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| US10615604B2 |
Decoupling synchrophasor based control system for distributed energy resources
Attributes of a power system having one or more distributed energy resources are characterized by continuously receiving data comprising a power data stream having at least two components and derived from at least one distributed energy resource. A control data stream comprising at least two components is generated. An error data stream is determined based on a difference between respective components of the power data stream to components of a reference data stream comprising at least two components. The error data stream and the reference data stream are processed to generate the control data stream. The control data stream is continuously output to enable control and/or monitoring of the power flow of at least one distributed energy resource. |
| US10615602B2 |
Power control system and method, and control device
In a power control system, a control device acquires at least one of information about an external environment (result or predicted temperature) of a facility and information on a parameter associated with power consumption (production plan) in an internal environment of the facility and calculates a correlation between these pieces of information and actual consumed power. The control device predicts consumed power of the facility on the basis the correlation that is calculated and information such as predicted temperature and determines an upper limit set value of power supplied from an electrical grid to the facility on the basis of a result of the prediction. The control device supplies power charged in a storage battery to the facility when the consumed power of the facility exceeds the upper limit set value. |
| US10615601B2 |
Ship and power managing method of the same
Provided are a ship and a power management method of the ship. The ship comprises: a power grid; at least one generator that is connected to the power grid and supplies electricity to the power grid; a high-capacity battery connected to the power grid, and charged by receiving the electricity from the power grid or discharged to supply power to the power grid; a plurality of load components connected to the power grid; and a controller for receiving generator load information from the at least one generator, sensing a voltage of the power grid to calculate a current load and an average load, and controlling the generator to bear the average load and the high-capacity battery to bear a difference load between the current load and the average load. |
| US10615600B1 |
Reactive power system in communication with motor starter system
A reactive power system comprises a plurality of electrical capacitor banks, with each electrical capacitor bank electrically connected in series with an electrical switch. The electrical switches may be electrically connected to a system such as, for example, an electrical induction motor starter system. A controller is coupled with the motor starter system and each of the electrical switches. The controller, in response to receiving a signal from the motor starter system, determines which of the plurality of electrical capacitor banks from which electrical power should be provided for the motor starter system. For the determined or identified electrical capacitor bank(s), the controller identifies the corresponding electrical switch(es) and communicates a signal to close the switch(es). Closing the switches results in the capacitors in the corresponding electrical capacitor banks to be electrically connected to the motor starter system and to provide current to the motor starter system. |
| US10615596B2 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for an improved aggregation engine for a demand response management system
Embodiments provide systems, methods and apparatus for effecting a demand response (DR) event by providing a demand response management system (DRMS) communicatively coupled to a plurality of participant sites, the DRMS including an aggregation engine having a rules-based function operative to generate an aggregation of the participant sites for a DR event using inclusion criteria that includes a custom field, wherein business objects (BOs) are used to represent the participant sites and other related entities (e.g., participants, enrollments, service delivery points (SDPs), etc.) and the BOs store core characteristics of the participant sites and the other related entities in core fields, and wherein the custom field is associated with a BO but the definition and content of the custom field is stored external to the associated BO; generating the aggregation using the inclusion criteria; and executing the DR event on the aggregation. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US10615594B2 |
Distributed maximum power point tracking system, structure and process
Distributed maximum power point tracking systems, structures, and processes are provided for power generation structures, such as for but not limited to a solar panel arrays. In an exemplary solar panel string structure, distributed maximum power point tracking (DMPPT) modules are provided, such as integrated into or retrofitted for each solar panel. The DMPPT modules provide panel level control for startup, operation, monitoring, and shutdown, and further provide flexible design and operation for strings of multiple panels. The strings are typically linked in parallel to a combiner box, and then toward and enhanced inverter module, which is typically connected to a power grid. Enhanced inverters are controllable either locally or remotely, wherein system status is readily determined, and operation of one or more sections of the system are readily controlled. The system provides increased operation time, and increased power production and efficiency, over a wide range of operating conditions. |
| US10615593B2 |
Inrush current limit circuitry and method
An inrush current limiting method not requiring the use of a sense resistor, the method constituted of: generating a ramped voltage; comparing a first function of a voltage across a port capacitor with the generated ramp voltage; responsive to the outcome of the comparison of the voltage first function with the ramp voltage, controlling an electronically controlled switch coupled to the port capacitor such that the voltage across the port capacitor is a linear function of the generated ramped voltage; comparing a second function of the voltage at a terminal of the electronically controlled switch with a predetermined reference voltage; and responsive to the outcome of the comparison indicating that the second function of the terminal voltage is greater than the predetermined reference voltage, pulling the generated ramp voltage towards a predetermined shutoff voltage. |
| US10615592B2 |
Method for reducing the inrush current of an inductive load
A method for reducing the inrush current of an inductive load, particularly a transformer, comprising the following steps: a) connecting a DC power source to the transformer for a time tc, to magnetize its magnetic core until saturation is reached, and connecting the transformer to the AC mains via an electromechanical switch, in an initially open position; b) disconnecting the transformer from the DC power source, the magnetic flux being reduced to its residual value; c) closing the electromechanical switch to complete the connection, this connection point being determined by the phase angle selected from the sinusoidal signal of the voltage power lines, in such a way that magnetic flux corresponding to the steady state voltage equals the residual magnetic flux that remains when the transformer is disconnected from the DC power source. |
| US10615589B2 |
Digital LOP utilizing integrated module and motor control center system including same
The present invention relates to a motor control center system comprising an integrated module which is connected to multiple protection control modules through a first serial communication network and is connected to multiple LOP controllers through a second serial communication network, and communicates with a computer or a PLC in a main control room, wherein i) operation command transmission between the LOP controllers and the protection control modules and ii) measured-data collection, operational-state reporting, or control command transmission between the main control room or the PLC and the protection control modules are performed while the integrated module commonly intervenes therebetween; and commonly use the first serial communication network. |
| US10615587B2 |
Bipolar DC power transmission scheme
A bipolar DC power transmission scheme including first and second DC poles, each including a respective DC power transmission medium extending between first and second ends; a plurality of converters wherein each end of the transmission medium of each of the poles is operatively connected to at least one of the converters to form a rectifier and an inverter at opposite ends of the DC power transmission media; and a controller to operate at least one converter of one of the rectifier and inverter in a control mode and at least one converter of the other of the rectifier and inverter in a second control mode in response to a fault occurring on either of the poles. Additionally, the first control mode decreases and the second control mode increases the operating DC voltage of the or each corresponding converter from a normal operating voltage value. |
| US10615585B2 |
Fault mitigation for electrical actuator using regulated voltage control
A method for mitigating an electrical actuator fault in a system containing multiple actuators includes: applying multiple predetermined conditions to each of multiple actuators in a vehicle system to identify when at least one of the multiple actuators is in a faulted condition; and increasing an input voltage to all of the actuators to increase an output of the at least one of the multiple actuators in the faulted condition to mitigate the faulted condition. |
| US10615584B2 |
Controlling a lightning protection system
The invention relates to a method for controlling a lightning protection system comprising a descent path. The method is characterized in that it comprises steps for: sending (E1) a radiofrequency signal to one end of the descent path, measuring (E2) a reflection coefficient, predetermining (E2) resonance frequencies of the descent path; and, comparing (E3) the predetermined resonance frequencies with preset resonance frequencies. |
| US10615582B2 |
In-ground enclosure system
An in-ground enclosure for housing electrical components is provided. The in-ground enclosure can include an outer shell, a first compartment located within the outer shell, a second compartment located within the outer shell, an upper panel comprising a first compartment opening for accessing the first compartment and a second compartment opening for accessing the second compartment, a dividing wall separating the first compartment from the second compartment, a first compartment cover adapted for removably sealing the first compartment opening, and a second compartment cover adapted for removably sealing the second compartment opening. A telecommunications base station is also provided. The telecommunications base station can include an in-ground enclosure and a cellular base station, which can include an antenna coupled to signal processing equipment and a power supply. |
| US10615581B2 |
Woven EMI and abrasion resistant sleeve and method of construction thereof
A textile sleeve for protecting elongate members against EMI and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve includes a wall having opposite edges extending lengthwise in generally parallel relation with a longitudinal axis between opposite ends. The opposite edges are configured to overlap one another to bound a central cavity extending between the opposite ends. The wall includes warp filaments, extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, woven with weft filaments, extending generally transversely to the warp filaments. The warp filaments include substantially electrically non-conductive multifilaments woven in a plain weave pattern with the weft filaments and electrically conductive members woven with the weft filaments to form a plurality of floats, with each of the floats extending over at least two adjacent ones of the weft filaments. |
| US10615579B2 |
Pulling device
A pulling device (1) includes one end connectable with a draw-wire (17) and an other end connectable with one or more cable(s) (10) to be pulled. The pulling device (1) includes an inner unit (2) having a conical surface element, wherein one end of the inner unit is connectable with a draw-wire (17). The inner unit (2) is displaceable within a sleeve (7) having a conical surface element. A semi-cone angle (α) of the inner unit and sleeve conical elements is at most the angle corresponding to the self-locking angle determined by the friction coefficient of the cable (10) to be pulled. Clamping of the conical surface elements and the cables (10) therein is provided by a resilient member, preferably a spring (8). |
| US10615578B2 |
Electrical equipment with additional compartment and wiring to account for temperature limitations of connected conductors
A pre-fabricated electrical apparatus has: a main housing configured to enclose electrical equipment in use; a splice compartment mounted, or integrally formed, external to and adjacent the main housing; a conductor passage defined between the main housing and the splice compartment; and in which the main housing and splice compartment are configured to, in use, permit a conductor to extend from a first conductor termination point, defined within the main housing, to a second conductor termination point, defined within the splice compartment, with the second termination point having a temperature rating that is higher than a temperature rating of the electrical equipment. A method includes: prefabricating, at a prefabrication facility, an electrical apparatus by mounting or integrally forming a splice compartment adjacent an external part of a main housing; and installing the electrical apparatus at an end user facility, which is remote from the prefabrication facility. |
| US10615577B2 |
Method for manufacturing spark plug
A method for manufacturing a spark plug including a reference standard imaging step of imaging a plurality of reference standards to obtain a plurality of reference images, each reference standard having a reference part with a predetermined known dimension; a reference standard measuring step of measuring a measured dimension or a measured number of pixels of the reference part in the plurality of reference images; a regression line deriving step of obtaining a regression line by the least squares method from: the measured dimension or the measured number of pixels of the plurality of reference standards; and the known dimensions; and a determining step of determining whether a target part in a target image is within a predetermined range based on a correction value obtained by correcting a measured dimension of a target part by using a relational expression describing the regression line. |
| US10615576B1 |
Spark plug
The present disclosure relates to a spark plug for engines. The spark plug includes a center electrode and a ground electrode that includes a center void and a ground void respectively. An initial spark gap is formed between the center electrode and the ground electrode. A center electrode initial surface is disposed between the center void and the spark gap and a ground electrode initial surface is disposed between the ground void and the spark gap. The center void and ground void can become exposed through wear of the center electrode initial surface and ground electrode initial surface respectively. When the wear breaches center electrode initial surface and the ground electrode initial surface the wear creates a center first concentration edge and a ground first concentration edge that focus an electrical field and reduces the voltage required for fuel breakdown. |
| US10615575B2 |
Light source and method for controlling the same
Embodiments provide a light source having a coherent light generator arrangement configured to generate at least one output light, and a waveguide arrangement optically coupled to the coherent light generator arrangement, the waveguide arrangement including at least one first resonator element and at least one second resonator element arranged in different orientations, wherein the waveguide arrangement is configured to interact with the at least one output light to cause the at least one first resonator element and the at least one second resonator element to emit respective first and second optical signals to co-operatively interact with each other to generate an output optical signal, and wherein the light source is configured to change a polarization characteristic of the output optical signal in response to at least one electrical signal applied to the light source to vary at least one of respective magnitudes of the first and second optical signals relative to each other. |
| US10615572B2 |
Semiconductor laser diode
A semiconductor laser diode is disclosed. In an embodiment a semiconductor laser diode includes a semiconductor layer sequence having at least one active layer and a ridge waveguide structure having a ridge extending in a longitudinal direction from a light output surface to a rear side surface and being delimited by ridge side surfaces in a lateral direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, wherein the ridge has a first region and a second region adjacent thereto in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal and lateral directions, wherein the ridge includes a first semiconductor material in the first region and at least one second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material in the second region, wherein the ridge has a first width in the first region, and wherein the ridge has a second width in the second region, the second width being larger than the first width. |
| US10615568B2 |
Antireflection structure for integrated laser diode/photonic chip interface
A method of manufacturing a LIDAR chip and applying an anti-reflection (AR) coating to a coupling structure of the LIDAR chip. The coupling structure if formed on a wafer. A pocket is formed in the wafer adjacent the coupling structure. The AR material is deposited on top of the wafer and coupling structure. The AR material is etched to form the AR coating on the coupling structure. |
| US10615567B1 |
Packaging of a directly modulated laser chip in photonics module
A package structure of a directly modulated laser in a photonics module includes a thermoelectric cooler including multiple conductor traces formed in a cool surface. The package structure further includes a directly modulated laser (DML) chip having a first electrode being attached with the cool surface and a second electrode at a distance away from the cool surface. Additionally, the package structure includes an interposer having a plurality of through-holes formed between a first surface to a second surface. The first surface is mounted to the cool surface such that each through-hole is aligned with one of the multiple conductor traces and the second surface being leveled with the second electrode. Moreover, the package structure includes a driver disposed on the second surface of the interposer with at least a galvanically coupled output port coupled directly to the second electrode of the DML chip. |
| US10615565B2 |
Line narrowed laser apparatus
The line narrowed laser apparatus configured to perform a plurality of burst oscillations including a first burst oscillation and a second burst oscillation next to the first burst oscillation to output a pulse laser beam. The line narrowed laser apparatus comprises a laser resonator, a chamber provided in the laser resonator, a pair of electrodes provided in the chamber, an electric power source configured to apply pulsed voltage to the pair of electrodes, a wavelength selecting element provided in the laser resonator, a spectral width varying unit provided in the laser resonator, and a controller. The controller is configured to measure a duty in a predetermined period before starting the second burst oscillation and a length of a suspension period from a time of ending the first burst oscillation to a time of starting the second burst oscillation, and perform a first control of the spectral width varying unit based on the duty and the length of the suspension period. |
| US10615564B2 |
Sinusoidal phase modulation of mode-locked lasers
A mode-locked laser comprising circuitry configured to drive an electro-optic modulator (EOM) in the mode-locked laser with a drive waveform, the drive waveform being a phase-coherent sinusoidal waveform at a frequency equal to a repetition rate of the mode-locked laser, a phase-coherent pulsed waveform at a frequency equal to the repetition rate of the mode-locked laser, or a phase-coherent sinusoidal waveform at a frequency equal to half of the repetition rate of the mode-locked laser. |
| US10615563B2 |
Brillouin gain spectral position control of claddings for tuning acousto-optic waveguides
A method of fabricating an acousto-optic waveguide that includes a waveguide cladding surrounding an optical core is disclosed. The method comprises providing a wafer substrate; depositing an initial amount of a first material over an upper surface of the wafer substrate to form a partial cladding layer; depositing a second material over the partial cladding layer to form an optical layer; removing portions of the second material of the optical layer to expose portions of the partial cladding layer and form an optical core comprising the remaining second material; and depositing an additional amount of the first material over the optical core and the exposed portions of the partial cladding layer to form a full cladding layer that surrounds the optical core. A relative concentration of components of the first material is adjusted to provide Brillouin gain spectral position control of the waveguide cladding to tune the acousto-optic waveguide. |
| US10615539B1 |
Connection system with a bayonet-type locking device adapted to allow a quick disconnecting operation
A connection system with two system elements forming a plug and a receptacle. A locking device including a locking nut mounted free in rotation around the plug or the receptacle, and a locking pin arranged into the locking nut. The locking pin is adapted to be engaged into a locking ramp provided in the receptacle or the plug by relative translation between the plug and the receptacle and rotation of the locking nut to mechanically lock the plug to the receptacle when they are in mutual connection. The arrangement of the locking pin is such that a pull force applied to a sliding part of the locking nut, in a sense opposite to the sense of their mutual connection, disengages the locking pin from the locking ramp, allowing the unlocking of the plug from the receptacle. |
| US10615535B2 |
Coaxial cable connector having an activatable seal
A connector includes a cavity for stowing a pre-installed sealing member. The cavity is defined by a first or coupler seal cavity formed on the inside surface of a coupler and a second or insert seal cavity formed on the outer periphery of an insert. Relative motion of the coupler and the insert during assembly causes the sealing member to be displaced from a stowed or inactive seal position to an assembled or active seal position. |
| US10615534B2 |
Charging socket cover for an electrically operated motor vehicle
A charging socket cover for an electrically operated motor vehicle having a closing apparatus, a pivoting apparatus and a drive apparatus. The pivoting apparatus is driven by way of the drive apparatus in order to pivot the closing apparatus between a closed position, in which the closing apparatus closes an opening which is made in a vehicle body part of the motor vehicle, and an open position, in which the closing apparatus releases the opening and is arranged substantially behind the vehicle body part. The pivoting apparatus and the drive apparatus are configured to pivot the closing apparatus by way of a rotational movement about a rotational axis and by way of a translational movement parallel to the rotational axis between the closed position and the open position and/or between the open position and the closed position. |
| US10615532B2 |
Connector with a structure for mounting a terminal unit into a housing
It is aimed to simplify the shape of a terminal unit in a structure for mounting the terminal unit into a housing. A connector includes a housing (10) formed with an accommodating portion (11) inside, a guide groove (13) formed in the accommodating portion (11), a terminal unit (30) configured by accommodating a plurality of terminal fittings (49) into a terminal holding member (31) and to be inserted into the accommodating portion (11), a guide rib (46) formed on the terminal unit (30) and configured to guide the terminal unit (30) by sliding in contact with the guide groove (13), and a retainer (20) configured to restrict outward detachment of the terminal unit (30) from the accommodating portion (11) by being mounted into the housing (10) and locking the guide rib (46). |
| US10615529B2 |
Connector apparatus for a field device as well as field device with such a connector apparatus
The connection apparatus of the invention comprises a platform (200), a plug connector (15) having a plug connector part (19) secured to the platform (200) and electrically connected to the circuit of the field device and a plug connector part (20) connectable with the connection cable and complementary to the first plug connector part (19), as well as a lid (16) held movably relative to the platform (200) for at least partially covering the plug connector (15) formed by connecting the plug connector parts (19, 20). The lid (16) is swingable between a first end position, in which the lid (16) at least partially covers the plug connector, and a second end position, and is additionally adapted in at least one open position located between the first end position and the second end position to expose the plug connector such that the plug connector part (20) can be separated from the plug connector part (19), as well as at least in the first end position to secure the plug connector part (20) connected with the plug connector part (19). |
| US10615524B2 |
Electrical cable assembly
An electrical cable assembly includes a plurality of electrical cables, and a plurality of interposers configured to be mounted to a substrate at a first end, and mounted to electrical conductors of the electrical cables at a second end that is offset from the first end. The electrical cable assembly further includes an alignment housing that supports the interposers, and further defines a conduit to receive the drain wires of the electrical cables that are mounted to the substrate. |
| US10615523B2 |
Battery bridge and method for activating an electronic device
A battery bridge for an electronic device, preferably for an electronic implant, has an electrically conductive first contact element, an electrically conductive second contact element and an insulator. The first contact element and the second contact element comprise a weldable material. In a first state of the battery bridge, the first contact element is distanced from the second contact element via a predefined air gap and the first contact element is electrically insulated from the second contact element by the air gap and the insulator. The battery bridge is formed in such a way that it can be transferred, by welding the first contact element and the second contact element together, into a second state, in which the air gap between the first contact element and the second contact element is closed electrically conductively, at least in part. A method for activating such an electronic device is also disclosed. |
| US10615518B2 |
Spring loaded parallel pad clamp connectors connectable using lineman hot sticks
A spring-loaded parallel pad clamp connector is provided. The clamp includes a top jaw; a bottom jaw having an eye depending therefrom; one or more springs biasing the top and bottom jaws to a closed position; and a surface positioned a predetermined distance from the eye so that the surface acts as a fulcrum and force translation surface for a lineman hot stick. |
| US10615517B2 |
Terminal-equipped electric wire
A terminal-equipped electric wire includes: an electric wire including a core wire covered with a coating; and a terminal fitting connected to an end portion of the electric wire in which the core wire is exposed. The terminal fitting includes: a core wire crimp portion crimped to the core wire; a coating fixing portion surrounding the coating with a gap; and a joint portion provided between the core wire crimp portion and the coating fixing portion. The joint portion is sealed by a resin filled to surround an entire circumference of the core wire in the joint portion. The coating fixing portion is fixed to the coating by the resin filled in the joint portion and guided to the gap. |
| US10615515B2 |
Low profile end-fire antenna array
Low-profile end-fire antenna systems to provide additional throughput in areas of need with minimal structural and aesthetic impact. The system can include one or more low-profile end-fire antennas mounted to an exterior surface (e.g., a roof or parapet) of a building, parking deck, exiting cell tower, water tower, or other suitable structure. Additional electronics can be remotely mounted to maintain the low profile of the system. The system can be color-matched, or otherwise camouflaged, to maintain building aesthetics. The low-profile end-fire antenna can be mounted on a positioning stand to enable the elevation and/or azimuth of the system to be adjusted. The low profile of the antennas can reduce wind loading and enable the system to be mounted to existing structures without reinforcement, or other modification, to the structure. The orientation of the system relative to observers in many locations (e.g., on the ground) renders the system all but invisible. |
| US10615513B2 |
Efficient planar phased array antenna assembly
A planar phased array antenna assembly includes a first face sheet with a first plurality of radiating slots for a first frequency band and a second plurality of radiating slots for a second frequency band, a second face sheet, a third face sheet, and a structure interposed between the first and second face sheets with a third plurality of radiating elements at the first frequency band and a fourth plurality of radiating elements at the second frequency band, and a first feed network for the third plurality of radiating elements and a second feed network for the fourth plurality of radiating elements, and the second face sheet interposed between the structure and the third face sheet. The planar phased array antenna assembly may form part of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) antenna. |
| US10615512B2 |
Communication device
A communication device includes a first antenna group, a second antenna group, and a metal partition plane. The metal partition plane is positioned between the first antenna group and the second antenna group. The first antenna group includes four antenna elements. The second antenna group includes eight antenna elements. Two antenna elements of the first antenna group and four antenna elements of the second antenna group each have a first polarization direction. The other two antenna elements of the first antenna group and the other four antenna elements of the second antenna group each have a second polarization direction. The second polarization direction is different from the first polarization direction. |
| US10615511B2 |
Antenna packaging solution
A first and second antenna substrate are included in an advanced antenna package. Each antenna substrate includes a respective array of antenna elements disposed on a respective first surface of the substrate. A plurality of stand-off balls disposed between the first surfaces of first and second antenna substrates are bonded to the first surface of the first antenna substrate. A first sub-plurality of the stand-off balls are placed at positions in a peripheral region of the first and second antenna substrates. A second sub-plurality of the stand-off balls are placed at interior positions between antenna elements of the first and second antenna substrates. A plurality of adhesive pillars are disposed between and bond the first surfaces of first and second antenna substrates at a plurality of discrete selected locations. A first location of the discrete selected locations is in a peripheral region. A second location of the discrete selected locations is at an interior position between antenna elements. |
| US10615504B2 |
Antenna for satellite communication having structure for switching multiple band signals
The present invention discloses an antenna for satellite communication having a structure for switching multiband signals. The antenna for satellite communication according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main reflecting plate configured to be rotatable in a predetermined direction so as to be oriented in a direction in which a satellite is located, a first feed horn configured to be detachably installed in a region of an edge of the main reflecting plate, a sub-reflecting plate configured to be installed so as to be spaced apart from a reflecting surface of the main reflecting plate by a predetermined distance by at least one support means provided in a region of the main reflecting plate, and a second feed horn configured to be detachably installed on a side opposite to the reflecting surface of the sub-reflecting plate, wherein an installation position of the sub-reflecting plate is changeable. |
| US10615497B2 |
Splitter circuit and antenna
An object of the present invention is to vary the directivity of an antenna (100a) while reducing the signal loss by switching circuits (5a-5d) in a splitter circuit.The switching circuits (5a-5d) in the splitter circuit connect or disconnect n (n is an integer of 2 or more) second lines (12a) connected in parallel with a first line (10a) to/from output terminals (7) connected to n antenna elements (8) having different directivities of signals. If m (m is an integer ranging from 1 to n−1) switching circuits (5b, 5d) arbitrarily selected from the n switching circuits (5a-5d) are switched to on-states, the characteristic impedance of each of the n second lines (12a) is set to a product between the characteristic impedance of the first line (10a) and the number m of switching circuits (5b and 5d) switched to on-states. |
| US10615494B2 |
Coupling reduction method for antennas in package
A Radio Frequency (RF) device may include a plurality of antennas and one or more conductive traces configured to trap a portion of energy transmitted from at least one of the plurality of antennas. The one or more conductive traces are sized and positioned such that undesired coupling between the plurality of antennas may be suppressed while maintaining performance parameters of at least one of the plurality of antennas. The plurality of antennas and the one or more conductive traces may be formed using a redistribution layer coupled to a chip embedded in a molding layer. |
| US10615491B2 |
Antenna for appendage-worn miniature communications device
Antennas, antenna systems, and communications devices are described that provide an antenna utilizing a fractal and/or self-similar conductive element that is novel and inventive in that its small in size and exhibits multiple-band or wideband frequency coverage which allows a miniature communications device incorporating the antenna to operate (e.g., function) with wide-band capabilities in close-proximity to a user's body and in form factor suitable for wearing by the user. As noted above, previous size and performance limitations of prior art antennas/devices were poor and made those devices either of limited utility or inoperable. |
| US10615490B2 |
Wearable device
A wearable device worn by a user includes a base, an antenna structure, a ground plane, and a metal element. The base substantially has a hollow structure. The antenna structure is disposed on the base. The ground plane is disposed inside the base. The metal element is adjacent to the ground plane. The ground plane is positioned between the antenna structure and the metal element. |
| US10615489B2 |
Wearable article apparatus and method with multiple antennas
An apparatus and method are provided for a wearable article with multiple antennas. The wearable article includes a body, a first structure positioned in the body, and a plurality of first electronic components mounted on the first structure. Further included is a second structure positioned in the body beneath and spaced from the first structure, and a plurality of second electronic components mounted on the second structure. A first antenna is in electrical communication with at least one of the first electronic components, and a second antenna is in electrical communication with at least one of the second electronic components. |
| US10615487B2 |
Antenna waveguide and antenna module thereof
A antenna waveguide for an antenna module includes a first surface formed in a first plane, a second plane adjacent to the first plane, a third plane adjacent to the second surface, not adjacent to the first surface, and parallel to the first surface, and a fourth surface adjacent to the first surface and the third surface, and not adjacent to the second surface. The antenna module includes an antenna, wherein a first size of the first surface along a direction of the antenna is substantially equal to a third quarter wavelength of a radio-frequency signal of the antenna, the antenna is formed in a second plane, and projections of the second surface and the fourth surface onto a third plane are perpendicular to the first plane and the second plane. |
| US10615486B2 |
Antenna system
Described is an antenna system for wireless communication. The antenna system can include a support plane; a first antenna element coupled to the support plane; and a second antenna element coupled to the support plane and positioned in balance with the first antenna. The support plane can include a slot that is configured to create a balanced relationship between the first and the second antenna elements. The system can include an electrical component connected across a width of the slot and configured to tune a current balance between the first and the second antenna elements. |
| US10615485B2 |
Portable terminal with antenna device for display element or display assembly including flexible functional region
A portable terminal is provided. The portable terminal includes a flexible display element, a first antenna element disposed at a first region on the display element, a second antenna element disposed at a foldable second region on the display element to face the first region, and a switch element configured to selectively connect the second antenna element. When the display element is folded or rolled, the first and second antenna elements at least partially overlap each other, and the switch element disconnects the second antenna element. The portable terminal including the antenna device as described above may maintain a stable transmission/reception performance although it includes a flexible display element or a display assembly. When a plurality of antenna elements are provided, the portable terminal may implement a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna device in a state where the display element is extended. |
| US10615479B2 |
Ultra-wideband RF/optical aperture
An ultra-wide band (UWB) radio frequency (RF)/optical aperture includes a substrate having a plurality of regions. The plurality of regions may have varying characteristics and properties. In some embodiments, the plurality of regions includes a first region having a first relative dielectric constant and being transparent to signals having a frequency in a first frequency range, a second region contained in the first region and having a second relative dielectric constant and being transparent to signals having a frequency in a second frequency range, and a third region contained within the second region and having a third relative dielectric constant and being transparent to signals having a frequency in a third frequency range. |
| US10615478B2 |
Co-fired ceramic waveguide feeding networks for millimeter waves
In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a technique of using probe fed apertures to realize a waveguide feeding network that can be divided both parallel to the surface, and on different levels, of a co-fired ceramic substrate, such as a low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrate. A horizontal feed network is divided into several sections, which can be stacked vertically in various different locations and on different layers within the substrate, and are connected by probe-fed apertures. In this way, waveguide dividing can be performed in directions that are parallel to the surface of the substrate and on different levels of the substrate, thereby increasing the efficiency of the use of the substrate volume and permitting dividing and combining of inputs and outputs in a more flexible manner. |
| US10615477B2 |
Differential signal transmission cable, multi-core cable, and manufacturing method of differential signal transmission cable
Provided is a differential signal transmission cable, a multi-core cable, and a method of manufacturing a differential signal transmission cable that can suppress an increase in differential-to-common mode conversion quantity. The differential signal transmission cable includes two signal lines, an insulation layer covering a periphery of the two signal lines, and a plating layer covering the insulation layer. Differential-to-common mode conversion quantity of the differential signal transmission cable has a maximum value of −26 dB or less, in a frequency band of 50 GHz or less. In the method of manufacturing a differential signal transmission cable, dry ice blasting is performed on an outer peripheral surface of the insulation layer, and then corona discharge exposure is performed on the outer peripheral surface. |
| US10615476B2 |
Method of manufacturing a microstrip circulator
A microstrip circulator includes a carrier and a ferrite slab having a first side and a second side. The circulator further includes a first microwave epoxy positioned between the carrier and the first side of the ferrite slab. The circulator further includes a conductor having a center portion with three legs extending therefrom. The circulator further includes a second microwave epoxy positioned between the second side of the ferrite slab and the conductor. The circulator further includes an insulator and a third microwave epoxy positioned between the conductor and the insulator. The circulator further includes a magnet and a fourth epoxy positioned between the insulator and the magnet. |
| US10615475B2 |
Two-port, three-port and four-port non-reciprocal devices with sequentially switched delay lines (SSDL)
Sequentially-Switched Delay Line (SSDL) can realize passive, nonmagnetic and non-reciprocal components for electromagnetic waves over ultra-wideband through the breaking of the time-reversal symmetry. A SSDL structure with six sections of transmission lines and five Single Pole Double Throw (SPDT) switches has been proposed as a three-port circulator in the literature. In this disclosure, a simpler structure consisting of only two sections of transmission lines with two switches is proposed, which can operate as a two-port non-reciprocal phase shifter (gyrator) with two SPDT switches, a three-port circulator with one DPDT switch and one SPDT switch, or a four-port circulator with two DPDT switches. Simulation results for one design at radio frequency demonstrated the expected non-reciprocal behavior from DC to 1.5 GHz for aforementioned three configurations. |
| US10615472B2 |
Feed polarizer step twist switch
A polarizer apparatus for RF communications including an in-line waveguide switch having a first port with a rectangular waveguide shape, and a second port having a circular waveguide shape. The waveguide switch includes a plurality of rotatable disks coupled and arranged between the input and output of said waveguide switch, each of the disks having an opening provided therein which defines at least a portion of a signal path configured to allow RF signals to propagate therethrough. The waveguide switch includes an actuating mechanism arranged to rotate the disks to positions relative to each other which modify the polarization of RF signals propagating through the openings. The polarizer apparatus includes a feed coupled to the output of the waveguide switch, the feed including a vane polarizer arranged to circularly polarize signals provided thereto from the output of the waveguide switch. |
| US10615471B2 |
Cooling mechanism for batteries using L-V phase change materials
A 3-D “phase change heat exchange” structure and method are used in a rechargeable battery to dissipate heat from surfaces of the battery cells and lower the temperature inside the battery cells. The battery cells are placed inside an enclosure and spaced apart from each other with free spaces in between. A liquid to vapor phase change material (L-V PCM) is provided inside the enclosure. A hydrophilic thin film or wick or fiber structure is provided on the cell surfaces to help form a thin liquid layer of the L-V PCM over cell surfaces. During operation, the L-C PCM is evaporated at the cell surfaces and condenses back to a liquid either on the battery enclosure or in an external heat exchanger, and drips back on top of the cells. The designs extend the battery life and improve the battery performance significantly. |
| US10615470B2 |
Battery module
Provided are a battery module, a method of manufacturing the same, and a resin composition applied to the method of manufacturing the same. A battery module manufactured with a simple process and low cost but having excellent output for the size thereof, a method of manufacturing the same, and a resin composition applied to the method of manufacturing the same are provided in the present invention. |
| US10615466B2 |
Electrolyte level gauge
An electrolyte level gauge includes a housing defining a condensation chamber having a plurality of condensing elements disposed therein. The condensation chamber is in fluid communication with an electrolyte through a first vent aperture and an ambient environment through a second vent aperture. The electrolyte level gauge further comprises a sight member having a hollow interior and an indicator having a first end slidingly disposed in the hollow interior of the sight member and a second end including a float. The float is configured to be buoyant on the electrolyte. |
| US10615463B2 |
Formation process for lithium-ion batteries with improved tolerace to overdischarge conditions
A method of charging a battery includes applying a charging voltage to a lithium-ion battery for a period of time after the battery is fully charged. The battery includes a positive electrode having a positive active material, a negative electrode having a negative active material, and an electrolyte. The negative active material includes a lithium titanate material and has a capacity that is less than that of the positive electrode. The charging voltage is greater than a fully charged voltage of the battery, and applying the charging voltage for the period of time is sufficient to cause a zero volt crossing potential of the battery to increase to above a decomposition potential of the positive active material. |
| US10615460B2 |
Leak detection for batteries
An apparatus for detecting leaks in batteries may include an applicator, and an indicator comprising a chemical configured to detect a trace amount of leakage in the battery. |
| US10615457B2 |
Electrolyte system for high voltage lithium ion battery
A secondary high energy density lithium ion cell includes a cathode comprising a high voltage cathode active material, a lithium metal anode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte comprises an imide salt with a fluorosulfonyl group and a perchlorate salt, wherein the electrolyte is electrochemically stable at operating voltages greater than 4.2V. |
| US10615453B2 |
Porous electrolyte membrane, manufacturing process thereof and electrochemical devices comprising same
A porous electrolyte membrane including a first main surface and a second main surface that are separated by a thickness, where carbon nanotubes, defining through-pores or through-channels that are open at their two ends, have a diameter smaller than or equal to 100 nm, are oriented in the direction of the thickness of the membrane, and are all substantially parallel over the entire thickness of the membrane, connect the first main surface and the second main surface; the carbon nanotubes are separated by a space, and the space between the carbon nanotubes is completely filled with at least one solid material, and an electrolyte is confined inside the carbon nanotubes. A method for preparing the membrane and an electrochemical device, such as a lithium accumulator or battery, including the electrolyte membrane. |
| US10615451B2 |
Electrolyte battery, and electronic apparatus
An electrolyte according to the invention includes a crystalline first electrolyte portion which contains a lithium composite metal oxide represented by the compositional formula (1). (Li7−3xGax)(La3−yNdy)Zr2O12 (1) In the formula, x and y satisfy the following formulae: 0.1≤x≤1.0 and 0.01≤y≤0.2. |
| US10615449B2 |
Electrode material for secondary battery and secondary battery
An electrode material for a secondary battery and a secondary battery are provided. The electrode material for the secondary battery includes tin-manganese-nickel-oxide. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, an electrolyte, and a package structure, wherein the anode includes the electrode material for the secondary battery. |
| US10615447B2 |
Secondary cell and manufacturing method thereof
A secondary cell manufacturing method includes placing a current collector terminal on a plurality of laminated current collector foils from a lamination direction of the current collector foils. The current collector terminal has a first end portion, and a second end portion forming a cutout with the first end portion. The second end portion includes a base part, and a thin-walled part having a smaller thickness than the base part. The secondary cell manufacturing method includes welding the plurality of current collector foils to the current collector terminal by scanning the plurality of current collector foils disposed in the cutout with a laser beam along the first extension direction toward the second end portion while irradiating the plurality of current collector foils with the laser beam. |
| US10615442B2 |
Method and system for rebalancing electrolytes in a redox flow battery system
A method of rebalancing electrolytes in a redox flow battery system comprises directing hydrogen gas generated on the negative side of the redox flow battery system to a catalyst surface, and fluidly contacting the hydrogen gas with an electrolyte comprising a metal ion at the catalyst surface, wherein the metal ion is chemically reduced by the hydrogen gas at the catalyst surface, and a state of charge of the electrolyte and pH of the electrolyte remain substantially balanced. |
| US10615439B2 |
Fuel cell stack and steam reformer systems and methods
The present invention is concerned with improved fuel cell systems and methods. The present invention provides an intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell (IT-SOFC) system comprising: (i) at least one fuel cell stack comprising at least one intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell, and having an anode inlet, a cathode inlet, an anode off-gas outlet, a cathode off-gas outlet, and defining separate flow paths for flow of anode inlet gas, cathode inlet gas, anode off-gas and cathode off-gas; and (ii) a steam reformer for reforming a hydrocarbon fuel to a reformate, and having a reformer inlet for anode inlet gas, a reformer outlet for exhausting anode inlet gas, and a reformer heat exchanger; and defining: (a) an anode inlet gas fluid flow path from a fuel source to said steam reformer to said at least one fuel cell stack anode inlet; (b) an anode off-gas fluid flow path from said at least one fuel cell stack anode off-gas outlet to a fuel cell system exhaust; (c) a cathode inlet gas fluid flow path from an at least one oxidant inlet to said reformer heat exchanger to said at least one fuel cell stack cathode inlet; and (d) a cathode off-gas fluid flow path from said at least one fuel cell stack cathode off-gas outlet to said fuel cell system exhaust; wherein said reformer heat exchanger is a parallel-flow heat exchanger in fluid flow communication with (i) said at least one oxidant inlet and said at least one fuel cell stack cathode inlet, and (ii) said fuel source and said at least one fuel cell stack anode inlet, and is arranged for exchanging heat between said cathode inlet gas and said anode inlet gas. |
| US10615436B2 |
Fuel cell to power electronic components
An example system is provided herein. The system includes a fuel cell coupled to the set of electronic components. The fuel cell provides power to the set of electronic components when a set of conditions are met. |
| US10615428B2 |
Porous body for fuel cell
A porous body for a fuel cell is interposed between a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) and a bipolar plate to form a gas channel through which a reactant gas flows in a predetermined direction, the porous body including: a main body disposed to contact the bipolar plate; and a plurality of ribs each including a land portion disposed to contact the MEA and a connecting portion connecting the land portion to the main body, in which an area of the land portion is gradually narrowed from an upstream part to a downstream part of the gas channel. |
| US10615426B2 |
Wound battery including notched current collector sheet
In a winding-type battery, the first electrode and the second electrode are wound via the separator to form an electrode group having first and second end surfaces. The first electrode includes a first current collector sheet, and a first active material layer formed on a surface of the first current collector sheet. A first current collecting lead is connected to the first electrode. The second electrode includes a second current collector sheet, and a second active material layer formed on a surface of the second current collector sheet. A second current collecting lead is connected to the second electrode. At an end of the first electrode that is disposed on the first end surface and/or an end of the first electrode that is disposed on the second end surface, at least a winding termination portion located on the outermost periphery of the electrode group has a notch. |
| US10615422B2 |
Ceramic catalyst, method of manufacturing ceramic catalyst, and fuel cell
Provided is a ceramic catalyst which may include a nanostructure composed of ionic salts; and catalyst particles attached to the surface of the nanostructure. |
| US10615421B2 |
Manufacturing method of nitrogenous carbon electrode and flow cell provided therewith
A manufacturing method of nitrogenous carbon electrode and flow cell provided therewith is disclosed. Firstly, a preformed body is performed by mixing a carbon material, a polymeric material and a modifier. A formation process is performed on the preformed body to obtain a formed body. A high sintering is then performed, such that a part of the polymeric material is decomposed and then removed, while the other part of polymeric material is cooperated with the carbon material to form a skeletal structure including a plurality of pores, and that the nitrogen in the modifier is adhered to the skeletal structure to form a nitrogenous functional group, and then form a nitrogenous carbon electrode. The nitrogenous carbon electrode may be applied to the flow cell. Thereby, electric conductivity in a vertical direction may be enhanced, so as to reduce internal resistance of the flow cell and increase discharge power. |
| US10615419B2 |
Positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
A positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries having a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer that is formed on the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries is: the positive electrode mixture layer comprises a first mixture layer that contains a positive electrode active material and a reaction inhibitor which inhibits a thermal reaction between the positive electrode active material and a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a second mixture layer that contains the positive electrode active material; the positive electrode is obtained by sequentially laminating the positive electrode current collector, the first and the second mixture layer in this order; and the concentration of the reaction inhibitor contained in the positive electrode mixture layer is high in the vicinity of the positive electrode current collector in comparison to that in the surface layer portion of the positive electrode mixture layer. |
| US10615417B2 |
Electrolyte material, battery assembly, and production method
One variation of a method for fabricating an electrolyte includes: depositing an electrolyte material over a substrate, the electrolyte material including a monomer miscible in a first volume of solvent, a polymer semi-miscible in the monomer and miscible in the first volume of solvent, and a photoinitiator; exposing the electrolyte material to electromagnetic radiation to disassociate the photoinitiator into a reactive subspecie that crosslinks the monomer to form an electrolyte structure with the polymer phase-separated from the electrolyte structure; dissolving the polymer out of the electrolyte structure with a second volume of solvent to render a network of open-cell pores in the electrolyte structure; and exposing the electrolyte structure to a third volume of solvent and ions to fill the network of open-cell pores with solvated ions. |
| US10615414B2 |
Lithium nickelate-based positive electrode active substance particles and process for producing the same, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
The present invention provides lithium nickelate-based positive electrode active substance particles having a high energy density which are excellent in charge/discharge cycle characteristics when highly charged, and hardly suffer from generation of gases upon storage under high-temperature conditions, and a process for producing the positive electrode active substance particles, as well as a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The present invention relates to positive electrode active substance particles each comprising a core particle X comprising a lithium nickelate composite oxide having a layer structure which is represented by the formula: Li1+aNi1-b-cCobMcO2 wherein M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Al, B, Mg, Ti, Sn, Zn and Zr; a is a number of −0.1 to 0.2 (−0.1≤a≤0.2); b is a number of 0.05 to 0.5 (0.05≤b≤0.5); and c is a number of 0.01 to 0.4 (0.01≤c≤0.4); a coating compound Y comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Zr, Ti and Si; and a coating compound Z comprising an Li element, in which a content of lithium hydroxide LiOH in the positive electrode active substance particles is not more than 0.40% by weight, a content of lithium carbonate Li2CO3 in the positive electrode active substance particles is not more than 0.65% by weight, and a weight ratio of the content of lithium carbonate to the content of lithium hydroxide is not less than 1. |
| US10615411B2 |
Chemical lithiation of electrode active material
A method for manufacturing a electrochemical energy storage system that includes at least one current collector and at least one electrode, including, for example, and anode, that includes at least one prelithiated electrode active material, includes reacting the electrode active material with an organolithium compound of formula Li—R for the lithiation, moiety R being selected from the group consisting of: a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, preferably saturated, aliphatic or heteroaliphatic hydrocarbon moiety having 5 to 12 carbon atoms, which can include at least one heteroatom selected from Si, S, N, and O; a cycloaliphatic or heterocycloaliphatic hydrocarbon moiety having 5 to 12 carbon atoms, which can include at least one heteroatom selected from Si, S, N, and O; and an aromatic or heteroaromatic hydrocarbon moiety having 5 to 9 carbon atoms, which can include at least one heteroatom selected from Si, S, N, and O. |
| US10615410B2 |
Active material for nonaqueous electrolyte battery, electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte battery, nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, battery pack, method of manufacturing active material for nonaqueous electrolyte battery, and vehicle
An active material of an embodiment for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a complex. The complex includes a covering material including an M-O—C mixed body; and particles including at least one element of M. The particles are included in the covering material. The M includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of; Si, Sn, Al, and Ti. The particles including the at least one element of M include the at least one element of M or an alloy including the at least one element of M. The M-O—C mixed body includes at least three elements of M, O, and C. The M-O—C mixed body includes a point at which the following conditional expressions: 0.6≤M/O≤5 (molar ratio) and 0.002≤M/C≤0.1 (molar ratio) are simultaneously satisfied. The M-O—C mixed body includes the at least three elements of M, O, and C in a region excluding the particles including the at least one element of M when elementary composition analysis of the complex is performed by TEM-EDX with a beam diameter of 1 nm. |
| US10615409B2 |
Electrode active material, electrode and secondary battery including the same, and method of preparing the electrode active material
A secondary particle-type electrode active material including: at least one pore; and a shell surrounding the at least one pore, wherein the shell includes a first layer and a second layer, the first layer including a first carbonaceous material, and the second layer including a composite and disposed on the first layer, wherein the composite includes a silicon material and a second carbonaceous material. Also, an electrode and a secondary battery include the electrode active material. |
| US10615406B2 |
Negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery and lithium ion secondary battery
A negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery of the present invention includes a current collector (32) and a negative electrode active material layer (34) provided on the current collector (32). In the negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery, the negative electrode active material layer (34) includes carbon particles, a degree of graphitization of the carbon particles is 1.0 or more and 1.5 or less and a degree of orientation of the carbon particles is 50 or more and 150 or less; where, the degree of graphitization is a ratio (P101/P100) between a peak intensity P101 of the (101) plane and a peak intensity P100 of the (100) plane in an X-ray diffraction pattern and the degree of orientation is a ratio (P002/P110) between a peak intensity P002 of the (002) plane and a peak intensity P110 of the (110) plane in an X-ray diffraction pattern. |
| US10615405B2 |
Electrodes of li-ion batteries with improved conductivity
The invention relates to the field of storing electrical energy in secondary lithium batteries of the Li-ion type. More precisely, the invention relates to an electrode material for a Li-ion battery, to the method for the production thereof, and to the use of same in a Li-ion battery. The invention also relates to Li-ion batteries produced using said electrode material. |
| US10615404B2 |
Fabricating method and fabricating apparatus for secondary battery
To provide a fabricating method and a fabricating apparatus for a lithium-ion secondary battery having stable charge characteristics and lifetime characteristics. A positive electrode is subjected to an electrochemical reaction in a large amount of electrolytic solution in advance before a secondary battery is completed. In this manner, the positive electrode can have stability. The use of the positive electrode enables fabrication of a highly reliable secondary battery. Similarly, a negative electrode is subjected to an electrochemical reaction in a large amount of electrolytic solution in advance. The use of the negative electrode enables fabrication of a highly reliable secondary battery. |
| US10615392B2 |
Electrode assembly and polymer secondary battery cell including the same
An electrode assembly includes a cell stack part having a structure of steps obtained by stacking at least two groups of radical units having different sizes or having different geometric shapes according to the size or the geometric shapes. The radical unit has a combined structure into one body by alternately disposing same number of electrodes and separators, and each step of the cell stack part has a structure in which one kind of radical units is disposed once or repeatedly, or a structure in which at least two kinds of radical units are disposed. The one kind of radical unit has a four-layered structure of first electrode, first separator, second electrode and second separator sequentially stacked or a repeating structure of the four-layered structure. Each of the at least two kinds of radical units are stacked by ones to form the four-layered structure or the repeating structure. |
| US10615391B2 |
Lithium metal electrode and its related lithium metal battery
A lithium metal electrode and its related lithium metal battery is disclosed in the present invention. The lithium metal electrode comprises a current collector, a lithium metal layer, an insulation frame, a porous electrical insulation layer and an ionic diffusion layer. The current collector has at least a well. The lithium metal layer is disposed on the bottom surface of the well. The insulation frame is disposed along the opening of the well. The insulation frame extends radially outward the opening to cover a top surface of the current collector partially and extends vertically toward the inner sidewall of the well. The lithium dendrites will mostly plate in the well and will not plate upwards due to the inhibition layer. Hence, the lithium dendrites will not penetrate through the electrical insulator so that the safety of the lithium metal battery can be improved greatly. |
| US10615388B2 |
Membrane made of a blend of UHMW polyolefins
A membrane is a microporous sheet made of a blend of a first ultra high molecular weight polyolefin and a second ultra high molecular weight polyolefin. Each polyolefin has a molecular weight, both of those molecular weights are greater than 1 million, and one molecular weight is greater than the other. Additionally, the intrinsic viscosity (IV) of the membrane may be greater than or equal to 6.3. |
| US10615386B2 |
Tray for storing battery cells including a pressing device
The present disclosure provides a tray for storing battery cells, in which a plurality of storage plates having at least one battery cell stored therein are loaded by being stacked in one direction, the tray including a pressing device configured to press one end portion or both end portions of the storage plates with respect to a direction in which the storage plates are stacked in the tray so that the battery cells are stored in the storage plate without clearance from the storage plate. |
| US10615384B2 |
Battery and connection apparatus
Disclosed is a battery including a casing including cells housed therein and a terminal part including a connection terminal connected to an electrode terminal of a connection apparatus, in which in the casing, a functional groove having a predetermined function in which a longitudinal direction coincides with a connection direction of the connection terminal and the electrode terminal is formed, and the functional groove includes a plurality of functional units having different lengths which are continuously formed. Accordingly, since there is no part that divides a functional unit between a plurality of functional units having different lengths, a size of the functional groove in a direction in which the functional units are continuous is a sum of sizes of a plurality of functional units, and thus it is possible to reduce the size of the battery while securing high functionality. |
| US10615379B2 |
Composition for non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer, adhesive layer for non-aqueous secondary battery, and non-aqueous secondary battery
A composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer contains organic particles and a water-soluble polymer. The water-soluble polymer has a 1 mass % aqueous solution viscosity of at least 500 mPa·s and not more than 9,000 mPa·s. Viscosity η0 of the composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer at a shear rate of 100 s−1 is at least 10 mPa·s and not more than 200 mPa·s, and a ratio of η0 relative to viscosity η1 of the composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer at a shear rate of 10,000 s−1 is at least 1.5 and not more than 5.0. |
| US10615376B2 |
Encapsulation structure for an OLED display incorporating antireflection properties
The invention relates to encapsulation structures for OLED displays, wherein the structure provides sufficient barrier properties against oxygen and moisture as well as anti-reflection properties. The structure includes a layer comprising a photo-aligned substance which in a synergistic manner controls both barrier and anti-reflection properties. |
| US10615373B2 |
Substrate
The present application provides a substrate, an organic electronic device and a use thereof. The substrate of the present application has a structure comprising an electrode layer directly formed on the corrugated surface of the optical functional layer, and upon having formed an organic electronic device, can secure excellent functionality, for example, light extraction efficiency, and the like, together with stable drive of the element for a long time. |
| US10615371B2 |
Manufacturing method of display device providing light emission on bezel region
A display device includes a first substrate, a first emission layer disposed on the first substrate and emitted by a top emission type, a second substrate facing the first substrate and covering the first substrate, and a second emission layer disposed under the second substrate and emitted by a bottom emission type, wherein a portion of the first emission layer and a portion of the second emission layer. |
| US10615363B2 |
Cover plate and fabricating method thereof, display panel and display device
The present disclosure provides a cover plate, a fabricating method thereof, a display panel, and a display device. The cover plate includes a first substrate; a thin film transistor, an optical sensor, and a first electrode on the optical sensor which are sequentially disposed on the first substrate; a passivation layer covering the thin film transistor and the first electrode; a black matrix disposed on the passivation layer; an electrode connection layer disposed on the black matrix, the electrode connection layer including an auxiliary cathode and a first electrode connection line disposed in the same layer, and the first electrode connection line being connected with the first electrode by a first electrode connection hole penetrating through the passivation layer; and a planar layer and a second electrode sequentially disposed, the second electrode being connected with the auxiliary cathode by a second electrode connection hole penetrating through the planar layer. |
| US10615362B2 |
Foldable display apparatus
A foldable display apparatus that is adjustable between a folded configuration and unfolded configuration includes a flexible display panel that is foldable; a case including a first case that supports a first side of the flexible display panel and a second case that supports a second side of the flexible display panel; a link member connecting the first case to the second; and a locking unit configured to prevent rotation of the first case and the second case in a folding direction when the foldable display apparatus is in the unfolded configuration. |
| US10615361B2 |
Field effect electrode with layered metal oxide
A layered metal oxide field effect electrode includes multiple metal strips and layered metal oxide films. The band gap width of the first thin metal oxide film material is less than 3 eV; the band gap width of the second thin metal oxide film material is greater than 3 eV; the band gap width of the third thin metal oxide film material is less than 3 eV; the difference between the band gap width of the second thin metal oxide film material and the band gap width of the first thin metal oxide film material is greater than 1 eV; the difference between the band gap width of the second thin metal oxide film material and the band gap width of the third thin metal oxide film material is greater than 1 eV; and the thicknesses of the first thin metal oxide film, the second thin metal oxide film, and the third thin metal oxide film are each smaller than or equal to 10 nm. The layered metal oxide field effect electrode has the advantages of high light transmittance and a good field conduction performance. |
| US10615360B2 |
Organic light emitting diode and organic light emitting diode display including the same
An organic light emitting element according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an anode and a cathode facing each other; an emission layer between the anode and the cathode; an electron transfer layer between the emission layer and the cathode; and a buffer layer between the cathode and the electron transfer layer, wherein the buffer layer includes an inorganic metal halide having p-type semiconductor characteristics. |
| US10615357B2 |
Quantum dots light-emitting diode and method for manufacturing the same
Disclosed are a quantum dots light-emitting diode and a method for manufacturing the same. The quantum dots light-emitting diode includes an anode, which is arranged on a substrate; a first hole injection layer, which is a neutral hole injection layer and arranged on the anode; a second hole injection layer, which is arranged on the first hole injection layer; a quantum dots light-emitting layer, which is arranged on the second hole injection layer; and a cathode, which is arranged on the quantum dots light-emitting layer. |
| US10615355B2 |
Organic light-emitting display panel and display device
Organic light-emitting display panel and device are provided for improving performance of the organic light-emitting device. The organic functional layer comprises an organic light-emitting layer and a first electron transmission layer between the cathode and the organic light-emitting layer. The first electron transmission layer comprises a first doping agent, and the first doping agent contains alkaline earth metal elements or rare earth metal elements. A second electron transmission layer is located between the first electron transmission layer and the organic light-emitting layer, and the second electron transmission layer is undoped with the first doping agent. A lowest unoccupied molecular orbital LUMO1 in the first electron transmission layer and a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital LUMO2 in the second electron transmission layer satisfy: |LUMO1−LUMO2|<0.18 eV. A highest occupied molecular orbital HOMO2 in the second electron transmission layer and a highest occupied molecular orbital HOMO3 of the organic light-emitting layer satisfy: |HOMO2−HOMO3|<1 eV. |
| US10615349B2 |
Donor-acceptor type thermally activated delayed fluorescent materials based on imidazo[1,2-F]phenanthridine and analogues
Donor-acceptor type thermally activated delayed fluorescent emitters based on imidazo[1,2-F]phenanthridine and analogues for full color displays and lighting applications. |
| US10615346B2 |
Radiation-emitting organic-electronic device and method for producing a radiation-emitting organic-electronic device
A radiation-emitting organic-electronic device is specified. The radiation-emitting organic-electronic device includes a substrate, a first electrode arranged above the substrate, a light-emitting layer arranged above the first electrode, and a second electrode arranged above the light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer includes a fluorescent compound of a specified formula A. The spacer comprises a linear molecular chain to which two substituents R and R′ are terminally bonded, and at least one group E bonded to the linear molecular chain, wherein E denotes hydrogen and/or an organic radical. The linear molecular chain of the molecules of the fluorescent compound is aligned parallel to the plane of extent of the substrate. |
| US10615344B2 |
Vapor deposition mask, method of manufacturing the same and method of manufacturing organic light emitting diode using the vapor deposition mask
A vapor deposition mask used for forming a thin film pattern on a substrate enables to form much higher-definition thin film pattern and to closely attract and hold the vapor deposition mask to and on a surface of a transparent substrate by a magnetic force in a state that the substrate held on a substrate holder is intermediated therebetween, while preventing occurrence of shadow portions (vapor deposition shadows) to which no deposition material is adhered due to a holding member.A vapor deposition mask 1 is composed of a single resin film layer 2 or a resin film layer 2 and a holding member 7 of a substantially rectangular thin plate frame body, and a metal powder 4 is contained in the resin film layer 2 in which a plurality of through openings 3 are formed. When having the holding member 7, a single rectangular opening 8 including a portion of the resin film layer 2 where a plurality of the through openings 3 are formed is formed on the holding member 7. |
| US10615341B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same
The semiconductor device includes a plurality of first conductive patterns on a substrate, a first selection pattern on each of the plurality of first conductive patterns, a first structure on the first selection pattern, a plurality of second conductive patterns on the first structures, a second selection pattern on each of the plurality of second conductive patterns, a second structure on the second selection pattern, and a plurality of third conductive patterns on the second structures. Each of the plurality first conductive patterns may extend in a first direction. The first structure may include a first variable resistance pattern and a first heating electrode. The first variable resistance pattern and the first heating electrode may contact each other to have a first contact area therebetween. Each of the plurality of second conductive patterns may extend in a second direction crossing the first direction. The second structure may include a second variable resistance pattern and a second heating electrode. The second variable resistance pattern and the second heating electrode may contact each other to have a second contact area therebetween, and the second contact area may be different from the first contact area. |
| US10615339B2 |
Variable resistance element and method for fabricating the variable resistance element
To stabilize programming operation and to reduce leakage current. A variable resistance element according to the present invention is provided with: an interlayer insulating film; a first electrode that is formed within the interlayer insulating film and comprises an active electrode, the side surface and the bottom surface of which are covered by a barrier metal; a variable resistance film that is formed on the upper surface of the first electrode; a second electrode that is formed on the variable resistance film; and an insulating film spacer that is formed between the variable resistance film and the barrier metal which covers the side surface of the first electrode. In this connection, the variable resistance film and the barrier metal which covers the side surface of the first electrode are in contact with the insulating film spacer, respectively. |
| US10615332B2 |
Monitoring using piezo-electric cable sensing
Sensing an environment by confining a monitored live subject in an enclosure, detecting an effect on a coaxial piezoelectric cable resulting from the monitored live subject, wherein the coaxial piezoelectric cable is located at least proximate to the enclosure, and deriving information about a state of the monitored live subject based on the detected effect. |
| US10615326B2 |
Flexible thermoelectric system
Disclosed is a flexible thermoelectric system. More particularly, the flexible thermoelectric system includes thermoelectric units that are wearable on the human body; a heating unit that is provided on one side of the thermoelectric units so as to be disposed between the thermoelectric units and the skin and is formed of a hygroscopic and exothermic material; and a heat dissipating unit that is provided on other side of the thermoelectric units such that the heat dissipating unit faces the heating unit and the thermoelectric units are disposed between the heat dissipating unit and the heating unit; wherein the heating unit and the heat dissipating unit are flexible. Due to such a configuration, the flexible thermoelectric system may be flexibly attached to the skin and temperature difference between upper and lower surfaces of the thermoelectric units may be maximized. Accordingly, power generation or cooling performance may be improved. |
| US10615325B2 |
High density pixelated-led chips and chip array devices
Pixelated-LED chips and related methods are disclosed. A pixelated-LED chip includes an active layer with independently electrically accessible active layer portions arranged on or over a light-transmissive substrate. The active layer portions are configured to illuminate different light-transmissive substrate portions to form pixels. Various enhancements may beneficially provide increased contrast (i.e., reduced cross-talk between pixels) and/or promote inter-pixel illumination homogeneity, without unduly restricting light utilization efficiency. In some aspects, a light extraction surface of each substrate portion includes protruding features and light extraction surface recesses. Lateral borders between different pixels are aligned with selected light extraction surface recesses. In some aspects, selected light extraction surface recesses extend through an entire thickness of the substrate. Other technical benefits may additionally or alternatively be achieved. |
| US10615320B2 |
Recessed chip scale packaging light emitting device and manufacturing method of the same
A chip-scale packaging (CSP) LED device, comprising an LED semiconductor die and a packaging structure, is disclosed. The LED semiconductor die is encapsulated by the packaging structure, wherein the lower surface of the packaging structure has a recessed space underneath. A manufacturing method of the CPS LED device is also disclosed. |
| US10615319B2 |
Light emitting device
A light emitting device includes: a light-emitting element; a resin package including a plurality of leads including first and second leads, a first resin portion, a second resin portion extending around an element mounting region, and a third resin portion, wherein the plurality of leads and the first resin portion define a recess having an inner side-wall surface; a light-reflective member being located between the inner side-wall surface and the second resin portion inside the recess; and an encapsulant located in a region of the recess that is surrounded by the light-reflective member, the encapsulant covering the second resin portion and the light-emitting element. The second resin portion has a depression in a surface thereof. A part of the encapsulant is located inside the depression of the second resin portion. |
| US10615318B2 |
Quantum dot LED
A quantum dot LED includes a first bracket, an LED chip fixed on the first bracket and connected to the first bracket, and a first inorganic barrier layer located on an upper side of the first bracket, wherein the first inorganic barrier layer encapsulates the LED chip on the first bracket. Wherein a groove is formed on the first inorganic barrier layer, a lens disposed above the first inorganic barrier layer and the first inorganic barrier layer enclose the groove into a closed space, and a silica gel body is disposed within the closed space, and multiple quantum dots are dispersed in the silica gel body. The lens and the inorganic barrier layer form a closed space, and the silica gel body is placed therein to perform water-oxygen isolation of the quantum dots. Meanwhile, the lens can scatter the light and ensure the light-emitting effect of the LED. |
| US10615314B2 |
Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device includes a substrate including a substrate second upper surface provided between a substrate bottom surface and a substrate first upper surface in a height direction. A light-emitting element to emit ultraviolet light is provided on the substrate first upper surface. A protective element includes a protective element upper surface provided between the substrate first upper surface and the substrate second upper surface in the height direction. A frame is bonded to the substrate first upper surface via adhesive members to surround the light-emitting element. The frame includes a frame lower surface opposite to the substrate first upper surface and the substrate second upper surface in the height direction to provide a gap between the substrate first upper surface and the frame lower surface. A space in which the light-emitting element is provided communicates with an outside of the light-emitting device via the gap. |
| US10615309B2 |
Light emitting diode
A method for producing a light-emitting diode with a stacked structure, having a first region and a second region and a third region, wherein all three regions have a substrate and an n-doped lower cladding layer and an active layer generating electromagnetic radiation, wherein the active layer includes a quantum well structure, and a p-doped upper cladding layer, and the first region additionally has a tunnel diode formed on the upper cladding layer and composed of a p+ layer and an n+ layer, and an n-doped current distribution layer. The current distribution layer and the n-doped contact layer are covered with a conductive trace. At least the lower cladding layer, the active layer, the upper cladding layer, the tunnel diode, and the current distribution layer are monolithic in design. The second region has a contact hole with a bottom region. |
| US10615307B2 |
Semiconductor structure with inhomogeneous regions
A semiconductor layer including a plurality of inhomogeneous regions is provided. Each inhomogeneous region has one or more attributes that differ from a material forming the semiconductor layer. The inhomogeneous regions can include one or more regions configured based on radiation having a target wavelength. These regions can include transparent and/or reflective regions. The inhomogeneous regions also can include one or more regions having a higher conductivity than a conductivity of the radiation-based regions, e.g., at least ten percent higher. In one embodiment, the semiconductor layer is used to form an optoelectronic device. |
| US10615301B1 |
Diffusing concentrator for power-beam receiver
A system and method for a diffusing concentrator for efficient extraction of power from a beam of light. The diffusing concentrator may include an optical concentrator, the optical concentrator configured to receive beams of light and focus them towards a defined area at a defined distance, and an optical diffuser, the optical diffuser configured to receive the focused beams of light and spread the focused beams of light substantially uniformly over the defined area. The diffusing concentrator may also include a reflective surface configured to reflect stray light from the diffusing concentrator toward the defined area such as a photovoltaic array. |
| US10615300B2 |
Method for manufacturing solar panel
A method for manufacturing a solar panel includes preparing a laminated body including a plastic protection cover that is light-transmissive and is curved in a convex manner, a flat plastic back cover, a photovoltaic battery cell, and an encapsulant that holds the photovoltaic battery cell in an encapsulated state, mounting the laminated body on a laminating jig such that the back cover abuts the laminating jig, and heating the laminated body with the laminating jig and compression-bonding the laminated body by holding the laminated body between a diaphragm and the laminating jig, thereby obtaining a solar panel from the laminated body. The laminating jig is curved in a convex manner toward the laminated body. |
| US10615296B2 |
Foil-based metallization of solar cells
Approaches for the foil-based metallization of solar cells and the resulting solar cells are described. In an example, a solar cell includes a substrate. A plurality of alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions is disposed in or above the substrate. A conductive contact structure is disposed above the plurality of alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions. The conductive contact structure includes a plurality of metal seed material regions providing a metal seed material region disposed on each of the alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions. A metal foil is disposed on the plurality of metal seed material regions, the metal foil having anodized portions isolating metal regions of the metal foil corresponding to the alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions. |
| US10615292B2 |
High voltage silicon carbide Schottky diode flip chip array
A silicon carbide chip array containing a silicon carbide substrate; a silicon carbide layer on top of the silicon carbide substrate; a first metal contact connected to the silicon carbide substrate; and two second metal contacts connected to the first portion and the second portion respectively. The silicon carbide layer is thinner and having lower doping than the silicon carbide layer. The silicon carbide layer includes a first portion and a second portion which are separate from each other. Each one of the second metal contacts forms a semiconductor device with the first metal contact. At least one of the first and second portions contains a side face which is inclined with respect to the silicon carbide substrate. Such a configuration enhances the breakdown voltage and reduces leakage current of the resultant silicon carbide diode array. |
| US10615291B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
The semiconductor substrate may include an emitter region, an upper body region being in direct contact with the gate insulating film below the emitter region, an intermediate region being in direct contact with the gate insulating film below the upper body region, a lower body region being in direct contact with the gate insulating film below the intermediate region, a drift region being in direct contact with the gate insulating film below the lower body region, and a collector region being in direct contact with the drift region from below. The lower body region may include a first range and a second range that has a higher crystal defect density than the first range. The second range may be in direct contact with the gate insulating film. The first range may be in direct contact with the second range on a side opposed to the gate insulating film. |
| US10615278B2 |
Preventing strained fin relaxation
A semiconductor structure includes a stained fin, a gate upon the strain fin, and a spacer upon a sidewall of the gate and upon an end surface of the strained fin. The end surface of the strained fin is coplanar with a sidewall of the gate. The spacer limits relaxation of the strained fin. |
| US10615276B2 |
Integration of input/output device in vertical field-effect transistor technology
A vertical field-effect transistor (FET) device and an input/output (IO) FET device are formed. The vertical FET device is formed in a vertical FET device area of a substrate and the IO FET device is formed in an IO FET device area of the substrate. Forming the vertical FET device and the IO FET device includes forming a plurality of first fin structures in the vertical FET device area and forming at least two second fin structures in the IO FET device area. The at least two second fin structures are separated by a distance associated with a length of a channel connecting the at least two fin structures in the IO FET device area. The length of the channel is determined based on at least one voltage for implementing the IO FET device. |
| US10615275B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer. A first conductivity type region is formed on a base layer portion of the semiconductor layer. A body region of a second conductivity type is formed on the semiconductor layer to be in contact with the first conductivity type region. A trench in which a gate electrode is embedded through a gate insulating film is formed on the semiconductor layer. The trench penetrates through the body region, so that a deepest portion thereof reaches the first conductivity type region. A source region of the first conductivity type is formed on a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer around the trench. The gate insulating film includes a thick-film portion having a relatively large thickness on a bottom surface of the trench. |
| US10615264B2 |
Semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device includes first semiconductor patterns vertically stacked on a substrate and vertically spaced apart from each other, and a first gate electrode on the first semiconductor patterns. The first gate electrode comprises a first work function metal pattern on a top surface, a bottom surface, and sidewalls of respective ones of the first semiconductor patterns, a barrier pattern on the first work function metal pattern, and a first electrode pattern on the barrier pattern. The first gate electrode has a first part between adjacent ones of the first semiconductor patterns. The barrier pattern comprises a silicon-containing metal nitride layer. The barrier pattern and the first electrode pattern are spaced apart from the first part. |
| US10615261B2 |
P-N junction based devices with single species impurity for P-type and N-type doping
A technique relates to a semiconductor device. A bipolar transistor includes an emitter layer and a base layer, where the emitter layer and the base layer are doped with an impurity, the impurity being a same for the emitter and base layers. The bipolar transistor includes a collector layer. |
| US10615258B2 |
Nanosheet semiconductor structure with inner spacer formed by oxidation
A semiconductor structure includes a nanosheet stack disposed on a base. The nanosheet stack includes one or more first nanosheet layers and one or more second nanosheet layers. Each of the one or more first nanosheet layers includes a first material and each of the one or more second nanosheet layers includes a second material different from the first material. Each of the one or more first nanosheet layers further includes outer portions of a third material converted from the first material. The outer portions are inner spacers. |
| US10615257B2 |
Patterning method for nanosheet transistors
A semiconductor device includes a first type nanosheet device having a first plurality of nanosheet portions alternately stacked with a first plurality of work function metal layers on a substrate, and a second type nanosheet device having a second plurality of nanosheet portions alternately stacked with a second plurality of work function metal layers on the substrate. The second type nanosheet device is spaced apart from the first type nanosheet device. The semiconductor device also includes a dielectric layer disposed in the space between the first and second type nanosheet devices. The first and second plurality of work function metal layers are directly disposed on the dielectric layer, and bottom surfaces of the directly disposed first and second plurality of work function metal layers are co-planar with each other. |
| US10615256B2 |
Nanosheet transistor gate structure having reduced parasitic capacitance
Embodiments are directed to a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. A non-limiting example of the method includes performing fabrication operations to form a nanosheet field effect transistor device on a substrate. The fabrication operations include, forming a channel stack over the substrate, wherein the channel stack include stacked and spaced apart channel nanosheets. A metal gate is formed adjacent to end regions of the channel stack and around and between the stacked and spaced apart channel nanosheets. A permanent dummy gate is formed above the channel stack. |
| US10615255B2 |
Fin formation for semiconductor device
A method of fabricating a semiconductor structure includes forming a plurality of semiconductor fins disposed on a semiconductor substrate, wherein at least one of the fins is an unwanted fin including a semiconductor material; providing a conformal protective layer over the plurality of semiconductor fins; forming a mask having an opening over the unwanted fin; removing a portion of the unwanted fin to expose a fin spike; oxidizing the fin spike to form an oxidized semiconductor material; and removing the oxidized semiconductor material to expose a fin base. |
| US10615245B2 |
Display device
An exemplary embodiment provides a display device including: a display panel including a pad portion; and a flexible printed circuit film bonded to the pad portion, wherein the pad portion includes lighting pads positioned at a least one end thereof, the flexible printed circuit film includes dummy pads positioned at a portion corresponding to the lighting pads to overlap at least some of the lighting pads, and a number of the dummy pads is smaller than that of the lighting pads. |
| US10615239B2 |
Integration of display screen and optical fingerprint sensor
A display screen, a display screen assembly, and a terminal are provided. The display screen has a primary display area, a secondary display area, and an optical fingerprint module. The secondary display area is a transparent display area. The optical fingerprint module is positioned on a rear side of the display screen and is configured to identify a fingerprint on the secondary display area. |
| US10615232B2 |
Display device, electronic device, and light emitting unit damage processing method and device
A display apparatus, an electronic apparatus (4000), a method for treating failure of a light-emitting unit and an apparatus (7000) for treating failure of a light-emitting unit. The display apparatus comprises: a light-emitting device (10), comprising a plurality of light-emitting units (11) that form a matrix arrangement; and a light-transmitting device (20) provided over the light-emitting device (10), wherein the light-transmitting device (20) comprises a plurality of light-transmitting units (21) that form a matrix arrangement and are provided corresponding to the light-emitting units (11), each of the light-transmitting units (21) is of a rectangle shape, and comprises a light-transmitting opening (212) that is formed by enclosing of side walls (213) that have an independent inflating passageway (215), and the side walls (213) are configured to have a light refraction passageway (214). |
| US10615230B2 |
Identifying potentially-defective picture elements in an active-matrix display panel
An example process includes: powering, via a power supply, an active-matrix display panel comprised of picture elements; and identifying, based on an output of the power supply, one or more picture elements in the active-matrix display panel that are potentially defective. The example process may also include identifying, among one or more of the picture elements that are potentially-defective, one or more picture elements that actually are defective. |
| US10615228B2 |
Image sensor
An image sensor includes a color filter on a substrate, first and second organic photodiodes on the color filter, and first and second capacitors connected to the first and second organic photodiodes, respectively. The color filter is spaced apart from a first surface of the substrate. Each of the first and second organic photodiodes face an upper surface of the color filter. The first capacitor includes a first conductive pattern and a first insulating space. The first conductive pattern extends through the substrate, and the first insulating spacer surrounds a sidewall of the first conductive pattern and has a first thickness. The second capacitor includes a second conductive pattern and a second insulating spacer. The second conductive pattern extends through the substrate, and the second insulating spacer surrounds a sidewall of the second conductive pattern and has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. |
| US10615227B2 |
Spherical complementary resistance switchable filler and nonvolatile complementary resistance switchable memory comprising the same
A resistance-switchable material containing: an insulating support; and a complementary resistance switchable filler dispersed in the insulating support, wherein the complementary resistance switchable filler has a spherical core-shell structure containing: a spherical conductive core containing a conductive material; and an insulating shell formed on the surface of the core and containing an insulating material. The resistance-switchable material is capable of exhibiting complementary resistive switching characteristics with improved reliability and stability as symmetrical uniform filament current paths are formed in respective resistive layers adjacent to two electrodes with the conductive core of the complementary resistance-switchable filler at the center due to the electric field control effect by the spherical complementary resistance-switchable filler. |
| US10615219B2 |
High efficiency wide spectrum sensor
A method for fabricating an optical sensor includes: forming, over a substrate, a first material layer comprising a first alloy of germanium and silicon having a first germanium composition; forming, over the first material layer, a graded material layer comprising germanium and silicon; and forming, over the graded material layer, a second material layer comprising a second alloy of germanium and silicon having a second germanium composition. The first germanium composition is lower than the second germanium composition and a germanium composition of the graded material layer is between the first germanium composition and the second germanium composition and varies along a direction perpendicular to the substrate. |
| US10615216B2 |
Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor image sensors
A CMOS image sensor includes a substrate and at least one device isolation region in the substrate and defining first and second pixel regions and first and second active portions in each of the first and second pixel regions. A reset and select transistor gates are disposed in the first pixel region, while a source follower transistor gate is disposed in the second pixel region, such that pixels in the first and second pixel regions share the reset, select and source follower transistors. A length of the source follower transistor gate may be greater than lengths of the reset and selection transistor gates. |
| US10615212B2 |
Fan-out sensor package
A fan-out sensor package includes: a sensor chip having a first connection pads and an optical layer; an encapsulant encapsulating at least portions of the sensor chip; a connection member disposed on the sensor chip and the encapsulant and including a redistribution layer electrically connected to the first connection pads; through-wirings penetrating through the encapsulant and electrically connected to the redistribution layer; and electrical connection structures disposed on the other surface of the encapsulant opposing one surface of the encapsulant on which the connection member is disposed and electrically connected to the through-wirings, wherein the sensor chip and the connection member are physically spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and the first connection pads and the redistribution layer are electrically connected to each other through first connectors disposed between the sensor chip and the connection member. |
| US10615205B2 |
Imaging apparatus, imaging system, and moving body
An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit and a charge holding unit configured to hold an electric charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit, a waveguide disposed above the photoelectric conversion unit, and a light blocking unit configured to cover the charge holding unit, wherein a width of a bottom surface of the waveguide is smaller than 1.1 μm. |
| US10615203B2 |
Solid-state imaging device, imaging apparatus, and electronic apparatus
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, an imaging apparatus, and an electronic apparatus, which can suppress a color mixture without lowering the sensitivity.In pixels (red pixels (R pixels), green pixels (G pixels), and blue pixels (B pixels)) other than W pixels and adjacent to the W pixels, light shielding films thicker than those of the W pixels are formed at positions adjacent to the W pixels. Furthermore, the shorter the wavelength, the thicker the light shielding film in the RGB pixels other than the W pixels. The present technology is applicable to the solid-state imaging device. |
| US10615202B2 |
Embedded image sensor semiconductor packages and related methods
An embedded image sensor package including a transparent cover having a first side and an opposing second side. A first layer couples over the second side of the transparent cover and has an opening. An electrically conductive layer couples in or over the first layer and electrically couples with one or more electrical contacts exposed on an outer surface of the package. An image sensor chip having a first side with an image sensor and an opposing second side electrically couples with the electrically conductive layer at the first side of the image sensor chip. The image sensor chip couples over the first layer so the first side of the image sensor chip faces the second side of the transparent cover through the opening. The image sensor chip, first layer, and transparent cover at least partially define a cavity hermetically sealed using an underfill material. The package includes no wirebonds. |
| US10615199B2 |
Imaging device
An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes: a photoelectric converter that generates signal charge; a semiconductor substrate including a first semiconductor layer containing an impurity of a first conductivity type and an impurity of a second conductivity type; and a first transistor including a first impurity region of the second conductivity type in the first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer includes: a charge accumulation region of the second conductivity type, for accumulating the signal charge; and a blocking structure between the charge accumulation region and the first transistor. The blocking structure includes a second impurity region of the first conductivity type, a third impurity region of the second conductivity type, and a fourth impurity region of the first conductivity type, which are arranged in that order in a direction from the first impurity region toward the charge accumulation region, at the surface of the first semiconductor layer. |
| US10615195B2 |
Array substrate with openings in insulation layer for auxiliary elecrode
A method for fabricating an array substrate is provided. A gate insulation layer, first and second gates and a first interlayered insulation layer are formed on first and second active layers in order. A photolithography and etching process is performed by using a photo mask to form first to fourth contact holes in the gate insulation layer and the first interlayered insulation layer. First and second sources and first and second drains which are respectively connected to the first and second active layers through the first to fourth contact holes are formed. A second interlayered insulation layer is formed. Another photolithography and etching process is performed by using said photo mask to form first to third openings and a via hole in the second interlayered insulation layer, wherein along a normal direction, the third opening and the first contact hole are overlapped, the via hole and the second contact hole are overlapped, the first opening and the third contact hole are overlapped, and the second opening and the fourth contact hole are overlapped. |
| US10615194B2 |
Array substrates, manufacturing methods thereof, and liquid crystal display (LCD) panels
The present disclosure relates to an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a liquid crystal display (LCD). The manufacturing method of array substrates includes forming a first metal layer on a substrate, etching the first metal layer via a first mask to form a gate and a common electrode, forming a gate insulation layer, an active layer, and a second metal layer on the first metal layer in sequence, etching the second metal layer and the active layer via a second mask to form a source, a drain, and a pixel electrode. As such, the manufacturing process of the array substrate may only require two masks, the productivity may be improved, and the costs may be reduced. |
| US10615192B2 |
Array substrate assembly, method of manufacturing array substrate assembly, display panel and display apparatus
A method of manufacturing an array substrate assembly, an array substrate assembly manufactured by the method, and a display panel including the array substrate assembly are disclosed. The method includes: providing a substrate, the substrate having a first region as a preset semiconductor-removed region, and a second region as a remaining region; forming, in the first region of the substrate, a semiconductor removing layer corrodible by a corrosive solution; and forming a semiconductor layer on the substrate formed with the semiconductor removing layer, so that the semiconductor layer covers the semiconductor removing layer. |
| US10615191B2 |
Polymer substrate for flexible electronics microfabrication and methods of use
Provided are flexible electronics stacks and methods of use. An example flexible electronics stack includes a flexible polymeric substrate film and a rigid inorganic electronic component. The flexible polymeric substrate film includes a thermoset polymer prepared by curing a monomer solution; wherein the monomer solution comprises about 25 wt % to about 65 wt % of one or more thiol monomers and from about 25 wt % to about 65 wt % of one or more co-monomers. |
| US10615190B2 |
Dual conversion gain high dynamic range readout for comparator of double ramp analog to digital converter
A method includes coupling a low gain input of a dual stage comparator to establish a low conversion gain mode. An analog-to-digital (ADC) operation is performed to determine a low gain reset voltage. A low gain input is decoupled in response to a DCG control signal. A high gain input is coupled to establish a high conversion gain mode in response to the DCG control signal. The ADC operation is performed with the high gain input to determine a high gain reset voltage. The ADC operation is performed with the high gain input to determine a high gain signal voltage. The high gain input is decoupled in response to a DCG control signal transition. The low gain input is recoupled in response to the DCG control signal, and the ADC operation is performed with the low gain input to determine a low gain signal voltage. |
| US10615188B2 |
Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention provides an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof. Etching stop patterns or auxiliary conductive patterns of a patterned auxiliary conductive layer are disposed corresponding to heavily doped regions of a patterned semiconductor layer, and source/drain electrodes may be electrically connected to the heavily doped regions via the etching stop patterns or the auxiliary conductive patterns. The production yield and the uniformity of electrical properties may be enhanced accordingly. |
| US10615186B2 |
Light emitting diode display device
A display device includes a pixel including a thin film transistor (TFT) on a substrate, a planarization layer on the thin film transistor (TFT), a light emitting device including a first electrode and a second electrode, the light emitting device embedded in the planarization layer, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the TFT and the first electrode of the light emitting device; and a common electrode electrically connected to the second electrode of the light emitting device. |
| US10615185B2 |
Display apparatus and manufacturing method thereof
A display apparatus and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The manufacturing method comprises: providing at least one sub-matrix unit, wherein each thin-film circuit comprises at least one thin-film transistor and at least one conductive line, the thin-film transistor is electrically connected with the conductive line, and the first connecting pads are electrically connected with the thin-film transistor through the conductive line; disposing the sub-matrix unit on a driving circuit board, wherein the second connecting pads are disposed facing to the first connecting pads and correspondingly connected to the first connecting pads, respectively, and the scan line and the data line are electrically connected with the corresponding first connecting pads through the second connecting pads; and disposing at least one surface mount device on the driving circuit board, wherein the surface mount device is electrically connected with the corresponding first connecting pads through the second connecting pads. |
| US10615183B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of first metal line segments and a shielding layer. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The first metal line segments are disposed on the first substrate and extend along a first direction, wherein at least one of the first metal line segments includes a first alignment part and a first trace part, a width of the first alignment part is larger than a width of the first trace part, and the first alignment parts are arranged along a second direction. The shielding layer is disposed on the second substrate, and the shielding layer includes a plurality of first alignment structures, wherein one of the first alignment parts is aligned with one of the first alignment structures in a normal vector of the first substrate. |
| US10615182B2 |
Thin film transistor device and a method for preparing the same, array substrate and display device
A thin film transistor device and a method for preparing the same, an array substrate and a display device are disclosed. The thin film transistor device includes a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor coupled with each other. A first electrode of the first thin film transistor, a second electrode of the second thin film transistor, and a connecting line therebetween which is configured to couple the first electrode and the second electrode, are formed in a same layer, with each end of the connecting line being connected between respective ends of the first electrode and the second electrode opposite to each other. In the thin film transistor device, the first electrode and the second electrode are spaced apart from each other by a concave portion which is recessed in a region therebetween. |
| US10615173B2 |
Three dimensional semiconductor memory devices
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device includes a cell string vertically extending from a top surface of a substrate and having first and second cell transistors, first and second word lines connected to gate electrodes of the first and second cell transistors respectively, a first pass transistor connecting the first word line to a row decoder, and a second pass transistor connecting the second word line to the row decoder. The first pass transistor includes a plurality of first sub-transistors connected in parallel between the first word line and the row decoder. |
| US10615163B2 |
Compact semiconductor memory device having reduced number of contacts, methods of operating and methods of making
An integrated circuit including a link or string of semiconductor memory cells, wherein each memory cell includes a floating body region for storing data. The link or string includes at least one contact configured to electrically connect the memory cells to at least one control line, and the number of contacts in the string or link is the same as or less than the number of memory cells in the string or link. |
| US10615162B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
The semiconductor device includes a first fin-type pattern and a second fin-type pattern which extends along a first direction; a first gate structure and a second gate structure extending in a second direction, on the first fin-type pattern and the second fin-type pattern; and a shared epitaxial pattern which connects the first fin-type pattern and the second fin-type pattern between the first gate structure and the second gate structure. An upper surface of the shared epitaxial pattern includes a first shared slope and a second shared slope which connect the first gate structure and the second gate structure, a third shared slope which is in contact with the first gate structure and connects the first shared slope and the second shared slope, and a fourth shared slope which is in contact with the second gate structure and connects the first shared slope and the second shared slope. |
| US10615158B2 |
Transition frequency multiplier semiconductor device
A transition frequency multiplier semiconductor device having a first source region, a second source region, and a common drain region is disclosed. A first channel region is located between the first source region and the common drain region, and a second channel region is located between the second source region and the common drain region. A first gate region is located within the first channel region to control current flow between the first source region and the common drain region, while a second gate region is located within the second channel region to control current flow between the second source region and the common drain region. An inactive channel region is located between the first channel region and the second channel region such that the first channel region is electrically isolated from the second channel region. |
| US10615157B2 |
Decoupling capacitor circuit
A decoupling capacitor includes a first p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) transistor connected to a power rail in a standard cell library, a first n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) transistor connected to a ground rail in the standard cell library, a second PMOS transistor connected between the first NMOS transistor and the power rail, and a second NMOS transistor connected between the first PMOS transistor and the ground rail, wherein a gate of the second PMOS transistor is connected to a gate of the second NMOS transistor. |
| US10615155B2 |
Intelligent power module and manufacturing method thereof
An intelligent power module and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The intelligent power module includes a radiator, an insulating layer, a circuit wiring, a circuit component and a metal wire. At least part of a lower surface of the radiator is defined as a heat dissipating area, the heat dissipating area is provided with a heat dissipating corrugation, the insulating layer is provided to an upper surface of the radiator, the circuit wiring is provided to the insulating layer, and the circuit component is provided to the circuit wiring and is connected to the circuit wiring via the metal wire. |
| US10615154B2 |
Semiconductor device assembly with through-package interconnect and associated systems, devices, and methods
Methods for making semiconductor devices are disclosed herein. A method configured in accordance with a particular embodiment includes forming a spacer material on an encapsulant such that the encapsulant separates the spacer material from an active surface of a semiconductor device and at least one interconnect projecting away from the active surface. The method further includes molding the encapsulant such that at least a portion of the interconnect extends through the encapsulant and into the spacer material. The interconnect can include a contact surface that is substantially co-planar with the active surface of the semiconductor device for providing an electrical connection with the semiconductor device. |
| US10615151B2 |
Integrated circuit multichip stacked packaging structure and method
An integrated circuit multichip stacked packaging structure and method, including: first pins, provided at bottom surface of first chip; second pins, provided at top surface of second chip; circuit layers, provided at top surface of substrate, and/or circuit layers, provided at bottom surface of substrate, and/or circuit layers, provided within substrate; first chip, provided at top surface of substrate; second chip, provided at top surface of first chip; first pin is electrically connected at least to one of circuit layers provided with circuit pins, substrate is provided with connecting through hole, which is docked with circuit pin, first opening thereof is docked with first pin, second opening thereof is operating window, electrically-conductive layer is provided within connecting through hole, and electrically connects first pin to circuit pin; second pin is electrically connected at least to one of circuit layers; second pin is electrically connected to circuit layer via electrically-conductive layer. |
| US10615147B2 |
Microelectronics package with vertically stacked dies
The present disclosure relates to a microelectronics package with vertically stacked flip-chip dies, and a process for making the same. The disclosed microelectronics package includes a module board, a first thinned flip-chip die with a through-die via, a second flip-chip die with a package contact at the bottom, and a mold compound. Herein, a top portion of the through-die via is exposed at top of the first thinned flip-chip die. The first thinned flip-chip die and the mold compound reside over the module substrate. The mold compound surrounds the first thinned flip-chip die and extends above the first thinned flip-chip die to define an opening. The second flip-chip die, which has a smaller plane size than the first thinned flip-chip die, resides within the opening and is stacked with the first thinned flip-chip die by coupling the package contact to the exposed top portion of the through-die via. |
| US10615142B2 |
Microelectronic device having protected connections and manufacturing process thereof
A microelectronic device includes a chip housing a functional part and carrying first electrical contact regions in electrical connection with the functional part through first protected connections extending over or in the chip. A substrate has a first contact area and a second contact area, which is remote from the first contact area. The first contact area carries second electrical contact regions, and the second contact area carries external connection regions. The second contact regions and the external connection regions are in mutual electrical connection through second protected connections extending over or in the substrate. A protection-ring structure surrounds the first and second electrical contact regions and delimits a first chamber closed with respect to the outside. The first electrical contact regions and the second electrical contact regions are in mutual electrical contact. |
| US10615141B2 |
Pnictide buffer structures and devices for GaN base applications
A structure can include a III-N layer with a first lattice constant, a first rare earth pnictide layer with a second lattice constant epitaxially grown over the III-N layer, a second rare earth pnictide layer with a third lattice constant epitaxially grown over the first rare earth pnictide layer, and a semiconductor layer with a fourth lattice constant epitaxially grown over the second rare earth pnictide layer. A first difference between the first lattice constant and the second lattice constant and a second difference between the third lattice constant and the fourth lattice constant are less than one percent. |
| US10615139B2 |
Semiconductor device including built-in crack-arresting film structure
A wafer-to-wafer semiconductor device includes a first wafer substrate having a first bonding layer formed on a first bulk substrate layer. A second wafer substrate includes a second bonding layer formed on a second bulk substrate layer. The second bonding layer is bonded to the first bonding layer to define a bonding interface. At least one of the first wafer substrate and the second wafer substrate includes a crack-arresting film layer configured to increase a bonding energy of the bonding interface. |
| US10615138B2 |
Method for producing a connecting medium on an assembly partner, method for producing a material-fit connection between an assembly partner and a metal layer, and a system for carrying out the methods
A method for producing a layer including a connecting medium on an assembly partner is provided. The method includes providing a carrier on which the connecting medium is applied. The connecting medium contains a metal in the form of a multiplicity of metal particles. The assembly partner is placed on the connecting medium located on the carrier and pressed onto the connecting medium located on the carrier, so that a layer of the connecting medium adheres to the assembly partner. The assembly partner together with the layer adhering thereto is removed from the carrier. By means of a gas flow, edges of the layer, at which the latter extends laterally beyond the assembly partner, are removed so that a layer residue of the layer remains adhering to the assembly partner. |
| US10615134B2 |
Integrated circuit package
An integrated circuit package is described comprising an integrated circuit die and an antenna structure coupled to the integrated circuit die and comprising a stacked arrangement of metal and dielectric layers, wherein a first metal layer includes a planar antenna and at least one further metal layer comprises an artificial dielectric layer. The integrated circuit package may improve the directionality of the antenna and reduces the sensitivity of the antenna to the printed circuit board on which the integrated circuit package is mounted. |
| US10615132B2 |
Integrated circuit capable of operating at very high voltage and method of fabricating same
An integrated circuit (IC) fabricated on a Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) wafer, having a plurality of impedance elements cascoded in series, each impedance elements having a specified value. A subset of the impedance elements are arranged to bias a first tub at a specified very high voltage (VHV) multiplied by a first predetermined ratio. A further subset of the impedance elements are arranged to bias a second tub at VHV multiplied by a second predetermined ratio and each of the impedance elements are further arranged to bias a handle and a third surrounding tub at VHV multiplied by a third predetermined ratio. A method for designing an integrated circuit using fully dielectrically isolated processes which function reliably at higher operating voltages than that provided by the conventional processes. |
| US10615127B2 |
Thinned semiconductor wafer
A semiconductor wafer has a base material with a first thickness and first and second surfaces. A wafer scribe mark is disposed on the first surface of the base material. A portion of an interior region of the second surface of the base material is removed to a second thickness less than the first thickness, while leaving an edge support ring of the base material of the first thickness and an asymmetric width around the semiconductor wafer. The second thickness of the base material is less than 75 micrometers. The wafer scribe mark is disposed within the edge support ring. The removed portion of the interior region of the second surface of the base material is vertically offset from the wafer scribe mark. A width of the edge support ring is wider to encompass the wafer scribe mark and narrower elsewhere around the semiconductor wafer. |
| US10615124B2 |
Three-dimensional semiconductor device including a cell array region and a contact region
A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes: a substrate having a cell array region and a contact region; a stacked structure including a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of electrode isolation insulating layers, which are alternately stacked on the substrate in a vertical direction, and having a stepwise structure on the contact region; vertical structures penetrating the stacked structure in the cell array region, each of the vertical structures constituting a cell string; and word line contact plugs, each penetrating an uppermost electrode among the plurality of electrodes in a region of each of tread portions of the stacked structure having the stepwise structure, being connected to another electrode under the penetrated uppermost electrode, and being electrically insulated from the penetrated uppermost electrode. |
| US10615123B2 |
Three-dimensional memory device containing compositionally graded word line diffusion barrier layer for and methods of forming the same
A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate and memory stack structures extending through the alternating stack. Each of the electrically conductive layers includes a stack of a compositionally graded diffusion barrier and a metal fill material portion, and the compositionally graded diffusion barrier includes a substantially amorphous region contacting the interface between the compositionally graded diffusion barrier and a substantially crystalline region that is spaced from the interface by the amorphous region. The substantially crystalline region effectively blocks atomic diffusion, and the amorphous region induces formation of large grains during deposition of the metal fill material portions. |
| US10615122B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device having reduced power consumption
A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a power supply strap formed in a layer above a power supply line which supplies power to standard cells, a switch cell provided for the power supply line, the switch cell being capable of switching between electrical connection and disconnection between the power supply line and the power supply strap, and a sub-power supply strap connected to at least two power supply lines including the power supply line provided with the switch cell. |
| US10615120B2 |
Semiconductor device including a fuse element
Provided is a semiconductor device including a fuse element arranged on an interlayer insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate. The fuse element is formed of polysilicon and a silicide region arranged on an upper surface of the polysilicon. A region of the polysilicon included in a range to be irradiated with a laser beam in plan view is non-doped polysilicon into which impurities are not introduced. With this structure, it is possible to provide the semiconductor device including the fuse element, which can be stably cut with a laser beam while an underlying film is not damaged. |
| US10615115B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a contact plug. The first conductive layer is disposed on the substrate and contains a metal silicide. The second conductive layer is disposed on the first conductive layer and contains a metal having bond dissociation energy larger than bond dissociation energy of the metal silicide. The contact plug is disposed on the second conductive layer and includes a main body portion, and a peripheral portion disposed on the surface of the main body portion and containing titanium. |
| US10615114B2 |
Arrays of memory cells individually comprising a capacitor and a transistor and methods of forming such arrays
An array of memory cells individually comprising a capacitor and a transistor comprises, in a first level, alternating columns of digitlines and conductive shield lines. In a second level above the first level there are rows of transistor wordlines. In a third level above the second level there are rows and columns of capacitors. In a fourth level above the third level there are rows of transistor wordlines. In a fifth level above the fourth level there are alternating columns of digitlines and conductive shield lines. Other embodiments and aspects are disclosed, including method. |
| US10615113B2 |
Rotated metal-oxide-metal (RTMOM) capacitor
A capacitor includes a first set of conductive fingers having a first conductive pitch at a first interconnect layer and arranged in a first unidirectional routing. The capacitor further includes a second set of conductive fingers having a second conductive pitch at a second interconnect layer and arranged in a second unidirectional routing that is orthogonal to the first unidirectional routing. The first conductive pitch is different from the second conductive pitch. A first set of through finger vias electrically couples the first set of conductive fingers of the first interconnect layer to the second set of conductive fingers of the second interconnect layer. A third set of conductive fingers at a third conductive layer are parallel to, but offset from, the first set of conductive fingers. A second set of through finger vias electrically couples the third set of conductive fingers to the second set of conductive fingers. |
| US10615109B2 |
Substrate, semiconductor device package and method of manufacturing the same
A substrate includes a first dielectric layer having a first surface and a second dielectric layer having a first surface disposed adjacent to the first surface of the first dielectric layer. The substrate further includes a first conductive via disposed in the first dielectric layer and having a first end adjacent to the first surface of the first dielectric layer and a second end opposite the first end. The substrate further includes a second conductive via disposed in the second dielectric layer and having a first end adjacent to the first surface of the second dielectric layer. A width of the first end of the first conductive via is smaller than a width of the second end of the first conductive via, and a width of the first end of the second conductive via is smaller than the width of the first end of the first conductive via. |
| US10615108B2 |
Semiconductor device and measurement device
A semiconductor device includes: an oscillator including external terminals disposed on a first face with a specific distance along a first direction; an integrated circuit including a first region formed with first electrode pads along one side, and a second region formed with second electrode pads on two opposing sides of the first region; a lead frame that includes terminals at a peripheral portion, and on which the oscillator and the integrated circuit are mounted such that the external terminals, the first and second electrode pads face in a substantially same direction and such that one side of the integrated circuit is substantially parallel to the first direction; a first bonding wire that connects one external terminal to one first electrode pad; a second bonding wire that connects one terminal of one lead frame to one second electrode pad; and a sealing member that seals all of the components. |
| US10615107B2 |
Power electronic switching device comprising a plurality of potential surfaces
A power electronic switching device having plurality of potential surfaces. At least two different potentials are respectively assigned to at least one of the potential surfaces. A plurality of semiconductor components are arranged in an n×m matrix, oriented in the x-y-direction, on a first conductor track, formed by at least one potential surface of the first potential. The semiconductor components are connected in parallel with one another and form a current valve. In this case, the semiconductor components can be distributed among a plurality of potential surfaces of the first potential which form the first conductor track. |
| US10615103B2 |
Semiconductor device
Provided is a semiconductor device according to an embodiment including a first electrode terminal containing copper, a second electrode terminal containing copper, a semiconductor chip provide the first electrode terminal and provided inside the first electrode terminal, a metal member provided on the semiconductor chip, protruding to an outside of the semiconductor chip in at least two directions, electrically connected to the second electrode terminal, and containing copper, and a mold resin surrounding the semiconductor chip. |
| US10615098B2 |
Dielectric heat path devices, and systems and methods using the same
Devices, systems, and methods for dissipating heat generated from an electrical current carrying device are provided herein. The disclosed concept provides a dielectric heat path device that assists in heat dissipation of an electrical current carrying device by transferring heat from one end of the device to another. The disclosed concept also provides systems that communicate heat generated by an electrical device to a thermally grounded secondary device through a dielectric heat path device to dissipate heat. |
| US10615097B2 |
Chip carrier with electrically conductive layer extending beyond thermally conductive dielectric sheet
A chip carrier which comprises a thermally conductive and electrically insulating sheet, a first electrically conductive structure on a first main surface of the sheet, and a second electrically conductive structure on a second main surface of the sheet, wherein the first electrically conductive structure and the second electrically conductive structure extend beyond a lateral edge of the sheet. |
| US10615096B2 |
Heat dissipation structure for electric circuit device
Provided is a heat dissipation structure for an electric circuit device excellent in mass-productivity and heat radiation performance. A heat dissipation structure for an electric circuit device, the structure including a layered structure comprising: a heatsink exposed on the electric circuit device; a thermal conductive member; and a cooler, wherein the thermal conductive member is a ceramic-resin composite in which a resin composition is impregnated in a ceramic sintered body, the ceramic sintered body comprising ceramic primary particles integrated into a three-dimensional structure, and wherein the thermal conductive member is arranged such that the thermal conductive member directly contacts with at least one of the heatsink and the cooler. |
| US10615094B2 |
High power gallium nitride devices and structures
Described herein are semiconductor devices and structures with improved power handling and heat dissipation. Embodiments are suitable for implementation in gallium nitride. Devices may be provided as individual square or diamond-shaped dies having electrode terminals at the die corners, tapered electrode bases, and interdigitated electrode fingers. Device matrix structures include a plurality of device dies arranged on a substrate in a matrix configuration with interdigitated conductors. Device lattice structures are based on a unit cell comprising a plurality of individual devices, the unit cells disposed on a chip with geometric periodicity. Also described herein are methods for implementing the semiconductor devices and structures. |
| US10615092B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device has a substrate 5, a first conductor layer 71 provided on the substrate 5, a second conductor layer 72 provided on the substrate 5; an electronic element provided on the first conductor layer 71, and a sealing part 90 covering the substrate 5, the first conductor layer 71, the second conductor layer 72, and the electronic element 95. The first conductor layer 71 is not provided on a virtual straight line VL including the second conductor layer 72 in an in-plane direction of the substrate 5. The second conductor layer 72 is sealed inside the sealing part 90 and covered only with the sealing part 90. |
| US10615088B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device having a housing is provided, where the housing includes the first surface, concave portions provided to the first surface, the second surface to face toward the first surface, and convex portions provided in contact with the second surface. In a thickness direction of the housing directed from the first surface to the second surface, the concave portions and the convex portions are provided at positions corresponding to each other. |
| US10615082B2 |
VFET metal gate patterning for vertical transport field effect transistor
Forming a PFET work function metal layer on a p-type field effect transistor (PFET) fin in a PFET region and on an n-type field effect transistor (NFET) fin in an NFET region, removing a portion of the PFET work function metal layer between the PFET fin and the NFET fin, thinning the PFET work function metal layer, patterning an organic planarization layer on the PFET work function metal layer, where the organic planarization layer covers the PFET region and partially covers the NFET region, removing the PFET work function metal layer in the NFET region, by etching isotropically selective to the organic planarization layer and an insulator in the NFET region, removing the organic planarization layer, and conformally forming an NFET work function metal layer on the semiconductor structure. |
| US10615077B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same
Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first conductive type. A second conductive type first epitaxial layer is disposed over the substrate. A second conductive type second epitaxial layer is disposed over the second conductive type first epitaxial layer. An active region of the substrate includes a first conductive type buried layer in the second conductive type first and second epitaxial layers. A first conductive type doped well region is disposed in the second conductive type second epitaxial layer. A second conductive type heavily doped region is disposed over the first conductive type doped well region. A first trench isolation feature is disposed in the substrate. In addition, a first conductive type doped region is disposed between a bottom surface of the first trench isolation feature and the first conductive type buried layer. |
| US10615075B2 |
Dicing a wafer
A method for dicing a wafer includes scribing perforations in a wafer. The wafer has a monocrystalline structure and the perforations have a polycrystalline structure. The method also includes adhering the wafer to a top surface of a dicing tape and applying a downward force on a periphery of the dicing tape. The downward force causes a bottom surface of the dicing tape to deform around a contour of a dome-shaped chuck, breaking the perforations in the wafer. |
| US10615074B2 |
Advanced copper interconnects with hybrid microstructure
A device relates to a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a narrow-line bamboo microstructure integrated within a metal layer of the semiconductor device and a narrow-line polycrystalline microstructure. The narrow-line polycrystalline microstructure is integrated within the same metal layer as the narrow-line bamboo microstructure. |
| US10615072B2 |
Structure having isolated deep substrate vias with decreased pitch and increased aspect ratio and related method
A structure having isolated deep substrate vias with decreased pitch and increased aspect ratio is disclosed. The structure includes a device layer over a buried oxide layer, a deep trench extending through the device layer, a dielectric filler in the deep trench, via holes in the dielectric filler, and conductive fillers in the via holes being the isolated deep substrate vias. The dielectric filler may include silicon oxide. The conductive fillers may include tungsten or copper. An adjacent pair of the isolated deep substrate vias within the deep trench has a pitch equal to or less than 1.0 microns. |
| US10615071B2 |
Structure having isolated deep substrate vias with decreased pitch and increased aspect ratio and related method
A structure having isolated deep substrate vias with decreased pitch and increased aspect ratio is disclosed. The structure includes a device layer over a buried oxide layer, a deep trench extending through the device layer, a dielectric filler in the deep trench, via holes in the dielectric filler, and conductive fillers in the via holes being the isolated deep substrate vias. The dielectric filler may include silicon oxide. The conductive fillers may include tungsten or copper. An adjacent pair of the isolated deep substrate vias within the deep trench has a pitch equal to or less than 1.0 microns. |
| US10615068B2 |
Substrate handling system for aligning and orienting substrates during a transfer operation
A system for sensing, orienting, and transporting wafers in an automated wafer handling process that reduces the generation of particles and contamination so that the wafer yield is increased. The system includes a robotic arm for moving a wafer from one station to a destination station, and an end-effector connected to an end of the robotic arm for receiving the wafer. The end-effector includes a mechanism for gripping the wafer, a direct drive motor for rotating the wafer gripping mechanism, and at least one sensor for sensing the location and orientation of the wafer. A control processor calculates the location of the center and the notch of the wafer based on measurements by the sensor(s) and generates an alignment signal for rotating the wafer gripping mechanism so that the wafer is oriented at a predetermined position on the end-effector while the robotic arm is moving to another station. |
| US10615067B2 |
Phase filter for enhanced defect detection in multilayer structure
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for facilitating defect detection in a multilayer stack. The method includes selection of a set of structure parameters for modeling a particular multilayer stack and a particular defect contained within such particular multilayer stack and a set of operating parameters for an optical inspection system. Based on the set of structure and operating parameters, an electromagnetic simulation is performed of waves scattered from the particular multilayer stack and defect and arriving at a collection pupil of the optical inspection system. Based on the simulated waves at the collection pupil, a design of a phase filter having a plurality of positions for changing a plurality of phases within a plurality of corresponding positions of the collection pupil of the optical inspection tool is determined so as to compensate for an adverse effect of the particular multilayer stack on obtaining a defect signal for the defect within such particular multilayer stack and/or to enhance such defect signal. The design of the phase filter is then provided for fabrication or configuration of a phase filter inserted within the optical inspection system for detection of defects in multilayer stacks with the same structure parameters as the particular multilayer stack. Methods and systems for inspecting a multilayer stack for defects are also disclosed. |
| US10615063B2 |
Vacuum pick-up head for semiconductor chips
To manufacture a device by picking and placing semiconductor devices from a carrier substrate to a target substrate using suction force, a subset of pick-up heads of an array of pick-up heads is selectively operated to attach a subset of the semiconductor devices to the subset of pick-up heads by a suction force. The subset of semiconductor devices attached with the pick-up heads are placed over or on a target substrate, and releasing onto the target substrate. The semiconductor devices may be detached from the pick-up heads by releasing or reversing the suction force. The suction force may be created by controllable membranes in the pick-up heads, such as piezoelectric benders. |
| US10615060B2 |
Heating device
A heating device includes a holding member and having thereinside a plurality of resistive heating elements connected to different pairs of electrode terminals, and a columnar support joined to the second surface of the holding member. The plurality of resistive heating elements include a first resistive heating element and a second resistive heating element. The first resistive heating element is disposed throughout a first region including a region that overlaps the columnar support member as viewed from the first direction and a second region that is located around the outer periphery of the first region and that does not overlap the columnar support member as viewed from the first direction. The second resistive heating element is disposed at a position closer to the first surface than the first resistive heating element in the first direction and is disposed in only the first region. |
| US10615059B2 |
Substrate processing device
A substrate processing device (10) for processing a plurality of substrates disposed at predetermined intervals includes a processing bath (12) that is configured to store processing liquid, and has a side surface (13) extending along a thickness direction of the plurality of substrates, and a discharge unit (14) that is disposed in a bottom portion of the processing bath (12), and is configured to discharge processing liquid in an upward direction toward the side surface (13). |
| US10615058B2 |
Apparatus for field guided acid profile control in a photoresist layer
A process chamber having moveable electrodes for generating a parallel field within a process volume filled with a fluid is provided. In one implementation, a major axis of the process chamber is oriented vertically and a substrate support is disposed opposite a plurality of moveable electrodes extending along the major axis of the process chamber. In certain implementations, the substrate support is electrically floating and capable of rotating about a minor axis of the process chamber during processing of a substrate. |
| US10615057B1 |
Encapsulation process for semiconductor devices
A method of encapsulating integrated circuits is disclosed. The method includes placing a front side of a semiconductor wafer, having partially cut scribe lines that separate a plurality of semiconductor dies, onto a backside of a dicing tape, grinding a backside of the cut semiconductor wafer to singulate the plurality of semiconductor dies, exposing the backside of the dicing tape to ultraviolet (UV) light to soften the dicing tape between each of the plurality of semiconductor dies and stretching the dicing tape to increase a distance between the plurality of semiconductor dies, laminating a backside and sides of each of the plurality of semiconductor dies with a first layer of encapsulant material, exposing a front side of the dicing tape to UV light to release the dicing tape from the plurality of semiconductor dies, and laminating a front side of the semiconductor dies with a second layer of encapsulant material. |
| US10615052B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
In a manufacturing process of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, oxygen doping treatment is performed on the oxide semiconductor film, and then heat treatment is performed on the oxide semiconductor film and an aluminum oxide film provided over the oxide semiconductor film. Consequently, an oxide semiconductor film which includes a region containing more oxygen than a stoichiometric composition is formed. The transistor formed using the oxide semiconductor film can have high reliability because the amount of change in the threshold voltage of the transistor by a bias-temperature stress test (BT test) is reduced. |
| US10615046B2 |
Methods of forming semiconductor devices with flowable material for better planarization method
A method of forming semiconductor devices includes providing a substrate with a patterned material layer formed thereon, forming a material layer on the patterned material layer, wherein the material layer has a first region with a lower top surface and a second region with a higher top surface, forming a flowable material layer on the material layer, wherein the flowable material layer exposes at least a portion of the second region of the material layer, removing the exposed portion of the second region of the material layer with the flowable material layer as a stop layer, removing the flowable material layer, and planarizing the material layer. |
| US10615044B1 |
Material cutting using laser pulses
A method of cutting a semiconductor material by irradiating the semiconductor material with laser energy, includes providing a laser source adapted to emit successive pulses of laser beams, each laser beam pulse having a pulse width of 100 picoseconds or less, emitting laser beam pulses from the laser source, guiding the emitted laser beam pulses to irradiate semiconductor material to be cut, and moving the semiconductor material relative to the irradiating laser beam pulses to cut the semiconductor material along a cutting line. The semiconductor material is irradiated by a plurality of laser beam pulses with a pulse repetition frequency in the range from 0.1 GHz to 5000 GHz. |
| US10615038B2 |
Method of making N-type doped gallium oxide through the deposition of a tin layer on the gallium oxide
The invention belongs to the technical field of semiconductor material preparation, and in particular provides a preparation method of tin doped n-type gallium oxide. To pre-deposit the appropriate tin doping source on gallium oxide materials in proper ways. The gallium oxide material is then placed in a high temperature tube in an appropriate manner. Then the tin atoms can be controlled to diffuse into the gallium oxide material by heat treatment at a certain temperature for a period of time. Then the tin atoms can be activated as an effective donor to realize the n-type doping of the gallium oxide material. In this invention, the doping can be realized after the preparation of the gallium oxide material is completed, and the necessary equipment and process are simple, and the doping controllability is high. The tin doping technique can not only fabricate the vertical structure device based on the n-type gallium oxide material, but also fabricate the transverse device structure and integrate various devices, so as to develop a new gallium oxide-based device which cannot be fabricated by the traditional doping technique. |
| US10615035B2 |
Method of reducing lift-off related redeposit defects on semiconductor wafers
A plasma treatment is utilized prior to a conventional lift-off process to increase the hydrophilic characteristics of the surface of the sacrificial metal over the photoresist and minimize its ability to redeposit on the wafer surface. Highly-energized atoms (or molecules) in the plasma interact with the surface atoms of the metal, creating a temporary hydrophilic condition at the surface. This increased wettability of the metal layer surface thus minimizes the probability that subsequently removed thin film metal will be able to bond with the wafer surface. The metal layer may comprise a typical stack of Ti/Pt/Au, and the plasma treatment may use an O2-based plasma or a CF4-based plasma, among others. |
| US10615031B2 |
Silicon carbide semiconductor substrate and method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor substrate
A silicon carbide semiconductor substrate includes an epitaxial layer. A difference of a donor concentration and an acceptor concentration of the epitaxial layer is within a range from 1×1014/cm3 to 1×1015/cm3. Further, the donor concentration and the acceptor concentration of the epitaxial layer are a concentration unaffected by an impurity inside epitaxial growth equipment. |
| US10615029B2 |
Device and method for manufacturing the device
A method for manufacturing a device includes: providing a semiconductor substrate having an RF-device; providing a BEOL-layer stack on the first main surface of the semiconductor substrate; attaching a carrier structure to a first main surface of the BEOL-layer stack; removing a lateral portion of the semiconductor substrate which laterally adjoins the device region to expose a lateral portion of the second main surface of the BEOL-layer stack; and opening a contacting region of the BEOL-layer stack at the lateral portion of second main surface of the BEOL-layer stack. |
| US10615028B2 |
Method for fabricating oxides/semiconductor interfaces
By depositing a layer of metal on the semiconductor surface where the metal is deposited in a non-oxidized state first and then depositing a layer of the high-k oxide material over the layer of metal by an atomic layer deposition, a high-k metal oxide is formed at the interface between the semiconductor substrate and the high-k oxide and prevents formation of the undesirable low-k semiconductor oxide layer at the semiconductor/high-k oxide interface. |
| US10615027B1 |
Stack viabar structures
Various methods and structures for fabricating a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes in a top layer of a semiconductor stack a semiconductor contact located according to a first horizontal pitch. A first metallization layer is disposed directly on the top layer and includes a metallization contact located according to a second horizontal pitch, the second horizontal pitch being different from the first horizontal pitch such that the location of the metallization contact is vertically mismatched from the location of the semiconductor contact. A second metallization layer is disposed directly on the first metallization layer. The second metallization layer includes a super viabar structure that forms an electrical interconnect, in the second metallization layer, between the semiconductor contact in the top layer of the semiconductor stack and the metallization contact in the first metallization layer. |
| US10615024B1 |
Spiral electrostatic analyzer
An electrostatic analyzer (ESA) includes a coaxial structure having an outer conductive cylinder, an inner conductive cylinder, and one or more pathways disposed therebetween and extending from a first end to a second end of the coaxial structure. The outer conductive cylinder and the inner conductive cylinder may each be structurally configured to receive a bias voltage for creation of a predetermined electric field therebetween that allows for passage of charged particles with a predetermined energy/charge band along a helical path through the coaxial structure. The ESA may further include an entrance filter on the first end of the coaxial structure that defines a plurality of openings aligned at a predetermined angle thereby limiting one or more fields of view between a pathway through the ESA and the external environment to filter particles, by their trajectory, from entering the pathway for analysis by the ESA. |
| US10615020B2 |
Systems and methods using a gas mixture to select ions
Certain configurations described herein are directed to mass spectrometer systems that can use a gas mixture to select and/or detect ions. In some instances, the gas mixture can be used in both a collision mode and in a reaction mode to provide improved detection limits using the same gas mixture. |
| US10615019B2 |
Electron multiplier for mass spectrometer
A secondary electron multiplier includes: a conversion dynode for emitting a secondary electron in response to an incident ion; a plurality of dynodes configured to have multi-stages from second to final stages for receiving the secondary electron; and a first voltage applying device for applying a first negative voltage to the conversion dynode and sequentially dividing the first negative voltage to apply to each of the second-stage and subsequent dynodes, wherein the secondary electron multiplier is configured to sequentially multiply the emitted secondary electron by the second-stage and subsequent dynodes. In the secondary electron multiplier, any of the second-stage and subsequent dynodes have a second voltage applying device for applying a second negative voltage. The secondary electron multiplier has an improved ion detection efficiency without a large reduction of a usable period thereof, thereby enhancing the sensitivity of a mass spectrometer. |
| US10615017B2 |
Mass spectrometer
A mass spectrometer including a memory unit storing information indicating combinations of precursor ions for CIDs in respective stages. If an MS1 spectrum on which CID is not performed is obtained during execution of an analysis, a precursor ion selector determines whether an ion registered as a precursor ion for the first-stage CID exists on the MS1 spectrum, based on the list held in the memory unit. If the ion exists, an MS2 analysis in which the ion is set as a precursor ion is immediately executed. Subsequently, the precursor ion selector determines whether or not an ion registered as a precursor ion for the second-stage CID in association with the precursor ion for the first-stage CID exists on an MS2 spectrum. If the ion exists, an MS3 analysis in which the ion is set as a precursor ion is immediately executed, so that an MS3 spectrum is acquired. |
| US10615013B2 |
Low temperature, photonically augmented electron source system
An electron source system utilizing photon enhanced thermionic emission to create a source of well controlled electrons for injection into a series of lenses so that the beam can be fashioned to meet the particular specification for a given use is disclosed. Because of the recent increased understanding and characterization of the bandgap in certain materials, a simplified system can now be realized to overcome the potential barrier at the surface. With this system, only low electric fields with moderate temperatures (˜500 ° C.) are required. The resulting system enables much easier focusing of the electron beam because the random component of the energy of the electrons is much lower than that of a conventional system. The system comprises an emitter of wide bandgap material, a first light source and a heating element wherein the heating element provides moderate warming to the wide bandgap material and the light source provides photonic excitation to the material, causing electrons to be emitted into an optical system to manipulate the emitted electrons. |
| US10615008B2 |
Temperature control method
A temperature control method of controlling a temperature of an object to be processed includes supplying a heat-transfer gas between an object to be processed and a mounting stage from a gas port from among a plurality of gas ports provided in a mounting stage, exhausting the heat-transfer gas from another gas port different from the gas port, detecting pressure of the gas port supplying the heat-transfer gas and the another gas port exhausting the heat-transfer gas, and adjusting the pressure. |
| US10615005B2 |
Plasma generating method
In a method of an embodiment, radio-frequency power is supplied to an electrode via a matching device from a radio-frequency power supply in order to generate plasma within a chamber. During the supply of the radio-frequency power, it is determined whether or not plasma is generated within the chamber from one or more parameters reflecting plasma generation within the chamber. When it is determined that plasma is not generated, a frequency of the radio-frequency power output from the radio-frequency power supply is adjusted to set the load side reactance of the radio-frequency power supply to zero or to bring the load side reactance close to zero. |
| US10615003B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling directionality of ions in an edge region by using an electrode within a coupling ring
Systems and methods for controlling directionality of ion flux at an edge region within a plasma chamber are described. One of the systems includes a radio frequency (RF) generator that is configured to generate an RF signal, an impedance matching circuit coupled to the RF generator for receiving the RF signal to generate a modified RF signal, and a plasma chamber. The plasma chamber includes an edge ring and a coupling ring located below the edge ring and coupled to the first impedance matching circuit to receive the modified RF signal. The coupling ring includes an electrode that generates a capacitance between the electrode and the edge ring to control the directionality of the ion flux upon receiving the modified RF signal. |
| US10614999B2 |
Image generation method
A method which can generate a clear image of a specimen by correcting an image drift is disclosed. The image generation method includes: scanning a specimen with an electron beam to generate images; calculating amounts of image drift within specific regions of the respective images; calculating continuous amounts of image drift by interpolation from the amounts of image drift; determining an amount of image drift at each pixel of the images from the continuous amounts of image drift; correcting the images by correcting a brightness of each pixel based on the amount of image drift at each pixel; and generating a synthetic image from the corrected images. |
| US10614996B2 |
X-ray system and method of inspecting X-ray tube
According to one embodiment, an X-ray system includes an X-ray tube including a filament in which a filament current according to a tube current flows, a filament current monitoring unit monitoring the filament current, a tube current monitoring unit monitoring the tube current, and an inspection unit determining whether the tube current falls within a predetermined set range in X-ray emission. |
| US10614989B2 |
Creep resistant electron emitter material and fabrication method
In the present invention, a flat emitter is formed by the formation of emitter material wires into a unitary non-porous flat emitter structure. The wires are formed with increased yield and tensile strength as a result of the manner of the formation of the emitter material or metal into the wires that is transferred to the flat emitter. To form the flat emitter, the wires are encapsulated and subjected to sufficient temperatures and pressure in a hot isostatic pressing treatment/process to increase the density of the wires into a solid sheet without the presence of voids or pores in the sheet. In forming the emitter sheet in this manner, the strength properties from the wires are retained within the sheet to provide the emitter with increased creep resistance and a consequently longer useful life in the x-ray tube. |
| US10614987B2 |
Fully integrated manual opening mechanism on medium voltage circuit breaker
A manual opening assembly includes a manual actuator assembly. The manual actuator assembly includes a handle assembly and a number of operating levers. The handle assembly includes a handle member structured to be movably coupled to a circuit breaker housing assembly and to move between an operating position and an opening position. The handle member is operatively coupled to the number of operating levers. The number of operating levers are movably coupled to a circuit breaker housing assembly. The operating levers are structured to move between an operating position, wherein the operating levers do not operatively engage a linkage assembly, and an opening position, wherein the operating levers operatively engage the linkage assembly and move the linkage assembly from a closed, second configuration to an open, first configuration. |
| US10614986B2 |
Electrical switching apparatus and guide member therefor
A guide member is for an electrical switching apparatus. The electrical switching apparatus includes a primary cover, a secondary cover structured to move between a closed position and an open position, a first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board spaced from the first printed circuit board, and a cable member electrically connecting the first and second printed circuit boards. The guide member includes a body having a base coupled to the primary cover, a ramp engaging the cable member when the secondary cover is in the closed position, the ramp having first and second opposing end portions, the first end portion extending from the base, and a number of guide portions each extending from the ramp and engaging the cable member when the secondary cover moves between the closed position and the open position in order to minimize twisting and folding of the cable member. |
| US10614984B2 |
Fuse unit and method of manufacturing fuse unit
The present invention provides a fuse unit which facilitates a work such as inspection and a method of manufacturing the fuse unit. Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a fuse unit, which has a metal part including an input terminal and an external connection terminal and a connector part for attaching an external terminal C3 to the external connection terminal and is manufactured by integrating the metal part and a resin covering body by insert molding. In this manufacturing method, the metal part and the resin covering body are integrated by insert molding such that a distal end of the external connection terminal of the metal part protrudes from the resin covering body, and then, the connector part separate from the resin covering body is attached to the resin covering body so that the external connection terminal protruding from the resin covering body can be connected to the external terminal C3. |
| US10614981B2 |
Pole component assembly for circuit breaker
Disclosed herein is a pole component assembly for a circuit breaker. The pole component assembly for a circuit breaker includes an external insulating housing made by injecting resin into a housing mold, applying injection pressure to mold the injected resin, and separating the molded resin from the housing mold, and a circuit breaker portion assembly detachably inserted into the external insulating housing after the external insulating housing is made. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the external insulating housing is molded without a main circuit breaker component when manufacturing a sealed type pole component, and the main circuit breaker component is assembled into the finished external insulating housing, thereby preventing the main circuit breaker component from being contaminated or damaged. |
| US10614979B2 |
Arc chute with splitter plates interconnected by resistors
A switchgear includes a circuit breaking section having a moveable contact bridging element and at least one first arc chutes adjacent the contact bridging element, each arc chute including a base plate for connecting to the contact bridging element and a group of splitter plates placed adjacent the base plate, where the splitter plates of the groups are separated from the base plate and each other via air gaps and resistors interconnect at least some of the plates in at least a first of the arc chutes for bypassing corresponding air gaps, wherein the resistors have values in the range 5 kΩ-1 MΩ, current ratings below 100 mA and power ratings below 1 W. |
| US10614977B2 |
Hand-held tool machine
A hand-held tool machine comprising a housing is disclosed wherein a motor for driving a tool as well as a switch for switching on and off the motor are received, including a switching arrangement having a switch that can be moved between a non-activated position and an activated position for activating the switch, and including a locking arrangement that can be moved between a blocking position and a release position, wherein the switch lever can only be moved into the activated position, when the locking arrangement is in the release position, and wherein the locking arrangement allows for a locking of the switch lever in the activated position, wherein the locking arrangement includes a slider that is received on the switch lever slidable between a locking position and a release position, wherein on the slider there is provided a blocking element cooperating with a counter element arranged at the housing for blocking a movement of the switch lever into the activated position when being in the blocking position and for allowing a movement of the switch lever into the activated position upon shifting the slider into the release position, and wherein on the slider there is provided a latching element that cooperates with a counter element on the housing for allowing a latching of the switch lever in the activated position. |
| US10614975B2 |
Retrofit switch
A retrofit switch apparatus is designed to pair with a traditional switch device that has a traditional switch for accepting a first user manual operation to control a target device connected to the traditional switch device with an electrical wire. The traditional switch device has a connecting structure. The retrofit switch apparatus has an attaching device, a retrofit housing and a control circuit. The attaching device is attached to the connecting structure of the traditional switch device. The control circuit wirelessly controls the target device. |
| US10614973B2 |
Interlock apparatus for three circuit breakers
An interlock apparatus according to embodiments is configured to block an operation of a third circuit breaker while a first circuit breaker and a second circuit breaker operate and include a mover and a rotator. The mover include a first connector connected to the first circuit breaker, a second connector connected to the second circuit breaker, and a central part disposed between the first connector and the second connector and is rectilinearly moved along one direction in response to operations of the first circuit breaker and the second circuit breaker. The rotator include a first engagement part engaged with to the third circuit breaker and a second engagement part engaged with the central part and be rotated around a shaft passing through the first engagement part. |
| US10614971B2 |
Sealing device for a human-machine dialogue element
A sealing device for a human-machine dialogue element intended to be fixed through a wall, the device including a seal formed in a ring around an axis, the seal including a first annular edge and a second annular edge. The second edge follows a path including a plurality of chicanes so as to form at least one concave part delimiting a bearing zone on one face of the seal and at least one convex part delimiting a disengagement zone on the face of the seal to circumvent a positioning element of the seal. |
| US10614970B2 |
Switchgear having earth switch
According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a switchgear including: a fixed electrode which is disposed inside a cabinet; a movable electrode which is provided corresponding to the fixed electrode and rotates between a first position which comes in contact with the fixed electrode and a second position which is separated from the fixed electrode; a pedal which is disposed on the outside of the cabinet and guided in the vertical direction along a guide hole formed long in the cabinet in the vertical direction; a connecting rod which is rotatably connected to the pedal; and a hammer which is connected to the connecting rod and rotates together with the connecting rod to strike the movable electrode positioned at the first position. |
| US10614969B2 |
Method for manufacturing electrode material and electrode material
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an electrode material (1), wherein the electrode material includes: a center part (2) containing Cu, Cr and a heat resistant element and having superior large-current interruption and capacitor switching capabilities; and an outer circumferential part (3) disposed on an outer circumference of the center part (2). The outer circumferential part (3) contains Cu and Cr and has superior withstand voltage capability. The electrode material (1) is manufactured by molding a solid solution powder of Cr and the heat resistant element, molding a Cr powder integrally around an outer circumference of the molded body of the solid solution powder and infiltrating the integrally molded body with Cu etc. |
| US10614967B2 |
Negative electrode of power storage device and power storage device
A mixture of amorphous PAHs and at least one of a carrier ion storage metal, a Sn compound, a carrier ion storage alloy, a metal compound, Si, Sb, and SiO2 is used as the negative electrode active material. The theoretical capacity of amorphous PAHs greatly exceeds that of a graphite-based carbon material. Thus, the use of amorphous PAHs enables the negative electrode active material to have a higher capacity than in the case of using the graphite-based carbon material. Further, addition of at least one of the carrier ion storage metal, the Sn compound, the carrier ion storage alloy, the metal compound, Si, Sb, and SiO2 to the amorphous PAHs enables the negative electrode active material to have a higher capacity than the case of only using the amorphous PAHs. |
| US10614962B2 |
Packaging material for electrochemical cell
Provided is a packaging material for an electrochemical cell which prevents the occurrence of short circuits. A packaging material for an electrochemical cell configured by laminating a base material layer including: at least a resin film; a heat-adhesive layer including a heat-adhesive resin, the heat-adhesive layer being disposed on the innermost layer; and a barrier layer including a metal foil, the barrier layer being disposed between the base material layer and the heat-adhesive layer, wherein a chemical-conversion-treated layer including alumina particles and modified epoxy resin is formed on the surface of at least the heat adhesive layer side of the barrier layer. |
| US10614961B2 |
Method for producing electrode for aluminum electrolytic capacitor
An aluminum electrode in which a porous layer made of a sintered layer of aluminum powder having an average particle diameter of 1 μm to 10 μm is laminated in a thickness of 150 μm to 3000 μm on a surface of an aluminum core material is produced by chemical formation to produce an anode for an electrolytic capacitor. In this process, an organic acid immersion step of immersing the aluminum electrode in an organic acid aqueous solution containing dodecanoic acid, benzoic acid, propanedioic acid, butanedioic acid, (E)-2-butenedioic acid, 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid, (E)-1-propene-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid, or the like is carried out after a pure water boiling step and before a chemical formation step. In the chemical formation step, a phosphoric acid immersion step of immersing the aluminum electrode in an aqueous solution containing phosphate ions is carried out one or more times in the course of raising a film withstand voltage to a chemical formation voltage. |
| US10614957B2 |
Dielectric ceramic composition and multilayer ceramic capacitor
A dielectric ceramic composition having good properties, particularly good IR property and high temperature accelerated lifetime, even under high electric field intensity. A dielectric ceramic composition having a main component made of a perovskite type compound expressed by a compositional formula of (Ba1-x-ySrxCay)m(Ti1-zZrz)O3 (note that, m, x, y, and z of the above compositional formula all represent molar ratios, and each satisfies 0.9 |
| US10614951B2 |
Winding unit
A winding unit including a case is provided. The case has a receiving space capable of housing at least one turn of a coil portion in addition to a winding portion in a radial direction. In case, a blank portion having a dimension of one turn of the coil portion in the radial direction is formed between the two coil portions next to each other in the winding portion. When manufacturing the winding unit, the blank portion can be formed in a suitable position, and the number of turns of the winding portion (the number of coil portion) does not need to change. Further, an inductance value of the winding portion can be adjusted with simply structure. |
| US10614945B2 |
Choke having a core with a pillar having a non-circular and non-rectangular cross section
A choke includes a single-piece core entirely made of a same material, the single-piece core having two boards and a pillar located between the two boards, a winding space being located among the two boards and the pillar, wherein the pillar has a non-circular and non-rectangular cross section along a direction substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the pillar, the cross section of the pillar has a first axis and a second axis intersecting with each other at a center of the cross section of the pillar and are substantially perpendicular with each other, the first axis is longer than the second axis, and the cross section of the pillar is substantially symmetrical to both of the first axis and the second axis. |
| US10614939B2 |
Hard magnetic compositions from iron oxide fines and methods for making same
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods of making a hard magnetic material from iron oxide fines, the hard magnetic material having a general formula MFexOy. In one aspect, the method comprises a) providing an iron oxide fine; b) providing a metal carbonate of a general formula Mx(CO3)y; c) mixing the iron oxide fine and the metal carbonate to form a mixture; d) calcining the mixture of the iron oxide fine and the metal carbonate; wherein M is a divalent metal ion. |
| US10614937B2 |
R-T-B based rare earth permanent magnet
An R-T-B based rare earth permanent magnet is expressed by formula: (R11-x(Y1-y-z Cey Laz)x)aTbBcMd in which, R1 is one or more kinds of rare earth element not including Y, Ce and La, “T” is one or more kinds of transition metal, and includes Fe or Fe and Co as an essential component, “M” is an element having Ga or Ga and one or more of Sn, Bi and Si, 0.4≤x≤0.7, 0.00≤y+z≤0.20, 0.16≤a/b≤0.28, 0.050≤c/b≤0.070, 0.005≤d/b≤0.028, 0.25≤(a-2c)/(b-14c)≤2.00 and 0.025≤d/(b-14c)≤0.500. The magnet has a structure having a main phase, having a compound having a R2T14B type tetragonal structure, and a grain boundary phase, on an arbitrary cross sectional area, an area ratio of R-T-M, T-rich and R-rich phases, with respect to a total grain boundary phase area is 10.0% or more, 60.0% or less and 70.0% or less, respectively, and the coating rate of the grain boundary phase is 70.0% or more. |
| US10614934B2 |
Flexible conductive element and shaping method thereof
A method to plastically deform a flexible conductive element (1) wherein is provided a device (11) configured to expand the volume thereof, wherein the method comprises the steps of arranging the flexible conductive element (1) at least partially around said device (11); expanding the volume of the device (11) up to a predetermined value, whereby at least one portion (8) of the flexible conductive element (1) which is in contact with the device (11) during the expansion of the device (11) is plastically deformed. |
| US10614933B2 |
Shunt resistor and mounted structure of shunt resistor
A shunt resistor including a first terminal and a second terminal, each of the first terminal and the second terminal being made of a conductive metallic material and having a first plane, a second plane, and an outer periphery as side faces thereof. The first planes of the first terminal and the second terminal are opposite each other, and a resistive element is connected to the first planes so as to connect the first terminal and the second terminal. The joint area between the resistive element and each first plane is smaller than the area of the first plane. Each of the first terminal and the second terminal has formed therein a hole portion that penetrates therethrough from the first plane to the second plane. |
| US10614928B2 |
Biodegradable flexible lightweight energy storage composite and methods of making the same
Provided are biodegradable, flexible, lightweight composites with efficient energy storage and methods for producing the same. Said composites comprise a conductive polymer, a secondary dopant, and a structural component. |
| US10614924B2 |
Manifold system for the ventilated storage of high level waste and a method of using the same to store high level waste in a below-grade environment
A system and method for storing multiple canisters containing high level waste below grade that afford adequate ventilation of the spent fuel storage cavity. In one aspect, the invention is a ventilated system for storing high level waste emitting heat, the system comprising: an air-intake shell forming an air-intake cavity; a plurality of storage shells, each storage shell forming a storage cavity; a lid positioned atop each of the storage shells; an outlet vent forming a passageway between an ambient environment and a top portion of each of the storage cavities; and a network of pipes forming her sealed passageways between a bottom portion of the air-intake cavity and at least two different openings at a bottom portion of each of the storage cavities such that blockage of a first one of the openings does not prohibit air from flowing from the air-intake cavity into the storage cavity via a second one of the openings. |
| US10614922B2 |
Non-invasive in-situ imaging of interior of nuclear reactors
Techniques, systems, and devices are disclosed for non-invasive monitoring and imaging of nuclear fuel inside a nuclear reactor using muon detector arrays. In one aspect, these detector arrays are placed outside the reactor vessel or building for investigating the reactors without access to the cores, therefore the imaging process is non-invasive. In some implementation, these detector arrays measure both muon scattering and absorption to enable imaging and characterizing not only the very high-Z fuel materials, but also other materials in the reactor, thereby obtaining a more complete picture of reactor status. When applied to damaged reactors, the disclosed proposed techniques, systems, and devices, through the process of providing an image, can reveal the presence (or absence) of damage to fuel rod assemblies or puddles of molten fuel at the bottom of the containment vessel, thus providing crucial information to guide decisions about remedial actions. |
| US10614921B2 |
Personalized skin diagnosis and skincare
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed herein for conducting skin analysis for a user. In one aspect, an apparatus for conducting skin analysis is disclosed, comprising: a reflective display operative to reflect an image of a user and to render a graphical user interface; an input interface operative to receive a user input for operating the apparatus, wherein the input interface includes a motion sensor module operative to detect gesture user input; an image capturing module, wherein the image capturing module is operative to capture an image of the user; a processing system configured to receive the captured image from the image capturing module, to receive the user input from the input interface, and to generate a skin profile corresponding to the user's skin condition based on the captured image; and a wireless communication module operative to transmit the skin profile outbound to a computing device, and operative to receive skincare feedback that is generated based on the skin profile from the computing device. |
| US10614920B2 |
System and method for computing survivorship risk associated with delaying therapy in breast cancer
An estimate is made of a time since a given presenting cancer would have first been detectable using a known diagnostic technique, and an estimate is also made of initial characteristics of the given presenting cancer at the time when it would have first been detectable using the known diagnostic technique. A first probability of the cancer being present in a first set of one or more clinically significant remote sites is determined based on the estimated initial characteristics. A second probability of the cancer being present in the first set of one or more clinically significant remote sites is determined based on actual current characteristics of the given presenting cancer. The first and second probabilities are used to estimate incremental risk of incurring presence of the cancer at the first set of one or more clinically significant remote sites by delaying therapy for a unit time. |
| US10614913B2 |
Systems and methods for coding health records using weighted belief networks
Systems and methods to code medical records using weighted belief networks are provided. Medical records are received, and may be subjected to pre-processing which includes deduplication of records, indexing the records, meta-tagging the records, and annotating the records. An entity extractor then generates entity dictionaries from public sources. A network creator generates a belief network based on medical relationships. An annotation aligner receives normalized annotations of historical medical records, and a network weighter assigns probability values to the belief network using the normalized annotations to generated a weighted belief network. A health care code classifier utilizes the weighted belief network to classify the medical records by comparing entities within the medical records. |
| US10614911B2 |
Providing secure and seamless authentication and workflow for medical records and affiliated systems
Methods and systems are provided that are related to electronic health records (EHRs). A first EHR system can receive a request to report information to a second EHR system. Responsive to the request, the first EHR system can generate an EHR report that includes one or more EHR identifiers. The one or more EHR identifiers can include an EHR-user identifier, an EHR-patient identifier, and a behavior identifier. The first EHR system can send the EHR report to the second EHR system. The second EHR system can: access information based on the EHR-user identifier and/or the EHR-patient identifier, generate an output based on the accessed information, and provide the output. |
| US10614910B2 |
Systems and methods for comprehensive analysis of molecular profiles across multiple tumor and germline exomes
Omics patient data are analyzed using sequences or diff objects of tumor and matched normal tissue to identify patient and disease specific mutations, using transcriptomic data to identify expression levels of the mutated genes, and pathway analysis based on the so obtained omic data to identify specific pathway characteristics for the diseased tissue. Most notably, many different tumors have shared pathway characteristics, and identification of a pathway characteristic of a tumor may thus indicate effective treatment options ordinarily not considered when tumor analysis is based on anatomical tumor type only. |
| US10614909B2 |
Quantum mechanical/X-ray crystallography diagnostic for proteins
An analytic method for improving the efficiency in identifying protein molecular effect information using low resolution x-ray crystallography, by selecting and imaging a protein sample with low resolution x-ray crystallography and assaying the data thus generated as to local ligand strain energy value, followed by calculating a real-space difference density Z for each element and compiling ZDD data therefrom, followed by determining the true protomer/tautomer state of the protein sample by calculating Scorei according to the following equation so that the highest Scorei signifies the molecuar effect information: Scorei={((ZDDi −μZDD)/σZDD)+((SEi −μSE)/σSE)}. |
| US10614904B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for high speed writing test mode for memories
Apparatuses and methods are provided for a high speed writing test mode for memories. An example apparatus includes a memory core, a data terminal coupled to a data receiver, a read buffer coupled between the data terminal and the memory core, and a write buffer coupled between the data receiver and the memory core. The write buffer may include at least a first input coupled to the data receiver, and a second input. While in a test mode, the write buffer may be loaded with data from the second input instead of the first input. |
| US10614902B1 |
Tubular nanosized magnetic wires with 360° magnetic domain walls
The present invention is directed towards a tubular nanosized magnetic wire, wherein the nanosized magnetic wire comprises: a tubular magnetic shell surrounding a longitudinal axis of the wire, at least one region of the tubular magnetic shell is capable of providing a 360° magnetic domain wall, wherein the 360° magnetic domain wall is self-stabilizing and has a magnetization going from a parallel alignment to a perpendicular alignment and to a parallel alignment with regards to the wire axis. The present invention also provides a practical method capable of making a tubular nanosized magnetic wire with a self-stabilizing, 360° magnetic domain wall. The present invention also relates to the use of the tubular nanosized magnetic wire in a racetrack memory device. |
| US10614895B2 |
Semiconductor device
An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device capable of simplifying a trimming operation. A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a power supply circuit and a trimming circuit. The power supply circuit includes a reference voltage generation circuit that generates a plurality of reference voltages used at the time of a trimming operation, and a voltage generation circuit that generates a plurality of power supply voltages used by a semiconductor storage device. The semiconductor device adjusts a specific reference voltage using an external reference voltage at the time of the trimming operation, and then determines trimming codes corresponding to the adjustment amounts of the power supply voltages using a plurality of reference voltages generated using the adjusted specific reference voltage and a plurality of power supply voltages corresponding to the reference voltages. |
| US10614892B1 |
Data reading method, storage controller and storage device
A data reading method is provided. The method includes updating a target optimized count value corresponding to a target physical page, in response to determining that a read voltage optimization operation needs to be performed to the target physical page among a plurality of physical pages according to a plurality of monitor results corresponding to the physical pages of the target wordline; performing a first type read voltage optimization operation, a second type read voltage optimization operation, or a third type read voltage optimization operation corresponding to the target wordline according to the target optimized count value, so as to obtain an optimized read voltage set corresponding to the target wordline, wherein the target wordline is read by using the optimized read voltage set. |
| US10614888B2 |
Memory system that selectively writes in single-level cell mode or multi-level cell mode to reduce program/erase cycles
A memory system includes a non-volatile memory having a plurality of memory cells, and a controller configured to carry out write operations in a first mode in which n-bit data is written per target memory cell of the non-volatile memory until an allowable data amount of data items has been written, and then, in a second mode in which m-bit data is written per target memory cell of the non-volatile memory, where n is an integer of one or more and m is an integer greater than n. The controller is further configured to detect that an idle state, in which a command has not been received from the host, has continued for a threshold period of time or more, increase the allowable data amount in response thereto, and after the increase, carry out a write operation to write data items in the non-volatile memory in the first mode. |
| US10614886B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device and a method of programming the nonvolatile memory device
A method of programming a non-volatile memory device including a first memory block and a second memory block includes: performing a first program operation on a first memory cell in the first memory block and connected to a first word line of a first level with respect to a substrate; after the performing of the first program operation on the first memory cell, performing the first program operation on a second memory cell in the second memory block and connected to a second word line of the first level; and after the performing of the first program operation on the second memory cell, performing a second program operation on the first memory cell. |
| US10614884B2 |
Content addressable memory with match hit quality indication
A logic circuit is provided including at least two input cells and a sense circuit. The input cells are connected to a common result line. Further, the input cells are operable for influencing an electrical quantity at the result line. The sense circuit is connected to the result line, and is adapted to output a discrete value out of more than two possible values based on the electrical quantity. |
| US10614881B2 |
Calibration of open blocks in NAND flash memory
Performing a calibration of a NAND flash memory block that is in an open state. An open state of the NAND flash memory block is detected, the NAND flash memory block comprising a plurality of memory pages, each of which comprising a plurality of memory cells. A group of pages of the NAND flash memory block being in an open state having comparable characteristics is identified. A calibration of read voltage values to pages of the group of identified pages is performed. |
| US10614880B2 |
Memory system for controlling read voltage using cached data and operation method of the same
A memory system includes: a memory device; a cache memory suitable for caching a portion of a data stored in the memory device; and a read voltage controller suitable for controlling a level of a read voltage of the memory device by comparing a cache data in the cache memory with a data from the memory device corresponding to the cache data. |
| US10614877B1 |
4T static random access memory bitcell retention
A technique relates to a circuit. At least one 4 transistor (4T) static random access memory (SRAM) bitcell is included. Each of the 4T SRAM bitcells includes a first PFET, a first NFET, a second PFET, and a second NFET, the first PFET and the first NFET being coupled to form a first output node, and the second PFET and the second NFET being coupled to form a second output node. A pulldown circuit is coupled to the first NFET, the pulldown circuit operable to pull down a voltage at the first output node. A feedback circuit is operable to monitor the first output node, the feedback circuit operable to control the pulldown circuit. |
| US10614873B2 |
Memory device, memory system including the same, and address counting and comparing operation for refresh operation method thereof
A memory device may include first and second latch sections configured to respectively store a target address and a recent input address, a comparison unit configured to compare an input address with the target address and the recent input address respectively stored in the first and second latch sections, and output a resultant signal, a counting section configured to increase a count corresponding to the recent address stored in the second latch section in response to the resultant signal, and a control unit configured to check the count of the counting section and update the input address to the second latch section in response to the resultant signal. |
| US10614872B2 |
Command signal clock gating
A semiconductor device includes a clock gating tree comprising a first clock gating stage and a second clock gating stage. The first clock gating stage is configured to receive an activate detection signal and to activate clocking events in the second clock gating stage in response to the activate detection signal. The clocking events are not activated in the absence of the activate detection signal. |
| US10614870B2 |
Low power method and system for signal slew rate control
An electronic device includes a first circuit grouping including a first set of drivers, the first circuit grouping configured to generate a first set of output signals corresponding to a first slew rate; and s second circuit grouping including a second set of drivers, the second circuit grouping configured to generate a second set of output signals corresponding to a second slew rate, wherein the first set of drivers correspond to one or more physical characteristics different than the second set of drivers for introducing different slew rates. |
| US10614866B2 |
Magnetoresistance effect element, magnetic memory, and magnetic device
A magnetoresistance effect element has a structure in which a first ferromagnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer, and a second ferromagnetic layer are subsequently laminated and outer circumferential portions of the first ferromagnetic layer, the non-magnetic layer, and the second ferromagnetic layer are covered with a first insulating film which contains silicon nitride as a main component and contains further boron nitride or aluminum nitride. |
| US10614865B1 |
Boost generation circuitry for memory
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for generating a negative boost voltage for memory write operations. One example memory circuit generally includes at least one memory bank, a write circuit coupled to the at least one memory bank, and a boost generation circuit coupled to the write circuit. The boost generation circuit generally includes a first node coupled to a reference potential node of the write circuit; a second node; a first capacitive element having a first terminal coupled to the first node of the boost generation circuit; a first switch configured to selectively couple the first node to a reference potential node for the memory circuit; and a second switch configured to selectively couple a second terminal of the first capacitive element to the second node of the boost generation circuit. |
| US10614863B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device, operating method thereof, and data storage apparatus including the same
A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array, a page buffer including a first latch configured to store data to be programmed in a first state, a second latch configured to store the data in a second state, and a third latch configured to store the data in a third state when the data is received from an external apparatus, and a control logic configured to control the page buffer to store the data of the first state in the first latch, the data of the second state in the second latch, and the data of the third state in the third latch when a multi-conversion program command and the data are received from the external apparatus. |
| US10614860B1 |
Systems for discharging leakage current over a range of process, voltage, temperature (PVT) conditions
Systems and devices are provided for fully discharging leakage current generated during standby and/or power down modes regardless of variations in PVT conditions. An apparatus may include a power generation unit that powers components of the apparatus and a bleeder circuit. The bleeder circuit may include an operational amplifier. Further, the bleeder circuit may include leakage current generator circuitry that is coupled to the operational amplifier and generates a first current that mimics leakage current generated by the power generation unit. Furthermore, the bleeder circuit may include leakage current mirroring circuitry that is coupled to an output of the operational amplifier and that generates a second current that mirrors the first current. In addition, the bleeder circuit may also include leakage current bleeder circuitry that is coupled to the leakage current mirroring circuitry and that generates a third current that sinks the leakage current to ground. |
| US10614854B2 |
Speedy clipping
Provided is a system for efficiently creating snippets or clips from media assets without re-encoding the entire portion of already encoded media content falling within the snippet boundaries. The system partitions and encodes the original media asset as set of slices with each slice encoding a different temporal chunk of the media asset. The system identifies a first slice that encodes a duration of the media asset spanning the snippet start time, and a second slice that encodes a duration of the media asset spanning the snippet end time. The system produces a snippet start slice from decoding, clipping, and re-encoding the first slice and a snippet end slice from decoding, clipping, and re-encoding the second slice. The system generates the snippet from the snippet start slice, an unmodified subset of the set of slices between the first slice and the second slice, and the snippet end slice. |
| US10614853B2 |
Storage device and controller
A storage device includes a recording medium, a first memory storing first data read from the recording medium, and a controller. The controller searches for read target data in the first data by executing a parity check on second data that is in the first data and starts at a first position, while executing the parity check, determining whether or not an interruption condition is satisfied, storing the second data in a second memory when the parity check completes without the interruption condition being satisfied and a result of a completed parity check satisfies a first condition, and executing a parity check on third data that is in the first data and starts at a second position, responsive to the interruption condition being satisfied and responsive to the result of the completed parity check not satisfying the first condition. |
| US10614850B1 |
Coating a near field transducer with a dielectric material from magnetic recording medium
Systems and methods for coating a near field transducer in a dielectric material are described. In one embodiment, the method may include forming a liquid solution comprising at least a first dielectric and a disk surface lubricant, forming a coating of the liquid solution on an outer surface of a storage medium based at least in part on dipping the storage medium in the liquid solution, and accumulating a first set of molecules of the first dielectric on a near field transducer (NFT) of a HAMR head based at least in part on evaporating a first portion of the first dielectric in the coating by performing a first HAMR writing operation that shines a laser on the coating. |
| US10614844B1 |
Adjustable magnetic tape drive
A media device may comprise a controller, a tape head, a tape comprising tape-position indicia, an indicia detection device, and an adjusting device. The indicia detection device may be configured to detect the tape-position indicia and provide an output corresponding to a tape position. The controller may be configured to send an adjustment command based on the output. The adjusting device may be configured to adjust the media device between a first configuration and a second configuration, based on the adjustment command. The tape may physically contact the tape head in the first configuration and not physically contact the tape head in the second configuration. |
| US10614843B2 |
Input coupler with features to divert stray light from a waveguide
A recording head has a waveguide core with an input end proximate an energy source at an input surface of the recording head. The waveguide core couples light from the energy source to a near-field transducer that heats a recording medium in response to the light. An input coupler extends along the waveguide core from the input end to a termination region that is away from the input end in a light propagation direction. The input coupler has a first refractive index between that of the waveguide core and a surrounding material. The input coupler is wider than the waveguide core and has a slanted edge at the termination region. The slanted edge crosses the waveguide core such that the input coupler narrows to a neck away from the waveguide core in a crosstrack direction. |
| US10614842B1 |
Thin-film piezoelectric-material element with protective film composition and insulating film through hole exposing lower electrode film
A thin-film piezoelectric-material element includes a laminated structure part having a lower electrode film, a piezoelectric-material film laminated on the lower electrode film and an upper electrode film laminated on the piezoelectric-material film, a lower piezoelectric-material protective-film being formed with alloy material, and an upper piezoelectric-material protective-film being formed with alloy material. The lower piezoelectric-material protective-film and the upper piezoelectric-material protective-film are formed respectively in the lower side of the lower electrode film and the upper side of the upper electrode film, of the laminated structure part, so as to sandwich the laminated structure part. The lower piezoelectric-material protective-film, and the upper piezoelectric-material protective-film are formed with alloy material including Fe as main ingredient and having Co and Mo, by Ion beam deposition. |
| US10614840B1 |
Reader with shape optimized for higher SNR
A recording head that includes a reader having a front end at a bearing surface of the recording head and a rear end behind the bearing surface. The reader has a non-rectangular shape with a front-end width that is less than an average width of the reader. A first bias element is positioned proximate to a first side of the reader, and a second bias element is positioned proximate to a second side of the reader. Each of the first and second bias elements has a bias level that is a function of a ratio of the front-end width to the average width of the reader. |
| US10614835B2 |
Methods for fabricating magnetic writer structures using post-deposition tilting
A method according to one embodiment includes forming a first portion of a thin film writer structure on a substrate, forming a portion of a write gap at an initial position, a plane of deposition of the portion of the write gap being at an angle of greater than 0° and less than 90° relative to an upper surface of the first portion in the initial position, moving the writer structure to orient the plane of deposition of the portion of the write gap more toward perpendicular to a plane corresponding to a final media-facing surface of the writer structure than the orientation of the plane of deposition of the portion of the write gap in the initial position, and fixing the writer structure in place after the moving. |
| US10614834B2 |
Magnetic tape
Provided is a magnetic tape in which a vertical direction squareness ratio and/or a longitudinal direction squareness ratio obtained by measurement performed by sweeping an external magnetic field in the magnetic tape in a predetermined range by a vibrating sample magnetometer is 0.70 to 1.00, and A calculated by Expression 1 is equal to or smaller than 5.0%. In Expression 1, n represents the number of measurement points measured at magnetic field strength of −40 kA/m to 40 kA/m during the sweeping and is 52, Mr(Hex) represents a magnetization quantity measured at magnetic field strength Hex, and μ represents an arithmetical mean of Mr(Hex) obtained by measurement performed in the range of the magnetic field strength during the sweeping. A = 100 × 1 n - 1 ∑ Hex = - 40 kA / m ∼ 40 kA / m ( Mr ( Hex ) - μ ) 2 / μ Expression 1 |
| US10614833B2 |
Headshell and tonearm for mounting cartridge of audio turntable and audio turntable comprising same
According to an embodiment, a headshell connecting a cartridge and a tonearm of an audio turntable includes a first part connected with the cartridge, a second part connected with the tonearm, and a joint axially and pivotally coupling the first part and the second part. The second part includes a first tension adjusting assembly of a first ball, a first spring, and a first tension adjuster and a second tension adjusting assembly of a second ball, a second spring, and a second tension adjuster, wherein the first tension adjusting assembly and the second tension adjusting assembly are formed in the second part and in parallel with each other. |
| US10614824B2 |
Audio decoder, apparatus for generating encoded audio output data and methods permitting initializing a decoder
An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder. |
| US10614822B2 |
Coding/decoding method, apparatus, and system for audio signal
Embodiments of the present application provide a coding/decoding method, apparatus, and system. According to the coding method, de-emphasis processing is performed on a full band signal by using a de-emphasis parameter determined according to a characteristic factor of an input audio signal, and then the full band signal is coded and sent to a decoder, so that the decoder performs corresponding de-emphasis decoding processing on the full band signal according to the characteristic factor of the input audio signal and restores the input audio signal. This resolves a prior-art problem that an audio signal restored by a decoder is apt to have signal distortion, and implements adaptive de-emphasis processing on the full band signal according to the characteristic factor of the audio signal to enhance coding performance, so that the input audio signal restored by the decoder has relatively high fidelity and is closer to an original signal. |
| US10614816B2 |
Systems and methods of communicating redundant frame information
A method includes receiving a second audio frame at a decoder. The second audio frame follows a first audio frame in an audio signal and includes a first number of bits allocated to primary coding information associated with the second audio frame, a second number of bits allocated to redundant coding information associated with the first audio frame, and an indicator of a frame type of the first audio frame. In response to a frame erasure condition associated with the first audio frame, the second number of bits is determined based on the indicator and used to decode the first audio frame. In clean channel conditions, the first audio frame is received and decoded based on primary coding bits in the first audio frame, and the first number of bits is determined based on the indicator and used to decode the second audio frame. |
| US10614814B2 |
Technologies for authenticating a speaker using voice biometrics
Technologies for authenticating a speaker in a voice authentication system using voice biometrics include a speech collection computing device and a speech authentication computing device. The speech collection computing device is configured to collect a speech signal from a speaker and transmit the speech signal to the speech authentication computing device. The speech authentication computing device is configured to compute a speech signal feature vector for the received speech signal, retrieve a speech signal classifier associated with the speaker, and feed the speech signal feature vector to the retrieved speech signal classifier. Additionally, the speech authentication computing device is configured to determine whether the speaker is an authorized speaker based on an output of the retrieved speech signal classifier. Additional embodiments are described herein. |
| US10614813B2 |
System and method for performing caller identity verification using multi-step voice analysis
Caller identity verification can be improved by employing a multi-step verification that leverages speech features that are obtained from multiple interactions with a caller. An enrollment is performed in which customer speech features and customer information are collected. When a caller calls into the call center, an attempt is made to verify the caller's identity by requesting the caller to speak a predefined phrase, extracting speech features from the spoken phrase, and comparing the phrase. If the purported identity of the caller can be matched with one of the customers based on the comparison, the identity of the caller is verified. If the match cannot be made with a high enough degree of confidence, the customer is asked to speak any phrase that is not predefined. Features are extracted from the caller's speech, combined with features previously extracted from the predefined speech, and compared to the enrollment features. |
| US10614812B2 |
Multi-microphone speech recognition systems and related techniques
A speech recognition system for resolving impaired utterances can have a speech recognition engine configured to receive a plurality of representations of an utterance and concurrently to determine a plurality of highest-likelihood transcription candidates corresponding to each respective representation of the utterance. The recognition system can also have a selector configured to determine a most-likely accurate transcription from among the transcription candidates. As but one example, the plurality of representations of the utterance can be acquired by a microphone array, and beamforming techniques can generate independent streams of the utterance across various look directions using output from the microphone array. |
| US10614811B2 |
Hierarchical speech recognition resolution
A system, method, apparatus and computer readable medium for hierarchical speech recognition resolution. The method of hierarchical speech recognition resolution on a platform includes receiving a speech stream from a microphone. The speech stream is resolved using a lowest possible level automatic speech recognition (ASR) engine of multi-level ASR engines. The selection of the lowest possible level ASR engine is based on policies defined for the platform. If resolution of the speech stream is rated less than a predetermined confidence level, the resolution of the speech stream is pushed to a next higher-level ASR engine of the multi-level ASR engines until the resolution of the speech stream meets the predetermined confidence level without violating one or more policies. |
| US10614810B1 |
Early selection of operating parameters for automatic speech recognition based on manually validated transcriptions
Early selection of operating parameters for improving accuracy of transcriptions generated by automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems. In one embodiment, a server receives an audio recording that includes speech, taken over a period spanning at least two hours. During the first hour, the server receives a ground truth transcription of a certain segment of the audio recording, created by a transcriber after listening to the certain segment. The server operates an ASR system a plurality of times, using a plurality of sets of operating parameters, to generate a plurality of respective transcriptions of the certain segment. The server evaluates accuracies of the plurality of transcriptions with respect to the ground truth transcription, and selects an optimal set of operating parameters. The server may then apply the optimal set of operating parameters to transcribe additional segments of the audio recording utilizing the ASR system. |
| US10614809B1 |
Quality estimation of hybrid transcription of audio
Hybrid transcription of audio relies on having one or more layers of transcribers who review transcriptions generated by automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems in order to correct errors that are found in the transcriptions. When it comes to determining how much human reviewing is needed, such as determining how many layers of review to use, there is a cost/benefit tradeoff to consider. Some embodiments described herein utilize a machine learning-based approach for estimating quality of hybrid transcription of audio. In one embodiment, a computer generates a transcription of a segment of audio using an ASR system, which is subsequently reviewed by a transcriber. The computer then calculates, based on properties of the review by the transcriber, a value indicative of an expected accuracy of the reviewed transcription. The computer may suggest a second transcriber review the reviewed transcription if the value indicative of the expected accuracy is below a threshold. |
| US10614802B2 |
Method and device for recognizing speech based on Chinese-English mixed dictionary
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a device for recognizing a speech based on a Chinese-English mixed dictionary. The method includes acquiring a Chinese-English mixed dictionary marked by an international phonetic alphabet, in which, the Chinese-English mixed dictionary includes a Chinese dictionary and an English dictionary revised by Chinglish; by taking the Chinese-English mixed dictionary as a training dictionary, taking a one-layer Convolutional Neural Network and a five-layer Long Short-Term Memory as a model, taking syllables or words as a target and taking a connectionist temporal classifier as a training criterion, training the model to obtain a trained CTC acoustic model; and performing a speech recognition on a Chinese-English mixed language based on the trained CTC acoustic model. |
| US10614800B1 |
Development of voice and other interaction applications
Among other things, a developer of an interaction application for an enterprise can create items of content to be provided to an assistant platform for use in responses to requests of end-users. The developer can deploy the interaction application using defined items of content and an available general interaction model including intents and sample utterances having slots. The developer can deploy the interaction application without requiring the developer to formulate any of the intents, sample utterances, or slots of the general interaction model. |
| US10614799B2 |
System and method of providing intent predictions for an utterance prior to a system detection of an end of the utterance
In certain implementations, intent prediction is provided for a natural language utterance based on a portion of the natural language utterance prior to a system detection of an end of the natural language utterance. In some implementations, a first portion of a natural language utterance of a user may be received. Speech recognition may be performed on the first portion of the natural language utterance to recognize one or more words of the first portion of the natural language utterance. Context information for the natural language utterance may be obtained. Prior to a detection of an end of the natural language utterance, a first intent may be predicted based on the one or more words of the first portion and the context information. One or more user requests may be determined based on the first predicted intent. |
| US10614798B2 |
Memory compression in a deep neural network
Aspects disclosed in the detailed description include memory compression in a deep neural network (DNN). To support a DNN application, a fully connected weight matrix associated with a hidden layer(s) of the DNN is divided into a plurality of weight blocks to generate a weight block matrix with a first number of rows and a second number of columns. A selected number of weight blocks are randomly designated as active weight blocks in each of the first number of rows and updated exclusively during DNN training. The weight block matrix is compressed to generate a sparsified weight block matrix including exclusively active weight blocks. The second number of columns is compressed to reduce memory footprint and computation power, while the first number of rows is retained to maintain accuracy of the DNN, thus providing the DNN in an efficient hardware implementation without sacrificing accuracy of the DNN application. |
| US10614796B2 |
Method of and system for processing a user-generated input command
A method of processing a user-generated input command executable at a computing apparatus includes, for each one of the plurality of machine-executable instructions, receiving a plurality of example expressions of the machine-executable instruction, generating a plurality of features for the plurality of example expressions, and analyzing the plurality of features associated with the plurality of example expressions to determine a plurality of feature patterns. The plurality of feature patterns is used to convert the user-generated input command into a machine executable output instruction, the machine executable output instruction being one of the plurality of machine-executable instructions. Systems for processing a user-generated command are also disclosed. |
| US10614794B2 |
Adjust output characteristic
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, a query from a user; receiving an indication of a time associated with provision of a result associated with the query; and adjusting a characteristic associated with an audible output based upon the indicated time. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US10614793B2 |
Systems and methods for providing automated natural language dialogue with customers
A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of providing automated natural dialogue with a customer. The system may generate one or more events and commands temporarily stored in queues to be processed by one or more of a dialogue management device, an API server, and an NLP device. The dialogue management device may create adaptive responses to customer communications using a customer context, a rules-based platform, and a trained machine learning model. |
| US10614791B2 |
Systems and methods of active noise reduction in headphones
Active noise reduction (ANR) headphones and associated methods are provided. The ANR headphones may include a memory to store a plurality of profiles each including controller information and acoustic parameters in addition to a profile selection routine executable by a processor of the ANR headphone. The profile selection routine may be configured to identify acoustic characteristics of a subject wearing the ANR headphone, compare the acoustic characteristics of the subject with the acoustic parameters of the plurality of profiles, select a profile from the plurality of profiles based on the comparison between the acoustic characteristics of the subject with the acoustic parameters of the selected profile, and provide the controller information of the selected profile to a noise reduction circuit of the ANR headphone. |
| US10614788B2 |
Two channel headset-based own voice enhancement
Systems and methods for enhancing a headset user's own voice include an outside microphone, an inside microphone, audio input components operable to receive a plurality of time-domain microphone signals, including an outside microphone signal from the outside microphone and an inside microphone signal from the inside microphone, a subband decomposition module operable to transform the time-domain microphone signals to frequency domain subband signals, a voice activity detector operable to detect speech presence and absence in the subband signals, a speech extraction module operable to predict a clean speech signal in each of the inside microphone signal and the outside microphone signal, and cancel audio sources other than a headset user's own voice by combining the predicted clean speech signal from the inside microphone signal and the predicted clean speech signal from the outside microphone signal, and a postfiltering module operable to reduce residual noise. |
| US10614787B2 |
Transducer for a stringed musical instrument
A string-vibration transducer for an electric, stringed instrument that provides effective noise or hum cancellation while retaining single-coil tone. The transducer includes a permanent magnet, at least two ferromagnetic metal poles, a coil that is configured to loop around the at least one ferromagnetic metal pole, and a bottom flatwork comprising at least two apertures to receive the at least two ferromagnetic metal poles, wherein the permanent magnet comprises a north magnetic pole and a south magnetic pole, wherein the at least two ferromagnetic metal poles are configured to be displaced on top of the permanent magnet and through the at least one aperture on the bottom flatwork, wherein the coil is configured to loop around the at least two ferromagnetic metal poles to comprise two loops in a shape of figure eight, and wherein the bottom flatwork is configured to be on top of the permanent magnet. |
| US10614785B1 |
Method and apparatus for computer-aided mash-up variations of music and other sequences, including mash-up variation by chaotic mapping
A method for creating mash-ups of musical and/or other inputs includes parsing each input into a sequence of elements, which can be of equal length, beat-matching the inputs to make corresponding elements of equal beat length, and combining the elements to form a mash-up. Embodiments align the inputs before combination. The inputs can each include a plurality of tracks. Improved chaotic mapping can be used to substitute elements between tracks of the inputs. The elements, singly or in groups, can be modified before substitution. In other embodiments elements from the input tracks are introduced into a mash-up template whereby different combinations of corresponding elements are included in each mash-up frame. The tracks can be successively introduced into the mash-up and/or successively eliminated in a final Coda section of the mash-up. The combinations can be according to a recognizable pattern, which can be repeated, or determined by improved chaotic mapping. |
| US10614770B2 |
Driving module for display device
A driving module for a display device includes a first transistor, comprising a gate coupled to a first node, a drain coupled to an output end, and a source coupled to a first positive voltage source; a second transistor, comprising a gate coupled to a second node, a drain coupled to output end, and a source coupled to a first negative voltage source; and a voltage generating unit, coupled to an input end, a second positive voltage source and a second negative voltage source for generating a first voltage at first node and a second voltage at second node according to a control signal from input end; wherein voltage difference between a first positive voltage of first positive voltage source and first voltage is smaller than first threshold and voltage difference between a first negative voltage of first negative voltage source and second voltage is smaller than second threshold. |
| US10614767B2 |
Multi-primary backlight for multi-functional active-matrix liquid crystal displays
A direct view display provides a light modulating panel and a backlight including first and second sets of spectral emitters. Several modes of operation may be provided including an advanced 2D mode, and an enhanced color gamut mode employing simultaneous illumination of the first and second set of spectral emitters. Another embodiment may be an optical structure for a multi-functional LCD display with wide color gamut and high stereo contrast. The optical structure may also be used to produce more saturated colors for a wider display color gamut and also may be used to produce a brighter backlight structure through light recycling of the wider bandwidth light back into the optical structure. |
| US10614764B2 |
Zone-based display data processing and transmission
An apparatus includes a display panel and one or more drivers operatively coupled to the display panel. The display panel includes an array of pixels divided into at least a first zone and a second zone, each of which is associated with a plurality of display attributes. The drivers are configured to receive control signals, and drive the array of pixels based, at least in part, on the control signals so that a first value of at least one of the plurality of display attributes associated with the first zone is different from a second value of the at least one of the plurality of display attributes associated with the second zone. |
| US10614761B2 |
Pixel, display device, and method for driving the same
A pixel includes: a first transistor configured generate a driving current corresponding to a data signal transmitted from a corresponding data line; a first light emitting diode (LED) including a cathode connected to a first power supply line and an anode connected to a second power supply line, and configured to emit light by the driving current; a second light emitting diode (LED) including a cathode connected to the second power supply line and an anode connected to the first power supply line, and configured to emit light by the driving current; a second transistor connected to the anode of the first light emitting diode (LED), and configured to transmit the driving current to the first light emitting diode (LED); and a third transistor connected to the anode of the second light emitting diode (LED), and configured to transmit the driving current to the second light emitting diode (LED. |
| US10614759B2 |
Display device and electronic equipment
A display device includes a pixel array section, the pixel array section having pixels arranged in a matrix form, at least one of the pixels including an electro-optical element, a write transistor, a capacitor, a drive transistor, and a switching transistor. A write scan line is disposed for each pixel row of the pixel array section and adapted to convey a write signal to be applied to a gate electrode of the write transistor. The wiring structure of the write scan line does not cross a wiring pattern connected to a gate electrode of the drive transistor. |
| US10614758B2 |
Pixel and organic light emitting display device having the pixel
The present disclosure relates to a pixel displaying an image. A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode, a first transistor controlling an amount of current flowing from a first driving power supply to a second driving power supply via the organic light emitting diode in response to a voltage of a first node; a storage capacitor connected between the first node and the first driving power supply; a second transistor connected between a data line and the first node and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a first scan line, and an auxiliary transistor connected between the second transistor and the data line and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a second scan line. The second transistor and the auxiliary transistor have an overlapping turn-on period, and the second transistor is turned off before the auxiliary transistor is turned off. |
| US10614757B2 |
Flexible display device and method for detecting bending state thereof
An organic EL panel 10 is a bendable display panel including a plurality of pixel circuits 60 each having a light emitting element and a drive element. A data line drive circuit 15 performs, by driving data lines, an operation of writing a voltage to a control terminal of the drive element and an operation of measuring a current flowing through the drive element for the pixel circuits 60 selected by a scanning line drive circuit 14. A bending detection unit 90 detects a bending state of the organic EL panel 10 based on a measurement result of the current flowing through the drive element. A correction unit 80 corrects a video signal VS1 based on the detected bending state. With this, the bending state of a screen is detected and a change in brightness or color when the screen is bent is prevented. |
| US10614756B2 |
Display apparatus with improved hysteresis characteristics, and display method
A display apparatus includes: a first wiring, a second wiring, and a third wiring; a light emitting element configured to emit light due to a current flowing between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode; a driving transistor configured to control a current which is supplied from the first wiring to the anode electrode; a first switch configured to connect or disconnect the second wiring and a gate electrode of the driving transistor; a second switch configured to connect or disconnect the third wiring and the anode electrode; and a switching circuit configured to selectively apply one of an image signal voltage and a first voltage to the second wiring. |
| US10614754B2 |
Stage and organic light emitting display device using the same
A stage includes an output, an input, signal processors, and a stabilizer. The output supplies a voltage of a first or second power source to an output terminal based on voltages of first and second nodes. The input controls voltages of third and fourth nodes based on signals to a first and second input terminals. A first signal processor controls the voltage of the first node based on the voltage of the second node. A second signal processor is connected to a fifth node and controls the voltage of the first node based on a signal to a third input terminal. A third signal processor controls the voltage of the fourth node based on the voltage of the third node and the signal to the third input terminal. The stabilizer is connected between the second signal processor and input to control voltage drop widths of the third and fourth nodes. |
| US10614753B2 |
Display panel and electronic device
The present disclosure provides a display panel and an electronic device including the display panel. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels and a plurality of pixel units. The plurality of sub-pixels includes at least a first color sub-pixel and at least a second color sub-pixel. The plurality of sub-pixels and the plurality of pixel units are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner. The display panel provided by the present disclosure can greatly reduce the difficulty of the preparation process while remaining a high aperture ratio, thereby improving the production yield of the display panel, significantly reducing the preparation cost of the display panel, greatly improving the display performance of the display panel, providing a comfortable user experience. |
| US10614750B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling current in display devices
The present disclosure relates generally systems and methods for controlling current provided to display devices. A method for controlling the current may include receiving drive current values associated with subpixels in a display and receiving information that corresponds to an application type being rendered on the display and/or an indication of image data being rendered on the display. The method may then include reducing at least some of the drive current values based at least in part on the application type. Alternatively, the method may include reducing the at least a portion of the image data corresponding to the at least some of the drive current values has substantially similar luminance and color values. The method may then include supplying the subpixels with drive currents that correspond to the drive current values. |
| US10614745B2 |
Display device having a plurality of pixel areas
A display device includes a pixel unit including first pixels in a first pixel area, second pixels in a second pixel area, and third pixels in a third pixel area; a first scan driver including first multiplexers configured to operate in response to a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode, and to supply first scan signals to first scan lines connected to the first pixels; a second scan driver configured to supply second scan signals to second scan lines connected to the second pixels; and a third scan driver including second multiplexers configured to operate in response to the first mode and the second mode, and to supply third scan signals to third scan lines connected to the third pixels. |
| US10614743B2 |
Display apparatus and a method of driving the same
A display apparatus includes a timing controller configured to generate a display synchronization signal and a standby enable signal during a moving image mode, wherein the display synchronization signal is generated using an original synchronization signal and the standby enable signal corresponds to a preset frame period of the display synchronization signal. The display apparatus includes a data driver to block a data voltage from being provided to a data line in response to the standby enable signal, and a gate clock generator configured to block a gate clock signal from being outputted in response to the standby enable signal. |
| US10614742B2 |
Pixel structure, array substrate, display device and method for driving the display device
A pixel structure, an array substrate, a display device and a method for driving the display device are provided. The pixel structure includes a plurality of pixel units, each including two rows of subpixels, each row of which includes a monochrome subpixel and a white subpixel, the monochrome subpixel being any one selected from a first monochrome subpixel, a second monochrome subpixel and a third monochrome subpixel and colors of two monochrome subpixels in each pixel unit being different, wherein monochrome subpixels in each row or column are arranged periodically in an order of a first, second and third monochrome subpixel, colors of the first monochrome subpixel, the second monochrome subpixel and the third monochrome subpixel are different from each other, and monochromatic light beams emitted by the first monochrome subpixel, the second monochrome subpixel and the third monochrome subpixel are capable of being mixed into white light. |
| US10614730B2 |
Labeling sleeve assembly, and methods of manufacturing and use thereof
A labeling sleeve assembly includes a label strap having a first end segment and a second end segment, where the label strap is configured to be formed into a loop, and an elastic band. The elastic band includes a first anchor region configured to bond to the first end segment of the label strap while the label strap is formed into the loop, a second anchor region configured to bond to the second end segment of the label strap while the label strap is formed into the loop, and a bridging segment derived from an elastic layer, where the bridging segment connects the first anchor region and the second anchor region. |
| US10614729B2 |
Enabling a visually impaired or blind person to have access to information printed on a physical document
A method and system for accessing information related to a physical document. An electronic copy of an existing physical document is identified and located. The electronic copy of the physical document is an exact replica of the physical document. A selected part of the physical document is identified and in response, data related to the selected part of the physical document is retrieved from the electronic copy of the physical document. The retrieved data is presented visually to a visually impaired person or orally to a blind person on the user system, which enables the visually impaired person to see or hear, respectively, the retrieved data. |
| US10614728B2 |
Scoring server
A scoring server for assessing technical skills in a practical environment. A client application acts as a middle man between a terminal and an operating system to capture and forward all input from and output to students to the scoring server. The scoring server compares recorded student activity against a list of tasks deemed capable of accomplishing course objectives assigned to students. As objectives are met by a student, the students' grade is updated in real-time. Each student passes or fails an exam based on tasks performed and skills employed. The client application exists for two operating system types: WINDOWS® and LINUX®. A LINUX® client employs a pseudoterminal to permit access to terminal input/output and communication through stdin, stdout, and stderr channels. A windows client (WC) comprises a WC command line activity logger and a WC monitor process to intercept all communication through stdin, stdout, and stderr communication channels. |
| US10614726B2 |
Behaviorally-based crash avoidance system
Described herein are a system and method of training a motor vehicle operator in crash-avoidance skills. Critical crash-avoidance skills comprise actively scanning a driving environment to identify, recognize, and remember what is seen; adjusting vehicle speed and position to accommodate road conditions, visibility, and traffic; proactively identifying and responding to potential hazards before the potential hazards become immediate hazards; recognizing, assessing, and responding to driving risks; creating a space cushion in order to identify and maintain possible escape routes; and identifying and minimizing visual, manual, and cognitive distractions. Training comprises at least one interactive driving simulation in which use of technology by a motor vehicle operator impacts performance of the motor vehicle operator. The training comprises computer-based learning tutorials, interactive point-of-view driving simulations, and conjoint experienced driver mentor/inexperienced trainee activities, as well as objective testing of motor vehicle operators on skills and driving knowledge. |
| US10614725B2 |
Generating secondary questions in an introspective question answering system
A method of generating secondary questions in a question-answer system. Missing information is identified from a corpus of data using a computerized device. The missing information comprises any information that improves confidence scores for candidate answers to a question. The computerized device automatically generates a plurality of hypotheses concerning the missing information. The computerized device automatically generates at least one secondary question based on each of the plurality of hypotheses. The hypotheses are ranked based on relative utility to determine an order in which the computerized device outputs the at least one secondary question to external sources to obtain responses. |
| US10614715B2 |
Systems and methods for communicating autonomous vehicle confidence levels
Systems and methods for communicating autonomous vehicle confidence levels are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer implemented method includes obtaining, by a computing system including one or more computing devices onboard an autonomous vehicle, data associated with the autonomous vehicle. The method includes determining, by the computing system, a vehicle confidence level associated with one or more system actions of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the data associated with the autonomous vehicle. The method includes determining, by the computing system, an external vehicle indication that is indicative of the vehicle confidence level. The method includes outputting, by the computing system via an output device onboard the autonomous vehicle, the external vehicle indication that is indicative of the vehicle confidence level. The external vehicle indication is outputted to at least a portion of a surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle. |
| US10614714B2 |
Method and device for classifying a parking spot identified with the aid of a distance-based detection method for validity
A method for classifying a parking spot identified with the aid of a distance-based detection process for validity, including the following: comparing a position of the identified parking spot to a digital parking facility map which includes positions of valid and invalid parking areas; and classifying the identified parking spot as a valid or an invalid parking spot as a function of the comparison. Also described are a corresponding device, a corresponding parking guidance system, a corresponding motor vehicle, and a computer program. |
| US10614713B2 |
Network computer system to identify the current location of a user as a destination of a service request
A computer system can receive, from a mobile device of a user, a set of data that specifies a location of a second user as a destination location, wherein the second user is associated with a contact record. Subsequent to receiving the set of data, the computer system can receive, from a mobile device of the second user, location information indicating a current location of the second user, and configure the destination location of a service request of the user to correspond to the current location of the second user. The computer system may then transmit, to a mobile device of a service provider assigned to fulfill the service request, a second set of data associated with the service request, the second set of data including location data corresponding to a pick-up location of the user and location data corresponding to the configured destination location. |
| US10614710B2 |
Map display with directions generating and download facility
A map-display-based, computer-implemented approach is provided for providing directions to a user to assist the user in reaching a destination. The approach includes, for instance, collecting at a map display user input data, where the user input data includes the user's destination. In addition, the approach includes generating, by a directions generating facility associated with the map display, directions for the user to use in navigating from a current location to the user's destination, and downloading the directions generated by the directions generating facility to a mobile device of the user to assist the user in reaching the desired destination after leaving the map display. The downloading of directions to the user's mobile device may include downloading the directions in at least one of text data format or voice data format. |
| US10614704B2 |
System and method for optimized appliance control
In response to a detected presence of an intended target appliance within a logical topography of controllable appliances identity information associated with the intended target appliance is used to automatically add to a graphical user interface of a controlling device an icon representative of the intended target appliance and to create at a Universal Control Engine a listing of communication methods for use in controlling corresponding functional operations of the intended target appliance. When the icon is later activated, the controlling device is placed into an operating state appropriate for controlling functional operations of the intended target appliance while the Universal Control Engine uses at least one of the communication methods to transmit at least one command to place the intended target appliance into a predetermined operating state. |
| US10614703B1 |
System and method for controlling animated props
A system for activating a plurality of Halloween props with a single remote controller is provided. The system includes a remote controller and a plurality of remote receivers. Each of the remote receivers is connected to the Halloween prop via an activation port of the Halloween prop, e.g., a try-me or step pad port. The remote controller has a plurality of pushbuttons for accepting a user selection to be received by a respective remote receiver. Each of the pushbuttons corresponds to a Halloween prop that is connected with the respective remote receiver via the activation port. |
| US10614701B2 |
Monitoring system for security technology
The present invention relates to the operation of a monitoring system for security technology, specifically for swift handling of possible issues with surveillance devices configured to carry out predetermined surveillance tasks. The invention also relates to a corresponding method and a computer program product. |
| US10614699B2 |
Hygiene compliance module
A hygiene compliance module is configured to be retrofit with a compatible dispenser to enable hygiene compliance monitoring functions. The hygiene compliance module is configured to be coupled to the dispenser via a communication interface to receive power, ground, and dispenser actuation signals therefrom. In addition, the hygiene compliance module is enabled to communicate with a wireless data tag that is worn by a user of the dispenser and with a remote hygiene compliance monitoring station. |
| US10614695B2 |
Gas-measuring device with personnel locator
A gas-measuring device includes a control unit, a gas sensor module, a radio receiver unit, a first radio transmitter unit and a second radio transmitter unit. The control unit detects sensor data via the gas sensor module in a first operating state and upon detecting a potential hazardous state, based on the sensor data, changes over into a second operating state. The control unit further detects one or more radio signals, which indicate respective characteristics of respective portable transmitter units, by the radio receiver unit in the second operating state, and determines, on the basis of the radio signals, which of the transmitter units have a sufficiently close proximity in space to the gas-measuring device. The control unit provides the characteristics of the transmitter units, having a sufficiently close proximity in space, via the first radio transmitter unit. |
| US10614690B2 |
Management system, server, management device, and management method
Provided is a management system in which required capacity of a storage device can be reduced even when the number of events that occur increases and in which the required capacity can be clearly understood. A management system includes: an information storage member that stores individual identification information of a management target; an information reading device that reads individual identification information I from the information storage member located within a predetermined distance from the information reading device; an imaging device hat generates continuous image data by continuously capturing images of at least an area where the information reading device can read the individual identification information I from the information storage member; a storage device that stores the continuous image data; a control device that acquires an event occurrence time at which an event related to the individual identification information I read by the information reading device has occurred, and sets in the continuous image data a playback start time corresponding to the event occurrence time; and a display device capable of displaying an image based on the continuous image data. |
| US10614688B1 |
Detecting and identifying activities and events within a property's security perimeter using a configurable network of vibration and motion sensors
Monitoring an object includes initially detecting motion of the object using at least one of a plurality of sensors disposed at different locations throughout a property, estimating a risk level associated with the object, continuously monitoring the object in response to the object being greater than a pre-determined size and the risk level exceeding a first predetermined threshold in a first predetermined amount of time, and alerting a user in response to the object being continuously monitored and the risk level increasing to a second predetermined threshold within a second predetermined amount of time. Monitoring an object may also include halting monitoring of the object in response to the object leaving the property and/or the risk level being less than the first predetermined threshold for longer than the first predetermined amount of time. At least one of the sensor units may have a column portion that includes a vibration sensor. |
| US10614687B2 |
Active intruder mitigation system and method
A life safety system for mitigating injuries and fatalities to occupants of a multi-zone structure comprising a plurality of controllers, and coupled to said controller, a plurality of digital imaging devices, a plurality of locking mechanisms, a plurality of dispersion points for the dispersion of at least one dispersible substance, and optionally a plurality of thermostatic members, the foregoing communicatively connected to an intelligent video analysis system. The life safety system further comprises at least one monitoring location physically removed from at least one of said controllers and from at least one of said dispersion points and from at least one of said locking mechanisms and from at least one of said thermostatic members. |
| US10614682B1 |
Motion sensing cable for tracking customer interaction with devices
An intelligent motion sensing cable is disclosed, where a motion sensor that is included in the cable can detect cable motion. The cable can use this detected motion to generate data indicative of customer interactions with a connected electronic device. The cable can also use this detected motion to intelligently control a charge signal delivered by the cable to a connected electronic device. |
| US10614680B2 |
Motion sensing cargo net assembly
A motion sensing cargo net assembly includes a netting having a perimeter edge and a central area. A housing is mounted on the netting and a control circuit is mounted in the housing. A power supply is electrically coupled to the control circuit. A motion sensor is mounted in the housing is electrically coupled to the control circuit and a speaker is electrically coupled to the control circuit. The speaker emits an audible alarm sound when the motion sensor is turned on and detects movement of the housing. |
| US10614679B2 |
Haptic presentation apparatus, recognition apparatus, control apparatus, and haptic presentation method
A haptic presentation apparatus includes an actuator mechanism, a transmission mechanism, a detection unit, and a recognition unit. The transmission mechanism transmits haptic information to a user using a driving force caused by the actuator mechanism. The detection unit detects a load amount applied to the actuator mechanism. The recognition unit recognizes a contact state of the user with respect to the transmission mechanism based on the load amount detected by the detection unit. |
| US10614674B2 |
Timed skill objective wagering system
A timed skill objective wagering system is disclosed. The timed skill objective wagering system includes an interactive controller configured to present a timed skill objective to a player, detect a successful skillful interaction by the player within a specified time period, increment a skill objective metric when the successful skillful interaction is detected, determine a skill outcome of achievement of the skill objective when the skill objective metric exceeds a threshold value, and communicate the skill outcome to a process controller. The process controller is configured to generate a chance-based outcome of an amount of credits, receive the skill outcome from the interactive controller, and determine a combined wagering outcome using the chance-based outcome and the skill outcome. |
| US10614671B2 |
Mechanism for sponsorship with contextual transactions
At a high-level, method to enable viewers of online or televised gaming tournaments to actively participate in the tournament through monetary or other means. |
| US10614670B2 |
Aggregate gaming funds
Some embodiments include a fantasy sports games or other type of gaming options. A gaming entity may establish a fund of money that is to be exposed to a gaming market in an attempt to win money from risking the fund of money. A gaming operator may use the pool or fund to create liquidity in a gaming market. Various gamers may enter into games with the gaming entity by by matching with various portions of the pool or fund. |
| US10614669B2 |
Central determination gaming system with incrementing awards
A central determination gaming system which provides predetermined game outcomes with an incrementing award feature. |
| US10614668B2 |
Method and system for a stacked symbol game
A gaming system wherein a first reel strip is selected from a set of reel strips for a first game. The first reel strip has a set of first consecutive symbol positions and a set of second consecutive symbol positions, each associated with a plurality of symbols and the second consecutive symbol positions comprise at least two consecutive identical symbols. The first reel strip is then displayed within at least one reel. If the user desires to play one or more additional games, the system selects and displays at least one additional reel strip from a set of reel strips. The additional reel strip has a set of first consecutive symbol positions and a set of second consecutive symbol positions, each associated with a plurality of symbols, and the second consecutive symbol positions comprise fewer consecutive identical symbols than were present in the previous game. This process is repeated until a reel strip is selected which has no consecutive identical symbols in the second consecutive identical symbol positions. If another request to play an additional game is received from the user, the system may repeat the first selection step and all steps that follow until no further requests to play are received from the user. |
| US10614667B2 |
Method of modifying a primary game of an existing legacy gaming machine to include secondary awards
Secondary gaming functionality is implemented relative to a casino gaming machine by a secondary controller which is associated with the gaming machine. In this manner, primary gaming functionality, such as primary wagering games and the award of primary awards and/or player reward points, may be implemented by the main game controller of the gaming machine. In addition, however, secondary gaming functionality may also be implemented at the gaming machine, such as secondary wagering games, secondary awards such as bonus and progressive awards and/or player reward points, via the secondary controller. The secondary controller may only implement secondary gaming functionality in response to a secondary wager placed by a player beyond a primary wager which enables the primary gaming functionality. |
| US10614665B2 |
Regulated casino games in which the health of a player's virtual avatar affects the wagering characteristics of the game, including the triggering of a wager
A computer-implemented method of determining rewards due to a player while playing a game on a regulated gaming machine may comprise providing a game configured to provide a plurality of in-game assets and a virtual avatar controlled by player inputs to interact with the plurality of in-game assets. A first health status may be established for the virtual avatar. First player inputs may be received and used to control the virtual avatar to interact with in-game assets and to make a first wager having first wager characteristics. As a result, the first health status may change to a higher or lower second health status. Second player inputs may be received to cause the virtual avatar to interact the in-game assets and to make a second wager having second, different, wager characteristics. The difference between the first wager characteristics and the second wager characteristics may be at least partially based upon the second health status. |
| US10614663B2 |
Delayed bonus win determination
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to gaming devices having a delayed bonus win determination and methods of operating gaming systems and gaming devices to provide delayed bonus win determinations. Here, contributions to a linked jackpot may be separated from the chance to win the linked jackpot, where the chance to win the linked jackpot can be stored and used at a later time. |
| US10614661B2 |
Management of virtual goods in distributed multi-ledger gambling architecture
Various embodiments provide management of virtual goods. In some embodiments, a gaming platform can be used to provide a secure ledger system for recording money transfer, play action, bets, analytics, gaming statistics, and the like, which are associated with virtual goods. Non-limiting examples of virtual goods comprise: characters; badges/icons; gameplay attributes; virtual money; cryptocurrencies; tokens; digital gifts; gameplay levels/add-ons; and prizes, among other examples. In some examples, gaming systems can directly interact with the distributed multi-ledger architecture for secure and transparent transactions which can also be accessed by auditors, tax authorities, partners, and/or other entities. Some examples may use private and/or public blockchains as part of the distributed multi-ledger gaming architecture. For instance, multiple distributed network nodes may be utilized to manage transaction records. |
| US10614660B2 |
Peripheral management device for virtual game interaction
In one embodiment, a peripheral management device may have a controller configured to communicate with a gaming machine and a portable electronic device. The controller may be configured to: (i) receive a peripheral data packet from a gaming machine processor, the peripheral data packet including at least one command; (ii) determine whether to process the peripheral data packet on at least one peripheral device of the gaming machine or at least one virtual peripheral device of the portable electronic device; (iii) generate an instructional data packet for the at least one virtual peripheral device if the peripheral data packet is determined to be processed on the at least one virtual peripheral device; and (iv) transmit the instructional data packet to the portable electronic device. |
| US10614657B2 |
Location based restrictions on networked gaming
A system and method for peer-to-peer gaming is described. One embodiment includes a system for peer-to-peer gaming, the system comprising an at least one gaming client, wherein the at least one gaming client is configured to accept a selection of an at least one gaming option from a player, and allow the player to play a game based on the selection of the at least one gaming option; an administration server, wherein the administration server is configured to receive the selection of the at least one gaming option from the at least one gaming client, and initiate the game for the player based on the selection of the at least one gaming option; and an at least one gaming server, wherein the at least one gaming sever is configured to run the game and transmit data about the game to the administration server. |
| US10614653B2 |
Gaming machine including projection-type display screen
There is provided a gaming machine capable of providing diverse type of image representation. The gaming machine 1 includes: a screen unit 10040 whose surface at least partially includes curved portions 10042; and a projector 10020 accommodated inside a casing 2, which is configured to project light to the screen unit 10040. Light projected by the projector 10020 is incident on a back surface side of the screen unit 10040 from the inside of the casing 2. The screen unit 10040 lets the light incident on the back surface side of the screen unit 10040 pass the screen unit 10040, thereby enabling displaying of an image on the front surface side of the screen unit 10040 positioned on the surface of the casing 2. |
| US10614639B2 |
In-vehicle control device and in-vehicle recording system
An in-vehicle recording system of a vehicle includes a detector including at least a front camera; an electronic control unit configured to control a rudder angle to keep the vehicle within a traveling lane based on information on at least images in front of the vehicle detected by the front camera; a control area network; a gateway device connected to the control area network; a data recording electronic control unit configured to sequentially record a status data that includes at least images transferred through the control area network and the gateway device, and when an event occurs, record on a nonvolatile memory the status data relating to the event that occurs, among the status data over a predetermined time before and after occurrence of the event. |
| US10614635B1 |
Augmented reality system with color-based fiducial marker
Techniques to improve operation of an augmented reality device and/or system utilizing fiducial markers and/or colorspace conversions are provided. In various embodiments, one or more fiducial markers in an environment associated with the augmented reality device are updated and optimized in relation to environmental changes utilizing one or more color-space conversion techniques. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10614633B2 |
Projecting a two-dimensional image onto a three-dimensional graphical object
Aspects of the technology described herein provide for projecting a two-dimensional (2D) image onto a surface of a three-dimensional (3D) graphical object within a virtual 3D drawing space. In response to a user input indicating a command to stamp the 2D image onto the 3D graphical object, the 2D image is projected, in 3D space, onto the surface of the 3D graphical object, creating the appearance that the 2D image wraps around the 3D graphical object in 3D space. In one aspect, as the 3D graphical object is rotated, translated, stretched, or otherwise manipulated, the 2D image remains fixed to the surface of the 3D graphical object and is also rotated, translated, stretched, or otherwise manipulated. |
| US10614627B2 |
Holographic technology implemented security solution
Disclosed are techniques that use mixed reality, e.g., augmented reality and virtual reality technologies to improve analysis of security situations. The techniques allow a guard (or other user in a facility) to observe persons in a facility and determine merely by looking at such persons through a mixed reality device whether those persons are authorized to be in the facility or not, irrespective of whether those persons are required or not required to publically display some credentials, such as a badge or the like. |
| US10614626B2 |
System and method for providing augmented reality challenges
A system and method for providing augmented reality challenges. The method includes obtaining at least one multimedia content element; causing generation of at least one signature for each obtained multimedia content element; determining, based on the generated signatures, at least one augmented reality challenge; identifying, based on the determined at least one augmented reality challenge, at least one augmented reality object; creating at least one challenge multimedia content element by causing addition of the at least one augmented reality object to the obtained at least one multimedia content element; and causing a display of the created at least one challenge multimedia content element. |
| US10614624B2 |
Methods, devices, and systems for part-to-build
Methods, devices, and systems for determining a job file for a three-dimensional printing machine based on part-to-build data. Embodiments include determining the part-to-build data based on: determining part data from a received computer-aided design (CAD) file, generating orientation data, generating support data, generating feature data, and generating slicing data. In some embodiments, determining the job file may be further based on generating nesting matrix associated with the part-to-build data. |
| US10614622B2 |
Method and system for multisample antialiasing
A method and system for generating two or three dimensional computer graphics images using multisample antialiasing (MSAA) is provided, which enables memory bandwidth to be conserved. For each of one or more pixels it is determined whether all of a plurality of sample areas of that pixel are located within a particular primitive. For those pixels where it is determined that all the sample areas of that pixel are located within that primitive, a value is stored in a multisample memory for a smaller number of the sample areas of that pixel than the total number of the sample areas of that pixel and data is stored indicating that all the sample areas of that pixel are located within that primitive. |
| US10614620B2 |
Systems and methods for computer-based visualization, rendering, and representation of regions of space using point clouds
Disclosed are embodiments for the generation of point clouds representing a region of space. The region may comprise a plurality of objects, which may comprise cubes, voxels, and/or the like. A plurality of points are calculated and distributed among the objects within the region. Generation of such point clouds may be useful in rendering representations of the region of space, and/or respective object(s) therein, on human-machine interface devices, such as computer displays and/or the like. |
| US10614612B2 |
Fast path traced reflections for augmented reality
The present disclosure describes a novel way of fast generation of physically correct reflections of virtual objects, augmented into real-world image. The method is based on global illumination ray tracing (aka path tracing) at a low computational complexity. |
| US10614610B2 |
Texture filtering with dynamic scheduling in computer graphics
A texture filtering unit includes a datapath block and a control block. The datapath block includes one or more parallel computation pipelines, each containing at least one hardware logic component configured to receive a plurality of inputs and generate an output value as part of a texture filtering operation. The control block includes a plurality of sequencers and an arbiter. Each sequencer executes a micro-program that defines a sequence of operations to be performed by the one or more pipelines in the datapath block as part of a texture filtering operation and the arbiter controls access, by the sequencers, to the one or more pipelines in the datapath based on predefined prioritization rules. |
| US10614606B2 |
Information processing apparatus for creating an animation from a spherical image
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to register at least a first viewpoint and a second viewpoint designated next to the first viewpoint as viewpoints in a full-view spherical image with an order designated by a user, set a transition path of the viewpoints from the first viewpoint to the second viewpoint by interpolating between the first viewpoint and the second viewpoint in the full-view spherical image, generate a first partial image having a center that matches the first viewpoint, and a second partial image having a center that matches the second viewpoint, and play animation by sequentially displaying the first partial image and the second partial image with the order designated by the user while transiting the viewpoints from the first viewpoint to the second viewpoint along the set transition path. |
| US10614602B2 |
Personal augmented reality
Image data comprising an image of an environment is received from a mobile video device located at the environment. An image of a marker is extracted from the received image for use in identifying the location of the mobile video device. A location associated with the marker is extracted from a database and the extracted location is sent as the location of the mobile video device. Also received is a request for information about an item in the environment that is of interest to a user of the mobile video device. A location in the environment associated with the item of interest is identified, and the information indicating the location of the item is transmitted to the mobile device for display within an image of the environment on the mobile video device. The item of interest may be displayed as an augmented reality within an image of the environment. |
| US10614596B2 |
Image processing method, electronic device and apparatus having storage function
The present disclosure discloses an image processing method, an electronic device and an apparatus having a storage function. The method includes: inputting a to-be-processed image of a source color gamut; converting a pixel value within the to-be-processed image into a coordinate value of a preset color space; determining whether a first color gamut point in the source color gamut is located outside a target color gamut according to the coordinate value; if yes, converting the first color gamut point into a second color gamut point in an outer converting region in the target color gamut. In the above manner, the present disclosure can increase the level of detail of an image after being mapped in different color gamuts. |
| US10614594B2 |
Cross-device supervisory computer vision system
A supervisory computer vision (CV) system may include a secondary CV system running in parallel with a native CV system on a mobile device. The secondary CV system is configured to run less frequently than the native CV system. CV algorithms are then run on these less-frequent sample images, generating information for localizing the device to a reference point cloud (e.g., provided over a network) and for transforming between a local point cloud of the native CV system and the reference point cloud. AR content may then be consistently positioned relative to the convergent CV system's coordinate space and visualized on a display of the mobile device. Various related algorithms facilitate the efficient operation of this system. |
| US10614590B2 |
Apparatus for determination of interference between virtual objects, control method of the apparatus, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain position and orientation information and shape information about a real holding object holding a plurality of virtual objects, a setting unit configured to set a virtual object held by the holding object as an interference virtual object and to set a virtual object that is not held by the holding object as an interfered virtual object, based on the position and orientation information and the shape information about the plurality of virtual objects and the position and orientation information and shape information about the holding object, and a determination unit configured to determine presence or absence of interference between the interference virtual object and the interfered virtual object, based on the position and orientation information and the shape information about the interference virtual object and the position and orientation information and the shape information about the interfered virtual object. |
| US10614585B2 |
Parallax calculation apparatus, stereo camera apparatus, vehicle, and parallax calculation method
A parallax calculation apparatus (12) includes an input interface (15) configured to acquire a stereo image including a first image and a second image and a controller (16) configured to calculate parallax by performing sequential matching of a block that is a portion of the second image with the first image while sequentially shifting the block from an initial position in a baseline length direction. The controller (16) varies the pitch at which the block is shifted next in accordance with the shift amount of the block from the initial position. |
| US10614584B2 |
Three-dimensional distance measurement apparatus
A three-dimensional distance measurement apparatus include: a plurality of light sources 11 that irradiate light onto the subject; a light emission control unit 12 that controls light emission from a plurality of light sources; a light-receiving unit 13 that detects reflection light from the subject; a distance-calculating unit 14 that calculates a distance to the subject on the basis of a transmission time of reflection light; and an image processing unit 15 that creates a distance image of the subject on the basis of calculated distance data. The plurality of irradiation areas 3 onto which light from the light sources are irradiated are arranged to partially overlap only with the neighboring ones. The light emission control unit 12 individually turns on or off the light sources 11 or individually adjusts the emitted light amounts. |
| US10614581B2 |
Deep image localization
An image localization system is described. A server stores a localization model that associates location and orientation data with each picture among a plurality of pictures. The server receives a query for a location and an orientation of a device. The query includes a first picture. A second picture that matches the first picture is identified. The server determines the location and the orientation of the device based on the location and orientation data corresponding to the second picture. The location and orientation data indicates position, orientation, three-dimensional geometry, gyroscope measurement, and accelerometer measurement. |
| US10614574B2 |
Generating image segmentation data using a multi-branch neural network
A multi-branch neural network generates segmentation data for a received image. The received image is provided to a high-level branch and a low-level branch. Based on the received image, the high-level branch generates a feature map of high-level image features, and the low-level branch generates a feature map of low-level image features. The high-level feature map and the low-level feature map are combined to generate a combined feature map. The combined feature map is provided to a boundary refinement module that includes a dense-connection neural network, which generates segmentation data for the received image, based on the combined feature map. |
| US10614555B2 |
Correction processing of a surgical site image
An image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to perform correction processing on the surgical site image as a captured surgical site on the basis of information related to display of a display apparatus that displays the surgical site image. The image processing apparatus is included in a surgical system that displays the surgical site image photographed by an endoscope on a monitor. |
| US10614551B2 |
Image interpolation methods and related image interpolation devices thereof
Image interpolation methods for interpolating a destination pixel of a destination image by using a plurality of source pixels of a source image are provided. The method includes the steps of: selecting the plurality of source pixels from the source image corresponding to the destination pixel; obtaining a gradient direction and a gradient magnitude according to the plurality o source pixels; determining a weight corresponding to each of the plurality of source pixels according to the gradient direction and the gradient magnitude; and performing an interpolation operation according to pixel values of the plurality of source pixels and the weight corresponding to each of the plurality of source pixels to obtain a pixel value of the destination pixel. |
| US10614543B2 |
Multi-user multi-GPU render server apparatus and methods
The invention provides, in some aspects, a system for rendering images, the system having one or more client digital data processors and a server digital data processor in communications coupling with the one or more client digital data processors, the server digital data processor having one or more graphics processing units. The system additionally comprises a render server module executing on the server digital data processor and in communications coupling with the graphics processing units, where the render server module issues a command in response to a request from a first client digital data processor. The graphics processing units on the server digital data processor simultaneously process image data in response to interleaved commands from (i) the render server module on behalf of the first client digital data processor, and (ii) one or more requests from (a) the render server module on behalf of any of the other client digital data processors, and (b) other functionality on the server digital data processor. |
| US10614539B2 |
Detecting multiple parts of a screen to fingerprint to detect abusive uploading videos
Fingerprinting a video including video frames is disclosed. A method includes receiving the video, generating sub-images, generating sub-fingerprints for the video using the sub-images, and matching the video to a reference video using the sub-fingerprints. Generating sub-images includes, for a video frame of some of the video frames, generating a binary image for the video frame, identifying a first region of the binary image, and identifying a sub-image of the video frame that is co-extensive and co-located with the first region of the binary image. A pixel of the video frame is identified in the binary image by a first value or a second value where the first value indicates a motion pixel and the second value indicates a still pixel. The first region includes more of the first value than the second value, and the first region is indicative of a motion in the video frame. |
| US10614537B2 |
Systems and method for implementing biomedical innovation datametrics dashboard
Systems and methods for implementing a biomedical innovations datametrics dashboard are presented. The dashboard can utilize data from real-world data sources to inform a simulation model which performs simulations of the biomedical innovation pipeline and related entities and processes. The dashboard can utilize the simulation model as well as feedback solicited from a user to assist in performing multi-objective optimization according to the user's preferences. The dashboard can help policy decision-makers and other stakeholders decide on a combination of policies that best incentivizes private sector biomedical innovation in order to achieve a satisfactory set of outcomes, which may include, but is not limited to, reductions in DALYs, healthcare costs, increases in industry NPV, and improved clinical trial quality. |
| US10614536B2 |
Semi-automated system and method for assessment of responses
Embodiments of the invention provide a semi-automated system and method for assessment of student work product. The method may comprise obtaining a plurality of student work product from a plurality of students, identifying motifs present in the student work product, forming a subset of motifs, clustering the work product into clusters based on the subset of motifs, receiving an assessment from a teacher relevant to clusters and providing assessment for a work product based on the cluster assessment. Methods according to embodiments of the invention may reduce teachers' review and feedback time and increase consistency and quality of feedback given to students. |
| US10614531B2 |
Filter-based dynamic power system operation dashboards
A system and method for improving operation of power systems using global filtering criteria across multiple reports or dashboards is provided herein. The system and method may receive data regarding electric power system components, along with a filter selection from a power system operator. The operator's filter selection is applied to the received data, and a first summary is generated. Upon receiving a request to generate a second summary, the system and method apply the filters to the received data to generate a second summary without requiring additional filter selection. The power system operator may then use the generated data in operating the power system. |
| US10614529B1 |
Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for determining relevancy of tax topics in a tax preparation system
Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for determining the relevancy of tax matters to a particular taxpayer and prioritizing the tax matters in a tax preparation system for preparing an electronic tax return. A computerized tax preparation system accesses taxpayer data and generates a taxpayer data profile using the taxpayer data. The system executes at tax logic agent which evaluates missing tax data required to prepare the tax return for the taxpayer and outputs a plurality of suggested tax matters for obtaining the missing tax data to a user interface manager. The tax logic agent utilizes the taxpayer data profile and a tax matter relevancy module having a plurality of tax data profiles to determine a relevancy ranking for each suggested tax matter. A user interface manager receives the suggested tax matters and the corresponding relevancy rankings and determines one or more tax questions to present to the user. |
| US10614528B2 |
System and method for automatic generation of reports based on electronic documents
A system and method for automatically generating reports. The method includes: obtaining a first set of data of characteristics of an entity; selecting at least one database that stores reporting requirements for the entity; retrieving, based on the obtained first set of data, at least one reporting requirement from the selected at least one database; obtaining a second set of data that includes information to be reported; creating at least a template based on the at least one reporting requirement and the second set of data, wherein the at least a template is a structured dataset that includes at least one reporting parameter; generating at least one report based on the created at least a template and the second set of data; and, sending, to at least one reporting authority system, the at least one generated report. |
| US10614525B1 |
Utilizing credit and informatic data for insurance underwriting purposes
A computer device and method for processing risk or loss related data to determine insurance underwriting, pricing, or other decisions contingent upon informatic and credit score data. An insurance underwriting decision is identified which is to be rendered regarding an insured. Informatic data is received from one or more of an insured property and vehicle associated with the insured. Credit score data relating to the insured is also received. Analytics is performed on the received informatic data and credit score data to determine the insurance underwriting, pricing, or other decision. |
| US10614523B2 |
Method and apparatus for order entry in an electronic trading system
Orders received by an electronic trading system are processed in batches based on the instrument to which an order relates. An incoming order is assigned to a queue of a queue set that makes up the batch according to a random process. Where orders are received from related trading parties they are assigned to the same queue set according to their time of receipt. The batch has a random duration within defined minimum and maximum durations and at the end of the batch, the orders held in the queues are transferred to a matching thread of the trading system sequentially with one order being removed from each queue and a number of passes of the queues completed until orders have been removed. |
| US10614518B1 |
Techniques for audit management
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for audit management, such as for automating and/or streamlining one or more audit processes or procedures, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to generating optimized audit queues and facilitating efficient performance of the audit queues to provide improved audit platforms. For instance, in one or more embodiments, an audit platform may prioritize documents in a batch with identified authentication requirements and/or identified authentication requirements completed by specific associate entities to create an effective worklist, or audit queue, that covers predefined audit targets for the documents and/or associate entities. In various embodiments, the audit platform may present documents in the worklist and/or associated authentication requirements along with one or more tasks or baselines for completion and/or verification via one or more user interfaces. |
| US10614516B2 |
Method and system for auction information management
Foreclosure auction information received from each of a plurality of sources of such information via respective Internet bots, manual updates, or other sources, is used to populate a database according to a predefined schema and ruleset. The database is updated in near real time (from any or all of the datasources), and actionable auction information that meets user-determined criteria for accuracy, timeliness and/or relevancy is extracted from the database and presented for use by a user. |
| US10614506B2 |
System and method for fashion recommendations
The present invention provides a novel system, methods, which include machine learning, and device for providing color and fashion recommendations, including for persons with visual impairment such as color blindness or complete blindness. |
| US10614500B2 |
Identifying search friendly web pages
A system for evaluating web pages for searchable content can be utilized to make an e-commerce search engine more effective by identifying pages with searchable value. In embodiments, a web page exhibiting “searchable value” is a page that provides useful information responsive to a user's query on an e-commerce search engine. One embodiment of a page evaluation system includes a web crawler module, a page analysis module, and a page index module. Web pages may be fetched and evaluated for various signals that indicate whether the web page exhibits searchable value. Examples of signals that may indicate that a web page lacks searchable value include a product page that does not have a product name nor a product image and a category page that does not have products listed in the page content. Web pages that lack searchable value may be excluded from subsequent e-commerce search results. |
| US10614498B2 |
System, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for efficient storage, processing and exchange of product information
A system, method, and computer-readable storage media, having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, for organizing and describing product information is provided. The system includes a memory device, an IDML module, and a display module. The memory device is configured to store product data in a plurality of product records. Each product record is associated with an associated one of a plurality of products and has an associated product type. The product records provide may be used to the efficient storage, processing and exchange of product information. The IDML module is configured to receive a product request and receive, from the memory device, results data associated with the product request. The results data includes a plurality of product records. The display module receives the results data and responsively displays the results data associated with the product request. |
| US10614495B2 |
Adaptive and tunable risk processing system and method
Aspects described herein pertain to the use of an adaptive and tunable processing system and method to provide a risk assessment and compliance analysis, but are not so limited. An adaptive and tunable processing system of an embodiment adaptively determines an amount of compliance and/or risk based on one or more quantification variables, including one or more of a litigation category variable, a licensing category variable, and/or a consumer sentiment category variable, to generate a stratified score that quantifies an amount of compliance and/or risk associated with a particular entity. The system of an embodiment uses one or more adaptive filters tuned to output values corresponding to an amount of compliance and/or risk associated with use of a particular entity to perform a service or services. |
| US10614492B2 |
Wireless communication device account payment notification systems and methods
Systems and methods are provided for notifying a wireless communication device user regarding an account payment. One method comprises dialing a phone number of a wireless communication device, preferably a cell phone. A communication relating to an account payment that includes a balance due is then transmitted or delivered to a wireless communication device user. Optionally, at the same time or a later time, input from the wireless communication device user may be received regarding payment of the balance due. Such notification methods may be carried out by a host computer system which has a record of when the account payment is due and dials and transmits within a predetermined time frame. Generally, such methods will further comprise pre-registering or enrolling the wireless communication device user. |
| US10614486B2 |
Graph-based compression of data records
In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for data record compression using graph-based techniques. |
| US10614480B2 |
Method and apparatus for return on investment impact reporting
The method, apparatus and computer program product described herein is configured to train and deploy a predictive model that is configured to generate a predicted ROI value for a provider with respect to a current promotion or a future promotion. An example embodiment may comprise receiving input indicative of one or more attributes of a provider or a promotion. The example embodiment may further comprise generating at least one of a predicted return on investment (ROI) value or a predicted ROI component value based at least in part on the one or more attributes of the provider or the promotion and a ROI prediction model. The method may further still comprise generating a merchant impact report including the at least one of the predicted ROI value or the predicted ROI component value for the promotion. |
| US10614476B2 |
Systems and methods for interfacing with a website to modify content
The field of the invention relates to systems and methods for interfacing with a third party website. In one embodiment, a computer system is configured to directly interface with a website via a webpage to change certain numerical values through the use of digital codes. The digital codes are applied to a data entry interface on the webpage, and the responses are monitored and transmitted back to a server system. |
| US10614473B2 |
System and method for mediating representations with respect to user preferences
System and methods are provided to create representations of geographic areas. Such representations enable users to search for items and services of interest and to quickly locate and utilize such items and services. Representations are created using user preferences thus reducing the amount of information presented to a user, i.e., user preferences control the contents of a representation. Control APIs contained within a representation may be used to control devices represented in a representation or to manufacture them using 3-D printing technologies. Methods to learn user preferences via his movements and other actions and impose a user's preferences upon an environment are shown. Some details of the invention are described by applying the invention to problems in retail marketing and figures depicting an implementation illustrate certain aspects of the invention. |
| US10614470B2 |
Divided transmission of GPS coordinates
Information associated with a geographic location is encoded, in a format readable by a mobile device including a GPS receiver, into a sideband channel of a first transmission medium. The information includes first partial global positioning system (GPS) coordinates, which are insufficient by themselves to completely identify the geographic location. The first partial GPS coordinates are transmitted via the sideband channel of the first transmission medium. Second partial GPS coordinates are transmitted to the mobile device via a second transmission medium. The first and second partial GPS coordinates are sufficient, when combined, to fully identify the geographic location. |
| US10614469B1 |
Systems and methods for interactive tools for dynamic evaluation of online content
Systems, computer-readable media, methods, and apparatuses for interactive tools for dynamic evaluation of online content are described. One example method includes receiving, by a client device, a selection of first content from a first content provider, the first content obtained using a first uniform resource identifier (“URI”); in response to receiving, by the client device, a request to access evaluation information associated with the first URI, transmitting a request to access the evaluation information to a second content provider using a second URI; receiving, by the client device from the second content provider, second content associated with the first URI, the second content having the evaluation information; generating, by the client device, annotations for the first content using the evaluation information; and displaying the first content and the annotations, the annotations displayed within the first content. |
| US10614468B2 |
Event-based score processing
A method of temporarily boosting knowledge record metrics in a knowledge management system during external event intervals may include receiving an event notification. The event notification may be associated with a time interval, and the event notification may be associated with an event. The method may also include identifying a record in a knowledge database. The record may be identified based on relevance to the event, the record may be associated with a metric, and the metric may be used to determine if the record is responsive to queries received by the knowledge management system. The method may additionally include adjusting the metric during the time interval such that the record is more likely to be responsive to user queries. |
| US10614466B2 |
Method for managing on-line commercial transactions
Method for managing on-line commercial transactions between a user and a seller of goods/services that interact through respective data processing systems communicating through a data network. The method includes: upon receipt, from a computer system of an institute issuing payment cards, of a request of transaction with debit on the payment card of the user coming from the seller of goods/services, having the computer system of the institute issuing the payment cards preliminarily requesting a confirmation of the transaction to the buyer through a mobile telephony terminal of the buyer, and, in case the confirmation of the transaction is received, having the computer system of the institute issuing the payment cards processing the transaction, whereas in case the confirmation of the transaction is denied, not processing the transaction and informing the seller. Both or one of the request of confirmation of the transaction or the confirmation of the transaction are sent through communication over a data channel with the mobile telephony terminal of the buyer. |
| US10614465B2 |
Dynamic modification of a verification method associated with a transaction card
A device may determine that a verification method associated with a transaction card is to be modified from a first verification method to a second verification method. The first verification method and the second verification method may use different types of verification information. The device may provide a set of instructions to the transaction card after determining that the verification method is to be modified. The set of instructions may cause the transaction card to modify the verification method from the first verification method to the second verification method. The device may provide information identifying a modification to the verification method to a transaction backend device to notify the transaction backend device that the verification method associated with the transaction card has been modified from the first verification method to the second verification method. |
| US10614464B2 |
Method and system for authorizing card account transactions by geographic region
A method and system for authorizing card account transactions by geographic region by providing data for a user interface displaying geographic regions and merchant locations each corresponding to the location of a merchant where a transaction using a card account may be initiated, receiving a user interface selection representing a request to authorize or restrict card account transactions, receiving authorization requests for desired transactions, and authorizing or restricting the transactions in accordance with the request. |
| US10614457B2 |
Secure authorizations using independent communications and different one-time-use encryption keys for each party to a transaction
A registered provider device encrypts provider input related to a transaction between the provider device and one of many registered user devices to create an encrypted one-time-use provider code (the encryption is performed using an encryption key produced, in part, using a uniquely sequenced number generated by a sequencer maintained by the provider device). Similarly, the user device encrypts user input to create an encrypted one-time-use user code using an encryption key produced, in part, using a uniquely sequenced number generated by a user sequencer maintained by the user device. The provider and user devices independently transmit their different encrypted one-time-use codes to an intermediate entity, which decrypts the encrypted codes. This decryption is performed using one-time-use encryption keys produced using sequencers maintained by the intermediate entity, and this decryption generates an authorization request. The intermediate entity obtains an authorization decision regarding the authorization request from the authorization entity. |
| US10614451B2 |
Systems and methods for multi-use account system
The present disclosure relates to an account system for optimizing transactions for a user. In one implementation, the system may include at least one processor and a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, configure the at least one processor to perform operations. The operations may include receiving, from the merchant system, merchant information for the transaction, retrieving, based on the account number, a database record from a database, the database record comprising the plurality of financial accounts associated with the user and user preferences, determining financial account data associated with each of the plurality of financial accounts, determining, using an optimization algorithm, a preferred financial account from the plurality of financial accounts based on the financial account data, the user preferences, and the merchant information, and selecting, based on the determination, the preferred financial account to complete the transaction. |
| US10614450B1 |
Controlled emulation of payment cards
A technique for a proxy card to emulate each of a plurality of payment cards according to emulation rules associated with the payment card. The proxy card initially selects one of the plurality of payment cards for emulation based on one or more selection rules or a user instruction. Next, the proxy card emulates the selected payment card according to one or more emulation rule associated with the selected payment card, each relating to how emulation is performed with respect to time, location, business, or other factors. |
| US10614449B1 |
Modular transaction card
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device, system, methods and components related to a modular card. Example components of the modular card include a thin rectangular rear plate, a thin rectangular front plate overlying the rear plate, a first plurality of fasteners fixed to the thin rectangular front plate, a second plurality of fasteners fixed to the thin rectangular rear plate, the second plurality of fasteners being configured to be removably engaged with the first plurality of fasteners; a magnetic strip, and/or an integrated circuit. In operation a user may remove and/or replace various components to customize the modular card. Some customizations include altering the accounts to which the modular card relates. In some example, the modular card may include components which relate to different accounts. |
| US10614447B2 |
Transaction processing platform for facilitating electronic distribution of plural prepaid services
A transaction processing platform capable of facilitating the distribution to consumers of various types of prepaid products is disclosed. The transaction processing platform is configured to interface with one or more providers of such prepaid products in order to facilitate the procurement or activation of the products. The platform includes a conduit interface through which service request messages are received and respectively utilized to generate transaction requests for corresponding types of prepaid services. A supply interface arrangement, operatively coupled to the conduit interface, is configured to route a first of the transaction requests through a first supply interface associated with a first type of prepaid service. The supply interface arrangement also routes a second transaction request through a second supply interface associated with a second type of prepaid service. The platform is also configured to provide supplier response information received through the supply interfaces to the conduit interface. |
| US10614446B2 |
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. |
| US10614445B1 |
Proximity-based payments
Techniques are disclosed for facilitating customers' mobile devices to conduct proximity-based payments to reduce the friction of conducting payments from one party to another. In some embodiments, a customer's mobile device can detect another mobile device that is in proximity. For example, the detected device may be in the same wireless personal area network as the customer's device. The customer's device can verify with a payment service system (PSS) that the detected device is associated with a financial account. The customer's device can prompt, via a user interface, the customer to select the detected mobile device for a payment. The customer's device can also confirm an amount for the payment with the customer. Thereafter, the customer's device can cause (e.g., by transmitting communication signals to the PSS) the amount to be transferred from a financial account associated with the customer's device to the financial account associated with the detected device. |
| US10614444B2 |
Systems and methods for temporarily activating a payment account for fraud prevention
A system for temporarily enabling an otherwise disabled payment account for use in a transaction is configured to provide, based on a determination to disable a user's payment account, instructions to a user device of the user for displaying an application interface enabling the user to request to temporarily register the payment account for use in a transaction. The system is configured to receive a request, from the user device, to temporarily register the user's payment account to enable use of the payment account in a transaction, wherein the payment account is otherwise disabled based on a determination of fraud or possible fraud on the payment account, associate with the payment account, a transaction rule responsive to the request, the transaction rule defining a window of time in which a received transaction authorization request may be authorized for the payment account, and determine whether to approve the received transaction authorization request according to the temporary transaction rule, the determination being based on whether the transaction authorization request is received during the window of time. The system is also configured to transmit an authorization response to the transaction authorization request based on the determination. |
| US10614439B2 |
Methods and apparatus to obtain transaction confirmation
Methods and apparatus to obtain transaction confirmation are described. One example method includes emulating a payment method using a close-proximity communication device of a mobile device, establishing a close-proximity communication link using the close-proximity communication device of the mobile device, transferring payment information from the mobile device using the close-proximity communication device, switching the close-proximity communication device of the mobile device to an information receiving communication mode, and receiving a transaction confirmation at the close-proximity communication device of the mobile device. Other implementations are possible. |
| US10614438B2 |
Selective system for reconciling order states under non-persistent connection conditions
A system for fulfilling orders under non-persistent network conditions includes a plurality of point-of-sale (POS) terminals and a server. Each of the terminals generates state changes corresponding to one or more orders, queues the changes in order queues, and transmits the changes in the order queues, from oldest to youngest, when operably connected to a network. The server receives the changes and transmits the changes to a subset of the terminals. The synchronization server has a queue processor and a service area map. The queue processor is configured to queue the state changes in terminal queues that correspond to the subset, where the changes are transmitted to a first one of the subset, from oldest to youngest, when it is operably connected to the network, and where the changes are maintained in other terminal queues corresponding to other ones of the subset while the other ones of the subset remain operably disconnected from the network. The service area map associates each of the terminals to one or more service areas, where the subset corresponds to one of the one or more service areas. |
| US10614436B1 |
Association of mobile device to retail transaction
A method and system for associating a mobile device carried by a shopper with Point-of-Sale (PoS) data from that shopper's transaction at a retail location. Specifically, the association can utilize face data that was associated with the mobile device to match face data that was generated by association with PoS data. The association with a mobile device can also include the calculation of a mobile trajectory to enable the generation of a shopper profile including shopper behavior. The mobile to PoS association can include tracking of the mobile device throughout a retail location to form a trajectory. The association of a face to a mobile device can utilize the device's MAC address and repeat visit analysis to determine a match. The association of a face to PoS data can utilize the aligning of event time series based on a dynamic time disparity to match checkout events with PoS events. |
| US10614432B2 |
Channel integration processing
A transaction is centrally controlled over multiple communication channels as a sequence of discrete processing units some of which are distributed. In an embodiment, the transaction's processing progression can be shared of the communication channels and paused on one communication channel and resumed on a different communication channel. |
| US10614429B2 |
Automated banking machine that operates responsive to data bearing records
In an example embodiment, there is disclosed herein an automated banking machine that includes an instrument acceptor operable to receive financial instruments. The machine is operable to cause user data obtained from a user during a user session with the machine to be sent to a transaction authorizing host computer. The machine is operable to generate an electronic deposit slip that includes a data representative of a financial account associated with the user data, and a value of value of a financial instrument received by the instrument acceptor during the user session. The electronic deposit slip to be sent to a server that is remotely located from the automated banking machine and data representative of the value of the financial instrument is sent to the authorizing host terminal to cause the financial account to be credited an amount corresponding to the value of the financial instrument. |
| US10614426B2 |
Smarter event planning using cognitive learning
Selecting an optimal date for a planned event is provided. Event input data is received that includes at least one of a location for a planned event, a range of dates for the planned event, attributes of a target audience for the planned event, and attributes of the planned event. Web search data and social media data corresponding to the received event input data are retrieved. The received event input data and the retrieved web search data and social media data that correspond to the received event input data are analyzed using natural language processing to identify a set of optimal dates to maximize attendance of the target audience at the planned event. The identified set of optimal dates for the planned event is ranked based on weights assigned to each of the attributes of the target audience and the attributes of the planned event. |
| US10614425B2 |
Communicating plans for users of a social networking system
Exemplary systems and methods for calendaring are provided. Exemplary systems include a natural language receiving component configured to receive a natural language entry corresponding to a future status, a calendar generation engine configured to create a calendar entry based on the natural language entry, a social network database configured for accessing and querying by the calendar generation engine, a privacy component configured to receive a privacy setting indicating a person who is approved to view the calendar entry, and a display module configured to display the calendar entry on a calendar. Exemplary methods include receiving a natural language entry corresponding to a future status, creating a calendar entry, and displaying the calendar entry. |
| US10614421B2 |
Method and system for in-memory policy analytics
A method, system, and computer-program product for in-memory policy analytics are disclosed. The method includes creating a policy model and determining an effect of a change to one of a value of one of one or more parameters. The policy model is configured to represent one or more policy scenarios by virtue of comprising one or more parameters, and each of the one or more scenarios is defined, at least in part, by each of the one or more parameters comprising a value or a plurality of values. Further, the effect is on at least one of the one or more scenarios. |
| US10614420B2 |
Managing reminders in a content management system
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing reminders in a content management system. For example, a user can select content (e.g., a content item, content within a content item, metadata for a content item, etc.) and provide input to cause the content management system to generate a reminder related to the content. The reminder data can be generated automatically. The reminder can be generated based on user input defining attributes of the reminder. Based on a due date associated with the reminder, the content management system can cause a notification to be presented to the user so that the user can be reminded to perform a task related to the selected item of content. The user can select a representation of the reminder to cause the content management system to present the item of content associated with the reminder. |
| US10614417B2 |
System and method for electronic lead verification
A system and a method provide a lead verification service. A lead generator contacts a verification server when a visitor lands on a hosting site of the lead generator to enter lead information into a form. The verification server issues a reference key (token) to the lead generator and collects information about the visitor and the hosting site of the lead generator, using the reference key to identify the collected information. When the visitor submits the form, the lead generator sends the form data, which includes the entered lead information and the reference key received from the verification server, to at least one interested party. When the verification server receives a request for the collected information from the interested party, the collected information is retrieved based on the reference key included in the request and sent to the requesting interested party. |
| US10614414B1 |
System and method of an explanation tool for automotive production planning
A system and method are disclosed including a production planner that receives a sales forecast for configurations of an automobile. The production planner also receives constraints associated with an automobile supply chain. The production planner further models configurations and constraints as a production planning problem, solves a production plan for automobiles, and displays an automobile production solution of the production planning problem. |
| US10614413B2 |
Inventory management system and method of use
Provided is a computer-implemented method for product management The method can include obtaining user Identification information from a user, wherein the identification code is associated with a financial account, of the user; validating, by a processor, that the identification information is authentic based on registration information that was previously received; providing first access signal to a locking mechanism of a locking enclosure to unlock the locking mechanism based on the validating, wherein the locking enclosure securely stores a purchasable product; obtaining product identification information from a scan of a bar code associated with the product providing the product information that was obtained to be rendered on a display; receiving an indication from the user that the product information is correct; and providing a second access signal to the locking mechanism to lock the locking mechanism based on the indication that was received. |
| US10614409B2 |
System and method for increasing asset utilization using satellite aided location tracking
A system and method for increasing asset utilization using satellite aided location tracking. Smart sensor technology incorporated into mobile tracking hardware affixed to an asset can be used to support decision processes related to management of multiple assets. Automated decision processes based on customized business rules can operate on asset positions at various defined landmark locations and customized geographical areas. |
| US10614403B2 |
Methods for post-harvest crop quality management
Embodiments of systems and approaches for managing post-harvest crop quality and pests are described. Such a system may include a plurality of edge devices each comprising sensor components and collectively forming a mesh network, for measuring the local physical environment within stored crops and, for example, transmitting the measurements to a service from within the crop storage area. In certain embodiments, such a system may be used to manage post-harvest crops and storage areas—for example, approaches are described for determining fumigation treatment duration, determining phosphine dosage, determining heat treatment duration, and determining safe storage time for crops. |
| US10614402B2 |
Human steering dashboard to analyze 360-degree market view for merchants based on financial transactions
A processor-implemented method for providing merchants business advice, the method including: providing a merchant with a dashboard, the dashboard including information related to the merchant's business and a communication link to the merchant's financial institution; receiving a request from the merchant via the dashboard, the request being for a service provided by the merchant's financial institution; processing the request from the merchant by using data about the merchant's business; and providing a response to the request for viewing at the dashboard by the merchant. |
| US10614400B2 |
Plan modeling and user feedback
A communication by a particular user within a digital collaboration is determined as related to a particular business entity. A relationship between one or more additional business entities and the particular business entity is identified from one or more business models. The communication is associated with the additional business entities based on the relationship. |
| US10614399B2 |
Work data management system and work data management method
There is provided a work data management system which includes a detailed step classification unit that classifies work performed by a worker at a work site into a plurality of time-series detailed steps based on work data including image data of the work site and a data visualization unit that causes a result display unit to display at least the image data and the plurality of time-series detailed steps. |
| US10614397B2 |
Sub-problem optimization of supply chain planning problems
A system and method is disclosed for optimizing supply chain planning problems associated with a supply chain network. The system includes a supply chain planner coupled with one or more supply chain entities. The supply chain planner determines a supply chain plan for managing the flow of one or more items through the supply chain network. |
| US10614395B2 |
System and method for autonomously packing products into containers for distribution in a supply chain
A system and method for managing a supply chain for distributing products integrates inventory control with packaging optimization. Historical demand data, cost and dimension data for products, containers, and shipping vessels is obtained, and a plurality of layout configurations for packing the products into the containers is determined. Based on the historical demand data and the cost and dimension data, an optimization model is used to determine (i) a layout configuration for the packing the products in the containers from amongst the plurality of layout configurations, and (ii) a shipment frequency for shipping containers packed according to the determined layout configuration. The optimization model is configured to minimize a cost of distributing products in the supply chain. |
| US10614393B2 |
Associating job responsibilities with job titles
Associating job responsibilities with job titles is described. A database system identifies a job level and a job department associated with a job title stored by an object. The database system identifies level-based job responsibilities associated with the job level. The database system identifies department-based job responsibilities associated with the job department. The database system identifies at least one job responsibility associated with the job title based on the level-based job responsibilities and the department-based job responsibilities. The database system stores each identified job responsibility in metadata and/or a field associated with the object. The database system outputs a message based on the object to a user device, in response to a search that specifies any identified job responsibility. |
| US10614391B2 |
Method and apparatus for work quality control
A method for work quality control of a worker in work where repetitive operation is performed which includes: a model construction step of statistically constructing, from past path data of the worker, past intermediate quality data on a product to be subjected to the work, and past final quality data on the product to be subjected to the work, a prediction model that receives the path data and the intermediate quality data and outputs the final quality data; a worker position recognition step of recognizing a position of the worker from image data on the work captured; and an unusual worker position determining step of substituting the position of the worker recognized in the worker position recognition step into the model constructed in the model construction step, to determine whether the position of the target worker is a usual one or an unusual one. |
| US10614388B2 |
Method and apparatus for real-time measurement and analysis of occupational stress and fatigue and performance outcome predictions
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus to objectively measure stress and fatigue using measurement tools, record stress and fatigue related data in a standardized database, create automated prompts and alerts based upon pre-defined stress and fatigue thresholds (which are derived based upon individual end-user and task performance), provide a number of interventions (which can be preferentially selected by the individual end-user), create data-driven best practice guidelines though meta-analysis of the database, and provide an objective tool for comparative technology assessment. |
| US10614386B2 |
PCB board assembling method and assembling system
A printed circuit board (PCB) panelization method and a PCB panelization system are disclosed herein. The PCB panelization method comprises the following steps: S1, reading daughterboard information of purchase orders, wherein the daughterboard information comprises respective areas, delivery quantities and attributes of daughterboards; S2, performing comparison of the daughterboard information, screening for daughterboards having attributes that are the same, and establishing a panelization rule database; S3, selecting panels (PNLs) satisfying requirements according to panelization requirements; S4, selecting, from the daughterboards having the same attributes as the selected panels, daughterboards to be panelized together for the selected panels, and arranging a graphical layout for a panelization of the selected panels. The system comprises: a reading module-used for reading the daughterboard information of the purchase orders; the panelization rule database for storing the information of the screened daughterboards having the same attributes; a panel selecting module used for selecting the panel satisfying the requirements according to the panelization requirements; and a panelization engine calculation module used for selecting the daughterboards in order from large to small, determining whether the daughterboards can be panelized together, determining whether the arrangement of the layout for the panelization is successful, determining the daughterboards to be panelized together finally, and arranging the layout for the panelization. |
| US10614383B2 |
Dynamic progress recognition and recommendations based on machine learning
Systems for dynamically recognizing progress and generating recommendations are provided. In some examples, a system may image data from an augmented reality device. The image data may include video images, still images, images of machine-readable code, and the like. The received image data may be analyzed in real-time to identify an object within the data. In some examples, machine learning may be used to identify one or more characteristics of the object. The identified characteristics may be compared to one or more pre-defined goals or limits and a notification may be generated based on the comparison. The notification may be transmitted to the augmented reality device and displayed on the augmented reality device. In some examples, based on the comparison, machine learning may be used to generate one or more recommendations and a notification may be generated including the recommendations and may be transmitted to the augmented reality device for display. |
| US10614382B1 |
Computer-based systems and methods configured to utilize automating deployment of predictive models for machine learning tasks
A method includes obtaining feature generation code from, which is configured to determine features relating to input data. The method further includes obtaining data grouping code, which is configured to generate training data by determining a plurality of data groupings for the features relating to the input data. The method further includes obtaining modeling code, which is derived at least in part by applying one or more machine learning algorithms to the training data. The method further includes applying a model wrapper code to the feature generation code, the data grouping code, and the modeling code to generate a model wrapper and deploying the model wrapper such that the model wrapper may receive a first application programming interface (API) call including an input data value, determine a score relating to the input data value, and send a second API call including the score in response to the first API call. |
| US10614379B2 |
Robust classification by pre-conditioned lasso and transductive diffusion component analysis
Techniques are disclosed for identifying and filtering outliers from a sample set of data prior to training a classifier on an object using the sample set. A data set including a plurality of samples used to train a classification model is retrieved. The samples in the data set have a feature dimensionality. A graph of the data set is built. Each node in the graph corresponds to a sample in the data set and edges connecting the nodes correspond to a measure of similarity between the nodes. The feature dimensionality of the sample data set is reduced based on a topology of the graph. One or more outliers in the data set are identified based on the reduced feature dimensionality. |
| US10614378B2 |
Cross-well allocation optimization in steam assisted gravity drainage wells
One aspect includes a method for use with a plurality of steam assisted gravity drainage wells. The method includes designing a first modeling framework which provides a model of total output for the plurality of wells from one or more input variables for respective ones of the plurality of wells. The method also includes designing a second modeling framework which provides a model of output for a given one of the plurality of wells based at least in part on one or more input variables for the given one of the plurality of wells and one or more input variables for at least another one of the plurality of wells. The method further includes utilizing the first and second modeling frameworks to determine an optimal configuration for the wells and configuring the well to operate with the determined optimal configuration. |
| US10614376B2 |
Network configuration for software defined network via machine learning
A method, computer-readable medium, and apparatus for configuring a software defined network via machine learning are disclosed. For example, a method may generate a first policy for a first service by a first policy model using machine learning for processing first data of the first service, the first service being implement by at least one first virtual component of a software defined network, determine whether the first policy is to be applied to a second service, the second service being implement by at least one second virtual component of the software defined network, apply the first policy to the second service when the first policy is deemed to be applicable to the second service, generate a second policy for the second service, and implement the second policy in the second service, wherein the first service and the second service are provided by a single service provider. |
| US10614374B2 |
Classifying online system users based on their propensity to adopt innovations in a subject area
An online system classifies users based on their propensity to adopt one or more innovations in a subject area. To classify the users, the online system maintains information associated with one or more actions performed by the user and content provided by the user, with actions and the content associated with adopting one or more innovations in the subject area. The online system determines a score for a pairing of the user and the subject area based on the maintained one or more actions and/or the content associated with adopting the one or more innovations in the subject area. Based on the determined score, the online system determines an innovation adoption label for the user that represents a propensity of the user to adopt one or more innovations in the subject area. |
| US10614373B1 |
Processing dynamic data within an adaptive oracle-trained learning system using curated training data for incremental re-training of a predictive model
In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for an adaptive oracle-trained learning framework for automatically building and maintaining models that are developed using machine learning algorithms. In embodiments, the framework leverages at least one oracle (e.g., a crowd) for automatic generation of high-quality training data to use in deriving a model. Once a model is trained, the framework monitors the performance of the model and, in embodiments, leverages active learning and the oracle to generate feedback about the changing data for modifying training data sets while maintaining data quality to enable incremental adaptation of the model. |
| US10614372B2 |
Constructing and programming quantum hardware for robust quantum annealing processes
Among other things, an apparatus comprises quantum units; and couplers among the quantum units. Each coupler is configured to couple a pair of quantum units according to a quantum Hamiltonian characterization of the quantum by the coupler characterizing the quantum units and the couplers. The quantum Hamiltonian includes quantum annealer Hamiltonian and a quantum governor Hamiltonian. The quantum annealer Hamiltonian includes information bearing degrees of freedom. The quantum governor Hamiltonian includes non-information bearing degrees of freedom that are engineered to steer the dissipative dynamics of information bearing degrees of freedom. |
| US10614370B2 |
Quantum computing as a service
A cloud computing architecture and system for interaction with and use of quantum processing devices is presented. In one aspect, the invention comprises a unified platform as a service for interacting with various quantum processing devices. In another aspect, the invention provides an architecture and methodology for accessing and using a variety of quantum processing devices. Other aspects of the invention incorporate various software modules that provide additional functionality for users of quantum processing devices. |
| US10614362B2 |
Outlier discovery system selection
Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for outlier discovery system selection. A set of time series data including time series data objects may be received. A sample of time series data objects may be extracted from the time series data. The sample of time series data objects may be decomposed into sub-components. Statistical classification may be used to select an outlier discovery system based on the sub-components. A neural network may be used to select an outlier discovery system based on the sub-components. A level of error of the neural network may be determined based on a comparison of the outlier discovery system selection made using statistical classification and the outlier discovery system selection made by the neural network. Weight of the neural network may be updated based on the level of error of the neural network. |
| US10614361B2 |
Cost-sensitive classification with deep learning using cost-aware pre-training
Classification techniques are disclosed that take into account the “cost” of each type of classification error for minimizing total cost of errors. In one example embodiment, a pre-trained cost-sensitive auto-encoder can be used in combination with a training (fine-tuning) stage for cost-sensitive deep learning. Thus, cost information is effectively combined with deep learning by modifying the objective function in the pre-training phase. By minimizing the modified objective function, the auto-encoder not only tries to capture underlying pattern, it further “learns” the cost information and “stores” it in the structure. By later fine-tuning at the training stage, the classification system yields improved performance (lower cost) than a typical classification system that does not take cost information into account during pre-training. |
| US10614359B2 |
Magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) serial artificial neural network (ANN) sequence design
Example apparatus and methods employ an artificial neural network (ANN) to automatically design magnetic resonance (MR) pulse sequences. The ANN is trained using transverse magnetization signal evolutions having arbitrary initial magnetizations. The trained up ANN may then produce an array of signal evolutions associated with a pulse sequence having user selectable pulse sequence parameters that vary in degrees of freedom associated with magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF). Efficient and accurate approaches are provided for predicting user controllable MR pulse sequence settings including, but not limited to, acquisition period and flip angle (FA). The acquisition period and FA may be different in different sequence blocks in the pulse sequence produced by the ANN. Predicting user controllable MR pulse sequence settings for both conventional MR and MRF facilitates achieving desired signal characteristics from a signal evolution produced in response to an automatically generated pulse sequence. |
| US10614355B2 |
Method for updating weights of synapses of a neuromorphic device
A method for updating a weight of a synapse of a neuromorphic device is provided. The synapse may include a transistor and a memristor. The memristor may have a first electrode coupled to a source electrode of the transistor. The method may include inputting a row spike to a drain electrode of the transistor at a first time; inputting a column spike to a second electrode of the memristor at a second time; inputting a row pulse to the drain electrode of the transistor at a third time that is delayed by a first delay time from the second time; inputting a column pulse to the second electrode of the memristor at a fourth time that is delayed by a second delay time from the second time; and inputting a gating pulse to a gate electrode of the transistor at a fifth time that is delayed by a third delay time from the fourth time. |
| US10614354B2 |
Method and apparatus for implementing layers on a convolutional neural network accelerator
A method for implementing a convolutional neural network (CNN) accelerator on a target includes utilizing one or more processing elements to implement a standard convolution layer. A configuration of the CNN accelerator is modified to change a data flow between components on the CNN accelerator. The one or more processing elements is utilized to implement a fully connected layer in response to the change in the data flow. |
| US10614343B2 |
Pattern recognition apparatus, method, and program using domain adaptation
The A pattern recognition apparatus using domain adaptation 10 comprises an estimation unit 11. The estimation unit 11 estimates PLDA (Probabilistic Linear Discriminant Analysis) parameters and transformation parameters from features of a first domain data and a second domain data so as to maximize/minimize an objective function with respect to the features. |
| US10614342B1 |
Outfit recommendation using recurrent neural networks
Techniques are generally described for performing outfit recommendation using a recurrent neural network. In various examples, a computing device may receive a first state vector representing an outfit comprising at least one article of clothing. First image data depicting a second article of clothing of a first clothing category may be received. A recurrent neural network may generate a first output feature vector based on the first state vector, the first image data and the first clothing category. The first output feature vector may be compared to other feature vectors representing other articles of clothing in the first category to determine distances between the first output feature vector and the other feature vectors. A set of articles of clothing may be recommended based on the distances between the first output feature vector and the other feature vectors. |
| US10614336B2 |
Method, system, and computer-readable recording medium for image-based object tracking
A method, a system, and a computer-readable recording medium for image-based object tracking are provided. The method includes following steps. A video stream including a plurality of images is received. The video stream is generated through photographing an enclosed space by an image capturing device, and a moving range of a plurality of observed objects is limited to the enclosed space. A plurality of moving objects are detected from the video stream, and frames associated with each of the moving objects are generated for the images. The images include a current image and a previous image. By analyzing position projecting relationship between current frames in the current image and previous frames in the previous image, linking relationship between the current frames in the current image and the observed objects is established. The observed objects in the enclosed space are tracked according to the established linking relationship. |
| US10614329B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing attitude reference for vehicle passengers
A system and method. The system may include a monitor implemented as a virtual window, two cameras, and a switch. The switch may be configured to: when a passenger is in a first position, feed video from a first camera to the monitor; and when the passenger is in a second position, feed video from the second camera to the monitor. |
| US10614327B2 |
Traffic-light detection and classification using computer vision and deep learning
A method is disclosed for detecting and classifying one or more traffic lights. The method may include converting an RGB frame to an HSV frame. The HSV frame may be filtered by at least one threshold value to obtain at least one saturation frame. At least one contour may be extracted from the at least one saturation frame. Accordingly, a first portion of the RGB may be cropped in order to encompass an area including the at least one contour. The first portion may then be classified by an artificial neural network to determined whether the first portion corresponds to a not-a-traffic-light class, a red-traffic-light class, a green-traffic-light class, a yellow-traffic-light class, or the like. |
| US10614318B1 |
Sensor mapping to a global coordinate system using a marker grid
An object tracking system includes a sensor and a tracking system. The sensor is configured to capture a first frame of a global plane for at least a portion of a marker grid in a space. The tracking system is configured to receive a first coordinate in the global plane for a first corner of a marker grid, to determine a second coordinate in the global plane for the first marker on the marker grid, and to determine a third coordinate in the global plane where the second marker on the marker grid. The tracking system is further configured to determine a first pixel location for the first marker, to determine a second pixel location for the second marker, and to generate a homography based on the second coordinate for the first marker, the third coordinate for the second marker, the first pixel location, and the second pixel location. |
| US10614317B2 |
Image processing apparatus, monitoring system, image processing method, and program
A state acquisition unit (2020) acquires a state of a monitoring target in a captured image captured by a camera (3040). A monitoring point acquisition unit (2040) acquires, from a monitoring point information storage unit (3020), a monitoring point corresponding to the state of the monitoring target acquired by the state acquisition unit (2020). The monitoring point indicates a position to be monitored in the captured image. A presentation unit (2060) presents the monitoring point on the captured image. |
| US10614315B2 |
Systems and methods for identifying moments in videos
Physical storage media accessible to a remote device may store video information defining video content. The video content may be characterized by capture information. The remote device may transmit at least a portion of the capture information to a computing device. The computing device may identify one or more portions of the video content based on the transmitted capture information. The remote device may receive the identification of the identified portion(s) of the video content from the computing device. Responsive to the reception of the identification, the remote device may transmit the video information defining at least some of the identified portion(s) of the video content to the computing device. |
| US10614311B2 |
Automatic extraction of secondary video streams
The automatic generation of one or more secondary video streams based on an input primary video stream may use analytics performed on the video to provide information on targets, events, and/or areas of interest to permit the one or more secondary video streams to concentrate on one or more targets, events and/or areas of interest. |
| US10614310B2 |
Behavior recognition
A computer implemented method of identifying a behavior of objects detected in a video stream, comprising using one or more processors adapted for receiving a video stream comprising a plurality of frames captured by imaging sensor(s), applying a first set of trained classification functions for visually analyzing each of at least a subset of the frames to create a semantic attribute set for each object detected in each frame comprising an object probability score indicative of the object class probability, attribute probability score(s) indicative of probability of attribute(s) associated with the object and estimated location of the object, applying a second set of trained classification functions for semantically analyzing the attribute sets created for each object tracked in the subset to calculate a behavior probability score indicative of action(s) estimated to be conducted by each object and outputting an indication when the calculated behavior probability score complies with predefined rule(s). |
| US10614305B2 |
Ground control point extraction from planting data
The present subject matter provides a technical solution for various technical problems associated with precision agriculture imagery. One solution to improving precision agriculture imagery includes identification and use of ground control points. A ground control point may include the association of a visible feature in an image of an agricultural field with a geospatial coordinate. A ground control point may be used as a common reference point between two aerial images, thereby improving alignment between the two images during stitching. The ground control points may be generated using planting prescription data or as-planted data, which may include one or more intentionally unplanted regions within an agricultural filed. Multiple aerial images may be stitched together using these ground control points to generate a precisely georeferenced output image, thereby improving the accuracy of the precision agriculture output image. |
| US10614301B2 |
Methods and systems for data retrieval from an image
Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a method that includes receiving a plurality of images from an image capturing unit. Thereafter, an image evaluation process is executed on each of plurality of sections in each of the plurality of images. The image evaluation process includes performing optical character recognition (OCR) on each of the plurality of sections in each of the plurality of images to generate text corresponding to the plurality of respective sections. Further, the image evaluation process includes querying a linguistic database to identify one or more errors in the generated text. Further, the method includes modifying one or more image characteristics of each of the plurality of images and repeating the execution of the image evaluation process on the modified plurality of images until at least the calculated statistical score is less than a pre-defined statistical score threshold. |
| US10614300B2 |
Formatting handwritten content
One embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, in an input and display device, handwriting ink strokes; providing, using a handwriting recognition engine, one or more machine words for the one or more ink strokes; determining a characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes; changing, based on the characteristic of the handwriting ink strokes, input formatting for the one or more machine words; and inputting the one or more machine words according to the input formatting. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10614298B2 |
Generating auxiliary information for a media presentation
Techniques for generating auxiliary information for a media presentation are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, first feedback information for a group of users regarding mental states of the users during a media presentation. The computer-implemented method can further comprise determining, by the device, first parts of the media presentation considered confusing to at least some of the users and second parts of the media presentation considered interesting to at least some of the users based on the first feedback information, and generating, by the device, an index data structure comprising first information identifying the first parts and classifying the first parts as confusing and second information identifying the second parts and classifying the second parts as interesting. |
| US10614297B2 |
Generating auxiliary information for a media presentation
Techniques for generating auxiliary information for a media presentation are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, first feedback information for a group of users regarding mental states of the users during a media presentation. The computer-implemented method can further comprise determining, by the device, first parts of the media presentation considered confusing to at least some of the users and second parts of the media presentation considered interesting to at least some of the users based on the first feedback information, and generating, by the device, an index data structure comprising first information identifying the first parts and classifying the first parts as confusing and second information identifying the second parts and classifying the second parts as interesting. |
| US10614293B2 |
Facial recognition apparatus, recognition method and program therefor, and information device
The present invention contributes to decreasing false recognition due to the lighting environment. A facial recognition apparatus comprises a photographing parameter input unit that receives a photographing parameter(s); a lighting information estimation unit that estimates lighting information based on the photographing parameter(s); and a recognition accuracy control unit that controls a recognition accuracy parameter(s) based on the lighting information. |
| US10614292B2 |
Low-power face identification method capable of controlling power adaptively
A low-power face identification method includes detecting an object image, extracting two-dimensional image information of the object image, and when the two-dimensional image information is undetected as a face feature, disabling all related components for inhibiting a three-dimensional face recognition function. |
| US10614289B2 |
Facial tracking with classifiers
Concepts for facial tracking with classifiers is disclosed. One or more faces are detected and tracked in a series of video frames that include at least one face. Video is captured and partitioned into the series of frames. A first video frame is analyzed using classifiers trained to detect the presence of at least one face in the frame. The classifiers are used to initialize locations for a first set of facial landmarks for the first face. The locations of the facial landmarks are refined using localized information around the landmarks, and a rough bounding box that contains the facial landmarks is estimated. The future locations for the facial landmarks detected in the first video frame are estimated for a future video frame. The detection of the facial landmarks and estimation of future locations of the landmarks are insensitive to rotation, orientation, scaling, or mirroring of the face. |
| US10614287B2 |
Virtual staining of cells in digital holographic microscopy images using general adversarial networks
A cell visualization system includes a digital holographic microscopy (DHM) device, a training device, and a virtual staining device. The DHM device produces DHM images of cells and the virtual staining device colorizes the DHM images based on an algorithm generated by the training device using generative adversarial networks and unpaired training data. A computer-implemented method for producing a virtually stained DHM image includes acquiring an image conversion algorithm which was trained using the generative adversarial networks, receiving a DHM image with depictions of one or more cells and virtually staining the DHM image by processing the DHM image using the image conversion algorithm. The virtually stained DHM image includes digital colorization of the one or more cells to imitate the appearance of a corresponding actually stained cell. |
| US10614283B2 |
Devices with peripheral task bar display zone and under-LCD screen optical sensor module for on-screen fingerprint sensing
Devices or systems with display designs to include both a main display zone and a peripheral display zone that collectively form a seamless contiguous display area for displaying images, content or information over the two zones as a single display area and further allowing for operating the peripheral display zone independently from the main display zone to display certain images, information, or content only on the peripheral display zone even when the main display zone is turned off. In addition to providing display functions separate from or in combination with the display functions by the main display zone, the peripheral display zone based on the disclosed technology can be used to provide for certain sensing functions by including one or more sensors under the display area for the peripheral display zone. |
| US10614278B2 |
Biometric collection device
A method performed by a biometric collection device, including: conveying a waiting signal to a user of the biometric collection device in response to the biometric collection device being waiting for at least one finger to be placed on the biometric collection device; capturing a flat fingerprint or a rolled finger print of the finger; and conveying a result signal to the user in response to the biometric collection device succeeding in or failing in capturing the flat fingerprint or the rolled finger print of the finger, wherein the waiting signal differs from the result signal in at least a length of lighting or a color. |
| US10614268B1 |
Auto-complete design for content-creating applications
A method includes providing a design template in a computer design application for a user in a client device is disclosed. The method includes assigning user-designs to initial points in an embedded classification chart based on the user-design and a learning model, presenting a design proposal to the user based on a first design type in the embedded classification chart that is close to the initial point, and receiving an augmented design from the user based on the design proposal. The method includes assigning a second point in the embedded classification chart to the augmented design and storing the augmented design with a group of collected designs in a design database, and presenting a second design proposal to the user based on a second design type in the embedded classification chart. The method includes receiving a final user-design from the user and storing the final user-design in the design database. |
| US10614262B2 |
Method of predicting areas of vulnerable yield in a semiconductor substrate
A method and system for determining a defect in a critical area in a multi-layer semiconductor substrate is disclosed. A server receives information describing a defect on a first layer of the semiconductor substrate. The server identifies a critical area of a second layer below the first layer of the semiconductor substrate determines a probability of the defect migrating from the first layer to the critical area of the second layer. The server determines, based on the probability, the likelihood of an open or a short occurring as a result of the defect occurring in the critical area. The server provides, based on the likelihood, predictive information to a manufacturing system, wherein corrective action is taken based on the predictive information in order to reduce or eliminate the likelihood of the open or short. |
| US10614261B1 |
Honoring pin insertion delay during clock tree synthesis
Aspects of the present disclosure address systems and methods for dynamically adjusting skew windows during clock tree synthesis (CTS). A method may include identifying a pin insertion delay (PID) assigned to a clock sink in a set of clock sinks of a buffer tree in an integrated circuit design. The method further includes determining a skew window for the clock sink based on a skew target and adjusting the skew window based on identifying the PID assigned to the clock sink. The skew window is adjusted based on a skew adjustment parameter. The method further includes building a clock tree based on the buffer tree and the adjusted skew window. The building of the clock tree comprises tuning a clock path delay of the clock sink according to the adjusted skew window. A layout instance may be generated for the IC design based in part on the clock tree. |
| US10614260B2 |
Model-building method for building top interface logic model
A model-building method comprises following operations: reading a top netlist and a block model, wherein the top netlist comprises a first input node, a first output node and a multivibrator, the block model comprises a input node and a output node; obtaining a first subnetlist from the top netlist, wherein the first subnetlist comprises a component coupled between the input node and the first input node or the multivibrator; obtaining a second subnetlist from the top netlist, wherein the second subnetlist comprises a component coupled between the output node and the first output node or the multivibrator; obtaining a third subnetlist from the top netlist, wherein the third subnetlist comprises a component coupled between a clock input node of the multivibrator and a top clock input node of the top netlist; generating a top ILM according to the first to the third subnetlist. |
| US10614259B2 |
Methods of modelling at least a part of a gas turbine engine
A method of modelling at least a part of a gas turbine engine, method including: determining whether a first match feature data entity, defining a first location where a first physical feature may associate with another physical feature of a data structure, and a second match feature data entity, defining a second location where the second physical feature may associate with another physical feature of the data structure, satisfy a first matching criterion, the data structure including: a first data entity representing a geometrical shape of the first physical feature, the first data entity being associated with the first match feature data entity; and a second data entity representing a geometrical shape of the second physical feature, the second data entity being associated with the second match feature data entity; and performing relative movement between the first physical feature and the second physical feature within a model using the determination. |
| US10614251B1 |
Restricting the use of a firmware tool to a specific platform
A firmware includes a firmware module for copying a digitally signed binary file that includes a firmware globally unique identifier (GUID), tool GUIDs, and feature GUIDs to an Advanced Configuration and Power Management interface (ACPI) table (the Firmware Enabled Tool Registry (FETR) table). If the FETR table is stored in memory, a firmware tool determines whether a digital signature of the signed binary file can be verified. If the digital signature can be verified, the firmware tool determines if the firmware GUID stored in the FETR table matches a firmware GUID stored in another ACPI table. If the firmware GUIDs match, the firmware tool determines whether its tool GUID matches a tool GUID stored in the FETR table. The firmware tool can continue to execute if the tool GUIDs match. Firmware tool features are enabled if feature GUIDs in the FETR table match feature GUIDs of the firmware tool. |
| US10614249B2 |
Sanitization of content displayed by web-based applications
Embodiments enable a displayed webpage containing sensitive information to be accurately and efficiently sanitized. The sensitive information is contained within a text string of the webpage and displayed using a font specified in a style sheet. The text string that is to be sanitized is determined based on a tag for sanitization associated with the text string. When the tag is determined, the text string is rendered using a font from the style sheet that is not legible. Upon rendering, the text string of the webpage is redisplayed using the non-legible font, which effectively sanitizes the text string containing the sensitive information. |
| US10614244B1 |
Sensitive data aliasing
Database management and security is implemented in a variety of embodiments. In one such embodiment, data sets containing sensitive data elements are analyzed using aliases representing sensitive data elements. In another embodiment, the sensitive data elements are stored in an encrypted form for use from a secure access, while the alias is available for standard access. |
| US10614243B2 |
Privacy detection of a mobile application program
Privacy violation detection of a mobile application program is disclosed. Regular histories of the mobile application are mined. A call-graph representation of the mobile application program can be created and sequences of events of interest according to the platform specification of the mobile application can be collected. A plurality of learnable features are extracted from the regular histories. The plurality of learnable features are combined into a single feature vector which is fed into a machine-learning-based classification algorithm. Whether the mobile application program includes one or more permissions for accessing unauthorized privacy data of a mobile application user is determined based on a machine learning classification of the single feature vector. The collected sequences can be reduced into a plurality of feature vectors which can include at least one of a happens-before feature and a multiplicity of occurrences feature. |
| US10614240B2 |
Accessing an encrypted file system
An apparatus, method, program product, and system for accessing an encrypted file system are disclosed. A passphrase module receives a passphrase that is one of a plurality of valid passphrases. A key module applies a predefined pattern to the passphrase to determine an encryption key encoded in the passphrase. The encryption key is used to encrypt and decrypt a password for a key store of an encrypted file system. The key store stores encryption keys for the encrypted file system. A key store module unlocks the key store of the encrypted file system using the password for the key store. The password for the key store is decrypted using the determined encryption key. |
| US10614238B2 |
Data protection method and apparatus
A data protection method includes detecting whether critical code of an application has been called, with the critical code being used to access critical data; switching from a preconfigured first extended page table (EPT) to a preconfigured second EPT according to preset trampoline code corresponding to the critical code when an operating system calls the critical code using the first EPT, wherein memory mapping relationships of the critical data and the critical code are not configured in the first EPT, the memory mapping relationships of the critical data and the critical code are configured in the second EPT, and the critical data and the critical code are separately stored in independent memory areas; and switching from the second EPT back to the first EPT according to the trampoline code after calling and executing the critical code using the second EPT. |
| US10614233B2 |
Managing access to documents with a file monitor
Disclosed herein is a system and method that can retrieve, via a file monitor, a file and policy data from a case management system or a content management system, wherein the file and the policy data are retrieved in response to detecting a user request for the file. A processor can also modify, via the file monitor, access to the file based on the policy data, and intercept a plurality of document management instructions executed with the file. The processor can also detect at least one of the document management instructions is a malicious action, wherein the malicious action is detected based on the policy data, wherein the policy data is updated in response to detecting each of the document management instructions. Additionally, the processor can execute a policy instruction to prevent execution of the at least one document management instruction. |
| US10614229B2 |
Security and privacy controls for remote-access support services
Security and privacy controls for remote-access support services are provided. A system management policy that is associated with a customer system is identified. A remote-access session is initiated. A first command for execution on the customer system is received via the remote-access session. It is determined that the first command complies with the system management policy, and in response, the first command is executed on the customer system. A first unit of data generated in response to executing the first command is identified. It is determined that providing the first unit of data to a remote-access support system complies with the system management policy. The first unit of data is provided to the remote-access support system via the remote-access session. |
| US10614228B2 |
Object with communication interface and computer-readable medium storing communication program
An object includes: a first communication interface unit configured to communicate with a first apparatus; a second communication interface unit configured to communicate with a second apparatus; and a control unit configured to perform control to transmit second information based on first information received from the first apparatus via the first communication interface unit to the second apparatus via the second communication interface unit, and, in a case that communication with the first apparatus via the first communication interface unit ends, perform control to transmit request information for requesting deletion of the second information transmitted to the second apparatus to the second apparatus. |
| US10614224B2 |
Identifying computer program security access control violations using static analysis
Techniques for identifying computer program security access control violations using static program analysis are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises generating, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a mathematical model of a computer program product, wherein the mathematical model defines data flows through nodes of the computer program product that reach a secure node corresponding to a secure resource. The computer implemented method further comprises evaluating, by the device, a security protocol of the computer program product using static program analysis of the mathematical model to determine whether any of the data flows provides access to the secure node without proceeding through one or more security nodes corresponding to the security protocol, wherein the one or more security nodes are included in the nodes of the computer program product. |
| US10614223B2 |
Security vulnerability detection
In one example in accordance with tie present disclosure, a method for security vulnerability detection includes indexing a variety of internet sources comprising third party submitted information, to extract security vulnerabilities based on the third party submitted information. The method includes generating a security vulnerabilities list comprising security vulnerabilities from the internet source and generating a software components list comprising a software component used in an application. The method includes determining that a security vulnerability in the security vulnerabilities list affects the software component and determining a risk score of the security vulnerability. The method includes presenting the security vulnerability, the risk score and the software component via a user interface. |
| US10614220B2 |
System and method for secure boot of engine management system
The present invention relates to a system and a method for secure boot of an engine management system, in which the system for secure boot of an engine management system, comprises a memory in which a boot code and at least one application are stored, a host CPU for sending a start-up command to a hardware security module HSM when a start-on or reset event occurs, and transmitting a remaining memory area authentication command to the HSM after executing the boot code when boot code authentication success is received from the HSM, and the HSM for starting up and performing authentication of the boot code stored in the memory as the start-up command is received, sending a boot code authentication result to the host CPU, and performing authentication of the rest of the memory excluding the boot code when the remaining memory area authentication command is received. |
| US10614215B2 |
Malware collusion detection
Embodiments of the invention provide for malware collusion detection in a mobile computing device. In one embodiment, a method for malicious inter-application interaction detection in a mobile computing device includes filtering applications installed in a mobile device to a set of related applications and then monitoring in the mobile device execution of the related applications in the set. The method additionally includes computing resource utilization of one of the related applications executing in a background of the mobile device while also computing execution performance of a different one of the related applications. Finally, the method includes responding to a determination that the computed resource utilization is high while the computed execution performance is poor by generating a notification in the display of the mobile device that the one of the related applications is suspected of malware collusion with the different one of the related applications. |
| US10614210B2 |
Systems and methods of protecting data from injected malware
Provided herein are systems and methods for protecting data from injected malware. In some embodiments, a virtual memory validator may execute in user mode memory space on a computing device. The virtual memory validator may monitor an execution stack of an executing thread of a process. The virtual memory validator may identify a memory address referenced in the execution stack, responsive to the process attempting to access a protected resource. The virtual memory validator may determine that the memory address refers to a memory region that is designated as executable. The virtual memory validator may determine that the memory address is outside memory regions identified in a memory range map. The virtual memory validator may, responsive to the determination, identify the process as a potential malware process. |
| US10614209B2 |
Software risk evaluation system and method thereof
A software risk evaluation system and method thereof are provided. The software risk evaluation system includes a computer system and a server. The computer system executes a software risk evaluation program to perform the steps of: scanning the computer system to obtain a software installation list of software installed on the computer system; obtaining a software risk management file from the server; setting a risk level for each software on the software installation list according to the software risk management file; adjusting the risk level of each software on the software installation list according to software asset management data and the software risk management file; and generating a software risk evaluation report according to the adjusted risk level of each software on the software installation list. |
| US10614206B2 |
Sequential object set passwords
Examples of techniques for sequential object set passwords are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method may include presenting, by a processing device, an object set to a user, wherein the object set comprises a plurality of objects in a first order; receiving, by the processing device, a rearranged object set, wherein the rearranged object set comprises the plurality of objects in a second order; comparing the rearranged object set to a known sequential object set stored in a data store; and responsive to determining that the rearranged object set matches a known sequential object set, enabling the user to access a restricted resource. |
| US10614202B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an input sensing module that detects at least two inputs and a processor that controls the electronic device to perform a function corresponding to an input received through the input sensing module, wherein the input sensing module includes at least one fingerprint recognition sensor, at least one touch sensor, and an input processor electrically connected to the at least one fingerprint recognition sensor and the at least one touch sensor and that processes an input received from the at least one fingerprint recognition sensor or the at least one touch sensor and that transfers the input to the processor. |
| US10614201B2 |
Method and device for identity authentication
Disclosed in the application are a method and device for identity authentication. The method comprises: when the terminal is in the specified stress state, action attribute information of the terminal is collected; the action attribute information is processed by matching with preset sample information; if the action attribute information is matched with the sample information, the authentication is successful, and if the action attribute information is not matched with the sample information, the authentication is failed. By the above method, the terminal can automatically collect the corresponding action attribute information in the process that users perform certain specified operation, and then match and compare with the preset standard information to authenticate the identity of the current user using the terminal. Therefore, the terminal can collect the action attribute information and set up or authenticate it without entering a specific acquisition mode in the process that the user operates and uses the terminal. It avoids interfering with the use of users, and also effectively improves the convenience of operation. |
| US10614197B2 |
Monitored shareable links to content items stored in an online content management service
Monitored shareable links to content items in an online content management service. In one aspect, based on determining that a first view metric associated with a shareable link to a content item is above a first activity threshold associated with the shareable link, a first action is taken on the shareable link. The first action can be allowing or denying requested access to the content item via the shareable link or sending a notification to a user that requested creation of the shareable link regarding user activity on the shareable link. Further, based on determining that a second view metric associated with the shareable link is above a second activity threshold associated with the shareable link, a second action is taken on the shareable link. The second action can be like the first action. |
| US10614195B2 |
Mechanisms for reparametrizing surfaces to provide inter-surface continuity
A mechanism is disclosed for reconstructing trimmed surfaces whose underlying spline surfaces intersect in model space, so that the reconstructed version of each original trimmed surface is geometrically close to the original trimmed surface, and so that the boundary of each respective reconstructed version includes a model space trim curve that approximates the geometric intersection of the underlying spline surfaces. Thus, the reconstructed versions will meet in a continuous fashion along the model space curve. The mechanism may operate on already trimmed surfaces such as may be available in a boundary representation object model, or, on spline surfaces that are to be trimmed, e.g., as part of a Boolean operation in a computer-aided design system. The ability to create objects with surface-surface intersections that are free of gaps liberates a whole host of downstream industries to perform their respective applications without the burdensome labor of gap repair, and thus, multiplies the efficacy of those industries. |
| US10614191B1 |
Performing placement and routing concurrently
Method and system relate generally to generating a physical design for a circuit design. In such a method, a logical network is obtained from a logical netlist for the circuit design. A physical network for an integrated circuit chip is obtained. The physical network is converted into a routing graph. The logical network and the routing graph are combined to build an extended network. Routing is performed on the extended network for the logical netlist to perform placement and the routing concurrently to provide the physical design. |
| US10614186B2 |
Apparatus for predicting yield of semiconductor integrated circuit and method for manufacturing semiconductor device using the same
A yield prediction apparatus is provided. The yield prediction apparatus may include at least one processor coupled to at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium. The at least one processor may be configured to receive a first variable associated with operating characteristics of a semiconductor device, perform a simulation for the operating characteristics of the semiconductor device, perform a neural network regression analysis using a result of the simulation to determine a first function for the first variable, and predict a yield of the semiconductor integrated circuit based on an advanced Monte Carlo simulation. An input of the advanced Monte Carlo simulation may include the determined first function. |
| US10614181B2 |
Electronic design tools using non-synthesizable circuit elements
A method for circuit design automation includes appending a non-synthesizable input having a unique identifier to HDL code that specifies a physical input of the circuit. For the physical components in the circuit to which a signal from the physical input is to propagate, corresponding non-synthesizable components are appended, having respective identifiers assigned responsively to the unique identifier of the non-synthesizable input, to the HDL code that specifies the physical components. The design is verified by simulating operation of the circuit using the HDL code, including both the physical and non-synthesizable inputs and components. After verifying the design, a netlist synthesis tool automatically generates a netlist of the circuit including the physical inputs and components while omitting the non-synthesizable inputs and components. |
| US10614177B2 |
System, method, and program product for digital production management
Systems, methods, and program products for managing digital production from one or more production devices with one or more sources providing inputs of production designs and/or production options are disclosed. |
| US10614166B2 |
Architecture and processes for computer learning and understanding
An architecture and processes enable computer learning and developing an understanding of arbitrary natural language text through collaboration with humans in the context of joint problem solving. The architecture ingests the text and then syntactically and semantically processes the text to infer an initial understanding of the text. The initial understanding is captured in a story model of semantic and frame structures. The story model is then tested through computer generated questions that are posed to humans through interactive dialog sessions. The knowledge gleaned from the humans is used to update the story model as well as the computing system's current world model of understanding. The process is repeated for multiple stories over time, enabling the computing system to grow in knowledge and thereby understand stories of increasingly higher reading comprehension levels. |
| US10614165B2 |
Architecture and processes for computer learning and understanding
An architecture and processes enable computer learning and developing an understanding of arbitrary natural language text through collaboration with humans in the context of joint problem solving. The architecture ingests the text and then syntactically and semantically processes the text to infer an initial understanding of the text. The initial understanding is captured in a story model of semantic and frame structures. The story model is then tested through computer generated questions that are posed to humans through interactive dialog sessions. The knowledge gleaned from the humans is used to update the story model as well as the computing system's current world model of understanding. The process is repeated for multiple stories over time, enabling the computing system to grow in knowledge and thereby understand stories of increasingly higher reading comprehension levels. |
| US10614164B2 |
Message sentiment based alert
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining textual based message data of a messaging system; processing the textual based message data to determine one or more sentiment parameter associated to the textual based message data; and outputting an alert based on a result of the processing. |
| US10614154B2 |
Methods, devices, and computer-readable medium for predicting the intended input from a user of an application in an electronic device
A method for processing input from a user of an application in an electronic device includes: obtaining a first sequence of one or more key presses typed by the user of the application in the electronic device as a representation of an intended input content, obtaining a second sequence of one or more key presses as a representation of a context content of the application under the input coding scheme, identifying a subsequence in the second sequence that matches or closely matches the first sequence, and displaying on a display screen of the electronic device at least a portion of the context content corresponding to the identified subsequence in the second sequence as a candidate for the intended input content. |
| US10614153B2 |
Resource size-based content item selection
Systems and methods for automatically determining a content item size may be based on a size of a viewport and a width of a parent element. A script may be configured to determine a size of a viewport, determine a width of a parent element of a resource, and determine a content item size based, at least in part, on the size of the view port and the width of the parent element. A dimension of the determined content item size may be used by a content item selection system to determine a set of content items. A content item selection system may select a content item from the determined set of content items and serve data to effect display of the selected content item in the parent element with the resource. |
| US10614149B2 |
Coordinate information conversion device and computer readable medium
A coordinate information conversion device includes: calculation means for acquiring a plurality of pieces of image data obtained by capturing a set of positions including a position of a fixed object and a position of a movable part of a machine tool and calculating values of undefined numbers included in a predetermined conversion equation on the basis of the acquired plurality of pieces of image data; and first conversion means for converting a coordinate value in a first coordinate system which is a coordinate system for controlling driving of the movable part to a coordinate value in a second coordinate system which is a coordinate system for representing virtual information and is a coordinate system based on the position of the fixed object on the basis of the predetermined conversion equation of which the values of the undefined numbers are calculated by the calculation means. |
| US10614147B2 |
Embedded system, method and communication unit for implementing a fast fourier transform using customized instructions
An embedded system is described. The embedded system includes a processing circuit comprising ‘Q’ processing units that can be operated in parallel. A memory is operably coupled to the processing circuit and includes at least input data. The processing circuit is configured to support an implementation of a non-power-of-2 fast Fourier transform of length N using a multiplication of at least two smaller FFTs of a respective first length N1 and second length N2, where N1 and N2 are whole numbers. The processing circuit is further configured to employ a customized instruction configured to perform an FFT operation of length less than ‘Q’ using a first of the at least two smaller FFTs. |
| US10614145B2 |
Presenting content on a webpage in a desired format
A method, system and computer program product for presenting content on a webpage in a desired format. The webpage(s) previously visited by a user are identified. The format of the content (e.g., tables, graphs) on these webpage(s) is then determined. Furthermore, a future webpage the user will likely visit is determined. Additionally, the format of the content on the future webpage the user will likely visit is determined. The format of the content on the webpage the user is currently visiting is then modified to ensure consistency of the format of the content among the webpage(s) the user previously visited, the future webpage the user will likely visit and the webpage the user is currently visiting. |
| US10614136B2 |
Method and system for managing primary field-specific entity records required by user
A method and a system for managing primary field-specific entity records required by a user. The method includes developing a structured database to identify field-specific entity records, identifying pairs of field-specific entity records having similar entity attribute in the field segments, designating relations between the identified pairs of field-specific entity records, determining a weightage score of the relations between the pairs of field-specific entity records, determining an importance score of each of the field-specific entity records based on the plurality of entity attributes of the field-specific entity record and relations of the field-specific entity record, receiving a first user-input based on a field specified by the user, identifying the primary field-specific entity records based on the determined weightage scores and the determined importance scores of the field-specific entity records in the field segment associated with the specified field. |
| US10614135B2 |
Wildcard search in encrypted text using order preserving encryption
A encrypted text wildcard search method enables wildcard search of encrypted text by using a permuterm index storing permuted keyword strings that are encrypted using an order preserving encryption algorithm. The permuted keyword strings are encrypted using an order preserving encryption algorithm or a modular order preserving encryption algorithm and stored in the permuterm index. In response to a search query containing a wildcard search term, the encrypted text wildcard search method transforms the wildcard search term to a permuted search term having a prefix search format. The permuted search term having the prefix search format is then used to perform a range query of the permuterm index to retrieve permuted keyword strings having ciphertext values that fall within the range query. In some embodiments, the encrypted text wildcard search method enables prefix search, suffix search, inner-wildcard search, substring search and multiple wildcard search of encrypted text. |
| US10614133B2 |
Distributed web browser software architecture
Methods for a distributed web browser software architecture are described herein. In an embodiment, a client web browser software application provides input functionality and displays web pages, while a server web browser software application acquires the resources necessary for rendering those web pages. A communication connection between the client and server browser applications joins them into a distributed web browser. In this way a server browser running on a personal device, such as a smartphone, can be used in conjunction with a client browser running on a separate hardware device having efficient input capabilities (keyboard, mouse, etc.) and a large display so that the user can work with complex web applications in an efficient manner. |
| US10614132B2 |
GUI-triggered processing of performance data and log data from an information technology environment
The disclosed system and method acquire and store performance measurements relating to performance of a component in an information technology (IT) environment and log data produced by the IT environment, in association with corresponding time stamps. The disclosed system and method correlate at least one of the performance measurements with at least one of the portions of log data. |
| US10614128B2 |
Methods and systems for starting computerized system modules
Graph data of a DAG is received. The data describes a module to be started by way of nodes connected by edges, wherein some nodes are submodule nodes that correspond to submodules of said module. Submodule nodes are connected via edge(s) that reflect a data dependency between the corresponding submodules. Each of said submodules is a hardware module or a software submodule, capable of producing and/or consuming data that can be consumed and/or produced, by other submodule(s) of said module, based on the DAG. Asynchronous execution is started of two of said submodules, respectively corresponding to two submodule nodes located in independent branches of the DAG. A third submodule node(s) is determined that is a descendant of each of said two submodule nodes, according to an outcome of the execution of the corresponding two submodules. Execution is started of a third submodule that corresponds to the determined third submodule node. |
| US10614125B1 |
Modeling and extracting elements in semi-structured documents
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that describes a semi-structured document for the purpose of acquiring a set of data elements from the semi-structured document. During operation, the system obtains a physics model of a semi-structured document, wherein the physics model includes a set of relationships represented by physical objects that describe relative positions of a set of data elements in the semi-structured document. Next, the system applies the physics model to a representation of the semi-structured document to automatically extract a set of data from the representation. The system then provides the extracted set of data for use with one or more applications without requiring manual input of the data into the one or more applications. |
| US10614123B2 |
Systems and methods for sharing audio feeds
Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling sharing of audio feeds. One method includes receiving, from a user over a network, a request to add an audio feed to a collection managed by the user; storing, in a database, a URL of the audio feed in relation to the collection; receiving, from the user over the network, a request to share the collection; and generating an RSS URL of the collection by searching the database for URLs of audio feeds stored in relation to the collection. |
| US10614122B2 |
Balance modifications of audio-based computer program output using a placeholder field based on content
Modifying computer program output in a voice or non-text input activated environment is provided. A system can receive audio signals detected by a microphone of a device. The system can parse the audio signal to identify a computer program to invoke. The computer program can identify a dialog data structure. The system can modify the identified dialog data structure to include a content item. The system can provide the modified dialog data structure to a computing device for presentation, wherein the dialog data structure comprises a placeholder field, positioned on the dialog data structure based on content, in order to aid in inserting of content. |
| US10614120B2 |
Information search method and device and computer readable recording medium thereof
An intuitive information search method and device based on a displayed image and a computer readable recording medium thereof. The information search method based on an image displayed on a device includes recognizing a first input indicating a selection related to a plurality of objects included in the image, recognizing a second input indicating a search relationship between the selected plurality of objects, and searching for information based on the first input and the second input; and outputting found information through the device. |
| US10614110B2 |
Queries
Embodiments are directed to a computer implemented method of improving queries. The method includes performing a query on a document set, wherein documents that satisfy the query comprise a first subset of the document set and documents that do not satisfy the query comprise a complement subset. Thereafter, calculating a correlation for all terms in the complement subset, with respect to the complement subset. Thereafter determining a set of top correlated terms. A set of bottom correlated terms is determined. The set of top correlated terms and bottom correlated terms are presented to generate an improved query. |
| US10614102B2 |
Method and system for creating entity records using existing data sources
A method and a system for creating entity records. The method includes extracting data records from existing data sources, the data records including entity names and attributes associated therewith; identifying the entity names and attributes corresponding thereto, in each extracted data record; classifying identified entity attributes, based on attribute signatures associated therewith; clustering data records based on similar classified entity attributes and/or similar entity names; comparing entity attributes in clustered data records to identify entity attributes with missing attributes data; assigning representative attributes data to entity attributes with missing attributes data; combining clustered data records to form entity record segments; clustering entity record segments based on similar identity signatures thereof; comparing relevant entity attributes of clustered entity record segments to identify entity record segments having a relation therebetween; and combining related entity record segments to form entity records. |
| US10614099B2 |
Human interactions for populating user information on electronic forms
Systems and methods are provided for populating user information onto an electronic form using human interactions via touch, voice, gestures or an input device. The electronic form is selected by the user for completion using a user profile of stored data. When a form field requires a manual input—such as a form field with multiple potential values—a user is prompted to complete the field using one or more of the human interactions to allow the user to easily complete the field. These human interactions may include touching the form field with a finger on a touchscreen user interface, speaking the form field name, gesturing or selecting via the input device to generate a window of different potential values, and then touching, speaking, gesturing of selecting via the input device the value that the user prefers. |
| US10614093B2 |
Method and system for creating an instance model
A system and method for creating an instance model is provided. The system provides an information extraction and modeling framework from wide spectrum of document types such as PDF, Text, HTML, LOG, CSV, images, audio/video files and DOCX. In this framework information is extracted and mapped on a domain conceptual model like ER model and the instance model is created. Initially a template model is created using the existing ER model and the plurality of data sources. The template model, the existing ER model and the information extracted from the plurality of data sources are then provided as input to generate the instance model. The system or method is not limited to extract information from log files. This can be useful for different types of files type if the structures and formats of data are different. The system can also be used with unstructured type of data sources. |
| US10614090B1 |
Indexing and archiving streaming sources for managed search
A data discovery service provides methods of indexing and archiving data from streaming data sources. The data discovery service can subscribe to a streaming service which transmits data collected by a streaming data source. The streaming data source may be associated with an index policy that identifies the types of data from the data stream are to be indexed, and an archive policy that identifies under what conditions an index should be archived. An index of the data stream may be generated based on the index policy until an archive event is detected. When the archive event is detected, the index can be transmitted to an archive data store and a new index can be generated for the data stream. |
| US10614084B2 |
Default suggested queries on online social networks
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system of a user, an indication of the user accessing a query field associated with a profile interface of a first entity, accessing a relational database to identify one or more second entities related to the first entity, generating one or more suggested queries based on the first entity, each suggested query comprising a name string of the first entity and one or more second name strings of one or more of the identified second entities, respectively, and sending, to the client system, responsive to the user accessing the query field, instructions for displaying one or more of the suggested queries. |
| US10614082B2 |
Patent mapping
A computer implemented method and system for patent mapping comprises maintaining a database of patent portfolios and a database of patents, each patent stored in the database of patents associated with one or more patent portfolios stored in the database of patent portfolios; receiving a search query associated with a first patent portfolio; searching the first portfolio as a function of the search query; generating search results, the search results including one or more patent claims associated with the search query; mapping the one or more patent claims to a patent concept; highlighting any claim terms associated with the patent scope across a number of claims; storing the associations; and displaying the highlighted claim terms to a user when subsequently displaying the one or more mapped patent claims. |