最新美国发明专利第2019-11-12期 - 专利汇|PatentHub专利检索|专利查询网|发明专利查询分析

Document	Document Title
US10476089B2	Reducing heat loss from a lightweight vacuum insulated vessel Systems and methods for producing a lightweight vacuum insulated vessel are provided herein. An exemplary vessel is of a non-radially symmetric shape and maintains vacuum pressure between two concentric containers (an inner container and outer container). The vacuum insulated vessel is made to withstand high temperatures in a furnace during manufacture. Further, the vessel may contain a fuel cartridge for a fuel cell system and be insulated to retain heat necessary for the fuel cartridge reactions.
US10476085B2	Separator for fuel cells and method for producing same A unit cell that constitutes a fuel cell stack is obtained by sandwiching an electrolyte mem-brane/electrode structure with a cathode-side separator and an anode-side separator. A first resin member is provided along the entire periphery of the cathode-side separator in the outer peripheral portion of the cathode-side separator. Surfaces of the cathode-side separator are provided with sealing parts that cover a part of the first resin member and constitute a first sealing member.
US10476084B2	Method for substrate coating with particles and device for carrying out the method The disclosure relates to a method for coating a substrate with particles, wherein the following method steps are carried out in a vacuum: positioning a substrate surface of the substrate to be coated in a vacuum and in the direction of a region in which there are disposed solid particles with which the substrate surface is to be coated; and; and introducing electrons into the solid particles for electrostatic charging of the solid particles in such a way that a force brought about by the electrostatic charging separates the solid particles from one another and accelerates them in the direction of the substrate surface of the substrate for coating of the substrate surface with at least a portion of the separated solid particles. A device that can be used in accordance with the disclosure has a particle container, a substrate holder and an electron source.
US10476081B2	Positive electrode material mixture and secondary battery including the same Provided are a positive electrode material mixture, in which, the positive electrode material mixture includes a positive electrode active material, a conductive agent, and a binder, wherein the conductive agent includes a particulate conductive agent, a fibrous conductive agent, and a plate-shaped conductive agent, and the binder includes a crystalline binder having a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 500,000 g/mol to 900,000 g/mol and an amorphous binder having a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 200,000 g/mol to 400,000 g/mol.
US10476073B2	Production process for carbon-coated silicon material A production process for carbon-coated silicon material includes the step of: heating CaSi2 and a halogen-containing polymer at a temperature being a carbonization temperature or more of the halogen-containing polymer in a state where the CaSi2 and the halogen-containing polymer coexist.
US10476072B2	Electrodes for metal-ion batteries An electrode for a metal-ion battery is provided wherein the active layer of the electrode comprises a plurality of porous particles comprising an electroactive material selected from silicon, germanium, tin, aluminium and mixtures thereof and a plurality of carbon particles selected from one or more of graphite, soft carbon and hard carbon. The ratio of the D50 particles size of the carbon particles to the D50 particle diameter of the porous particles is in the range of from 1.5 to 30. Also provided are rechargeable metal-ion batteries comprising said electrode and compositions of porous particles and carbon particles which may be used to prepare the active layer of said electrode.
US10476070B2	Anode and battery A battery capable of improving the cycle characteristics is provided. The battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The anode includes an anode active material layer containing an anode active material having silicon as an element, and a coating layer that coats the anode active material layer, and contains an oxide of a 3d transition metal element at least one selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, and nickel.
US10476069B2	Method and machine for manufacturing a fibre electrode A method for forming a connection such as an electrical connection, to a fiber material electrode element comprises moving a length of the fiber material relative to a pressure injection stage and pressure impregnating by a series of pressure injection pulses a lug material into a lug zone part of the fiber material to surround and/or penetrate fibers of the fiber material and form a lug strip in the lug zone. The fiber material may be a carbon fiber material and the lug material a metal such as Pb or a Pb alloy. Apparatus for forming an electrical connection to a fiber material electrode element is also disclosed.
US10476067B2	Battery pack and electrical combination An electrical combination with a battery pack and a power tool. The battery pack includes two battery pack connectors which are connected with the same electrode of a battery of the battery pack. A circuit of one battery pack connector has a resistance greater than that in another circuit of another battery pack connector. The power tool includes corresponding tool connectors. When the battery pack is connected with the power tool, the power tool is supplied with a small current by the battery pack firstly, and then is supplied with a large current, so an electric spark is eliminated when the terminals of the battery pack contact with the terminals of the power tool.
US10476059B1	Battery pack retention assembly and method An example battery pack retention system includes, among other things, a retention assembly that transitions from a disengaged to an engaged position in response to movement of a portion of a battery pack enclosure relative to a battery array housed within the battery pack enclosure. An example securing method includes, among other things, moving a portion of a battery pack enclosure relative to a battery array that is housed within the battery pack enclosure to transition a retention assembly from a disengaged to an engaged position.
US10476053B2	Battery door assembly for a battery compartment within a night vision device A battery door assembly for a battery compartment is disclosed. The battery door assembly includes a battery cover, glide track, a spring-loaded button, a locking tab and a plurality of hinges. The plurality of hinges is pivotally connected to a chassis of a scope. The locking tab keeps the battery cover from opening. The battery cover can be unlocked by first applying pressure on the spring-loaded button, and then sliding the spring-loaded button and the locking tab from one end of the glide track to another end of the glide track while maintaining the applied pressure on the spring-loaded button.
US10476052B2	Battery pack A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules in a stacked arrangement. The plurality of battery modules includes a first battery module that includes: at least one battery cell including a cell lead; a cartridge on which the at least one battery cell is mounted; and a first cooling cover. The first cooling cover is coupled to the cartridge and covers the at least one battery cell. The cartridge includes: a seating portion on which the at least one battery cell is seated; and a pressing portion that is formed on the seating portion and that is configured to, based on an external force being applied to the seating portion, apply pressure to a first end of a second cooling cover of a second battery module that neighbors the first battery module in the stacked arrangement.
US10476050B2	Apparatus comprising proton battery cells and a removable barrier layer An apparatus comprising: one or more cells, each cell comprising: a proton conductor region configured to conduct proton charge carriers; a electron conductor region configured to conduct electrons; a first electrode associated with one of the proton conductor region and the electron conductor region; and a second electrode associated with the other of the proton conductor region and the electron conductor region; a removable barrier layer that is impermeable to water vapor extending over and protecting the one or more cells from water vapor; and a buffer layer that is permeable to water vapor between the one or more cells and the barrier layer.
US10476049B2	Mechanically fastened through-wall current collector A pouch cell includes a generally rectangular cell housing formed of a metal laminated film, an electrode assembly that is sealed within the cell housing, and a current collector device disposed in the cell housing. The electrode assembly includes positive electrode portions alternating with negative electrode portions, the positive electrode portions and the negative electrode portions being separated by at least one separator and stacked along a stack axis. The current collector device is electrically connected to one of the positive electrode portions and the negative electrode portions and exits the cell housing via an opening formed in the cell housing. The opening is formed in a side wall of the cell housing at a location spaced apart from the sealed joint that closes the cell housing and at a location facing the stack axis.
US10476042B2	Display-substrate motherboard, display substrate, method for manufacturing the same and display apparatus The present disclosure provides a display-substrate motherboard, a display substrate, a method for manufacturing the same and a display apparatus. The display-substrate motherboard includes a base substrate, an inorganic layer on the base substrate, a plurality of spaced display components on the inorganic layer, and a protection pattern on the inorganic layer. The protection pattern covers a laser cutting area between the plurality of spaced display components.
US10476041B2	Method for manufacturing OLED panel A method for manufacturing an OLED panel is provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, including following steps of: manufacturing an OLED motherboard which comprises a plurality of OLED panel areas spaced apart from one another, each comprising a display region and a frit package region which is located on a periphery of the display region and is to encapsulate the display region by a frit; and cutting the OLED motherboard along a cutting line to obtain separated OLED panels; and the cutting line is located within the frit package region and at a predetermined distance inwards from an edge of the periphery of the frit package region.
US10476032B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same A display device includes a substrate including a display region, a first non-display region in the display region and a second non-display region outside the display region. A pixel array layer is disposed on the display region of the substrate. An encapsulation layer is disposed on the display region. The encapsulation layer is disposed on the first and second non-display regions of the substrate. The first non-display region includes a through hole penetrating the pixel array layer and the substrate. An encapsulation groove is spaced apart from the through hole. An inner wall of the through hole and an inner wall of the encapsulation groove are at least partially covered with the encapsulation layer. An end face of the encapsulation layer facing away from the pixel array layer has an irregular shape when viewed from a side of the substrate opposite the pixel array layer.
US10476031B2	Display unit with moisture proof film outside of seal section and electronic apparatus with said display unit A display unit including a first substrate and a second substrate that are disposed to face each other, a first organic insulating layer on the first substrate, a plurality of light-emitting elements arrayed in a display region, the display region on the first organic insulating layer and facing the second substrate and a first moisture-proof film covering the first organic insulating layer in a peripheral region, in which the peripheral region is provided on the first substrate and surrounds the display region.
US10476030B2	Display device and manufacturing method thereof A display device includes a first substrate, a sealing layer located along an edge of the first substrate, a second substrate coupled with the first substrate via the sealing layer, a display part located on the second main surface and within a sealed space, and a filler filling the sealed space and including a particle solid drying agent dispersed therein. The display part includes an organic EL element located on the second substrate, the organic EL element including a first electrode, an organic EL layer, and a second electrode stacked in order from the second substrate. Additionally, the display part includes an organic sacrifice layer located on and in contact with the second electrode, and a first inorganic protective layer located on and in contact with the organic sacrifice layer. The filler is located between the first inorganic protective layer and the first substrate.
US10476027B2	Display device having touch sensing part A display device includes: a first substrate including a first region, a third region spaced apart from and surrounding the first region, and a second region located between the first region and the third region; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; a display element including a first electrode on the first substrate, a light emitting layer provided on the first electrode, and a second electrode provided on the light emitting layer; a touch sensing part disposed on the second substrate; and a sealing member provided on the third region of the first substrate, the sealing member joining the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the second electrode overlaps the touch sensing part, and an end of the second electrode is spaced apart from an end of the touch sensing part in the direction of the sealing member in the second region.
US10476026B2	Display and electronic device including the same An electronic device includes a housing that comprises a first surface, a second surface, and a side surface, the housing having at least one through-hole formed on the side surface, a flexible polymer layer that comprises a first part that is parallel to the first surface, a second part extending from the first part along the side surface, and a third part extending from the second part and inserted between the first part and the second surface, the polymer layer having at least one opening that passes through the second part and the third part, a plurality of display elements disposed on the flexible polymer layer, a display driving circuit, and at least one conductive line coupled to the polymer layer, extends along the second part, and is arranged around the opening, the through-hole and the opening being at least partially aligned with each other.
US10476023B2	Display element, organic light emitting display device and data driver The present disclosure relates to a display element comprising an organic light emitting diode including a first electrode and a second electrode, a driving transistor including a first node to be supplied with a data voltage, a second node connected to the first electrode of the organic light emitting diode, and a third node electrically connected to a driving voltage line, a first transistor electrically connected between a data line configured to supply the data voltage and the first node of the driving transistor, a second transistor electrically connected between an initialization voltage line configured to supply an initialization voltage and the second node of the driving transistor, and a capacitor electrically connected between the first node and the second node of the driving transistor.
US10476021B2	Light emitting diode, array substrate, light emitting device and display device Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a light emitting diode, an array substrate, a light emitting device and a display device. The light emitting diode includes an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode sequentially disposed. The light emitting diode further includes a first auxiliary electrode and a first insulating layer which are disposed on a side of the anode away from the hole transport layer, wherein the first insulating layer is located between the first auxiliary electrode and the anode; and/or a second insulating layer and a second auxiliary electrode which are disposed on a side of the cathode away from the electron transport layer, wherein the second insulating layer is located between the second auxiliary electrode and the cathode.
US10476017B2	Phase-pure, two-dimensional, multilayered perovskites for optoelectronic applications Highly phase-pure, two-dimensional, multilayered organic-inorganic hybrid, halide perovskites are provided. Also provided are optoelectronic devices that incorporate the halide perovskites as photoactive materials.
US10476016B2	Ambipolar synaptic devices Device architectures based on trapping and de-trapping holes or electrons and/or recombination of both types of carriers are obtained by carrier trapping either in near-interface deep ambipolar states or in quantum wells/dots, either serving as ambipolar traps in semiconductor layers or in gate dielectric/barrier layers. In either case, the potential barrier for trapping is small and retention is provided by carrier confinement in the deep trap states and/or quantum wells/dots. The device architectures are usable as three terminal or two terminal devices.
US10476013B2	Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus includes a display panel having a display element and being configured to be folded or unfolded about a folding axis extending in a first direction, a window member disposed on the display panel, a first optical member disposed between the display panel and the window member, and a plurality of adhesive members disposed between the display panel and the window member. The adhesive members include a first adhesive member disposed on a surface of the display panel and having a first thickness and a second adhesive member disposed on a surface of the first optical member. The first thickness exceeds about 20% of a thickness of an adhesive member having a maximum thickness of the plurality of adhesive members, and the second thickness is smaller than about 125 micrometers.
US10476010B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices Compounds comprising a ligand LA selected from the group consisting of Formula I and Formula II may be useful as blue phosphorescent materials in OLED devices. The materials were determined computationally to have appropriate triplet energies for use as blue emitters and to possess sufficient chemical stability for use in devices.
US10476008B2	Compound for organic optoelectric device and organic optoelectric device and display device A compound for an organic optoelectric device represented by Chemical Formula 1, a composition for an organic optoelectric device, and an organic optoelectric device and display device including the same are disclosed. Chemical Formula 1 is the same as defined in the specification.
US10476006B2	Compound and organic electronic device using the same Provided are a novel compound and an organic electronic device using the same. The novel compound is represented by the following Formula (I): Wherein, a1 and a2 are each independently an integral from 0 to 4; the total of a1 and a2 is not less than 1; l1 and l2 are each independently an integral from 0 to 3; L1 and L2 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 60 carbon atoms; b is an integral of 0 to 4; c is an integral of 0 to 2.
US10476003B2	Method for fabricating division mask A method of manufacturing a division mask includes pulling opposite end portions of a mask member in a first direction to fasten the mask member to a fastening portion, forming a first pattern portion having a plurality of first openings on the fastened mask member, such that the first pattern portion has a longer length in the first direction toward a central portion of the first pattern portion, and cutting the opposite end portions of the mask member to detach the mask member from the fastening portion.
US10475998B2	Resistive random access memory structure A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a bottom electrode having a first width and a dielectric structure having a second width formed over the bottom electrode. The semiconductor structure further includes a top electrode having a third width formed over the dielectric structure. In addition, the second width of the dielectric structure is greater than the first width of the bottom electrode.
US10475991B2	Fabrication of large height top metal electrode for sub-60nm magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) devices A process flow for forming magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) cells with a critical dimension CD≤60 nm by using a top electrode (TE) hard mask having a thickness ≥100 nm prior to MTJ etching is disclosed. A carbon hard mask (HM), silicon HM, and photoresist are sequentially formed on a MTJ stack of layers. A pattern of openings in the photoresist is transferred through the Si HM with a first reactive ion etch (RIE), and through the carbon HM with a second RIE. After TE material is deposited to fill the openings, a chemical mechanical process is performed to remove all layers above the carbon HM. The carbon HM is stripped and the resulting TE pillars are trimmed to a CD≤60 nm while maintaining a thickness proximate to 100 nm. Thereafter, an etch process forms MTJ cells while TE thickness is maintained at ≥70 nm.
US10475982B2	Thermoelectric module A thermoelectric module may include a plurality of thermoelectric elements arranged spaced apart from one another between a hot-side substrate and a cold-side substrate. A plurality of conductor bridges may electrically interconnect the plurality of thermoelectric elements. An electrically insulated holder may position the plurality of thermoelectric elements between the hot-side substrate and the cold-side substrate. The holder may include a separate through-opening for each of the plurality of thermoelectric elements. One or more of the plurality of conductor bridges may rest loosely on the hot-side substrate and/or the cold-side substrate.
US10475980B2	Thermoelectric vehicle system A thermoelectric vehicle system which provides a cost-effective and sustainable means of transportation for long operation range with zero emission using an onboard low energy nuclear reaction thermal generator. The present invention generally includes a thermal generator within a thermal enclosure case, an energy conversion system linked with the thermal generator, an energy storage system linked with the energy conversion system, a cooling system and a central control system. The thermal generator reacts nickel powder with hydrogen within a reactor chamber to produce heat. The heat is then transferred to the energy conversion system to be converted into electricity for storage in the energy storage system. The cooling system provides cooling for the various components of the present invention and the control system regulates its overall operation. The present invention may be utilized to power a vehicle in an efficient, sustainable and cost-effective manner.
US10475979B2	Thermoelectric materials, thermoelectric module including thermoelectric materials, and thermoelectric apparatus including thermoelectric modules A thermoelectric material containing a dichalcogenide compound represented by Formula 1 and having low thermoelectric conductivity and high Seebeck coefficient: RaTbX2-nYn (1) wherein R is a rare earth element, T includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Group 1 elements, Group 2 elements, and a transition metal, X includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of S, Se, and Te, Y is different from X and includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of S, Se, Te, P, As, Sb, Bi, C, Si, Ge, Sn, B, Al, Ga and In, a is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 1, b is greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1, and n is greater than or equal to 0 and less than 2.
US10475976B2	Vertical solid-state transducers and high voltage solid-state transducers having buried contacts and associated systems and methods Solid-state transducers (“SSTs”) and vertical high voltage SSTs having buried contacts are disclosed herein. An SST die in accordance with a particular embodiment can include a transducer structure having a first semiconductor material at a first side of the transducer structure, and a second semiconductor material at a second side of the transducer structure. The SST can further include a plurality of first contacts at the first side and electrically coupled to the first semiconductor material, and a plurality of second contacts extending from the first side to the second semiconductor material and electrically coupled to the second semiconductor material. An interconnect can be formed between at least one first contact and one second contact. The interconnects can be covered with a plurality of package materials.
US10475975B2	Frame, light-emitting device using the same, and method for manufacturing the same A frame includes first and second leads and a body. The first and second leads contain a metal material. The body contains a non-metal material and has first and second side surfaces. The first and second leads are covered with the body. The first and second leads extend in a first direction to outwardly protrude from the body. The first and second side surfaces are respectively abutted against two ends of the protruding first lead and respectively slanted to the two ends of the protruding first lead by a first angle θ1 and a second angle θ2, which are defined by the following relationship, θ1≠0° and the θ1≠180°, and the θ2≠0° and the θ2≠180°. The substance between any two points in each of the first and second side surfaces is non-metal.
US10475965B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor chip and method for manufacturing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip An optoelectronic semiconductor chip and a method for manufacturing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip are disclosed. In an embodiment the semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body having a main surface and at least one side surface arranged transversely to the main surface, a contact layer arranged on the main surface of the semiconductor body and containing an electrically conductive material, a filter layer arranged on the contact layer and containing a dielectric material and a conductive layer arranged on the filter layer and containing an electrically conductive material, wherein a thickness of the conductive layer is greater than a thickness of the contact layer, wherein the contact layer and the conductive layer comprise a transparent electrically conductive oxide, and wherein the filter layer is multi-layered and comprises at least two sublayers which differ in their refractive index.
US10475961B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor chip An optoelectronic semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence composed of AlInGaN comprising an n-conducting n-region, a p-conducting p-region and an intermediate active zone having at least one quantum well for generating a radiation, wherein the p-region comprises an electron barrier layer, a contact layer and an intermediate decomposition stop layer, the contact layer being directly adjacent to a contact metallization, wherein the decomposition stop layer comprises an aluminum content of at least 5% and at most 30% in places, wherein an intermediate region arranged between the electron barrier layer and the decomposition stop layer has a thickness between 2 nm and 15 nm inclusive, the intermediate region being free of aluminum, and wherein the aluminum content in the decomposition stop layer varies and increases on average in a direction towards the contact layer.
US10475958B2	Fluidic assembly top-contact LED disk Embodiments are related to systems and methods for forming and using a top-contact disk.
US10475955B2	Method for producing a plurality of components, and component A method for producing a plurality of components and a component are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes providing a carrier composite comprising a base body and a planar connecting surface, providing a wafer composite comprising a semiconductor body composite and a planar contact surface, connecting the wafer composite to the carrier composite thereby forming a joint composite so that the planar contact surface and the planar connecting surface are joined forming a joint boundary surface. The method further includes reducing inner mechanical stress in the joint composite so that a material of the carrier composite is removed in places, wherein the joint composite is thermally treated in order to form a permanent mechanically-stable connection between the wafer composite and the carrier composite, and wherein reducing inner stress is effected prior to the thermal treatment.
US10475954B2	Electronic devices comprising n-type and p-type superlattices A superlattice and method for forming that superlattice are disclosed. In particular, an engineered layered single crystal structure forming a superlattice is disclosed. The superlattice provides p-type or n-type conductivity, and comprises alternating host layers and impurity layers, wherein: the host layers consist essentially of a semiconductor material; and the impurity layers consist of a donor or acceptor material.
US10475952B2	Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device There are provided a Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device having complicated irregularities on the light extraction surface. The light-emitting device comprises a substrate, a p-type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer, and an n-type semiconductor layer. The light-emitting device has protrusions extending upward from the surface of the n-type semiconductor layer on the n-type semiconductor layer. Each protrusion has a wall portion disposed so as to intersect with the surface of the n-type semiconductor layer. The wall portion has a first surface facing the n-type semiconductor layer. An angle between the first surface and the n-type semiconductor layer is 10° to 85°.
US10475948B1	Transparent ultraviolet photodetector A method of fabricating a visibly transparent, ultraviolet (UV) photodetector is provided. The method includes laying a first electrode onto a substrate surface, the first electrode being formed of a carbon-based, single-layer material. A block is patterned over an end of the first electrode and portions of the substrate surface. The block is formed of a visibly transparent material that is able to be deposited into the block at 75° C.-125° C. In addition, the method includes masking a section of the block and exposed sections of the first electrode. A second electrode is laid onto an unmasked section of the block with an end of the second electrode laid onto the substrate surface. The second electrode is formed of the carbon-based, single-layer material.
US10475947B2	Photovoltaic device and method of manufacturing same A photovoltaic device includes a liquid-repelling layer between the edges of a first amorphous semiconductor layer and the edges of a second amorphous semiconductor layer. No such a liquid-repelling layer is provided between the first amorphous semiconductor layer and the second amorphous semiconductor layer, except between the edges of the first amorphous semiconductor layer and the edges of the second amorphous semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer in the photovoltaic device is therefore precisely patterned.
US10475945B2	Front contact solar cell with formed electrically conducting layers on the front side and backside A bipolar solar cell includes a backside junction formed by a silicon substrate and a first doped layer of a first dopant type on the backside of the solar cell. A second doped layer of a second dopant type makes an electrical connection to the substrate from the front side of the solar cell. A first metal contact of a first electrical polarity electrically connects to the first doped layer on the backside of the solar cell, and a second metal contact of a second electrical polarity electrically connects to the second doped layer on the front side of the solar cell. An external electrical circuit may be electrically connected to the first and second metal contacts to be powered by the solar cell.
US10475938B2	Process for producing conductive pastes for forming solar cell electrodes A process for producing conductive pastes for forming solar cell electrodes, including a step of measuring binding energies of oxygen in a glass frit by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, a step of selecting a glass frit providing an X-ray photoelectron spectrum representing binding energies of oxygen in which the signal intensity of a peak with a peak top at a range from 529 eV to less than 531 eV has a proportion of 40% or more relative to the total of signal intensities from 526 eV to 536 eV, and a step of mixing together a conductive powder, the glass frit and an organic vehicle.
US10475934B2	Thin film transistor, method for manufacturing same and semiconductor device comprising said thin film transistor A thin film transistor having a high operation speed with a field effect mobility greater than 20 cm2/Vs and a method for manufacturing the same, and a semiconductor device having the same are provided. A thin film transistor in which a gate electrode, a gate insulating film and an oxide semiconductor film are laminated on a substrate, a source region and a drain region are respectively formed in outer portions of the oxide semiconductor film in the width direction, and a channel region is formed in a region between the source region and the drain region; and a source electrode is connected to the source region, while a drain electrode is connected to the drain region. The gate insulating film contains fluorine; and the ratio of the width W of the channel region to the length L thereof, namely W/L is less than 8.
US10475933B1	Method for preparing layered metal oxide field effect material A method for preparing a layered metal oxide field effect material includes depositing a first metal oxide, a core-layer metal, and a second metal oxide sequentially on the substrate by vacuum vapor deposition, the first metal oxide and the core-layer metal undergoing a redox reaction to form a first surface layer and a core-layer precursor on the substrate, and the core-layer precursor and the second metal oxide undergoing a redox reaction to form a core layer and a second surface layer; and the band gap of the metal oxide in the core layer is ≥3 eV, the band gaps of the metal oxide in the first surface layer and the second surface layer are independently ≤3 eV, and the difference between the band gap of the metal oxide in the core layer and the band gap of the metal oxide in the first surface layer is ≥1 eV. The present preparation method has advantages of simple operation, a low production cost, a good film forming property, and the high carrier mobility of the product.
US10475930B2	Method of forming crystalline oxides on III-V materials A metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) includes a substrate having a source region, a drain region, and a channel region between the source region and the drain region, the substrate having an epitaxial III-V material that includes three elements thereon, a source electrode over the source region, a drain electrode over the drain region, and a crystalline oxide layer including an oxide formed on the epitaxial III-V material in the channel region, the epitaxial III-V material including three elements.
US10475926B2	MOS devices having epitaxy regions with reduced facets An integrated circuit structure includes a gate stack over a semiconductor substrate, and an opening extending into the semiconductor substrate, wherein the opening is adjacent to the gate stack. A first silicon germanium region is disposed in the opening, wherein the first silicon germanium region has a first germanium percentage. A second silicon germanium region is over the first silicon germanium region. The second silicon germanium region comprises a portion in the opening. The second silicon germanium region has a second germanium percentage greater than the first germanium percentage. A silicon cap substantially free from germanium is over the second silicon germanium region.
US10475925B2	Complementary metal oxide semiconductor device and method of forming the same A method for forming a complementary metal oxide semiconductor device is disclosed. First, a substrate having a first device region and a second device region is provided. A first trench is formed in the first device region and filled with a first material. A second trench is formed in the second device region and filled with a second material. The first material and the second material comprise different stresses. After that, a first gate structure and a second gate structure are formed on the first material and the second material and completely covering the first trench and the second trench, respectively.
US10475924B2	Ferroelectric memory devices A ferroelectric memory device includes a substrate, a ferroelectric layer, a variable resistive memory layer and a gate electrode which are sequentially stacked on a surface of the substrate. The ferroelectric layer has any one of a plurality of different remanent polarization values depending on a resistive state of the variable resistive memory layer.
US10475911B2	Semiconductor device having a source region with chalcogen atoms Some embodiments relate to a semiconductor device that includes a body region of a field effect transistor structure formed in a semiconductor substrate between a drift region of the field effect transistor structure and a source region of the field effect transistor structure. The semiconductor substrate includes chalcogen atoms at an atom concentration of less than 1×1013 cm−3 at a p-n junction between the body region and the drift region, and at least part of the source region includes chalcogen atoms at an atom concentration of greater than 1×1014 cm−3. Additional semiconductor device embodiments and corresponding methods of manufacture are described.
US10475910B2	Semiconductor device having an insulated gate bipolar transistor arrangement A semiconductor device includes an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) arrangement having a first configuration region of emitter-side insulated gate bipolar transistor structures, a second configuration region of emitter-side insulated gate bipolar transistor structures, a collector layer and a drift layer. The drift layer is arranged between the collector layer and the emitter-side insulated gate bipolar transistor structures of the first configuration region and the second configuration region. The collector layer includes at least a first doping region laterally adjacent to a second doping region, the doping regions having different charge carrier life times, different conductivity types or different doping concentrations. The first configuration region is located with at least a partial lateral overlap to the first doping region, and the second configuration region is located with at least a partial lateral overlap to the second doping region.
US10475900B2	Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with a cobalt silicide film A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with a cobalt silicide film is provided in the present invention. The method includes the steps of providing a silicon structure with an interlayer dielectric formed thereon, forming a contact hole in the interlayer dielectric to expose the silicon structure, depositing a cobalt film on the exposed silicon structure at a temperature between 300° C.-400° C., wherein a cobalt protecting film is in-situ formed on the surface of the cobalt film, performing a rapid thermal process to transform the cobalt film into a cobalt silicide film, and removing untransformed cobalt film.
US10475896B2	Silicon carbide MOSFET device and method for manufacturing the same A silicon carbide MOSFET device is disclosed. The silicon carbide MOSFET device includes a gate oxide layer which is constituted by a first gate oxide layer and a second gate oxide layer. A thickness of the second gate oxide layer is larger than a thickness of the first gate oxide layer. Through dividing the gate oxide layer into two parts with different thicknesses, i.e., enabling the gate oxide layer to have a staircase shape, an electric field strength of the gate oxide layer can be effectively reduced, while a threshold voltage and a gate control property of the device are not affected. An on-resistance of the device can be reduced through increasing a width of a JFET region. A method for manufacturing the silicon carbide MOSFET device is further disclosed.
US10475894B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor region made of a material to which conductive impurities are added, an insulating film formed on a surface of the semiconductor region, and an electroconductive gate electrode formed on the insulating film. The gate electrode is made of a material whose Fermi level is closer to a Fermi level of the semiconductor region than a Fermi level of Si in at least a portion contiguous to the insulating film.
US10475892B2	Tunneling field effect transistor and method of fabricating the same A method for forming a tunneling field effect transistor is disclosed, which includes the following steps. First, a semiconductor substrate is provided. A source region is formed on the semiconductor substrate. A tunneling region having a sidewall and a top surface is formed on the source region. A drain region is formed on the tunneling region. A gate dielectric layer is then formed, covering the sidewall and the top surface of the tunneling region. A first metal layer is formed, covering the gate dielectric layer. Subsequently, an anisotropic etching process is performed to remove a portion of the first metal layer. After the anisotropic etching process, a second metal layer is fabricated to cover the remaining first metal layer and the gate dielectric layer.
US10475890B2	Scaled memory structures or other logic devices with middle of the line cuts The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to scaled memory structures with middle of the line cuts and methods of manufacture The structure comprises: a plurality of fin structures formed on a substrate; a plurality of gate structures spanning over adjacent fin structures; a cut in adjacent epitaxial source/drain regions; and a cut in contact material formed adjacent to the plurality of gate structures, which provides separate contacts.
US10475888B2	Integration of III-V devices on Si wafers An insulating layer is conformally deposited on a plurality of mesa structures in a trench on a substrate. The insulating layer fills a space outside the mesa structures. A nucleation layer is deposited on the mesa structures. A III-V material layer is deposited on the nucleation layer. The III-V material layer is laterally grown over the insulating layer.
US10475886B2	Modified fin cut after epitaxial growth A method of forming a gate located above multiple fin regions of a semiconductor device. The method may include removing unwanted fin structures after epitaxially growing junctions.
US10475883B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing thereof In a semiconductor device, a width of a second epitaxial layer is greater than a width of a first epitaxial layer, and a thickness of an end portion of the second epitaxial layer, which is in contact with an element isolation portion, is smaller than a thickness of an end portion of the first epitaxial layer, which is in contact with the element isolation portion, and a second shortest distance between the element isolation portion and a second plug is greater than a first shortest distance between the element isolation portion and a first plug.
US10475881B2	Semiconductor devices with steep junctions and methods of manufacturing thereof Crystal lattice vacancies are generated in a pretreated section of a semiconductor layer directly adjoining a process surface. Dopants are implanted at least into the pretreated section. A melt section of the semiconductor layer is heated by irradiating the process surface with a laser beam activating the implanted dopants at least in the melt section.
US10475877B1	Multi-terminal inductor for integrated circuit A multi-terminal inductor and method for forming the multi-terminal inductor are provided. In some embodiments, an interconnect structure is arranged over a semiconductor substrate. A passivation layer is arranged over the interconnect structure. A first magnetic layer is arranged over the passivation layer, and a conductive wire laterally extends from a first input/output (I/O) bond structure at a first location to a second I/O bond structure at a second location. A third I/O bond structure branches off of the conductive wire at a third location between the first location and the second location. A connection between the third I/O bond structure and the first I/O bond structure has a first inductance. Alternatively, a connection between the first I/O bond structure and the second I/O bond structure has a second inductance different than the first inductance.
US10475875B2	Display device having a flexible circuit film A display device including a display panel and a back cover is provided. In the display device, a flexible circuit film electrically connected to the display panel may be extended between the display panel and the back cover. In the display device, a cover tape is disposed between the flexible circuit film and the back cover. A portion of the flexible circuit film disposed close to an edge of the display panel may be exposed by the cover tape. Thus, the display device may prevent damage of the flexible circuit film due to the outer pressure.
US10475874B2	Flexible electroluminescent display device An electroluminescent display device includes: a substrate including: an active area, and bezel area outside the active area and including a bending area, a first organic insulation layer (OIL) in the active area, covering a first signal line extending from the active area to the bezel area, a second OIL in the bending area, the second OIL being in a same layer as the first organic insulation film, first and second touch electrodes crossing over each other and sealing the active area on an encapsulation layer above the first OIL with a third OIL therebetween, a first signal line link pattern connected to the first signal line, and on the second OIL in the bending area, and second and third signal lines respectively connected to the first and second touch electrodes, and on the second OIL in parallel with the first signal line link pattern.
US10475873B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes: pixels in a non-rectangular display region; a scan circuit outputting a scan signal; a data signal circuit outputting a data signal; a first wiring portion with a first signal to control the scan circuit; a second wiring portion with a second signal to control the data signal circuit; a first auxiliary wiring portion connecting the first wiring portion and the scan circuit; and a second auxiliary wiring portion connecting the second wiring portion and the data signal circuit. The scan circuit and the data signal circuit are outside the display region, the first wiring portion and the second wiring portion are disposed outside the first region, the first auxiliary wiring portion lies approximately orthogonal to an extension direction of the first wiring portion, and the second auxiliary wiring portion is disposed along a direction approximately orthogonal to an extension direction of the second wiring portion.
US10475867B2	Organic light-emitting display panel and display apparatus thereof An organic light-emitting display panel and a display apparatus are provided. An exemplary organic light-emitting display panel includes a base substrate; a pixel definition layer including a plurality of openings and disposed on the base substrate; and a plurality of sub-pixels. A sub-pixel includes an organic light-emitting diode; and at least a portion of the organic light-emitting diode is in an opening. The plurality of sub-pixels include at least one first sub-pixel; and at least one isolation element is disposed in the opening corresponding to the at least one first sub-pixel.
US10475856B2	Light-emitting device and electronic device using the same It is an object to provide a light-emitting device and an electronic device which can provide an image with excellent image quality. One of the present inventions is a light-emitting device including a plurality of light-emitting elements each exhibiting a different emission color. At least one of the plurality of light-emitting elements has n light-emitting layers (n is a natural number, n≥2) between a pair of electrodes. Further, at least one of the n light-emitting layers includes a substance which provides emission from a triplet excitation state. In a light-emitting device having such a structure, an image is displayed by combining emissions from the plurality of light-emitting elements.
US10475855B2	Display device A display device (100) includes a spontaneous light emission-type display panel (10). The display device includes a plurality of pixels (P). The plurality of pixels each include a plurality of sub pixels including a red sub pixel (R), a green sub pixel (G) and a blue sub pixel (B). The display panel includes a red light emitting element (1r), a green light emitting element (1g), and a blue light emitting element (1b). Red light, green light and blue light respectively emitted by the red light emitting element, the green light emitting element and the blue light emitting element each have a spectrum half width of 10 nm or less. The plurality of sub pixels included in each pixel further include a yellow sub pixel (Ye). The display panel further includes a yellow light emitting element (1y) provided in an area corresponding to the yellow sub pixel. The yellow light emitting element emits yellow light having a dominant wavelength of 550 nm or greater and 600 nm or less.
US10475854B2	Manufacturing method of display device and thin-film deposition apparatus using the same A method of manufacturing a display device, including: providing a display element layer on a substrate; forming a thin film encapsulation layer covering the display element layer; aging the thin film encapsulation layer by using a light source emitting artificial sunlight; and forming a window on the aged thin film encapsulation layer.
US10475853B2	Replacement materials processes for forming cross point memory Methods of forming memory cells comprising phase change and/or chalcogenide materials are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes providing a lower line stack extending in a first direction, the lower line stack comprising a sacrificial line over a lower conductive line. The method further includes forming a chalcogenide line extending in the first direction by selectively removing the sacrificial material of the sacrificial line and replacing the sacrificial line with a chalcogenide material.
US10475851B2	Storage device and method of manufacturing storage device According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a storage device comprises forming a state change layer on a substrate. The state change layer has first and second resistance states. The state change layer is switchable from one to the other of the first and second resistance states according to a magnitude of a voltage applied thereto. A conductor is formed on an upper surface of the state change layer. The conductor comprises carbon. An upper surface of the conductor is processed to reduce the roughness thereof. A first ferromagnetic material is then formed on the upper surface of the conductor. A nonmagnetic material is formed on an upper surface of the first ferromagnetic material. A second ferromagnetic material is formed on an upper surface of the nonmagnetic material.
US10475850B2	Display devices and methods of manufacturing the same A display device includes a substrate, and a first light-emitting diode element disposed over the substrate and having a first light-emitting path. The display device further includes a light-emitting angle changing layer disposed over the first light-emitting diode element. The display device further includes a second light-emitting diode element disposed over the substrate. The second light-emitting diode element is disposed at a position other than the region corresponding to the first light-emitting path. The first light-emitting diode element has a first light-emitting angle, the second light-emitting diode element has a second light-emitting angle, and the second light-emitting angle is greater than the first light-emitting angle.
US10475846B2	Media security validation A residual Infrared (IR) image is calculated from IR images of valuable media having embedded IR security features and visible light images of the valuable media. Features of the IR residual image are extracted as a template for authenticating valuable media items. The template is applied against a presented valuable media item having an embedded IR security feature for assisting in determining whether the presented valuable media item is genuine and fit for further processing within a valuable media depository.
US10475844B2	Photoelectric conversion device, photoelectric conversion method, and image forming apparatus A photoelectric conversion device includes a generation circuit and a controller. The generation circuit generates an image signal according to an intensity of light being input. The controller controls the generation circuit to generate a dark-time image signal equivalent to an image signal generated by the generation circuit without exposure to external light.
US10475843B2	Method and apparatus for image sensor packaging A backside illuminated image sensor having a photodiode and a first transistor in a sensor region and located in a first substrate, with the first transistor electrically coupled to the photodiode. The image sensor has logic circuits formed in a second substrate. The second substrate is stacked on the first substrate and the logic circuits are coupled to the first transistor through bonding pads, the bonding pads disposed outside of the sensor region.
US10475842B2	Fan-out sensor package and camera module The fan-out sensor package includes: a core member having a through-hole; an integrated circuit (IC) for a sensor disposed in the through-hole and having a first surface having a sensor region and first connection pads disposed thereon, a second surface opposing the first surface and having second connection pads disposed thereon, and through-silicon vias (TSVs) penetrating between the first and second surfaces and electrically connecting the first and second connection pads to each other; an encapsulant covering the core member and the second surface of the IC for a sensor and filling at least portions of the through-hole; a redistribution layer disposed on the encapsulant; and vias penetrating through at least portions of the encapsulant and electrically connecting the redistribution layer and the second connection pads to each other.
US10475837B2	Image sensor and electronic device An electronic device has a mounted image sensor including a light shielding body having light shielding walls and light transmitting portions each formed in an opening between the light shielding walls, a first light-shielding layer formed on a light incident surface side of the light shielding body and having an opening narrower than the opening of the light shielding body for each of the openings of the light shielding body, a microlens provided for each of the openings of the first light-shielding layer on the light incident surface side of the light shielding body, and a light receiving element layer with an array of a large number of light receiving elements. The present disclosure can be used for, for example, a compound-eye optical system.
US10475834B1	Apparatuses, systems, and methods for disrupting light at a back-side of an image sensor array An imaging device may include (1) an aperture, (2) a camera lens positioned to direct light received through the aperture to a plurality of image sensor elements at a front side of an image sensor array, and (3) the image sensor array. The plurality of image sensor elements may collect a portion of the light received through the aperture. A light-disrupting element may be disposed at a back side of the image sensor array. The light-disrupting element at the back side of the image sensor array may prevent at least a portion of the light that is not collected by the plurality of image sensor elements from reflecting back to the plurality of image sensor elements. Various other devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US10475830B2	Optical modules including customizable spacers for focal length adjustment and/or reduction of tilt, and fabrication of the optical modules An optical module comprising: a plurality of active optoelectronic components each one mounted on a respective printed circuit board (PCB), wherein each active optoelectronic component is associated with a respective different optical channel; a plurality of optical assemblies, each one is substantially aligned over a different respective optical channel; and a spacer separating the active optoelectronic components and PCBs from the optical assemblies, wherein the optical assemblies are attached by adhesive directly to an optical assembly-side surface of the spacer. A first active optoelectronic component is separated, by the spacer, from a first optical assembly by a first distance and a second active optoelectronic component is separated, by the spacer, from a second optical assembly by a different second distance. Also contemplated is a method for fabricating an optical module that comprises: modifying a height of one or more extensions on a spacer to adjust for at least one of a focal length or tilt of at least one optical channel.
US10475828B2	Image sensor device structure with doping layer in light-sensing region An image sensor device structure is provided. The image sensor device structure includes a substrate, and the substrate is doped with a first conductivity type. The image sensor device structure includes a light-sensing region formed in the substrate, and the light-sensing region is doped with a second conductivity type that is different from the first conductivity type. The image sensor device structure further includes a doping region extended into the light-sensing region, and the doping region is doped with the first conductivity type. The image sensor device structure also includes a plurality of color filters formed on the doping region.
US10475824B2	Display panel, its manufacturing method, and display device The present disclosure provides a display panel, its manufacturing method and a display device. The manufacturing method of the display panel comprises: forming, on a substrate, a thin film transistor comprising a gate electrode, an active layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode; forming a hydrogen diffusion barrier layer that covers the entire substrate, wherein the hydrogen diffusion barrier layer is electrically conductive and is electrically connected to the drain electrode; and forming a photosensitive structure layer on the hydrogen diffusion barrier layer.
US10475821B2	TFT substrate manufacturing method and TFT substrate The present invention provides a TFT substrate manufacturing method and a TFT substrate. In the TFT substrate manufacturing method of the present invention, a pattern of the gate metal layer has been designed such that reflective blocks are included in a gate metal layer at locations corresponding to areas in which connection holes are to be formed so that in a process of forming the connection holes, light is reflected by the reflective blocks to enhance intensity of exposure on locations where the connection holes are formed. Thus, even under the condition that limit exposure size of an existing exposure machine is constrained, it is still possible to ensure full exposure in forming the connection holes in a high PPI display panel device to thereby realize production of high display panel products.
US10475819B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device which includes an oxide semiconductor and in which formation of a parasitic channel due to a gate BT stress is suppressed is provided. Further, a semiconductor device including a transistor having excellent electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes a transistor having a dual-gate structure in which an oxide semiconductor film is provided between a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode; gate insulating films are provided between the oxide semiconductor film and the first gate electrode and between the oxide semiconductor film and the second gate electrode; and in the channel width direction of the transistor, the first or second gate electrode faces a side surface of the oxide semiconductor film with the gate insulating film between the oxide semiconductor film and the first or second gate electrode.
US10475809B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a first electrode layer extending in a first direction, a second electrode layer above the first electrode layer and extending in the first direction, a third electrode layer above the first electrode layer and extending in the first direction, an insulating member between the second and third electrode layers and extending in the first direction, first semiconductor members extending in the second direction through the first and second electrodes, second semiconductor members extending in the second direction through the first and third electrode layers, and third semiconductor members extending in the second direction, each having a first portion between the second and third electrode layers and in contact with the insulating member, and a second portion extending through the first electrode layer. In the first direction, an arrangement density of the third semiconductor members is lower than that of the first or second semiconductor member.
US10475805B2	Nitride-free spacer or oxide spacer for embedded flash memory In some embodiments, a semiconductor substrate includes first and second source/drain regions which are separated from one another by a channel region. The channel region includes a first portion adjacent to the first source/drain region and a second portion adjacent the second source/drain region. A select gate is spaced over the first portion of the channel region and is separated from the first portion of the channel region by a select gate dielectric. A memory gate is spaced over the second portion of the channel region and is separated from the second portion of the channel region by a charge-trapping dielectric structure. The charge-trapping dielectric structure extends upwardly alongside the memory gate to separate neighboring sidewalls of the select gate and memory gate from one another. An oxide spacer or nitride-free spacer is arranged in a sidewall recess of the charge-trapping dielectric structure nearest the second source/drain region.
US10475804B1	Three-dimensional memory device containing multilevel drain select gate isolation and methods of making the same A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and word-line-level electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, and a drain-select-level electrically conductive layer located over the alternating stack. Memory stack structures extend through the alternating stack and the drain-select-level electrically conductive layer. Dielectric divider structures including a respective pair of straight sidewalls and drain-select-level isolation structures including a respective pair of sidewalls that include a respective set of concave vertical sidewall segments divide the drain-select-level electrically conductive layer into multiple strips. The drain-select-level electrically conductive layer and the drain-select-level isolation structures are formed by replacement of a drain-select-level sacrificial material layer with a conductive material and by replacement of drain-select-level sacrificial line structures with dielectric material portions.
US10475803B2	Method for making non-volatile memory device Method for forming a memory device are disclosed. Embodiments include forming memory cells over a substrate, each memory cell includes a control gate (CG) formed over a floating gate (FG) and a select gate (SG) formed adjacent to a first side of the CG and FG, wherein a vertical oxide layer is formed between the SG and the CG and FG, forming an implant mask layer over a portion of the SG, CG and vertical oxide of each memory cell; and implanting dopants into the substrate using the implant mask to form source drain (S/D) regions between the memory cells.
US10475801B2	Ferroelectric memory device and cross-point array apparatus including the same A ferroelectric memory device includes a first electrode layer disposed on a substrate, a first tunnel barrier layer disposed on the first electrode layer, a second electrode layer disposed on the first tunnel barrier layer, a second tunnel barrier layer disposed on the second electrode layer, and a third electrode layer disposed on the second tunnel barrier layer. Any one of the first and second tunnel barrier layers includes a ferroelectric material.
US10475799B2	Method of fabricating bit line A fabricating method of a semiconductive element includes providing a substrate, wherein an amorphous silicon layer covers the substrate. Then, a titanium nitride layer is provided to cover and contact the amorphous silicon layer. Later, a titanium layer is formed to cover the titanium nitride layer. Finally, a thermal process is performed to transform the titanium nitride layer into a nitrogen-containing titanium silicide layer.
US10475798B2	Dynamic random access memory and fabrication method thereof Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and fabrication methods thereof are provided. An exemplary fabrication method includes providing a base substrate; forming an interlayer dielectric layer over the base substrate; forming an opening passing through the interlayer dielectric layer; and forming a memory structure, having a first conductive layer, a memory medium layer on the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer on the memory medium layer, in the opening.
US10475797B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof One method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming provisional active regions that are shaped such that active regions that are adjacent in an X direction are connected to each other, forming a sacrificial film, performing etching, including the sacrificial film, so as to form a plurality of first trenches that separate the active regions, embedding element-isolating insulating films in the first trenches and then removing the sacrificial film, forming first side-wall insulating films that cover the exposed side surfaces of the element-isolating insulating films and second side-wall insulating films that cover the side surfaces of the first side-wall insulating films, embedding cap insulating films in second trenches that appear due to the formation of the second side-wall insulating films, and forming a plurality of third trenches at the positions of the second side-wall insulating films and forming word lines thereunder.
US10475796B1	Method of forming an array of capacitors, a method of forming DRAM circuitry, and a method of forming an elevationally-elongated conductive structure of integrated circuitry A method of forming elevationally-elongated conductive structures of integrated circuitry comprises providing a substrate comprising a plurality of spaced elevationally-extending conductive vias individually having an upper horizontal perimeter. The conductive vias individually have an upper horizontal perimeter. Masking material is formed directly above the conductive vias. An opening is formed in the masking material directly above individual of the upper horizontal perimeters of individual of the conductive vias. Individual of the masking-material openings comprise a lower horizontal perimeter that overlaps the upper horizontal perimeter of the conductive via directly there-below. Individual of the masking-material openings comprise a lower horizontal perimeter that overlaps the upper horizontal perimeter of the conductive via directly there-below. Conductive material is formed in the individual masking-material openings against sidewalls of the individual masking-material openings and directly against the conductive via directly there-below. An upper horizontal perimeter of the conductive material in the individual masking-material openings extends outwardly beyond the upper horizontal perimeter of the conductive via directly there-below.
US10475795B2	Insulating structure and method of forming the same A method of forming insulating structures in a semiconductor device is provided in the present invention, which includes the steps of forming a first mask layer with mandrels and a peripheral portion surrounding the mandrels, forming spacers on sidewalls of first mask layer, filling up the space between spacers with a second mask layer, removing the spacers to form opening patterns, performing an etch process with the first mask layer and the second mask layer as an etch mask to form trenches in the substrate, and filling up the trenches with an insulating material to form insulating structures.
US10475790B2	Asymmetric gate pitch The present disclosure describes an exemplary asymmetric CPP layout for a semiconductor structure with a different gate pitch over the source and the drain regions to mitigate gate-to-gate parasitic capacitances over the drain region, thus improving cutoff frequency. For example, the semiconductor structure can include a fin on a substrate. The semiconductor structure can also include first and second gate structures formed on the fin and separated by a first space. The semiconductor structure can also include a third gate structure formed on the fin between the first and the second gate structures. The third gate structure can be separated from the first gate structure by a second pitch and separated from the second gate structure by a third pitch that is greater than the second pitch. The semiconductor structure further includes a source region formed between the first and third gate structures, and a drain region formed between the third and the second gate structures.
US10475785B2	Semiconductor device According to one embodiment, the insulating film is provided between the anode region and the cathode region in the surface of the second semiconductor region. The third semiconductor region is provided inside the second semiconductor region. The third semiconductor region covers a corner of the insulating film on the anode region side. The first electrode contacts the anode region and the third semiconductor region. The second electrode contacts the cathode region. The third electrode is provided on the insulating film and positioned on a p-n junction between the second semiconductor region and the third semiconductor region.
US10475784B2	Semiconductor structure with a resistor and a transistor and method for forming the same A semiconductor structure is provided. A substrate has a first conductivity type. A first well and a second well are formed in the substrate. The first well has a second conductivity type. The second well has the first conductivity type. A doped region is formed in the first well and has the second conductivity type. A gate structure is disposed over the substrate and overlaps a portion of the first well and a portion of the second well. An insulating layer is disposed over the substrate and is spaced apart from the gate structure. A conducting wire is disposed on the insulating layer and includes a first input terminal and a first output terminal. The first input terminal is configured to receive an input voltage. The first output terminal is electrically connected to the doped region.
US10475782B2	ESD protection diode and electronic device including the same Provided are an ESD protection diode and an electronic device including the same. An ESD protection diode and an electronic device including the same according to an embodiment of the inventive concept include first to fifth wells. The first well is connected to a first voltage terminal. The second well is connected to a second voltage terminal. The third well is connected to the input/output terminal. The fourth well is disposed between the first well and the third well, and the fifth well is disposed between the second well and the third well. The first to third wells are N-type wells, and the fourth and fifth wells are P-type wells. The first well includes a first N+ diffusion region and the second well includes a second N+ diffusion region. The fourth well includes a first P+ diffusion region and the fifth well includes a second P+ diffusion region. According to an embodiment of the inventive concept, an internal circuit is protected fro an ESD pulse applied to a plurality of terminals and holding voltage is increased.
US10475780B2	Level shifter spare cell A method for configuring level shifter spare cells includes providing a power rail connectable to a corresponding power domain, and providing a spare cell including a level shifter circuit. The level shifter circuit has first and second terminals that are connectable to the power rail, and the first and second terminals are floating with respect to the power rail.
US10475770B2	Semiconductor device having stacked dies and stacked pillars and method of manufacturing thereof Various aspects of this disclosure provide a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a semiconductor device comprising a stacked die structure and a method of manufacturing thereof.
US10475769B2	Semiconductor package and manufacturing method of the same The present disclosure provides a semiconductor package, including a first semiconductor die layer having an active surface, a conductive contact electrically coupled to the active surface, a sidewall of the conductive contact being surrounded by an insulating layer, and a solder bump connected to the conductive contact. A seed layer is between the sidewall of the conductive contact and the insulating layer. The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor package, the method including providing a carrier, forming an insulating layer over the carrier, debonding the carrier from the insulating layer, and exposing the conductive contact from the insulating layer by an etching operation.
US10475760B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a surface, a plurality of pads disposing on the surface of the substrate, the plurality of pads includes a non-solder mask defined (NSMD) pad and a solder mask defined (SMD) pad, and the NSMD pad is arranged at a predetermined location. Further, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate, disposing a plurality of pads on a surface of the substrate, disposing a solder mask over the surface of the substrate and the plurality of pads, forming a first recess in the solder mask to surround one of the plurality of pads, and forming a second recess in the solder mask and above one of the plurality of pads.
US10475758B2	Semiconductor device structure and method for forming the same A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, and sidewalls defining a recess that passes through the semiconductor substrate. A first interconnect layer is within a first dielectric structure disposed along the second surface, and a bonding pad is in the recess and extends to the first interconnect layer. A dielectric filling layer is also within the recess. The dielectric filling layer has an opening over a portion of the bonding pad and a curved upper surface over the bonding pad. A nickel layer is over the bonding pad and in the opening.
US10475755B2	Semiconductor structure A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes providing a transceiver, forming a molding to surround the transceiver, forming a plurality of recesses extending through the molding, disposing a conductive material into the plurality of recesses to form a plurality of vias, disposing and patterning an insulating layer over the molding, the plurality of vias and the transceiver, and forming a redistribution layer (RDL) over the insulating layer, wherein the RDL comprises an antenna disposed over the insulating layer and a dielectric layer covering the antenna, and a portion of the antenna is extended through the insulating layer and is electrically connected with the transceiver.
US10475754B2	System and method for physically detecting counterfeit electronics A system for inspecting or screening electrically powered device includes a signal generator inputting a preselected signal into the electrically powered device. There is also an antenna array positioned at a pre-determined distance above the electrically powered device. Apparatus collects RF energy emitted by the electrically powered device in response to input of said preselected signal. The signature of the collected RF energy is compared with an RF energy signature of a genuine part. The comparison determines one of a genuine or a counterfeit condition of the electrically powered device.
US10475752B2	Semiconductor package structure and method of making the same A semiconductor package structure includes a substrate, a chip, bumps, an encapsulation layer and a thermal expansion-matching layer. The chip is located on a top surface of the substrate. The bumps electrically connect the chip and the inner connection pads of the substrate. The encapsulation layer covers the bumps, the chip and the top surface of the substrate. The thermal expansion-matching layer covers the whole top surface of the encapsulation layer, and exposes the side surfaces of the encapsulation layer. The thermal expansion coefficient of the thermal expansion-matching layer is different from that of the encapsulation layer. The side surface of the thermal expansion-matching layer is flush with that of the encapsulation layer. The thermal expansion-matching layer balances the inner stresses caused by the difference of the thermal expansion. Thus, the invention reduces the warpage problem of the formed package.
US10475750B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing an organic stiffener with an EMI shield for RF integration In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing an organic stiffener with an EMI shield for RF integration. For instance, in accordance with one embodiment, there is an apparatus having therein: a substrate layer having electrical traces and a ground plane therein; a functional semiconductor die electrically interfaced to the electrical traces of the substrate layer; a heat pipe thermally interfaced to a top surface of the functional semiconductor die; one or more interposers of an organic dielectric material electrically connected to the ground plane of the substrate layer and electrically connected to the heat pipe; in which the one or more interposers form the electromagnetic shield to electrically shield the functional semiconductor die; and further in which the one or more interposers form the organic stiffener are to mechanically retain the substrate layer in a planer form. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US10475749B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip on a first substrate, a first mold layer provided on the first substrate to cover a side surface of the first semiconductor chip, a solder structure provided on the first substrate, and a second substrate provided on the solder structure. A guide receptacle is formed at one of a top surface of the first mold layer and a bottom surface of the second substrate, a first alignment protrusion is formed at the other of the top surface of the first mold layer and the bottom surface of the second substrate, and at least a portion of the first alignment protrusion is provided in the guide receptacle.
US10475747B2	Integrated fan-out package and method for fabricating the same An integrated fan-out package includes an integrated circuit, a plurality of semiconductor devices, a first redistribution circuit structure, and an insulating encapsulation. The integrated circuit has an active surface and a rear surface opposite to the active surface. The semiconductor devices are electrically connected the integrated circuit. The first redistribution circuit structure is disposed between the integrated circuit and the semiconductor devices. The first redistribution circuit structure is electrically connected to the integrated circuit and the semiconductor devices respectively. The first redistribution circuit structure has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and lateral sides between the first surface and the second surface. The insulating encapsulation encapsulates the integrated circuit and the semiconductor devices and covers the first surface and the second surface of the first redistribution circuit structure. Furthermore, methods for fabricating the integrated fan-out package are also provided.
US10475745B2	Bridge interconnection with layered interconnect structures Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations for layered interconnect structures for bridge interconnection in integrated circuit assemblies. In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a substrate and a bridge embedded in the substrate. The bridge may be configured to route electrical signals between two dies. An interconnect structure, electrically coupled with the bridge, may include a via structure including a first conductive material, a barrier layer including a second conductive material disposed on the via structure, and a solderable material including a third conductive material disposed on the barrier layer. The first conductive material, the second conductive material, and the third conductive material may have different chemical composition. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10475744B2	Vertical gate-all-around transistor and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, an isolation structure, an outer structure, and a gate structure. The isolation structure is disposed on the substrate. The outer structure surrounds a sidewall of the isolation structure. The gate structure surrounds a central part of the outer structure, so that the central part covered by the gate structure becomes a channel region, and the outer structure at both sides of the central part respectively becomes a source region and a drain region.
US10475742B2	Method for forming semiconductor device structure having conductive structure with twin boundaries A method of forming a semiconductor device structure includes: forming a first conductive structure over a substrate, the first conductive structure including twin boundaries; and wherein the forming the first conductive structure includes manipulating process conditions so as to promote formation of the twin boundaries resulting in a promoted density of twin boundaries such that the first conductive structure has an increased failure current density (FCD) relative to a baseline FCD of an otherwise substantially corresponding second conductive structure which has an unpromoted density of twin boundaries, the unpromoted density being less than the promoted density and such that the first conductive structure has a resistance which is substantially the same as the second conductive structure.
US10475741B2	Chip The present embodiments provides a chip, including a carrier, a redistribution structure, and multiple packaging function modules, where the multiple packaging function modules each have at least a part wrapped by a colloid, and are fastened to the redistribution structure side by side; the redistribution structure is fastened to the carrier, and the redistribution structure includes one or more redistribution metal layers; the redistribution metal layer communicatively connects the multiple packaging function modules and the carrier. The redistribution structure further includes one or more interconnect metal layers, and the interconnect metal layer is communicatively connected to at least two packaging function modules so as to provide a signal path between the at least two packaging function modules. In the chip, two packaging function modules are placed on the carrier side by side, and a signal path is established between the two packaging function modules by using the redistribution structure.
US10475740B2	Fuse structure of dynamic random access memory A fuse structure for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) includes: a shallow trench isolation (STI) in a substrate; a first select gate in the substrate and adjacent to one side of the STI; a second select gate in the substrate and adjacent to another side of the STI; and a gate structure on the STI, the first select gate, and the second select gate.
US10475738B2	Multi-threshold voltage semiconductor device A semiconductor device preferably includes: a first metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor on a substrate; a first ferroelectric (FE) layer connected to the first MOS transistor; a second MOS transistor on the substrate; and a second FE layer connected to the second MOS transistor. Preferably, the first FE layer and the second FE layer include different capacitance.
US10475735B2	Methods and apparatus for 3D MIM capacitor package processing Methods of processing a substrate include: providing a substrate with a first polymer dielectric layer; forming a first RDL on the first polymer dielectric layer; constructing a 3D MIM capacitive stack on the first RDL in at least one opening in a top surface of a second polymer dielectric layer, the 3D MIM capacitive stack having a top electrode, a bottom electrode, and a capacitive dielectric layer interposed between the top electrode and the bottom electrode; depositing a dielectric layer on the 3D MIM capacitive stack and on the second polymer dielectric layer; and removing a portion of the dielectric layer to expose at least a portion of the top electrode at a bottom of at least one opening of the 3D MIM capacitive stack and to expose at least a portion of the metal layer at a bottom of at least one opening of the second polymer dielectric layer.
US10475731B2	Package with metal-insulator-metal capacitor and method of manufacturing the same A package includes a chip formed in a first area of the package and a molding compound formed in a second area of the package adjacent to the first area. A first polymer layer is formed on the chip and the molding compound, a second polymer layer is formed on the first polymer layer, and a plurality of interconnect structures is formed between the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer. A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor is formed on the second polymer layer and electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of interconnect structures. A metal bump is formed over and electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of interconnect structures.
US10475726B2	Low CTE component with wire bond interconnects A component such as an interposer or microelectronic element can be fabricated with a set of vertically extending interconnects of wire bond structure. Such method may include forming a structure having wire bonds extending in an axial direction within one of more openings in an element and each wire bond spaced at least partially apart from a wall of the opening within which it extends, the element consisting essentially of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion (“CTE”) of less than 10 parts per million per degree Celsius (“ppm/° C.”). First contacts can then be provided at a first surface of the component and second contacts provided at a second surface of the component facing in a direction opposite from the first surface, the first contacts electrically coupled with the second contacts through the wire bonds.
US10475725B2	Structure to enable higher current density in integrated circuit resistor An integrated circuit has a substrate including semiconductor material and a resistor in an interconnect region, above a first level of interconnect lines. The integrated circuit further includes an electrically isolated thermal conduit having one or more interconnect lines in every interconnect level lower than the resistor. The interconnect lines of the thermal conduit are directly connected through one or more vertical interconnects, including contacts, and possibly vias, to a gate structure located on a dielectric material over the semiconductor material of the substrate. The thermal conduit is electrically isolated from the resistor, from all active components in the integrated circuit, and from the semiconductor material of the substrate.
US10475724B2	Heat exchangers for dual-sided cooling A heat exchanger for cooling a plurality of heat-generating components with flat surfaces arranged in spaced parallel relation to one another has at least three flat, fluid-carrying panels, including a first end panel, a second end panel, and at least one middle panel. The middle panels have both of their opposed surfaces in thermal contact with a surface of a heat generating component. The end panels each have one surface in thermal contact with a surface of a heat-generating component. Inlet and outlet manifolds of the heat exchanger are in communication with the inlet and outlet openings of the middle panels. The inlet manifold communicates with the inlet opening of the first end panel, the outlet manifold communicates with the outlet opening of the second end panel, and the outlet opening of the first end panel communicates with the inlet opening of the second end panel.
US10475723B1	IGBT heat dissipation structure An IGBT heat dissipation structure includes a layer of IGBT chips, a bonding layer, a cold spray layer, a thermal spray layer, and a heat dissipation layer. The thermal spray layer is disposed on top of the heat dissipation layer. The cold spray layer is disposed on top of the thermal spray layer. The bonding layer is disposed on top of the cold spray layer, and the layer of IGBT chips is disposed on top of the bonding layer.
US10475721B2	Power semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same In a power semiconductor device, an IGBT has a collector electrode bonded to a metal plate by a bonding material. A diode has a cathode electrode bonded to the metal plate by the bonding material. An interconnection member is bonded to an emitter electrode of the IGBT by a bonding material. The bonding material includes a bonding material and a bonding material. The bonding material is interposed between the IGBT and the interconnection member. The bonding material fills a through hole formed in the interconnection member. The bonding material reaches the bonding material and is therefore connected to the bonding material.
US10475717B2	Semiconductor chip, method for mounting semiconductor chip, and module in which semiconductor chip is packaged A semiconductor chip includes a single-crystal substrate and a metal electrode on the bottom surface of the substrate. The metal electrode has a region in which a first metal is exposed and a region in which a second metal is exposed, the second metal having a standard electrode potential different from that of the first metal.
US10475714B2	LED system LED system comprising a sealed internal volume containing one or more elements sensitive to the presence of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), wherein in said internal volume is present a getter composition for VOCs removal comprising a combination of at least two different types of zeolite.
US10475710B1	Method of characterizing the anisotropic, complex dielectric constant for materials with small dimensions A dielectric-coating based technique determines the refractive index of small dimension materials. The technique utilizes a sample of the small dimension material coated with the dielectric and an uncoated sample, where reflectivity is determined for each. The real and imaginary components of the refractive index can be determined for the small-dimension material itself.
US10475708B2	Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same A semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a CMOS structure. The CMOS structure includes a PMOS structure and a NMOS structure. The PMOS structure includes two first source/drain regions disposed in the substrate, a first gate dielectric disposed partially in the substrate between the first source/drain regions, and a fully silicided gate electrode disposed on the first gate dielectric. The NMOS structure includes two second source/drain regions disposed in the substrate, a second gate dielectric disposed partially in the substrate between the second source/drain regions, and a non-silicided conductive gate electrode disposed on the second gate dielectric.
US10475706B2	Making a defect free fin based device in lateral epitaxy overgrowth region Electronic device fins may be formed by epitaxially growing a first layer of material on a substrate surface at a bottom of a trench formed between sidewalls of shallow trench isolation (STI) regions. The trench height may be at least 1.5 times its width, and the first layer may fill less than the trench height. Then a second layer of material may be epitaxially grown on the first layer in the trench and over top surfaces of the STI regions. The second layer may have a second width extending over the trench and over portions of top surfaces of the STI regions. The second layer may then be patterned and etched to form a pair of electronic device fins over portions of the top surfaces of the STI regions, proximate to the trench. This process may avoid crystaline defects in the fins due to lattice mismatch in the layer interfaces.
US10475702B2	Conductive feature formation and structure using bottom-up filling deposition The present disclosure provides example embodiments relating to conductive features, such as metal contacts, vias, lines, etc., and methods for forming those conductive features. In some embodiments, a structure includes a first dielectric layer over a substrate, a first conductive feature through the first dielectric layer, the first conductive feature comprising a first metal, a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer, and a second conductive feature through the second dielectric layer having a lower convex surface extending into the first conductive feature, wherein the lower convex surface of the second conductive feature has a tip end extending laterally under a bottom boundary of the second dielectric layer.
US10475701B2	Mixed wire structure and method of making the same A method for connecting metal layers in a mixed wire structure for a semiconductor substrate. A lower metal layer and a via in the mixed wired structure is formed in a dielectric structure on the semiconductor substrate, wherein a layer of a barrier metal is absent between the lower metal layer and the via. A trench is formed in the dielectric structure for an upper metal layer that contacts the via. A barrier metal layer is formed on the via and in the trench. The upper metal layer is formed after forming the barrier metal layer, wherein the barrier metal layer is located between the via and the upper metal layer.
US10475700B2	Etching to reduce line wiggling A method for reducing wiggling in a line includes forming a first patterning layer over a metal feature and depositing a first mask layer over the first patterning layer. The first mask layer is patterned to form a first set of one or more openings therein and then thinned. The pattern of the first mask layer is transferred to the first patterning layer to form a second set of one or more openings therein. The first patterning layer is etched to widen the second set of one or more openings. The first patterning layer may be comprised of silicon or an oxide material. The openings in the first patterning layer may be widened while a mask layer is over the first patterning layer.
US10475698B2	Ambipolar transistor and electronic sensor of high sensitivity using the same Disclosed are an ambipolar transistor and a high-sensitivity electronic sensor using the same. The ambipolar transistor includes: a substrate; a gate formed on the substrate; a gate insulating film formed of an SiOC thin film and disposed on the substrate and the gate; and a source portion and a drain portion formed on the gate insulating film and spaced apart from each other, wherein the source portion and the drain portion comprise: a main source terminal and a main drain terminal disposed on the gate insulating film at right and left sides of the gate, respectively; and a plurality of source sub-terminals and a plurality of drain sub-terminals alternately arranged between the main source terminal and the main drain terminal, respectively.
US10475695B2	High resistivity silicon-on-insulator substrate comprising an isolation region A multilayer composite structure and a method of preparing a multilayer composite structure are provided. The multilayer composite structure comprises a semiconductor handle substrate having a minimum bulk region resistivity of at least about 500 ohm-cm and an isolation region that impedes the transfer of charge carriers along the surface of the handle substrate and reduces parasitic coupling between RF devices.
US10475693B1	Method for forming single diffusion breaks between finFET devices and the resulting devices A method includes forming a first hard mask layer above a substrate. The first hard mask layer is patterned to define a plurality of fin openings and at least a first diffusion break opening. A first etch process is performed to define a plurality of fins in the substrate and a first diffusion break recess in a selected fin. A first dielectric layer is formed between the fins and in the first diffusion break recess to define a first diffusion break. A second hard mask layer having a second opening positioned above the first diffusion break is formed above the first hard mask layer and the first dielectric layer. A second dielectric layer is formed in the second opening. The second hard mask layer is removed. A second etch process is performed to recess the first dielectric layer to expose upper portions of the plurality of fins.
US10475691B2	Substrate transfer hand A substrate transfer hand is configured to sandwich a substrate between a plurality of receiving members and a gripping member and to fix the substrate by moving the gripping member with an actuator. The plurality of receiving members each have a flat plate-shaped support portion mounted on the main hand body, a substrate outer periphery holding portion supported on the support portion and configured to hold an outer periphery of the substrate, and a substrate lower surface holding portion supported on the support portion and configured to hold a lower surface of the substrate. The substrate outer periphery holding portion has a portion provided vertically from the support portion and configured to hold the substrate in contact with the outer periphery of the substrate. The substrate lower surface holding portion has a portion inclined from an outer peripheral side toward an inner side of the substrate to be held. The substrate outer periphery holding portion and the substrate lower surface holding portion are spaced from each other by a gap or a groove.
US10475688B2	Electrostatic chuck device, and semiconductor manufacturing device An electrostatic chuck part of an electrostatic chuck device has an electrostatic chuck part inner peripheral surface surrounding an opening of a chuck part through-hole, and an electrostatic chuck part outer peripheral surface surrounding the electrostatic chuck part inner peripheral surface. An insulator has an insulator main body in which an insulator through-hole having an opening on the electrostatic chuck part side is formed, an insulator inner end face, and an insulator outer end face which faces the electrostatic chuck part outer peripheral surface. The insulator inner end face and the electrostatic chuck part inner peripheral surface are in contact with each other, or an adhesion layer or a plasma-resistant adhesive layer extends in a gap between the insulator inner end face and the electrostatic chuck part inner peripheral surface. The plasma-resistant adhesive layer is formed between the electrostatic chuck part outer peripheral surface and the insulator outer end face.
US10475687B2	Electrostatic chuck device An aspect of the present invention has an object to provide an electrostatic chuck device which is provided with a plurality of divided heaters and in which uniform temperature control of a zone which is heated by each heater can be performed with a simple configuration. An electrostatic chuck device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: an electrostatic chuck part which has a mounting surface on one principal surface thereof to mount a plate-shaped sample and has an electrode for electrostatic attraction; a temperature controlling base part which is provided at a side opposite to the mounting surface of the electrostatic chuck part and is configured to cool the electrostatic chuck part; a high frequency generating electrode which is provided in a layer between the electrostatic chuck part and the temperature controlling base part; a high frequency power source which is connected to the high frequency generating electrode; a first heater element which is configured with a plurality of main heaters which are provided in a layer between the high frequency generating electrode and the temperature controlling base part; and a guard electrode which is provided in a layer between the high frequency generating electrode and the first heater element.
US10475684B2	Supporting device and supporting method for articles A supporting device includes a supporting member including a first positioning member positioning a bottom of a first article and inhibiting horizontal movement of the first article, and a second positioning member positioning a bottom of a second article and inhibiting horizontal movement of the second article. The first and second positioning members release the articles when elevated. The supporting device includes a first anti-drop member preventing the first article from being elevated and released and a second anti-drop member preventing the second article from being elevated and released. The first positioning member is higher than the second positioning member. The end of the first article closer to the first and second anti-drop members is nearer or equally distant to the first and second anti-drop members than a corresponding end of the second article. The second anti-drop member is retracted from the end of the first article when the first positioning member positions the first article.
US10475681B2	Chip accommodation tray A chip accommodation tray for accommodating a plurality of chips includes a holding sheet for holding the chips on a face side thereof, the holding sheet having a tack force and a plurality of first pores formed therethrough, and a frame including a bottom wall supporting a reverse side of the holding sheet, the bottom wall having a plurality of second pores formed therethrough, and side walls erected from the bottom wall in surrounding relation to the holding sheet. Air is supplied from below the bottom wall of the frame through the second pores and the first pores and ejected toward lower surfaces of the chips held on the holding sheet, thereby peeling the chips off the holding sheet.
US10475678B2	Wafer charges monitoring Apparatus and method for monitoring wafer charges are proposed. A conductive pin, a conductive spring and a conductive line are configured in series to connect the backside surface of the wafer and the sample conductor so that the backside surface of the wafer and the surface of the sample conductor have identical charge density. Hence, by using a static electricity sensor positioned close to the surface of the sample conductor, the charges on the wafer may be monitored. Note that the charges appeared on the frontside surface of the wafer induces charges on the backside surface of the wafer. As usual, the sample conductor is a sheet conductor and properly insulated from the surrounding environment. As usual, the sample conductor and the static electricity sensor are positioned outside the chamber where the wafer is placed and processed, so as to simplify the apparatus inside the chamber and reduce the contamination risk.
US10475677B2	Parallel test structure An exemplary apparatus includes a testing module connected to, and providing a test voltage to, an integrated circuit containing devices under test. The testing module performs a time-dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) test on the devices under test. A decoder is connected to the devices under test and the testing module. The decoder selectively connects each device being tested to the testing module. Efuses are connected to a different one of the devices under test. The efuses separately electrically disconnect each of the devices under test from the test voltage upon failure of a corresponding device under test. Protection circuits are connected between the efuses and a ground voltage. Each protection circuit provides a shunt around the decoder upon failure of the device under test.
US10475676B2	Workpiece processing method In a processing method, a surface protective tape peeling step of peeling a surface protective tape off the top surface of a wafer is performed in a state in which an expanding sheet is expanded while a preliminary expanding step of expanding the expanding sheet is performed after an affixing step is performed. Therefore, the surface protective tape can be peeled off the top surface of the wafer while a tension is applied to the expanding sheet. It is thereby possible to prevent chips from coming into contact with each other and being damaged. When an expanding step is thereafter performed, the expanding sheet is expanded by an amount of expansion which amount is a value larger than an amount of expansion of the expanding sheet in the preliminary expanding step. Thus, sufficient intervals can be formed between the chips, and the chips can be transported smoothly.
US10475672B2	Device and method for at least partly dissolving a connecting layer of a temporarily bonded substrate stack A device and method for at least partial loosening of a connecting layer of a temporarily bonded substrate stack. The device has at least one ring, whereby the substrate stack can be placed within the at least one ring, the at least one ring having a plurality of nozzles. The nozzles are arranged distributed at least over a portion of the periphery of the at least one ring, the nozzles directed onto the connecting layer. The device sprays solvent from the nozzles onto an edge area of the connecting layer.
US10475668B2	Apparatus and method for processing a semiconductor substrate A method includes placing a semiconductor substrate on a first curved surface of a first bending tool, using a second bending tool with a second surface to apply pressure to the semiconductor substrate, thereby pressing the semiconductor substrate onto the first curved surface and bending the semiconductor substrate, and removing the bended semiconductor substrate from the first bending tool.
US10475664B2	Wafer stacking to form a multi-wafer-bonded structure In one aspect, a method includes heating a wafer chuck, heating a first wafer, depositing a first epoxy along at least a portion of a surface of the first wafer disposed on the wafer chuck, spinning the wafer chuck to spread the first epoxy at least partially across the first wafer, placing a second wafer on the first epoxy disposed on the first wafer and bonding the second wafer to the first epoxy under vacuum to form a two-wafer-bonded structure.
US10475663B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a substrate having a drift layer, metal wiring formed on an upper surface of the substrate, and an electrode formed on a back surface of the substrate, wherein the lifetime of carriers in the drift layer satisfies the following expression 1: [Expression 1] τ≥1.5×10−5exp(5.4×103tN-) expression 1 τ: the lifetime of carriers in the drift layer tN-: the layer thickness of the drift layer.
US10475662B2	Method of forming semiconductor device A method of forming a semiconductor memory device includes following steps. First of all, a target layer is provided, and a mask structure is formed on the target layer, with the mask structure including a first mask layer a sacrificial layer and a second mask layer. The first mask layer and the second mask layer include the same material but in different containing ratio. Next, the second mask layer and the sacrificial layer are patterned, to form a plurality of mandrels. Then, a plurality of spacer patterns are formed to surround the mandrels, and then transferred into the first mask layer to form a plurality of opening not penetrating the first mask layer. Finally, the first mask layer is used as a mask to etch the target layer, to form a plurality of target patterns.
US10475658B2	Formulations to selectively etch silicon and germanium Compositions useful for the selective removal of silicon-containing materials relative to germanium-containing materials, and vice versa, from a microelectronic device having same thereon. The removal compositions include at least one diol and are tunable to achieve the required Si:Ge removal selectivity and etch rates.
US10475657B2	Location-specific tuning of stress to control bow to control overlay in semiconductor processing Techniques herein include systems and methods for correcting pattern overlay errors by correcting or adjusting bowing of wafers. Location-specific tuning of stress on semiconductor substrates reduces overlay error. Location-specific tuning of stress independently modifies specific regions, areas, or point locations on a substrate to change wafer bow at those specific locations, which reduces overlay error on substrates, which in turn improves overlay of subsequent patterns created on the substrate. Techniques herein include receiving a substrate with some amount of overlay error, measuring bow of the substrate to map z-height deviations across the substrate, generating an overlay correction pattern, and then physically modifying internal stresses on the substrate at specific locations with modifications independent of other coordinate locations. Such modifications can include etching a backside surface of the substrate. One or more processing modules can be used for such processing.
US10475651B2	Method for patterning a piece of carbon nanomaterial and a processed piece of carbon nanomaterial A method for patterning a piece of carbon nanomaterial. The method comprises generating a first light pulse sequence with first light pulse sequence property values, the first light pulse sequence comprising at least one light pulse and exposing a first area of the piece of carbon nanomaterial to said first light pulse sequence in a first process environment having a first oxygen content, without exposing at least part of the piece of carbon nanomaterial to said first light pulse sequence. In this way, the method comprises oxidizing locally, in the first area, at least some carbon atoms of the piece of carbon nanomaterial in such a way that at most 10% of the carbon atoms of the first area are removed from the first area; thereby patterning the first area of the piece of carbon nanomaterial. In addition a processed piece of carbon nanomaterial.
US10475650B2	Laser doping device and semiconductor device manufacturing method A laser doping device includes: a solution supply system configured to supply a solution containing dopant to a doping region; a pulse laser system configured to output pulse laser light including a plurality of pulses, the pulse laser light transmitting through the solution; a first control unit configured to control a number of pulses of the pulse laser light for allowing the doping region to be irradiated, and to control a fluence of the pulse laser light in the doping region; and a second control unit configured to control a flow velocity of the solution so as to move bubbles, from the doping region, occurring in the solution every time of irradiation with the pulse.
US10475649B2	Patterning method A patterning method includes the following steps. A hard mask layer is formed on a substrate. Mandrels are formed on the hard mask layer. Mask patterns are formed on the mandrels. Each of the mask patterns is formed on one of the mandrels. Spacers are formed on the hard mask layer. Each of the spacers is formed on a sidewall of one of the mandrels and on a sidewall of one of the mask patterns. A cover layer covering the hard mask layer, the spacers and the mask patterns is formed. A planarization process is performed to remove the cover layer on the mask patterns and the spacer and remove the mask patterns. A part of the cover layer remains between the spacers after the planarization process. The mandrels and the cover layer are removed after the planarization process.
US10475640B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device Provided herein is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. A substrate including a MEMS region and a connection region thereon is provided; a dielectric layer disposed on the substrate in the connection region is provided; a poly-silicon layer disposed on the dielectric layer is provided, wherein the poly-silicon layer serves as an etch-stop layer; a connection pad disposed on the poly-silicon layer is provided; and a passivation layer covering the dielectric layer is provided, wherein the passivation layer includes an opening that exposes the connection pad and a transition region between the connection pad and the passivation layer, and a conductive layer conformally covering the connection pad and the poly-silicon layer in the transition region is provided.
US10475635B2	Voltage application method, voltage application device, and time-of-flight mass spectrometer Voltages are applied by a voltage application device having an electrode circuit including a plurality of electrode connection parts connected in series via a resistance R between neighboring electrode connection parts; and power sources P for outputting both positive and negative polarities, each power source connected to both ends of the electrode circuit. The method of applying a voltage includes determining a polarity and a magnitude of an output voltage of so that a voltage having a predetermined polarity and magnitude is applied to the electrodes; and based on the polarities, switching the polarities of the output voltages by switching the polarities of the output voltages of the plurality of power sources P one at a time while maintaining a state where a polarity of an output voltage of at least one power source P, among the plurality of power sources P, is different from others.
US10475634B2	Vacuum electro-spray ion source and mass spectrometer The vacuum electro-spray ion source comprises a hollow capillary, a vacuum cavity, a gas inlet pipe, a gas supply device and an adjusting device, wherein a first end of the hollow capillary is a sampling port, and a second end is used as a spray nozzle for vacuum electro-sprays and stretches into the vacuum cavity; the air pressure in the vacuum cavity is ranged from 10 to 200 Pa; one end of the gas inlet pipe stretches into the vacuum cavity, and the other end is connected with the gas supply device; and the adjusting device is configured for adjusting the gas inlet pipe to allow the gas to flow therein intermittently. The ion source may achieve electro-spray ionization in the vacuum environment, so that losses during ion transmission may be reduced to improve the signal intensity and detection limit during detection.
US10475632B2	Mass spectrometer vacuum interface method and apparatus A mass spectrometer vacuum interface can include a skimmer apparatus having a skimmer aperture and an internal surface. A method of operating the mass spectrometer vacuum interface can include establishing an outwardly directed flow along the internal surface of the skimmer apparatus.
US10475624B2	High-frequency power supply device, and control method for high-frequency power supply device In frequency control where impedance matching is performed by frequency sweep in an RF power supply device, a frequency sweep direction is specified, allowing a reflection coefficient and/or reflected power to move to a minimum, whereby it is possible to reduce a time length required until detecting the frequency that enables the reflection coefficient and/or the reflected power to be minimized. The frequency control for impedance matching in the RF power supply device is performed according to the following two-stage control; A) phase control that specifies the frequency sweep direction that allows the reflection coefficient and/or the reflected power to move to a minimum, based on the phase state of oscillating frequency, and that starts increasing or decreasing the frequency in thus specified sweep direction; and B) reflected power control where the reflection coefficient or the reflection amount is used as a control end condition for completing the frequency control.
US10475623B2	Ceramic layer for electrostatic chuck including embedded faraday cage for RF delivery and associated methods A ceramic layer is attached to a top surface of a base plate using a bond layer. The ceramic layer has a top surface configured to support a substrate. At least one clamp electrode is positioned within an upper region of the ceramic layer. A primary radiofrequency (RF) power delivery electrode is positioned within the ceramic layer at a location vertically below the at least one clamp electrode such that a region of the ceramic layer between the primary RF power delivery electrode and the at least one clamp electrode is substantially free of other electrically conductive material. A plurality of RF power delivery connection modules is distributed in a substantially uniform manner about a perimeter of the ceramic layer. Each of the RF power delivery connection modules is configured to form an electrical connection from the base plate to the primary RF power delivery electrode at its respective location.
US10475610B2	Electric circuit breaker device An electric circuit breaker device includes a cylindrical space penetrating from a first end to a second end of a housing made of a synthetic resin, an igniter, a projectile made of a synthetic resin, and a conductor piece forming part of an electric circuit, which are arranged axially in this order from the first end of the housing. The conductor piece is a plate piece comprising of connection sections at both ends thereof and a cutting section as an intermediate portion. The projectile is disposed to face the surface of the cutting section of the conductor piece in the axial direction of the housing. A cylinder made of a metal for reinforcing the housing is disposed between the projectile and an inner wall surface of the housing; the projectile has a constricted part fitted with an O-ring abutting against an inner periphery of the cylinder.
US10475605B2	Actuator alternating indicator light An exemplary embodiment of a load control device with a light indicator is disclosed. The load control device may include an actuator assembly and a light source. The actuator assembly may include a frame, a light pipe, and an actuator having two surfaces. The light pipe may be arranged within the actuator and include first and second legs. The first leg may extend towards the first surface, and the second leg may extend towards the second surface. When the actuator is in a first position, the light source may be optically aligned with one of the first and second legs; and, when the actuator is in a second position, the light source may be optically aligned with the other of the first and second legs. When the light source is illuminated, the light pipe may direct the light towards the respective surface of the actuator.
US10475599B2	Circuit breakers with handle bearing pins Circuit breakers with handles having at least one handle bearing pin that contacts an upper end portion of a moving arm and allows the arm to rotate to “OFF”, “ON” and “TRIP” positions, typically about 90 degrees of rotation.
US10475597B2	Emergency stop device An emergency stop device including a control button, an actuation assembly which includes an actuation plunger that cooperates with the control button and an actuation spring mounted between the body of the device and the actuation plunger, a trip plunger designed to cooperate with at least one electrical contact unit and one trip spring mounted between the actuation plunger and the trip plunger and arranged to actuate the trip plunger when the control button is actuated from its rest position to its actuated position, a latching member mounted on the trip plunger, an unlocking assembly including an unlocking ring that is arranged to cooperate with the control button to return it from its released actuated position to the rest position, the unlocking assembly including an unlocking spring mounted between the control button and the body, and arranged to actuate the control button towards its rest position.
US10475596B2	Control device base that attaches to the paddle actuator of a mechanical switch A remote control device may control electrical loads and/or load control devices of a load control system without accessing electrical wiring. The remote control device may include a control unit and a base for the control unit. The base may include a frame and a mounting tab that attaches to the paddle actuator of a mechanical switch. The mounting tab may be monolithic with the frame. Alternatively, the base may include a resilient attachment member that extends from the frame and is captively retained by the mounting tab. The frame and the attachment member may be configured such that the attachment member is held in a fixed in position by the frame, or such that the attachment member is translatable relative to the frame. The base may include one or more alignment members. The base may cause a rear surface of the frame to be biased against the mechanical switch.
US10475590B2	Electrolytic capacitor and method for producing same An electrolytic capacitor includes: an anode body; a dielectric layer formed on the anode body; a first conductive polymer layer which covers at least a portion of the dielectric layer; and a second conductive polymer layer which covers at least a portion of the first conductive polymer layer. The first conductive polymer layer includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer contains a first conductive polymer and a first dopant, and covers at least a portion of the dielectric layer. The second layer is formed on the first layer, and contains a first silane compound. The second conductive polymer layer contains a second conductive polymer, a second dopant, and a basic compound.
US10475588B2	Capacitor with multiple elements for multiple replacement applications A capacitor provides a plurality of selectable capacitance values, by selective connection of six capacitor sections of a capacitive element each having a capacitance value. The capacitor sections are provided in a plurality of wound cylindrical capacitive elements. Two vertically stacked wound cylindrical capacitance elements may each provide three capacitor sections. There may be six separately wound cylindrical capacitive elements each providing a capacitor section. The capacitor sections have a common element terminal. A pressure interrupter cover assembly is sealingly secured to the open end of case for the elements and has a deformable cover with a centrally mounted common cover terminal and a plurality of section cover terminals mounted at spaced apart locations. A conductor frangibly connects the common element terminal of the capacitor section to the common cover terminal and conductors respectively frangibly connect the capacitor section terminals to the section cover terminals. Deformation of the cover caused by failure of the capacitor element breaks at least some of the frangible connections sufficient to disconnect the capacitive element from an electric circuit in which it is connected. A cover insulation barrier mounted on the deformable cover, has a barrier cup substantially surrounding the common cover terminal and a plurality of barrier fins each extending radially outwardly from the barrier cup, and deployed between adjacent section cover terminals.
US10475584B2	Electronic component mount structure, electronic component, and method for manufacturing electronic component An electronic component mount structure includes an electronic component and a mount substrate. The electronic component includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers, internal electrode layers and an insulating layer stacked in a stacking direction. The multilayer body includes two main surfaces opposed to each other in the stacking direction, two side surfaces opposed to each other in a width direction perpendicular to the stacking direction, and two end surfaces opposed to each other in a length direction perpendicular to the stacking and width directions. An insulator is provided on the side surfaces of the multilayer body. The mount substrate includes a land electrode on a mount surface. The electronic component is mounted on the land electrode with a solder fillet being interposed such that the side surfaces are perpendicular to the mount surface. The land electrode is smaller in the width direction than the electronic component.
US10475583B2	Dielectric composites, and multi-layered capacitors and electronic devices comprising thereof A dielectric composite including a plurality of crystal grains including a semiconductor or conductive material, and a grain boundary insulation layer between the crystal grains, wherein the grain boundary insulation layer includes a two-dimensional layered material covering at least a portion of a surface of at least one of the crystal grains, and a multi-layered capacitor and an electronic device including the same.
US10475581B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor and manufacturing method of multilayer ceramic capacitor A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer chip in which each of dielectric layers and each of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked and are alternately exposed to two edge faces thereof; and external electrodes formed on the two edge faces; wherein: the external electrodes have a structure in which a plated layer is formed on a ground layer whose main component is a metal or an alloy, a thermal expansion coefficient of the metal being larger than that of a main ceramic component of the dielectric layer, the ground layer including a ceramic additive; outermost layers of the multilayer chip are cover layers whose main component is a main component of the dielectric layer; and thermal expansion coefficients satisfy a relationship of, the main component of the ground layer>the main component of the cover layers>the ceramic additive.
US10475570B2	Electronic component An electronic component includes insulator layers having first and second sides respectively extending in first and second directions from a first point, and outer conductor layers extends in the first and second direction from the first point. Each of the outer conductor layers has second and third points. One of the outer conductor layers has a fixing portion inside a region having a third side connecting the second and third points, and fourth and fifth sides respectively extending from the second point in the reverse first direction and from the third point in the reverse second direction.
US10475568B2	Power management module and method of manufacture A power management module, provides an inductor including one or more electrical conductors disposed around a ferromagnetic ceramic element including one or more metal oxides having fluctuations in metal-oxide compositional uniformity less than or equal to 1.50 mol % throughout the ceramic element.
US10475564B2	Perpendicularly magnetized ferromagnetic layers having an oxide interface allowing for improved control of oxidation An improved magnetic tunnel junction with two oxide interfaces on each side of a ferromagnetic layer (FML) leads to higher PMA in the FML. The novel stack structure allows improved control during oxidation of the top oxide layer. This is achieved by the use of a FML with a multiplicity of ferromagnetic sub-layers deposited in alternating sequence with one or more non-magnetic layers. The use of non-magnetic layers each with a thickness of 0.5 to 10 Angstroms and with a high resputtering rate provides a smoother FML top surface, inhibits crystallization of the FML sub-layers, and reacts with oxygen to prevent detrimental oxidation of the adjoining ferromagnetic sub-layers. The FML can function as a free or reference layer in an MTJ. In an alternative embodiment, the non-magnetic material such as Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Sr, Ba, and B is embedded by co-deposition or doped in the FML layer.
US10475562B2	Method for maintaining refrigeration unit and refrigeration unit A method for maintaining a refrigeration unit includes a connecting step of connecting a refrigerator body to a vacuum case with a first cooling stage in thermal contact with a radiation shield, where in the connecting step, the fastening force of the fastening member is adjusted such that the temperature of the first cooling stage becomes a target temperature.
US10475558B2	Cable processing equipment for processing cable cores of a multi-core cable Cable processing equipment for processing cable cores of a multi-core cable includes separating elements that are introducible between the cable cores and are movable along the cable cores with combing effect. The separating elements are arranged in star shape and are movable in a radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the cable. The cable processing equipment further includes a forming tool for preshaping the core ends, which ends are separated by the separating elements, of the cable cores of the multi-core cable. The forming tool includes a forming die with core receptacles for receiving the cable cores and a guide sleeve for embracing the cable cores.
US10475555B2	Metallized optical fiber A metallized optical fiber comprises: A) An optical fiber, and B) A conductive metal over and in contact with the optical fiber and having a thickness that is at least 0.15 times the thickness of the optical fiber. The metallized optical fiber can form a component of a hybrid optical fiber/coaxial cable, and it provides good protection against interference with the data signal traveling along the optical fiber from electrical current from an adjacent or near-by electrical conductor.
US10475554B2	Coaxial cable and method of construction thereof A coaxial cable and method of construction thereof are provided. The coaxial cable includes an elongate central conductive member; a dielectric insulative layer encasing the central conductive member; an outer protective sheath, and a braided EMI shield layer including hybrid yarn sandwiched between the dielectric insulative layer and the outer protective sheath. The hybrid yarn includes an elongate nonconductive filament and an elongate continuous conductive wire filament. The wire filament is interlaced in electrical communication with itself or other wire filaments along a length of the EMI shield layer to provide protection to the central conductive member against at least one of EMI, RFI or ESD. The method includes providing a central conductive member; forming a dielectric insulative layer surrounding the central conductive member; braiding an EMI shield layer including hybrid yarn about the insulative layer, and forming an outer protective sheath about the braided EMI shield layer.
US10475551B2	Electrical coupler, power converter, and method An electric coupler includes a body, a first electrical path through the body having a first resistance to electric current within a first frequency range and a second electrical path through the body having a second resistance to electric current within a second frequency range.
US10475548B2	Ultra-thin doped noble metal films for optoelectronics and photonics applications Electrically conductive, thin, smooth films are provided that comprise silver (Ag) and a conductive metal, such as aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti), nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), gold (Au), magnesium (Mg), tantalum (Ta), germanium (Ge) or combinations thereof. In other alternative variations, electrically conductive, thin, smooth films are provided that comprise gold (Au) or copper (Cu) and a conductive metal, such as aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti), nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), gold (Au), magnesium (Mg), tantalum (Ta), germanium (Ge) or combinations thereof. Such materials have excellent electrical conductivity, may be ultra-thin, flexible, transparent, and have low optical loss. Assemblies incorporating such films and methods of making the films are also provided. The assemblies may be used in photovoltaic and light emitting devices with high power conversion efficiencies or optical meta-materials that exhibit high transmittance and homogeneous response, among others.
US10475545B2	Three-stage carrier for gamma irradiation and gamma irradiation method using three-stage carrier A three-stage carrier is transported to an irradiation room by transporting means and is irradiated with gamma ray sources installed on ray source rack such that a product loaded therein is treated. The three-stage carrier includes a central container in a center of the three-stage carrier; an upper container formed on the central container; and a lower container formed under the central container. Here, the central container, the upper container, and the lower container are partitioned by septum, a height of the three-stage carrier is greater than a height of the ray source lack, and the central container has a height greater than a height of the upper container or a height of upper container. The better quality stability through uniform sterilization and the improved energy utilization efficiency and productivity, the reduction of cost may be achieved.
US10475543B2	Dispersion ceramic micro-encapsulated (DCM) nuclear fuel and related methods The invention relates to the use of Dispersion Ceramic Micro-Encapsulated (DCM) nuclear fuel as a meltdown-proof, accident-tolerant fuel to replace uranium dioxide fuel in existing light water reactors (LWRs). The safety qualities of the DCM fuel are obtained by the combination of three strong barriers to fission product release (ceramic coatings around the fuel kernels), highly dense inert ceramic matrix around the coated fuel particles and metallic or ceramic cladding around the fuel pellets.
US10475541B2	Simple and robust implosion of ICF targets A method of imploding an Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) target may include directing laser energy into a hohlraum, where a target is disposed within the hohlraum that includes an ablator layer, a shell disposed within the ablator layer, and a fuel region disposed within the shell. The method may also include ablating the ablator layer in response to the laser energy being directed into the hohlraum, and generating a single shockwave that is driven inward through the ablator layer. The method may further include impulsively accelerating the shell inward when hit by the single shockwave, and compressing the fuel region by the inward acceleration of the shell.
US10475537B2	Method and system for automated quality assurance and automated treatment planning in radiation therapy Methods and systems for evaluating a proposed treatment plan for radiation therapy, for evaluating one or more delineated regions of interest for radiation therapy, and/or for generating a proposed treatment plan for radiation therapy. Machine learning based on historical data may be used.
US10475536B2	Method of determination of risk of 2 hour blood glucose equal to or greater than 140 mg/dL This invention relates to methods for predicting likelihood of a subject having abnormal glucose tolerance based on analyzing a combination of three or more biomarkers relating to specific physiological processes. This invention also relates to methods of accessing insulin sensitivity in a subject based on analyzing a combination of three or more biomarkers relating to specific physiological processes. The method has a clinical utility in correct and quick assessment of a subject's glucose tolerance and risk of developing diabetes or cardio-diabetic conditions and comorbidities.
US10475534B2	Variable dose dispensing system A variable dose dispensing system may include a processor and memory. The processor may receive a request for a variable dose order of a medication, such as from a user. The processor may request an amount of the medication to be administered, and receive, in response to the request, an indication of the amount to be administered. The processor may verify that the amount to be administered is within a range of the variable dose order. The processor may determine an item in a local inventory that contains at least the amount of the medication to be administered, and may dispense the item. If an amount of the dispensed item exceeds the amount to be administered, such as by a waste amount, the processor may display an indication of the waste amount to the user, and may transmit a notification of the waste amount, such as to a management server.
US10475532B1	Social media dissemination of health information via a hybrid architecture In some embodiments, a social media communication may be obtained from a social media platform. The social media communication may include an anonymized version of a health care event information item associated with an event pertaining to an individual such that the anonymized version of the health care event information item refers to but does not specifically identify the event. The anonymized version may include a hash value of the social media communication in lieu of at least part of the health care event information. A link (including the hash value as a parameter related to a service request) may be generated based on the hash value of the social media communication. The service request may be provided to a service provider based on the link that comprises the hash value of the social media communication.
US10475528B2	Methods for modeling and analysis of interface between point patterns Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture are described that facilitate computation of a model of an interface between two molecules and analyzing characteristics of the interface. The complex of the two molecules can be modeled, and location of the atoms on the surface can be determined. One of the two molecules can be similarly modeled, and the location of the atoms on the surface can be determined. An interface model utilizing atoms that are located in the same place on the complex and the molecule can be calculated. Properties of the interface can be utilized to analyze the interaction between the two molecules.
US10475527B2	Method and system for detection of microbial growth in a specimen container A method for determining whether microbial growth is occurring within a specimen container includes steps of incubating the specimen container and obtaining a series of measurement data points while the specimen container is incubated and storing the data points in a machine-readable memory. The series of measurement data points represent a growth curve of microbial growth within the specimen container. The methods determine a positive condition of microbial growth within the container from the measurement data points.
US10475526B2	Systems, apparatus, and methods for generating and analyzing resistome profiles Systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed for generating a resistome profile for a subject, monitoring an infection state of one or more subjects, and/or identifying a potential infection outbreak at a facility, for example, by obtaining first data representative of at least one measure of antibiotic resistance of an organism from a first sample, identifying the organism, determining at least one of an antibiotic susceptibility phenotype, an identity of an antibiotic resistance gene, and an antibiotic to which the organism is non-susceptible, generating and comparing a first pattern to at least one known pattern to determine and generate a profile uniqueness identifier indicating a degree of similarity above a threshold between the first pattern and the at least one known pattern.
US10475523B2	Updating read voltages triggered by the rate of temperature change A device includes a memory and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller is configured to associate a first value of a memory access parameter with a first group indicator. The controller is configured to perform an update operation to determine a second value of the memory access parameter based on first data read from the memory and to generate a first updated value of the memory access parameter. The first updated parameter is associated with the first group indicator and is based on the first value and the second value.
US10475518B2	Memory system, memory system control method, and program According to one embodiment, a memory system comprises a nonvolatile memory, and a memory controller configured to manage a history value about setting of a read voltage in performing reading of data from the nonvolatile memory, in accordance with a first management unit and a second management unit, a size of the second management unit being smaller than a size of the first management unit. A first region of the nonvolatile memory corresponds to the first management unit. A plurality of second regions of the nonvolatile memory each correspond to the second management unit. The first region includes the plurality of second regions. The controller is configured to: obtain a first history value for the first region, and obtain a second history value for at least one of the second regions; and in execution of a read operation to a region included in the second regions, when the second history value for the region included in the second regions is not obtained, execute the read operation to the region included in the second regions by using the first history value obtained for the first region.
US10475517B2	Characterizing and operating a non-volatile memory device A sequence of contiguous pages in an erase block in a non-volatile memory device is programmed and erased. Next, all of the pages in the erase block are programmed with data. Then, the data is read back and verified to determine whether there is an error in the data. When there is an error in the data, then the last page in the sequence is identified as being unstable. If there is no error in the data, then the last page in that sequence is identified as being stable. Thus, the recorded information identifies a point of instability in the erase block. Instabilities can be stabilized by performing additional writes to fill the partially filled word line.
US10475507B1	Single-ended reading circuit A single-ended reading circuit includes a pre-charger, a high-level maintainer, a first NAND gate, a second NAND gate, a third NAND gate, and an output driver. The first NAND gate has a first input terminal for receiving a pre-charging clock, a second input terminal coupled to a first node, and an output terminal coupled to a second node. The second NAND gate has a first input terminal coupled through a third node to the second node, a second input terminal coupled to a fourth node, and an output terminal coupled to a fifth node. The third NAND gate has a first input terminal coupled to the fifth node, a second input terminal coupled to the first node, and an output terminal coupled to the fourth node.
US10475501B2	Semiconductor device and method for profiling events in semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first serializer configured to collect at least one event in a first domain to generate a first serial data stream and transmit the first serial data stream periodically at a first period, a first de-serializer configured to receive the first serial data stream to restore the first serial data stream into first parallel data streams, the first parallel data stream encoding first parallel data items, a timer configured to provide a clock signal having a second period, a direct memory access (DMA) configured to capture the first parallel data items periodically at a second period using the clock signal to generate capture data items, and a first memory configured to store the capture data items. The addresses of the first memory at which the respective capture data items are stored are arranged in an order that the respective capture data items are captured.
US10475499B2	Power reduction for a sensing operation of a memory cell Methods, systems, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. A memory device may leverage non-volatile memory properties of a ferroelectric capacitor—e.g., that a ferroelectric capacitor may remain polarized at one of two states without a voltage applied across the ferroelectric capacitor—to activate a subset of sensing components corresponding to multiple memory cells with a common word line. For example, a first and second set of memory cells with a common word line may be selected for a read operation. A first set of sensing components corresponding to the first set of memory cells may be activated for the read operation, and a second set of sensing components that correspond to the second set of memory cells may be maintained in a deactivated state.
US10475496B1	Reduced shorts in magnetic tunnel junctions A technique relates to a magnetic device. A stack is formed including a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ), the MTJ including a reference magnetic layer and a free magnetic layer sandwiching a tunnel barrier layer. A protective film is formed on a bottom portion of the MTJ such that an upper portion of the MTJ is exposed. A cleaning is performed on the upper portion of the MTJ that is exposed such that any residual material is removed.
US10475495B2	Integrated circuits with magnetic tunnel junctions and methods of producing the same Integrated circuits and methods of producing the same are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a magnetic tunnel junction stack. The magnetic tunnel junction stack includes a first free layer that is magnetic, a second free layer that is magnetic, and an insertion layer positioned between the first and second free layers. The insertion layer is non-magnetic, and the insertion layer includes terbium.
US10475493B2	Word-line pre-charging in power-on read operation to reduce programming voltage leakage This disclosure provides techniques for reducing leakage current in a non-volatile memory that does not include a local interconnect. In one example, a low-voltage pulse can be applied to all of the word-lines in all of the blocks of the non-volatile memory. The low-voltage pulse can be applied during a period in which the row decoder is typically idle in order to reduce the total amount of time required to program the non-volatile memory. After the conclusion low-voltage pulse, a global control line voltage can be applied at about the same level as the low-voltage pulse to keep the word-lines floating when the pulse is no longer applied.
US10475492B1	Circuit and method for read latency control A memory device comprises an array of memory cells, and a plurality of sense amplifiers coupled with the memory cells. A controller is configured to execute a read operation in response to a command and address, including a read cycle in which the memory cells at the address are electrically coupled to the sense amplifiers, and in which the memory cells at the address are electrically decoupled from the sense amplifiers in response to a timing signal.
US10475491B2	Random code generator with antifuse differential cell and associated sensing method A random code generator includes a memory cell array and a sensing circuit. The memory cell array includes plural antifuse differential cells. The sensing circuit has an input terminal and an inverted input terminal. When a first antifuse differential cell of the memory cell array is a selected cell, a bit line of the selected cell is connected with the input terminal of the sensing circuit and an inverted bit line of the selected cell is connected with the inverted input terminal of the sensing circuit. During a read cycle, the sensing circuit judges a storage state of the selected cell according to a first charging current of the bit line and a second charging current of the inverted bit line, and determines a bit of a random code according to the storage state of the selected cell.
US10475488B1	Memory device with an input signal management mechanism A memory device includes: a set of input pads configured to receive from a source external to the memory device one or more input signals and a chip select signal; an operation circuit electrically coupled to the input pads, operation circuit configured to perform operations corresponding to the one or more input signals when the chip select signal is enabled; and an input management circuit electrically coupled to and between the input pads and the operation circuit, the input management circuit configured to control propagation of the one or more input signals based on the chip select signal.
US10475480B2	Magnetic tape having characterized back coating and magnetic layers A magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on one surface side of the non-magnetic support; and a back coating layer including non-magnetic powder and a binding agent on the other surface side of the non-magnetic support. The center line average surface roughness Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is less than or equal to 1.8 nm. The contact angle with respect to 1-bromonaphthalene measured regarding the surface of the magnetic layer is 45.0° to 55.0°. Also, 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.
US10475472B2	Magnetic head The present invention provides a magnetic head for erasing data on a magnetic tape, the magnetic head comprising a body having an elongate magnet mounted thereon, and a plurality of magnetisable portions in magnetisable communication with the magnet, the plurality of magnetisable portions being aligned with the elongate magnet and forming at least a portion of a substantially planar external surface of the magnetic head. The present invention further provides a method and system for erasing data on a magnetic tape using said magnetic head.
US10475471B2	Detection of acoustic impulse events in voice applications using a neural network In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an integrated circuit for implementing at least a portion of an audio device may include an audio output configured to reproduce audio information by generating an audio output signal for communication to at least one transducer of the audio device, a microphone input configured to receive an input signal indicative of ambient sound external to the audio device, and a processor configured to implement an impulsive noise detector. The impulsive noise detector may comprise a plurality of processing blocks for determining a feature vector based on characteristics of the input signal and a neural network for determining based on the feature vector whether the impulsive event comprises a speech event or a noise event.
US10475469B2	Abnormal sound determination apparatus and determination method In determining presence/absence of abnormal sound occurrence in a test object such as a vehicle immediately after completion of vehicle assembly, sound data of the test object during running on a rough test track is recorded and resolved into multiple frequency bands by time unit. The sound data resolved into multiple frequency bands by time unit is compared among the multiple frequency bands and correlation coefficients matrix values indicating strength of correlation between the multiple frequency bands n are calculated. Presence/absence of the abnormal sound occurrence is finally determined based on the calculated correlation coefficients matrix values.
US10475464B2	Method and apparatus for connecting service between user devices using voice A method of connecting a service between a device and at least one other device is provided. The method includes recording, by the device, a user voice input in a state where a voice command button has been input, outputting first information based on the recorded user voice when an input of the voice command button is cancelled, receiving, by the device, second information corresponding to the first information, recognizing a service type according to the first information and the second information, connecting the device to a subject device in an operation mode of the device determined according to the recognized service type, and performing a service with the connected subject device.
US10475458B2	Ambisonic encoder for a sound source having a plurality of reflections An ambisonic encoder for a sound wave has a plurality of reflections. The ambisonic encoder makes it possible to improve the sensation of immersion in a 3D audio scene. The complexity of encoding of the reflections of sound sources for an ambisonic encoder is less than the complexity of encoding of the reflections of sound sources of previously known ambisonic encoders. The ambisonic encoder makes it possible to encode a greater number of reflections of a sound source in real time, and makes it possible to reduce the power consumption related to ambisonic encoding, and to increase the life of a battery of a mobile device used for said application.
US10475451B1	Universal and user-specific command processing A system configured to process an incoming spoken utterance and to coordinate among multiple speechlet components to execute an action of the utterance, where the output of one speechlet may be used as the input to another speechlet to ultimately perform the action. The speechlets and intervening actions need not be expressly invoked by the utterance. Rather the system may determine how best to complete the action and may identify intermediate speechlets that may be provide input data to the speechlet that will ultimately perform the action. The speechlets may be configured to recognize a common universe of actions and/or entities rather than have each speechlet or subject matter domain have its own set of recognizable actions and entities.
US10475449B2	Wake-word detection suppression Example techniques involve determining a direction of a NMD. An example implementation includes a playback device receiving data representing audio content for playback by the playback device. Before the audio content is played back by the playback device, the playback device detects, in the audio content, one or more wake words for one or more voice services. The playback device causes one or more networked microphone devices to disable its respective wake response to the detected one or more wake words during playback of the audio content by the playback device and plays back the audio content via one or more speakers. When enabled, the wake response of a given networked microphone device to a particular wake word causes the given networked microphone device to listen, via a microphone, for a voice command following the particular wake word.
US10475447B2	Acoustic and domain based speech recognition for vehicles A processor of a vehicle speech recognition system recognizes speech via domain-specific language and acoustic models. The processor further, in response to the acoustic model having a confidence score for recognized speech falling within a predetermined range defined relative to a confidence score for the domain-specific language model, recognizes speech via the acoustic model only.
US10475443B2	Relative excitation features for speech recognition Relative Excitation Features, in all conditions, are far superior to conventional acoustic features like Mel-Frequency Cepstrum (MFC) and Perceptual Linear Prediction (PLP), and provide much more speaker-independence, channel-independence, and noise-immunity.Relative Excitation features are radically different than conventional acoustic features. Relative Excitation method doesn't try to model the speech-production or vocal tract shape, doesn't try to do deconvolution, and doesn't utilize LP (Linear Prediction) and Cepstrum techniques. This new feature set is completely related to human hearing. The present invention is inspired by the fact that human auditory perception analyzes and tracks the relations between spectral frequency component amplitudes and the “Relative Excitation” name implies relative excitation levels of human auditory neurons.Described herein is a major breakthrough for explaining and simulating the human auditory perception and its robustness.
US10475440B2	Voice segment detection for extraction of sound source There is provided an apparatus and a method for rapidly extracting a target sound from a sound signal where a variety of sounds are mixed generated from a plurality of the sound sources. There is a voice recognition unit including a tracking unit for detecting a sound source direction and a voice segment to execute a sound source extraction process, and a voice recognition unit for inputting a sound source extraction result to execute a voice recognition process. In the tracking unit, a segment being created management unit that creates and manages a voice segment per unit of sound source sequentially detects a sound source direction, sequentially updates a voice segment estimated by connecting a detection result to a time direction, creates an extraction filter for a sound source extraction after a predetermined time is elapsed, and sequentially creates a sound source extraction result by sequentially applying the extraction filter to an input voice signal. The voice recognition unit sequentially executes the voice recognition process to a partial sound source extraction result to output a voice recognition result.
US10475438B1	Contextual text-to-speech processing A text-to-speech (TTS) system that is capable of considering characteristics of various portions of text data in order to create continuity between segments of synthesized speech. The system can analyze text portions of a work and create feature vectors including data corresponding to characteristics of the individual portions and/or the overall work. A TTS processing component can then consider feature vector(s) from other portions when performing TTS processing on text of a first portion, thus giving the TTS component some intelligence regarding other portions of the work, which can then result in more continuity between synthesized speech segments.
US10475436B2	Hexagonal 2-dimensional reflection phase grating diffuser A hexagonal two-dimensional reflection phase grating diffuser includes a plurality of wells that are either part hexagonal or fully hexagonal in cross-section. The depths of the respective wells are determined through calculation of a number theory sequence such as a quadratic residue number theory sequence, a primitive root sequence, or a Chinese remainder theorem. The diffuser may be located within a listening room oriented with openings in the wells facing either downward or horizontally.
US10475428B2	Electronic measuring device An electronic measuring device captures a plurality of audio samples, wherein each audio sample corresponds to a different string of a musical instrument. The device further identifies a plurality of frequency components of each of the plurality of audio samples, calculates an optimal tuning curve based on the plurality of frequency components of each of the plurality of audio samples, and determines a deviation of the plurality of frequency components of each of the plurality of audio samples from the optimal tuning curve.
US10475427B2	Operation state detecting apparatus, operation state detecting sheet, and electronic instrument An operation state detecting apparatus includes the following. An electronic device includes an operation surface and can detect whether there is contact in a plurality of positions. A sheet material can be attached to and detached from the operation surface. The sheet material includes a projecting portion which deforms to change a contact state on the operation surface according to strength of external force. A processor of the electronic device detects whether there is contact in a plurality of positions in an individual detecting region on the operation surface on which a contact state changes by the projecting portion deforming in a state with the sheet material attached to the operation surface. The processor performs a specific process according to strength or speed of an operation applied to the projecting portion judged based on a detected result of whether contact is detected in the plurality of positions.
US10475426B2	Characterizing audio using transchromagrams Methods, systems and apparatus to characterize audio using transchromagrams are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a transchromagram generator to generate a data structure based on a set of transition matrices corresponding to a plurality of time frames of audio data, the data structure indicative of probabilities that first musical notes will transition to second musical notes, a database controller to prompt a database to store the data structure within the audio data, and a notification manager to generate, based on a comparison between query audio data and the stored data structure of the audio data, a notification identifying at least one characteristic of the query audio data.
US10475425B2	Musical sound generation device A musical sound generation device including a first memory having a plurality of storage areas where waveform data is read out and stored, a waveform generator which functions as a plurality of waveform generating sections each of which generates a waveform for emitting a sound by reading out waveform data from a selected storage area of the first memory; and a control processor which determines, when an instruction for sound emission is provided, a combination of a waveform generating section and a storage area to be used for the instructed sound emission, based on a status of reading waveform data from each storage area by each waveform generating section.
US10475424B2	Electronic drum pad An electronic drum pad includes a drum shell; a mesh head stretched at the upper opening of the drum shell; a hard-resin sheet disposed adjacent to the rear surface of the mesh head and having a ring shape with an opening made at a center thereof; a cloth disposed adjacent to the rear surface of the hard-resin sheet; a strike absorbing member disposed adjacent to the rear surface of the cloth and formed by overlaying a plurality of sheets; and a tray disposed adjacent to the rear surface of the strike absorbing member and fitted into the lower opening of the drum shell.
US10475423B1	Pedal device for musical instrument A pedal angle adjusting device is coupled to a coupling arm such as to be pivotable about an axis. Also, the pedal angle adjusting device is coupled to a free end of a pedal such as to be pivotable about an axis and arranged to be fixable to the free end of the pedal.
US10475415B1	Strobe tracking of head-mounted displays (HMDs) in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (xR) applications Systems and methods for strobe tracking of Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs) in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (xR) applications are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a host processor; and a memory coupled to the host processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive an image of a strobe source captured by a camera; determine an instantaneous velocity of an HMD based upon the image; and render an xR frame for display by the HMD based, at least in part, upon the determination.
US10475413B2	Method and apparatus for adjusting backlight brightness of screen, and mobile terminal A method and an apparatus for adjusting a backlight brightness of a screen, and a mobile terminal are provided. At least one of a display frame characteristic of the screen, a user behavior characteristic, a camera status and a scene characteristic of the screen is obtained when a backlight control function is enabled. A target backlight control level is determined according to the at least one of the display frame characteristic of the screen, the user behavior characteristic, the camera status and the scene characteristic of the screen. The backlight brightness of the screen is adjusted dynamically based on the target backlight control level.
US10475412B2	Liquid crystal display device In a liquid crystal display (LCD) device having a touch panel function, power consumption is reduced in the standby state. The display section is divided into blocks each of which is formed of a plurality of display lines. The counter electrode is disposed for each block. A driving circuit selectively supplies, to the counter electrode of each block, the voltage used for the liquid crystal display and the voltage used for the touch panel scanning. The driving circuit has a source amplifier that supplies the video voltages to the video lines. The driving circuit reduces the current in the source amplifier, such that the current is lower than current at the time of a normal operation, to lower the power consumption, and stops the operation of the source amplifier and supplies the GND voltage to the video lines to further lower the power consumption.
US10475411B2	Display apparatus having increased side-visibility in a high grayscale range and a method of driving the same A display apparatus includes: a display panel including a data line, a gate line crossing the data line, and a sub pixel connected to the data line and the gate line; a gamma data generator configured to output normal gamma data of a normal gamma curve corresponding to image data when a grayscale of the image data is inside a first grayscale range, and to output high gamma data of a high gamma curve or low gamma data of a low gamma curve based on a spatio-temporal pattern when the grayscale of the image data is outside the first grayscale range; and a data driver configured to convert the gamma data outputted from the gamma data generator to a data voltage and to output the data voltage to the data line.
US10475408B2	Liquid crystal display panel with a polarity reversion and gate driving circuit thereof Disclosed are a liquid crystal display panel and a gate driving circuit thereof. The liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of pixel units arranged in a matrix, a plurality of scan lines, a gate driving circuit, a plurality of data lines and a data driving circuit. Every two scan lines are corresponded to the pixel units in the same column and alternatively connected to the pixel units in the same column. Each data line is connected to the pixel units in the two rows. The driving abilities of the gate driving signals provided to the two scan lines corresponding to the pixel units in the same column are different. In this manner, the liquid crystal display panel can have less brightness variation and thus have a better display performance.
US10475406B2	Display panel having zigzag connection structure and display device including the same A display device including a display panel and a driving circuit configured to drive the display panel may be provided. The display panel includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of sub pixels connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, respectively. The display panel has a zigzag connection structure in which RG sub pixel pairs included in a first odd-numbered row and RG sub pixel pairs included in a first even-numbered row adjacent to the first odd-numbered row are alternately connected to a first common gate line, and BG sub pixel pairs included in a second odd-numbered row and BG sub pixel pairs included in a second even-numbered row adjacent to the second odd-numbered row are alternately connected to a second common gate line.
US10475403B2	Display device and control method thereof with brightness and transmittance control Provided is a display device including: a first panel of which light transmittance is controlled; a second panel of which light transmittance is controlled, the second panel being disposed on the rear surface side of the first panel; a light emitting unit of which brightness is individually controlled for each divided area, the light emitting unit being disposed on the rear surface side of the second panel; a second panel control unit configured to control the transmittance of the second panel based on a brightness distribution of the light emitting unit so that the brightness of the transmitted light of the second panel becomes uniform; and a first panel control unit configured to control the transmittance of the first panel based on image data.
US10475398B2	Display device and manufacturing method thereof A display device includes a display region, a signal-sending region, data lines, scan lines, selection-line regions, and a repair line. The signal-sending region is located at a side of the display region. The scan lines intersect the data lines to divide the display region into pixel regions. Each of the selection-line regions is located at a side of one of the scan lines. Disposed on two sides of each of the scan lines are respectively one of the pixel regions and one of the selection-line regions. Each of the selection-line regions has selection lines. The selection lines intersect the data lines. The repair line is between the signal-sending region and the display region. The repair line intersects the selection lines.
US10475394B2	Driving method and driving device for liquid crystal display, and liquid crystal display A driving method for a liquid crystal display includes following steps: first sub-pixels are divided into array blocks, and at least one of the first sub-pixels is selected as a glowing pixel; an image to be displayed is received, a pixel signal of a liquid crystal pixel is acquired, and a high voltage panel driving signal and a low voltage panel driving signal of each first sub-pixel are achieved by looking up a table for the liquid crystal pixel; a high luminance signal and a low luminance signal for driving the glowing pixel are calculated according to the high voltage panel driving signal and the low voltage panel driving signal of the first sub-pixel in one array block, respectively; the glowing pixel are driven in turn by the high luminance signal and the low luminance signal, and the other first sub-pixels are driven by the pixel signal.
US10475392B2	Media item relighting technique The present invention concerns a method of method of relighting a media item comprising media elements. The method comprises, for at least some of the media elements: determining, in a first signal domain, a light transport function describing the appearance of a particular media element under different illumination conditions at least partly defined by positions of a light source used to illuminate the particular media element; sampling, in the first signal domain, the light transport function of the particular media element to obtain discrete data samples of the light transport function; projecting the data samples in the first signal domain into a sampling grid to obtain spatially sparsely and non-uniformly sampled light transport function; interpolating, in a second signal domain, the sparsely and non-uniformly sampled light transport function to obtain an approximate light transport matrix in the second signal domain; converting the approximate light transport matrix into the first signal domain to obtain an approximate substantially uniformly sampled light transport function in the first signal domain; and using, in the first signal domain, the approximate substantially uniformly light transport function to relight the media item.
US10475391B2	TFT pixel threshold voltage compensation circuit with data voltage applied at light-emitting device A pixel circuit for a display device includes a drive transistor configured to control an amount of current to a light-emitting device depending upon a voltage applied to a gate of the drive transistor; a second transistor connected to the gate of the drive transistor and a second terminal of the drive transistor, such that when the second transistor is in an on state the drive transistor becomes diode-connected such that the gate and the second terminal of the drive transistor are connected through the second transistor; a light-emitting device that is connected at a first node to a third terminal of the drive transistor and at a second node to a first voltage supply; a third transistor connected to the first node of the light-emitting device, which connects a data voltage to the first node of the light-emitting device; a fourth transistor that is connected between the second terminal of the drive transistor and a second voltage supply; and at least one capacitor having a first plate that is connected to the gate of the drive transistor and a second plate that is connectable to a reference signal. The pixel circuit is operable during a phase preceding the emission phase including applying a data voltage to the first node of the light-emitting device and the third terminal of the drive transistor, the data voltage being set so that a voltage across the light-emitting device is lower than a threshold voltage of the light emitting device.
US10475390B2	Scanning driving circuit and display apparatus The present application discloses a scanning driving circuit and a display apparatus. The scanning driving circuit includes a scanning signal output terminal to output a scanning signal; a pull-up circuit for receiving a first clock signal and controlling the scanning signal output terminal to output a high level scanning signal; a transmission circuit for outputting a stage transmission signal of a current stage; a pull-up control circuit receiving a stage transmission signal of a previous stage and a second clock signal to charge the pull-up control signal point; a pull-down maintenance circuit receiving the second clock signal to maintain low levels of the pull-up control signal point, and the scanning signal output terminal; and a bootstrap circuit for raising the potential of the pull-up control signal point, to solve the problem that the power consumption of the scanning driving circuit increases due to the leakage of the controllable switch.
US10475389B2	Display device A display device includes first pixels configured to be positioned in a first pixel area and configured to be connected to first scan lines; first scan stage circuits configured to be positioned in a first peripheral area that is positioned outside the first pixel area and configured to supply first scan signals to the first scan lines; second pixels configured to be positioned in a second pixel area and configured to be connected to second scan lines; and second scan stage circuits configured to be positioned in a second peripheral area that is positioned outside the second pixel area and configured to supply second scan signals to the second scan lines. A gap between adjacent second scan stage circuits is larger than a gap between adjacent first scan stage circuits.
US10475387B2	Display device, method for driving display device, and electronic device with offset voltage supplied through data line A display device according to the present disclosure includes: a pixel array unit (30) in which pixel circuits (20A) are disposed in a matrix form, the pixel circuits each including a light emission unit (21), a write transistor (23) that writes a signal voltage (Vsig) of a video signal, a retention capacitor (24) that retains the signal voltage (Vsig) written by the write transistor (23), a drive transistor (22) that drives the light emission unit (21) on the basis of the signal voltage (Vsig) retained by the retention capacitor (24), and an auxiliary capacitor (25) of which one terminal is connected to a source node of the drive transistor (22); and a control unit (90) that provides a potential change to a source electrode of the drive transistor (22) by coupling through the auxiliary capacitor (25) to set an operation point of the drive transistor (22) as a cut-off region after the threshold value correction process.
US10475385B2	AMOLED pixel driving circuit and driving method capable of ensuring uniform brightness of the organic light emitting diode and improving the display effect of the pictures An AMOLED pixel driving circuit includes: first to third thin film transistors, a capacitor and an organic light emitting diode; a gate of the first thin film transistor receives a first scan signal, a source receives a data signal, and a drain is coupled to a first end of the capacitor; a gate of the second thin film transistor receives a second scan control signal, and a source is coupled to a second end of the capacitor, and a drain is coupled to an anode of the organic light emitting diode; a gate of the third thin film transistor is coupled to the second end of the capacitor, a source receives a first power source signal, and a drain is coupled to the anode of the organic light emitting diode; a cathode of the organic light emitting diode receives a second power source signal.
US10475384B2	Display device comprising a lighting part A display device includes a display panel having a data display area in which pixels are arranged and a lighting part outside the data display area; a display panel driver driving an organic light-emitting diodes in the pixels; and a lighting driver driving an organic light-emitting diodes in the lighting part; and a power supply part generating the high-potential power supply voltage and the low-potential power supply voltage, wherein the lighting part includes: one or more second high-potential power supply lines connected between the power supply part and the organic light-emitting diodes in the lighting part; and a switch connected to the second high-potential power supply lines, and wherein the lighting driver turns on the switch to supply the high-potential power supply voltage to the organic light-emitting diodes in the lighting part when there is an user input or a system power is turned off.
US10475381B2	Organic light emitting display device and driving method of the same According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels each including a pixel driving circuit. The plurality of pixels includes an organic light emitting diode and a driving TFT configured to control driving of the organic light emitting diode and including a gate node as a first node, a source node as a second node, and a drain node. Also, the plurality of pixels includes first to third switching TFTs electrically connected to the driving TFT and first and second storage capacitors configured to store a voltage to be applied to the driving TFT DT. Further, the plurality of pixels includes a coupling capacitor connected to a gate node of the third switching TFT so as to increase a voltage to be applied to the gate node of the driving TFT.
US10475375B2	Compression method and decompression method for compensation table of OLED display device The invention provides a compression method and decompression method for compensation table of OLED display device, by performing encoding on the data with equal value successively arranged in the compensation table to compress the data amount of the compensation table, and by adjusting the default threshold to control the condition of starting a stroke encoding to prevent increasing redundancy and data expansion caused by encoding; as such, the compensation table is compressed, the system storage space occupied by the compensation table is reduced and the time of transmitting and burning data on production line is shortened.
US10475369B2	Method and apparatus for subpixel rendering Method and apparatus for subpixel rendering. In one example, for each of an array of pixels on a display, a first signal including a first set of components is received. The first set of components are converted to a second set of components. The second set of components include a first component representing a first attribute of the pixel and a second component representing a second attribute of the pixel. The second set of components of the first signal are modified to generate a second signal by applying at least one operation to at least one of the first and second components based on the corresponding attribute of the pixel. The modified second set of components are converted to a modified first set of components of the second signal. A third signal is generated based on the modified first set of components for rendering subpixels corresponding to the pixel.
US10475368B2	Display device and method for controlling the same A display device is provided, which includes a display, a ditherer configured to perform dithering of video data displayed on the display, an illumination sensor configured to sense illumination around the display device, and a processor configured to control driving of the ditherer on the basis of a grayscale level of the video data if or when the sensed illumination is lower than a predetermined value.
US10475363B2	Displays with adaptive spectral characteristics An electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels and having display control circuitry that controls the operation of the display. The display control circuitry may adaptively adjust the spectral characteristics of display light emitted from the display to achieve a desired effect on the human circadian system. For example, the display control circuitry may adjust the spectral characteristics of blue light emitted from the display based on the time of day such that a user's exposure to the display light may result in a circadian response similar to that which would be experienced in natural light. The spectral characteristics of blue light emitted from the display may be adjusted by adjusting the relative maximum power levels provided to blue pixels in the display or by shifting the peak wavelength associated with blue light emitted from the display.
US10475362B2	Shift register and driving method, gate driving circuit and display device A shift register, a gate driving circuit, a display device and a driving method. The shift register includes: a driving unit, configured to supply a gate line signal to a corresponding pixel unit group; and a compensation circuit provided corresponding to the driving unit; where the compensation circuit is configured to compensate for one or more threshold voltage offsets of one or more transistors in the driving unit.
US10475352B2	Systems and methods for facilitating rehabilitation therapy A rehabilitation system includes a portable patient workstation configured to facilitate in-home rehabilitation therapy. In some embodiments, the workstation includes a computer configured to host computer-based activities that provide rehabilitative exercise to a patient when the patient participates in the activities, a monitor electrically connected to the computer and configured to display screens of the computer-based activities, a table upon which the monitor can be supported, a tabletop console supported on the table, the console including multiple integral user interface devices that are connected to the computer and adapted to receive patient inputs while the patient is participating in the activities, and a network interface device with which data can be transmitted and received by the patient workstation via a network.
US10475351B2	Systems, computer medium and methods for management training systems A training system, including a plurality of sensors to obtain a plurality of biometrics from a first user. A stress level, a level of interest, a level of engagement, a level of alertness, and a level of excitement are determined responsive to analysis of ones of the plurality of biometrics. An indication is displayed of the obtained biometrics, the determined stress level, and the determined levels of interest, engagement, alertness, and excitement.
US10475347B2	Method and device for generating an optimum flight path intended to be followed by an aircraft A device includes a database including data related to obstacles, a first determination module for determining at least one obstacle intercepted by a direct flight path connecting an initial point to the target point, a second determination module for determining at least one lateral extreme apex of at least one intercepted obstacle, an evaluation module for assigning a rating to each section corresponding to a segment between a lateral extreme apex and the initial point, a storage module for storing in a memory the section corresponding to the optimum extreme apex having the best rating, the optimum flight path corresponding to all of the sections stored in the memory, the preceding modules being used iteratively, the device further including a transmission module for transmitting the optimum flight path to a user device.
US10475338B1	Monitoring and reporting traffic information Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for acquiring image data, determining that the user's vehicle is traveling in a left lane of a roadway having at least two lanes for travel in a first direction, detecting that a second vehicle is traveling within a predetermined distance in front of the user's vehicle and in the left lane of the roadway, obtaining speed information of the user's vehicle and the second vehicle at a first time and at a first location, determining, based on the obtained speed information, that a speed of the second vehicle at the first time is below a defined speed limit of the roadway at the first location, and in response triggering a potential violation procedure.
US10475331B2	Monitoring activity of an individual Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, devices, and systems to monitor activity. One method to monitor activity includes monitoring activity of an individual including detecting a sensor activated by an individual during the individual's daily activities. The embodiment also includes comparing the sensor activation to a predetermined sensor activation timeframe, determining whether to initiate an alert based upon the comparison, and checking for at least one other sensor activation to confirm whether an alert should be initiated.
US10475324B2	HVAC system and an HVAC controller configured to generate master service alarms A method of generating an alarm based on temperature conditions within an enclosed space. The method includes receiving, by a processor of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, operating-condition information of the HVAC system, determining, by the processor from the received operating-condition information, whether temperature within the enclosed space is approaching a setpoint temperature. Responsive to a determination that the temperature within the enclosed space has failed to approach the setpoint temperature, determining by the processor, whether anomaly conditions exist and responsive to a determination that the anomaly conditions do not exist, generating the alarm.
US10475323B1	Network hub for an alert reporting system A network hub has a housing that contains a computer processor and a computer memory operably connected to a transceiver for communicating with a plurality of alert devices. The network hub also includes a speaker operably connected to the computer processor. The computer memory stores executable code that, when executed, enables the network hub to perform a process that includes the steps of: pairing one of the alert devices with the network hub via the transceiver for wireless communication; receiving data periodically from the alert device paired with the network hub, which may include the alert if the user requires assistance; determining if the alert device loses wireless communication with the network hub; and sounding an audible alert from the speaker of the network hub to alert the user that the alert device has lost communication with the network hub.
US10475321B2	Cart wheel failure detection systems and methods Embodiments relate to systems in which one or more infrared cameras or sensors are used to measure heat related to the wheels of carts, such as shopping carts. Wheels with bad bearings, that wobble, or that have other issues preventing normal operation tend to generate more heat than wheels that are in good working order, such that an infrared camera or sensor directed at wheel height (e.g., about 2-3 inches off the floor) can detect wheel issues by detecting heat emitted by the wheels.
US10475316B1	Loss prevention system An incident survey system. The incident survey system includes a site loss prevention system and a RF survey system. The RF survey system includes (i) at least one device for receiving RF signals from remote devices having a unique MAC address, (ii) an interface for connecting the site loss prevention system to the RF survey network and (iii) a data logger adapted for storing information received by the device. An interface connects the site loss prevention system to the RF survey network. In addition, a monitoring service may be used for responding to a triggering event reported by the site loss prevention system.
US10475314B2	Surveillance monitoring systems and methods for remotely viewing data and controlling cameras A surveillance system monitors a predetermined environment based on received data. The surveillance system includes a first intelligent appliance configured to capture video and/or still images and configured to be in wireless communication with a second intelligent appliance that operates based on data from the first intelligent appliance. The surveillance system can detect a person located within the predetermined environment and can track the person's movement. The surveillance system is configured to allow remote viewing of data and/or controlling cameras.
US10475312B2	Monitoring camera and monitoring camera control method An image signal processing DSP subjects an image captured by an imaging element having a zoom lens to image processing for identifying a tracking target. In accordance with zoom information generated by the image signal processing DSP, the main CPU controls the zoom lens and controls a turn table that moves the imaging element in panning and tilting directions in accordance with pan and tilt information, to track the tracking target. During tracking of the tracking target, a determination is made, from information about movements of the tracking target generated by the image signal processing DSP, as to whether or not the target to be tracked has intruded the inside of the area from the outside. In a case where the target has intruded the inside of a preset area from the outside, an alarm command is produced when the target continually remains in the area for; e.g., one second.
US10475308B2	Tethered security system with wireless communication Embodiments of the present invention are directed to security systems for securing an item of merchandise from theft or unauthorized removal. For example, the security system may include a sensor configured to be coupled to the item of merchandise and a base configured to removably support the sensor and the item of merchandise thereon. The base includes a charging circuit for providing power to the sensor and/or the item of merchandise. The security system also includes a controller operably coupled to the base and a key configured to wirelessly communicate with the base and/or controller. The sensor is configured to wirelessly communicate with the base.
US10475305B2	Detecting position of a barrier It is presented a method for detecting a position of a barrier. The method is performed in a status monitor device and comprising the steps of: detecting a barrier position of the barrier using a first sensor, the barrier position indicating a degree of opening of the barrier; detecting when the barrier is in a closed position using a second sensor; and calibrating the first sensor to indicate a closed position each time the barrier is detected to be in the closed position.
US10475304B2	Signalling device A signalling device, in particular for a signalling tower, for purposes of displaying operating states, with at least one signalling module, which has a circuit board element for at least one signalling element for purposes of outputting a signal, in particular for a lighting element for purposes of outputting a signal light, wherein the signalling module can be detachably connected with a further signalling module, and in the connected state the signalling modules are arranged one above another, wherein a connecting conductor, running through the signalling module, is provided for purposes of controlling a circuit board element of the further signalling module, wherein the circuit board element of the signalling module for purposes of forming the connecting conductor has a conducting track assigned to the signalling element of the further signalling module, which conducting track in the connected state of the signalling modules is connected via a contact element with a conducting track; on the circuit board element of the further signalling module, wherein the signalling module has a bayonet coupling element for purposes of connecting with a bayonet coupling element of the further signalling module, wherein in an interconnected, non-rotated state of the bayonet coupling elements the circuit board elements are arranged in a non-contact position, and in an interconnected, rotated state of the bayonet coupling elements the circuit board are arranged in a contact position with one another.
US10475301B2	Ambient triggered notifications A method of rendering a haptic effect on a haptic output device is provided based on an ambient environmental stimulus signal received from a sensor. A notification event based on the stimulus signal is determined. A haptic effect is rendered on a haptic output devices based on the notification event. A system and computer-readable medium are also provided for rendering a haptic effect on a haptic output device based on an ambient environmental stimulus signal.
US10475299B2	Modular indicator An indicator module in one example has a mounting portion to removably attach the module to another module or base. The indicator module also has a first set of electrodes disposed to be in contact with respective electrodes in the attached module or base. The indicator module further includes an indicator circuit, and a switch module configurable to selectively connect the indicator circuit to one of the electrodes in the indicator module. The indicator module can further include a second set of electrodes connected respectively to the first set of electrodes by conductors. The two sets of electrodes are located at respective ends of the module attach to another module at each end. In visual indicator modules, the conductors can be disposed in a more interior region of the module as compared to the visual indicator elements such as LEDs, which can be distributed near the periphery of the module.
US10475298B1	Assisting cable use by locating connector ends of the cable Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for assisting use of a cable by locating connector ends of the cable. The process includes obtaining saved cable identifying information received, or saved, from a tag circuit associated with a connector end of a cable of a plurality of connector ends of multiple cables, and comparing the saved cable identifying information with cable identifying information of an other tag circuit associated with an other connector end of the plurality of connector ends. Based on the comparing identifying a cable match, the cable match is indicated via an indicator associated with the other connector end, thereby identifying the other connector end as part of the cable to facilitate use of the cable.
US10475290B2	System for multiple jurisdiction lotteries with fraud detection A wireless communications system includes a computer system that runs on at least one platform on which a plurality of different lottery games for different jurisdictions are supported and run from the at least one platform. A plurality of multiple functions relative to lottery games are mapped to the at least one platform. Multiple functions for the plurality of lottery games and different jurisdictions are mapped to the at least one platform and the at least one platform is scaleable. The at least one platform is configured to perform gifting.
US10475288B2	Enhancing a user interface of a computer-implemented game to generate slot-machine-style pay lines In example embodiments, one or more user-interface-enhancement modules are incorporated into one or more memories of one or more computer servers, the one or more user-interface-enhancement modules configuring one or more computer processors of the one or more computer servers to perform operations for generating, selecting, and communicating game boards from which slot-machine-like payout lines can be generated. Additionally, one or more additional user-interface-enhancement modules are incorporated into one or more memories of one or more client computers, the one or more additional user-interface-enhancement modules configuring one or more memories of the one or more client computers to perform operations for generating and presenting a user interface that depicts generation of the slot-machine-like payout lines based on the game boards.
US10475278B2	Real-time interactive wagering on event outcomes Embodiments include opening a gaming account of a user. Embodiments include establishing an amount of consideration in the gaming account of the user. Embodiments include, after opening the gaming account and establishing the amount of consideration, authorizing the user to access the gaming account from a computing device by verifying credentials of the user received from the computing device. Embodiments include receiving a first request from the user to enter into a game. Embodiments include receiving a second request from another user to enter into an opposite side of the game. Embodiments include matching, by the computer system, the first request and the second request. Embodiments include forming one obligation with a gaming operator to pay the user for winning the game with the user and forming one other obligation with the gaming operator to pay the second user for winning the game with the other user.
US10475274B2	Three-dimensional displays and related techniques Three-dimensional displays and related techniques are provided. A method of generating a stereoscopic 3D image of a casino game apparatus is provided. A first static 2D image may be applied to a surface in a virtual 3D environment as a first texture of the surface in a first view of the virtual 3D environment. A second static 2D image may be applied to the surface in the virtual 3D environment as a second texture of the surface in a second view of the virtual 3D environment. A stereoscopic 3D image of the casino game apparatus may be generated, the stereoscopic 3D image comprising the first view of the virtual 3D environment with the first static 2D image applied as the first texture to the surface and the second view of the virtual 3D environment with the second static 2D image applied as the second texture to the surface.
US10475271B2	Authentication of physical entities An authentication device (20) comprises one or more flakes of a substantially two-dimensional material (14). The one or more flakes of the substantially two-dimensional material (14) have an operative area configured to emit, by non-resonant photoluminescence, electromagnetic radiation with a property that varies with position in the operative area.
US10475267B2	Vehicle finder card with a thin film battery Method and apparatus are disclosed for a vehicle finder card with a thin film battery. An example includes a finder card and a vehicle. The finder card includes a thin film battery, a mechanical button flush with a surface of the finder card, a passive near field communication module and an active wireless module. The active wireless module broadcasts a wireless message with a command based on a pattern of the button being pressed. The vehicle provides a plurality of audiovisuals alert based on the command in the wireless message.
US10475265B2	Modular locker and method for locking/unlocking at least two doors of such a locker The invention relates to a locker comprising compartments; one/more compartment separator(s) which could take a first position, so as to separate the compartments, or a second position, so as to assemble the compartments; doors forming access to the compartments, and electronic locks which can lock or unlock the doors according to the value of an instruction; a control module linked to the electronic locks; means for receiving and authenticating a digital key and for generating an instruction signal; means for determining the positions of the separator(s); when it is determined that the compartment separator(s) is/are positioned in the second position, following the authentication of the digital key, the instruction signal is transmitted to all the electronic locks associated with the doors which form access to the compartments arranged on either side of the compartment separator(s), for the locking or unlocking of said doors.
US10475264B2	Application method of Bluetooth low-energy electronic lock based on built-in offline pairing passwords, interactive unlocking method of a Bluetooth electronic lock and electronic lock system An application method of a Bluetooth low-energy electronic lock based on built-in offline pairing passwords, an interactive unlocking method of a Bluetooth electronic lock, and an electronic lock system are provided, wherein data propagation of some public keys or public addresses is carried out through a scanning response packet of a broadcast packet, the mobile phone APPs run in a Bluetooth server mode, the Bluetooth electronic lock works in a Bluetooth client mode, the Bluetooth electronic lock periodically sends a broadcast packet of a random address, and the Bluetooth electronic lock has a set of temporary door-opening passwords of random algorithm built in after manufacture; and during the initialization process, the Bluetooth electronic lock uploads the built-in temporary door-opening password set, with the random algorithm, through the relational data of application services and the public address of the Bluetooth electronic lock.
US10475263B1	Facility and resource access system A system that allows an end-user to locate and gain access to a private facility, such as a restroom or other resource, without requiring that the end-user interact with any facility personnel. A mobile application allows a user to identify and proceed to a location where a private facility is available. When a user arrives at the location, the mobile application communicates with access control devices at the location to notify facility personnel of the user's presence and unlock doors or otherwise remove safeguards preventing general public access to the private facility.
US10475261B2	Providing virtual and physical access to secure storage container A device may obtain a first image depicting contents included in a secure storage container at a first point in time and first user account data associated with the secure storage container. The device may store the first image in a data structure associated with the first user account data. In addition, the device may receive data indicating that an individual associated with a second user account accessed the secure storage container, and receive a second image depicting contents included in the secure storage container at a second point in time. The second image may be stored in the data structure. The device may further receive, from a user device associated with the first user account data, a request to access the data structure, and the device may provide, to the user device, data that causes display of the second image.
US10475260B2	Wearable electronic device having user identification function and user authentication method An electronic device having user identification function and a user authentication method are provided. The electronic devices comprises: a body; a user identification unit that detects a body signal of the user and processes authentication of the user; an in-use detection unit that detects the body signal of the user and checks whether the user uses the electronic device; and a processor that authenticates the user according to detection signals of the user identification unit and the in-use detection unit.
US10475259B2	Security system and method of using same A security system can include a doorbell device comprising a scanner, and a locking mechanism operatively connected to the scanner and a structure, such as a home or lockbox. A key, which can be in the form of a bar code, can be generated and sent to delivery or service personnel needing access to the structure. The delivery or service personnel present the bar code to the scanner. Upon reading the bar code, the locking mechanism is unlocked thereby allowing access to the structure.
US10475257B2	Vehicle telematics compatibility A telematics platform including a telematics service and a telematics device interfacing with an on-board electronic system of a vehicle, performs a compatibility workflow with respect to the vehicle-telematics device compatibility and data accuracy. The compatibility workflow may include multiple phases in which telematics data is assessed for compatibility or inaccuracies based on pre-established compatibility data obtained from a population of other vehicle-telematic device interactions, user-reported compatibility data, and vehicle-specific compatibility data. Incompatibility or inaccuracies in telematics data may be used to activate/deactivate or continue/discontinue interactions between the vehicle and the telematics device, and to inform users of the incompatibility of the vehicle-telematics device pair, or inaccuracies in the telematics data.
US10475256B2	Methods and systems for automatic vehicle maintenance scheduling The disclosure generally relates to vehicle maintenance and more particularly to methods and systems for automatic vehicle maintenance scheduling. The method comprises obtaining acceleration data at a fixed sampling rate of a moving vehicle when the moving vehicle attains at least a pre-determined speed for a pre-determined time from start of the moving vehicle. The obtained acceleration data is processed to generate jerk energy values at predetermined intervals. Speed normalized jerk energy is computed based on an average of the generated jerk energy values and average speed of the moving vehicle. A relationship between journey number and the computed speed normalized jerk energy is computed. A vehicle maintenance indicator based on the computed relationship between the journey number and the computed speed normalized jerk energy is finally computed.
US10475251B2	Method and apparatus for multiple mode interface A method, system, apparatus, and/or device for executing a translation instruction for a constructive movement. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include an input device configured to sense a first constructive movement input representative of a non-translational movement of a body of a user that does not move from a first point to a second point in the physical world environment. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include a processing device coupled to the input device, where the processing device is configured to execute a translational instruction associated with the first constructive movement input, execute a first resizing instruction to reduce a size of a portion of the physical world environment as displayed by a head-mounted display by an amount indicated by the first resizing stimulus, receive a second constructive movement input, and execute a second translational instruction associated with the second constructive translational movement input.
US10475244B2	Augmenting real-time views of a patient with three-dimensional data Augmenting real-time views of a patient with three-dimensional (3D) data. In one embodiment, a method may include identifying 3D data for a patient with the 3D data including an outer layer and multiple inner layers, determining virtual morphometric measurements of the outer layer from the 3D data, registering a real-time position of the outer layer of the patient in a 3D space, determining real-time morphometric measurements of the outer layer of the patient, automatically registering the position of the outer layer from the 3D data to align with the registered real-time position of the outer layer of the patient in the 3D space using the virtual morphometric measurements and using the real-time morphometric measurements, and displaying, in an augmented reality (AR) headset, one of the inner layers from the 3D data projected onto real-time views of the outer layer of the patient.
US10475242B2	Image display control device and image display system including image superimposition unit that superimposes a mirror image and a vehicle-body image An image display control device of an embodiment includes: a mirror image creation unit that creates a mirror image of an area behind and on the side of a vehicle body based on an image captured with an image pickup unit provided on the vehicle body; an image superimposition unit that superimposes a line drawing from which at least a lower part of the vehicle body is recognizable, and the mirror image created by the mirror image creation unit; and a display control unit that controls a display device to display an image created by superimposing the mirror image and the line drawing by the image superimposition unit.
US10475238B2	Hölder adaptive image synthesis Computer implemented method for rendering an image of a three-dimensional scene on an image plane by encoding at least a luminosity in the image plane by a luminosity function. The value of the luminosity can be computed at substantially each point of the image plane by using a set of stored input data describing the scene. The method includes constructing the luminosity function as equivalent to a first linear combination involving the functions of a first set of functions, and computing at least the value of the coefficients of the first linear combination, by solving a first linear system, obtained by using at least the functions of the first linear combination, at least a subset of the first subset of the image plane, and the luminosity at the points of said subset. The method further includes storing the value of the coefficients of the first linear combination and at least the information needed to associate each coefficient to the function multiplying said coefficient in the first linear combination. The first set of functions comprises each function of a second set of functions satisfying a selection condition, which depends at least on the set of stored input data. Moreover, the points of the first subset are distributed according to a first distribution criterion, which depends on the location of the support of at least a function of the first set of functions.
US10475232B2	Three-dimentional plane panorama creation through hough-based line detection A method for creating a plane panorama from point cloud data using Hough transformations is disclosed. The method involves converting the three-dimensional point cloud into a two-dimensional histogram with bins grouping neighboring points, and performing a Hough transformation on the histogram. The resulting transformed data is segmented and the method searches the segments iteratively for a major line, followed by lines that are orthogonal, diagonal, or parallel to the major line, and discards outlying data in each bin as lines are identified. The detected lines are connected to form planes, and the planes are assembled into a hole- and gap-filled panorama. The method may also use an algorithm such as a Random Sample Consensus (RANSAC) algorithm to detect a ground plane.
US10475229B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method The disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method. The information processing apparatus includes a processing circuitry configured to: obtain a normal map of an object based on depth data of the object; determine a normal angle of a pixel in the normal map, wherein the normal angle being an angle between a normal vector of the pixel and an average normal vector of a patch with a predetermined size centered on the pixel; identify, in the normal map, a patch in which normal angles of pixels conform to a predetermined distribution pattern; and adjust the normal angle of a pixel in the identified patch to obtain the optimized normal map.
US10475222B2	Automatic creation of a group shot image from a short video clip using intelligent select and merge Systems and techniques are disclosed for automatically creating a group shot image by intelligently selecting a best frame of a video clip to use as a base frame and then intelligently merging features of other frames into the base frame. In an embodiment, this involves determining emotional alignment scores and eye scores for the individual frames of the video clip. The emotional alignment scores for the frames are determined by assessing the faces in each of the frames with respect to an emotional characteristic (e.g., happy, sad, neutral, etc.). The eye scores for the frames are determined based on assessing the states of the eyes (e.g., fully open, partially open, closed, etc.) of the faces in individual frames. Comprehensive scores for the individual frames are determined based on the emotional alignment scores and the eye scores, and the frame having the best comprehensive score is selected as the base frame.
US10475220B2	Information presentation apparatus, information presentation method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An information presentation apparatus includes: a signal input unit configured to input an image signal from a camera and a signal from a sensor; a signal-source-position estimation unit configured to estimate a position of a signal source, based on the signal from the sensor; a situation-expression extraction unit configured to extract situation expression indicating information expressing a situation outside a capture range of the camera, based on the signal from the sensor; a display-method determination unit configured to determine a display method of the situation expression on a captured image displayed by the image signal, based on a positional relation between the position of the signal source and the capture range of the camera; and a presentation unit configured to superimpose the situation expression onto the captured image, in accordance with the display method, and outputting the captured image superimposed with the situation expression.
US10475212B2	Methods for generating soil maps and application prescriptions Methods are provided for generating a prescription map for the application of crop inputs. In one method, the user draws a boundary on a map within a user interface and the system identifies relevant soil data and generates a soil map overlay and legend for changing the application prescription for various soils and soil conditions. In another method, the user instead drives a field boundary which is recorded on a planter monitor using a global positioning receiver, and the system generates a soil map and legend for changing the application prescription.
US10475210B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium An image processing device (10) is for extracting pixels of a specific color from an image to be processed, and includes: a pixel information extraction unit (11) that extracts values of luminance, first chrominance, and second chrominance of pixels composing the image on a pixel-by-pixel basis; a calculation processing unit (12) that calculates, on a pixel-by-pixel basis, a distance from a point defined by the extracted values to a preset reference plane in a space in which the luminance, the first chrominance, and the second chrominance are set along axes that are perpendicular to one another; and a converted image generation unit (13) that generates an image in which pixels satisfying the following condition are emphasized: the distance calculated by the calculation processing unit (12) is larger than or equal to a threshold.
US10475208B1	Vehicle analysis platform A vehicle analysis platform may cause one or more image capture devices to capture a plurality of images. The vehicle analysis platform may cause one or more sensors to provide measurement data associated with one or more operational characteristics of a vehicle. The vehicle analysis platform may determine, based on the plurality of images, one or more features of the vehicle and obtain, based on the one or more features, reference information associated with the vehicle. The vehicle analysis platform may analyze the vehicle based on the plurality of images and the reference information to determine an image score associated with the vehicle. The vehicle analysis platform may analyze the vehicle based on the measurement data and the reference information to determine an operational score associated with the vehicle. The vehicle analysis platform perform an action associated with the vehicle based on the image score and the operational score.
US10475207B2	Forecasting multiple poses based on a graphical image A forecasting neural network receives data and extracts features from the data. A recurrent neural network included in the forecasting neural network provides forecasted features based on the extracted features. In an embodiment, the forecasting neural network receives an image, and features of the image are extracted. The recurrent neural network forecasts features based on the extracted features, and pose is forecasted based on the forecasted features. Additionally or alternatively, additional poses are forecasted based on additional forecasted features.
US10475206B1	Medical environment event parsing system A system and a method are described for identifying (e.g., parsing images) images pertaining to an event. The method also includes identifying a first subset of pixels from the plurality of potential locations as representing a bed and/or a seating platform. The method also includes identifying a second subset of pixels within the field of view of the camera as representing an object proximal to the bed and/or seating platform. The method also includes determining an orientation of the object with respect to the bed and/or seating platform, and determining changes in the orientation and/or position of the object over a period of time. In implementations, the method further includes generating state data pertaining to an event and associating the state data with corresponding image frame data.
US10475202B2	Image measuring device and program An image measuring device includes an image capturer capturing an image of a work piece, a displacer relatively displacing the work piece and the image capturer, a position acquirer obtaining a position where the image is captured by the image capturer, a controller controlling the image capturer to capture partial images of the work piece while displacing the image capturer relative to the work piece at a fixed speed using the displacer, a total image former forming a total image of the work piece by pasting together a plurality of partial images captured by the image capturer based on position data obtained by the position acquirer, and a light source integrally displacing with the image capturer relative to the work piece and emitting light at a portion of the work piece captured by the image capturer.
US10475197B2	Image processing method, image processing device and computer readable storage medium An image processing method, an image processing device, and a computer readable storage medium are provided. An original disparity image is obtained through an image capture device. A background correlation line is obtained in a mapping disparity map according to a background region corresponding to a target object. The background region is deleted in the original disparity image based on the background correlation line.
US10475194B2	Method, device, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for object tracking An object tracking method includes configuring a color of a first illuminating object to vary in a first pattern, capturing the first illuminating object according to a first color during a first time period, and capturing the first illuminating object according to a second color during a second time period after the first time period, wherein the second color is different from the first color.
US10475193B2	Method and apparatus for determining displacement information of target area and method and apparatus for determining atmosphere information using the same Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for determining displacement information of a target area by using information that is present in an image frame. The method of determining displacement information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: setting a target area in which an object that displacement information determination thereof is required is positioned within a target frame; determining a tracking area in a tracking frame based on displacement information of at least one neighboring target area that is positioned around the target area; and determining a matching area that matches with the target area in the tracking area and determining the displacement information of the target area.
US10475192B2	Motion tracking during non-invasive therapy During a focused-ultrasound or other non-invasive treatment procedure, the motion of the treatment target or other object(s) of interest can be tracked in real time based on (i) the comparison of treatment images against a reference library of images that have been acquired prior to treatment for the anticipated range of motion and have been processed to identify the location of the target or other object(s) therein and (ii) complementary information associated with the stage of the target motion during treatment.
US10475182B1	Application of deep learning for medical imaging evaluation This disclosure generally pertains to methods and systems for processing electronic data obtained from imaging or other diagnostic and evaluative medical procedures. Certain embodiments relate to methods for the development of deep learning algorithms that perform machine recognition of specific features and conditions in imaging and other medical data. Another embodiment provides systems configured to detect and localize medical abnormalities on medical imaging scans by a deep learning algorithm.
US10475180B2	Radiation-image processing device and method A feature amount calculation unit calculates, based on a radiation image acquired by irradiating a photographic subject with radiation, a feature amount of a density of the radiation image. A target density calculation unit calculates, based on the radiation image, a target density for converting the feature amount. An image processing unit performs image processing including gradation processing on the radiation image, such that the feature amount becomes the target density, to acquire a processed radiation image.
US10475177B2	Method of inspecting surface of ceramic body An inspection method for a surface of a ceramic body capable of determining any crack more reliably than conventionally done is provided. The method includes a step of performing image capturing of an illuminated region of an inspection surface being illuminated with at least one of first and second illumination light from mutually different directions sandwiching an image capturing means, a step of generating a determination image, and a step of performing determination. When a first determination image is generated based on a first image capturing result obtained under illumination at least with the first illumination light, and a second determination image is generated based on a second image capturing result under illumination at least with the second illumination light, those images are generated so that determination of the presence or absence of any crack can be performed based on a difference between formation manners of shadow regions in those images.
US10475173B2	Dual mode inspector A dual mode inspector includes an optical inspector configured to detect a defect located at a first location on a sample, a microscope configured to capture an image of the defect at the first location on the sample, and a platform that is configured to support the sample. The sample is not removed from the platform between the detecting of the defect located at the first location on the sample and the capturing of the image of the defect at the first location on the sample. The dual mode optical inspector also includes a controller that causes the optical inspector to detect the defect located at the first location on the sample and causes the microscope to capture the image of the defect at the first location on the sample. The dual mode inspector also performs scanning lens distortion correction to improve the capturing of defect images.
US10475171B2	Multi-camera imaging system for nanosatellites A satellite imaging system uses multiple cameras. For example, the incoming light from a telescope section of the satellite goes through a dichroic beam splitter, with the standard visible spectrum going to a first camera and wavelengths outside of the standard visible spectrum, such as in the infrared or coastal blue range, are sent to a second camera, allowing image data from multiple wavelength ranges to be captured simultaneously. The image data from the different wavelengths of the two cameras can then be selectively recombined. In a more general case, there is a first range of wavelengths and a second range of wavelengths.
US10475170B2	Rendering information into images Systems, methods, and computer readable media to improve the operation of a display system are disclosed. Techniques disclosed herein selectively darken a region of an image so that when text or other information is rendered into that region, the contrast between the text or other information and the underlying image in that area is sufficient to ensure the text or other information is visible and readable. In one embodiment, a region into which information is to be rendered may be combined or blended with tone mapped values of those same pixels in accordance with a given function, where the function gives more weight to the tone mapped pixel values the closer those pixels are to the midline of the region and more weight to untone-mapped image pixel values the further those pixels are from the midline of the region.
US10475168B2	Method for generating a result image and optical device An object is illuminated sequentially using at least two illumination geometries. An intensity image of the object is captured for each one of the at least two illumination geometries. The intensity images are combined for producing a results image. Combining is carried out in such a way that the results image satisfies a predetermined optimization criterion. By way of example, the optimization criterion may relate to an image contrast, an edge steepness or an image sharpness. Optimization may be carried out with a spatial resolution.
US10475165B2	Kernel-predicting convolutional neural networks for denoising Supervised machine learning using convolutional neural network (CNN) is applied to denoising images rendered by MC path tracing. The input image data may include pixel color and its variance, as well as a set of auxiliary buffers that encode scene information (e.g., surface normal, albedo, depth, and their corresponding variances). In some embodiments, a CNN directly predicts the final denoised pixel value as a highly non-linear combination of the input features. In some other embodiments, a kernel-prediction neural network uses a CNN to estimate the local weighting kernels, which are used to compute each denoised pixel from its neighbors. In some embodiments, the input image can be decomposed into diffuse and specular components. The diffuse and specular components are then independently preprocessed, filtered, and postprocessed, before recombining them to obtain a final denoised image.
US10475163B2	Method and apparatus for generating data representative of a bokeh associated to light-field data There are several types of plenoptic devices having a proprietary file format. At present, there is no standard supporting the acquisition and transmission of multi-dimensional information for an exhaustive over-view of the different parameters upon which a light-field depends. As such, acquired light-field data for different cameras have a diversity of formats. The notion of pixel beam, which represents a volume occupied by a set of rays of light in an object space of an optical system of a camera is introduced. The method according to the invention enables to provide data representative of a bokeh associated to a pixel beam. Such data representative of bokeh associated to a pixel beam enables the displaying of an image with good bokeh properties.
US10475161B2	Multi-resolution image system The invention notably relates to a memory storage having a linear track and having recorded thereon a multi-resolution image system of an object, the multi-resolution image system including a set of images, each image representing the object and having a respective resolution, wherein the recording is according to a continuous injection from a space-filling curve of the set of images to the linear track, the space-filling curve interlaces the different images, and the intersection between the space-filling curve and each image is on a Hilbert curve.The invention improves the way to record a multi-resolution image system of an object on a memory storage.
US10475160B1	Image magnification system A method and apparatus can include: displaying original images, the original images including a first original image and a second original image; displaying magnification regions overlaid on top of the original images; detecting a positioning user input, the positioning user input identifying first coordinates for a first center point of a first magnification region; calculating second coordinates for a second center point of a second magnification region based on a linear relationship between the location of the first center point within the first original image and the location of the second center point within the second original image; displaying the second magnification region overlaid on the second original image and the second magnification region having the second center point based on the linear relationship; and displaying magnified images including a first magnified image corresponding to the first magnification region and a second magnified image corresponding to the second magnification region.
US10475155B2	Collecting and viewing three-dimensional scanner data in a flexible video format A method interactively displays panoramic images of a scene. The method includes measuring 3D coordinates with a 3D measuring instrument at a first position and a second position. The 3D coordinates are registering into a common frame of reference. Within the scene, a trajectory includes a plurality of trajectory points. Along the trajectory, 2D images are generated from the commonly registered 3D coordinates. A trajectory display mode sequentially displays a collection of 2D images at the trajectory points. A rotational display mode allows a user to select a desired view direction at a given trajectory point. The user selects the trajectory display mode or the rotational display mode and sees the result shown on the display device.
US10475149B2	Policies and architecture to dynamically offload VR processing to HMD based on external cues Virtual reality systems and methods are described. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a communications interface to provide frame data of a virtual reality scene to a head mounted display (HMD); at least one performance monitor coupled to at least one component of the apparatus the at least one performance monitor to monitor performance of the at least one component and to send an alert based on the performance of the at least one component; a processor to process the frame data; a controller to receive the alert based on the performance of the at least one component and to offload processing of the frame data from the processor to the HMD for processing; and a display to show the rendered view of the scene.
US10475148B2	Fragmented graphic cores for deep learning using LED displays A smart display including one or more groups of smart pixels and at least one graphics engine. The at least one graphics engine is fragmented into GPU (graphics processing unit) minute cores. The GPU minute cores are distributed throughout the smart display. The smart pixels with distributed graphics within the smart display perform deep learning. Libraries stored on GPU minute core embedded memory are used to perform object identification using deep learning. The smart display monitors for pixel degradation and, if necessary, performs pixel enhancement.
US10475147B2	Multiple GPU graphics processing system A graphics processing system comprises a pair of graphics processing units that are connected to each other via communications bridges that can allow communication between the connected graphics processing units. One of the graphics processing units is operable to act as a master graphics processing unit controlling graphics processing operations on the other graphics processing unit which is operable as a slave graphics processing unit to perform graphics processing operations under the control of the master graphics processing unit. Each graphics processing unit of the pair of graphics processing units is also capable of operating in a standalone mode, in which the graphics processing unit operates independently of the other graphics processing unit to perform a graphics processing task.
US10475146B2	Device for controlling multiple areas of display independently and method thereof An electronic device and a method performed in the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display module, and a first processor and a second processor that are electrically connected with the display module. The first processor is configured to detect an operation performed in the electronic device, determine a range of display control authority to be provided to the second processor according to the operation, and provide the range of the display control authority to the second processor. The second processor is configured to generate a display screen corresponding to the range of the display control authority and provide the display screen through the display module.
US10475144B2	Presenting context-based guidance using electronic signs Computer-implemented functionality is described herein for assisting a user in interacting with an environment. In one implementation, the functionality operates by: determining that a particular user is within a prescribed proximity to an electronic sign, or will be in prescribed proximity to the electronic sign, based on sensor information provided by one or more sensors within the environment; determining an identity of the user; determining at least one destination of the user based at least on calendar information; providing directions to the destination(s), to provide unfiltered direction information; optionally filtering the unfiltered direction information with respect to restriction information (e.g., privacy information, security information, etc.), to produce filtered direction information; composing sign information based on the filtered direction information; and sending the sign information to the electronic sign for presentation by the sign.
US10475139B2	Job recall services in online education platforms An online education platform manages and integrates a number of education services for users of the platform, including job recall services. These job recall services include management and distribution of job recall materials that test whether job applicants have acquired desired knowledge or skills for a particular job opening or class of jobs. The job recall materials are uploaded to the education platform and mapped to one or more learning units. Each learning unit is associated with an educational course and includes a distinct concept in the associated course. Responsive to a user of the education platform completing the learning unit to which a job recall material is mapped, the job recall material is recommended to the user.
US10475137B2	Method and apparatus for socially aware applications and application stores An approach is provided for social networking-based item installation. A social network platform receives a request from at least one device, a service, or a combination to initiate an installation of at least one item. The platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of information associated with the at least one device, the request, or a combination thereof to determine at least one other device. The service platform then determines to cause, at least in part, an initiation of the installation of the at least one item at the at least one device, the at least one other device, or a combination thereof.
US10475135B2	Method and system for providing searching and contributing in a social media ecosystem A method and system for providing searching and contributing via social commerce within a social media ecosystem on a cloud communications network. A user is able to select as plural individual electronic lists, personal preferences and favorite items for social media ecosystem gifting, charitable contributing and time-of-need donating. Controlled access for the plural individual electronic lists selected by the user is provided to plural general search engine sites and plural social media sites in a social media ecosystem. Secure private permission-based viewing of and electronic operations on the stored plural individual electronic lists of favorite items is provided to plural other users so the plural other users can view and contribute a gift, charitable contribution or time-of-need donation. Electronic purchases of favorite items or electronic contributions to a charity or for time-of-need assistance are accepted.
US10475130B2	Method, system, and computer program for predicting tax liabilities associated with reportable income on a 1099 form A method, a system, and a computer program for predicting an impact of a tax event, such as reportable income on a 1099 form, on a user's tax liabilities at any intermediate time during a current tax year based on a comparison of known and predicted user information related to the user and the user's taxes, tax event information, and a tax deduction database of tax deductions, credits, and eligibility rules. The computer program and method for predicting the impact of the tax event comprise acquiring information about the user from a user profile, acquiring information about the tax event, comparing the user information and the tax event information with requirements for tax deductions and credits offered by a taxing authority, and identifying deductions or credits having requirements related to the user information and the tax event information.
US10475125B1	Utilizing financial data of a user to identify a life event affecting the user The invention relates to a method for identifying a life event affecting a user. The method includes obtaining a classification model. The classification model models how financial data of a user relates to life events. Also, the method includes gathering the financial data of the user. The financial data of the user matches at least a subset of the classification model. In addition, the method includes identifying a life event affecting the user by applying the classification model to the financial data of the user. Still yet, the method includes customizing a user interface of an application that is utilized by the user. The customization is based on the identified life event.
US10475124B2	Computing architecture for managed-account transactions An improved computing architecture for managed-account transactions is presented. In accordance with embodiments, a computing system may receive data indicating modifications to various investment allocations prescribed by different investment managers and may update corresponding stored investment strategies previously generated by the computing system in accordance with the modifications. The computing system may identify a stored account object associated with a client having funds allocated amongst the updated investment strategies and may modify objects stored in sleeve objects of the account object that represent units of assets prescribed by the investment managers in accordance with the modifications to the allocations.
US10475122B2	Electronic market message management with priority determination Methods, devices, and systems for managing electronic messages of an electronic trading system in which orders are extracted from the electronic messages involve executing actions associated with respect to the orders and matching orders to counter orders. Matching orders may be based on a priority determined using a market quality index of the order and an associated market participant.
US10475117B2	Method and apparatus for processing sales transaction data A system provides a way to manage agreements that institutions such as financial services companies have with distributors who sell their products. Each distributor has a plurality of sales representatives that earn commissions for selling such products. The commissions earned and any other constraints imposed on the sales representatives may be defined within a selling agreement. The system can generate each selling agreement utilizing a set of components representative of the type of agreement formed between the institutions and the distributor. The components of each selling agreement contain an associated rule set that enables a configuration engine to generate an appropriate document. The system also contains a set of regulatory conditions for each sale made by the sales representatives. The system may be utilized to process sales transaction data to ensure that selling agreement terms are followed and that regulations for each sale are satisfied.
US10475115B2	System and method for managing distributed encrypted combination over-locks from a remote location The disclosure generally relates to a system and method for managing distributed encrypted combination over-locks from a remote location. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention is directed to a distributed management system for self-storage facilities that provide customers with immediate access to an over-locked space upon payment of delinquent past due balances.
US10475111B1	Selecting and configuring metrics for monitoring Technologies are disclosed herein for selecting and configuring metrics to monitor. The metrics available for monitoring are associated with computing resources provided by a service provider network. Instead of requiring a customer to manually determine the metrics that may be monitored, the service provider network may dynamically determine the metrics available for monitoring based on the infrastructure specified by the customer to execute in the service provider network. In this way, customers may not only select metrics related to the health of the computing devices (physical or virtual), the customer may also select metrics related to the software applications executing on the computing devices.
US10475110B2	Computer system and stored program for product and contractor service mapping An e-commerce computer system electronically receives a selection of at least one product with at least one contractor service from a purchaser computer system. The e-commerce computer system automatically places a product code for the at least one product in an electronic shopping cart. The e-commerce computer system automatically places a service code for the at least one contractor service in the electronic shopping cart. The e-commerce computer system receives the service code electronically from a mapping computer system, the service code automatically derived by the mapping computing system programmed to map the at least one product with the at least one contractor service. The e-commerce computer system electronically presents the electronic shopping cart to the purchaser computer system with a request to complete a purchase of the at least one product and the at least one contractor service.
US10475109B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program It is an object to allow, even if an item selected by a user cannot be shipped to its destination, the user to order another item without wasting the effort spent in selecting the item. An information processing device receives selection of an item for order. The information processing device obtains a destination specified for the selected item. If the specified destination is outside the area to which the selected item can be shipped, the information processing device causes substitute information to be displayed. The substitute information can identify a substitute item that can be shipped to the destination.
US10475106B1	Generating a product recommendation based on a user reaction A device may process, after obtaining an image that includes image data concerning a product, first audio data obtained concerning a first utterance of a user of a user device, and first video data obtained concerning a first eye gaze direction of the user, to determine a first reaction of the user to the image. The device may process, after causing display of the image and an overlay superimposed on the image by the user device, second audio data obtained concerning a second utterance of the user, and second video data obtained concerning a second eye gaze direction of the user, to determine a second reaction of the user to the image and the overlay. The device may retrain a product recommendation model using the first reaction and the second reaction, and may generate and cause display of a product recommendation based on the product recommendation model.
US10475104B2	System and methods for advanced personalized retail shopping platform Aspects of the present invention relates to providing a system and methods for an advanced digital retail platform for personalized shopping. The system, particularly, relates to enabling wise decision making while shopping, combined with improved personal experience and advisory messaging. Accordingly, the digital retail platform comprising two sub-systems, a frontend sub-system and a backend sub-system, each operable independently and continuously to yield personalized shopping experience. Further, the digital retail platform controls the shopping flow and configured to continuously monitor and analyze consumer behavior thereby identify changes and enable updating the advisory messages and personal shopping preferences.
US10475090B2	Calculating user experience scores Examples relate to calculating user experience scores for applications. The examples disclosed herein collect, for each of at least two frames of each of at least two user sessions of an application, a set of user event data items representing user experiences from the perspective of a user device during a corresponding frame of the at least two frames of a user session. A frame score is calculated for each of the at least two frames in each of the at least two user sessions by analyzing the frame's set of user event data items. A user session score is calculated for each of the at least two user sessions by averaging the frame scores for the at least two frames in the user session of the at least two user sessions. A user experience score may then be calculated for the application by averaging the user session scores of each of the at least two user sessions.
US10475088B2	Accounting for online system user actions occurring greater than a reasonable amount of time after presenting content to the users when selecting content for users An online system optimizes selection content items for a user based on total value of presenting a selected content item, rather than discrete actions with the content item. To account for the total value of presenting a content item, the online system receives information from a third party system associated with the content item identifying actions by users captured by the third party system and values associated with the identified actions. The online system matches the identified actions with presentations of the content item to various users by identifying users of the online system corresponding to information identifying users received from the third party system and retrieves information describing presentation of content items to the information identifying presentation of content items. Based on historical actions and presentations of a content item, the online system obtains a model determining value of presenting a content item for use in selecting content.
US10475085B2	View-based placement of advertisements in scrollable advertisement units An online system selects advertisements for inclusion in a scrollable advertisement unit that includes a display area and multiple advertisements, each associated with a position in the scrollable advertisement unit. Positions in the scrollable advertisement unit are ranked based on a measure of predicted performance of an advertisement in each position. Advertisements are ranked based on a probability of being viewed by a user if associated with a particular position in the scrollable advertisement unit and, optionally, on a probability of presenting an advertisement based on characteristics of the advertisement. The position ranking and the advertisement ranking are used to associate advertisements with positions. For example, an advertisement is associated with a position having a location in the position ranking corresponding to the advertisement's position in the advertisement ranking.
US10475084B2	System and method for dynamic creation of product links from a web browser application A method and system is provided for facilitating affiliate link generation using a web browser application. A publisher enables the system by identifying a webpage on an affiliate web site. The system performs an initial assessment of the page to extract webpage information, which is compared to information stored in a database. If the extracted information matches stored information, a record of the webpage is displayed and an affiliate link is dynamically generated for immediate use. If the extracted information does not match stored information, a new record of the webpage is created. If the webpage contains product-specific data, a product-specific record is stored. If the webpage does not contain product-specific data, a non-product record is stored. An affiliate link is then dynamically created. The new record of the product and dynamically created affiliate link is added to the database for immediate use.
US10475082B2	Method, medium, and system for keyword bidding in a market cooperative A computer-implemented method and system for keyword bidding in a market cooperative are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes receiving a keyword bid from a first party; determining a value to a host associated with the keyword bid; augmenting the keyword bid by an amount corresponding to the value to the host; and sending the augmented keyword bid to a second party.
US10475081B1	Coupon processing system including instant redeemable coupon redemption based upon short message service short code and related methods A coupon processing system may include a promotions server and a mobile wireless communications device associated with a purchaser and having a device identification (ID) associated therewith. The mobile device may acquire a product identifier image for a given product having an incentive associated therewith and communicate the product identifier image to the promotions server using a short message service short code. The mobile device may also communicate a geographic location and the device ID to the promotions server. The promotions server may assign the incentive to a digital wallet for the purchaser based upon the product identifier image and redeem the incentive based upon the geographic location of the mobile device.
US10475079B2	Application integrated advertising display control Application integrated advertising display control techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a request is detected, which is received by the one or more computing devices from a client device via a network, for receipt of one or more image editing content packages that are branded to correspond to one or more advertisers. The one or more image editing content packages include functionality usable as part of an image editing process to alter appearance of pixels in an image but not replace the pixels or functionality usable to supplement additional pixels to the image without replacing the pixels in the image. Responsive to the detecting by the one or more computing devices, streaming is controlled of the one or more content packages that are branded to correspond to the one or more advertisers via the network for receipt by the client device.
US10475077B2	Displaying advertisements with location information Advertisement content associated with an entity having a physical location is selected for display to a user by a client device. A proximity of the client device to the physical location is determined. In response to determining the proximity between the client device and the physical location, an advertisement is generated that includes the advertisement content and an indicator of the physical location. The generated advertisement is sent to the client device for display to the user.
US10475076B1	Navigation-based ad units in street view Systems, methods, and computer storage mediums for directing a user to an image of an advertiser's geolocation are provided. An exemplary method includes retrieving a first image associated with a geolocation, where the geolocation is based on a user action. At least one advertising unit is also selected based on at least the geolocation associated with the first image. Each advertising unit includes at least one geolocation associated with an advertiser. At least one advertising unit is then placed on the first image. Finally, a second image is retrieved when a placed advertising unit is selected by the user. The second image is retrieved based on the geolocation associated with the placed advertising unit.
US10475073B2	Condition-based, privacy-sensitive selection method of directing electronic, profile-based advertisements to selected internet websites An automatic system facilitates selection of media properties on which to display an advertisement, responsive to a profile collected on a first media property, where a behavioral-targeting company calculates expected profit for an ad correlated with the profile and arranges for the visitor to be tagged with a tag readable by the selected media property. The profit can be calculated by deducting, from the revenues that are expected to be generated from an ad delivered based on the collected profile, at least the price of ad space at a media property where the BT company might like to deliver ads to the profiled visitor. When the calculated profit is positive (i.e., not a loss), the BT company arranges for the visitor to be tagged with a tag readable by the selected media property through which the BT company expects to profit.
US10475071B2	System and method of automated delivery of relevance-checked benefit-conveying codes during online transaction A system and method of performing in-context of automated delivery of benefit-conveying (BC) code of an e-commerce website is provided. The system comprises means for identifying a BC code input field in a BC context of the e-commerce website, means for storing a plurality of BC code collections for supported e-commerce websites, and means for acquiring information about relevance-checked BC codes of the e-commerce web site. The system comprises means for displaying an UI panel in an vicinity of the identified BC code input field, with the UI panel configured to list information about the acquired relevance-checked BC codes in such a manner that an individual BC code from among the acquired BC codes can be selected through selecting a UI entry listing information about the individual BC code. The system comprises means for inputting the selected individual BC code into the identified BC code input field.
US10475068B2	Systems and methods of generating digital campaigns A method includes receiving data indicative of content to be published by a publisher and generating output text data based on comparing text data output by different text recognition operations on the received data. Another method includes extracting one or more text items and one or more images from the received data, determining that the content is associated with a first entity, and generating a directory webpage that includes the one or more text items and the one or more images. The directory webpage is associated with the first entity and is hosted in a subdomain of a domain associated with the publisher. A particular text item of the one or more text items, a particular image of the one or more images, or both, is associated with offer information.
US10475067B2	Attributing contributions of digital marketing campaigns towards conversions Methods and systems for attributing contributions to digital marketing campaigns in achieving an action are described. In one or more implementations, first, second, and third order probabilities of a user taking the action are computed for each of a plurality of campaigns of a campaign path. Based on the probabilities, contributions are attributed to the campaigns of the campaign path in achieving the action.
US10475065B1	Advertiser campaign scripting Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automated management of campaigns using scripted rules.
US10475063B1	Automated deal guide optimization A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed to score elements of a structure database. The method includes accessing a structure database comprising one or more promotion options, one or more promotion option structures, and one or more promotion structures, wherein each promotion structure comprises one or more of the promotion option structures, each promotion option structure corresponds to one or more of the promotion options, and each promotion option is associated with at least one service. The method further includes generating a promotion option score for each promotion option in the structure database, generating, by a processor, a promotion option structure score for each promotion option structure in the structure database, and generating a promotion structure score for each promotion structure in the structure database. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
US10475062B2	Rewarding online users as a function of network topology A method and associated systems for rewarding online users as a function of network topology. An online-reward system receives a network topology and an unweighted base reward schedule that specifies amounts of incentive rewards to be awarded to performing users who perform a solicited desired action and to intermediary users who forward such a solicitation to another user. The system computes a position value for each node as a function of the node's position in the topology and uses those values to weight the base rewards. Each time the network topology changes, this process is repeated to immediately update weightings of nodes affected by the change. When a network user performs a solicited activity, the processor physically transfers rewards to the accounts of the performing and intermediary users, using the weighted values to determine the amount of each reward.
US10475059B2	Syndicated sharing of promotional information Systems and methods that enable product (or service) purchasers, or other such entities, to share promotional materials via social networks and/or other means of communication and may further enable the purchasers to receive rewards, such as rebates, in response to interactions with the promotional materials by others (e.g., friends of the purchaser). In various embodiments, the promotional materials shared by the purchaser relates to the product purchased, which may lend greater credibility and/or interest in the promotional material being shared.
US10475058B1	Incentivizing users to alter virtual item balances in an online game A system and method for incentivizing users to alter virtual item balances in an online game are disclosed. The incentives may include rewards for users to reach balance goals. The balance goals may specify target balances of virtual items to be reached in user inventories, and a time by which such target balances must be reached in order for the users to receive a reward. Such target balance may include minimum or maximum balances levels, a range of absolute balance levels, a change in the current balance levels of virtual items in the user inventories and/or any other target balances. Determinations whether a given user has reached such target balance in accordance with a balance goal may be made at or before the time specified in the balance goal.
US10475054B1	System and method for capturing information for conversion into actionable sales leads The present invention relates to business-to-business marketing organizations who participate in lead-generation activities via their company website. More particularly, the invention provides a target lead-generation system and method that targets the right businesses using real-time predictive and behavioral analytics and website traffic data and connects businesses to potential customers and suppliers to drive business revenue. Even more particularly, the invention provides a system and method for real-time cleansing, enriching, and appending of business card data elements such as title, email, and attribute rich company demographic and firmographic data. Additionally, the system appends company-level technology install base data and contact-level data points such as job role, job function, physical location, education, expertise, and social network handles. This contact and company data is appended to the website form and marketing database. The resulting information is then immediately available for use by other systems such as marketing automation systems and CRM systems.
US10475053B2	Managing grid interaction with interconnect socket adapter configured for a wind power source A system for managing grid interaction with a wind power source includes an energy exchange server, a plurality of wind energy sources, a plurality of interconnect socket adapters, and a plurality of energy exchange controllers, each energy exchange controller coupling to one of the plurality of interconnect socket adapters and dictating energy consumption based on energy pricing data received from the energy exchange server. Each interconnect socket adapter electrically couples to the power grid, one or more energy sinks, and a wind energy source, and the energy exchange server receives a real-time energy consumption data set, a real-time energy production data set, a set of environmental parameters and a starting energy price, and generates a current aggregate electricity demand value as a function of the real-time energy consumption data set and the environmental parameters, a current aggregate electricity supply value as a function of the real-time energy production dataset and the environmental parameters, and a current energy price as a function of the starting energy price, the current aggregate electricity demand value, and the current aggregate electricity supply value.
US10475048B2	Method and system for managing a customer loyalty award program This invention discloses a novel system and method for implementing an electronic customer loyalty rewarding service that awards credits for continued patronage of a vendor, where the credits can be spent at the vendor or with other vendors that participate in the service. The disclosure further includes an embodiment where the system automatically calculates a discount voucher deal for a vendor with a guarantee spend amount per customer that uses the voucher. The system automatically trades these transactions in order to either electronically pay the guarantee or collect a commission on the overspend above the guarantee.
US10475045B2	Database management methods, systems, and devices for identifying related customer support tickets A network device associated with a database management system receives information associated with a customer support ticket. Based on information in the database management system, a direct relationship between the received customer support ticket and a customer support ticket in the database may be determined. A graph including nodes representing customer support tickets is generated based on information in the database. Edge prediction is performed on the graph to derive relationships among the nodes in the graph. A predictive relationship between customer support tickets is derived. A relationship data set based on the direct relationship between the customer support tickets and based on the predictive relationship between the customer support tickets is generated. The relationship data set associated with the customer support ticket is communicated to the user device.
US10475043B2	Method and system for pro-active detection and correction of low quality questions in a question and answer based customer support system User satisfaction with answers that may be provided through a question and answer based customer support system is predicted by pre-submission analysis of the attributes of the question itself before the answer is generated. Questions being entered into the question and answer based customer support system that are not likely to satisfy either an asking user submitting a question, or subsequent searching users accessing the resulting question and answer pair, are labeled improperly formatted questions, or low quality format questions. The question data representing improperly formatted questions is then either filtered out, avoided completely, or, proactively corrected by providing the user with a set of personalized question format transformation instructions to transform improperly formatted questions into a re-phrased/re-formatted properly formatted questions having a question format predicted to provide a significantly higher probability of user satisfaction with any answer eventually provided.
US10475040B2	System and method for service chain visualization and monitoring of reusable commodities A service chain visualization system graphically displays diverse supply chain information such as demand information, new buy information, defective returns information, out for repair information, good inventory information and bad inventory information. The display includes historical, present, and future supply chain information. In at least one embodiment, the system allows a user to change a supply chain attribute and observe the potential impact on other supply chain attributes. In at least one embodiment, the system graphically collectively displays results that are readily understandable by the user.
US10475035B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for consolidated registration of payment cards The subject matter described herein relates to methods, systems, and computer readable media for consolidated registration of payment cards. In some examples, a method includes receiving data specifying a geographic location and one or more dates of travel to a geographic location for a user. The method includes registering, with a fraud detection engine executing on a computer system, digital payment cards for the user and the dates of travel to the geographic location. The registration causes the fraud detection engine to modify a risk score of at least a first transaction initiated by the user during the dates of travel and within a threshold geographic distance of the geographic location.
US10475027B2	System and method for exchanging data with smart cards A system that includes an issuer system that receives, via a network, registration information from a mobile device, wherein the issuer system is associated with a financial institution that issues a smart card to a user and wherein the registration information includes an identifier of the mobile device, and a mobile device application associated with the issuer system, that when executed on a mobile device, communicates with the issuer system to validate the mobile device as a trusted device and enables the trusted device to communicate with the smart card and enable smart card management features mobile device application.
US10475025B2	System, method, and apparatus for updating an existing dynamic transaction card A system for securely updating an electronic transaction card held by an account holder with an additional account and/or account data. A dynamic transaction card may be securely updated with an additional account by using pre-stored shell data and/or inactive data, whereby the pre-stored shell data may be populated using data received from an issuer system and/or the inactive data may be activated via an activation signal received from an issuer system. A backend server may determine, via a fraud determination, expiration determination, and/or user-request, that new account data should be transmitted to an account holder. The dynamic transaction card may receive the data associated with a notification, update a display, instruct an EMV applet to use a key associated with a received EMV key identifier for signatures, and/or update any additional data stored on the dynamic transaction card.
US10475024B1	Secure smart card transactions A method of securely conducting a financial transaction includes receiving, at a card reader, a first plurality of messages from a smart card; identifying, using the reader, one or more sensitive messages in the first plurality of messages, where the first plurality of messages conforms to a protocol of the financial transaction; encrypting, using the reader, the one or more sensitive messages using a cryptographic key of the reader to generate encrypted messages; formatting, using the reader, a second plurality of messages according to the protocol to send to a mobile device, where the second plurality of messages includes the encrypted messages and messages in the first plurality of messages that are not sensitive; determining, using a mobile device, action steps according to the protocol, where the action steps are determined from the second plurality of messages; and executing the action steps.
US10475016B2	Bill payment system and method A system and method to use quick response (QR) codes encoded with a bill from a merchant, such as, for example, provided by a restaurant. A code scanner (106) can scan a QR code that encodes a merchant identification code that identifies a merchant. A user can select a payment instrument on the code scanner for paying the bill. The code scanner can transmit to an application server (102) data pertaining to the payment instrument. The code scanner can receive from the application server status data indicating whether the bill was successfully or unsuccessfully paid.
US10475013B2	Method of enhancing point-of-sale systems A method of operating a point-of-sale (POS) system (1), the POS system comprising a POS terminal (3) having a software module (17, 21) thereon for enabling a retailer to process transactions within a transaction environment, and a peripheral device (5, 7) in communication with the POS terminal (3), the POS system (1) further comprising a driver software module (40) installed between the POS terminal (3) software module (17, 21) and the peripheral device (5, 7), the method comprising: receiving, at the driver software module (40), data sent between the software module (17, 21) and the peripheral device (5, 7) in communication with the POS terminal (3); communicating with a further device (44, 60, 64) in dependence on the data received at the driver software module (40); receiving modified data from the further device (44, 60, 64); and outputting the modified data.
US10475012B2	Systems and methods for installation of a remotely monitored vending network An embodiment provides a system of automated workflow management and active checkpoint validation that streamlines and standardizes the vending machine provisioning process. The embodiment not only normalizes the installation and deployment process across geographic and personnel differences, it also greatly optimizes the process allowing for increased installations per technician per day. The monitored assets are added to online applications in real time and remote monitoring commences immediately upon the end of technician visit. Other embodiments are addressed herein.
US10475009B2	Method and system for cardless use of an automated teller machine (ATM) A computer-implemented method for cardless use of an automated teller machine (ATM) is provided. The method includes receiving as an input, a user-identified ATM that the user wishes to use. The method also includes generating and transmitting a one-time password (OTP) for the user to enter at the identified ATM. The method further includes receiving and verifying the OTP entered into the ATM, and on successful verification, authorizing access to services available through the ATM, without use of a card.
US10475003B2	Enhanced mobile transactions and payments Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing enhanced mobile transactions and payments are disclosed. A computer-implemented method may include receiving configuration information that allows a mobile payment system to request that a computing device use an application for a requested mobile transaction, sending a request to the computing device to use the application for the mobile transaction, receiving a response indicating whether the application is available to the computing device, automatically processing the mobile transaction using the application when the application is available to the computing device, and processing the mobile transaction using standard processing without use of the application when the application is unavailable to the computing device or the user wishes to use standard processing.
US10475000B2	Systems and methods for providing files in relation to a calendar event Systems and methods are provided for providing suggested files in relation to a calendar event. An electronic device receives an input related to the calendar event. Calendar event information, such as attendees, subject, and the date, are obtained. A search is performed for files related to the calendar event information. The related files can be ordered or ranked according to confidence values. The files are then displayed as suggestions. Links between suggested files and the calendar event are also formed.
US10474997B2	Generating popularity scores for keywords A search engine optimization system is provided with an on-line social network system. The on-line social network system includes or is in communication with a search engine optimization (SEO) system that is configured to prioritize keywords (potential search terms) based on their respective predicted contribution to the ranking of JSERPs. The value of a job-related keyword is expressed as a priority score assigned to that keyword. The SEO system generates priority scores for different keywords, using a probabilistic model that takes into account a value expressing how likely the keyword is to be included in a search query as a search term and/or a value expressing how likely is a search that includes the keyword as a search term is to produce relevant results.
US10474996B2	Workflow management system platform A workflow management system platform may access electronic data records in a scenario database, including, for each of a plurality of scenarios, a scenario identifier and a set of associated workflow identifiers. Electronic data records in a workflow database may also be accessed, including, for each of a plurality of workflows, a workflow identifier, a valid from date, a valid to date, and an order value. Some embodiments may then automatically display information about the plurality of scenarios. For example, for each workflow associated with a scenario, a workflow area may be displayed extending from a start location associated with the workflow's valid from date on the graphical timeline to an end location associated with the workflow's valid to date on the graphical timeline. According to some embodiments, workflow areas within a scenario may be presented in a sequence in accordance with order values.
US10474993B2	Systems and methods for deep learning-based notifications Systems and techniques are provided for tracking puts and takes of inventory items by subjects in an area of real space. A plurality of cameras with overlapping fields of view produce respective sequences of images of corresponding fields of view in the real space. In one embodiment, the system includes first image processors, including subject image recognition engines, receiving corresponding sequences of images from the plurality of cameras. The first image processors process images to identify subjects represented in the images in the corresponding sequences of images. The system includes second image processors, including background image recognition engines, receiving corresponding sequences of images from the plurality of cameras. The second image processors mask the identified subjects to generate masked images. Following this, the second image processors process the masked images to identify and classify background changes represented in the images in the corresponding sequences of images.
US10474984B2	Vehicle control system and method A control system includes a sensor or other input device and one or more processors configured to receive event data associated with a vehicle from the sensor. The one or more processors also are configured to receive a designated chargeable usage of the vehicle and to determine one or more rules dictating rule-based chargeable usage of the vehicle based on the event data. The one or more processors compare the event data with the one or more rules to determine the rule-based chargeable usage of the vehicle and compare the rule-based chargeable usage with the designated chargeable usage to identify one or more discrepancies between the rule-based chargeable usage and the designated chargeable usage. The one or more rules dynamically change with changing conditions of the vehicle. The one or more processors are configured to generate control signals based on the rule-based chargeable usage and/or the identified discrepancies.
US10474981B1	Utilizing machine learning to generate augmented reality delivery instructions for delivering an item to a location A device receives delivery information indicating instructions for delivery of an item at a location, wherein the delivery information include an image of the location with a designated point for delivering the item. The device receives information indicating that a user device, associated with a delivery person, is at the location, and processes the delivery information and the information indicating that the user device, associated with the delivery person, is at the location, with a machine learning model, to generate delivery instructions for the item, wherein the delivery instructions include augmented reality information indicating the designated point for delivering the item at the location. The device provides the delivery instructions to the user device, wherein the delivery instructions enable the user device to utilize the augmented reality information to display the designated point for delivering the item within a live image of the location.
US10474980B1	Secured delivery process utilizing manufactured temporary keys A system for providing access to delivery locations with added security. The system can include a database of images (or other data) of keys associated with a plurality of delivery addresses, or secure delivery locations. When a special handling item—i.e., one that cannot safely be left outside the delivery location—is ordered, the system creates a key to provide access to the secure delivery location. The key can be a one-time use, disposable, shreddable, or otherwise temporary key. The system can also utilize one or more video cameras to record some or all of the delivery process to ensure the delivery driver delivers the item(s), destroys or leaves the key, and leaves the secure delivery location locked, among other things. The manufacturing of a key and/or the choice to use secure delivery can be based on the delivery location, product, delivery value, perishability, or other factors.
US10474974B2	Reciprocal models for resource allocation Embodiments are directed to managing data models for managing resource allocation. A data model portion may be provided. Allocation information based on resource allocations associated with pass-through objects that may be included in the data model portion. A memory buffer may be configured to include allocation ratio information and fixed resource value information. A reciprocal model based on the memory buffer and the data model portion may be provided. Providing the reciprocal model may include providing an effective resource value engine based on solving a linear system corresponding to the allocation ratio information and the fixed resource value information. If resource information for a pass-through object associated with the reciprocal model may be requested, the reciprocal model may be employed to provide the resource information to the data model.
US10474972B2	Facility management assistance device, facility management assistance system, and facility management assistance method for performance analysis based on review of captured images A facility management assistance device includes an image extractor that extracts an image of a target area from an image of the interior of the facility, an image presenter that presents the image of the target area to a first user, an individual evaluation information acquirer that acquires individual evaluation information on an evaluation result of the target area, in response to an input by the first user, an evaluation aggregation information generator that aggregates the individual evaluation information in a designated period, and generates evaluation aggregation information for listing an evaluation result for the designated period, an evaluation aggregation information presenter that presents the evaluation aggregation information to a second user, an improvement implementation information acquirer that acquires improvement implementation information on the implementation situation of an improvement measure, in response to an input by a second user, and an improvement implementation information presenter that presents the improvement implementation information to the first user.
US10474968B2	Improving accuracy of predictions using seasonal relationships of time series data Systems and methods are provided for performing data mining and statistical learning techniques on a big data set. More specifically, systems and methods are provided for linear regression using safe screening techniques. Techniques may include receiving a plurality of time series included in a prediction hierarchy for performing statistical learning to develop an improved prediction hierarchy. It may include pre-processing data associated with each of the plurality of time series, wherein the pre-processing includes tasks performed in parallel using a grid-enabled computing environment. For each time series, the system may determine a classification for the individual time series, a pattern group for the individual time series, and a level of the prediction hierarchy at which the each individual time series comprises an need output amount greater than a threshold amount. The computing system may generate an additional prediction hierarchy using the first prediction hierarchy, the classification, the pattern group, and the level.
US10474967B2	Conversation utterance labeling A method, a computer program product, and an information handling system is provided for labeling unlabeled utterances given a taxonomy of labels utilizing topic word semi-supervised learning.
US10474964B2	Training algorithm for collision avoidance A machine learning model is trained by defining a scenario including models of vehicles and a typical driving environment. A model of a subject vehicle is added to the scenario and sensor locations are defined on the subject vehicle. A perception of the scenario by sensors at the sensor locations is simulated. The scenario further includes a model of a lane-splitting vehicle. The location of the lane-splitting vehicle and the simulated outputs of the sensors perceiving the scenario are input to a machine learning algorithm that trains a model to detect the location of a lane-splitting vehicle based on the sensor outputs. A vehicle controller then incorporates the machine learning model and estimates the presence and/or location of a lane-splitting vehicle based on actual sensor outputs input to the machine learning model.
US10474961B2	Dynamically evolving cognitive architecture system based on prompting for additional user input A dynamically evolving cognitive architecture system based on prompting for additional user input is described. A system forms an intent based on a user input, and creates a plan based on the intent. The plan includes a first action object that transforms a first concept object associated with the intent into a second concept object and also includes a second action object that transforms the second concept object into a third concept object associated with a goal of the intent. The first action object and the second action object are selected from multiple action objects. The system executes the plan, and outputs a value associated with the third concept object.
US10474960B1	Approximate gate and supercontrolled unitary gate decompositions for two-qubit operations Techniques are provided for improving quantum circuits. The technology includes approximately expanding, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, using zero to a number of applications of a super controlled basis gate, a target two-qubit operation, with the approximately expanding resulting in instances of the target two-qubit operation corresponding to the zero to the number of applications, and the target two-qubit operation is part of a source quantum circuit associated with a quantum computer. The system analyzes the instances and the super controlled basis gate, and automatically rewrites the source quantum circuit into a deployed quantum circuit based on the analyzing.
US10474959B2	Analytic system based on multiple task learning with incomplete data A computing device computes a weight matrix to compute a predicted value. For each of a plurality of related tasks, an augmented observation matrix, a plug-in autocovariance matrix, and a plug-in covariance vector are computed. A weight matrix used to predict the characteristic for each of a plurality of variables and each of a plurality of related tasks is computed. (a) and (b) are repeated with the computed updated weight matrix as the computed weight matrix until a convergence criterion is satisfied: (a) a gradient descent matrix is computed using the computed plug-in autocovariance matrix, the computed plug-in covariance vector, the computed weight matrix, and a predefined relationship matrix, wherein the predefined relationship matrix defines a relationship between the plurality of related tasks, and (b) an updated weight matrix is computed using the computed gradient descent matrix.
US10474957B2	Method and apparatus for forecasting characteristic information change Method and apparatus for forecasting a characteristic information change. Historical characteristic data in at least one computation period and current incremental data of multiple pieces of first characteristic information corresponding to a pre-estimation model is acquired. The current incremental data is used for indicating a ratio of characteristic data on a day immediately before a forecasting day of each of the multiple pieces to the historical characteristic data in the at least one computation period of each of the multiple pieces of first characteristic information. A first change information on the forecasting day of second characteristic information is determined by a forecasting process using the pre-estimation model based on the historical characteristic data and the current incremental data. Based on the first change information, change pre-estimation information on the forecasting day of the second characteristic information is determined to prompt a user to execute a corresponding operation.
US10474949B2	Knowledge-graph biased classification for data A method for classifying an object includes applying multiple confidence values to multiple objects. The method also includes determining a metric based on the multiple confidence values. The method further includes determining a classification of a first object from the multiple objects based on a knowledge-graph when the metric is above a threshold.
US10474947B2	Control method, electronic device and non-transitory computer readable storage medium An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises: a storage for storing interaction setting information and behavior setting information; an interaction interface; and a processor electrically connected to the storage and the interaction interface. When the processor receives a behavior-driving command from the interaction interface, the processor is configured to select the behavior setting information and the interaction setting information according to the behavior-driving command. The processor is configured to perform a behavior according to the behavior setting information. The processor is further configured to perform an interaction operation based on the behavior according to the behavior setting information and the interaction setting information when the behavior is had. A control method and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium are also provided.
US10474946B2	Situation aware personal assistant Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for altering the behavior of an electronic personal assistant based on a situation associated with a mobile device. A situation is sensed with a plurality of sensors to generate sensor data. A situation score is calculated based on the sensor data. Behavior of an electronic personal assistant is altered based on the calculated situation score. In one aspect, the situation is a driving situation in which a driver drives a vehicle on a roadway. In such case, a driving situation score is calculated based on the sensor data, and behavior of the electronic personal assistant is altered based on the calculated driving situation score, such as suspending interactions by the electronic personal assistant with the driver to avoid the driver being distracted.
US10474943B2	Ruggedized radio frequency identification tags A method of manufacturing a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag assembly (10) includes: forming an elastomeric body (12) made of an elastomeric material; providing an RFID tag (14); forming a patch (16) made of an elastomeric material; locating the RFID tag on a surface of the elastomeric body; overlaying the patch onto the RFID tag to cover the RFID tag with the patch; and bonding the patch to the elastomeric body, wherein the RFID tag is embedded within elastomeric material encompassed by the elastomeric body and the patch that overlays the RFID tag. The patch may be formed by die cutting the patch from the same elastomeric material component that is used to form the elastomeric body. The patch alternatively is formed separately from the elastomeric body from a dedicated source of elastomeric material, or formed by overlapping and bonding two ends of the elastomeric body to overlay the RFID tag embedded between the two ends.
US10474942B2	Miniaturized radio frequency identification tag The invention provides a miniaturized radio frequency identification tag, which comprises a radio frequency identification chip and an antenna. The antenna comprises a plurality of loop antenna line segments. Each of loop antenna line segments is disposed on a corresponding insulating layer, and electrically connected to the radio frequency identification chip or the other loop antenna line segment via a corresponding conductive through hole. Accordingly, the structure of the antenna is fabricated by multi-layer loop antenna line segments so as to reduce the size of the radio frequency identification tag, effectively.
US10474941B2	Dynamic transaction card antenna mounting A dynamic transaction card that includes a transaction card having a number of layers, each of which may be interconnected to one another. For example, a dynamic transaction card may include an outer protective layer, a core layer, a potting layer, a touch sensor layer, a display layer (including, for example, LEDs, a dot matrix display, and the like), a microcontroller storing firmware, Java applets, Java applet integration, and the like, an EMV™ chip, an energy storage component, one or more antennas (e.g., Bluetooth™ antenna, NFC antenna, and the like), a power management component, a flexible printed circuit board (PCB), a chassis, and/or a card backing layer, which may include a back protective layer. The antennas may be mounted on the protective layers, which may be laminated to the core layer, and connected to the core layer onto a printed circuit board (PCB) using conductive epoxies.
US10474940B2	Flexible radio frequency identification tags Flexible, stretchable RFID tags are formed by a pocket that is formed from one or more substrates and layers of adhesive, and an electronic circuit that is located within this pocket. The RFID tags can include a stretchable substrate and an electronic circuit attached to the stretchable substrate by one or a finite number of discrete spaced apart attachment locations. When the pocket is formed by relatively thick adhesive layers adhering together one or more flexible substrates to form an internal cavity, the electronic circuit is located within this cavity and either is not adhered to any of the substrates of the cavity, and is free to move about within the cavity, or the electronic circuit can be attached to a substrate by a thin layer of adhesive.
US10474936B2	Color conversion apparatus, color conversion method, and inkjet recording apparatus for producing an image layer with improved precision of color reproducibility This disclosure is directed to improving the precision of color reproducibility in a whole image region of any product provided with a base layer(s) regardless of any form of the base layer(s). The RIP (Raster Image Processor) device includes a color conversion processor that applies a color conversion process adapted for presence or absence of a base layer and for a base color to content data representing part or all of details of an image layer at a respective one of positions in an image region indicated by the image layer, and an image layer data generator that generates image layer data representing ejection-related information of ink droplets of a plurality of colors using the content data that has been subjected to the color conversion process.
US10474931B2	Image group title assigning device, image grouping device, representative image determination device for image group, image display device, camera, and image display program An image group title assigning device includes: a title candidate assigning means for assigning a plurality of title candidates to an image group having a plurality of images; a characteristic amount calculating means for individually calculating characteristic amounts of a plurality of images included in the image group in association with each of the plurality of title candidates; and a title determining means for determining a title representing the image group from among the title candidates based upon a characteristic amount of each of the images calculated for each of the title candidates.
US10474925B2	Deep neural network with side branches for recognizing and classifying media data and method for using the same A deep neural network and a method for recognizing and classifying a multimedia data as one of a plurality of pre-determined data classes with enhanced recognition and classification accuracy and efficiency are provided. The use of the side branch(es) (or sub-side branch(es), sub-sub-side branch(es), and so on) extending from the main branch (or side branch(es), sub-side branch(es), and so on), the sequential decision making mechanism, and the collaborating (fusing) decision making mechanism in a deep neural network would equip a deep neural network with the capability for fast forward inference so as to enhance recognition and classification accuracy and efficiency of the deep neural network.
US10474924B2	Information processing system, image processing apparatus, storage medium and information processing method A non-limiting example information processing apparatus includes a processor, and an infrared LED and an imaging device are connected to the processor. The processor controls on/off of the infrared LED, and an image sensor images infrared images according to switching timings thereof. An image processing circuit estimates an influence (situation) of noise such as sunlight etc. based on respective infrared images at times when the infrared LED is turned on and off, and determines at least advisability of use of the imaging device (infrared sensor). A determination result about the advisability of use is applied to the processor from the image processing circuit, and when it cannot be used, a message to that effect is displayed on an LCD.
US10474923B2	Systems and methods for incremental character recognition to recognize characters in images Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can acquire an image that depicts at least one character. A set of pixels, within the image, through which the at least one character is depicted can be identified. At least one linear portion, within the image, can be identified based on the set of pixels. For each sub-portion within the at least one linear portion, a respective first confidence score representing a respective first likelihood that a respective sub-portion depicts the at least one character can be determined.
US10474922B1	System and method for capturing, organizing, and storing handwritten notes Handwritten notes are captured organized and stored by a system as a digital representation. The system includes a notebook having a set of pages, wherein each page has placed thereon a folio identifier representation, such representation including a page identifier. The system also includes a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions, which, when running on a camera-equipped computing device at a time when the camera thereof views a page of the notebook, cause performance of processes. The processes performed by the instructions include: processing an image associated with the page, detecting and decoding the folio identifier representation to provide a page identifier for the page, and if the image has not been previously captured, then capturing the image of the page and saving the image in an image store.
US10474919B2	Method for determining and displaying products on an electronic display device A method for finding and displaying products on a display device of an electronic data processing device is provided. The method includes recognizing an image or image section with at least one imaged object displayed on the display device when the cursor of the data processing device moves into an area of the image or image section. The recognized image or image section is designated with a trigger when the cursor of the data processing device moves into the area of the image or image section and the trigger is superimposed on the area of the recognized image or image section on the display device. The displayed image is segmented and at least one object is detected by an analysis of visual content of the designated image or image section by actuating the superimposed trigger. The at least one detected object may be displayed on the display device.
US10474916B2	Training of vehicles to improve autonomous capabilities Systems and methods to improve performance, reliability, learning and safety and thereby enhance autonomy of vehicles. Human sensors are used to capture human eye movement, hearing, hand grip and contact area, and foot positions. Event signatures corresponding to human actions, reactions and responses are extracted form these sensor values and correlated to events, status and situations acquired using vehicle and outside environment sensors. These event signatures are then used to train vehicles to improve their autonomous capabilities. Human sensors are vehicle mounted or frame mounted. Signatures obtained from events are classified and stored.
US10474912B2	Vehicle display controller, vehicle display system, vehicle display control method, and non-transitory storage medium A vehicle display controller includes a video data acquisition unit that acquires first video data of a rear side of a vehicle, a positional relationship acquisition unit that acquires a positional relationship between a guide sign on a traveling course of the vehicle and the vehicle, a guide sign information acquisition unit that acquires an indication on the guide sign, a recognition processor that recognizes, after the positional relationship indicates that the vehicle has passed the guide sign, a back surface of the passed guide sign in the first video data, a combination processor that generates a combined video obtaining by combining the indication on the guide sign with the back surface of the passed guide sign, and a display controller that causes the combined video to be displayed on a display that is used to check the rear side of the vehicle.
US10474910B2	Warning device, warning method, and warning program To issue an appropriate warning based on detection of an object even under the circumstances where it is difficult to determine the outside environment of a movable body, a warning device according to the present invention includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of images respectively based on a plurality of filter characteristics, a detection unit configured to perform detection of a specified object on each of the plurality of acquired images, and a warning unit configured to issue a specific warning when the object is detected from at least any one of the plurality of acquired images, wherein the warning unit issues a higher level of warning when the object is detected from all of the plurality of images than when the object is detected from some of the plurality of images.
US10474908B2	Unified deep convolutional neural net for free-space estimation, object detection and object pose estimation A method in a vehicle for performing multiple on-board sensing tasks concurrently in the same network using deep learning algorithms is provided. The method includes receiving vision sensor data from a sensor on the vehicle, determining a set of features from the vision sensor data using a plurality of feature layers in a convolutional neural network, and concurrently estimating, using the convolutional neural network, bounding boxes for detected objects, free-space boundaries, and object poses for detected objects from the set of features determined by the plurality of feature layers. The neural network may include a plurality of free-space estimation layers configured to determine the boundaries of free-space in the vision sensor data, a plurality of object detection layers configured to detect objects in the image and to estimate bounding boxes that surround the detected objects, and a plurality of object pose detection layers configured to estimate the direction of each object.
US10474906B2	High dynamic range video of fast moving objects without blur Fast moving objects may be monitored by a video unit under a variety of lighting conditions. In a bootstrap phase, a model database is established for each of a plurality of sampling points, each model being a combination of color of the video image, respective optimum exposure, and respective lighting condition. Then in an image capture phase the video unit compares captured color and optimum exposure of the sampling point, with the models of color and respective optimum exposure in the model database, to find a best match lighting condition model in the model database. The video unit then adjusts an exposure setting to the most frequently occurring value for exposure among the other sampling points, if lighting conditions for the other sampling points are within a threshold range of the lighting condition of the best match model in the model database.
US10474905B2	Methods and systems for auto-commissioning people counting systems The method includes collecting people counting data, fitting one or more distributions to the collected people counting data, determining a value from the one or more distributions, and setting the value as a key parameter of the people counting system.
US10474902B2	System and method for using a website containing video playlists as input to a download manager Systems and methods for enabling the download of a set of media files with a specific order and specific contents and, more particularly, to enabling a download manager to automatically receive the information it requires to retrieve those elements required to replicate a streaming edit through local playback after the downloads complete.
US10474893B2	Electronic device, iris recognition method and computer-readable medium An electronic device, an iris recognition method and a non-volatile computer-readable medium are provided. A processor in the electronic device obtains a first and second iris images, and calculates a plurality of first and second feature mark boxes that are non-uniformly arranged according to the first and second iris images. The processor uses the first feature mark boxes to obtain a first and second image features from the first and second iris images respectively, and compares the first and second image features to obtain a first recognition result. The processor uses the second feature mark boxes to obtain a third and fourth image features from the second and first iris images respectively, and compares the third and fourth image features to obtain a second recognition result. The processor determines a similarity degree of the first and second iris images according to the first and second recognition results.
US10474890B2	Simulating image capture The present disclosure relates to simulating the capture of images. In some embodiments, a document and a camera are simulated using a three-dimensional modeling engine. In certain embodiments, a plurality of images are captured of the simulated document from a perspective of the simulated camera, each of the plurality of images being captured under a different set of simulated circumstances within the three-dimensional modeling engine. In some embodiments, a model is trained based at least on the plurality of images which determines at least a first technique for adjusting a set of parameters in a separate image to prepare the separate image for optical character recognition (OCR).
US10474889B2	Context data associated with image content Context data associated with image content is described herein. In some implementations, image content is received from an imager. Context data associated with the received image content is gathered. The image content is printed to provide a printed image, and a readable tag embodying the context data is physically associated with the printed image.
US10474888B1	Detecting a fragmented object in an image An example process described herein may involve capturing an image including a document; identifying a first part of the document, wherein the first part of the document is identified based on detecting an outline of the first part of the document; analyzing a first region of the image determined in relation to the first part of the document to detect a second part of the document based on an outline of the second part of the document; identifying the second part of the document based on detecting the first part of the document and analyzing the first region; combining the first part of the document with the second part of the document to generate object data associated with the document, wherein the object data includes data representative of a gap between the first part of the document and the second part of the document; and performing an action related to the object data.
US10474881B2	Video retrieval system based on larger pose face frontalization A video retrieval system is provided that includes a server for retrieving video sequences from a remote database responsive to a text specifying a face recognition result as an identity of a subject of an input image. The face recognition result is determined by a processor of the server, which estimates, using a 3DMM conditioned Generative Adversarial Network, 3DMM coefficients for the subject of the input image. The subject varies from an ideal front pose. The processor produces a synthetic frontal face image of the subject of the input image based on the input image and coefficients. An area spanning the frontal face of the subject is made larger in the synthetic than in the input image. The processor provides a decision of whether the synthetic image subject is an actual person and provides the identity of the subject in the input image based on the synthetic and input images.
US10474879B2	Automatic hands free service requests A service device processes a service request using account information of a user. The service device captures a first image of the user, generates a first user facial template based on the first image, and transmits the first user facial template with the account information to a service processing system. The user arrives at the service device to initiate a subsequent service request. The service device captures a second image of the user and generates a second user facial template based on the second image and searches for the first facial template matching the generated second facial template. The service device transmits a first stored matching facial template to the service processing system and a request for account information. The service device receives stored account information associated with the stored first facial template from the service processing system. The service device processes the subsequent service request using the account information.
US10474878B1	Object detection in videos Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a video feed of a scene. Selecting a first portion of the video feed and a second portion of the video feed based on a probability of an object being present in the first portion of the video feed compared to a probability of the object being present in the second portion of the video feed. Processing a first portion of the video feed using a first detection algorithm to detect the object in the first portion of the video feed. Processing a second portion of the video feed using a second detection algorithm to detect the object in the second portion of the video feet, where the first detection algorithm is different from the second detection algorithm.
US10474875B2	Image analysis using a semiconductor processor for facial evaluation Image analysis for facial evaluation is performed using logic encoded in a semiconductor processor. The semiconductor chip analyzes video images that are captured using one or more cameras and evaluates the videos to identify one or more persons in the videos. When a person is identified, the semiconductor chip locates the face of the evaluated person in the video. Facial regions of interest are extracted and differences in the regions of interest in the face are identified. The semiconductor chip uses classifiers to map facial regions for emotional response content and evaluate the emotional response content to produce an emotion score. The classifiers provide gender, age, or ethnicity with an associated probability. Localization logic within the chip is used to localize a second face when one is evaluated in the video. The one or more faces are tracked, and identifiers for the faces are provided.
US10474874B2	Applying pixelwise descriptors to a target image that are generated by segmenting objects in other images Both pixel-oriented analysis and the more accurate yet slower object-oriented analysis are used to recognize patterns in images of stained cancer tissue. Images of tissue from other patients that are similar to tissue of a target patient are identified using the standard deviation of color in the images. Object-oriented segmentation is then used to segment small portions of the images of the other patients into object exhibiting object characteristics. Pixelwise descriptors associate each pixel in the remainder of the images with object characteristics based on the color of pixels at predetermined offsets from the characterized pixel. Pixels in the image of the target patient are assigned object characteristics without performing the slow segmentation of the image into objects. A pixel heat map is generated from the target image by assigning pixels the color corresponding to the object characteristic that the pixelwise descriptors indicate is most likely associated with each pixel.
US10474872B2	Fingerprint matching using virtual minutiae A fingerprint matching system for fingerprint matching using virtual minutiae includes a fingerprint scanning device, including (i) an interface to a fingerprint scanner, and (ii) a sensor associated with the fingerprint scanner, configured to identify a match between a search fingerprint representing a fingerprint of a subject and a reference fingerprint from among a plurality of reference fingerprints representing fingerprints of a plurality of historical subjects; a database containing the plurality of reference fingerprints representing fingerprints of the plurality of historical subjects; and a computing device in communication with said database and said fingerprint scanning device.
US10474870B2	Authentication apparatus and prism member for authentication An authentication apparatus comprises a prism member, an imaging unit, and a visible light source configured to radiate visible light to a living body. The prism member has a substantially trapezoidal shape with at least one side face thereof formed in an expanded shape from a living body authentication face against which an authentication portion of the living body is put, toward an imaging face that is parallel to the living body authentication face. The visible light source is disposed below the imaging face and near a side of an expanded side of the imaging face. The imaging unit is disposed below the imaging face.
US10474869B2	Authentication apparatus and prism member for authentication An authentication apparatus comprises a prism member, an imaging unit, and a visible light source configured to radiate visible light to a living body. The prism member has a substantially trapezoidal shape with at least one side face thereof formed in an expanded shape from a living body authentication face against which an authentication portion of the living body is put, toward an imaging face that is parallel to the living body authentication face. The visible light source is disposed below the imaging face and near a side of an expanded side of the imaging face. The imaging unit is disposed below the imaging face.
US10474866B2	Finger biometric sensor including capacitance change sensing pressure sensing circuit and related methods A finger biometric sensor may include a lower conductive layer, an upper conductive layer, and a spacer between the lower and upper conductive layers to define an air gap therebetween. The finger biometric sensor may also include a finger biometric sensing integrated circuit (IC) above the upper conductive layer and capable of deflecting the upper conductive layer toward the lower conductive layer to change a capacitance thereof based upon pressure applied to the finger biometric sensing IC. A pressure sensing circuit may be coupled to the lower and upper conductive layers to sense the change in capacitance.
US10474865B2	Fingerprint identification system and electronic device Provided is a fingerprint identification system, comprising: a plurality of first pixel circuits; a first sensing circuit for sensing a contact capacitance and outputting a first output signal, where the first output signal contains a big signal component and a small signal component, and the small signal component correlates with a change amount of the contact capacitance; at least one second pixel circuit; a second sensing circuit for outputting a second output signal, where the second output signal is equal to the big signal component; and a differential amplifying circuit for amplifying a difference value between the first output signal and the second output signal so as to generate an amplifying output signal, where the amplifying output signal correlates with the small signal component.
US10474863B2	Flat panel display embedding optical imaging sensor Discussed is a flat panel display device embedding an optical imaging sensor such as a fingerprint image sensor. The device includes: a display panel including a display area and a non-display area, and having a top surface; and a directional optical unit attached to the top surface of the display panel, the directional optical unit having a length along a length axis of the display panel, a width along a width axis of the display panel and a thickness along a thickness axis of the display panel, wherein the directional optical unit provides a sensing light to the display area, and wherein the sensing light is collimated and directionized along a predetermined direction of the directional optical unit.
US10474856B2	Reader device and control method of reader device An operator is enabled to perform an installation test efficiently. A reader device includes an ID determining unit that specifies an ID code of an RFID tag which is an interaction partner when an interaction with the RFID tag succeeds and an output control unit that causes an LED to emit light in different colors when the ID code is the same as an ID code determined in a previous interaction or an ID code stored in advance in a storage unit and when the ID code is different from the ID code determined in a previous interaction or the ID code stored in advance in the storage unit.
US10474855B2	Method and apparatus for tracking one or more plants and/or plant based products and/or tracking the sale of products derived from the same, utilizing RFID technology This invention is for tracking at least one plant. A method of this invention comprises: putting at least one seed or at least one stem in a corresponding at least one pot; positioning a corresponding at least one RFID tag with respect to the seed or stem in a manner, wherein the RFID tag comprises a strap; packaging a harvested material into a packaged product and attaching the RFID tag from the potted plant, or a product RFID tag that is associated with the plurality of tags to the packaged product; confirming a request for authorization by a RFID buy card; and after confirming ID information, transferring at least one product.
US10474854B2	Method and apparatus for tracking one or more plants and/or plant based products and/or tracking the sale of products derived from the same, utilizing RFID technology This invention is for tracking at least one plant. A method of this invention comprises: putting at least one seed or at least one stem in a corresponding at least one pot; positioning a corresponding at least one RFID tag with respect to the seed or stem in a manner, wherein the RFID tag comprises a strap; packaging a harvested material into a packaged product and attaching the RFID tag from the potted plant, or a product RFID tag that is associated with the plurality of tags to the packaged product; confirming a request for authorization by a RFID buy card; and after confirming ID information, transferring at least one product.
US10474848B2	Electronic device and method for adjusting a touch-control area thereof The present invention provides an electronic device and a method for adjusting a touch-control area thereof. The touch-control area of a touch-control display unit of the electronic device has a first touch-control area. The method for adjusting a touch-control area includes receiving a touch-control area adjustment command; adjusting the touch-control area of the electronic device to a second touch-control area in response to the touch-control area adjustment command; and displaying a tag used for representing the second touch-control area; wherein, when an input from the second touch-control area is received, an operation corresponding to the input is executed; when an input from outside of the second touch-control area is received, an operation corresponding to the input is not executed.
US10474845B2	Duo operating system for android security, mobile device having the same, method of securing mobile device having the same A duo operating system (OS) for Android security is provided. The duo operating system includes an Android kernel providing drivers for a hardware and an interface of a mobile device, a security platform storing a security key of an integrity check when a kernel is booted in a Linux space, a first layer containing a Linux-based operating system executing a mobile device monitoring and a mobile device security examination, and a second layer containing one or more container-based Android operating systems being a user space layer interacting with users through Android applications.
US10474839B2	System and method for controlling access to a medical device Systems, devices, and methods for controlling access to a medical device are provided. One example system includes an access card configured to wirelessly transmit user identification information and a medical device configured to receive the user identification information from the access card, and enable access to one or more components of the medical device based on permission information associated with the received user identification information. One example medical device includes a plurality of device components; a data receiver configured to wirelessly receive user identification information; a memory configured to store permission information in association with the user identification information; and a processor configured to retrieve the permission information from the memory in response to receiving the user identification information from the data receiver, and enable access to the one or more device components based on the retrieved permission information.
US10474837B2	Access control for business process data Controlling access to business process data is disclosed. An instance of a first business process object configured to contain business process data of a business process is created. An instance of a second business process object configured to contain business process data of the business process is created. A first access control list is associated with the instance of the first business process object and a second access control list is associated with the instance of the second business process object.
US10474830B2	Automated management of confidential data in cloud environments A shared networked storage may be separated from a key vault system. A storage request with data to be stored and the storage request with a confidentiality rating may be received. The confidentiality rating may indicate a level of confidentiality the data is associated with. The storage request with the data and the confidentiality rating may be received via a shared networked storage access interface by a security layer. The data to be stored by the key vault system and the confidentiality rating may be encrypted on request of the security layer and into a data container. The shared networked storage may be categorized into Cloud zones. Each Cloud zone may be assigned a trust level. The data container may be stored in one of the Cloud zones of the shared networked storage. The trust level of the one of the Cloud zones may correspond to the confidentiality rating.
US10474828B2	System, method, and computer program product for detecting and assessing security risks in a network The present disclosure is directed to a system, method, and computer program for detecting and assessing security risks in an enterprise's computer network. A behavior model is built for a user in the network based on the user's interactions with the network, wherein a behavior model for a user indicates client device(s), server(s), and resources used by the user. The user's behavior during a period of time is compared to the user's behavior model. A risk assessment is calculated for the period of time based at least in part on the comparison between the user's behavior and the user's behavior model, wherein any one of certain anomalies between the user's behavior and the user's behavior model increase the risk assessment.
US10474819B2	Methods and systems for maintaining a sandbox for use in malware detection A shadow sandbox is maintained for malware detection. The shadow sandbox is a virtual machine replica of a target computing environment from a protected computing system. The shadow sandbox is maintained through all change events that occur to the target computing environment. The described systems and methods of detecting or preventing malware execution include maintaining a virtual machine replica of a target computing system by monitoring the target computing system for a plurality of possible events, the plurality of possible events including change events and risk events, detecting a change event on the target computing system, and updating the virtual machine based on the detected change event. The described systems and methods detect a risk event on the target computing system, execute the risk event on the virtual machine, and determine whether the risk event is malicious based on observation of execution of the risk event on the virtual machine.
US10474814B2	System, apparatus and method for platform protection against cold boot attacks In an embodiment, an apparatus includes: an interface circuit to receive thermal information from a system memory; a calculation circuit to determine a rate of thermal change of the system memory based on a current temperature of the system memory, a prior temperature of the system memory and a time duration; and a policy enforcement circuit, in response to a result of a comparison of the rate of thermal change to a threshold, to perform at least one protection measure on the system memory. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10474813B1	Code injection technique for remediation at an endpoint of a network A technique injects code into a suspicious process containing malware executing on a node to enable remediation at the node. Illustratively, the technique may inject code into the suspicious process during instrumentation of the malware in a micro-virtual machine (VM) to monitor malicious behavior and to enable remediation of that behavior at a node embodied as an endpoint. According to the technique, code may be injected into the suspicious process during instrumentation in the micro-VM of the endpoint to restore states of kernel resources (e.g., memory) that may be infected (i.e., altered) by behavior (actions) of the malware.
US10474812B2	System and method for secure execution of script files Disclosed are a system and method for secure execution of script files. An example method includes providing a security container associated with a script interpreter, wherein the security container includes at least action limiting policies for the interpreter; detecting an attempt by the script interpreter to execute a script file; determining using the security container whether the script file is a trusted script file; allowing the script interpreter to execute a trusted script file; intercepting actions of the interpreter during execution of the script file; determining using the security container whether an intercepted action is permitted; when the intercepted action is permitted, determining using the security container whether any limitations are associated with the intercepted action; and when a limitation is associated with the intercepted action, applying the limitation to the intercepted action during the execution of the script file.
US10474810B2	Controlling access to web resources The invention relates to a method including at a user device: receiving a communication message over the Internet or other network; analysing web resource data related to one or more web resource hyperlinks included in the received communication message to find any user logging in elements by detecting functions for verifying the validity of inputs, the logging in element being used to control user access by identifying and authenticating the user through credentials inputted by the user; and in the event that any logging in elements are found, blocking access to the related web resource having the logging in element.
US10474808B2	Hospital bed compatibility with third party application software A system includes a remote computer device and a patient bed in communication with the remote computer device. The patient bed has circuitry operable by a user to obtain at least one software application from the remote computer device. The system also has an authentication software module that verifies that the at least one software application is authorized for use on the patient bed.
US10474804B2	Login mechanism for operating system A login mechanism for an operating system, including: a computer device, loaded with a computer operating system; and a mobile device, capable of sending a login password for the computer operating system, and capable of authenticating a human biometric feature. In the login mechanism of the present invention, the login password for the computer operating system is stored on the mobile device. When a user logs in to the computer operating system, the mobile device authenticates a biometric feature. After authentication succeeds, the mobile device transfers the login password to the computer device, so as to log in to the computer operating system. A user does not need to enter a login password, and two-factor authentication including login password authentication and biometric feature authentication is used to protect the security of login to the computer operating system.
US10474802B2	Biometric enrolment authorisation A method of authorizing enrollment of an RFID device including a biometric sensor may include separately sending the RFID device and an authorization code associated with the RFID device to the user. The RFID device is configured such that, when the user presents the RFID device to an RFID terminal and inputs the authorization code to the terminal, the RFID device will enter an enrollment mode during which the user is authorized to enroll their biometric data.
US10474801B2	Method of enabling and disabling operating authority of handheld device A method of enabling and disabling operating authority of handheld device is provided. The method includes following steps of: detecting whether a user is holding a handheld device; control the handheld device to enable an operating authority when detecting that the user is holding the handheld device; detecting whether the user stops holding the handheld device; control the handheld device to disable the operating authority when detecting that the user stops holding the handheld device. It may effectively manage the operating authority and simplify the operation of enabling and disabling the operating authority via enabling and disabling the operating authority automatically according to the user-holding status of the handheld device.
US10474799B2	Method and system for identifying a unique mobile device based on mobile device attribute changes over time The present application provides a method and a system for identifying a user device. The method comprises acquiring multiple device records ranked in chronological order; calculating time-domain feature information of a changed attribute value in the device records; calculating a difference value between values of an attribute before and after change according to the time-domain feature information of the changed attribute value in the device records; calculating a similarity of the device records according to difference values of all attributes in the device records; and identifying whether the device records belong to an identical device according to the similarity of the device records. As compared with current systems, the identification of a user device is done based on all the attributes of a device in which a similarity of device records is precisely calculated through a similarity weight that is constantly adjusted time sequences, thereby effectively reducing the misjudgment rate.
US10474798B2	Information processing apparatus, control method of information processing apparatus, and storage medium An information processing apparatus includes a registration unit, a display control unit, a login processing unit, and a restricting unit. The registration unit registers, as user information about a user who can log into the apparatus, user identification information for identifying the user as well as a display name displayed instead of the user identification information. When a list of user information registered is displayed, the display name as for a user whose display name has been registered and the user identification information as for a user whose display name is not registered is displayed. When the display name or the user identification information displayed is selected, login processing is executed through which a user corresponding to the thus selected name or information can log into the apparatus. The restricting unit restricts registration of the display name so that identical names are not displayed on the list of user information.
US10474797B2	Electronic storage system An electronic storage system is provided. The system includes a housing, securable units within the housing, a kiosk to assign securable units to users and to provide the users with access credentials for accessing assigned securable units, and user portals within the housing and separate from the kiosk. Each user portal permits access to one or more of the securable units in accordance with access credentials entered into the portal. Each user portal is also operable to allow users to transfer rentals of assigned securable devices to other electronic storage systems. The system also permits access to assigned securable devices in accordance with access credentials received via text or SMS messages or via applications executing on a computer, NFC device, or smart device, such as a smart phone or tablet.
US10474794B2	System and method for event-based vehicle operation Embodiments of a method and/or system for facilitating event-based vehicle operation can include determining a vehicle route; determining geographic regions for the vehicle route; monitoring the determined geographic regions for events; determining an event of interest from the detected events; and/or dynamically facilitating modification of vehicular operation of the vehicle based on the event of interest, such as in response to determination of the event of interest.
US10474792B2	Dynamic topological system and method for efficient claims processing A dynamic topological system and method for efficient claims processing are provided. The dynamic topological system and method for efficient claims processing may be used in a healthcare system. The dynamic topological system and method for efficient claims processing is easily extensible, maintainable and extendable.
US10474791B2	Methods and systems for biometric identification of dairy animals using vein pattern recognition A method for identifying a dairy animal, the method comprising the steps of: providing an identification system comprising an imaging device and a database of stored vein patterns; obtaining at least one image of at least a portion of an udder of the dairy animal; extracting a vein pattern from the at least one image; comparing the extracted vein pattern to the database of stored vein patterns; and identifying, based on said comparison, the dairy animal in the database of stored vein patterns.
US10474790B2	Large scale distributed simulation for realistic multiple-agent interactive environments A system and method for large scale distributed simulation for realistic multiple-agent interactive environments are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: generating a vicinal scenario for each simulated vehicle in an iteration of a simulation, the vicinal scenarios corresponding to different locations, traffic patterns, or environmental conditions being simulated; assigning a processing task to at least one of a plurality of distributed computing devices to generate vehicle trajectories for each of a plurality of simulated vehicles of the simulation based on the vicinal scenario; and updating a state and trajectory of each of the plurality of simulated vehicles based on processed data received from the plurality of distributed computing devices.
US10474788B2	Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques for learning and modeling internal networks Introduced here are techniques for modeling networks in a discrete manner. More specifically, various embodiments concern a virtual machine that collects data regarding a network and applies algorithms to the data to discover network elements, which can be used to discover the topology of the network and model the network. The algorithms applied by the virtual machine may also recognize patterns within the data corresponding to naming schemes, subnet structures, application logic, etc. In some embodiments, the algorithms employ artificial intelligence techniques in order to more promptly respond to changes in the data. The virtual machine may only have read-only access to certain objects residing within the network. For example, the virtual machine may be able to examine information hosted by a directory server, but the virtual machine may not be able to effect any changes to the information.
US10474787B2	Method for designing centrifugal pump and mixed flow pump having specific speed of 150-1200 A method for designing a centrifugal pump and a mixed flow pump having a specific speed of 150-1200 comprises a design specification determination step for a turbo pump including an impeller, a specific speed determination step for the impeller, a design variable determination step for the impeller, and a three dimensional shape deriving step for the impeller. According to the present invention, the three dimensional shape of the impeller can be simply designed by converting the design variables related to the specific speed into a function and by putting optimized design variables into a database.
US10474781B2	Virtual hierarchical layer usage Layout simulation and verification of a semiconductor chip can require extensive design rule checking (DRC) and design rules for manufacturing (DRM) analysis of the design in order to ensure proper operation. DRC and DRM can be expensive in terms of computational time and resource usage. To mitigate some of the cost, a virtual layer can be constructed for a cell instance identified in the semiconductor design. Shapes including rectangles and polygons can be determined which traverse the cell instance and are from other hierarchical layers of the design. The shapes can be combined to generate a virtual layer used for simulation, validation, DRC, DRM, etc. The virtual layer can be augmented with traversing shape information from other instances of the cell. The rectangles, polygons, and complex polygons can be combined to simplify the virtual layer. Multiple virtual layers can be generated for the simulation and validation processes.
US10474777B2	Scalable liveness verification A computer implemented method for increasing scalability in bounded liveness verification includes receiving, by one or more processors, a counterexample trace showing a bounded liveness failure and a set of parameters associated with the counterexample trace, partitioning the counterexample trace into segments representing bound increments contributing to the bounded liveness failure, selecting, by one or more processors, a time interval during which to repeat input values, wherein the selected time interval correlates to one or more segments, evaluating, by one or more processors, the received counterexample after repeating the selected time interval, determining, by one or more processors, whether the evaluation indicates that the counterexample falsifies a deeper bound with respect to a bound or an unbounded liveness counterexample, and, responsive to determining the evaluation indicates that the counterexample falsifies a deeper bound, providing, by one or more processors, counterexample falsification results.
US10474774B2	Power and performance sorting of microprocessors from first interconnect layer to wafer final test A system, method and computer program product for sorting Integrated Circuits (chips), particularly microprocessor chips, and particularly that predicts chip performance or power for sorting purposes. The system and method described herein uses a combination of performance-predicting parameters that are measured early in the process, and applies a unique method to project where the part, e.g., microprocessor IC, will eventually be sorted. Sorting includes classifying the IC product to a subset of a family of products with the product satisfying certain performance characteristics or specifications, in the early stages of manufacturing, e.g., before the end product is fully fabricated.
US10474773B2	Methods of improving reinforced concrete structures via numerical simulations Characteristics of a reinforced concrete structure are received. FEA model is created in a computer system accordingly. FEA model contains solid elements defined solid nodes and beam elements defined by master beam nodes. Beam elements representing reinforcing steel bars are embedded inside solid elements representing concrete. Each beam element straddles one or more solid elements. Slave beam nodes along the at least one beam element are created such that each of the solid elements houses at least one slave beam node. Numerically-simulated structural behaviors of the reinforced concrete structure are obtained at each solution cycle of the time-marching simulation. Proper coupling of solid elements and at least one beam element are ensured. Exchanges of masses and momentums between a slave beam node and corresponding solid element nodes is conducted with both consistent and non-consistent portions. Reinforced concrete structure is adjusted to alleviate weakness indicated in the numerically-simulated structural behaviors.
US10474772B2	Method and system for predicting surface contact fatigue life A system and method for determining surface contact fatigue life may use a finite element method to determine when components, such as a power transmission component, may fail in operation. The method may generate a finite element model based on the material parameters related to a power transmission component, generate a surface pressure time history for a loading event based on one or more loading parameters, determine, based on the surface pressure time history for a loading event, a finite element solution that describes stress in the grain structure, calculate damage in the finite element solution using a damage model, and determine whether a damage threshold is exceeded.
US10474771B2	Calculation order management for a sequential-modular process simulator A method of chemical process simulation includes providing a Sequential-Modular process simulator having a simulation algorithm. Responsive to receiving a process flowsheet creating a directed graph (DG) which represents a topology of the process flowsheet with components interconnected as nodes and process streams including recycle streams represented as cycles, with dependencies between process streams adding cycles. Partitioning the components into a first portion including strongly-connected component groups (SCCGs) along with individual components. An initial location is provided for each cycles for the SCCGs to generate a directed acyclic graph (DAG). An initial calculation order is determined for the flowsheet from the DAG, including an order for calculation within the SCCGs themselves. The SCCGs and components as nodes and process streams as edges with a graphical indication representing each cycle for the SCCGs along with the initial calculation order are graphically displayed, wherein the initial calculation order is user modifiable.
US10474770B2	Simulation device, simulation method, and memory medium A simulation device includes a system model, a data selection processing unit, a plurality of observation models, a post-distribution creating unit, a post-distribution unifying unit, and a determining unit. The system model calculates a time evolution of a state vector. The data selection processing unit selects multiple items of observation data. The observation model converts the state vector from the system model on the basis of the relationship with the observation data. The post-distribution creating unit creates, on the basis of the state vector from the observation model and the selected observation data, a first post-distribution based on all pieces of the observation data or a second post-distribution based on absent observation data. The post-distribution unifying unit unifies the first and second post-distributions. The determining unit determines which of the second post-distribution or the unified post-distribution is to be used.
US10474767B2	Gravity modeling a rifted continental margin Example computer-implemented methods, computer-readable media, and computer systems are described for performing gravity modeling. In some aspects, survey data that includes gravity data of a rifted continental margin is accessed. A value of a geometric parameter is determined, which corresponds to a desired value of a Mohorovicic Discontinuity (Moho) uplift at a specified location of the rifted continental margin. A Moho surface is determined based on a value of Moho uplift at a rift center that is determined based on the value of the geometric parameter. A top basement surface is determined based on a residual gravity data associated with the Moho surface. A crustal model of the rifted continental margin is output. The crustal model includes the Moho surface and the top basement surface of the rifted continental margin.
US10474765B2	Methods and systems for processing building information modeling (BIM)-based data A method for operating a building information modeling (BIM) system, is provided. The method includes at a BIM server, receiving a data alteration request from a client computing device for altering data in one of a building model, a hierarchical structure of building model data, and a Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) spreadsheet, the building model, hierarchical structure of building model data, and COBie spreadsheet simultaneously displayed in a GUI generated by the BIM server, automatically determining validity of data in the data alteration request, and if it is determined that the data is valid, permitting the data alteration request based on predetermined permissions of the client computing device.
US10474762B2	Methods and systems to communicate information Systems and methods to communicate information are described. The system receives a query and retrieves a set of data items from a database based on the query. The system generates a distribution based on a count of data items from the set of data items that were retrieved for each domain in a set of domains and a count of requests to view data items from another set of data items for each domain in the set of domains. The system identifies whether the distribution exhibits a type of a distribution by comparing the distribution with at least one of a peak distribution and a hills distribution. Finally, the system generates interface information based on the type of distribution.
US10474759B2	Translation support system A translation support system and the like are provided that is capable of preventing wasteful tasks due to simultaneous operations by more than one person and preventing inconsistent translation of translation words even in a case where a number of persons are simultaneously involved in the translation operations. The translation support system includes: a transfer unit transferring translation word approval request information to an approver terminal of an approver, the translation word approval request information including an original word or phrase received from a request-source terminal requesting to the approver an approval of a translation word of a particular original word or phrase; an approval request information storage unit storing translation word approval result information including at least approve-or-reject information corresponding to the translation word approval request information received from the approver terminal and an approved translation word corresponding to the original word or phrase; a notification storage unit storing notification message corresponding to the approve-or-reject information; a notification determination unit determining, in accordance with the approve-or-reject information, the necessity of notification to the terminals other than the request-source terminal and determine which piece of the notification message should be notified to each of the terminals; and a notification transmission unit transmitting notification information to terminals for which notification or respective notifications have been determined to be necessary, the notification information including the notification message in accordance with the determination by the notification determination unit, the original word or phrase, and the approved translation word.
US10474756B2	Using autoencoders for training natural language text classifiers Systems and methods for using autoencoders for training natural language classifiers. An example method comprises: producing, by a computer system, a plurality of feature vectors, wherein each feature vector represents a natural language text of a text corpus, wherein the text corpus comprises a first plurality of annotated natural language texts and a second plurality of un-annotated natural language texts; training, using the plurality of feature vectors, an autoencoder represented by an artificial neural network; producing, by the autoencoder, an output of the hidden layer, by processing a training data set comprising the first plurality of annotated natural language texts; and training, using the training data set, a text classifier that accepts an input vector comprising the output of the hidden layer and yields a degree of association, with a certain text category, of a natural language text utilized to produce the output of the hidden layer.
US10474754B2	User interface for a handheld device A user interface and method for composing a message to be sent over a wireless network environment using a handheld device is disclosed. According to the method, upon receipt of a user request to compose a message, a screen is displayed with a recipient field for a recipient address, an associated label to indicate that the recipient field is for a recipient address, and a message body field for holding message content. The method further includes, upon each keystroke entry of text to the recipient field, looking up entries from an address book which match the text, and displaying a selection menu representing addresses from at least a portion of the entries as well as cached entries previously looked up from a global address book.
US10474750B1	Multiple information classes parsing and execution Techniques for parsing and execution of data including multiple information classes are described herein. In some examples, a collection of data may include multiple information classes through which the data may be parsed and analyzed. In some examples, the multiple information classes may include a textual character information class, a visual style information class, and an inferred information class, such as may include data identifiable based on information external to the data collection. A plurality of tokens associated with the data collection may be generated. One or more of the plurality of tokens may be organized into a set of instructions. The set of instructions may be provided to a computer program for execution.
US10474747B2	Adjusting time dependent terminology in a question and answer system An approach is provided to adjust time dependent terminology in a question and answering (QA) system. The approach ingests a set of documents to produce a corpus utilized by the QA system. A base time is established and the approach acquires a temporally accurate lexicon of terms that correspond to the base time. A corpus of the QA system is updated according to the lexicon. The QA system answers a question according to the updated corpus.
US10474745B1	Systems and methods for a knowledge-based form creation platform Systems and methods disclosed herein provide a knowledge-based form creation platform. A form creation component may be initiated at a computing device to present a form creation user interface to a user. Content of a question can be received via a user interface from a user, from which a key term may be obtained. Information relating to the key term may be retrieved from a knowledge database, and the information may indicate an answer field format associated with the question. An answer field for the question may be automatically generated based on the answer field format.
US10474737B1	Dynamically adjusting text in donut charts The present disclosure relates to dynamically adjusting a title in a donut chart based on an adjustment to the donut chart. The donut chart may include an outer ring portion, an inner hole region, and the title. In particular, the title may be set based on the inner hole region to prevent the title from overlapping the outer ring portion which may prevent the title from obscuring labels located in the outer ring portion. As a property of the donut chart is adjusted, the title may be automatically adjusted for better visual effect. For example, the title may be dynamically resized and/or dynamically rewrapped. In this manner, the title may be dynamically adjusted based on an adjustment to the donut chart, avoiding the tedious process of manually adjusting the title for better visual effect.
US10474735B2	Dynamic zooming of content with overlays A dynamic zooming system may use overlays to display usage information over associated webpages. In one example, a replay manager may zoom-in on particular areas of the webpages to view more specific usage information. In another example, the replay manager may zoom-out the webpages to view more general usage information. The dynamic zooming system may use a first scaled overlay layer to dynamically vary a zoom level of the usage information to match a zoom level for the webpages. The dynamic zooming system also may use a second fixed overlay layer to display other usage information independently of the zoom-level for the webpages.
US10474731B2	Systems and methods of correlating satellite position data with terrestrial features A method of correlating satellite position data with terrestrial features may include: Using a geometric snapping algorithm to correlate the satellite position data and terrestrial survey data and snap the satellite position data to the terrestrial features; determining whether the satellite position data can be snapped to unique terrestrial features; and using a hybrid space-time snapping algorithm to correlate the satellite position data and terrestrial survey data and snap the satellite position data to unique terrestrial features when the satellite position data cannot be snapped to unique terrestrial features.
US10474730B2	Median value determination in a data processing system Median values for a stream of received data values in a data processing system (e.g. an image processing system) are determined. A first median value of the received data values within a first subset of data values of the received stream is determined, and intermediate data used for determining the first median value is stored. The stored intermediate data is used to determine a median value of the received data values within a second subset of data values of the received stream, wherein the second subset at least partially overlaps with the first subset. The determined median values are outputted for use in the data processing system, e.g. for further processing.
US10474728B2	Seamless browsing between devices System and method for seamless browsing is disclosed, the system comprising a first device, a second device, and a storage unit. The first device comprises a first browser for interfacing a user with information on a network and the second device comprising a second browser for interfacing the user with information on the network. The storage unit connected to the network for storing a state of the first and the second browsers. The first and the second browser each comprising a synchronization unit that stores the current state of the corresponding browser in the storage unit and copies a state of another browser stored on the storage unit into the corresponding browser of the synchronization unit upon a request.
US10474724B1	Mobile content attribute recommendation engine At least one analytical agent extracts a plurality of attributes from each of a plurality of member input vectors. Each member input vector includes raw data characterizing contextual aspects about an associated and different user. Thereafter, a content search vector is generated for each user by the at least one analytical agent that includes the attributes extracted from the member input vector associated with such user and weights corresponding to each attribute that are particular to such user. A search engine, accessing a content library, then matches each content search vector with one of a plurality of content workflows based on both the attributes and weights within such content search vector. A context engine then initiates execution of each matching content workflow which results in tailored messages specified by the matching content workflow being sent to the user associated with the matching content workflow.
US10474719B2	Auto-completion of widely shared search queries Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, for facilitating auto-completion of search queries in a group based document sharing environment. In one aspect, a method includes actions of maintaining a prefix index that includes prefix index entries. Each prefix index entry may include a prefix, a group identifier, and a portion of a document. Additional actions may include receiving input from a user that is associated with a search field, determining a user identifier associated with the user that submitted the received input, mapping the user identifier to a particular group identifier, obtaining one or multiple candidate query suggestions based on the received input and the prefix index, and selecting a subset of the candidate query suggestions based on the particular group identifier. Other actions may include providing the subset of candidate query suggestions to the user.
US10474716B2	Clustering of musical content for playlist creation One embodiment provides a non-transitory medium containing computer program code that performs an operation that includes determining an initial musical preferences model describing acoustical characteristics of musical content by identifying user preferences. Additionally, the operation includes dividing the initial musical preferences model into a plurality of cluster models based on the identified user preferences, each of the plurality of cluster models representing a respective set of acoustical characteristics of musical content. One of the plurality of cluster models is selected. The operation further includes creating a playlist by selecting instances of available musical content for playback using the selected cluster model.
US10474712B2	Displaying objects based on a plurality of models A system and method is provided for displaying surfaces of an object from a vantage point different from the vantage point from which imagery of the object was captured. In some aspects, imagery may be generated for display by combining visual characteristics from multiple source images and applying greater weight to the visual characteristics of some of the source images relative to the other source images. The weight may be based on the orientation of the surface relative to the location from which the image was captured and the location from which the object will be displayed.
US10474711B1	System and methods for effective virtual reality visitor interface A virtual reality network provides access to a number of virtual reality representations, each virtual reality representation representing a location in a virtual universe and defined by VR data stored on the network. The VR data can be in a simplified data format. A database stores the network address and the location in the universe of each virtual reality representation. A database server provides access to the database. The database server generates a list of locations in response to a location query from a visitor, and provides the network address of the virtual reality representation of a selected location. A visitor connects to the database server with a client host to visit the locations in the virtual universe.
US10474704B2	Recommending documents sets based on a similar set of correlated features A method for recommending a plurality of alternate search keywords is provided. The method may include executing a first search query using a plurality of user-entered search text. The method may also include identifying a highest contribution keyword to a plurality of search results of the executed first search query. The method may further include identifying a highest correlation alternate keyword to the identified highest contribution keyword. The method may also include creating an alternate keyword group by replacing the identified highest contribution keyword with the identified highest correlation alternate keyword. The method may further include executing a second search query using the created alternate keyword group. The method may also include displaying the plurality of search results associated with the executed first search query with a plurality of statistics associated with the executed second search query.
US10474698B2	System, method, and program for performing aggregation process for each piece of received data An aggregation processing system includes a data transmission unit for transforming data which is a target of an aggregation process into a format of a tuple having a key and for transmitting the tuple to a data processing unit, and the data processing unit for performing an aggregation process of a tuple which has been transmitted. When a tuple transmitted from the data transmission unit is received, the data processing unit invokes an operator and performs an aggregation process. In the aggregation process, aggregated data is generated based on the tuple received by the data processing unit and a related input table, and writing to an output table or generation of an output tuple is performed based on the generated aggregated data. A plurality of aggregation processes are implemented by combining processes by the operators, and the plurality of aggregation processes are performed as one transaction.
US10474694B2	Zero-data loss recovery for active-active sites configurations A system for providing continuous availability comprises a second computing site that is geographically remote from a first computing site. The second computing site comprises a storage unit configured to store units of work data and data synchronously replicated from the first computing site. The second computing site further comprises a group of workloads configured to process the units of work data asynchronously replicated from the first computing site. The second computing site further comprises a software replication module configured not to replicate any data while the first computing site is available.
US10474691B2	Micro-staging device and method for micro-staging A micro-staging device has a wireless interface module for detecting a first data request that indicates a presence of a user and an application processor that establishes a network connection to a remote data center. The micro-staging device further allocates a portion of storage in a cache memory storage device for storing pre-fetched workflow data objects associated with the detected user.
US10474690B2	Disjunctive rule mining with finite automaton hardware The present invention introduces the development of a flexible CPU-AP (Computer Processing Unit-Automata Processor) computing infrastructure for mining hierarchical patterns based on Apriori algorithm. A novel automaton design strategy, called linear design, is described to generate automata for matching and counting hierarchical patterns and apply it on SPM (Sequential Pattern Mining). In addition, another novel automaton design strategy, called reduction design, is described for the disjunctive rule matching (DRM) and counting. The present invention shows performance improvement of AP SPM and DRM solutions and broader capability over multicore and GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) implementations of GSP SPM, and shows that AP SPM and DRM solutions outperform state-of-the-art SPM algorithms SPADE and PrefixSpan (especially for larger datasets).
US10474689B1	Model score recall for machine learning systems and applications The present disclosure is for a system and a method for processing scoring request in a machine learning system in a computationally efficient and low-cost manner to enable near real-time scoring of incoming scoring requests. Specifically, the present invention is a for a model score recall system and method that enables a system to recall model scores for input rows of cross features values that have already been scored a machine learning model without having to perform a search on very large datasets. As such, the present disclosure provides a system and a method for obtaining scores provided by a machine learning model without having to run the model on each new incoming scoring request, which saves computational resources and saves costs associated with performing a compute transaction.
US10474687B2	System and method of aggregating networked social content and facilitating uncapped engagement in a networked virtual environment A system and method is disclosed for aggregating networked content, and allowing user to obtain an unlimited number of engagements relating to networked content. The system may publish a ranking of users based on the number of engagements obtained by the users. Such ranking may facilitate highlighting or otherwise setting apart those users who have obtained more engagements relating to content, thereby allowing a user or user's content to be noticed by others, even among a vast number of networked content that is available.
US10474686B2	Information theory based result merging for searching hierarchical entities across heterogeneous data sources A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for merging search results. In one embodiment, the method comprises identifying a query, splitting the query into sub-queries, and calculating information content for each of the sub-queries. This method also comprises executing each of the sub-queries to obtain a plurality of search results, and combining the search results based on the information content calculated for the sub-queries. In an embodiment, the execution of each of the sub-queries includes identifying a multitude of search results for at least one of the sub-queries; and the combining includes grouping said multitude of search results into a plurality of clusters, and computing a relevance score for each of said clusters. In the embodiment the combining further includes merging the clusters based on the relevance scores computed for the clusters as well as the information content calculated for the sub-queries.
US10474679B2	Method for executing queries on streaming data using graphic processing units The present invention discloses a method for real time execution of SQL queries on data stream using HWA units. The method comprising the step of: receiving data stream and injecting directly in to the one more HWA units, receiving SQL query and identifying SQL query type, statistically real time analyzing multiple data streams and calculating statistics coefficients and characteristics of data stream, creating metadata based on statistical analysis in case the calculated statistics coefficients and characteristics obey predefined rules and using created metadata for SQL execution based on SQL identified SQL type in case the calculated statistics coefficients and characteristics obey predefined rules. The steps of statistical data analysis and creation of meta data are performed by the HWA.
US10474676B2	Database query language gateway The disclosed herein relates to a database endpoint device, a database, and a gateway. The database is external to and communicatively coupled to the database endpoint device. The database includes a memory storing data. The gateway is external to and communicatively coupled to the database endpoint device. The gateway includes a controller. A data service is provided to at least one program. The data is provided via the data service as requested by the at least one program.
US10474662B2	Method and system for database processing units An electronic processor including a programmable processing device and a processor, optimizes processing of data structures by carrying out operations on coded data in the data structures. The programmable processing device autonomously carries out predetermined basic operations on data structures, so that each basic operation is managed as a pre-programmed primitive operation. The processor receives flow of coded data belonging to a data structure, and an operation request on the coded data; then, recognizing the data structure of the received data flow and the requested operation; then, determining whether to perform the requested operation or have the programmable processing device carry out the requested operation. If performed by the programmable processing device, the processor sends coded data and information about the recognized data structure and requested operation to the programmable processing device. The requested operation is executed autonomously on the received data flow and a result is obtained.
US10474659B2	Large scale network system upgrade In one embodiment, a network file management system 120 may use a persistent metadata store 410 and an access control list 420 to facilitate a batch rollout. The network file management system 120 may maintain a content database 312. A network file management system 120 may store a metadata set for the content database 312 in a separate persistent metadata store 410.
US10474649B2	Providing action corrections using a dual model system An action corrections system includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive generic data and proprietary data. The processor is configured to determine a generic data entity; match the generic data entity to a proprietary data entity to form a joined entity; determine a response variable from the proprietary data; determine a need for action corrections in regards to the joined entity based at least in part on the response variable; and determine one or more action corrections in regards to the joined entity.
US10474646B2	Systems and methods for creating a form for receiving data relating to a health care incident Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods for creating a form for receiving data relating to a health care incident. A dictionary of field objects is provided in a metabase, where a field object defines attributes, and an instance of a field object is a form field. A request to create a user-defined field object is received and it is determined that the user-defined field object is not in the dictionary of field objects in the metabase. The user-defined field object is generated by defining attributes for the user-defined field object, where at least one attribute is a presentation attribute for a form field within a form. The user-defined field object is added to the dictionary of field objects in the metabase and the user-defined field object is linked to a data location in a persistent store. The form is generated, where the form is an ordered collection of form fields, where at least one form field is an instance of the user-defined field object and is displayed according to the at least one presentation attribute.
US10474645B2	Automatically retrying transactions with split procedure execution Running a transaction against a database that allows the transaction to be automatically retried when the transaction fails such that certain transaction failures that cause the transaction to be automatically retried are not visible to an entity that receives data as a result of the execution of the transaction. A first set of statements of a transaction is identified by identifying statements that will cause a change in the database state. A second set of statements is identified, that result in data being generated to be sent to the entity. The method further includes executing the first set of statements to change the database. The method further includes running the second set of statements separately from the first set of statements to generate data to be sent to the entity.
US10474641B2	Extensible file system An extensible file system format for portable storage media is provided. The extensible file system format includes the specification of primary and secondary directory entry types that may be custom defined. The primary and secondary directory entry types can be further classified as critical and benign directory entries.
US10474639B2	Determining chunk boundaries for deduplication of storage objects Described are a method, system, and computer program product for deduplicating a storage object. A hash of a window of data of a storage object is determined and a determination is made as to whether the window of data of the storage object corresponds to a chunk boundary. A determination is made as to whether the hash of the object matches one pseudo fingerprints in a list of at least one pseudo fingerprint. A storage object chunk boundary based on the window of data is stored in response to the window of data corresponding to the chunk boundary or in response to determining that the hash of the object matches one of the pseudo fingerprints. A determination is made of a new window of data in the storage object following the window of data when the window of data is not an end of data of the storage object.
US10474635B1	Dynamic evaluation and selection of file system pre-fetch policy Embodiments are directed to managing data in a file system. An engine may receive read requests associated with a file system that includes pre-fetch storage and file storage. The engine may employ a pre-fetch policy selected from a plurality of pre-fetch policies to copy blocks to pre-fetch storage. The engine may evaluate the selected pre-fetch policy and also evaluate simulated performances for each unselected pre-fetch policy based on subsequent read requests. The engine may provide a performance score based on the evaluation of the selected pre-fetch policy and it may provide other performance scores based on the simulated evaluation of each unselected pre-fetch policy If one of the other performance scores for one of the unselected pre-fetch policies exceeds the performance score of the selected pre-fetch policy, the engine may select that unselected pre-fetch policies as a new selected pre-fetch policy.
US10474634B2	Suggesting content items to be accessed by a user The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates searching an online content management system for content items associated with a user. During operation, the system receives a call from a client application at a search interface in the online content management system, wherein the client application is operating on behalf of the user. In response to the call, the system performs a lookup in a per-user index within the online content management system, wherein the per-user index facilitates looking up information about content items associated with the user in the online content management system. The system then returns the information obtained during the lookup to the client application. The client application can then use the retrieved information to facilitate an interaction between the client application and the user.
US10474630B2	Superseding objects in a retention system Superseding a prior version of a document, to which prior version a retention policy or other requirement has been applied, is disclosed. In some embodiments, an attribute of a retention policy indicates whether a document to which the retention policy has been applied is to be superseded by a subsequently created and/or saved version of the document. In some embodiments, the attribute is set by a logic or process configured to apply the retention policy to the document. If the retention policy indicates that supersede is enabled, in various embodiments when a subsequent version is created and/or saved, the prior version is promoted to the final phase of the retention policy that has been applied to it and automatically “qualified” for disposition as indicated in the final phase of the retention policy, without regard to intervening requirements, processes, phases, approvals, retention, waiting, or other periods, etc.
US10474629B2	File systems with global and local naming A method for data storage includes specifying a plurality of File Systems (FSs) for use by multiple clients, including assigning to the FSs both respective global identifiers and respective client-specific names. The plurality of FSs is managed using the global identifiers, and files are stored for the clients in the FSs using the client-specific names.
US10474622B1	Method and apparatus for latency management of data communication over serial bus Systems, methods, and apparatus for improving bus latency are described. A method performed at a transmitting device includes receiving a datagram to be transmitted from the transmitting device to a receiving device, determining whether a first serial bus coupling the transmitting device to the receiving device is available to transmit the datagram, determining whether a second serial bus coupling the transmitting device to the receiving device is available to transmit the datagram, transmitting the datagram over the first serial bus when the first serial bus is available, and transmitting the datagram over the second serial bus when the second serial bus is available and when the first serial bus is unavailable. The datagram is associated with a latency budget. The first or second serial bus may be available to transmit the datagram when active and likely to transmit the datagram within a time limit defined by the latency budget.
US10474621B2	Method and apparatus for controlling serial peripheral interface of fingerprint sensor, and mobile terminal The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for controlling a serial peripheral interface of a fingerprint sensor, and a mobile terminal. The method includes: detecting a fingerprint signal via a fingerprint sensor; and when the fingerprint signal is detected, opening the serial peripheral interface of the fingerprint sensor.
US10474620B2	System and method for improving peripheral component interface express bus performance in an information handling system An information handling system (IHS) and a method of transmitting data in an IHS. The method includes detecting, via a hardware logic device, a first memory transaction request from a first peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) device to a system memory. The first memory transaction request includes a first system memory address. A second memory transaction request is detected from a second PCIe device to the system memory. The second memory transaction request includes a second system memory address. The method further includes determining if the first system memory address and the second system memory address are the same system memory address. In response to the first and second system memory addresses being the same, the first memory transaction request and the second memory transaction request are coalesced into a common memory transaction request. The common memory transaction request is issued to the system memory.
US10474619B2	Methods for managing communications involving a lockstep processing system A method for managing communications involving a lockstep processing comprising at least a first processor and a second processor can include receiving, at a data synchronizer, a first signal from a first device. The method can also include receiving, at the data synchronizer, a second signal from a second device. In addition, the method can include determining, by the data synchronizer, whether the first signal is equal to the second signal. When the first signal is equal to the second signal, the method can include transmitting, by the data synchronizer, the first signal to the first processor and the second signal to the second processor. Specifically, in example embodiments, transmitting the first signal to the first processor can occur synchronously with transmitting the second signal to the second processor.
US10474617B2	Control method for transmission and reception system, transmitting apparatus, and receiving apparatus A control method includes: making, by a transmitting apparatus coupled to an information processing apparatus and provided in the transmission and reception system where the transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus coupled to an input and output apparatus are coupled with each other through a network, a response to the information processing apparatus in response to a first command received from the information processing apparatus; obtaining, by the transmitting apparatus, a commands from the information processing apparatus after receiving the first command; batch-transferring the commands to the receiving apparatus without making a response to the information processing apparatus; issuing, by the receiving apparatus, the commands transferred from the transmitting apparatus to the input and output apparatus; and notifying, by the receiving apparatus, when the commands is batch-transferred from the transmitting apparatus, the transmitting apparatus about processing completion when processing of all of the commands is completed.
US10474616B2	Asynchronous mapping of hot-plugged device associated with virtual machine Systems and methods for asynchronous mapping of a hot-plugged I/O device associated with a virtual machine. An example method comprises: executing, by a host computer system, a virtual machine managed by a hypervisor; responsive to detecting hot-plugging of an input/output (I/O) device, pinning a memory buffer associated with the I/O device; and responsive to receiving a signal indicating completion of pinning the memory buffer, notifying the virtual machine of the I/O device being hot-plugged.
US10474614B2	Function extenders for enhancing a displayport feature set Function extender devices for enhancing feature sets for display arrangements having source devices and sink devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a non-addressable device is disclosed for use in a system having a source and a sink to communicate with each other via a bus, where the non-addressable device comprises a functional logic block for coupling between the source and the sink and operable to perform at least one function on data of one or both of the first channel for video and audio data or data of a sideband channel received from the source, where the data of the first channel for video and audio data and data of a sideband channel are received from the source being addressed to the sink. The device also comprises a Physical (PHY) repeater operable to transmit data of both the first channel and the sideband channel after performance of the at least one function by the functional logic block on the data of one or both of the first channel or the sideband channel received from the source.
US10474611B2	Aligning received bad data indicators (BDIS) with received data on a cross-chip link Aligning received BDIs with received data on a cross-chip link including receiving, from the cross-chip link, a control flit comprising incoming data flit information for a plurality of incoming data flits; adding the incoming data flit information to a control structure; receiving, from the cross-chip link, the plurality of incoming data flits; directing each of the plurality of incoming data flits to virtual channel queues based on the incoming data flit information at a first read pointer in the control structure; receiving a bookend flit comprising a plurality of BDIs for the plurality of data flits; and associating each of the BDIs with the plurality of data flits based on the incoming data flit information at a second read pointer in the control structure.
US10474604B2	Transmitting universal serial bus (USB) data over alternate mode connection An example includes an apparatus for transmitting Universal Serial Bus (USB) packets. The apparatus includes a transmitter adapter to receive a USB packet from a USB device. The transmitter adapter can further generate one or more alternate mode packets based on the USB packet. The transmitter adapter can also transmit the alternate mode packets via an alternate mode connection.
US10474600B2	Heterogeneous accelerator for highly efficient learning systems An apparatus may include a heterogeneous computing environment that may be controlled, at least in part, by a task scheduler in which the heterogeneous computing environment may include a processing unit having fixed logical circuits configured to execute instructions; a reprogrammable processing unit having reprogrammable logical circuits configured to execute instructions that include instructions to control processing-in-memory functionality; and a stack of high-bandwidth memory dies in which each may be configured to store data and to provide processing-in-memory functionality controllable by the reprogrammable processing unit such that the reprogrammable processing unit is at least partially stacked with the high-bandwidth memory dies. The task scheduler may be configured to schedule computational tasks between the processing unit, and the reprogrammable processing unit.
US10474596B2	Providing dedicated resources for a system management mode of a processor In one embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of cores including a first core to be reserved for execution in a protected domain, the first core to be hidden from an operating system. The processor may further include a filter coupled to the plurality of cores, where the filter includes a plurality of fields each associated with one of the plurality of cores to indicate whether an interrupt of the protected domain is to be directed to the corresponding core. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10474595B2	Memory module having an open-drain output pin for parity error in a first mode and for training sequences in a second mode According to certain aspects, a memory module is coupled to a memory controller of a host computer system via an interface. The memory module is operable in at least a second mode and a first mode. The memory module in the second mode is configured to perform training related to one or more training sequences initiated by the memory controller while the memory module is not accessed by the memory controller for memory read or write operations. The memory module in the first mode is configured to perform one or more memory read or write operations not associated with the one or more training sequences by communicating data signals with the memory module. The memory module has an open-drain output pin via which the memory module output a signal indicating a parity error having occurred while the memory module is performing a normal memory read or write operation, and via which the memory module output a signal related to the one or more training sequences.
US10474594B2	Apparatuses and methods for asymmetric bi-directional signaling incorporating multi-level encoding Apparatuses and methods for asymmetric bi-directional signaling incorporating multi-level encoding are disclosed. An example apparatus may include first and second channels, a receiver coupled to the first and second channels, and first and second transmitters coupled to the first and second channels, respectively. The receiver may be configured to receive differential data signals to receive write data at a rate, and each of the first and second transmitters may be configured to encode a plurality of bits into a respective data signal and provide the respective data signals at the data rate.
US10474593B2	Memory device communicating with system on chip through at least two channels, electronic device including the same, and operating method of electronic device An electronic device includes a memory and a system on chip (SoC). The memory device includes a first memory cell area assigned to a first channel and a second memory cell area assigned to a second channel. The SoC includes a first processing unit and a second processing unit. The first processing unit is configured to transmit a first command for accessing the first memory cell area to the memory device through the first channel. The second processing unit is configured to transmit a second command for accessing the second memory cell area to the memory device through the second channel. The memory device is configured such that a bandwidth of the first channel and a bandwidth of the second channel are different from each other.
US10474591B2	Electronic meter with a removable protective plug An intelligent electronic device (IED), e.g., an electrical power meter, having at least one removable memory device for storing data sensed and generated by the intelligent electronic device is provided. The IED includes a housing; at least one sensor; at least one analog-to-digital converter; at least one processing unit coupled to the at least one analog-to-digital converter configured to receive the digital data and store the digital data in a removable memory; and at least one device controller coupled to the at least one processing unit, the at least one device controller including an interface disposed on the housing for interfacing with the removable memory, wherein the at least one device controller is operative as a USB master or USB slave device controller.
US10474590B2	Storage medium storing device driver, peripheral device, and information processing system A storage medium storing a device driver is a storage medium storing a device driver executed by a computer to control communication between the computer and a peripheral device connected to the computer, and a process for matching a first characteristic and a second characteristic is executed by the device driver, with respect to information transmitted and received between the application software and the peripheral device, on the basis of first information and second information acquired from the peripheral device.
US10474583B2	System and method for controlling cache flush size An information handling system may implement a method for controlling cache flush size by limiting the amount of modified cached data in a data cache at any given time. The method may include keeping a count of the number of modified cache lines (or modified cache lines targeted to persistent memory) in the cache, determining that a threshold value for modified cache lines is exceeded and, in response, flushing some or all modified cache lines to persistent memory. The threshold value may represent a maximum number or percentage of modified cache lines. The cache controller may include a field for each cache line indicating whether it targets persistent memory. Limiting the amount of modified cached data at any given time may reduce the number of cache lines to be flushed in response to a power loss event to a number that can be flushed using the available hold-up energy.
US10474582B2	NAND flash storage device and methods using non-NAND storage cache NAND flash storage devices and methods are provided that use a non-NAND cache to store write data until a substantially complete storage unit is available. An exemplary solid state storage device comprises a NAND flash memory device; a non-NAND cache; and a controller configured to obtain write data from a remote host for storage in the NAND flash memory device; store the write data in the non-NAND cache; and transfer the write data from the non-NAND cache to the NAND flash memory device when a predefined storage criterion is satisfied. The predefined storage criterion comprises, for example, a storage unit of the write data stored in the non-NAND cache, where the storage unit comprises a block of data erased in a single garbage collection cycle. The predefined storage criterion is optionally established to reduce open block degradation in NAND flash memory devices.
US10474580B2	Memory management supporting huge pages Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving a request to access, from a main memory, data contained in a first portion of a first page of data, the first page of data having a first page size; initiating a page fault based on determining that the first page of data is not stored in the main memory; allocating a portion of the main memory equivalent to the first page size; transferring the first portion of the first page of data from the secondary memory to the allocated portion of the main memory without transferring the entire first page of data; and updating a first page table entry associated with the first portion of the first page of data to point to a location of the allocated portion of the main memory to which the first portion of the first page of data is transferred.
US10474577B2	Prefetch protocol for transactional memory Enabling a prefetch request to be controlled in response to conditions in a receiver of the prefetch request and to conditions in a source of the prefetch request. One or more processors identify, based on a prefetch tag, a prefetch request that is associated with a prefetch instruction that is executed by a remote processor. The one or more processors generate the prefetch request in a remote processor according to a prefetch protocol. The prefetch request includes i) a description of at least one prefetch request operation and ii) a prefetch request information. A local processor, of the one or more processors, receives the prefetch request from the remote processor.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10