to receive the regulated output voltage for charging.
US10424953B2	Power adapter and mobile terminal The present disclosure provides a power adapter and a terminal. The power adapter is coupled to a mobile terminal via a USB interface, and a data line of the USB interface is used for a bidirectional communication between the power adapter and the mobile terminal. The power adapter supports a normal charging mode and a quick charging mode, and a charging current of the quick charging mode is greater than a charging current of the normal charging mode. The method includes: communicating, by the power adapter, with the mobile terminal via the data line of the USB interface, so as to determine to charge the mobile terminal in the quick charging mode; and adjusting, by the power adapter, a charging current of the power adapter to be the charging current of the quick charging mode to charge the mobile terminal.
US10424952B2	Bistage temperature device using positive temperature coefficient material A bi-stage temperature device may include a low temperature component, comprising a negative temperature coefficient (NTC) material; and a high temperature component, mechanically coupled to the low temperature component, and comprising a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) material, and a flexible substrate. The low temperature component may be arranged to generate a low temperature transition, the low temperature transition comprising a first change in electrical resistance, from a first resistance to a second resistance at a first temperature. The high temperature component may be arranged to generate a high temperature transition, the high temperature transition comprising a second change in electrical resistance, from a third resistance to a fourth resistance at a second temperature.
US10424951B2	Arc detection apparatus In a solar power generation system, a solar battery string is connected to a PCS via an electric path. In the solar battery string, a plurality of solar battery units having a solar battery module and an optimizer that optimizes an output voltage of the solar battery module are connected in series. In an arc detection apparatus, capacitors form bypass current paths that bypass the optimizer, and an electric current sensor is provided on the electric path.
US10424950B2	USB controller ESD protection apparatus and method USB interface and charging port controller integrated circuits and systems are presented for interfacing USB power and data signaling with a host circuit, in which an ESD protection diode is integrated in the IC, having an anode connected to a data terminal of the IC and a cathode connected to the positive USB bus voltage terminal for directing ESD transient current from the data terminal to the USB bus voltage terminal for dissipation to an external bus capacitance connected between the USB bus voltage terminal and a USB ground node on a host system circuit board.
US10424948B2	Receptacle for monitoring and controlling parallel batteries A receptacle circuit is provided that includes a first circuit path that provides reverse current blocking and reverse polarity protection associated with a positive terminal of a first power source that is connected in parallel with a second power source, a second circuit path that bypasses blocking of the first circuit path, a third circuit path that provides reverse polarity protection associated with a negative terminal of the first power source, and a bypass control circuit that controls the first and second circuit paths based on determination of a predetermined condition.
US10424946B2	Apparatus and method for managing battery system Disclosed is an apparatus for efficiently managing a battery system in a situation where a charge or discharge power varies with time. The apparatus for managing a battery system includes a power measuring unit configured to measure the magnitude of a charge power supplied to a battery system or a discharge power output from the battery system, a reference setting unit configured to variably set a power distribution reference according to the measured magnitude of power, and a power distributing unit configured to distribute and supply a charge power to battery units having different outputs and capacities according to the set power distribution reference or allow a discharge power to be distributed and output from battery units having different outputs and capacities according to the set power distribution reference.
US10424945B2	Energy storage management system Disclosed embodiments relate to a control method of an energy management and more particularly, to an energy management system which is capable of reflecting a state of each energy storage system in the energy management system.
US10424943B2	Mobile power source A mobile power source includes a housing, a connecting plate, a battery assembly, and a circuit board. The housing includes a hollow middle housing having openings at an upper end and a lower end thereof, and an upper cover and a lower cover latched to the openings at the upper end and the lower end, respectively. The middle housing is provided with a plurality of pillars spaced along a vertical direction at an inner side wall thereof. The connecting plate abuts against the support surface and is fixed to the plurality of pillars. The battery assembly is disposed in the housing, which includes a battery pack, and an upper support member and a lower support member disposed at an upper end and a lower end of the battery pack, respectively. The circuit board is disposed on the upper support member.
US10424942B2	Wireless electric field power transfer system, method, transmitter and receiver therefor A wireless power transfer system comprises: a transmitter comprising a transmit electrode set configured to transfer power via resonant electric field coupling; and a receiver comprising a receive electrode set configured to extract the transferred power via resonant electric field coupling, wherein the electrodes of at least one of the transmit and receive electrode sets are concentric.
US10424939B2	Current limit control in hot swap controllers In an example, a device for controlling an electronic switch between a power supply and a load includes a first device pin configured to be in communication with the electronic switch, a sensing circuit configured to be connected to an input voltage and to measure a current to the load, a control circuit configured to be in communication with the sensing circuit and the electronic switch, the control circuit configured to use a current limit signal to control operation of the electronic switch, and a current limit circuit configured to be in communication with the control circuit, the current limit circuit configured to generate the current limit signal representing a current limit and automatically adjust the current limit signal in response to a change in at least one of the input voltage and an output voltage.
US10424932B2	Energy management controller, energy management method, and program An energy management controller acquires, for each of power lines in a demand area, from devices, measurement data relating to a power value measured by each device. The energy management controller selects, when power values are measured from a single power line, one power value as a power value measured from the power line, based on a priority assigned beforehand to each device. Then, the energy management controller manages power consumed in the demand area using the power value measured from each power line. Furthermore, the energy management controller causes an operation terminal to display, in a predetermined mode, information indicating the power value measured from each power line.
US10424931B2	Storage battery system A storage battery system relating to the present invention includes first and second PCSes. The first PCS performs charge and discharge to/from a first storage battery. The second PCS performs the charge and the discharge to/from a second storage battery. The second storage battery has a shorter service life than the first storage battery. A controllers controls the first and second PCSes on the basis of a charge/discharge request and storage battery information. The controller includes an SOC correction unit and a charge/discharge command unit. The SOC correction unit calculates SOCs of the first and second storage batteries, corrects the SOC of the second storage battery upwards in the case that the charge/discharge request is a charge request, and corrects the SOC of the second storage battery downwards in the case of a discharge request. The charge/discharge command unit determines charge/discharge commands so as to preferentially perform the charge from the storage battery of a low SOC in the case that the charge/discharge request is the charge request and to preferentially perform the discharge from the storage battery of a high SOC in the case of the discharge request.
US10424927B2	Surge suppression system for medium and high voltage A system of surge suppressor units is connected at multiple locations on a power transmission and distribution grid to provide grid level protection against various disturbances before such disturbances can reach or affect facility level equipment. The surge suppressor units effectively prevent major voltage and current spikes from impacting the grid. In addition, the surge suppressor units include various integration features which provide diagnostic and remote reporting capabilities required by most utility operations. As such, the surge suppressor units protect grid level components from major events such as natural geomagnetic disturbances (solar flares), extreme electrical events (lightning) and human-generated events (EMPs) and cascading failures on the power grid.
US10424918B2	Fault current limiter A fault current limiter, including: an inductor, a direct current circuit breaker, a shunt resistor, and a first fixed resistor. The inductor includes wound superconducting wires. The direct current circuit breaker and the inductor are connected in series to form a series branch. The shunt resistor is connected in parallel to the series branch. The first fixed resistor is connected in parallel to the direct current circuit breaker.
US10424917B2	Overcurrent protective system and overcurrent protective method An overcurrent protective system includes a current detector which detects a current flowing in an element which is to be protected by the overcurrent protective system, an overcurrent counting unit which selects an overcurrent sensing level corresponding to the element among a plurality of overcurrent sensing levels which are threshold values becoming standards for determining whether the current detected by the current detector is a normal current or an overcurrent and which determines whether the current is the overcurrent or not by comparing the current with the selected overcurrent sensing level, and a controller which decreases an output voltage of a circuit which is to be protected by the overcurrent protective system and includes the element when the current flowing in the element is determined as the overcurrent.
US10424916B2	Downhole component communication and power management A power control device includes a communication device configured to be disposed in a borehole and configured to couple electrical power from a power source to a downhole component from a conductor disposed along a borehole string, a circuit breaker system including a first circuit breaker disposed at a connection between the conductor and the downhole component and configured to be closed to connect the downhole component to the conductor, and a controller configured to monitor at least one of a current level and a voltage level at the connection and at the conductor. The controller is configured to control the circuit breaker system and autonomously perform opening the first circuit breaker in response to detecting a deviation in the at least one of the current levels and voltage levels at the connection, to isolate the downhole component from the conductor and the power source.
US10424914B2	Overtemperature protection A protective circuit protects against overheating of the stator windings of an EC motor. The stator windings are connected to a semiconductor output stage which is designed for time-offset control of the stator windings using a driver circuit of a commutation controller. The protective circuit has two redundant sensor circuits, wherein two resistance-dependent sensor elements connected in series are provided in the first sensor circuit and one resistance-dependent sensor element is provided in the second sensor circuit. The first and the second sensor circuits are connected, respectively, to two evaluating circuits separated from each other and cause an interruption of the driver circuit using switch-off means when a system-specific resistance value of the first sensor element or the one sensor element associated with the second sensor circuit is reached.
US10424913B2	Dynamic motor current phase unbalance protection In accordance with an example embodiment of the invention, in an overload relay for a three-phase motor, an adjusted threshold for detected current phase unbalance is dynamically determined at which the relay will be tripped. The adjusted threshold is a function of a ratio of an average of currents in the three-phases to the rated full load current of the motor, i.e., motor load. As the motor load decreases, the adjusted current phase unbalance threshold is increased, causing the resulting trip time to increase, thereby increasing motor run time and reducing downtime.
US10424911B2	Device for detecting and eradicating a leakage and/or stray current in/from a water body A device for detecting and potentially eradicating a leakage voltage from a water body comprises at least one wire sensor probe to receive the leakage voltage in the water body. The device comprises a voltage sensing circuit operable for receive the leakage voltage, and generate a voltage signal based on the leakage voltage. The device comprises a trigger circuit to receive the voltage signal, based on magnitude of the voltage signal being greater than a predefined threshold value. The trigger circuit activates an alarm circuit, and activates a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker, in response to activation of the circuit breaker, disconnects a power supply from the at least one voltage source immersed in the water body, thereby eradicating the leakage current from the water body if the leakage voltage is caused by the activated circuit breaker.
US10424901B2	Spark plug Provided is a spark plug capable of ensuring fouling resistance with a simple configuration. An insulator includes a step portion formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof. A center electrode is arranged in an axial hole of the insulator. A cylindrical metal shell having a shelf portion formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof is arranged radially outside the insulator. The insulator further includes a front end portion located frontward of the step portion. An outer circumferential surface of the front end portion has an arithmetic average roughness of 0.5 μm or smaller in a circumferential direction. A recess is formed with a depth of 3 to 20 μm in at least part of an end surface and the outer circumferential surface of the front end portion so as to extend from the front toward the rear.
US10424897B2	Semiconductor laser device and method for manufacturing same A semiconductor laser device includes a heat sink, a submount, a first electrode, an insulating layer, a semiconductor laser element, a connecting portion, and a second electrode. The submount is conductive and on a first region of an upper surface of the heat sink. The first electrode is conductive and on a second region, different from the first region, of the upper surface of the heat sink. The first electrode is electrically connected either to at least part of a side surface of the submount or to an upper surface of the submount.
US10424880B2	Shield connector and method for connecting same A shield connector is formed such that an electrical wire shield portion at an end of an electrical shield wire is removed to expose a plurality of single shield wires; connection terminals are each connected to the conductor at an end of each exposed single shield wire; the connection terminals are held in an inner housing; the inner housing and the single shield wires are sheathed with a shield shell; and an attachment piece integrated with the shield shell is fixedly attached to an end of the electrical shield wire. The shield shell is provided with a connector shield member, and the connector shield member is electrically connected to single wire shield portions of the exposed single shield wires.
US10424871B1	Locking electrical device An electrical receptacle including a body having a plurality of electrical connections, a device face connected to the body and movable with respect to the body, a plurality of electrical plug contacts positioned behind the device face, and wherein the electrical plug contacts retain an electrical plug prong at a first tension when the device face is in a first position and the electrical plug contacts retain the electrical plug prong at a second tension when the device face is in a second position.
US10424870B2	Connector with a lock arm A connector includes a housing and a lock arm that extends from the housing and is engageable with a counterpart connector. The lock arm includes a first arm a has a shape of a cantilever beam and has a locking hole for being engaged with the counterpart connector at a free end side of the first arm, and a second arm that extends from an end portion on the free end side of the first arm and is capable of releasing the engagement by bending the first arm around a fixing end of the first arm. The locking hole has a hole of which the size in a width direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the first arm becomes larger as a measurement position of the size of the hole gets closer to the free end from the fixing end.
US10424868B2	Round cable A round cable includes an internal cable formed by rolling a flat cable and an outer insulation jacket covering the outer side of the internal cable. The internal cable has several conductors, the internal cable includes several sector portions and a first connecting portion connecting every two adjacent sector portions, and the sector portions are stacked together one by one in a circumferential direction. The outer diameter of a round cable can be reduced, wire arrangement can be omitted before soldering, and production efficiency can be improved.
US10424867B2	Subsea termination gland, connector front end and connector assembly A subsea termination gland for providing a termination and connection to an electrical conductor has a first connector interface which is dry-mateable and is configured to be mated with a complementary second connector interface of a connector front end. The termination gland further includes a termination assembly having a connection member which provides a first connection section of the first connector interface. The connection member is connectable to the electrical conductor. The first connection section is exposed to the ambient environment when determination gland is not mated with the connector front end. A sealing section seals the termination gland to the connector front end.
US10424866B1	Waterproof connector A waterproof connector includes a base and a guiding seat. The base includes a seat. The seat includes a bottom plate and a guiding sleeve is connected to the bottom plate. A first waterproof sealing ring is disposed in the connection of the guiding sleeve and the bottom plate. A conductive member is disposed within the guiding sleeve. The conductive member extends through a first fixing seat. A second waterproof sealing ring allows the conductive member to extends therethrough and overlaps the first fixing seat. The second waterproof sealing ring has two grooves formed on two surfaces thereof. The conductive member extends through a second fixing seat, and the second fixing seat overlaps the second waterproof sealing ring. Finally the guiding seat is connected to the guiding sleeve. The guiding seat has a through groove, and the first waterproof sealing ring is sandwiched between an inner surface of the through groove and the outer surface of the guiding groove for the first waterproof element.
US10424863B1	Electrical receptacle and tamper-resistant shutter assembly therefor A shutter assembly is for an electrical receptacle. The electrical receptacle has a base. The shutter assembly includes a first shutter and a second shutter each structured to be coupled to the base and rotate between a FIRST position and a SECOND position, and a slider assembly having a number of slider members each structured to be coupled to the base. The number of slider members includes only one single slider member structured to slide between a THIRD position and a FOURTH position and engage each of the first shutter and the second shutter. Rotation of both of the first shutter and the second shutter from the FIRST position to the SECOND position cooperatively drives the one single slider member from the THIRD position to the FOURTH position in order to provide access through the base.
US10424859B2	Separable clasp connectors and die sets and methods for locking and unlocking such connectors A separable clasp connector is provided that has first and second parts that are pivotable with respect to one another by a die set. The clasp connector includes one or more die alignment features to ensure proper alignment with the die set so as to apply an unlocking force in a predetermined direction. Die sets and methods also provided to move a separable clasp connector back-and-forth among a locked position and an unlocked position.
US10424855B2	Connector terminals with improved solder joint A connector lead has a lead terminal that includes a recessed solder wicking restriction area for ensuring that enough solder remains on or near the lead terminal. The lead terminal has a neck portion and a base portion extending from the neck portion. The neck portion has a width that is narrower than the width of the lead. The narrower neck portion defines a recessed solder wicking restriction area that encourages more solder to accumulate on or near the base portion instead of wicking up the lead. The width of the neck portion may also be narrower than the width of the base portion, causing the lead terminal to resemble an inverted “T” when viewed from the front. A band of solder resistive material may be applied circumferentially or laterally around the connector lead above the lead terminal to limit wicking in some embodiments.
US10424850B2	Self-locking wire device and method of using the same The present invention relates to a self-locking wire device being adapted to receive at least one wire according to at least one insertion direction, the self-locking device comprises a housing being electrically insulating and a locking element being electrically conductive. The locking element comprises one or more bases extending all along an inner side of the housing and at least one locking portion being configured in a way to block any movement of the at least one wire in a direction being opposite to the insertion direction.
US10424846B2	Hybrid-on-chip and package antenna Antenna devices, antenna systems and methods of their fabrication are disclosed. One such antenna device includes a semiconductor chip and a chip package. The semiconductor chip includes at least one antenna that is integrated into a dielectric layer of the semiconductor chip and is configured to transmit electromagnetic waves. In addition, the chip package includes at least one ground plane, where the semiconductor chip is mounted on the chip package such that the ground plane(s) is disposed at a predetermined distance from the antenna to implement a reflection of at least a portion of the electromagnetic waves.
US10424839B2	Phase shifter assembly The present invention provides a phase shifter assembly for an array antenna, comprising: a first level phase shifter, wherein the first level phase shifter is configured to control the phases of a plurality of sub-arrays of the array antenna, where each sub-array comprises one or more radiating elements; a second level phase shifter, wherein the second level phase shifter is configured to proportionally change the phases of the radiating elements in the corresponding sub-arrays; and a power divider, wherein the power divider is connected between the first level phase shifter and the second level phase shifter. The phase shifter assembly has the advantages of both a distributed phase shifter network and a lumped phase shifter network. Specifically, the phase shifter assemblies can independently control the phases of the radiating elements in the array to obtain better sidelobe suppression. Further, phase control parts of the phase shifter are concentrated within a certain physical space range, so the size of the phase shifter assembly may be greatly decreased, and the cost may be greatly reduced, as compared with a conventional distributed phase shifter assembly design.
US10424837B2	High temperature transponders The present invention provides, in alternative embodiments, high temperature transponders that can withstand high temperature shocks and can maintain their physical and electrical characteristics following high temperature exposure, and methods of making said transponders.
US10424835B2	Door handle and antenna unit A door handle comprising: a housing mounted swingably with respect to a door of a vehicle; an antenna portion accommodated in the housing; an electrostatic-capacity sensor including an electrostatic-capacity detecting electrode, which is accommodated in the housing; and a conductive member which is formed between the electrostatic-capacity detecting electrode and the inner surface of the housing in a state of always being insulated with respect to the electrostatic-capacity detecting electrode.
US10424834B2	Devices, systems, and methods related to reprogramming a remote antenna unit via a communication cable According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of devices, systems, and methods related to reprogramming a vehicular antenna unit via a communication cable. In an exemplary embodiment, a vehicular communication system includes a radio control unit, and a remote antenna unit including at least one amplifier, a controller, and at least one of an antenna and an antenna interface. A cable is coupled between the radio control unit and the remote antenna unit. The radio control unit is configured to transmit radio frequency (RF) communication signals to the remote antenna unit through the cable, and the remote antenna unit is configured to transmit RF communication signals to the radio control unit through the cable. The radio control unit is configured to transmit flash programming data to the remote antenna unit through the cable to reprogram the controller of the remote antenna unit.
US10424833B2	Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus includes a display; and an antenna including a first element without power feeding that is a structural component made of metal and is disposed on the display or above a display surface of the display in a display direction, a second element which is disposed below the first element and is connected to a power supply, and a GND plate that is disposed below the second element, wherein the first element and the second element are electromagnetically coupled.
US10424828B2	Composite ferrite magnetic field shielding sheet, method for manufacturing same, and antenna module using same A composite ferrite magnetic field shielding sheet is divided into at least two regions. The at least two regions have different properties by adjusting raw ferrite particles suitable for forming at least two functional coil patterns from among wireless power charging (WPC), near field wireless communication (NFC), and magnetic security transmission (MST) coil patterns.
US10424826B2	Multi-antenna Arrangements The present disclosure is directed to antenna arrangements. In particular, an arrangement can include at least three antennas. A first and second of the antennas can be positioned such that signals they emit cancel each other out at a physical space comprising a third of the antennas. Additionally or alternatively, an arrangement can include at least two antennas. A first of the antennas can comprise at least two signal-emitting portions positioned such that signals they emit cancel each other out at a physical space comprising a second of the antennas.
US10424822B2	Multi-common port multiband filters A technology for a dual-common port multi-bandpass filter is described. The dual-common port multi-bandpass filter can include two or more analog filters. The dual-common port multi-bandpass filter can include a first common port coupled to an input of each of the two or more analog filters. Each analog filter can be configured to filter one or more frequency bands. The dual-common port multi-bandpass filter can include a second common port coupled to an output of each of the two or more analog filters. Each input of each of the two or more analog filters is impedance matched with the first common port. Each output of each of the two or more analog filters is impedance matched with the second common port.
US10424815B2	Battery and battery manufacturing method A battery including a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer is provided. The positive electrode layer includes a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer, and a positive electrode-side solid electrolyte layer; the positive electrode active material layer is arranged in contact with the positive electrode current collector in a region smaller than that thereof; the positive electrode-side solid electrolyte layer is arranged in contact with the positive electrode current collector and the positive electrode active material layer in the same region as that of the positive electrode current collector; the negative electrode layer has the structure similar to that of the positive electrode layer. Since the positive and negative electrode layers are laminated to each other, the positive electrode active material layer faces the negative electrode active material layer with the positive and negative electrode-side solid electrolyte layers provided therebetween.
US10424812B2	Non-aqueous electrolytic solution and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same An object of the present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution which can improve a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery in high-temperature storage characteristics and load characteristics, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The present invention is directed to a non-aqueous electrolytic solution for use in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which comprises a positive electrode and a negative electrode each being capable of having occluded therein and releasing metal ions, wherein the non-aqueous electrolytic solution contains an electrolyte, a non-aqueous solvent, and a compound represented by the following general formula (A): wherein each of R1, R2, and Y represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, and X represents a hydrogen or fluorine atom, wherein R1, R2, and Y are the same or different.
US10424806B2	Organic non-aqueous cation-based redox flow batteries The present invention provides a non-aqueous redox flow battery comprising a negative electrode immersed in a non-aqueous liquid negative electrolyte, a positive electrode immersed in a non-aqueous liquid positive electrolyte, and a cation-permeable separator (e.g., a porous membrane, film, sheet, or panel) between the negative electrolyte from the positive electrolyte. During charging and discharging, the electrolytes are circulated over their respective electrodes. The electrolytes each comprise an electrolyte salt (e.g., a lithium or sodium salt), a transition-metal free redox reactant, and optionally an electrochemically stable organic solvent. The redox reactant of the positive electrolyte is a dialkoxybenzene compound, and the redox reactant of the negative electrolyte is a viologen compound or a dipyridyl ketone.
US10424803B2	Ionic liquid catholytes and electrochemical devices containing same An ionic liquid catholyte includes an ionic liquid, such as 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (EMICl), at least one half of a redox couple, and a sodium salt. The ionic liquid catholyte is suitable for use as a liquid cathode in an electrochemical device including an anode current collector, an anode in contact with the anode current collector, a cathode current collector, a liquid cathode in contact with the cathode current collector, and a solid electrolyte separating the anode and cathode current collectors. The one half of the redox couple includes a metal in a first oxidation state that is oxidized or reduced to yield the metal in a second oxidation state, and the redox couple includes the metal in the first oxidation state and the metal in the second oxidation state. The solid electrolyte is permeable to sodium ions and is in contact with the liquid anode and the liquid cathode.
US10424800B2	Process for making a reinforced membrane-seal assembly and membrane-seal assembly for fuel cell The present invention provides a process for the manufacture of a reinforced membrane-seal assembly, the process comprising, forming one or more strips of an ion-conducting component in a plane on a temporary carrier component, forming a plurality of strips of seal component in the same plane on the temporary carrier component, such that the one or more strips of an ion-conducting component lie between two of said strips of seal component, wherein a planar reinforcing component comprising a plurality of pores is provided in the plane, such that the ion-conducting component and the seal component fill the plurality of pores, the one or more strips of an ion-conducting component, the plurality of strips of seal component and the planar reinforcing component thereby together form a reinforced membrane-seal assembly, and wherein each strip of ion-conducting component extends from a first end of said assembly to a second opposite end.
US10424799B2	Fuel cell system and control method thereof An object is to suppress drying of a fuel cell during continuous operation with high load. There is provided a fuel cell system including a fuel cell. The fuel cell system comprises an impedance detector that is configured to detect an impedance of the fuel cell; and a current limiter that is configured to limit an output current of the fuel cell with a limiting rate. The current limiter changes the limiting rate, based on the detected impedance.
US10424798B2	Controller for estimating relative humidity and condensed water, and method for controlling condensed water drain using the same The present invention provides a relative humidity and condensed water estimator for a fuel cell and a method for controlling condensed water drain using the same. Here, the relative humidity and condensed water estimator is utilized in control of the fuel cell system involving control of anode condensed water drain by outputting at least two of signals comprising air-side relative humidity, hydrogen-side relative humidity, air-side instantaneous or cumulative condensed water, hydrogen-side instantaneous or cumulative condensed water, instantaneous and cumulative condensed water of the humidifier, membrane water contents, catalyst layer oxygen partial pressure, catalyst layer hydrogen partial pressure, stack or cell voltage, air-side catalyst layer relative humidity, hydrogen-side catalyst layer relative humidity, oxygen supercharging ratio, hydrogen supercharging ratio, residual water in a stack, and residual water in a humidifier.
US10424796B2	Fuel cell system There is provided a fuel cell system comprising a first fuel stack, a first temperature gauge configured to measure a first temperature value, a power generation voltage meter configured to measure a power generation voltage, a cell voltage meter and a controller configured to control a temperature regulating mechanism such as to perform a temperature rise of the fuel cell stack. The controller is further configured to start the temperature rise of the fuel cell stack when a cell voltage is lower than a predetermined voltage value. When at least one of a plurality of time measurement conditions is satisfied after the first temperature value has reached a first reference temperature after a start of the temperature rise, the controller measures a time duration during which a voltage difference by subtracting the cell voltage from an average voltage of cells is maintained to be not greater than a predetermined voltage difference. When the measured time duration has reached a first reference time, the controller terminates the temperature rise. The plurality of time measurement conditions are conditions that predetermined time periods have elapsed since termination of a warm-up operation, since termination of an intermittent operation, since termination of regenerative braking and since a shift of the state of the fuel cell stack to a power generation capable state.
US10424795B2	Gas diffusion substrate A porous gas diffusion substrate that includes: (a) a porous non-woven web comprising carbon fibers; and (b) a carbonaceous residue; wherein the carbonaceous residue is embedded within the porous non-woven web; (c) a fluorinated polymer; and (d) inert particles wherein at least some of the carbon fibers of the porous non-woven web have a coating comprising the fluorinated polymer and inert particles is disclosed.
US10424794B2	Ionic complex, electrolyte for nonaqueous electrolyte battery, nonaqueous electrolyte battery and ionic complex synthesis method To provide a material suitable for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery having high-temperature durability. An ionic complex of the present invention is represented by any of the following formulae (1) to (3). For example, in the formula (1), A is a metal ion, a proton, or an onium ion; M is any of groups 13 to 15 elements. R1 represents a C1 to C10 hydrocarbon group which may have a ring, a heteroatom, or a halogen atom, or —N(R2)—. R2 at this time represents hydrogen atom, alkali metal atom, a C1 to C10 hydrocarbon group which may have a ring, a heteroatom, or a halogen atom. R2 can also have a branched chain or a ring structure when the number of carbon atoms is 3 or more. Y is carbon atom or sulfur atom. a, o, n, p, q, and r are each predetermined integers.
US10424791B2	Process for manufacturing electrode for secondary battery It is an assignment to be solved to provide an electrode for secondary battery, electrode in which the active material is suppressed from coming off or falling down from the electricity collector, and that has excellent cyclic performance.It is characterized in that, in an electrode for secondary battery, the electrode being manufactured via an application step of applying a binder resin and an active material onto a surface of electricity collector, said hinder resin is an alkoxysilyl group-containing resin that has a structure being specified by formula (I): wherein “R1” is an alkyl group whose number of carbon atoms is from 1 to 8; “R2” is an alkyl group or alkoxyl group whose number of carbon atoms is from 1 to 8; and “q” is an integer of from 1 to 100.
US10424789B2	Negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery and lithium ion secondary battery Provided is a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery including: a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery which is disposed on the negative electrode current collector and contains a carbon material and an aqueous binder. The carbon material is a graphite particle having a covering layer containing amorphous carbon by 5 wt % or less relative to a total weight of the carbon material.
US10424778B2	Material for positive electrode, electrode sheet for all-solid state secondary battery, all-solid state secondary battery, and methods for manufacturing electrode sheet for all-solid state secondary battery and all-solid state secondary battery A material for a positive electrode containing: a positive electrode active material, an inorganic solid electrolyte having conductivity of ions of metals belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table; an auxiliary conductive agent; and a dispersant including a compound having at least one selected from a group of functional groups (I), an electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery for which the material for a positive electrode is used, and methods for manufacturing an electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery. Group of functional groups (I): acidic groups, (meth)acryloyl groups, (meth)acryloyloxy groups, (meth)acrylamide groups, alkoxysilyl groups, epoxy groups, oxetanyl groups, isocyanate groups, cyano groups, and mercapto groups.
US10424775B2	Lithium battery and method of manufacturing the same A lithium battery includes an anode, a cathode, and a protective film disposed on at least one of the anode and the cathode, in which the protective film includes a compound including: i) at least one element selected from a Group 13 element, a Group 14 element, a Group 15 element, and a first Group 16 element; and ii) a second Group 16 element, in which the first Group 16 element is different from the second Group 16 element.
US10424767B2	Filling device for filling battery devices with battery cells A filling device (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4) for filling battery devices (BV) with battery cells (4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5), in particular lithium-ion battery cells, comprising a retaining device (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4) with a fixing device (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4) for fixing battery cells (4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5), and a filling nozzle suitable for connecting to battery devices (BV) and for filling battery devices (BV) with battery cells, wherein the retaining device comprises a cooling device (5) that is suitable for cooling the retaining device and the battery cells.
US10424766B2	Thermal insulation of a battery having an elevated operating temperature A battery housing including at least one interior space for accommodating at least one battery, and including at least one contact element which, in a connection position, establishes a connection to a counter-contact element, the connection passing through the battery housing out of the interior space and/or into the interior space, the connection being cut off in an out-of-contact position with the counter-contact element, the counter-contact element being situated on an insulation component movable relative to the battery housing, which is movable from a first position, in which the counter-contact element and the contact element are in the connection position, into a second position, in which the counter-contact element and the contact element are in the out-of-contact position, the contact element being thermally insulated in the out-of-contact position by the insulation component.
US10424763B2	Energy storage apparatus Provided is an energy storage apparatus includes: at least one energy storage device; and a spacer disposed adjacently to the energy storage device, the spacer being configured to form a ventilation passage which allows cooling air to pass therethrough between the spacer and the energy storage device, wherein the spacer has an opposedly facing portion which opposedly faces a spacer disposed adjacently to the spacer with the energy storage device sandwiched therebetween at a position which faces the ventilation passage and is disposed adjacently to the energy storage device in a flow direction of the cooling air in the ventilation passage, one opposedly facing portion of a pair of opposedly facing portions which opposedly faces each other of the spacers disposed on both sides of the energy storage device has an extending portion extending toward the other opposedly facing portion of the pair of opposedly facing portions, and the extending portion is brought into contact with the other opposedly facing portion.
US10424760B2	Display device including middle layer with varied nitrogen content located between first and second bases and manufacturing method of the same According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first base, a second base, a middle layer including a metal layer located between the first base and the second base, and a circuit unit and a display element unit located above the second base.
US10424759B2	Method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus includes preparing a lower substrate comprising a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area. A first thin film transistors (TFTs) is formed in the display area of the lower substrate. A first insulating layer is formed and disposed in the display area and at least a portion of the peripheral area of the lower substrate and that covers the first TFTs. Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are formed to be electrically connected to the first TFTs. A barrier layer is formed on at least a portion of the first insulating layer that is formed in the peripheral area of the lower substrate. A sealant is formed on the barrier layer such that at least a portion of the sealant overlaps the first insulating layer, and an upper substrate is sealed with the lower substrate.
US10424758B2	Method of manufacturing encapsulation film and organic light emitting display device using photo- or thermal-curable adhesive Disclosed is an organic light emitting display apparatus. An outer portion of an adhesive layer is set higher in degree of cure than a center portion of the adhesive layer, and thus, a driving defect is prevented from occurring because the adhesive layer stretches in a manufacturing process, and various defects are prevented from being caused by a jig, thereby enhancing reliability and productivity of the organic light emitting display apparatus.
US10424757B2	Organic light emitting apparatus, method for manufacturing organic light emitting apparatus, and imaging apparatus An organic light emitting apparatus including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a light emitting layer. The first electrode includes a metallic layer containing a first metal and a mixture layer disposed between the metallic layer and the organic layer. The mixture layer contains the first metal and a second metal having lower reflectance than the first metal.
US10424754B2	Organic light emitting diode device, display panel and display device The embodiments of the present invention provide an organic light emitting diode device, display panel and display device. The existing top emitting series OLED device is improved with a structure of homojunctions; the functional layer of the top emitting series OLED device is also improved. The functional layer comprises a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a plurality of light emitting layers, an electron transport layer and an electron injection layer sequentially arranged from the anode. A charge generation layer A and a charge generation layer B are arranged between two directly adjacent light emitting layers. A homojunction is applied in each light emitting unit of the top emitting series OLED device, reducing the types of organic materials and the carrier injection barrier, improving the injection of carriers and the efficiency of the device. The driving voltage of the device is thus reduced.
US10424753B2	Usage of boric acid in the production of PEDOT:PSS film The invention relates to production method of PEDOT:PSS film which comprises the steps of preparing substrate, preparing the mixture of boric acid doped PEDOT:PSS prepare on the substrate surface.
US10424749B2	Foldable display device A flexible display device is provided according to the present disclosure. The flexible display device includes a display panel, a support frame configured to support the display panel and provide strength to the flexible display device, and an adhesive layer between the display panel and the support frame. The adhesive layer includes a base film with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, first protuberances extending from the first surface towards the display panel and attaching to the display panel, and second protuberances extending from the second surface towards the support frame and attaching to the support frame.
US10424744B2	Compound and organic electronic device comprising the same A novel compound is disclosed, which is represented by the following Formula (I): wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, Ar4, L, Q, G, n1, n2, m1, m2 and q represent the same as defined in the specification. In addition, an organic electronic device is also disclosed, and an organic layer therein comprises the novel compound of the present invention.
US10424742B2	Organic electroluminescent device The organic EL device of the invention has, in order, an anode, a hole transport layer, a luminous layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode. The hole transport layer includes an indenoacridan derivative represented by the following general formula (1), and the luminous layer includes an N-aromatic substituted indenoindole compound and/or an N-aromatic substituted carbazole compound. In the formula, A1 is a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, a divalent aromatic heterocyclic group or a single bond, B is a monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group; a monovalent aromatic heterocyclic group; or a disubstituted amino group having, as a substituent, a monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a monovalent aromatic heterocyclic group; and R1 to R14 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
US10424734B2	Method for making organic light emitting diode A method for making an organic light emitting diode includes providing an apparatus including an evaporation device, a vapor deposition device, a connecting tube, and a vacuum pump. A substrate is placed on the support and a first electrode is formed on a surface of the substrate away from the support, wherein the first electrode comprises an electrode surface away from the substrate. The vapor deposition chamber is evacuated by the vacuum pump. The organic light emitting source material is heated to form a gaseous organic light emitting source material, and the gaseous organic light emitting source material is sprayed to the electrode surface, to form an organic light emitting layer. A second electrode is formed on a surface of the organic light emitting layer away from the first electrode.
US10424732B2	Fin selector with gated RRAM A method of fabricating a fin selector with a gated RRAM and the resulting device are disclosed. Embodiments include forming a bottom electrode layer and a hardmask on a semiconductor substrate; etching the hardmask, bottom electrode layer, and semiconductor substrate to form a fin-like structure; forming first and second dummy gate stacks on first and second side surfaces of the fin-like structure, respectively; forming spacers on vertical surfaces of the first and second dummy gate stacks; forming an ILD surrounding the spacers; removing the first and second dummy gate stacks, forming first and second cavities on first and second sides of the fin-like structure; forming an RRAM layer on the first and second side surfaces of the fin-like structure in the first and second cavities, respectively; and filling each of the first and second cavities with a top electrode.
US10424731B2	Memory device According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a first electrode; a variable resistance layer provided on the first electrode, the variable resistance layer including a chalcogenide compound having a crystal structure; and a second electrode provided on the variable resistance layer. The variable resistance layer includes a first region covering one of an upper surface of the first electrode or a lower surface of the second electrode, and a second region, a concentration of the chemical element being lower in the second region than in the first region.
US10424730B2	Tapered memory cell profiles Methods, systems, and devices for tapered memory cell profiles are described. A tapered profile memory cell may mitigate shorts in adjacent word lines, which may be leveraged for accurately reading a stored value of the memory cell. The memory device may include a self-selecting memory component with a bottom surface and a top surface opposite the bottom surface. In some cases, the self-selecting memory component may taper from the bottom surface to the top surface. In other examples, the self-selecting memory component may taper from the top surface to the bottom surface. The top surface of the self-selecting memory component may be coupled to a top electrode, and the bottom surface of the self-selecting memory component may be coupled to a bottom electrode.
US10424723B2	Magnetic tunnel junction devices including an optimization layer A Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) device including pillar contacts coupling the free magnetic layer of cell pillars to a top contact. The pillar contacts are electrically isolated from one or more other portions of the cell pillar by one or more self-aligned sidewall insulators. The MTJ device further including one of a static magnetic compensation layer or an exchange spring layer in the cell pillar.
US10424722B2	Piezoelectric element, piezoelectric actuator, and electronic apparatus Provided is a piezoelectric element containing no lead therein and having a satisfactory piezoelectric constant and a small dielectric loss tangent at room temperature (25° C.) In order to attain this, the piezoelectric element includes a substrate, a first electrode, a piezoelectric film, and a second electrode. The piezoelectric film contains barium zirconate titanate, manganese, and trivalent bismuth. The piezoelectric film satisfies 0.02≤x≤0.13, where x is a mole ratio of zirconium to the sum of zirconium and titanium. A manganese content is 0.002 moles or more and 0.015 moles or less for 1 mole of barium zirconate titanate, and a bismuth content is 0.00042 moles or more and 0.00850 moles or less for 1 mole of barium zirconate titanate.
US10424718B2	Piezoelectric film, piezoelectric device, and method for making piezoelectric film A method for producing a piezoelectric film includes forming a metal film, recrystallizing a portion of the metal film by heating, forming an amorphous film of piezoelectric material on the metal film; and heating the amorphous film at a position of the recrystallized portion of the metal film.
US10424708B2	Thermoelectric generator A thermoelectric generator includes a perovskite dielectric substrate containing Sr and Ti and having electric conductivity by being doped to n-type; an energy filter formed on a top surface of the perovskite dielectric substrate, the energy filter including a first perovskite dielectric film, which contains Sr and Ti, has electric conductivity by being doped to n-type, and has a conduction band at an energy level higher than that of the perovskite dielectric substrate; a first electrode formed in electrical contact with a bottom surface of the perovskite dielectric substrate; and a second electrode formed in electrical contact with a top surface of the energy filter. The thermoelectric generator produces a voltage between the first and second electrodes by the top surface of the energy filter being exposed to a first temperature and the bottom surface of the perovskite dielectric substrate being exposed to a second temperature.
US10424707B2	Flexible LED assembly with UV protection Flexible LED assemblies are described. More particularly, flexible LED assemblies having substrates with conductive features positioned on or in the substrate, and layers of ceramic positioned over exposed portions of the substrate to protect against UV degradation, as well as methods of making such assembles, are described.
US10424706B2	LED flip chip die-bond conductive adhesive structure and mounting method thereof An LED flip chip die-bond conductive adhesive structure includes an LED flip chip and an electronic circuit board. An LED flip chip negative electrode, an LED flip chip nonmetallic region and an LED flip chip positive electrode are sequentially arranged on a lower surface of the LED flip chip from left to right; a circuit board negative electrode, a circuit board nonmetallic region and a circuit board positive electrode are sequentially arranged on an upper surface of the electronic circuit board from left to right. The LED flip chip and the electronic circuit board are fixedly connected through a thermosetting die-bond insulating adhesive bonded between the LED flip chip nonmetallic region and the circuit board nonmetallic region; and the LED flip chip positive and negative electrodes are respectively conductively connected with the circuit board positive and negative electrodes in a direct metal-metal contact manner.
US10424705B2	Light emitting device with large phosphor area and method for manufacturing same A light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a first light transmissive member, and a second light transmissive member. A first lower face of the first light transmissive member is bonded to a light extraction face of the light emitting element and has a first lower face perimeter positioned outside of a light extraction face perimeter of the light extraction face when viewed in a height direction of the light emitting device. A second lower face of the second light transmissive member has a second lower face perimeter that coincides with or is inside of the first upper face perimeter when viewed in the height direction. A second upper face of the second light transmissive member is positioned inside of the first upper face perimeter when viewed in the height direction.
US10424704B2	Light-emitting device package A light-emitting device package according to an embodiment includes first and second lead frames, a package body exposing a portion of a front surface of at least one of the first or second lead frame, a light-emitting device, a protecting device, and at least one wire configured to electrically connect the exposed front surface of at least one of the first or second lead frame to at least one of the light-emitting device or the protecting device, wherein the exposed front surface of at least one of the first or second lead frame includes at least one bonding area connected to the at least one wire, wherein the at least one bonding area has a planar shape in which the at least one bonding area is disposed so as to contact a corner of the exposed front surface of at least one of the first or second lead frame.
US10424702B2	Compact LED package with reflectivity layer LED packages are disclosed that are compact and efficiently emit light, and can comprise encapsulants with curved and planar surfaces. The packages can comprise a submount with a one or a plurality of LEDs, and in those with a plurality of LEDs each of the LEDs can emit the same or different wavelengths of light than the others. A blanket conversion material layer can be included on at least some of the LEDs and the submount. The encapsulant can be on the submount, over at least some of the LEDs, with each of the planar surfaces being vertical and aligned with one of the edges of the submount. The packages can also comprise reflective layers to minimize losses due to light absorption, which in turn can increase the overall package emission efficiency.
US10424698B2	Method for producing optoelectronic conversion semiconductor chips and composite of conversion semiconductor chips A method for producing optoelectronic conversion semiconductor chips and a composite of conversion semiconductor chips are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes growing a semiconductor layer sequence on a growth substrate, applying an electric contact on to a rear side of the semiconductor layer sequence facing away from the growth substrate, thinning the growth substrate, after thinning, cutting the growth substrate at least to the semiconductor layer sequence thereby forming a first intermediate space, applying a conversion layer on to the thinned growth substrate and singulating at least the thinned growth substrate and the semiconductor layer sequence.
US10424695B2	Emissive nanocrystal particle, method of preparing the same and device including emissive nanocrystal particle An emissive nanocrystal particle includes a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group III-V compound and a shell including a second semiconductor nanocrystal surrounding the core, wherein the emissive nanocrystal particle includes a non-emissive Group I element.
US10424693B2	Semiconductor light emitting element having first semiconductor layer and holes through second semiconductor layer to expose the first semiconductor layer A semiconductor light emitting element includes a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, a second semiconductor layer, a first conducting layer, a second conducting layer, and an insulating layer. The insulating layer is disposed at least on or above the upper surface of the second conducting layer. Holes are opened at given intervals through the second semiconductor layer to expose the first semiconductor layer at bottom surfaces of the holes. In each of the holes, the insulating layer covers from a side-wall surface of each of the holes to a first region provided on or above the upper surface of the second conducting layer around a top of each of the holes. The first conducting layer covers from the bottom surface of each of the holes to a second region provided over the second conducting layer and the insulating layer around the top of each of the holes.
US10424690B2	Semiconductor device, print head and image forming apparatus A semiconductor device includes a first three-terminal light emitting element, a second three-terminal light emitting element that is disposed at a prescribed distance away from the first three-terminal light emitting element in a first direction, a first current supply electrode that corresponds to the first three-terminal light emitting element, a second current supply electrode that corresponds to the second three-terminal light emitting element, a first control electrode that corresponds to the first three-terminal light emitting element, a second control electrode that corresponds to the second three-terminal light emitting element, and a current extraction electrode that corresponds to the first three-terminal light emitting element and the second three-terminal light emitting element, wherein the first control electrode and the second control electrode are disposed at an inter-region that is determined between the first three-terminal light emitting element and the second three-terminal light emitting element.
US10424689B2	Method of manufacturing solar battery A method of manufacturing a CIS solar battery includes preparing a layer-shaped member that is configured by a substrate, a first electrode layer, a CIS layer, and a second electrode layer; setting a temperature of the layer-shaped member to a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature; forming a layer of a layer forming substance having a higher linear expansion coefficient than the substrate in a solid state of the layer on the second electrode layer; and cooling the layer-shaped member. In the method, a thin-film CIS solar battery is acquired by peeling the CIS layer from the first electrode layer along with contraction of the layer of the layer forming substance caused by the cooling of the layer-shaped member.
US10424688B2	Wire transfer apparatus of tabbing apparatus Provided is a wire transfer apparatus of a tabbing apparatus. A wire transfer apparatus of a tabbing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first transfer gripper unit configured to grip a wire; a second transfer gripper unit disposed in parallel to the first transfer gripper unit and configured to grip the wire at a location spaced apart from the first transfer gripper unit together with the first transfer gripper unit; and a gripper transfer unit configured to transfer the wire while moving the first transfer gripper unit and the second transfer gripper unit.
US10424679B2	Programmable frequency selective surfaces A controllable frequency selective surface. The frequency selective surface has a plurality of conductive patches with integrated circuits straddling gaps between, and connected to, pairs of patches separated by gaps. Each integrated circuit presents a controllable impedance and as a result the characteristics of the frequency selective surface are controllable.
US10424677B2	Charge carrier extraction inverse diode An inverse diode die is “fast” (i.e., has a small peak reverse recovery current) due to the presence of a novel topside P+ type charge carrier extraction region and a lightly-doped bottomside transparent anode. During forward conduction, the number of charge carriers in the N− type drift region is reduced due to holes being continuously extracted by an electric field set up by the P+ type charge carrier extraction region. Electrons are extracted by the transparent anode. When the voltage across the device is then reversed, the magnitude of the peak reverse recovery current is reduced due to there being a smaller number of charge carriers that need to be removed before the diode can begin reverse blocking mode operation. Advantageously, the diode is fast without having to include lifetime killers or otherwise introduce recombination centers. The inverse diode therefore has a desirably small reverse leakage current.
US10424676B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A minute transistor is provided. A transistor with small parasitic capacitance is provided. A transistor with high frequency characteristics is provided. A semiconductor device including the transistor is provided. A semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor, a first conductor and a second insulator embedded in a first insulator, a second conductor and a third conductor. Edges of the second conductor and the third conductor facing each other each has a taper angle of 30 degree or more and 90 degree or less.
US10424675B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer above an insulating surface, a source electrode in contact with a side surface of the oxide semiconductor layer, a drain electrode in contact with a side surface of the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film above the oxide semiconductor layer, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, and, a gate electrode overlapping with the oxide semiconductor layer interposed by the gate insulating film. The gate electrode is arranged above and outside of the source electrode and the drain electrode.
US10424674B2	Liquid crystal display device To provide a liquid crystal display device suitable for a thin film transistor which uses an oxide semiconductor. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, a film having a function of attenuating the intensity of transmitting visible light is used as an interlayer film which covers at least the oxide semiconductor layer. As the film having a function of attenuating the intensity of transmitting visible light, a coloring layer can be used and a light-transmitting chromatic color resin layer is preferably used. An interlayer film which includes a light-transmitting chromatic color resin layer and a light-blocking layer may be formed in order that the light-blocking layer is used as a film having a function of attenuating the intensity of transmitting visible light.
US10424666B2	Leadframe and integrated circuit connection arrangement A semiconductor package includes a leadframe having perimeter package leads and electrical connectors, a single semiconductor die having a back-side electrical contact and front-side electrical contacts, an electrically conductive clip (“clip”), and a top semiconductor die having a frontside and a backside. The single semiconductor die includes two or more transistors. Two or more of the front-side electrical contacts of the semiconductor die are electrically coupled to and physically mounted to respective electrical contacts of the leadframe. An electrical contact surface of the clip is electrically coupled to and physically mounted to an electrical connector of the leadframe. Another electrical contact surface of the clip is physically mounted to and electrically coupled to the back-side electrical contact of the semiconductor die. The backside of the top semiconductor die is physically mounted to yet another surface of the electrically conductive clip.
US10424653B1	Vertical transport field effect transistor on silicon with defined junctions A method for fabricating a semiconductor structure includes the following steps. A plurality of dielectric layers is formed on a substrate, wherein the material composition and layer positioning of each of the plurality of dielectric layers are selected to enable defined junctions for one or more features of the semiconductor structure. A trench is formed through each of the plurality of dielectric layers to the top of the substrate, wherein the height and width dimensions of the trench are selected in accordance with an aspect ratio trapping process. A vertical fin structure is formed by epitaxially growing material within the trench on the top of the substrate. In further steps, gate stack and source/drain regions are formed around the vertical fin structure in accordance with the positioning of the plurality of dielectric layers. The resulting semiconductor structure, in one or more examples, is a vertical transport field-effect transistor.
US10424652B2	Vertical tunneling field-effect transistor cell and fabricating the same A tunneling field-effect transistor (TFET) device is disclosed. A protrusion structure is disposed over the substrate and protrudes out of the plane of substrate. Isolation features are formed on the substrate. A drain region is disposed over the substrate adjacent to the protrusion structure and extends to a bottom portion of the protrusion structure as a raised drain region. A drain contact is disposed over the drain region and overlap with the isolation feature.
US10424651B2	Forming nanosheet transistor using sacrificial spacer and inner spacers Fabricating a nanosheet transistor includes receiving a substrate structure having a set of nanosheet layers stacked upon a substrate, the set of nanosheet layers including at least one silicon (Si) layer, at least one silicon-germanium (SiGe) layer, a fin formed in the nanosheet layers, a gate region formed within the fin, and a trench region adjacent to the fin. A top sacrificial spacer is formed upon the fin and the trench region and etched to form a trench in the trench region. An indentation is formed within the SiGe layer in the trench region, and a sacrificial inner spacer is formed within the indentation. A source/drain (S/D) region is formed within the trench. The sacrificial top spacer and sacrificial inner spacer are etched to form an inner spacer cavity between the S/D region and the SiGe layer. An inner spacer is formed within the inner spacer cavity.
US10424650B2	Single column compound semiconductor bipolar junction transistor fabricated on III-V compound semiconductor surface A vertical, single column compound semiconductor bipolar junction transistor device includes an all-around extrinsic base. Homojunction and heterojunction devices are formed using III-V compound semiconductor materials with appropriate bandgaps. Fabrication of the transistor device includes epitaxially growing a III-V compound semiconductor base region on a heavily doped III-V compound semiconductor bottom layer. A polycrystalline emitter/collector layer and the all-around extrinsic base are grown on the base region.
US10424649B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a substrate, device isolation film defining an active region of the substrate in which a gate trench extends, a gate insulating film disposed along sides and a bottom of the gate trench, a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating film in the gate trench and having a first portion, a second portion on the first portion, and a third portion on the second portion, a first barrier film pattern interposed between the first portion of the gate electrode and the gate insulating film, a second barrier film pattern interposed between the second portion of the gate electrode and the gate insulating film, and a third barrier film pattern interposed between the third portion of the gate electrode and the gate insulating film. The work function of the first barrier film pattern is greater than the work function of the second barrier film pattern and less than the work function of the third barrier film pattern.
US10424648B2	Copper and/or copper oxide dispersion, and electroconductive film formed using dispersion To provide a copper and/or copper oxide dispersion capable of forming an electroconductive film exhibiting excellent stability with respect to temporal change and having a fine pattern form, an electroconductive film laminate obtained by laminating the electroconductive film produced using the copper and/or copper oxide dispersion, and an electroconductive film transistor. The copper and/or copper oxide dispersion contains 0.50-60 mass % of copper and/or copper oxide microparticies and the following components (1)-(4): (1) a surface energy modifier; (2) an organic compound having a phosphate group; (3) 0.050-10 mass % of a solvent having a vapor pressure of 0.010 Pa to less than 20 Pa at 20° C.; and (4) a solvent having a vapor pressure of 20 Pa to 150 hPa at 20° C. The electroconductive laminate is obtained by laminating an electroconductive film containing copper on a substrate.
US10424643B2	Diamond air bridge for thermal management of high power devices A device structure and method for improving thermal management in highly scaled, high power electronic and optoelectronic devices such as GaN FET and AlGaN/GaN HEMT devices by implementing diamond air bridges into such devices to remove waste heat. The diamond air bridge can be formed from a polycrystalline diamond material layer which can be grown on the surface of a dielectric material layer, on the surface of a III-nitride material, or on the surface of a diamond polycrystalline nucleation layer, and may be optimized to have a high thermal conductivity at the growth interface with the underlying material.
US10424638B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, an insulating layer, a first carbon nanotube, a second carbon nanotube, a P-type semiconductor layer, an N-type semiconductor layer, a conductive film, a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode. The insulating layer is located on a surface of the gate electrode. The first carbon nanotube and the second carbon nanotube are located on a surface of the insulating layer. The P-type semiconductor layer and the N-type semiconductor layer are located on the surface of the insulating layer and apart from each other. The conductive film is located on surfaces of the P-type semiconductor layer and the N-type semiconductor layer. The first electrode is electrically connected with the first carbon nanotube. The second electrode is electrically connected with the second carbon nanotube. The third electrode is electrically connected with the conductive film.
US10424636B2	Power semiconductor devices, semiconductor devices and a method for adjusting a number of charge carriers A power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including at least one electrical structure. The at least one electrical structure has a blocking voltage of more than 20V. Further, the power semiconductor device includes an electrically insulating layer structure formed over at least a portion of a lateral surface of the semiconductor substrate. The electrically insulating layer structure embeds one or more local regions for storing charge carriers. Further, the one or more local regions includes in at least one direction a dimension of less than 200 nm.
US10424635B2	High voltage semiconductor device with guard rings and method associated therewith An electronic device including a substrate, a semiconductor element disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of guard rings at least partially surrounding the semiconductor element, wherein adjacent guard rings are spaced apart by a substantially uniform distance as measured along an entire length of the guard rings, and at least one of the plurality of guard rings has a flared portion. In an embodiment, at least one of the plurality of guard rings electrically floats. In another embodiment, the plurality of guard rings are disposed at least partially below a primary surface of the substrate. In an embodiment, the electronic device is a high voltage MOSFET or an IGBT.
US10424634B1	Semiconductor device In a semiconductor device, a source and a drain layers are located in a surface region of a substrate. A source crystal layer is located in a contact region of the source layer to extend to a position higher than the substrate. A drain crystal layer is located in a contact region of the drain layer to extend to a position higher than the substrate. A source contact is located on the source crystal layer. A drain contact is located on the drain crystal layer. A gate width or a gate length extends to a crystal orientation <110> of the substrate. A long side or a major axis of the source crystal layer or a long side or a major axis of the drain crystal layer extends in a direction inclined with respect to the crystal orientation <110> in a planar layout parallel to the surface of the substrate.
US10424632B2	Display device and electronic device A display device including a wide display region in which a seam is less likely to be noticed is provided. The display device includes two display panels that overlap with each other. An upper display panel includes a first display region and a region that transmits visible light. A lower display panel includes a second display region and a region that blocks visible light. The second display region overlaps with, on a display surface side, the region that transmits visible light. The region that blocks visible light overlaps with the first display region. At least part of an insulating layer included in the upper display panel is provided in the first display region and not provided in the region that transmits visible light.
US10424631B2	Display device having a bending area A display device includes a substrate including a bending area located between a first area and a second area. The substrate is bent in relation to a bending axis. A first wiring unit including a plurality of first wirings is arranged on the substrate to sequentially extend over the first area, the bending area, and the second area. First central axes included in each of the plurality of first wirings are spaced apart from each other by a first pitch in the bending area. A second wiring unit including a plurality of second wirings is arranged on the substrate to sequentially extend over the first area, the bending area, and the second area. Second central axes included in each of the plurality of second wirings are spaced apart from each other by a second pitch greater than the first pitch in the bending area.
US10424629B2	Display device A display device includes: a substrate: a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the substrate and facing each other; an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a common voltage line disposed on the substrate and connected to the second electrode to transmit a common voltage; a thin film encapsulation layer covering the second electrode; auxiliary wiring disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer and connected to the common voltage line; a covering layer covering the auxiliary wiring; and a touch panel disposed on the covering layer. Thus, a voltage drop of the common voltage ELVSS may be minimized, and the luminance uniformity may be improved.
US10424628B2	Manufacturing method of OLED backplane The invention provides an OLED backplane manufacturing method, comprising: depositing a buffer layer on a glass substrate; depositing a first metal layer on the buffer layer, patterning the first metal layer to form a source, a drain and a lower electrode of storage capacitor; depositing a semiconductor layer on the buffer layer, and the semiconductor layer covering the source and the drain; depositing a gate insulating layer on the semiconductor layer; depositing a second metal layer on the gate insulating layer, patterning the second metal layer to obtain a gate and an upper electrode of storage capacitor; using the gate self-aligned to etch the gate insulating layer and the semiconductor layer to expose the source and the drain. The invention educes the number of masks required for OLED backplane manufacturing and effectively reduces the production cost of OLED backplane.
US10424611B2	Image sensor including first and second overlapping device isolation patterns An image sensor includes a lower substrate including logic circuits and an upper substrate including pixels. Transistors provided on the upper substrate have the same conductivity type. Each of the transistors includes source/drain regions provided in the upper substrate, an upper gate electrode provided on the upper substrate, and a silicon oxide layer disposed between the upper substrate and the upper gate electrode. The silicon oxide layer is in physical contact with the upper substrate and the upper gate electrode.
US10424606B1	Systems and methods for reducing substrate surface disruption during via formation Embodiments are related to systems and methods for forming vias in a substrate, and more particularly to systems and methods for reducing substrate surface disruption during via formation.
US10424604B2	Array substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display apparatus The present disclosure provides an array substrate, its manufacturing method, and a display apparatus containing the array substrate. The array substrate includes: a substrate; a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, disposed over the substrate and arranged in rows and columns respectively; and a plurality of pixel regions, each arranged in an area defined by crossing gate lines and data lines and comprising a pixel electrode. The plurality of data lines are configured such that in each pixel region, orthographic projection of any one of the plurality of data lines on the substrate and orthographic projection of a corresponding pixel electrode on the substrate has an overlapping area having a width of ≥0 μm.
US10424600B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display includes: first and second thin film transistors and a compensation transistor formed on a first insulation substrate; a first gray subpixel electrode connected to a drain electrode of the first thin film transistor; a second gray subpixel electrode connected to a drain electrode of the compensation transistor and a drain electrode of the second thin film transistor; and first and second reference voltage lines overlapping at least one of the second gray subpixel electrode and the first gray subpixel electrode, wherein a pixel area occupied by the first gray subpixel electrode and the second gray subpixel electrode is extended in a first direction, the first and second reference voltage lines are extended in a second direction, which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, to overlap the pixel area, and one of the first and second reference voltage lines is connected to a source electrode of the compensation transistor.
US10424593B2	Three-dimensional non-volatile memory and manufacturing method thereof A three-dimensional non-volatile memory and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The three-dimensional non-volatile memory includes a substrate, a charge storage structure, a stacked structure and a channel layer. The charge storage structure is disposed on the substrate. The stacked structure is disposed at a side of the charge storage structure and includes insulating layers, gates, a buffer layer and a barrier layer. The insulating layers and the gates are alternately stacked. The buffer layer is disposed between each of the gates and the charge storage structure and on the surfaces of the insulating layers. The barrier layer is disposed between each of the gates and the buffer layer. An end of the gate is convex with respect to an end of the barrier layer in a direction away from the channel layer.
US10424592B2	Method of integrating a charge-trapping gate stack into a CMOS flow A method of fabricating a memory device is described. Generally, the method includes: forming on a surface of a substrate a dielectric stack including a tunneling dielectric and a charge-trapping layer overlying the tunneling dielectric; forming a cap layer overlying the dielectric stack, wherein the cap layer comprises a multi-layer cap layer including at least a first cap layer overlying the charge-trapping layer, and a second cap layer overlying the first cap layer; patterning the cap layer and the dielectric stack to form a gate stack of a memory device; removing the second cap layer; and performing an oxidation process to oxidize the first cap layer to form a blocking oxide overlying the charge-trapping layer, wherein the oxidation process consumes the first cap layer. Other embodiments are also described.
US10424591B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof In a memory cell region of a semiconductor device, a memory active region is defined by an element isolation insulating film. In the memory cell region, the position of the upper surface of the element isolation insulating film is set to be lower than the position of the main surface of a semiconductor substrate. A buried silicon nitride film and an etching stopper film are formed over the element isolation insulating film. The position of the upper surface of the etching stopper film is higher than that of the upper surface of the element isolation insulating film defining a peripheral active region.
US10424590B2	Memory device and manufacturing method thereof There are provided a memory device and a manufacturing method thereof. A method of manufacturing a memory device may include forming, on a substrate, a conductive layer, a sacrificial layer, and a stack structure. The method may include forming a plurality of vertical holes by etching a portion of the stack structure. The method may include forming a memory layer and a channel layer along internal surfaces of the vertical holes. The method may include forming a slit trench exposing a portion of the sacrificial layer therethrough by etching a portion of the stack structure between the vertical holes. The method may include exposing a portion of the channel layer and the first conductive layer through a lower portion of the stack structure by removing portions of the sacrificial layer and the memory layer. The method may include forming another conductive layer along surfaces of the exposed portion of the channel layer and the first conductive layer. The method may include forming a slit insulating layer in the slit trench.
US10424589B2	Floating gate spacer for controlling a source region formation in a memory cell A method is provided for forming an integrated circuit memory cell, e.g., flash memory cell. A pair of spaced-apart floating gate structures may be formed over a substrate. A non-conformal spacer layer may be formed over the structure, and may include spacer sidewall regions laterally adjacent the floating gate sidewalls. A source implant may be performed, e.g., via HVII, to define a source implant region in the substrate. The spacer sidewall region substantially prevents penetration of source implant material, such that the source implant region is self-aligned by the spacer sidewall region. The source implant material diffuses laterally to extend partially under the floating gate. Using the non-conformal spacer layer, including the spacer sidewall regions, may (a) protect the upper corner, or “tip” of the floating gate from rounding and (b) provide lateral control of the source junction edge location under each floating gate.
US10424582B2	Semiconductor device At least one of a plurality of transistors which are highly integrated in an element is provided with a back gate without increasing the number of manufacturing steps. In an element including a plurality of transistors which are longitudinally stacked, at least a transistor in an upper portion includes a metal oxide having semiconductor characteristics, a same layer as a gate electrode of a transistor in a lower portion is provided to overlap with a channel formation region of the transistor in an upper portion, and part of the same layer as the gate electrode functions as a back gate of the transistor in an upper portion. The transistor in a lower portion which is covered with an insulating layer is subjected to planarization treatment, whereby the gate electrode is exposed and connected to a layer functioning as source and drain electrodes of the transistor in an upper portion.
US10424581B2	Sub 59 MV/decade SI CMOS compatible tunnel FET as footer transistor for power gating An integrated circuit (IC) including a circuit block including a plurality of complementary metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (CMOSFETs), and a tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET) between the circuit block and ground for power gating the circuit block.
US10424580B2	Semiconductor devices having modulated nanowire counts Semiconductor devices having modulated nanowire counts and methods to form such devices are described. For example, a semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor device having a plurality of nanowires disposed above a substrate and stacked in a first vertical plane with a first uppermost nanowire. A second semiconductor device has one or more nanowires disposed above the substrate and stacked in a second vertical plane with a second uppermost nanowire. The second semiconductor device includes one or more fewer nanowires than the first semiconductor device. The first and second uppermost nanowires are disposed in a same plane orthogonal to the first and second vertical planes.
US10424579B2	Tunable electrostatic discharge clamp A semiconductor device for electric discharge protection is disclosed. In one aspect, the semiconductor device includes a substrate having a p-type doping. The semiconductor device includes a first well and a second well having an n-type doping and arranged spaced apart within a surface layer of the substrate, and a third well having a p-type doping and arranged in the surface layer of the substrate between the first well and the second well. The semiconductor device further includes an emitter region and a base contact region having a p-type doping and arranged within a surface layer of the first well, and a collector region having a p-type doping. The collector region is arranged at least partly within a surface layer of the third well and such that it overlaps both of the first well and the second well. An integrated circuit including a semiconductor device is also provided.
US10424578B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a conductive semiconductor substrate, an insulating film formed on the semiconductor substrate, an overvoltage protection diode configured to be formed on the insulating film and to include an n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer alternately arranged adjacent to each other, and an insulating film that covers the overvoltage protection diode. The concentration of the p-type impurities in the p-type semiconductor layer is lower than the concentration of the n-type impurities in the n-type semiconductor layer. The concentration peak of the p-type impurities is disposed in a non-boundary region between a boundary region and a boundary region.
US10424577B2	Semiconductor devices A semiconductor device including memory cell transistors on a substrate is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first wiring layer on the memory cell transistors and including a bit line and a first conductive pattern, a second wiring layer on the first wiring layer and including a ground line, a first via interposed between and electrically connecting the bit line and a source/drain of a first memory cell transistor among the memory cell transistors, and a first extended via interposed between the ground line and a source/drain of a second memory cell transistor among the memory cell transistors. The ground line is electrically connected to the source/drain of the second memory cell transistor through the first extended via and the first conductive pattern. The first extended via has a width greater than that of the first via.
US10424571B2	Electronic device package An electronic device package includes a package substrate, an interposer located above the package substrate and electrically connected to the package substrate, a processing device located above the interposer and electrically connected to the interposer, at least one high bandwidth memory device located above the interposer and electrically connected to the interposer and the processing device, a power management integrated circuit device located above the interposer and electrically connected to the interposer and the processing device, and a passive device located on or inside the interposer and electrically connected to the power management integrated circuit device.
US10424570B2	Power conversion apparatus A power conversion apparatus performs power conversion. The power conversion apparatus includes a semiconductor module and a cooler. The semiconductor module includes an insulated-gate bipolar transistor, a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, and a lead frame. The insulated-gate bipolar transistor and the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor are connected in parallel to each other and provided on the same lead frame. The cooler has a coolant flow passage. The coolant flow passage extends such that the coolant flow passage and the lead frame of the semiconductor module are opposed to each other. The semiconductor module is configured such that the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor is not disposed further downstream than the insulated-gate bipolar transistor in a flow direction of a coolant in the coolant flow passage of the cooler.
US10424569B2	Micro light-emitting-diode display panel and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a micro light emitting-diode display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The first electrode contact and the second electrode contact are alternatively disposed on the base substrate of the micro light-emitting-diode display panel, and the first electrode contact and the second electrode contact are respectively connected with the bottom electrode and the connection electrode of the micro light-emitting-diode. The connection electrode is also connected with the top electrode of the micro light-emitting-diode, and the micro light-emitting-diodes can be immediately inspected after the micro-light-emitting-diode is transferred, to reduce the difficulty of detection and product repair, and to improve the product yield.
US10424565B2	Semiconductor chip for protecting against electrostatic discharges A semiconductor chip, an optoelectronic device including a semiconductor chip, and a method for producing a semiconductor chip are disclosed. In an embodiment the chip includes a semiconductor body with a first main surface and a second main surface arranged opposite to the first main surface, wherein the semiconductor body includes a p-doped sub-region, which forms part of the first main surface, and an n-doped sub-region, which forms part of the second main surface and a metallic contact element that extends from the first main surface to the second main surface and that is electrically isolated from one of the sub-regions.
US10424563B2	Semiconductor package assembly and method for forming the same A semiconductor package assembly is provided. The semiconductor package assembly includes a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die. A redistribution layer (RDL) structure is disposed on the semiconductor die and is electrically connected to the semiconductor die. An active or passive element is disposed between the semiconductor die and the RDL structure. A molding compound surrounds the semiconductor die and the active or passive element.
US10424553B2	Semiconductor devices with underfill control features, and associated systems and methods Semiconductor devices with underfill control features, and associated systems and methods. A representative system includes a substrate having a substrate surface and a cavity in the substrate surface, and a semiconductor device having a device surface facing toward the substrate surface. The semiconductor device further includes at least one circuit element electrically coupled to a conductive structure. The conductive structure is electrically connected to the substrate, and the semiconductor device further has a non-conductive material positioned adjacent the conductive structure and aligned with the cavity of the substrate. An underfill material is positioned between the substrate and the semiconductor device. In other embodiments, in addition to or in lieu of the con-conductive material, a first conductive structure is connected within the cavity, and a second conductive structure connected outside the cavity. The first conductive structure extends away from the device surface a greater distance than does the second conductive structure.
US10424552B2	Alloy diffusion barrier layer A microelectronic device includes a reflow structure. The reflow structure has a copper-containing member and a solder member, and a barrier layer between them. The barrier layer has metal grains, with a diffusion barrier filler between the metal grains. The metal grains include at least a first metal and a second metal, each selected from nickel, cobalt, lanthanum, and cerium, with each having a concentration in the metal grains of at least 10 weight percent. The diffusion barrier filler includes at least a third metal, selected from tungsten and molybdenum. A combined concentration of tungsten and molybdenum in the diffusion barrier filler is higher than in the metal grains to provide a desired resistance to diffusion of copper. The barrier layer includes 2 weight percent to 15 weight percent of the combined concentration of tungsten, and molybdenum. A bump bond structure and a lead frame package are disclosed.
US10424550B2	Multi-band antenna package structure, manufacturing method thereof and communication device A multi-band antenna package structure includes a first redistribution layer; an integrated circuit layer, formed on the first redistribution layer, comprising at least one metal via, at least one metal pillar, an integrated circuit chip, and a molding layer, wherein the molding layer is used to fill openings formed by the metal via, the metal pillar and the integrated circuit chip which are disposed on the first redistribution layer, the metal via is electrically connected to one of the first metal patterns of the first redistribution layer; a second redistribution layer, formed on the integrated circuit layer; and a first antenna unit layer, comprising a first dielectric layer and third metal patterns formed in openings of the first dielectric layer, wherein at least one of the third metal patterns is electrically connected to one of the second metal patterns, and the third metal patterns form a first antenna unit.
US10424549B2	Trench structure and method A method of forming a trench structure is provided. The method includes depositing a silicon carbide (SiC) layer on a top metal layer, forming a first passivation layer on the SiC layer, removing a portion of the first passivation layer to form a first opening, forming a second passivation layer on the first passivation layer, the second passivation layer including a first portion in the first opening, and forming a second opening by removing a part of the first portion of the second passivation layer. The forming the second opening exposes the top metal layer.
US10424548B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device According to one aspect of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, which includes a bonding step bonding a semiconductor substrate having a semiconductor element disposed on a first surface, to a support substrate, at least through an adhesive layer between the semiconductor substrate and the support substrate, and a groove forming step forming a groove in a scribe area of the semiconductor substrate, from a side of a second surface of the semiconductor substrate, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, and in the groove forming step, a conductive layer between the semiconductor substrate and the support substrate is exposed at a bottom of the groove, without the adhesive layer being exposed in the groove.
US10424538B2	Anisotropic conductive film An anisotropic conductive film that is capable of suppressing the occurrence of short circuit during anisotropic conductive connection of electrical components having decreased pitch, and suppressing a decrease in conduction reliability during storage under a high temperature and high humidity environment has a structure in which a conductive particle-containing layer containing conductive particles that are arranged in a single layer in a layered binder resin composition is layered on at least a first insulating resin composition layer. The lowest melt viscosity of the binder resin composition is equal to or higher than that of a first insulating resin composition. A second insulating resin composition layer is further layered on a surface of the conductive particle-containing layer on a side opposite to the first insulating resin composition layer. The lowest melt viscosity of the binder resin composition is higher than those of the first and second insulating resin compositions.
US10424537B2	Device with pillar-shaped components A device with pillar-shaped components, includes a substrate; a wiring layer disposed on the substrate; and pillar-shaped components disposed on any of the substrate and the wiring layer, each of the pillar-shaped components having a bottom part connected to the substrate and/or the wiring layer, a top part opposed to the bottom part, and a lateral face part extending from the bottom part and connected to the top part; wherein each of the pillar-shaped components includes a first pillar-shaped part formed by plating, a second pillar-shaped part formed on the first pillar-shaped part by plating, and a ring-like projection part formed on the lateral face part to project outward and extend in a circumferential direction, and to be in a position higher than a joint position between the first pillar-shaped part and the second pillar-shaped part.
US10424528B2	Layered cooling structure including insulative layer and multiple metallization layers An assembly includes at least one heat emitting device and a continuous conformal cooling structure adhering directly to and conforming with surfaces of at least a portion of the at least one heat emitting device. The cooling structure may include a thermally-conductive, electrically-insulative layer adhering directly to surfaces of the at least one heat generating device to provide an electrically nonconductive, continuous, conformal layer covering all such surfaces. An inner metallization layer may be adhered directly to surfaces of at least a portion of the insulative layer. An outer metallization layer may be adhered directly to surfaces of the inner metallization layer to provide a thermally conductive layer covering such surfaces.
US10424522B2	Case, semiconductor device and manufacturing method of case A case and a semiconductor device including the case are provided for solving the following issues: when fixing a lid body to a case body by an adhesive, a process of attaching the lid body to the case body by applying the adhesive and curing the adhesive by heating is necessary, which requires much labor; also, when fixing the lid body to the case body by an engaging claw, it still requires much labor due to forming the engaging claw. The case includes a first member and a second member that is engaged with the first member to form an accommodation space inside the case, and the first member has a protruding portion extending from the first member side toward the second member side and having an end portion crushed from the opposite side of the first member to fix the second member to the first member.
US10424521B2	Programmable stitch chaining of die-level interconnects for reliability testing A method includes fabricating a set of die in a production run, each die comprising a set of pads at a periphery of a top metal layer, a first set of fuse elements, and a second set of fuse elements. Each fuse element of the first set of fuse elements couples a corresponding pad of the set to a corresponding bus when in a conductive state, and each fuse element of the second set couples a corresponding subset of pads of the set together when in a conductive state. The method further includes selecting a subset of the die of the production run for testing, and configuring each die of the subset for testing by placing each fuse element of the first set in a non-conductive state and placing each fuse element of the second set in a conductive state.
US10424515B2	Vertical FET devices with multiple channel lengths A semiconductor device comprises a first source/drain region arranged on a semiconductor substrate, a second source/drain region arranged on the semiconductor substrate, a bottom spacer arranged on the first source/drain region, and a bottom spacer arranged on the second source/drain region. A first gate stack having a first length is arranged on the first source/drain region. A second gate stack having a second length is arranged on the second source/drain region, the first length is shorter than the second length. A top spacer is arranged on the first gate stack, and a top spacer is arranged on the second gate stack.
US10424512B2	Processing method for sector-shaped wafer piece A sector-shaped wafer piece is processed according to the shape of the piece obtained by dividing a wafer into quarters. Information is collected on the shapes of four patterns of the quarter wafer pieces different in the position of a circular arc of an outer periphery and on processing feed quantities corresponding to the shapes of the four patterns. A pattern is selected by calculating a region of a square having vertical and horizontal sides equal to the two sides of the quarter wafer piece, imaging each of the sides to search for the presence/absence of a target pattern, and selecting that one of the four patterns to which the held quarter wafer piece corresponds. The held quarter wafer piece is processed along division lines with a processing feed quantity corresponding to the selected pattern.
US10424511B2	Method of processing workpiece A method of processing a plate-shaped workpiece that includes on a face side thereof layered bodies containing metal which are formed in superposed relation to projected dicing lines includes the steps of holding a face side of the workpiece on a holding table, thereafter, applying a laser beam having a wavelength that is absorbable by the workpiece to a reverse side thereof along the projected dicing lines to form laser-processed grooves in the workpiece which terminate short of the layered bodies, and thereafter, cutting bottoms of the laser-processed grooves with a cutting blade to sever the workpiece together with the layered bodies along the projected dicing lines. The step of cutting bottoms of the laser-processed grooves includes the step of cutting bottoms of the laser-processed grooves while supplying a cutting fluid containing an organic acid and an oxidizing agent to the workpiece.
US10424509B2	Method for producing a semiconductor body A method for producing a semiconductor body is disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes providing a semiconductor body, applying a first mask layer and a second mask layer to the semiconductor body and forming at least one second mask opening in the second mask layer and at least one recess in the semiconductor body in a region of the at least one first mask opening in the first mask layer, wherein the recess comprises a side face and a bottom face and the recess forms an undercut with the second mask opening, when viewed from the first mask opening. The method further includes applying a contact layer to the first mask layer and the bottom face of the at least one recess using a directional deposition method and applying a passivation layer to the side face of the at least one recess.
US10424501B2	Electronic device and method of manufacturing electronic device A method of manufacturing an electronic device includes: in transferring one or a plurality of element sections onto a first substrate from a second substrate, forming part or all of the one or the plurality of element sections on the second substrate with a resin layer in between; peeling off the one or the plurality of element sections that are formed on the second substrate from the second substrate through laser irradiation performed on the resin layer, and disposing, onto the first substrate, the one or the plurality of element sections peeled off; and using, as the resin layer, resin having glass-transition temperature and thermal decomposition temperature that differ from each other by 150 degrees centigrade or less.
US10424500B2	Semiconductor light emitting device, transfer head of semiconductor light emitting device, and method of transferring semiconductor light emitting device A method of transferring a semiconductor light emitting device, and which includes positioning a transfer head having a head electrode facing a semiconductor light emitting device having an undoped semiconductor layer, the semiconductor light emitting device arranged on a carrier substrate; moving the head electrode of the transfer head close to the undoped semiconductor layer of the semiconductor light emitting device; applying a voltage to the head electrode to provide an attachment force to the undoped semiconductor layer by an electrostatic force; and picking-up the semiconductor light emitting device and transferring the semiconductor light emitting device to base substrate.
US10424497B2	Wafer carrier A wafer carrier including a case having an opening at one end, slots disposed in the case and receiving wafers, and a wireless communication circuitry disposed on an inner sidewall of the case and configured to detect humidity of a gas contained in the case may be provided. The wireless communication circuitry may be further configured to compare the detected humidity with a threshold humidity predetermined, and transmit a first warning signal to an external host via wireless communication when the detected humidity is greater than the threshold humidity.
US10424493B2	Micro device stabilization post A method and structure for stabilizing an array of micro devices is disclosed. The array of micro devices is formed on an array of stabilization posts formed from a thermoset material. Each micro device includes a bottom surface that is wider than a corresponding stabilization post directly underneath the bottom surface.
US10424492B2	Method of fabricating integrated circuit packaging with etched base The present invention relates to an integrated circuit packaging, comprising: a plurality of electrical circuits using a first patterned conductive layer (103) formed by using a masking material (102); a second patterned conductive layer (105) having disposed on at least one side of the first patterned conductive layer (103); and a first dielectric layer (106) made from a laminating means, wherein the first patterned conductive layer (103) and the second patterned conductive layer (105) are disposed within the first dielectric layer (106), such that at least one side of the first dielectric layer (106) are located at the same plane with the first patterned conductive layer (103).
US10424486B2	Manufacturing process of elemental chip A manufacturing process of an elemental chip comprises steps of preparing a substrate held on the holding tape, the substrate including first and second sides opposite each other and the second side thereof being held on the holding tape, and the substrate further including a plurality of element regions and a plurality of segmentation regions defining each of the element regions; spraying a resist solution to form droplets of the resist solution, the resist solution containing a resist constituent and a solvent; forming a resist layer by vaporizing the solvent from the droplets and depositing the resist constituent on the first side of the substrate that is held on the holding tape; patterning the resist layer to expose the first side of the substrate in the segmentation regions; and plasma-etching the first side of the substrate exposed in the segmentation regions thereof.
US10424485B2	Enhanced etching processes using remote plasma sources Methods of etching a patterned substrate may include flowing an oxygen-containing precursor into a first remote plasma region fluidly coupled with a substrate processing region. The oxygen-containing precursor may be flowed into the region while forming a plasma in the first remote plasma region to produce oxygen-containing plasma effluents. The methods may also include flowing a fluorine-containing precursor into a second remote plasma region fluidly coupled with the substrate processing region while forming a plasma in the second remote plasma region to produce fluorine-containing plasma effluents. The methods may include flowing the oxygen-containing plasma effluents and fluorine-containing plasma effluents into the processing region, and using the effluents to etch a patterned substrate housed in the substrate processing region.
US10424482B2	Methods and structures for forming a tight pitch structure A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of amorphous silicon germanium (a-SiGe) structures having a first percentage of germanium on a substrate, forming a plurality of spacers on sides of the plurality of a-SiGe structures, performing an annealing to convert a portion of each of the a-SiGe structures into respective portions comprising a-SiGe having a second percentage of germanium higher than the first percentage of germanium, and to convert each of the spacers into respective silicon oxide portions, removing from the substrate at least one of: one or more unconverted portions of the a-SiGe structures having the first percentage of germanium, one or more of the converted portions of a-SiGe structures, and one or more of the silicon oxide portions, and transferring a pattern to the substrate to form a plurality of patterned substrate portions, wherein the pattern includes the portions remaining after the removing.
US10424479B2	Method for making nano-scaled channels with nanowires as masks A method of making nano-scaled channel, the method including: locating a first photoresist layer, a nanowire structure, and a second photoresist layer on a surface of a substrate, and the nanowire structure being sandwiched between the first photoresist layer and the second photoresist layer, wherein the nanowire structure comprises an nanowire; forming an opening in the first photoresist layer and the second photoresist layer to expose a portion of the surface of the substrate to form an exposed surface, wherein a part of the nanowire is exposed and suspended in the opening, and both ends of the nanowire are sandwiched between the first photoresist layer and the second photoresist layer; and depositing a thin film layer on the exposed surface of the substrate using the a nanowire as a mask, wherein the thin film layer defines a nano-scaled channel corresponding to the at least one nanowire.
US10424477B2	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%).
US10424476B2	Formation of SiOCN thin films Methods for depositing silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN) thin films on a substrate in a reaction space are provided. The methods can include at least one plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) cycle including alternately and sequentially contacting the substrate with a silicon precursor and a second reactant that does not include oxygen. In some embodiments the methods allow for the deposition of SiOCN films having improved acid-based wet etch resistance.
US10424474B2	Method and device for ion mobility separation Methods and devices for ion separations or manipulations in gas phase are disclosed. The device includes a non-planar surface having a first, second and third region. An inner arrays of electrodes is positioned on the first region. A first set of electrodes of the inner array of electrodes is configured to receive RF voltages and generate a first potential upon the receipt of the RF voltage. A first and second outer arrays of electrodes are coupled to the second and third region, respectively. The first and second outer arrays are configured to receive a first DC voltage and generate a second potential upon the receipt of the first DC voltages. The first and second generated potential manipulate movement of ions.
US10424473B2	Compact mass spectrometer A miniature mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an atmospheric pressure ionization source, a first vacuum chamber having an atmospheric pressure sampling orifice or capillary, a second vacuum chamber located downstream of the first vacuum chamber and a third vacuum chamber located downstream of the second vacuum chamber. A first vacuum pump is arranged and adapted to pump the first vacuum chamber, wherein the first vacuum pump is arranged and adapted to maintain the first vacuum chamber at a pressure <10 mbar. A first RF ion guide is located within the first vacuum chamber and an ion detector is located in the third vacuum chamber. The ion path length from the atmospheric pressure sampling orifice or capillary to an ion detecting surface of the ion detector is ≤400 mm.
US10424472B2	Ion guide and mass spectrometer using same A first rod electrode set has a first center axis, into which ions and air current are introduced. A second rod electrode set has a second center axis at a distance from the first center axis, from which the ions are discharged. A power supply applies voltages to the first rod electrode set and the second rod electrode set. The first rod electrode set and the second rod electrode set have a region where the sets overlap each other in the longitudinal direction, and form a single multipole ion guide by being combined to each other in the region. Different offset DC voltages are applied to the first rod electrode set and the second rod electrode set, respectively, and a DC potential for moving the ions to the second rod electrode set in the region is formed, the ions having been guided by the first rod electrode set.
US10424471B1	Flexible ion conduit An apparatus includes a flexible ion conduit extending between an input end situated to receive ions and an output end to define an ion passageway having an axis, the flexible ion conduit including an inner conduit portion having an inner surface facing the interior ion passageway and having a plurality of RF electrodes adjacently situated to receive RF voltages that are out of phase with respect to each other to direct the received ions away from the inner surface and into the ion passageway.
US10424463B2	Oxide etch selectivity systems and methods Embodiments of the present technology may include a method of etching a substrate. The method may include striking a plasma discharge in a plasma region. The method may also include flowing a fluorine-containing precursor into the plasma region to form a plasma effluent. The plasma effluent may flow into a mixing region. The method may further include introducing a hydrogen-and-oxygen-containing compound into the mixing region without first passing the hydrogen-and-oxygen-containing compound into the plasma region. Additionally, the method may include reacting the hydrogen-and-oxygen-containing compound with the plasma effluent in the mixing region to form reaction products. The reaction products may flow through a plurality of openings in a partition to a substrate processing region. The method may also include etching the substrate with the reaction products in the substrate processing region.
US10424462B2	Multi-cell resonator microwave surface-wave plasma apparatus A processing system is disclosed, having a multiple power transmission elements with an interior cavity that may be arranged around a plasma processing chamber. Each of the power transmission elements may propagates electromagnetic energy that may be used to generate plasma within the plasma process chamber. The power transmission elements may be designed to accommodate a range of power and frequency ranges that range from 500 W to 3500 W and 0.9 GHz to 9 GHz. In one embodiment, the power transmission elements may include a rectangular interior cavity that enables the generation of a standing wave with two or more modes. In another embodiment, the power transmission elements may have a cylindrical interior cavity that may be placed along the plasma processing chamber or have one end of the cylinder placed against the plasma processing chamber.
US10424461B2	Controlling ion energy within a plasma chamber Systems and methods controlling ion energy within a plasma chamber are described. One of the systems includes an upper electrode coupled to a sinusoidal RF generator for receiving a sinusoidal signal and a nonsinusoidal RF generator for generating a nonsinusoidal signal. The system further includes a power amplifier coupled to the nonsinusoidal RF generator. The power amplifier is used for amplifying the nonsinusoidal signal to generate an amplified signal. The system includes a filter coupled to the power amplifier. The filter is used for filtering the amplified signal using a filtering signal to generate a filtered signal. The system includes a chuck coupled to the filter. The chuck faces at least a portion of the upper electrode and includes a lower electrode. The lower electrode is used for receiving the filtered signal to facilitate achieving ion energy at the chuck to be between a lower threshold and an upper threshold.
US10424456B2	Fold over emitter and collector field emission transistor A field emission transistor includes a gate, a fold over emitter, and fold over collector. The emitter and the collector are separated from the gate by a void and are separated from a gate contact by gate contact dielectric. The void may be a vacuum, ambient air, or a gas. Respective ends of the emitter and the collector are separated by a gap. Electrons are drawn across gap from the emitter to the collector by an electrostatic field created when a voltage is applied to the gate. The emitter and collector include a first conductive portion substantially parallel with gate and a second conductive portion substantially perpendicular with gate. The second conductive portion may be formed by bending a segment of the first conductive portion. The second conductive portion is folded inward from the first conductive portion towards the gate. Respective second conductive portions are generally aligned.
US10424455B2	Suspended grid structures for electrodes in vacuum electronics Disclosed embodiments include vacuum electronics devices and methods of fabricating a vacuum electronics device. In a non-limiting embodiment, a vacuum electronics device includes: an electrode; a first film layer disposed on the electrode about a periphery of the electrode; and a second film layer disposed on the first film layer, the second film layer including a plurality of electrically conductive grid lines patterned therein that are supported only at the periphery of the electrode by the first film layer.
US10424453B2	Circuit breaker having circuit operating device A circuit breaker having a circuit operating device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a circuit unit having a main circuit, a detecting unit having a detection circuit for detecting a fault current in the main circuit, and a circuit operating device configured to allow connection or isolation between the main circuit and the detection circuit, wherein the circuit operating device includes a first fixed unit and a second fixed unit connected to the main circuit and the detection circuit, respectively, and arranged in parallel to each other, and a moving unit rotatably coupled between the first fixed unit and the second fixed unit to connect or isolate the main circuit and the detection circuit to or from each other.
US10424452B2	Operation coil drive device for magnetic contactor An operation coil drive device includes a drive control unit to perform control to set, for a semiconductor switching element to switch on and off the source voltage applied to an operation coil of a magnetic contactor, a larger ON/OFF time ratio for a circuit-closing control and a smaller ON/OFF time ratio for a holding control, wherein the drive control unit includes: a circuit-closing-control inductance calculation unit to calculate an inductance of the operation coil immediately after a start of the circuit-closing control; a circuit-closing-control resistance value calculation unit to calculate a direct current resistance value of the operation coil based on the calculation result; and a circuit-closing-control switching correction unit to correct the ON/OFF time ratio of the semiconductor switching element for the circuit-closing control based on the calculation result.
US10424451B2	Controlling a controllably conductive device based on zero-crossing detection A load control device may control power delivered to an electrical load from an AC power source. The load control device may include a controllably conductive device adapted to be coupled in series electrical connection between the AC power source and the electrical load, a zero-cross detect circuit configured to generate a zero-cross signal representative of the zero-crossings of an AC voltage. The zero-cross signal may be characterized by pulses occurring in time with the zero-crossings of the AC voltage. The load control device may include a control circuit operatively coupled to the controllably conductive device and the zero cross detect circuit. The control circuit may be configured to identify a rising-edge time and a falling-edge time of one of the pulses of the zero-cross signal, and may control a conductive state of the controllably conductive device based on the rising-edge time and the falling-edge time of the pulse.
US10424448B2	Pyrotechnic disconnect with arc splitter plates A pyrotechnic disconnect comprises: a housing with at least a combustion chamber therein; a pyrotechnic charge in the combustion chamber; a busbar covering an opening of the combustion chamber, the busbar configured to be severed by activation of the pyrotechnic charge; and arc splitter plates arranged in the housing on an opposite side of the busbar from the combustion chamber.
US10424447B2	Switching system A switching system, in particular of an on-board electrical system of a motor vehicle having a first disc which has a first, a second, a third, and a fourth stationary contact. The second and the third stationary contact, are electrically contacted by a first contact bar of the first disc. The switching system also has a second disc which has a first, a second, a third, and a fourth movable contact. The first and the second movable contact are electrically contacted by a second contact bar of the second disc, and the third and the fourth movable contact are electrically contacted by a third contact bar of the second disc. The second disc is rotationally mounted about a rotational axis relative to the first disc, wherein all the contacts are electrically connected in series in an angular position. A circuit breaker is also provided that includes a switching system.
US10424445B2	Electronic device including key button An electronic device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can comprise: a housing which has an opening part penetrating through the inside and the outside of the electronic device and forms the outside of the electronic device; a key button inserted into the opening part so as to be movable; a sealing member which is disposed such that the sealing member slidably contacts the outer surface of the key button, and prevents communication between the inside and the outside of the electronic device through the inner surface of the opening part and the outer surface of the key button; and a push switch accommodated in the housing and pressed by an inward movement of the key button. Various other embodiments are possible.
US10424444B2	Sensor for circuit breaker open and close failure prediction A failure prediction assembly is structured to monitor circuit breaker assembly sub-assemblies and their component's characteristics. The failure prediction assembly includes a sensor supported D-shaft and a sensor assembly including a housing and a number of sensors. The sensor assembly housing defines a D-shaft passage. A control unit is in electronic communication with the sensor assembly. The sensor assembly housing is coupled to the circuit breaker sidewalls with the sensor assembly housing D-shaft passage aligned with the circuit breaker sidewall D-shaft passages. The sensor supported D-shaft is rotatably coupled to the sensor assembly with the sensor supported D-shaft disposed through said sensor assembly housing D-shaft passage.
US10424442B2	Arc eliminator An arc eliminator includes a housing having a space formed therein and including an opening, an arc extinguishing part installed in the housing and including a moving rod disposed to be movable to the space, an indicator rotatably installed within the housing and seen through the opening, and an indicator rotating mechanism interworking with the moving rod when the moving rod moves, to rotate the indicator. A closing state and opening state of an arc extinguishing part may be easily recognized through an indicator and an arc accident may be minimized.
US10424440B2	Capacitor having an auxiliary electrode A capacitor that includes a lower common electrode having a first region and a second region, a first upper electrode opposing the first region, a first dielectric layer between the first region and the first upper electrode, a second upper electrode located in a layer in which the first upper electrode is located and opposing the second region, a second dielectric layer between the second region and the second upper electrode, a first connection electrode electrically connected to the first upper electrode, a second connection electrode located in a layer in which the first connection electrode is located and electrically connected to the second upper electrode, and auxiliary electrodes located in a layer different from a layer in which the lower common electrode is located and that connect the first region and the second region of the lower common electrode.
US10424439B2	Capacitor for inverter of electrified vehicle and associated method An electrified vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an electric machine electrically coupled to a battery pack through an inverter. Further, the inverter includes a capacitor with an internal cooling channel. A method is also disclosed.
US10424438B2	Reduced electrical terminations in surface-mount technology components Systems and methods described in this disclosure are related to fabrication and utilization of two-terminal electrical components that may have terminations with reduced width. Components, such as the ones described herein may be used to increase the density of components in electrical devices, as they may reduce a separation distance between devices that lead to solder bridging. Methods for fabrication are also described, including the use of ceramic layers that may provide reduction in parasitic capacitance and/or inductances.
US10424434B2	Winding arrangement for inductive components and method for manufacturing a winding arrangement for inductive components A winding arrangement for inductive components includes a first winding section comprising at least one first winding, the at least one first winding comprising at least two electrically isolated parallel flat band conductors being configured as a first flat band stack, a second winding section comprising at least one second winding, the at least one second winding comprising at least two electrically isolated parallel flat band conductors being configured as a second flat band stack. The first ends of the flat band conductors of the first winding section are cross connected in a cross connection to first ends of the flat band conductors of the second winding section such that a first current flow stacking sequence in the first flat band stack is reversed to a second current flow stacking sequence in the second flat band stack.
US10424433B2	Electromagnetic coil constructed from conductive traces on printed circuit boards Traces, vias, or other conductive paths are formed on or through printed circuit boards or other insulating substrates to function as loops of an electromagnetic coil. The substrate itself insulates one side of each loop except at the inter-loop connection point, allowing the loops to be connected directly to each other. A ratio of trace width to depth may be selected to prevent or mitigate skin-effect losses at high operating frequencies. Nested sleeves on an insulated housing lengthen the surface distance between the coil and any nearby conductor such as an interior core or winding, presenting an effective obstacle to surface flashover between the coil and the nearby conductor. Optionally, field-shaping electrodes at the ends of the coil may discourage breakdown by reducing the electric field magnitude. Trace-based electromagnetic coils used as secondary windings in high-power transformers may be smaller than traditional wire-wound secondaries meeting similar voltage hold-off requirements.
US10424431B2	Coil, inductor device and method for manufacturing the coil A coil comprises a plurality of conductive layers, wherein a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer of the plurality of conductive layers each comprises a winding, and the first conductive layer is adjacent to the second conductive layer; wherein a first winding on the first conductive layer is electrically connected to a second winding on the second conductive layer, a first end of the first winding is connected to a first terminal electrode, and a second end on the second winding is connected to a second terminal electrode; wherein geometric central points of the first winding and the second winding are not spatially aligned.
US10424426B2	Rare-earth magnet and method for manufacturing same To provide a rare earth magnet ensuring excellent magnetic anisotropy while reducing the amount of Nd, etc., and a manufacturing method thereof.A rare earth magnet comprising a crystal grain having an overall composition of (R2(1-x)R1x)yFe100-y-w-z-vCowBzTMv (wherein R2 is at least one of Nd, Pr, Dy and Tb, R1 is an alloy of at least one or two or more of Ce, La, Gd, Y and Sc, TM is at least one of Ga, Al, Cu, Au, Ag, Zn, In and Mn, 0
US10424424B2	Coaxial radio frequency connectors for high-power handling Coaxial radio frequency (“RF”) connectors for high-power handling are disclosed. Specifically, a high-power male coaxial connector (“HPMC”) is disclosed. The HPMC includes a center conductor, an outer conductor disposed around the center conductor, an insulating layer positioned between the center conductor and the outer conductor, and a first elastomer. The outer conductor has an outer conductor front-end (“OCFE”) and the insulating layer has an insulating layer front-end (“ILFE”). The first elastomer is positioned between the center conductor and the insulating layer. The insulating layer may include an insulating layer cavity (“ILC”) extending inward into the insulating layer from the ILFE and the first elastomer may be within the ILC.
US10424423B2	Shielding tape with multiple foil layers A coaxial cable of the present invention comprises a center conductor, a dielectric surrounding the center conductor, a shielding tape surrounding the dielectric, a braided metal surrounding the shielding tape, and an outer jacket surrounding the braided metal. The shielding tape comprises: (i) a first shielding layer bonded to a first separating layer; (ii) a second shielding layer bonded to the first separating layer and a second separating layer; and (iii) a third shielding layer bonded to the second separating layer. The present invention eliminates the potential problem of the outer shielding structures separating and interfering with connector attachment. Furthermore, the use of three or more shielding layers in the shielding tape of the present invention improves the flex life of the shield tape by covering micro-cracks in the metal layers with additional shielding layers, thus reducing signal egress or ingress. Accordingly, the present invention provides cost savings and/or an improvement in shielding performance.
US10424421B2	Flat cable The present invention discloses a flat cable, which comprises signal unit sets and the insulating layer which wraps and fixes the signal unit set. The signal unit set is formed by at least two signals units arranged substantially on the same plane at an interval or side by side. The left and right sides of the signal unit set are directly wrapped by insulating layers. The insulating layer is formed by splicing and bonding at least one insulating film, and the splicing points at two ends of the insulating film are located on the upper side or the lower side of the signal unit set. In the flat cable of the present invention, the length of the overlapping portion can be set as required, effectively preventing the phenomenon such as insulating film tear and short circuit caused by insulating film tear.
US10424417B2	Method of preparing irradiation targets for radioisotope production and irradiation target Irradiation targets, useful in preparing radioisotopes by exposure of the target to a neutron flux in instrumentation tubes of a nuclear power reactor, are prepared by a method comprising the steps of: providing a powder of an oxide of a rare earth metal having a purity of greater than 99%; consolidating the powder in a mold to form a round green body having a green density of at least 50 percent of the theoretical density; and sintering the spherical green body in solid phase at a temperature of at least 70 percent of a solidus temperature of the rare earth metal oxide powder to form a round sintered rare earth metal oxide target having a sintered density of at least 80 percent of the theoretical density.
US10424415B2	Ceramic nuclear fuel dispersed in a metallic alloy matrix Systems and methods for manufacturing metal fuel are described. Methods for fabricating a metal-fuel-matrix cermet nuclear fuel may include crushed ceramic particles combined with metallic fast reactor fuel via bottom pour casting or injection casting, or a powdered metallurgical process. A maximum quantity of crushed ceramic particles added to the metallic fuel must not exceed that which would fail to yield a continuous matrix of metal fuel. After a short irradiation period, the microstructure of the fuel may be substantially identical to that of injection cast fuel, without crushed ceramic particles, irrespective of the fabrication process. Thus, the extensive existing database for injection cast fuel, without crushed ceramic particles, may be an excellent indicator of expected irradiation performance. Each of the processes may contribute to a solution of the spent nuclear fuel problem and may denature Pu239 during the process.
US10424411B2	Biopsy-free detection and staging of cancer using a virtual staging score A method for predicting a cancer staging score from medical image data includes receiving patient data for a plurality of patients, where patient data for each of the plurality of patients includes one or more of an image volume of a suspected tumor in an organ, blood test data, demographic data, and ground truth tumor staging scores for the suspected tumor in the organ, extracting features from the patient data, and using the features extracted from the patient data to train a classifier to predict a cancer staging score for a new patient from one or more of an image volume of a suspected tumor in the organ, patient blood test data and patient demographic data of that new patient.
US10424410B2	Tiered time-in-range guiding interfaces for diabetes management Introduced here are diabetes management platforms able to guide people with diabetes toward a glycemic target. Rather than state the absolute amount of glucose within the blood, the diabetes management platform can instead produce personalized glycemic goals based on the physiological data associated with an individual. For example, if the diabetes management platform determines that the time spent within a first glycemic range exceeds a specified threshold, then the diabetes management platform may recommend that the individual attempt to keep their blood glucose level within a second glycemic range. Generally, the second glycemic range is closer than the first glycemic range to a target glycemic range corresponding to a healthy glycemic state.
US10424409B2	Guideline-based patient discharge planning A system and method for guideline-based discharge planning of a patient from a facility, comprising determining via a processor whether a patient meets predetermined discharge criteria from the facility, generating a first signal indicative of the patient's risk of re-admission to the facility, generating a second signal indicative of a plan for providing care for the patient, generating a third signal indicative of a status of the patient for a post-discharge care report, and generating a fourth signal indicative of instructions to discharge the patient from the facility.
US10424407B2	Systems and methods for individual identification and authorization utilizing conformable electronics An identification device includes, but is not limited to, a deformable substrate configured to conform to a skin surface of a body portion of a healthcare provider; a sensor assembly coupled to the deformable substrate, the sensor assembly including one or more identity sensors configured to generate one or more identity sense signals associated with at least one physical characteristic of an individual subject other than the healthcare provider; circuitry configured to compare the one or more identity sense signals generated by the sensor assembly to reference data indicative of one or more physical characteristics associated with an identity; and a reporter configured to generate one or more communication signals associated with a comparison of the one or more identity sense signals generated by the sensor assembly to reference data indicative of one or more physical characteristics associated with an identity of at least one individual.
US10424405B2	Method, system and apparatus for transcribing information using wearable technology A wearable scribing system includes a camera and a microphone which communicate information to a remote system via a receiver/transmitter device. A scribe at the remote system inputs the information into an electronic health record. The wearable scribing system enables direct physician to physician communication.
US10424404B2	Automated health data acquisition, processing and communication system and method A passive tracking device, a processor configured to receive information from the tracking device, and a database accessible by the processor, among other elements, are disclosed. A first activity unit having a first start time corresponding to detection of engagement is monitored. The processor is further configured to establish a first end time of the first activity unit using the monitored information, and automatically ascribe a classification of the first activity unit. The classification of the first activity unit is output to a display of a computing device, and the classification of the first activity unit is stored in the database. A revised classification is output to a display of a computing device, the revised classification is stored in the database.
US10424399B2	Systems and methods of editing a polygonal-shaped chemical structure having a set number of vertices A device comprising a display, a user interface configured to receive gesture input, and a processor is provided. The device is configured to electronically detect, with the user interface, at least one gesture input from the user in an approximately circular motion that traces a substantially closed curve without corners about a point on the user interface. The device is configured to display, on a portion of the display, a polygonal shaped chemical structure symbol representing a polygonal ring of carbon atoms in response to the detecting, the polygonal ring having a set number of vertices representing a set number of carbon atoms. A non-transient computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that cause a device comprising a display, a user interface configured to receive gesture input, and a processor to perform a method is also provided.
US10424396B2	Computation pipeline of location-dependent variant calls The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for analyzing variants from a plurality of nucleic acid sequence reads using a computation pipeline, which comprises a module depending on a location-dependent parameter. The method comprises executing on a processor the steps of: receiving a plurality of nucleic acid sequence reads comprising at least a first nucleic acid sequence read and a second nucleic acid sequence read; mapping the first nucleic acid sequence read and the second nucleic acid sequence read to a first location and a second location in a genome, respectively; setting a first value and a second value for the location-dependent parameter on the basis of the first location and the second location in the genome, respectively; passing the first nucleic acid sequence read and the second nucleic acid sequence read through the module using the first value and the second value, respectively; and generating a variant call.
US10424395B2	Computation pipeline of single-pass multiple variant calls The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method of analyzing variants from a plurality of nucleic acid sequence reads. The method uses a computation pipeline having at least one invariable module and at least one variable module, wherein the variable module depends on a variable parameter. The method includes executing on a processor the steps of receiving the plurality of nucleic acid sequence reads; setting a plurality of values for the variable parameter; passing the plurality of the nucleic acid sequence reads through the invariable module to generate an intermediate output; passing the intermediate output through the variable module for multiple rounds, each round using one of the variable values; and generating a plurality of variant calls.
US10424390B2	Pulse output circuit, shift register and display device A pulse is inputted to TFTs 101 and 104 so that the TFTs would turn ON and then potential of a node α rises. When the potential of the node α reaches (VDD−VthN), the node α became in a floating state. Accordingly, a TFT 105 then turns ON, and potential of an output node rises as a clock signal reaches the level H. On the other hand, potential of a gate electrode of the TFT 105 further rises due to an operation of capacitance 107 as the potential of the output node rises, so that the potential of the output node would be higher than (VDD+VthN). Thus, the potential of the output node rises to VDD without voltage drop caused by a threshold of the TFT 105.
US10424384B2	Semiconductor memory device and control method of semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes an n-type semiconductor region, first to fourth conductive layers above the n-type semiconductor region, a p-type semiconductor region, a semiconductor layer between the n-type semiconductor region and the p-type semiconductor region and extending through the conductive layers, charge storage regions between the conductive layers and the semiconductor layer, a control circuit that executes a first read sequence and a second read sequence following the first read sequence, a comparison circuit that compares the first data read in the first read sequence to the second data read in the second read sequence, and a determination circuit that selects one of the first data and the second data as a true read value. The first and second read sequences each have an off step and an off voltage applied during the first read sequence is different from an off voltage applied during the second read sequence.
US10424378B2	Memristive control circuits with current control components In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a control circuit is described. The control circuit includes a source following component to receive an input voltage and output a switching voltage. The circuit also includes an input leg of a current mirror coupled to the source following component. The input leg of the current mirror replicates the switching voltage to an output leg of the current mirror of a memristive bit cell. The circuit also includes a number of current control components. At least one of the current control components enforces a constant current through the source following component and other current control components maintain the input leg of the current mirror and the output leg of the current mirror at the same current.
US10424376B2	Material implication operations in memory The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for material implication operations in memory. An example apparatus may include a plurality of memory cells coupled to a first access line and a plurality of second access lines, and a controller coupled to the plurality of memory cells. The controller of the example apparatus may be configured to apply a first signal to the first access line, and while the first signal is being applied to the first access line, apply a second signal to a first of the plurality of memory cells via another respective one of the plurality of second access lines and apply a third signal to a second of the plurality of memory cells via another respective one of the plurality of second access lines. The material implication operation may be performed as a result of the signals (e.g., first, second, and third signals) applied and a result of the material implication operation is stored on the second of the plurality of memory cells subsequent to the application of the third signal.
US10424375B2	Writing multiple levels in a phase change memory Structures and methods for a multi-bit phase change memory are disclosed herein. A method includes establishing a write-reference voltage that incrementally ramps over a write period. The increments of the write-reference voltage correspond to discrete resistance states of a storage cell of the multi-bit phase change memory.
US10424370B2	Sensor device with resistive memory for signal compression and reconstruction A sensor device comprising a computational memory and electronic circuitry. The sensor device is configured to receive an input signal, to compress the input signal into a compressed signal and to compute a reconstructed signal from the compressed signal. The electronic circuitry is configured to perform a reconstruction algorithm to compute the reconstructed signal. The computational memory is configured to compute the compressed signal and partial results of the reconstruction algorithm. A related method and a related design structure may be provided.
US10424369B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes memory cells connected to word lines and bit lines. In a verification operation, a controller applies first and second verification voltages to a word line in sequence, a first voltage to a first bit line of a first cell and a second voltage to second bit line during first level verification, and, if the first cell passes first voltage level verification, the first voltage is then applied to both the first and second bit lines while the second verification voltage is applied to the word line.
US10424366B2	Operational disturbance mitigation by controlling word line discharge when an external power supply voltage is reduced during operation of semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array to which a plurality of word lines are coupled, a voltage generation circuit configured to apply operating voltages to the plurality of word lines during a program operation, and a control logic configured to control the voltage generation circuit to perform a discharge operation for the plurality of word lines when an external power supply voltage is reduced during the program operation, wherein the control logic controls the voltage generation circuit such that, during the discharge operation, a potential level of a selected word line among the plurality of word lines is discharged, and then potential levels of the other unselected word lines are discharged.
US10424359B2	Semiconductor storage device A semiconductor storage device includes a first bank that includes a first memory cell group and writes data into the first memory cell group upon receipt of a first command, a second bank that includes a second memory cell group and writes data into the second memory cell group upon receipt of the first command, and a delay controller that issues the first command for the first bank upon receipt of a second command, and issues the first command for the second bank after an interval of at least a first period.
US10424358B2	Bias control circuit with distributed architecture for memory cells Disclosed is a device including a selected distributed driver, a first feedback control circuit, and a second feedback control circuit. The first feedback control circuit is coupled to the selected distributed driver. The first feedback control circuit is configured to maintain an output of the selected distributed driver within a first predetermined range. The second feedback control circuit is selectively coupled to the selected distributed driver and is configured to maintain the output of the selected distributed driver to be within a second predetermined range. The second predetermined range is within the first predetermined range.
US10424355B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit including master chip and slave chip that are stacked A semiconductor integrated circuit including first semiconductor chip and second semiconductor chip that are vertically stacked, wherein the first semiconductor chip includes a first column data driving circuit configured to transmit internal data to the second semiconductor chip in a DDR (double data rate) scheme based on an internal strobe signal, and a first column strobe signal driving circuit configured to generate first column strobe signals that are source-synchronized with first column data transmitted to the second semiconductor chip by the first column data driving circuit, based on the internal strobe signal, and transmit the first column strobe signals to the second semiconductor chip.
US10424353B2	Current-sensing circuit for memory and sensing method thereof A current-sensing circuit for a memory and a sensing method thereof are provided. The current-sensing circuit includes a pre-charge circuit, a sensing current-to-voltage generator, an auxiliary current-to-voltage generator, a reference current-to-voltage generator, and a detection circuit. The pre-charge circuit provides a pre-charge signal to a selected bit line during a pre-charge time period. The sensing current-to-voltage generator generates a sensing voltage to a memory cell current of the selected bit line via a first load. The auxiliary current-to-voltage generator provides a detection voltage to a portion of the memory cell current of the selected bit line via a second load. The reference current-to-voltage generator provides a reference voltage during a data-sensing time period. The detection circuit determines an end time point of the pre-charge time period by comparing a detected voltage generated by the second load with a reference voltage.
US10424352B2	Memory system and method for operating the same There are provided a memory system and a method for operating the same. A memory system includes: a semiconductor memory device for outputting a ready/busy (R/B) signal by performing an internal operation in response to an operation command, and outputting status data by performing a status check operation in response to a status check command; and a controller for outputting the operation command and the status check command to the semiconductor memory device, and determining validity of the status data, based on the R/B signal.
US10424346B2	Electronic device including monitoring circuit and storage device included therein An electronic device may include an embedded storage device connected to directly communicate with an extended storage device, and an application processor connected to directly communicate with the embedded storage device and connected to the extended storage device through the embedded storage device. The embedded storage device includes a monitoring device that monitors commands received from the application processor. The monitoring device generates a command state signal representing a state of the embedded storage device and the extended storage device based on a result of monitoring the commands. The embedded storage device operates so that a power supply is controlled in a part or all of the embedded storage device according to the command state signal.
US10424339B2	Marking media files Methods, systems, and products insert markers into recorded media modules. A pair of reference points is received that marks a position and another position in a recorded media module. A copy of the recorded media module is retrieved from memory. Portions of the copy of the recorded media module occurring before the position, and occurring after the another position, are discarded. The copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position is then presented to a user.
US10424334B1	Data storage device formatting a disk surface with a write format and a read format A data storage device is disclosed comprising a first disk surface comprising a plurality of data tracks, and a first head actuated over the first disk surface. First data is written to the first disk surface based on a first format. At least part of the first disk surface is reformatted based on a second format, wherein the second format defines a lower recording density for the first disk surface as compared to a recording density defined by the first format. After reformatting the at least part of the first disk surface, second data is written to the first disk surface based on the second format and the first data is read from the first disk surface based on the first format.
US10424332B2	Attenuating reaction forces caused by internally supported stators in brushless DC motors An apparatus, according to one embodiment, includes: a support plate; a stator; a stator support arm having a first end that is coupled to the support plate, the stator support arm extending from the support plate to the stator. The apparatus further includes at least one isolation mount coupled between a second end of the stator support arm and the stator for reducing transfer of vibration from the stator to the stator support arm; and a rotor sub-assembly. The rotor sub-assembly is configured to rotate relative to the support plate and the stator, the rotor sub-assembly including: a magnet; and a hub rotatably fixed relative to the magnet. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments.
US10424331B1	Remotely controlling a magnetic tape cartridge A data storage cartridge according to one embodiment comprises a housing configured to house a data storage medium, a sensor coupled to the housing, and a microcontroller coupled to the sensor. The microcontroller is configured to wirelessly communicate information about the sensor. Other embodiments relate to a data storage cartridge comprising a housing configured to house a data storage medium, a cartridge memory coupled to the housing, the cartridge memory having a wireless communications interface, and a microcontroller in physical communication with the cartridge memory. The microcontroller is configured to wirelessly communicate information retrieved from the cartridge memory. Additional embodiments relate to a data storage cartridge comprising a mechanical write protect mechanism coupled to the housing of the data storage cartridge, an actuator coupled to the mechanical write protect mechanism for selectively changing a state of the mechanical write protect mechanism, and a microcontroller configured to control the actuator.
US10424330B2	Magnetic tape having characterized back coating layer A magnetic tape includes a back coating layer having a thickness less than or equal to 0.30 μm and containing fatty acid ester. The logarithmic decrement acquired by a pendulum viscoelasticity test performed regarding the surface of the back coating layer is less than or equal to 0.060. The full width at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the back coating layer before and after performing a vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape is respectively greater than 0 nm and less than or equal to 10.0 nm, and the difference between the spacing measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the back coating layer after performing the vacuum heating and the spacing measured before performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and less than or equal to 8.0 nm.
US10424329B2	Magnetic recording medium A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a seed layer, an under layer, and a perpendicular recording layer having a granular structure. (Ms·αδ1.5(1−Rs)0.33), Ms, and α satisfy (Ms·α·δ1.5(1−Rs)0.33)≤0.1 [μ·emu·(mm)−1.5], Ms≥450 [emu/cc], and α≥1.2. In the above formulas, Ms indicates a saturated magnetization amount, α indicates the gradient of a M-H loop around a coercive force Hc, δ indicates the thickness of the perpendicular recording layer, and Rs indicates a squareness ratio.
US10424328B1	Reduced latency I/O in multi-actuator device An exemplary data refresh method disclosed herein reading data into volatile memory from a first storage region using a read element controlled by a first actuator assembly and writing the data from the volatile memory to a second storage region using a write element controlled by a second actuator assembly, where the first actuator assembly and the second actuator assembly are configured to receive data from control circuitry via independent read/write communication channels.
US10424326B1	Magnetic flux guiding device with antiferromagnetically coupled (AFC) spin polarizer in assisted writing application A spin torque transfer (STT) assisted magnetic recording structure is disclosed wherein a magnetic flux guiding (MFG) device is formed between a main pole (MP) trailing side and a trailing shield (TS). The MFG device has a field generation layer (FGL) separated from first and second spin polarization (SP) layers by first and second non-magnetic layers, respectively. First and second SP layers have magnetizations in opposite directions so that when a direct current of sufficient magnitude is applied from the MP to TS, or from the TS to MP in other embodiments, FGL magnetization flips to a direction toward the MP and opposes a write gap field flux thereby enhancing the write field. Additive torque from two SP layers on the FGL enables lower current density for FGL flipping or a greater degree of FGL flipping at a given current density compared with MFG schemes having a single SP layer.
US10424322B2	Magnetic head and magnetic recording medium processing device This magnetic head, which reads and writes magnetic information, prevents a signal from being read between the magnetic head and the write circuit during reading of magnetic information. A card reader 1 is provided with a magnetic head 6 which reads and writes magnetic information. Bidirectional diodes 54A, 54B are arranged inside of a head case 21 of the magnetic head 6. A write signal from a write circuit 72 is inputted via the bidirectional diodes 54A, 54B to a writing coil 34 wound around a core 32 of the magnetic head 6. The bidirectional diodes 54A, 54B and a demodulation IC 61 are mounted on a first board surface 62A of a control circuit board 62, and the control circuit board 62 is fixed to the head case 21 so that the bidirectional diodes 54A, 54B and the demodulation IC 61 are covered by the head case 21.
US10424321B1	Audio data classification Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for analyzing an audio sample to determine whether the audio sample includes music audio data. One or more detectors, including a spectral fluctuation detector, a peak repetition detector, and a beat pitch detector, may analyze the audio sample and generate a score that represents whether the audio sample includes music audio data. One or more of the scores may be combined to determine whether the audio sample includes music audio data or non-music audio data.
US10424320B2	Voice detection, apparatus, voice detection method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium A robot determines whether a voice is a voice emanated directly from an actual person or is a voice output from a speaker of an electronic device.A controller of a robot detects a voice by means of microphones, determines whether or not a voice generating source of the detected voice is a specific voice generating source, and controls, based on a result of the determination, the robot by means of a neck joint and a chassis.
US10424317B2	Method for microphone selection and multi-talker segmentation with ambient automated speech recognition (ASR) Disclosed methods and systems are directed to determining a best microphone pair and segmenting sound signals. The methods and systems may include receiving a collection of sound signals comprising speech from one or more audio sources (e.g., meeting participants) and/or background noise. The methods and systems may include calculating a TDOA and determining, based on the TDOA and via robust statistics, the best pair of microphones. The methods and systems may also include segmenting sound signals from multiple sources.
US10424315B1	Audio signal processing for noise reduction Audio device systems and methods are provided to enhance speech pick-up from a user. The systems and methods include a plurality of left signals and right signals from microphones coupled to left and right earpieces. Various of the signals are combined to provide a primary signal having enhanced acoustic response in the direction of a selected location, such as the user's mouth. Additionally, the left signals are combined to provide a left reference signal having reduced acoustic response from the selected location, and the right signals are combined to provide a right reference signal also having reduced acoustic response from the selected location. Each of the left and right reference signals are filtered to provide left and right noise estimates, respectively, and the left and right noise estimates are subtracted from the primary signal.
US10424309B2	Apparatuses and methods for encoding or decoding a multi-channel signal using frame control synchronization An apparatus for encoding a multi-channel signal including at least two channels includes a time-spectral converter for converting sequences of blocks of sampling values of the at least two channels into a frequency domain representation having sequences of blocks of spectral values for the at least two channels; a multi-channel processor for applying a joint multi-channel processing to the sequences of blocks of spectral values to obtain at least one result sequence of blocks of spectral values including information related to the at least two channels; a spectral-time converter for converting the result sequence of blocks of spectral values into a time domain representation including an output sequence of blocks of sampling values; and a core encoder for encoding the output sequence of blocks of sampling values to obtain an encoded multi-channel signal.
US10424306B2	Frame erasure concealment for a multi-rate speech and audio codec An audio coding terminal and method is provided. The terminal includes a coding mode setting unit to set an operation mode, from plural operation modes, for input audio coding by a codec, configured to code the input audio based on the set operation mode such that when the set operation mode is a high frame erasure rate (FER) mode the codec codes a current frame of the input audio according to a select frame erasure concealment (FEC) mode of one or mom FEC modes. Upon the setting of the operation mode to be the High FER mode, the one FEC mode is selected, from the one or more FED modes predetermined for the High FER mode, to control the codec by incorporating of redundancy within a coding of the input audio or as separate redundancy information separate from the coded input audio according to the selected one FEC mode.
US10424303B1	Systems and methods for authentication using voice biometrics and device verification Methods and systems for authenticating a user are described. In some embodiments, a one-time token and a recording of the one-time token is read aloud by the user. The voice characteristics derived from the recording of the one-time token are compared with voice characteristics derived from samples of the user's voice. The user may be authenticated when the one-time token is verified and when a match of the voice characteristics derived from the recording of the one-time token and the voice characteristics derived from the samples of the user's voice meet or exceed a threshold.
US10424302B2	Turn-based reinforcement learning for dialog management Techniques are described related to turn-based reinforcement learning for dialog management. In various implementations, dialog states and corresponding responsive actions generated during a multi-turn human-to-computer dialog session may be obtained. A plurality of turn-level training instances may be generated, each including: a given dialog state of the plurality of dialog states at an outset of a given turn of the human-to-computer dialog session; and a given responsive action that was selected based on the given dialog state. One or more of the turn-level training instances may further include a turn-level feedback value that reflects on the given responsive action selected during the given turn. A reward value may be generated based on an outcome of the human-to-computer dialog session. The dialog management policy model may be trained based on turn-level feedback values of the turn-level training instance(s) and the reward value.
US10424298B2	Voice processing device A voice processing device includes a voice recognition unit for extracting a command contained in an input voice, and a control unit for controlling operation of the voice processing device itself and/or instructing external devices to operate, based on the extracted command and/or operation instruction information provided. The control unit stores, in a storage device as an operation history, operation information associating the command or a part thereof and/or the operation instruction information or a part of the operation instruction information with details of the operation which is performed by the voice processing device and/or the external device based on the command and/or the operation instruction information. When a voice is input anew, the control unit extracts from the operation history an operation record containing a command or a part of a command, and controls operation of the voice processing device itself and/or instructs an external device to operate.
US10424293B1	Using audio input and output to interact with text-based interactive content Functionality is disclosed herein for using an interactive content service to provide content. A user may interact with the interactive content service to access interactive content, such as interactive fiction, interactive text adventure games, and other interactive content. A user may also use the interactive content to receive auditory output from applications configured to provide text-based content. The interactive content service maintains state information that identifies the current state of the interactive content. For example, before starting a particular interactive adventure game, the state identifies a beginning location within the interactive content. As the user interacts with the game, the interactive content service updates the state of the user within the game. In this way, when the user resumes playing the game, regardless of the computing device used to interact with the interactive content service, the interactive content service causes the correct portion of the interactive content to be presented.
US10424287B2	Active noise-control device Disclosed is an active-noise control device including two passive attenuation earphones each provided with an external microphone, an internal microphone and a loudspeaker. The control device includes a first processing chain having a feedforward filter, a feedback filter and a reconstruction module. The control device includes a second processing chain having a sound source identification module, said second processing chain being implemented in parallel with the first processing chain, and being suitable for parameterizing the first processing chain.
US10424286B2	Acoustic curtain An acoustic curtain comprising a panel of sound absorbent material within an envelope formed from polymeric sheets, with means for attaching adjacent panels to one another, and wherein the curtain comprises a magnetic element.
US10424285B2	Vibration sounding device A vibration sounding device, including a screen, a rear cover arranged opposite to the screen, a border for supporting the screen and the rear cover, and a drive unit; wherein the border is perpendicular to the screen; the border comprises an internal surface perpendicular to the screen, an external surface arranged opposite to the internal surface, an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface and the lower surface connect the internal surface with the external surface, the upper surface is arranged opposite to the lower surface and is close to the screen, and the lower surface is close to the rear cover; and wherein the drive unit is fixed on the internal surface, and the drive unit drives the screen and/or the rear cover to vibrate and sound by the border. The vibration sounding device is favorable for thinning and miniaturization of the product.
US10424284B2	Low-frequency broadband sound source for underwater navigation and communication An underwater sound source includes an acoustical driver, a controller of the acoustical driver, and a resonant tube acoustically coupled to the acoustical driver. The resonant tube has a pair of slotted portions, in which each slotted portion is disposed along the length of the resonant tube at a location corresponding to a node of a harmonic of the resonant tube. The sound system is configured to emit an output signal within a bandwidth defined by a dual resonance characteristic of the resonator tube. The sound source may also include a pair of coaxial tubular sleeves disposed around the resonant tube, each sleeve configured to slidably cover one of the slotted portions, and tune the resonance frequency of the tube over a wide range. At a high frequency end, when slots are uncovered, the frequency response of the resonant tube obtains a dual-resonant form.
US10424272B2	Rollable mobile terminal and control method thereof Disclosed are a mobile terminal having a rollable touch screen, and a method of controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes: a touch screen configured to be rollable; a first body portion connected to a first end of the touch screen and configured to accommodate the touch screen in a rolled state; a second body portion connected to a second end of the touch screen; a sensing unit configured to sense at least one region of the touch screen exposed external to the first body portion; and a controller configured to cause the touch screen to display a first icon on a display region, the display region corresponding to the sensed at least one region, wherein the first icon corresponds to a first application which supports a screen ratio of the display region, wherein the first application is one of a plurality of applications installed at the mobile terminal.
US10424269B2	Flexible addressing for a three dimensional (3-D) look up table (LUT) used for gamut mapping A three-dimensional (3-D) look up table (LUT) can be accessed using an address decoder to identify a plurality of vertices in the 3-D LUT based on a number (m) of most significant bits (MSBs) of three coordinate values representative of a first color and a non-zero integer (p). The three coordinate values are determined by a source gamut. One or more memories store component values representative of a plurality of second colors determined by a destination gamut. The component values are stored at memory locations associated with the plurality of vertices. An interpolator maps the input color to an output color in the destination gamut based on the component values.
US10424265B2	Gamma voltage generating circuit and liquid crystal display device including the same The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display device, and particularly, to a gamma voltage generating circuit capable of increasing a gamma point without an addition buffer and without increasing a chip size, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device including the same. By adding a gamma point by utilizing an output buffer for inputting a reference voltage, a gamma curve may be minutely adjusted without increasing cost and a size.
US10424264B2	Display device A display device and method of operation that provides self-generated power. The device includes: a display portion including a plurality of pixels; a data driver applying a data signal to data lines connected to the plurality of pixels; a signal controller transmitting an image data signal for generation of the data signal to the data driver; a power supply generating a driving voltage for operation of the signal controller and the data driver; a thermoelectric generation portion generating electrical energy by using heat generated by at least one of the signal controller, the power supply, and the data driver; and a converter generating an auxiliary driving voltage that is the same as the driving voltage by using the electrical energy.
US10424255B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel including a gate line, a data line, and a pixel at a crossing region of the gate line and the data line, a timing controller configured to generate a gate driving control signal, a data driving control signal, and a power control signal based on a display period corresponding to a time interval of frames, a gate driver configured to provide a gate signal to the pixel through the gate line based on the gate driving control signal, a data driver configured to provide a data signal to the pixel through the data line based on the data driving control signal, and a power supply configured to generate a power voltage to drive the pixel, and configured to adjust the power voltage based on the power control signal during the display period.
US10424251B2	Organic light emitting diode display device and method for operating the same An organic light emitting diode display device includes a display unit including pixels each configured by an organic light emitting diode, a power supply unit configured to supply power for driving the display unit, a discharge unit connected to the display unit and configured to perform a discharge operation on a display driving voltage applied to the display unit, and a discharge control unit configured to control enabling and disabling of the discharge unit based on a power state of the organic light emitting diode display device.
US10424250B2	AMOLED display device and driving method thereof This invention provides an AMOLED display device. The OLED panel comprises a plurality of subpixels. Each row of subpixels is electrically connected with one of the rows of OVSS. At least one of the subpixels located in a central area of the substrate is a detecting subpixel. While driving, a maximum value of the negative voltage of the detecting pixel is detected by the detection module, and the corresponding minimum positive voltage is obtained from the look-up table stored in the storage module according to the highest grayscale value and or the highest data signal voltage, and the maximum value of the negative voltage. Then a corresponding positive voltage to the OLED panel is generated from the voltage output module which is controlled by the control signal. This invention provides a driving method of AMOLED display device with low power consumption and high display quality.
US10424249B2	Pixel driving circuit and driving method thereof, array substrate, and display device A pixel driving circuit and a driving method thereof, an array substrate, and a display device. The pixel driving circuit includes a drift suppression unit, a data writing unit, a compensating unit, and a working unit; the drift suppression unit receives a reference control signal and a reference signal; the drift suppression unit is configured to output the reference signal to the compensating unit under control of the reference control signal during a drift suppression period and a resetting period; during the drift suppression period, an electrical potential of the reference signal is smaller than zero.
US10424248B2	Display panel and display device A display panel and display device, the display panel includes: a first power terminal disposed on a first side of the display panel; a second power terminal disposed on a second side of the display panel; and a power line configured to transmit mains voltage, wherein the first side and the second side are arranged opposite to each other; and the first power terminal and the second power terminal is in one-to-one correspondence and configured to provide equal mains voltage for the power line. The display panel and display device can compensate the IR drop on a power line in the display panel and hence reduce or eliminate the problem of uneven display brightness of the display panel due to IR drop.
US10424243B2	Organic light emitting diode display An organic light emitting diode display is discussed. The organic light emitting diode display includes a display area, in which first scan lines, second scan lines, and emission lines are disposed to intersect data lines, and pixels are disposed in a matrix, a data driver supplying a data voltage to the data lines, and a shift register supplying a first scan signal to the first scan lines, supplying a second scan signal to the second scan lines, and supplying an emission control signal to the emission lines. The shift register includes first scan signal stages sequentially supplying the first scan signal to pixels arranged on two adjacent horizontal lines, second scan signal stages sequentially supplying the second scan signal to the pixels, and an emission control signal stage simultaneously supplying the emission control signal to the pixels.
US10424242B2	Gate drive circuit having shift register circuit and inverting circuit for outputting an output signal A shift register unit and a drive method thereof, a gate drive circuit, and a display device are disclosed. The shift register unit includes a shift resister circuit which delays a phase of an input signal from an input terminal to output a first output signal from a first output terminal and an inverting circuit which generates an inverting signal having an inverted voltage with respect to the first output signal and output it from a second output terminal. The shift resister circuit includes a first input circuit configured to control a voltage of a first node, a second input circuit configured to control a voltage of a second node, a latch circuit configured to latch the voltage of the first node and that of the second node as being inverted, and a first output circuit configured to selectively output the second clock signal or a first voltage.
US10424241B2	Display panel with concurrent global illumination and next frame buffering A system includes a display panel having an input to receive pixel data representative of a sequence of display images and an array of display elements. Each display element includes a first buffer stage, a second buffer stage coupled to the first buffer stage, and a light emitting diode (LED) coupled to the second buffer stage. The display panel further includes a controller to control the array of display elements to concurrently activate the LEDs of the array for a first time interval based on pixel data of a first display image stored at the second buffer stages of the array of display elements and to receive and store at least a portion of pixel data of a second display image at the first buffer stages of the array of display elements during the first time interval.
US10424238B2	Display device A display device includes a timing controller and a display. The timing controller is connected to a connector of a USB cable and receive image signals from a host through the USB cable. The display receives the image signals from the timing controller to display an image. The timing controller includes an interface controller, a control signal selector, a data transmitter, and a data processor. The interface controller outputs control signals to control an output order of the image signals. The control signal selector selects and outputs a control signal corresponding to a connection position of the connector from the interface controller. The data transmitter determines the output order of the image signals from the host based on the control signal from the control signal selector. The data processor receives the image signal from the data transmitter and provides the image signal to the display.
US10424235B2	Control device for providing output error protection function for gate driving circuit, display panel and display device The embodiments of the application disclose a control device for a gate driving circuit, a display panel and a display device. The control device for a gate driving circuit provided in the embodiment comprises a level shifter and a control module electrically connected with an output of the level shifter. The control module is used for controlling an output signal of the level shifter to be a low level signal when each input clock signal for the level shifter is low.
US10424234B2	De-saturated colour injected sequences in a colour sequential image system De-saturated color injected sequences in a color sequential image system are provided. The system comprises: at least one spatial light modulator; a light system configured to produce a series of colors illuminating the modulator, the series comprising: saturated colors; and, de-saturated colors which respectively replace one or more of the saturated colors on either side of a center of the series of colors; and, an image processor configured to control the modulator to inject one or more of the de-saturated colors both prior to and following an active sequence of the saturated colors in at least a portion of pixels within a video frame, respective locations of the de-saturated colors selected to minimize respective times between at least one first de-saturated color prior to a first saturated color in the active sequence and between at least one second de-saturated color following a last saturated color in the active sequence.
US10424233B2	Control device having buttons with backlit indicia A control device includes at least one button, a veneer secured to an outer surface of the button, and at least one light source configured to backlight the button. The veneer includes indicia defining an open portion exposing a portion of a body of a respective button, a floating portion, and at least one rib that suspends the floating portion. The rib has an upper surface recessed relative to a front surface of the veneer, and opposed sides extending from a base of the rib to the upper surface. The opposed sides are tapered between the base and the upper surface, such that the upper surface is narrower than the base.
US10424229B2	Flexible display device A flexible display device includes a plurality of back bars coupled to the rear surface of a display panel, and a spacing member disposed up to a boundary between a non-display area and a display area such that the display panel can be prevented from being scratched and damaged by friction during the rolling of the display panel. According to the aspects disclosed herein, in a flexible display device capable of implementing a rollable display or a foldable display, when rolling a display panel, it is possible to prevent the display panel from being scratched or damaged.
US10424226B2	Chest tube simulation method and training device Disclosed herein is a chest tube trainer model. Specifically exemplified is a an anatomical model for simulating at least a portion of a thorax that includes a rib portion removably secured to and supported by a base, the rib portion comprised in whole or in part of a hydrogel; and a securing member for holding the anatomical model onto a human; wherein the rib portion has a convex shape defining a space between the base and the rib portion, the space is adapted for receiving a bladder disposed between the rib portion and the base; and at least a portion of the base is formed from puncture resistant material.
US10424225B2	Method for ultrasound training with a pressure sensing array A method for training an ultrasound user with a hand-held device having one or more first sensors to detect angular orientation of the device in one or more dimensions, and at least one two-dimensional surface device having one or more second sensors to detect translational position of the hand-held device in one or more directions, which communicates the angular orientation data from the hand-held device and the translational position data from the at least one surface device to a computer to display a virtual environment with a virtual hand-held device that moves in correlation with the hand-held device based on the angular orientation data from the hand-held device and the translational position data from the at least one surface device.
US10424221B2	Mobile terminal and an operating method thereof A mobile terminal and an operation method are provided. The operation method of a mobile terminal includes executing a sport application, obtaining at least one of exercise information and location information on a user from a wearable device, and providing a game result or setting a team strategy of a game that the user performs on the basis of the obtained at least one of exercise information and location information.
US10424213B2	Method and apparatus for training a user of a software application A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a game stimulus signal generated by a first gaming accessory device, determining a first game action result based on the game stimulus signal, analyzing the first game action result to provide a first coaching message to achieve a desired result, and presenting the coaching message. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US10424209B2	Trajectory amendment system Systems and methods for providing trajectory amendments are provided. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving, by one or more first computing devices, a plurality of parameters associated with an aircraft. The method can further include determining, by the one or more first computing devices, a trajectory amendment associated with the aircraft based at least in part on the plurality of parameters. The method can include determining, by the one or more first computing devices, a projected operations value associated with the trajectory amendment. The method can further include providing, by the one or more first computing devices to one or more second computing devices of an operator associated with the aircraft, a set of data identifying the trajectory amendment and the projected operations value associated with the trajectory amendment.
US10424208B2	Navigational aid method depending on meteorological conditions A navigational aid method of an aircraft, carried out by a flight management system, for comparing a reference trajectory of the aircraft subjected to a wind vector field with a new trajectory between the same starting and end points, respectively, the method comprises: determining the reference trajectory, determining the new trajectory, loading meteorological data, determining a directional surface, delimited by a directional closed curve, consisting of the new trajectory, from the starting point to the end point, closed by the opposite of the reference trajectory from the end point to the starting point, determining a wind curl on the basis of the wind vector field, determining a flow of the wind curl through the surface, a positive value of flow indicating that the new trajectory makes better use of the wind load, a negative value of flow indicating that the new trajectory makes less effective use of the wind load.
US10424206B2	Aircraft collision warning The presently disclosed subject matter includes a collision warning and avoidance system and method for detecting a collision risk between an interrogating aircraft and at least one interrogated aircraft. Signals received from the at least one interrogated aircraft or by the at least one interrogated aircraft and at least one other interrogating aircraft are used for determining various situation awareness data which is used for determining whether the interrogating aircraft is in a risk of collision. If indeed a collision risk exists a collision warning is generated, the collision warning including data indicative of at least an estimated location of the at least one interrogated aircraft.
US10424205B2	Auxiliary berthing method and system for vessel The present invention provides an auxiliary berthing method and system for a vessel. Position information of a vessel relative to a berth is determined by a solar blind ultraviolet imaging method; meanwhile, by a GPS method, an attitude angle of the vessel relative to the berth is determined by at least two GPS receivers. Thus, the vessel can be berthed safely when getting close to the shore at low visibility. Further, in the method and device of the present invention, it can be preferable to integrate coordinate data and angle data received by a solar blind ultraviolet imaging module and GPS signal receiving modules by a normalized correlation algorithm and a data fusion algorithm, so as to improve the positioning accuracy.
US10424196B1	Dynamic edge network management of vehicular traffic A method includes determining that a prioritized vehicle plans to traverse an intersection and receiving sensor data from a plurality of sources in a vicinity of the intersection. The method also includes, based on the sensor data, determining a traffic solution to enable the prioritized vehicle to traverse the intersection, the traffic solution identifying a traffic lane and, based on the traffic solution, controlling a traffic light to cause traffic in the traffic lane to disperse and controlling a second traffic light to instruct traffic in an adjacent traffic lane to stop. The method includes instructing the prioritized vehicle to travel via the traffic lane. The traffic in the traffic lane and the traffic in the adjacent traffic lane are traveling in a same direction.
US10424183B1	Smart seating system A smart seating system is described. In one embodiment, the smart seating system may be integrated into a chair or seat, or may be a cushion that is placed on a seat. In one embodiment, the smart seating system uses one or more sensors to monitor the user. In one embodiment, the sensors may be sufficiently sensitive to monitor the user's respiration and heart rate, as well as whether the user is sitting or not. In one embodiment, the smart seating system can be used to monitor a user's breathing and heart rate. The system may be used to control stress in an office environment, in one embodiment. In addition to controlling stress, the smart seating system may be used to coach users to more healthful behaviors.
US10424178B2	Child safety assembly A child safety assembly includes a wristband that is selectively worn around a child's wrist. A lock is movably coupled to the wristband and the lock is selectively manipulated. The lock is selectively positioned in a locked position to retain the wristband on the wrist. The lock is selectively positioned in an unlocked position to facilitate the wristband to be removed from the wrist. An alert unit is coupled to the wristband and the alert unit is in thermal communication with the wristband's environment. The alert unit selectively emits an audible alarm and the alert unit is in wireless electrical communication with an electronic device. The alert unit emits the audible alarm when the alert unit detects a temperature of the wristband's environment falls below or rises above a trigger temperature. In this way the alert unit alerts a caregiver to a potential hazard with respect to the child.
US10424177B1	Radio channel-change warning A method and apparatus for providing a channel-change warning is provided herein. During operation a radio will alert a user if the user rotates a knob that controls channel/talkgroup in a clockwise manner when the radio is in a noisy environment.
US10424174B2	Quantitative document tampering protection and monitoring system utilizing weight and video A security system for quantitatively verifying a condition of items in a special collections inventory includes a scale in connection with an index of special collection items. Every item in the index has a unique weight within a collection. The scale takes a current weight measurement of a special collections item and automatically reports the current weight measurement to the computing device hosting the index. Using the current weight measurement, the index is searched for a given item by comparing the current weight measurement with a set of indexed reference weights. In response to a match being detected between the current weight measurement and a reference weight among the set of indexed reference weights, a physical condition of the given item—corresponding with the reference weight—is verified as being intact. In response to no match being detected between the current weight measurement and the set of indexed reference weights, an alarm event triggers indicating that the special collections item has been tampered with.
US10424170B1	System and method for an automated teller machine to issue a secured bank card The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for an Automated Teller Machine to issue a secured bank card. An Automated Teller Machine to issue a secured bank card includes one or more memories storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute instruction to perform operations. The operations include receiving a request for a secured bank card from a user, determining if the user is a current customer, obtaining bank card application information about the user, receiving additional information to confirm the identity of the user, determining if there are already existing accounts tied to the user, transmitting the bank card application information to a server associated with the card issuer, receiving card options the user is qualified for, presenting the card options and instructions to select a cash amount to be remitted, approving, upon receipt of the cash amount, issuance of the secured bank card, creating a unique account for the secured bank card, activating the secured bank card and associating it with the unique account, and dispensing the newly activated secured bank card.
US10424160B2	System and method of providing wagering over a computerized network A system and method of providing wagering over a computerized system. The system includes a computerized multi-player game. The game includes an integral game mechanics module for providing a game-play session over a computerized network. The game mechanics module is in real-time communication with a wagering module and therethrough the wagering module automatically receiving real-time game event information. The game mechanics module provides a wagering option to a player in real-time that is selectable by a game-play action.
US10424158B2	Systems and methods for providing a feature game An electronic gaming machine includes a display in the form of a matrix of rows and columns and a controller configured to conduct a game instance upon receiving a wager via a player input. In conducting each game instance, the controller activates a number of columns on the display based on the wager and controls a display to indicate which columns in the display have been activated. The controller determines if any of the activated columns meets a triggering condition and controls the display to display the activated columns which meet the triggering condition with a modified background. The controller then determines an outcome of the game instance based on whether a predetermined number of activated columns which meet the triggering condition are adjacent one another and makes an award to the player based on the outcome of the instance.
US10424149B1	Gaming system with multiple award wheels In accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure, the gaming system is configured to provide a game having certain symbols that, when aligned in predetermined relationships, cooperate to trigger a combination of the certain symbols. The gaming system may use the combination of the certain symbols to generate new awards, additional game phases, or some combination of both.
US10424147B2	Parking meter with contactless payment A parking meter is described that comprises components for providing parking meter functionality and a display for displaying parking information and a metal housing for protecting the parking meter components from an environment that has a display aperture through which the display is visible. The parking meter also comprises an antenna for a contactless payment reader arranged in or on the parking meter in close proximity to the display.
US10424141B2	Apparatus for locking and/or unlocking An apparatus for locking and/or unlocking, for an access and/or drive authorization in a motor vehicle of a keyless entry/go functionality, for a wireless remote control of a first device in the motor vehicle and an associated second device designed as an electronic key, an ID-transponder or a chip card, with both devices for the intended operation having transmitters and/or receivers for electromagnetic signals which allows a large operation distance and a long battery lifetime of the second device. The first device transmits a first cyclic repeated signal for the activation and/or authentication of the second device with a first data protocol within a first transmission time interval and with a first cycle time.
US10424138B2	Detachable drone for monitoring a moving vessel Provided are techniques for monitoring a moving vessel using a detachable drone coupled to the moving vessel. An event is identified that triggers detachment of the detachable drone from the moving vessel. The detachable drone is detached from the moving vessel. The detachable drone is moved to a predetermined location. A beacon based on beacon data is transmitted from the detachable drone. In response to the detachable drone receiving a request for the data, data collected from monitoring the moving vessel is delivered.
US10424134B2	Diagnostic method, system and device for a rotorcraft drive system There is a method, system, and device for diagnosing an anomaly of a monitored component in a drive train, the method including obtaining original data based on samples of a vibration signal and a tachometer signal; generating a time synchronous average vibration signal; processing the time synchronous average vibration signal to produce a frequency-domain spectrum; determining the complex magnitudes of the frequency-domain spectrum; selecting a sub-synchronous band of the complex magnitudes of the frequency-domain spectrum to generate a sub-synchronous spectrum; and determining the mean of the sub-synchronous spectrum to generate a condition indicator.
US10424133B2	Method and system for generating prognostic information regarding a component in a vehicle A method and system are provided for generating prognostic information regarding a component in a vehicle. The method includes receiving a first set of data for one or more parameters corresponding to the component. The first set of data is obtained from a degradation signal wirelessly transmitted from the vehicle at a first predetermined frequency. The method further includes executing, at a second predetermined frequency, a set of executable instructions for assessing a condition of the component in response to the first set of data. The method further includes obtaining a second set of data indicative of repair or replacement of the component and adjusting at least one of the first predetermined frequency and the second predetermined frequency responsive to the second set of data.
US10424131B2	Fleet management system including cloud server for determining vehicle and battery utilization and related methods A fleet management system for vehicles and batteries at a geographical location may include vehicle identification devices each associated with a corresponding vehicle at the geographical location. The system may also include wireless battery monitors at the geographical location associated with the batteries. Each of the wireless battery monitors may be configured to, when the associated battery is connected to a vehicle, during a discharge cycle, communicate with the vehicle identification device associated with the vehicle to collect a vehicle identifier associated with the vehicle identification device, and store battery activity records for the associated battery along with the vehicle identifier. The system may also include a fleet management cloud server configured to remotely collect the battery activity records and process the battery activity records to determine vehicle utilization for each vehicle based upon a corresponding vehicle identifier and battery utilization for each battery across the vehicles and batteries.
US10424129B2	Tire condition telematics system A tire condition telematics system. The system includes a vehicle having an onboard computer and one or more wheel assemblies with one or more tires with a tire tread. A prediction as to when said tire tread will fall below a minimum tread depth in performed. The prediction is based on an amount of distance said wheel assemblies experience said wheel slip condition, a distance said wheel assemblies drive over said one or more road materials, a distance said wheel assemblies drive in rain and snow, a distance one or more loads are on said vehicle.
US10424127B2	Controller architecture for monitoring health of an autonomous vehicle A controller architecture for monitoring an autonomic vehicle control system includes a first controller, a second controller, a telematics controller, a third controller, a plurality of subsystem controllers, a first and a second communication bus, and a first and a second communication link. The telematics controller in communication with the first controller. The second controller includes a second processor and a second memory device. Each subsystem controller is configured to effect operation of one of a subsystem, wherein each of the subsystem controllers includes a vehicle health monitor (VHM) agent. The third controller includes a third processor and a third memory device. A first instruction set includes a prognostic classification routine based upon inputs from the VHM agents of the plurality of subsystem controllers. The telematics controller is disposed to communicate an output from the prognostic classification routine to an off-board controller.
US10424123B2	Marker-based augmented reality authoring tools An augmented reality-based content authoring tool is presented. A content author arranges machine-recognizable markers in a physical environment. A computing device operating as the authoring tool recognizes the markers and their arrangement based on a captured digital representation of the physical environment. Once recognized, augmented reality primitives corresponding to the markers can be bound together via their primitive interfaces to give rise to a content set. The individual primitives and content set are instantiated based on the nature of the marker's arrangement.
US10424118B2	Perspective representation of a virtual scene component A method and a device are disclosed for the perspective representation, via an output image, of at least one virtual scene component arranged within a real scene. In the method, depth image data of the real scene is captured from a first perspective via a depth image sensor, and 2D image data of the real scene is captured from a second perspective via a 2D camera. Further, a virtual three-dimensional scene model of the real scene is created with reference to depth information from the depth image data, and at least one virtual scene component is inserted into the three-dimensional virtual model. Finally, an output image is generated by way of perspective projection of the 2D image data corresponding to the second perspective onto the virtual three-dimensional scene model comprising the virtual scene component.
US10424117B2	Controlling a display of a head-mounted display device A head-mounted display device includes an image display section, an imaging section, an image setting section configured to set an image, an operation input section, an object specification section configured to derive a spatial relationship of a specific object included in an imaged outside scene with respect to the imaging section, and a parameter setting section. The image setting section causes the image display section to display a setting image based at least on the derived spatial relationship and a predetermined parameter group so as to allow a user to visually perceive the setting image, and the parameter setting section adjusts at least one parameter in the parameter group so as to allow the user to visually perceive a condition that at least a position and pose of the setting image and those of the specific object are substantially aligned with each other.
US10424116B2	Display apparatus and controlling method thereof A display apparatus includes a display, an image capturer configured to produce a captured image by capturing an image of a user, a controller configured to analyze a user's movement in the captured image and to extract at least one area of interest in the captured image based on the analyzed movement, and a memory configured to store at least one area of interest from the captured image, wherein the controller, in response to the predetermined event occurring, controls the display to display at least one area of interest.
US10424111B2	Split tile map rendering A client device receives a request to render a digital map of a certain geographic area. The client device retrieves a first map image layer covering the geographic area from a memory of the client device, where the first map image layer has a first resolution, and receives a second map image layer covering the same geographic area from the map server, where the second map image layer has a second resolution different from the first resolution. The client device combines the first map image layer retrieved from the memory of the client device with the second map image layer received from the map server to generate a single digital map of the geographic area.
US10424110B2	Generation of 3D models using stochastic shape distribution Described herein are a system and methods for generating 3D models using imaging data obtained from an array of camera devices. In embodiments, a stochastic shape distribution may be applied upon an object to be modeled in invisible ink. The system activates a first lighting mode which causes the stochastic shape distribution to be visible and captures a first set of images that depict the stochastic shape distribution on the object. The system then activates a second lighting mode that causes the stochastic shape distribution to be hidden and captures images of the object as it would normally appear (without the stochastic shape distribution). The images having the stochastic shape distribution may be used to determine alignment information for the images within the set of images. That alignment information may then be attributed to the second set of images and used to generate the 3D model.
US10424109B2	Three-dimensional object representation Methods and apparatus relating to three-dimensional object models are described. In one example, (i) data representing a geometrical description of a three-dimensional object defining object geometry in a geometric space and (ii) at least one object property description describing an object property in an object property space are received. The object property space and the geometric space are intersected to define an object model, wherein an object property is defined at an intersection between a described object property and defined object geometry.
US10424108B2	Shadow casting for an elevation data grid A computer-implemented method for creating a shadow mask representing irradiation of a physical scene based upon a plurality of elevation grid points of an array of elevation data associated with the physical scene. Elevation point data are received and stored in array format and a shadow frontline is propagated across the array based on a quadrant associated with a light source. A shadow horizon is projection onto successive lines of elevation data generating a binary shadow mask based on whether a specified elevation point lies above or below the shadow horizon. The direction of the light source may be transformed to reflect curvature of an underlying surface of the physical scene.
US10424107B2	Hierarchical depth buffer back annotaton Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a processor performs a coarse depth test on pixel data, and performs a final depth test on the pixel data. Coarse depth data is stored in a coarse depth cache, and per pixel depth data is stored in a per pixel depth cache. If a result of the coarse depth test is ambiguous, the processor is to read the per pixel depth data from the per pixel depth cache, and to update the coarse depth data with the per pixel depth data if the per pixel depth data has a smaller depth range than the coarse depth data.
US10424106B1	Scalable computer image synthesis In some embodiments, a memory may store programming for selecting values describing a frame of pixels by modeling, based on camera data, object data, and material data, a geometric projection of light in a visual simulation, the modeling including identifying voxel data and building a voxel tree from the voxel data. A processor may, responsive to executing the programming, invoke one or more of a clipping module to generate a portion of the voxel data, a depth occlusion module to check for spatial visibility of one or more outputs of the clipping module and generate an output including one or more layers of a voxel tree, a re-projection module to conditionally generate a re-projection layer of the voxel tree, and an aggregation module to aggregate data of a final layer of the voxel tree with preceding layers to select an individual one of the values. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
US10424098B2	Composite image generation to remove obscuring objects Technologies are generally described for methods and systems effective to generate a composite image. The methods may include receiving first image data that includes object data corresponding to an object and receiving second image data that includes obscuring data. The obscuring data, if displayed on a display, may obscure at least a portion of the. The methods may also include identifying a first region that may include the object data, in the first image data, The methods may also include identifying a second region, that may include the obscuring data, in the second image data. The methods may also include replacing at least part of the second region with at least part of the first region to generate the composite image data that may include at least some of the object data. The methods may also include displaying the composite image on a display.
US10424094B2	Processing screen sensitive information Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide a screen sensitive information processing method and apparatus. The method includes monitoring whether light intensity detected by a light sensor increases to a first threshold, and when it is monitored that the light intensity increases to the first threshold, identifying an area where predefined sensitive information in display content of a screen is located, and masking content displayed in the area where the sensitive information is located. The example embodiments of the present disclosure improve security of information reading for users.
US10424093B2	Computer-readable recording medium, computer apparatus, and computer processing method A program and computer apparatus to execute a method including: placing a rectangular parallelepiped object having a given attribute and a display mode according to the given attribute in a virtual space; identifying a first display mode of a face of a placed object which is not in contact with a different placed object according to an attribute of the placed object; identifying, with respect to at least one of a plurality of placed objects which are adjacent to each other and have different attributes, a second display mode of a face thereof which is not in contact with the different placed object according to an attribute of the placed object and an attribute of an adjacent placed object; and drawing, for displaying a placed object on a display screen, according to any one of the first display mode identified and the second display mode identified.
US10424092B2	Mapping infrastructure layout between non-corresponding datasets A system or computer usable program product for representing a piece of a road as a first ordered series of line segments connected in an end-to-end fashion; representing the piece of the road as a second ordered series of line segments connected in an end-to-end fashion; for each given pair of two consecutive points of the second ordered series of points, determining a corresponding plurality of in-between points from the first ordered series of points; for each given line segment of the second ordered series of line segments, determining a first traffic characteristic value corresponding to the given line segment and a portion of the piece of the road which the given line segment represents; and presenting a visual representation of the piece of the road.
US10424090B2	Determining a spatial distribution of material property values on the basis of a single-energy CT scan with the aid of an iterative optimization method A method for determining a spatial distribution of a material property value in an examination region of an examination object is described. With an embodiment of the method, projection scan data is acquired which has been produced with the aid of a single-energy CT scan with a defined X-ray energy spectrum from the examination region of the examination object using a defined scan projection geometry. Furthermore, a target function is established which includes a spectral forward projection of the sought spatial distribution and the acquired projection data. Finally, a spatial distribution of a material property value is determined for which the target function assumes an extremal value. A material property distribution-determining device is also described. A computer tomography system is described, moreover.
US10424082B2	Mixed reality coding with overlays A system includes a camera to capture real world content and a semiconductor package apparatus. The semiconductor package apparatus includes a substrate and logic. The logic includes a graphics pipeline to generate rendered content, a base layer encoder to encode real world content into a base layer and a first layer encoder to encode rendered content into a first non-base layer, a multiplexer to interleave the base layer with the first non-base layer to obtain a single output signal having mixed reality content, and a transmitter to transmit the single output signal. The system further includes a second layer encoder to encode map data into a second non-base layer. The multiplexer to interleave the second non-base layer with the first non-base layer and the base layer. The first and second layer encoders encode the rendered content and the map data into overlay auxiliary pictures.
US10424079B2	Unsupervised approach to environment mapping at night using monocular vision A trained feature network receives an image captured under low illumination conditions and pose data corresponding to the image. The trained feature network identifies a feature within the image and analyzes the image to extract feature information corresponding to the feature from the image. Based on the image and the pose data, geo-location information corresponding to the feature is determined. The geo-location information is appended to the extracted feature information. The feature information is stored as part of a feature map layer of a digital map. At least a portion of the digital map is provided to a routing and navigation system, for example, for performing vehicle localization under the particular condition.
US10424078B2	Height measuring system and method Disclosed is a height measuring system and method. The height measuring system of the disclosure comprises an image obtaining unit configured to obtaining a depth image and a processing unit configured to analyze and determine a ground and a top of a head of a human body in the depth image and calculating a distance between the top of the head of the human body and a plane of the ground as a height.
US10424077B2	Maintaining multiple views on a shared stable virtual space Methods, apparatus, and computer programs for controlling a view of a virtual scene with a handheld device are presented. In one method, images of a real world scene are captured using a device. The method further includes operations for creating an augmented view for presentation on a display of the device by augmenting the images with virtual reality objects, and for detecting a hand in the images as extending into the real world scene. In addition, the method includes operations for showing the hand in the screen as detected in the images, and for generating interaction data, based on an interaction of the hand with a virtual reality object, when the hand makes virtual contact in the augmented view with the virtual reality object. The augmented view is updated based on the interaction data, which simulates on the screen that the hand is interacting with the virtual reality object.
US10424076B2	Imaging system for fuel tank analysis A method can include generating reference image data representing a field of view of an interior of a fuel tank, and generating active image data representing the field of view of the interior of the fuel tank when the fuel tank contains fuel. The method can further include producing, by a processing device, a fuel measurement value representing an amount of fuel contained in the fuel tank based on the reference image data and the active image data, and outputting, by the processing device, an indication of the fuel measurement value.
US10424073B2	Image registration device, method, and program An image registration device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires plural images captured in time series; a pixel value change acquisition unit that acquires a pixel value change at the same position of each of the images for plural positions of each image; a clustering unit that clusters the pixel value changes acquired for plural positions of each image into plural classes; a region division unit that divides each of the images into plural regions based on information of the class of each pixel of each image and a pixel value of each pixel of each image; and a registration processing unit that performs registration processing on each image based on information of plural regions of each image.
US10424072B2	Leveraging multi cues for fine-grained object classification One embodiment provides a method comprising estimating a camera pose of an input image and aligning the input image to a desired camera pose based on a feature database. The input image comprises an image of a fine-grained object. The method further comprises classifying the object based on the alignment.
US10424071B2	Techniques for accurate pose estimation The described technology regards an augmented reality system and method for estimating a position of a location of interest relative to the position and orientation of a display based upon a retroactive adjustment of a previously rendered position and orientation of the display, by means of an adjust-update-predict (AUP) cycle, and calculating the location of interest relative to the position and orientation of the display. Systems of the described technology include including a plurality of sensors, a processing module or other computation means, and a database. Methods of the described technology use data from the sensor package useful to accurately render graphical user interface information on a display.
US10424070B2	Methods and apparatus for structure from motion estimation Described examples include an integrated circuit having a point identifier configured to receive a stream of input frames and to identify point pairs on objects in the input frames. A ground plane converter transposes a position of the point pairs to a ground plane, the ground plane having a fixed relationship in at least one dimension relative to a source of the input frames. A motion estimator estimates a motion of the source of the input frames by comparing a plurality of point pairs between at least two input frames as transposed to the ground plane, in which the motion estimator compares a motion estimate determined by the plurality of point pairs and determines a refined motion estimate based on the plurality of point pairs excluding outliers from the plurality of point pairs.
US10424062B2	Representing an interior of a volume This disclosure relates to representing an interior of a volume, such as but not limited to, a lumen. Examples of lumens may comprise a colon or bronchus. An input port receives the captured image data of the interior of the volume. The processor selects one of the multiple candidates such that the selected one of the multiple candidates corresponds to the captured image data. Each candidate is associated with simulated image data of the interior of the volume. The processor stores an association of the selected candidate with the captured image data to represent the interior of the volume. Aspects of the disclosure include computer implemented methods, computer systems and software.

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