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US10727516B2	Compound and polymer electrolyte membrane using same The present specification relates to a novel compound, a polymer electrolyte membrane including the same, a membrane-electrode assembly including the polymer electrolyte membrane, a fuel cell including the membrane-electrode assembly, and a redox flow battery including the polymer electrolyte membrane.
US10727513B2	Modular fuel cell systems and methods A fuel cell module includes a fuel cell stack configured to produce an electrical output, power electronics circuitry configured to convert the electrical output of the fuel cell stack into a regulated output of the fuel cell module, module control electronics circuitry configured for communications within the fuel cell module and further configured for communications with master control electronics circuitry external to the fuel cell module, and a structure configured to connect together the fuel cell stack, the power electronics circuitry and the module control electronics circuitry as part of the fuel cell module that is unitary, and further configured for the unitary fuel cell module to be insertable as a unit into a multi-module system chassis.
US10727512B2	Device for monitoring electricity generation and method for monitoring electricity generation A device for monitoring electricity generation comprising: an acquirer that acquires a total value of cell voltage from multiple cells including fuel cells; an increaser that increases the anode gas now rate to the multiple cells when the total value shows a possibility of negative voltage occurring in some of the multiple cells; and a judger that judges if negative voltage occurred in some of the multiple cells based on the total value following the increase of the anode gas flow rate.
US10727510B2	Method of starting-up a fuel cell arrangement and fuel cell arrangement The invention relates to a method of starting-up a fuel cell arrangement (1) comprising a fuel processor (2) and a fuel cell (70), wherein the fuel processor (2) comprises the following components: a first evaporator (10), a reformer (20) arranged downstream of the first evaporator (10), a water-gas shift reactor (30), a PrOx reactor (40), a first heat exchanger (11), an afterburner (21) and a startup burner (50), wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) electrically heating a heating arrangement in the fuel processor (2) to heat a first gas (G1), b) heating the components of the fuel processor (2) to a fixed operating temperature by circulating the heated first gas (G1) through at least the first heat exchanger (11) and the afterburner (21), c) catalytically combusting an atomized or evaporated fuel (B) in the startup burner (50) and then afterburning hydrogen in the afterburner (21) for further heating of the first gas (G1) via at least one heat exchanger, d) introducing the fuel (B) into the preheated components of the fuel processor (2) and stopping the catalytic combustion in the startup burner (50), e) starting up at least one reaction in the components of the fuel processor (2), until an exit gas from a PrOx reactor (40) has a given CO content, and f) switching on the fuel cell (70). The invention further relates to a fuel cell arrangement.
US10727507B2	Fuel cell system including rupture part between hydrogen supply valve and hydrogen shut-off valve A fuel cell system including a hydrogen shut-off valve and a hydrogen supply valve connected therewith, the fuel cell system including: a holder capable of accommodating the hydrogen supply valve, wherein the holder includes a rupture part which may be formed at one point between the hydrogen supply valve and the hydrogen shut-off valve, and the hydrogen shut-off valve may be accommodated in one or more extended ends of the holder, and when the rupture part is cut off by external shock the hydrogen shut-off valve and the hydrogen supply valve are disconnected from each other.
US10727505B2	Flow battery that includes liquid containing mediator A flow battery comprises: a first liquid containing a redox mediator; a first electrode; a first active material; and a first circulator that circulates the first liquid between the first electrode and the first active material. The redox mediator contains a triphenylamine derivative. The triphenylamine derivative includes at least one phenyl group having one or more substituents at one or more of positions 2, 4, and 6.
US10727503B2	Fuel cell separator for preventing flooding and fuel cell stack including the same A separator for a fuel cell includes a channel having a passage that is a flow path of a reaction gas, a manifold part formed at a peripheral of the channel and communicating with the passage such that the reaction gas is introduced into and discharged from the channel, and a connector connecting the channel and the manifold part such that the reaction gas flows between the channel and the manifold part. The manifold part includes an inlet manifold through which the reaction gas is introduced into the channel and formed at a lower portion of the channel, and an outlet manifold configured to discharge the reaction gas from the channel to an outside of the fuel cell and formed at an upper portion of the channel.
US10727496B2	Fuel cell oxidation reduction reaction catalyst A fuel cell oxidation reduction reaction catalyst includes a carbon powder substrate, an amorphous conductive metal oxide intermediate layer on the substrate, and a plurality of chained electrocatalyst particle strands bound to the layer to form an interconnected network film thereon having a thickness of up to 10 atom monolayers.
US10727495B2	Nitrogen-containing carbon material and process for producing nitrogen-containing carbon material, and slurry, ink, and electrode for fuel cell A nitrogen-containing carbon material containing a nitrogen atom, a carbon atom, and a metal element X, in which the atomic ratio (N/C) of the nitrogen atom to the carbon atom is 0.005 to 0.3, the content of the metal element X is 0.1 to 20% by mass, and the average particle diameter is 1 to 300 nm.
US10727494B2	Fuel cell A solid oxide fuel cell is disclosed herein. The fuel cell includes a silicon substrate, an electrolyte film laminated on the silicon substrate, and a gas flow path formed inside the silicon substrate. The electrolyte film is opposed to the gas flow path via an electrode film. A portion of a side wall of the gas flow path has a fillet shape, and the portion is close to the electrolyte film.
US10727493B2	Oriented apatite-type doped rare earth silicate and/or germanate ion conductor and method for manufacturing same In order to provide a novel oriented apatite-type oxide ion conductor which can achieve an increase in area through suppression of crack generation and preferably can be manufactured more inexpensively by an uncomplicated process, an oriented apatite-type oxide ion conductor composed of a composite oxide represented by A9.33+x[T6−yMy]O26.00+z A in the formula is one kind or two or more kinds of elements selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba. T in the formula is an element including Si, Ge, or both of them. M in the formula is one kind or two or more kinds of elements selected from the group consisting of B, Ge, Zn, Sn, W, and Mo.
US10727488B2	Redox mediators for metal-sulfur batteries Metal-sulfur energy storage devices also comprising new redox mediator compounds are described.
US10727487B2	Anode for fluoride ion battery An anode for a fluoride ion electrochemical cell is provided and includes a layered material of hard carbon, nitrogen doped graphite, boron doped graphite, TiS2, MoS2, TiSe2, MoSe2, VS2, VSe2, electrides of alkali earth metal nitrides, electrides of metal carbides, or combinations thereof. The anode may be included in a fluoride ion electrochemical cell, which additionally includes a cathode and a fluoride ion electrolyte arranged between the cathode and the anode. At least one of the cathode and the anode reversibly exchange the fluoride ions with the electrolyte during charging or discharging of the electrochemical cell.
US10727486B2	Lithium oxyhalide electrochemical cell with carbon monofluoride The present invention relates to an oxyhalide electrochemical cell comprising an anode of a Group IA metal and a cathode of a composite material prepared from a first electrochemically active carbonaceous material and a second electrochemically non-active carbonaceous material. The cathode material of the present invention provides increased discharge capacity compared to traditional lithium oxyhalide cells. In addition, the cathode material of the present invention is chemically stable which makes it particularly useful for applications that require increased rate capability in extreme environmental conditions such as those found in oil and gas exploration.
US10727483B2	Oxide electrolyte sintered body and method for producing the same An oxide electrolyte sintered body with high lithium ion conductivity and a method for producing the same, which can obtain the oxide electrolyte sintered body with high lithium ion conductivity by sintering at lower temperature than ever before. The method for producing an oxide electrolyte sintered body may comprise the steps of: preparing crystal particles of a garnet-type ion-conducting oxide which comprises Li, H, at least one kind of element L selected from the group consisting of an alkaline-earth metal and a lanthanoid element, and at least one kind of element M selected from the group consisting of a transition element that can be 6-coordinated with oxygen and typical elements belonging to the Groups 12 to 15, and which is represented by a general formula (Lix−3y−z,Ey,Hz)LαMβOγ (where E is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, Fe and Si, 3≤x−3y−z≤7, 0≤y<0.22, 0
US10727481B2	Energy storage devices A novel hybrid lithium-ion anode material based on coaxially coated Si shells on vertically aligned carbon nanofiber (CNF) arrays. The unique cup-stacking graphitic microstructure makes the bare vertically aligned CNF array an effective Li+ intercalation medium. Highly reversible Li+ intercalation and extraction were observed at high power rates. More importantly, the highly conductive and mechanically stable CNF core optionally supports a coaxially coated amorphous Si shell which has much higher theoretical specific capacity by forming fully lithiated alloy. Addition of surface effect dominant sites in close proximity to the intercalation medium results in a hybrid device that includes advantages of both batteries and capacitors.
US10727479B2	Method of producing multi-level graphene-protected anode active material particles for battery applications Provided is a method of producing a mass of graphene-embraced particulates, comprising (A) peeling off graphene sheets from graphite particles and directly or indirectly transferring these graphene sheets to encapsulate primary particles of an anode active material using an energy-impact device, wherein multiple graphene sheets are overlapped together to embrace or encapsulate a primary particle; and (B) combining the resulting graphene-encapsulated primary particles with additional graphene sheets, along with an optional conductive additive, to form graphene-embraced particulates. Also provided are an anode electrode comprising multiple graphene-embraced particulates and a battery comprising such an anode electrode.
US10727478B2	Negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery and method for manufacturing the same A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery using lithium metal for the negative electrode and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes forming a protective layer for dendrite prevention of the negative electrode. The method for manufacturing a negative electrode may be achieved by a process including coating a slurry containing fluorocarbon and/or fluorinated metal dispersed in a solvent onto a lithium metal layer and drying the slurry.
US10727475B2	Precursors for lithium transition metal oxide cathode materials for rechargeable batteries A particulate precursor compound for manufacturing a lithium transition metal oxide powder for use as an active positive electrode material in lithium-ion batteries, the precursor having the general formula NixMnyCozAaOv(OH)w, wherein 0.150.7, and the XRD pattern being free of peaks belonging to either one or both of a spinel and an oxyhydroxide compound.
US10727470B2	Quick connection battery terminal A battery terminal having a post-engaging portion configured to receive a battery post. The post-engaging portion has an arcuate portion having a first portion, a second portion and a slot separating the first portion from the second portion. Wherein in response to the lever being moved toward a closed position, the first portion and second portion are subjected to a tensile force, causing the first portion and the second portion to elongate while not exceeding the yield strength of the first portion and the second portion generating stored energy in the first portion and the second portion. The stored energy results in a constant normal force being applied by the first portion and the second portion of to the battery post to provide and maintain a gastight electrical contact interface between the first portion and the second portion and the battery post.
US10727467B2	Wiring module A wiring module comprising: a detection wire that has a core wire and an insulating coating covering the core wire and that detects a state of a power storage element, a bus bar, and a wire connection portion formed on the end portion of the bus bar and to which the end portion of the detection wire is connected. The wire connection portion includes a core wire connection portion to which the core wire of the detection wire is connected. The core wire connection portion includes a first core wire connection portion for drawing out the detection wire in one direction and a second core wire connection portion for drawing out the detection wire in another direction that is different from the one direction.
US10727463B2	Long porous separator sheet, method for producing the same, roll, and lithium-ion battery A lateral surface (12e) of a long separator sheet (12a, 12b) has a value of edge length (R)/longer side length (P) which is less than 1.04. It is therefore possible to provide the long porous separator sheet that is less likely to be torn in processing.
US10727460B2	Battery pack A battery pack includes a first casing, a plurality of battery cells, and a second screw, for example. The first casing is supported by a support member and includes an insulating first outer wall. The battery cells are housed in the first casing. The first outer wall is provided with a second screw that is connectable to a first screw. The first casing is supported by the support member with the first screw fitted into the second screw, placing the support member in-between the first screw and the second screw.
US10727458B2	Interchangeable carriage for an energy storage and power supply device An energy storage and power supply device includes a housing, an energy storage unit disposed within the housing, a top portion extending from the housing, a first module, and a different, second module. The top portion defines a cavity. The first module and the second module are interchangeable and removably receivable within the cavity.
US10727457B2	System for supplying power to a portable battery using at least one solar panel A system for supplying power to a portable battery pack including a battery enclosed by a wearable and replaceable pouch or skin using at least one solar panel is disclosed, wherein the pouch or skin can be provided in different colors and/or patterns. Further, the pouch or skin can be MOLLE-compatible. The battery comprises a battery element housed between a battery cover and a back plate, wherein the battery element, battery cover, and back plate have a slight curvature or contour. Further, the battery comprises flexible leads.
US10727455B2	Power storage device A power storage device includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode, a first collector terminal connected to the first electrode, a second collector terminal connected to the second electrode, an accommodation case which accommodates the electrode assembly, and an insulating film arranged between the accommodation case and the electrode assembly. The first collector terminal is higher in electrical conduction resistance than the second collector terminal. The insulating film is provided with a first cut at a position adjacent to the first collector terminal and a second cut at a position adjacent to the second collector terminal. The first cut is smaller in area than the second cut.
US10727451B2	Display substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and display device A display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The manufacturing method of the display substrate includes: forming light emitting units of at least two colors on a base substrate, which includes: forming a first electrode, a light emitting layer and a second electrode on the base substrate. An electrode sub-layer and a transparent structure are formed on the base substrate to form the first electrode. A first transparent conductive layer, a transparent etching barrier layer and a second transparent conductive layer are formed on a side of the electrode sub-layer away from the base substrate to form the transparent structure of the first color light emitting unit. An etching rate of the first transparent conductive layer and an etching rate of the second transparent conductive layer are substantially identical, and thicknesses of transparent structures in different light emitting units are different.
US10727450B2	Organic light emitting display apparatus with penetrating portion and method of manufacturing same A display apparatus includes a flexible substrate, a thin-film transistor unit, and a light-emitting unit. The flexible substrate includes a display area has a first area, a peripheral area which is adjacent to the display area, and a first penetrating portion corresponding to the first area. The thin-film transistor unit is in the display area and at least a portion of the peripheral area. The thin-film transistor unit includes a thin-film transistor and an insulation layer and has a second penetrating portion at a location corresponding to the first penetrating portion. The light-emitting unit is on the thin-film transistor unit and includes a pixel electrode, an intermediate layer including an emission layer, and a counter electrode.
US10727447B2	Electroluminescent display device An electroluminescent display device includes a thin film transistor disposed on a substrate; a passivation layer disposed on the thin film transistor; a plurality of metallic patterns disposed to be spaced apart from each other on the passivation layer; a reflective electrode disposed conforming to the shapes of the plurality of metallic patterns and a top surface of the passivation layer and including a plurality of protruding portions; an overcoat layer disposed on the passivation layer and the reflective electrode and including an opening configured to expose a top surface of each of the plurality of protruding portions; a first electrode disposed on the reflective electrode and the overcoat layer and electrically connected to the reflective electrode; an light-emitting layer disposed on the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the light-emitting layer.
US10727445B2	Organic light emitting display panel and display device An organic light emitting display panel and a display device are disclosed, which alleviate or eliminate the phenomena of colored edges and stripes, and reduce the effect of an over fuzzy pattern edge. The organic light emitting display panel includes a substrate, and pixels, which are formed on the substrate by an evaporation mask plate, and each of which is provided with an organic light emitting diode. The organic light emitting display panel further includes a TFE layer on the organic light emitting diode, a flexible blocking layer above the TFE layer, and at least a light diffuse layer between the flexible blocking layer and the organic light emitting diode.
US10727443B2	Organic light emitting display Provided is an organic light emitting display comprising: a substrate including a light emitting zone and a non-light emitting zone, which is positioned around the outside of the light emitting zone; at least one organic light emitting diode formed on the light emitting zone; an encapsulation layer for sealing the organic light emitting diode; and a dam formed on the non-light emitting zone, wherein the encapsulation layer includes a structure in which at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer are alternatingly stacked, wherein the organic layer is made from a display sealing material composition, and wherein the display sealing material composition comprises a photo-curable monomer and a photopolymerization initiator. The photo-curable monomer comprises: a monomer not having an aromatic hydrocarbon group; and a monomer, represented by chemical formula 1, having at least two substituted or non-substituted phenyl groups, wherein the photo-curable monomer comprises approximately 5 wt. % to 45 wt. % of the monomer having the at least two substituted or non-substituted phenyl groups, and approximately 55 wt. % to 95 wt. % of a monomer not having the aromatic hydrocarbon group.
US10727436B2	Organic light emitting display and method of fabricating the same A method of fabricating an organic light emitting display, includes forming light emitting elements on a substrate; forming an encapsulation unit including inorganic encapsulation layers and at least one organic encapsulation layer disposed between the inorganic encapsulation layers; forming touch sensing lines and touch driving lines intersecting each other, at least one of the touch sensing lines or at least one of the touch driving lines being disposed on at least one of the inorganic encapsulation layers or the at least one organic encapsulation layer; forming routing lines respectively connected to the touch driving lines and the touch sensing lines, routing pads respectively connected to the routing lines, and touch pad electrodes disposed outside at least one of the inorganic encapsulation layers or the at least one organic encapsulation layer of the encapsulation unit; and forming pad connection electrodes to conductively connect the routing pads to the touch pad electrodes.
US10727434B2	Display device with structure for preventing organic material overflow A display device includes a substrate having a display area, in which an image is displayed, and a non-display area, in which no image is displayed. The non-display area is disposed on at least one side of the display area. A plurality of pixels is disposed in the display area. An encapsulation layer is disposed on the plurality of pixels. A dam unit is disposed in the non-display area. The dam unit includes a body part and a plurality of protrusions. Each of the plurality of protrusions protrudes from the body part.
US10727433B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area; pixel electrodes in the display area and spaced apart from each other; a pixel-defining layer exposing upper surfaces of the pixel electrodes, covering edges of the pixel electrodes, and including an inorganic insulating material; an auxiliary electrode on the pixel-defining layer; a first intermediate layer on a first pixel electrode among the pixel electrodes; a first opposite electrode on the first intermediate layer; a second intermediate layer on a second pixel electrode from among the pixel electrodes, the second pixel electrode neighboring the first pixel electrode; a second opposite electrode on the second intermediate layer and electrically connected to the first opposite electrode via the auxiliary electrode; a power voltage supply line in the peripheral area; and a connection electrode layer electrically connecting the auxiliary electrode to the power voltage supply line.
US10727428B1	Organic-semiconducting hybrid solar cell The embodiment of this invention lies on experimental evidence of photoconductivity activity of a hybrid solar cell, organic/chalcogenide. The device is made of thin layers of conductive indium-tin-oxide (ITO) on glass with a 100 nm layer of chalcogenide molybdenum di-sulfide (MoS2) and a thin layer of about ˜50 nm of complex organic compound assembled at room temperature. The device was tested to conventional electrical transport measurements in the regime of −1V to 1V under electromagnetic radiation simulator at 100 mW/cm2. Results indicate solar conversion efficiency of 2.48% and current density of 6.35 mA/cm2.
US10727426B2	Thin film transistor, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device including the same A thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, an organic semiconductor overlapping the gate electrode, an insulator between the gate electrode and the organic semiconductor, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the organic semiconductor, respectively. The organic semiconductor is capable of being applied by a solution process, the insulator includes an inorganic insulating layer having a surface facing the organic semiconductor, and the surface includes a coating with a polysiloxane having an acrylic terminal group.
US10727425B2	Foldable display device capable of preventing damage on internal elements caused by external impact and method of manufacturing the same A foldable display device and its manufacturing method are disclosed, in which a flexible cover plastic is used as a cover window and internal elements may be prevented from being damaged due to external impact. The foldable display device comprising a thin film transistor substrate; a first adhesive layer arranged on the thin film transistor substrate; a second adhesive layer arranged outside the first adhesive layer on the thin film transistor substrate; and a touch substrate arranged on the first and second adhesive layers, wherein the second adhesive layer includes a rigid material and is arranged on areas outside the first adhesive layer except a folding area where the thin film transistor substrate is folded.
US10727424B2	Flexible display device A flexible display device has, in a folding portion, a slit that partitions a second electrode provided in common for a plurality of pixels, between a plurality of display units. In a plan view, in the slit, at least one of an organic insulating film, banks, and an organic layer has a slit, and a bulging portion formed by the organic insulating film and the banks is provided so as to surround each of the partitioned second electrodes.
US10727423B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices A compound having a metal coordination complex structure, where the compound is capable of functioning as a phosphorescent emitter in an organic light emitting device at room temperature is disclosed. The compound has a first ligand coordinated to a metal. The free-state of the first ligand has a first triplet energy T1 of EL at 77K, while the compound has a first triplet energy T1 of E at 77K, and the difference in energy (ΔE) between E and EL is ≤250 meV. The compound has a triplet emission spectrum with a FWHM value of no more than 45 nm. Organic light emitting devices, consumer products, and formulations containing the compounds are also disclosed.
US10727422B2	Synthesis of four coordinated palladium complexes and their applications in light emitting devices thereof Synthesis of four coordinated palladium complexes and their applications in light emitting devices thereof.
US10727420B2	Compound and organic light-emitting device including the same Provided is a compound represented by Formula 1 below: wherein Formula 1 is described in the detailed description.
US10727417B2	Organic light-emitting device An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; an emission layer (EML) between the first electrode and the second electrode; a hole transport region between the first electrode and the EML; an electron transport layer (ETL) between the EML and the second electrode, and including a first electron transport material; a first buffer layer between the EML and the ETL, and including a first buffer material; and a second buffer layer between the first buffer layer and the ETL, and including a second buffer material and a second electron transport material, wherein the first buffer material and the second buffer material are each independently selected from compounds represented by Formula 1 below, and the first buffer layer does not include an electron transport material:
US10727415B2	Phosphine-based compound and organic electroluminescence device including the same A phosphine-based compound and an organic electroluminescence device including the same, the phosphine-based compound being represented by the following Formula 1:
US10727414B2	Functional hole transport materials for optoelectronic and/or electrochemical devices The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) based on a structure including functionalized spirofluorene and fused aromatics or non-aromatic rings with at least one heteroatom, and used as hole transporting material in a optoelectronic and/or photoelectrochemical device.
US10727410B2	Surface modifier for transparent oxide electrode, surface-modified transparent oxide electrode, and method for producing surface-modified transparent oxide electrode A surface modifier for a transparent oxide electrode contains a reactive silyl compound represented by General Formula (1): Rf—X-A-SiR13-n(OR2)n (1) in which, Rf is an aryl group having 10 or fewer carbon atoms that may have an alkyl substituent having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, wherein at least one hydrogen atom is replaced with a fluorine atom, X represents a divalent group selected from —O—, —NH—, —C(═O)O—, —C(═O)NH—, —OC(═O)NH—, —NHC(═O)NH—, or a single bond, A represents a straight chain, branched chain or cyclic aliphatic divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aromatic divalent hydrocarbon group, or a single bond, a surface-modified transparent oxide electrode formed by coating with the surface modifier. A method for producing a surface-modified transparent oxide electrode is also provided.
US10727408B2	Access devices to correlated electron switch Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to programmable fabrics including correlated electron switch devices.
US10727405B2	Chalcogenide memory device components and composition Systems, devices, and methods related to or that employ chalcogenide memory components and compositions are described. A component of a memory cell, such as a selector device, storage device, or self-selecting memory device, may be made of a chalcogenide material composition. A chalcogenide material may have a composition that includes one or more elements from the boron group, such as boron, aluminum, gallium, indium, or thallium. The chalcogenide material, for instance, may have a composition of selenium, germanium, and at least one of boron, aluminum, gallium, indium, or thallium. The chalcogenide material may in some cases also include arsenic, but may in some cases lack arsenic.
US10727404B1	Tunable resistive element A tunable resistive element includes a first terminal, a second terminal and a resistive layer having a tunable resistive material. The resistive layer is arranged between the first terminal and the second terminal. The resistive element further includes a piezoelectric layer having a piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric layer is adapted to apply stress to the resistive layer. An electrical resistance of the tunable resistive material is dependent upon a first electrical control signal applied to the first terminal and the second terminal as well as upon the stress applied by the piezoelectric layer to the resistive layer. The stress applied by the piezoelectric layer is dependent on a second electrical control signal applied to the piezoelectric layer.
US10727401B2	Magnetic random access memory A memory cell of a magnetic random access memory includes multiple layers disposed between a first metal layer and a second metal layer. At least one of the multiple layers include one selected from the group consisting of an iridium layer, a bilayer structure of an iridium layer and an iridium oxide layer, an iridium-titanium nitride layer, a bilayer structure of an iridium layer and a tantalum layer, and a binary alloy layer of iridium and tantalum.
US10727397B1	Magnetoresistive random access memory cell A magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) cell includes a substrate having a dielectric layer disposed thereon, a conductive via disposed in the dielectric layer, and a cylindrical stack disposed on the conductive via. The cylindrical stack includes a bottom electrode, a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) layer on the bottom electrode, and a top electrode on the MTJ layer. A spacer layer is disposed on a sidewall of the cylindrical stack. The top electrode protrudes from a top surface of the spacer layer.
US10727394B1	Non-linear bi-stable buckled beam energy harvester using repulsive magnetic force for asymmetry compensation A system that may be used for energy harvesting includes a flexible beam secured between a first support and a second support. The supports are spaced apart at a distance less than a length of the flexible beam such that the beam is buckled. Responsive to external vibrations the flexible beam switches between a first position and a second position. A magnetic proof mass is coupled to the flexible beam at the beam's midpoint. At least one permanent magnet is positioned proximate to the magnetic proof mass and has the same polarity. The permanent magnet is positioned to expose the magnetic proof mass to a repulsive force when the magnetic proof mass is located at both the first position and the second position. Piezoelectric transducers are located above and below the first and second positions of the flexible beam to harvest energy.
US10727393B1	Stack actuators array and deformable mirrors by utilizing wafer dicing, conductor refilling, and hybrid integrating and assembly techniques A method of fabricating pre-structured functional wafers, pre-structured functional cuboid or wafer stack, and a method of fabricating an array of functional multilayer stack actuators made of relaxor ferroelectric single crystal piezoelectric thin layers comprising sequentially repeated steps of wafer dicing and trench refilling into relatively thick wafer(s). A bulk-micromachined dimensioned deformable mirror device comprising a base supporting substrate, a plurality of stack actuators that is made by segmenting a pre-structured relaxor ferroelectric single crystal piezoelectric cuboid or wafer stack, a plurality of pedestals disposed on the plurality of stack actuators; a deformable membrane mirror mounted on said pedestals; and a plurality of addressable electrode contacts.
US10727392B2	Liquid ejection apparatus An actuator device includes: an actuator including a first contact; and a wire member including a second contact connected to the first contact with a conductive adhesive including a conductive particle. One of the first contact and the second contact is a particular contact. The other of the first contact and the second contact is a specific contact. At least two protrusions and at least one recess are formed on and in the particular contact. The at least two protrusions are arranged in a first direction. The at least one recess is interposed between the at least two protrusions. The particular contact is joined to the specific contact with the conductive adhesive provided in the at least one recess, in a state in which each of the at least two protrusions is in contact with the specific contact.
US10727391B2	Bump bonded cryogenic chip carrier A technique relates to a device. First thin films are characterized by having a first opposing surface and a first connection surface in which the first connection surface is in physical contact with a first superconducting region. Second thin films are characterized by having a second opposing surface and a second connection surface in which the first and second opposing surfaces are opposite one another. The second connection surface is in physical contact with a second superconducting region. A solder material electrically connects the first and second opposing surfaces, and the solder material is characterized by maintaining a low ohmic electrical contact between the first and second opposing surfaces at temperatures below 100 degrees Kelvin. The first and second superconducting regions are formed of materials that have a melting point of at least 700 degrees Celsius.
US10727390B2	Distributed thermoelectrics and climate components using same A thermoelectric assembly includes first and second shunts spaced apart from one another in a through-plane direction. At least one of the first and second shunts having a shunt area in an in-plane direction. P-n pellets interconnect the first and second shunts electrically in series with one another in the in-plane direction. The p-n pellets have faces that engage the first and second shunts. At least one of the faces have a pellet area. The pellet area is substantially less than the shunt area.
US10727384B2	Device with semiconductor chips on a primary carrier A device with semiconductor chips on a primary carrier is disclosed. In an embodiment a device includes a primary carrier, a plurality of semiconductor chips arranged on the primary carrier, a radiation conversion material arranged at least in places on the semiconductor chips and the primary carrier, a secondary carrier to which the primary carrier is attached and a scattering body arranged on a front side of the secondary carrier facing the primary carrier, the scattering body covering the semiconductor chips, wherein the primary carrier is formed reflective to primary radiation at least in a region of the semiconductor chips, and wherein, during operation of the device, at least secondary radiation exits through a front side of the scattering body facing away from the secondary carrier and through a rear side of the secondary carrier facing away from the primary carrier.
US10727383B2	LED package structure An LED package structure includes a substrate, an electrode layer and an insulating layer in a coplanar arrangement and disposed on the substrate, an LED chip mounted on the electrode layer and the insulating layer, a phosphor sheet covering entirely a top surface of the LED chip, a first translucent layer disposed on a light emitting surface of the phosphor sheet, and a reflective housing covering the side surfaces of the LED chip and the side surfaces of the phosphor sheet. The light emitting surface has a central region and a ring-shaped region surrounding the central region. The first translucent layer covers at least 60% of an area of the ring-shaped region. A refractive index of the first translucent layer is larger than one and is smaller than that of the phosphor sheet. A top surface of the reflective housing is substantially flush with the light emitting surface.
US10727375B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a flexible substrate, at least one light emitting element, and a cover member. The flexible substrate has a first surface and a second surface, and includes a flexible base member and wiring portions disposed on a first surface side. The cover member is arranged on the second surface of the flexible substrate and defines at least a part of a recess defining an air layer. The recess is positioned so that a total maximum thickness of the flexible substrate and the cover member in a region corresponding to a region on the first surface where the at least one light emitting element is arranged is smaller than a total maximum thickness of the flexible substrate and the cover member in a region other than the region corresponding to the region on the first surface where the at least one light emitting element is arranged.
US10727367B2	Cost-efficient high power PECVD deposition for solar cells A method for forming a photovoltaic device includes providing a substrate. A layer is deposited to form one or more layers of a photovoltaic stack on the substrate. The depositing of the amorphous layer includes performing a high power flash deposition for depositing a first portion of the layer. A low power deposition is performed for depositing a second portion of the layer.
US10727365B2	Energy conversion system A method of emitting photons at a desired wavelength, including: providing a material having a first region of high absorption of radiation at a first set of wavelength of radiation, contiguous with a second region of low absorption of radiation at a shorter set of wavelengths, and a third region of high emission at a further shorter set of wavelengths; applying energy to the material at the first region, such that most of an effective black body radiation of said material at a temperature of the material would fall within the second region and be configured to transfer energy to said third region and not overlap with the first region; and emitting energy from the material at the third region, powered by said applying energy.
US10727360B2	Photoelectric conversion device and method for manufacturing same A method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device, wherein the photoelectric conversion device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity-type region, a second conductivity-type region, and a boundary region on a first principal surface of a semiconductor substrate, the boundary region being in contact with and separating the first conductivity-type region and the second conductivity-type region, the method including: stacking a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer over the second conductivity-type region and the boundary region on the first principal surface of the semiconductor substrate; stacking an insulating layer over the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer in the boundary region; stacking a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer over the first conductivity-type region on the first principal surface of the semiconductor substrate and on the insulating layer; stacking an electrode layer on the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer and the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer; and forming a separation groove that separates the electrode layer.
US10727357B2	Photovoltaic power generation system inspection apparatus and inspection method A defect number determination unit determines whether or not a solar cell string is defective in a plurality of positions on the basis of whether or not a combined impedance found from impedances in the case where an inspection signal is applied to a P terminal and an N terminal of the solar cell string deviates from a reference impedance by greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold.
US10727354B2	Semiconductor device having vertical channel and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a vertical channel structure including a pair of active fins extended in a first direction, perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and an insulating portion interposed between the pair of active fins; an upper source/drain disposed on the vertical channel structure; a lower source/drain disposed below the vertical channel structure and on the substrate; a gate electrode disposed between the upper source/drain and the lower source/drain and surrounding the vertical channel structure; and a gate dielectric layer disposed between the gate electrode and the vertical channel structure. An interval between the gate electrode and the upper source/drain may be smaller than an interval between the gate electrode and the lower source/drain in the first direction.
US10727351B2	Semiconductor structures and methods with high mobility and high energy bandgap materials An embodiment is a structure comprising a substrate, a high energy bandgap material, and a high carrier mobility material. The substrate comprises a first isolation region and a second isolation region. Each of first and second isolation regions extends below a first surface of the substrate between the first and second isolation regions. The high energy bandgap material is over the first surface of the substrate and is disposed between the first and second isolation regions. The high carrier mobility material is over the high energy bandgap material. The high carrier mobility material extends higher than respective top surfaces of the first and second isolation regions to form a fin.
US10727350B2	Multi-layer film device and method A device, structure, and method are provided whereby an insert layer is utilized to provide additional support for weaker and softer dielectric layer. The insert layer may be applied between two weaker dielectric layers or the insert layer may be used with a single layer of dielectric material. Once formed, trenches and vias are formed within the composite layers, and the insert layer will help to provide support that will limit or eliminate undesired bending or other structural motions that could hamper subsequent process steps, such as filling the trenches and vias with conductive material.
US10727349B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes an active fin on a substrate, a device isolation film covering a lower portion of the active fin, a gate structure covering the active fin and the device isolation film, and a gate spacer on a side wall of the gate structure, wherein a side wall of the gate structure disposed on the device isolation film is inclined at a uniform inclination from a point higher than a half of a height of the gate structure to a bottom of the gate structure, and an inner side wall of the gate spacer on the device isolation film is inclined at a uniform inclination from a point higher than a half of a height of the gate spacer to a bottom of the gate spacer while forming an acute angle with a bottom surface of the gate spacer.
US10727346B2	FinFET device and method of forming A finFET device and a method of forming are provided. The device includes a transistor comprising a gate electrode and a first source/drain region next to the gate electrode, the gate electrode being disposed over a first substrate. The device also includes a first dielectric layer extending along the first source/drain region, and a second dielectric layer overlying the first dielectric layer. The device also includes a contact disposed in the first dielectric layer and in the second dielectric layer, the contact contacting the gate electrode and the first source/drain region. A first portion of the first dielectric layer extends between the contact and the gate electrode. The contact extends along a sidewall of the first portion of the first dielectric layer and a first surface of the first portion of the first dielectric layer, the first surface of the first portion being farthest from the first substrate.
US10727344B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with multilayered channel structure A semiconductor device includes a fin field effect transistor (FinFET). The FinFET includes a channel disposed on a fin, a gate disposed over the channel and a source and drain. The channel includes at least two pairs of a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer has a different lattice constant than the second semiconductor layer. A thickness of the first semiconductor layer is three to ten times a thickness of the second semiconductor layer at least in one pair.
US10727342B2	Source and drain stressors with recessed top surfaces An integrated circuit structure includes a gate stack over a semiconductor substrate, and a silicon germanium region extending into the semiconductor substrate and adjacent to the gate stack. The silicon germanium region has a top surface, with a center portion of the top surface recessed from edge portions of the top surface to form a recess. The edge portions are on opposite sides of the center portion.
US10727333B2	Semiconductor device including laterally diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor and method for manufacturing the same According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region, a third semiconductor region, an insulating unit, a void, a gate insulating film and a gate electrode. The second semiconductor region provides on a part of the first semiconductor region. The third semiconductor region provides on one other part of the first semiconductor region. The insulating unit provides on a part of the second semiconductor region. The void provides at a lower part of the insulating unit. The gate insulating film provides on a part of the first semiconductor region between the second semiconductor region and the third semiconductor region. The gate electrode provides on the gate insulating film. A position in a first direction of at least a part of the void is between the insulating unit and the third semiconductor region.
US10727332B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor body and a metal layer between the substrate and the semiconductor body. The device further includes first and second electrodes, a first control electrode between the semiconductor body and the first electrode; and a second control electrode between the semiconductor body and the second electrode. The semiconductor body includes a first to fifth semiconductor layers. The second semiconductor layer is provided between the first semiconductor layer and the first electrode. The third semiconductor layer is selectively provided between the second semiconductor layer and the first electrode. The fourth semiconductor layer is provided between the first semiconductor layer and the second electrode. The fifth semiconductor layer selectively provided between the fourth semiconductor layer and the second electrode. The first, third and fifth semiconductor layers are of a first conductivity type. The second and fourth semiconductor layers are of a second conductivity type.
US10727330B2	Semiconductor device with diode region A semiconductor device includes a SiC body having a first surface, a gate trench extending from the first surface into the SiC body and having a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, and a bottom, a source region of a first conductivity type formed in the SiC body and adjoining the first sidewall of the gate trench, a drift region of the first conductivity type formed in the SiC body below the source region, a body region of a second conductivity type formed in the SiC body between the source region and the drift region and adjoining the first sidewall of the gate trench, and a diode region of the second conductivity type formed in the SiC body and adjoining the second sidewall and the bottom of the gate trench but not the first sidewall of the gate trench.
US10727329B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a transistor, a semiconductor layer, an active region and a conductive layer. The active region is in the semiconductor layer. The conductive layer is configured to maintain a channel in the active region when the transistor is triggered to be conducted.
US10727328B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a channel layer, an active layer, and a gate electrode. The channel layer has a fin portion over the substrate. The active layer is over at least the fin portion of the channel layer. The active layer is configured to cause a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) to be formed in the channel layer along an interface between the channel layer and the active layer. The gate electrode is in contact with a sidewall of the fin portion of the channel layer.
US10727323B2	Three-dimensional (3D) tunneling field-effect transistor (FET) A method for manufacturing a transistor device includes forming a plurality of fins on a substrate, performing an annealing process to cause the fins to have a round shape, growing an epitaxial semiconductor layer on a surface of each fin, wherein the epitaxial semiconductor layer is formed along the round shape, and forming a gate structure on the substrate, wherein the gate structure is formed on the epitaxial semiconductor layer on the surface of each fin.
US10727319B2	Dislocation SMT for FinFET device Stress memorization techniques (SMTs) for fin-like field effect transistors (FinFETs) are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes forming a capping layer over a fin structure; forming an amorphous region within the fin structure while the capping layer is disposed over the fin structure; and performing an annealing process to recrystallize the amorphous region. The capping layer enables the fin structure to retain stress effects induced by forming the amorphous region and/or performing the annealing process.
US10727318B2	Semiconductor device VDMOS having a gate insulating film having a high dielectric constant portion contacting the drift region for relaxing an electric field generated in the gate insulating film A method for producing a semiconductor power device, includes forming a gate trench from a surface of a semiconductor layer toward an inside thereof. A first insulation film is formed on an inner surface of the gate trench. The method also includes removing a part on a bottom surface of the gate trench in the first insulation film. A second insulation film having a dielectric constant higher than SiO2 is formed in such a way as to cover the bottom surface of the gate trench exposed by removing the first insulation film.
US10727317B2	Bottom contact formation for vertical transistor devices A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming at least one contact trench corresponding to at least one bottom contact area associated with at least one vertical transistor, laterally etching through the at least one contact trench to form at least one bottom contact region corresponding to the at least one bottom contact area, and filling the at least one bottom contact region with a conductive material to form at least one bottom contact.
US10727316B2	Vertical transistor fabrication and devices A method of fabricating a vertical field effect transistor including forming a first recess in a substrate; epitaxially growing a first drain from the first bottom surface of the first recess; epitaxially growing a second drain from the second bottom surface of a second recess formed in the substrate; growing a channel material epitaxially on the first drain and the second drain; forming troughs in the channel material to form one or more fin channels on the first drain and one or more fin channels on the second drain, wherein the troughs over the first drain extend to the surface of the first drain, and the troughs over the second drain extend to the surface of the second drain; forming a gate structure on each of the one or more fin channels; and growing sources on each of the fin channels associated with the first and second drains.
US10727311B2	Method for manufacturing a power semiconductor device having a reduced oxygen concentration A method for forming a power semiconductor device is provided. The method includes: providing a semiconductor wafer grown by a Czochralski process and having a first side; forming an n-type substrate doping layer in the semiconductor wafer at the first side, the substrate doping layer having a doping concentration of at least 1017/cm3; and forming an epitaxy layer on the first side of the semiconductor wafer after forming the n-type substrate doping layer.
US10727310B2	Contact formation on germanium-containing substrates using hydrogenated silicon A method and structure is provided in which germanium or a germanium tin alloy can be used as a channel material in either planar or non-planar architectures, with a functional gate structure formed utilizing either a gate first or gate last process. After formation of the functional gate structure, and contact openings within a middle-of-the-line (MOL) dielectric material, a hydrogenated silicon layer is formed that includes hydrogenated crystalline silicon regions disposed over the germanium or a germanium tin alloy, and hydrogenated amorphous silicon regions disposed over dielectric material. The hydrogenated amorphous silicon regions can be removed selective to the hydrogenated crystalline silicon regions, and thereafter a contact structure is formed on the hydrogenated crystalline silicon regions.
US10727309B2	Thin film transistor array panel and conducting structure A thin film transistor array panel includes a first conductive layer (102) including a gate electrode; a channel layer (104) disposed over the gate; and a second conductive layer (105) disposed over the channel layer (104). The second conductive layer (105) includes a multi-layered portion defining a source electrode (105a) and a drain electrode (105b), which includes a first sub-layer (105-1), a second sub-layer (105-2), and a third sub-layer (105-3) sequentially disposed one over another. Both the third and the first sub-layers (105-3, 105-1) include indium and zinc oxide materials. An indium to zinc content ratio in the first sub-layer (105-1) is greater than that in the third sub-layer (105-3). The content ratio differentiation between the first and the third sub-layers (105-1, 105-3) affects a lateral etch profile associated with a gap (106) generated in the second conductive layer (105) between the source and the drain electrodes (105a, 105b), where the associated gap (106) width in the third sub-layer (105-3) is wider than that in the first sub-layer (105-1).
US10727307B2	Display substrate and fabrication method thereof, and display device A display substrate and a fabrication method thereof, and a display device are disclosed. The fabrication method of a display substrate, includes forming a first gate electrode on a transparent base substrate; forming a transparent gate insulating layer on the first gate electrode; forming a transparent active layer on the transparent gate insulating layer; forming a transparent source electrode and a transparent drain electrode on the transparent active layer, wherein, the transparent source electrode and the transparent drain electrode do not overlap with the first gate electrode in a thickness direction of the transparent base substrate.
US10727305B2	Semiconductor device and fabrication method therefor, and high-frequency amplifier A semiconductor device includes a nitride semiconductor stacked structure that includes a channel layer containing GaN and a barrier layer containing In and further includes a cap layer that contains GaN on the outermost surface but does not contain Al. The cap layer has a Ga/N ratio that varies along a thicknesswise direction.
US10727302B2	Semiconductor device and method manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes: an n− type layer disposed on a first surface of a substrate; an n+ type region disposed on the n− type layer; a trench disposed on the n− type layer; a p type region disposed adjacent to a side surface of the trench and extending to a part under a lower surface of the trench; an auxiliary n+ type region disposed under the lower surface of the trench and disposed in the p type region; an auxiliary electrode disposed at the lower surface of the trench; a gate electrode separated from the auxiliary electrode and disposed on the lower surface of the trench; a source electrode disposed on the n+ type region; and a drain electrode disposed at a second surface of the substrate.
US10727300B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device, includes a first conductive type first doping area, a second conductive type second doping area, a source region, a drain region, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode. The first conductive type first doping area is formed in a substrate region. The second conductive type second doping area is formed in the substrate to be spaced apart from the first conductive type first doping area. The source region is formed in the first conductive type first doping area. The drain region is formed in the second conductive type second doping area. The gate insulating film is formed between the source region and the drain region. A thickness of a first end of the gate insulating film is different than a thickness of a second end of the gate insulating film. The gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film.
US10727299B2	Lateral bipolar junction transistor with abrupt junction and compound buried oxide A lateral bipolar junction transistor (LBJT) device that may include a dielectric stack including a pedestal of a base region passivating dielectric and a nucleation dielectric layer; and a base region composed of a germanium containing material or a type III-V semiconductor material in contact with the pedestal of the base region passivating dielectric. An emitter region and collector region may be present on opposing sides of the base region contacting a sidewall of the pedestal of the base region passivating dielectric and an upper surface of the nucleation dielectric layer.
US10727297B2	Complimentary metal-oxide-semiconductor circuit having transistors with different threshold voltages and method of manufacturing the same A complimentary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) circuit including: a substrate; and a plurality of field-effect transistors on the substrate. Each of the field-effect transistors includes: a plurality of contacts; a source connected to one of the contacts; a drain connected to another one of the contacts; a gate; and a spacer between the gate and the contacts. The spacer of one of the field-effect transistors has a larger airgap than the spacer of another one of the field-effect transistors.
US10727295B2	Wafer level package and capacitor A wafer level package which includes an IC chip; a rewiring layer on the IC chip; and a capacitor embedded in the rewiring layer.
US10727293B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a display area in which an image is displayed and a peripheral area that is a non-display area, a base substrate, a plurality of data lines located on the base substrate in the display area and extending to the peripheral area, a plurality of detour data lines on the base substrate in the display area and in the peripheral area, and a pad portion in the peripheral area, the detour data lines and at least one of the data lines being directly connected to the pad portion, and at least one of the data lines being not directly connected to the pad portion, wherein at least one of the data lines not directly connected to the pad portion is electrically connected to the detour data line.
US10727291B2	Organic light emitting display panel An organic light-emitting display panel includes a plurality of pixel columns, a plurality of first signal lines, and a plurality of second signal lines. Each of the pixel columns includes a plurality of organic light-emitting pixels. The first signal lines are arranged to correspond to the pixel columns. Each of the first signal lines connected to the organic light-emitting pixels of a corresponding pixel column. The second signal lines are respectively connected to the first signal lines and provide a first power supply voltage to corresponding ones of the first signal lines. Each of the second signal lines is connected substantially to a center portion of the corresponding first signal line.
US10727290B2	Active-matrix display device including TFT substrate with two layers arranged in symmetry with same-colored subpixels An active-matrix display device includes pixels arranged in a matrix, and each of the pixels includes subpixels that are arranged along an X direction and emit light of mutually different colors. Each of the subpixels includes a TFT element provided on a TFT substrate and an organic EL element provided on the TFT substrate. The organic EL element has an opening which is a region from which emitted light exits, and the TFT substrate includes a first layer and a second layer. When same-colored subpixels of two of the pixels adjacent in the X direction are seen in a plan view, the first layer has a portion arranged in line symmetry between the same-colored subpixels and the second layer is disposed at an identical position in the openings of the same-colored subpixels.
US10727288B2	Display device including dual gate oxide semiconductor transistor A display device includes a driving transistor and an organic EL element. The driving transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer; a first gate electrode that includes a region overlapping the oxide semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer between the first gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer; a second gate electrode that includes a region overlapping the oxide semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode; a second insulating layer between the second gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer; and a first and a second transparent conductive layer that are provided between the oxide semiconductor layer and the first insulating layer and each include a region contacting the oxide semiconductor layer. The organic EL element includes a first electrode; a second electrode; a light emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an electron transfer layer between the light emitting layer and the first electrode.
US10727284B2	Method of fabricating organic light-emitting diode touch display screen A method of fabricating an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) touch display screen is provided and has steps of forming a thin film transistor (TFT) layer, an OLED layer, and a touch layer on a base substrate sequentially. Compared with prior art, upon fabricating a touch layer, a first insulating layer is not etched after depositing the first insulating layer and before depositing a bridging point layer. After depositing and forming a second insulating layer, the first and second insulating layers are dry-etched together using combination of two etching gases to achieve fabricating two different depths contact holes in the touch layer in a same process, which effectively reduces erosion of the OLED by a wet-etching process, simplifies a producing process, improves device-producing capacity, and simultaneously achieves a pre-protection effect on touch lines and bonding pads in a source-drain electrode layer to avoid functional failure caused by over-etching or oxidation.
US10727283B2	Display device A display device in an embodiment according to the present invention includes a substrate, a plurality of wirings above the insulation surface, an interlayer insulation layer covering the plurality of wirings, a light emitting element above the interlayer insulation layer, a first inorganic insulation layer covering the light emitting element, a first detection electrode extending in a first direction above the first inorganic insulation layer, an organic insulation layer above the first inorganic insulation layer covering the first detection electrode, a second detection electrode extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction above the organic insulation layer, a second inorganic insulation layer above the organic insulation layer covering the second detection electrode, a first connection wiring electrically connecting the first detection electrode and one of the plurality of wirings, and a second connection wiring electrically connecting the second detection electrode and another one of the plurality of wirings.
US10727281B2	Display device A display device includes a scan line extending in a first direction, a data line and a driving voltage line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a switching thin film transistor (“TFT”) connected to the scan line and the data line, a driving TFT connected to the switching TFT and including a driving semiconductor layer and a driving gate electrode, a storage capacitor connected to the driving TFT and including first and second storage capacitor plates, a node connection line between the data line and the driving voltage line and connected to the driving gate electrode, and a shielding portion between the data line and the node connection line.
US10727275B2	Memory layout for reduced line loading Various embodiments of the present application are directed a memory layout for reduced line loading. In some embodiments, a memory device comprises an array of bit cells, a first conductive line, a second conductive line, and a plurality of conductive bridges. The first and second conductive lines may, for example, be source lines or some other conductive lines. The array of bit cells comprises a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and the plurality of columns comprise a first column and a second column. The first conductive line extends along the first column and is electrically coupled to bit cells in the first column. The second conductive line extends along the second column and is electrically coupled to bit cells in the second column. The conductive bridges extend from the first conductive line to the second conductive line and electrically couple the first and second conductive lines together.
US10727270B2	Display devices and methods of manufacturing the same A display device includes a substrate, and a first light-emitting diode element disposed over the substrate and having a first light-emitting path. The display device further includes a light-emitting angle changing layer disposed over the first light-emitting diode element. The display device further includes a second light-emitting diode element disposed over the substrate. The second light-emitting diode element is disposed at a position other than the region corresponding to the first light-emitting path. The first light-emitting diode element has a first light-emitting angle, the second light-emitting diode element has a second light-emitting angle, and the second light-emitting angle is greater than the first light-emitting angle.
US10727269B2	Display panel with board mounted power supply A modular display panel includes a first printed circuit board (PCB) having a first side and a second side. A plurality of LEDs are connected to the first side of the PCB. A receiver circuit is directly mounted to the second side of the first PCB, the receiver circuit having a first plurality of components. A power supply circuit is also directly mounted to the second side of the first PCB, the power supply circuit having a second plurality of components.
US10727268B1	CMOS image sensor with compact pixel layout An image sensor array of shared pixel units fabricated by a CMOS technology, wherein each pixel unit includes a plurality of photodiodes and respective transfer transistors and floating drains whose layout constitutes mirror images. The plurality of photodiodes each share a single reset transistor and source follower amplifier transistor wherein the shared floating diode is spaced at the minimum distance, from a gate electrode of the source follower transistor as is allowed by the CMOS fabrication technology chosen to manufacture the image sensor array.
US10727264B2	Imaging element, electronic device, manufacturing apparatus, and manufacturing method This technology relates to an imaging element and an electronic device for reducing any increase in pixel size while lessening any drop in image quality, and to a manufacturing apparatus and a manufacturing method for manufacturing the imaging element and the electronic device. For example, an imaging element includes an element isolation region with an insulator to penetrate a semiconductor layer having transistors formed in a pixel including a photoelectric conversion section. In another example, an electronic device includes an imaging section having an element isolation region with an insulator to penetrate a semiconductor layer having transistors formed in a pixel including a photoelectric conversion section. This technology is applicable not only to the imaging element and the electronic device but also to the manufacturing apparatus and the manufacturing method for manufacturing the imaging element and the electronic device to which the present technology is applied, for example.
US10727259B2	Imaging device, imaging system, and moving body An imaging device includes a first transmission line connected to a plurality of bit memories, a plurality of second bit memories disposed outside the memory area, and connected to the first transmission line, and each are configured to hold a digital signal of one bit that is one of different bits among a plurality of bits, a second transmission line connected to a part of the plurality of second bit memories, and a third transmission line connected to another part of the plurality of second bit memories.
US10727257B2	Exposure mask and method of manufacturing a substrate using the exposure mask An exposure mask includes a first transmission portion, a second transmission portion, and a blocking portion. The first transmission portion is configured to, when illuminated with light, transmit the light at a first energy level. The first transmission portion is disposed in association with formation of a first contact hole in an underlying layer. The second transmission portion is configured to, when illuminated with the light, transmit the light at a second energy level. The second transmission portion is disposed in association with formation of a second contact hole in the underlying layer. The blocking portion is configured to block the light, and is disposed in association with a boundary region between a first region and a second region of the underlying layer. The second transmission portion is further configured to enable the second contact hole to be formed deeper into the underlying layer than the first contact hole.
US10727255B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same A display device optimized to operate in a low frame rate mode under certain predetermined conditions is provided. To reduce pixel discharge during the low frame rate mode, the display device employees the TFTs with metal oxide semiconductor layer, the optical alignment layer with an upper portion and a lower portion having different resistivity. In addition, a passivation layer is provided between the optical alignment layer and the pixel or the common electrode for compensating the low resistivity of the lower portion of the optical alignment layer. As such, various visual defects associated with the pixel discharge can be reduced even when the display device is operating under the low frame rate mode.
US10727253B1	Simplified memory cells based on fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator transistors Structures for a memory cell and methods associated with forming and using such structures. The structure includes a silicon-on-insulator wafer including a device layer, a substrate, and a buried insulator layer between the device layer and the substrate. The structure further includes a field-effect transistor having first and second source/drain regions and a gate electrode that are over the buried insulator layer. A moat region is arranged in the substrate beneath the field-effect transistor, a well is arranged in the substrate beneath the moat region, and an isolation region extends through the device layer and the buried insulator layer into the substrate. The isolation region is arranged to surround a portion of the device layer defining an active region for the field-effect transistor and a portion of the moat region. A fence region, which extends between the well and the isolation region, surrounds the portion of the moat region.
US10727251B2	Rounded shaped transistors for memory devices The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to rounded shaped transistors and methods of manufacture. The structure includes a gate structure composed of a metal electrode and a rounded ferroelectric material which overlaps an active area in a width direction into an isolation region.
US10727248B2	Three-dimensional memory device containing through-memory-level contact via structures A first alternating stack of first insulating layers and first sacrificial material layers is formed with a first stepped surfaces located in a staircase region. A second alternating stack of second insulating layers and second sacrificial material layers with second stepped surfaces is formed over the first alternating stack. Areas of the second stepped surfaces overlap areas of the first stepped surfaces to reduce the size of the staircase region. The sacrificial material layers are subsequently replaced with electrically conductive layers. Laterally-insulated staircase region via structures contacting a respective one of the electrically conductive layers may be provided by forming stepped via cavities such that an annular surface of a respective sacrificial material layer is physically exposed at an annular step of the stepped via cavities. Laterally-insulated staircase region via structures may be formed in the stepped via cavities tot provide electrical connections to the electrically conductive layers.
US10727246B2	Three dimensional semiconductor memory device A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes a stacked structure including a plurality of conductive layers stacked on a substrate, a distance along a first direction between sidewalls of an upper conductive layer and a lower conductive layer being smaller than a distance along a second direction between sidewalls of the upper conductive layer and the lower conductive layer, the first and second directions crossing each other and defining a plane parallel to a surface supporting the substrate, and vertical channel structures penetrating the stacked structure.
US10727244B2	Semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same A semiconductor memory device includes a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip. Each semiconductor chip of the first and second semiconductor chips may include a cell array region and a peripheral circuit region. The cell array region may include an electrode structure including electrodes sequentially stacked on a body conductive layer and vertical structures extending through the electrode structure and connected to the body conductive layer. The peripheral circuit region may include a residual substrate on the body conductive layer and on which a peripheral transistor is located. A bottom surface of the body conductive layer of the second semiconductor chip may face a bottom surface of the body conductive layer of the first semiconductor chip.
US10727243B1	Three dimensional memory device fabricating method and applications thereof A 3D memory device includes a multi-layers stacking structure having a plurality of conductive layers and insulating layers stacked in a staggered manner, at least one trench passing through the conductive layers and a plurality of recess regions extending into the conductive layers from the trench; a dielectric blocking strip lining sidewalls of the trench and the recess regions; a plurality of floating gates disposed in the recess regions and isolated from the conductive layers by the dielectric blocking strip; a dielectric strip overlies sidewalls of the floating gates exposed from the recess regions; a semiconductor strip disposed in the trench, insulated from the floating gates by the dielectric strip, and includes a first doping region, a second doping region and a channel region disposed between and connects to the first doping region and the second doping region, and overlapping with the floating gates.
US10727241B2	3D NAND structures including group III-N material channels Techniques are disclosed for forming three-dimensional (3D) NAND structures including group III-nitride (III-N) material channels. Typically, polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) channels are used for 3D NAND structures, such as 3D NAND flash memory devices. However, using III-N channel material for 3D NAND structures offers numerous benefits over poly-Si channel material, such as relatively lower resistance in the channel, relatively higher current densities, and relatively lower leakage. Therefore, using III-N channel material enables an increased number of floating gates or storage cells to be stacked in 3D NAND structures, thereby leading to increased capacity for a given integrated circuit footprint (e.g., increased GB/cm2). For instance, use of III-N channel material can enable greater than 100 floating gates for a 3D NAND structure. Other embodiments may be described and/or disclosed.
US10727238B2	Integrated circuit chip and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit chip includes doping a substrate with a p-type dopant to form a first p-well region in a first memory cell and a second p-well region in a second memory cell; forming first and second semiconductor fins over the first and second p-well regions, respectively; forming a first work function layer over the first semiconductor fin; forming a second work function layer over the second semiconductor fin and having a thickness different from a thickness of the first work function layer; and forming a metal fill layer over the first and second work function layers.
US10727226B2	Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same A semiconductor device and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate structure and a source/drain feature. The gate structure is positioned over a fin structure. The source/drain feature is positioned adjacent to the gate structure. A portion of the source/drain feature embedded in the fin structure has an upper sidewall portion adjacent to a top surface of the fin structure and a lower sidewall portion below the upper sidewall portion. A first curve radius of the upper sidewall portion is different from a second curve radius of the lower sidewall portion in a cross-sectional view substantially along the longitudinal direction of the fin structure.
US10727221B2	ESD protection device, semiconductor device that includes an ESD protection device, and method of manufacturing same An ESD protection device for protecting an integrated circuit against an ESD event includes a first terminal coupled to an input/output pad of the IC, a second terminal coupled to a reference or ground voltage, a silicon-controlled rectifier device having an anode connected to the first terminal and a cathode connected to the reference or ground voltage, and a pnp transistor coupled in parallel with the SCR device. The pnp transistor has an emitter coupled to the first terminal, a collector coupled to the second terminal, and a base coupled to a gate of the SCR. The pnp transistor includes a contact region formed at a first side of a substrate, the first contact region being surrounded by an STI layer formed at the first side of the substrate. An insulation structure is formed at an intersection of the first contact region and the STI layer.
US10727220B2	Package on package with integrated passive electronics method and apparatus The present application relates to devices and techniques for a package on package multi-package integrated circuit. A component of the integrated circuit maybe located in a void formed in a circuit package of the multi-package integrated circuit. The void may be formed by fabricating a void structure with an internal void corresponding to the component. The void structure may be bonded to a first substrate of a first package in the multi-package integrated circuit. The first substrate and void structure may be encased in a mold compound. A sacrificial layer may be removed, exposing the void in the void structure. The component may be, for example, a through mold via. The first package may be coupled to a second package. Multi-package integrated circuit assemblies fabricated pursuant to the disclosure herein may comprise a higher density of electronic components, including passive electronic components.
US10727219B2	Techniques for processing devices Representative techniques provide process steps for forming a microelectronic assembly, including preparing microelectronic components such as dies, wafers, substrates, and the like, for bonding. One or more surfaces of the microelectronic components are formed and prepared as bonding surfaces. The microelectronic components are stacked and bonded without adhesive at the prepared bonding surfaces.
US10727216B1	Method for removing a bulk substrate from a bonded assembly of wafers A first wafer including a first substrate, first semiconductor devices overlying the first substrate, and first dielectric material layers overlying the first semiconductor devices is provided. A sacrificial material layer is formed over a top surface of a second wafer including a second substrate. Second semiconductor devices and second dielectric material layers are formed over a top surface of the sacrificial material layer. The second wafer is attached to the first wafer such that the second dielectric material layers face the first dielectric material layers. A plurality of voids is formed through the second substrate. The sacrificial material layer is removed by providing an etchant that etches a material of the sacrificial material layer through the plurality of voids. The substrate is detached from a bonded assembly including the first wafer, the second semiconductor devices, and the second dielectric material layers upon removal of the sacrificial material layer.
US10727213B2	Power semiconductor module and power semiconductor device Gates of semiconductor switching elements are connected to a gate control wiring pattern. The gate control wiring pattern is further connected to a gate control terminal and a filter terminal which are connected by an element for forming a filter outside a housing. The filter terminal and the gate control terminal are connected to the gate control wiring pattern in such a manner that a section electrically connecting the filter terminal and the gate control terminal overlaps with at least a part of a section electrically connecting the gates of the semiconductor switching elements on the gate control wiring pattern.
US10727212B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a connection structure including a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer, first and second wiring layers, and first and second connection vias. A core structure including a core member is on the first insulation layer. A first through-hole passes through the core member. Passive components are on the first insulation layer in the first through-hole and connected to the first wiring layer through the first connection via. A first encapsulant covers at least a portion of the passive components. A second through-hole passes through the core structure and the first insulation layer. A semiconductor chip is on the second insulation layer in the second through-hole and is connected to the second wiring layer through the second connection via. A second encapsulant covers at least a portion of the semiconductor chip.
US10727205B2	Hybrid bonding technology for stacking integrated circuits A three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC) is provided. In some embodiments, a second IC die is bonded to a first IC die by a first bonding structure. The first bonding structure contacts a first interconnect structure of the first IC die and a second interconnection structure of the second IC die, and has a first portion and a second portion hybrid bonded together. A third IC die is bonded to the second IC die by a third bonding structure. The third bonding structure comprises a second TSV (through substrate via) disposed through the second substrate of the second IC die and includes varies bonding structures according to varies embodiments of the invention.
US10727201B2	Packages formed using RDL-last process A method includes bonding a first device die and a second device die to a substrate, and filling a gap between the first device die and the second device die with a gap-filling material. A top portion of the gap-filling material covers the first device die and the second device die. Vias are formed to penetrate through the top portion of the gap-filling material. The vias are electrically coupled to the first device die and the second device die. The method further includes forming redistribution lines over the gap-filling material using damascene processes, and forming electrical connectors over and electrically coupling to the redistribution lines.
US10727192B2	Multiple sized bump bonds A semiconductor structure and methods for the creation of solder bumps configured to carry a signal and solder bumps configured for ground planes and/or mechanical connections as well as methods for increasing reliability of a chip package generally include formation of multiple sized bump bonds on under bump metallization patterns and/or pads of the same dimension. The signal carrying solder bumps are larger in terms of diameter and bump height than solder bumps configured for ground plane and/or mechanical connections.
US10727191B2	Semiconductor device with post passivation structure A semiconductor structure includes a first contact pad over a passivation layer, wherein the first contact pad is in a circuit region. The semiconductor structure further includes a plurality of second contact pads over the passivation layer, wherein each second contact pad of the plurality of second contact pads is in a non-circuit region. The semiconductor structure further includes a first buffer layer over the first contact pad and over a first second contact pad of the plurality of second contact pads. The semiconductor structure further includes a second buffer layer over the first buffer layer, the first contact pad, the first second contact pad and a portion of a second second contact pad of the plurality of second contact pads, wherein the second buffer layer exposes a portion of the second second contact pad of the plurality of second contact pads.
US10727188B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming backside openings for an ultra-thin semiconductor die A semiconductor substrate contains a plurality of openings extending partially into a surface of the semiconductor substrate. A conductive layer is formed with a first portion of the conductive layer over a remaining portion of the surface of the semiconductor substrate between the openings and a second portion of the conductive layer in the openings. The remaining portion of the surface of the semiconductor substrate is removed to lift-off the first portion of the conductive layer while leaving the second portion of the conductive layer in the openings. The semiconductor substrate is singulated to separate the semiconductor die leaving the second portion of the conductive layer over a surface of the semiconductor die. Alternatively, a plurality of openings is formed over each semiconductor die. A conductive layer is formed over a remaining portion of the surface of the semiconductor substrate between the openings and into the openings.
US10727179B2	Semiconductor device and amplifier circuit In order to easily sort failures due to short circuit between wires in an inductor, a semiconductor device includes a plurality of inductors (first inductor, second inductor) formed in a plurality of wiring layers. In each of the wiring layers, the metal layer of the first inductor and the metal layer of the second inductor respectively extend around the peripheral region from the inner periphery to the outer periphery in the same direction. The metal layer of the first inductor and the metal layer of the second inductor are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other.
US10727178B2	Via structure and methods thereof A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a channel region; a gate stack over the channel region; a seal spacer covering a sidewall of the gate stack, the seal spacer including silicon nitride; a gate spacer covering a sidewall of the seal spacer, the gate spacer including silicon oxide, the gate spacer having a first vertical portion and a first horizontal portion; and a first dielectric layer covering a sidewall of the gate spacer, the first dielectric layer including silicon nitride.
US10727176B2	Trace/via hybrid structure and method of manufacture A method of forming an interconnect that includes providing a sacrificial trace structure using an additive forming method. The sacrificial trace structure having a geometry for the interconnect. The method continuous with forming a continuous seed metal layer on the sacrificial trace structure; and removing the sacrificial trace structure, wherein the continuous seed metal layer remains. An interconnect metal layer may be formed on the continuous seed layer. A dielectric material may then be formed on the interconnect metal layer to encapsulate a majority of the interconnect metal layer, wherein ends of the interconnect metal layer are exposed through one surface of the dielectric material to provide an interconnect extending into a dielectric material.
US10727174B2	Integrated circuit package and a method for forming a wafer level chip scale package (WLCSP) with through mold via (TMV) A method for forming a wafer level chip scale package begins with providing an integrated circuit wafer. Applying a dielectric material to the surface of the integrated circuit wafer. A redistribution conductive layer is formed upon the dielectric material to make contact with the input/output contacts of the integrated circuit. A polymer-based film is applied to the surface of the integrated circuit wafer and is subjected to a compression molding process. Alignment marks are placed on the edge of the integrated circuit wafer. A laser ablation process is implemented to prepare through mold via (TMV) in the cured thermoset plastic material. The solder ball or copper pillar input/output connector is placed in the through mold via (TMV). A reflow process is instigated to connect the input/output connector to the redistribution conductive layer's pad surface.
US10727173B2	Power module and power conversion system including same A power module includes an upper substrate comprising a plurality of circuit pattern areas made of a metal and a dielectric area disposed between each of the plurality of circuit pattern areas; a lower substrate including a plurality of circuit pattern areas made of a metal and a dielectric area disposed between each of the plurality of circuit pattern areas; and a semiconductor element having an upper terminal and a lower terminal, the upper terminal and the lower terminal being bonded to a lower surface of the upper substrate and an upper surface of the lower substrate, respectively.
US10727172B2	Semiconductor package There is provided a semiconductor package including a mounting frame having a conductive chip mounting region, a first semiconductor chip mounted on the chip mounting region and including a first semiconductor element, a second semiconductor chip mounted on the chip mounting region and including a second semiconductor element, and a conductive clip of a plate shape. The conductive clip includes a first component disposed above the mounting frame with the first semiconductor chip interposed therebetween, and a second component separated from the first component and disposed above the mounting frame with the second semiconductor chip interposed therebetween. The second main electrode of the first semiconductor element and the first main electrode of the second semiconductor element are short-circuited by the chip mounting region, so that the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element are cascade-connected.
US10727171B2	Lead frame A lead frame includes a plurality of leads formed from a metal plate having a front side and a back side, a first resin member, and a second resin member. The leads have side faces thereof fixed with the first resin member. Faces serving as internal connectors of the leads are uncovered on the side of the front-side surface of the first resin member, and faces serving as external connectors of the leads are uncovered on the side of the back-side surface of the first resin member. The second resin member is formed on the front-side surface of the first resin member to be at a level higher than the faces serving as the internal connectors, and has openings for leaving the faces serving as the internal connectors uncovered.
US10727170B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of making the same In one embodiment, methods for making semiconductor devices are disclosed.
US10727168B2	Inter-connection of a lead frame with a passive component intermediate structure Consistent with an example embodiment, there is a package assembly structure. The structure comprises a lead frame having a topside surface and an opposite under-side surface; the lead frame includes a die attach paddle, wherein a die attach region is defined on the opposite under-side surface. Pad landings surround the die attach region. A plurality of locking pins are arranged at predetermined locations about the die attach paddle, on the top side surface. The plurality of locking pins may be formed integrally in the lead frame and project upward from the top side surface.
US10727166B2	Semiconductor device, manufacturing method for semiconductor device, electronic component, circuit substrate, and electronic apparatus A semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit that is disposed at a first face side of a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate having a first face and a second face, the second face opposing the first face, the semiconductor substrate having a through hole from the first face to the second face; an external connection terminal that is disposed at the first face side; a conductive portion that is disposed in the through hole, the conductive portion being electrically connected to the external connection terminal; and an electronic element that is disposed at a second face side.
US10727164B2	Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method for the same Present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure, including a semiconductor substrate having an active side, an interconnect layer in proximity to the active side of the semiconductor substrate, and a through substrate via extending from the semiconductor substrate to a first metal layer of the interconnect layer. The TSV being wider than the continuous metal feature. Present disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing the semiconductor structure described herein.
US10727163B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element having a front electrode, an electrode plate having an area larger than the front electrode of the semiconductor element in a two-dimensional view and made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, and a metal member having a joint surface joined to the front electrode of the semiconductor element with solder, having an area smaller than the front electrode of the semiconductor element in a two-dimensional view, made of a metal different from the electrode plate, and fastened to the electrode plate to electrically connect the front electrode of the semiconductor element to the electrode plate.
US10727160B2	Thermal management component Thermal management technology is disclosed. A thermal management component in accordance with the present disclosure can comprise a heat spreader having a plurality of microchannels. The thermal management component can also comprise a plurality of fins directly coupled to the heat spreader to provide surface area for heat transfer. In another aspect, a thermal management component can comprise a heat spreader having a plurality of microchannels, and an inlet port and an outlet port in fluid communication with the plurality of microchannels. The thermal management component can also comprise a plurality of fins coupled to the heat spreader to provide surface area for heat transfer. Additionally, the thermal management component can comprise a fluid conduit thermally coupled to the plurality of fins and fluidly coupled to the outlet port and the inlet port to facilitate flow of a heat transfer fluid through the microchannels and the fluid conduit. Associated electronic devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US10727159B2	Counter-flow expanding channels for enhanced two-phase heat removal A structure for cooling an integrated circuit. The structure may include; an interposer cold plate having at least two expanding channels, each expanding channel having a flow direction from a channel inlet to a channel outlet, the flow direction having different directions for at least two of the at least two expanding channels, the channel inlet having an inlet width and the channel outlet having an outlet width, wherein the inlet width is less than the outlet width.
US10727158B2	Counter-flow expanding channels for enhanced two-phase heat removal A structure for cooling an integrated circuit. The structure may include; an interposer cold plate having at least two expanding channels, each expanding channel having a flow direction from a channel inlet to a channel outlet, the flow direction having different directions for at least two of the at least two expanding channels, the channel inlet having an inlet width and the channel outlet having an outlet width, wherein the inlet width is less than the outlet width.
US10727157B2	Electrical power conversion device An electrical power conversion device is provided which includes a stack of semiconductor modules and a plurality of cooling pipes. Each of the cooling pipes includes a first and a second outer shell plate which are electrically conductive. Each of the outer shell plates includes a flow-path defining portion which defines a coolant flow path between the outer shell plates and a flow-path outer periphery forming a circumference of the flow-path defining portion. The flow-path outer periphery of at least one of the outer shell plates has formed thereon an outer shell protrusion which is laid to overlap power terminals or control terminals extending from the semiconductor module to cancel a magnetic flux, as developed around the power terminals or the control terminals, thereby decreasing the inductance of the power terminals or the control terminals.
US10727155B2	Electronic apparatus for cooling heating element An electronic apparatus includes a board on which a heating element is mounted, a fan including a discharge port, a heat-exchange unit configured to receive air discharged from the discharge port of the fan and radiate heat and a heat-conductive unit configured to thermally couple the heating element and the heat-exchange unit. The heating element is placed as an extension of a discharging direction of the air from the fan with respect to the discharge port of the fan. The heat-exchange unit is placed between the heating element and the fan in a direction substantially parallel to the discharging direction.
US10727154B2	Component coupled to heat dissipation unit A component coupled to a heat dissipation unit, allowing a screwing element to be pivotally coupled to a heat dissipation unit, includes a body, a stop portion, a first inner engagement portion, a second inner engagement portion and a first outer engagement portion. The body has a first part and a second part and forms therein a through hole which extends axially. The stop portion is circumferentially disposed at the rim of the first or second part. The first inner engagement portion has checking plates and corresponds in position to the stop portion. The second inner engagement portion has stop blocks disposed at the first or second part. The first outer engagement portion is disposed at the rim of the body and opposite the stop portion. The screwing element is fixed to the heat dissipation unit temporarily but firmly, thereby preventing disintegration and disconnection during transport.
US10727144B2	Light emitting apparatus and method of manufacturing light emitting apparatus A light emitting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a base portion, a light emitting element, and a cover portion. The base portion includes a support surface. The light emitting element is disposed on the support surface of the base portion. The cover portion includes a light transmission portion through which light emitted from the light emitting element is transmitted and a protrusion portion which is provided on at least a part of a periphery of the light transmission portion and protruded relative to the light transmission portion, the cover portion being provided on the support surface in such a manner as to cover the light emitting element.
US10727141B2	Method for inspecting sensor package structure, inspection apparatus, and focus assistant loader of inspection apparatus An inspection apparatus includes a focus assistant loader and a camera assembly. The focus assistant loader includes a fetching member and a focus member connected to the fetching member. The focus member includes a plurality of focus portions respectively located at different levels. The camera assembly includes a plurality of cameras. The cameras may face the focus assistant loader and respectively focus on the focus portions. Thus, by using the cameras to focus on the focus portions, the inspection apparatus may find out tiny defects on a tested device held by the focus assistant loader. In addition, the present disclosure also discloses a focus assistant loader of an inspection apparatus and a method for inspecting a sensor package structure.
US10727133B2	Method of forming gate structure with undercut region and resulting device A method of forming a gate structure with an undercut region includes, among other things, forming a plurality of fins above a substrate and an isolation structure above the substrate and between the plurality of fins, forming a placeholder gate structure above the plurality of fins in a first region and above the isolation structure in a second region, selectively removing a portion of the placeholder structure in the second region to define an undercut recess, forming a spacer structure adjacent the sacrificial gate structure, forming a dielectric layer adjacent the spacer structure and in the undercut recess, removing remaining portions of the placeholder gate structure to define a gate cavity, and forming a replacement gate structure in the gate cavity.
US10727129B2	Method of making a peeled substrate using laser irradiation A substrate manufacturing method includes: a first step of disposing a condenser for condensing a laser beam in a non-contact manner on a surface 20r of a magnesium oxide single crystal substrate 20 to be irradiated; and a second step of irradiating a laser beam to a surface of the magnesium oxide single crystal substrate 20 and condensing the laser beam into an inner portion of the single crystal member under designated irradiation conditions using the condenser, and at a same time, two-dimensionally moving the condenser and the magnesium oxide single crystal substrate 20 relatively to each other, and sequentially forming processing marks to sequentially allow planar peeling.
US10727123B2	Interconnect structure with fully self-aligned via pattern formation A method of increasing a tolerance to misalignment errors in forming an interconnect via includes: providing a dielectric substrate including at least first and second adjacent metal conductors laterally from one another in a lower metal wiring layer of the integrated circuit; forming a capping layer over at least a portion of an upper surface of the substrate; forming an insulting layer on at least a portion of the capping layer; forming an opening through the insulating and capping layers to expose the first metal conductor; forming a conductive pedestal on the first metal conductor, the conductive pedestal capping an overlay region in the substrate between the first and second metal conductors resulting from misalignment of the opening relative to the first metal conductor; forming a conductive liner on sidewalls of the opening and on the conductive pedestal; and filling the opening with a conductive material to form the via.
US10727120B2	Controlling back-end-of-line dimensions of semiconductor devices A method of fabricating interconnects in a semiconductor device is provided, which includes forming a metallization layer and depositing a hardmask layer over the metallization layer. A dielectric layer is deposited over the hardmask layer and an opening is formed in the dielectric layer to expose the hardmask layer. The exposed hardmask layer in the opening is etched to form an undercut beneath the dielectric layer. A metal shoulder is formed at the undercut, wherein the metal shoulder defines an aperture dimension used for forming a via opening extending to the metallization layer.
US10727115B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same Provided is a semiconductor device including a lower layer structure on a substrate, the lower layer structure having different thicknesses on first and second regions of the substrate, the lower layer structure including an electrode layer at a top and an insulating layer thereunder, an etch stop layer on the lower layer structure, an upper layer structure on the etch stop layer, the etch stop layer having an etch selectivity to the upper and lower layer structures, first and second contact plugs filling first and second openings defined in the upper layer structure and the etch stop layer on the first and second regions, respectively, and contacting corresponding electrode layers of the lower layer structure, respectively, such that one of the first and second contact plugs downwardly extends further with respect to a bottom of the etch stop layer than the other one of the first and second contact plugs.
US10727112B2	Rewiring method for semiconductor A method for rewiring of semiconductor devices is provided, in which deviations of electrical connection terminals (211, 212, 221, 222, 231, 232) on a carrier (100) are calculated and corrected by forming rewiring structures on the electrical connection terminals by mask-free photolithography. A wiring layer and/or solder balls (700) is/are then formed on the rewiring structures by processing the carrier (100) in a monolithic manner using mask-based photolithography. In this way, the combined use of mask-free photolithography and mask-based photolithography allows for higher efficiency and a shorter process cycle, compared to only using mask-free photolithography.
US10727110B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same In a method of forming a semiconductor device including a fin field effect transistor (FinFET), a first sacrificial layer is formed over a source/drain structure of a FinFET structure and an isolation insulating layer. The first sacrificial layer is patterned, thereby forming an opening. A first liner layer is formed on the isolation insulating layer in a bottom of opening and at least side faces of the patterned first sacrificial layer. After the first liner layer is formed, a dielectric layer is formed in the opening. After the dielectric layer is formed, the patterned first sacrificial layer is removed, thereby forming a contact opening over the source/drain structure. A conductive layer is formed in the contact opening.
US10727109B2	Fluorimetry methods Some embodiments include methods of forming voids within semiconductor constructions. In some embodiments the voids may be utilized as microstructures for distributing coolant, for guiding electromagnetic radiation, or for separation and/or characterization of materials. Some embodiments include constructions having micro-structures therein which correspond to voids, conduits, insulative structures, semiconductor structures or conductive structures.
US10727108B2	Dummy gate isolation and method of production thereof The present disclosure relates to an isolation region between semiconductor devices and methods of fabrication. Embodiments include device having a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate; a dummy gate between two metal gates formed over the SOI substrate, the dummy gate providing a physical diffusion break between the two metal gates; raised source/drain (S/D) regions formed on sides of the metal gates; and interlayer dielectric formed over the dummy gate, raised S/D regions and metal gates and in openings on sides of the dummy gate.
US10727097B2	Mechanisms for cleaning substrate surface for hybrid bonding The mechanisms for cleaning a surface of a semiconductor wafer for a hybrid bonding are provided. The method for cleaning a surface of a semiconductor wafer for a hybrid bonding includes providing a semiconductor wafer, and the semiconductor wafer has a conductive pad embedded in an insulating layer. The method also includes performing a plasma process to a surface of the semiconductor wafer, and metal oxide is formed on a surface of the conductive structure. The method further includes performing a cleaning process using a cleaning solution to perform a reduction reaction with the metal oxide, such that metal-hydrogen bonds are formed on the surface of the conductive structure. The method further includes transferring the semiconductor wafer to a bonding chamber under vacuum for hybrid bonding. The mechanisms for a hybrid bonding and a integrated system are also provided.
US10727093B2	Light pipe window structure for low pressure thermal processes Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a light pipe structure for thermal processing of semiconductor substrates. In one embodiment, a light pipe window structure for use in a thermal process chamber includes a transparent plate, and a plurality of light pipe structures formed in a transparent material that is coupled to the transparent plate, each of the plurality of light pipe structures comprising a reflective surface and having a longitudinal axis disposed in a substantially perpendicular relation to a plane of the transparent plate.
US10727091B2	Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holder, a rotating mechanism, a processing liquid discharge unit, and a gas discharge unit. The processing liquid discharge unit discharges a liquid flow of a processing liquid such that the liquid flow comes into contact with a landing position in a rotation path of a peripheral portion of an upper surface of the substrate being rotated. The gas discharge unit discharges a first gas flow of an inert gas from above toward a first position upstream from the landing position in a direction of rotation of the substrate in the rotation path, and discharges a second gas flow of the inert gas from above toward a second position upstream from the first position in the direction of rotation of the substrate in the rotation path. The kinetic energy of the second gas flow is lower than the kinetic energy of the first gas flow.
US10727089B2	Systems and methods for selectively etching film A method for selectively etching one exposed material of a substrate relative to another exposed material of the substrate includes a) arranging the substrate in a processing chamber; b) setting a chamber pressure; c) setting an RF frequency and an RF power for RF plasma; d) supplying a plasma gas mixture to the processing chamber; e) striking the RF plasma in the processing chamber in one of an electric mode (E-mode) and a magnetic mode (H-mode); and f) during plasma processing of the substrate, changing at least one of the chamber pressure, the RF frequency, the RF power and the plasma gas mixture to switch from the one of the E-mode and the H-mode to the other of the E-mode and the H-mode.
US10727083B1	Method for via formation in flowable epoxy materials by micro-imprint The present disclosure generally relates to methods of micro-imprinting panels or substrates for advanced packaging applications. A redistribution layer comprising an epoxy material is deposited on a substrate layer and imprinted with a stamp to form an epoxy substrate patterned with a plurality of vias. The stamp is removed from the epoxy substrate, and the epoxy substrate is optionally etched with a plasma comprising oxygen to prevent the redistribution layer from becoming flowable when cured. A capping layer may optionally be deposited on the surface of the epoxy substrate.
US10727082B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die. A dielectric material surrounds the semiconductor die to form an integrated semiconductor package. There is a contact coupling to the integrated semiconductor package and configured as a ground terminal for the semiconductor package. The semiconductor device further has an EMI (Electric Magnetic Interference) shield substantially enclosing the integrated semiconductor package, wherein the EMI shield is coupled with the contact through a path disposed in the integrated semiconductor package.
US10727080B2	Tantalum-containing material removal Methods are described herein for etching tantalum-containing films with various potential additives while still retaining other desirable patterned substrate portions. The methods include exposing a tantalum-containing film to a chlorine-containing precursor (e.g. Cl2) with a concurrent plasma. The plasma-excited chlorine-containing precursor selectively etches the tantalum-containing film and other industrially-desirable additives. Chlorine is then removed from the substrate processing region. A hydrogen-containing precursor (e.g. H2) is delivered to the substrate processing region (also with plasma excitation) to produce a relatively even and residue-free tantalum-containing surface. The methods presented remove tantalum while retaining materials elsewhere on the patterned substrate.
US10727077B2	Structure and method to expose memory cells with different sizes A memory cell with an etch stop layer is provided. The memory cell comprises a bottom electrode disposed over a substrate. A switching dielectric is disposed over the bottom electrode and having a variable resistance. A top electrode is disposed over the switching dielectric. A sidewall spacer layer extends upwardly along sidewalls of the bottom electrode, the switching dielectric, and the top electrode. A lower etch stop layer is disposed over the lower dielectric layer and lining an outer sidewall of the sidewall spacer layer. The lower etch stop layer is made of a material different from the sidewall spacer layer and protects the top electrode from damaging during manufacturing processes.
US10727076B2	Slurry and manufacturing semiconductor using the slurry The present disclosure provides a method for planarizing a metal-dielectric surface. The method includes: providing a slurry to a first metal-dielectric surface, wherein the first metal-dielectric surface comprises a silicon oxide portion and a metal portion, and wherein the slurry comprises a ceria compound; and performing a chemical mechanical polish (CMP) operation using the slurry to simultaneously remove the silicon oxide portion and the metal portion. The present disclosure also provides a method for planarizing a metal-dielectric surface and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor.
US10727074B2	Method and system for thinning wafer thereof A method for thinning a wafer is provided. The method includes placing a wafer on a support assembly and securing an etching mask to a backside of the wafer. The etching mask covers a peripheral portion of the wafer. The method further includes performing a wet etching process on the backside of the wafer to form a thinned wafer, and the thinned wafer includes peripheral portions having a first thickness and a central portion having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. A system for forming the thinned wafer is also provided.
US10727069B2	Self-aligned contact and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device and a method of forming the semiconductor device are disclosed. A method includes forming a gate stack over a semiconductor structure. The gate stack is recessed to form a first recess. A first dielectric layer is formed along a bottom and sidewalls of the first recess, the first dielectric layer having a first etch rate. A second dielectric layer is formed over the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer having a second etch rate, the first etch rate being higher than the second etch rate. A third dielectric layer is formed over the second dielectric layer. An etch rate of a portion of the third dielectric layer is altered. The first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer, and the third dielectric layer are recessed to form a second recess. A capping layer is formed in the second recess.
US10727066B2	Semiconductor device and methods of manufacture A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are provided. In an embodiment a metal layer is formed over a substrate using a fluorine-free deposition process, a nucleation layer is formed over the metal layer using a fluorine included deposition process, and a fill material is formed to fill an opening and form a gate stack.
US10727063B2	Methods of fabricating high voltage semiconductor devices A method includes forming a blocking pattern on a buffer insulation layer disposed over a first region in a semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, forming an ion implantation mask pattern having an opening over the buffer insulation layer to expose the blocking pattern by the opening of the ion implantation mask pattern, and implanting impurity ions of a first conductivity type for forming a body region of the first conductivity type into the first region using the ion implantation mask pattern.
US10727061B2	Method for integrated circuit patterning An exemplary method includes forming a hard mask layer over an integrated circuit layer and implanting ions into a first portion of the hard mask layer without implanting ions into a second portion of the hard mask layer. An etching characteristic of the first portion is different than an etching characteristic of the second portion. After the implanting, the method includes annealing the hard mask layer. After the annealing, the method includes selectively etching the second portion of the hard mask layer, thereby forming an etching mask from the first portion of the hard mask layer. The method can further include using the etching mask to pattern the integrated circuit layer.
US10727060B2	Doping system, doping method and method for manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device A doping system includes a light source to emit an optical pulse; a light source controller connected to the light source, to control an energy density of the optical pulse; and a beam adjusting unit to irradiate the optical pulse to a surface of a doping-object made of silicon carbide on which an impurity-containing source-film containing impurity atoms is deposited. The light source controller irradiates a first optical pulse to the impurity-containing source-film so as to form a reaction-product layer in the doping-object, and irradiates a second optical pulse having an energy density higher than an energy density of the first optical pulse, so as to introduce the impurity atoms into the target through the reaction-product layer.
US10727056B2	Method and structure for cutting dense line patterns using self-aligned double patterning A method for forming a semiconductor structure including forming a plurality of mandrel lines on a first dielectric layer and forming one or more groups of discontinuous mandrel line pairs with a first mask. The method further includes disposing a second dielectric layer, and forming dielectric spacers on sidewalls of the mandrel lines and the discontinuous mandrel line pairs. The method further includes removing the mandrel lines and the discontinuous mandrel line pairs to form spacer masks, forming one or more groups of blocked regions using a second mask, and forming openings extended through the first dielectric layer with a conjunction of the spacer masks and the second mask. The method also includes removing the spacer masks and the second mask, disposing an objective material in the openings, and forming objective lines with top surfaces coplanar with the top surfaces of the first dielectric layer.
US10727049B2	Method for making a semiconductor device including compound semiconductor materials and an impurity and point defect blocking superlattice A method for making a semiconductor device may include forming a recess in a substrate including a first Group IV semiconductor, forming an active layer comprising a Group III-V semiconductor within the recess, and forming a buffer layer between the substrate and active layer and comprising a second Group IV semiconductor. The method may further include forming an impurity and point defect blocking superlattice layer adjacent the buffer layer.
US10727046B2	Surface modified depth controlled deposition for plasma based deposition A method for performing gap fill of a feature on a substrate includes the following operations: (a) moving the substrate into a process chamber; (b) performing a plurality of cycles of an ALD process; (c) purging process gases from the ALD process from the process chamber; (d) performing a plasma treatment on the substrate by introducing a fluorine-containing gas into the process chamber and applying RF power to the fluorine-containing gas to generate a fluorine plasma in the process chamber; (e) purging process gases from the plasma treatment from the process chamber; (f) repeating operations (b) through (e) until a predefined number of cycles has been performed.
US10727044B2	Fill material to mitigate pattern collapse A method for preventing the collapse of patterned, high aspect ratio features formed in semiconductor substrates upon removal of an initial fluid of the type used to clean etch residues from the spaces between the features. In the present method, the spaces are at least partially filled with a displacement solution, such as via spin coating, to substantially displace the initial fluid. The displacement solution includes at least one solvent and at least one, or combination of, a first fill material in the form of a phenol-formaldehyde polymer and/or a second fill material in the form of a polyalkene carbonate (PAC). The solvent is then volatized to deposit the fill materials in substantially solid form within the spaces. The fill materials may be removed by known plasma etch process via a high etch rate as compared to use of current fill materials, which prevents or mitigates silicon loss.
US10727043B2	Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus A hole is formed on a liquid film of a low surface tension liquid which covers an entire region of an upper surface of a substrate, and a central portion of the upper surface of the substrate is exposed. The hole in the liquid film of the low surface tension liquid is expanded up to an outer circumference of the substrate. Discharge of hot water is stopped before formation of the hole in the liquid film of the low surface tension liquid. After the liquid film of the low surface tension liquid has been expelled from the upper surface of the substrate, hot water is supplied again to a lower surface of the substrate. A liquid adhering to the substrate is shaken off after stoppage of discharge of the hot water.
US10727042B2	Liquid processing method, substrate processing apparatus and recording medium A liquid processing method can remove pure water existing within a pattern of a substrate and replace the pure water with a solvent rapidly. The liquid processing method of supplying the pure water onto the substrate, which is horizontally held and has the pattern formed on a surface thereof, and drying the substrate includes a pure water supplying process of supplying the pure water onto the surface of the substrate; a heated solvent supplying process of supplying, after the pure water supplying process, the solvent in a liquid state, which is heated to a temperature equal to or higher than a boiling point of water, onto the surface of the substrate on which the pure water exists; and a removing process of drying the substrate by removing the solvent form the surface of the substrate.
US10727037B2	Mass spectrometer A mass spectrometer for performing a selected ion monitoring (SIM) measurement and/or multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) measurement on each of one or a plurality of target components contained in a sample under one or a plurality of measurement conditions is provided. The mass spectrometer includes: a storage section 41 in which SIM measurement conditions and/or MRM measurement conditions are previously stored for a plurality of components; a measurement condition selection receiver 43 for performing the following operations when a command to create a method file in which measurement conditions are described is issued by a user: reading the selected ion monitoring measurement conditions and/or multiple reaction monitoring measurement conditions of the plurality of components, displaying the measurement conditions on a screen, and receiving a selection by the user; and a method file creator 48 for creating a method file in which a measurement condition selected by the user is described.
US10727031B2	Methods and systems for plasma deposition and treatment This application is directed to an apparatus for creating microwave radiation patterns for an object detection system. The apparatus includes a waveguide conduit having first slots at one side of the conduit and corresponding second slots at an opposite side of the conduit. The waveguide conduit is coupled to a microwave source for transmitting microwaves from the microwave source through the plurality of first slots. A plunger is moveably positioned in the waveguide conduit from one end thereof. The plunger allows the waveguide conduit to be tuned to generally optimize the power of the microwaves exiting the first slots. Secondary plungers are each fitted in one of the second slots to independently tune or detune microwave emittance through a corresponding first slot.
US10727026B2	Charged particle beam inspection method A charged particle beam inspection method conducted by disposing a sample on a stage and by performing a first scanning in a first beam scanning area on the sample by using one first charged particle beam out of a plurality of charged particle beams while the stage is moved so that a first inspection of a first inspection unit in the first beam scanning area is performed, and by performing a second scanning in a second beam scanning area on the sample by using one second charged particle beam out of the charged particle beams while the stage is moved so that a second inspection of a second inspection unit in the second beam scanning area is performed.
US10727025B2	System and method of analyzing a crystal defect A system of analyzing a crystal defect includes an image processor, an image generator, and a comparator. The image processor processes a measured transmission electron microscope (TEM) image that is provided by capturing an image of a specimen having a crystal structure, to provide structural defect information of the specimen. The image generator provides a plurality of virtual TEM images corresponding to a plurality of three-dimensional structural defects of the crystal structure. The comparator compares the measured TEM image with the plurality of virtual TEM images using the structural defect information to determine a defect type of the measured TEM image.
US10727022B2	Methods and devices for producing an electron beam Disclosed are methods and devices suitable for producing an electron beam.
US10727020B1	Switch module A switch module includes an outer shell, a button and a bracket. The button is disposed to the outer shell. The button has a base board. One side of a bottom surface of the base board is recessed in the upward direction to form an avoiding groove. A rear of the bottom surface of the base board protrudes in the downward direction to form a driving pillar. The bracket is disposed under the button. A top surface of the bracket is recessed in the downward direction to form an accommodating groove. A top surface of a bottom wall of the accommodating groove is defined as a stopping surface. The driving pillar projects beyond the stopping surface. A front end of the top surface of the bottom wall of the accommodating groove is recessed downward to form an avoiding plane.
US10727018B2	Circuit interrupter with audible indication and method of operating a circuit interrupter A circuit interrupter including a line conductor, a neutral conductor, separable contacts structured to open to interrupt current flowing through the line and neutral conductors, a circuit interrupter circuit structured to detect a fault based on current flowing through the line and neutral conductors and to output a trip signal in response to detecting the fault, a trip circuit structured to trip open the separable contacts in response to the trip signal, and an audible indicator circuit electrically connected between the line and neutral conductors and being structured to output an audible sound in response to the trip circuit tripping open the separable contacts.
US10727017B2	Switch cell having a semiconductor switch element and micro-electromechanical switch element Various embodiments include a switch cell comprising: a semiconductor switch element; a micro-electromechanical switch element; and an electronic actuation circuit. The semiconductor switch element and the micro-electromechanical switch element are connected in parallel. In a switch-off process for the switch cell, the semiconductor switch element is switched off after the micro-electromechanical switch element is switched off.
US10727014B2	Safety circuit for fail-safe shutdown of a dangerous system A safety circuit for fail-safe shutdown of a dangerous technical system with a plurality of disconnectable system component groups comprises a plurality of safety switching devices electrically connected to one another in series to form a closed-loop monitoring circuit in which electric monitoring current flows through the safety switching devices. Each of the safety switching devices includes: a fail-safe control unit that detects and evaluates information about a current operating state of any system component group assigned to it; and a current flow adjuster that changes the current flow within the monitoring circuit to interrupt the monitoring circuit in response to detection of a safety command by the safety switching device. The fail-safe control units generate a shutdown signal in response to an interruption of the current flow within the monitoring circuit, which causes the fail-safe shutdown of any of the system component group not already shut down.
US10727012B2	Molded case circuit interrupter having circuitry component situated adjacent rear exterior surface A molded case circuit interrupter advantageously employs a circuitry component that is situated adjacent a rear exterior surface of the molded case of the molded case circuit interrupter. Previous circuit interrupters have sometimes employed a non-conductive backsheet of a nominal thickness of 0.062 inches that was adhered to the rear surface of the molded case circuit interrupter in order to electrically isolate screws, posts, and the like that were mounted to and that were exposed on the rear portion of a molded case thereof. The disclosed and claimed concept provides a circuitry component in place of or in addition to the back sheet, with the circuitry component including flexible ribbons having electrical conductors that extend through holes formed in the molded case and that are electrically connected with electronic components that are situated within the interior of the molded case.
US10727009B2	Light source board, manufacturing method thereof, and luminous keyboard using the same A light source board includes a substrate, a composite circuit layer on the substrate, a first protective layer on the composite circuit layer, and a plurality of light sources on the pad portions, respectively. The substrate has a long side, a first short side, and a second short side. The composite circuit layer includes a first conductive trace layer and a second conductive trace layer stacked on the first conductive trace layer. A conductivity of the second conductive trace layer is higher than a conductivity of the first conductive trace layer. The composite circuit layer has a wire portion formed of at least the first conductive trace layer and a plurality of pad portions each formed of at least the first conductive trace layer and the second conductive trace layer. The wire portion is electrically coupled to the pad portions. The first protective layer exposes the pad portions.
US10727007B2	Armature circuit in electric tool and battery pack socket The invention discloses an armature circuit in an electric tool and a power socket of the electric tool using the armature circuit, comprising a power supply and a motor. Two electrodes of the power supply are each provided with a connection structure connected to an output part. One connection structure is a multi-contact on/off controllable movable contact structure, and the other one is a double-faced multi-contact structure. According to the armature circuit, the internal resistance of the armature circuit of the motor is greatly reduced, the hardness of running characteristics of the motor is enhanced, and the working efficiency of the tool is improved; due to decreasing of the internal resistance, the current loss of the armature circuit is reduced, and the temperature rise of an electric appliance and contacts is reduced; with the same working efficiency, the battery capacity can be saved, and the battery cost is reduced.
US10727002B2	Lithium ion-based internal hybrid electrochemical energy storage cell Provided is an internal hybrid electrochemical cell comprising: (A) a pseudocapacitance cathode comprising a cathode active material that contains a conductive carbon material and a porphyrin compound, wherein the porphyrin compound is bonded to or supported by the carbon material to form a redox pair for pseudocapacitance, wherein the carbon material is selected from activated carbon, activated carbon black, expanded graphite flakes, exfoliated graphite worms, carbon nanotube, carbon nanofiber, carbon fiber, a combination thereof; (B) a battery-like anode comprising lithium metal, lithium metal alloy, or a prelithiated anode active material (e.g. prelithiated Si, SiO, Sn, SnO2, etc.), and (C) a lithium-containing electrolyte in physical contact with the anode and the cathode; wherein the cathode active material has a specific surface area no less than 100 m2/g which is in direct physical contact with the electrolyte.
US10726998B2	Feedthrough device A feedthrough device includes a body having longitudinally spaced first and second end faces and an inner surface defining an opening extending longitudinally through the body, a conductor extending within the opening of the body, and an insulator extending within the opening of the body transversely intermediate the conductor and the inner surface of the body to insulate the conductor from the body, where the conductor includes an interior portion surrounded by the insulator and an exterior portion extending beyond the insulator, the exterior portion having a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the interior portion.
US10726994B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor A multilayer ceramic capacitor having a ceramic sintered body with alternately laminated dielectric layers and internal electrodes. The dielectric layers are formed from a perovskite-type compound represented by the general formula ABO3, and the perovskite-type compound contains at least Ti and a volatile element that forms a solid solution at a B site thereof. The internal electrodes are formed from a base metal material and contain the volatile element. The content of the volatile element is greater than 0 parts by mole and less than or equal to 0.2 parts by mole with respect to 100 parts by mole of the constituent element at the B site, and excluding the volatile element at the B site.
US10726988B2	Inductor component and manufacturing method for inductor component A technique capable of reducing the resistance of an inductor electrode is provided. A second conductor 6 is constituted by an undercoating layer 11 formed of a conductive paste, and a plating layer 12 formed to cover the undercoating layer 11. Therefore, the second conductor 6 constituting part of the inductor electrode 7 can be formed at a lower cost. Respective first end surfaces 8a and 9a of first and second metal pins 8 and 9 are connected to each other by the plating layer 12 of the second conductor 6 without interposition of the undercoating layer 11 thereof between them. Hence the resistance of the inductor electrode 7 can be reduced at a lower cost.
US10726987B2	Coil component In an embodiment, a coil component includes: a core 10; a coil conductor 40 having a spiral part 42 placed inside the core 10, and a lead part 48 which is led out from the spiral part 42 to the principal outer surface, constituting the bottom face 28, of the core 10, and which includes an end part 46 that serves as an external terminal 49; an insulated terminal 60 electrically insulated from the coil conductor 40, which is fitted onto and bonded to the core 10, and which has a bottom part 64 positioned on the bottom face 28, a top part 62 positioned on the top face 26, and a side part 66 coupling the bottom part 64 and the top part 62, where the top part 62 and side part 66 have an opening 68 in which an adhesive 82 is filled.
US10726986B2	Apparatus and method for magnetic field compression using a toroid coil structure An apparatus for magnetic field compression includes a toroid and a plurality of separate coils wound around the toroid. The coils are spaced about a circumference of the toroid and each coil generates a magnetic field in response to electric current flowing in the coil. The toroid and a group of the coils each include a size that respectively gradually decreases over a predetermined portion of the toroid. The magnetic field is compressed or has a highest magnetic flux density proximate a central region of the coils around the toroid.
US10726984B2	Electromagnetic mode change of peripheral interface wheel A user input device including a rotary input control having a wheel and an electropermanent magnet (EPM) assembly, the EPM assembly comprising a permanent magnet and a magnetizing assembly configured to control a polarization of the permanent magnet to transition the electropermanent magnet assembly from a first state in which the EPM assembly applies a first resistance profile to the wheel and a second state in which the EPM assembly applies a second resistance profile to the wheel. The EPM assembly includes magnetically conductive members positioned at opposing ends of the electropermanent magnet, each magnetically conductive member comprising a respective plurality of teeth protruding radially toward the wheel, and each of the magnetically conductive members comprising a respective magnetic pole depending on a polarized state of the EPM assembly.
US10726983B2	Rare earth magnet and motor A rare earth magnet capable of reducing an eddy current loss by virtue of a low-cost, simple configuration, when mounted in a motor, is to be provided. The rare earth magnet can include a magnet body that includes a rare earth element and iron; and a resistive layer formed on at least one surface of the magnet body, the resistive layer comprising a rare earth element, iron, and oxygen and having an average volume resistivity of 103 Ωcm or more and a thickness of from 3 to 25 μm.
US10726979B2	Bulk nanocomposite magnets and methods of making bulk nanocomposite magnets The present invention relates to bulk magnetic nanocomposites and methods of making bulk magnetic nanocomposites.
US10726976B2	Semiconductive shield free of weld lines and protrusions Semiconductive shield layers for power cable constructions are made from a composition that has: (A) A nonpolar, ethylene-based polymer having a density of greater than (>) 0.90 glee and a melt index of >20 g/10 min at 190° C./2.16 Kg; (B) A polar polymer consisting of ethylene and an unsaturated alkyl ester having 4 to 20 carbon atoms; (C) Acetylene carbon black; and (D) A curing agent; with the provisos that (1) the composition has a phase separated structure, and (2) the weight ratio of nonpolar polymer to polar polymer is from 0.25 to 4.
US10726970B2	High speed transmission cable The present invention relates to a high speed transmission cable that includes a first conductor set, a dielectric film at least partially concentrically disposed around the first conductor set and a pinched portion forming an insulating envelope around the first conductor set. The dielectric film includes a base layer having a plurality of first protrusions formed on a first major surface of the base layer, wherein the dielectric film is disposed such that the base layer is partially concentric with the conductor set and wherein a portion of the first protrusions is disposed between the first conductor set and the base layer in a region where the base layer is concentric with the first conductor set.
US10726967B2	Polymerizable monomer, polymer compound, biological electrode composition, biological electrode, and method for producing biological electrode The present invention provides: a biological electrode composition formable a living body contact layer for a biological electrode which is excellent in conductivity and biocompatibility, as well as light in the weight thereof and producible at a low cost, and in addition, which does not cause a significant decrease in the conductivity thereof regardless of under a water-wet condition and a dry condition; a polymer compound which can be suitably used for the biological electrode composition; a polymerizable monomer suitable as a raw material of the polymer compound; a biological electrode having a living body contact layer formed of the biological electrode composition; and a method for producing the same; and wherein, the polymerizable monomer is represented by the following general formula (1).
US10726960B2	Nuclear reactor safety system A coolant injection system for a nuclear power generation system includes the coolant injection system, and method of operation of the coolant injection system. The nuclear power generation system includes a reactor pressure vessel having a reactor core, a pressuriser in fluid communication with the reactor pressure vessel, and the injection system, which comprises a make-up tank having a tank inlet and a tank outlet. The injection system has an operating condition, and a fault response condition, and is configured to switch between these conditions when coolant level in the pressuriser drops below a threshold level. In the operating condition, the tank outlet is isolated from the reactor pressure vessel such that coolant is retained in the make-up tank, and the tank inlet is in fluid communication with the reactor pressure vessel and the pressuriser.
US10726956B2	Fever epidemic detection system and method thereof The fever epidemic detection system comprises a detection module, a control module and a communication module. The detection module measures and obtains a body-temperature measured value. The control module comprises a first operation unit, a determination unit and an alert unit. The first operation unit receives and calibrates the body-temperature measured value with a calibration factor, and generates a body-temperature calibrated value. The determination unit receives and determines whether the body-temperature calibrated value is within a preset normal body-temperature range and generates a determination result. The alert unit receives the determination result. The communication module transmits data to an external device. The alert unit generates a first alerting message, if the determination result shows that the body-temperature calibrated value is not within a preset normal body-temperature range. The control module transmits the first alerting message and the corresponding body-temperature to the external device via the communication module.
US10726953B2	System for providing identification and information, and for scheduling alerts A device and system for providing identification and medical information are disclosed. The device includes a readable code that contains medical biographical information of the subject, a programmable reporter element that is programmed to electronically store at least one particular event relating to the subject, and a signal producing element functionally related to the programmable reporter element. The system includes collecting and storing medical biographical information of a subject, embedding the medical biographical information in a readable code of the device, and scanning the readable code of the device worn by or in the possession of the subject using an appliance to retrieve the medical biographical information of the subject. The medical biographical information allows medical professionals to obtain the subject's medical information in order to provide medical care. Also disclosed is an integrated system for alerting subjects to upcoming events related to their continued care.
US10726952B2	Systems and methods for virtually integrated care delivery Disclosed herein are systems and methods for virtually integrated care delivery. In one implementation, a provider controller is disposed in a virtual care command center and has a provider care delivery interface. Patient controllers and provider user devices are in communication with the provider controller over a network and are each associated with a patient room and have a patient care delivery interface. The provider controller obtains real-time video from the patient controllers for presentation using the provider care delivery interface. The real-time video is captured using the patient care delivery interfaces and provides real-time surveillance of the patient rooms in the virtual care command center. A communication manager device is deployed in the network and configured to route communications among the controllers and user devices and routes a round coordination communication from the provider controller to a subset of the provider user devices associated with providers for a patient.
US10726951B2	Method and system for generating polygons within a geographic region that satisfy a query A method and a non-transitory computer readable medium for generating polygons within a geographic region that satisfy a query are disclosed. For example, the method extracts a plurality of nodes, a plurality of service providers and information associated with the plurality of nodes and the plurality of service providers of the geographic region from a geographic data source, creates a node table based on the information that was extracted, receives the query for one or more nodes having a predefined number of service providers within a travel budget, determines the one or more nodes from the node table that satisfy the query, and generates one or more generate polygons around the one or more nodes that satisfy the query within the geographic region.
US10726948B2	Medical imaging device- and display-invariant segmentation and measurement Medical imaging device- and display-invariant segmentation and measurement is provided. In various embodiments, a plurality of medical images is read from a data store. Metadata of each of the plurality of medical images is read. The metadata identifies an image acquisition device associated with each of the plurality of medical images. Based on the plurality of medical images and the metadata of each of the plurality of images, a learning system is trained to determine one or more image correction parameters. The one or more image correction parameters optimize segmentation of the plurality of medical images.
US10726945B2	BAMBAM: parallel comparative analysis of high-throughput sequencing data A differential sequence object is constructed on the basis of alignment of sub-strings via incremental synchronization of sequence strings using known positions of the sub-strings relative to a reference genome sequence. An output file is then generated that comprises only relevant changes with respect to the reference genome.
US10726944B2	Recommending novel reactants to synthesize chemical products A method is provided for determining at least one candidate reactant. One embodiment of this method includes the following steps: forming by a computer processor a graph of known reactants and known products, the graph comprising links between the known reactants and their known products, receiving by a computer processor the target compound, determining by a computer processor whether the graph includes the target compound and adding the target compound to the graph if the target compound was not previously included, forming by a computer processor a matrix representing at least a portion of the known reactants, a portion of the known products and the target compound, providing a matrix value of the graph by a computer processor for one or more candidate reactants and determining by a computer processor at least one link in the graph between the target compound and the candidate reactant based on matrix values.
US10726943B2	Clinical decision model An embodiment of the invention provides a method for determining a patient-specific probability of disease. The method collects clinical parameters from a plurality of patients to create a training database. A fully unsupervised Bayesian Belief Network model is created using data from the training database; and, the fully unsupervised Bayesian Belief Network is validated. Clinical parameters are collected from an individual patient; and, such clinical parameters are input into the fully unsupervised Bayesian Belief Network model via a graphical user interface. The patient-specific probability of the healing rate of an acute traumatic wound is output from the fully unsupervised Bayesian Belief Network model and sent to the graphical user interface for use by a clinician in pre-operative planning. The fully unsupervised Bayesian Belief Network model is updated using the clinical parameters from the individual patient and the patient-specific probability of the healing rate of an acute traumatic wound.
US10726940B2	Column skip inconsistency correction Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for skip inconsistency correction. A skip circuit is configured to skip memory units for read operations and write operations of a memory array, based on a record of memory units identified as faulty. A skip inconsistency detection circuit is configured to detect a skip inconsistency in read data from a memory array. A correction circuit is configured to correct a skip inconsistency and output corrected read data.
US10726933B2	Bidirectional shift register circuit A plurality of cascade-connected register circuits which comprises a bidirectional shift register include a top register circuit, a bottom register circuit, and main register circuits. The register circuit has an output circuit which outputs one of four-phase clock pulses when a voltage of a first node is an active level; a second output circuit which outputs a non-active level when a voltage of a second node is the active level; a second node reset circuit which sets the second node to the non-active level when a voltage of a second node reset terminal is the active level. The forward scan signal sets the voltage of the first node of the top register circuit to the active level, and the forward scan signal sets the voltage of the second node reset terminal of the bottom register circuit to the active level.
US10726932B2	Storage device and method of operating the same A storage device includes a memory device configured to store program pulse information indicating whether the number of program pulses applied to selected memory cells during a program operation exceeds a reference value; and a memory controller configured to determine whether the probability of a growing defect occurring in the selected memory cells is present based on the program pulse information.
US10726926B2	Hot-cold VTH mismatch using VREAD modulation Methods and systems for improving the reliability of data stored within a semiconductor memory over a wide range of operating temperatures are described. The amount of shifting in the threshold voltages of memory cell transistors over temperature may depend on the location of the memory cell transistors within a NAND string. To compensate for these variations, the threshold voltages of memory cell transistors in the middle of the NAND string or associated with a range of word lines between the ends of the NAND string may be adjusted by increasing the word line voltages biasing memory cell transistors on the drain-side of the selected word line when the read temperature is greater than a first threshold temperature and/or decreasing the word line voltages biasing memory cell transistors on the source-side of the selected word line when the read temperature is less than a second threshold temperature.
US10726924B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of bit lines electrically coupled to a memory cell array and extending in a first direction; bit line contact pads formed on a first plane over a substrate and respectively coupled to the bit lines through bit line contacts; and first contact pads formed on the first plane, respectively coupled to the bit line contact pads through redistribution lines, and electrically coupled to a page buffer circuit which is disposed on the substrate, through first contacts, wherein at least two first contact pads corresponding to at least two bit line contact pads which are disposed in a line in a second direction crossing with the first direction are disposed in a line in the first direction.
US10726922B2	Memory device with connected word lines for fast programming Apparatuses and techniques for fast programming and read operations for memory cells. A group of word lines comprising a selected word line and one or more adjacent word lines are driven with a common voltage signal during program and read operations. The word lines may be permanently connected to one another or connected by a switch. In another approach, the word lines are driven separately by common voltage signals. In a set of blocks, one block of memory cells can be provided with connected word lines to provide a relatively high access speed, while another block of memory cells has disconnected word lines to provide a higher storage density. In another aspect, the memory cells of a word line are divided into portions, and a portion which is closest to a row decoder is reserved for high access speed with a low storage density.
US10726921B2	Increased terrace configuration for non-volatile memory A three-dimensional block includes a stack comprising a plurality of control gate layers configured to bias memory cells of the block. The block includes a plurality of track regions that includes three or more hookup regions. The plurality of track regions separate the memory cells into three memory cell regions. Tracks extending in the track regions supply voltages to the hookup regions. A system includes a memory plane of blocks, and a plurality of track regions, each extending across the memory plane of blocks.
US10726920B2	Pre-charge voltage for inhibiting unselected NAND memory cell programming Techniques are provided for pre-charging NAND strings during a programming operation. The NAND strings are in a block that is divided into vertical sub-blocks. During a pre-charge phase of a programming operation, an overdrive voltage is applied to some memory cells and a bypass voltage is applied to other memory cells. The overdrive voltage allows the channel of an unselected NAND string to adequately charge during the pre-charge phase. Adequate charging of the channel helps the channel voltage to boost to a sufficient level to inhibit programming of an unselected memory cell during a program phase. Thus, program disturb is prevented, or at least reduced. The technique allows, for example, programming of memory cells in a middle vertical sub-block without causing program disturb of memory cells that are not to receive programming.
US10726919B2	Apparatuses and methods for comparing data patterns in memory Apparatuses and methods related to comparing data patterns in memory. An example method can include comparing a number of data patterns stored in a memory array to a target data pattern. The method can include determining whether a data pattern of the number of data patterns matches the target data pattern.
US10726918B2	Resistive random access memory device A memory device includes: a memory bit cell; a write circuit, coupled to the memory bit cell, and configured to use a first voltage to transition the memory bit cell to a first logic state by changing a respective resistance state of the memory bit cell, and compare a first current flowing through the memory bit cell with a first reference current; and a control logic circuit, coupled to the write circuit, and configured to determine whether the first logic state is successfully written into the memory bit cell based on a read-out logic state of the memory bit cell and the comparison between the first current and first reference current.
US10726915B2	Semiconductor memory apparatus, semiconductor system and electronic device including the semiconductor memory apparatus A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a memory cell coupled between a bit line and a word line. A sensing line is disposed adjacent to the word line to form a capacitor together with the word line. A sense amplifier coupled to the sensing line generates an output signal by detecting a voltage level of the sensing line.
US10726913B2	Semiconductor device and method for driving the same Disclosed is a semiconductor device having a memory cell which comprises a transistor having a control gate and a storage gate. The storage gate comprises an oxide semiconductor and is able to be a conductor and an insulator depending on the potential of the storage gate and the potential of the control gate. Data is written by setting the potential of the control gate to allow the storage gate to be a conductor, supplying a potential of data to be stored to the storage gate, and setting the potential of the control gate to allow the storage gate to be an insulator. Data is read by supplying a potential for reading to a read signal line connected to one of a source and a drain of the transistor and detecting the change in potential of a bit line connected to the other of the source and the drain.
US10726912B2	Apparatuses and methods for sensing a phase-change test cell and determining changes to the test cell resistance due to thermal exposure A phase change memory array may include at least one cell used to determine whether the array has been altered by thermal exposure over time. The cell may be the same or different from the other cells. In some embodiments, the cell is only read in response to an event. If in response to that reading, it is determined that the cell has changed state or resistance, it may deduce whether the change is a result of thermal exposure. Corrective measures may then be taken.
US10726909B1	Multi-port memory arrays with integrated worldwide coupling mitigation structures and method Disclosed is a multi-port memory array configured to minimize resistance-capacitance (RC) delay caused by wordline coupling. In each row of the array, a first voltage boost circuit is connected to the distal ends of a first wordline and a second wordline and boosts a first voltage on the first wordline during an access period when the first voltage is transitioning from low to high and when, concurrently, a second voltage on the second wordline is either low or transitioning to low. Optionally, a second voltage boost circuit is also connected to the distal ends of the first and second wordlines and boosts the second voltage on the second wordline during a different access period when the second voltage is transitioning from low to high and when, concurrently, the first voltage on the first wordline is either at low or transitioning from high to low. Also disclosed is a corresponding method.
US10726907B2	Electronic device with a sense amp mechanism An electronic device includes: a memory cell configured to store electric charge for representing a data value, wherein the memory cell is configured to store two or more levels of the electric charge corresponding to different data values; a preamplifier operably coupled to the memory cell, the preamplifier having a common source and configured to generate an amplified signal based on amplifying a difference in the two or more levels of the stored electric charge; and a sense amplifier operably coupled to the preamplifier, the sense amplifier configured to further process the amplified signal for determining the data value stored in the memory cell.
US10726906B2	Memory device and operation method thereof An operation method of a memory device includes sequentially receiving an active command and a precharge command from an external device, during a first time interval, applying a first activation voltage to a selected wordline in response to the active command, applying a second activation voltage to the selected wordline after the first time interval elapses from a first time point when the first active command is received, and applying a first deactivation voltage to the selected wordline in response to the precharge command. The second activation voltage is lower than the first activation voltage and is higher than the first deactivation voltage.
US10726905B2	Memory device with improved writing features The present invention relates to a method of performing a write access phase for a memory device and comprising: transferring a write data from a local input and output line to a bit line to write the data into a memory cell via the bit line by activating a column switch provided between the bit line and the local input and output line during a first period; and transferring a read data read out from the memory cell to the local input and output line via the bit line by activating the column switch during a second period; wherein the first period is longer than the second period.
US10726904B2	Partial refresh technique to save memory refresh power In a conventional memory subsystem, a memory controller issues explicit refresh commands to a DRAM memory device to maintain integrity of the data stored in the memory device when the memory device is in an auto-refresh mode. A significant amount of power may be consumed to carry out the refresh. To address this and other issues, it is proposed to allow a partial refresh in the auto-refresh mode in which the refreshing operation may be skipped for a subset of the memory cells. Through such selective refresh skipping, the power consumed for auto-refreshes may be reduced. Operating system kernels and memory drivers may be configured to determine areas of memory for which the refreshing operation can be skipped.
US10726900B2	Semiconductor memory device and method for reading semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes: a first bit line; a second bit line connected to the first bit line via a first switch; a charge transfer section including: a first holding section connected to the second bit line, the first holding section being configured to hold a readout voltage from a memory section that stores data, and a second holding section connected to the first bit line, the second holding section being configured to hold a voltage generated due to transfer of charges between the first holding section and the second holding section, the charge transfer section being configured to transfer charges between the first holding section and the second holding section via the first bit line; and a comparison section configured to compare a voltage held in the second holding section with a reference voltage.
US10726898B1	MRAM sense amplifier with second stage offset cancellation A sense amplifier circuit for sensing a data state of a data cell during a read cycle is described. The circuit includes a first stage with first circuitry to output a reference voltage and a data voltage relating to the data state of the data cell. The circuit further includes a second stage with circuitry to amplify a difference between the reference voltage and the data voltage. This circuitry includes a plurality of inverters and a plurality of capacitors. The read cycle includes a compensation phase. During the compensation phase the circuitry stores, at the capacitors, a voltage difference caused by a device mismatch of the inverters. After the compensation phase the circuitry amplifies the difference between the reference voltage and the data voltage, and compensates for the device mismatch using the stored voltage difference at the capacitors.
US10726896B1	Resistive nonvolatile memory structure employing a statistical sensing scheme and method A memory structure includes a first memory array with two transistor-two variable resistor memory cells and a second memory array with one transistor-one variable resistor memory cells, which are each selectively operable in read, write and standby modes. The first memory array and the second memory array are interleaved so that, when the second memory operates in the read mode, the first memory array automatically and concurrently operates in a reference mode. A method of operating the memory structure includes, when the second memory array operates in the read mode, automatically and concurrently operating the first memory array in the reference mode so that the first memory array generates and outputs a statistical reference voltage, which is between the low and high voltages of a nominal memory cell within the second memory array and which is employed by the second memory array to sense a stored data value.
US10726895B1	Circuit methodology for differential weight reading in resistive processing unit devices A system, comprising: a memory that stores computer-executable components; a processor, operably coupled to the memory, that executes the computer-executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer-executable components comprise: an expression component that expresses the read current range in an RPU as read current Iwmin and Iwmax, a constant current source component that generates a reference current I, a computing component that subtracts the reference current value within from the read current value to generate an active net current read value that is negative, positive or null; a weighting component that analyzes the active current value and assigns it to a negative, positive or null weight.
US10726894B2	Non-volatile memory cell, array and fabrication method The present invention provides a non-volatile memory cell, array and fabrication method. The memory cell comprises a substrate, a gate structure, a source region and a drain region, wherein the gate structure is formed on the substrate, the gate structure sequentially comprises a first gate dielectric layer, a first conductive layer, a second gate dielectric layer and a second conductive layer from bottom to top, the source region is formed in the substrate, the source region comprises an N-type heavily doped source region, the drain region is formed in the substrate, the drain region comprises an N-type doped drain region and a P-type heavily doped drain region formed in the N-type doped drain region. The non-volatile memory cell and array provided by the present invention have a band-to-band tunneling programming ability and reserve the advantage of high reading current of an N-channel at the same time.
US10726893B2	Perpendicular SOT-MRAM memory cell using spin swapping induced spin current A perpendicular spin orbit torque MRAM memory cell comprises a magnetic tunnel junction that includes a free layer in a plane, a ferromagnetic layer and a spacer layer between the ferromagnetic layer and the free layer. The free layer comprises a switchable direction of magnetization perpendicular to the plane. The ferromagnetic layer is configured to generate perpendicularly polarized spin current in response to an electrical current through the ferromagnetic layer and inject the perpendicularly polarized spin current through the spacer layer into the free layer to change the direction of magnetization of the free layer.
US10726890B2	Resistive memory apparatus and operating method thereof A resistive memory apparatus including a memory cell array and a voltage selector circuit is provided. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells. The voltage selector circuit is coupled to the memory cell array. The voltage selector circuit performs a voltage applying operation on the memory cells via a plurality of different signal transmission paths. Each of the signal transmission paths passes one of the memory cells. IR drops of two of the signal transmission paths are substantially identical, and signal transmission directions thereof are different. In addition, an operating method of a resistive memory apparatus is also provided.
US10726889B2	Semiconductor devices A semiconductor device includes a control circuit and an address generation circuit. The control circuit generates a write column address signal, a write bank selection signal and an internal write bank selection signal from a command/address signal during a write operation. The control circuit also generates a read column address signal, a read bank selection signal and an internal read bank selection signal from the command/address signal during a read operation. The address generation circuit outputs the write column address signal as a bank group address signal in synchronization with the write bank selection signal and the internal write bank selection signal or outputs the read column address signal as the bank group address signal in synchronization with the read bank selection signal and the internal read bank selection signal.
US10726886B2	Memory circuits precharging memory cell arrays and memory devices including the same A memory circuit and a memory device including the same are provided. The memory circuit may be connected to a bit line and a complementary bit line and configured to perform precharging on the bit line and the complementary bit line. The memory circuit may include: an equalizer configured to equalize voltage levels of the bit line and the complementary bit line by connecting the bit line with the complementary bit line in response to an equalizing signal; and a precharger configured to precharge the bit line and the complementary bit line to a precharge voltage in response to a precharge signal. The equalizing signal and the precharge signal may be received via separate lines.
US10726885B1	Semiconductor systems A semiconductor system includes a controller and a semiconductor device. The controller outputs a clock signal, a chip selection signal and a command/address signal. The controller includes a controller termination circuit turned on during a read operation. The controller receives first data through an input/output (I/O) line coupled to the controller termination circuit during the read operation and outputs second data through the I/O line coupled to the controller termination circuit turned off during a write operation. The semiconductor device includes an internal termination circuit turned off during the read operation, outputs the first data through the I/O line coupled to the internal termination circuit based on the chip selection signal and the command/address signal during the read operation, and stores the second data inputted through the I/O line coupled to the internal termination circuit turned on during the write operation.
US10726884B2	Device having multiple channels with calibration circuit shared by multiple channels An apparatus includes a first channel, a second channel and a calibration circuit. The first channel includes a first command control circuit. The second channel includes a second command control circuit independent of the first command control circuit. The calibration circuit is shared by the first channel and the second channel to generate a calibration code responsive to a calibration command generated responsive to a first calibration command from the first command control circuit and a second calibration command from the second command control circuit.
US10726880B2	Reference voltage generator for resistive memory array An apparatus for storing data in a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) is provided. The MRAM may store data in one or more resistance-based memory cells and may include a plurality of comparators to compare a voltage generated based on the resistance-based memory cells to a reference voltage to determine a stored logic state. In some implementations, the reference voltage may be generated by a plurality resistance-based memory cells. The reference voltage may be adjusted higher or lower by storing different logic states within the resistance-based memory cells.
US10726878B2	Data processing device A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
US10726877B2	System and method for generating a compression invariant motion timeline The present invention generates a compression invariant motion timeline for a video. For each second in the video, the method uses an identification procedure to determine a stored key frame size, a frame counter, and an accumulated size of frames. The method then calculates and stores a motion value for the second using the stored key frame size, the frame counter, and the accumulated size of frames. The motion values for each second may be used to construct a timeline for the video.
US10726876B2	Systems and methods for video replaying The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for replaying a video that includes positions of a video recording device. The method includes obtaining a target position of the video recording device corresponding to a target scene. The method further includes based on the target position, searching an index table associated with the video to determine a target index position of the video recording device, wherein the index table indexes a plurality of positions of the video recording device. The method further includes determining an offset address in the index table corresponding to the target index position. The method further includes obtaining a video clip including the target scene based on the offset address. The method still further includes replaying the target scene in the video clip.
US10726875B2	Process for defining, capturing, assembling, and displaying customized video content An approach for defining, capturing, assembling, and displaying customized video content is provided. In an embodiment, a method comprises: receiving, by a server computer, a video frame sequence that includes one or more video frames; applying, by the server computer, one or more filters to the one or more video frames to generate a video data file that captures geometry of a customizable object depicted in the one or more video frames; generating, by the server computer, customization instructions for customizing appearance of the customizable object; transmitting, from the server computer to a client computer, the video data file and the customization instructions to cause the client computer to execute the customization instructions with respect to the video data file to render a customized object, and to overlay the customized object over the customizable object in the video frame sequence.
US10726871B2	Variable speed playback Provided are methods and systems for variable speed playback. In one aspect the disclosure provides for receiving content having a first playback speed, determining a second playback speed for at least a portion of the content based on a playback factor, associating the second playback speed with the portion of the content, and providing at least the portion of the content at the second playback speed to a display device.
US10726869B2	Apparatus for changing a record, a method of loading a record and a method of changing the side of a record to be played An apparatus for changing a record comprising a record changing fork comprising first and second spaced apart tines arranged in a record plane and extending from a fork base to a fork mouth, each tine comprising a groove extending from the fork mouth at least part way to the fork base, the grooves being arranged to hold a record therebetween in the record plane; at least one tine comprising a resiliently deformable record gate, the record gate being adapted to prevent sliding of a record in the grooves past the record gate unless the record is slid with a force exceeding a threshold force; at least one shelf adapted to support a record, the width of the shelf being less than the separation between the tines; and, a control mechanism connected to the record changing fork.
US10726868B2	Apparatus having an array of write transducers having a low friction interface In one general embodiment, an apparatus includes a module having a tape bearing surface and an array of write transducers extending along the tape bearing surface. Each write transducer has a first write pole having a pole tip extending from a media facing side of the first write pole, a second write pole having a pole tip extending from a media facing side of the second write pole, a nonmagnetic write gap between the pole tips of the write poles, and a high moment layer between the pole tips of the write poles. The high moment layer has a higher magnetic moment than a magnetic moment of the pole tip of the second write pole. The tape bearing surface of the module has patterning, and/or a first tape tenting region where each write transducer is positioned in the first tape tenting region.
US10726866B2	Tape head having sensors proximate to an edge According to one embodiment, a method includes running a magnetic recording tape over an edge of a tape bearing surface of a module, where the edge is proximate to a sensor of the module, detecting magnetic fields from the magnetic recording tape at different wrap angles, and selecting one of the wrap angles of the magnetic recording tape to provide about a predefined height of tenting of the magnetic recording tape above the sensor.
US10726865B2	Zoned block command to stream command translator A method for performing an operation of a memory arrangement, comprising receiving a command at a layer of a computer system, determining if the command received is one of a first command type or a second command type, determining a type of command that is able to be received and is capable of operation of the memory arrangement, comparing the type of command capable of operation of the memory arrangement and the received command at the layer, and converting the command received at the layer to a command type capable of operation of the memory arrangement when the type of command received at the layer is different than type of command that is able to be received and is capable of operation of the memory arrangement.
US10726864B1	Data storage device comprising printed circuit board installed along arc of disk shroud A data storage device is disclosed comprising a base casting forming a housing, wherein components within the housing comprise a first disk, a first head, and a first printed circuit board (PCB) being curved to substantially follow an arc of a first part of a shroud that surrounds at least part of the first disk. The first PCB has mounted thereon a first integrated circuit comprising a first microprocessor configured to actuate the first head over the first disk in order to access the first disk.
US10726862B2	Removal of audio noise A system for removing noise from an audio signal is described. For example, noise caused by content playing in the background during a voice command or phone call may be removed from the audio signal representing the voice command or phone call. By removing noise, the signal to noise ratio of the audio signal may be improved.
US10726856B2	Methods and systems for enhancing audio signals corrupted by noise Systems and methods for audio signal processing including an input interface to receive a noisy audio signal including a mixture of target audio signal and noise. An encoder to map each time-frequency bin of the noisy audio signal to one or more phase-related value from one or more phase quantization codebook of phase-related values indicative of the phase of the target signal. Calculate, for each time-frequency bin of the noisy audio signal, a magnitude ratio value indicative of a ratio of a magnitude of the target audio signal to a magnitude of the noisy audio signal. A filter to cancel the noise from the noisy audio signal based on the phase-related values and the magnitude ratio values to produce an enhanced audio signal. An output interface to output the enhanced audio signal.
US10726852B2	Methods and apparatus to perform windowed sliding transforms Methods and apparatus to perform windowed sliding transforms are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a transformer to transform a first block of time-domain samples of an input signal into a first frequency-domain representation based on a second frequency-domain representation of a second block of time-domain samples of the input signal, and a windower to apply a third frequency-domain representation of a time-domain window function to the first frequency-domain representation.
US10726850B2	Systems and methods of sound-based fraud protection The present disclosure describes systems and methods of fraud protection. A listening device may monitor ambient sound and detect one or more triggering sound patterns. The listening device may record the one or more triggering sound patterns and record a person's voice, and send the recordings to a server, wherein the server is configured to calculate a confidence level of fraud based on the one or more triggering sound patterns and the recording of the person's voice using a speech pattern model of the person, and to output an alert if the confidence level of fraud is greater than a threshold value.
US10726848B2	Word-level blind diarization of recorded calls with arbitrary number of speakers Disclosed herein are methods of diarizing audio data using first-pass blind diarization and second-pass blind diarization that generate speaker statistical models, wherein the first pass-blind diarization is on a per-frame basis and the second pass-blind diarization is on a per-word basis, and methods of creating acoustic signatures for a common speaker based only on the statistical models of the speakers in each audio session.
US10726840B2	Conversational agent response determined using a sentiment Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for handing off a user conversation between computer-implemented agents. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer-implemented agent specific to a user device, a digital representation of speech encoding an utterance, determining, by the computer-implemented agent, that the utterance specifies a requirement to establish a communication with another computer-implemented agent, and establishing, by the computer-implemented agent, a communication between the other computer-implemented agent and the user device.
US10726837B2	Voice interactive device and method for controlling voice interactive device According to one embodiment, a voice interactive device configure to transmit a voice content to a plurality of voice interactive services through a network, wherein the plurality of voice interactive services are selected based at least in part on the voice content.
US10726835B2	Voice activated modular controller A modular controller may be mounted in an opening, such as a standard single wide or double wide electrical junction box, in a wall or other surface. The modular controller may include a power module and a front module. The power module may be mounted in the opening of the surface, and may be configured to provide electrical power to the front module. The front module may be detachably coupleable to the power module. The front module may be configured to receive audio commands, gesture commands, and/or presence input corresponding to a desired action, and may cause the action to be performed by a device of the front module and/or an external device. The front module may include various devices (e.g., components) capable of providing various functionalities, and may be selected for coupling to a power module in a particular location based at least in part on the functionalities.
US10726833B2	System and method for rapid customization of speech recognition models Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for generating domain-specific speech recognition models for a domain of interest by combining and tuning existing speech recognition models when a speech recognizer does not have access to a speech recognition model for that domain of interest and when available domain-specific data is below a minimum desired threshold to create a new domain-specific speech recognition model. A system configured to practice the method identifies a speech recognition domain and combines a set of speech recognition models, each speech recognition model of the set of speech recognition models being from a respective speech recognition domain. The system receives an amount of data specific to the speech recognition domain, wherein the amount of data is less than a minimum threshold to create a new domain-specific model, and tunes the combined speech recognition model for the speech recognition domain based on the data.
US10726832B2	Maintaining privacy of personal information Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant to perform intelligent list reading are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors, receiving a natural-language input corresponding to a domain; providing the natural-language input to an external device; receiving, from the external device, a process flow corresponding to the domain; determining, with the process flow corresponding to the domain, a task associated with the natural-language input; performing the task; and providing an output indicating whether the task has been performed.
US10726830B1	Deep multi-channel acoustic modeling Techniques for speech processing using a deep neural network (DNN) based acoustic model front-end are described. A new modeling approach directly models multi-channel audio data received from a microphone array using a first model (e.g., multi-channel DNN) that takes in raw signals and produces a first feature vector that may be used similarly to beamformed features generated by an acoustic beamformer. A second model (e.g., feature extraction DNN) processes the first feature vector and transforms it to a second feature vector having a lower dimensional representation. A third model (e.g., classification DNN) processes the second feature vector to perform acoustic unit classification and generate text data. These three models may be jointly optimized for speech processing (as opposed to individually optimized for signal enhancement), enabling improved performance despite a reduction in microphones and a reduction in bandwidth consumption during real-time processing.
US10726825B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program, which make it possible for a user to listen to an audio signal more appropriately are provided. An information processing apparatus, including: behavior recognition unit configured to recognize behavior of a user on a basis of sensing information of at least one of the user and an environment; a processing controller configured to control, on a basis of the recognized behavior of the user, signal processing with respect to at least one of an audio signal listened to by the user, a noise reduction signal, and an external sound monitor signal; and a signal processing unit configured to execute the signal processing.
US10726814B2	Image display apparatus, image processing apparatus, image display method, image processing method, and storage medium The present disclosure changes a position of a combined image relative to a display unit in at least one of a horizontal and a vertical direction of the display unit based on information about a position and an orientation at the time of combined image display on the display unit and information about a position and an orientation of an image display apparatus at the time of image capturing by an imaging unit. In this case, the present disclosure changes the position of the combined image such that a moving amount of the combined image falls within a predetermined range in at least one of the horizontal and the vertical directions of the display unit.
US10726809B2	Image display apparatus and control method therefor An image display apparatus includes a display unit that displays an image, a connection unit connected to a replaceable interface board and communicating with an external apparatus via the interface board; and a control unit that determines a type of the interface board connected to the connection unit and restricts power supply to the interface board based on the type of the interface board.
US10726806B2	Display control method, feedback circuit, display device and IC circuit A display control method, a feedback circuit, a display device and an IC circuit are disclosed. The display control method is applied in the display device. The display control method includes: selecting two adjacent common electrodes of a plurality of common electrodes; collecting voltages of the two adjacent common electrodes; comparing the collected voltages of the two adjacent common electrodes and obtaining a comparison result. When the comparison result meets a preset condition, the method further includes compensating input voltages of pixel units in two pixel unit rows of a plurality of pixel unit rows corresponding to the two adjacent common electrodes based on the comparison result, so as to enable the voltages applied on the pixel units in the two pixel unit rows to be consistent.
US10726804B2	Display device and display driving method thereof A display device and a display driving method thereof are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a grayscale of each pixel in a pixel matrix of a to-be-output image of the display device, wherein the pixel matrix comprises a plurality of pixels in a plurality of pixel rows, and each pixel row comprises multiple pixels; determining a refresh type and a refresh rate for the to-be-output image according to the grayscale of each pixel in the pixel matrix, wherein the refresh type comprises a single-frequency refresh and a multi-frequency refresh; and refreshing pixel voltages of the pixel matrix at a single determined refresh rate under the single-frequency refresh, or refreshing the pixel voltages of the pixel matrix at a plurality of determined refresh rates under the multi-frequency refresh.
US10726803B2	Electro-optical device, driving method for electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus An electro-optical device includes a first pixel provided corresponding to intersection of a first data line and a scanning line, a second pixel provided corresponding to intersection of a second data line and the scanning line, a data signal circuit configured to supply a first data signal to the first pixel via the first data line in a first period and supply a second data signal to the second pixel via the second data line in a second period that is started after completion of the first period, and a pre-charge circuit configured to supply a second pre-charge signal to the second data line in the first period after supplying a first pre-charge signal to the second data line in the first period.
US10726799B2	Wearable device and control method A wearable device includes an electrophoretic panel and a processing circuit that performs a display process of the electrophoretic panel. The processing circuit performs a second display process different from a first display process performed in a first state when an activity state of a user is determined to transition from the first state to a second state different from the first state.
US10726796B2	Backlight drive circuit, driving method thereof, and display device A backlight drive circuit comprises a plurality of light-emitting units arrayed in a matrix manner and at least first transistors and second transistors, wherein the light-emitting units in each row are connected to a scan line, the light-emitting units in each column are connected to a data line, at least part of the scan lines and/or the data lines are connected to first terminals of the first transistors, at least part of the scan lines and/or the data lines are connected to first terminals of the second transistors, second terminals of the first transistors and the second transistors are respectively connected to drive chip pins, control terminals of the first transistors and the second transistors are connected to a first control line.
US10726792B2	Glare and occluded view compensation for automotive and other applications Often when there is a glare on a display screen the user may be able to mitigate the glare by tilting or otherwise moving the screen or changing their viewing position. However, when driving a car there are limited options for overcoming glares on the dashboard, especially when you are driving for a long distance in the same direction. Embodiments are directed to eliminating such glare. Other embodiments are related to mixed reality (MR) and filling in occluded areas.
US10726787B2	Chip on film and display device including the same A chip on film and a display device including the same selectively outputs gate transmission signals and data outputs to reduce the number of output pads in a data driving IC. The COF includes first to third groups of data input pads, gate input pads, and output pads. A data driving IC includes first to third groups of output buffers, a first switchable output unit configured to selectively supply gate transmission signals and an output of the first group of output buffers to the first group of output pads, and a second switchable output unit configured to selectively supply the gate transmission signals and an output of the third group of output buffers to the third group of output pads. An output of the second group of output buffers is supplied to the second group of output pads between the first and the third groups of output pads.
US10726786B2	Pixel compensation circuit, method for driving the same, display panel, and display device A pixel compensation circuit includes: an initialization sub-circuit, a data writing sub-circuit, a storage sub-circuit, a compensation sub-circuit, a driving sub-circuit, a light-emission control sub-circuit, and a light-emitting element. Since the sub-circuits operate in cooperation with each other only under the control of the gate scan signal terminal and the reset signal terminal so that operating current of the light-emitting element isn't affected by threshold voltage of the driver sub-circuit.
US10726785B2	OLED display device and optical compensation method thereof Disclosed herein are an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and an optical compensation method thereof, The OLED display device is capable of automatically performing optical compensation according to the use environment of a user in correspondence with voltage drop upon utilizing an additional cable for extending a connection length in the display device in which a display module and a driver are separated. The driver includes a memory for storing optical compensation data according to a length of a cable connecting the display module and the driver, a cable checking unit for checking whether an extension cable is used, and a timing controller for selectively applying the optical compensation data stored in the memory according to a result output from the cable checking unit.
US10726784B2	OLED display device and luminance adjustment method thereof, and controller thereof An OLED display device, including a substrate, an OLED display element disposed on a display area of the substrate, at least one light-sensitive component and a controller electrically connected to at least one light-sensitive component. The controller is configured to control the OLED display element to emit light, and to perform a luminance compensation on the OLED display element according to a luminance of the light emitted by the OLED display element detected by the at least one light-sensitive component.
US10726780B2	Aging system and method for operating the same An aging system includes panel groups each including display panels, an auxiliary board including the panel groups disposed thereon, and an aging device for supplying aging signals to the display panels through line boards to perform aging on the display panels, where the aging device supplies switch signals respectively to the display panels through the line boards, where each of the display panels includes a switch unit for supplying the aging signal to a pixel unit according to the switch signal.
US10726779B2	Electronic devices with displays having integrated display-light sensors Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices with displays. The display includes an array of display pixels and one or more display-light sensors that monitor the display light generated by the display pixels. Using the display-light sensors, corrections to control signals for the display pixels can be provided to correct for array non-uniformities and/or pixel degradation over time. The display-light sensors may be provided in an array of display-light sensors mounted parallel to the array of display pixels. The array of display-light sensors can be in-plane with the display pixels or vertically displaced from the display pixels. The display-light sensors may be prevented from receiving non-display light such as ambient light.
US10726777B2	Terminal display method and apparatus Provided is a terminal display method, said method comprising: displaying a picture corresponding to left half-frame data of a current data frame, and starting a first timer; when the count time of said first timer ends, closing the screen brightness; rendering a picture corresponding to the right half-frame data of said current data frame starting a second timer; when the count time of said second timer ends, opening the screen brightness, displaying the picture corresponding to the right half-frame data, and simultaneously starting the first timer; and when the count time of the first timer ends, closing the screen brightness. The present disclosure also provides a terminal display apparatus.
US10726773B2	Pixel unit A pixel unit includes signal lines and two pixel groups respectively corresponding to and electrically connected to the signal lines. Each pixel group has three sub-pixels of different colors. Each sub-pixel of the same color has a primary driving unit, a sub-driving unit, and a current-driving device. In a first state, the primary driving unit of one of the sub-pixels of the same color is enabled to provide a driving potential to the current-driving device of the sub-pixel, and the primary driving unit of the other sub-pixel of the same color is enabled to provide the driving potential to the current-driving device of the other sub-pixel. In a second state, the primary driving unit of one of the sub-pixels of the same color and the sub-driving unit of the other sub-pixel of the same color are enabled to provide the driving potential to the current-driving device of the sub-pixel.
US10726771B2	Pixel circuit, driving method and display device A pixel circuit, a driving method and a display device having the pixel circuit are disclosed, wherein the pixel circuit comprises a compensation unit, a driving unit, a light emitting unit, a capacitor, an initialization unit and an external power supply and the driving method comprises a first initialization stage, a second initialization stage, a data writing stage and a light emitting stage.
US10726768B2	Integrated light-emitting diode arrays for displays Integrated active-matrix light-emitting pixel arrays based devices and methods of forming the integrated pixel arrays based devices are provided. In one aspect, a device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side and an array of active-matrix light-emitting pixels formed on the first side, each of the light-emitting pixels including at least one light-emitting element and at least one non-volatile memory coupled to the at least one light-emitting element. The at least non-volatile memory includes at least one transistor, and the at least one light-emitting element includes multiple layers epitaxially grown on a semiconductor surface of the semiconductor substrate on the first side. The device can further include scanning drivers and data drivers formed on the first side of the semiconductor substrate and coupled to the light-emitting pixels through corresponding word lines and data lines formed on the first side.
US10726767B2	Display apparatus and method of driving the same A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver and a data driver. The display panel displays an image and includes first sub-pixels which display a first color, second sub-pixels which display a second color different from the first color, first gate lines to which only the first sub-pixels are connected, second gate lines to which only the second sub-pixels are connected, and data lines. The gate sequentially applies first gate signals only to the first gate lines during a first duration of a first frame, and sequentially applies second gate signals only to the second gate lines during a second duration of the first frame, where the second duration is subsequent to the first duration. The data driver outputs data voltages to the data lines based on input image data in synchronization with a driving sequence of the first and second gate lines.
US10726764B2	Shift register and display device comprising the same A bi-directional shift register can include a plurality of stages, an Nth stage among the plurality of stages including a first switching unit configured to receive a forward driving signal and a reverse driving signal, and control a Q-node; a second switching unit configured to receive an (N+2)th clock signal, and control a QB-node; a third switching unit configured to discharge the QB-node to a low-level voltage when the Q-node is charged to a high-level voltage, and discharge the Q-node to the low-level voltage when the QB-node is charged to the high-level voltage; and an output unit configured to output an Nth clock signal to an output terminal based on a voltage at the Q-node, in which the forward driving signal is an output signal from an (N−1)th stage or a forward start signal from an external source external to the shift register, and the reverse driving signal is an output signal from the (N+1)th stage or a reverse start signal from the external source.
US10726763B2	Method for updating MURA compensation data of display panels A method for updating MURA compensation data of a display panel includes: disabling a MURA compensation function of a timing controller such that the image of the display panel is an original image without MURA compensation, wherein the timing controller is connected to a memory; disconnecting the timing controller from the memory; erasing an original MURA compensation data in a memory and simultaneously obtaining a new MURA compensation data according to the original image of the display panel; and writing the new MURA compensation data into the memory. In this manner, during the time when the original MURA compensation data in the memory is erased, a new MURA compensation data can also be written into the memory such that the production efficiency of the display panel can be increased.
US10726761B2	Integrated display system What is disclosed are systems and methods for emissive display systems constructed on integrated architecture platforms, for which the pixels are smart and can behave differently under different conditions to save power, provide better image quality, and/or conserve their value to reduce the power consumption associated with programming.
US10726760B2	Driving methods to produce a mixed color state for an electrophoretic display The present invention is directed to driving methods for a color display device which can display high quality color states. The display device utilizes an electrophoretic fluid which comprises three types of pigment particles having different optical characteristics, and provides for displaying at a viewing surface not only the colors of the three types of particles but also the colors of binary mixtures thereof.
US10726759B2	Color modification system and methods for vehicle displays According to one aspect, a color modification system for displays in vehicles may comprise a display module comprising a display element capable of displaying color images; an image processing system; and a user identification system in communication with the image processing system; the image processing system may be capable of selectively modifying the colors of the images. The image processing system may be in communication with the display module. The user identification system may be capable of providing inputs to the image processing system; and the image processing system may be capable of selectively modifying the colors of the color images based on inputs received from the user identification system. The system may further comprise at least one imager capable of capturing color images and to transmit the color images to the image processing system.
US10726752B2	Array substrate and manufacturing method, and display panel An array substrate is disclosed, which includes a substrate, at least one test line, an insulating layer, and an electrostatic shielding pattern. The at least one test line is disposed over the substrate. The insulating layer is disposed over the at least one test line. The electrostatic shielding pattern is disposed over, and insulated by the insulating layer from, the at least one test line in the array substrate. The electrostatic shielding pattern is configured to absorb, and guide out from the array substrate, static electricity to thereby avoid the static electricity from entering an interior of the array substrate via the at least one test line. A method for manufacturing the array substrate, and a display panel containing the array substrate are also provided in the disclosure.
US10726751B2	Table-top volumetric display apparatus and method of displaying three-dimensional image A table-top volumetric display apparatus for presenting three-dimensional imagery. The volumetric display apparatus includes multi-layer volumetric display including plurality of display elements being arranged substantially parallelly to form projection volume, each of the plurality of display elements being implemented by way of at least one optical diffuser; volumetric display driver coupled to the aforesaid display, volumetric display driver being configured to control operational states of the plurality of display elements; processing unit configured to process three-dimensional image to generate plurality of image slices, wherein given image slice is to be projected onto corresponding display element; projector configured to project the plurality of image slices onto the plurality of display elements; and control unit coupled to the volumetric display driver, processing unit and the projector, wherein the control unit is configured to control the volumetric display driver and the projector to present the three-dimensional image within the projection volume.
US10726749B1	Trifold presentation board assembly A trifold presentation board assembly for securing and protecting a display includes a panel that comprises a first section and a pair of second sections. Each second section is hingedly coupled to a respective opposing edge of the first section and is positioned to be pivoted relative to the first section to selectively reposition the panel from an extended configuration to a folded configuration. A forward face of each of the second sections is positioned proximate to a front face of the first section so that the pair of second sections covers the front face of the first section. A plurality of couplers that is coupled to a rear surface of the panel is positioned to be selectively mutually coupled when the panel is in the folded configuration. The panel is configured to shield and protect a display article that is coupled to a front surface of the panel.
US10726747B2	Label and bundling assembly for use with goods A label and bundling assembly is disclosed that includes a label having a first end and a second end, an attachment component having a first point, a second point, a top side and an underside comprising a waterproof adhesive, wherein the adhesive is fully coated on the underside, and a bunching component, wherein the first point of the attachment component is coupled with the second end of the label, wherein the bunching component is secured to the adhesive of the attachment component, and wherein the second point of the attachment component is brought around a portion of the bunching component and the underside of the second point of the attachment component is brought into contact with the underside of the first point, such that the first point, the second point, and the bunching component form a waterproof seal. Methods of using contemplated embodiments are also disclosed.
US10726745B2	Autonomous multi-pass data acquisition using unmanned aerial vehicles In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for performing autonomous multi-pass data acquisition using unmanned aerial vehicle. For instance, in one example, a method includes obtaining a first set of sensor data collected by a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles comprising at least one unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the first set of sensor data depicts a target area at a first granularity, constructing a three-dimensional map of hierarchical unit representations of the first set of sensor data, sending a signal to the fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles to obtain a second set of sensor data at a second granularity that is finer than the first granularity, based at least in part on an examination of the three-dimensional map, and aggregating the second set of sensor data to form a high-resolution composite of the target area.
US10726744B2	Apparatus and method for simulated health care procedures in combination with virtual reality A medical/veterinary procedure simulation apparatus includes a simulated mammalian body part. The simulated mammalian body part further includes one or more anatomical replications of mammalian tissue. The apparatus also includes an attaching substrate for fixedly attaching the simulated body part to a mammal or a model of the mammal. The apparatus further includes one or more sensors configured to provide a quantified measurement of one or more actions, pertaining to at least one medical procedure. The apparatus further includes a virtual reality system configured to receive one or more input signals from the one or more sensors. The virtual reality system is further configured to display at least one visual representation of at least one clinical procedure being performed on the one or more anatomical replications based on the one or more input signals from the one or more sensors.
US10726740B2	Image processing device and image processing method Provided is an image processing device including an infrared image acquisition unit that acquires an infrared image of an imaged object, a visible light image acquisition unit that acquires a visible light image of the imaged object, a generation unit that generates cutaneous sensation control parameters on the basis of the infrared image acquired by the infrared image acquisition unit, and a data processing unit that associates the visible light image acquired by the visible light image acquisition unit with the cutaneous sensation control parameters generated by the generation unit.
US10726739B2	Systems and methods for goal-based programming instruction A computer-implemented method according to various aspects of the present disclosure includes receiving, by a computer system, a selection of a programming goal; identifying a skill associated with the goal; and generating, by the computer system, a lesson module for teaching the skill, the lesson module including an ordered list of steps for presentation to a student to teach the skill.
US10726737B2	Multi-sensory literacy acquisition method and system The present invention discloses a system comprising a method and apparatus that integrates learning across interchangeable, multiple literacies and provides a means for increasing simultaneous literacy acquisition density. Information acquired through multiple senses results in more information acquired faster and with longer retention possible. The system presents information selectively through one or more sensory pathways, then interprets behavioral responses to this information, analyzing the responses qualitatively and quantitatively. Tracked and stored data is applied over various learning environments to develop individual learner profiles. In this way, the specific sensory pathways that an individual learner responds to can be optimized and specifically tailored for enhanced learning performance.
US10726732B2	System and method of producing and providing user specific educational digital media modules augmented with electronic educational testing content A system and method is provided for producing and providing educational digital media modules. The system may facilitate the segmentation and synchronization of multiple digital media components for combination in an educational digital media module. The system may further select digital media components for inclusion within an educational digital media module according to user profiles determined according to user input and interaction with the system.
US10726729B1	System and method for unmanned aerial system (UAS) modernization for avoidance and detection A method for securing flight operations of an unmanned aerial system (UAS) includes a processor receiving a flight operation for a UAS, the flight operation defining a UAS flight profile; and the processor, based on a designation of the flight operation as sensitive, controlling an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) transponder on the UAS to broadcast a dummy aircraft identification different from an ICAO-assigned transponder code, and dummy airframe information during at least a portion of the flight operation.
US10726726B1	Impact-induced lighting to mitigate post-accident risk The present disclosure relates generally to safety lighting devices for automotive vehicles. A safety lighting system coupled to an automotive vehicle includes a power source that is independent of an electrical system of the vehicle. The system also includes a lighting feature electrically coupled to the power source, wherein the lighting feature is configured to activate in response to an impact event.
US10726725B2	Dynamically designing street-parking policies for events Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamically designing street-parking policies for events are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes generating a parking map for each of one or more events that occurred within a specified geographic area; generating, for each of the parking maps, one or more traffic condition maps; generating, for each of the one or more events, based on (i) each parking map and (ii) its associated traffic condition map, an impact map for the corresponding event; adjusting, for a subsequent event within the specified geographic area, one or more street-parking policies based on the impact on parking suitability and street usability represented by the generated impact maps, and outputting the one or more adjusted street-parking policies.
US10726720B2	Method for processing message and electronic device implementing the same In an example embodiment, an electronic device includes a communication module comprising communication circuitry, a display, a sound output device comprising sound output circuitry, a processor, and a memory. Instructions stored in the memory, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to control the communication module to transmit and/or receive a plurality of pieces of wireless access in vehicular environment (WAVE) information. In addition, the electronic device identifies a plurality of events, based on the plurality of pieces of WAVE information, and generates a plurality of messages related to the plurality of events. The electronic device further determines priorities of the plurality of messages, based on status information of the electronic device, and outputs the plurality of messages based on the determined priorities through at least one of the display and the sound output device.
US10726717B2	Anonymous wireless address matching for traffic information Methods and systems include determining travel information from vehicles. In one embodiment, a system monitors traffic on a roadway in real-time. The system includes a plurality of reader devices. The reader devices are capable of asynchronously capturing a unique network identifier of a device in a vehicle when the device is disposed in reader range of the reader devices. The reader device time stamps each captured unique network identifier. The time stamped unique network identifier is forwarded to a host module. The host module receives the time stamped unique network identifier. In addition, the host module determines travel information from the time stamped unique network identifier by comparing the time stamped unique network identifier for a particular vehicle to other time stamped unique network identifiers captured for the particular vehicle.
US10726715B2	Electronic device and method for performing operations according to proximity of external object Provided are an electronic device and method for performing an operation based on proximity of an external object with respect to the electronic device. In an embodiment, an electronic device includes a plurality of sensors including first, second, and third sensor sets. A processor configured to determine a proximity state of an external object using the first sensor set, wherein the proximity state indicates whether the external object exists near the electronic device and includes a first proximity state and a second proximity state. In response to the external object being in the first proximity state, determine a detailed proximity state of the external object using the second sensor set, and in response to the external object being in the second proximity state, determine the detailed proximity state of the external object with respect to the electronic device using the third sensor set.
US10726713B1	Systems and methods for commissioning a security system Systems and methods are provided that can include receiving a plurality of cause and effect rules for a security system that protects a secured area, simulating a plurality of cause and effect rules responsive to user input identifying an emergency event in one of a plurality of zones of the secured area, and during simulation, displaying on a graphical user interface a first indicator that identifies a first output of a first of the plurality of cause and effect rules within a first of the plurality of zones.
US10726710B1	System and method for notifying a user of a sensor in a compromised state Methods, systems, and computer programs for sending a sensor enable signal to a sensor of an information handling system via a light source, the light source electrically coupling the host controller to the sensor; receiving a feedback signal from the sensor, the feedback signal indicating whether the sensor is in an on state or in an off state; determining, based on the feedback signal, whether the sensor is in the on state or in the off state; determining whether the light source is in an illuminated state or in an unilluminated state; and in response to determining that the sensor is in the on state and that the light source is in the unilluminated state: causing a first notification to be displayed to a user of the information handling system, the first notification indicating to the user that the sensor is in a compromised state.
US10726708B2	Automatic gunshot detection and suppression response system The invention automatically detects a gunshot at a plurality of detection and response nodes distributed in an area, determines the location of the active shooter, and deploys a suppression response to the location of the active shooter from each of the plurality of detection and response nodes to prevent the active shooter from firing further gunshots.
US10726704B1	Systems and methods for delaying transmission of an alarm signal to a central monitoring station in response to detecting delay actions Systems and methods for delaying transmission of an alarm signal responsive to detecting delay actions indicative of progress towards confirming or denying the alarm signal are provided and can include an alarm processing device receiving the alarm signal and determining whether a user device is enrolled in an alarm notification service. When the user device is enrolled in the alarm notification service, the alarm processing device can transmit a notification to the user device, start a delay timer, and determine whether a first delay action associated with the user device is detected prior to expiration of the delay timer. When the first delay action is detected prior to the expiration of the delay timer, the alarm processing device can alter the delay timer consistent with a next delay action associated with the user device and, when the delay timer expires, transmit the alarm signal to the central monitoring station.
US10726702B2	Information processing system, information processing method, and program Provided is an information processing system capable of effectively preventing a user's failure to take his or her basal body temperature.The base time setter 301 sets, as a base measurement time, a time used as a basis for a user to take the user's body temperature after awakening, based on the times at which the user's body temperatures were measured. The sleep duration estimator 302 estimates the user U's most recent sleep duration. When the user's most recent sleep duration exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the alarm controller 303 causes an alarm to sound at the base measurement time.
US10726697B2	Building lockdown system A building lockdown system for a building with multiple rooms with doors providing access to the rooms, the system including smart light fixtures positioned inside and outside at least some of the rooms, at least some of the smart light fixtures configured to be selectively illuminated in each of a plurality of colors, and room lockdown components provided in the plurality of rooms, the room lockdown components adapted to block or secure the doors of the rooms against opening in a deployed condition of the lockdown components. The smart light fixtures and the room lockdown components are equipped with BLE sensors defining a BLE mesh network. The room lockdown components are adapted to communicate, via the BLE mesh network, whether they are in the deployed condition thereof, and are further adapted to provide audio and/or visual signals. At least one primary communication and control (PCC) device is disposed in the building and in communication with at least some of the smart light fixtures via the BLE mesh network. The PCC device receives information via the BLE mesh network as to whether the room lockdown components are in the deployed condition thereof. The PCC device is operative to initiate a lockdown of all or part of the building by effecting a change in the color of at least some of the smart light fixtures via the BLE mesh network and/or effecting the activation of audio and/or visual signals from the room lockdown components.
US10726696B1	Apparatus and methods for providing emergency alerts and securing a premises A security system includes an individual subscriber unit, an emergency alarm device proximate to a location frequented by people, and a control system configured to a) receive an emergency alert message from the individual subscriber unit, b) receive an emergency stand-down message from the individual subscriber unit, c) automatically transmit an emergency alert signal in response to the control system receiving the emergency alert message from the individual subscriber unit, and d) automatically transmit an emergency stand-down signal in response to the control system receiving the emergency stand-down message from the individual subscriber unit. The emergency alarm device is operatively coupled to the control system for automatically activating for issuing an alert for warning people at the location that an emergency is present, in response to the emergency alert signal, and automatically deactivating for terminating the alert, in response to the emergency stand-down signal.
US10726695B1	Building safety system A building safety system that receives a first communication from a fire sensing appliance and translates the first communication to a building system to effectuate a selected response from the building system, the fire control system including control circuitry in a ready state that is operative to monitor the first communication and to produce a first event marker signal upon receipt of the first communication, the first event marker signal is in a first electrical communication with the building system, wherein operationally the first event marker effectuates the selected response from the building system.
US10726693B2	Multi-technology transponder and system A security tag includes a tag body and a cooperating tack assembly having a tack head and an elongated pin extending from the tack head, with the pin being insertable into the tag body to secure an article therebetween. One or more electronic components and associated electrical circuits, including wireless communications modules and various types of sensors, are disposed in both the tack head and tag body. The tack head includes a battery and an energy harvesting circuit. The tack head pin has one or more discrete conductive segments which, when the pin is inserted into the tag body, electrically couple with electrical circuits disposed in the tag body, thus allowing the components in the tag body to be powered at least in part by the battery and/or the energy harvesting circuit disposed in the tack head. Methods for operating the tag to perform security functions are also disclosed.
US10726689B1	Systems and methods for leveraging internet-of-things devices in security systems Systems and methods for leveraging Internet-of-Things devices in security systems are provided. Such systems and methods can include receiving an alarm signal from a first IoT device responsive to the first IoT device detecting a sound indicative of an intrusion, requesting data from a second device responsive to receiving the alarm signal from the first IoT device, determining whether the data from the second device confirms the intrusion, and triggering an alarm responsive to the data from the second device confirming the intrusion.
US10726687B2	Directed alert notification by autonomous-driving vehicle A system included and a computer-implemented method performed in an autonomous-driving vehicle are described. The system performs: detecting one or more movable objects; determining a target movable object from the one or more detected objects; determining a manner of generating a directed alert notification selectively toward the target movable object; and causing a directed alert notification of the determined manner to be generated toward the target movable object.
US10726682B2	Checkout apparatus A checkout apparatus according to an embodiment includes a weighing scale that measures a weight on a surface thereof. A hand-held scanner acquires commodity identifying information corresponding to a commodity at an arbitrary position. A fixed scanner acquires commodity identifying information corresponding to a commodity at a reading position. In an initial state, if a change in the measured weight on the surface is greater than the predetermined amount when no commodity identifying information has been received in the initial state, a processor receives the commodity identifying information acquired by the first information input device. The processor determines whether a change in the measured weight is within a predetermined range based on the acquired commodity identifying information. If the change is within the predetermined range, the processor registers the commodity corresponding to the acquired commodity identifying information. The processor performs a settlement processing for payment of each registered commodity.
US10726680B2	Augmented reality coin pusher Real-time image data of coins that are on a physical coin pusher playfield and that are adjacent a drop-off edge of the physical coin pusher playfield may be received. An augmented reality (AR) device may generate AR display content that includes first game content that is viewable by a user of the AR device and that is associated with one of the coins. An action of the first virtual element may be generated responsive to physical movement of the one of the coins in response to generating the action of the first element. An AR award to the user that is associated with the first virtual element may be generated. A combined image corresponding to an image of the physical coin pusher game that is viewable through the AR device and the AR display content that may be generated by the AR device may be provided to the user.
US10726678B1	Systems and methods for generating and outputting data to modify a graphical user interface of an online roulette game In accordance with some embodiments, an online roulette game provides an opportunity to place a multi-spin wager, wherein a win condition of the multi-spin wager requires the player to obtain, over a plurality of consecutive spins of the roulette wheel, a predetermined number of unique outcomes and wherein each unique outcome is independently determined such that it is not dependent on any previously determined outcome obtained for the multi-spin wager. For example, the multi-spin wager may be that the next 7 outcomes will each be from different “streets” or columns in a grid of available numbers corresponding to numbers on the roulette wheel or that the next 23 numbers the ball lands on will each be different from one another. In some embodiments such a multi-spin wager may be embodied as a side bet and/or a bet that is made available for joining by a plurality of players.
US10726677B2	Gaming system and method for reporting of multiple concurrently played games A gaming system that enables a player to concurrently play a plurality of games at a gaming device regardless or independent of if the gaming accounting system in communication with the gaming device is configured to support such concurrent game play.
US10726674B2	Method of operating a gaming system, a gaming system and a game controller An electronic method of operating a gaming system. The method includes selecting a plurality of symbols, displaying the selected symbols, and upon the displayed symbols including one or more designated symbols, retaining each displayed designated symbol for a subsequent game round at a respective symbol display position at which the designated symbol is displayed. The method also includes, in the subsequent game round, selecting, a plurality of symbols from the symbol data, upon a further designated symbol being selected for display at a symbol display position at which the retained designated symbol is displayed, modifying the retained designated symbol to indicate that a win containing the retained designated symbol will be increased, and upon the selected symbols in the subsequent game round corresponding to a winning outcome incorporating the modified retained designated symbol, making an award of an award value corresponding to the winning outcome modifier by the increase.
US10726673B2	Automatic application of a bonus to an electronic gaming device responsive to player interaction with a mobile computing device A computer-implemented method of activating a secondary game on a mobile computing device associated with a primary game on one of a plurality of networked electronic gaming machines in which an optical code is affixed to each gaming machine. Each optical code is stored in electronic form in a database and is associated with at least one bonus award that may be collected by a player of the gaming machine to which the stored optical code is affixed. An electronic optical code associated with one of the gaming machines is received responsive to scanning with a camera on the mobile computing device. The player may apply at least one of the bonus awards to the one electronic gaming machine in response to an input received at the mobile computing device. In one aspect, the mobile computing device displays real and virtual worlds.
US10726672B2	Amusement devices and games involving progressive jackpots Various embodiments of a jackpot gaming environment are described. Some embodiments may include limiting access to progressing jackpots, individual progressive jackpots, and/or other actions and/or types of jackpots. For example, players may be required to contribute a minimum amount to a jackpot before being authorized to win the jackpot. Other methods and apparatus are described. Further embodiments are disclosed.
US10726669B2	Methods of operating a wager recognition system A gaming table apparatus has a gaming table with a gaming table support surface. At least two token sensors are provided, which are electrically connected in series to a token sensor controller. The at least two token sensor units are physically restrained by the table support surface. The game controller is in communication with the token sensor controller, wherein the game controller is configured to associate player position data with transmitted wager data received from the token sensor controller.
US10726668B2	Transfer verification of mobile payments A gaming system sends a transfer verification message containing mobile payment transfer information for providing the transfer verification for completion of a mobile payment transfer, wherein an audit trail is maintained.
US10726667B2	Systems for an intermediate value holder An electromechanical gaming machine for providing an in game object offer in a gambling hybrid game. The in game object offer may be used to generate a convertible intermediate value holder in an entertainment game provided the gambling hybrid game. The in game object offer may be obtained as the result of a gambling event or by the expenditure of a form of credit by the player.
US10726666B2	Scratch-off lottery ticket system and method with foreign language templates An instant lottery ticket game system and method wherein a master instant lottery tickets for a common game a game play area with variable game play indicia, and static game instruction indicia in a master language. Each master ticket includes a code thereon that links the master ticket to the common game. For the common game, one or more corresponding digital templates are provided that contain the static game instruction indicia in a different foreign language. A central server stores the digital templates and downloads the templates to a player's smart device. Via an application on their smart device, the player enters the code from the master instant lottery ticket and selects one of the digital templates to view the game instruction indicia in the foreign language of the digital template.
US10726661B2	Gameplay method with connected image segments Wagering gaming systems, devices, and methods are presented. A gaming device includes a credit input mechanism, a player interface mechanism, a display, and a controller. The credit input mechanism receives a physical item representing a monetary value and increases a credit balance of a credit meter based on the monetary value of the received physical item. The display includes symbol positions arranged in an array of rows and columns. During game play, the controller is further configured to display symbols selected from the set of symbols on the array. The symbol set includes a plurality of image segments that form a contiguous image when they are displayed in a predetermined arrangement on the array of symbol positions. The controller makes an award or triggers an event, such as a bonus game, if the displayed symbols include the plurality of image segments arranged to display the contiguous image. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.
US10726660B2	Gaming machine button deck filler with lighting effects Gaming machine button decks are connected with a button deck filler for connecting between two adjacent gaming machines to provide continuity between button decks and to provide lighting effects between the gaming machines. Light sources may be controlled by a multimedia server operating to control various presentation interfaces for a group of adjacent gaming machines.
US10726656B2	Identification verification system A method and apparatus is provided for verifying the validity of ID cards. A card reading device reads an ID card and transmits a request to a database server. A database is queried and a reply is sent back to the card reading device indicating whether the ID is valid. If desired, the reply can include additional information, such as a description of the ID holder. The ID verification system can be used to help verify whether an ID belongs to the ID holder. The system can also log and timestamp events for future access.
US10726654B2	Authentication of a user for access to a physical space It is presented a method performed in a key device for authenticating a user for access to a physical space. The method comprises the steps of: detecting the presence of a lock device; sending a request for authorisation data to an access control server, the request comprising an identifier of the key device; receiving authorisation data from the access control server; determining whether the key device is authorised to open the lock device; and sending an unlock signal to the lock device when the key device is allowed to open the lock device.
US10726648B2	Electronic control apparatus An electronic control apparatus includes an event portion, a cumulative number acquiring portion, a time series information acquiring portion, and a storing execution portion. The event portion acquires an event information item representing an occurrence of an event. The cumulative number acquiring portion acquires a cumulative number of the occurrence of the event each time the event information item is acquired. The time series information acquiring portion acquires a time series information item each time the event information item is acquired. The storing execution portion stores, corresponding to the cumulative number, the time series information item cumulatively acquired by the time series information acquiring portion using all area of an information storage portion each time the time series information item is acquired. The time series information item includes vehicle information entries arranged in chronological order. Each of the vehicle information entries represents a condition of the vehicle.
US10726645B2	Vehicle diagnostic operation A system includes means for identifying a risk condition based on a diagnostic trouble code (DTC) and an operating condition in a vehicle, means for determining an instruction for the vehicle based on the identified risk condition, and means for navigating the vehicle based on the instruction.
US10726644B2	Fleet maintenance management for autonomous vehicles In particular embodiments, a computing system may generate a prediction of requests for autonomous vehicles in a fleet of collectively managed autonomous vehicles based on a current condition and a future event, the prediction including a predicted request level and a predicted duration of the request level. The system may receive status information from fleet vehicles and identify a vehicle in need of service. The system may receive status information from service centers and identify a service center to service the vehicle. The system may determine a time at which to service the vehicle at the identified service center based on the generated prediction of requests, schedule the vehicle for service at the identified service center at the determined time, and instruct the vehicle to drive to the service center to be serviced at the determined time. In particular embodiments, the prediction of requests may be generated using machine learning.
US10726641B2	Methods and apparatus for external vehicle illumination management Methods and apparatus for external vehicle illumination management are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving, at a first processor of a mobile device, vehicle data. The vehicle data is to be transmitted to the first processor from a second processor of a vehicle. The example method includes analyzing the vehicle data and mobile device data generated by the mobile device. The example method includes generating an alert for headlamp usage of the vehicle based on the analysis and presenting the alert via the mobile device.
US10726635B2	Three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus, three-dimensional modeling apparatus, three-dimensional modeling system, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing three-dimensional shape data editing program A three-dimensional shape data editing apparatus includes an editing unit that edits three-dimensional shape data so that a three-dimensional shape represented by using a voxel having a height of a lamination interval is similar to an original three-dimensional shape represented by the three-dimensional shape data in a case where the height of the voxel in a lamination direction of the three-dimensional shape data representing the three-dimensional shape by a set of plural voxels is different from the lamination interval of a three-dimensional modeling apparatus that models the three-dimensional shape.
US10726632B2	Interference based augmented reality hosting platforms Interference-based augmented reality hosting platforms are presented. Hosting platforms can include networking nodes capable of analyzing a digital representation of scene to derive interference among elements of the scene. The hosting platform utilizes the interference to adjust the presence of augmented reality objects within an augmented reality experience. Elements of a scene can constructively interfere, enhancing presence of augmented reality objects; or destructively interfere, suppressing presence of augmented reality objects.
US10726630B1	Methods and systems for providing a tutorial for graphic manipulation of objects including real-time scanning in an augmented reality A device including a storage medium storing instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the stored instructions to perform operations is provided. The operations include displaying on a display screen an interactive scene containing an augmented reality element, receiving input to change display of the interactive scene, and receiving a request to simulate the capturing of image data representing the interactive scene. The operations further include determining a position of the augmented reality element relative to a region defined on the display screen, simulating the capturing of the image data representing the interactive scene, and providing, based on the determined position, an indication of whether the simulation has succeeded.
US10726628B2	Deformable-surface tracking based augmented reality image generation There are provided systems and methods for performing deformable-surface tracking based augmented reality image generation. In one implementation, such a system includes a hardware processor and a system memory storing an augmented reality three-dimensional image generator. The hardware processor is configured to execute the augmented reality three-dimensional image generator to receive image data corresponding to a two-dimensional surface, and to identify an image template corresponding to the two-dimensional surface based on the image data. In addition, the hardware processor is configured to execute the augmented reality three-dimensional image generator to determine a surface deformation of the two-dimensional surface. The hardware processor is further configured to execute the augmented reality three-dimensional image generator to generate an augmented reality three-dimensional image including at least one feature of the two-dimensional surface, based on the image template and the surface deformation of the two-dimensional surface.
US10726627B2	Sensor system based on stacked sensor layers A sensor assembly for determining one or more features of a local area is presented herein. The sensor assembly includes a plurality of stacked sensor layers. A first sensor layer of the plurality of stacked sensor layers located on top of the sensor assembly includes an array of pixels. The top sensor layer can be configured to capture one or more images of light reflected from one or more objects in the local area. The sensor assembly further includes one or more sensor layers located beneath the top sensor layer. The one or more sensor layers can be configured to process data related to the captured one or more images. A plurality of sensor assemblies can be integrated into an artificial reality system, e.g., a head-mounted display.
US10726623B2	Robust merge of 3D textured meshes A method of merging 3D meshes includes receiving a first mesh and a second mesh; performing spatial alignment to register the first mesh and the second mesh in a common world coordinate system; performing mesh clipping on the first mesh and the second mesh to remove redundant mesh vertices; performing geometry refinement around a clipping seam to close up mesh concatenation holes created by mesh clipping; and performing texture blending in regions adjacent the clipping seam to obtain a merged mesh.
US10726622B2	Rendering a computer generated image using a stencil buffer with vertex index offset A method and apparatus for rendering a computer-generated image using a stencil buffer is described. The method divides an arbitrary closed polygonal contour into first and higher level primitives, where first level primitives correspond to contiguous vertices in the arbitrary closed polygonal contour and higher level primitives correspond to the end vertices of consecutive primitives of the immediately preceding primitive level. The method reduces the level of overdraw when rendering the arbitrary polygonal contour using a stencil buffer compared to other image space methods. A method of producing the primitives in an interleaved order, with second and higher level primitives being produced before the final first level primitives of the contour, is described which improves cache hit rate by reusing more vertices between primitives as they are produced.
US10726616B2	System and method for processing captured images An image processing system configured to process perceived images of an environment includes a central processing unit (CPU) including a memory storage device having stored thereon a computer model of the environment, at least one sensor configured and disposed to capture a perceived environment including at least one of visual images of the environment and range data to objects in the environment, and a rendering unit (RU) configured and disposed to render the computer model of the environment forming a rendered model of the environment. The image processing system compares the rendered model of the environment to the perceived environment to update the computer model of the environment.
US10726612B2	Method and apparatus for reconstructing three-dimensional model of object Provided is a method of reconstructing a three-dimensional (3D) model of an object. The method includes sequentially performing, by a camera module, first and second object scanning processes of scanning the same object, reconstructing, by a processor module, a 3D object model, based on a first object image obtained through the first object scanning process, performing pose learning on an object to generate learning data, based on data obtained through a process of reconstructing the 3D object model based on the first object image, and reconstructing, by the processor module, a final 3D object model, based on a second object image obtained through the second object scanning process and the learning data.
US10726611B1	Dynamic texture mapping using megatextures Embodiments of systems and methods described herein disclose the use of megatextures to specify blend maps for different instances of an object within a game environment. Each blend map may specify a blending between two or more different versions of the object. In some embodiments, the two or more different versions may correspond to different visual appearances associated with the object (for example, an undamaged object and a damaged object). The blend map for an instance of the object may be dynamically updated based on one or more actions within the game environment, allowing for the visual appearance of the object instance to change within the game environment in response to various actions.
US10726610B2	Efficient graphics processing using metadata A graphics processing system maintains a fragment tracking record that stores metadata relating to one or more previously received primitives. The metadata can indicate that the one or more previously received primitives are suitably covered by a subsequently received primitive such that one or more fragment processing operations need not be performed in respect of those one or more previously received primitives. The metadata stored for the one or more previously received primitives can then later be queried by one or more later stages of the graphics processing system to determine whether one or more fragments for the one or more previously received primitives can be at least partially discarded or “killed”.
US10726609B2	Perspective distortion in multi-display system A multi-layer display may include a first screen and a second screen arranged in a substantially parallel manner, with the first screen and the second screen including an array of pixels and the second screen overlapping the first screen, a light configured to provide light to the first screen and the second screen of the multi-layer display system, and a processing system comprising at least one processor and memory. The processing system may be configured to apply perspective distortion to automatically bake the desired aspects of perspective into a physically thin object. To achieve this, the object's vertices are moved along lines drawn through a fixed point in space (a primary viewpoint). From this viewpoint, regardless of any perspective distortion applied, the object will appear to not change.
US10726608B2	System and method for real-time rendering of complex data Methods for volume rendering of 3D object data are provided. The methods can include classifying 3D object data and determining a transfer function to use to render the 3D object data based on the classification; incrementally determining voxels to render from the 3D object data; and/or determining a grid that represents the voxels and rendering based on the voxel grid.
US10726605B2	Method and apparatus for efficient processing of derived uniform values in a graphics processor Various embodiments enable low frequency calculation of derived uniform values. A compiler can identify one or more portions of a shader that calculate a derived value based on an input value. For example, this portion may include instructions that use constant values, or the results of prior functions that used constant values. The constant values may include hardcoded values provided by the program (e.g., immediates) and/or other constant values. This portion of the shader can be extracted by the compiler and compiled into a first program. The compiler can compile the remainder of the shader into a second program that receives the derived uniform values from the first program. By extracting the portion(s) of the program that calculates a derived value into a separate program, the derived uniform value or values can be calculated at a lower frequency than if they were calculated for each pixel.
US10726602B2	Apparatus and method to generate realistic three-dimensional (3D) model animation A three-dimensional (3D) animation apparatus and method for roll rotation determination for rigged 3D model animation, includes display of a 3D model on a display device, which allows for selection of a first set of three feature points. The selection is executed on a first surface representation of a first facial portion of the displayed 3D model. A second surface representation of a second facial portion of an object is received from a motion-sensing device. A second set of three feature points is identified on the received second surface representation. A roll rotation of a head portion of the 3D model is determined based on the first set of three feature points and the second set of three feature points. The movement of the head portion of the 3D model rendered on the display device is controlled in accordance with the determined roll rotation.
US10726599B2	Realistic augmentation of images and videos with graphics Techniques disclosed herein relate generally to augmenting images or videos with graphics. More specifically, some embodiments relate to realistically or photorealistically augmenting a target image or video frame with a source graph, such as a computer-generated graph or a real world image. In one embodiment, a planar segment of the target image is identified based on a surface normal map of the target image. The planar segment is then used to determine a focal length and a homography function for transforming the source graph.
US10726597B1	Optically challenging surface detection for augmented reality Approaches in accordance with various embodiments provide for the presentation of augmented reality (AR) content with respect to optically challenging surfaces. Such surfaces can be difficult to locate using conventional optical-based approaches that rely on visible features. Embodiments can utilize the fact that horizontal surfaces can be located relatively easily, and can determine intersections or boundaries of those horizontal surfaces that likely indicate the presence of another surface, such as a vertical wall. This boundary can be determined automatically, through user input, or using a combination of such approaches. Once such an intersection is located, a virtual plane can be determined whose relative location to a device displaying AR content can be tracked and used as a reference for displaying AR content.
US10726596B2	Movement analyze device, movement analyze method, and program storage medium In a wrist terminal 1, the measurement information acquiring unit 51 acquires position information. The first timing detection unit 52 detects a standby state for a sport. The second timing detection unit 53 detects predetermined start timing of the sport. If the first timing detection unit 52 detects the standby state, the recording control unit 54 makes the measurement information acquiring unit 51 start acquiring position information to continue acquiring position information sequentially at predetermined intervals. If the second timing detection unit 53 detects the predetermined start timing, the recording control unit 54 stores position information being part of the position information already acquired by the measurement information acquiring unit 51 and corresponding to the predetermined start timing into a ROM 16 or a removable medium 31.
US10726592B2	Technology for generating product designs using multiple canvases Systems and methods for facilitating product design by an electronic device are described. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may display one or more designable canvases of a user interface for editing the visual design of a product. The electronic device may display an extended workspace canvas adjacent to and at least partially surrounding the one or more designable canvases. The extended workspace canvas may be configured to display a plurality of design elements that can be reached directly from the one or more designable canvases for use. Each of the design elements may be configured to be selectively positioned within the one or more designable canvases. The electronic device may, in response to a surface change selection of the one or more designable canvases, maintain the displaying of the extended workspace canvas while the one or more designable canvases are in a transitioning state.
US10726591B2	Narrative visualization system According to one implementation, a narrative visualization system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a narrative visualization software code. The hardware processor is configured to execute the narrative visualization software code to receive multiple media files. For each of the media files, the hardware processor is further configured to execute the narrative visualization software code to parse the media file to identify a primary content and metadata describing the primary content, to analyze the metadata to determine representative features of the primary content, and to generate a visualization of the primary content based on the metadata and the representative features. The visualization depicts a temporal flow of the primary content in a story tune of the primary content in apposition to a temporal flow of the primary content in a narrative time of the primary content.
US10726589B2	Visualization tools for digital PCR data A method for generating a data visualization is provided. The method includes displaying a representation of a portion of detected data from a substrate to a user. The method further includes generating a data quality value for the portion of detected data and displaying, along with the representation of the portion of detected data, an indication of data quality value for the portion of detected data. The method further includes selecting, by the user, a quality value threshold, and displaying an adjusted indication of data quality value for the portion of detected data meeting the quality value threshold.
US10726587B2	System and method for image conversion A method may include obtaining a first set of projection data with respect to a first dose level; reconstructing, based on the first set of projection data, a first image; determining a second set of projection data based on the first set of projection data, the second set of projection data relating to a second dose level that is lower than the first dose level; reconstructing a second image based on the second set of projection data; and training a first neural network model based on the first image and the second image. In some embodiments, the trained first neural network model may be configured to convert a third image to a fourth image, the fourth image exhibiting a lower noise level and corresponding to a higher dose level than the third image.
US10726586B2	Movement-dependent reconstruction of magnetic resonance images The invention relates to a method for reconstructing magnetic resonance images, to a magnetic resonance apparatus and to a computer program product. According to the method, measurement data is acquired in an acquisition period. The measurement data is used to determine a motion curve over the acquisition period. In addition, at least one magnetic resonance image is reconstructed. In this process, the acquisition period is separated into a plurality of sub-periods by one or more separating periods and/or separating times in which the motion curve satisfies a defined motion condition, and each magnetic resonance image is reconstructed using the measurement data from at least one sub-period.
US10726585B2	Method and electronic device for converting color of image Methods and apparatuses are provide for displaying a representative color of an image. One or more images are displayed on a display. A scroll operation corresponding to a user input is identified for displaying a plurality of images subsequently following the one or more images. During the scroll operation, at least one of the one or more images and a plurality of objects are displayed together on the display. Each of the plurality of objects is displayed in place of a respective one of the plurality of images and each of the plurality of objects is displayed as a solid-color object corresponding to one representative color of the respective one of the plurality of images. After the solid-color objects are displayed during the scroll operation, the at least one of the one or more images and the plurality of images are displayed together on the display. The plurality of images being displayed in place of the solid-color objects.
US10726584B2	Displaying a virtual eye on a wearable device A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computer device, and from a head position sensor, head position information that indicates a position of a user's head; receiving, by the computer device, and from an eye position sensor, eye position information that indicates a position of a sensed eye of the user; producing, by the computer device, eye image data that represents a desired eye image based on the head position information and the eye position information; and transmitting, by the computer device, the eye image data to a wearable device worn by the user.
US10726583B2	System and method of encoding and decoding feature maps and weights for a convolutional neural network Embodiments described herein provide a processing apparatus comprising compute logic to generate output feature map data for a convolutional neural network (CNN) and write the feature map data to a memory buffer; a direct memory access (DMA) controller including a feature map encoder, the DMA controller to read the feature map data from the memory buffer, encode the feature map data using one of multiple encode algorithms, and write encoded feature map data to memory coupled with the processing apparatus; and wherein the compute logic is to read the encoded feature map data from the memory in an encoded format and decode the encoded feature map data while reading the encoded feature map data.
US10726579B1	LiDAR-camera calibration A calibration system and method for Light detection and Ranging (LiDAR)-camera calibration is provided. The calibration system receives a plurality of images that includes a calibration pattern and a plurality of point cloud data (PCD) frames that includes the calibration pattern. The calibration system extracts a first normal to a first plane of the calibration pattern in a first PCD frame of the received plurality of PCD frames and further extracts a second normal to a second plane of the calibration pattern in a first image frame of the received plurality of image frames. The calibration system computes a transform between the extracted first normal and the extracted second normal and based on the computed transform, calibrates the LiDAR sensor with the camera.
US10726577B2	Post-incident management for autonomous vehicles In one example a management system for an autonomous vehicle, comprises a first image sensor to collect first image data in a first geographic region proximate the autonomous vehicle and a second image sensor to collect second image data in a second geographic region proximate the first geographic region and a controller communicatively coupled to the first image sensor and the second image sensor and comprising processing circuitry to collect the first image data from the first image sensor and second image data from the second image sensor, generate a first reliability index for the first image sensor and a second reliability index for the second image sensor, and determine a correlation between the first image data and the second image data. Other examples may be described.
US10726575B2	Information processing apparatus, recording medium recording line-of-sight detection program, and line-of-sight detection method A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a line of sight detection program for causing a computer to execute a process, the process includes finding an index indicating a variation of a line of sight of an observer who observes an object based on a difference between line of sight data of a left eye of the observer and line of sight data of a right eye of the observer, determining a stay of the line of sight of the observer based on the index, and resolving a line of sight position of the observer based on a result of the determination on the stay.
US10726573B2	Object detection method and system based on machine learning The present disclosure discloses an object detection method based on machine learning. The object detection method senses a motion of an object by a motion sensor to generate a testing image, captures the testing image by an image sensor to transmit a sensed image to an object detection device, and detects a position of the object in the sensed image by the object detection device. Therefore, the present disclosure increases the accuracy of image recognition under various conditions.
US10726570B2	Method and system for performing simultaneous localization and mapping using convolutional image transformation Augmented reality devices and methods for computing a homography based on two images. One method may include receiving a first image based on a first camera pose and a second image based on a second camera pose, generating a first point cloud based on the first image and a second point cloud based on the second image, providing the first point cloud and the second point cloud to a neural network, and generating, by the neural network, the homography based on the first point cloud and the second point cloud. The neural network may be trained by generating a plurality of points, determining a 3D trajectory, sampling the 3D trajectory to obtain camera poses viewing the points, projecting the points onto 2D planes, comparing a generated homography using the projected points to the ground-truth homography and modifying the neural network based on the comparison.
US10726569B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium Whether to correct unevenness of brightness of a first image of an object onto which pattern light for three-dimensional shape measurement is projected is determined based on the first image or a second image of the object onto which the pattern light is not projected. If correction is performed, the three-dimensional shape of the object is measured using a corrected image obtained by correcting the unevenness of the brightness of the first image based on the second image; otherwise, the three-dimensional shape of the object is measured using the first image.
US10726566B2	Device and method for indoor mobile mapping of an environment A method and system for scanning and measuring an environment is provided. The method includes providing a first three-dimensional (3D) measurement device. The 3D measurement device being operable in a helical mode or a compound mode, wherein a plurality of light beams are emitted along a first path defined by a first axis and a second axis in the compound mode and along a second path defined by the first axis in the helical mode. A mobile platform holding the 3D measurement device is moved from a first position. A first group of 3D coordinates of the area is acquired by the 3D measurement device when the mobile platform is moving. A second group of 3D coordinates of the area is acquired with a second 3D measurement device that with six-degrees of freedom (6DOF). The first group of 3D coordinates is registered based on the third group of 3D coordinates.
US10726562B2	Video tracking method and device, and object recognition method and device A video tracking method comprises: determining a first tracking target in a video, and performing a video tracking process on the first tracking target based on the video; performing area overlap degree calculation on the first tracking target in a current image and the first tracking target in a past image during the video tracking process, the past image being an image obtained when the first tracking target was tracked last time in the video tracking process; extracting respective feature information of feature points of the first tracking target in the video during the video tracking process on the first tracking target; matching the extracted respective feature information of the feature points of the first tracking target in the current image with the respective feature information of corresponding feature points of the first tracking target in the past image if a result of the area overlap degree calculation is less than or equal to a preset threshold; and continuing the video tracking process on the first tracking target if the respective feature information of at least a preset number of feature points among the extracted feature points in the current image matches with the feature information of corresponding feature points of the first tracking target in the past image.
US10726559B2	Visible light image with edge marking for enhancing IR imagery The invention relates generally to edge detection and presentation in thermal images. Infrared and visible light images comprising at least partially overlapping target scenes are analyzed. An edge detection process is performed on the visible light image to determine which pixels represent edges in the target scene. A display image is generated in which some pixels include infrared image data and in which pixels corresponding to edges in the visible light image include a predetermined color and do not include corresponding infrared image data to emphasize edges. Edge pixels in the display image can include exclusively the predetermined color, or in some examples, a blend of a predetermined color and visible light image data. Methods can include replacing one or the other of visible light edge pixels or corresponding infrared pixels with the predetermined color before combining the visible light and infrared image data to create a display image.
US10726558B2	Machine learning-based image recognition of weather damage Various image analysis techniques are disclosed herein that automatically assess the damage to a rooftop of a building or other object. In some aspects, the system may determine the extent of the damage, as well as the type of damage. Further aspects provide for the automatic detection of the roof type, roof geometry, shingle or tile count, or other features that can be extracted from images of the rooftop.
US10726551B2	Method for reconstructing joined part surfaces of two adjacent teeth of a 3D digital model of teeth A method for reconstructing joined part surfaces of two adjacent teeth of a 3D digital model of teeth is provided. The method includes: obtaining a 3D digital model of teeth which includes adjacent first tooth and second tooth having joined surfaces; identifying a set of intersection points of the joined surfaces; fitting a first plane using the set of intersection points; identifying a set of first control points from points on the 3D digital model of teeth near the set of intersection points basis curvature, where the set of first control points defines boundary of a first part surface of the first tooth to be reconstructed; reconstructing the first part surface using a linear equation system constructed basis the first plane and the set of first control points.
US10726546B2	Tissue-to-flow image generation in medical imaging A network is machine trained to estimate flow by spatial location based on input of anatomy information. A medical scan of tissue may be used to generate flow information without the delay or difficulty of performing a medical scan configured for flow imaging or CFD. Anatomy imaging is used to provide flow estimates with the speed provided by the machine-learned network.
US10726542B2	System and method for mobile device cosmetic evaluation An automated system which inspects the cosmetic appearance and general physical condition of each mobile device and then assigns a grade. The system inspects for scratches, cracks, dents, bents, dings, etc. The various identified defects are evaluated and receive a grade. All of the independent grades can be used to assign an overall grade.
US10726540B2	Self-similarity analysis for defect detection on patterned industrial objects A method for object defect detection includes receiving digital data representing an image of an object with a repeated pattern. The method identifies a part of the image of the object as defined by a sample window of the digital data. The method generates one or more functions from at least the part of the image, wherein each of the one or more functions corresponds to one component of a pixel contained in the part of the image. Responsive to performing self-similarity analytics on the one or more functions, the method identifies a defect area of the object.
US10726539B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method and storage medium An image processing apparatus having a generation unit configured to generate an aligned image by arranging a plurality of candidate images extracted from a reference image around a work inspection image extracted from an inspection target image; a unit configured to subject the aligned image to similar region extraction processing to represent a similarity between regions in the aligned image; a determination unit configured to select a candidate image and determine it as a work reference image based on the aligned image after being subjected to the similar region extraction processing; and a comparison unit to compare the work inspection image with the work reference image. The similar region extraction processing subjects each of a plurality of division regions obtained by dividing the aligned image based on predetermined division size and phase, to averaging processing, and then adds the results of the averaging processing that are obtained by varying at least one of the division size and phase.
US10726538B2	Method of securing a hazard zone A method of securing at least one hazard zone comprising a hazardous machine is provided, wherein objects are detected in an environment of the hazard zone from measured data of at least one 3D sensor, and wherein a safety directed reaction of the machine takes place on an impending danger. A switch is made to at least one new hazard zone to be activated during the operation of the machine and a check is made whether the new hazard zone to be secured is free of objects.
US10726531B2	Resolution enhancement of color images A system for creating and displaying a color image having a higher resolution than a source color image. The system comprising a first sensor for sensing electromagnetic energy in a first spectral band to generate an achromatic image of achromatic image pixels. A second sensor for sensing electromagnetic energy in a second spectral band to generate a color image comprising a triad of color pixels. A digital processor interpolates the color triad pixels to achieve a count of color triad pixels equal to a count of achromatic image pixels. The digital processor fuses each color triad pixel, pixel by pixel, with an achromatic image pixel to produce fused color pixels. A display responsive to the fused color pixels displays a color image of the scene.
US10726530B2	Personal immersion display device and driving method thereof An augmented/virtual reality device includes a display panel, a driver, an optical lens and a timing controller. The display panel displays image and the driver drives the display panel. The optical lens penetrates the image displayed on the display panel. The timing controller performs an image processing for compensation which converts flat image data input from outside into distorted image data and supplies the distorted image data to the driver.
US10726527B2	Method for reducing image disturbances caused by reconstructed defective pixels in direct radiography A method for removing defective pixel image-artifacts includes an adaptive reconstruction kernel taking up to four main and diagonal, defect-free sub-kernel directions into account composed for each defective image pixel. The defective pixels impacted image is real-time corrected by statistical filtering or by a weighed directional convolution of kernel-associated replacement values, calculated by means of an advanced multi-parabolic reconstruction algorithm, for each contributing sub-kernel direction based on 5×5 pixels neighborhood image data readily accessible via a predetermined AMP kernels image-offsets structure.
US10726525B2	Image denoising neural network architecture and method of training the same An image denoising neural network training architecture includes an image denoising neural network and a clean data neural network, and the image denoising neural network and clean data neural network share information between each other.
US10726524B2	Low-resolution tile processing for real-time bokeh Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for generating real-time bokeh in images. An example method may include receiving an image, partitioning the image into a plurality of tiles, and designating each of the plurality of tiles as one of a fully foreground tile, a fully background tile, and a mixed tile. Either the fully background tiles or the fully foreground tiles may be processed using a tile-based filtering operation to generate a number of replacement tiles, and the mixed tiles may be processed to generate a number of replacement mixed tiles. An output image nay be generated based on the replacement tiles, the replacement mixed tiles, and either unaltered fully foreground tiles or unaltered fully background tiles.
US10726523B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing apparatus comprises: a white balance correction unit configured to perform a white balance correction by amplifying at least one color signal in relation to mosaic image data; a compression unit configured to compress the mosaic image data; and a control unit configured to control at least the white balance correction unit and the compression unit, wherein the control unit in a case where compression by the compression unit is set to be off, controls the white balance correction to be substantially invalid, and outputs the mosaic image data, and in a case where compression by the compression unit is set to be on, controls the white balance correction to be valid, and outputs the mosaic image data after the white balance correction.
US10726522B2	Method and system for correcting a distorted input image A method for correcting an image divides an output image into a grid with vertical sections of width smaller than the image width but wide enough to allow efficient bursts when writing distortion corrected line sections into memory. A distortion correction engine includes a relatively small amount of memory for an input image buffer but without requiring unduly complex control. The input image buffer accommodates enough lines of an input image to cover the distortion of a single most vertically distorted line section of the input image. The memory required for the input image buffer can be significantly less than would be required to store all the lines of a distorted input image spanning a maximal distortion of a complete line within the input image.
US10726521B2	Dynamic adaptation of device interfaces in a voice-based system Implementations relate to dynamic adaptation of images for projection by a projector, based on one or more properties of user(s) that are in an environment with the projector. The projector can be associated with an automated assistant client of a client device. In some versions of those implementations, a pose of a user in the environment is determined and, based on the pose, a base image for projecting onto a surface is warped to generate a transformed image. The transformed image, when projected onto a surface and viewed from the pose of the user, mitigates perceived differences relative to the base image.
US10726520B2	Modifying processing of commands in a command queue based on subsequently received data Processing of commands at a graphics processor are controlled by receiving input data and generating a command for processing at the graphics processor from the input data, wherein the command will cause the graphics processor to write out at least one buffer of data to an external memory, and submitting the command to a queue for later processing at the graphics processor. Subsequent to submitting the command, but before the write to external memory has been completed, further input data is received and it is determined that the buffer of data does not need to be written to external memory. The graphics processor is then signalled to prevent at least a portion of the write to external memory from being performed for the command.
US10726517B2	Page faulting and selective preemption One embodiment provides for a parallel processor comprising a processing array within the parallel processor, the processing array including multiple compute blocks, each compute block including multiple processing clusters configured for parallel operation, wherein each of the multiple compute blocks is independently preemptable. In one embodiment a preemption hint can be generated for source code during compilation to enable a compute unit to determine an efficient point for preemption.
US10726511B2	Systems and methods for tracking copying of printed materials owned by rights holders Rights holders such as copyright owners want to keep track of copying of printed materials owned by them. That information can be used to check if the person copying has a license. Alternatively, the information can be used for billing. In some countries, an intermediary such as a copyright agency may facilitate the tracking of such copying and the compensation of the rights holders. This system automates the process by monitoring copiers, matching copied images to materials owned by rights holders, and recording such copying actions including the identifier of the copier, the copying person, the number of copies, and the matched materials. Alternatively, the system may prevent the copying if there is no permission by the rights holders.
US10726509B1	Data mining data records to determine networks and boundaries Systems and methods for determining a boundary from evaluation records for objects are disclosed. In some embodiments, evaluation records for objects (e.g., appraisal records for real estate properties) are accessed. The evaluation records can be used to identify objects with similar characteristics. By representing objects identified as nodes in a graph, edges between nodes representing the identified objects can be established. A network generated from the nodes and edges can be used to identify a boundary comprising objects having similar characteristics.
US10726505B2	Following data records in an information feed Disclosed are some examples of systems, apparatus, methods, and computer program products related to automatically causing a following relationship to be established in an enterprise social networking system between a user and one or more customer relationship management (CRM) records. In some implementations, a workflow is configurable at least in part by one or more selections defining one or more conditions. Responsive to determining that one or more properties associated with a first CRM record satisfies the one or more conditions, a user is caused to follow the first CRM record. The following enables or causes updates associated with the first CRM record to be shared in a feed of the enterprise social networking system, where the feed can be provided to the user's device. Information based on the following of the first CRM record by the user can be displayed at the device.
US10726504B1	System and method for sharing investment information via a social network A system and method allows users to share watchlists with other users of a group such as that established on a social network server, and receives and displays other related information.
US10726499B1	Accident fault determination for autonomous vehicles Methods and systems for determining fault for an accident involving a vehicle having one or more autonomous (and/or semi-autonomous) operation features are provided. According to certain aspects, operating data from sensors within or near the vehicle may be used to determine fault for a vehicle accident, such as a collision. The operating data may include information regarding use of the features at the time of the accident and may further be used to determine an allocation of fault for the accident between a vehicle operator, the autonomous operation features, or a third party. The allocation of fault may be used to determine and/or adjust coverage levels for an insurance policy associated with the vehicle. The allocation of fault may further be used to adjust risk levels or profiles associated with the vehicle operator or with the autonomous operation features.
US10726495B1	Carsharing peril analysis Peril analysis is performed for carsharing insurance, i.e., peer-to-peer vehicle sharing insurance. The peril analysis is used to calculate the rate of and/or price insurance for carsharing. A renter may purchase insurance for carsharing (fully, as a supplement or going above and beyond a standard offering, or filling a gap between the minimal level a carsharing company provides and what a driver desires to provide for himself and vehicle's occupants, including comprehensive, collision, or a combination) using a mobile device, an embedded device, a vehicle, or an in-dash unit in the vehicle.
US10726487B2	System and method for price-based annotations in an electronic trading environment A system and method for generating and displaying annotations in relation to one or more prices corresponding to trader-related or market related events are described. In one embodiment, a trader may enter an annotation to be displayed in relation to one or more price levels. Alternatively, a trader may configure a dynamic annotation to be dynamically displayed in relation to some price level(s) upon detecting a predetermined event related to one or more tradeable objects. Also, a trader may configure one or more alarms to be displayed or played in combination with the annotations.
US10726486B2	System and method for optimizing the frequency of market information updates in an electronic trading environment A system and method for optimizing the frequency of market information updates in an electronic trading environment are described herein. According to one example embodiment, by optimizing the frequency of market information updates, the burden on the client device to update the graphical user interface may be reduced, while still providing an accurate portrayal of the market to the user. An example method includes associating different precedence levels with messages comprising market information. Messages containing market information related to the inside market may be associated to a higher precedence level. Whereas messages containing market information relating to the quantities at prices outside the inside market may be associated with a lower precedence level. Based on the precedence level associated with a message, a client device may update the graphical user interface or the message may be stored in a data structure until a pre-defined condition is satisfied.
US10726485B2	Determination of banding start price for order evaluation A banding start price may be generated using one of multiple subroutines. Each of the subroutines may generate a banding start price using a different algorithm and may have different input data criteria. Each of those subroutines may be ranked based expected accuracy of a price output by the subroutine. The banding start price may be generated by the highest ranking subroutine for which there is input data satisfying relevant criteria.
US10726480B2	Prioritization of trade order processing in electronic trading Various systems and methods for trade order processing in an electronic trading environment are provided. According to one or more embodiments, two or more trade orders are currently queued for execution at one or more electronic exchanges and are to be modified at substantially the same time. Each trade order is processed according to a priority based on each order's proximity to a particular market price, for example.
US10726478B2	Data processing system and method for facilitating transactions with user-centric document access One embodiment comprises data processing system comprising a data store storing a set of inventory records for a program pool of vehicles, a processor and a memory coupled to the processor storing a set of computer executable instructions. The set of computer executable instructions may be executable to receive, from a mobile application, a selection of a vehicle from the program pool, retrieve the inventory record for the selected vehicle, create, at the server, an order to capture information about a transaction, receive a request from the mobile application to view an electronic document associated with the selected vehicle; responsive to the request to view the electronic document, automatically populate the electronic document with the order information; and communicate the electronic document to the mobile application for presentation in the operator interface of a mobile device.
US10726473B1	Augmented reality shopping rewards A method implemented on an augmented reality (AR) electronic device includes obtaining a location of the AR electronic device. Information is received regarding an availability of offers or rewards at one or more retail stores nearby the location of the AR electronic device. The offers or rewards are overlaid on an augmented reality view of the location on the AR electronic device.
US10726472B2	System and method for providing simplified in-store, product-based and rental payment processes Disclosed is a system and method for receiving, at a user device, data from a near-field-communication tag on an object, initiating, based on the data, a browser on the user device, navigating, based on the data and via the browser, to a site and transmitting authorized payment data or other task to the site based on payment data retrieved from either the user device or a network entity. The data can be communicated from the browser to the site through an application programming interface. Any task can be performed as well such as opening a door, starting a car, or renting a parking space.
US10726459B2	Reverse showrooming and merchant-customer engagement system Systems and methods for providing a merchant-customer engagement system include a physical merchant location in which a customer may be tracked to determine products within the physical merchant location that the customer is interested in. A merchant may use a wearable merchant device that is configured to identify the customer via a camera that captures an image of the customer, and that image may be used to retrieve customer account information for that customer. Using the customer account information and the products that the customer is showing interest in, the wearable merchant device may be used to display merchant-customer engagement information next to a view of the customer to allow the merchant to help the customer while utilizing a variety of displayed information about the customer including, for example, past purchases, products browsed in-store and previously browsed online, time spent in an area of the physical merchant location, etc.
US10726453B1	Content item impression effect decay When a content item is initially served to a client device, the content item may result in an impression effect. As time elapses, the initial impression may fade. Such a decay of the impression effect may be predicted through the use of a predictive model. In some implementations, one or more impression effect parameters may be accessed and used with the predictive model to determine a decay factor or predicted value that incorporates the impression effect decay for a content item. A value, such as a score, may be determined based on the decay factor or the predicted value and a bid associated with a content item. A content item may be selected based on the determined value and data to effect presentation of the content item may be provided.
US10726452B2	Non-expanding interactive advertisement An embodiment is directed to a non-expanding advertisement that displays a video loop or a portion of a video within the advertisement. If the user interacts with the advertisement, the entire video is played within the advertisement without expanding. The user is not given the option to stop or pause the video. In addition, since the advertisement does not expand, the user is not given the option to close the video, ensuring that a complete view of the video is delivered to the user.
US10726451B1	System and method for creating and managing multimedia sales promotions A system and method for creating and managing multimedia sales promotions with a multimedia dashboard application running on a computing device that is in networked communication with an inventory database for a particular retailer and is also in operative communication with a distribution server. In the preferred embodiment, the computing device is a handheld smartphone or tablet computer capable of operating the fully integrated multimedia sales promotion system. The multimedia dashboard application includes an item selector, a multimedia recording module, multimedia editors, and a distribution controller. The same multimedia dashboard application is used to record multimedia segments, select segments to be uploaded to and downloaded from the inventory database, edit the segments to produce multimedia promotions, and control the distribution of the promotions which provides users with a simplified and integrated system and process to market their goods.
US10726449B2	System and method for extracting and publishing information captured by point of sale, point of service, and other order management and sales transactions recording systems for positively influencing internet search engine results A system and software method for monitoring and mining work order information from a remote OMS system and automatically generating and continuously updating web content therefrom to positively influence ranking in a listing of search results. The software method comprises the steps of monitoring the OMS system for completion of each work order, upon completion querying the OMS for information related to the service and/or goods provided, compiling a file of information related to the service and/or goods provided, mining relevant information from the file based on a pre-programmed ruleset, and sending the relevant information to an HTML authoring module that automatically generates web content therefrom and posts it to the clients web site to positively influence search engine rankings in response to a key phrase query that is relevant to the service completed and/or goods provided.
US10726448B1	System and method for inventory display management tool A method and system for allocating displays to a plurality of stores grouped into a plurality of store configurations is presented. It includes receiving a plurality of counts, that specifies spaces available in the store configuration for one of a plurality of types of displays, a ranking of a plurality of displays, wherein the ranking is based on a benefit of each of the plurality of displays for the store configuration, and when the plurality of displays are to be allocated to the plurality of stores; determining a subset of the plurality of displays that meet one or more conditions related to at least one of a forecasted sell through or forecasted margin of the plurality of displays for the store, allocating at least some of the displays based on the ranking of the displays, and generating an indication of the allocated displays for output to a user.
US10726446B2	Method and apparatus for pushing information The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for pushing information. A specific embodiment of the searching method comprises: dividing words in a target text to generate a set of phrases; calculating a term frequency inverse document frequency for each of the phrases in the set in the target text; acquiring similarities between preset candidate keywords and the each of the phrases; calculating relevance of the candidate keywords to the target text, based on the term frequency inverse document frequency for the each of the phrases in the target text and the similarities between the candidate keywords and the each of the phrases; and selecting a to-be-pushed candidate keyword from the candidate keywords, and pushing the to-be-pushed candidate keyword to a first user terminal based on a preset relevance threshold, or based on the relevance and a preset pushing quantity.
US10726445B2	Method and system for dynamic content insertion in electronic messages A system and method for providing dynamic pay-for-placement advertisements via graphics-enabled email that generates a display of advertisements when the email newsletter is opened so the advertisements displayed are based on rankings at the time the email is opened instead of when the email was generated and transmitted. In one embodiment, a graphical-content email having one or more embedded advertisement image references is provided to one or more email recipients. The advertisement image reference, in one embodiment, may include query string parameters indicating the context of the image reference and/or portion of the image reference (i.e., identifying the image reference as being part of a particular newsletter email), a position of the image reference in the email display, and the like. A URL reference also may be included with each advertisement image reference (.e.g., one URL for each advertisement portion of the image to be retrieved by the advertising image reference).
US10726443B2	Deep product placement One embodiment provides a method comprising identifying a product placement opportunity for a product in a frame of a piece of content during playback of the piece of content on a display device. The method further comprises determining a location in the frame to insert product placement content for the product based on a learned statistical model representing learned placement patterns related to the product. The method further comprises modifying the product placement content based on one or more objects present in the frame, and inserting a product placement for the product in the piece of content by inserting the modified product placement content in the frame based on the location. The modified product placement content appears to occur naturally in the piece of content.
US10726442B2	Dynamic reconfiguration of web pages based on user behavioral portrait A method is provided for determining a website user behavioral portrait based on navigation on the website and dynamically reconfiguring web pages based on those portraits. In accordance with the method, data relating to the progress of a user through a website is recorded, and an ongoing behavioral portrait of the user is built based on the data. The portrait is then used to dynamically reconfigure web content.
US10726440B1	System and method for executing consumer transactions based on credential information relating to the consumer Systems and methods are provided for allowing a merchant to provide a consumer with a real-time, personalized offer to execute a consumer transaction in response to evaluating that consumer's credential information. The consumer provides the credential information while, or just before, the consumer selects items to purchase from the website. The credential information provided by the consumer can be a compilation of different information associated with the consumer and may take the form of a score. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a merchant receives credential information relating to a consumer, while the consumer is at that merchant's website. The merchant evaluates the credential information while the consumer remains at the website and makes a real-time personalized offer of goods, services or pricing based at least in part on that evaluation.
US10726438B2	Personalized contextual coupon engine Aspects of the technology described herein provide a more efficient user interface by providing coupons that are tailored to a specific user's interests. The coupons may be provided by a personal assistant or some other application running on a user's computing device. A goal of the technology described herein is to provide relevant coupons when the user can and actually wants to use them. The coupons are designed for goods or services the user intends to purchase.
US10726437B2	Systems and methods for interfacing with a website to modify content Computer systems and methods for interfacing with a third party website, comprising determining that a webpage of the third party website is being output in an interface of a web browser, and in response, generating an interface element that at least partially overlaps the webpage in the interface. The interface element includes a user-selectable graphical trigger that, when selected, causes digital codes to be automatically input into a data entry interface identified in the webpage, thereby triggering the third party website to receive each of the digital codes and to return a respective response. Based on monitoring the respective response to each of the digital codes, a particular digital code is identified that causes a greatest change in a numerical value displayed in the webpage. The particular digital code is applied to obtain a resulting numerical value that is displayed in the webpage.
US10726431B2	Consumer analytics system that determines, offers, and monitors use of rewards incentivizing consumers to perform tasks A method and system are provided for providing incentives and rewards to consumers in return for their sharing of their electronically-derived consumer location data and sharing their opinions and feedback. The system may be programmed to determine parameters of a reward offered to an individual consumer or group of consumers based on or more criteria. In addition, location-derived insights and information reported by the consumers may be used to segment and customize the available incentives and rewards for each consumer. Reward redemption analytics may also be used to evaluate the effectiveness of reward customization.
US10726429B2	Method and system for creating a control group for campaign measurements A method for creating a control group for campaign measurements includes: storing a plurality of consumer profiles, each profile including data related to a consumer including an account identifier, spend behavior, and microsegment associated with the consumer; receiving a plurality of measurement profiles, each profile including data related to a consumer including a specific account identifier and indication of participation or non-participation in a campaign; associating each consumer profile with a measurement profile where the included account identifier corresponds to the specific account identifier of the measurement profile; identifying a campaign group, the campaign group including consumer profiles, each profile including a common microsegment and spend behavior and associated with a measurement profile indicating participation in the campaign; and identifying a control group, the control group including consumer profiles, each profile including the common microsegment and spend behavior and associated with a measurement profile indicating non-participation in the campaign.
US10726426B2	Bi-directional trust indicator A computer-implemented method is described. The method includes generating, for display on a computing device, an identification rendering viewable on a display of the device, the identification rendering including an authority indicator and a digital image of a person. The method further includes the device triggering an interactive effect associated with the identification rendering. The triggering occurs in response to the device receiving a trigger input and the trigger can be from any input or communications sensor of the computing device. The triggered interactive effect includes an authority indicator and a freshness indicator that enables an individual viewing the display to validate the identity of the person associated with the digital image. Validation can be based on at least one of a characteristic of the interactive effect and attributes of the person or the authority indicator.
US10726424B1	Computer-based systems and platforms and computer-implemented methods configured for one or more technological applications involving reduction of false-positive fraud detection incidents Systems and methods involving computer-based processing for proactively reducing false-positive fraud detection incidents are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exemplary computer-implemented method may comprise: detecting when a subject online transaction matches criteria indicating it is unusual; operating a browser extension application to obtain UI image data and purchase details of an item purchased by a user during the unusual online transaction; evaluating historical transactions of the user to identify a potentially fraudulent online transaction; and executing a false-positive detection routine to determine if the potentially fraudulent online transaction is valid.
US10726422B1	Method and system for processing electronic images of checks using a statistical evaluation of the user Systems and methods for processing checks using 2D barcodes are provided. A request from a user to process an electronic image of a check can be received. A statistical evaluation of the user can be generated based on prior requests to process electronic images of checks. Based on the statistical evaluation, an initial number of electronic images of the check to request can be determined. The electronic images can be received from the user, and a composite image of the check can be created based on the received electronic images.
US10726421B1	Configurable transaction management controller and method thereof Technologies for managing payment authorization request messaging for payment transactions include a transaction management controller for receiving a transaction amount for a payment transaction from a business management engine and payment card data for the payment transaction from a point of interaction device. The transaction management controller inserts the transaction amount and the payment card data into a payment authorization request message, which is transmitted to a payment network. A payment authorization response message is received from the payment network and transmitted by the transaction management controller the business management engine. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10726419B2	Methods and apparatus for providing secure identification, payment processing and/or signing using a gesture-based input device Described are apparatus and methods for providing secure identification, payment processing and/or signing using a gesture-based input device without biometrics.
US10726413B2	Securing external systems with account token substitution Systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing an account token to an external entity during the lifecycle of a payment transaction. In some embodiments, an external entity may be a merchant computer requesting authorization of a payment message. In other embodiments, the external entity may be a support computer providing a payment processing network or a merchant support functions.
US10726412B2	Portable device with local verification data Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods in which verification data is written to a portable device and used to complete a transaction. The system may identify a number of trusted third-party entities computers capable of providing verification data associated with a particular user. The system may generate requests to each of the trusted third-party computers for that verification data. Upon receiving responses, the system may select an appropriate verification data from the responses received from those trusted third-party computers. The verification data is then written to a portable device, which is provided to a user with which it is associated. Once provided, the portable device may be used in a transaction conducted at a resource provider and the verification data may be caused to be displayed on a display operated by the resource provider.
US10726411B2	Location-based payer charging system A method for charging a payer includes detecting a payer device, which is associated with a payer account, entering an event area. The payer device is then associated with an event invoice in a database. When the payer device is determined to have been involved in at least one payer charging event while being located in the event area, a charge is associated with the event invoice in the database for each payer charging event the payer device has been involved in. When the payer device is detected leaving the event area, a payment is charged to the payer account for the event invoice.
US10726408B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system Provided is an information processing apparatus including an estimating unit to estimate a purchased article indicated by receipt information on the basis of the receipt information indicating a result of reading characters from a first captured image which is obtained by capturing an image of a receipt, and code information indicating a result of detecting a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code from a second captured image which is obtained by capturing an image of a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code of an article.
US10726404B2	Using configured application information to control use of invocable services Techniques are described for facilitating use of invocable services by applications in a configurable manner. In at least some situations, the invocable services are Web services or other network-accessible services that are made available by providers of the services for use by others in exchange for fees defined by the service providers. The described techniques facilitate use of such invocable services by applications in a manner configured by the application providers and the service providers, including to track use of third-party invocable services by applications on behalf of end users and to allocate fees that are charged end users between the applications and the services as configured by the providers of the applications and services. In some situations, the configured pricing terms for a service specify fees for end users that differ in one or more ways from the defined fees charged by the provider of that service.
US10726399B2	Item-level information collection for interactive payment experience Disclosed is a technology for collecting item-level transaction information for interactive payment experience. According to one embodiment, a merchant server can maintain a database including the information of financial accounts having a particular classification. The classification indicates that these financial accounts are associated with a payment service system. When the merchant server determines a requested financial transaction involves a financial account classified in the database, the merchant server transmits the item-level transaction information to the payment service system. The payment service system receives the item-level transaction information in real-time or near real-time and generates an interactive digital transaction receipt for a consumer.
US10726397B1	Dynamic event scheduling Implementations provide a calendar application for dynamic scheduling and adjustment of events, such as sequential training events. The calendar application is used to specify events that are to occur within a schedule of events, an order in which the events are to occur, and a duration for each event. The calendar application is also used to specify available time periods in which the events may be scheduled. Based on the specified events and available time periods, the events are scheduled into available time periods to generate a calendar, a schedule of the events that preserves the specified order of events. On detecting a change in the inputs, such as a change in the specified events and/or available time periods, the calendar may be automatically updated (in real time with respect to the change) to accommodate the change, while preserving the order and duration of events.
US10726396B2	Event scheduling In some examples, an apparatus for scheduling service assets for an event is provided. A schedule of events and service assets is stored. Each event in the schedule of events is associated with one of the plurality of service assets. A first service asset is unable to attend an event. A substitution request from a first computing device associated with the first service asset is received. A user interface is generated for display on the first computing device. The user interface includes a plurality of selectable items corresponding to the plurality of service assets, a selectable request-substitute interface element, and a selectable event sign-in interface element. In response to receiving a selection of a send-request interface element, a substitute request notification to be displayed on a second computing device is transmitted. In some examples, the schedule of events is updated to reflect a second service asset associated with the event.
US10726395B2	Calendar repair assistant Calendar repair may be provided. Calendar events, such as appointments and meetings, may be created and copied to a plurality of attendee calendars. A first copy of the event may be compared to a second copy of the event, and an event property of the second event may be updated to match a corresponding event property of the first event.
US10726391B1	Customer content personalization The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for delivering personalized content to a customer. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing notifications related to the needs of a customer. A content management system may determine the needs of a customer as they relate to relevant products and/or services offered by one or more business entities, determine and prioritize actions that may fulfill these needs, and deliver personalized content to the customer based on the customer's information. Accordingly, the systems and techniques provided herein may improve the efficiency and reduce the time involved with delivering effective content to a customer.
US10726388B2	Component tracking method and system A method for tracking components of equipment. The method includes generating a first record in a component tracking data store of a component tracking system for storing original constituent component identification information that specifies original constituent components of the equipment, and a second record in the component tracking data store of the component tracking system for storing replacement component identification information that specifies a replacement component that replaces a component of the original constituent components of the equipment. The method further includes receiving a request for a current listing of components in the equipment and locating records in the component tracking data store of the component tracking system associated with the equipment. The method further includes determining from the located records a current listing of components to be the original constituent components of the first record as modified by the replacement component specified in the second record, and communicating a bill-of-material that includes the current listing of components to a requesting entity.
US10726387B2	AGV traffic management system Techniques for providing a signal processing feature in an inventory management system are described herein. For example, instructions may be received by a computer system of an autonomous vehicle that identify a path to move inventory within a materials handling facility. Further, the computer system of the autonomous vehicle may reduce a current traveling speed of the autonomous vehicle in response to receiving a first signal that is provided by a transmitter coupled with an entity moving within the materials handling facility. The first signal may be span a first distance. In embodiments, the computer system of the autonomous vehicle may stop movement of the autonomous vehicle in response to receiving a second signal provided by the transmitter coupled with the entity. The second signal may span a second distance from the entity that is less than the first distance.
US10726384B2	Systems and methods for rule-driven management of sensor data across geographic areas and derived actions The present disclosure relates to an information gathering method. The information gathering method includes identifying a location of a package, the location associated with one or more location-based restrictions on collecting data. The information gathering method also includes restricting access to sensor-collectable data associated with the package in accordance with the one or more location-based restrictions.
US10726377B2	Task similarity clusters for worker assessment Particular embodiments may receive, by one or more processors of an information processing system, results of one or more tasks performed by a worker. The volume of the results for one of the tasks may be determined to be insufficient. The volume of the results of similar tasks completed by the worker may be determined to be sufficient. A weighted similarity score may be assigned based on the results of the similar tasks completed by the worker. Estimates may be provided based on the weighted similarity score of the worker's behavior for a task type of the one of the tasks.
US10726375B2	System and method for improved quality management in a product logistic chain A quality management system for products including a multiplicity of product unit specific indicators, each operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedence of at least one threshold by at least one product quality determining parameter, an indicator reader operative to read the product unit specific indicators and to provide output indications and a product type specific indication interpreter operative to receive the output indications and to provide human sensible, product unit specific, product quality status outputs.
US10726373B1	Managing proof assets for validating program compliance A program model that includes requirements and control objects associated with requirements, workflows, proof assets. Workflow tasks associated with the workflows may generate requests to collect each proof asset associated with the control objects. Workflow tasks may validate each collected proof asset based on the plurality of control objects associated with each collected proof asset. Workflow tasks may determine completed control objects based on the validated proof assets. Workflow tasks may employ an amount of the completed control objects that is equivalent to the amount of the control objects associated with the program model to provide a report indicating that the requirements associated with the program model may be satisfied. Workflow tasks may employ detection of modifications to the validated proof assets to determine a portion of the workflow tasks based on the modified proof assets such that the portion of the workflow tasks may be re-executed.
US10726371B2	Test system using production data without disturbing production system Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for concurrent production use of an enterprise system and testing of a modified enterprise system. Actions include receiving a test schema that provides one or more application views to application tables of production data in a database, at least one application view including a read-only view, providing one or more local tables for local test data provided during execution of the modified enterprise system, providing one or more triggers to the at least one application view, and executing the enterprise system based on a production database schema and concurrently executing the modified enterprise system based on the test database schema.
US10726369B2	System and method for allocating manufactured products to sellers using profitable order promising A system and method is disclosed for allocating products to one or more sellers. The system includes a database operable to store data associated with one or more enterprises. The system further includes an order promising system coupled with the database and operable to model the flow of the products through the one or more enterprises and allocate resources to the one or more sellers based on the modeled flow of the products.
US10726361B2	Collaborative working of business process management methods The collaborative working of process-oriented and event-based business process management (BPM) methods in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) is supported. The execution models of the business process include process-oriented execution models and event-based execution models. The process-oriented execution models and the event-based execution models are executed at runtime. A bridge implements the interaction between the process-oriented runtime execution and the event-based runtime execution.
US10726360B2	Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and vehicle control program A vehicle control system includes an output unit configured to output information to the outside of a vehicle, an in-vehicle status acquisition unit configured to acquire a status inside the vehicle, and a control unit configured to cause the output unit to output information as to whether or not it is possible to ride in the vehicle on the basis of in-vehicle information acquired by the in-vehicle status acquisition unit.
US10726354B2	Concurrently forecasting multiple time series Embodiments of the present invention are directed to facilitating concurrent forecasting associating with multiple time series data sets. In accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, a request to perform a predictive analysis in association with multiple time series data sets is received. Thereafter, the request is parsed to identify each of the time series data sets to use in predictive analysis. For each time series data set, an object is initiated to perform the predictive analysis for the corresponding time series data set. Generally, the predictive analysis predicts expected outcomes based on the corresponding time series data set. Each object is concurrently executed to generate expected outcomes associated with the corresponding time series data set, and the expected outcomes associated with each of the corresponding time series data sets are provided for display.
US10726353B2	Quantum mechanical framework for interaction of OAM with matter and applications in solid states, biosciences and quantum computing A method comprises first generating a plane wave light beam. At least one orbital angular momentum is applied to the plane wave light beam to generate and OAM light beam. Transitions of electrons between quantized states within a semiconductor material are controlled responsive to the at least one orbital angular momentum applied to the plane wave light beam. The OAM light beam is transmitted at the semiconductor material to induce the transitions of the electrons between the quantize states within the semiconductor material.
US10726351B1	System and method for controlling superconducting qubits using single flux quantum logic A system and method for controlling superconducting qubits is provided. In some aspects the method includes assembling, using a controller of a quantum computing system, a pulse subsequence that comprises pairs of voltage pulses timed symmetrically with respect to a period corresponding to a qubit frequency of a superconducting qubit in the quantum computing system. The method also includes generating, using the controller, a pulse sequence using a repetition of a pulse subsequence. The method further includes controlling the superconducting qubit by applying the pulse sequence to the superconducting qubit using a single flux quantum (“SFQ”) driver coupled thereto.
US10726342B2	Cognitive information processing using a cognitive blockchain architecture A cognitive information processing system environment which includes a plurality of data sources, at least one of the plurality of data sources comprising a blockchain data source having associated blockchain data; a cognitive inference and learning system coupled to receive the data from the plurality of data sources to provide cognitively processed data, the cognitive inference and learning system performing a learning operation to improve the cognitively processed data over time, the learning operation being based at least in part on the blockchain data from the blockchain data source; and, a destination, the destination receiving the cognitively processed data.
US10726341B2	Method for inferring downtime from power quality data A method comprises detecting a power quality event, determining if one or more power outages occurs in a defined time period extending from a beginning of the power quality event to an end of the power quality event, and if one or more power outages occurs in the defined time period, then performing an analysis, where performing the analysis comprises determining if the one or more power outages is associated with the power quality event. The method may also comprise outputting the information regarding the analysis to a display device.
US10726337B1	Method and apparatus for emulation of neuromorphic hardware including neurons and synapses connecting the neurons In a method for emulation of neuromorphic hardware on a computer processor, the neuromorphic hardware including computing circuits, the computing circuits including neurons and synapses connecting the neurons, the neurons being configured to communicate to each other through the synapses via spikes, the computing circuits being configured to execute in parallel in increments of time, the method includes, for each said time increment, emulating processing of the synapses, emulating processing of the neurons, and recording by the processor the next ones of the spikes for a subset of the neurons on a non-transitory physical medium. The processing of the synapses includes receiving previous ones of the spikes at presynaptic ends of the synapses, and transmitting the received previous ones of the spikes to postsynaptic ends of the synapses. The processing of the neurons includes receiving current ones of the spikes and generating next ones of the spikes.
US10726336B2	Apparatus and method for compression coding for artificial neural network A compression coding apparatus for artificial neural network, including memory interface unit, instruction cache, controller unit and computing unit, wherein the computing unit is configured to perform corresponding operation to data from the memory interface unit according to instructions of controller unit; the computing unit mainly performs three steps operation: step one is to multiply input neuron by weight data; step two is to perform adder tree computing and add the weighted output neuron obtained in step one level-by-level via adder tree, or add bias to output neuron to get biased output neuron; step three is to perform activation function operation to get final output neuron. The present disclosure also provides a method for compression coding of multi-layer neural network.
US10726333B2	Dynamic topic guidance in the context of multi-round conversation A topic guidance method, system, and computer program product for suggesting, via a processor on a computer, a conversation topic for the agent to engage the customer based on a learned conversation topic model, the conversation model being a static model.
US10726330B2	System, method, and accelerator to process convolutional neural network layers System, method, and accelerator to process a convolutional neural network. In accordance therewith, a tile structure having input data values is loaded for a convolution layer. Each tile of the tile structure corresponds to a respective feature map in a set of input feature maps. The tile structure of each iteration represents a different subset of data values in the input feature maps. Intermediate data values associated with a subset of the data values of the input feature maps in the current intermediate tile structure are reused, when the intermediate data values of a previous tile structure overlap values to be computed in the current tile structure. Intermediate non-overlapping data values that are associated with the subset of the data values in the current tile structure are computed using associated filters having weight data values. Available reused intermediate data values and computed intermediate data values are buffered as intermediate data.
US10726325B2	Facilitating machine-learning and data analysis by computing user-session representation vectors Disclosed systems and methods generate user-session representation vectors from data generated by user interactions with online services. A transformation application executing on a computing device receives interaction data, which is generated by user devices interacting with an online service. The transformation application separates the interaction data into session datasets. The transformation involves normalizing the session datasets by modifying the rows within each session dataset by removing event identifiers and time stamps. The application transforms each normalized session dataset into a respective user-session representation vector. The application outputs the user-session representation vectors.
US10726324B2	Radio-frequency antenna circuit having interlocking mutual inductors The invention relates to a radiofrequency antenna circuit comprising at least one electrically conductive portion, in particular in the form of a track or wire, forming a first spiral having first turns and two end portions. The invention includes a second spiral extending substantially away from one of the end portions, along and between the turns of said first spiral. The invention also relates to a radiofrequency device comprising the antenna circuit.
US10726323B2	Semiconductor storage device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a first loop antenna, a second loop antenna, and a controller. The first loop antenna generates a second magnetic field on the basis of electromagnetic induction according to a first magnetic field. The second loop antenna generates an induced electromotive force on the basis of electromagnetic induction according to the second magnetic field. The controller is operable on the basis of the induced electromotive force generated in the second loop antenna, and performs communication with respect to a first external device generating the first magnetic field, through the second loop antenna.
US10726317B2	Methods and systems for adding new content in an electronic document generated by scanning Disclosed herein are methods and systems for adding content in a page of an electronic document without moving current content to a next page of the electronic document. A first electronic document, a position information of a page of the first electronic document where a new content need to be added, and at least one of the new content and a second electronic document including the new content are received at an MFD. A required space for adding the new content and an available space between lines of the page are estimated. The available space and the required space are compared to check whether the available space is more than the required space. Based on the comparison, the lines of the page are re-positioned, and the new content is added on the page based on the position information to generate an updated first electronic document including the added new content.
US10726316B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium In conventional color shading (CS) processing for correcting color unevenness with high precision, even an image to preserve pure colors can be corrected to use inks of other colors. Color unevenness is more appropriately corrected to provide a favorable image by properly using pure color preservation information and pure color non-preservation information as color correction information for the CS processing.
US10726312B2	System and method for appearance search There is provided an appearance search system comprising one or more cameras configured to capture video of a scene, the video having images of objects. The system comprises one or more processors and memory comprising computer program code stored on the memory and configured when executed by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform a method. The method comprises identifying one or more of the objects within the images of the objects. The method further comprises implementing a learning machine configured to generate signatures of the identified objects and generate a signature of an object of interest. The system further comprises a network configured to send the images of the objects from the camera to the one or more processors. The method further comprises comparing the signatures of the identified objects with the signature of the object of interest to generate similarity scores for the identified objects, and transmitting an instruction for presenting on a display one or more of the images of the objects based on the similarity scores.
US10726311B2	Independent component analysis of tensors for sensor data fusion and reconstruction Described is a system for sensor data fusion and reconstruction. The system extracts slices from a tensor having multiple tensor modes. Each tensor mode represents a different sensor data stream of incomplete sensor signals. The tensor slices are processed into demixed outputs. The demixed outputs are converted back into tensor slices, and the tensor slices are decomposed into mode factors using matrix decomposition. Mode factors are determined for all of the tensor modes, and the mode factors are assigned to tensor factors by matching mode factors common to two or more demixings. Tensor weight factors are determined and used for fusing the sensor data streams for sensor data reconstruction. Based on the sensor data reconstruction, hidden sensor data is extracted.
US10726308B2	Image content moderation In some examples, image content moderation may include classifying, based on a learning model, an object displayed in an image into a category. Further, image content moderation may include detecting, based on another learning model, the object, refining the detected object based on a label, and determining, based on the another learning model, a category for the refined detected object. Further, image content moderation may include identifying, based on the label, a keyword associated with the object, and determining, based on the identified keyword, a category for the object. Further, image content moderation may include categorizing, based on a set of rules, the object into a category, and moderating image content by categorizing, based on aforementioned analysis the object into a category. Yet further, image content moderation may include tagging, based on fusion-based tagging, the object with a category and a color associated with the object.
US10726303B1	Learning method and learning device for switching modes of autonomous vehicle based on on-device standalone prediction to thereby achieve safety of autonomous driving, and testing method and testing device using the same A learning method for generating parameters capable of representing a degree of credibility of an object detection during a process of the object detection is provided. And the method includes steps of: (a) a learning device instructing a convolutional layer to generate a convolutional feature map by applying a convolutional operation to a training image; (b) the learning device instructing an anchor layer to generate an RPN confidence map including RPN confidence scores; (c) the learning device instructing an FC layer to generate CNN confidence scores, to thereby generate a CNN confidence map; and (d) the learning device instructing a loss layer to learn parameters in the CNN and the RPN by performing backpropagation using an RPN loss and a CNN loss, generated by referring to the RPN confidence map, the CNN confidence map, an estimated object detection result and a GT object detection result.
US10726302B2	Edge computing Methods, systems, and devices for object localization and classification are described. A device may configure a first unit of a detection layer associated with a learning framework when a quantity of output feature channels of an input feature maps is less than or equal to a quantity of input feature channels of the input feature maps. The first set of layers may include a group convolution layer, a pointwise layer, a batch normalization layer, or a rectified linear layer, or a combination thereof. The device may also configure, a second unit of the detection layer associated with the learning framework, when a second quantity of output feature channels of the input feature maps is less than or equal to a second quantity of input feature channels of the input feature maps. The second set of layers may include a depthwise layer or a pointwise layer, or both.
US10726301B2	Method for treating a surface Method for treating a surface includes: automatically evaluating at least one digital image which includes the target surface; determining the nature of the target surface according to the evaluation of the at least one digital image; determining at least one available treatment implement according to the evaluation of the at least one image; determining the nature of the surface treatment according to the evaluation of the at least one image; automatically determining a use of the determined treatment implement in the determined treatment of the determined surface; and providing information analogous to the determined use of the treatment implement.
US10726297B2	Systems and methods for identifying semantically and visually related content Systems and methods for identifying semantically and/or visually related information among a set of content items, such content items that include similar concepts or that have similar visual aspects, are disclosed. The disclosed techniques provide tools for identifying related information among various content items, such as text pages and documents, presentation slides and slide decks, etc. The disclosed techniques provide improved methods for searching among content items, organizing content items into categories, and pruning redundant content. Furthermore, the disclosed techniques provide improvements to computation of various metrics, including usage, performance, and impact metrics.
US10726288B2	Contrast sensor A contrast sensor for evaluating identification markings and a method of evaluating identification markings on detecting objects using a contrast sensor, having at least one light transmitter and at least one light receiver, with the light receiver having a single photodiode; having a control and evaluation unit for evaluating the light receiver signal of the light receiver, and having an output for a sensor signal that is formed by the control and evaluation unit on the basis of the light receiver signal, wherein the identification marking has lettering or a marking; an elongate illumination field is projected by the light transmitter onto a region of the identification marking narrow in the direction of movement; and the control and evaluation unit compares a reception signal sequence having a plurality of contrast transitions with a stored reception signal sequence and outputs the sensor signal in dependence on the comparison.
US10726283B2	Finger vein authentication device Provided is a device which performs vein authentication by using a downward irradiation-type thin module and selecting an image of a proper angle by varying the irradiation direction of near-infrared illumination. Realized are a photographing method and control method of a finger vein image suitable for thin devices such as a smartphone. Adopted is a finger vein authentication device comprising an imaging unit, an illumination unit which is disposed on a substantially same plane as the imaging unit, and irradiates a finger to be captured by the imaging unit with light in which an irradiation angle is variable, an image selection unit which selects an image according to the irradiation angle of the illumination unit, and an authentication processing unit which performs authentication processing using the image selected by the image selection unit.
US10726278B2	Method, device and system for providing notification information A method of providing notification information includes: obtaining information regarding a sensing region; determining a visible region and a non-visible region within the sensing region; and providing notification information regarding the non-visible region.
US10726273B2	Method and apparatus for shelf feature and object placement detection from shelf images A method of detecting a back of a shelf for supporting objects includes: obtaining an image depicting a shelf having a shelf edge and a support surface extending from the shelf edge to a shelf back; decomposing the image into a plurality of patches; for each patch: generating a feature descriptor; based on the feature descriptor, assigning one of a shelf back classification and a non-shelf back classification to the patch; generating a mask corresponding to the image, the mask containing an indication of the classification assigned to each of the patches; and presenting the mask.
US10726272B2	Systems and methods for generating a video summary Systems and method of generating video summaries are presented herein. Information defining a video may be obtained. The video may include a set of frame images. Parameter values for parameters of individual frame images of the video may be determined. Interest weights for the frame images may be determined. An interest curve for the video that characterizes the video by interest weights as a function of progress through the set of frame images may be generated. One or more curve attributes of the interest curve may be identified and one or more interest curve values of the interest curve that correspond to individual curve attributes may be determined. Interest curve values of the interest curve may be compared to threshold curve values. A subset of frame images of the video to include within a video summary of the video may be identified based on the comparison.
US10726268B2	Building black box A system and computer-implemented method include a wireless network hub configured to forward received sensor readings to a sensor analysis system. One or more sensor units coupled to the wireless network hub and affixed to a structure are configured to wirelessly transmit data to the wireless network hub at a first time frequency, and, in response to a detected danger to the structure, wirelessly transmit sensor readings to the wireless network hub at a second time frequency greater than the first time frequency.
US10726266B2	Virtualization of tangible interface objects An example system includes a computing device located proximate to a physical activity surface, a video capture device, and a detector. The video capture device is coupled for communication with the computing device and is adapted to capture a video stream that includes an activity scene of the physical activity surface and one or more interface objects physically intractable with by a user. The detector processes the video stream to detect the one or more interface objects included in the activity scene, to identify the one or more interface objects that are detectable, to generate one or more events describing the one or more interface objects, and to provide the one or more events to an activity application configured to render virtual information on the one or more computing devices based on the one or more events.
US10726257B2	Gaze-tracking system and method of tracking user's gaze A gaze-tracking system for use in a head-mounted display apparatus. The gaze-tracking system includes: at least one first optical element comprising particles of a phosphorescent or fluorescent material dispersed therein, the particles of the phosphorescent or fluorescent material being dispersed in a manner that when excited by electromagnetic radiation incident thereupon, the particles produce structured light of a given wavelength, wherein the produced structured light illuminates a user's eye; at least one camera for capturing an image of reflections of the structured light from the user's eye, wherein the image is representative of a form of the reflections and a position of the reflections on an image plane of the at least one camera; and a processor coupled in communication with the at least one camera, wherein the processor is configured to process the captured image to detect a gaze direction of the user.
US10726255B2	Active stereo with adaptive support weights from a separate image Systems and methods for stereo matching based upon active illumination using a patch in a non-actively illuminated image to obtain weights that are used in patch similarity determinations in actively illuminated stereo images is provided. To correlate pixels in actively illuminated stereo images, adaptive support weights computations are used to determine similarity of patches corresponding to the pixels. In order to obtain adaptive support weights for the adaptive support weights computations, weights are obtained by processing a non-actively illuminated (“clean”) image.
US10726252B2	Method of digitizing and extracting meaning from graphic objects Using a convolutional neural network, a method for digitizing and extracting meaning from graphic objects such as bar and pie charts, decomposes a chart into its sub-parts (pie and slices or bars, axes and legends) with significant tolerance to the wide range of variations in shape and relative position of pies, bars, axes and legends. A linear regression calibration allows properly reading values even when there are many OCR failures.
US10726246B1	Automated vending machine with customer and identification authentication Implementations include actions of receiving consumer-specific data and ID-specific data from an identification presented by a consumer to a vending machine, processing at least a portion of the ID-specific data to determine one or more of whether the identification is unexpired and whether the identification is authentic, and serving the consumer from the vending machine at least partially in response to determining that the identification is unexpired and that the identification is authentic and determining that the consumer is authentic relative to the identification.
US10726238B2	Display panel and display device The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a plurality of light-emitting devices; a plurality of fingerprint recognition sensors; a plurality of pixel driving circuits each corresponding to one of the plurality of light-emitting devices; and a light-emitting scan driving circuit for controlling whether or not the plurality of light-emitting devices emit light. The light-emitting scan driving circuit is used to output a first pulse signal to a corresponding pixel driving circuit during a fingerprint recognition time phase, and to output a second pulse signal to a corresponding pixel driving circuit during a non-fingerprint recognition time phase. A period of the first pulse signal is different from a period of the second pulse signal.
US10726235B2	System and method for acquiring multimodal biometric information Methods, systems, and programming for user identification are presented. In one example, a system for acquiring biometric information is disclosed. The system comprises a housing including a surface for a person to place a finger thereon. The system also comprises a sensor, a first image acquisition portion, and a second image acquisition portion. The sensor is configured for sensing presence of the finger when the person places the finger on the surface. The first image acquisition portion is configured for acquiring a fingerprint image of the finger placed on the surface. The second image acquisition portion is configured for acquiring a finger vein image of the finger placed on the surface. The first and second image acquisition portions acquire their respective images at different times.
US10726234B2	Fingerprint sensing unit and display device including the same A fingerprint sensing unit includes a substrate; a buffer layer disposed on the substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the buffer layer; an insulating layer disposed on the buffer layer and that has an opening that exposes at least a portion of the buffer layer; and a sensing electrode disposed on the portion of the buffer layer that is exposed by the opening, where the sensing electrode is connected to the thin film transistor. A display device that includes the fingerprint sensing unit can reduce internal reflection of external light.
US10726232B2	Flat panel display having optical sensor The present disclosure relates to a flat panel display having an optical imaging sensor such as a fingerprint image sensor. The present disclosure provides a flat panel display having an image sensor comprising: a display panel including a display area and a non-display area, the display panel having a top surface; a directional optical unit attached to the top surface of the display panel, the directional optical unit having a length along a length axis of the display panel, a width along a width axis of the display panel and a thickness along a thickness axis of the display panel; a sensing light control film disposed under the display panel; and an image sensor disposed under the sensing light control film.
US10726231B2	Integrated piezoelectric microelectromechanical ultrasound transducer (PMUT) on integrated circuit (IC) for fingerprint sensing Microelectromechanical (MEMS) devices and associated methods are disclosed. Piezoelectric MEMS transducers (PMUTs) suitable for integration with complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuit (IC), as well as PMUT arrays having high fill factor for fingerprint sensing, are described.
US10726230B2	Display panel, driving method therefor, and display device There is disclosed a display panel and its driving method and a display device in the technical field of display. The display panel according to the disclosure includes a base substrate, a driving structure provided on the base substrate, a receiving structure provided above the driving structure, and a fingerprint detection module provided on the base substrate, wherein the driving structure is configured to create an ultrasonic signal, the receiving structure is configured to receive the ultrasonic signal reflected from a finger and transform the reflected ultrasonic signal into an electric signal which is input to the fingerprint detection module, and the fingerprint detection module is configured to determine fingerprint information from the electric signal output by the receiving structure.
US10726227B1	Detection of images in relation to targets based on colorspace transformation techniques and utilizing ultraviolet light Techniques to improve detection and security of images, including formation and detection of matrix-based images. Some techniques include logic to process image data, generate one or more colorspaces associated with that data, and perform colorspace conversions based on the generated colorspace. The logic may be further configured to generate an image based on the colorspace conversions, including but not limited to a matrix bar code. The logic may be further configured to apply one or both of an ultraviolet layer and an infrared layer to the image, e.g. matrix barcode, generated from the colorspace conversion(s). Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10726224B2	Authenticable digital code and associated systems and methods An authenticable digital code includes a printable medium, a machine-readable digital code, formed on the printable medium, that graphically represent information, and at least one security signature positioned relative to the machine-readable digital code. The security signature includes a fluorescent material that, when excited by light of a first wavelength, fluoresces and emits light at a second wavelength that is different from the first wave length. Authenticity of the authenticable digital code is determined by detecting, when the authenticable digital code is illuminated by light of the first wavelength, light of the second wavelength at a position relative to the machine-readable digital code.
US10726220B2	Tool tracking and monitoring device and method A tool tracking and monitoring device is disclosed. The device is made up of: a tool base, having a controller and a transceiver; a tool handle; interchangeable tool bodies with ID tags; and user IDs. The interchangeable tool bodies attach to the tool handle. The transceiver is adapted to receive information from the tool body ID tags and the user IDs and relay that information to the controller; this allows the controller to monitor the use of the tool bodies. The controller is configured to regulate access to the tool bodies according to permissions associated with the tool body ID tags and the user IDs. The device is also adapted to connect with freestanding power tools.
US10726217B2	Systems and methods using single antenna for multiple resonant frequency ranges A radio frequency device utilizing an antenna having a single antenna structure resonant on multiple resonant frequency ranges. The antenna can be configured to operate within multiple frequency ranges for communication according to respective protocols associated with the respective frequency ranges.
US10726216B2	Information processing device and control method for information processing device A user is guided with a simple configuration so that near field communication is performed. An information processing device (1) includes an NFC antenna (520) configured to perform near field communication with an NFC terminal (100), and a display unit (53) configured to display a guide region (Ai). The guide region (Ai) serves as a guide for a communication-enabling region. The display unit (53) displays the guide region (Ai) such that the guide region (Ai) is included in the communication-enabling region (B) and the guide region (Ai) is smaller than the communication-enabling region (B).
US10726214B2	Integrated stationary RFID reader Systems and methods of the present invention provide for storing a unique identifier for an RFID tag associated with, and affixed to, an asset. An RFID reader, coupled to a server computer through a network, executes firmware instructions causing the reader to receive a transmission from a server computer to run a customizable software with programmable logic at the reader. The reader then recognizes the tag according to its signal strength, and determines a tag state for the tag according to a state machine in the customizable software. If the tag state changes, the reader publishes the tag state and transmits it to the server computer using a low bandwidth solution.
US10726213B2	Metal product manufacturing method A method of manufacturing a metal product includes forming a first identification code onto a surface of a metal member with a laser beam, the first identification code being readable under a first reading condition, and heating the metal member on which the identification code is formed. The method further includes reading the first identification code with a reading device, and forming a second identification code onto the surface of the metal member subsequent to the heating with a laser beam based on the first identification code which is read with the reading device. The second identification code is readable under a second reading condition different from the first reading condition.
US10726212B2	Presenting translations of text depicted in images Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting additional information for text depicted by an image. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an image. Text depicted in the image is identified. The identified text can be in one or more text blocks. A prominence presentation context is selected for the image based on the relative prominence of the one or more text blocks. Each prominence presentation context corresponds to a relative prominence of each text block in which text is presented within images. Each prominence presentation context has a corresponding user interface for presenting additional information related to the identified text depicted in the image. A user interface is identified that corresponds to the selected prominence presentation context. Additional information is presented for at least a portion of the text depicted in the image using the identified user interface.
US10726209B2	Identification and notification of correctness and contradiction in communications Apparatus and methods can be implemented to determine correctness and/or consistency of communications in a variety of applications. In various embodiments, a communication in a communication channel can be monitored, a feature from the monitored communication can be extracted for comparison with one or more sample features to determine correctness and/or an identification of a contradiction of the extracted feature from which remedial action can be taken. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10726206B2	Visual reference resolution using attention memory for visual dialog A dialog engine configured to answer a sequence of questions related to an image. An attention module residing in the dialog engine includes an attention retrieval process and a tentative attention process. The attention retrieval process retrieves a relevant attention map that may have previously been used to answer a previous query. The tentative attention process generates a tentative attention map based on an image and other input parameters. The attention module combines the relevant attention map and the tentative attention map to generate a fused attention map. Based on the fused attention map, the dialog engine generates a response to the query. Finally, the dialog engine stores the fused attention map in an attention memory for use in answering future queries.
US10726202B2	Inclusion of protocol conditions within search engine results Taught is a search engine for science tools which dynamically evaluates search rank of said science tools through Natural Language Processing and machine learning. The search engine accepts into a corpus of public and private materials, which references individual science tools. Each item of the corpus is evaluated both as to how much that given item should be trusted, and what that item says about individual science tools. Each science tool is evaluated based on what the whole corpus of input data contains concerning those science tools, taking into account how valuable the source of the data is in order to render an overall score and search rank. The search engine generates a judgement of each individual science tool, which is dynamically updated as new information becomes available in the corpus of input data.
US10726196B2	Autonomous configuration of conversion code to control display and functionality of webpage portions The technology disclosed is generally directed to massively multivariate testing, conversion rate optimization, and product recommendation and, in particular, directed to automatically and autonomously placing conversion code (e.g., scripts) in webpages of a host website without requiring any affirmative action on the part of the host. The conversion code modifies display and functionality of a particular portion of a host webpage without modifying other portions of the host webpage. The conversion code is placed by a website modification service which is limitedly authorized by the host to modify only the particular portion of the host webpage under a product recommendation and/or conversion rate optimization scheme.
US10726194B2	Content linking Linking, tying, referencing or otherwise utilizing characters, images, alphanumerical values, codes and other metadata to link content, media, information, data and other electronically transmittable matter to an application, program, process or other logically executing construct is contemplated. Such content linking may include but is not necessarily limited to enabling content linking without requiring a server or other entity posting a corresponding link to host the linked-to content.
US10726193B2	Electronic device and operating method thereof Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a device and a method for providing differentiated transition effects based on the attributes of an object recognized in next contents when a screen switches in an electronic device. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes a display; a memory; and a processor configured to be operably coupled to the display and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to: display first contents; analyze the attributes of second contents to be displayed subsequent to the first contents while displaying the first contents; determine a transition effect corresponding to the attributes of the second contents; determine to switch a screen from the first contents to the second contents; and display the second contents using the determined transition effect based on the determination of screen transition.
US10726192B2	Semiconductor Fab's defect operating system and method thereof The present invention relates to “an Innovative Semiconductor Fab's Defect Operating System” thereof for design house and manufacturing Fab is provided. The Innovative Semiconductor Fab's Defect Operating System comprises: receiving pluralities of defect data, IC design layout data; analyzing the defect data, design layouts, by a Critical Area Analysis (CAA) method via a Defect Operating System located inside the Fab site; identify a killer or non-killer defect based on the open or short failure probability; sending the killer defect data to the design house via internet, FTP, etc. The design house receives the wafer testing yield data; pick the bad die information and the killer defect information for failure analysis; correlate the corresponding defect data with the wafer test data; sending the failure killer defect data to the Fab via internet, FTP, etc.; and improve the wafer yield through feed forward defect data and feedback of failure killer defect data which is an innovative “Defect Operation Platform” implementation between design house and Fab.
US10726189B2	Less-pessimistic static timing analysis for synchronous circuits A static timing analysis controller includes a feedback loop identification module that identifies invariable flip flop feedback loops of an integrated circuit design, and adds the identified feedback loops to false path lists. The static timing analysis controller then performs timing update operations and identifies hold violations based on the invariable flip flop feedback loops included in the false path list. In turn, the static timing analysis controller identifies reduced or less pessimistic numbers of hold violations, resulting in fewer buffers added to the integrated circuit design.
US10726188B1	Method, system, and computer program product for performing channel analyses for an electronic circuit design including a parallel interface Disclosed are methods and systems for characterizing and analyzing an electronic system design including a parallel interface. Some methods and systems identify an electronic design including a parallel interface, determine a single circuit representation including the parallel interface from the electronic design, and analyze the parallel interface to determine waveform responses of the parallel interface by using channel analysis techniques without performing circuit simulations. Some other methods and systems are directed at performing channel analyses for a communication interface of an electronic system by concurrently applying stimuli to corresponding transmitters of a communication interface, characterizing the communication interface to perform a single simulation on the communication interface with the stimulus to determine responses at receivers of the communication interface, and determining waveform responses of the communication interface by performing operations on the responses and an input signal to the communication interface.
US10726187B2	Self-aligned double patterning-aware routing in chip manufacturing A method of generating a routing result to manufacture an integrated circuit using self-aligned double patterning includes generating an initial routing result that indicates a location and length of connections between components, and generating an initial constraint graph with trim shapes indicating gaps in the connections being represented as nodes and with arcs indicating relative position constraints between a pair of the nodes. The method also includes subdividing the initial constraint graph into two or more subgraphs, determining a final position of each of the nodes in the two or more subgraphs, and generating a routed design with the trim shapes having the final position of corresponding ones of the nodes relative to the connections and with extents filling in spaces between one or more of the trim shapes and associated connections. The routed design is provided for manufacture of the integrated circuit.
US10726186B2	Integrated circuit including a modified cell and a method of designing the same A method of designing an integrated circuit includes receiving input data defining the integrated circuit, receiving information from a standard cell library including a plurality of standard cells, receiving information from a modified cell library including at least one modified cell having a same function as a corresponding standard cell among the plurality of standard cells and having a higher routability than the corresponding standard cell and generating output data by performing placement and routing in response to the input data, the information from the standard cell library and the information from the modified cell library.
US10726182B1	Operator aware finite state machine for circuit design simulation Disclosed approaches involve simulating a circuit design specified in a hardware description language (HDL). During simulation, a thread is started at an edge of a simulation clock signal for evaluation of states of a finite state machine (FSM) that represent a series of events specified in a statement in the HDL. The thread transitions from one state to a next state in the FSM in response to evaluation of the one state. In response to encountering a fork state in the FSM, the thread is forked into two threads during simulation. The fork state represents a composite operator in the statement, and the FSM has a branch from the fork state for each operand of the composite operator. In response to encountering a join state in the FSM by the two threads, the two threads are joined into one thread.
US10726178B1	Functional logic cone signature generation for circuit analysis Methods, systems and computer program products for generating a functional logic cone signature for circuit analysis are provided. Aspects include for each of a plurality of portions of a circuit diagram of a circuit, tracing the respective portion of the circuit diagram to identify circuit components associated with the respective portion of the circuit diagram from a starting latch to one of one or more source latches. Circuit components include circuit elements and circuit connections. Aspects include generating an ASCII representation of the respective identified circuit components for each of the plurality of portions of the circuit diagram of the circuit. Aspects include generating a plurality of hash values by applying a hashing function to each ASCII representation. Each hash value corresponds to one of the plurality of portions of the circuit diagram. Aspects also include storing the hash values in a data structure.
US10726177B2	Reconfigurable interconnect A system on a chip (SoC) includes a plurality of processing cores and a stream switch coupled to two or more of the plurality of processing cores. The stream switch includes a plurality of N multibit input ports, wherein N is a first integer. a plurality of M multibit output ports, wherein M is a second integer, and a plurality of M multibit stream links dedicated to respective output ports of the plurality of M multibit output ports. The M multibit stream links are reconfigurably coupleable at run time to a selectable number of the N multibit input ports, wherein the selectable number is an integer between zero and N.
US10726175B1	Systems for optimization of read-only memory (ROM) A memory optimization method includes identifying, within a circuit design, a memory having an arithmetic operator at an output side and/or an input side of the memory. The memory may include a read-only memory (ROM). In some examples, an input of the arithmetic operator includes a constant value. In some embodiments, the memory optimization method further includes absorbing a function of the arithmetic operator into the memory. By way of example, the absorbing the function includes modifying contents of the memory based on the function of the arithmetic operator to provide an updated memory and removing the arithmetic operator from the circuit design.
US10726174B2	System and method for simulating reliability of circuit design A system for simulating reliability of a circuit design includes: a first memory device, arranged to store a technology file, wherein the circuit design comprises a plurality of circuit cells, and the first memory device further stores a plurality of first failure rates corresponding to a first circuit cell in the plurality of circuit cells; a first simulating device, coupled to the first memory device, for generating a first specific failure rate of the first circuit cell according to the plurality of first failure rates and the technology file; and an operating device, coupled to the first simulating device, for generating a total failure rate of the circuit design according to the first specific failure rate.
US10726170B2	Simulation machine and simulation method A simulation-machine includes: a LP problem creator creates a linear programming problem in which a transport amount per unit time between respective processing machines handling an nth process and a processing machine handling an (n+1)th process is set as a variable, based on layout data, process data, machine data and production volume data, the layout data including transport sections, a load position, a transport cost and an arrangement position in the transport path, the process data including a sequence of processing the processes, the machine data including association information between the process and the processing machine, and the production volume data including a load amount at the load position; and a calculator calculates a transport amount per unit time for each of the transport sections by using the transport amount per unit time between the processing machines in all the processes included in a solution of the linear programming problem.
US10726168B2	Integration method for accurate modeling and analysis and reliability-based design optimization of variable stiffness composite plate and shell structures The present invention relates to the field of reliability-based structural design optimization, and provides an integration method for accurate modeling and analysis and reliability-based design optimization of variable stiffness composite plate and shell structures. In this method, the first-order reliability method, two-point adaptive nonlinear approximation and second-order reliability method are applied into the efficient reliability-based design optimization of variable stiffness composite plate and shell structures. The fiber placement path of variable stiffness composite plate and shell structures is accurately modeled by non-uniform rational B-spline function. Isogeometric analysis is utilized for the variable stiffness composite plate and shell structures, including conducting linear buckling analysis on the variable stiffness composite plate and shell structures based on the isogeometric analysis method and deriving analytical sensitivity of design and random variables on the structural response. This invention not only provides seamless integration of accurate modeling, analysis and reliability-based design optimization of variable stiffness composite plate and shell structures, but also significantly improves efficiency and accuracy of reliability-based design optimization and greatly shortens the development cycle.
US10726165B2	Technologies for secure enumeration of USB devices Technologies for secure enumeration of USB devices include a computing device having a USB controller and a trusted execution environment (TEE). The TEE may be a secure enclave protected secure enclave support of the processor. In response to a USB device connecting to the USB controller, the TEE sends a secure command to the USB controller to protect a device descriptor for the USB device. The secure command may be sent over a secure channel to a static USB device. A driver sends a get device descriptor request to the USB device, and the USB device responds with the device descriptor. The USB controller redirects the device descriptor to a secure memory buffer, which may be located in a trusted I/O processor reserved memory region. The TEE retrieves and validates the device descriptor. If validated, the TEE may enable the USB device for use. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10726162B2	Security plugin for a system-on-a-chip platform Systems and techniques for a System-on-a-Chip (SoC) security plugin are described herein. A component message may be received at an interconnect endpoint from an SoC component. The interconnect endpoint may pass the component message to a security component via a security interlink. The security component may secure the component message, using a cryptographic engine, to create a secured message. The secured message is delivered back to the interconnect endpoint via the security interlink and transmitted across the interconnect by the interconnect endpoint.

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