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| US10629914B2 |
Electrode assembly and method for manufacturing same
The present disclosure is directed to preventing generation of side reactions at a negative electrode, inhibiting an increase in resistance, and improving productivity. An electrode assembly is provided including: a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector having a negative electrode tab at one end, and a negative electrode active material layer formed on a surface thereof; a positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector having a positive electrode tab at one end, and a positive electrode active material layer formed on a surface thereof; and a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes, and including a coating layer containing a conductive material and a polymer binder on the top surface of the negative electrode active material layer, wherein the coating layer is spaced apart from the top end, where the negative electrode tab is formed, and the bottom end by a predetermined distance. |
| US10629909B2 |
Energy storage device
An energy storage device having sufficient energy density and sufficient power is provided. In this embodiment, an energy storage device that includes a negative electrode containing an active material layer including an active material is provided. The active material layer includes particulate graphite as the active material. A particle diameter frequency distribution of the graphite includes a first peak and a second peak which appears in a region where a particle diameter is larger than a particle diameter of the first peak, the particle diameter of the first peak is equal to or less than 10 μm and the particle diameter of the second peak is more than 10 μm. The active material layer further includes a particulate high hardness active material which has higher hardness than the graphite. |
| US10629907B2 |
Lithium ion secondary battery and method for producing the same
A lithium ion secondary battery with a high capacity retention rate, and a method for producing the lithium ion secondary battery. The lithium ion secondary battery may comprise a cathode including a cathode active material layer comprising a cathode active material and Li3PO4, an anode including an anode active material layer comprising an anode active material, and an electrolyte layer being disposed between the cathode and the anode and comprising a liquid electrolyte, wherein a C1s element ratio obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurement of the Li3PO4 is 18.82 at % or less. |
| US10629901B2 |
Production method of battery active material, battery active material, nonaqueous electrolyte battery and battery pack
A production method of a battery active material of the present embodiment includes a step of obtaining a coprecipitated product containing Ti and Nb by mixing a solution with a pH of 5 or lower, in which a Ti compound is dissolved, and a solution with a pH of 5 or lower, in which a Nb compound is dissolved, such that molar ratio of Ti and Nb (Nb/Ti) is adjusted within a range of 1≤Nb/Ti≤28, and then further mixing with an alkali solution with a pH of 8 or higher; and a step of burning the coprecipitated product under condition of 635° C. or higher and 1200° C. or lower. |
| US10629900B2 |
Porous silicon compositions and devices and methods thereof
A porous silicon composition, a porous alloy composition, or a porous silicon containing cermet composition, as defined herein. A method of making: the porous silicon composition; the porous alloy composition, or the porous silicon containing cermet composition, as defined herein. Also disclosed is an electrode, and an energy storage device incorporating the electrode and at least one of the disclosed compositions, as defined herein. |
| US10629898B2 |
Electrodes, lithium-ion batteries, and methods of making and using same
Described herein are improved composite anodes and lithium-ion batteries made therefrom. Further described are methods of making and using the improved anodes and batteries. In general, the anodes include a porous composite having a plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites. At least one of the plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites is formed from a dendritic particle, which is a three-dimensional, randomly-ordered assembly of nanoparticles of an electrically conducting material and a plurality of discrete non-porous nanoparticles of a non-carbon Group 4A element or mixture thereof disposed on a surface of the dendritic particle. At least one nanocomposite of the plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites has at least a portion of its dendritic particle in electrical communication with at least a portion of a dendritic particle of an adjacent nanocomposite in the plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites. |
| US10629894B2 |
Cathode material for a lithium-sulphur cell
A cathode material for an electrochemical cell, in particular a lithium-sulfur cell, including at least one cathode active material and at least one in particular lithium ion-conducting or lithium ion-conductive polymer electrolyte and/or at least one inorganic ion conductor, in particular a lithium ion conductor. The at least one cathode active material includes a polymer containing in particular covalently bound sulfur. Moreover, also described is a cell and a battery equipped with same. |
| US10629893B2 |
Method of producing an electrode substrate made of carbon fibers
A porous electrode substrate has a form of a tape material and contains a structure made of carbon fibers and a carbon matrix. A specific surface area, porosity, and pore distribution are determined by the carbon matrix. The carbon matrix contains carbon particles including activated carbon with a high specific surface area and a carbonized or graphitized residue of a carbonizable or graphitizable binder. |
| US10629892B2 |
Negative electrode for rechargeable lithium battery, and rechargeable lithium battery including same
A negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a negative active material layer on a current collector. The negative active material layer includes a carbon-based negative active material. A Degree of Divergence (DD) value of the negative electrode is greater than or equal to about 19. The DD value may be calculated based on the following equation: DD(Degree of Divergence)=(Ia/Itotal)*100 where Ia is a sum of peak intensities at non-planar angles measured by XRD using a CuKα ray and Itotal is a sum of peak intensities at all angles measured by XRD using a CuKα ray. |
| US10629889B2 |
Process of preparing a chemically pre-formed (CPF) iron negative electrode with oxidizing gases
Provided is a process for preparing an electrode comprising an iron active material. The process comprises first fabricating an electrode comprising an iron active material, and then treating the electrode with a gaseous oxidant to thereby create an oxidized surface. The resulting iron electrode is preconditioned prior to any charge-discharge cycle to have the assessable surface of the iron active material in the same oxidation state as in discharged iron negative electrodes active material. |
| US10629886B2 |
Battery pack system
An improved battery pack and system including such battery pack is disclosed. The battery pack includes a power control module positioned to allow for increased battery power or reduced battery pack size. |
| US10629882B2 |
Battery module
A battery module includes a plurality of overlapping rechargeable batteries arranged in one direction, each rechargeable battery including at least one terminal protruding outside, and a plurality of bus bars electrically connecting terminals of different rechargeable batteries of the plurality of rechargeable batteries, the bus bar including a bent band in surface contact with and electrically connected to a respective terminal. |
| US10629880B2 |
Energy providing devices and applications thereof
Disclosed herein are compositions for use in an energy providing devices and methods of preparing such devices. Also included herein is energy providing devices that comprise a charged compound modified substrate or zwitterion-modified substrate or energy providing devices that comprise an electrolyte that comprises a perhalogenatedphenyl azide charged or zwitterionic compound. |
| US10629878B2 |
Battery pack including spacer
Disclosed herein is a battery pack configured to have a structure in which two or more battery modules, each of which includes a plurality of battery cells or unit modules which can be charged and discharged, are arranged such that the battery modules are mounted in a space defined between a pack housing and a base plate, the battery pack including the base plate on which the arranged battery modules are loaded, a sensing assembly mounted at upper ends of the battery modules for detecting voltage of the battery modules, a pair of tension bars mounted at the upper ends of the battery modules in a direction in which the battery modules are arranged for supporting the battery modules, a battery management system (BMS) mounted at an outside of an outermost one of the battery modules in a state in which the BMS is adjacent to the outermost one of the battery modules, the pack housing for surrounding the battery modules and the BMS, a lower end of the pack housing being coupled to the base plate, and a spacer disposed in a space defined between an inner surface of the pack housing and outer surfaces of the battery modules for restraining motion of upper end parts of the battery modules. |
| US10629875B2 |
Battery module
Disclosed is a battery module having a simple structure, facilitating reduction in weight and size, and saving manufacturing costs while securing an efficient cooling capability. The battery module includes: a plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries, each including an electrode assembly, an electrolyte, a pouch exterior, a receiving portion configured to receive the electrode assembly, and a sealing portion obtained by sealing the pouch exterior, wherein the plurality of secondary batteries are arranged in a left-and-right direction while standing in an up-and-down direction and each have a lower sealing portion that is folded; and a cooling plate including a thermally conductive material, arranged under the plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries while lying down in a horizontal direction, and having two or more protrusions to which lower portions of the secondary batteries are attached and a folding support portion located between the protrusions and protruding upwards, wherein the protrusions convexly protrude upwards from an upper surface of the cooling plate, and the folding support portion supports the folded lower sealing portion of each secondary battery upwards. |
| US10629870B1 |
Circuit board and battery holder thereof
A circuit board including electronic component and battery holder. Battery holder is fixed to circuit board and includes base, first conductive component and second conductive component. Base includes bottom portion and side portion. Bottom portion has top surface and bottom surface. Side portion stands on top surface. Side portion and bottom portion form accommodation space. First conductive component includes first contact part, first support part and first protruding part. First support part is connected to first contact part. First protruding part is located on first support part. First contact part is located in accommodation space. First support part extends outwards along normal direction of bottom surface. First protruding part extends along longitudinal direction of first support part, and side of first support part that is located away from first contact part is fixed to circuit board. Electronic component is located between bottom surface and circuit board. |
| US10629865B2 |
Feedthrough device
In a feedthrough device and method of assembly thereof, a body has longitudinally spaced first and second end faces and an inner surface defining a longitudinally extending opening. A conductor extends within the opening and an insulator extends within the opening transversely intermediate the conductor and the inner surface of the body to insulate the conductor from the body. The body has at least one indentation formed longitudinally into at least one of the first and second end faces, with a portion of the inner surface of the body being displaced transversely against the insulator in correspondence with the at least one longitudinal indentation to crimp the insulator and conductor within the opening of the body and maintain a hermetic seal across the feedthrough device. |
| US10629861B2 |
Stretchable battery and method of manufacturing the same
A stretchable battery includes: a pouch; a metal barrier disposed in the pouch; and an electrode assembly disposed in the pouch and on the metal barrier, wherein the pouch and the electrode assembly each have a wavy shape including a plurality of peaks and valleys. |
| US10629851B2 |
OLED thin film encapsulation structure
An OLED thin film encapsulation structure and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The OLED thin film encapsulation structure has: a substrate, a first organic layer disposed on the substrate; a first inorganic layer which is a hydrophobic layer; a second organic layer; a second inorganic layer which is disposed on the first inorganic layer and the second organic layer, and is a hydrophobic layer; and a plurality of first protrusions disposed with intervals on the first organic layer and/or the second organic layer. |
| US10629850B2 |
Flexible OLED display panel and encapsulation method thereof
A flexible OLED display panel is disclosed and includes an encapsulation structure. The encapsulation structure includes: a first inorganic thin film formed on a surface of an OLED display layer and a surrounding region of the surface; a first organic thin film formed on a surface of the first inorganic thin film; and a plurality of dams. Each of the dams has a first sub-dam close to the first inorganic thin film and a second sub-dam away from the first inorganic thin film. A gap is formed between the first sub-dam and the second sub-dam which are located at a same side. The gap is filled with desiccant. |
| US10629849B2 |
OLED with a flattening layer between two barrier layers
According to one embodiment, an organic semiconductor device includes a supporting substrate, a plurality of organic EL light emitting elements, a first barrier layer, a flattening layer, and a second barrier layer. The flattening layer exists sporadically and makes gentle in inclination steep elevation change present in the surface of the first barrier layer. The first barrier layer and the second barrier layer are made of moisture penetration preventive material. |
| US10629846B2 |
Flexible display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a flexible substrate and a first insulation layer disposed on the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate includes a bending area. The first insulation layer includes a first unevenness disposed over the bending area. The first unevenness includes two or more steps in at least a portion of the first unevenness. |
| US10629840B2 |
Organic optoelectronic device and method for manufacturing the same
The present invention provides an organic optoelectronic device and a method for manufacturing the same, in which laser scanning is used to form the electrical connection between the second electrode layer and the contact electrode layer. The present invention can effectively decrease the frequency of replacement of metal masks, significantly shorten the time required for replacing the metal masks, and reduce the down time due to the replacement of metal masks. In addition, the organic optoelectronic device can have a large active area due to the narrow border of the electrical connection formed by the laser scanning. |
| US10629839B2 |
Lighting apparatus using organic light emitting diode
A lighting apparatus of the present disclosure divides a plurality of pixels and configures an auxiliary electrode which transmits a signal to the first substrate with a metal nano ink so that the light which is reflected from the interface between the first substrate and an external air layer to be incident is reflected and scattered again to improve the luminous efficiency of the lighting apparatus. |
| US10629837B2 |
Top emission organic EL element and manufacturing method thereof
A manufacturing method of a top emission organic EL element includes a step of providing an insulating layer on a substrate, a processing step of processing a center area within a region in which the insulating layer is provided, a step of forming a bank on the insulating layer, a lower electrode material applying step, a luminescent material applying step, and an upper transparent electrode forming step. The insulating layer is provided such that a contact angle to a solution to be applied in forming a lower electrode becomes smaller at the center area than the contact angle at a peripheral area within the region. |
| US10629836B2 |
Organic light emitting diode and organic light emitting diode display device including the same
An organic light emitting diode includes a first electrode; a hole auxiliary layer on the first electrode; a light emitting material layer on the hole auxiliary layer and emitting white light; an electron auxiliary layer on the light emitting material layer; and a second electrode on the electron auxiliary layer, wherein the light emitting material layer includes a first light emitting material layer, a second light emitting material layer and a third light emitting material layer sequentially layered, and wherein the first light emitting material layer includes an electron blocking material. |
| US10629833B2 |
Flashing ratchets
Provided herein are flashing ratchets that produce transport based on the oscillating application of regularly-spaced, asymmetric potentials. In particular, devices are provided that transport electrons without the requirement of an overall source-drain bias favoring electron transport. |
| US10629830B2 |
Organic electroluminescent device
An amine derivative represented by the following General Formula (1) is provided. In the above General Formula (1), Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 are independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, at least one of Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 is substituted with a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, and L is a single bond, a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene group. |
| US10629829B2 |
Organometallic compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein in Formula 1, CY1, R1 to R3, R11 to R13, R21, and b1 are the same as described in the specification. |
| US10629827B2 |
Organometallic complexes as phosphorescent emitters in organic LEDs
Organic light emitting devices are described wherein the emissive layer comprises a host material containing an emissive molecule, which molecule is adapted to luminesce when a voltage is applied across the heterostructure, and the emissive molecule is selected from the group of phosphorescent organometallic complexes, including cyclometallated platinum, iridium and osmium complexes. The organic light emitting devices optionally contain an exciton blocking layer. Furthermore, improved electroluminescent efficiency in organic light emitting devices is obtained with an emitter layer comprising organometallic complexes of transition metals of formula L2MX, wherein L and X are distinct bidentate ligands. Compounds of this formula can be synthesized more facilely than in previous approaches and synthetic options allow insertion of fluorescent molecules into a phosphorescent complex, ligands to fine tune the color of emission, and ligands to trap carriers. |
| US10629826B2 |
Organic compound and photoelectric conversion element
To provide an organic compound represented by the following general formula (1): where R1 is a C2-C6 alkyl group or a hydrogen atom, R2 and R3, which may be identical or different, are each a C2-C12 alkyl group, and R4 and R5, which may be identical or different, are each a C6-C12 alkyl group that may be a branched chain or a straight chain. |
| US10629825B2 |
Organic light-emitting device
An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer, wherein the organic layer includes a first compound represented by Formula 1 and a second compound represented by one of Formulae 2 and 3: |
| US10629824B2 |
Organic electroluminescent compound and organic electroluminescent device comprising the same
The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. The organic electroluminescent compound of the present disclosure has a high glass transition temperature that can be used in a deposition process. In addition, an organic electroluminescent device having low driving voltage, a high luminous efficiency and/or long lifespan characteristic can be provided with the use of the organic electroluminescent compound according to the present disclosure. |
| US10629818B2 |
Organic thin-film transistor and method for manufacturing the same, material for organic thin-film transistor, composition for organic thin-film transistor, compound, and organic semiconductor film
A compound which, when used for organic semiconductor films in organic thin-film transistors, makes the organic thin-film transistors exhibit a high carrier mobility, a material for an organic thin-film transistor for which the compound is used, a composition for an organic thin-film transistor, an organic thin-film transistor and a method for manufacturing the same, and an organic semiconductor film. The organic thin-film transistor contains a compound represented by General Formula (1) in an organic semiconductor film (organic semiconductor layer) thereof. |
| US10629814B2 |
Coaxial semiconductive organic nanofibers and electrospinning fabrication thereof
A coaxial nanocomposite including a core, which includes fibers of a first organic polymer, and a shell, which includes fibers of a second organic polymer, the first polymer and the second polymer forming a heterojunction. |
| US10629811B2 |
Resistance variable memory structure and method of forming the same
A memory structure includes a first dielectric layer, having a first top surface, over a conductive structure. A first opening in the first dielectric layer exposes an area of the conductive structure, and has an interior sidewall. A first electrode structure, having a first portion and a second portion, is over the exposed area of the conductive structure. The second portion extends upwardly along the interior sidewall. A resistance variable layer is disposed over the first electrode. A second electrode structure, having a third portion and a fourth portion, is over the resistance variable layer. The third portion has a second top surface below the first top surface of the first dielectric layer. The fourth portion extends upwardly along the resistance variable layer. A second opening is defined by the second electrode structure. At least a part of a second dielectric layer is disposed in the second opening. |
| US10629810B2 |
Resistance-change type memory device
A resistance-change type memory device includes a substrate, a plurality of electrodes arranged in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate and extending in a second direction intersecting the upper surface, a resistance-change film provided in a third direction that is parallel to the upper surface and intersects the first direction as viewed from the plurality of electrodes, a semiconductor film provided between the plurality of electrodes and the resistance-change film, and an insulating film provided between the plurality of electrodes and the semiconductor film. The resistance-change film has a resistance value that changes when a current flows therein. |
| US10629808B2 |
Phase change random access memory and fabrication method thereof
A method for forming a phase change random access memory is provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a surface; and forming a dielectric layer on the surface of the substrate. The method also includes forming a through-hole penetrating through the dielectric layer; and forming an adhesion layer on inner surface of the through-hole. Further, the method includes forming a metal layer doped with inorganic ions on the adhesion layer to reduce over-etching of the metal layer and increase heating efficiency of the metal layer on the surface of the adhesion layer; and forming a phase change layer on the dielectric layer, the adhesion layer and the doped metal layer. |
| US10629805B2 |
Magnetic element
A magnetic element is provided. The magnetic element includes a free magnetization layer having a surface area that is approximately 1,600 nm2 or less, the free magnetization layer including a magnetization state that is configured to be changed; an insulation layer coupled to the free magnetization layer, the insulation layer including a non-magnetic material; and a magnetization fixing layer coupled to the insulation layer opposite the free magnetization layer, the magnetization fixing layer including a fixed magnetization so as to be capable of serving as a reference of the free magnetization layer. |
| US10629804B2 |
Method of manufacturing magnetoresistive device
A magnetoresistance device has an MgO (magnesium oxide) layer provided between a first ferromagnetic layer and a second ferromagnetic layer. The device is manufactured by forming a film of the MgO layer in a film forming chamber. A substance whose getter effect with respect to an oxidizing gas is large is adhered to surfaces of components provided in the chamber for forming the MgO layer. The substance having a large getter effect is a substance whose value of oxygen gas adsorption energy is 145 kcal/mol or higher. Ta (tantalum), in particular, is preferable as a substance which constitutes the magnetoresistance device. |
| US10629802B1 |
Magnetoresistance device and method for forming the same
A magnetoresistance device is disclosed, comprising a bottom electrode, a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) disposed on the bottom electrode, a top electrode disposed on the magnetic tunneling junction, a first spacer disposed on the magnetic tunneling junction and covering a sidewall of the top electrode, and a second spacer disposed on the first spacer and conformally covering along a sidewall of the first spacer, a sidewall of the magnetic tunneling junction and a sidewall of the bottom electrode. |
| US10629799B2 |
Piezoelectric vibration element and piezoelectric vibration device
A crystal vibration element includes a plate shaped crystal blank including a pair of long sides and pair of short sides when viewed on a plane, and a pair of excitation electrodes superimposed on the two major surfaces of the crystal blank. When viewed on a plane, each of the pair of excitation electrodes includes a pair of short edges extending along a pair of short sides on inner sides of the pair of short sides, and a pair of long edges extending along a pair of long sides on inner sides of the pair of long sides. The pair of short edges are shaped as straight line parallel to the pair of short sides, while the pair of long edges are shaped outwardly bulging when viewed on a plane. |
| US10629798B1 |
Semiconductor fabrication
In-situ patterning of semiconductor structures is performed using one or more “shadow walls” in conjunction with an angled deposition beam. A shadow wall protrudes outwardly from the surface of a substrate to define an adjacent shadow region in which deposition is prevented due to the shadow wall inhibiting the passage of the angled deposition beam. Hence, deposition will not occur on a surface portion of a semiconductor structure within the shadow region. Shadow walls can thus be used to achieve selective patterning of semiconductor structures. The shadow walls themselves are formed of semiconductor. In one implementation, the semiconductor structure and the one or more shadow walls used to selectively pattern it may be formed using selective area growth (SAG). |
| US10629797B2 |
Two-component bump metallization
A structure has a first substrate bonded to a first under-bump metallization (UBM) structure, the first UBM structure comprising a first bonding region laterally surrounded by a first superconducting region. A second substrate is bonded to a second under-bump metallization (UBM) structure, the second UBM structure comprising a second bonding region laterally surrounded by a second superconducting region; and a superconducting solder material joins the first UBM structure to the second UBM structure. |
| US10629796B2 |
Laminate and thermoelectric conversion element
A laminate includes, on a substrate, a first buffer layer substantially made of zirconium oxide or stabilized zirconia, a second buffer layer substantially made of yttrium oxide, a metal layer substantially made of at least one among platinum, iridium, palladium, rhodium, vanadium, chromium, iron, molybdenum, tungsten, aluminum, silver, gold, copper, and nickel, and a magnesium oxide layer substantially made of magnesium oxide, in this order. |
| US10629795B2 |
Thermoelectric module and device, in particular for generating an electric current in a motor vehicle
A thermoelectric device may include a casing of tubular shape in which extends a plurality of modules of thermoelectric elements extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the casing. Additionally, each module may include a plurality of thermoelectric elements having a cylinder or right prism shape with a central opening, a first fluid circulating through the central opening, and a second fluid circulating around the exterior periphery, and an enclosure capping said thermoelectric elements. Further, the enclosure may include at least an intake for the second fluid and a discharge for said second fluid. Furthermore, a number and dimensions of said thermoelectric element modules is optimized as a function of the ratio between a volume of the thermoelectric elements and a volume of the casing, a thickness of the enclosure and a distance between two adjacent modules. |
| US10629794B2 |
Thermoelectric power generation device and method for manufacturing same
Each of a first outside plate and a second outside plate includes bent portions at its both ends in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which a low-temperature fluid flows. The bent portions of the first outside plate and the bent portions of the second outside plate are respectively welded together in a resiliently deformed state to approach each other. The bent portions of the first outside plate and the bent portions of the second outside plate are respectively welded together to generate stress to press a first power generation module and a second power generation module on a duct. |
| US10629784B2 |
Optoelectronic component, method for producing an optoelectronic component and flashlight for a portable device
The invention relates to an optoelectronic component (100) comprising a semiconductor chip (1) for generating a primary beam in the blue spectral range, a conversion element (4) which is arranged in the beam path of the semiconductor chip (2) and is designed to generate a secondary beam from the primary beam, wherein the conversion element (4) comprises at least one first luminescent material (9) used as a conversion material, the first luminescent material (9) being (La1-xCax)3Si6(N1-yOy)11:Ce3+ with 0≤x≤1 and 0 |
| US10629777B2 |
Optoelectronic semiconductor chip
An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body including an n-conducting region, a p-conducting region and an active region between the n-conducting region and the p-conducting region; a first mirror containing a first metallic layer, and a p-metallization containing a second metallic layer, wherein during operation of the semiconductor chip, the first mirror is not at the same electrical potential as the p-conducting region, during operation of the semiconductor chip, the p-metallization is at the same electrical potential as the p-conducting region, and the first mirror has at least one opening through which the p-metallization is electrically conductively connected to the p-conducting region. |
| US10629775B2 |
Ultra-wideband light emitting diode and optical detector comprising indium gallium arsenide phosphide and method of fabricating the same
Devices, systems, and methods for providing wireless personal area networks (PANs) and local area networks (LANs) using visible and near-visible optical spectrum. Various constructions and material selections are provided herein. According to one embodiment, a light-emitting diode (LED) includes a substrate, a carrier confinement (CC) region positioned over the substrate, and an active region positioned over the CC region. The CC region includes a first CC layer that is a wideband gap CC layer including indium gallium phosphide or aluminum gallium arsenide. The CC region includes a second CC layer positioned over the first CC layer. The second CC layer is a wideband gap CC layer that includes indium gallium phosphide or aluminum gallium arsenide. The active region is configured to have a transient response time of less than 500 picoseconds (ps). |
| US10629773B2 |
Light-emitting diode comprising at least one wider bandgap intermediate layer placed in at least one barrier layer of the light-emitting zone
Disclosed is a light-emitting diode containing: first and second semiconductor layers respectively n-doped and p-doped, forming a p-n junction; an active zone placed between the first and second layers, including an InXGa1-XN emitting layer able to form a quantum well, and two InYGa1-YN, where 0 |
| US10629768B2 |
Assembly and mounting of solar cells on space vehicles or satellites
Solar cell array assemblies or modules mounted on a space vehicle having discrete predefined pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) regions thereon. In certain embodiments, the solar cell array modules may be conveniently mounted on the surface of a panel of a space vehicle or satellite with the discrete predefined PSA regions sized and shaped to match portions of the panel. |
| US10629766B2 |
Method for manufacturing ultraviolet photodetector based on Ga2O3 material
A method for manufacturing an ultraviolet photodetector based on Ga2O3 material are provided. The method includes: selecting a substrate; forming a Ga2O3 layer on an upper surface of the substrate; forming a top electrode on the Ga2O3 layer; and forming a bottom electrode on a lower surface of the substrate. Ga2O3 material is adopted, with a light transmittance in the solar blind area can reach 80% or even 90%. The Ga2O3 material is suitable for application to a light absorbing layer, and its transparent conductive electrical properties are also beneficial to improve the light absorption capacity of the light absorbing layer, thereby greatly improving the device performance of the photodetector diode. |
| US10629765B2 |
Single photon avalanche diode
A photodetector includes: a substrate having a first doping type; a first semiconductor region having a second doping type, the first semiconductor region extending into the substrate from a front side of the substrate; and a second semiconductor region having the first doping type, the second semiconductor region further extending into the substrate from a bottom boundary of the first semiconductor region, wherein when the photodetector operates under a Geiger mode, the second semiconductor region is fully depleted to absorb a radiation source received from a back side of the substrate. |
| US10629763B2 |
Solar cell module
A solar cell module includes: two solar cells adjacent one another across a space; an elongated light reflector extending over the two solar cells; and a front protector covering front surfaces of the two solar cells and the light reflector. In a plan view of the two solar cells, each of the two solar cells has chamfered corners and a substantially octagonal shape with linear long sides and linear or non-linear short sides, connected alternately. The light reflector, in the plan view, protrudes in the longitudinal direction from an intersection between a first long side facing another long side across the space, among the long sides, and a first short side one end of which is connected to the first long side, among the short sides, to cause light reflected by the uneven structure of the light-reflective film to reach at least one of the two solar cells. |
| US10629762B2 |
Infinitely extending solar battery module based on magnetically extended circuit
An infinitely extendable solar cell module based on a circuit extendable through magnetic engagement is provided. The solar cell module comprises a circuit, a battery piece, a transparent layer, and a magnetic engagement element. The battery piece is connected with the magnetic engagement element by the circuit, the battery module is adapted to be connected to another battery module by the magnetic engagement element, and the transparent layer is on the surface of the battery module. |
| US10629761B2 |
Internal protection circuit structure of photovoltaic module
An internal protection circuit structure of a photovoltaic module, which includes a plurality of solar cells including a first column, a second column, a third column, a fourth column, a fifth column, and a sixth column sequentially. Positive and negative electrodes of each column of the solar cells are sequentially connected in series to form a substring of the solar cell. The upper ends of the second column and the third column are connected to each other with a first diode connected in series to be pulled out as an outgoing terminal. The present invention uses a manner in which substrings are connected first in series and later in parallel, with four bypass diodes connected in the circuit. As such, the actual utilization ratio of the solar cell is improved. |
| US10629760B2 |
Method of fabricating an emitter region of a solar cell
Methods of fabricating emitter regions of solar cells are described. Methods of forming layers on substrates of solar cells, and the resulting solar cells, are also described. |
| US10629758B2 |
Solar cells with differentiated P-type and N-type region architectures
Methods of fabricating solar cell emitter regions with differentiated P-type and N-type regions architectures, and resulting solar cells, are described. In an example, a solar cell can include a substrate having a light-receiving surface and a back surface. A first doped region of a first conductivity type, wherein the first doped region is disposed in a first portion of the back surface. A first thin dielectric layer disposed over the back surface of the substrate, where a portion of the first thin dielectric layer is disposed over the first doped region of the first conductivity type. A first semiconductor layer disposed over the first thin dielectric layer. A second doped region of a second conductivity type in the first semiconductor layer, where the second doped region is disposed over a second portion of the back surface. A first conductive contact disposed over the first doped region and a second conductive contact disposed over the second doped region. |
| US10629757B2 |
Laminar airfoil and the assembly and mounting of solar cell arrays on such airfoils
Methods of fabricating a solar cell assembly for streamlined bodies are provided. The solar cell assembly may be prepared on an assembly fixture. The solar cell assembly may then be removed from the assembly fixture and positioned on a top surface of the streamlined body. In examples, the solar cell assembly comprises a first film, an array of solar cells on top of the first film, and a second silicone film deposited over the solar cells. |
| US10629754B2 |
SiC wide trench-type junction barrier Schottky diode and manufacturing method therefor
Disclosed is a SiC wide trench-type junction barrier Schottky diode. The Schottky diode includes a SiC N− epitaxial layer formed on a SiC N+-type substrate and a Schottky metal layer having a planar Schottky metal pattern layer and a downwardly depressed trench-type Schottky metal pattern layer, which are alternately formed at predetermined intervals and on the upper end part of the SiC N− epitaxial layer. The Schottky diode includes a P+ junction pattern formed so as to permeate from the lower part of the trench-type Schottky metal pattern layer to the SiC N− epitaxial layer and a cathode electrode formed on the lower part of the SiC N+-type substrate. The width of the P+ junction pattern is narrower than the width of the trench-type Schottky metal pattern layer, and the P+ junction pattern is not formed on a side wall vertical surface region of the trench-type Schottky metal pattern layer. |
| US10629752B1 |
Gate all-around device
Gate all-around devices are disclosed in which an angled channel including a semiconducting nanostructure is located between a source and a drain. The angled channel has an axis that is oriented at an angle to the top surface of the substrate at an angle in a range of about 1° to less than about 90°. The gate all-around device is intended to meet design and performance criteria for the 7 nm technology generation. |
| US10629749B2 |
Method of treating interfacial layer on silicon germanium
A method includes forming a channel region on a semiconductor substrate. An interfacial layer is formed on the channel region. The interfacial layer is treated with trimethyl aluminum (TMA). A high-k dielectric layer is formed on the interfacial layer after treating the interfacial layer with TMA. A gate electrode is formed on the high-k dielectric layer. The treating the interfacial layer with TMA and forming the high-k dielectric layer are performed in the same chamber. The interfacial layer is annealed before treating the interfacial layer with TMA. The annealing the interfacial layer and treating the interfacial layer with TMA are performed in different chambers. |
| US10629746B2 |
Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure discloses an array substrate and manufacturing method thereof. The method includes: forming a gate layer on the surface of a substrate; forming an insulating layer on the surface of the gate layer; forming a polysilicon layer having a separating portion on the surface of the insulating layer; and forming a source drain layer on the surface the polysilicon layer having the separating portion, such that the source drain layer is not directly in contact with the polysilicon layer. Through the above-mentioned method, the contact resistance of the source drain layer and the amorphous silicon layer is effectively improved, thereby effectively reducing the leakage current, and the characteristic of TFT device is greatly improved. |
| US10629744B2 |
Electronic device and method for fabricating the same
Provided is a method for fabricating an electronic device, the method including: preparing a carrier substrate including an element region and a wiring region; forming a sacrificial layer on the carrier substrate; forming an electronic element on the sacrificial layer of the element region; forming a first elastic layer having a corrugated surface on the first elastic layer of the wiring region; forming a metal wirings electrically connecting the electronic element thereto, on the first elastic layer of the wiring region; forming a second elastic layer covering the metal wirings, on the first elastic layer; forming a high rigidity pattern filling in a recess of the second elastic layer above the electronic element so as to overlap the electronic element, and having a corrugated surface; forming a third elastic layer on the second elastic layer and the high rigidity pattern; and separating the carrier substrate. |
| US10629742B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes first and second fin patterns on a substrate and extending apart from each other, a field insulating film on the substrate and surrounding parts of the first and second fin patterns, a first gate structure on the first fin pattern and intersecting the first fin pattern, a second gate structure on the second fin pattern and intersecting the second fin pattern, and a separating structure protruding from a top surface of the field insulating film and separating the first and second gate structures, the field insulating film and the separating structure including a same insulating material. |
| US10629740B2 |
Semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device includes channels, a gate structure, and a source/drain layer. The channels are disposed at a plurality of levels, respectively, and spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction on an upper surface of a substrate. The gate structure is disposed on the substrate, at least partially surrounds a surface of each of the channels, and extends in a first direction substantially parallel to the upper surface of the substrate. The source/drain layer is disposed at each of opposite sides of the gate structure in a second direction substantially parallel to the upper surface of the substrate and substantially perpendicular to the first direction and is connected to sidewalls of the channels. A length of the gate structure in the second direction changes along the first direction at a first height from the upper surface of the substrate in the vertical direction. |
| US10629737B2 |
Method for fabricating FinFET including forming an oxide layer
Methods are disclosed herein for fabricating integrated circuit devices, such as fin-like field-effect transistors (FinFETs). An exemplary method includes forming a first semiconductor material layer over a fin portion of a substrate; forming a second semiconductor material layer over the first semiconductor material layer; and converting a portion of the first semiconductor material layer to a first semiconductor oxide layer. The fin portion of the substrate, the first semiconductor material layer, the first semiconductor oxide layer, and the second semiconductor material layer form a fin. The method further includes forming a gate stack overwrapping the fin. |
| US10629735B2 |
Reacted conductive gate electrodes and methods of making the same
A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating a semiconductor device involve a semiconductor layer that includes a first material and a second material. The first and second materials can be silicon and germanium. A contact of the device has a portion proximal to the semiconductor layer and a portion distal to the semiconductor layer. The distal portion includes the first material and the second material. A metal layer formed adjacent to the relaxed semiconductor layer and adjacent to the distal portion of the contact is simultaneously reacted with the relaxed semiconductor layer and with the distal portion of the contact to provide metallic contact material. |
| US10629733B2 |
Method and apparatus for use in improving linearity of MOSFETs using an accumulated charge sink-harmonic wrinkle reduction
A method and apparatus for use in improving linearity sensitivity of MOSFET devices having an accumulated charge sink (ACS) are disclosed. The method and apparatus are adapted to address degradation in second- and third-order intermodulation harmonic distortion at a desired range of operating voltage in devices employing an accumulated charge sink. |
| US10629731B2 |
Power mesh-on-die trace bumping
A power mesh-on-die apparatus includes a solder trace that enhances current flow for a power source trace between adjacent power bumps. The solder trace is also applied between power drain bumps on a power drain trace. |
| US10629728B1 |
Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor device including a substrate having a fin structure surrounded by a trench isolation region; a trench disposed in the fin structure; a silicon nitride trench-fill layer disposed in the trench; an interlayer dielectric layer disposed on the silicon nitride trench-fill layer; a working gate striding over the fin structure, on the first side of the trench; a dummy gate striding over the fin structure, on the second side of the trench; a doped source region in the fin structure; and a doped drain region in the fin structure. The dummy gate is disposed between the trench and the doped drain region. |
| US10629727B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including an LDMOS transistor
In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a front surface, a LDMOS transistor in the front surface, and a metallization structure arranged on the front surface. The metallization structure includes at least one cavity arranged in at least one dielectric layer. Related methods of manufacture are also described. |
| US10629726B2 |
High-voltage semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
The present disclosure provides a high-voltage semiconductor device, including: a substrate; an epitaxial layer disposed over the substrate and having a first conductive type; a gate structure disposed over the epitaxial layer; a source region and a drain region disposed in the epitaxial layer at opposite sides of the gate structure respectively; and a stack structure disposed between the gate structure and the drain region, wherein the stack structure includes: a blocking layer; an insulating layer disposed over the blocking layer; and a conductive layer disposed over the insulating layer and electrically connected the source region or the gate structure. The present disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing the high-voltage semiconductor device. |
| US10629722B2 |
Semiconductor device having super junction metal oxide semiconductor structure and fabrication method for the same
A semiconductor device includes: a first base layer; a drain layer disposed on the back side surface of the first base layer; a second base layer formed on the surface of the first base layer; a source layer formed on the surface of the second base layer; a gate insulating film disposed on the surface of both the source layer and the second base layer; a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating film; a column layer formed in the first base layer of the lower part of both the second base layer and the source layer by opposing the drain layer; a drain electrode disposed in the drain layer; and a source electrode disposed on both the source layer and the second base layer, wherein heavy particle irradiation is performed to the column layer to form a trap level locally. |
| US10629721B2 |
Contact resistance reduction for advanced technology nodes
A source/drain contact includes a first portion arranged on a substrate and extending between a first gate and a second gate; a second portion arranged on the first portion and extending over the first gate and the second gate, the second portion including a partially recessed liner and a metal disposed on the partially recessed liner, and the partially recessed liner arranged on an endwall of the second portion and in contact with the first portion; and an oxide disposed around the second portion and on the first gate and the second gate. |
| US10629720B2 |
Layered vertical field effect transistor and methods of fabrication
A III-nitride vertical field effect transistor comprises a base plate; a mask layer overlaying said base plate and having opening windows for partial exposure of said base plate; a drain grown epitaxially onto regions of said base plate exposed by the opening windows of said mask layer; an insulation layer grown epitaxially onto said drain; a source grown epitaxially onto said insulation layer; a vertical nitride stack grown epitaxially onto the side faces of said drain, said insulation layer and said source, overlaying said mask layer and providing at least one vertical conducting channel to connect said source to said drain; a current flowing from said source to said drain through a conducting channel can be modulated by an electrical voltage that is applied to the side face of said vertical nitride stack. There are preferably also electrodes and edge terms. |
| US10629718B2 |
III-nitride epitaxial structure
An epitaxial structure includes a substrate, a buffer layer, a channel layer, an intermediate layer, and a barrier layer. The buffer layer is disposed on the substrate, the channel layer is disposed on the buffer layer, the barrier layer is disposed on the channel layer, and the intermediate layer is disposed between the channel layer and the barrier layer. The chemical composition of the barrier layer is Alx1Iny1Gaz1N, and the chemical composition of the intermediate layer is Alx2Iny2Gaz2N. The lattice constant of the barrier layer is greater than the lattice constant of the intermediate layer. The aluminum (Al) content of at least a portion of the intermediate layer is greater than the Al content of the barrier layer. |
| US10629715B2 |
Unidirectional ESD protection with buried breakdown thyristor device
An electrostatic discharge protection device includes a substrate, first and second emitter regions disposed in the substrate, laterally spaced from one another on a side of the substrate, and having opposite conductivity types, and first and second base regions having opposite conductivity types and in which the first and second emitter regions are disposed in a thyristor arrangement, respectively. The first base region includes a buried doped layer that extends under the second base region. Each of the buried doped layer and the second base region includes a respective non-uniformity in dopant concentration profile. A spacing between the buried doped layer and the second base region at the respective non-uniformities establishes a breakdown trigger voltage for the thyristor arrangement. |
| US10629711B2 |
Semiconductor device with multiple HBTs having different emitter ballast resistances
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device with multiple heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) that have different emitter ballast resistances. The disclosed semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first HBT and a second HBT formed over the substrate. The first HBT includes a first collector, a first base over the first collector, a first emitter over the first base, and a first cap structure over the first emitter. The second HBT includes a second collector, a second base over the second collector, a second emitter over the second base, and a second cap structure over the second emitter. Herein, the first cap structure is different from the second cap structure, such that a first emitter ballast resistance from the first cap structure is at least 1.5 times greater than a second emitter ballast resistance from the second cap structure. |
| US10629707B2 |
FinFET structure with bulbous upper insulative cap portion to protect gate height, and related method
A finFET structure includes an insulative cap over each gate in a vicinity of a first and second self-aligned contact (SAC) to source/drain regions thereof. The insulative cap has a bulbous upper insulative cap portion selectively grown to protect gate height loss during SAC opening formation. The bulbous upper insulative cap portion may be over just gates in the vicinity of the S/D regions, and optionally, over gates in the vicinity of a gate contact. |
| US10629706B2 |
Fin and gate dimensions for optimizing gate formation
Integrated circuit devices having optimized fin and gate dimensions are disclosed herein. An exemplary integrated circuit device includes a first multi-fin structure and a second multi-fin structure. A first gate structure traverses the first multi-fin structure, such that the first gate structure is disposed over a first channel region. A second gate structure traverses the second multi-fin structure, such that the second gate structure is disposed over a second channel region. The first gate structure includes a first gate dielectric having a first thickness, and the second gate structure includes a second gate dielectric having a second thickness. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness. The first multi-fin structure has a first pitch in the first channel region, and the second multi-fin structure has a second pitch in the second channel region. The first pitch is greater than the second pitch. |
| US10629704B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device in which the retention characteristics of a rewritable memory cell packaged together with a field effect transistor including a metal gate electrode are improved and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a field effect transistor with a metal gate electrode and a rewritable memory cell. The manufacturing method includes the step of replacing a dummy gate electrode with the metal gate electrode. Before the step of replacing the dummy gate electrode with the metal gate electrode, the method includes the steps of making the height of the memory cell lower than the height of the dummy gate electrode and forming a protective film for covering the memory cell. |
| US10629703B2 |
Sloped finFET with methods of forming same
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an integrated circuit (IC) structure, which can include: a semiconductor fin; a gate dielectric positioned above a first region of the semiconductor fin; a spacer positioned above a second region of the semiconductor fin and adjacent to the gate dielectric; and a source/drain region contacting a third region of the semiconductor fin; wherein the first region of the semiconductor fin includes substantially vertical sidewalls, and the third region of the semiconductor fin includes sloped sidewalls. |
| US10629701B1 |
Self-aligned gate cut method and multilayer gate-cut pillar structure
One illustrative method disclosed herein includes forming a sacrificial gate structure and a gate-cut structure within the sacrificial gate structure at a location positioned above the isolation material, the gate-cut structure having an upper portion and a lower portion, and forming a replacement gate cavity by removing the sacrificial gate structure and the lower portion of the gate-cut structure. The method further includes forming a final gate structure that includes forming a gate insulation layer of the final gate structure on all exposed surfaces of the upper portion of the gate-cut structure, removing the upper portion of the gate-cut structure, removing the exposed portion of the final gate structure to define a gate-cut opening that separates the final gate structure into the first and second final gate structures, and forming a gate separation structure in the gate-cut opening. |
| US10629700B1 |
High-K metal gate process and device
An embodiment is a method of semiconductor processing. The method includes depositing a high-k gate dielectric layer over a semiconductor fin. A barrier layer is deposited over the high-k gate dielectric layer. A silicon passivation layer is deposited over the barrier layer. A nitrogen treatment is performed on the silicon passivation layer. A capping layer is deposited over the silicon passivation layer. The capping layer is annealed. |
| US10629698B2 |
Method and structure for enabling high aspect ratio sacrificial gates
Sacrificial gate structures having an aspect ratio of greater than 5:1 are formed on a substrate. In some embodiments, each sacrificial gate structure straddles a portion of a semiconductor fin that is present on the substrate. An anchoring element is formed orthogonal to each sacrificial gate structure rendering the sacrificial gate structures mechanically stable. After formation of a planarization dielectric layer, each anchoring element can be removed and thereafter each sacrificial gate structure can be replaced with a functional gate structure. |
| US10629696B1 |
Method for forming hexagonal boron nitride thin film, method for forming multi-layered structure and method for manufacturing switching element using the same
A method for forming a hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) thin film is provided. According to the method, an alumina thin film including amorphous alumina or gamma-alumina is prepared. An h-BN thin film is synthesized at equal to or less than 750° C. on the alumina thin film. A mono-layer thickness of the h-BN film is equal to or less than 0.40 nm. |
| US10629694B1 |
Gate contact and cross-coupling contact formation
Methods of forming cross-coupling contacts for field-effect transistors and structures for field effect-transistors that include cross-coupling contacts. A sidewall spacer is formed adjacent to a gate structure, a dielectric cap is formed over the gate structure and the sidewall spacer, and an epitaxial semiconductor layer is formed adjacent to the sidewall spacer. A first portion of the dielectric cap is removed from over the sidewall spacer and the gate structure to expose a portion of a top surface of a gate electrode of the gate structure. A portion of the sidewall spacer is modified with an amorphization process. The modified portion of the sidewall spacer and the underlying gate dielectric layer are removed to expose a portion of a sidewall of the gate electrode. A cross-coupling contact is formed that directly connects the portions of the sidewall and top surface of the gate electrode with the epitaxial semiconductor layer. |
| US10629690B2 |
Semiconductor device comprising a transistor including a first field plate and a second field plate
A semiconductor device includes a transistor in a semiconductor substrate. The transistor includes a drift zone of a first conductivity type adjacent to a drain region, and a first field plate and a second field plate adjacent to the drift zone. The second field plate is arranged between the first field plate and the drain region. The second field plate is electrically connected to a contact portion arranged in the drift zone. The transistor further includes an intermediate portion of the first conductivity type at a lower doping concentration than the drift zone. A distance between the intermediate portion and the drain region is smaller than the distance between the contact portion and the drain region. |
| US10629689B1 |
Manufacturable thin film gallium and nitrogen containing devices
A method for manufacturing a display panel comprising light emitting device including micro LEDs includes providing multiple donor wafers having a surface region and forming an epitaxial material overlying the surface region. The epitaxial material includes an n-type region, an active region comprising at least one light emitting layer overlying the n-type region, and a p-type region overlying the active layer region. The multiple donor wafers are configured to emit different color emissions. The epitaxial material on the multiple donor wafers is patterned to form a plurality of dice, characterized by a first pitch between a pair of dice less than a design width. At least some of the dice are selectively transferred from the multiple donor wafers to a common carrier wafer such that the carrier wafer is configured with different color emitting LEDs. The different color LEDs could comprise red-green-blue LEDs to form a RGB display panel. |
| US10629687B2 |
Silicon carbide semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first element. The first element includes a first electrode, a second electrode and first to fourth semiconductor regions. The second electrode includes a first conductive region and a second conductive region. The first semiconductor region is provided between the first electrode and the first conductive region and between the first electrode and the second conductive region. The second semiconductor region includes a first partial region and a second partial region. The first partial region is provided between the first electrode and the first conductive region. The second partial region is provided between the first electrode and the second conductive region. The third semiconductor region is provided between the second partial region and the second conductive region. The fourth semiconductor region is provided between the third semiconductor region and the second conductive region. |
| US10629686B2 |
Carbon-controlled ohmic contact layer for backside ohmic contact on a silicon carbide power semiconductor device
A semiconductor power device may include a Silicon Carbide (SiC) layer having an active power device formed on a first surface thereof. An Ohmic contact layer may be formed on a second, opposing surface of the SiC layer, the Ohmic contact layer including Nickel Silicide (NiSix) with a first silicide region containing a first precipitate of non-reacted carbon disposed between the SiC layer and a second silicide region. The second silicide region may be disposed between the first silicide region and a third silicide region, and may include a mixture of a first precipitate of refractory metal carbide and a second precipitate of non-reacted carbon. The third silicide region may contain a second precipitate of refractory metal carbide. A solder metal layer may be formed on the Ohmic contact layer, with the third silicide region disposed between the second silicide region and the solder metal layer. |
| US10629684B2 |
Fin-based strap cell structure
Fin-based well straps are disclosed herein for improving performance of memory arrays, such as static random access memory arrays. An exemplary integrated circuit (IC) device includes a FinFET disposed over a doped region of a first type dopant. The FinFET includes a first fin structure doped with a first dopant concentration of the first type dopant and first source/drain features of a second type dopant. The IC device further includes a fin-based well strap disposed over the doped region of the first type dopant. The fin-based well strap connects the doped region to a voltage. The fin-based well strap includes a second fin structure doped with a second dopant concentration of the first type dopant and second source/drain features of the first type dopant. The second dopant concentration is greater than (for example, at least three times greater than) the first dopant concentration. |
| US10629683B2 |
High voltage DEMOS transistor with improved threshold voltage matching
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type. First and second wells are located within the substrate, the first well being formed with a dopant of the first conductivity type, e.g. n-type, and the second well formed with a dopant of a second different conductivity type, e.g. p-type. A doped gap region is located between the first and second wells. The doped gap region is formed with a dopant of the second conductivity type, e.g. p-type, at a lower dopant concertation than the dopant concentration in the second well. |
| US10629679B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a fin structure, in which first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers are alternately stacked, is formed. A sacrificial gate structure is formed over the fin structure. The first semiconductor layers, the second semiconductor layer and an upper portion of the fin structure at a source/drain region of the fin structure, which is not covered by the sacrificial gate structure, are etched. A dielectric layer is formed over the etched upper portion of the fin structure. A source/drain epitaxial layer is formed. The source/drain epitaxial layer is connected to ends of the second semiconductor wires, and a bottom of the source/drain epitaxial layer is separated from the fin structure by the dielectric layer. |
| US10629677B2 |
Area efficient floating field ring termination
A high power semiconductor device with a floating field ring termination includes a wafer, wherein a plurality of floating field rings is formed in an edge termination region adjacent to a first main side surface of the wafer. At least in the termination region a drift layer, in which the floating field rings are formed, includes a surface layer and a bulk layer wherein the surface layer is formed adjacent to the first main side surface to separate the bulk layer from the first main side surface and has an average doping concentration which is less than 50% of the minimum doping concentration of the bulk layer. The drift layer includes a plurality of enhanced doping regions, wherein each one of the enhanced doping regions is in direct contact with a corresponding one of the floating field rings at least on a lateral side of this floating field ring, which faces towards the active region. The relatively low doped surface layer and the enhanced doping regions increase the electric field coupling from floating field ring to floating field ring, thus allowing an area efficient termination structure. Each enhanced doping region extends to at least the same depth as the one of the corresponding floating field ring. |
| US10629676B2 |
Semiconductor device with cell trench structures and recessed contacts and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
First and second cell trench structures extend from a first surface into a semiconductor substrate. The first cell trench structure includes a first buried electrode and a first insulator layer between the first buried electrode and a semiconductor mesa separating the first and second cell trench structures. A capping layer covers the first surface. The capping layer is patterned to form an opening having a minimum width larger than a thickness of the first insulator layer. The opening exposes a first vertical section of the first insulator layer at the first surface. An exposed portion of the first insulator layer is removed to form a recess between the semiconductor mesa and the first buried electrode. A contact structure is in the opening and the recess. The contact structure electrically connects both a buried zone in the semiconductor mesa and the first buried electrode and allows for narrower semiconductor mesa width. |
| US10629675B1 |
Three-dimensional memory device containing capacitor pillars and methods of making the same
A semiconductor structure can include an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, and capacitor pillar structures vertically extending through the first alternating stack. Each of the capacitor pillar structures can include a node dielectric and a semiconductor material portion that is laterally surrounded by the node dielectric. A first electrode layer of a capacitor includes the semiconductor material portions, and a second electrode layer of the capacitor includes the electrically conductive layers. Alternatively or additionally, a first dielectric fill material portion can extend through the alternating stack and can include a plurality of capacitor via cavities. A capacitor can be provided within the plurality of capacitor via cavities. |
| US10629674B2 |
Trench isolated capacitor
An integrated trench capacitor and method for making the trench capacitor is disclosed. The method includes forming a trench in a silicon layer, forming a first dielectric on the exposed surface of the trench, performing an anisotropic etch of the first dielectric to expose silicon at the bottom of the trench, implanting a dopant into exposed silicon at the bottom of the trench, forming a first polysilicon layer over the first dielectric, forming a second dielectric over the first polysilicon layer, and forming a second polysilicon layer over the second dielectric to fill the trench. |
| US10629673B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor and structure thereof
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes: providing a conductive terminal exposed from a passivation; forming a capacitor structure under the passivation proximal to a heterogeneous interface; electrically connecting the capacitor structure to the conductive terminal and isolating the capacitor structure from other electrical components in the semiconductor structure; and probing the conductive terminal to measure an electrical parameter of the capacitor structure covered by the passivation, wherein the electrical parameter corresponds to a humidity permeability at the heterogeneous interface. A semiconductor structure thereof is also provided. |
| US10629670B2 |
Display apparatus having reduced defects
Provided is a display apparatus capable of reducing generation of defects during manufacturing of the display apparatus or while in use after being manufactured. The display apparatus includes a substrate including a bending area between a first area and a second area, the substrate being bent in the bending area about a bending axis; an inorganic insulating layer over the substrate and including a first feature that is either a first opening or a first groove, the first feature positioned to correspond to the bending area; and an organic material layer at least partially filling the first feature, and including a second feature that is a second opening or a second groove, the second feature extending along an edge of the substrate. |
| US10629668B1 |
Display panel and display device thereof
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display region, at least one notch, and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The display region includes an irregularly-shaped edge. The at least one notch is formed by recessing the irregularly-shaped edge toward an inside of the display region. The display panel also includes an array layer disposed on a side of a base substrate. The array layer includes at least one inorganic layer, the at least one inorganic layer including at least one protruded portion. In addition, the display panel includes a display function layer disposed on a side of the array layer away from the base substrate. Further, the display panel includes at least one blocking part formed in the non-display region. The at least one blocking part is disposed around the display region and around the display function layer. |
| US10629659B2 |
Display device, manufacturing method and display apparatus
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a display device and a display apparatus. The display device includes a substrate including a display region, a driving circuit formed at a vicinity of the display region, a passivation layer covering the driving circuit and including a contact hole exposing the driving circuit, a first conductive layer covering the passivation layer and contacting the driving circuit through the contact hole, and a display element formed in the display region and including a first electrode layer extending from the display region to the driving circuit. The first electrode layer is electrically connected to the driving circuit through the first conductive layer. According to the display device and the manufacturing method thereof, a distance between the packaging region and the display region is shortened, so as to narrow the width of the bezel and realize a narrow bezel structure. |
| US10629657B2 |
OLED device, brightness adjustment method thereof and display device
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) device, a brightness adjustment method thereof and a display device are provided. The OLED device includes: an OLED substrate provided with at least one OLED element; a package structure configured to form a closed space with the OLED substrate; and an external compensation component including at least one photosensitive sensor and at least one compensation adjustment unit. The at least one photosensitive sensor is configured to detect the light intensity emitted by the at least one OLED element; and the at least one compensation adjustment unit is provided on a side wall on a light-emitting side of the package structure facing the closed space and configured to adjust light intensity emitted by the at least one OLED element according to a detected signal by the at least one photosensitive sensor. |
| US10629653B2 |
Cross-point array device including conductive fuse material layer
In an embodiment, a cross-point array device includes a pillar-shaped structure disposed in an intersection region where a first conductive line overlaps a second conductive line. The pillar-shaped structure includes a resistance change material layer disposed between the first conductive line and the second conductive line. The pillar-shaped structure includes one or more conductive fuse material layers, each of which is disposed between the first or second conductive line and the resistance change material layer. The melting point of the conductive fuse material layer is higher than the melting point of the resistance change material layer. |
| US10629647B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods for forming patterned radiation blocking on a semiconductor device
Several embodiments for semiconductor devices and methods for forming semiconductor devices are disclosed herein. One embodiment is directed to a method for manufacturing a microelectronic imager having a die including an image sensor, an integrated circuit electrically coupled to the image sensor, and electrical connectors electrically coupled to the integrated circuit. The method can comprise covering the electrical connectors with a radiation blocking layer and forming apertures aligned with the electrical connectors through a layer of photo-resist on the radiation blocking layer. The radiation blocking layer is not photoreactive such that it cannot be patterned using radiation. The method further includes etching openings in the radiation blocking layer through the apertures of the photo-resist layer. |
| US10629646B2 |
Image sensor including doped regions and manufacturing method therefor
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of semiconductors, and discloses an image sensor and a manufacturing method therefor. The method includes: providing a semiconductor structure, where the semiconductor structure includes: a semiconductor substrate, and a first active region located on the semiconductor substrate, the first active region including a first doped region and a second doped region abutting against the first doped region, and the second doped region being located at an upper surface of the first active region; forming a semiconductor layer on an upper surface of the second doped region; and forming a contact connected to the semiconductor layer. The present disclosure enables defects or damages caused when forming the contact to be kept away from a junction field formed by the second doped region and the first doped region. Therefore, leakage current may be reduced and device performances may be improved. |
| US10629642B2 |
Stacked image sensor and system including the same
A stacked image sensor includes a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die includes a pixel array of rows and columns of pixels, a first column interlayer-connection unit extending in the row direction and disposed adjacent the top or bottom of the pixel array and column routing wires extending in a diagonal direction and connecting the pixel columns and the first column interlayer-connection unit. The second semiconductor die is stacked with the first semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die includes a second column interlayer-connection unit extending in the row direction and disposed at a location corresponding to the first column interlayer-connection unit and connected to the first column interlayer-connection unit, and a column control circuit connected to the second column interlayer-connection unit. |
| US10629639B2 |
Wire including organic layer, display device including the same and method of manufacturing the same
A display device includes: a thin film transistor to which signals are provided for displaying an image, the thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer, a data signal line and a gate signal line; and a first electrode with which the image is displayed, the first electrode connected to the thin film transistor. One signal line among the data signal line and the gate signal line in the thin film transistor includes a metal layer and an organic layer which is disposed on the metal layer, and the organic layer is an ion-doped photosensitive resin material. |
| US10629637B2 |
Vehicle, display device and manufacturing method for a semiconductor device
To provide a semiconductor device in which a layer to be peeled is attached to a base having a curved surface, and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, a display having a curved surface, and more specifically a light-emitting device having a light emitting element attached to a base with a curved surface. A layer to be peeled, which contains a light emitting element furnished to a substrate using a laminate of a first material layer which is a metallic layer or nitride layer, and a second material layer which is an oxide layer, is transferred onto a film, and then the film and the layer to be peeled are curved, to thereby produce a display having a curved surface. |
| US10629633B2 |
Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, display device
A manufacturing method of an array substrate is disclosed. The manufacturing method includes a step of forming a pattern including a pixel electrode; and the manufacturing method further includes a step of forming a pattern including an active layer after the step of forming the pattern including the pixel electrode. Accordingly, an array substrate and a display device are also disclosed. In the manufacturing process of the array substrate, conductive material remained on the active layer is less, thereby producing less leak current, which in turn improves quality of the array substrate and display performance of the display device. |
| US10629630B2 |
Active matrix substrate, and liquid crystal display device provided with active matrix substrate
An active matrix substrate is provided with a gate driver including a multi-stage shift register (240). Each stage of the multi-stage shift register has a plurality of oxide semiconductor TFTs, a first input terminal for receiving a set signal, a second input terminal for receiving a clock signal, a third input terminal for receiving a clear signal, and an output terminal for outputting a gate output signal to one of the plurality of gate bus lines. The clock signal and the clear signal have the same high-level potential, and the clock signal and the clear signal have the same low-level potential. The plurality of oxide semiconductor TFTs include a first TFT (101) having a back-gate structure. The main gate electrode of the first TFT (101) is coupled to the third input terminal or a negative power supply voltage VSS. The back-gate electrode of the first TFT has a potential set to a positive power supply voltage VDD or a ground potential GND. |
| US10629627B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
The semiconductor device includes a driver circuit portion including a driver circuit and a pixel portion including a pixel. The pixel includes a gate electrode layer having a light-transimitting property, a gate insulating layer, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer each having a light-transmitting property provided over the gate insulating layer, an oxide semiconductor layer covering top surfaces and side surfaces of the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer and provided over the gate electrode layer with the gate insulating layer therebetween, a conductive layer provided over part of the oxide semiconductor layer and having a lower resistance than the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer, and an oxide insulating layer in contact with part of the oxide semiconductor layer. |
| US10629618B2 |
Semiconductor device, operation method of semiconductor device, and manufacturing method of semiconductor device
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device, an operation method of a semiconductor device, and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device which are capable of minimizing influence of a gate length variation on a circuit characteristic and increasing a good product ratio (yield) in a product sorting test. A ring oscillator configured such that the plurality of inverters is connected in a ring-like form, and gate capacitors of the transistors are connected to respective output terminals of the plurality of inverters as a load capacitor outputs an oscillating signal, the ring oscillator is configured with a plurality of transistors having the same gate length, and at least two or more ring oscillators including a plurality of transistors having different gate lengths are configured. At the time of product test, the gate length is calculated on the basis of frequencies of oscillating signals of a plurality of ring oscillators, and a back bias is applied in accordance with a correction value corresponding to the calculated gate length, and an operation is performed. The present disclosure can be applied to semiconductor devices. |
| US10629617B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device having improved structural stability and a method of manufacturing such a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first stacked structure and a second stacked structure. The semiconductor device further includes a first support including a first upper pillar passing through the second stacked structure and including at least two first lower pillars extending from the first upper pillar and passing through the first stacked structure. |
| US10629608B2 |
3D vertical channel tri-gate NAND memory with tilted hemi-cylindrical structure
A memory device comprises a stack of conductive strips separated by insulating strips, the conductive strips in the stack extending in a first direction. The memory device comprises a plurality of hemi-cylindrical vertical channel structures extending through the conductive strips in the stack, each of the hemi-cylindrical vertical channel structures having a divided elliptical cross section with a major axis tilted relative to the first direction. The memory device comprises data storage structures on the sidewalls of the conductive strips. The hemi-cylindrical vertical channel structures comprise semiconductor films having outside surfaces in contact with the data storage structures on the sidewalls of the conductive strips. |
| US10629605B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a first gate disposed over a substrate and having a first height measured between an upper surface of the substrate and a first uppermost surface of the first gate structure. A second gate structure is disposed over the substrate and has a second height measured between the upper surface of the substrate and a second uppermost surface of the second gate structure. The second height is smaller than the first height. A first sidewall spacer laterally surrounds the first gate structure and is recessed below the first uppermost surface. A second sidewall spacer laterally surrounds the second gate structure. A top of the first sidewall spacer is arranged along a horizontal plane that is vertically between the first uppermost surface and the second uppermost surface. |
| US10629602B2 |
Static random access memory cells with arranged vertical-transport field-effect transistors
Structures for a static random access memory (SRAM) bitcell and methods for forming a SRAM bitcell. The SRAM includes a storage element with a first pull-up (PU) vertical-transport field-effect transistor (VTFET) having a first bottom source/drain region and a fin projecting from the first bottom source/drain region, and a second pull-up (PU) VTFET with a second bottom source/drain region and a fin projecting from the second bottom source/drain region. The fin of the first PU VTFET is arranged over a first active region in which the first bottom source/drain region is centrally arranged, and the fin of the second PU VTFET is arranged over a second active region in which the second bottom source/drain region is centrally arranged. The second source/drain region is aligned with the first bottom source/drain region. A read port may be connected with the storage element, and may also be formed using VTFETs. |
| US10629596B2 |
Fin-type field effect transistor structure and manufacturing method thereof
A fin-type field effect transistor comprising a substrate, at least one gate stack and epitaxy material portions is described. The substrate has fins and insulators located between the fins, and the fins include channel portions and flank portions beside the channel portions. The at least one gate stack is disposed over the insulators and over the channel portions of the fins. The epitaxy material portions are disposed over the flank portions of the fins and at two opposite sides of the at least one gate stack. The epitaxy material portions disposed on the flank portions of the fins are separate from one another. |
| US10629593B2 |
Formation of semiconductor device with resistors having different resistances
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, trench isolations, a sacrificial layer, a first resist protect oxide (RPO) layer, a second RPO layer and a silicide layer. The semiconductor substrate has first portions and second portions which are alternately disposed, and each of the second portions includes a first resist region with a first resistance, a second resist region with a second resistance and a silicide region. The second resistance is greater than the first resistance. The trench isolations are in the first portions. The sacrificial layer is on the first resist region. The first RPO layer is on the sacrificial layer. The first RPO layer together with the sacrificial layer have a first thickness. The second RPO layer is on the second resist region, in which the second RPO layer has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. The silicide layer is on the silicide region. |
| US10629592B2 |
Through silicon via design for stacking integrated circuits
A three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC) is provided. In some embodiments, a first IC die comprises a first bonding structure and a first interconnect structure over a first semiconductor substrate. A second IC die is disposed over the first IC die and comprises a second bonding structure and a second interconnect structure over a second semiconductor substrate. A seal-ring structure is in the first and second IC dies and extends from the first semiconductor substrate to the second semiconductor substrate. A plurality of through silicon via (TSV) coupling structures is arranged in the peripheral region of the 3D IC along an inner perimeter of the seal-ring structure. The plurality of TSV coupling structures respectively comprises a through silicon via (TSV) disposed in the second semiconductor substrate and electrically coupling to the 3D IC through a stack of TSV wiring layers and inter-wire vias. |
| US10629591B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of unit transistors that are arranged on a surface of a substrate in a first direction. Input capacitive elements are arranged so as to correspond to the unit transistors. An emitter common wiring line is connected to emitter layers of the unit transistors. A via-hole extending from the emitter common wiring line to a back surface of the substrate is disposed at a position overlapping the emitter common wiring line. A collector common wiring line is connected to collector layers of the unit transistors. The input capacitive elements, the emitter common wiring line, the unit transistors, and the collector common wiring line are arranged in this order in a second direction. Base wiring lines that connect the input capacitive elements to base layers of the corresponding unit transistors intersect the emitter common wiring line without physical contact. |
| US10629588B2 |
ESD hard backend structures in nanometer dimension
Some embodiments relate to a semiconductor device on a substrate. An interconnect structure is disposed over the substrate, and a first conductive pad is disposed over the interconnect structure. A second conductive pad is disposed over the interconnect structure and is spaced apart from the first conductive pad. A third conductive pad is disposed over the interconnect structure and is spaced apart from the first and second conductive pads. A fourth conductive pad is disposed over the interconnect structure and is spaced apart from the first, second, and third conductive pads. A first ESD protection element is electrically coupled between the first and second pads; and a second ESD protection element is electrically coupled between the third and fourth pads. A first device under test is electrically coupled between the first and third conductive pads; and a second device under test is electrically coupled between the second and fourth pads. |
| US10629587B2 |
Protection circuit and protection circuit system
The present technique relates to a protection circuit for a MOSFET and a protection circuit system including the protection circuit all of which can reduce losses in the main current and increase in the manufacturing costs for ensuring a sense area. The protection circuit includes: a first MOSFET for power through which a main current flows; an IGBT which is connected in parallel to the first MOSFET and through which a current diverted from the main current flows; a sense resistor connected in series with the IGBT; and a first control circuit that controls a gate voltage of the first MOSFET based on a value of a voltage to be applied to the sense resistor, wherein a ratio of the diverted current flowing through the IGBT to the main current flowing through the first MOSFET in current value ranges from 0.018% to 0.022%. |
| US10629585B2 |
Electrostatic discharge protection semiconductor device
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes a substrate, a first gate group and a second gate group on the substrate, a drain region and a fourth doped region respectively at two sides of the first gate group, a source region and the fourth doped region respectively at two sides of the second gate group, a first doped region in the substrate and surrounded by the drain region, and a second doped region in the substrate and surrounded by the fourth doped region. The drain region and the source region have a first conductivity type. The first doped region and the second doped region have a second conductivity type complementary to the first conductivity type. The drain region is electrically connected to an input/output pad. The source region is electrically connected to a ground pad. The first doped region and the second doped region are electrically connected to each other. |
| US10629584B1 |
Integrated circuits including an electrostatic discharge device and methods of producing the same
Integrated circuits including an electrostatic discharge device and methods of forming the integrated circuits are provided herein. In an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes an n-type epitaxy layer, a segmented p-well, a p-type buried layer, and a collector region. The segmented p-well is formed in the n-type epitaxy layer. The segmented p-well defines and laterally surrounds a spacing region of the n-type epitaxy layer. The p-type buried layer is formed in the spacing region. The p-type buried layer laterally extends into the segmented p-well about the spacing region and impedes current flow between an underlying portion of the n-type epitaxy layer in relation to the p-type buried layer and an overlying portion of the n-type epitaxy layer in the spacing region. The collector region of the electrostatic discharge device is formed in the overlying portion of the n-type epitaxy layer in the spacing region. |
| US10629583B2 |
Transient voltage suppression device
A transient voltage suppression device including a substrate and a first transient voltage suppressor is provided. The substrate includes a device region and a seal-ring region. The seal-ring region surrounds the device region. A first transient voltage suppressor is located in the device region. The first transient voltage suppressor includes a first well region having a first conductivity type, a first doped region having a second conductivity type, and a second doped region having the second conductivity type. The first well region is located in the substrate of the device region. The first doped region is located in the first well region. The second doped region is located in the first well region. A third doped region having the second conductivity type is located in the substrate of the seal-ring region, and the third doped region is electrically connected to the first doped region. |
| US10629579B2 |
Package-on-package with cavity in interposer
A package includes an interposer, which includes a core dielectric material, a through-opening extending from a top surface to a bottom surface of the core dielectric material, a conductive pipe penetrating through the core dielectric material, and a device die in the through-opening. The device die includes electrical connectors. A top package is disposed over the interposer. A first solder region bonds the top package to the conductive pipe, wherein the first solder region extends into a region encircled by the conductive pipe. A package substrate is underlying the interposer. A second solder region bonds the package substrate to the interposer. |
| US10629575B1 |
Stacked die semiconductor package with electrical interposer
A semiconductor chip assembly includes first and second semiconductor dies that each include opposite facing upper and lower sides and an outer edge side, and an electrical interposer having opposite facing first and second conductive surfaces and a conductive connection between the conductive surfaces. The second semiconductor die is mounted on top of the first semiconductor die and the interposer such that the lower side of the second semiconductor die faces the first semiconductor die and the interposer, a first lateral section of the second semiconductor die at least partially covers the upper side of the first semiconductor die, and a second lateral section of the second semiconductor die extends past the outer edge side of the first semiconductor die. The first conductive surface is electrically connected to a first terminal that is disposed on a lower side of the second semiconductor die. |
| US10629573B2 |
Display device with different size subpixels and operating method for such a display device
A display device and a method for operating a display device are disclosed. In an embodiment a display device includes a plurality of image points configured for emitting visible light of adjustable color by at least one semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the image points are independently controllable of one another, wherein each of the image points includes a plurality of types of pixels and each type of pixel is configured to emit light of a particular color, wherein the pixels are independently controllable of one another, wherein each of the pixels is divided into a plurality of subpixels, the subpixels being independently controllable of one another within the associated pixel, and wherein all subpixels of the associated pixel are configured for emitting light of the same color from the display device without further color change. |
| US10629572B2 |
Electronic package and method for fabricating the same
An electronic package is provided, including: a first substrate having a first insulating portion; a first electronic component disposed on the first substrate; a second substrate having a second insulating portion and stacked on the first substrate through a plurality of conductive elements; and a first encapsulant formed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first insulating portion of the first substrate differs in rigidity from the second insulating portion of the second substrate. As such, during a high temperature process, one of the first substrate and the second substrate pulls at the other to bend toward the same direction, thereby reducing warpage deviation of the overall electronic package. The present invention further provides a method for fabricating the electronic package. |
| US10629571B2 |
Optoelectronic semiconductor component
An optoelectronic semiconductor component is disclosed. In an embodiment a component includes a housing having a recess, a first semiconductor chip for generating light of a first color and a second semiconductor chip for generating light of a second color which is different from the first color, wherein, during operation, a mixed radiation including at least the light of the first color is emitted along a main emission direction, wherein the first semiconductor chip is arranged in a first plane and the second semiconductor chip is arranged in a second plane in the recess, the planes following one another along the main emission direction, wherein active zones of the first and second semiconductor chips are arranged side by side to one another, and wherein at least one electrical connection surface of the first semiconductor chip forms a part of a mounting surface of the semiconductor component. |
| US10629566B1 |
Seamlessly integrated soft OLEDs
A seamless connection system for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) includes a first OLED strip in electrical communication with a power source via an electrical connector. The first OLED strip includes a first illuminated portion, and a first non-illuminated portion. The seamless connection system for OLEDS further includes a second OLED strip in electrical communication with a power source or the first OLED strip via an electrical connector. The second OLED strip includes a second illuminated portion, and a second non-illuminated portion. The first and second non-illuminated portions are substantially transparent, the first non-illuminated portion is adhered to the second illuminated portion, and the second non-illuminated portion is adhered to the first illuminated portion. |
| US10629565B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of forming SIP with electrical component terminals extending out from encapsulant
A semiconductor device has a carrier with an adhesive layer formed over the carrier. Alignment marks are provided for picking and placing the electrical component on the carrier or adhesive layer. An electrical component is disposed on the adhesive layer by pressing terminals of the electrical component into the adhesive layer. The electrical component can be a semiconductor die, discrete component, electronic module, and semiconductor package. A leadframe is disposed over the adhesive layer. A shielding layer is formed over the electrical component. An encapsulant is deposited over the electrical component. The carrier and adhesive layer are removed so that the terminals of the electrical component extend out from the encapsulant for electrical interconnect. A substrate includes a plurality of conductive traces. The semiconductor device is disposed on the substrate with the terminals of the electrical component in contact with the conductive traces. |
| US10629564B2 |
Removal apparatuses for semiconductor chips
A removal apparatus for a semiconductor chip may include a stage configured to support a board on which the semiconductor chip is mounted by bumps, a laser configured to irradiate a laser beam into the board over an area larger than the semiconductor chip, and a picker configured to cause the laser beam to penetrate the semiconductor chip locally and to separate the semiconductor chip from the board. A method of removing a semiconductor chip from a board may include loading the board, on which the semiconductor chip is mounted by bumps, on a stage; irradiating a laser beam into the semiconductor chip to melt the bumps and to separate the semiconductor chip from the board; continuously irradiating the laser beam into the board on which solder pillars, that are residues of the bumps, remain to melt the solder pillars; and removing the solder pillars. |
| US10629562B2 |
Integrated circuit packaging
An integrated circuit package and methods for packaging an integrated circuit. In one example, a method for packaging an integrated circuit includes connecting input/output pads of a first die to terminals of a lead frame via palladium coated copper wires. An oxygen plasma is applied to the first die and the palladium coated copper wires. The first die and the palladium coated copper wires are encapsulated in a mold compound after application of the oxygen plasma. |
| US10629561B2 |
Overlapping stacked die package with vertical columns
Some forms relate to an electronic assembly that includes a die that includes an upper surface and a conductive column extending from the upper surface such that the conductive column is not surrounded by any material other than where the conductive column engages the die. Other forms relate to an electronic package that includes a stack of electronic assemblies where each electronic assembly includes a die that having an upper surface and a plurality of conductive columns extending from the upper surface such that each conductive column is not surrounded by any material other than where the conductive column engages the die, and wherein the stack of electronic assemblies is arranged in an overlapping configuration such the plurality of conductive columns on each electronic assembly are not covered by another electronic assembly. |
| US10629560B2 |
Semiconductor structure
A semiconductor structure including an insulating encapsulant, a plurality of semiconductor dies separately embedded in the insulating encapsulant, and an electrical communication path is provided. The electrical communication path includes at least one turning wiring connected to a conductive terminal of one of the semiconductor dies and extending across and above the insulating encapsulant to reach another conductive terminal of another one of the semiconductor dies. A layout area of the at least one turning wiring is within a region corresponding to an edge of one of the semiconductor dies and a closest edge of the adjacent one of the semiconductor dies. |
| US10629558B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer and at least one first stud bump. The second dielectric layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer. The first stud bump is disposed in the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. The first stud bump includes a bump portion and a stud portion, and the stud portion is disposed on the bump portion. |
| US10629555B2 |
Packaging devices and methods of manufacture thereof
Packaging devices and methods of manufacture thereof for semiconductor devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a packaging device includes a contact pad disposed over a substrate, and a passivation layer disposed over the substrate and a first portion of the contact pad, a second portion of the contact pad being exposed. A post passivation interconnect (PPI) line is disposed over the passivation layer and is coupled to the second portion of the contact pad. A PPI pad is disposed over the passivation layer and is coupled to the PPI line. An insulating material is disposed over the PPI line, the PPI pad being exposed. The insulating material is spaced apart from an edge portion of the PPI pad by a predetermined distance. |
| US10629552B2 |
Amplifiers and amplifier modules with ground plane height variation structures
An embodiment of a module (e.g., an amplifier module) includes a substrate, a transmission line, and a ground plane height variation structure. The substrate is formed from a plurality of dielectric material layers, and has a mounting surface and a second surface opposite the mounting surface. A plurality of non-overlapping zones is defined at the mounting surface. The transmission line is coupled to the substrate and is located within a first zone of the plurality of non-overlapping zones. The ground plane height variation structure extends from the second surface into the substrate within the first zone. The ground plane height variation structure underlies the transmission line, a portion of the substrate is present between the upper boundary and the transmission line, and the ground plane height variation structure includes a conductive path between an upper boundary of the ground plane height variation structure and the second surface. |
| US10629547B1 |
Redistribution-layer fanout package stiffener
An apparatus may include a packaging substrate. The apparatus may further include multiple semiconductor devices attached to the packaging substrate, the multiple semiconductor devices defining a path along the packaging substrate between a pair of the multiple semiconductor devices. The apparatus may also include a stiffener structure coupled to the packaging substrate and positioned with a longitudinal axis of the stiffener structure being perpendicular to the path. |
| US10629546B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device including a substrate including a central region and a peripheral region surrounding the central region, a semiconductor integrated circuit in the central region, and a three-dimensional crack detection structure in the peripheral region, the three-dimensional crack detection structure surrounding the central region, the three-dimensional crack detection structure including a first pattern, a second pattern, and a third pattern, the first and second patterns extending in a first direction and spaced apart from each other, the third pattern being parallel to an upper surface of the substrate and connecting the first and second patterns to each other, the third pattern including a first portion and a second portion, the first and second portions extending in a second direction and a third direction respectively, the second direction intersecting with the first direction, the third direction intersecting with the first and second directions may be provided. |
| US10629543B2 |
Package substrates having an electromagnetic bandgap structure and semiconductor packages employing the package substrates
A package substrate includes a core layer including a first surface and a second surface, which are opposite to each other. The package substrate also includes a power plane interconnection layer disposed on the first surface of the core layer and a ground plane interconnection layer disposed on the second surface of the core layer. The package substrate additionally includes an electromagnetic (EM) bandgap structure disposed in the core layer and electrically coupled between the power plane interconnection layer and the ground plane interconnection layer. The EM bandgap structure includes an EM bandgap via protruding from a portion of the power plane interconnection layer toward the ground plane interconnection layer. The EM bandgap structure further includes an EM bandgap cylindrical structure extending from a portion of the ground plane interconnection layer toward the power plane interconnection layer and surrounding a side surface of the EM bandgap via. |
| US10629541B2 |
Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes disposing a plurality of devices on a carrier; immersing the plurality of devices into a molding compound to dispose the molding compound between the plurality of devices; and removing the carrier from the plurality of devices and the molding compound, wherein a first surface of the molding compound adjacent to a plurality of active components over the plurality of devices includes a recessed portion recessed from one of first surfaces of the plurality of devices. |
| US10629536B2 |
Through-core via
A package substrate for connecting together semiconductor devices with other semiconductor device packages. The package substrate includes an exposed core layer with at least one via exposing a conductive layer of the package substrate. A first portion of the package substrate may include a solder mask on top and bottom surfaces. A first semiconductor device may be connected to the first portion of the package substrate. Layers of a second portion of the package substrate are removed to expose a core layer and vias are created in the exposed core layer to expose the conductive layer. Conducive material at least partially filling the vias may be used to connect a semiconductor device package to the second portion of the package substrate. The semiconductor device packages may communicate through conductive layers in the package substrate. The package substrate may be used to connect the semiconductor packages to a motherboard. |
| US10629535B2 |
Thermally isolated ground planes with a superconducting electrical coupler
An integrated circuit is provided that comprises a first ground plane associated with a first set of circuits that have a first operational temperature requirement, and a second ground plane associated with a second set of circuits that have a second operational temperature requirement that is higher than the first operational temperature requirement. The second ground plane is substantially thermally isolated from the first ground plane. A superconducting coupler electrically couples the first ground plane and the second ground plane while maintaining relative thermal isolation between the first ground plane and the second ground plane. |
| US10629533B2 |
Power island segmentation for selective bond-out
A semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor die formed on a substrate, a first power mesh formed on the substrate, and a second power mesh formed on the substrate electrically isolated from the first power mesh. The semiconductor chip also includes a first circuit block formed on the substrate and electrically connected to the first power mesh, and a second circuit block formed on the substrate and electrically connected to the second power mesh. The first circuit block and the second circuit block are communicatively coupled to a first plurality of external circuit connections and a second plurality of external circuit connections, respectively. The semiconductor chip also includes one or more first signal pins and one or more second signal pins formed on the substrate, the first and second signal pins designed to receive external signals. |
| US10629531B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating 3D package with short cycle time and high yield
A method of making a semiconductor device comprising the steps of providing a first manufacturing line, providing a second manufacturing line, and forming a first redistribution interconnect structure using the first manufacturing line while forming a second redistribution interconnect structure using the second manufacturing line. The method further includes the steps of testing a first unit of the first redistribution interconnect structure to determine a first known good unit (KGU), disposing a known good semiconductor die (KGD) over the first KGU of the first redistribution interconnect structure, and dicing the first KGU and KGD from the first redistribution interconnect structure. The method further includes the steps of testing a unit of the second redistribution interconnect structure to determine a second KGU of the second redistribution interconnect structure and disposing first KGU of the first redistribution interconnect structure and the KGD over the second KGU of the second redistribution interconnect structure. |
| US10629530B2 |
Semiconductor device, electrical energy measurement instrument, and manufacturing method of semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device 1 includes an Si substrate 11, an inductor 12 formed in wiring layers disposed above the Si substrate 11, and a shield 13 formed so as to surround the inductor 12, in which the shield 13 includes metals 105 to 109 formed in, among the wiring layers, a layer in which the inductor 12 is formed and a layer above that layer, and a silicide 104 formed between the Si substrate 11 and the wiring layers above the Si substrate 11. |
| US10629529B2 |
Semiconductor device including a porous dielectric layer, and method of forming the semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a porous dielectric layer including a recessed portion, a conductive layer formed in the recessed portion, and a cap layer formed on the porous dielectric layer and on the conductive layer in the recessed portion, an upper surface of the porous dielectric layer being exposed through a gap in the cap layer. |
| US10629527B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device with multi wire structure
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of lower conductive lines overlying a substrate and extending in a first direction, an insulating layer overlying the plurality of lower conductive lines, a plurality of upper conductive lines overlying the insulating layer and the first conductive lines and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a plurality of vias filled with a conductive material formed in the insulating layer. The plurality of upper conductive lines are arranged in the first direction with a first pitch. The plurality of vias includes first vias and second vias. At least one via of the first vias connects at least two lines of the plurality of lower conductive lines and one line of the plurality of upper conductive lines. An average width in the first direction of the first vias is different from an average width in the first direction of the second vias. |
| US10629526B1 |
Transistor with non-circular via connections in two orientations
A transistor includes an active region bounded by an outer periphery and formed in a substrate. The active region includes sets of input fingers, output fingers, and common fingers disposed within the substrate and oriented substantially parallel to one another. The transistor further includes an input port, an output port, a first via connection disposed at the outer periphery of the active region proximate the input port and a second via connection disposed at the outer periphery of the active region proximate the output port. The second via connection has a noncircular cross-section with a second major axis and a second minor axis, the second major axis having a second major axis length, the second minor axis having a second minor axis length that is less than the second major axis length. The second major axis is oriented parallel to a longitudinal dimension of the input, output, and common fingers. |
| US10629523B2 |
Via-based vertical capacitor and resistor structures
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an integrated circuit (IC) that includes at least one of a via-based vertical capacitor structure or a via-based vertical resistor structure. The IC includes a substrate oriented in a horizontal plane, electrically conductive layers disposed above the substrate, and electrically insulative layers disposed above the substrate and interposed between the plurality of electrically conductive layers. At least one of the vertical capacitor structure or the vertical resistor structure is disposed in the electrically conductive layers and the electrically insulative layers. |
| US10629519B2 |
Semiconductor device package and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device package includes an electronic device, a conductive frame and a first molding layer. The conductive frame is disposed over and electrically connected to the electronic device, and the conductive frame includes a plurality of leads. The first molding layer covers the electronic device and a portion of the conductive frame, and is disposed between at least two adjacent ones of the leads. |
| US10629518B2 |
Internally-shielded microelectronic packages and methods for the fabrication thereof
Internally-shielded microelectronic packages having increased resistances to electromagnetic cross-coupling are disclosed, as are methods for fabricating such microelectronic packages. In embodiments, the internally-shielded microelectronic package includes a substrate having a frontside and a longitudinal axis. A first microelectronic device is mounted to the frontside of the substrate, while a second microelectronic device is further mounted to the frontside of the substrate and spaced from the first microelectronic device along the longitudinal axis. An internal shield structure includes or consists of a shield wall, which is positioned between the first and second microelectronic devices as taken along the longitudinal axis. The internal shield structure is at least partially composed of a magnetically-permeable material, which decreases electromagnetic cross-coupling between the first and second microelectronic devices during operation of the internally-shielded microelectronic package. |
| US10629517B2 |
Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor device including a connection terminal that is electrically connected to a semiconductor chip, a bus bar with an opening through which the connection terminal passes, and a fusing portion including a jointing portion, which is provided over an upper surface of the bus bar from an upper part of the connection terminal that is positioned above the upper surface of the bus bar by making the connection terminal pass through the opening of the bus bar, is provided. |
| US10629513B2 |
Ceramic plated materials for electrical isolation and thermal transfer
The disclosed concept relates to electrical isolation between power electronic and cooling and/or mounting components and, in particular, a ceramic layer positioned at the interface of the power electronic and cooling and/or mounting components to provide electrical isolation, as well as, a thermally conductive path to remove heat produced by the power electronic component. |
| US10629511B2 |
Heat dissipation substrate, manufacturing method thereof and chip package structure
A heat dissipation substrate includes an inner circuit structure, a first build-up circuit structure and a heat dissipation channel. The first build-up circuit structure is disposed on the inner circuit structure, and includes an interlayer dielectric layer, a first dielectric layer, a first patterned conductive layer and a plurality of first conductive vias. The first patterned conductive layer and the first dielectric layer are sequentially stacked on the interlayer dielectric layer. The heat dissipation channel is disposed around the chip disposing area on the first build-up circuit structure and has a first opening and a second opening. The first opening penetrates through the first dielectric layer and exposes a portion of the interlayer dielectric layer. The second opening is disposed on a side surface of the first build-up circuit structure. The first opening is in communication with the second opening. |
| US10629509B2 |
Redistribution circuit structures and methods of forming the same
Redistribution circuit structures and methods of forming the same are disclosed. One of the redistribution circuit structures includes a first conductive structure, a dielectric layer and a second conductive structure. The dielectric layer is disposed over and exposes a portion of the first conductive structure. The second conductive structure is disposed in the dielectric layer to electrically connect to the first conductive structure, and includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer disposed on and electrically connected to the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer includes a main portion and a conductive protrusion, the conductive protrusion is disposed on an entire edge of an upper surface of the main portion, and a top of the conductive protrusion is higher than the upper surface of the main portion. |
| US10629505B2 |
Electronic component mounting package and electronic device using the same
An electronic component mounting package includes a dielectric substrate between first portions of a pair of signal terminals that protrude from one side in a thickness direction from a first face of a base body. This dielectric substrate has a height lower than a height of the first portions. When an electronic component is mounted, a bonding wire is connected to a tip of each of the first portions to electrically connect the first portion to the electronic component. |
| US10629495B2 |
Low undercut N-P work function metal patterning in nanosheet replacement metal gate process
A semiconductor structure comprises a semiconductor substrate, an N-type stacked nanosheet channel structure formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a P-type stacked nanosheet channel structure formed adjacent to the N-type stacked nanosheet channel structure on the semiconductor substrate. Each of the adjacent N-type and P-type stacked nanosheet channel structures comprises a plurality of stacked channel regions with each such channel region being substantially surrounded by a gate dielectric layer and a gate work function metal layer, and with the gate work function metal layer being separated from the channel regions by the gate dielectric layer. The gate dielectric and gate work function metal layers of the adjacent N-type and P-type stacked nanosheet channel structures are substantially eliminated from a shared gate region between the adjacent N-type and P-type stacked nanosheet channel structures. |
| US10629484B1 |
Method of forming self-aligned via
Electronic devices and methods to form electronic devices having a self-aligned via are described. An adhesion enhancement layer is utilized to promote adhesion between the conductive material and the sidewalls of the at least one via opening. The self-aligned vias decrease via resistance and reduce the potential to short to the wrong metal line. |
| US10629480B2 |
Method for forming semiconductor device structure
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a first layer over a second layer. The method includes forming a first recess and a second recess in the first layer. The first recess is narrower than the second recess. The method includes forming a first covering layer in the first recess and the second recess. The first covering layer in the first recess is thinner than the first covering layer in the second recess. The method includes removing the first covering layer in the first recess and the first covering layer covering the first bottom surface to form a first opening in the first covering layer in the second recess. The method includes removing the first portion and the second portion through the first recess and the first opening. |
| US10629476B2 |
Packages with through-vias having tapered ends
A package includes a device die, a molding material molding the device die therein, a through-via substantially penetrating through the molding material, wherein the through-via has an end. The end of the through-via is tapered and has rounded sidewall surfaces. The package further includes a redistribution line electrically coupled to the through-via. |
| US10629473B2 |
Footing removal for nitride spacer
Processing methods may be performed to remove unwanted materials from a substrate, such as an oxide footing. The methods may include forming an inert plasma within a processing region of a processing chamber. Effluents of the inert plasma may be utilized to modify a surface of an exposed material on a semiconductor substrate within the processing region of the semiconductor chamber. A remote plasma may be formed from a fluorine-containing precursor to produce plasma effluents. The methods may include flowing the plasma effluents to the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may also include removing the modified surface of the exposed material from the semiconductor substrate. |
| US10629470B2 |
Composite substrate, elastic wave device, and method for producing elastic wave device
A method for producing an elastic wave device includes steps of (a) preparing a first substrate and a second substrate, (b) irradiating a bonding surface of the first substrate and a bonding surface of the second substrate with one of plasma, neutral atom beams, and ion beams of an inert gas, (c) bonding the bonding surface of the first substrate and the bonding surface of the second substrate in a vacuum at room temperature so as to set a strength that allows the first and second substrates to be separated by insertion of a blade; (d) forming a composite substrate by bonding a piezoelectric substrate to another surface of the first substrate; (e) forming electrode on a surface of the piezoelectric substrate of the composite substrate; and then (f) removing the second substrate from the first substrate by separation with the blade. |
| US10629469B2 |
Solder resist layers for coreless packages and methods of fabrication
A coreless package substrate with dual side solder resist layers is disclosed. The coreless package substrate has a top side and a bottom side opposite of the top side and includes a single build-up structure formed of at least one insulating layer, at least one via, and at least one conductive layer. The coreless package substrate also includes a bottom plurality of contact pads on the bottom side, and a top plurality of contact pads on the top side. A bottom solder resist layer is on the bottom side, and a top solder resist layer is on the top side. The concept of dual side solder resist is extended to packages with interconnect bridge with C4 interconnection pitch over a wide range. |
| US10629465B2 |
Method for calibrating a component mounting apparatus
The invention concerns the calibration of a component mounting apparatus configured to mount components on a substrate whose mounting places do not contain local markings. The substrate contains either global substrate markings attached to its edge or other global features that can be used to mount the components. Calibration is carried out by means of a calibration plate which has several calibration positions distributed two-dimensionally over the calibration plate and provided with first optical markings, a test chip which has second optical markings, and a holder attached to the bonding station for temporarily accommodating the calibration plate. The number and arrangement of the calibration positions of the calibration plate and the number and arrangement of the mounting places of the substrate are—apart from possible exceptions—different from one another. |
| US10629463B2 |
Thermal processing apparatus and thermal processing method
An upper plate on which a substrate is placed is cooled or heated by a thermal processor. The temperature of the thermal processor is adjusted by a temperature adjuster. The temperature of the upper plate is detected. A control value that is to be applied to the temperature adjuster in order to maintain the temperature of the upper plate at a set value is calculated as a control arithmetic value on the basis of the detected temperature. When the control arithmetic value decreases to a value less than a second threshold value, a first control that applies the control arithmetic value to the temperature adjuster is performed. When the control arithmetic value increases to a value not less than a first threshold value, a second control that applies a control set value higher than the control arithmetic value to the temperature adjuster is performed. |
| US10629456B2 |
Molded package and method of manufacture
A package is manufactured by placing a substrate (10), for example a lead frame, in a mold (30) with a protection flange (38) extending into a notch (14) in the substrate (10) around a contact surface (12). The protection flange (38) impedes molding compound from reaching the contact surface reducing the need for a deflash step. |
| US10629453B2 |
Method for the production of a connecting element, connecting element, and sensor arrangement
The invention relates to a method for producing a connecting element, wherein electrical connections are defined by selective stamping-out. The invention further relates to a connecting element produced in this way and to a sensor arrangement having a connecting element of this kind. |
| US10629449B2 |
Gas composition for dry etching and dry etching method
A silicon oxide film or a silicon nitride film is selectively etched by using an etching gas composition including a hydrofluorocarbon that has an unsaturated bond in its molecule and is represented by CxHyFz, wherein x is an integer of from 3 to 5, and relationships y+z≤2x and y≤z are satisfied. Also, a silicon oxide film is etched with high selectivity relative to a silicon nitride film by controlling the ratio among the hydrofluorocarbon, oxygen, argon, etc., included in the hydrofluorocarbon-containing etching gas composition. |
| US10629446B2 |
Substrate treatment method and substrate treatment apparatus
A substrate treatment method capable of obtaining a flat processing target film. Molecules of an HF gas are adsorbed onto a corner SiO2 layer remaining in a corner portion of a groove of a wafer subjected to an oxide film removal process. An excess HF gas is discharged. An NH3 gas is supplied toward the corner SiO2 layer onto which the molecules of the HF gas are adsorbed. AFS is formed by reacting the corner SiO2 layer, the HF gas and the NH3 gas with each other. The AFS is sublimated and removed. |
| US10629444B2 |
Method for manufacturing bump structure
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a bump structure capable of enhancing adhesion, comprising the steps of: forming an under bump metal (UBM) layer on a conductive pad; forming a copper bump on the UBM layer by electrolytic plating; forming a nickel bump on the copper bump by electrolytic plating; forming a first gold bump on the nickel bump by electrolytic plating using a first gold plating solution; and forming a second gold bump on the first gold bump by electrolytic plating using a second gold plating solution, wherein the second gold plating solution contains thallium (Tl) and the first gold plating solution is free of thallium. |
| US10629442B2 |
Lift printing of multi-composition material structures
A method for material deposition includes providing a transparent donor substrate (56, 60) having opposing first and second surfaces and multiple donor films (62, 64) including different, respective materials on the second surface. The donor substrate is positioned in proximity to an acceptor substrate (41), with the second surface facing toward the acceptor substrate. Pulses of laser radiation are directed to pass through the first surface of the donor substrate and impinge on the donor films so as to induce ejection of molten droplets containing a bulk mixture of the different materials from the donor films onto the acceptor substrate. |
| US10629434B2 |
Laser irradiation induced surface planarization of polycrystalline silicon films
A method for planarizing excimer laser annealed (ELA) polycrystalline thin films via irradiation. The method includes providing an ELA thin film having an oxide and a top surface with a first surface roughness defined at least by a first plurality of protrusions. The ELA thin film is etched to substantially remove the oxide. At least a portion of the etched ELA thin film is then irradiated using a short-pulse duration excimer laser beam, to form an irradiated thin film with a second surface roughness defined at least by a second plurality of protrusions. The second surface roughness is lower than the first surface roughness. |
| US10629433B2 |
Method of manufacturing ruthenium wiring
A first aspect of the present disclosure provides a ruthenium wiring manufacturing method of manufacturing a ruthenium wiring by filling a recess, with respect to a substrate including a predetermined film having the recess formed in a surface thereof. The method includes: embedding a first ruthenium film in the recess by forming the first ruthenium film by CVD using a ruthenium raw material gas; forming an additional layer by forming a second ruthenium film on the first ruthenium film embedded in the recess by CVD using the ruthenium raw material gas at a film forming rate higher than that at a time of embedding; and flattening the second ruthenium film and the first ruthenium film by removing the second ruthenium film and the first ruthenium film on the substrate surface by CMP. |
| US10629428B2 |
Metal insulator metal capacitor devices
The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to metal insulator metal capacitor devices and methods of manufacture. The method includes: depositing a bottom plate; depositing a dielectric film over the bottom plate; exposing the dielectric film to a gas; curing the dielectric film; and depositing a top plate over the dielectric film. |
| US10629425B2 |
Imaging mass spectrometer
A time-of-flight mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising ion optics that map an array of ions at an ion source array (71) to a corresponding array of positions on a position sensitive ion detector (79). The ion optics include at least one gridless ion mirror (76) for reflecting ions, which may compensate for various aberrations and allows the spectrometer to have relatively high mass and spatial resolutions. |
| US10629417B1 |
Sputter ion pump with penning-trap current sensor
A sputter-ion-pump system includes a sputter ion pump and an electronic drive. The electronic drive supplies a voltage across the ion pump to establish, in cooperation with a magnetic field, a Penning trap within the ion pump. A current sensor measures the Penning-trap current across the Penning trap. The Penning trap is used as an indication of pressure within the ion pump or a vacuum chamber including or in fluid communication with the ion pump. The pressure information can be used to determine flow rates, e.g., due to a load, outgassing, and/or leakage from an ambient. |
| US10629412B2 |
Apparatus with two or more particle beams for processing a specimen
An apparatus for processing a specimen with two or more particle beams, wherein the specimen has a milled side that is processed by a first particle beam and observed by a second particle beam. The specimen is milled during a first milling operation by the first particle beam with the specimen in a first position. Thereafter, the specimen tilts in a second position around an axis of tilt of the specimen. Thereafter, the specimen is milled during a second milling operation. Milling can be performed during continuous tilting of the specimen around the axis of tilt. The axis of tilt of the specimen intersects the milled side. In all the aforementioned positions of the specimen, the second particle beam impinges on the milled side, which enables monitoring of the milling in real time. |
| US10629405B2 |
Electron beam device and sample inspection method
An electron beam device suitable for observing the bottom of a deep groove or hole with a high degree of accuracy under a large current condition includes: an electron optical system having an irradiation optical system to irradiate a first aperture with an electron beam emitted from an electron source and a reduction projection optical system to project and form an aperture image of the first aperture on a sample, detectors to detect secondary electrons emitted by irradiating the sample with the electron beam through the electron optical system. An image processing unit generates a two-dimensional image from detection signals obtained by irradiating the sample while the electron beam scans the sample two-dimensionally by scanning deflectors of the electron optical system. Further, generates a reconstructed image by deconvoluting electron beam intensity distribution information of an ideal aperture image of the first aperture from the generated two-dimensional image information. |
| US10629403B1 |
Magnetic assist bearing
In one example, a lift assembly may exert a force on a rotatable anode of an X-ray source. The lift assembly may include a lift shaft and a lift electromagnet. The lift shaft may be coupled to the anode and configured to rotate around an axis of rotation of the anode. The lift electromagnet may be configured to apply a magnetic force to the lift shaft in a radial direction. The lift electromagnet may include a curved surface that contours around at least a portion of the shaft wall. A radius of curvature of the curved surface of the lift electromagnet may be greater than a radius of curvature of the lift shaft, and the spacing between the curved surface of the lift electromagnet and the shaft wall may be non-uniform. |
| US10629401B2 |
Fuse adapter
A fuse adapter assembly includes a fuse adapter having an adapter base. A fuse shroud extends from the adapter base and defines a fuse cavity. An adapter shroud also extends from the adapter base and defines an adapter terminal space. A fuse terminal opening passes through the adapter base between the fuse cavity and the adapter terminal space. A fuse enclosure is located within the fuse cavity and is configured to retain a fuse. The fuse cavity is configured to engage a header and the adapter shroud is configured to engage an electrical connector. |
| US10629398B2 |
Switch device
A switch device includes an actuation unit, a movable unit, a first base, and a second spring, which is a torsion coil spring that acts between the actuation unit and the movable unit. The movable unit is movable with respect to the base. The second spring applies a force to the actuation unit when the actuation unit is at a third position in a direction that is not parallel to a direction in which the torsion coil spring applies a force to the actuation unit when the actuation unit is at a fourth position. |
| US10629395B1 |
Keyboard membrane circuit board with liquid drainage path
A keyboard device includes a substrate, keycaps, and a membrane circuit board. The substrate has an upper surface including assembly areas, and the upper surface has an assembly member. The keycaps are disposed on the substrate and respectively corresponding to the assembly areas. The membrane circuit board is disposed between the substrate and the keycaps. The membrane circuit board includes an upper membrane layer having an upper layer hole, a lower membrane layer having a lower layer hole, and a spacing layer having a middle layer hole. The upper layer hole, the middle layer hole, and the lower layer hole communicate with each other. The assembly member protrudes upwardly from the lower layer hole, the middle layer hole, and the upper layer hole. The upper membrane layer includes a water-baffling edge between edges of the upper layer hole and the middle layer hole. |
| US10629391B2 |
Fusible safety disconnect in solid state circuit breakers and combination motor starters
An isolation disconnect assembly for an insulated gate bipolar transistor assembly is provided. The isolation disconnect assembly includes a conductor assembly and a clinch joint magnetic actuator. |
| US10629389B2 |
Latching relay and method thereof
A latching relay may be shown and described. The latching relay may use a reed switch, a permanent magnet and a coil. The permanent magnet may be magnetized by pulsing current through the coil, and demagnetized by degaussing current. Also, the magnetized magnet may maintain an activated state of the reed switch, and the demagnetized magnet may maintain a deactivated state of the reed switch. |
| US10629385B2 |
Hierarchically nanostructured films and applications thereof
In one aspect, nanostructured films are described herein comprising controlled architectures on multiple length scales (e.g. ≥3). As described further herein, the ability to control film properties on multiple length scales enables tailoring structures of the films to specific applications including, but not limited to, optoelectronic, catalytic and photoelectrochemical cell applications. In some embodiments, a nanostructured film comprises a porous inorganic scaffold comprising particles of an electrically insulating inorganic oxide. An electrically conductive metal oxide coating is adhered to the porous inorganic scaffold, wherein the conductive metal oxide coating binds adjacent particles of the insulating inorganic oxide. |
| US10629384B2 |
Photoabsorber and solar cell comprising the same
The present disclosure provides a photoabsorber containing: a perovskite compound represented by the composition formula ABX3, where A represents a monovalent cation, B represents a divalent cation including a Sn cation, and X represents a halogen anion; and a trivalent cation of a Group 3 element. |
| US10629381B2 |
Multilayer capacitor
A multilayer capacitor includes a body in which a plurality of internal electrodes are stacked, including a ceramic sintered body; and external electrodes disposed on an external surface of the body and electrically connected to the internal electrodes. The ceramic sintered body includes a liquid pocket. |
| US10629380B2 |
Capacitor module
The capacitor module includes a capacitor, a relay substrate, a first connection terminal member, and a second connection terminal member. The capacitor includes a capacitor body, a first lead wire, and a second lead wire. The first lead wire and the second lead wire are drawn out from the capacitor body. The relay substrate includes a first conductive pattern and a second conductive pattern. The first conductive pattern is electrically connected with the first lead wire. And the second conductive pattern is electrically connected with the second lead wire. The first connection terminal member is electrically connected to the first conductive pattern. The first connection terminal member includes a first terminal part configured to be electrically connected to an external connector. The second connection terminal member is electrically connected to the second conductive pattern. The second connection terminal member includes a second terminal part configured to be electrically connected to an external connector. |
| US10629376B2 |
Multilayer ceramic capacitor having side members
There are disclosed a multilayer ceramic capacitor and a method of manufacturing the same. The multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a ceramic body having a first side and a second side opposed to each other and having a third side and a fourth side connecting the first side to the second side, a plurality of inner electrodes formed within the ceramic body, and outer electrodes formed on the third side and the fourth side and electrically connected to the inner electrodes. A distance from distal edges of the inner electrodes to the first side or the second side of the ceramic body is 30 μm or less. |
| US10629375B2 |
Film for capacitor and process for producing same
A film for a capacitor having a plurality of layers, the film for capacitors satisfying the following relational expression (1): Cmo/Cmu≥1.1 wherein Cmu is an oxygen gas permeability coefficient of the film for the capacitor, and Cmo is an oxygen gas permeability coefficient of an equivalent film that would be obtained if the film for the capacitor were to be formed as a uniform single layer, and having a thickness of 1 to 35 μm. |
| US10629373B2 |
Thin film capacitor
A thin film capacitor includes a body including a dielectric layer, a first internal electrode layer and a second internal electrode layer, a melting point of a material included in the first internal electrode layer being lower than a melting point of a material included in the second internal electrode layer, and a first external electrode and a second external electrode disposed on an upper surface of the body, the second internal electrode layer being disposed on an upper surface of the first internal electrode layer and a lower surface of the first internal electrode layer opposing the upper surface of the first internal electrode layer. |
| US10629371B2 |
Method of manufacturing coil component
A method of manufacturing a coil component, includes forming a conductive pattern on a substrate; forming an opening portion over a surface of the substrate so as to be disposed between neighboring conductors of the conductive pattern, the opening portion having a depth that is equivalent to or greater than a clearance dimension between the neighboring conductors; and forming a coil pattern by growing the conductive pattern including by plating. |
| US10629367B2 |
Permanent magnet induction generator (PMIG)
Conversion of magnetic flux energy into electrical power with a permanent magnet induction generator (PMIG) comprised of permanent magnets, a magnetic circuit, reluctance switches (magnetic flux switches), and a switching sequence performed by an electrical controller that causes the flux from two opposing, magnetically aligned permanent magnets to be repeatedly alternated through a single flux path for the purpose of generating AC electricity. Energy efficient reluctance switches operation permits the output electrical energy to exceed the energy required to operate them thereby enabling continuous operation that produces uninterrupted electricity without the need for fuel or external energy input. |
| US10629366B2 |
Magnetic shielding unit for wireless power transmission in magnetic resonance mode, and wireless power transmission module and electronic device comprising same
A wireless power transmission module operable in magnetic resonance method including a radiator unit for wireless power transmission, and a magnetic field shielding unit, disposed on a side of the radiator unit, for preventing disturbance of transmission and reception of the radiator due to the conductor and improving radiator characteristics, by providing a magnetic field shielding layer which includes shredded Fe-based alloy fragments and a dielectric filling at least a part of gaps between shredded Fe-based alloy fragments and some adjacent ones of the fragments to reduce eddy currents, to improve flexibility of and reduce eddy currents in the magnetic field shielding unit. When a wireless power signal is transmitted and received in a magnetic resonance method, the influence of a magnetic field on components of s a mobile terminal or a user can be blocked. Interference with the transmission/reception of the power signal due to the conductor can be minimized or prevented. The radiator characteristics and wireless power transmission efficiency can be remarkably improved. |
| US10629362B2 |
Coil component and method for manufacturing the same
A coil component includes a body including a magnetic material, a support member disposed inside the body, and a coil pattern disposed on the support member inside the body. The coil pattern includes a first conductive layer, having a planar spiral shape, and a second conductive layer, having a line width greater than a thickness thereof, while covering the first conductive layer. When viewed from a surface of the body cut in thickness and width directions, a line width of each of outermost and innermost patterns of the first conductive layer is different from a line width of at least one internal pattern disposed between the outermost and innermost patterns. |
| US10629361B2 |
Inductance device and method of manufacturing the same
An inductance device includes a coil provided with at least one electrically conductive turn having a first portion of turn formed on a face of a first substrate, and a second portion of turn. A first end of the first portion is electrically connected to a first end of the second portion by a conductive connection, and the coil has a longitudinal axis, around which the at least one turn is formed, which is perpendicular to a dimension in thickness of the first substrate. The second portion is formed on a face of a second substrate different from the first substrate, with the face of the first substrate facing the face of the second substrate, with the conductive connection extending into an interstitial space located between the face of the first substrate and the face of the second substrate. |
| US10629353B2 |
Electronic device including at least one inductor comprising passive heat management means
An electronic device including a carrier, at least one active component, and at least one inductor, the inductor including a core and a winding surrounding at least part of the core, the core delimiting at least part of a magnetic field along which magnetic flux lines are intended to run. The core includes a body including at least two portions defining two successive zones of the magnetic path, the thickness of each portion being lower with respect to the length and to the width thereof, each portion including a surface that is lateral with respect to a direction of the magnetic path, a first of the portions being in direct contact with the carrier via part of its lateral surface and a second portion being positioned with respect to the carrier such that its lateral surface is free of contact with the carrier. |
| US10629351B2 |
Semiconductor device, semiconductor chip, and system
To inhibit a decrease in inductance of an inductor in a plurality of semiconductor chips that are stacked. A semiconductor device includes: first and second semiconductor chips that are stacked; a first inductor; an arrangement-restricted region; and a circuit. In the semiconductor device, the first inductor is arranged in the first semiconductor chip. The arrangement-restricted region is provided in a region of the second semiconductor chip corresponding to the first inductor. The circuit is arranged in a region of the second semiconductor chip not corresponding to the arrangement-restricted region. |
| US10629349B2 |
Flexible magnetic sealing apparatus
A magnetic sealing closure, comprising: a. a first flexible strip, with a plurality of cavities adapted to incorporate a plurality of magnetic elements; b. a second flexible strip, with a plurality of cavities adapted to incorporate a plurality of magnetic elements; wherein said sealing closure comprises membranes connectable to said first strip, and a second membrane connectable to said second strip, such that said plurality of magnetic elements of said second strip are embedded within said plurality of cavities between said second strip and said second membrane; when said first and second strips and are brought together from the side of said first and second membranes, magnetic elements of said first and said second strips magnetically attract each other, such that a sealing is provided. |
| US10629348B2 |
Permanent magnet unit, rotating machine having permanent magnet unit, and method for manufacturing permanent magnet unit
The present invention provides a permanent magnet unit in which insulating layers are located at positions where an eddy current can be reduced most effectively. The permanent magnet unit includes at least one insulating layer, and a plurality of permanent magnet pieces located adjacent to each other with the at least one insulating layer in between. The at least one insulating layer is located at positions defined based on a magnitude of an eddy current flowing inside a permanent magnet, corresponding to a change in a magnetic field of the permanent magnet into which a plurality of the permanent magnet pieces are integrally formed without the at least one insulating layer. |
| US10629343B2 |
Rare earth permanent magnet and rare earth permanent magnet manufacturing method
A magnetic property of a rare earth permanent magnet containing neodymium, iron, and boron is enhanced. The present disclosure is a rare earth permanent magnet with a compound represented by a following expression as a main phase: Nd2Fe14B(1-x)Mx. In the expression, M represents an element selected from any one of cobalt, beryllium, lithium, aluminum, and silicon and x satisfies 0.01≤x≤0.25. The main phase has an Nd—Fe—B layer and an Fe layer periodically and part of boron is substituted with any one or more types of elements selected from a group consisting of cobalt, beryllium, lithium, aluminum, and silicon. |
| US10629338B2 |
Magnetic plasmonic nanoparticle positioned on a magnetic plasmonic substrate
Described embodiments include a system, method, and apparatus. The apparatus includes a magnetic substrate at least partially covered by a first negative-permittivity layer comprising a first plasmonic outer surface. The apparatus includes a plasmonic nanoparticle having a magnetic element at least partially covered by a second negative-permittivity layer comprising a second plasmonic outer surface. The apparatus includes a dielectric-filled gap between the first plasmonic outer surface and the second outer surface. The first plasmonic outer surface, the dielectric-filled gap, and the second plasmonic outer surface are configured to support one or more mutually coupled plasmonic excitations. |
| US10629334B2 |
Nanostructure barrier for copper wire bonding
A nanostructure barrier for copper wire bonding includes metal grains and inter-grain metal between the metal grains. The nanostructure barrier includes a first metal selected from nickel or cobalt, and a second metal selected from tungsten or molybdenum. A concentration of the second metal is higher in the inter-grain metal than in the metal grains. The nanostructure barrier may be on a copper core wire to provide a coated bond wire. The nanostructure barrier may be on a bond pad to form a coated bond pad. A method of plating the nanostructure barrier using reverse pulse plating is disclosed. A wire bonding method using the coated bond wire is disclosed. |
| US10629333B2 |
Superconductive cable
A superconductive cable including: a former; one or more superconductive conductor layers provided outside the former; an insulating layer configured to surround the superconductive conductor layers; and one or more superconductive shield layers provided on an exterior of the insulating layer. The superconductive conductor layers and the superconductive shield layers are formed of superconductive wire rods, and each superconductive wire rod includes a metal substrate layer and a plurality of superconducting layers deposited on the metal substrate layer using a superconductive material. In the superconductive wire rods of an outermost superconductive conductor layer among the superconductive conductor layers and an innermost superconductive shield layer among the superconductive shield layers, each of the metal substrate layers and the superconducting layers are disposed in opposite directions. |
| US10629331B2 |
Power supply cable and power supply cable with connector
A power supply cable includes: a first communication cord that includes a first signal line and a cover that accommodates the first signal line; a plurality of power lines each including a cooling tube, a conductor that surrounds the cooling tube, and an insulator that surrounds the conductor; and a sheath that accommodates the first communication cord and the plurality of power lines. In a cross-sectional view, the plurality of power lines surround the first communication cord. |
| US10629328B2 |
Insulating coating material having excellent wear resistance
An insulating coating material including an insulating film, and an adhesion layer on at least one side of an insulating film. The insulating film satisfies Formula (1) a=k×b3 . . . Formula (1) where a is a loop stiffness value in g/cm of the insulating film, b is a thickness in μm of the insulating film, and k is 0.000105 or more. |
| US10629326B2 |
Conductive polymer material and molded article using same
By using CNF excellent in dispersibility, conductivity, and crystallinity, a conductive polymer material having high conductivity even with a low CNF content and a shaped article thereof and a conductive polymer material with a less CNF content for same conductivity and a shaped article thereof are provided. A conductive polymer material with high conductivity is produced by using carbon nanofiber with a median diameter D50 value from 0.1 to 8 μm, powder resistivity of 0.03 Ωcm or less measured under a load of 9.8 MPa, and D/G from 0.5 to 1.3. |
| US10629322B2 |
Electrically conductive oxide sintered compact, member for electrical conduction, gas sensor, piezoelectric element, and method for producing piezoelectric element
An electrically conductive oxide sintered compact according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a crystal phase that has a perovskite oxide crystal structure represented by the composition formula: REaCobCucNidOx where RE is a rare-earth element; a+b+c+d=1; and 1.25≤x≤1.75, wherein the values of a, b, c and d respectively satisfy the following conditions: 0.474≤a≤0.512; 0.050≤b≤0.350; 0≤c≤0.250; and 0.050≤d≤0.350. |
| US10629317B2 |
Two-dimensional magnetic-optic trap using frequency and phase modulation with arbitrary waveform
The present invention relates to a two-dimensional magnetic-optical trap system using frequency and phase modulation with an arbitrary waveform, including: a glass cell; a coil set; and a light source module, wherein the laser source module includes: a cooling laser; a re-pumping laser; a first acousto-optic modulator; a second acousto-optic modulator; and an electro-optical modulator. |
| US10629313B2 |
Control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) mounting method for pressurized water reactors
A standoff supporting a control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) in a nuclear reactor is connected to a distribution plate which provides electrical power and hydraulics. The standoff has connectors that require no action to effectuate the electrical connection to the distribution plate other than placement of the standoff onto the distribution plate. This facilitates replacement of the CRDM. In addition to the connectors, the standoff has alignment features to ensure the CRDM is connected in the correct orientation. After placement, the standoff may be secured to the distribution plate by bolts or other fasteners. The distribution plate may be a single plate that contains the electrical and hydraulic lines and also is strong enough to provide support to the CRDMs or may comprise a stack of two or more plates. |
| US10629312B2 |
Light water reactor with condensing steam generator
A light water reactor for generating power that utilizes circulation of a primary coolant at saturation pressure to cool a nuclear core and transfer heat from the core to a secondary coolant through one or more heat exchangers of a condensing steam generator. The secondary coolant, once heated can drive power generation equipment, such as steam turbines or otherwise, before being condensed and returned to the one or more heat exchangers. |
| US10629309B2 |
Method and system for 3D root canal treatment planning
A three-dimensional computer model of the patient's tooth, including the pulp chamber and root canals, is created by combining at least one grey value image of the tooth and/or surface information about at least part of the intra-orally visible part of the tooth with a statistical, parameterized shape model of each tooth type (upper or lower incisors, canines, pre-molars, molars) as the patient's tooth to be treated. This allows for planning and/or simulation of one or more root canal treatments on the computer model of the patient's tooth and that the dentist or dental specialist is given qualitative and/or quantitative information by the system in order to aid in adequately analyzing the risks related to performing the root canal treatment with the proposed or user-selected endodontic tools. |
| US10629302B2 |
Mobile self-management compliance and notification method, system and computer program product
A computerized interactive method, system and computer program product is provided for managing a person's health and lifestyle through self-managing controlled notifications, feedback, and alerts are disclosed. Embodiments provide computerized self-management and compliance scheme that does not require third party intervention or treatment options typical with immediate-response or alert-based systems. Monitoring, notification, and alert parameters can be partially or wholly self-managed using a graphical user interface or computerized device interface to enable two-way communication between the person and at least one computer server. |
| US10629296B2 |
Mobile carrier-centric data record custodian systems and methods
A system for mobile carrier-centric data record custodians is provided and includes cellular network interfaces that transmit and receive wireless communication over a cellular network, an electronic medical record (EMR) database that stores EMRs, and a mobile account management server coupled with the cellular network interfaces and the EMR database, the mobile account management server receiving an EMR request associated with a mobile user account over the cellular network, querying the EMR database for a results set having EMRs satisfying the query, generating a plurality of EMR responses to the EMR request as a function of the results set and state information associated with the cellular network, and transmitting the plurality of EMR responses over the plurality of cellular network interfaces to the mobile device via the cellular network, the plurality of EMR responses being formatted for wireless protocols of the cellular network interfaces over which they are transmitted. |
| US10629295B2 |
Supporting execution of a clinical trial
The execution of a clinical trial is supported in the following manner. Patient model data is provided for modeling a patient-level workflow in the clinical trial in accordance with a trial protocol. Clinical data of patients participating in the clinical trial is accessed. Using a workflow engine, an instance of the patient-level workflow is instantiated for each of the patients to obtain a plurality of patient-level workflow instantiations. Each of the patient-level workflow instantiations is executed independently based on the clinical data of each respective one of the patients. The patient model data may include or be linked to a rule associated with a step of the patient-level workflow. The rule may be executed when the workflow engine reaches the step in one of the patient-level workflow instantiations. Accordingly, a virtual representation of the clinical trial on a patient-level is obtained which represents the actual state of the clinical trial yet which is computer-accessible. Having such a virtual representation of the clinical trial allows the clinical trial to be easily monitored, actively managed, etc., thereby facilitating its execution. |
| US10629281B2 |
Nonvolatile memory apparatus and an operating method thereof based on a power-up signal
A nonvolatile memory apparatus and an operating method of the nonvolatile memory apparatus may include a first memory cell array, a second memory cell array, a bit line switch, and a sensing control signal generation circuit. The first and second memory cell arrays may be coupled to a bit line. The bit line switch may electrically couple the first memory cell array to the second memory cell array according to an operation period of the non-volatile memory apparatus. |
| US10629277B2 |
Signal generation circuit and semiconductor memory device including the same
There are provided a signal generation circuit and a semiconductor memory device including the same. The signal generation circuit includes: a signal input component configured to generate a first internal output signal and a second internal output signal in response to an input signal, and to adjust potential levels of the first internal output signal and the second internal output signal in response to an output signal; and a signal output component configured to generate the output signal in response to the first internal output signal and the second internal output signal. |
| US10629273B2 |
Proactive reduction of re-read triggering
An embodiment of a semiconductor apparatus may include technology to determine an error rate associated with a read request for a persistent storage media, compare the determined error rate against a pre-fail threshold, and adjust a read voltage shift direction for the persistent storage media if the determined error rate exceeds the pre-fail threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. |
| US10629270B2 |
Memory circuit having pseudo ground
A memory circuit includes a memory unit, a memory control circuit and a pseudo ground voltage generation circuit. The memory control circuit includes: a level shifter circuit coupled to a variable supply voltage; a driver circuit coupled to the pseudo ground voltage generation circuit at the pseudo ground node. The driver circuit is powered by the variable supply voltage and generates an access signal according to the driving signal, to access data from the memory unit. Under a high-voltage operation, the variable supply voltage provides a first supply voltage level, so that a high level of the access signal corresponds to the first supply voltage level and the pseudo ground voltage generation circuit provides a pseudo ground voltage level at the pseudo ground node. A voltage difference between the first supply voltage level and the pseudo ground voltage level is smaller than a withstand voltage of the driver circuit. |
| US10629268B2 |
Semiconductor memory device that includes a block decoder having plural transistors and a latch circuit
A semiconductor memory device includes a block decoder having a sense node, and a control unit. The block decoder includes first and second transistors each connected between a first node and ground, a third transistor connected between a power source voltage and a second node, a fourth transistor connected between the first and second nodes and controlled by the same gate signal as the third transistor, a fifth transistor having a first terminal connected to the sense node and a gate connected to the second node through an inverter, and a latch circuit that switches the first transistor on and off according to its setting. The control unit determines the setting of the latch circuit, according to a logic level based on a voltage of the sense node during an operation in which the second and third transistors are turned off and the fourth transistor is turned on. |
| US10629267B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device and method of programming in the same
In a method of programming in a nonvolatile memory device, channels of a plurality of cell strings are precharged through ground selection transistors by a precharge voltage of a source line. A turn-on voltage is applied to a selected ground selection transistor of a selected cell string among the plurality of cell strings, during a verification read period of an N-th program loop. The turn-on voltage applied to the selected ground selection transistor is maintained to precharge the channels for an (N+1)-th program loop, without recovery after the verification read period of the N-th program loop is finished. Power consumption is reduced and an operation speed is increased by maintaining the turn-on voltage of the selected ground selection line to precharge the channels of the cell strings without recovery after the verification read operation is finished. |
| US10629265B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device includes first and second read modes, a first memory cell and a second memory cell; a first word line electrically connected to a gate of the first memory cell and a gate of the second memory cell; a first bit line electrically connected to the first memory cell; a second bit line electrically connected to the second memory cell; a first sense amplifier configured to determine data read from the first memory cell at a first timing in the first and second read modes; a second sense amplifier configured to determine data read from the second memory cell at a second timing different from the first timing in the first read mode; a second sense amplifier configured to determine data read from the second memory cell at a second timing different from the first timing in the first read mode; a delay circuit; and a controller. |
| US10629263B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a controller, a semiconductor memory component, first and second capacitors, and a jumper element. The substrate has a conductor pattern. The conductor pattern includes a first conductor portion and a second conductor portion. The first conductor portion overlaps at least a part of the first capacitor in a thickness direction of the substrate and is electrically connected to the first capacitor. The second conductor portion overlaps at least a part of the second capacitor in the thickness direction of the substrate and is electrically connected to the second capacitor. The first conductor portion and the second conductor portion are separated from each other, and are electrically connected to each other by the jumper element. |
| US10629262B2 |
Method of operating resistive memory device capable of reducing write latency
Provided is a method of operating a resistive memory device including a memory cell array. The method includes the resistive memory device performing a first write operation in response to an active command and a write command and performing a second write operation in response to a write active command and the write command. The first write operation includes a read data evaluation operation for latching data read from the memory cell array in response to the active command. The second write operation excludes the read data evaluation operation. |
| US10629261B2 |
Enhancing nucleation in phase-change memory cells
Various embodiments disclosed herein comprise methods and apparatuses for placing phase-change memory (PCM) cells of a memory array into a temperature regime where nucleation probability of the PCM cells is enhanced prior to applying a subsequent SET programming signal. In one embodiment, the method includes applying a nucleation signal to the PCM cells to form nucleation sites within the memory array where the nucleation signal has a non-zero rising-edge. A programming signal is subsequently applied to achieve a desired level of crystallinity within selected ones of the plurality of PCM cells. Additional methods and apparatuses are also described. |
| US10629257B2 |
SRAM with error correction in retention mode
A method for storing information in SRAM bit cell arrays provides for lowering voltage supplied to the SRAM bit cell arrays, with voltage lowering controlled by a connected voltage control circuit. Writing, reading, and correcting information storable in the SRAM bit cell arrays is accomplished using an error correcting code (ECC) block connected to at least some of the SRAM bit cell arrays. The ECC block is configurable to repair stored information. |
| US10629250B2 |
SRAM cell having an n-well bias
An integrated circuit containing SRAM cells. Each SRAM cell has a PMOS driver transistor, a PMOS passgate transistor, and at least two separate n-wells. The integrated circuit also has an n-well bias control circuit that is configured to independently bias the n-wells of an addressed SRAM cell. Moreover, a process of operating an integrated circuit that contains SRAM cells. The process includes writing a low data bit value, writing a high data bit value, and reading a data bit value of an addressed SRAM cell. |
| US10629248B2 |
Semiconductor devices configured to store bank addresses and generate bank group addresses
A semiconductor device includes a bank group selection signal generation circuit and a bank group address generation circuit. The bank group selection signal generation circuit stores a bank address based on a command pulse generated to perform a read operation or a write operation. The bank group selection signal generation circuit outputs the stored bank address as a bank group selection signal. The bank group address generation circuit generates a bank group address and an internal bank group address for performing a column operation of a cell array included in a bank group selected based on the bank group selection signal. |
| US10629245B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for storing and writing multiple parameter codes for memory operating parameters
Apparatuses and methods for writing and storing parameter codes for operating parameters, and selecting between the parameter codes to set an operating condition for a memory are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first mode register and a second mode register. The first mode register is configured to store first and second parameter codes for a same operating parameter. The second mode register is configured to store a parameter code for a control parameter to select between the first and second parameter codes to set a current operating condition for the operating parameter. An example method includes storing in a first register a first parameter code for an operating parameter used to set a first memory operating condition, and further includes storing in a second register a second parameter code for the operating parameter used to set a second memory operating condition. |
| US10629243B2 |
Systems and methods for creating and using navigable spatial overviews for video through video segmentation based on time metadata and camera orientation metadata
Systems and methods for generating an overview for videos by reconstructing a representation of underlying content and linking from points in the overview to specific points in the video. Mechanisms are provided to create three different types of navigable overviews for different types of how-to and instructional videos. A two-dimensional overview is generated when content is two-dimensional, such as instructional videos on electronic whiteboard or other flat content. The three-dimensional overview is created when the content is three-dimensional, such as how-to videos illustrating the use of specific three-dimensional tangible articles. In three-dimensional case, when 3D model is available, the video segments are directly linked to corresponding points on the model. When a model is not available, a rough overview is first created from the captured video and camera orientation metadata. When the user selects a specific location within the overview, the related video segment is automatically played to the user. |
| US10629239B1 |
Computing system with DVE template selection and video content item generation feature
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) receiving a first group of video content items; (ii) identifying from among the first group of video content items, a second group of video content items having a threshold extent of similarity with each other; (iii) determining a quality score for each video content item of the second group; (iv) identifying from among the second group of video content items, a third group of video content items each having a quality score that exceeds a quality score threshold; and (v) based on the identifying of the third group, transmitting at least a portion of at least one video content item of the identified third group to a digital video-effect (DVE) system, wherein the system is configured for using the at least the portion of the at least one video content item of the identified third group to generate a video content item. |
| US10629233B1 |
Bumper pad design for TAMR drives
A PMR read/write head configured for thermally assisted recording (TAMR) includes thermally active bumper pads formed to each side of a write element to provide enhanced touchdown (TD) protection to the write head element where it emerges adjacent to the plasmon near-field spot produced by the TAMR apparatus. The bumper pads are disposed about the write head and absorb heat energy generated by active heating elements, the write current and the energy generated by the TAMR apparatus. Absorption of this energy causes the bumper pads to expand and protrude outward from the slider ABS to protect the read/write head from both intentional and unanticipated touchdown events. The PMR read/write head is then mounted on a slider and the assembly is incorporated into a hard disk drive (HDD). |
| US10629232B2 |
Two-motor co-located gimbal-based dual stage actuation disk drive suspensions with motor stiffeners
Various embodiments concern a dual stage actuation flexure. The dual stage actuation flexure comprises a flexure having a gimbal. The gimbal comprising a pair of spring arms, a tongue between the spring arms, and a pair of linkages respectively connecting the pair of spring arms to the tongue. The dual stage actuation flexure further comprises a pair of motors mounted on the gimbal and a pair of stiffeners respectively mounted on the motors. The dual stage actuation flexure further comprises a slider mounting. Electrical activation of the motors bends the pair of linkages to move the slider mounting about a tracking axis while the stiffeners limit the degree of bending of the motors during the electrical activation. |
| US10629231B2 |
Magnetoresistance effect element
A magnetoresistance effect element has a first ferromagnetic metal layer, a second ferromagnetic metal layer, and a tunnel barrier layer that is sandwiched between the first and second ferromagnetic metal layers, the tunnel barrier layer is expressed by a chemical formula of AB2Ox, and has a spinel structure in which cations are arranged in a disordered manner, A represents a divalent cation that is either Mg or Zn, and B represents a trivalent cation that includes a plurality of elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, and In. |
| US10629230B2 |
Method of forming a magnetic head
A method of forming a magnetic head includes forming a read sensor stripe, depositing an electronic lapping guide (ELG) layer over the substrate in an ELG region, forming a backside edge of a read sensor by patterning the read sensor stripe in a first patterning step, forming a backside insulator layer and a rear bias magnetic material portion over the backside edge of the read sensor, forming a backside edge of an ELG by patterning the ELG layer in the ELG region in a second patterning step, simultaneously forming a front side edge of the read sensor and a front side edge of the ELG, and lapping the read sensor and the ELG to provide an air bearing surface of a read sensor. The physical stripe height offset can be determined for each flash field by correlating device conductance and ELG conductance. |
| US10629229B2 |
High-bandwidth STO bias architecture with integrated slider voltage potential control
Disclosed herein are circuits, architectures, and methods that provide for the control of a data storage device write head's trailing shield and main pole potential with respect to the disk using circuitry that is integrated with circuitry used to bias a spin torque oscillator (STO) apparatus. Various embodiments include slider connections with STO bias circuitry that resides in a read/write integrated circuit, which has a programmable circuit that generates a bias current with overshoot (bias kicks). Also disclosed are circuits that may be incorporated into a slider to mitigate radio-frequency interference. |
| US10629227B2 |
Methods and coatings for advanced audio recording and playback
An embodiment of the invention provides a phonorecord for embodying an audio recording. The phonorecord can comprise a substrate and a conformal coating disposed on at least a portion of the substrate. The substrate can comprise one or more grooves embodying the audio recording. |
| US10629225B2 |
Information processing method, information processing device, and recording medium recording information processing program
A first information communication device is provided with: a biological information acquisition unit that acquires biological information of a first user holding the first information processing device; a mood determination unit that detects a state in which the mood of the first user is estimated as being good on the basis of the biological information; a reason estimation unit that, in a case where a state in which the mood of the first user is estimated as being good is detected, estimates a reason for the mood of the first user being good on the basis of behavior history information indicating a behavior history of the first user; and a transmission control unit that causes a communication unit to transmit reason information indicating the estimated reason, to a second information processing device held by a second user who wishes to be notified of a timing for contacting the first user. |
| US10629222B2 |
Sound signal procession method and device
A sound signal processing method and device are provided for separating sounds of the respective sound sources even when sounds are recorded asynchronously by a plurality of devices. Specifically, the present invention comprises the steps of instructing each of the plurality of devices to output a reference signal of a different frequency, receiving each of the reference signals output from the speaker of the plurality of devices according to the instruction, receiving sound signals in which each of the reference signals output from the speaker of the plurality of devices is input into the microphone of the plurality of devices, calculating a time shift amount of each of the devices based on each of the received reference signals output from the speaker and the received sound signals, and separating the plurality of signal signals input into the microphone of the plurality of devices based on the calculated time shift amount. |
| US10629214B2 |
Encoder, decoder, coding method, decoding method, coding program, decoding program and recording medium
An encoder and a decoder are provided that are capable of reproducing a frequency-domain envelope sequence that provides high approximation accuracy around peaks caused by the pitch period of an audio signal by using a small amount of code. An encoder of the present invention comprises a periodic-combined-envelope generating part and a variable-length coding part. The periodic-combined-envelope generating part generates a periodic combined envelope sequence which is a frequency-domain sequence based on a spectral envelope sequence which is a frequency-domain sequence corresponding to a linear predictive coefficient code obtained from an input audio signal and on a frequency-domain period. The variable-length coding part encodes a frequency-domain sequence derived from the input audio signal. A decoder of the present invention comprises a periodic-combined-envelope generating part and a variable-length decoding part. The periodic-combined-envelope generating part generates a periodic combined envelope sequence which is a frequency-domain sequence based on a spectral envelope sequence which is a frequency-domain sequence corresponding to a linear predictive coefficient code and on a frequency-domain period. The variable-length decoding part decodes a variable-length code to obtain a frequency-domain sequence. |
| US10629210B2 |
Voice recognition apparatus, vehicle having the same, and control method of voice recognition apparatus
A voice recognition apparatus may include a receiver configured to receive a voice command; a provider configured to output a guidance message; and a controller configured to control the provider in response to the voice command, analyze a listening pattern of the guidance message transmitted by the receiver, and adjust an output of the guidance message based on the listening pattern. |
| US10629209B2 |
Voiceprint recognition method, device, storage medium and background server
The present invention provides a voiceprint recognition method, a device, a storage medium and a background server. The voiceprint recognition method comprises: collecting, by a client, and sending a voice recognition request to the background server, the voice recognition request comprises the user ID and the test voice; receiving the voice recognition request, and determining the voice recognition request to be processed with a message queue and an asynchronous mechanism; acquiring a target voiceprint feature which corresponds to the user ID of the voice recognition request to be processed, and acquiring a test voiceprint feature which corresponds to the test voice of the voice recognition request to be processed; judging whether the target voiceprint feature and the test voiceprint feature correspond to the same user, and outputting the result of the judging to the client; and receiving and displaying, by the client, the result of the judging. |
| US10629208B2 |
Video communication method and robot for implementing the method
Provided are a video communication method and a robot implementing the same. The robot includes a camera configured to acquire a first video for a video call, a multi-channel microphone configured to receive a sound signal, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions. The processor calculates positions at which a plurality of voice signals included in the sound signal are generated, calculates positions of N users appearing in the first video (here, N is an integer greater than or equal to 2), selects N voice signals generated at the same positions as the N users from among the plurality of voice signals, calculates a ratio of times during which a voice is detected from waveforms of the N voice signals in a previous time period prior to a first time point, and determines a main user of the video call at the first time point on the basis of the ratio of times. |
| US10629207B2 |
Caching scheme for voice recognition engines
A cache associated with a voice recognition engine may be configured to receive an audio file corresponding to a voice query. The voice query may be received by the voice recognition engine from a user device in response to receipt of the voice query by the user device at the user device. The cache may be configured to determine an audio fingerprint based on the audio file and to determine whether the audio fingerprint corresponds to one of a plurality of audio transcriptions stored in the cache. The audio transcriptions may correspond to popular voice queries received at the voice recognition engine and processed by a server capable of performing automated speech recognition. In response to determining that the audio fingerprint corresponds to a given one of the stored audio transcriptions, the audio file may be processed based on the stored audio transcription. |
| US10629204B2 |
Activation trigger processing
Utterance-based user interfaces can include activation trigger processing techniques for detecting activation triggers and causing execution of certain commands associated with particular command pattern activation triggers without waiting for output from a separate speech processing engine. The activation trigger processing techniques can also detect speech analysis patterns and selectively activate a speech processing engine. |
| US10629198B2 |
Medical apparatuses configured to receive speech instructions and use stored speech recognition operational data
It is inter alia disclosed to perform at least one of operating an interaction process with a user of the medical apparatus and determining, based on a representation of at least one instruction given by the user, at least one instruction operable by the medical apparatus. Therein, the at least one of the operating and the determining at least partially depends on operational data. It is further disclosed to receive modification information for modifying at least a part of the operational data, wherein the modification information is at least partially determined based on an analysis of a representation of at least one instruction given by the user. |
| US10629197B2 |
Voice processing system and voice processing method for predicting and executing an ask-again request corresponding to a received request
A voice processing system includes a voice acquisition unit that acquires an utterance of a user, a voice recognition unit that recognizes contents of the utterance acquired by the voice acquisition unit, an execution unit that executes processing based on a result of the voice recognition unit, and a determination unit that determines a candidate of a word to substitute a certain word. When the voice recognition unit recognizes a request including a first word, the execution unit executes the request including the first word and provides the user with a processing result. The determination unit determines a second word that is a substitute candidate of the first word. The execution unit also executes a request including the second word instead of the first word and stores a processing result in a storage unit. |
| US10629196B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for generating voice recognition guide by transmitting voice signal data to a voice recognition server which contains voice recognition guide information to send back to the voice recognition apparatus
A voice recognition apparatus includes a communication part configured to communicate with a voice recognition server, a voice receiver configured to receive a user's voice signal, a storage part configured to store guide information comprising at least an example command for voice recognition; and a controller. The controller is configured to generate a guide image comprising at least a part of the example command, transmit the received user's voice signal to the voice recognition server through the communication part in response to receiving the user's voice signal by the voice receiver, and update the stored guide information based on update information received through the communication part. |
| US10629195B2 |
Isolation and enhancement of short duration speech prompts in an automotive system
In at least one embodiment, an apparatus for enhancing speech prompts in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes an audio processor that is electrically coupled to a plurality of loudspeakers in a vehicle. The audio processor being programmed to provide entertainment data to the plurality of loudspeakers for playback in the vehicle and to receive a speech prompt indicative of only a spoken audio output to a driver in the vehicle. The audio processor is further programmed to mute the entertainment data that is played back on a first loudspeaker of the plurality of loudspeakers in response to the speech prompt and to provide the speech prompt to the first loudspeaker for playback to the driver in response to the speech prompt. |
| US10629190B2 |
Hardware command device with audio privacy features
A hardware device may receive a command from a user and then respond to that command with information. Such commands may cause an audible response to be broadcast via speaker. A device's audio reply to a command may include sensitive details that a person may not wish to share. When a device makes such an audio reply, it may therefore divulge sensitive information to one or more other people that are in listening range. A person utilizing such a device may thus inadvertently compromise his own privacy. The present disclosure includes techniques that are usable to mitigate such privacy exposures by detecting a presence of a second person in a surrounding environment and creating a reply that omits some or all of the sensitive information that might have otherwise been broadcast by a command device. |
| US10629186B1 |
Domain and intent name feature identification and processing
A system for improved natural language understanding (NLU) provides pre-feature input to a named entity recognition (NER) component. Pre-features may include no-textually derived information associated with the circumstances describing a user command (such as time, location, etc.). A domain and/or intent may also be determined prior to NER processing and may be passed to the NER component as an input. The pre-features and/or domain or intent information may assist the NER processing by providing context to a textual input, thereby improving NER processing such as semantic tagging, which in turn may improve overall NLU processing quality. |
| US10629172B1 |
Drum beater
A drum beater including a hollow housing and loose fill material to generate a rattle sound upon striking a drum is disclosed herein. A user can customize the sound and loudness of the generated rattle or sound by changing the size, shape, quantity, materials, or combinations thereof of the hollow housing. The user can further customize the sound and loudness that they wish to create by also changing the size, shape, material, amounts or combinations thereof of the loose fill material. The drum beater also includes a rod to mount the drum beater to a drum foot pedal to control the drum beater while playing the drums. Optionally, the drum beater includes a pad mounted thereon, which changes the way the rattle sounds. The user, such as a musician, is free to express their creativity by how much can be varied in order to generate different sounds and rattles. |
| US10629169B2 |
Musical instrument
A musical instrument having a hollow or semi-hollow body and a sound board, representing either the anatomical front surface or the anatomical rear surface of the hollow body, or with the front surface and the rear surface both functioning as a sound board for the musical instrument and having at least one tuned sound port located in either the front and/or rear sound board of the musical instrument through which sound can exist with the tuned sound port comprising a hollow member adapted to be inserted through a hole formed in one or both of the sound boards and having a central opening of predetermined geometry and a length extending a fixed distance from the sound board into the interior of the musical instrument of between 5% and 95% of the distance between the front rear sound surfaces of the musical instrument. The musical instrument is preferably a stringed musical instrument which may include a plurality of panels extending between the front and rear sound boards for enhancing the structural support of the musical instrument and for funneling sound through the tuned sound ports or alternatively the musical instrument may include a plurality of panels extending between the front and rear surfaces without a tuned sound port. |
| US10629167B2 |
Display apparatus and control method thereof
A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus may include a memory configured to store data related to a background image of an area behind the display apparatus, a display configured to display content by overlaying the content onto the background image, a sensor configured to generate sensing data related to external light that is ambient to the display apparatus, and a processor configured to perform image-processing of at least one of the background image and the content, based on a type of the content and the sensing data. |
| US10629165B2 |
Wearable devices and methods for manufacturing a wearable device
According to various embodiments, a wearable device may be provided. The wearable device may include: a display panel having integrally formed a first display portion and a second display portion; and a driver circuit configured to control the first display portion with a first frequency and to control the second display portion with a second frequency. |
| US10629160B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus transmits a picture acquisition request for getting picture information to an external image apparatus connected through a predetermined interface to the display apparatus from the external image apparatus at predetermined intervals and gets a plurality of pieces of picture information from the external image apparatus to be displayed. The plurality of pictures may be switched at predetermined intervals, for example, to be displayed, so that the plurality of pictures may be displayed in a so-called slide show manner. A plurality of pictures for thumbnail may be produced from the plurality of pieces of picture information and be arranged together to be displayed in one picture screen of a display device. |
| US10629158B2 |
Information processing apparatus and display system
An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor specifies regions surrounded by a boundary line between a range through which a rectangular window passes and a range through which the window does not pass as an arrangement candidate region of the window in a display region when a center of the window is moved according to an outer frame of the display region in a case where it is detected that a display position of the window is a first position at which the window protrudes from the display region, determines a position closest to the first position as an arrangement candidate position of the window among arrangement candidate regions, and arranges the center of the window at the arrangement candidate position when the window does not protrude from the display region in a case where the arrangement candidate position and the center of the window match each other. |
| US10629153B2 |
Backplane suitable to form part of an emissive pixel array and system and methods of modulating same
A backplane operative to drive an array of emissive pixel elements is disclosed. Each pixel element comprises a pixel circuit drive element and an emissive element, wherein the pixel circuit drive element comprises a memory cell, a current source element, and a modulation element. The present invention improves on an emissive display by providing a backplane and modulation system that enables fabrication of multi-color or monochrome LED display systems that operate efficiently and without objectionable image artifacts. One aspect of the present invention is to realize the backplane in a single crystal silicon process with a minimum number of metal layers while providing each color with a suitable operating voltage and drive current. |
| US10629151B2 |
Shift register unit, gate driving circuit, display and gate driving method
There is provided in the present disclosure a shift register unit, comprising: an input circuit, whose first terminal is connected to a power supply terminal, second terminal is connected to an input terminal, and third terminal is connected to a pull-up node, the input circuit being configured to input a power supply signal input by the power supply terminal to the pull-up node under the control of an input signal; a pull-up control circuit, whose first terminal is connected to a first clock signal terminal, and second terminal is connected to the pull-up node, the pull-up control circuit being configured to control a potential of the pull-up node according to a first clock signal input by the first clock signal terminal; a pull-up circuit, whose first terminal is connected to a first signal terminal, second terminal is connected to an output terminal, third terminal is connected to the pull-up node. |
| US10629147B2 |
Display device
Provided is a technique of causing less display irregularities to occur when the scanning of the gate lines is resumed in a display device in which the scanning of gate lines is performed intermittently.A display device includes a display panel, and a driving circuitry that includes a plurality of drive circuits for scanning gate lines. The driving circuitry alternately switches a scanning period in which the gate lines are scanned, and a non-scanning period in which the scanning of the gate lines is suspended, during one vertical scanning period, according to a control signal. Each driving circuit 301n includes a first switching element N that applies a selection voltage to the gate line; an internal line netA; a second switching element A that charges the internal line netA to a first potential; and a third switching element B that includes a drain electrode connected to the internal line netA, and a source electrode having a second potential that is lower than the first potential. a drive circuit corresponding one of the gate lines that is selected at start of the scanning period includes a charging circuit 301b(n) which recharges the internal line netA of this drive circuit to a potential equal to or higher than the first potential, before the start of this scanning period. |
| US10629142B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in matrix, each sub-pixels is an eight domains structure; in a frame image, the data signals of the sub-pixels in two adjacent columns have opposite polarities, and in two adjacent frame images, the data signals of the same sub-pixel have opposite polarities; each two adjacent sub-pixels in a row direction are a sub-pixel group, in two adjacent sub-pixel groups, the sub-pixels in one sub-pixel group display a brightness of a first display gray scale corresponding to the sub-pixels, the sub-pixels in another sub-pixel group display a brightness of a second display gray scale corresponding to the sub-pixels; by performing the color shift compensation process on the data signals of the sub-pixels in the eight-domain structure, the color viewing angle and the viewing experience of the liquid crystal display device could be improved. |
| US10629139B2 |
Backlight module and control method of display device
The present invention provides a backlight module comprising a LED backlight source. The LED backlight source comprises at least two LED light source sets disposed alternatively; each LED light source set comprises red LED lights, green LED lights and blue LED lights arranged in array formation; and a color gamut of the red and green LED lights in two neighbored LED light source sets are different. The present invention further provides a control method of display device. The LED backlight source is controlled and a corresponded RGB grey level is output to the display device according to the percentage of the areas of the red and green pixels having color saturation value greater than the color saturation threshold. Comparing to the existed technology, uncomfortableness on watching red pixels and green pixels is reduced and comfort of human eyes while watching images with high color gamut is improved. |
| US10629137B2 |
Display device
A display device is provided, including a display panel and a backlight component configured to provide a backlight to the display panel and a display controller. The backlight component includes a standby display backlight component and a normal display backlight component with the standby display backlight component being configured to provide the backlight to the display panel during a standby display mode. The display controller includes a display driver, a data memory, a signal switcher, and a mode controller configured to control the display panel to switch between a normal display mode and the standby display mode. |
| US10629133B2 |
Gate driving circuit and display device including the same
Disclosed is a display device including a gate driving circuit. The display device comprises a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a pixel circuit in the display area, and a pair of scan driving circuits in the non-display area, the pair of scan driving circuits generating output signals inverted therebetween. The pixel circuit includes at least one n-type transistor and at least one p-type transistor, one of the pair of scan driving circuits includes a first transistor and a third transistor each including a gate electrode connected to a first node and a second transistor and a fourth transistor each including a gate electrode connected to a second node, the first transistor and the second transistor are serially connected to each other, and the third transistor and the fourth transistor are serially connected to each other. |
| US10629131B2 |
Concurrently refreshing multiple areas of a display device using multiple different refresh rates
This application relates to methods and apparatus for refreshing a display device at various frequencies. Specifically, multiple areas of the display device can be refreshed concurrently at different frequencies. In this way, when static content is being displayed in certain areas of the display device, those certain areas can be refreshed at a lower rate than areas displaying dynamic content such as video or animation. By refreshing at lower rates, the energy consumed by the display device and subsystems associated with the display device can be reduced. Additionally, processes for reducing flicker when refreshing the display device at different refresh rates are disclosed herein. |
| US10629130B2 |
Organic light-emitting display device
A display device includes a scan driver supplying a scan signal to scan lines, an emission control driver supplying an emission control signal to emission control lines, and a data driver supplying data signals to data lines coupled to pixels. Each pixel includes a drive transistor controlling an amount of current from a first power supply to a second power supply via an organic light-emitting diode, and three other transistors. The third transistor is turned on by a scan signal on a prior scan line and receives a voltage of a third power supply. The first and second transistors are turned on by a scan signal on a present scan line. The fourth power supply is different from the second and third power supplies, and the first and third transistors receive voltages of their respective power supplies through different power lines on different layers. |
| US10629118B2 |
Organic light emitting display device and method for driving the same
An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel and a deterioration compensation unit. The display panel comprises a plurality of unit pixels each comprising at least three sub-pixels corresponding to different colors and an organic light emitting diode. The deterioration compensation unit generates deterioration estimation data of each of the sub-pixels based on cumulative data of each of the sub-pixels, generates first and second temperature deterioration data based on display temperature data corresponding to temperature of the organic light emitting display device, calculates an individual compensation gain corresponding to each of the sub-pixels based on the deterioration estimation data and the first and second temperature deterioration data, and corrects input data of each of the sub-pixels based on the individual compensation gain of each of the sub-pixels. |
| US10629117B2 |
Detection circuit, pixel electrical signal collection circuit, display panel and display apparatus
The present disclosure relates to a detection circuit, a pixel electrical signal collection circuit, a display panel and a display apparatus, to solve the problem that the current technical solution of detecting whether a flexible display panel is deformed is relatively complex. The detection circuit of an AMOLED based flexible display panel comprises: a plurality of pixel electrical signal collection circuits, each configured to input an electrical signal of a pixel electrode of an organic light emitting diode thereof into an IC through a data collection line; and the IC configured to determine that the flexible display panel is deformed after the electrical signal varies. The embodiments of the present disclosure can detect whether a flexible display panel is deformed by collecting an electrical signal of a pixel electrode of an organic light emitting diode without arranging an individual film structure in the technical solution, thereby reducing the complexity of detecting whether a flexible screen is deformed. |
| US10629116B2 |
Display device and display method
A display device and its display method are provided. The display device includes a pixel array and a grating; the pixel array includes a plurality of columns of pixels with each pixel comprising at least two sub-pixels; each column of sub-pixels is formed by cyclically arranged sub-pixels of at least three colors, and an amount of sub-pixels in each column of sub-pixels are the same and a size of each sub-pixel is the same; an upper edge of each sub-pixel in an odd column is aligned with that of a sub-pixel in another odd column and an upper edge of each sub-pixels in an even column is aligned with that of a sub-pixel in another even column, and a pre-set length of longitudinal offset is provided between sub-pixels in odd columns and sub-pixels in even columns; colors of any adjacent sub-pixels are different from each other; light-blocking areas of the grating blocks a partial area of the pixel array. Upon an image being displayed by the pixel array, one sub-pixel can borrow its adjacent sub-pixels or be borrowed by its adjacent sub-pixel so as to allow a display resolution to be greater than a physical resolution to increase PPI of a display device. |
| US10629114B2 |
Driving apparatus of light emitting diode display device for compensating emission luminance gap
A driving apparatus of a light emitting diode (LED) display device is provided. The driving apparatus includes a timing control circuit. The timing control circuit outputs a plurality of driving control signals to a gate driving circuit on an LED display panel of the LED display device. Wherein, the plurality of driving control signals includes a first driving control signal and a second driving control signal, and the pulse width of the first driving control signal in a first horizontal line period is different from the pulse width of a second driving control signal in a second horizontal line period preceding to the first horizontal line period. |
| US10629113B2 |
Display device and method for operating the same
A display device that is driven with low power and a method for operating the display device are provided. The display device includes a host; a controller to which a first signal is supplied from the host; and a display panel to which a second signal is supplied from the controller. When the first signal includes image data, the first signal includes a command indicating the presence of the image data. When the controller detects the command, the controller supplies the image data as the second signal. When the controller does not detect the command, the controller stops supplying the second signal. After the controller stops supplying the second signal for a predetermined time, the controller resumes supplying the second signal regardless of whether or not the first signal includes the command. |
| US10629108B2 |
Shift register unit and drive method thereof, shift register and display device
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a shift register unit, which includes an input circuit configured to control a voltage of a first node based on an input signal and a first clock signal; an first control circuit configured to control a voltage of a second node based on a first voltage, the first clock signal, and the voltage of the first node; an second control circuit configured to control a voltage of a third node based on the voltage of the second node and a second clock signal; a first hold circuit configured to hold the voltage of the first node based on a second voltage and the voltage of the third node; a second hold circuit configured to hold the voltage of the second node and of the third node; and an output circuit configured to output the first voltage or the second voltage from an output terminal. |
| US10629107B2 |
Information processing apparatus and image generation method
An information processing apparatus generates a reference image including information to be presented to a user in accordance with a first attitude of an HMD identified at a first point in time. Based on the difference between the first attitude and a second attitude of the HMD identified at a second point in time after the first point in time, the information processing apparatus generates from the reference image a display image to be displayed on the HMD. Upon generation of the display image, the later the timing for displaying a specific image in the display image displayed on the HMD, the larger the amount of displacement is made by the information processing apparatus between the position of the specific pixel in the display image and the position of a corresponding image in the reference image serving as the source from which to set the pixel value of the specific pixel. |
| US10629106B2 |
Projection display device, projection display method, and projection display program
A projection display device mounted in a vehicle includes a light modulation unit that spatially modulates, in accordance with image data that has been input, light emitted by a light source; a projection optical system that projects the light that has been spatially modulated onto a projection surface of the vehicle; and an image data control unit 63 that controls image data to be input to the light modulation unit. The image data control unit 63 performs, in a first mode in which driving is performed in accordance with an internally generated instruction or an externally and wirelessly received instruction, control to switch between projection of image light for normal display onto the projection surface 2 and projection of image light for warning display onto the projection surface 2. |
| US10629104B2 |
Devices for providing ground-based advertising in a parking lot setting
The invention discloses devices for providing continuous advertising content within a plurality of dedicated parking lot advertising infrastructure units called “capsules.” Advertisements are generally placed in a waterproof space defined by a back unit and a clear, hard-plastic cover. A display unit or a physical advertisement may be placed in the space. Lighting and Internet connectivity may be provided to improve the performance and range of parking lot advertising capsules. |
| US10629102B2 |
Corridor indicator lamp comprising extension unit
The invention relates to a corridor indicator lamp (1). The corridor indicator lamp (1) comprises a base assembly (12) which includes a plurality of compartments (4) and a plurality of separator walls (46). The compartments (4) are open towards a front side (14) of the corridor indicator lamp (1). The separator walls (46) separate at least some of the plurality of compartments (4). In order to improve visibility of the indicator lamp (1), an extension unit (54) is provided according to the invention. The extension unit (54) is configured to be mounted to the base assembly (12) and has a plurality of extension walls (58). An at least partly transparent cover (16) may be further provided, which is adapted to receive the extension unit (54). |
| US10629100B2 |
Arc-shaped display screen with double-curved surface
An arc-shaped display screen with double-curved surface includes an arc-shaped frame and a plurality of LED display unit boards. The plurality of LED display unit boards are mounted on an inner surface or an outer surface of the arc-shaped frame in a detachable manner, and surfaces of the plurality of LED display unit boards constitute the arc-shaped display screen with double-curved surface. The frame is formed by splicing a plurality of structural units, and adjacent structural units are fixedly connected to each other. Each of the LED display unit boards is electrically connected to an external circuit. The arc-shaped display screen with double-curved surface has a simple structure and low cost. Moreover, compared with the movie screens of the existing screens with single curved surface, the arc-shaped display screen with double-curved surface has wider viewing angle, ultra-high picture definition, and high-fidelity sound quality etc. |
| US10629099B2 |
Flexible display panel and method of manufacturing the same
A flexible display panel includes a flexible substrate including a first region configured to receive a first stress and a second region configured to receive a second stress less than the first stress. The second region is located in a first direction from the first region. The flexible substrate further includes a conductive layer including a columnar conductive portion and a polycrystalline conductive portion. The columnar conductive portion is disposed on the first region of the flexible substrate and includes conductive columns, and the polycrystalline conductive portion is disposed on the second region of the flexible substrate and includes polycrystalline particles. |
| US10629097B1 |
Dynamic balloon network coverage map
Example embodiments may relate to web interfaces for a balloon-network. For example, a computing device may display a graphical interface that provides information related to a balloon network configured to provide service in a geographic area, where the graphical interface includes a map. The computing device may receive real-time bandwidth data related to balloons in the balloon network, where the balloons are each configured to change position via altitudinal movement and via horizontal movement with respect to the ground. Based at least in part on the received real-time bandwidth data, the computing device may display, on the map, a visual representation of bandwidth information corresponding to one or more regions in the geographic area, where the visual representation of bandwidth information updates from time to time based at least in part on a change in position of one or more balloons in the balloon network. |
| US10629093B2 |
Systems and methods providing enhanced education and training in a virtual reality environment
Virtual reality arc welding systems that provide virtual reality simulations for training purposes. Virtual reality welding systems to aid in training welding students may provide a programmable processor-based subsystem, a rendering engine, an analysis engine, and recommended corrective actions based on virtual testing results. |
| US10629088B2 |
Driving assistance device and method
A driving skill in input driving data is acquired from driving skill classification unit, driving data, which includes a driving skill higher than the driving skill in the input driving data and of which a similarity to the input driving data is at least a predetermined similarity, is selected from among driving data stored in a driving data storage unit, a difference between the selected driving data and the input driving data is detected, and a notice on the detected difference is issued as driving advice. As a result, it is possible to present suitable advice to improve a driving skill taking into account the skill and type of a driver. |
| US10629084B2 |
Tactical injury simulating training device
An electrically actuated tactical training device for simulating trauma/injury to a selected region of a tactical operator/trainee's body, such as the torso or an extremity, during a training exercise. The tactical training device delivers a tetany inducing stimulus to a selected muscle group, such as in an extremity or in the torso of a trainee thereby simulating a tactical injury to the stimulated muscle group. |
| US10629080B2 |
Autonomous vehicles featuring vehicle intention system
The present disclosure provides autonomous vehicles that include a vehicle intention system that provides intention signals indicative of an intention of the autonomous vehicle. In particular, in one example, the vehicle intention system can obtain one or more operational messages from various systems or components of an autonomous vehicle that operate to control the autonomous vehicle. The operational messages can include operational data regarding the control or operation of the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle intention system can determine an intention of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the one or more operational messages. The vehicle intention system can output one or more intention signals that indicate the determined intention of the autonomous vehicle. For example, the vehicle intention system can publish intention messages that indicate the determined intention to one or more components or systems that consume the intention messages. |
| US10629079B2 |
Vehicle collision avoidance
A computer, programmed to: receive image data from a vehicle sensor; associate a plurality of geometric shapes with the image data of a target vehicle; monitor the plurality of geometric shapes for a condition indicative of the target vehicle moving to avoid a roadway obstacle; and in response to the condition, provide a steering instruction to avoid the obstacle. |
| US10629075B2 |
Providing users with access to routes for traveling
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for providing users with access to a route for travelling. A user, of a client device, may send a request for access to the route to a route planning service. The route may correspond to a starting location and an ending location. The route planning service may query a route database to identify an entry indicating that a restricted access road segment (e.g., a high occupancy vehicle lane, a shoulder lane, a bus lane, etc.) and/or a road segment (e.g., comprising a traffic light alteration capability) exists between the starting location and the ending location. Responsive to successfully authorizing the user for travelling the restricted access road segment and/or the road segment, the route, comprising the restricted access road segment and/or the road segment, may be provided to the client device. |
| US10629070B2 |
Adaptive traffic dynamics prediction
The disclosed embodiments relate to prediction of traffic dynamics. A descriptive model is provided that uses historical probe data to create “tidal-like” patterns for the usual dynamics on the road network and creates a framework for taking a future time, e.g. in terms of month, day, time, and suggesting a typical speed for the specified road network link at that specific time. With this model, better predictions for estimated time of arrival will be derived. As opposed to blindly extrapolating from a static model, the disclosed embodiments dynamically adapt to current conditions using real time data to adapt, based on current conditions, the model from which a predicted speed may be determined. |
| US10629069B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing a localized link-centric metric for directional traffic propagation
An approach is provided for a localized link-centric metric for directional traffic propagation. The approach, for instance, involves designating a base link of the road network. The approach also involves determining a plurality of vehicle trajectories that pass through the base link. The plurality of vehicle trajectories is based on probe data collected from one or more sensors of a plurality of vehicles travelling in the road network. The approach further involves determining a frequency at which the plurality of vehicle trajectories passes through the base link to each of one or more other links in the plurality of vehicle trajectories within a proximity threshold. The approach further involves computing a link-centric metric for said each of the one or more other links relative to the base link based on the determined frequency. |
| US10629067B1 |
Selective prevention of signal transmission by device during aircraft takeoff and/or landing
Methods and apparatus processing acceleration data of a sensing device to determine whether the device is located on an aircraft during landing or taking off or in the air or landed. Based on a state of the sensing device, such as take-off, the sensing device is prevented from transmitting signals. In embodiments, the sensing device compares network identifying information stored in memory of the sensing device and locally received network identifying information. For at least one positive comparison of the network identifying information stored in the memory and the locally received network identifying information, the sensing device is prevented from transmitting signals. In embodiments, the acceleration data and the network identifying information provide independent ways to selectively prevent the sensing device from transmitting signals. |
| US10629066B2 |
Control device for a domestic appliance system
A control device (130) for controlling a domestic appliance system (100) comprises: a first remote controllable device (110), a second remote controllable device (120) and a remote control (150). The remote control typically comprises a pointing detection unit (140) configured for identifying a remote controllable device (110, 120) at which the remote control is pointing (156, 156′). The remote control is configured for commanding a read in response to a user input commanding a copy while the user points the remote control at the first device and the remote control is configured for commanding a write in response to a user input commanding a paste while the user points the remote control at the second device. The control device comprises: a reception unit (310) configured for receiving a first value of the first device in response to the read; and a conversion unit (320) coupled to the reception unit configured for determining a third value based on the first value for replacing a value of the second device in response to the write for influencing the functioning of the second device. Hence the control device couples remote controllable devices of a domestic appliance system for providing the user with an intuitive drag and drop system for controlling these devices. |
| US10629065B2 |
Wireless sensor terminal, wireless sensor system, and sensor data collection method
Provided is a wireless sensor node which includes a sensor to convert a physical quantity into an electric signal to measure the physical quantity, a filter to extract a signal containing a predetermined frequency from the electric signal, a transmitter to transmit data based on the frequency extracted by the filter, a receiver to receive a command to be transmitted from an outside in a wireless manner, and a control unit to control a frequency to be extracted by the filter based on the command. |
| US10629064B2 |
Consumable cryopreserved cells transiently overexpressing gene(s) encoding drug transporter protein(s) and/or drug metabolizing enzyme(s)
The present invention discloses cryopreserved recombinant cells for screening drug candidates that transiently overexpress one or more drug transporter proteins and/or drug metabolizing enzymes. Advantageously, such cells provide a cost-efficient consumable product that streamlines the process of screening whether drug candidates are substrates or inhibitors of drug transporter proteins and/or drug metabolizing enzymes. |
| US10629056B1 |
Alert system for a child's car seat
An alert system for sending an alert through a network when a child is abandoned in a vehicle includes a control circuit having a controller, a battery, a battery recharging circuit, a location sensing circuit, a network communication circuit, a weight sensor, and a memory. The weight sensor is disposed below the child when the child is seated in the car seat. The controller is adapted to determine if the child is occupying the car seat based on data from the weight sensor. If the child remains in the car seat beyond a first predetermined time after the controller senses that an ignition system of the vehicle has been turned off, the controller then records into the memory a current location and sends at least one message through the network with the network communication circuit, so as to alert a parent or emergency services. |
| US10629047B1 |
Indoor location based emergency care communication method
The indoor location based emergency care communication method includes that a wearable carrier sends a start signal and an emergency care communication signal to a fixed penetrating transmission module and a fixed non-penetrating transmission module when a caretaker wearing the wearable carrier has an emergency. The fixed penetrating transmission module generates a position signal of the wearable carrier located at one of the indoor spaces and a distance signal according to a detected distance between the wearable carrier and the nearest fixed non-penetrating transmission module. A processing unit receives and analyzes the emergency care communication signal, azimuth signal and distance signal to generate a position signal to be sent to a communication device. A warning unit receives the position signal and drives the communication device to issue a warning, so that a caregiving staff can know that the caretaker needs immediate rescue. |
| US10629046B2 |
Systems and methods for determining whether an individual enters a prescribed virtual zone using skeletal tracking and 3D blob detection
A method and system that allows healthcare providers to monitor disabled, elderly or other high-risk individuals to prevent or reduce falls and/or mitigate the impact of a fall by delivering automated notification of “at risk” behavior and falls by such an individual. Two systems are used to identify patients—a skeletal tracking system that identifies patients by biometric indicators and a virtual blob detection system. In the virtual blob system, the monitored individual is virtually represented as a blob object of at least a specific size by a computerized monitoring system, and such system detects and alerts when the blob object enters or crosses into a virtually defined or designated blob detection zone and remains in the zone for at least a predetermined period of time. These systems may be used concurrently and conflicts between the systems may be resolved. |
| US10629045B1 |
System and process for distributed network of redundant central stations
Techniques are described for distributing, to a distributed network of central stations, alarm events detected in monitoring system data collected by sensors included in monitoring systems located at monitored properties. A system receives monitoring system data collected by sensors included in monitoring systems located at monitored properties, tracks alarm events detected within the monitoring system data, and generates, for central station servers in a distributed network of central stations, load profiles that reflect a volume of alarm events being handled at each of the central station servers at a particular period of time. The system determines capacities to handle additional alarm events for the central station servers, determines relative priorities for the central station remote servers based on the determined capacities, and directs subsequent alarm events to the central station servers based on the relative priorities. |
| US10629039B1 |
Electronic monitoring system with geographic location
An approximate physical geographic location (geolocation) of a video monitoring system for security and/or surveillance can be determined with high confidence by co-locating the monitoring system and a mobile device on a common local network and associating a sensed geolocation of the mobile device with the monitoring system. The monitoring system and mobile device may be wireless Local Area Network (LAN) devices connected to a single router for accessing an application server through a Wide Area Network (WAN). The mobile device may connect to a Global Positioning System (GPS) for sensing the geolocation. This process can be used to determine where the monitoring system is physically installed by a user for providing support. An alarm initiated by the monitoring system can comprise dispatch of emergency services to the geolocation. |
| US10629036B2 |
Surveillance device
The present disclosure provides a surveillance device that monitors an operation section of an automated transaction device, the surveillance device including: a learning holding section that learns and holds a reference scene data set in which a reference operation is divided into a sequence of action items; a feature extraction section that extracts actual target action data from actual scene data of the sequence of action items in an operation of a user, the actual scene data obtained from an imaging section that faces and images the operation section; and a detection section that associates actual target action data with a reference scene data set along the sequence of action items, compares for each of the action items, determines an anomaly level of the operation of the user, and outputs an anomalous occurrence signal according to the anomaly level. |
| US10629031B2 |
Systems and gaming devices for indicating comp eligibility
Systems and methods provide a comp policy associated with a game of chance. A gaming device is programmed to provide the game of chance to a player. A computing device includes a memory device that stores data representative of a comp policy that includes at least one comp available to the player and at least one criterion for achieving the at least one comp. The computing device also includes a processor programmed to identify an attendant who is responsible for implementing the comp policy with regard to the player, receive data indicative of whether the at least one criterion was met, receive data indicative of whether the at least one comp was given to the player, and automatically calculate a compliance metric for the attendant, wherein the compliance metric is indicative of the attendant's compliance with the comp policy. |
| US10629029B2 |
System and method for dynamically adjusting prizes or awards based on a platform
One aspect of the disclosure relates to implementing a system to encourage cross platform operation in an online game. The online game may provide the ability to provide incentives for participating in cross platform game play. The system may monitor the player's performance on a particular console and provide incentives to accomplish tasks through game play on a different platform than the player is currently operating to play the game. |
| US10629025B2 |
Gaming table system permitting play of a shared player hand by multiple players
An electronic gaming table for hosting live table games involving wagers can include a physical surface, a dealer station, a plurality of player terminals, and a table controller. The physical surface permits the play of live table games with a live dealer and physical game components. The dealer station is situated proximate the physical surface and allows the presence of a live dealer who facilitates game play. Player terminals allow live players to play the games and include player terminal processors coupled to player interfaces having input and output devices. A table controller coupled to the player terminals controls various table functions and administers a live table game pitting a first hand against a second hand. Each of multiple live players can make different live game decisions independently based upon the same second hand, wherein resolution of the game varies by player depending upon the different live game decisions. |
| US10629024B1 |
Systems, methods, and media for implementing internet-based wagering
Mechanisms comprising: receiving first bet information for a first bet from a first player's device, the first bet information corresponding to at least a first position on a roulette wheel; receiving second bet information for a second bet from a second player's device, the second bet information corresponding to at least a second position on the roulette wheel that is different from the first position; determining that the roulette wheel and a ball on the roulette wheel have been spun; randomly selecting a first selected position on the wheel, wherein the first selected position is the same as the first position; determining a first payout for first position and a second payout for the second position, wherein the first payout is higher than the second payout; determining that the ball has fallen in the first position; and indicating that the first player is to be paid at the first payout. |
| US10629015B1 |
Access management and reporting technology
An access management and reporting system includes a keysafe that is located outside of a building and a communication system that is located within the building. The communication system is configured to perform, over a short-range wireless communication protocol, two-way communication with a communication module of the keysafe. The system also includes a server that is located remote from the building and the keysafe. The server is configured to perform, over a long-range communication protocol, two-way communication with the communication system located within the building, is configured to manage access to the keysafe, and is configured to handle reporting related to access of the keysafe. |
| US10629010B2 |
Identification system and method for remote transmitter operation
A transmission unit for mounting in a vehicle is disclosed. The transmission unit comprises a transmitter circuit configured to transmit control signals for operating a plurality of remote electronic devices. The transmission unit further comprises a scanning device configured to capture scan data and a controller in communication with the scanning device. The controller is configured to receive the scan data and determine a first identity of a first occupant based on the scan data. The controller is further operable to access a first user profile based on the first identity. The first user profile may comprise a customized or restricted set of control signals, which may be sent by the transmission unit based on an input or gesture from the first user. |
| US10629009B2 |
Non-intrusive unmanned entity inspection
An unmanned vehicle is identified. One or more specifications of the unmanned vehicle are retrieved in response to the identification. A first characteristic of the unmanned vehicle is observed. The observed first characteristic is compared to the retrieved specifications. A compliance standard of the unmanned vehicle is determined. The determination is based on the comparison. |
| US10629008B2 |
Vehicle diagnostic operation
A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to, based on a vehicle destination, identify a diagnostic condition and a specified operating pattern of a vehicle component that includes at least one of vehicle propulsion, braking, and steering. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to operate the vehicle based on the vehicle component and the operating pattern. |
| US10629006B2 |
Wireless sensor system for a vehicle
The invention is a wireless sensor and telemetry system for use on a vehicle such as an aircraft including at least one sensor node, a gateway, a user control system, data management and analytics means, wherein the sensor node is capable of sensing at least one type of operational performance or structural condition parameter data for the vehicle. Sensor node is attached to the vehicle in a specific location so that the data acquired gives information to the users of the system that relates to the operational performance or structural condition of the vehicle during operation. The sensor node wirelessly transmits the data it acquires to the gateway. The user control system enables person/s, to remotely operate and control the wireless sensor and telemetry system, by sending wireless operational control instructions to the system either via the gateway or directly to a particular sensor node or to a cluster of sensor nodes. |
| US10629004B2 |
Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods
A system for displaying virtual content to a user includes at least one light source to multiplex a plurality of light beams to display a respective plurality of light patterns associated with one or more frames of image data. The system also includes a plurality of waveguides to receive the plurality of light beams and to direct the plurality of light beams toward an exit pupil, wherein the plurality of waveguides are stacked along an optical axis of the user. The system further includes at least one optical element to modify a focus of a light beam of the plurality of light beams directed by the plurality of waveguides. |
| US10629001B2 |
Method for navigation in an interactive virtual tour of a property
A virtual tour application or player provides a virtual environment in which a user can travel. One or more images may be displayed in the virtual tour application or player. The images are blended with each other to enable a user to feel more natural while he or she traveling in the virtual tour. Displaying a virtual tour in an electronic device is provided. A first image which corresponds to a first point included among a plurality of points along a route in a virtual tour is displayed. A second image which is registered with the first image and corresponds to a second point included among the plurality of points and different from the first point is displayed. |
| US10628998B2 |
System and method for three dimensional object reconstruction and quality monitoring
A system and method is provided for accurately reconstructing a three-dimensional object using depth maps. An exemplary method includes detecting different positions of an object in a multiple image frames and generating depth maps for the object from the images frames based on the detected different positions of the object. Moreover, the method includes fusing the generated depth maps to generate a three-dimensional model of the object, calculating a variance of points of the fused depth maps for the object, and obtaining respective variances of points of a statistical value prior that correspond to the points of the fused depth maps. Finally, the method calculates a quality fitting result of the generated three-dimensional model of the object based on the calculated variance of the points of the fused depth maps and the respective variances of the corresponding points of the statistical value prior. |
| US10628996B2 |
Direct light compensation technique for augmented reality system
An augmented reality system and method of operating the same is provided. An end user is allowed to visualize direct light from a three-dimensional scene in an ambient environment, generating virtual image data from the point of the view of the end user. A region of spatial overlap between a real object in the three-dimensional scene and a virtual object in the virtual image data is determined. Color characteristics of the real object in the overlap region are determined. A perceived contrast between the real object and the virtual object in the overlap region is decreased based on the determined color characteristics of the real object in the overlap region. The virtual image data is displayed as a virtual image after the perceived contrast between the real object and the virtual object has been decreased that, along with the visualized direct light, creates a three-dimensional augmented scene. |
| US10628995B2 |
Anti-aliasing of graphical elements defined based on functions
Techniques are disclosed for producing an anti-aliasing effect in the rendering of graphical elements defined based on one or more mathematical functions. In various embodiments an example method may include defining a shape based on one or more functions. A view of the shape is then rendered which includes generating a plurality of fragments corresponding to pixels in a display device through which the view will be displayed. Transparency values are set for fragments corresponding to a boundary of the shape based on the one or more functions defining the shape. The transparency values set for the fragments corresponding to the boundary of the shape result in an anti-aliasing effect when the view of the shape is displayed via the display device. |
| US10628994B2 |
Reducing visually induced motion sickness in head mounted display systems
A head mounted display (HMD) for displaying images to a user includes a sensor unit configured to detect motion of a head of the user of the HMD. The HMD also includes one or more processors configured to, in response to the motion, reduce contrast in a peripheral area of an image displayed to the user from an original contrast of the image, the image having a foveal area and the peripheral area relative to the optical axis of the eye of the user, the contrast being least reduced in a first portion of the peripheral area closest the foveal area and being most reduced in a second portion of the peripheral area farthest from the foveal area. |
| US10628993B2 |
Image processing apparatus that generates a virtual view image from multiple images captured from different directions and method controlling the same
A system comprises an obtainment unit that obtains virtual viewpoint information relating to a position and direction of a virtual viewpoint; a designation unit that designates a focus object from a plurality of objects detected based on at least one of the plurality of images captured by the plurality of cameras; a decision unit that decides an object to make transparent from among the plurality of objects based on a position and direction of a virtual viewpoint that the virtual viewpoint information obtained by the obtainment unit indicates, and a position of the focus object designated by the designation unit; and a generation unit that generates, based on the plurality of captured images obtained by the plurality of cameras, a virtual viewpoint image in which the object decided by the decision unit is made to be transparent. |
| US10628990B2 |
Real-time system and method for rendering stereoscopic panoramic images
A system and method for rendering stereoscopic panoramas. For example in one embodiment, vertices of geometric primitives are generated for a panoramic image. Vertices of geometric primitives are stored in a 3-D coordinate system. A vertex processor determines a final location, equivalent to latitude and longitude coordinates, for each of the vertices in a panoramic image. A rendering engine renders the panoramic image in accordance with the final location of each of the vertices. |
| US10628984B2 |
Facial model editing method and apparatus
A facial model editing method and apparatus are provided. The method includes detecting a location of a cursor in a facial model displayed on a screen. The facial model containing a plurality of facial positions. The method also includes determining a to-be-operated facial position from the plurality of facial positions according to the location of the cursor; and detecting a selection operation on the to-be-operated facial position. Further, the method includes editing the to-be-operated facial position in response to an obtained editing operation on the to-be-operated facial position; and displaying the edited to-be-operated facial position in the facial model. |
| US10628982B2 |
Augmented reality techniques
A visual characteristic on a physical surface in the physical space is determined from an image of a physical space, with the physical surface including a first area inside the visual characteristic and a second area outside of the visual characteristic. A first region of virtual space that corresponds to the first area and a second region of virtual space that corresponds to the second area is determined based at least in part on the visual characteristic. Information that includes a position and orientation of a digital object relative to the first region and the second region in the virtual space is determined based at least in part on the visual characteristic. The digital object is rendered at a position and orientation in the virtual space in accordance with the information. |
| US10628980B2 |
High-performance graph rendering in browsers
Systems for rendering graphs in browsers. A method embodiment for generating and manipulating a high-performance graph in a browser commences by receiving a set of node descriptions of the graph as well as a set of edge descriptions of the graph. In a first display layer, one or more HTML primitives are assigned to the individual ones of the set of nodes. In a second display layer, one or more non-HTML display graphical elements are assigned to the individual ones of the set of edges. The edges and nodes are sorted into a painting order based on size. The first layer and the second layer are combined into an HTML document that comprises at least some of the HTML primitives that correspond to the nodes as well as at least some of the non-HTML display graphical elements that correspond to the edges of the graph. The browser renders the graph. |
| US10628972B2 |
Diagnostic imaging method and apparatus, and recording medium thereof
A diagnostic imaging apparatus includes an image acquiring unit acquiring a first image obtained by imaging an object in a first section of a first cycle and a second image obtained by imaging the object in a second section, which corresponds to the first section, of a second cycle, and an image reconstruction unit reconstructing the first image and the second image based on a difference between the first image and the second image. |
| US10628965B2 |
Systems and methods for illuminant-invariant model estimation
A method is described. The method includes determining normalized radiance of an image sequence based on a camera response function (CRF). The method also includes determining one or more reliability images of the image sequence based on a reliability function corresponding to the CRF. The method further includes extracting features based on the normalized radiance of the image sequence. The method additionally includes optimizing a model based on the extracted features and the reliability images. |
| US10628964B2 |
Methods and devices for extended reality device training data creation
A method includes acquiring, from the camera, a camera data sequence including a first image frame of a real object in a scene, tracking a pose of the real object with respect to the camera along the camera data sequence, and displaying an XR object on the display by rendering the XR object based at least on the pose. Flag data is set, in a memory area of the at least one memory, indicative of whether or not the displayed XR object is consistent in pose with the real object. The method includes outputting, to a separate computing device having another processor, second image frames in the camera data sequence acquired when the flag data indicates that the displayed XR object is consistent in pose with the real object. |
| US10628963B2 |
Automatic detection of an artifact in patient image
A medical data processing method and system determines the position of an artifact in patient image data describing a set of tomographic slice images of an anatomical structure of a patient. The images are described by color Values. Color value difference data describing differences in color values for image elements in adjacent slice images is determined. At least one of positive or negative difference data, describing a subset of the differences and consisting of differences having a positive or negative value are determined. Smoothed difference data describing a smoothing of the differences contained in the positive or negative difference data are determined and, based on the positive or negative difference data and the smoothed difference data, artifact position data is determined describing the position of an artifact in the patient image data. |
| US10628962B2 |
Determining vehicle dwell time within predetermined zones
Systems and methods for determining the amount of time that an object occupies a predetermined space are provided. In one implementation, a system comprises a sensor configured to determine a start time when a recognizable object enters a predetermined space. The sensor is further configured to determine an end time when the recognizable object leaves the predetermined space. The system also includes a processing device configured to determine an elapsed time, based on the start time and the end time, when the recognizable object remains in the predetermined space. |
| US10628957B2 |
Vision-enhanced pose estimation
This specification discloses computer-based systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for estimating the pose of a device, including estimating the pose based on images captured by a set of image sensors disposed around the device's periphery. Some implementations include a system that obtains visual data representing at least one image captured by one or more image sensors of a mobile device. The at least one image show an environment of the mobile device, and the one or more image sensors are located at respective corners of the mobile device, or at other locations around its periphery. The system processes the visual data to determine a pose of the mobile device. Further, the system can determine a location of the mobile device in the environment based on the pose, and can present an indication of the location of the mobile device in the environment. |
| US10628955B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and program for identifying objects in an image
For example, a captured image including an image to be processed is received. In the image to be processed, various items are separately displayed in a plurality of areas. Subsequently, a partition pattern that partitions the image to be processed, which is included in the received captured image, into a plurality of areas is extracted. An object to be processed is recognized by comparing the extracted partition pattern with one or more partition patterns prestored in a storage unit and then identifying a partition pattern corresponding to the partition pattern extracted from the image to be processed. This makes it possible to recognize an object to be processed under a relatively light processing load. |
| US10628954B1 |
Implementing image analyses for weight and volumetric calculations
Techniques are disclosed for verifying one or more physical metrics to verify self-checkout procedures. When checking out, a user may scan a barcode for each product and submit an image of the bag that should contain the scanned products. The image is then analyzed to calculate various dimensions that are indicative of a cumulative weight and/or volume of the scanned products. By performing such measurements, an expected range of weights and/or volumes may be calculated and associated with the bag including each of the scanned products. The scanned product barcode data may also be used to lookup information such as weight and volume of each product, and to calculate a total weight and/or volume for all scanned products. These calculated totals may be compared to the expected range of values to verify that all scanned products have been bagged, and thus authenticate the self-checkout process. |
| US10628952B2 |
Dual-band stereo depth sensing system
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, that determine whether to illuminate a scene with electromagnetic radiation at a first wavelength or electromagnetic radiation at a second wavelength. An illuminator that is configured to selectively emit electromagnetic radiation at the first wavelength and at the second wavelength is triggered to emit electromagnetic radiation at the first wavelength instead of the second wavelength. A first voltage is applied to a first electrically active filter. A third voltage is applied to a second electrically active filter. A first image is obtained from a first sensor that senses electromagnetic radiation that passes through the first filter. A second image is obtained from a second sensor that senses electromagnetic radiation that passes through the second filter. A depth map is generated from the first image and the second image. |
| US10628950B2 |
Multi-spectrum illumination-and-sensor module for head tracking, gesture recognition and spatial mapping
A device and method use multiple light emitters with a single, multi-spectrum imaging sensor to perform multi-modal infrared light based depth sensing and visible light based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). The multi-modal infrared based depth sensing may include, for example, any combination of infrared-based spatial mapping, infrared based hand tracking and/or infrared based semantic labeling. The visible light based SLAM may include head tracking, for example. |
| US10628939B1 |
Siding evaluation apparatus and method
A siding evaluation apparatus for use in identifying a characteristic of building siding is disclosed, together with methods and systems for identifying a characteristic of building siding using the siding evaluation apparatus. The siding evaluation apparatus includes a protrusion, clip, or other means for removably attaching to building siding by friction or pressure. The siding evaluation apparatus further includes a color chart holder adapted to hold a color chart for reference. The siding evaluation apparatus is attached to the siding and may be adjusted to display the color chart, which may be photographed together with a portion of the siding. Characteristics of the siding may then be determined based upon the captured photograph and a known reference area of the color chart. |
| US10628937B2 |
Managing identifiers of components of medical imaging apparatus
An identification device for a part of a medical imaging apparatus includes: an identifier carrier fixed to a shell of the part and storing information of an identifier of the part, a housing configured to cover the identifier carrier, an image capturing component provided on the housing, and a processor configured to control the image capturing component to capture an image and acquire the identifier of the part based on a captured image. The processor is configured to perform deviation check on a current image captured by the image capturing apparatus currently and an initial image captured by the image capturing component previously and determine whether the identifier of the part has been tampered with or replaced based on a result of the deviation check. |
| US10628935B2 |
Method and system for identifying defects of integrated circuits
Methods and systems for identifying defects in an integrated circuit are provided. The method includes receiving input data of a pattern associated with an integrated circuit, determining feature data associated with features of the pattern using the input data, determining defect detection results associated with the pattern using the input data, the feature data, and defect detection techniques, and determining a defect identification result using the defect detection results. The system includes a processor and a memory. The memory is coupled to the processor and configured to store a set of instructions to receive input data of a pattern associated with an integrated circuit, determine feature data associated with features of the pattern using the input data, determine defect detection results associated with the pattern using the input data, the feature data, and defect detection techniques, and determine a defect identification result using the defect detection results. |
| US10628931B1 |
Enhancing digital facial image using artificial intelligence enabled digital facial image generation
A method and system for enhancing a facial image of a user in real time by digital generation of a portion of a facial image using artificial intelligence (AI) during a video conference with a plurality of participants. The method and system including receiving a digital image of a first portion of a user's face in real time from a camera viewing the first portion of the user's face. The camera is unable to view the second portion of the user's face. The method and system includes improving resolution and/or digitally completing the second portion of the user's facial image, using an AI system. The improving resolution including, receiving the digital image at the AI system which includes a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN). The method and system includes generating, in real time, a complete enhanced digital facial image of the user's face using the GAN. |
| US10628930B1 |
Systems and methods for generating fused medical images from multi-parametric, magnetic resonance image data
This invention provides a system and method for fusing and synthesizing a plurality of medical images defined by a plurality of imaging parameters allowing visual enhancements of each image data set to be combined. The system provides an image fusion process/processor that fuses a plurality of magnetic resonance imaging datasets. A first image dataset of the datasets is defined by apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values. A second image dataset of the MRI datasets is defined by at least one parameter other than the ADC values. The image fusion processor generates a fused response image that visually displays a combination of image features generated by the ADC values combined with image features generated by the at least one parameter other than the ADC values. The fused response image can illustratively include at least one of color-enhanced regions of interest and intensity-enhanced regions of interest. |
| US10628926B2 |
Signal processing method and imaging device
There is provided a signal processing method including calculating, by a processor, a distortion correction parameter on a basis of a correlation between a chief ray angle (CRA) for an image height inside a pixel and a relative position of a lens in an optical axis direction to an imaging element, the relative position being changed by an actuator. In addition, there is provided an imaging device including an image calculation unit that converts an image by using a distortion correction parameter calculated on a basis of a correlation between a chief ray angle for an image height inside a pixel and a relative position of a lens in an optical axis direction to an imaging element, the relative position being changed by an actuator. |
| US10628924B2 |
Method and device for deblurring out-of-focus blurred images
Method and device for deblurring an out-of-focus blurred image: first, a preset blur kernel is used to carry out blurring processing on an original image to obtain a re-blurred image. Blur amounts of pixels in an edge area of the original image are estimated according to the change of the image edge information in the blurring processing to obtain a sparse blur amount diagram. Blur amounts of pixels in a non-edge area of the original image are estimated according to the sparse blur amount diagram to obtain a complete blur amount diagram. Deblurring processing is carried out according to the complete blur amount diagram to obtain a deblurred image. In the method and device provided, since a blur amount diagram is obtained based on the change of edge information after image blurring, the blur amount diagram can be more accurate, so that the quality of a deblurred image is improved. |
| US10628923B2 |
Radiographic image capturing system, image processor, and image processing method
A radiographic image capturing system includes the following. A capturing stand includes a holder to hold radiographic image capturing devices. A radiation irradiator irradiates the radiographic image capturing devices loaded in the holder at once. An image processor generates a plurality of images based on image data acquired by the radiographic image capturing devices. The image processor removes a streaky component residing in the generated image to correct the image. Such process includes forming a smoothed image by smoothing with a low-pass filter, and subtracting an interpolation image to extract a streaky image from the smoothing image and adding the streaky image to remove the streaky component. The smoothing includes reflecting smoothing on pixels showing a subject structure using a low-pass filter with a size larger in the horizontal direction compared to pixels other than pixels showing the subject structure. |
| US10628922B2 |
Automated obscurity for digital imaging
Obfuscating a human or other subject in digital media preserves privacy. A user of a smartphone, for example, may enable a flag for obscuring her face in digital photos or movies. When any device captures digital media, the user's smartphone transmits the flag for receipt. The device capturing the digital media is thus informed of the user's desire to obscure her face or even entire image. The device capturing the digital media may thus perform an obscuration in response to the flag. |
| US10628921B1 |
Tone based non-smooth detection
A method of noise filtering an image is presented. The method includes the steps of (A) computing a non-smooth amount for at least one area of the image, (B) computing a tone value for the at least one area of the image, (C) computing an adjusted non-smooth amount for the at least one area by adjusting the non-smooth amount for the at least one area of the image based on the tone value for the at least one area of the image, and (D) performing one or more image processing steps on the at least one area of the image based on the adjusted non-smooth amount. |
| US10628917B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program product
An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a memory and one or more processors configured to function as a map acquisition unit, a filtering unit and a converting unit. The map acquisition unit acquires a polar coordinate map specifying first occupancy of a target in a polar coordinate space. The filtering unit performs filtering on the polar coordinate map using filtering windows of sizes corresponding to a distance from a reference position. The converting unit converts the filtered polar coordinate map into a rectangular coordinate space. |
| US10628910B2 |
Vertex shader with primitive replication
An embodiment of a semiconductor package apparatus may include technology to determine one or more conditions for a set of primitives, and perform primitive replication at a vertex shader based on the determined one or more conditions for the set of primitives. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. |
| US10628909B2 |
Graphics processing unit resource dependency viewer
A Resource Dependency Viewer for graphics processing unit (GPU) execution information is disclosed. The Resource Dependency Viewer provides profiling/debugging information concurrently with information about execution flow, resource utilization, execution statistics, and orphaned resources, among other things. A user-interactive graph (“dependency graph”) may be provided via a graphical user interface to allow interactive analysis of code executed on a GPU (e.g., graphics or compute code). Resource utilization and execution flow of encoders may be identified by analyzing contents of a GPU workload representative of a GPU execution trace to generate the dependency graph. Information about dependencies and execution statistics may be further analyzed using heuristics to identify potential problem areas. The dependency graph may include visual indicators of these problem areas. Results oriented navigation from the dependency graph and other visual panes provide debugging navigation techniques different than a debugging interface configured to “step” through code or provide static analysis. |
| US10628907B2 |
Multi-resolution smoothing
Systems, apparatuses, and methods may provide for technology to process multi-resolution images by identifying pixels at a boundary between pixels of different resolutions, and selectively smoothing the identified pixels. |
| US10628903B2 |
Network computer system to implement counter values for arranging services
A computer system operates to monitor an activity of a service provider to detect a first milestone that coincides with a service state of the service provider being changed to an unmatched state. The computer system tallies a value of a counter over a time interval during which the service provider is in an unmatched state. The computer system determines a credit value for the service provider based on at least one of the tallied value or a value associated with a detected tally milestone. |
| US10628901B1 |
Information management system for connected learning centers
A device may receive information regarding one or more client devices being utilized at a connected learning center. The device may receive information regarding one or more training courses, one or more users of the one or more client devices, and the one or more users. The user interface may provide information regarding a particular training course, of the one or more training courses, that a particular user is attending. The particular user may be determined to be attending the particular training course based on the information regarding the one or more client devices, obtained by a particular sensor of a plurality of sensors, indicating that a particular client device is located within a classroom of the connected learning center in which the particular training course is being provided. The device may provide the user interface for display. |
| US10628898B2 |
Identifying and locating a substitute battery for a construction job site power tool
A construction site status monitoring device is provided including processing circuitry configured to receive a battery identifier data associated with respective construction device batteries of a plurality of construction device batteries, receive location data associated with the respective construction device batteries of the plurality of construction device batteries, and determine a substitute battery from the plurality of construction device batteries for a construction device battery of the plurality of construction device batteries based on the battery identifier data or the location data. |
| US10628897B2 |
System and method for controlling a stand-alone direct current power system
Various implementations described herein are directed to systems, apparatuses and methods for operating stand-alone power systems. The systems may include power generators (e.g., photovoltaic generators and/or wind turbines), storage devices (e.g., batteries and/or flywheels), power modules (e.g., power converters) and loads. The methods may include various methods for monitoring, determining, controlling and/or predicting system power generation, system power storage and system power consumption. |
| US10628896B2 |
System stability monitoring device and system stability monitoring system
A system stability monitoring device monitors the stability of a power system and is equipped with: a storage unit for storing spot information indicating the positional relationship between a plurality of measurement spots in the power system; a receiving unit for receiving time-series measurement information measured by a measuring device provided at each of the measurement spots; and a calculation unit for detecting the frequency components of the power fluctuation from the measurement information, selecting, based on the frequency components, measurement spot group candidates that are measurement spots among the plurality of measurement spots, obtaining the electrical distances between the measurement spot group candidates on the basis of the spot information, and categorizing the measurement spot group candidates into at least one measurement spot group on the basis of the electrical distances. |
| US10628894B1 |
Method and system for providing personalized responses to questions received from a user of an electronic tax return preparation system
A method and system provides a personalized question response to a tax-related question that is received from a user of an electronic tax return preparation system, according to one embodiment. The method and system include receiving user data that is associated with the user of the electronic tax return preparation system, according to one embodiment. The method and system include monitoring interactions between the user and a user interface of the electronic tax return preparation system to determine user analytics, according to one embodiment. The method and system include receiving a tax-related question having question content, according to one embodiment. The method and system include determining a question response that satisfies the tax-related question, according to one embodiment. The method and system include providing the question response to the user through the user interface, according to one embodiment. |
| US10628887B2 |
System for account linking and future event integration into retirement score calculation
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for assessing retirement planning based on a retirement score. The system is configured to compile projected retirement information of a first user, wherein the retirement information comprises a user profile of the first user. Based on the user profile of the first user, the system generates a projected retirement score. After generating the projected retirement score, the system receives a request to link a user profile for a second user to the user profile of the first user. The system projected retirement information of the second user and combines the projected retirement information of the first user with the projected retirement information of the second user, thus resulting in combined projected retirement information. Using both the projected retirement information, the system updates the projected retirement score. |
| US10628882B1 |
Customized loan program determination systems
A loan determination system configured to determine and provide customized loans to an auto dealership based on iteratively updated dealership loan tiers (using predictive modeling that factors in performance of the specific dealership and others for a particular type of loan), a current dealership state, and input from the dealership. The system may analyze the success rates of various loan programs of one or more dealerships, build predictive models in order to determine a dealership state and associated loan tier, and recommend a particular loan program to the dealership based on the determination. Based on the dealership making a loan program selection and updated performance data, the predictive model data is updated and used to determine a new dealership state. Accordingly, the system may react to changes in dealership performance by recommending loan programs associated with a different loan tier. |
| US10628880B2 |
Managing merchant communications
A merchant system structures communications among merchants, partners, and customers. The merchant system may include a messaging component that organizes messages so that a manager can quickly navigate and understand the content of incoming messages. The messaging system also may categorize a user's profile so that a user may share profile information established at a first merchant with a second merchant. |
| US10628879B2 |
Auction method and server
Provided are an auction method and server that enable a seller and bidders to determine the price of a product at their own discretion by enabling the bidders to participate in a bid between the lowest price offered by the seller and the highest price of the product, and give benefit to both the seller and successful bidders by applying the successful bid price of a lowest successful bidder to all the successful bidders as a sale price. |
| US10628873B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic calculation and updates of values
A system for roll-up payments in a retail environment is provided. The system includes a processor coupled to a memory storing a wish list associated with a wish list user identifying an item, customer registration information identifying a registered customer associated with the wish list, and an amount of available funds associated with the wish list, an interface component configured to receive sales transaction information and provide updated sales transaction information, and a roll-up payment component. The roll-up payment component is configured to match identification information associated with the registered customer with the received sales transaction information, increase the transaction amount and the amount of available funds, determine whether the amount of available funds has transgressed a threshold amount equal to a purchase price of an item on the wish list, and generate a notification for the wish list user. |
| US10628871B2 |
Method and system for providing customized product recommendations to consumers
This disclosure relates generally to product promotions, and more particularly to method and system for providing customized product recommendations to consumers. In one embodiment, the method may include determining a location of a consumer and a target product segment of interest to the consumer, determining a plurality of field-installed products in the target product segment and in a geographic area of the location, gathering near real-time operational data from each of the plurality of field-installed products along with a plurality of associated parameters for the geographic region using application scripts pre-installed in each of the plurality of field-installed products, and dynamically analyzing the near real-time operational data and the plurality of associated parameters to determine and recommend a set of products in the target product segment. |
| US10628867B2 |
System of furniture design by a consumer through Internet
A method of design an article of furniture by consumer includes the steps of: providing a furniture customizing platform that the consumer is able to access the furniture customizing platform via an electronic device through Internet, selecting different barebone components to customize a furniture product on the furniture customizing platform; selecting different decorative elements for the furniture product, and generating a preview of a virtual furniture product with the selected decorative element. The decorative elements are interchangeably and selectively added-on to the furniture product to change an overall ornament design of the furniture product without disassembling the furniture product. Therefore, the customer is able to immediately change ornamental design of the furniture product by the decorative element without affecting the main structure of the furniture product. |
| US10628863B2 |
Purchasing recommendations based on expiration versus consumption behavior
Aspects relate to methods, systems, and processes related to providing purchasing recommendations to a consumer including tracking and recording, by a processor, perishable product input related to a perishable product, tracking and recording consumption information related to the perishable product and the consumer, tracking and recording waste information related to the perishable product and the consumer, and providing a purchasing recommendation to the consumer based on the recorded perishable product input, the consumption information, and the waste information. |
| US10628862B2 |
Fresh perishable store item notification systems and methods
A system and method for providing shoppers with product freshness notifications, comprise a beacon that determines that a fresh perishable item of interest has been added to a store shelf; an updater that updates the system with information about the fresh perishable item added to the store shelf; and a notification generator that sends a notification to a mobile electronic device of the shopper regarding the addition of the fresh perishable item to the store shelf. |
| US10628860B2 |
System and method for creation of visual job advertisements
This disclosure relates to a system and method for creating a job advertisement. The job advertisement includes visual information which is presented an in organized, easily digestible manner. An example system according to the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first computing device a second computing device in communication with the first computing device. The second computing device is configured to receive an input of text describing a job from the first computing device and create a job advertisement including at least one image representative of at least a portion of the text. |
| US10628859B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a demand side platform
The present invention is directed towards methods and systems for matching, by a demand side service, an advertisement with an impression from a plurality of impressions available across a plurality of impression opportunity providers. A demand side service executing on one or more servers may receive a request to bid for placement of an advertisement on one or more impression opportunities available across a plurality of impression opportunity providers. The demand side service may further determine an impression opportunity from the plurality of impression opportunities to bid on. In addition, the demand side service may communicate, via a network, one or more bids via an interface to an impression opportunity provider of the plurality of impression opportunity providers. The demand side service may complete a transaction to procure the impression opportunity from the impression opportunity provider responsive to a winning bid from the one or more bids. |
| US10628856B2 |
System and method for transmitting and receiving multimedia content
A system for providing multimedia content. The system includes means for transmitting targeted multimedia content to customers via a telecommunications network; and automatically receiving and outputting the content on a mobile platform. In the illustrative embodiment, the system includes means for encoding, compressing and storing content on a server. An applet is transmitted from the server to each mobile platform. When executed at the mobile platform, the applet deciphers the content and retrieves a schedule with a playback time. The content is then played out without interrupting the user. The applet may include credit code which adds time to a SIM card on the mobile platform giving a user credit time to use the device for one or more functions (communication, games, etc.) at no additional charge. The applet may also include a bar code which when displayed to a third party vendor, allows the user to receive a discount on purchases of goods or services related to the ad. In the best mode, the mobile platform includes a cellular transceiver adapted for a GSM or CDMA network. The mobile platform stores data relating to the output of the content and sends this data on command back to the server. The server includes code for forwarding this feedback data to advertisers. |
| US10628854B2 |
Delivering targeted advertising to mobile devices
A method for loading a layout with advertising item data is provided. Layout header data is parsed. A layout item object is then built. Global layout variables are replaced with values. Local layout variables are replaced with data from content objects. Displayed data is then created. |
| US10628848B2 |
Entity sponsorship within a modular search object framework
A modular search object framework can provide modular search results including sponsored entity search results. The framework includes circuitry that outputs an interactive entity section based on an online search. The interactive section or at least parts of the section may be sponsored by one or more entities. The interactive section includes a plurality of moveable visual objects, such as cards that can be shuffled, flipped, or swiped around. The visual objects and features associated with the objects may be monetized. |
| US10628847B2 |
Search-enhanced semantic advertising
Systems and methods for enhanced advertising using semantic search are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, of identifying a semantic group with which content of a search result relates, further determining a facet of the semantic group with which the content of the search result relates, identifying an advertisement based on the facet of the semantic group, assigning an index to the advertisement as being associated with the facet of the semantic group, storing the index of the advertisement in a machine-readable storage medium, and/or presenting the advertisement to the user for viewing in a user interface in conjunction with the search result. |
| US10628846B2 |
Determining effectiveness of advertising campaigns
An identifier associated with a client machine is accessed, and parameters that define a control group of client machines for a particular advertising campaign are accessed. The advertising campaign is associated with one or more standard advertisements. Whether the client machine is a member of the control group based on the identifier associated with the client machine and the parameters that define the control group is determined. If the determination of whether the client machine is a member of the control group indicates that the client machine is a member of the control group, a control advertisement is caused to be presented on the client machine. The control advertisement is an advertisement not associated with the advertising campaign. |
| US10628844B2 |
Online marketing method
The disclosed systems and methods aid advertisers in improving the calculation of the return on investment (ROI) for online marketing. The systems and methods allow advertisers to calculate the ROI of the online marketing of one or a plurality of advertisements by tracking the user identifier of the user devices used to interact with online marketing materials (e.g., online advertisement) and then, once a purchase is made, reconciling which marketing materials the customer interacted leading up to the purchase. |
| US10628840B2 |
Using run-time and historical customer profiling and analytics to determine and score customer adoption levels of platform technologies
Aspects of the present invention include a method, system and computer program product determining and scoring customer adoption levels of platform technologies. The method includes a processor accounting for each one of customer platform technology categories; determining one or more formulas to score and rank customer platform adoption levels; acquiring the relative platform technologies customer adoption levels data; determining a customer platform adoption score for each one of the customer platform technology categories; and determining a customer platform adoption ranking for each one of the customer platform technology categories. |
| US10628839B1 |
System and method for providing an estimate of property value growth based on a repeat sales house price index
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are described for estimating real estate property values based on an adjusted repeat sales model using a regularized estimator. In one exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method calculates data for estimating the adjustments from an aggregated level to a first disaggregated level by marking a first transaction to a second transaction using a repeat sales house price index function at the aggregated level. The method also determines, using the calculated data, a regularized estimate of the deviation between the repeat sales house price index at the aggregated level and a repeat sales house price index at the first disaggregated level. The method further calculates the repeat sales house price index at the first disaggregated level based on the determined regularized estimate of the deviation from the aggregated level. |
| US10628837B2 |
System and method for modeling customer behavior
A system and method for modeling customer behavior determines an identified merchant engagement level of at least one customer with respect to an identified merchant based at least partially on transaction data associated with a plurality of transactions between the at least one customer and the plurality of merchants. A peer merchant engagement level of the at least one customer with respect to the at least one peer merchant is determined based at least partially on the transaction data. A loyalty segment of the at least one customer is determined based at least partially on the identified merchant engagement level of the at least one customer and the peer merchant engagement level of the at least one customer. A target action associated with the identified merchant with respect to the at least one customer is automatically initiated, or caused to be initiated, based at least partially on the loyalty segment of the at least one customer. |
| US10628835B2 |
System and method for remote acquisition and deliver of goods
A system and method for remote acquisition and delivery of goods includes a server in communication with customer computers, such as through a user interface via the internet. The server can store customer information including billing information, and may include an image processor. A mobile delivery system in communication with the server includes an energy efficient vehicle, an image capture device, a global positioning system, a communication device and a printer. In use, a customer communicates with a mobile delivery agent via the image capture device and the communication device to remotely acquire a product. Once acquired, the delivery agent delivers the product to a designated delivery location. The image capture device can be utilized during the entire transaction. The system preferably includes a processor for optimizing system efficiencies, including selecting a delivery agent based on the product, pick-up location and delivery site. |
| US10628825B2 |
Systems and methods to identify merchants
A system and method including a mobile application installed on a mobile device and configured to authenticate a merchant represented by a unique identifier, determine a position of the mobile device while the mobile device is co-located with a transaction terminal of the merchant, communicate the position to a portal to associate the position with the unique identifier and to receive an account number, and provide the account number to generate an authorization request on the transaction terminal. The authorization request includes a terminal identifier of the transaction terminal. When the authorization request generated using the account number is detected, the association between the account number provided to the mobile application and the location received from the mobile application is replaced with the association between the terminal identifier extracted from the authorization request and the location. Thus, subsequent authorization requests generated by the transaction terminal can be determined to contain the terminal identifier and identified to be associated with the location and the merchant identifier. |
| US10628823B2 |
Transaction token issuing authorities
Systems, methods, apparatus, processes, computer program code and means for conducting transactions are described which allow a first party to a transaction to identify a second party to a transaction. |
| US10628822B1 |
Installing digital wallet assets
Installing digital wallet assets is disclosed. A distribution channel is received. A notification message indicating that a digital wallet asset is available for installation is generated. The notification message is distributed based at least in part on the distribution channel. A callback is received. The digital wallet asset is provided. The digital wallet asset is constructed based at least in part on an associated digital wallet asset logical instance. |
| US10628821B2 |
Activation and assigning value to gift cards using RFID
The present disclosure and related inventions describe a system and method by which gift cards may be user-activated and assigned value using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). The user-activated gift card contains an RFID chip embedded therein that works in conjunction with a mobile website or mobile app to allow users to activate and assign value to the gift card at any time and at any place. |
| US10628816B1 |
Merchant cash advance payment deferrals
In some examples, a payment processing system may receive, from merchant devices of a plurality of merchants, transaction data of transactions performed between the merchants and customers. The system may provide financing to an account of a first merchant with repayment terms based on one or more attributes of the first merchant determined from the received transaction data. The system may receive service information from at least one service performed for a business of the first merchant and may determine a state of the business of the first merchant. Based on the received transaction data and the state of the business of the first merchant, the system may determine that the first merchant is expected to have a decrease in sales. The system may determine a deferral period based on the expected decrease in sales and may refrain from taking repayment of the financing for the deferral period. |
| US10628814B2 |
Systems and methods for managing self check out services
Some systems and methods are directed to a device agnostic architecture configured to control and/or manage the interactions between any front end store systems (e.g., self checkout (SCO) systems) for capturing purchase items and backend systems (e.g., point of sale (POS) subsystems) for completing purchase of the items. The device agnostic architecture can include a translation layer or translation component that mediates communications from and/or between the front end and backend systems. For example, the translation layer maps any commands received from any SCO and/or POS device into execution commands native to receiving systems. For example, back-end processing systems can be configured to control on-line identification of products and/or services for purchase, and manage execution of sales of any goods or services. The translation layer manages communication between SCO devices and the backend systems so each communicates with each other according to their respective formats (e.g., communication protocol and/or data format). |
| US10628811B2 |
System-based detection of card sharing and fraud
This disclosure describes, in part, a payment service that associates customer profiles with an identifier of a payment instrument, and then uses the customer profiles to identify a customer that is using the payment instrument during a transaction with a merchant. For instance, in some examples, the payment service can identify preferences of customers using transaction information that includes an identifier for a payment instrument, and associate the preferences with respective customer profiles. The payment service can then receive transaction information associated with a transaction between a customer and a merchant, identify preferences of the customer using the transaction information, compare the preferences of the customer with preferences stored in the customer profiles, and identify the customer based on the comparing. The payment service can further generate a receipt for the transaction and send the receipt to contact information of the customer. |
| US10628810B2 |
Automatic teller machine
An automatic teller machine includes a first interface unit, a second interface unit, a front panel and a control unit. The first interface unit is configured to display financial information for financial transaction to a user. The second interface unit is disposed in a region different from a region in which the first interface unit is disposed. The second interface unit has a plurality of operation parts to be operated by the user. The front panel is movable to a first position in which the operation parts are hidden from the outside of the automatic teller machine and a second position in which the operation parts are exposed to the outside of the automatic teller machine. The control unit is configured to control the front panel so as to be located in one of the first position and the second position. |
| US10628808B2 |
Automatic savings program
A computer implemented method of processing a financial transaction executed by first person includes determining an automatic savings amount from the financial transaction by rounding up the amount of the financial transaction to the nearest dollar. The method further includes debiting the calculated savings amount from an account of the first person and crediting the savings amount to an account of a second person. |
| US10628806B2 |
System and method for test data provisioning
Systems and methods of improving the operation of a test data provisioning network and test data provisioning network devices is disclosed. A data hub layer comprising an interstitial logic boundary at a periphery of a consumption environment and configured to interact with a production environment whereby test data may be provisioned without direct access by a user to the production environment. In this manner, the efficiency and resiliency of the production environment may be enhanced and the test data may be improved, so that the network more properly functions according to approved parameters. |
| US10628803B1 |
Dial home optimizer
Described herein are methods and systems by which certain servicing and maintenance of a device coupled to a computer network can be performed remotely. The system receives an event associated with the operation of the device and compares the event to a set of rules to identify if the event is a false positive event. The system generates a notification when the event is not the false positive event and transmits the notification to a service agent. |
| US10628801B2 |
System and method for smart alerts
A system for smart alerts in a batch system for an IT enterprise. The method includes alert configuration by identifying recent steady state of a batch job and deriving schedules for the steady state. The normal behaviour is then computed within the schedules. The method further includes aggregating the one or more alerts by identifying correlated group of alerts by pruning of one or more jobs and alerts, detecting correlations between the two or more alerts and deriving causality of the grouped alerts. The method finally includes predicting of future alerts of a batch job. |
| US10628800B2 |
Meeting launcher
Embodiments of the present provide a method, system and computer program product for the automated launching of an e-meeting. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for meeting invite management includes creating in a C&S system an event from an e-mail invite to attend an e-meeting. Subsequently, the invite is parsed to extract into memory a hyperlink to the e-meeting, a user identifier and password. Thereafter, macro logic is generated that is programmed to access the e-meeting at the hyperlink and to authenticate into the e-meeting utilizing the user identifier and password. Finally, the macro logic is associated with a user interface control and the user interface control is embedded into the created event in the C&S system. |
| US10628799B2 |
Employee time tracking system
A computerized hours tracking device and system is provided. The system provides a mobile, computerized solution to tracking hours of a worker. Further, the system includes functions to ensure that proper hours tracking is performed, such as identification confirmation and/or location tracking. As configured, the device and system allow for more reliable tracking of hours worked by a worker. |
| US10628793B2 |
Weight sensing closed loop system
A product container includes sensors and logic that detects a product's weight and communicates the weight to a user's device. An indication may be provided that the product weight has fallen below a set threshold value for reordering, and the user may be prompted to reorder the product. The user may electronically reorder the product or a similar product from their device using one or more software applications. |
| US10628788B1 |
Dynamic encumbrance of inventory
This disclosure is directed at least in part to dynamically determining triggering events and/or an amount of time to encumber inventory of an item. By encumbering inventory, the inventory of the item is made unavailable, at least temporarily, to other customers. Encumbrance may be based on one or more factors, which may include current on-hand inventory and/or a rate of sales for the item. However, many other factors may also be used in various combinations. Inventory of items may be encumbered for a dynamically determined amount of time. At the end of this time, the item may be released and made available to other customers assuming the item was not purchased in a completed transaction. The dynamic determination of the triggering event and the dynamic determination of an amount of time to encumber items may be deployed individually or in combination with each other. |
| US10628787B2 |
Apparatus for managing transportation vehicles
Apparatus for managing transportation vehicles includes a plurality of containers each attached to a respective one of the vehicles and containing a memory, a wireless transmitter, a receiver and a writer for storing data in the memory, where data includes a secure section of data defining for the vehicle cargo packing slip information and a non-secure section of data defining for the vehicle safety information relating to the current vehicle contents. The apparatus further includes a first reader for receiving the data in the secure section and second portable reader for receiving the data in the non-secure section where the second reader is arranged to provide to a person in possession of the second reader only data from the non-secure section defining for the vehicle said safety information relating to the current vehicle contents and not the data from the secure section. |
| US10628784B2 |
Method for dropping off a shipment in a motor vehicle, and associated motor vehicle
The present disclose is directed to a method for dropping off a shipment in a motor vehicle. In one embodiment, the method comprises: transmission of a digital key to a control device of the motor vehicle, transmission of a piece of authentication information to an authentication element, capture of the piece of authentication information or of a piece of information derived from the piece of authentication information, actuation of a vehicle device to allow access to at least part of the motor vehicle interior by the control device when an authentication condition that evaluates both the piece of authentication information or the derived piece of information and the digital key is met, and actuation of the vehicle device and/or of a further vehicle device to close the motor vehicle following storage of the shipment in the motor vehicle or after a prescribed waiting time. |
| US10628783B2 |
Method and system for providing shipment tracking and notifications
Improved approaches for monitoring status of articles being shipped are disclosed. The monitoring can produce notifications to interested parties. The notifications typically contain status information pertaining to the articles being shipped. Alternatively, interested parties can gain access to status information pertaining to the articles being shipped via a website. According to one embodiment, the status information includes at least position (location) information and shipping conditions information. |
| US10628781B2 |
Address exchange systems and methods
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for an address exchange system including a controller configured to provide an API configured to receive an identifier from a user and further configured not to receive a physical address from the user, wherein the user provides an item for shipment to the physical address. In response to receiving the identifier, the controller is further adapted to calculate a maximum cost of the item, including one or more of a maximum sales tax and maximum shipping cost. The systems and method receive payment for the maximum cost and then refund the difference between the maximum cost and actual cost after the item has shipped. |
| US10628778B1 |
Systems and methods facilitating shipping services rate resale
Systems and methods which provide a shipping service resale platform enabling single shipper account access to multiple shipping service rate schedules are disclosed. Shipping service rate optimization is facilitated for a shipper using a single shipper account of embodiments of the invention, whereby the shipper is enabled to utilize rates available from various rate schedules, such as may include reseller negotiated rates, shipping service provider published rates, etc., according to embodiments. The shipper is enabled to establish, manage, and maintain a single shipper account for use in purchase and payment of shipping services which implicate different shipping service provider payment mechanisms, different shipping service resellers, and/or different shipping service providers. |
| US10628777B2 |
Cognitive process enactment
One embodiment provides for continuously adaptive business process management definition and execution including obtaining, by a processor, business process models and a process runtime environment. A business process model is discovered. Business rules that support decision making for the business process model are discovered. A process plan is defined in view of the business rules for achieving a predetermined goal. A next action in the process plan is determined based on the business rules in a current process portion and providing a recommendation for acting on the next action. The next action is executed based on the recommendation. A change in a world effect status is determined after executing the next action. The process plan is updated. A continuously adaptive business process model and execution environment are generated. |
| US10628774B2 |
Systems and methods for interacting with a client device
Novel systems and methods for interacting with a client device are described. The network-based systems and methods of the present teachings are capable of seeking feedback regarding individual performance and seeking information relating to work deliverable, such as assigning individuals tasks, conveying a “to-do list,” sharing an agenda between two or more users and managing goals of teams and/or individuals. |
| US10628772B2 |
Computing package wall density in commercial trailer loading
A method and apparatus for using a three-dimensional (3D) depth imaging system for use in commercial trailer loading is disclosed. The method and apparatus may be configured to determine a load-efficiency score for a trailer in a variety of ways. In one embodiment, the method and apparatus may determine the score by receiving a set of point cloud data based on 3D image data, analyzing the set of point cloud data, generating a set of data slices based on the set of point cloud data each data slice corresponding to a portion of the 3D image data, estimating a set of missing data points in each data slice in the set of data slices, and calculating a load-efficiency score based on the generated set of data slices and estimated set of missing data points. |
| US10628766B2 |
Method and system for enabling dynamic capacity planning
Method and system for enabling dynamic capacity planning are disclosed. In an embodiment, a plurality of operational inputs are configured to forecast a demand volume and generate a dynamic capacity planning schedule. For example, said plurality of operational inputs include raw data received from a server. Further, historical data is processed based on said plurality of operational inputs to create a plurality of contextual data elements. Furthermore, said demand volume is forecasted and said dynamic capacity planning schedule is generated using at least a part of the historical data and a current capacity planning requirement, said current capacity planning requirement is being generated dynamically by said server. In addition, said dynamic capacity planning schedule is rendered based on said forecasted demand volume and said rendered dynamic capacity planning schedule is clustered into a plurality of work reports associated with said plurality of contextual data elements. |
| US10628765B2 |
Project chart with soft constraint
A system is provided that visualizes soft constraints among tasks. The system displays a chart within a user interface, where the chart includes a timeline including one or more time units. The system further displays task indicators that correspond to tasks within the timeline of the chart. The system further determines a soft constraint among a first task and a second task of the tasks. The system further displays a soft connector that corresponds to the soft constraint within the timeline of the chart, where the soft connector connects a first task indicator that corresponds to the first task with a second task indicator that corresponds to the second task. |
| US10628764B1 |
Method of automatically generating tasks using control computer
In one aspect, the disclosure provides: using a control computer logically positioned between one or more researcher computers and one or more systems under test, obtaining a task that identifies a potential security vulnerability of the one or more systems under test; determining a task type of the task associated with particular skills for investigating the potential security vulnerability; identifying a plurality of researcher computers who each have the particular skills; determining a task expiration of the task; determining a respective availability of the plurality of researcher computers; assigning the task to one or more researcher computers of the plurality of researcher computers determined to be available to complete the task; determining and providing an incentive to the one or more researcher computers in response to successfully validating the reports of the potential security vulnerability of the one or more systems under test. |
| US10628762B2 |
Learning power grid characteristics to anticipate load
Improving the operations of a data center that is located within a power grid and that includes its own power sources. Past operational characteristics of the power grid are analyzed to derive learned characteristics for the power grid. Current and/or future operational characteristics of the power grid are also monitored. A prediction regarding an upcoming, anticipated load for the power grid is then generated using the learned characteristics and the monitored characteristics. In response to this prediction, one or more mitigation operations are selected and then performed at the data center to ensure that the data center is adequately available. Some of these mitigation operations include, but are not limited to, causing the data center to consume more power, causing the data center's power sources to store more power, or causing the data center to migrate services and/or data to a different data center. |
| US10628761B1 |
Graphical user interface for displaying tips to hosts providing time expiring listings in a reservation system
This disclosure includes methods for displaying tips to hosts in a reservation system. The reservation system collects viewing data upon receiving viewing requests from potential guests to view a listing in the reservation system. The reservation system associates the viewing data with the listing. The reservations system applies a set of conditional expressions and calculations to the viewing data of the listing to compare the listing to a peer group of similar listings for each time interval in an evaluation time range. In some embodiments, a GUI is presented to the host of the subject listing comprising a histogram of the number of views of the subject listing, an indication of the number of views of the peer group of the subject listing, and region for displaying tips to the host of the subject listing. |
| US10628757B2 |
Dynamic emission discharge reduction
A system, method and computer program product for establishing and using a pollutant emission scavenging forecasting (PESF) model to calculate a purgeable pollutant emission to dynamically control an emitted pollutant at any target concentration. The dynamic control considers the initial pollutant concentration and pollutant scavenging ability of atmosphere. The method further takes into account the constraint conditions specified by a user, and employs a dynamic emission correction system to quickly calculate an optimal pollutant emission scheme. If the emission is lower than minimum acceptable value for a current time instance (a moment), the method corrects the emission intensity before (prior to) this moment by changing the initial concentration at this time. This initial concentration is the final pollutant concentration of a prior moment. Since the method makes full use of the atmospheric pollutants scavenging ability, the dynamic emission control scheme can provide the most effective and lowest economic losses solution. |
| US10628754B2 |
Personal assistant for facilitating interaction routines
In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for automatically learning and facilitating interaction routines involving at least one human participant. In one example, a method includes learning an interaction routine conducted between a human user and a second party, wherein the interaction routine comprises a series of prompts and responses designed to identify and deliver desired information, storing a template of the interaction routine based on the learning, wherein the template includes at least a portion of the series of prompts and responses, detecting, in the course of a new instance of the interaction routine, at least one prompt from the second party that requests a response from the human user, and using the template to provide a response to the prompt so that involvement of the human user in the new instance of the interaction routine is minimized. |
| US10628745B2 |
Data classification with social profile data
A method of processing data by one or more data processing systems for classification of the processed data into one or more predefined classifications, the method comprising: receiving by one or more data processing systems social profile data; binding by the one or more data processing systems based on the input social profile data, values of one or more attributes included in the social profile data to one or more parameters of a classifier executing on the one or more data processing systems; classifying data representing the user into one or more predefined classifications; for one of the predefined classifications into which the data representing the user is classified, identifying by the one or more data processing systems a candidate action included in the predefined classification and unassociated with the user; and transmitting an alert to notify the user of the candidate action. |
| US10628744B2 |
Boolean algebra for claim mapping and analysis
Some aspects of this specification describe the use of Boolean algebra for patent claim mapping and analysis. In some instances, characteristics of a collection of technologies are represented as binary variables, and each of the technologies has a respective subset of the characteristics. The collection of technologies is represented as a collection of binary functions, and each binary function includes a respective subset of the binary variables. A patent claim is generated based on inverting the binary functions according to Boolean algebra. |
| US10628742B2 |
Bidding method of distributed energy resource in micro-grid based on artificial immunity
The present invention discloses a micro-grid distributed energy resource bidding method based on artificial immunity including the following steps: processing the collected information by a bidding unit agent to form artificial immune antigen of quotation environmental; performing solving based on artificial immune algorithm to obtain antibody meeting the interest of a distributed energy resource; and decoding the antibody to obtain a bidding scheme of the distributed energy resource. The present invention utilizes artificial immune intelligent algorithm with strong ability of information processing and self-adaption, thus solving the problem of uncontrollable bidding under complicated environment. Uncertainty problem resulted by the intermittent power supply is overcomed by the capability of self-adaption and defect tolerance of artificial immunity during bidding process. In addition, the coordination of entire micro-grid MAS is improves by coordinated evolution of artificial immunity. |
| US10628741B2 |
Multimodal machine learning for emotion metrics
Techniques are described for machine-trained analysis for multimodal machine learning. A computing device captures a plurality of information channels, wherein the plurality of information channels includes contemporaneous audio information and video information from an individual. A multilayered convolutional computing system learns trained weights using the audio information and the video information from the plurality of information channels, wherein the trained weights cover both the audio information and the video information and are trained simultaneously, and wherein the learning facilitates emotional analysis of the audio information and the video information. A second computing device captures further information and analyzes the further information using trained weights to provide an emotion metric based on the further information. Additional information is collected with the plurality of information channels from a second individual and learning the trained weights factors in the additional information. The further information can include only video data or audio data. |
| US10628739B1 |
System, RFID chip, server and method for capturing vehicle data
A system includes a plurality of tracking devices, such as RFID tags, affixed to items, such as vehicles, a data collection engine, client devices and backend devices. The backend devices include trained machine learning models, business logic, and attributes of a plurality of events. A plurality of data collection engines and systems send attributes of new events to the backend devices. The backend devices can track the items and predict particular outcomes of new events based upon the attributes of the new events utilizing the trained machine learning models. |
| US10628737B2 |
Identifying constructive sub-dialogues
Software on a website hosting an online forum extracts a plurality of sub-dialogues from each thread in a corpus from the online forum. The software obtains one or more sub-dialogue annotations associated with each sub-dialogue. The sub-dialogue annotations include an annotation as to whether the sub-dialogue is constructive. The software extracts a plurality of features from each sub-dialogue uses them and the sub-dialogue annotations associated with the sub-dialogue to train a classifier that determines whether a particular sub-dialogue is constructive. Then the software obtains a new sub-dialogue from a thread currently displayed in the online forum and extracts the plurality of features from the new sub-dialogue. The software inputs the features extracted from the new sub-dialogue into the classifier and obtains a determination as to whether the new sub-dialogue is constructive. |
| US10628731B1 |
Deep convolutional neural networks for automated scoring of constructed responses
Systems and methods are provided for automatically scoring a constructed response. The constructed response is processed to generate a plurality of numerical vectors that is representative of the constructed response. A model is applied to the plurality of numerical vectors. The model includes an input layer configured to receive the plurality of numerical vectors, the input layer being connected to a following layer of the model via a first plurality of connections. Each of the connections has a first weight. An intermediate layer of nodes is configured to receive inputs from an immediately-preceding layer of the model via a second plurality of connections, each of the connections having a second weight. An output layer is connected to the intermediate layer via a third plurality of connections, each of the connections having a third weight. The output layer is configured to generate a score for the constructed response. |
| US10628730B2 |
System and method for predictive curation, production infrastructure, and personal content assistant
Data points, calendar entries, trends, behavioral patterns may be used to predict and pre-emptively build digital and printable products with selected collections of images without the user's active participation. The collections are selected from files on the user's device, cloud-based photo library, or other libraries shared among other individuals and grouped into thematic products. Based on analysis of the user's collections and on-line behaviors, the system may estimate types and volumes of potential media-centric products, and the resources needed for producing and distributing such media-centric products for a projected period of time. A user interface may take the form of a “virtual curator”, which is a graphical or animated persona for augmenting and managing interactions between the user and the system managing the user's stored media assets. The virtual curator can assume one of many personas, as appropriate, with each user. For example, the virtual curator can be presented as an avatar-animated character in an icon, or icon that floats around the screen. The virtual curator can also interact with the user via text messaging, or audio messaging. |
| US10628727B2 |
RFID tag on stretchable substrate
A radio frequency identification tag including a stretchable substrate folded along a fold line to form top and bottom stretchable fold portions is described. Each fold portion has major top and bottom surfaces with the major top surface of the bottom fold portion facing the major bottom surface of the top fold portion. An antenna having a spiral form is disposed on the major top surface of the top fold portion. First and second terminals are disposed on the major top surface of the top fold portion and are in electrical communication with respective first and second ends of the antenna. A meandering electrode is disposed on the major bottom surface of the bottom fold portion and has first and second electrode ends making crimp connections with the respective first and second terminals. |
| US10628722B2 |
Method and apparatus to enhance the security of contact-less cards
A structure for a contact-less card, the contact-less card may include a touch sensor electrically coupled to a fixed power source or electrically coupled to an antenna. The contact-less card may include a contact-less communication controller electrically coupled to the touch sensor. The contact-less communication controller includes an integrated circuit containing card information. The integrated circuit transmits the card information based on a signal from the touch sensor. The contact-less card may include an antenna electrically coupled to the contact-less communication controller. The antenna transmits card information received from the contact-less communication controller. |
| US10628720B2 |
Remote monitoring and controlling physical parameters of a material under transportation
An Internet of Things (IoT) based system for remotely monitoring and controlling various physical parameters for chemical/biological material under transportation in a container is disclosed herein. Due to various circumstances, wither hazardous or infectious, taking proper measures becomes a necessary condition while transporting chemical or biological materials. The sensors attached to the container measure the associated physical parameters and send the data to a remote control system. The dynamic barcode responds to the change in any of the parameters and changes its patterns accordingly. The remote server, based on the received data, instructs a controlling system to control the parameters, thus maintaining the health of the material. |
| US10628718B2 |
Image forming apparatus, control method for the image forming apparatus, and storage medium for controlling a power state based on temperature
An image forming apparatus includes a temperature sensor, a holding unit that holds background temperature data that is obtained by the temperature sensor and indicates a temperature state in a surrounding of the image forming apparatus, an obtaining unit that obtains plural pieces of data generated by performing a calibration with respect to each of plural pieces of temperature data obtained by the temperature sensor after the background temperature data is held by the holding unit by using the background temperature data held by the holding unit, and a control unit that controls return of a state of the image forming apparatus from a power saving state based on the plural pieces of data obtained by the obtaining unit. |
| US10628716B2 |
Image forming apparatus that determines a job generation method based on image processing time
An image forming apparatus includes a controller. The controller generates page images of one or more pages by performing image processing on acquired input image data. The controller determines a job generation method to be either a first method or a second method. The job generation method is a method through which print job data is generated. The first method is a method through which the print job data is generated based on page image data indicating a page image of one page among the one or more pages upon completing the image processing on the page image of the one page. The second method is a method through which the print job data is generated based on the page image data of all pages included in the output image after completing the image processing on the page images of all the pages included in the output image. |
| US10628714B2 |
Entity-tracking computing system
An entity-tracking computing system receives sensor information from a plurality of different sensors. The positions of entities detected by the various sensors are resolved to an environment-relative coordinate system so that entities identified by one sensor can be tracked across the fields of detection of other sensors. |
| US10628713B2 |
Mobile terminal, image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium
A mobile terminal includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process including acquiring a frame acquired by image capturing, detecting document position data of a document from the frame, determining a document type of the document, calculating image quality of document image data of the document on the basis of the document position data and the document type, determining whether the image quality is at a character recognizable level, and acquiring a frame acquired by the image recapturing when it is determined that the image quality is not at the character recognizable level. |
| US10628710B2 |
Image classification using batch normalization layers
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing images or features of images using an image classification system that includes a batch normalization layer. One of the systems includes a convolutional neural network configured to receive an input comprising an image or image features of the image and to generate a network output that includes respective scores for each object category in a set of object categories, the score for each object category representing a likelihood that that the image contains an image of an object belonging to the category, and the convolutional neural network comprising: a plurality of neural network layers, the plurality of neural network layers comprising a first convolutional neural network layer and a second neural network layer; and a batch normalization layer between the first convolutional neural network layer and the second neural network layer. |
| US10628706B2 |
Systems and methods for intelligent and interpretive analysis of sensor data and generating spatial intelligence using machine learning
Systems and methods for augmenting real-time semantic information to a spatial rendering of a predefined space and providing a real-time situational awareness feed. |
| US10628704B2 |
Methods and systems for determining image similarity
In particular embodiments, a method includes, by one or more computing devices, receiving an image requiring an administrative action. The method includes, by the one or more computing devices, generating a single large hash value based on the image and a content-aware hashing function. The large hash value has a first number of dimensions. The method includes, by the one or more computing devices, generating a small hash value corresponding to the image from the large hash value using a locality-sensitive hashing function. The small hash value has a second number of dimensions that is smaller than the first number of dimensions. The method includes determining, based on the small hash value corresponding to the image, a cluster center mutually associated with the image. The method includes, by the one or more computing devices, performing the administrative action on one or more images mutually associated with the cluster center. |
| US10628701B2 |
System and method for improved general object detection using neural networks
In general, certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and systems for object detection by a neural network comprising a convolution-nonlinearity step and a recurrent step. In a training mode, a dataset is passed into the neural network, and the neural network is trained to accurately output a box size and a center location of an object of interest. The box size corresponds to the smallest possible bounding box around the object of interest and the center location corresponds to the location of the center of the bounding box. In an inference mode, an image that is not part of the dataset is passed into the neural network. The neural network automatically identifies an object of interest and draws a box around the identified object of interest. The box drawn around the identified object of interest corresponds to the smallest possible bounding box around the object of interest. |
| US10628695B2 |
Fast item identification for checkout counter
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for on-the-fly image recognition of an item in motion. One method includes an operation for periodically capturing images, by several cameras, of a recognition area. Further, the method includes detecting that the item is present in the recognition area and selecting a recognition window that defines a period of time for analysis. The recognition window defines recognition frames corresponding to the images captured within the recognition window. Each recognition frame is analyzed to determine if an identity of the item has been obtained for the recognition frame, the analysis being based on image recognition of the recognition frame to identify the item based on, at least, a shape of the item and coloring of the item. Further, the method includes operations for determining if the item has been identified based on the analysis for the recognition frames, and for displaying the item identification. |
| US10628694B2 |
Fingerprint enrolling method, apparatus, and terminal device
A fingerprint enrolling method, a fingerprint enrolling apparatus, and a terminal device are provided. The method includes the following operations. Whether an image-quality fluctuation amplitude of fingerprint images of a user exceeds a preset image-quality fluctuation threshold or image-quality fluctuation threshold range is determined according to image quality of a current fingerprint image of the user currently acquired and image quality of a historical fingerprint image of the user previously acquired. The current fingerprint image is enrolled into a fingerprint database based on a determination that the image-quality fluctuation amplitude does not exceed the image-quality fluctuation threshold or the image-quality fluctuation threshold range. |
| US10628693B2 |
Devices and methods for authenticating a sample and use of the same
Among other things, the present invention is related to devices and methods of authenticating test samples truly from a subject that will be tested, such as blood samples or exhaled breath condensation. |
| US10628692B2 |
Dome multi-biometric scanner
A multi-function biometric scanner is provided. The multi-function biometric scanner includes a housing that includes a dome-shaped or semi-dome shaped user interface, the user interface including a capacitive film for fingerprint capture that is disposed along an outer-surface of the housing and a plurality of biometric sensors that are disposed within the housing and that are configured to concurrently retrieve a plurality of biometrics from a user, each sensor being configured to measure a respective biometric of the plurality of biometrics. Fingerprints and the plurality of biometrics are compared to threat information in one or more threat databases to identify a person of interest. |
| US10628690B2 |
Systems and methods for automated detection of trailer properties
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for automated detection of trailer properties. An example vehicle includes an inter-vehicle communication module and an infotainment head unit. The infotainment head unit is configured to detect presence of an attached trailer. The infotainment head unit is also configured to, in response to a determination that the attached trailer is an unrecognized trailer broadcast a request for images via the inter-vehicle communication module, perform semantic segmentation on the images, generate a three dimensional point cloud using the segmented images, and estimate a property of the attached trailer based on the three dimensional point cloud. |
| US10628685B2 |
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. |
| US10628684B2 |
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. |
| US10628678B2 |
Classification of activity derived from multiple locations
The technology provides a method and system of analyzing a sporting activity. An example of the technology involves one or more processors receiving location data associated with a first player and location data associated with a second player, wherein the location data of the first player and the location data of the second player are derived from one or more sensor devices; detecting a game event associated with the first player; determining, in view of the received location data, a plurality of locations of the first player and at least one location of the second player; and classifying the game event based on the plurality of locations of the first player and the at least one location of the second player. |
| US10628677B2 |
Partner matching method in costarring video, terminal, and computer readable storage medium
A method for selecting a matching partner for a costarring video is performed by a terminal. The terminal obtains a first video recorded by a first user and a plurality of second videos in which a second role matching the first role is played by a respective second user. After obtaining a matching score between the first video and the plurality of second videos in each user type, the terminal ranks the second videos in which the second role is played by the second users for each user type and displays a ranking result of the second videos in which the second role is played for each user type. After obtaining a user selection of a second video according to the ranking result, the terminal synthesizes a complete video from the first video and the user-selected second video and plays the complete video. |
| US10628671B2 |
Road modeling from overhead imagery
Apparatus and methods are described for roadway lane line detection. An aerial image including a plurality of pixels is received and provides to a classification model. The classification model provides probability values assigned to at least a portion of the plurality of pixels. A comparison of the probability values is performed to select at least one pixel according to the comparison. A lane line object is identified for the selected at least one pixel. |
| US10628662B2 |
Automated and unsupervised curation of image datasets
Datasets containing a plurality of images are processed. A plurality of regions within the images are determined, where each of the plurality of regions corresponds to a facial region. A feature vector is generated for each of the plurality of pixel regions, and the plurality of pixel regions are clustered into a plurality of clusters based on the generated feature vectors. An initial score is assigned to each respective pixel region in the plurality of pixel regions, and the plurality of pixel regions are sorted based on the assigned scores. A representative index is computed for each respective pixel region by comparing each respective pixel regions with each other pixel region in the respective cluster. The score of each pixel region is modified based on the computed representative indices, and the pixel regions are sorted based on the modified scores. A confidence index is generated for the unified dataset. |
| US10628661B2 |
Methods and systems for determining user liveness and verifying user identities
A method for verifying the identity of a user is provided that includes generating, by a computing device, a parameter for each processed frame in a video of biometric data captured from a user. The parameter results from movement of the computing device during capture of the biometric data. Moreover, the method includes generating a signal for the parameter and calculating a confidence score based on the generated signal and a classification model specific to the user. The classification model is generated from other signals generated for the parameter. Furthermore, the method includes verifying the identity of the user as true when the confidence score is at least equal to a threshold score. |
| US10628660B2 |
Withholding notifications due to temporary misplaced products
A system for processing images captured in a retail store and automatically identifying misplaced products is provided. The system may comprise at least one processor configured to receive one or more images captured by one or more image sensors from an environment of a retail store, detect in the one or more images a first product, determine that the first product is not located in the first correct display location, cause an issuance of a user-notification associated with the first product, detect in the one or more images a second product, determine that the second product is not located in the second correct display location, and after determining that the second product is not located in the second correct display location and when the second urgency level is lower than the first urgency level, withhold issuance of a user-notification associated with the second product. |
| US10628655B2 |
Fingerprint identification apparatus
A fingerprint identification apparatus includes a cover plate, an optic fingerprint identification device, and an adhesive. The optic fingerprint identification device has a light-transmitting window. The adhesive is disposed between the cover plate and the optic fingerprint identification device, and a projection of the adhesive on the cover plate surrounds a projection of the light-transmitting window on the cover plate. |
| US10628654B2 |
Capacitive sensing array having electrical isolation
A capacitive fingerprint sensor that may be formed of an array of sensing elements. Each capacitive sensing element of the array may register a voltage that varies with the capacitance of a capacitive coupling. A finger may capacitively couple to the individual capacitive sensing elements of the sensor, such that the sensor may sense a capacitance between each capacitive sensing element and the flesh of the fingerprint. The capacitance signal may be detected by sensing the change in voltage on the capacitive sensing element as the relative voltage between the finger and the sensing chip is changed. Alternately, the capacitance signal may be detected by sensing the change in charge received by the capacitive sensing elements as the relative voltage between the finger and the sensing chip is changed. |
| US10628644B2 |
System and method for sequence management of vehicles
A system for sequence management of vehicles may include: smart tags respectively attached to each of vehicles which are sequentially moved in a production line; a tag recognition device disposed in the production line and receiving data from the smart tags and sensing whether the smart tags enter respective process areas and an actual vehicle sequence through the data; and a server storing sequence information of the vehicles, receiving the actual vehicle sequence from the tag recognition device, comparing the sequence information and the actual vehicle sequence, and determining whether a sequence error occurs in the sequence information, and when the error occurs in the sequence information, changing the sequence information to the actual vehicle sequence. |
| US10628639B1 |
Method of cable sensing data collection, and electronic apparatus and chip using the same
A method of cable sensing data collection applicable to an electronic apparatus having a counter array is provided. The electronic apparatus is for detecting a cable including a plurality of sensors and a plurality of RFID tags, where each of the RFID tags is used to receive cable sensing data of the cable obtained by the sensors. The method includes: scanning each of the RFID tags to retrieve the cable sensing data, where the cable sensing data includes a tag identifier of the RFID tag; converting the tag identifier to a plurality of array addresses through a plurality of hash functions; and transmitting the cable sensing data to a cloud platform according to whether a plurality of elements of the array addresses in the counter array having a zero or not. In addition, an electronic and a chip using the method are also provided. |
| US10628629B2 |
Method, device, and client terminal apparatus for displaying page
A method, a device and a client terminal apparatus for displaying a page including a main document and at least one external resource are provided. The method for displaying a page including a main document and at least one external resource includes comparing a first position of the at least one external resource with a second position of a current screen-displayed content, after loading of the at least one external resource is completed and adjusting a display position of the current screen-displayed content, in response to a confirmation that the first position of the at least one external resource is before the second position of the current screen-displayed content. |
| US10628627B2 |
Thermal estimation device and thermal estimation method
An embodiment of a thermal estimation device including a temperature model generator, a temperature gradient calculator, and a thermal sensing analyzer is disclosed. The temperature model generator generates a temperature model based on an initial power consumption, an initial area and an initial coordination of a circuit module. The temperature gradient calculator substitutes at least one of a testing area, a testing power or a testing coordinate of the circuit module into the temperature model for correspondingly estimating an temperature estimation function. The thermal sensing analyzer differentiates the temperature estimation function. When an absolute value of a differential result of the temperature estimation function resulted from a constant is closest to zero or is zero, outputting the constant as an optimized parameter. |
| US10628624B1 |
System and method for simulating channels using true strobe timing
Embodiments included herein may be used for characterizing and analyzing an electronic system design including a parallel interface. Embodiments may include identifying an electronic design including a design of a parallel interface. Embodiments may also include determining a single circuit representation including the design of the parallel interface from the electronic design. Embodiments may further include analyzing the single circuit representation at a channel analysis module stored at least partially in memory and functioning in tandem with a computing system to determine waveform responses of the parallel interface and a remainder of the single circuit representation by using channel analysis techniques. The channel analysis techniques may be based upon a data channel simulation and a strobe channel simulation. Embodiments may also include generating or modifying the electronic design including the design of the parallel interface based in part or in whole upon results of analyzing the single circuit representation. |
| US10628619B2 |
Analysis mesh data generating method and analysis mesh data generating device
The present invention enables easy generation of analysis mesh data from larger CAD data including complicated partial shapes without performing shape division of CAD data. An analysis mesh data generating device comprises: a storage device configured to store CAD data, model CAD data, and model mesh data associated with the model CAD data; and a control device. The control device searches for model CAD data similar to a partial shape in the CAD data from the model CAD data stored in the storage device, obtains model mesh data associated with the retrieved model CAD data from the storage device, calculates an application position of the model mesh data at analysis mesh data generated from the CAD data, deletes mesh data relate with the partial shape in the analysis mesh data, and combines the model mesh data at the calculated application position. |
| US10628615B2 |
Asset protection of integrated circuits during transport
An integrated circuit (IC) provisioned for asset protection has a primary circuit portion, such as a microprocessor or system-on-chip, that can be selectively disabled and enabled via an operability control input. The IC includes a secure register to store lock state indicia and unlock criteria, where a signal at the operability control input is responsive to the lock state indicia. In operation, a firmware data store receives and stores firmware code that includes a lock/unlock command, and firmware data that includes an unlock key. An authorization module verifies authenticity of the firmware code. A lock/unlock (LUL) module is operative to write lock state indicia to the secure register based on the lock/unlock command only in response to a positive verification of the authenticity of the firmware code by the authorization module, and to write lock state indicia to the secure register. |
| US10628609B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing signature verification by offloading values to a server
In an aspect, an apparatus obtains at least a first input value and a second input value from a sender device. The apparatus performs a computational operation between portions of the first input value and portions of the second input value to obtain a plurality of partial results of the computational operation. The apparatus applies a hash function to each of the plurality of partial results of the computational operation to obtain a hash of a final result of the computational operation between the first input value and the second input value. The apparatus obtains the final result of the computational operation from the sender device. The apparatus verifies that the final result of the computational operation from the sender device is correct based on the hash of the final result of the computational operation. |
| US10628607B2 |
Method for protecting pin code on android platform
The disclosure provides a method for protecting PIN code on Android platform, including: introducing, by Java layer, start event to C layer after invoked by upper layer; invoking, by C layer, Java layer via JNI to generate a password-storage-class-instance after receiving start event, and invoking Java layer after receiving a handle returned by Java layer to monitor input from user; storing, by Java layer, PIN code data into a instance memory when Java layer monitors PIN code data from user, updating storage location identification, and introducing encrypting event to C layer; introducing, by Java layer, confirming event to C layer when Java layer monitors confirmation information from user; accessing, by C layer, the instance via handle to encrypt the PIN code data when receiving encrypting event; and accessing, by C layer, the instance via handle to decrypt the encrypted data in instance memory to obtain PIN code. |
| US10628600B2 |
Automatic audit logging of events in software applications performing regulatory workloads
Automatically generating audit logs is provided. Audit log statement insertion points are identified in software components of an application based on a static code analysis identifying start and end operations on sensitive data in the software components of the application. The application is instrumented with audit log statements at the audit log statement insertion points in the software components of the application. Audit logs of monitored sensitive data activity events in the application are generated using the audit log statements at the audit log statement insertion points in the software components of the application. A dynamic code analysis is performed on the application during execution of the application to prevent executing source code of the application from recording in the audit logs the sensitive data processed by the application. |
| US10628599B2 |
Generating and deploying customized software containers
Methods and apparatuses are described for generating and deploying customized application software containers. Software containers on a first server comprise an application software module and an end-user-specific data set. A second server receives input data from remote computing devices and stores the input data in a master data set. The second server determines end-user-specific data sets from the master data set. The second server encrypts each of the end-user-specific data sets with an encryption key. The second server generates the software containers by executing the application software module in separate processes and storing each of the encrypted data sets in a separate container. Client computing devices authenticate to the second server to access a software container. The client devices decrypt the end-user-specific data set stored in the software container using the encryption key, and use the application software module to interact with the end-user-specific data set. |
| US10628597B2 |
Just-in-time encryption
On an endpoint that encrypts local files to protect against data leakage and other harmful malware events, newly detected files are dynamically encrypted when they are detected as long as the endpoint is not compromised. If a compromised state is detected, the newly detected file will not be added to the encrypted files until the endpoint can be remediated and the compromised state resolved. |
| US10628592B2 |
Methods for recovering secret data of a cryptographic device and for evaluating the security of such a device
A method for recovering secret data of a cryptographic device comprises: a) determining stochastic models of leakages relating respective measurable quantities to internal states or operations of the cryptographic device, the number of greater than the number of masks used by the cryptographic device to conceal the secret data; b) sending command sequences to the device, where each command sequence causes the device to perform a cryptographic operation on at least one respective plaintext using the secret data and the masks; c) during processing of each cryptographic operation, recording a series of measurements of measurable quantities; and d) computing an estimator of secret data by maximizing the conditional joint probability of the recorded measurements given the corresponding plaintexts, averaged over all possible values of the masks. A method for evaluating the security of a cryptographic device is provided. |
| US10628591B2 |
Method for fast and efficient discovery of data assets
A method, system and computer-usable medium for performing a data asset discovery security operation, comprising: capturing a stream of data resulting from interactions between a user and a device; identifying an occurrence of a data asset discovery operation in the stream of data; generating a data asset index corresponding to a data asset associated with the occurrence of the data asset discovery operation; and, determining whether a data asset security policy is applicable to the data asset associated with the occurrence of the data asset discovery operation. |
| US10628590B2 |
Application security assessment
Application security assessment is described. A system identifies a first security configuration and a second security configuration associated with an application. The system calculates a security score based on a comparison of the first security configuration to a first baseline security setting and a comparison of the second security configuration to a second baseline security setting. The system generates a security report associated with the application that includes the security score and outputs the security report. |
| US10628588B2 |
Information processing apparatus and computer readable storage medium
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a processor, a volatile memory, a BIOS-ROM, and an interface. An embedded OS in the BIOS-ROM causes the processor to execute connecting the apparatus to a server via a network, and when the server sets a first OS as an OS in the apparatus by switching from the embedded OS, and a nonvolatile memory connected via the interface stores a second OS used at previous startup of the apparatus, loading the second OS into the volatile memory and starting the second OS. The second OS causes the processor to execute downloading the first OS from the server and storing the downloaded first OS in the nonvolatile memory. |
| US10628585B2 |
Ransomware resilient databases
A system for protecting a database against a ransomware attack includes a database backup handler configured to selectively output database backup data associated with a database to a storage device. A ransomware detector is configured to monitor changes to the database and to detect data changes to the database resulting from a ransomware attack. A ransomware remediator communicates with the ransomware detector and the database backup handler and is configured to restore data in the database to a point prior to the ransomware attack based upon the backup data in the storage device. |
| US10628584B1 |
Functional language source code vulnerability scanner
A code scanning system has a syntax generation component that receives source code and generates an abstract syntax tree file. The system includes a white list of permitted pure functions, and a black list of prohibited impure functions. In addition, the system includes a static code analyzer for performing static analysis of the source code. The static code analyzer includes a function analyzer that receives the AST file and identifies the functions. Each function is compared to the white list, and if it is present, marked as permitted in a static analysis file. If the function is not on the white list, it is compared to the black list. If it is present on the black list, it is marked as prohibited in the static analysis file. If the function is not on the white or black list, it is marked as “unknown” and subjected to manual analysis. |
| US10628583B2 |
Detecting a spoofed image in an information handling system
A method, information handling system (IHS) and a detection system for detecting a spoofed firmware image in an IHS. The method includes a processor triggering a controller to execute a diagnostic image for testing an image under test. At least one first test result is received from the controller executing the diagnostic image. The method further includes determining whether the first test result is a valid first test result. In response to determining that the first test result is not a valid first test result, the image under test is identified as a spoofed image that has failed testing. An error message is generated that identifies the image under test as being a spoofed image and the error message is stored to an error log. |
| US10628582B2 |
Techniques for sharing network security event information
This disclosure provides techniques for pooling and searching network security events reported by multiple sources. As information representing a security event is received from one source, it is searched against a central or distributed database representing events reported from multiple, diverse sources (e.g., different client networks). Either the search or correlated results can be filtered and/or routed according at least one characteristic associated with the networks, for example, to limit correlation to events reported by what are presumed to be similarly situated networks. The disclosed techniques facilitate faster identification of high-relevancy security event information, and thereby help facilitate faster threat identification and mitigation. Various techniques can be implemented as standalone software (e.g., for use by a private network) or for a central pooling and/or query service. This disclosure also provides different examples of actions that can be taken in response to search results. |
| US10628578B2 |
Systems and methods for determining trust levels for computing components using blockchain
Systems and methods for determining trust levels for components of a computing application using a blockchain. The system may include a development framework, a trust matrix, a trust level calculation module, a visual design subsystem, and a deployment subsystem, where trust levels are associated with components, combinations of components, graphs, and blueprints, where trust levels relate to categories of use. |
| US10628572B2 |
Computer and data protection system
A computer and data protection system include a peripheral sharing device that is communicatively linked to an onboard internet server and a separate user computer. The onboard internet server is connected to a first communication port for communicating with the separate user computer, and a second communication port for communicating over the internet. A switch selectively transitions the system between a protected operating mode wherein the second communication port is disabled or disconnected, and an open operating mode wherein the first communication port is disabled or disconnected. The system includes an authentication unit having an input/output device for communicating with a removable key. The authentication unit functioning to provide system access only upon successful comparison of a user password that is stored on the physical key with a corresponding user password that is stored in the authentication unit. |
| US10628571B2 |
Systems and methods for high fidelity multi-modal out-of-band biometric authentication with human cross-checking
Systems and methods for high fidelity multi-modal out-of-band biometric authentication with cross-checking are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for integrated biometric authentication may include (1) receiving, from a user, biometric data; (2) at least one computer processor performing machine-based biometric matching on the biometric data; (3) the at least one computer processor determining that human identity confirmation is necessary; (4) the at least one computer processor processing the biometric data; (5) the at least one computer processor identifying at least one contact for human identity confirmation; (6) the at least one computer processor sending at least a portion of the processed biometric data for the user to the at least one contact; (7) receiving, from the at least one contact, human confirmation information; and (8) the at least one computer processor authenticating the user based on the machine-based biometric matching and the human confirmation information. |
| US10628568B2 |
Biometric recognition system
A biometric recognition system for a hand held computing device incorporating an inertial measurement unit (IMU) comprising a plurality of accelerometers and at least one gyroscope is disclosed. A tremor analysis component is arranged to: obtain from the IMU, accelerometer signals indicating device translational acceleration along each of X, Y and Z axes as well as a gyroscope signal indicating rotational velocity about the Y axis during a measurement window. Each of the IMU signals is filtered to provide filtered frequency components for the signals during the measurement window. The accelerometer signals are combined to provide a combined filtered accelerometer magnitude signal for the measurement window. A spectral density estimation is provided for each of the combined filtered accelerometer magnitude signal and the filtered gyroscope signal. An irregularity is determined for each spectral density estimation; and based on the determined irregularities, the tremor analysis component attempts to authenticate a user of the device. |
| US10628562B2 |
Method for protecting a computer program from being influenced, and computer system
The invention relates to a method for protecting a computer program from being influenced by an invasive program or by manipulation software for manipulating computer programs on a computer system comprising a processor, a main storage unit, and a storage medium. The method involves the Kerckhoffs's principle such that the protected computer program is freely accessible and can be read by an invasive program or manipulation software. Parts of the protected computer program are provided multiple times in the program code of the protected computer program as a result of the specialization of the computer program. Parts of the computer program are encrypted in order to prevent a statistical analysis of the computer program without the processor running the computer program, wherein a key which is required to decrypt the encrypted parts of the computer program is stored in a protected key storage unit which communicates with the computer. |
| US10628556B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing collaborative patient information
A method for providing collaborative patient information, the method comprising receiving patient trauma information; generating patient rehabilitation information based on the patient trauma information; associating the patient trauma information and the patient rehabilitation information with a patient identifier to provide a collaborative patient record; automatically providing a set of exercises from a database based on the collaborative patient record; receiving selection for at least one physical exercise from the set of physical exercises and providing audio-visual training information relating to the selected physical exercises to be added to the patient rehabilitation information; providing the audio-visual training information to be available for the patient; receiving feedback information relating to the training information and adding the feedback information to the collaborative patient record; and determining an automatic alert using at least one of the following: the patient trauma information; the patient rehabilitation information; and the feedback information. |
| US10628555B1 |
System and methods for disease management
A system and method for optimal disease treatment involving a disease management workflow for specific disease states, computer program products (that is, patient data repositories, workflow tools, and reports) to assist clinicians with the management of specific disease states, and the like for optimizing treatment and management of specific diseases. The system provides a workflow tool for a specific disease state that includes a pathway with decisions to be made by a clinician based on specific patient data from a repository and other patient information available to a clinician for treating a variety of medical conditions based on the up-to-date treatment information in order to provide patients with optimal treatment workflows for their specific medical conditions. A disease management pathway potentially includes parallel flows (also called “equal outcome variables”) where several drugs or other treatments have been shown to have substantially equal outcomes. |
| US10628550B2 |
Method for designing an integrated circuit, and method of manufacturing the integrated circuit
A method of manufacturing an IC includes detecting connectivity between polygons from layout data of the IC and extracting a layout netlist, by performing a DRC on the layout data. The DRC includes loading a rule file including a DRC syntax. The method includes performing LVS verification on the extracted layout netlist and schematic data of the IC to generate LVS result data. The method includes manufacturing the IC according to a layout based on the layout data and the LVS result data. |
| US10628547B1 |
Routing circuit designs for implementation using a programmable network on chip
Routing a circuit design for implementation in an integrated circuit having a programmable network on chip can include determining Quality of Service (QOS) parameters for data flows of a circuit design, wherein the data flows involve transfers of data between masters and slaves through the programmable network on chip and generating, using a processor, an expression having a plurality of variables representing the data flows, routing constraints, and the QOS parameters. A routing solution can be determined using the processor for the data flows of the circuit design by initiating execution of a SAT solver using the expression. |
| US10628544B2 |
Optimizing integrated circuit designs based on interactions between multiple integration design rules
A technique for optimizing integrated circuit (IC) designs based on interaction between multiple integration design rules is provided. For a plurality of IC features, total risk values are determined based on multiple integration design rules. IC features are ordered based on the total risk values. IC features having the highest total risk values are selected based on a threshold count. An IC design is clipped around the high-risk IC features. An overall failure rate is simulated for the clipped area. If the overall failure rate exceeds a threshold, a predicted failure rate for each design rule that applies to IC features within the clipped area is calculated. A high-risk design rule is identified based on the predicted failure rates. The IC design is modified such that a difference between a design rule value of the high-risk design rule and a corresponding design value is reduced. |
| US10628542B2 |
Core-only system management interrupt
An apparatus, including: a deterministic monitored device; an interconnect to communicatively couple the monitored device to a support circuit; a super queue to queue transactions between the monitored device and the support circuit, the super queue including an operational segment and a shadow segment; a debug data structure; and a system management agent to monitor transactions in the operational segment, log corresponding transaction identifiers in the shadow segment, and write debug data to the debug data structure, wherein the debug data are at least partly based on the corresponding transaction identifiers. |
| US10628540B2 |
Simulation method and simulation device
A method for simulating a peripheral circuit arrangement that can be connected to a control device is provided. A simulation device is electrically connected to the control device and has a first control element with which a first simulation current that can be passed from a first load terminal of the control device to a first control element output of the first control element can be influenced. The first control element includes a first multistage converter, and the simulation device also includes a first semiconductor switch control and a computing unit that executes model code. A first switch control signal is computed and provided for forwarding to the first semiconductor switch control, which has at least one first comparator. A pulse-width-modulated first gate-source voltage is generated and applied to a first control terminal and a first simulation current is influenced by the first gate-source voltage. |
| US10628535B2 |
Complete energy analytical model building information modeling (BIM) integration
A method and system provide a complete energy analytical model. An input model is acquired and consists of a combination of architectural building elements (ABEs) and conceptual massing elements (CMEs). The input model is pre-processed by extracting information from both the ABEs and the CMEs, and constructing virtual elements that encapsulate the extracted information. A discrete set of points in three-dimensional (3D) space that is distributed over boundary faces of the ABEs or CMEs is determined. The discrete set of points is used to provide a representation of the input model that is used in combination with a 3D cubical grid (a voxel grid) to analyze a spatial structure of the input model. A two-dimensional (2D) discrete approximation of the geometry of the input model is used to determine surfaces of the energy analytical model which is then output. |
| US10628533B2 |
Global optimization of networks of locally fitted objects
Aspects of the invention include global optimization of networks of locally fitted objects. An electronic representation of a network of intelligent objects is received. The network includes a plurality of intelligent objects and a plurality of gaps greater than a threshold between at least three of the intelligent objects. An aligned model of the network is created where all gaps in the aligned model of the network are less than the threshold. The creating includes optimizing a first plurality of the intelligent objects towards an axis of a second plurality of intelligent objects, and aligning the second plurality of intelligent objects towards the first plurality of intelligent objects. The optimizing and aligning are iteratively performed until a stopping condition is met. The aligned model of the network is output. |
| US10628529B2 |
Device and method for natural language processing
Methods for determining whether two sets of words are similar are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first set of words and a second set of words, whichare subsets of a vocabulary, and each of the first and second sets of words include word embeddings corresponding to each word. The method also includes determining a word membership function for each word in the vocabulary. Determining the word membership includes determining a set of similarity values, each representing the similarity between the word and a respective word in the vocabulary. The method also includes determining a membership function for the first and second sets of words based on the determined word membership functions, and determining a set-based coefficient for the similarity between the first and second sets of words based on the membership function. Systems and devices are also provided. |
| US10628527B2 |
Automatically cross-linking application programming interfaces
A method for automatically cross-linking a plurality of APIs in an artificial intelligence (AI) graph structure comprises maintaining an AI graph structure defining a plurality of API-agnostic semantic entities, a plurality of function nodes, a plurality of input-adapter edges, and a plurality of output adapter edges. The method further comprises cross-linking a new function from a new API by computer-analyzing documentation of the new API with a natural language processing (NLP) machine in order to recognize the new function, and updating the AI graph data structure to include a new function node based on the new function. |
| US10628525B2 |
Natural language processing of formatted documents
Detecting and incorporating formatting characteristics within natural language processing analytics. Source documents are ingested and the markup formatting language is identified by the program. Once identified, the markup language is parsed and examined for formatting characteristics, embedded notes, comments and other metadata. The formatting characteristics of the plain text are extracted, along with the plain text, and converted into a common analysis structure (CAS), or CAS-equivalent structure, which annotates the natural language text together with its respective formatting characteristics. The CAS or CAS-equivalent structures are stored and sent to a natural language processing pipeline for further analysis via complex algorithms and rules. The natural language processing results data are curated to reflect meaningful analysis of the extracted CAS or CAS-equivalent structure. |
| US10628513B2 |
Providing isolated extensibility for webpages with a unified manifest and omni-accessible platform script
To provide isolated extensibility for webpages, thereby enabling webpages to provide additional functionality supported by instructions whose execution is independent of execution of the instructions of the webpage, a unified manifest is utilized which comprises information regarding each of the extensions that can extend the functionality of the webpage, and a common extensibility platform script is invoked that provides the setup functionality to support such isolated extensibility. The extensibility platform script can be utilized by each extension thereby centralizing the relevant extension instantiation functionality. To provide for a unified manifest, a manifest associated with one extension can be copied into a manifest associated with another extension if the first extension indicates that it is capable of extending the second extension, or if the first extension is actually invoked by the second extension. Such a copy can occur when the extensions and their corresponding manifests are uploaded onto a server. |
| US10628512B2 |
Callback notification for unavailable websites
A server receives a first request for website access from an application on a device. The server determines the website is unavailable. The server identifies the status resource, wherein the status resource provides in-band updates on an availability of the website. The server provides status resource information to the device via the application on the device which communicated the first request. The server receives a second request for website access from the application on the device after the status resource information indicates that the website is available. The server provides access to the website. |
| US10628510B2 |
Web link quality analysis and prediction in social networks
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems for web link quality analysis. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to receive a first indication that a web link has been accessed by a first device and record one or more resources of the web link and actions taken on the one or more resources of the web link and generate a score for the web link based on one or more similar web links to the web link and then displaying the score associated with the web link. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to generate a second score for the web link based on actions taken on the web link and an amount of accessed resources of the one or more resources of the web link and generate a display of the second score associated with the web link. |
| US10628506B2 |
Using log data to train for automated sourcing
Techniques for using recruiter review data to create training, validation and test sets for automated sourcing are described. An example system obtains sample suggested candidate member profiles and sample search result member profiles in an online system. The system identifies unique pairs of member profiles, each pair consisting of one of the suggested candidate profiles and one of the search result profiles. Additionally, the system generates a label for each of the unique pairs of profiles. The label is generated using a score generated from log information of the online system, the log information including historical records of searcher feedback regarding members of the online system, the score being higher if the searcher accepted the sample search result member profile in a search session. Furthermore, the system inputs the labels into a machine learning algorithm to train a combined ranking model that outputs ranking scores for search result member profiles. |
| US10628503B2 |
Systems and methods for online web site lead generation service
The field of the invention relates to systems and methods for operation of lead generation service, and more particularly to systems and methods that generate leads for website owners based on the behavioral engagement of the users of the websites. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a lead generation server system coupled to a public network and accessible to one or more users. The lead generation server system includes a database that stores behavioral data associated with the one or more website users. The system is configured to respond to the one or more users based on the behavioral data, and to identify lead information for the website owner. |
| US10628502B2 |
Graph server querying for managing social network information flow
An online social network is managed using one server for database management tasks and another server, preferably in a distributed configuration, for CPU-intensive computational tasks, such as finding a shortest path between two members or a degree of separation between two members. The additional server has a memory device containing relationship information between members of the online social network and carries out the CPU-intensive computational tasks using this memory device. With this configuration, the number of database lookups is decreased and processing speed is thereby increased. |
| US10628500B2 |
Providing hyperlinks in presentations viewed remotely
Method and system for providing hyperlinks in a presentation to be viewed remotely are provided. A presenter computer system provides a presentation capable of being transmitted as presentation data to remote viewer computer systems. A display area content of a display area of the presentation is determined and link information obtained relating to one or more hyperlinks in the display area content including a link destination for each hyperlink. The link information is provided for transmission in association with the presentation data for the display area content in order to display corresponding hyperlinks at the displayed presentation at a viewer computer system. |
| US10628497B2 |
Dynamic content suggestion in sparse traffic environment
A computer system for dynamically surfacing related documents is provided. The computer system includes a processor that is a functional component of the computer system and is configured to execute instructions. The processor is operably coupled to a signal store having information indicative of a plurality of documents and relationships. A user interface component is coupled to the processor and is configured to receive a user selection of a first document. A dynamic suggestion component is configured to interact with the user interface component to receive an indication of the first document and access the signal store to provide a dynamic document suggestion based on relationships between other users and the plurality of documents in the signal store. |
| US10628493B2 |
Method and system for generating search query suggestions
A method of generating search query suggestions for a search query received in a search application. The method is executable by a processor communicatively coupled to the search application. The method includes receiving a search query and an indication of a current cursor position with respect thereto. The search query is a received search query and includes at least one received search query term. Responsive to the current cursor position being one of a plurality of predefined cursor positions, one of a plurality of suggest algorithms corresponding to one of a plurality of predefined suggest actions associated with the current cursor position is executed to define a suggested search query. Each one of the plurality of predefined cursor positions has associated therewith at least one of the plurality of predefined suggest actions. Each one of the plurality of predefined suggest actions corresponds to one of the plurality of suggest algorithms. |
| US10628490B2 |
Techniques for digital entity correlation
Techniques for using digital entity correlation to generate a composite knowledge graph from constituent graphs. In an aspect, digital attribute values associated with primary entities may be encoded into primitives, e.g., using a multi-resolution encoding scheme. A pairs graph may be constructed, based on seed pairs calculated from correlating encoded primitives, and further expanded to include subjects and objects of the seed pairs, as well as pairs connected to relationship entities. A similarity metric is computed for each candidate pair to determine whether a match exists. The similarity metric may be based on summing a weighted landing probability over all primitives associated directly or indirectly with each candidate pair. By incorporating primitive matches from not only the candidate pair but also from pairs surrounding the candidate pair, entity matching may be efficiently implemented on a holistic basis. |
| US10628487B2 |
Method for hash collision detection based on the sorting unit of the bucket
The present disclosure relates to a method for hash collision detection based on the sorting unit of the bucket designed to reduce the future search time by pre-aligning the database in the bucket and to enhance the efficiency in a search within the database. The present disclosure, a method for hash collision detection based on the sorting unit of the bucket using conventional separate chaining method, comprises aligning records in a single bucket of a directory in ascending order or descending order and maintaining the alignment of records in the bucket when new records are added to the directory. |
| US10628475B2 |
Runtime control of automation accuracy using adjustable thresholds
A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for maintaining a target accuracy level. A target accuracy level is received. Thresholds including ongoing adjustable automation thresholds for categories are computed based on the target accuracy level. Data is received and a classification score for the categories is generated with respect to the data based on a category knowledgebase. Furthermore, a classification score is detected for a category with a higher classification score than other categories of the plurality of categories that exceeds an ongoing adjustable automation threshold. A reply to the data is automatically sent out based on the category with the higher classification score. The action, the suggestion list, and corresponding received feedback are monitored to generate a historical performance dataset. An actual accuracy level is then determined based on the historical performance dataset. The ongoing adjustable automation threshold is then adjusted based on the actual accuracy level. |
| US10628474B2 |
Probabalistic generation of diverse summaries
A method for generating summaries includes selecting a first subset of text units of a text composition to incorporate into a first summary of the text composition using a weighting of the text units that indicates for each text unit a relative importance of including the text unit in summaries of the text composition. The weighting of the text units is modified to reduce the relative importance of each text unit in the first subset based on the text unit having been selected for the first subset. A second subset of the text units is selected to incorporate into a second summary of the text composition using the modified weighting of the text units. At least one of the first summary and the second summary are provided to a user device. |
| US10628469B2 |
Information processing method and electronic device
A method for information processing includes collecting input information, obtaining feedback information in response to the input information, and outputting the feedback information. The feedback information contains query sub-information. |
| US10628466B2 |
Smart exchange database index
A full-text index can be created for each mailbox of an EDB to facilitate the performance of complex queries to quickly search for email data. In this way, relevant email data can be identified and retrieved quickly and efficiently from the full-text index rather than from the EDB. To create such indexes, each email in a mailbox can be retrieved and processed to convert the email from its native format into textual name/value pairs which can then be submitted for indexing. This use of name/value pairs to index each email enables the emails across all mailboxes to be efficiently queried using any possible combination of values. |
| US10628456B2 |
Universal analytical data mart and data structure for same
A device and method are described for a universal analytical data mart and data structure for same. The analytical data mart (ADM) associated data structure is designed to allow data from disparate sources to be integrated, enabling streamlined business intelligence, reporting and ad hoc analysis. Conceptually, the ADM enables analytics and business intelligence from multiple frames of reference including people, such as parties and actors including individuals and organizations, places, such as addresses with geographic information at various levels of view, objects, such as insured properties, automobiles and machinery, and events, milestones which happen at points in time and provide analytical/business value. |
| US10628455B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing data
A method and apparatus for processing data are provided. The method and apparatus receive data relating to one or more computer implemented games. The data includes event identity information, which is parsed using an event definition of an event type. The event type is associated with the respective event identity information, wherein each event type belongs to an event class and to at least one semantic class. The parsed data is processed using information that defines one or more event classes or one or more semantic classes in order to provide a set of processed data. |
| US10628445B2 |
System, method and computer program product for performing a synchronization of data
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for performing a synchronization of data. These mechanisms and methods for performing a synchronization of data can enable a more efficient synchronization, time and resource savings, an enhanced user experience, etc. |
| US10628443B2 |
Data syncing in a distributed system
Disclosed are systems, computer-readable mediums, and methods for receiving a start replication message to replicate a source volume to a replicated volume. A source system forwards I/O requests to the replica server. A data structure associated with the replicated volume is initialized. A write request is received from the source system. The write data is written to the replicated volume and the data structure is updated. Source metadata associated with the source volume is received. The source metadata is compared with prior metadata associated with a prior point-in-time image of the source volume to determine blocks of data that have changed since the prior point-in-time image of the source volume. A first block is determined to not be retrieved based upon the data structure. A second block is determined to be retrieved based upon the data structure. The second block is received and written to the replicated volume. |
| US10628440B1 |
Randomization via dynamic representation and informed search
A method involves providing an information base comprising a plurality of domain-specific segments, each segment comprising a case base having cases therein and a transform base having transforms therein. Each case comprises a case antecedent and a case consequent. One or more cases are associated with one or more of transforms within the respective segment. A contextual situation falling within one of the domain-specific segments is then received and it is determined that the received contextual situation does not match the case antecedent of any of the cases within the particular domain-specific segment. One or more transforms are applied to one or more cases within the segment to create a transformed case. The transformed case has a case antecedent that matches the contextual situation and a case consequent. The case consequent of the transformed case is displayed to a user and the transformed case is stored in the case base. |
| US10628436B2 |
Data analysis reporting tool
The technology described herein improves presentation of data housed in large data stores (e.g., an enterprise data warehouse) by providing digital reporting tools (e.g., specific computer systems and software) to easily present analysis data to users. Further, the technology described herein allows for data analysis dashboards to provide dynamic manipulation of the underlying data without requiring significant computing resources and a connection to the data stores. Additionally, the technology described herein generates a portable dataset that contains only the relevant data to the request provided by a user, thus alleviating the concern for inadvertently exposing sensitive data. |
| US10628435B2 |
Extracting seasonal, level, and spike components from a time series of metrics data
Certain embodiments involve extracting seasonal, level, and spike components from a time series of metrics data, which describe interactions with an online service over a time period. For example, an analytical system decomposes the time series into latent components that include a seasonal component series, a level component series, a spike component series, and an error component series. The decomposition involves configuring an optimization algorithm with a constraint indicating that the time series is a sum of these latent components. The decomposition also involves executing the optimization algorithm to minimize an objective function subject to the constraint and identifying, from the executed optimization algorithm, the seasonal component series, the level component series, the spike component series, and the error component series that minimize the objective function. The analytical system outputs at least some latent components for anomaly-detection or data-forecasting. |
| US10628434B1 |
Systems and methods for indexing and searching rule-based models
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for indexing and clustering machine learned models. Moreover, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for searching indexed machine learned models and receiving suggested models based on the clustering of the same. |
| US10628433B2 |
Low memory sampling-based estimation of distinct elements and deduplication
Methods, computing systems and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include partitioning a dataset into a full set of logical data units, and selecting a sample subset of the full set, the sample subset including a random sample of the full set based on a sampling ratio. A set of target hash values are selected from a full range of hash values, and, using a hash function, a respective unit hash value is calculated for each of the logical data units in the sample subset. A histogram is computed that indicates a duplication count of each of the unit hash values that matches a given target hash value, and based on the histogram, a number of distinct logical data units in the full set is estimated. |