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| US10734770B1 |
Electronic device connection system
An electronic device connection system includes a main electronic device and a peripheral electronic device. The main electronic device includes a first housing, a first fixing member, and a first interface. The peripheral electronic device includes a second housing, a second fixing member, and a second interface. The first fixing member is coupled to the first housing. The first fixing member defines a first through hole passing through opposite ends of the first fixing member. The first interface is received through the first through hole. The second fixing member is coupled to the second housing. The second fixing member and the first fixing member are configured to plug into each other. The second fixing member defines a second through hole passing through opposite ends of the second fixing member. The second interface is received through the second through hole to plug with and electrically couple to the first interface. |
| US10734768B2 |
Data communication cable assembly including electromagnetic shielding features
A data communication cable assembly including a cable with wire and/or optical fiber communication mediums for transmitting data signals and/or power signals, and connectors for connecting to a pair of devices, respectively. Each of the connector includes a connector plug or receptacle configured to mate with a corresponding receptacle or plug of a device, wherein the connector plug or receptacle includes a set of electrical contacts configured to send and/or receive the data signals and/or power signals to and/or from the device; a metallic shell defining an enclosure and including first and second openings, wherein the connector plug or receptacle mate is configured to mate with the corresponding receptacle or plug of the device via the first opening, and wherein the cable extends from inside to outside of the enclosure via the second opening; and electrically-conductive filler material configured to reduce electromagnetic leakage via the first and second openings. |
| US10734765B2 |
Connector with capacitive crosstalk compensation
A telecommunications connector includes a housing defining a port for receiving a plug. A circuit board has a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, with a dielectric layer situated between the first and second conductive layers. A plurality of conductive vias extend through the circuit board, and receive a plurality of electrical connection members and a plurality of wire termination contacts. A plurality of conductive tracks electrically interconnect selected ones of the plurality of conductive vias so as to electrically connect the plurality of electrical connection members and the plurality of wire termination contacts. A crosstalk compensation arrangement provides crosstalk compensation between selected conductive tracks of the circuit board. The crosstalk compensation arrangement includes a first capacitive coupling having a first conductive plate on the first conductive layer and a second conductive plate on the second conductive layer, and a first one of the conductive vias is at least partially surrounded by the first conductive plate. The first conductive plate on the first conductive layer may further form a second capacitive coupling with third conductive plate on the second conductive layer. |
| US10734763B2 |
Printed circuit board retention bands
In some examples, a socket locking system can comprise a socket; a printed circuit board (PCB) card disposed in the socket; a first locking handle and a second locking handle to lock the PCB card in the socket; and a PCB retention band including: an elongated closed loop forming a first distal end and a second distal end opposite from the first distal end, wherein the first distal end is to contact the first locking handle and the second distal end is to contact the second locking handle; and a retention portion coupled to the elongated closed loop of material to contact a top surface of the PCB card to disposition the PCB card in the socket. |
| US10734760B2 |
Magnetic fluid connector
Example implementations relate to a magnetic fluid connector. For example, a magnetic fluid connector can include a magnet, an internal fluid path defined by a first portion and a second portion when the first portion and the second portion are coupled together, and a movable member that is movable to seal the internal fluid path, where the magnet provides at least a portion of a force sufficient to seal the internal fluid path. |
| US10734759B2 |
Configurable smart object system with magnetic contacts and magnetic assembly
Configurable smart object systems with magnetic contacts and magnetic assembly are provided. Example systems implement machine learning based on neural networks that draw low power for use in smart phones, watches, drones, automobiles, and medical devices, for example. Example assemblies can be configured from pluggable, interchangeable modules that have compatible ports with magnetic electrical contacts for interconnecting and integrating functionally dissimilar sensor systems. The magnetic electrical contacts physically couple the interfaces together or to a motherboard socket while providing an electrical coupling across the coupled magnetic contacts. The magnetic electrical contacts may arrayed in a reversible configuration so that a module or plug connection is reversible. A controller may dynamically assign power, ground, and data channels to the magnetic electrical contacts on the fly as the system is configured or reconfigured. The controller may also extend a network across the modules connected through the magnetic electrical contacts and modify the network as the magnetic electrical contacts are attached, detached, and reattached. |
| US10734757B2 |
Electrical multi-connector feedthrough panel and method therefor
An electrical multi-connector feedthrough panel comprising a frame configured to couple with a structure and to seal, at least in part, a penetration in the structure across a pressure differential, wherein a first pressurized environment is disposed on one side of the sealed penetration, and wherein a second pressurized environment, different than the first pressurized environment, is disposed on an opposite side of the sealed penetration a plurality of electrical connector insert shells monolithically formed with the frame, each of the plurality of electrical connector insert shells protruding from opposite sides of the frame to form a respective passage through the frame and being configured to sealingly couple with at least one electrical butt connector to thereby seal the respective passage; and an electrically conductive coating disposed on the frame and on each of the plurality of electrical connector insert shells to thereby form an electrical bonding surface. |
| US10734755B2 |
Electrical connector and connector assembly having a seal gland
Electrical connector includes an electrical contact coupled to a connector body and configured to engage a respective contact of a mating connector. The electrical connector includes a seal gland secured to the connector body. The seal gland is shaped to engage the mating connector during the mating operation. The seal gland includes a lubricating section and a sealing section that are displaceable by the mating connector during the mating operation. The lubricating section is positioned in front of the sealing section such that the lubricating section initially engages the mating connector. The lubricating section has at least one of an added lubricant or an intrinsic lubricant. The seal gland is configured to provide a first frictional force as the mating connector engages the lubricating section and a second frictional force as the mating connector engages the sealing section. The second frictional force is greater than the first frictional force. |
| US10734751B2 |
Current measurement in the insulating body
An insulating body or a module for a modular industrial plug-in connector is provided. At least two electrical contact elements are arranged in the module, each of which is assigned a Hall sensor for current measurement. The Hall sensors are electromagnetically shielded from one another within the module by shielding arms. |
| US10734750B2 |
Closing-body holding structure and electric wire with connector
An electric wire with a connector includes: an opening portion that is provided to a connector housing, and that allows an electric wire to be pulled out of the connector housing; a closing body that has an electric wire insertion hole for inserting and passing the electric wire pulled out of a wire outlet of the opening portion, and that closes the wire outlet by being attached to the opening portion; and a protecting member that is tubular and into and through which the electric wire pulled out of the wire outlet via the electric wire insertion hole is inserted and passed. The closing body includes: a housing chamber that houses one end of the protecting member; and an inserted portion that includes the housing chamber and that is inserted into the opening portion. |
| US10734746B2 |
Terminal structure, portable terminal and manufacturing method of terminal section
A terminal structure in which a groove extending in a predetermined direction is provided in a contact target section with which a tip portion of a contact pin comes in contact, and the tip portion slides on an edge of the groove along the groove by a pressing force occurred when the tip portion is butted against the contact target section so as to come in contact with the contact target section. |
| US10734744B2 |
Coaxial barrel fittings and couplings with ground establishing traveling sleeves
Barrel connectors, a right angled adaptor and a single ended fitting include at least one axially displaceable traveling sleeve for insuring electrical continuity with coaxial connector, nominally an F-connector. Each barrel connector described comprises a rigid, metallic hollow body housing an internal contact tube. At least one coiled spring is retained within the body. At least one elongated, tubular traveling sleeve is coaxially disposed within each body end and normally biased outwardly by the springs. The metallic traveling sleeves comprise an elongated shank that contacts the spring, and a head that seats against the connector body ends during installation. Catches or rings defined upon or mounted to travelling sleeve shanks are received within suitable grooves for anchoring the traveling sleeves while facilitating limited axial displacements. The traveling sleeves, and the contact tube therewithin, normally are biased outwardly so that even limited torquing of an F-connector will establish a ground path. |
| US10734734B2 |
Antenna device and radio-wave radiating method
An antenna device according to an embodiment includes a main line, radiating elements, and feed lines. The radiating elements are arranged along the main line and radiate radio waves. The feed lines connect the main line and the respective radiating elements. Moreover, the feed lines are inserted into the respective radiating elements by inserted lengths so that an electrical coupling degree between one of the feed lines and corresponding one of the radiating elements is larger as the one feed line is located closer to a leading end than a base end of the main line. |
| US10734729B2 |
Configurable multiband antenna arrangement with wideband capacity and design method thereof
The invention discloses an antenna arrangement of a bonsai type, where not only the resonating frequencies may be adjusted, but also the bandwidth around some or all resonating frequencies. This is achieved by adding new branches to the trunk of the bonsai antenna arrangement. The positions and lengths of the branches are defined as a function of the frequencies around which the bandwidth should be adjusted. The antenna arrangement may be inscribed in a 3D compact volume of a specific form factor. It may also be inscribed in a planar structure. The antenna arrangement may be produced at a low cost. It may be used in a variety of applications, including communications in WiFi or other standards of multimedia content that need defined bandwidths for instance to comply to a predetermined quality of service. |
| US10734725B2 |
Magnetic isolator, method of making the same, and device containing the same
A magnetic isolator includes a dielectric film having a layer of electrically-conductive soft magnetic material bonded thereto. The layer of electrically-conductive soft magnetic material comprises substantially coplanar electrically-conductive soft magnetic islands separated one from another by gaps. At least some of the electrically-conductive soft magnetic islands have an outer insulating oxidized layer that electrically insulates them from adjacent electrically-conductive soft magnetic islands. The gaps at least partially suppress electrical eddy current induced within the layer of soft magnetic material when in the presence of applied external magnetic field. An electronic device including the magnetic isolator and a method of making the magnetic isolator are also disclosed. |
| US10734724B2 |
Antennaless wireless device
A radiating system of a wireless device transmits and receives electromagnetic wave signals in a frequency region and comprises an external port, a radiating structure, and a radiofrequency system. The radiating structure includes: a ground plane layer with a connection point; a radiation booster with a connection point and being smaller than 1/30 of a free-space wavelength corresponding to a lowest frequency of the frequency region; and an internal port between the radiation booster connection point and the ground plane layer connection point. The radiofrequency system includes: a first port connected to the radiating structure's internal port; and a second port connected to the external port. An input impedance at radiating structure's disconnected internal port has a non-zero imaginary part across the frequency region. The radiofrequency system modifies impedance of the radiating structure to provide impedance matching to the radiating system within the frequency region at the external port. |
| US10734723B2 |
Couple multiband antennas
An antenna includes at least two radiating arm structures made of or limited by a conductor, superconductor or semiconductor material. The two arms are coupled through a region on first and second superconducting arms such that the combined structure forms a small antenna with broadband behavior, multiband behavior or a combination thereof. The coupling between the two radiating arms is obtained via the shape and spatial arrangement thereof, in which at least one portion on each arm is placed in close proximity to each other (e.g., at a distance smaller than 1/10 of the longest free-space operating wavelength) to allow electromagnetic fields in one arm to be transferred to the other through close proximity regions. The proximity regions are spaced from the feeding port of the antenna (e.g., greater than 1/40 of the free-space longest operating wavelength) and specifically exclude the feeding port of the antenna. |
| US10734722B2 |
Beamforming method, apparatus for polarized antenna array and radio communication device and system thereof
The invention discloses a beamforming method for polarized antenna array consisting of a plurality of antenna elements, applied to single layer beamforming or dual layer beamforming, which includes the steps: determining (201) first beamforming weights for phase compensation among the antenna elements within each polarization direction; determining (202) second beamforming weights for phase compensation between equivalent channels of two polarization directions; and calculating (203) hybrid beamforming weights as product of the first beamforming weights and the second beamforming weights. A beamforming apparatus for polarized antenna array is also provided in the invention as well as a radio communication device and a system thereof With the invention, the single-layer and dual-layer beamforming weights are determined for the cross-polarized antenna array without requiring full channel knowledge or the aid of PMI. Computation complexity is lowered and full power amplifier utilization can be achieved. |
| US10734719B1 |
Low-PIM channel runner assembly and cable support rail system
A low-PIM cable support rail assembly includes a metal strut extending in a longitudinal direction positioned within a potential PIM reactive zone of a cellular base station antenna. A channel runner assembly slidably engaged with the strut includes a low-PIM a low-PIM spacer and a low-PIM channel runner block that includes a captured rod anchor, such as a nut or bolt head, engaged with a threaded rod. A compression nut engaged with the threaded rod releasably pinches strut rails between the low-PIM channel runner block and the low-PIM spacer to secure the channel runner assembly at a desired position along the strut. The low-PIM channel runner block and low-PIM spacer prevent metal-to-metal contact when the compression nut is tightened to secure the channel runner assembly to the strut. A cable support block or other component may be spaced apart from the strut along the threaded rod. |
| US10734717B2 |
3D ceramic mold antenna
An antenna include a resonator element configured to radiate a wireless signal and a substrate embedding the resonator. The resonator element may be a 3D resonator element. The 3D resonator element may be a helical resonator element. |
| US10734713B2 |
Ground plane booster antenna technology for wearable devices
A wireless wearable device comprises a radiating system that contains at least a non-resonant element disposed in different arrangements within a radiating structure in the radiating system, featuring compact dimensions and an adequate performance when operating on a carrier living body. |
| US10734710B1 |
Electronic devices with antenna arrays
Electronic devices may be provided with antenna arrays and wireless circuitry for handling wireless communications in satellite communications bands and other frequency bands of interest. A portable electronic device may have a housing with a peripheral edge. An array of antennas in the portable device may extend along the peripheral edge and may be coupled (directly or indirectly) to wireless circuitry that transmits and receives satellite communications signals and/or other wireless communications signals. The antennas may include dipole antennas. The dipole antennas may include edge dipole antennas with straight arms that extend parallel to one or more peripheral housing edges. Additionally or alternatively, the dipole antennas may include corner dipole antennas at the corners of the housing. The corner dipole antennas may have arms with bent tips. A ground plane in the center of the electronic device may serve as a reflector for the peripheral dipole antennas. |
| US10734707B2 |
Antenna, radio device, mounting device, and charging device
In order to implement an external antenna of a radio device with a simple configuration, an antenna according to the present invention includes: a conductor plate; a first linear conductor including a portion disposed substantially in parallel to an edge of the conductor plate, and being curved halfway and connected to the conductor plate with a gap being interposed; a second linear conductor intersecting with a line extending from an end of the first linear conductor opposite to a connection end thereof connected to the conductor plate, and being connected to the conductor plate; a third linear conductor being connected to an end of the second linear conductor opposite to an end thereof connected to the conductor plate, and being disposed substantially in parallel to the first linear conductor; and a fourth linear conductor being disposed in a direction apart from the conductor plate at an end of the third linear conductor opposite to an end thereof connected to the second linear conductor. |
| US10734700B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for pointing wireless communication antennas
An apparatus for pointing wireless communication antennas may include (1) a mount that secures (A) a wireless communication antenna that transmits wireless communication signals to a remote wireless communication antenna that is secured on a remote mount and (B) an array of pointing antennas that receives, from a remote array of pointing antennas mounted on the remote mount, a beacon signal that indicates a location of the remote array of pointing antennas, (3) a motorized drive that physically orients the mount, and (4) a processing device that (A) determines, based at least in part on the beacon signal, an orientation of a boresight axis of the wireless communication antenna relative to a boresight axis of the remote wireless communication antenna and (B) directs the motorized drive to orient the mount such that the wireless communication antenna's boresight axis aligns with the remote wireless communication antenna's boresight axis. |
| US10734699B2 |
Antenna mount with multi-directional foot assembly
An antenna mount (1) for a satellite dish (13) or other antenna having a plurality of legs (3,5,7). At least one leg (3) has a multi-directional foot assembly (11) adjustably securable to a support structure and a domed portion (21) with a slot (27) through it extending along an arcuate path that receives an attaching member (31). The domed portion is preferably surrounded by a portion (25) securable to the support structure. The one leg is then adjustably securable at one end to the attaching member and to the raised portion. The one leg is then securable at another end to a second leg or mast (7). With at least a section (7′) of the second leg or mast preferably aligned vertically, the respective legs can be secured in place to the support structure and to each other with the antenna then attached to the upstanding, vertical mast section (7′). |
| US10734692B2 |
Battery coolant loop pad for electric vehicles
A battery pack for an electric vehicle may include a plurality of battery cells arranged into at least a first row and a second row. The first row may be parallel to the second row. The battery pack may also include a coolant loop with at least one channel through which liquid can flow. The coolant tube may run between the first row and the second row. The battery pack may additionally include a thermal pad comprising a first side and a second side. The first side of the thermal pad may be shaped to conform to the coolant loop and the second side of the thermal pad may be shaped to conform to curvatures of the first row. |
| US10734689B2 |
Method and system for reconstructing complete charging-discharging data based on partial charging-discharging data of battery
Disclosed is a method for reconstructing complete charging-discharging data based on partial charging-discharging data of a battery. The method includes following steps: obtaining a partial charging-discharging measured data curve, including multiple pieces of discrete sampling-point data, of the battery; determining a starting point, relative to a preset global center reference data curve, of the partial charging-discharging measured data curve; and determining an approximation curve by means of linear reconstruction or least square reconstruction, and supplementing a charging-discharging measured data curve of a remaining part other than the partial charging-discharging measured data curve according to the approximation curve and the starting point, relative to the preset global center reference data curve, of the partial charging-discharging measured data curve, to reconstruct a complete charging-discharging measured data curve. In the method, the complete charging-discharging data curve can be reconstructed with high precision by using the partial charging-discharging measured data. |
| US10734687B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack including at least one battery cell, a protective circuit module on a side of the at least one battery cell, and a case including the protective circuit module and the at least one battery cell. The protective circuit module includes a battery management system, an inverter, and an output terminal to supply power for driving a motor. |
| US10734686B2 |
Sodium-aluminum battery with sodium ion conductive ceramic separator
The present invention provides a sodium-aluminum secondary cell. The cell includes a sodium metal negative electrode, a positive electrode compartment that includes an aluminum positive electrode disposed in a positive electrolyte mixture of NaAl2X7 and NaAlX4, where X is a halogen atom or mixture of different halogen atoms selected from chlorine, bromine, and iodine, and a sodium ion conductive electrolyte membrane that separates the negative electrode from the positive electrolyte. In such cases, the electrolyte membrane can include any suitable material, including, without limitation, a NaSICON-type membrane. Generally, when the cell functions, both the sodium negative electrode and the positive electrolyte are molten and in contact with the electrolyte membrane. Additionally, the cell is functional at an operating temperature between about 100° C. and about 200° C. |
| US10734682B2 |
Electrolytic solution
An electrolytic solution containing a specific organic solvent at a mole ratio of 1-8 relative to a metal salt, the specific organic solvent being selected from a linear carbonate represented by general formula (1-1) below, an ester represented by general formula (1-2) below, and a phosphoric ester represented by general formula (1-3) below, the metal salt being a metal salt whose cation is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, or aluminum and whose anion has a chemical structure including two or three types of elements selected from boron, carbon, oxygen, a halogen, phosphorus, and arsenic, wherein R10OCOOR11 general formula (1-1) R12COOR13 general formula (1-2) OP(OR14)(OR15)(OR16) general formula (1-3). |
| US10734680B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolytic solution and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same
A task is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution exhibiting excellent cycle capacity maintaining ratio and excellent low-temperature resistance characteristics and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same. An object of the present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution which improves the cycle capacity maintaining ratio and low-temperature resistance characteristics, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The present invention is a non-aqueous electrolytic solution comprising an electrolyte and a non-aqueous solvent dissolving therein the electrolyte, wherein the non-aqueous electrolytic solution contains a compound represented by formula (1), and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising the non-aqueous electrolytic solution. |
| US10734674B2 |
Solid-state thin film hybrid electrochemical cell
Thin film all-solid-state power sources, including pseudocapacitors having solid inorganic Li+-ion conductive electrolyte, for IoT, microsensors, MEMS, RFID TAGs, medical devices, elements of microfluidic chips Micro Electro Harvesting and ultra-light energy storage. An electrochemical power source includes a substrate; a first current collector layer on the substrate; a first buffer/cache layer on the first current collector layer; a solid-state electrolyte layer on the first buffer/cache layer; a second buffer/cache layer on the solid-state electrolyte layer; a second current collector layer on the second buffer/cache layer. Each buffer/cache layer is formed of LiXMYO3, where M is Nb, Ta, Ti, V, X is 0.8-1.4, and Y is 1.2-0.6. The buffer/cache layer is 15-1000 nm. At least one Faradaic layer is between the first collector layer and the first buffer layer and/or between the second collector layer and the second buffer layer. |
| US10734673B2 |
Ionically-conductive reinforced glass ceramic separators/solid electrolytes
Fiber-reinforced separators/solid electrolytes suitable for use in a cell employing an anode comprising an alkali metal are disclosed. Such fiber-reinforced separators/solid electrolytes may be at least partially amorphous and prepared by compacting, at elevated temperatures, powders of an ion-conducting composition appropriate to the anode alkali metal. The separators/solid electrolytes may employ discrete high aspect ratio fibers and fiber mats or plate-like mineral particles to reinforce the separator solid electrolyte. The reinforcing fibers may be inorganic, such as silica-based glass, or organic, such as a thermoplastic. In the case of thermoplastic fiber-reinforced separators/solid electrolytes, any of a wide range of thermoplastic compositions may be selected provided the glass transition temperature of the polymer reinforcement composition is selected to be higher than the glass transition temperature of the amorphous portion of the separator/solid electrolyte. |
| US10734672B2 |
Electrochemical cells including selectively permeable membranes, systems and methods of manufacturing the same
Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells including a selectively permeable membrane and systems and methods for manufacturing the same. In some embodiments, the selectively permeable membrane can include a solid-state electrolyte material. In some embodiments, electrochemical cells can include a cathode disposed on a cathode current collector, an anode disposed on an anode current collector, and the selectively permeable membrane disposed therebetween. In some embodiments, the cathode and/or anode can include a slurry of an active material and a conductive material in a liquid electrolyte. In some embodiments, a catholyte can be different from an anolyte. In some embodiments, the catholyte can be optimized to improve the redox electrochemistry of the cathode and the anolyte can be optimized to improve the redox electrochemistry of the anode. In some embodiments, the selectively permeable membrane can be configured to isolate the catholyte from the anolyte. |
| US10734671B2 |
High-power and fast-chargeable lithium battery
Provided is a lithium-ion battery containing an anode, a cathode, a porous separator, and an electrolyte, wherein the cathode comprises particles of a cathode active material that are packed together to form a cathode active material layer having interstitial spaces to accommodate a lithium ion receptor disposed therein and configured to receive lithium ions from the anode and enable lithium ions to enter the particles in a time-delayed manner, wherein the receptor comprises lithium-capturing groups selected from (a) redox forming species that reversibly form a redox pair with a lithium ion when the battery is charged; (b) electron-donating groups interspaced between non-electron-donating groups; (c) anions and cations wherein the anions are less or more mobile than the cations; (d) chemical reducing groups that partially reduce lithium ions from Li+1 to Li+δ, wherein 0<δ<1; (e) an ionic liquid; or (f) a combination thereof. |
| US10734669B2 |
Rechargeable battery and electrode thereof
A rechargeable battery and an electrode thereof are provided. The rechargeable battery includes two electrodes and an ionic conduction layer. The ionic conduction layer is disposed between the two electrodes. At least one electrode includes a diffusion-assisting structure facing to the ionic conduction layer. The diffusion-assisting structure has a concaved pattern. |
| US10734668B2 |
Tubular form biomedical device batteries
Designs, strategies and methods for forming tube shaped batteries are described. In some examples, hermetic seals may be used to seal battery chemistry within the tube-shaped batteries. This may improve biocompatibility of energization elements. In some examples, the tube form biocompatible energization elements may be used in a biomedical device. In some further examples, the tube form biocompatible energization elements may be used in a contact lens. |
| US10734667B2 |
Negative electrode electrolyte solution and flow battery
A negative electrode electrolyte solution which contains titanium ions, a chelating agent, and a catechol-based compound having a catechol structure is used for a negative electrode of a flow battery in which an electrolyte solution is circulated so as to perform charge and discharge. |
| US10734663B2 |
Anion exchange resin, electrolyte membrane, binder for forming electrode catalyst layer, fuel cell electrode catalyst layer and fuel cell
An anion exchange resin capable of producing an electrolyte membrane, a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer and a fuel cell electrode catalyst layer, which have improved chemical properties and mechanical properties; an electrolyte membrane and a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer produced from the anion exchange resin; and a fuel cell having the electrolyte membrane or the electrode catalyst layer. |
| US10734657B2 |
Stretched catalyst layer having porous ionomer film and method of producing same
A membrane electrode assembly is provided that includes a polymer electrolyte membrane and a catalyst layer provided on a surface of the polymer electrolyte membrane. The catalyst layer comprises catalyst particles and an ionomer film surrounding each of the catalyst particles. The ionomer film has an oxygen permeability of approximately 6.0×1012 mol/cm/s to 15.0×1012 mol/cm/s at 80° C. and a relative humidity of approximately 30% to 100%. |
| US10734653B2 |
Lithium ion battery and battery materials
In some embodiments, a lithium ion battery includes a first substrate, a cathode, a second substrate, an anode, and an electrolyte. The cathode is arranged on the first substrate and can contain a cathode mixture including LixSy, wherein x is from 0 to 2 and y is from 1 to 8, and a first particulate carbon. The anode is arranged on the second substrate and can contain an anode mixture containing silicon particles, and a second particulate carbon. The electrolyte can contain a solvent and a lithium salt, and is arranged between the cathode and the anode. In some embodiments, the first particulate carbon or the second particulate carbon contains carbon aggregates comprising a plurality of carbon nanoparticles, each carbon nanoparticle comprising graphene. In some embodiments, the particulate carbon contains carbon meta particles with mesoporous structures. |
| US10734646B2 |
Lithium metal secondary battery containing an electrochemically stable anode-protecting layer
Provided is a lithium secondary battery, comprising a cathode, an anode, and a porous separator or electrolyte, wherein the anode comprises: (a) an anode active layer containing a layer of lithium or lithium alloy, in a form of a foil, coating, or multiple particles aggregated together, as an anode active material; and (b) an anode-protecting layer of a conductive sulfonated elastomer composite, disposed between the anode active layer and the separator/electrolyte; wherein the composite has from 0.01% to 40% by weight of a conductive reinforcement material and from 0.01% to 40% by weight of an inorganic filler dispersed in a sulfonated elastomeric matrix material and the protecting layer has a thickness from 1 nm to 100 μm, a fully recoverable tensile strain from 2% to 500%, a lithium ion conductivity from 10−7 S/cm to 5×10−2 S/cm, and an electrical conductivity from 10−7 S/cm to 100 S/cm. |
| US10734640B2 |
Non-chemical electric battery using two-phase working material
Much improved energy storage is provided by exploiting the phase transition between different states or phases of a condensed matter “working material.” Such phases constitute the high energy “charged” and low energy “discharged” state of the battery. The two phases conduct electricity in a different manner. This is reflected by different chemical potentials that determine the open circuit voltage of the battery. Such a battery can have an energy density that easily exceeds that of current chemical batteries and super capacitors. |
| US10734630B2 |
Secondary battery with improved safety
The present invention relates to a secondary battery. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly built in a can, a positive electrode tab of the electrode assembly connected to a cap coupled to an upper end of the can, wherein the positive electrode tab having at least one bent portion, a negative electrode tab, and a buffer member inserted into the bent portion of the positive electrode tab. Thus, excessive bending of the positive electrode tab is prevented by the buffer member. |
| US10734629B2 |
Busbar interconnect assembly for vehicle traction battery
A vehicle traction battery assembly including a battery cell, a busbar, and a thermal spray is provided. The battery cell may include a terminal having an angled taper upper portion extending therefrom. The busbar may define a through-hole having a taper defining an angle substantially opposite of the angled taper upper portion such that a cavity is defined therebetween when the terminal extends through the through-hole. The thermal spray may be deposited within the cavity to secure the busbar to the terminal. The thermal spray may be formed from a metallic powder selected to include particles that deform and connect when accelerated to a speed of approximately 500 mph or more to join the particles and form a bond securing the terminal to the busbar. The particles of the metallic powder may be iron, copper, aluminum, nickel, iron, or magnesium. |
| US10734628B2 |
Terminal and wiring module
A bus bar terminal includes an electrode connection portion that connects electrode terminals of power storage elements to each other, and a wire connection portion that is to be connected to an electrical wire. Restriction portions are provided between the electrode connection portion and the wire connection portion, and restrict the movement of a liquid adhered to the electrode connection portion toward the wire connection portion. |
| US10734627B2 |
Separator comprising an adhesion layer for an electrochemical device and an electrode assembly comprising the same
The present disclosure relates to a separator for an electrochemical device and an electrode assembly comprising the same. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a separator with improved interfacial adhesion with electrode and an electrode assembly comprising the same. The adhesion layer according to the present disclosure includes a first layer contacting a surface of the separator and a second layer formed on a surface of the first layer and contacting with an electrode, the first layer includes a polymer resin with a fluorine-containing monomer, and the second layer includes a polymer resin having a lower dissolution rate in an electrolyte solution for an electrochemical device than the polymer resin included in the first layer. |
| US10734623B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack includes a plurality of cells, a chamber adjacent to the plurality of cells, and a pressure sensor in the chamber to detect an internal pressure of the chamber, wherein each of the cells includes a first vent hole to open to exhaust a cell internal pressure to an exterior of the cell when the cell internal pressure is equal to or greater than a first pressure level, and a second vent hole to open to exhaust the cell internal pressure into the chamber when the cell internal pressure is equal to or greater than a second pressure level, the first pressure level being higher than that the second pressure level. |
| US10734620B2 |
Battery cell for electric vehicle battery pack
A battery cell of a battery pack to power an electric vehicle can include a housing to at least partially enclose an electrode assembly is provided. The battery cell can include a vent plate coupled with the housing via a glass weld at a lateral end of the battery cell. The vent plate can include a scoring pattern to cause the vent plate to rupture in response to a threshold pressure. A first end of a polymer tab can be electrically coupled with the vent plate at an area within a scored region defined by the scoring pattern. A second end of the polymer tab can be electrically coupled with an electrode assembly. The polymer tab can melt in response to either a threshold temperature or a threshold current within the battery cell. |
| US10734615B2 |
Battery pack assembly using an ultraviolet responsive adhesive
The disclosed technology relates to a battery pack assembly that includes multiple battery cells. In some aspects, each cell is bonded to a first surface of a first liner (e.g., a cosmetic liner) via a first adhesive. The first adhesive is configured to provide a first adhesive force between each of the battery cells and the first surface before exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light and a second adhesive force after exposure to UV light, and wherein the second adhesive force is less than the first adhesive force. A battery pallet and method of manufacturing are also provided. |
| US10734612B2 |
Display device
A display device is provided and includes a supporting substrate, a first flexible substrate, an oxide layer, a first insulating layer, a light emitting unit, and a protective layer. The first flexible substrate is disposed on the supporting substrate, and the oxide layer is disposed on the first flexible substrate. The first insulating layer is disposed on the oxide layer, and in a cross-sectional view, the first insulating layer has at least one opening. The light emitting unit is disposed on the first insulating layer, the protective layer is disposed on the light emitting unit, and at least a portion of the protective layer is disposed in the at least one opening. |
| US10734611B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display device
The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting diode display device including: a substrate having an emitting area and a non-emitting area; an insulating layer on the substrate, the insulating layer including a plurality of convex portions, a plurality of connecting portions and at least one wall in the emitting area, a height of the at least one wall is greater than a height of the plurality of convex portions; a first electrode on the substrate; an emitting layer on the first electrode; and a second electrode on the emitting layer, the first electrode, the emitting layer and the second electrode constituting a light emitting diode. |
| US10734609B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display region arranged above a substrate, a first light emitting element emitting light of a first color, a second light emitting element emitting light of a second color, and a third light emitting element emitting light of a third color arranged in the display region, and a first optical path length adjustment film, a second optical path length adjustment film, and a third optical path length adjustment film in the display region. |
| US10734608B2 |
Display panel and manufacturing method thereof and display device including display panel
The present disclosure discloses a display panel, which includes a thin-film transistor arranged on a substrate, an electroluminescent diode arranged on the thin-film transistor, which includes a bottom electrode, a light emitting layer, and a top electrode, and a thin-film encapsulation layer covering the electroluminescent diode. The display panel further includes an auxiliary electrode and a lead wire of the top electrode of the electroluminescent diode. The auxiliary electrode is electrically connected to the lead wire of the top electrode of the electroluminescent diode by penetrating through a via hole of the thin-film encapsulation layer. Arrangements of the present disclosure provide a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof and a display device including the display panel. |
| US10734607B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display panel and method for encapsulating same
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel and a encapsulation method of the organic light emitting diode display panel are provided. The encapsulation method includes steps of providing an OLED display panel having an OLED light emitting element layer in a display area thereof and an organic peeling layer in a non-display area thereof; laminating an inorganic film layer prepared in a full-surface coating method and an organic film layer only covering the display area sequentially; and peeling off the organic peeling layer together with the inorganic film layer on the surface of the organic peeling layer, so as to form a thin film encapsulation layer. |
| US10734606B2 |
Electroluminescent display apparatus
Disclosed is an electroluminescent display apparatus. The electroluminescent display apparatus includes a partition provided to define an emission area on a first substrate, a light emitting layer provided in the emission area, an electrode provided on the light emitting layer; and an organic cover layer provided on the electrode. The organic cover layer includes hexaazatriphenylene hexacarbonitrile. The organic cover layer including hexaazatriphenylene hexacarbonitrile is provided on the electrode, and, thus, in a process of forming the organic cover layer, the occurrence of foreign materials is reduced, and cracks are prevented from occurring in the organic cover layer when the foreign materials are pressed. |
| US10734603B2 |
Organic light-emitting display apparatus for increasing contact area between sealing member and insulating layers
An organic light-emitting display apparatus including a first substrate including a display area and a peripheral area; a second substrate opposing the first substrate; an insulating layer disposed on the first substrate and including one or more openings; and a sealing member interconnecting the first substrate and the second substrate to each other and interposed between the first and second substrates. The one or more openings are disposed between a first conductive layer disposed on the display area and a second conductive layer disposed on the peripheral area. The one or more openings are at least partially or entirely filled with the sealing member. |
| US10734599B2 |
Organic EL display device and method for manufacturing same
An organic EL display device (100) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an organic EL element (3) formed on a flexible substrate (1) and a thin film encapsulation structure (10) formed on the organic EL element (3). The thin film encapsulation structure (10) includes a first inorganic barrier layer (12), an organic barrier layer (14) in contact with the first inorganic barrier layer (12), and a second inorganic barrier layer (16) in contact with the organic barrier layer (14). The organic barrier layer (14) is present on at least a part of a flat portion, and a surface of the organic barrier layer (14) is oxidized. A method for producing the organic EL display device (100) in an embodiment includes the step of asking the organic barrier layer. |
| US10734597B2 |
Organic light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same
Disclosed are an organic light-emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. In the organic light-emitting device, an auxiliary electrode is formed on anode electrode to come into contact with the anode electrode via the same mask process as the anode electrode, which results in a simplified structure and simplified processing. In addition, a bank is disposed to cover a side surface and an upper surface of the auxiliary electrode and a side surface of the anode electrode, whereby damage to the auxiliary electrode and the anode electrode is prevented. |
| US10734595B2 |
Electroluminescence display apparatus
An electroluminescence display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area. The non-display area includes a bending area and a link area. A first power supply electrode is in the link area. A second power supply electrode is in the non-display area. The second power supply electrode surrounds at least three sides of the display area, and both ends of the second power supply electrode in the link area. A protective layer covers the first power supply electrode and the second power supply electrode in the link area. A first planarizing layer covers one side of the first power supply electrode; and a second planarizing layer is on a contact hole of the protective layer that exposes the first power supply electrode and the second power supply electrode. The first planarizing layer is not on the contact hole. |
| US10734593B2 |
Organic electronic device and method of manufacturing the same
An organic electronic device includes an organic device including an organic material, a first protective film on the organic device, a second protective film on the first protective film and including a same material as the first protective film, and a third protective film on the second protective film. |
| US10734589B2 |
Organic compound, light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device
A novel organic compound is provided. That is, a novel organic compound that is effective in improving the element characteristics and reliability is provided. The organic compound has a benzofuroquinoxaline skeleton or a benzothienoquinoxaline skeleton. The organic compound is represented by General Formula (G1). In the formula, Q represents O or S, and each of R1 to R8 independently represents any of hydrogen, a halogeno group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms. At least one of R1 to R8 includes a substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic or heteroaromatic ring having 3 to 24 carbon atoms. |
| US10734585B2 |
Organic light-emitting apparatus
An organic light-emitting apparatus includes an organic light-emitting device and a magnetic field-applying member that applies a magnetic field to the organic light-emitting device. The organic light-emitting device includes a host and a dopant. |
| US10734583B2 |
Electroluminescent substrate plate, method for manufacturing the same and display device
The present disclosure discloses an electroluminescent substrate plate, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device. The method includes printing an ink comprising a light-emitting layer material and a solvent capable of dissolving the light-emitting layer material in a display region of a substrate; and printing a solvent in a region other than the display region. Thus, the method can easily obtain an electroluminescent substrate plate, and the manufactured electroluminescent substrate plate can satisfy the dry atmosphere consistency of the display region and the peripheral region during the film formation by inkjet printing, can significantly improve the film thickness uniformity of the display region, and at the same time is beneficial to the design requirements of a large size and a narrow frame. |
| US10734582B1 |
High-speed hybrid perovskite processing
A method for increasing the speed of aerosol jet assisted printing a layered perovskite structure comprises applying a PEDOT:PSS layer to a substrate; applying an aerosol mist containing methylammonium iodide and lead iodide, with or without additives, atop the PEDOT:PSS layer with an aerosol jet nozzle; and holding the structure to form a methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) perovskite thin film layer. The substrate may be an ITO glass or plastic substrate, and the PEDOT:PSS layer may be applied by a process selected from spin-coating, inkjet-printing, slot-die-coating, aerosol jet printing, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, and electrochemical deposition. The aerosol mist is generated from a single ink comprising all the constituents of methylammonium lead iodide either dissolved or suspended in one or more compatible solvents or co-solvents. The holding of the CH3NH3PbI3 layer may be performed at about 25-120° C. or lower for 96 hours or less. |
| US10734579B2 |
Protuberant contacts for resistive switching devices
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a resistive switching device (RSD) that includes a first terminal, a second terminal, an active region having a switchable conduction state, and a protuberant contact communicatively coupled to the first terminal. The protuberant contact is configured to communicatively couple the first terminal through a first barrier liner to a first electrode line of a crossbar array. In embodiments of the invention, the protuberant contact is positioned with respect to the first barrier liner such that the first barrier liner does not impacting the switchable conduction state of the active region. In embodiments of the invention, the protuberant contact is positioned with respect to the first barrier liner such that the first barrier liner does not directly contact the first terminal. |
| US10734577B2 |
Resistive memory device having a template layer
A memory device including a template layer is disclosed. The memory device also includes a memory layer connected to the template layer, where the memory layer has a variable resistance, and where the crystalline structure of the memory layer matches the crystalline structure of the template layer. The memory device also includes a conductive top electrode on the memory layer, where the top electrode and the memory layer cooperatively form a heterojunction memory structure. |
| US10734575B2 |
ReRAM structure formed by a single process
A method of forming a resistive random access memory device which contains uniform layer composition is provided. The method enables the in-situ deposition of a bottom electrode layer (i.e., a metal layer), a resistive switching element (i.e., at least one metal oxide layer), and a top electrode layer (i.e., a metal nitride layer and/or a metal layer) with compositional control. Resistive random access memory devices which contain uniform layer composition enabled by the in-situ deposition of the bottom electrode layer, the resistive switching element, and the top electrode layer provide significant benefits for advanced memory technologies. |
| US10734574B2 |
Method of manufacturing high annealing temperature perpendicular magnetic anisotropy structure for magnetic random access memory
A perpendicular synthetic antiferromagnetic (pSAF) structure and method of making such a structure is disclosed. The pSAF structure comprises a first high perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy (PMA) multilayer and a second high PMA layer separated by a thin Ruthenium layer. Each PMA layer is comprised of a first cobalt layer and a second cobalt layer separated by a nickel/cobalt multilayer. After each of the first and second PMA layers and the Ruthenium exchange coupling layer are deposited, the resulting structure goes through a high temperature annealing step, which results in each of the first and second PMA layers having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. |
| US10734572B2 |
Device with capping layer for improved residue defect and method of production thereof
A device including a capping layer over a portion of a top electrode, and method of production thereof. Embodiments include an MRAM cell in a first region and a logic area in a second region of a substrate, wherein the MRAM cell includes a MTJ pillar between a top electrode and a bottom electrode; and a capping layer over a portion of the top electrode. |
| US10734571B2 |
Magnetic field sensor based on topological insulator and insulating coupler materials
Embodiments are directed to a sensor having a first electrode, a second electrode and a detector region electrically coupled between the first electrode region and the second electrode region. The detector region includes a first layer having a topological insulator. The topological insulator includes a conducting path along a surface of the topological insulator, and the detector region further includes a second layer having a first insulating magnetic coupler, wherein a magnetic field applied to the detector region changes a resistance of the conducting path. |
| US10734567B2 |
Bump bonded cryogenic chip carrier
A device has a first stack of thin films, the first stack of thin films having a first opposing surface and a first connection surface, wherein the first connection surface contacts a first superconducting region; a second stack of thin films, the second stack of thin films having a second opposing surface and a second connection surface, wherein the second connection surface contacts a second superconducting region; and a superconducting bump bond electrically connecting the first and second opposing surfaces, the superconducting bump bond maintaining a low ohmic electrical contact between the first and second opposing surfaces at temperatures below 100 degrees Kelvin, wherein at least one of the first or second superconducting regions comprise material with a melting point of at least 700 degrees Celsius. |
| US10734566B2 |
Thermal pattern sensor with pyroelectric capacitance and hard protective layer
Thermal pattern sensor comprising several pixels arranged on a substrate, each pixel including at least: a pyroelectric capacitance formed by at least one portion of pyroelectric material arranged between at least one lower electrode and at least one upper electrode, with the lower electrode arranged between the substrate and the portion of pyroelectric material, a dielectric layer such that the upper electrode is arranged between the portion of pyroelectric material and the dielectric layer, a heating element including at least one deposition of electrically conductive particles and such that the dielectric layer is arranged between the upper electrode and the heating element, a protective layer arranged between the dielectric layer and the heating element and including at least one material of which the Shore A hardness is greater than or equal to around 60. |
| US10734565B2 |
Thermoelectric generator
An electric generator device is provided that includes a thermoelectric array, a base plate, and an electric power output. The thermoelectric array may include a hot side portion and a cold side portion. The base plate may be configured to receive heat from a heat source to be transferred to the hot side portion of the thermoelectric array. The electric power output may be electrically coupled to the thermoelectric array. The thermoelectric array may be configured to convert a temperature differential into an electric voltage for output to the electric power output. The power generation housing may be configured to hold a heat rejection substance that absorbs heat from the cold side portion of the thermoelectric array to facilitate generation of the temperature differential between the hot side portion and the cold side portion of the thermoelectric array. |
| US10734563B2 |
Light emitting device having heat dissipation terminal arranged on substrate
A light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting element and a light transmissive member. The substrate includes an insulating base material having a first main surface, a second main surface that is opposite from the first main surface, and a mounting surface that is adjacent to at least the second main surface, a pair of connection terminals disposed on the first main surface, a heat dissipation terminal disposed on the second main surface, and having a narrow part and a wide part with a width of the wide part being wider than a width of the narrow part, and a pair of vias connecting the connection terminals and the heat dissipation terminal. The light emitting element has a pair of electrodes which connect to element connection sections of the pair of connection terminals. The light transmissive member is disposed on an upper surface of the light emitting element. |
| US10734561B2 |
Method of manufacturing wiring board, wiring board, and light emitting device using the wiring board
A method of manufacturing a wiring board includes: providing an insulating member that includes a plurality of regions partitioned by partitions provided with openings at each of which adjacent ones of the regions are joined to each other; disposing conductive members respectively in the plurality of regions; and joining adjacent ones of the conductive members through one of the partitions to each other at the opening of the partition. |
| US10734556B2 |
Manufacturing method for light emitting device
A method for manufacturing a light emitting device includes disposing on lateral surfaces of the light emitting element, a first wavelength converting member containing a first phosphor to convert the first light emitted from the light emitting element into a second light having a second peak wavelength longer than the first peak wavelength. The light emitting element provided with the first wavelength converting member is disposed on a base. A second wavelength converting member is disposed on the base. The second wavelength converting member covers an upper surface of the light emitting element provided with the first wavelength converting member and lateral surfaces of the first wavelength converting member provided opposite to additional lateral surfaces of the first wavelength converting member. The additional lateral surfaces face the lateral surface of the light emitting element. The second wavelength converting member contains a second phosphor. |
| US10734554B2 |
Light emitting diode having distributed Bragg reflector
A light emitting diode including a light emitting structure including an active layer, a first distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) disposed on one side of the light emitting structure to reflect light emitted from the light emitting structure, and an interfacial layer disposed between the light emitting structure and the first DBR, in which the first DBR includes first material layers having a low refractive index and second material layers having a high refractive index alternately stacked one above another, the interfacial layer has a lower refractive index than the first material layers, and has a thickness greater than a thickness of each of the first and second material layers, and one a second material layer of the second material layers that is closest to the interfacial layer includes a first sub-layer and a second sub-layer, the first sub-layer having a density lower than that of the second sub-layer. |
| US10734552B2 |
Semiconductor device having a light emitting structure
An embodiment provides a semiconductor device including a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer disposed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer, and a plurality of recesses passing through the second conductive semiconductor layer and the active layer and extending to a portion of the first conductive semiconductor layer; a plurality of first electrodes disposed inside the plurality of recesses and electrically connected with the first conductive semiconductor layer; and a second electrode electrically connected with the second conductive semiconductor layer, wherein a ratio of a first area of where the plurality of first electrodes are in contact with the first conductive semiconductor layer and a second area of where the second electrode is in contact with the second conductive semiconductor layer (first area:second area) ranges from 1:3 to 1:10. |
| US10734551B2 |
Light emitting diode
The invention provides an LED including a first-type semiconductor layer, an emitting layer, a second-type semiconductor layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a Bragg reflector structure, a conductive layer and insulation patterns. The first electrode and the second electrode are located on the same side of the Bragg reflector structure. The conductive layer is disposed between the Bragg reflector structure and the second-type semiconductor layer. The insulation patterns are disposed between the conductive layer and the second-type semiconductor layer. Each insulating layer has a first surface facing toward the second-type semiconductor layer, a second surface facing away from the second-type semiconductor layer, and an inclined surface. The inclined surface connects the first surface and the second surface and is inclined with respect to the first surface and the second surface. |
| US10734550B2 |
Semiconductor device
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer interposed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor structure; a first electrode disposed on the first conductive semiconductor layer through a first hole of the first insulating layer; a second electrode disposed on the second conductive semiconductor layer through a second hole of the first insulating layer; a first cover electrode disposed on the first electrode; and a second cover electrode disposed on the second electrode, wherein the second cover electrode includes a plurality of pads, and a connecting portion configured to connect the plurality of pads, a width of the connecting portion is smallest at a central position between the adjacent pads, and an area ratio between the second cover electrode and the first cover electrode is in the range of 1:1.1 to 1:1.5. |
| US10734549B2 |
High efficiency group-III nitride light emitting diode
A method of improving high-current density efficiency of an LED, said method comprising: (a) preparing a series of LEDs having decreasing defect densities, wherein each LED of said series has a peak IQE of at least 50%, and wherein each LED of said series has the same epitaxial structure; (b) determining an increase in IQEs at high-current density between at least two LEDs of said series; (c) preparing at least an additional LED of said series by reducing defect density relative to the previously obtained lowest defect density; and (d) reiterating steps (b) and (c) until said increase is at least 3% between two LEDs of said series having a decrease X in defect densities. |
| US10734548B2 |
Free-standing substrate comprising polycrystalline group 13 element nitride and light-emitting element using same
A free-standing substrate of a polycrystalline nitride of a group 13 element is composed of a plurality of monocrystalline particles having a particular crystal orientation in approximately a normal direction. The free-standing substrate has a top surface and a bottom surface. The polycrystalline nitride of the group 13 element is gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or a mixed crystal thereof and contains zinc at a concentration of 1×1017 atoms/cm3 or more and 1×1020 atoms/cm3 or less. |
| US10734546B2 |
Coated semiconductor nanocrystals and products including same
A coated quantum dot is provided wherein the quantum dot is characterized by having a solid state photoluminescence external quantum efficiency at a temperature of 90° C. or above that is at least 95% of the solid state photoluminescence external quantum efficiency of the semiconductor nanocrystal at 25° C. Products including quantum dots described herein are also disclosed. |
| US10734542B2 |
Light emitting diode with displaced P-type doping
Light emitting diodes are described. In an embodiment, an LED includes a graded p-side spacer layer on a p-type confinement layer, and the graded p-side spacer layer graded from an initial band gap adjacent the p-type confinement layer to a lower band gap. For example, the graded band gap may be achieved by a graded Aluminum concentration. |
| US10734541B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing the semiconductor device includes: (a) providing a substrate having a semiconductor layer; (b) forming a first insulating film over an insulating layer so as to cover the semiconductor layer; (c) forming an opening extending through the first insulating film and reaching the semiconductor layer; (d) forming, over the semiconductor layer exposed at a bottom surface of the opening, a semiconductor portion having a thickness smaller than that of the first insulating film over the semiconductor layer by a selective epitaxial growth method; (e) forming a second insulating film over the first insulating film and the semiconductor portion; (f) removing the second insulating film from over the first insulating film, while leaving the second insulating film in the opening; (g) removing a semiconductor particle formed over the first insulating film in the (d); and (h) forming a third insulating film over the first insulating film. |
| US10734540B1 |
Optical device and method for manufacturing the same
An optical device includes a substrate, a light receiving component, an encapsulant, a coupling layer and a light shielding layer. The light receiving component is disposed on the substrate. The encapsulant covers the light receiving component. The coupling layer is disposed on at least a portion of the encapsulant. The light shielding layer is disposed on the coupling layer. |
| US10734538B2 |
Structuring of a photovoltaic apparatus
A photovoltaic apparatus (200) is provided including a back sheet (210) and a photovoltaic device (100) disposed over the back sheet. The photovoltaic device includes an array of photovoltaic cells (101-104) extending in a first direction; and a plurality of serial interconnects (191) having a length that extends in a second direction, wherein each serial interconnect is disposed between and electrically connects consecutive photovoltaic cells of the array. The photovoltaic apparatus further includes a front sheet (250) disposed over the photovoltaic device, the front sheet having a plurality of structures (220), wherein each structure has one or more edges (221) aligned with one of the serial interconnects. |
| US10734535B2 |
Composition for forming electrode, electrode manufactured using the same and solar cell
A composition for forming an electrode includes a conductive powder, a glass frit, an organic binder, and a solvent, wherein the organic binder includes a polymer including a first structural unit selected from a structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 1A, a structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 1B, and a combination thereof, and the a second structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 2. Each substituent of Chemical Formula 1A, Chemical Formula 1B and Chemical Formula 2 is the same as in the detailed description. |
| US10734533B2 |
Monolithic integration techniques for fabricating photodetectors with transistors on same substrate
Examples of the various techniques introduced here include, but not limited to, a mesa height adjustment approach during shallow trench isolation formation, a transistor via first approach, and a multiple absorption layer approach. As described further below, the techniques introduced herein include a variety of aspects that can individually and/or collectively resolve or mitigate one or more traditional limitations involved with manufacturing PDs and transistors on the same substrate, such as above discussed reliability, performance, and process temperature issues. |
| US10734532B2 |
III-V semiconductor diode
A stacked III-V semiconductor diode having an n+-layer with a dopant concentration of at least 1019 N/cm3, an n−-layer with a dopant concentration of 1012-1016 N/cm3, a layer thickness of 10-300 microns, a p+-layer with a dopant concentration of 5×1018-5×1020 cm3, with a layer thickness greater than 2 microns, wherein said layers follow one another in the sequence mentioned, each comprising a GaAs compound. The n+-layer or the p+-layer is formed as the substrate and a lower side of the n−-layer is materially bonded with an upper side of the n+-layer, and a doped intermediate layer is arranged between the n−-layer and the p+-layer and materially bonded with an upper side and a lower side. |
| US10734530B2 |
Semiconductor device comprising oxide semiconductor
An object is to provide favorable interface characteristics of a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer without mixing of an impurity such as moisture. Another object is to provide a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor having excellent electric characteristics and high reliability, and a method by which a semiconductor device can be manufactured with high productivity. A main point is to perform oxygen radical treatment on a surface of a gate insulating layer. Accordingly, there is a peak of the oxygen concentration at an interface between the gate insulating layer and a semiconductor layer, and the oxygen concentration of the gate insulating layer has a concentration gradient. The oxygen concentration is increased toward the interface between the gate insulating layer and the semiconductor layer. |
| US10734525B2 |
Gate-all-around transistor with spacer support and methods of forming same
The disclosure relates to gate-all-around (GAA) transistors with a spacer support, and related methods. A GAA transistor according to embodiments of the disclosure includes: at least one semiconductor channel structure extending between a source terminal and a drain terminal; a spacer support having a first portion thereof positioned underneath and a second portion thereof positioned alongside a first portion of the at least one semiconductor channel structure; and a gate metal surrounding a second portion of the at least one semiconductor channel structure between the source and drain terminals; wherein the spacer support is positioned between the gate metal and the source or drain terminal. |
| US10734521B2 |
Field effect transistor including multiple aspect trapping ratio structures
The present disclosure relates to a field-effect transistor and a method of fabricating the same. A field-effect transistor includes a semiconductor substrate including a first semiconductor material having a first lattice constant, and a fin structure on the semiconductor substrate. The fin structure includes a second semiconductor material having a second lattice constant that is different from the first lattice constant. The fin structure further includes a lower portion that is elongated in a first direction, a plurality of upper portions protruding from the lower portion and elongated in a second direction that is different from the first direction, and a gate structure crossing the plurality of upper portions. |
| US10734520B2 |
MOS devices having epitaxy regions with reduced facets
An integrated circuit structure includes a gate stack over a semiconductor substrate, and an opening extending into the semiconductor substrate, wherein the opening is adjacent to the gate stack. A first silicon germanium region is disposed in the opening, wherein the first silicon germanium region has a first germanium percentage. A second silicon germanium region is over the first silicon germanium region. The second silicon germanium region comprises a portion in the opening. The second silicon germanium region has a second germanium percentage greater than the first germanium percentage. A silicon cap substantially free from germanium is over the second silicon germanium region. |
| US10734517B2 |
Integrated circuits having source/drain structure
The integrated circuit includes a gate structure over a substrate. The integrated circuit further includes a first silicon-containing material structure in a recess adjacent to the gate structure. The first silicon-containing material structure includes a first layer having an uppermost surface below a top surface of the substrate and a bottommost surface in contact with the substrate. The first silicon-containing material structure further includes a second layer over the first layer, wherein an entirety of the second layer is co-planar with or above the top surface of the substrate. A first region of the second layer closer to the gate structure is thicker than a second region of the second layer farther from the gate structure. Thickness is measured in a direction perpendicular to the top surface of the substrate. |
| US10734514B2 |
Semiconductor device with trench gate structure including a gate electrode and a contact structure for a diode region
A semiconductor device includes trench structures that extend from a first surface into a semiconductor body. The trench structures include a gate structure and a contact structure that extends through the gate structure, respectively. Transistor mesas are between the trench structures. Each transistor mesa includes a body zone forming a first pn junction with a drift structure and a second pn junction with a source zone. Diode regions directly adjoin one of the contact structures form a third pn junction with the drift structure, respectively. |
| US10734511B2 |
High mobility asymmetric field effect transistors with a band-offset semiconductor drain spacer
An embodiment includes a field effect transistor, comprising: a source region comprising a first III-V material doped to a first conductivity type; a drain region comprising a second III-V material doped to a second conductivity type that is opposite the first conductivity type; a gate electrode disposed over a channel region comprising a third III-V material; and a first spacer, between the channel and drain regions, comprising a fourth III-V material having a charge carrier-blocking band offset from the third III-V material. Other embodiments are described herein. |
| US10734510B2 |
Semiconductor device
A process for forming a nitride semiconductor device is disclosed. The resulting semiconductor device includes a semiconductor stack with a top layer containing gallium (Ga) and nitrogen (N), electrodes of a source, a gate and a drain provided on the semiconductor stack, and a silicon nitride (SiN) film provided on the GaN layer between the drain electrode and the gate electrode but apart from the gate electrode. The SiN film has a silicon rich composition with a composition ratio of Si/N that is greater than ¾ and substantial oxygen contents. |
| US10734508B2 |
Compound semiconductor device
A compound semiconductor device includes a first transistor formed on a GaN epitaxial layer. The first transistor includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a protective film covering them. End portions of the first transistor do not overhang the protective film, and the concentration of fluorine in the GaN epitaxial layer in the region where the gate electrode of the first transistor is formed is substantially zero. |
| US10734503B2 |
Asymmetric semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first type region including a first conductivity type and a second type region including a second conductivity type. The semiconductor device includes a channel region extending between the first type region and the second type region. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode surrounding at least some of the channel region. A first gate edge of the gate electrode is separated a first distance from a first type region edge of the first type region and a second gate edge of the gate electrode is separated a second distance from a second type region edge of the second type region. The first distance is less than the second distance. |
| US10734502B2 |
Prevention of extension narrowing in nanosheet field effect transistors
Semiconductor devices include semiconductor layers and a gate stack formed on and around the semiconductor layers. Spacers are formed between vertically adjacent semiconductor layers, each spacer having a first spacer layer and a second spacer layer. The first spacer layer is positioned between the gate stack and the second spacer layer. The second spacer layer of each spacer has a trapezoidal cross-section. |
| US10734500B2 |
Horizontal gate all-around device having wrapped-around source and drain
Various transistors, such as horizontal gate-all-around transistors, and methods of fabricating such are disclosed herein. An exemplary transistor includes a first nanowire and a second nanowire that include a first semiconductor material, a gate that wraps a channel region of the first nanowire and the second nanowire, and source/drain feature that wraps source/drain regions of the first nanowire and the second nanowire. The source/drain feature includes a second semiconductor material that is configured differently than the first semiconductor material. In some implementations, the transistor further includes a fin-like semiconductor layer disposed over a substrate. The first nanowire and the second nanowire are disposed over the fin-like semiconductor layer, such that the first nanowire, the second nanowire, and the fin-like semiconductor layer extend substantially parallel to one another along the same length-wise direction. The fin-like semiconductor layer includes a third semiconductor material that is configured differently than the first semiconductor material. |
| US10734496B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a first region and a second region; forming a first bottom barrier metal (BBM) layer on the first region and the second region; forming a first work function metal layer on the first BBM layer on the first region and the second region; removing the first work function metal (WFM) layer and part of the first BBM layer on the second region; and forming a diffusion barrier layer on the first WFM layer on the first region and the first BBM layer on the second region. |
| US10734493B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and conductive structure
A semiconductor memory device may include a substrate, gate electrode structures stacked on the substrate, insulation patterns between the gate electrode structures, vertical channels penetrating through the gate electrode structures and the insulation patterns, and a data storage pattern. The vertical channels may be electrically connected to the substrate. The data storage pattern may be arranged between the gate electrode structures and the vertical channels. Each of the gate electrode structures may include a barrier film, a metal gate, and a crystal grain boundary plugging layer. The crystal grain boundary plugging layer may be between the barrier film and the metal gate. |
| US10734490B1 |
Bipolar junction transistor (BJT) with 3D wrap around emitter
BJT devices with 3D wrap around emitter are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming a BJT device includes: forming a substrate including a first doped layer having a dopant concentration of from about 1×1020 at. % to about 5×1020 at. % and ranges therebetween, and a second doped layer having a dopant concentration of from about 1×1015 at. % to about 1×1018 at. % and ranges therebetween, wherein the first and second doped layers form a collector; patterning a fin(s) in the substrate; forming bottom spacers at a bottom of the fin(s); forming a base(s) that wraps around the fin(s); forming an emitter(s) that wraps around the base(s); and forming sidewall spacers alongside the emitter(s). A BJT device is also provided. |
| US10734488B2 |
Aluminum indium phosphide subfin germanium channel transistors
Embodiments related to transistors and integrated circuits having aluminum indium phosphide subfins and germanium channels, systems incorporating such transistors, and methods for forming them are discussed. |
| US10734485B2 |
Gallium nitride substrate and manufacturing method of nitride semiconductor crystal
The main purpose of the present invention is to provide: a nonpolar or semipolar GaN substrate, in which a nitride semiconductor crystal having a low stacking fault density can be epitaxially grown on the main surface of the substrate, and a technique required for the production of the substrate.This invention provides: a method for manufacturing an M-plane GaN substrate comprising; forming a mask pattern having a line-shaped opening parallel to an a-axis of a C-plane GaN substrate on an N-polar plane of the C-plane GaN substrate, growing a plane-shape GaN crystal of which thickness direction is an m-axis direction from the opening of the mask pattern by an ammonotharmal method, and cutting out the M-plane GaN substrate from the plane-shape GaN crystal. |
| US10734484B2 |
Silicon carbide semiconductor device with trench gate structure and horizontally arranged channel and current spread regions
A semiconductor device includes trench gate structures that extend from a first surface into a silicon carbide portion. A shielding region between a drift zone and the trench gate structures along a vertical direction orthogonal to the first surface forms an auxiliary pn junction with the drift zone. Channel regions and the trench gate structures are successively arranged along a first horizontal direction. The channel regions are arranged between a source region and a current spread region along a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first horizontal direction. Portions of mesa sections between neighboring trench gate structures fully deplete at a gate voltage within an absolute maximum rating of the semiconductor device. |
| US10734479B1 |
FinFET CMOS with asymmetric gate threshold voltage
A FinFET having an asymmetric threshold voltage distribution is provided by modifying a portion of the channel region of a semiconductor fin that is nearest to the drain side with an epitaxial semiconductor material layer. In some embodiments, the channel region of the semiconductor fin nearest to the drain side is trimmed prior to forming the epitaxial semiconductor material layer. |
| US10734475B2 |
Stacked MIM capacitors with self-aligned contact to reduce via enclosure
A method is presented for forming a stacked metal-insular-metal (MIM) capacitor with self-aligned contact. The method includes forming a first electrode plate over a first interlayer dielectric (ILD), forming a first spacer adjacent the first electrode plate, forming a first insulating layer over the first electrode plate, forming a second electrode plate over the first insulating layer, and forming a second spacer adjacent the second electrode plate and the first insulating layer. The method further includes forming a second insulating layer over the second electrode plate, forming a third electrode plate over the second insulating layer, forming a third spacer adjacent the third electrode plate and the second insulating layer, and forming a second ILD over the third electrode plate. The method also includes forming a first via through the second ILD and directly contacting the second spacer such to prevent the first via from contacting the second electrode plate. |
| US10734472B2 |
Negative capacitance FET with improved reliability performance
A negative capacitance device includes a semiconductor layer. An interfacial layer is disposed over the semiconductor layer. An amorphous dielectric layer is disposed over the interfacial layer. A ferroelectric layer is disposed over the amorphous dielectric layer. A metal gate electrode is disposed over the ferroelectric layer. At least one of the following is true: the interfacial layer is doped; the amorphous dielectric layer has a nitridized outer surface; a diffusion-barrier layer is disposed between the amorphous dielectric layer and the ferroelectric layer; or a seed layer is disposed between the amorphous dielectric layer and the ferroelectric layer. |
| US10734459B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate including a display area, a peripheral area, and a pad area, first and second voltage lines, and an island dam. The first voltage line is disposed between a first side of the display area and the pad area, the second voltage line is disposed at other sides of the display area, and the island dam is disposed between the display area and the pad area. The first voltage line includes a first main voltage line, and a first connection unit that protrudes from the first main voltage line and extends toward the pad area. The second voltage line includes a second main voltage line, and a second connection unit that protrudes from an end of the second main voltage line and extends toward the pad area. The island dam extends substantially parallel to the first main voltage line. |
| US10734454B2 |
Display stack including emissive display and color correction film
Display stacks are disclosed. More specifically, display stacks including an emissive display including a plurality of organic light emitting diodes, a circular polarizer, and a color correction film disposed between the emissive display and the circular polarizer are disclosed. The color correction film includes a plurality of microlayers and may provide reduced color shift performance between on and off-axis viewing angles compared to display stacks not including the color correction film. |
| US10734453B2 |
Method of manufacturing a color conversion display panel and method of manufacturing a display device including the same
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept, a method of manufacturing a color conversion display panel includes forming a plurality of light blocking members on a substrate to partition a first region, a second region, and a third region. A blue light blocking filter is formed on the substrate of both the first region and the second region. A color conversion layer including quantum dots is formed on the blue light blocking filter. A transmissive layer is formed on the substrate of the third region. Water vapor is supplied to the color conversion layer, and a barrier layer is formed on the color conversion layer and the transmissive layer. |
| US10734449B2 |
Storage device
A storage device includes: a substrate; a first conductive layer extending in a first direction; a second conductive layer adjacent to the first conductive layer in a second direction, and extending in the first direction; a third conductive layer extending in a third direction; a fourth conductive layer extending in the second direction; a fifth conductive layer disposed on the second conductive layer, extending in the third direction, and being electrically connected to the fourth conductive layer; a first storage layer disposed between the third conductive layer and the fourth conductive layer; a first semiconductor layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the third conductive layer; a second semiconductor layer disposed between the second conductive layer and the fifth conductive layer; and a first gate electrode extending in the second direction and being shared by side surfaces of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. |
| US10734448B2 |
Convolutional neural network system employing resistance change memory cell array
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a cell array, an input unit and an output unit. Cell array includes word lines, bit lines and resistance change cells respectively formed at cross points between word lines and bit lines. Input unit includes an access controller and a driver. Access controller controls access of data to a cell in time series, the data being expressed by a matrix. Driver applies voltage to a word line coupled to the cell which is an access destination of the data, the voltage being adjusted depending on a value of the data to be accessed to the cell. The output unit includes holding circuits each holding a representative value of an output level of a corresponding one of the bit lines in time series. |
| US10734446B2 |
Three-dimensional memory apparatuses and methods of use
A three dimensional (3D) memory array is disclosed. The 3D memory array may include an electrode plane and a memory material disposed through and coupled to the electrode plane. A memory cell included in the memory material is aligned in a same plane as the electrode plane, and the memory cell is configured to exhibit a first threshold voltage representative of a first logic state and a second threshold voltage representative of a second logic state. A conductive pillar is disposed through and coupled to the memory cell, wherein the conductive pillar and electrode plane are configured to provide a voltage across the memory cell to write a logic state to the memory cell. Methods to operate and to form the 3D memory array are disclosed. |
| US10734443B2 |
Dual manetoresistance element with two directions of response to external magnetic fields
A material stack includes a first magnetoresistance element with a first direction of response to an external magnetic field and a second magnetoresistance element with second direction of response to the external magnetic field, opposite to the first direction of response. The first magnetoresistance element can be disposed under or over the second magnetoresistance element. An insulating layer separates the first and second magnetoresistance elements. |
| US10734442B2 |
Optoelectronic device with light-emitting diodes
A method of manufacturing an optoelectronic device, comprising the successive steps of: a) providing a substrate at least partially made of a semiconductor material and having first and second opposite faces; b) forming light-emitting diodes on the substrate, each light-emitting diode comprising a semiconductor microwire or nanowire covered by a shell; c) forming an encapsulation layer surrounding the light-emitting diodes; d) forming conductive pads on the encapsulation layer, on the side of the encapsulation layer opposite to the substrate, in contact with the light-emitting diodes; and e) forming through openings in the substrate from the side of the second face, said openings being opposite at least part of the light-emitting diodes and delimiting walls in the substrate. |
| US10734441B1 |
Selectively adjustable lighting system
A selectively-configurable lighting system is provided that employs at least two light emitting diode arrays configured on a rigid or semi-rigid panel. The adjacent lighting arrays are interconnected by a soft or flexible material that allows for the light emitting diode arrays to be folded upon each other to decrease the perimeter of the lighting system when it is not in use. The lighting emitting diode arrays include a plurality of light emitting diodes that may produce single color, bi-color, or tri-color light. The light emitting diode arrays are selectively controlled with a controller that allows for a user to selectively control or the output of the lights to yield a lighting effect of a predetermined nature or character. |
| US10734440B2 |
Display panel and fabrication method, and display device thereof
A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a display region and a non-display region. The display region includes a first substrate, containing an N-type semiconductor layer including a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of light-emitting diodes. Each light-emitting diode includes an island-shaped structure. The island-shaped structure includes a protrusion, a light-emitting layer, and a P-type semiconductor layer. The display region also includes an N electrode and a plurality of P electrodes. The N electrode has a mesh structure, and the island-shaped structure is disposed in a mesh opening of the mesh structure. The N electrode is electrically connected to the N-type semiconductor layer. The plurality of P electrodes are disposed, in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of light-emitting diodes, on a side opposite to the N-type semiconductor layer. Each P electrode is electrically connected to the P-type semiconductor layer. |
| US10734437B2 |
Interposer and chip-scale packaging for wafer-level camera
A chip-scale packaging process for wafer-level camera manufacture includes aligning an optics component wafer with an interposer wafer having a photoresist pattern that forms a plurality of transparent regions, bonding the aligned optics component wafer to the interposer wafer, and dicing the bonded optics component wafer and interposer wafer such that each optics component with interposer has a transparent region. The process further includes dicing an image sensor wafer, aligning the pixel array of each image sensor with the transparent region of a respective optics component with interposer, and bonding each image sensor to its respective optics component with interposer. Each interposer provides alignment between its respective optics component center and its respective pixel array center of the image sensor based on the respective transparent region. The interposer further provides a back focal length for focusing light from the optics component onto a top surface of the pixel array. |
| US10734433B2 |
Solid-state imaging device
A solid state imaging device has a global shutter structure and includes: a photodetector; a wiring layer; a first transparent insulating film disposed immediately above the photodetector and penetrating the wiring layer; a transparent protective film covering the wiring layer and the first transparent insulating film, and having a higher refractive index than the first transparent insulating film; a first projection provided on the transparent protective film and having a quadrilateral shape in top view; and a second transparent insulating film having a lower refractive index than the first projection. |
| US10734432B2 |
Imaging device
An imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate having a surface, the semiconductor substrate including: a first layer of a first conductivity type; a second layer of a second conductivity type, the second layer being closer to the surface; and a pixel including: a photoelectric converter configured to convert light into charge; a first diffusion region of the first conductivity type, the first diffusion region facing the first layer via the second layer, configured to store at least a part of the charge; and a second diffusion region being a diffusion region closest to the first diffusion region among diffusion regions of the first conductivity type, the diffusion regions facing the first layer via the second layer. A distance between the second diffusion region and the first layer is equal to or less than 1.5 times a distance between the second diffusion region and the first diffusion region. |
| US10734431B2 |
Image sensor
An image sensor includes a pixel array including pixel blocks, each comprising a light receiving section including unit pixels sharing a floating diffusion; and a driving section including a reset transistor and a driver transistor, wherein the pixel blocks include a first pixel block and a second pixel block which are adjacent to each other in a first direction, and a third pixel block and a fourth pixel block which are adjacent to the first pixel block and the second pixel block, respectively, in a second direction, and wherein the reset transistor of the first pixel block and the reset transistor of the second pixel block share a drain between the reset transistors, and the driver transistor of the third pixel block and the driver transistor of the fourth pixel block share a drain between the driver transistors. |
| US10734423B2 |
Semiconductor switching device separated by device isolation
A device including a gate structure formed over a semiconductor substrate, the gate structure having extensions, a device isolation structure formed into the semiconductor substrate adjacent the gate structure, wherein the extensions are over a portion of the device isolation structure, and source/drain regions on both sides of the gate structure, the source/drain regions being formed in a gap in the device isolation structure and being partially enclosed by the extensions of the gate structure. |
| US10734421B2 |
Imaging device and camera system, and driving method of imaging device
An imaging device including: a photoelectric converter including first and second electrodes and a photoelectric conversion layer therebetween; a voltage supplier; an output circuit for outputting a signal corresponding to the potential of the second electrode; and a detector for detecting the signal level. The change rate of the conversion efficiency of the photoelectric converter with respect to a bias voltage applied between the electrodes when the bias voltage is in a first range is greater than that when the bias voltage is in a second range higher than the first range. The voltage supplier, when the detected level is a first threshold or higher, causes the potential difference between the electrodes to be a first difference, and, when the detected level is lower than a second threshold that is the first threshold or lower, causes the potential difference to be a second difference greater than the first difference. |
| US10734419B2 |
Imaging device with uniform photosensitive region array
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a pixel sensor including a first and second pair of photodetectors. The pixel sensor includes the first and second pair of photodetectors in a semiconductor substrate. The first pair of photodetectors are reflection symmetric with respect to a first line positioned at a midpoint between the first pair of photodetectors. The second pair of photodetectors are reflection symmetric with respect to a second line that intersects the first line at a center point. A first plurality of transistors overlying the semiconductor substrate laterally offset the first pair of photodetectors. A second plurality of transistors overlying the semiconductor substrate laterally offset the first plurality of transistors. The first and second pair of photodetectors are laterally between the first and second plurality of transistors. The first and second plurality of transistors are point symmetric with respect to the center point. |
| US10734414B2 |
Array substrate and display apparatus using same
This application relates to an array substrate and a display apparatus using same. A structure of the array substrate includes: a substrate; a plurality of scanning lines arranged in parallel in a second direction on the substrate; a plurality of data lines arranged in parallel in the first direction on the substrate; a plurality of pixel cells; a mesh common electrode line, where the mesh common electrode line includes a plurality of first common electrode lines and a plurality of second common electrode lines; and a plurality of metal shield layers disposed between the data line and the sub-pixel, where the plurality of data lines extends along a first broken-line route in the first direction and the second direction and includes at least one step-shape appearance. |
| US10734403B2 |
Nonvolatile memory devices comprising a conductive line comprising portions having different profiles and methods of fabricating the same
Nonvolatile memory devices and methods of fabricating the nonvolatile memory devices are provided. The nonvolatile memory devices may include a stacked structure including a plurality of conductive films and a plurality of interlayer insulating films stacked in an alternate sequence on a substrate and a vertical channel structure extending through the stacked structure. The plurality of conductive films may include a selection line that is closest to the substrate among the plurality of conductive films. The selection line may include a lower portion and an upper portion sequentially stacked on the substrate, and a side of the upper portion of the selection line and a side of the lower portion of the selection line may have different profiles. |
| US10734401B1 |
Semiconductor memory device
The present technology relates to a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of channel plugs disposed in a cell region of a semiconductor substrate, a first dummy region disposed at one end portion of the cell region and a second dummy region disposed at an other end portion of the cell region, and first dummy plugs disposed in the first dummy region and second dummy plugs disposed in the second dummy region. The number of the first dummy plugs is different than the number of the second dummy plugs. |
| US10734400B1 |
Three-dimensional memory device including bit lines between memory elements and an underlying peripheral circuit and methods of making the same
A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes bit lines formed in the lower-interconnect-level dielectric material layers located over a substrate, bit-line-connection via structures contacting a respective one of the bit lines, pillar-shaped drain regions contacting a respective one of the bit-line-connection via structures, an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over the pillar-shaped drain regions, and memory stack structures extending through the alternating stack. A source layer overlies the alternating stack, and is electrically connected to an upper end of each vertical semiconductor channel within a subset of the vertical semiconductor channels. Vertical bit line interconnections structures extending through the levels of the alternating stack may be eliminated by forming the bit lines underneath the alternating stack, and the footprint of the layout of the three-dimensional memory device may be reduced. |
| US10734395B2 |
Integrated assemblies and methods of forming integrated assemblies
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly with a semiconductor channel material having a boundary region where a more-heavily-doped region interfaces with a less-heavily-doped region. The more-heavily-doped region and the less-heavily-doped region have the same majority carriers. The integrated assembly includes a gating structure adjacent the semiconductor channel material and having a gating region and an interconnecting region of a common and continuous material. The gating region has a length extending along a segment of the more-heavily-doped region, a segment of the less-heavily-doped region, and the boundary region. The interconnecting region extends laterally outward from the gating region on a side opposite the semiconductor channel region, and is narrower than the length of the gating region. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies. |
| US10734394B2 |
Cell boundary structure for embedded memory
Various embodiments of the present application are directed to a method for forming an embedded memory boundary structure with a boundary sidewall spacer. In some embodiments, an isolation structure is formed in a semiconductor substrate to separate a memory region from a logic region. A multilayer film is formed covering the semiconductor substrate. A memory structure is formed on the memory region from the multilayer film. An etch is performed into the multilayer film to remove the multilayer film from the logic region, such that the multilayer film at least partially defines a dummy sidewall on the isolation structure. A spacer layer is formed covering the memory structure, the isolation structure, and the logic region, and further lining the dummy sidewall. An etch is performed into the spacer layer to form a spacer on dummy sidewall from the spacer layer. A logic device structure is formed on the logic region. |
| US10734393B2 |
Methods of forming package structures for enhanced memory capacity and structures formed thereby
Methods of forming microelectronic package structures, and structures formed thereby, are described. Those methods/structures may include attaching a die on a board, attaching a substrate on the die, wherein the substrate comprises a first region and a peripheral region, attaching a first memory device on the central region of the substrate, and attaching at least one additional memory device on the peripheral region of the substrate, wherein the at least one additional memory device is not disposed over the die. |
| US10734392B2 |
Resistive memory device including ferroelectrics and method of manufacturing the same
A non-volatile memory device may include a semiconductor substrate, a ferroelectric layer, a source, a drain, a gate and a channel region. The semiconductor substrate may have a recess. The ferroelectric layer may be formed in the recess. The source may be arranged at a first side of the recess. The drain may be arranged at a second side of the recess opposite to the first side. The gate may be arranged on the ferroelectric layers. The channel region may be formed on the recess between the source and the drain. |
| US10734389B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a mold stack pattern including a plurality of openings in an upper portion of a substrate and including a mold layer and a supporter layer which are stacked; forming a bottom electrode layer filling the plurality of the openings and covering the supporter layer; forming a filler portion disposed inside the plurality of the openings, a barrier portion extended upwardly from the filler portion, and an electrode cutting portion exposing a surface of the supporter layer by selectively etching the bottom electrode layer; forming a supporter by using the barrier portion as an etch barrier and etching the supporter layer exposed by the electrode cutting portion; selectively removing the barrier portion to form a hybrid pillar-type bottom electrode disposed inside the plurality of the openings; and removing the mold layer. |
| US10734384B1 |
Vertically-integrated two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor slabs in complementary field effect transistor (CFET) cell circuits, and method of fabricating
Vertically-integrated two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor slabs in Complementary Field-Effect Transistor (FET) (CFET) cell circuits are disclosed. A horizontal footprint of a CFET cell circuit may be reduced in an X-axis dimension by reducing a gate length of the N-type and P-type channel structures. The N-type and P-type channel structures may be formed of 2D semiconductor materials with high carrier mobility and strong on/off control, which allows a gate length of each semiconductor channel structure to be reduced without increasing a leakage current. By employing one or more elongated monolayers of 2D material in each slab, and vertically stacking slabs to form each semiconductor channel structure, a desired CFET drive strength may be adjusted according to a vertical dimension of the CFET cell circuit, while X-axis and Y-axis dimensions of the horizontal footprint are reduced. |
| US10734382B2 |
Method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure including a very narrow aspect ratio trapping trench structure
After forming a plurality of semiconductor fins that are separated from one another by trenches on a substrate, the semiconductor fins are fully or partially oxidized to provide semiconductor oxide portions. The volume expansion caused by the oxidation of the semiconductor fins reduces widths of the trenches, thereby providing narrowed trenches for formation of epitaxial semiconductor fins using aspect ratio trapping techniques. |
| US10734381B2 |
Fin-FET devices
A Fin-FET device is provided. The Fin-FET device includes a semiconductor substrate, a fin structure formed on the semiconductor substrate having a core region and two peripheral regions separated by the core region; a plurality of metal gate structures formed across the fin structure in the core region and covering top and sidewall surfaces of the fin structure; a barrier structure formed in each peripheral region across the fin structure and covering top and sidewall surfaces of the fin structure; a plurality of source/drain regions formed in the fin structure between each barrier structure and a neighboring metal gate structure and between neighboring metal gate structures; and a first interlayer dielectric layer formed at least on the fin structure. The first interlayer dielectric layer covers sidewall surfaces of the metal gate structures and the barrier structures. |
| US10734380B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate spacer that defines a trench on a substrate and includes an upper part and a lower part, a gate insulating film that extends along sidewalls and a bottom surface of the trench and is not in contact with the upper part of the gate spacer, a lower conductive film that extends on the gate insulating film along the sidewalls and the bottom surface of the trench and is not overlapped with the upper part of the gate spacer, and an upper conductive film on an uppermost part of the gate insulating film on the lower conductive film. |
| US10734377B2 |
Integrated circuit, system for and method of forming an integrated circuit
An integrated circuit structure includes a first well, and a first and a second set of implants. The first well includes a first dopant type, a first portion extending in a first direction and having a first width, and a second portion adjacent to the first portion. The second portion extends in the first direction and has a second width greater than the first width. The first set of implants are in the first portion of the first well, and the second set of implants are in the second portion of the first well. At least one implant of the first set of implants being configured to be coupled to a first supply voltage. Each implant of the second set of implants having a second dopant type different from a first dopant type of the first set of implants. |
| US10734374B2 |
Semiconductor device
An area of a semiconductor device having a FINFET can be reduced. The drain regions of an n-channel FINFET and a p-channel FINFET are extracted by two second local interconnects from a second Y gird between a gate electrode and a dummy gate adjacent thereto, to a third Y grid adjacent to the second Y gird. These second local interconnects are connected by a first local interconnect extending in the X direction in the third Y grid. According to such a cell layout, although the number of grids is increased by one because of the arrangement of the first local interconnect, the length in the X direction can be reduced. As a result, the cell area of the unit cell can be reduced while a space between the first and second local interconnects is secured. |
| US10734371B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first substrate structure having a first substrate, circuit elements disposed on the first substrate, and first bonding pads disposed on the circuit elements. A second substrate structure is connected to the first substrate structure. The second substrate structure includes a second substrate having first and second surfaces, first and second conductive layers spaced apart from each other, a pad insulating layer having an opening exposing a portion of the second conductive layer and gate electrodes stacked to be spaced apart from each other in a first direction and electrically connected to the circuit elements. First contact plugs extend on the second surface in the first direction and connect to the gate electrodes. A second contact plug extends on the second surface in the first direction and electrically connects to the second conductive layer. Second bonding pads electrically connect to the first and second contact plugs. |
| US10734370B2 |
Methods of making semiconductor devices
Methods of making semiconductor device packages may involve cutting kerfs in streets between regions of a semiconductor wafer and positioning stacks of semiconductor dice on portions of surfaces of at least some adjacent regions. A protective material may be dispensed only between the stacks of the semiconductor dice, over the exposed remainders of the regions, and in the kerfs. A back side of the semiconductor wafer may be ground to a final thickness, revealing the protective material in the kerfs at a side of the semiconductor wafer opposite the stacks of the semiconductor dice. The protective material between the stacks of the semiconductor dice and within the kerfs may be cut through, leaving the protective material on sides of the semiconductor dice of the stacks and on side surfaces of the regions within the kerfs. |
| US10734368B2 |
Parallelisable method for integrating power chips and power electronics
The method comprises the steps of 1) producing first and second blanks (EB1) including reserved-space defining means (HM1, HM2), by laminating insulating and conductive inner layers (PP, CP) on copper plates forming a base (MB1), at least one electronic chip being sandwiched between the blanks, said blanks being produced such that their upper lamination surfaces have matching profiles, 2) stacking and fitting the blanks via their matching profiles, and 3) press-fitting the blanks to form a laminated sub-assembly for an integrated power electronics device. The method uses IMS-type techniques. |
| US10734366B2 |
Opto-electronic module for emitting light of variable intensity distribution
The opto-electronic module comprises a first substrate member; a second substrate member; a first spacer member comprised in the first substrate member or comprised in the second substrate member or distinct from and located between these, which comprises at least one opening; a light emission element arranged on the first substrate member; a first passive optical component; at least one of the first and second substrate members comprising one or more transparent portions through which light can pass, the first passive optical component being comprised in or distinct from the one or more transparent portions, and wherein the first passive optical component has adjustable optical properties. Such modules are well mass-producible in high precision and can be used in photo cameras, e.g., as flashes. |
| US10734365B2 |
Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device according to an embodiment includes a light-emitting part and an external wiring. The light-emitting part includes: a pair of insulating substrates that has light transmissive property and flexibility; a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged between the pair of insulating substrates; an internal wiring pattern that is provided between the pair of insulating substrates, and is connected to the light-emitting elements; and a resin layer that has light transmissive property and insulating property, and is provided between the pair of insulating substrates. An end of the external wiring is divided into a plurality of wirings having a line width that is narrower than a line width of the internal wiring pattern. An end of the internal wiring pattern is bonded, at an end of the insulating substrates, to the end of the external wiring that is divided into a plurality of wirings by an anisotropic conductive adhesive. |
| US10734352B2 |
Metallic interconnect, a method of manufacturing a metallic interconnect, a semiconductor arrangement and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor arrangement
A metallic interconnection and a semiconductor arrangement including the same are described, wherein a method of manufacturing the same may include: providing a first structure including a first metallic layer having protruding first microstructures; providing a second structure including a second metallic layer having protruding second microstructures; contacting the first and second microstructures to form a mechanical connection between the structures, the mechanical connection being configured to allow fluid penetration; removing one or more non-metallic compounds on the first metallic layer and the second metallic layer with a reducing agent that penetrates the mechanical connection and reacts with the one or more non-metallic compounds; and heating the first metallic layer and the second metallic layer at a temperature causing interdiffusion of the first metallic layer and the second metallic layer to form the metallic interconnection between the structures. |
| US10734349B2 |
Apparatus and method for packaging components
A component packaging apparatus includes: at least one component supply device; at least one component processing device, which is configured to process components provided by the component supply device; at least one component transfer device, each component transfer device respectively having multiple bond heads, each bond head transferring one of the said components which are processed by the component processing device; wherein the component processing device comprises a pick-up platform, which is configured to simultaneously arrange the multiple components, and the multiple bond heads are configured to pick up the multiple components simultaneously from the pick-up platform at one time. A method for packaging components is also provided. |
| US10734347B2 |
Dummy flip chip bumps for reducing stress
A device includes a metal pad over a substrate. A passivation layer includes a portion over the metal pad. A post-passivation interconnect (PPI) is electrically coupled to the metal pad, wherein the PPI comprises a portion over the metal pad and the passivation layer. A polymer layer is over the PPI. A dummy bump is over the polymer layer, wherein the dummy bump is electrically insulated from conductive features underlying the polymer layer. |
| US10734345B2 |
Packaging through pre-formed metal pins
A package includes first package component and a second package component. The first package component includes a first electrical connector at a surface of the first package component, and a first solder region on a surface of the first electrical connector. The second package component includes a second electrical connector at a surface of the second package component, and a second solder region on a surface of the second electrical connector. A metal pin has a first end bonded to the first solder region, and a second end bonded to the second solder region. |
| US10734341B2 |
Via structure for packaging and a method of forming
A via or pillar structure, and a method of forming, is provided. In an embodiment, a polymer layer is formed having openings exposing portions of an underlying conductive pad. A conductive layer is formed over the polymer layer, filling the openings. The dies are covered with a molding material and a planarization process is performed to form pillars in the openings. In another embodiment, pillars are formed and then a polymer layer is formed over the pillars. The dies are covered with a molding material and a planarization process is performed to expose the pillars. In yet another embodiment, pillars are formed and a molding material is formed directly over the pillars. A planarization process is performed to expose the pillars. In still yet another embodiment, bumps are formed and a molding material is formed directly over the bumps. A planarization process is performed to expose the bumps. |
| US10734340B2 |
Height measurements of conductive structural elements that are surrounded by a photoresist layer
A method for estimating a thickness related to multiple conductive structural elements of an object, the method includes estimating a height difference between an upper surface of a conductive structural element and an upper surface of a photoresists layer portion that surrounds the conductive structural element, to provide multiple height differences; estimating thicknesses of the multiple photoresists layer portions, based at least on the second part of the emitted radiation; and calculating thickness values related to the multiple conductive structural elements, wherein the calculating is based at least on the multiple height differences and on the estimated thickness of the multiple photoresists layer portions. |
| US10734336B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
Reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. A first pad electrode is formed in an uppermost layer of a multilayer wiring layer, an insulating film of a non-organic material is formed over the first pad electrode, and an organic insulating film is formed over the insulating film. In the organic insulating film, an opening reaching the first pad electrode and a groove reaching the insulating film are formed. Over the organic insulating film, a plurality of re-wirings each having a barrier metal film and a conductive film are formed. In a plan view, the groove is formed in an area between the re-wirings. At the same time, a width of the groove is smaller than a width of a first portion or a width of a second portion of the re-wirings, respectively, neighboring to each other and extending in a first direction. |
| US10734334B2 |
Coaxial-interconnect structure for a semiconductor component
The present disclosure describes a coaxial-interconnect structure that is integrated into a semiconductor component and methods of forming the coaxial-interconnect structure. The coaxial interconnect-structure, which electrically couples circuitry of an integrated-circuit (IC) die to traces of a packaging substrate, comprises a signal core elongated about an axis, a ground shield elongated about the axis, and an insulator disposed between the signal core and the ground shield. |
| US10734332B2 |
High aspect ratio interconnects in air gap of antenna package
In conventional packaging strategies for mm wave applications, the size of the package is dictated by the antenna size, which is often much larger than the RFIC (radio frequency integrated circuit). Also, the operations are often limited to a single frequency which limits their utility. In addition, multiple addition build-up layers are required to provide the necessary separation between the antennas and ground layers. To address these issues, it is proposed to provide a device that includes an antenna package, an RFIC package, and an interconnect assembly between the antenna and the RFIC packages. The interconnect assembly may comprise a plurality of interconnects with high aspect ratios and configured to connect one or more antennas of the antenna package with an RFIC of the RFIC package. An air gap may be formed in between the antenna package and the RFIC package for performance improvement. |
| US10734330B2 |
Semiconductor devices having an electro-static discharge protection structure
A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a metallization layer. The substrate has an active region that includes opposite first and second edges. The metallization layer is disposed above the substrate, and includes a pair of metal lines and a metal plate. The metal lines extend from an outer periphery of the active region into the active region and toward the second edge of the active region. The metal plate interconnects the metal lines and at least a portion of which is disposed at the outer periphery of the active region. |
| US10734328B2 |
Semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor package includes a first redistribution structure, a semiconductor die disposed on the first redistribution structure, a die attach material disposed between the first redistribution structure and the semiconductor die, and an insulating encapsulant disposed on the first redistribution structure. A first shortest distance from a midpoint of a bottom edge of the semiconductor die to a midpoint of an bottom edge of an extruded region of the die attach material in a width direction of the semiconductor die is greater than a second shortest distance between an endpoint of the bottom edge of the semiconductor die to an endpoint of the bottom edge of the extruded region of the die attach material. The insulating encapsulant encapsulates the semiconductor die and the die attach material. An inclined interface is between the insulating encapsulant and the extruded region of the die attach material. |
| US10734324B2 |
Fan-out semiconductor package including stacked chips
A fan-out semiconductor package includes a core member having a first through-hole and including wiring layers; a first semiconductor chip disposed in the first through-hole and having first connection pads formed on a lower side of the first semiconductor chip; a first encapsulant covering the core member and the first semiconductor chip; a connection member disposed below the core member and the first semiconductor chip and including redistribution layers; a first stack chip disposed on the first encapsulant and electrically connected to the wiring layers through a first connection conductor; and a second encapsulant disposed on the first encapsulant and covering the first stack chip. The first semiconductor chip includes DRAM and/or a controller, the first stack chip includes a stack type NAND flash, and the first connection pads of the first semiconductor chip are electrically connected to the wiring layers through the redistribution layers. |
| US10734320B2 |
Power metallization structure for semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a power metallization structure formed above the semiconductor substrate and a barrier layer formed between the power metallization structure and the semiconductor substrate. The barrier layer is configured to prevent diffusion of metal atoms from the power metallization structure in a direction toward the semiconductor substrate. The power metallization structure is in direct contact with the barrier layer or an electrically conductive layer formed on the barrier layer in a first region. The semiconductor device further includes a passivation layer interposed between the barrier layer and the power metallization structure in a second region. Corresponding methods of manufacturing the semiconductor device are also described. |
| US10734314B2 |
Semiconductor device and semiconductor module
Input and output terminals are arranged so as to be adapted for an environment in which they are to be used. A semiconductor module (5) is surface-mounted on a surface wiring layer (30a) of a main substrate (3). A first module terminal group (11) located on a module first side (2a) of the semiconductor module (5) and a first substrate terminal group (301) located on a substrate first side (3a) of the main substrate (3) are connected by a first surface wiring pattern (311) formed in a surface wiring layer (30a). A second module terminal group (12) located on a module second side (2c) and a second substrate terminal group (302) located on a substrate second side (3c) are connected by a second surface wiring pattern (312) formed in the surface wiring layer (30a). |
| US10734313B2 |
Integration of a passive component in an integrated circuit package
A semiconductor package includes a leadframe and a semiconductor die attached to the leadframe by way of solder posts. In a stacked arrangement, the package also includes a passive component disposed between the leadframe and the semiconductor die and electrically connected to the semiconductor die through the leadframe. |
| US10734309B2 |
Semiconductor device having a trench with a convexed shaped metal wire formed therein
A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a first interlayer insulating layer including a first trench, on a substrate a first liner layer formed along a side wall and a bottom surface of the first trench and including noble metal, the noble metal belonging to one of a fifth period and a sixth period of a periodic chart that follows numbering of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and belonging to one of eighth to tenth groups of the periodic chart, and a first metal wire filling the first trench on the first liner layer, a top surface of the first metal wire having a convex shape toward a bottom surface of the first trench. |
| US10734302B2 |
Method and apparatus of operating a compressible thermal interface
A thermal electrical (TE) interface comprises a primary fiber thermal interface (FTI) having a first side configured to contact a heatsink, and a second side. The primary fiber thermal interface has a thickness ranging from 0.3 mm to 4 mm. A secondary fiber thermal interface (FTI) has a first side configured to contact the second side of the primary FTI, a second side configured to contact circuit components to dissipate heat from the circuit components through the first side of the primary FTI. The secondary fiber thermal interface has a thickness equal to or greater than the primary FTI. |
| US10734300B2 |
Semiconductor device and power converter
A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes the following: a conductive layer disposed on an insulating substrate; a first semiconductor element and a second semiconductor element that are joined on an opposite surface of the conductive layer opposite from the insulating substrate, with a gap the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element; an electrode joined on an opposite surface of the first semiconductor element opposite from the conductive layer, and an opposite surface of the second semiconductor element opposite from the conductive layer, so as to extend over the gap; and resin sealing the conductive layer, the first semiconductor element, the second semiconductor element, and the electrode. The conductive layer has a recess pattern that is disposed on a surface being opposite from the insulating substrate and facing the gap, the recess pattern extending along the gap. |
| US10734298B2 |
Methods of reinforcing integrated circuitry of semiconductor devices and related semiconductor devices and packages
Methods of making a semiconductor device packages may involve placing a metal material at least partially around a region of integrated circuitry embedded within an active surface of a semiconductor die, the metal material located on the active surface. At least a portion of the metal material may be left electrically disconnected from the region of integrated circuitry. The semiconductor die and the metal material may be encapsulated in an encapsulant material, the encapsulant material extending to a height above the active surface higher than a maximum height of the metal material above the active surface. |
| US10734296B2 |
Electrical device with test pads encased within the packaging material
An electrical device includes a substrate orientated parallel to a first plane and a first integrated circuit die disposed above the substrate. The first integrated circuit die includes pads that are electrically coupled to at least some of the pads at the top surface of the substrate. The electrical device has a packaging material disposed above the first integrated circuit die. The electrical device includes one or more test pads that are orientated parallel to the first plane and disposed above the first integrated circuit die in the vertical direction. The one or more test pads are electrically coupled to the first integrated circuit die and encased within the packaging material such that the one or more test pads are not exposed external to the electrical device. |
| US10734295B2 |
Interposer test structures and methods
An embodiment of the disclosure is a structure comprising an interposer. The interposer has a test structure extending along a periphery of the interposer, and at least a portion of the test structure is in a first redistribution element. The first redistribution element is on a first surface of a substrate of the interposer. The test structure is intermediate and electrically coupled to at least two probe pads. |
| US10734292B2 |
Method for testing bridging in adjacent semiconductor devices and test structure
Bridging testing method between adjacent semiconductor devices includes forming patterned diffusion region on semiconductor substrate, and forming first conductive layer over diffusion region. First conductive layer is patterned in same pattern as patterned diffusion region. Second conductive layer formed extending in first direction over first conductive layer. Second conductive layer is patterned to form opening extending in first direction in central region of second conductive layer exposing portion of first conductive layer. First conductive layer exposed portion is removed exposing portion of diffusion region. Source/drain region is formed over exposed portion of diffusion region, and dielectric layer is formed over source/drain region. Third conductive layer is formed over dielectric layer. End portions along first direction of second conductive layer removed to expose first and second end portions of first conductive layer. Electrical resistance across first conductive layer between first and second end portions of first conductive layer is measured. |
| US10734278B2 |
Method of protecting low-K layers
A process is provided in which low-k layers are protected from etch damage by the use of a selectively formed protection layer which forms on the low-k layer. In one embodiment, the low-k layers may be low-k dielectric layers utilized in BEOL process steps. In one embodiment, the selectively formed protection layer may be formed by a selective deposition process which selectively forms layers on the low-k dielectric but not over the conductor layer. The selectively formed protection layer may then be utilized to protect the low-k layer from a plasma etch that is utilized to recess the conductor. In this manner, a conductor (for example metal) may be recessed in a low-k dielectric layer via a plasma etch process. |
| US10734277B2 |
Top via back end of the line interconnect integration
Back end of line metallization structures and processes of fabricating the metallization structures generally include a top via integration scheme. The top via integration scheme integrally forms the via on top of trench. Thus, the via is fully aligned and can be of a desired critical dimension. |
| US10734276B2 |
Planarization method
A planarization method is provided and includes the following steps. A substrate having a main surface is provided. A protruding structure is formed on the main surface. An insulating layer is formed conformally covering the main surface and the top surface and the sidewall of the protruding structure. A stop layer is formed on the insulating layer and at least covers the top surface of the protruding structure. A first dielectric layer is formed blanketly covering the substrate and the protruding structure and a chemical mechanical polishing process is then performed to remove a portion of the first dielectric layer until a portion of the stop layer is exposed thereby obtaining an upper surface. A second dielectric layer having a pre-determined thickness is formed covering the upper surface. |
| US10734275B2 |
Metal routing with flexible space formed using self-aligned spacer patterning
A method includes forming a hard mask over a target layer, performing a treatment on a first portion of the hard mask to form a treated portion, with a second portion of the hard mask left untreated as an untreated portion. The method further includes subjecting both the treated portion and the untreated portion of the hard mask to etching, in which the untreated portion is removed as a result of the etching, and the treated portion remains after the etching. A layer underlying the hard mask is etched, and the treated portion of the hard mask is used as a part of an etching mask in the etching. |
| US10734271B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method
A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holding unit which holds and rotates a substrate in a horizontal orientation, a substrate heating unit which has a heating surface which faces the substrate, held by the substrate holding unit, from below and overlaps with an outermost periphery of the substrate in top view, and heats the substrate in a state of contacting a lower surface of the substrate, a transferring unit which transfers the substrate between the substrate holding unit and the substrate heating unit, and a processing fluid supplying unit which supplies a processing fluid toward the substrate held by the substrate holding unit. |
| US10734270B2 |
Vacuum chuck with polymeric embossments
A vacuum chuck with polymeric embossments is disclosed. The polymeric embossments are formed on the surface of a base substrate and are lapped to a flatness such that a wafer substrate clamped by the vacuum chuck has a peak to valley flatness that is less than a peak to valley flatness across the base substrate. Lapping of the polymeric embossments accommodates for variations in the flatness of the base substrate so long as the embossments are tall enough to stand over the peak to valley height variations in the base substrate. |
| US10734269B1 |
Micro device metal joint process
Metal-to-metal adhesion joints are described as a manner to hold down micro devices to a carrier substrate within the context of a micro device transfer manufacturing process. In accordance with embodiments, the metal-to-metal adhesion joints must be broken in order to pick up the micro devices from a carrier substrate, resulting in micro devices with nubs protruding from bottom contacts of the micro devices. Once integrated, the micro devices are bonded to a receiving substrate, the nubs may be embedded in a metallic joint, or alternatively be diffused within the metallic joint as interstitial metallic material that is embedded within the metallic joint. |
| US10734268B1 |
Modularity of Tec-Cell, FOUP and substrate containers and carriers
Methods, systems and apparatuses for an improved wafer and substrate carrier or container with improved modularity. More specifically, to a carrier or container with improved abilities which may provide high or low density carriers or containers with improved interchanging and compatibility, including for Tec-Cells, FOUPs, and other third party containers, carriers, modules, rings or any other systems, structures, apparatuses, or methods associated. The invention may provided an ability to interchange or be cross-compatible such as wherein Tec-Cell carriers, containers, rings or modules may be provided to be housed in a FOUP or other third party carrier or wherein substrates or wafers held in the Tec-Cell Carriers, rings, containers, or modules, and then held within the FOUP. |
| US10734266B2 |
Substrate transporter and substrate transport method
In a substrate transporter, a carry-in-and-out mechanism transports a substrate placed in a horizontal posture. A notch aligner rotates a substrate in a circumferential direction to change a circumferential position of a notch. The carry-in-and-out mechanism includes four supporters that oppose a lower surface of the peripheral portion of the substrate. In the substrate transporter, a controller controls the notch aligner on the basis of warpage-and-notch-position information and input information that is input about the warped state of the substrate, to determine the circumferential position of the notch of the substrate. Thus, the lower surface of the substrate placed on the transport mechanism comes into contact with the four supporters of the transport mechanism. As a result, it is possible to prevent or suppress the occurrence of rattling or misalignment of the substrate during transport by the transport mechanism, and enables stable transport of the substrate. |
| US10734262B2 |
Substrate support in a millisecond anneal system
Systems and methods for substrate support in a millisecond anneal system are provided. In one example implementation, a millisecond anneal system includes a processing chamber having a wafer support plate. A plurality of support pins can extend from the wafer support plate. The support pins can be configured to support a substrate. At least one of the support pins can have a spherical surface profile to accommodate a varying angle of a substrate surface normal at the point of contact with the substrate. Other example aspects of the present disclosure are directed to methods for estimating, for instance, local contact stress at the point of contact with the support pin. |
| US10734261B2 |
Search apparatus and search method
A search apparatus receives an input target value, which indicates a condition to be set in a semiconductor processing apparatus or a result obtained by processing the semiconductor using the processing apparatus, a reference value of the condition inside a search area, and the result, wherein the reference value is indicated by the target value. A prediction model indicating a relation between the condition and the result based on a setting value of the condition inside the search area is generated and, a measured value of the result is obtained. A prediction value is acquired by assigning the target value to the prediction model. The prediction value is set to the reference value when it is determined that the prediction value is closer to the target value, and a prediction value satisfying an achievement condition is set when the prediction value satisfies the achievement condition of the target value. |
| US10734254B2 |
Brush cleaning apparatus, chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) system and wafer processing method
A method of processing a wafer is disclosed. The method includes, in some embodiments, causing a relative movement between a cleaning brush and a wafer. During the relative movement, a planar cleaning surface of the cleaning brush is brought into contact with a surface of the wafer to remove contaminants from the surface of the wafer. A first size of the cleaning brush, in a plan view, is larger than a second size of the wafer in the plan view. |
| US10734251B2 |
Liquid processing apparatus, liquid processing method, and storage medium for liquid process
A filtration efficiency, which is similar to the filtration efficiency obtained when a plurality of filters are provided, can be obtained by one filter, and decrease in throughput can be prevented. Based on a control signal from a control unit 101, a resist liquid L is sucked into a pump 70 through a filter. A part of the resist liquid sucked in the pump is discharged from a discharge nozzle 7. The remaining resist liquid is returned to a supply conduit 51b on a primary side of the filter. A process is synthesized by adding a replenishment amount equal to the discharge amount to the return amount. The discharge of the synthesized process liquid and the filtration thereof by the filter are performed the number of times corresponding to a rate between the discharge amount and the return amount. |
| US10734250B2 |
Method of manufacturing a package having a power semiconductor chip
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor power package includes: embedding a power semiconductor chip in an encapsulation, the encapsulation forming a housing of the semiconductor power package; and extending a layer of a covering material over at least a part of an outer main surface of the encapsulation. The covering material has a thermal conductivity greater than a thermal conductivity of the material of the encapsulation and/or a temperature stability greater than a temperature stability of the pre-molded chip housing. |
| US10734248B2 |
Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board according to an embodiment includes: an insulating layer; a first pad disposed on a first surface of the insulating layer; a first conductive layer disposed on the first pad and including gold (Au); a second pad disposed on a second surface of the insulating layer; and a second conductive layer disposed on the second pad and including gold (Au), wherein the first conductive layer is a conductive layer connected to a wire, the second conductive layer is a conductive layer connected to a solder, and the first conductive layer is thicker than the second conductive layer. |
| US10734237B2 |
Spectrally and temporally engineered processing using photoelectrochemistry
Methods and apparatus for subtractively fabricating three-dimensional structures relative to a surface of a substrate and for additively depositing metal and dopant atoms onto the surface and for diffusing them into the bulk. A chemical solution is applied to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a spatial pattern of electron-hole pairs is generated by projecting a spatial pattern of illumination characterized by a specified intensity, wavelength and duration at each pixel of a plurality of pixels on the surface. Charge carriers are driven away from the surface of the semiconductor on a timescale short compared to the carrier recombination lifetime. Such methods are applied to creating a spatially varying doping profile in the semiconductor substrate, a photonic integrated circuit and an integrated photonic microfluidic circuit. |
| US10734236B2 |
Electronic devices with components formed by late binding using self-assembled monolayers
Embodiments include devices and methods, including a method for processing a substrate. The method includes providing a substrate including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including a feature, the feature including an electrically conductive region, the second portion including a dielectric surface region. The method also includes performing self-assembled monolayer (SAM) assisted structuring plating to form a structure comprising a metal on the dielectric surface region, the feature being formed using a process other than the SAM assisted structuring plating used to form the structure, and the structure being formed after the feature. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10734234B2 |
Metal cut patterning and etching to minimize interlayer dielectric layer loss
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses related to the deposition of a protective layer selective to an interlayer dielectric layer so that the protective layer is formed onto a top portion associated with the interlayer dielectric layer. In some embodiments, a method comprises: forming an interlayer dielectric layer on a substrate; covering a trench region with a metal liner, wherein the trench region is situated above the substrate and formed within the interlayer dielectric layer; and depositing a protective layer selective to the interlayer dielectric layer so that the protective layer is formed onto a top portion associated with the interlayer dielectric layer. In various embodiments, the depositing the protective layer comprises: repeatedly depositing the protective layer via a multi-deposition sequence; or depositing a self-assembled monolayer onto the top portion. |
| US10734233B2 |
FinFET with high-k spacer and self-aligned contact capping layer
In the manufacture of a FinFET device, an isolation architecture is provided between gate and source/drain contact locations. The isolation architecture may include a low-k spacer layer and a contact etch stop layer. The isolation architecture further includes a high-k, etch-selective layer that is adapted to resist degradation during an etch to open the source/drain contact locations. The high-k layer, in conjunction with a self-aligned contact (SAC) capping layer disposed over the gate, forms an improved isolation structure that inhibits short circuits or parasitic capacitance between the gate and source/drain contacts. |
| US10734229B2 |
Method of advanced contact hole pattering
Techniques herein include a method of forming etch masks to form contact holes and other features. Techniques herein use a reversal method to create contact hole patterns with improved critical dimension uniformity and contact edge roughness as compared to traditional direct print photolithography methods. A pillar is printed as an initial structure. The initial structure is reshaped to change smoothness, uniformity, and/or dimensions. A conformal film is deposited on the pillar. The conformal film can include a metal-containing material. A planarization process is executed that removes pillars down to the working surface of the substrate leaving the conformal film on the working surface of the substrate. This conformal film can then be used as an etch mask for additional pattern transfer. |
| US10734226B2 |
Method for industrial manufacturing of a semiconductor structure with reduced bowing
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure with reduced bowing for applications in the field of power electronics, photonics, optoelectronics, solar energy conversion and the like, which comprises: a step of providing at least a first layer of a first semiconductor material, said first layer comprising a substrate of said first semiconductor material, which extends along a first reference plane, and a plurality of first portions of said first semiconductor material, which are mutually spaced and extend in elevation from said substrate along axes perpendicular to said first reference plane, said first portions having ends in distal position with respect to said substrate; a step of providing at least a second layer of a second semiconductor material, said second layer comprising second portions of said second semiconductor material, each of which is joined to the ends of a plurality of said first portions, said second portions being mutually spaced and extending along a second reference plane parallel to said first reference plane; The first portions of the first layer are produced with an aspect ratio that depends on a dimension of said second portions, measured along said second reference plane. In a further aspect thereof, the invention relates to a semiconductor structure for applications in the field of power electronics, photonics, optoelectronics, solar energy conversion and the like. |
| US10734224B2 |
Method and device for incorporating single diffusion break into nanochannel structures of FET devices
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes providing a starting structure including a substrate having thereon a plurality of gate regions alternately arranged with a plurality of source/drain (S/D) regions, wherein each of the gate regions includes a nanochannel structure having an intermediate portion surrounded by a replacement gate, and opposing end portions surrounded by respective gate spacers such that the nanochannel structure extends through the replacement gate and the gate spacers of the gate region. Each of the S/D regions includes an S/D structure extending through the S/D region to connect nanochannel structures of first and second adjacent gate regions provided on opposing sides of the S/D region respectively. The first adjacent gate region is converted into a single diffusion break including a dummy gate structure, and the second adjacent gate region is converted into an active gate including an active gate structure configured to create a current channel within the nanochannel structure of the second adjacent gate region. |
| US10734220B2 |
Method for manufacturing silicon epitaxial wafer and method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A method for manufacturing a silicon epitaxial wafer includes: preparing a test silicon wafer in advance, forming the multilayer film on a surface of the test silicon wafer, and measuring a warp direction and a warp amount (Warp) W of the silicon wafer having the multilayer film formed thereon; and selecting a silicon wafer as a device formation substrate and conditions for forming an epitaxial layer which is formed on the silicon wafer as the device formation substrate in such a manner that a warp which cancels out the measured warp amount W is formed in a direction opposite to the measured warp direction, and forming the epitaxial layer on a surface of the selected silicon wafer as the device formation substrate where the multilayer film is formed under the selected conditions for forming the epitaxial layer. |
| US10734219B2 |
Plasma film forming method
Examples of a plasma film forming method include repeating feeding material gas onto a substrate placed on a susceptor via a shower head provided to oppose the susceptor, performing plasma film formation on the substrate by applying high frequency power to the shower head while providing reactant gas onto the substrate, and performing post-purge of discharging the gas used in the plasma film formation while heating the shower head, for a time longer than 0.1 seconds, a plurality of times in this order. |
| US10734218B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus, and recording medium
There is provided a process of forming a film containing a metal element, an additional element different from the metal element and at least one of nitrogen and carbon on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) supplying a first precursor gas containing the metal element and a second precursor gas containing the additional element to the substrate so that supply periods of the first precursor gas and the second precursor gas at least partially overlap with each other; and (b) supplying a reaction gas containing the at least one of nitrogen and carbon to the substrate. |
| US10734208B2 |
Imaging mass spectrometer
An MS2 analysis for one precursor ion is performed to collect data on each micro area within a measurement target area (S1). A plurality of product ions are extracted based on those data (S2), and a mass spectrometric (MS) imaging graphic is created for each m/z of the product ion (S3). Hierarchical cluster analysis is performed on the created MS imaging graphics to group the product ions based on the similarity of the graphics (S4). Product ions having similar distributions are sorted into the same group. Such a group of ions can be considered to have originated from the same compound. Accordingly, the intensity information of a plurality of product ions is totaled in each group and for each micro area (S5), and an MS imaging graphic is created based on the totaled intensity information (S6). Even if there are a plurality of compounds overlapping the precursor ion, the influence of the overlapping can be eliminated through those steps. Thus, a graphic having a higher level of SN ratio, sensitivity and dynamic range than an MS imaging graphic obtained at a single product ion can be created and displayed. |
| US10734207B2 |
Plasma processing apparatus and analysis method for analyzing plasma processing data
According to the present invention, a plasma processing apparatus includes an analysis unit that obtains wavelengths of the light correlated with a plasma processing result, selects, from the obtained wavelengths, a wavelength having a first factor that represents a deviation in an intensity distribution of the light and is larger than a first predetermined value, and predicts the plasma processing result using the selected wavelength, or an analysis unit that obtains values computed using each of light intensities of a plurality of wavelengths and correlated with the plasma processing result, selects, from the obtained values, a value having a second factor that represents a deviation in a distribution of the obtained values and is larger than a second predetermined value, and predicts the plasma processing result using the selected value. |
| US10734202B2 |
Rare-earth oxide based erosion resistant coatings for semiconductor application
An article includes a body that is coated with a ceramic coating. The ceramic coating may include Y2O3 in a range between about 45 mol % to about 99 mol %, ZrO2 in a range between about 1 mol % to about 55 mol %, and Al2O3 in a range between about 1 mol % to about 10 mol %. The ceramic coating may alternatively include Y2O3 in a range between about 45 mol % to about 99 mol % and Al2O3 in a range between about 1 mol % to about 10 mol %. The ceramic coating may alternatively include Y2O3 in a range between about 45 mol % to about 99 mol % and ZrO2 in a range between about 1 mol % to about 55 mol %. |
| US10734200B2 |
Mono-energetic neutral beam activated chemical processing system and method of using
A chemical processing system and a method of using the chemical processing system to treat a substrate with a mono-energetic space-charge neutralized neutral beam-activated chemical process is described. The chemical processing system comprises a first plasma chamber for forming a first plasma at a first plasma potential, and a second plasma chamber for forming a second plasma at a second plasma potential greater than the first plasma potential, wherein the second plasma is formed using electron flux from the first plasma. Further, the chemical processing system comprises a substrate holder configured to position a substrate in the second plasma chamber. |
| US10734194B2 |
Plasma generating apparatus
Plasma generating apparatus includes a pair of electrodes configured to generate plasma by discharge, a first supply path configured to supply processing gas along an outer periphery of each of the pair of electrodes, a second supply path configured to supply processing gas between the pair of electrodes, and a suction path configured to suck the processing gas supplied along an outer peripheral surface of each of the pair of electrodes via the first supply path. |
| US10734193B2 |
Method of preparing a sample for microstructure diagnostics, and sample for microstructure diagnostics
A method of preparing a sample for microstructure diagnostics on a sample body by material-ablating processing, and subsequently producing an examination region on the sample portion, the examination region including a target region to be examined, the method including producing a terracing zone including the target region on at least one surface of the sample portion, wherein at least one notch with flanks extending obliquely in relation to the surface is produced next to the target region by material-ablating beam processing to produce the terracing zone, and ablating material from the surface of the sample portion in the region of the terracing zone by an ion beam, which is radiated under grazing incidence onto the surface obliquely to the direction of extent of the notch such that the target region lies behind the notch in the incoming radiation direction of the ion beam and, as a result of the terracing in the region behind the notch, the surface is recessed substantially parallel to the original height of the surface by way of ion beam processing. |
| US10734189B2 |
Ion implantation amount adjustment device and method, ion implantation apparatus and determination method
The present disclosure relates to an ion implantation amount adjustment device that includes: an adjuster configured to turn on or off an ion outlet of the ion implantation apparatus; and an actuator configured to control movement of the adjuster to adjust an opening degree of the ion outlet. |
| US10734188B2 |
X-ray tube for improving electron focusing
Disclosed is an X-ray tube for improving electron focusing, which allows thermoelectrons emitted from a filament to efficiently reach a target of an X-ray irradiation window. To achieve this, the X-ray tube includes: a thermionic emitter configured to emit thermoelectrons by application of a negative high voltage; a focusing tube configured to focus the thermoelectrons emitted from the thermionic emitter; an X-ray irradiation window configured to irradiate X-rays outside by the thermoelectrons bombarded on a target distributed on the X-ray irradiation window, to generate the X-rays after the thermoelectrons pass through the focusing tube; a tube part including both the thermionic emitter and the focusing tube; and a housing surrounding the tube part, wherein the focusing tube and the housing are configured to have a same potential such that movement directions of the thermoelectrons are directed to the X-ray irradiation window. |
| US10734185B2 |
Rotating anode type X-ray tube
In one embodiment, a rotating anode type X-ray tube comprises a fixed shaft having a first surface, a rotor, a cathode emitting electrons, and an anode target. The rotor comprises a first cylinder having a second surface, a second cylinder, and a third cylinder. A first threaded portion on an inner surface of the first cylinder and a second threaded portion on an outer peripheral surface of the third cylinder are tightened. A screw member is screwed in a third threaded portion on an inner peripheral surface of a hole which penetrates the third cylinder, and a tip portion of the screw member presses the second cylinder against the second surface. |
| US10734180B2 |
Field emission cathode structure for a field emission arrangement
The present disclosure generally relates to field emission cathode structure for a field emission arrangement, specifically adapted for enhance reliability and prolong the lifetime of the field emission arrangement by arranging a getter element underneath a gas permeable portion of the field emission cathode structure. The present disclosure also relates to a field emission lighting arrangement comprising such a field emission cathode structure and to a field emission lighting system. |
| US10734179B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a circuit breaker in an electrical energy supply network
A method and an apparatus for controlling a circuit breaker in an electrical energy supply network. A switching signal is generated by a protective or control device of the energy supply network and the switching signal is transmitted to a control unit of the circuit breaker. The control unit is caused to open the switching contacts of the circuit breaker upon reception of the switching signal. In order to ensure a switching operation which is as fast as possible even in those energy supply networks in which phases of the current to be switched by a circuit breaker which are free of zero crossings can occur, a current flowing through the circuit breaker is recorded and is checked for the occurrence of zero crossings. The transmission of the signal for opening the switching contacts is prevented until at least one zero crossing has been detected. |
| US10734173B2 |
Switching device
In a switching device (1) for converting a mechanical movement into an electrical switching signal, comprising a housing (2) and an electrical switching element (3) that is connected to the housing (2) and can be moved relative to it, the switching device (1) should, firstly, occupy a significantly reduced space and, secondly, be manufactured exceedingly cost-effectively and can be connected to a circuit board (13) in a simple and straightforward manner without the circuit board (13) restricting or reducing the space available for the switching device (1). This task is accomplished in that the housing (2) and the switching element (3) enclose a space (5), that at least one switching contact (11) is provided in the base (6) of the housing (2) and that the particular switching contact (11) projects in the direction of the switching element (3) and beyond the outer contour of the base. |
| US10734171B2 |
Lock assemblies for switch devices of electrical power distribution systems
A lock assembly for a switch device of an electrical power distribution system includes a first lock and a second lock. The lock assembly also includes a connector arranged to inhibit movement of the first lock when the switch device is in a first position and inhibit movement of the second lock when the switch device is in a second position. The lock assembly further includes a guard coupled to at least one of the first lock and the second lock. The guard is positionable between a first position in which the guard allows access to an actuating mechanism of the switch device and a second position in which the guard inhibits access to the actuating mechanism. The guard is moveable between the first position and the second position when at least one of said first lock and said second lock is rotated. |
| US10734168B2 |
Cellulose thin film electrode comprising silver nano dendrite and method of manufacturing the same
Provided is a cellulose thin film electrode comprising a silver nano dendrite and a method of manufacturing the same. The method of manufacturing a cellulose thin film electrode comprising a silver nano dendrite comprises: forming the cellulose thin film electrode comprising a silver nano dendrite by soaking a reaction metal to which a thin film comprising silver nitrate and cellulose acetate is attached, in a reaction solution; and separating the cellulose thin film electrode from the reaction metal and then removing the reaction metal from the reaction solution. |
| US10734167B2 |
Porous interconnected corrugated carbon-based network (ICCN) composite
A porous interconnected corrugated carbon-based network (ICCN) composite and methods for making the same are disclosed. The porous ICCN composite is made up of a plurality of carbon layers that are interconnected and expanded apart from one another to form a plurality of pores. Metallic nanoparticles are disposed within the plurality of pores. In one embodiment, a light exposure only based method for producing the porous ICCN composite is disclosed. In another embodiment a light exposure plus an electrodeposition method for producing the porous ICCN composite is disclosed. In yet another exemplary embodiment, a capacitor having a first electrode and a second electrode separated from the first electrode by a dielectric wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is formed from the porous ICCN composite is disclosed. |
| US10734157B2 |
Inductor
An inductor includes a magnetic body including a magnetic substance; a substrate disposed within the magnetic body; and an internal electrode disposed on at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the substrate. The substrate is disposed on an inclined with respect to at least one surface of the magnetic body. |
| US10734155B2 |
Coil electronic component and method of manufacturing same
A coil electronic component includes a magnetic body having an internal coil part embedded therein, in which the internal coil part includes an insulating substrate, a first insulator, a coil conductor, and a second insulator. The first insulator is disposed on at least one of first and second main surfaces of the insulating substrate and has a groove formed therein. The coil conductor is formed inside the groove. The second insulator encloses the insulating substrate, the first insulator, and the coil conductor. The first insulator may be formed to a thickness larger than (and no more than 40 μm thicker than) a thickness of the coil conductor on the insulating substrate. The first insulator may be formed to a width of 3 μm to 50 μm. Further, the second insulator may extend to a thickness 1 μm to 20 μm larger than that of the first insulator on the insulating substrate. |
| US10734153B2 |
Three-phase reactor comprising iron-core units and coils
A three-phase reactor includes: a central iron core; an outer peripheral iron core surrounding the central iron core; and at least three connecting units that magnetically connect the central iron core and the outer peripheral iron core to each other, in which each of the connecting units includes at least one connecting iron core, at least one coil wound around the connecting iron core, and at least one gap. |
| US10734149B2 |
Electro-permanent magnetic devices including unbalanced switching and permanent magnets and related methods and controllers
A method of operating an electro-permanent magnet may include switching the electro-permanent magnet from an on state wherein magnetic fields of switching and permanent magnets combine to generate a first magnetic field having a first magnitude and a first polarity to a reversed state having a second polarity wherein magnetic fields of the switching magnets and the permanent magnets combine to generate a second magnetic field having a second magnitude less than the first magnitude and a second polarity different than the first polarity. The electro-permanent magnet may be switched from the reversed state to an off state wherein magnetic fields of the switching and permanent magnets combine to generate a third magnetic field having a magnitude that is no more than 50 percent of the second magnitude. Related electro-permanent magnets are also discussed. |
| US10734146B2 |
State-of-charge indication method, device and terminal
The present disclosure discloses a state-of-charge indication method. The method includes: acquiring a current ratio of a remaining battery capacity to a total battery capacity; determining a target curvature angle of a flexible display screen associated with a terminal based at least on the current ratio; and controlling the flexible display screen to present the target curvature angle. |
| US10734145B2 |
Optimal inductor
The present invention relates to a coil (1) for an inductor (6), comprised by metal wire (2) wound circular around a centre axis (C), wherein the wire has an electrically insulating layer (3) insulating each turn of the wire in the winding from neighbouring turns, the shape of the complete winding, building up the coil (1), is substantially toroidal having a substantially elliptic cross section, wherein the thermal heat conductivity is above 1 W/m*K more preferably above 1.2 and most preferably above 1.5. The invention further relates to a magnetic core (7) suitable for an inductor (6), where in the core is made of a soft magnetic composite material made of metallic particles and a binder material, said particles are in the range of 1 μm-1000 μm, particles that are larger than 150 μm are coated with a ceramic surface to provide particle to particle electrical insulation, wherein the volume of magnetic, metallic particles to total core volume is 0.5-0.9. The invention still further relates to an inductor (6) being a combination of said coil (1) and core (7), wherein the substantially all of said particles in the core are magnetically aligned with the magnetic field of the coil. The invention still further relates to the manufacturing methods of such a coil (1) and core (7). |
| US10734143B2 |
R-T-B based sintered magnet
An R-T-B based sintered magnet including a main phase particle comprising an R2T14B type crystal structure. R is at least one rare earth element, T is at least one transition metal element essentially including Fe or Fe and Co, and B is boron. The R-T-B based sintered magnet includes a magnet surface layer part and a magnet central part existing inside the magnet surface layer part. A crystal orientation degree of the main phase particle in the magnet surface layer part having a magnetic pole surface is lower than the crystal orientation degree of the main phase particle in the magnet central part. |
| US10734140B1 |
Resistor replicator
In an example, a device comprises a first resistor coupled to a second resistor and to a trim resistor, the second resistor and the trim resistor coupled to a port configured to couple to a third resistor. The device also comprises a comparator having an inverting input coupled to a first node between the second resistor and the port and a non-inverting input coupled to a second node between the first resistor and the trim resistor. The device further includes a trim control circuit coupled to an output of the comparator and having an output coupled to the trim resistor, the trim control circuit configured to couple to multiple integrated trim resistors external to the device. |
| US10734138B2 |
Multi-filament superconducting composites
A configuration and a method of constructing a high-temperature superconductor tape including a plurality superconducting filaments sandwiched between a substrate and an overlayer comprising compliant material extending to the substrate through gaps between each superconducting filament thereby isolating each superconducting filament. |
| US10734137B2 |
Composite cable
A composite cable is composed of a power supply wire, which includes a twisted wire pair aggregate, which are being formed by laying a plurality of twisted wire pairs together, a plurality of coaxial wires, and a plurality of signal wires, which are each smaller in outer diameter than the power supply wire and the plurality of coaxial wires. The plurality of coaxial wires and the plurality of signal wires are being laid helically over an outer periphery of the power supply wire, and each of the plurality of coaxial wires is being arranged in contact with an outer periphery of the power supply wire, and is being arranged at equally spaced intervals in a circumferential direction of the power supply wire, while each of the plurality of signal wires is being arranged in such a manner as to remain separate from the power supply wire. |
| US10734134B2 |
Wire harness and method for manufacturing thereof
A wire harness includes a functional exterior component, at least one electric wire, and at least one thread. The functional exterior component is shaped into a sheet. The electric wire is disposed on one main surface of the functional exterior component. With the thread the electric wire is sewn on the functional exterior component. |
| US10734132B2 |
Bio-electrode composition, bio-electrode, method for manufacturing the bio-electrode, and polymer compound
The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition capable of forming a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in conductivity and biocompatibility, is light-weight, can be manufactured at low cost, and can control significant reduction in conductivity even though the bio-electrode is soaked in water or dried. The present invention is accomplished by a bio-electrode composition including an (A) ionic material and a (B) resin other than the component (A), in which the component (A) has both a repeating unit “a” of a sodium salt, a potassium salt, or an ammonium salt including a partial structure represented by the following general formula (1) and a repeating unit “b” having a silicon atom. —R1—SO2—N−—SO2—Rf1M+ (1) |
| US10734131B2 |
Organic transistor and gas sensor
The present specification relates to an organic transistor including an organic semiconductor layer including a compound, and a gas sensor to which the organic transistor is applied. |
| US10734129B2 |
Low-haze transparent conductors
This disclosure is related to low-haze transparent conductors, ink compositions and method for making the same. |
| US10734127B2 |
System and method of producing radionuclides in a nuclear reactor, including use of a magnetic field to release a target having magnetic properties from an instrumentation tube system
A method of producing radionuclides from irradiation targets in a nuclear reactor uses at least one instrumentation tube system of a commercial nuclear reactor. Irradiation targets and dummy targets are inserted into an instrumentation finger and the irradiation targets are activated by exposing them to neutron flux in the nuclear reactor core to form a radionuclide. The dummy targets hold the irradiation targets at a predetermined axial position in the reactor core corresponding to a pre-calculated neutron flux density sufficient for converting the irradiation targets to the radionuclide. Separating the dummy targets from the activated irradiation targets includes exposure to a magnetic field to retain either the dummy targets or the activated irradiation targets in the instrumentation tube system and release the other one of the activated irradiation target or the dummy target from the instrumentation tube system. An apparatus adapted to the above method is also provided. |
| US10734123B2 |
Passive system for evacuating the residual heat from a nuclear reactor
A system for evacuating the residual heat from a nuclear reactor comprises: a first heat exchanger, which transfers heat from a primary fluid of the reactor to a secondary fluid; a second heat exchanger, where the secondary fluid is cooled by an auxiliary fluid which crosses a cooling duct; and a control portion, subject to thermal expansion by effect of the heating, induced by an increase in the temperature of the primary fluid beyond a preset threshold, of the secondary fluid in the control portion; the control portion being connected to a mechanical actuator device moved by the thermal expansion of the control portion to open the cooling duct and allow the passage of auxiliary fluid into the cooling duct and through the second heat exchanger. |
| US10734121B2 |
Double-sealed fuel rod end plug for ceramic-containing cladding
The invention relates to sealing a fuel rod composite cladding tube composed of silicon carbide regardless of the fuel rod cladding design architecture (e.g., monolithic, duplex with monolithic SiC on the inside and a composite made with SiC fibers and SiC matrix on the outside) preferably with sealed SiC end plug caps, additionally sealed with an interior braze and exterior SiC final coating, thus providing a double sealed end plug barrier effective at retaining gas tightness and providing mechanical strength for the sealed end joint while providing high chemical resistance. |
| US10734120B2 |
Complex shape structure for liquid lithium first walls of fusion power reactor environments
A method, system, and apparatus are disclosed for a complex shape structure for liquid lithium first walls of fusion power reactor environments. In particular, the method involves installing at least one tile on the surface area of the internal walls of the reactor chamber. The tile(s) is manufactured from a high-temperature resistant, porous open-cell material. The method further involves flowing liquid lithium into the tile(s). Further, the method involves circulating the liquid lithium throughout the interior network of the tile(s) to allow for the liquid lithium to reach the external surface of the tile(s) that faces the interior of the reactor chamber. In addition, the method involves outputting the circulated liquid lithium from the tile(s). In one or more embodiments, the reactor chamber is employed in a fusion reactor. In some embodiments, the tile is manufactured from a ceramic material or a metallic foam. |
| US10734119B2 |
Body centric communication and authentication with an active implanted medical device
An implantable device coupled with an integrated circuitry, is operable to receive signals representing a human body action. The implantable device may be further operable to authenticate the signals. Responsive to authenticating the signals, the implantable device may be further operable to perform a device action associated with the implantable device. The implantable device may include a medical device that detects physical conditions of a body. |
| US10734118B2 |
Developing predictive dose-volume relationships for a radiotherapy treatment
Embodiments develop a predictive dose-volume relationships for a radiation therapy treatment is provided. A system includes a memory area for storing data corresponding to a plurality of patients, wherein the data comprises a three-dimensional representation of the planning target volume and one or more organs-at-risk. The data further comprises an amount of radiation delivered to the planning target volume and the one or more organs-at-risk. The system further includes one or more processors programmed to access, from the memory area, the data and to develop a model that predicts dose-volume relationships using the three-dimensional representations of the planning target volume and the one or more organs-at-risk. The model is being derived from correlations between dose-volume relationships and calculated minimum distance vectors between discrete volume elements of the one or more organs-at-risk and a boundary surface of the planning target volume. |
| US10734113B2 |
Computer aided medical method and medical system for medical prediction
A computer aided medical method includes the following steps. An initial symptom of a patient and context information is collected through an interaction interface. Actions in a series are sequentially generated according to the candidate prediction models and the initial symptom. Each of the actions corresponds to one of the inquiry actions or one of the disease prediction actions. If the latest one of the sequential actions corresponds to one of the disease prediction actions, potential disease predictions are generated in a first ranking evaluated by the candidate prediction models. The first ranking is adjusted into a second ranking according to the context information. A result prediction corresponding to the potential disease predictions is generated in the second ranking. |
| US10734111B2 |
Method and arrangement for determining a quality rating data for a medical data acquisition system
A method for determining a quality rating data (QRD) of a medical data acquisition system (MDAS) includes receiving first data which includes utilization errors by an MDAS that occurred while performing a data acquisition procedure (DAP), by a data acquisition component of the MDAS, to acquire medical data. The method also includes generating second data as a function of the first data, the second data being indicative of categories of the utilization errors, wherein at least one utilization error is assigned to a corresponding category based on a predetermined parameter. The method further includes determining the quality rating data as a function of a total number of MDAS utilizations, a corresponding coefficient for the corresponding utilization error category and a number of utilization errors in the corresponding error category. |
| US10734110B2 |
Caregiver locating tag having advanced functionality
A caregiver badge system includes a caregiver badge configured to be worn by a caregiver and having a cavity defined therein. An identification badge is configured to be positioned within the cavity. The identification badge is removable from the caregiver badge. A transceiver is positioned within the caregiver badge and configured to communicate with a positioning system to identify a location of the caregiver. A battery is positioned within the caregiver badge to power the transceiver. |
| US10734109B2 |
Tag based knowledge system for healthcare enterprises
Contemplated systems and methods provide an integration platform to facilitate the exchange of information between RFID tagged objects and non-RFID systems. In especially preferred aspects, RFID tagged objects include patients, personnel, and assets of a healthcare facility, while preferred non-RFID systems include asset management systems, timekeeping systems, electronic medical records systems, and hospital and pharmacy information systems. Contemplated systems and methods will apply rules to associate RFID information with events, which will then be correlated with appropriate steps that can be effected in a varied and automated manner. In further preferred aspects, RFID technology is employed to upgrade patient telemetry to provide positional information the hospital system. |
| US10734107B2 |
Image search device, image search method, and image search program
A finding classification unit classifies a target region included in an examination image into a plurality of lesion regions indicating a plurality of findings to generate a finding classification result. A first search unit searches for a case image similar to an examination image as a first similar case image from a case database DB based on the finding classification result. A display controller displays the examination image and the first similar case image. A key finding specification unit receives designation of a position of a key finding to the displayed examination image to specify a position of the key finding and specifies a finding name of the key finding having the position specified. A second search unit further searches for a case image associated with the specified position and the finding name of the key finding from the first similar case image to acquire a second similar case image. |
| US10734106B2 |
System and method for filling a prescription
Described herein are methods and systems for filling a medical prescription. One implementation comprises a central prescription handling engine comprising a server and a database, which is in communication with a computing device of a given user via a wide-area network and configured to receive prescription data corresponding to the medical prescription. The central prescription handling engine selectively routes the received prescription data to a given pharmacy interface among a plurality of pharmacy interfaces and selectively routes scheduling data received at the given pharmacy interface for communication to the given user. The given pharmacy interface is in communication with the central prescription handling engine and is configured to receive the prescription data from the central prescription handling engine and to communicate to the central prescription handling engine the scheduling data corresponding to the prescription data. |
| US10734105B1 |
Methods and systems for informed selection of prescriptive therapies
A system for informed selection of prescriptive therapies. The system includes a computing device configured to receive compositional training data containing a plurality of unclassified data entries. The system is configured to retrieve a user biological profile and generate an unsupervised machine-learning model that utilizes a biological profile as an input and outputs a therapy response label. The system selects a therapy response model and receives from a remote device a proposed prescriptive therapy. The system creates a therapy response model and identifies a prescriptive therapy label for a proposed prescriptive therapy. |
| US10734104B2 |
Medical data management system
Data related to the adherence of a patient to a therapy regime can be collected from multiple medical devices, each of which may have an incomplete data set with data entries associated with times. Each incomplete data set represents a portion of a complete data set. The data sets can be integrated to create a complete data set with data entries from each incomplete data set being arranged in a temporal sequence with respect to one another. A report may be generated, the report having the data entries of the complete data set or a function of the data entries of the complete data set. |
| US10734103B2 |
Stress management system and stress management method
There is provided a stress management system that manages psychological stress of a user. The system includes: a first sensor that detects biological data of a user; a second sensor that detects life log data indicating an activity history of the user; a generator that generates stress data using the biological data, the stress data indicating a time series variation in a stress level of the user; an estimator that, when the stress level included in the stress data exceeds a threshold value, estimates whether or not stress experienced by the user is interpersonal stress that is caused by contact with other people, using the life log data; and a notifier that notifies the user of a result of the estimation by the estimator. |
| US10734099B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for documenting and managing biopsy specimens and patient-specific information on-site
A system and method for on-site biopsy management. Patient information is retrieved through a biopsy system. A name of a patient, a biopsy type, and a site of the biopsy information are communicated to a user. Confirmations are received from the user through the biopsy system of the name of the patient, the biopsy type, and the site of the biopsy. A biopsy is associated with an identifier of a container securing the biopsy in response to receiving the confirmation. The biopsy information and the patient information is linked in the biopsy system. The linking is performed at a location the biopsy is performed. |
| US10734095B2 |
Systems and methods for prioritizing variants of unknown significance
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for generating a priority score for a variant of a gene based on its potential significance to a disease. Priority scores may be calculated for multiple variants, and the variants may be ranked based on the generated priority scores. |
| US10734093B1 |
Chassis mounting for computing devices
Systems and methods for mounting a computing device. One system includes a wall mounting bracket having a front side and a back side. The system further includes a main chassis having a front side panel removably connected to the front side of the wall mounting bracket, a second side panel removably connected to the front side of the wall mounting bracket, and a computing device having a first side and a second side, the first side removably attached to the first side panel and the second side removably attached to the second side panel, and the main chassis connected to the front side of the wall mounting bracket. |
| US10734086B2 |
Operating method of controller
A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory cells; and a controller including a control unit and a random-access memory, and configured to determine, by applying a program verify voltage to at least one memory cell to be programmed with program data, whether the program data is programmed, wherein the control unit determines percentages of a count of read requests received from a host device and a count of program requests received from the host device, and adjusts a level of the program verify voltage based on the percentages. |
| US10734084B2 |
Scheme to reduce read disturb for high read intensive blocks in non-volatile memory
A non-volatile storage system comprises non-volatile memory cells arranged in physical blocks, and one or more control circuits in communication with the non-volatile memory cells. The one or more control circuits are configured to write data to a physical block of the non-volatile memory cells with a scheme to reduce read disturb if a logical block associated with the physical block has a read intensity greater than a threshold. |
| US10734082B2 |
Non-volatile memory device, operating method thereof, and storage device including the non-volatile memory device
A memory device includes multiple word lines. A method of operating the memory device includes: performing a first dummy read operation, with respect to first memory cells connected to a first word line among the word lines, by applying a dummy read voltage, having an offset level of a first level, to the first word line; determining, based on a result of the performing of the first dummy read operation, degradation of a threshold voltage distribution of the first memory cells; adjusting an offset level of the dummy read voltage as a second level, based on a result of the determining of the threshold voltage distribution; and performing a second dummy read operation with respect to second memory cells connected to a second word line among the word lines, by applying a dummy read voltage, having the offset level adjusted as the second level, to the second word line among the word lines. |
| US10734081B1 |
Pulse-amplitude modulation for a multiple die memory device
A method for implementing pulse-amplitude modulation on a memory device includes configuring a first resistor of a first memory die to a first resistance value. The method also includes configuring a second resistor of a second memory die to a second resistance value. The method also includes receiving, during performance of a read operation, in parallel: two voltage values from the first memory die; and two voltage values from the second memory die. The method also includes determining a first data bit value using the two voltage values from the first memory die. The method also includes determining a second data bit value using the two voltage values from the second memory die. |
| US10734080B2 |
Three-dimensional memory device containing bit line switches
A three-dimensional memory device includes memory stack structures in multiple memory arrays. Bit lines are split into multiple portions traversing different memory arrays. Each sense amplifier is connected to a first portion of a respective bit line via a respective first switching transistor device, and is connected to a second portion of the respective bit line via a respective second switching transistor device. The switching transistor devices connect each sense amplifier to one portion of the bit lines without connecting to another portion of the bit lines, thereby reducing the RC delay. The switching transistor devices may be provided as vertical field effect transistors located at a memory array level, or may be provided in another semiconductor chip. |
| US10734078B2 |
Non-volatile memory device and programming method thereof
A non-volatile memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells connected to a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines, a row decoder configured to selectively control the plurality of word lines, a page buffer including a plurality of latches corresponding to the plurality of bit lines, respectively, and a control circuit configured to control the non-volatile memory device to enter a suspend state after terminating a verify operation of a program loop of a program operation of the plurality of memory cells in response to a suspend request being generated during an execution operation of the program loop. |
| US10734077B1 |
Word line discharge skip for faster read time
Methods for improving read time performance and energy consumption when reading multiple pages within a memory block by dynamically skipping or accelerating unselected word line discharge cycles are described. In some cases, a controller or one or more control circuits in communication with word lines and bit lines associated with a memory block may detect that a read command or instruction for reading a second page within the memory block has arrived prior to the word line discharge phase associated with reading a first page within the memory block, and in response, the controller may skip the discharge cycle for unselected word lines within the memory block prior to reading the second page and initiate the next page read for the second page after a partial discharge period of time. |
| US10734076B2 |
Memory cells, memory cell arrays, methods of using and methods of making
A semiconductor memory cell and arrays of memory cells are provided In at least one embodiment, a memory cell includes a substrate having a top surface, the substrate having a first conductivity type selected from a p-type conductivity type and an n-type conductivity type; a first region having a second conductivity type selected from the p-type and n-type conductivity types, the second conductivity type being different from the first conductivity type, the first region being formed in the substrate and exposed at the top surface; a second region having the second conductivity type, the second region being formed in the substrate, spaced apart from the first region and exposed at the top surface; a buried layer in the substrate below the first and second regions, spaced apart from the first and second regions and having the second conductivity type; a body region formed between the first and second regions and the buried layer, the body region having the first conductivity type; a gate positioned between the first and second regions and above the top surface; and a nonvolatile memory configured to store data upon transfer from the body region. |
| US10734072B2 |
Storage of codes in molecularly imprinted polymers
Disclosed is a molecularly imprinted polymer for storing a defined value of a numerical code, more particularly a binary code, in the molecular imprints of said polymer, and a method for the production of said polymer. The molecular imprinting process uses suitable templates comprising a defined sequence of at least two different structural units, each having a different chemical functionality. |
| US10734069B2 |
Quantum metrology and quantum memory using defect sates with spin-3/2 or higher half-spin multiplets
Devices and methods for the detection of magnetic fields, strain, and temperature using the spin states of a VSi− monovacancy defect in silicon carbide, as well as quantum memory devices and methods for creation of quantum memory using the spin states of a VSi− monovacancy defect in silicon carbide. |
| US10734068B2 |
Providing controlled pulses for quantum computing
A quantum mechanical radio frequency (RF) signaling system includes a transmission line that receives and conducts an RF pulse signal operating at a radio frequency, a first qubit having a quantum mechanical state that is a linear combination of at least two quantum mechanical eigenstates, and a first network of reactive electrical components having an input that is coupled to the transmission line for receiving the RF pulse signal and an output that is coupled to the first qubit. The first network of reactive electrical components attenuates the amplitude of the RF pulse signal and produces a first attenuated RF pulse signal that is applied to the first qubit. The first attenuated RF pulse signal operates at the radio frequency and has a first attenuated amplitude that causes a predefined change in the linear combination of at least two quantum mechanical eigenstates within the first qubit. |
| US10734067B1 |
Memory device latch circuitry
Latch circuitry configured to latch data for use in the memory device. The latch circuitry includes latch cells each configured to store a bit of the data. The latch circuitry also includes a data line coupled to a first side of the latch cells and a data false line coupled to a second side of the latch cells. The latch circuitry also includes a write driver that includes an input configured to receive the data to be stored in the latch cells and a pair of inverters coupled to the input and configured to output a data signal to a first side of the latch cells. The latch circuitry also includes an inverter coupled to the input and configured to generate a data false signal to a second side of the latch cells. The data used to generate the data false signal is not passed through the pair of inverters. |
| US10734061B2 |
Double data rate (DDR) memory controller apparatus and method
In accordance with one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided, comprising: configuring code to cause at least part of hardware to operate as a double data rate (DDR) memory controller and to produce one or more capture clocks, where: a timing of at least one of the one or more capture clocks is based on a first clock signal of a first clock, the first clock signal is a core clock signal or a signal derived from at least the core clock signal, the at least one of the one or more capture clocks is used to time a read data path, the at least one of the one or more capture clocks is used to capture read data into a clock domain related to a second clock, the first clock and the second clock being related in timing such that at least one of: the second clock is derived from the first clock, or the first clock is derived from the second clock; and providing access to the code. |
| US10734057B2 |
Multiple plate line architecture for multideck memory array
Methods, systems, and devices for multiple plate line architecture for multideck memory arrays are described. A memory device may include two or more three-dimensional arrays of ferroelectric memory cells overlying a substrate layer that includes various components of support circuitry, such as decoders and sense amplifiers. Each memory cell of the array may have a ferroelectric container and a selector device. Multiple plate lines or other access lines may be routed through the various decks of the device to support access to memory cells within those decks. Plate lines or other access lines may be coupled between support circuitry and memory cells through on pitch via (OPV) structures. OPV structures may include selector devices to provide an additional degree of freedom in multideck selectivity. Various number of plate lines and access lines may be employed to accommodate different configurations and orientations of the ferroelectric containers. |
| US10734056B2 |
Amplifier circuit devices and methods
In a particular implementation, an apparatus including first and second bias circuits and an inner amplifier provides sense amplifier offset cancellation. The inner amplifier includes: first and second current generators configured to replicate respective first and second currents from the first and second bias circuits, first and second transistors configured to transform the first and second currents into voltage samples, and first and second capacitors configured to store the voltage samples. In a sampling phase, a sampling of the first and second currents may be performed in the inner amplifier, and further, in an amplification phase, an amplification of the stored voltage samples may also be performed in the inner amplifier. |
| US10734055B2 |
Memory device
A memory device according to an embodiment includes: a plurality of memory cells including a storage element having a first and second terminals; a reference resistor having a third and fourth terminals; a first current source electrically connected to the first terminal of the storage element in the selected memory cell; a second current source electrically connected to the third terminal; and a determination circuit that determines the greater one among a resistance value of a storage element of selected one and a resistance value of the reference resistor, the resistance value of the reference resistor being smaller than a middle value between a mean value of first resistance values obtained from the storage elements in the high-resistance state and a mean value of second resistance values obtained from the storage elements in the low-resistance state, and greater than the mean value of the second resistance values. |
| US10734054B2 |
Magnetic structure based on synthetic antiferromagnetic free layer and derivative SOT-MRAM
A magnetic structure includes a magnetic tunnel junction based on a synthetic antiferromagnetic free layer which is regulated by an electric field, and a spin-orbit layer located below the magnetic tunnel junction. The transformation from the antiferromagnetic coupling to the ferromagnetic coupling of the free layer based on a synthetic antiferromagnetic multilayer structure is controlled by an electric field. A spin-orbit torque magnetic random access memory, which includes the magnetic structure, is able to realize stable data writing under the combined interaction of electric field and current, and has advantages of simple structure for scaling, ultralow power consumption, ultrahigh speed of switching, radiation resistance and non-volatility. |
| US10734053B2 |
Magnetic memory device
According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a conductive member, a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a first nonmagnetic layer. The conductive member includes a first layer. The first layer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of HfN having a NaCl structure, HfN having a fcc structure, and HfC having a NaCl structure. The first magnetic layer is separated from the first layer in a first direction. The second magnetic layer is provided between the first layer and the first magnetic layer. The first nonmagnetic layer is provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. |
| US10734052B2 |
Buffered spin-torque sensing device for global interconnect circuits
A bit cell driving mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes a bit cell which includes a first magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) cell, including a pinned layer, a non-magnetic layer, a free layer having two magnetic regions separated by a laterally moveable domain wall, and a spin-hall metal layer configured to receive an electrical current therethrough which causes the DW to move laterally. The mechanism also includes a second MTJ cell coupled to the first MTJ cell as well as an interconnect driver configured to provide electrical current to the first MTJ cell during a write operation. |
| US10734049B2 |
Apparatuses and methods involving accessing distributed sub-blocks of memory cells
Apparatuses and methods involving accessing distributed sub-blocks of memory cells are described. In one such method, distributed sub-blocks of memory cells in a memory array are enabled to be accessed at the same time. Additional embodiments are described. |
| US10734045B2 |
Memory system capable of performing a data clock calibration operation
A memory system may include: a controller suitable for: generating a first clock and first pattern data having a first phase difference, in a write calibration mode, calibrating, the first phase difference depending on a second information, in a read calibration mode, detecting, a first and second value of the first and second pattern data according to the first and second clock, generating, a first information according to comparing of the first and second values, receiving by calibrating, a second phase difference generated by a memory device depending on the first information; and the memory device suitable for: generating the second clock and the second pattern data having the second phase difference, in the write calibration mode, detecting, a first and second value of the first and second pattern data according to the first and second clock, generating, the second information according to comparing of the first and second values. |
| US10734041B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus related to termination and semiconductor system including the semiconductor apparatus
A semiconductor apparatus includes a first chip and a second chip. The first chip provides a first termination control signal to the second chip and the second chip provides a termination resistance for the first chip based on the first termination control signal, when the first chip receives data. |
| US10734039B2 |
Voltage-enhanced-feedback sense amplifier of resistive memory and operating method thereof
A voltage-enhanced-feedback sense amplifier of a resistive memory is configured to sense a first bit line and a second bit line. The voltage-enhanced-feedback sense amplifier includes a voltage sense amplifier and a voltage-enhanced-feedback pre-amplifier. The voltage-enhanced-feedback pre-amplifier is electrically connected to the voltage sense amplifier. A first bit-line amplifying module receives a voltage level of the second input node to suppress a voltage drop of the first bit line and amplifies a voltage level of the first input node according to a voltage level of the first bit line. A second bit-line amplifying module receives the voltage level of the first input node to suppress a voltage drop of the second bit line and amplifies the voltage level of the second input node according to a voltage level of the second bit line. A margin enhanced voltage difference is greater than a read voltage difference. |
| US10734037B1 |
Low voltage detection circuit and memory device including the same
In a low voltage detection circuit having improved detection performance, the low voltage detection circuit includes: a comparison voltage generator for generating a first comparison voltage and a second comparison voltage having a level higher than that of the first comparison voltage by dividing a power voltage; a first comparator for outputting a low voltage detection enable signal by comparing the first comparison voltage with a reference voltage; a second comparator for outputting a detection signal by comparing the second comparison voltage with the reference voltage while the low voltage detection enable signal is being input; a detection signal maintainer for providing a low voltage detection signal to an output terminal according to the detection signal; and an output signal discharger for discharging the low voltage detection signal according to the low voltage detection enable signal. |
| US10734033B2 |
Shingled magnetic recording storage system
Methods and systems that reduce off-track write retry operations in shingled magnetic recording systems. In one implementation, the method includes writing data to an initial track, determining which side of the initial track is a shingled side, calculating a percentage of position error signal (PES) at a shingled side end of the initial track (PES1) when an off-track write operation occurs, determining whether the PES1 meets a first pre-determined threshold, continue writing data to a second track responsive to determining the PES1 is below a first pre-determined threshold, calculating a percentage of PES at a shingled side end of the second track (PES2), determining whether a combined value of PES1 and PES2 is above a second predetermined threshold to determine a probability value of the initial track being erased, and continue writing to a third track if the combined value is below the second predetermined threshold. |
| US10734030B2 |
Recorded data processing method, terminal device, and editing device
A recorded data processing method is performed that includes generating synchronization information indicating a relationship of recorded data with respect to reference data on a time axis by comparing the recorded data including video recorded by a recording device and the reference data that act as a reference for the recorded data on a time axis and that represent audio or video; and transmitting from a terminal source material data that include video that corresponds to the recorded data and the synchronization information that was generated to an editing device that generates content including a plurality of mutually synchronized videos from a plurality of the source material data. |
| US10734028B2 |
Real-time image motion including an optimized crawl and live video mapping in an intelligent title cache system
Embodiments of the invention relate to an intelligent title cache system and more particularly to a real-time image motion including an optimized crawl and live video mapping in the intelligent title cache system. Real-time image motion through active 2D transformations on individual pre-rendered image layers enables the real-time flexibility to support features such as smooth, low overhead crawls and live video mapped to graphic surfaces. |
| US10734024B1 |
Systems and methods of appending metadata to a media file for playing time-lapsed audio
A media player may receive an instruction to advance the media file content a higher than normal speed. At least a portion of the associated metadata may be accessed to retrieve a location of a group of words determined to be the most important in a portion of the media file content being advanced at the higher than normal speed. Audio content of the group of the most important words may be played at a normal speed while advancing the media file at a higher than normal speed. |
| US10734019B1 |
Curved-edge optical mode converter for heat-assisted magnetic recording
An apparatus includes an input coupler configured to receive light excited by a light source. A near-field transducer (NFT) is positioned at a media-facing surface of a write head. A layered waveguide is positioned between the input coupler and the NFT and configured to receive the light output from the input coupler in a transverse electric (TE) mode and deliver the light to the NFT in a transverse magnetic (TM) mode. The layered waveguide comprises a first layer extending along a light-propagation direction. The first layer is configured to receive light from the input coupler. The first layer tapers from a first cross track width to a second cross track width where the second cross track width is narrower than the first cross track width. The layered waveguide includes a second layer that is disposed on the first layer. The second layer has a cross sectional area in a plane perpendicular to the light propagation direction that increases along the light propagation direction. The cross sectional area of the second layer is smaller proximate to the input coupler and larger proximate to the NFT. The layered waveguide includes an interface between the first layer and the second layer, the interface comprises a curve. |
| US10734016B2 |
Pulse-based writing for magnetic storage media
The present disclosure describes aspects of pulse-based writing for magnetic storage media. In some aspects, a pulse-based writer of magnetic storage media determines that a string of data bits having a same polarity corresponds to a magnet longer than a threshold associated with a magnetic media writer. The pulse-based writer inserts, into the string of data bits, a transition to a polarity opposite to the same polarity of the string of data bits. The string of data bits including the inserted transition is then transmitted to the magnetic media writer to cause a write head of the writer to pulse while writing the magnet to magnetic storage media. Various aspects may also implement a control signal to mask a transition or control polarity of the magnetic media writer. By so doing, magnets may be written to the magnetic storage media more efficiently or with less distortion to neighboring tracks. |
| US10734008B2 |
Apparatus and method for audio signal envelope encoding, processing, and decoding by modelling a cumulative sum representation employing distribution quantization and coding
An apparatus for generating an audio signal envelope from one or more coding values is provided. The apparatus includes an input interface for receiving the one or more coding values, and an envelope generator for generating the audio signal envelope depending on the one or more coding values. The envelope generator is configured to generate an aggregation function depending on the one or more coding values, wherein the aggregation function includes a plurality of aggregation points. Furthermore, the envelope generator is configured to generate the audio signal envelope such that the envelope value of each of the envelope points of the audio signal envelope depends on the aggregation value of at least one aggregation point of the aggregation function. |
| US10734004B2 |
Systems and methods to improve timestamp transition resolution
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to improve timestamp transition resolution of watermarks are disclosed. An example system includes a watermark detector to detect watermarks in media and a decoder to decode timestamps from respective ones of the watermarks. The example system also includes a timestamp transition resolution enhancer to: (a) estimate, based on the timestamps, a coarse transition window between two time periods of the media; (b) map a prior transition window estimate to the estimate of (a); (c) determine a fine transition window estimate based on an overlap between the estimate of (a) and (b); (d) compare the fine transition window estimate of (c) to a threshold; (e) repeat (a) through (d) for successive time periods of the media using the fine transition window estimate of (c) as the prior transition window estimate of (b) until the fine transition window estimate of (c) satisfies the threshold; and (f) set the fine transition window estimate to be an established moment of transition between time periods of the media when the estimate of (c) satisfies the threshold. |
| US10734000B2 |
Method and apparatus for conditioning an audio signal subjected to lossy compression
The present invention relates to a method for conditioning an audio signal subjected to lossy compression involving the transfer of an audio signal to a frequency spectrum in which energies of the audio signal are correlated with frequencies of the audio signal, ascertainment of the frequencies fi of local amplitude maxima in the frequency spectrum, stipulation of a first selection criterion and preselection of the frequencies fi of two directly successive local amplitude maxima stipulation of a second selection criterion and selection of preselected frequencies fi, of two directly successive local amplitude maxima, generation of an audio filler signal (AFS) and conditioning of the audio signal by introducing the audio filler signal (AFS) into a frequency range between the frequencies fi, so that the frequency range is filled with the audio filler signal (AFS) at least in sections, in particular completely. |
| US10733999B2 |
Apparatus and method for stereo filling in multichannel coding
An apparatus for decoding an encoded multichannel signal of a current frame to obtain three or more current audio output channels is provided. A multichannel processor is adapted to select two decoded channels from three or more decoded channels depending on first multichannel parameters. Moreover, the multichannel processor is adapted to generate a first group of two or more processed channels based on the selected channels. A noise filling module is adapted to identify for at least one of the selected channels, one or more frequency bands, within which all spectral lines are quantized to zero, and to generate a mixing channel using, depending on side information, a proper subset of three or more previous audio output channels that have been decoded, and to fill the spectral lines of frequency bands, within which all spectral lines are quantized to zero, with noise generated using spectral lines of the mixing channel. |
| US10733996B2 |
User authentication
A device includes a processor configured to extract parameters from an audio signal. The processor is configured to perform liveness verification by determining, based on first parameters and a liveness data model, whether the audio signal corresponds to a first audio type indicating spoken speech, to perform user verification by determining, based on second parameters and a user speech model, whether the audio signal corresponds to speech of a particular user, and to perform keyword verification by determining, based on third parameters and a keyword data model, whether the audio signal corresponds to a particular keyword. The processor is configured to generate an output indicating that user authentication is successful in response to determining that the audio signal corresponds to speech of the particular user, to the particular keyword, and to the first audio type. |
| US10733993B2 |
Intelligent digital assistant in a multi-tasking environment
Systems and processes for operating a digital assistant are provided. In one example, a method includes receiving a first speech input from a user. The method further includes identifying context information and determining a user intent based on the first speech input and the context information. The method further includes determining whether the user intent is to perform a task using a searching process or an object managing process. The searching process is configured to search data, and the object managing process is configured to manage objects. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination the user intent is to perform the task using the searching process, performing the task using the searching process; and in accordance with the determination that the user intent is to perform the task using the object managing process, performing the task using the object managing process. |
| US10733992B2 |
Communication device, communication robot and computer-readable storage medium
A communication device including: an utterance acquisition part configured to acquire an utterance of a user to a character; an information acquisition part configured to acquire information different from the utterance; a voice generation part configured to generate a response voice to be emitted by the character based on a content of the utterance acquired by the utterance acquisition part; and an expression generation part configured to generate a response expression to be expressed by a face portion of the character based on the content of the utterance acquired by the utterance acquisition part, wherein when the information is acquired from the information acquisition part, the expression generation part generates the response expression using the information together with the content of the utterance, the response expression generated when the information is acquired being different from a response expression generated when the information is not acquired. |
| US10733989B2 |
Proximity based voice activation
A method for proximity-based voice activation, the method may include sensing a voice command, detecting whether a person outputted the voice command while being in proximity to a voice activated device; determining whether to execute, by the voice activated device, the voice command based, at least in part, on the determination whether the person outputted the voice command while being in proximity to the voice activated device; and executing the voice command when determining to execute the voice command. |
| US10733987B1 |
System and methods for providing unplayed content
Systems, methods, and devices related to providing content items from a collection of content items. The embodiments disclosed enhance user experience by keeping track of which content items were already played to a user, and skipping those content items automatically. The embodiments disclosed herein also can enable a user to limit playing of content items to those that have been added since the last time contents items from the collection of content items were played. If the user selects to receive additional content items after receiving the newly added items, the system can provide the older unplayed content items after the newly added content news items have been played. |
| US10733983B2 |
Parameter collection and automatic dialog generation in dialog systems
Natural speech dialog system and methods are disclosed. In one example, a method includes identifying a dialog system intent associated with the speech input based on at least one predetermined intent keyword, the dialog system intent having required intent parameters, determining whether data for all required intent parameters of the dialog system are available, based on the determination, selectively initiating a parameter collection dialog associated with the dialog system intent, the parameter collection dialog being operable to collect data for the required parameters not otherwise available to the dialog system intent, and based on the dialog system intent and one or more required parameters, generating an action instruction. |
| US10733978B2 |
Operating method for voice function and electronic device supporting the same
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store at least a portion of a plurality of pieces of speech information used for voice recognition, and a processor operatively connected to the memory, wherein the processor selects speaker speech information from at least a portion of the plurality of pieces of speech information based on mutual similarity, and generates voice recognition information to be registered as personalized voice information based on the speaker speech information. |
| US10733974B2 |
System and method for synthesis of speech from provided text
A system and method are presented for the synthesis of speech from provided text. Particularly, the generation of parameters within the system is performed as a continuous approximation in order to mimic the natural flow of speech as opposed to a step-wise approximation of the feature stream. Provided text may be partitioned and parameters generated using a speech model. The generated parameters from the speech model may then be used in a post-processing step to obtain a new set of parameters for application in speech synthesis. |
| US10733973B2 |
Vehicle and method for controlling thereof
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle and a method for controlling thereof, and more particularly to a technique for removing noise generated in a vehicle air conditioner. The vehicle may include an air conditioner, comprising: a speaker configured to output sound; a blower fan configured to blow air that is heat-exchanged in the air conditioner; an air vent configured to regulate a discharge amount of the air discharged into the vehicle; and a controller configured to sense a noise acoustic signal of the blower fan that is determined corresponding to an opening degree of the air vent, and to control the speaker to to output by generating an acoustic signal having an opposite phase to the sensed noise acoustic signal. |
| US10733972B2 |
Electronic apparatus and method for operating same
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device and method for cancelling (or suppressing) a noise of an audio signal of an unmanned aerial vehicle, the electronic device comprising: a movement module comprising a motor; an audio module comprising a first noise suppression module; a memory module for storing control data corresponding to driving data (round per minute RPM) of the motor; and a processor functionally coupled to the audio module, the movement module and the memory module, wherein the processor sets control data according to the driving data of the motor, and applies the set control data to the audio module so that the first noise suppression module suppresses or cancels a noise in an audio signal inputted to the audio module based on the control data. Other embodiments are also applicable. |
| US10733959B2 |
Method for configuring input interface and electronic device using same
An electronic device for configuring an input interface and a method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a memory, a display, and at least one processor electrically connected to the memory and the display, wherein the memory includes instructions that, when executed, enable the at least one processor to perform a connection with an external electronic device, transmit information generated in the electronic device to the external electronic device on the basis of the connection so that the generated information is displayed on a display of the external electronic device, and provide an input interface for controlling the information displayed on the external electronic device via the display when the generated information is displayed on the display of the external electronic device. |
| US10733954B2 |
Method of processing display data
A display control device for outputting display data to frame buffers includes an input for receiving portions of the display data, different portions being in raw form and in compressed form. A data controller determines, for each received portion, whether it is in compressed form or raw form and controls the received portion to move along a first, bypass, path if it is determined that the received portion of display data is in raw form and to control the received portion of display data to move along a second path to a decompression engine if it is determined that the received portion of display data is in compressed form. The decompression engine decompresses the particular portion of compressed display data and forwards a corresponding portion of decompressed display data along a third path, the portions of data from the first and third paths then being output to the frame buffers. |
| US10733951B2 |
Display device and driving method thereof
A display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixel rows, a data driver configured to transfer data voltages to the display panel, a gate driver configured to transfer gate signals to the display panel, and a signal controller configured to control the data driver and the gate driver. The pixel rows are divided into i (i is a natural number of 2 or more) pixel row groups including a plurality of pixel rows, respectively. The display panel displays one still image for one frame set including the i sequential frames, and each of the i pixel row groups is charged by receiving the data voltage for each frame of the frame set, and the frames in which the i pixel row groups are charged are different from each other. |
| US10733950B2 |
Gate driving circuit and display device including the same
A gate driving circuit includes: a plurality of stages to provide gate signals to gate lines of a display panel, a k-th stage, where k is a natural number greater than or equal to 2, from among the plurality of stages being configured: to receive a clock signal, a (k−1)th carry signal from a (k−1)th stage, a (k+1)th carry signal from a (k+1)th stage, a (k+2)th carry signal from a (k+2)th stage, a first voltage, and a second voltage, the clock signal being a pulse signal in which a high voltage and a third voltage appear periodically, and the third voltage having a lower voltage level than those of the first voltage and the second voltage; and to output a k-th gate signal and a k-th carry signal. |
| US10733948B2 |
Display panel driving apparatus and display apparatus having the same
A display panel driving apparatus includes a data driver, a gate driver, an extra resistance part through which a constant current passes, and a circuit configured to generate a first gamma voltage, and output a first extra gamma voltage indirectly to the data driver through the extra resistance part. The data driver is configured to generate a data signal based on the first gamma voltage and output the data signal to a data line of a display panel. The gate driver is configured to output a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel. |
| US10733946B2 |
Display device and electronic device
A display device that performs image correction in accordance with external light environment is provided. The display device includes a host device and an optical sensor. In addition, the display device includes a processing circuit. The host device has a function of performing arithmetic processing using a neural network on software and a function of performing supervised learning with the neural network. The processing circuit has a function of performing arithmetic processing using a neural network on hardware. The optical sensor has a function of obtaining illuminance of external light. The obtained illuminance of external light is inputted to the host device, and a luminance and color tone preferred by users are regarded as teacher data, whereby learning is performed on the neural network of the host device. A weight coefficient obtained through the learning is used as a weight coefficient of the neural network of the processing circuit. By inputting illuminance of external light to the processing circuit, set values of luminance and color tone selected by the users are calculated in the neural network of the processing circuit. |
| US10733941B2 |
Pixel and display device having the same
A pixel includes a first transistor connected between a line supplying a power supply voltage and a second node, and providing a driving current corresponding to a data voltage to a light emitting element based on a voltage of a first node, a third transistor connected between the first node and a line supplying a reference voltage, and generating a sampling current based on a difference between a voltage of the second node and the reference voltage, a second transistor connected between the line supplying the power supply voltage and the first node, adjusting the voltage of the first node to generate the sampling current based on a voltage of a third node, a fourth transistor transferring the power supply voltage to the third node, a fifth transistor transferring the data voltage to the second node, and a capacitor connected between the first node and the third node. |
| US10733933B2 |
Pixel driving circuit and driving method thereof, display panel and display device
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a pixel driving circuit configured to drive a light emitting element to emit light. The pixel driving circuit may comprise a driving sub-circuit, coupled to the light emitting element; a data writing sub-circuit, coupled to the driving sub-circuit and configured to receive a scanning signal, a reference voltage signal, and a data signal, and supply the reference voltage signal and the data signal to the driving sub-circuit successively under a control of the scanning signal; and a light emitting controlling sub-circuit, coupled to the data writing sub-circuit and the driving sub-circuit, and configured to receive a first controlling signal and a second controlling signal, and to control the driving sub-circuit to drive the light emitting element to emit light under a control of the first controlling signal and the second controlling signal. |
| US10733932B2 |
Gamma correction device for a display device, gamma correction method for a display device, and display device
A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a reference gray mapping table configured to store reference gray mapping information indicating gamma correction reference gray levels to which reference gray levels are mapped, a gray mapper configured to map original gray levels indicated by input data to gamma correction gray levels using the reference gray mapping information stored in the reference gray mapping table, a dither configured to generate dithered output data to represent the gamma correction gray levels using the original gray levels, where a number of bits representing each of the gamma correction gray levels is greater than a number of bits representing each of the original gray levels, and a data driver configured to drive the display panel using the dithered output data. |
| US10733922B2 |
Display device having crack detecting line
A display device includes: a substrate; pixels provided in a display area of the substrate; signal lines provided on the substrate and connected to the pixels; and a pad portion provided in a peripheral area and including pads. The signal lines include a first crack detecting line provided in the peripheral area and connected to a first test voltage pad, first data lines including first ends connected to the first crack detecting line through corresponding first transistors and second ends connected to corresponding pixels from among the pixels, and first connecting wires for connecting the first data lines and pads corresponding to the first data lines from among the pads, and the first connecting wires are provided on one layer from among at least two layers. |
| US10733919B1 |
Self luminous sign
A self luminous sign, having an aluminum board, an aluminum frame and at least one luminous module; the luminous module is attached on the aluminum board, and the aluminum board is mounted to the aluminum frame; each luminous module comprises the following components: resins, luminous powder coated with silane coupling agent, antioxidants and UV absorbents in a mass percentage of 100:(30-300):(0.01-10):(0.01-10). |
| US10733918B2 |
Method of converting a static display to a changing display
A method of converting a static display to a dynamic display includes providing a static display and removing a portion of the display to form a cutout area. A dynamic display sheet is positioned at the cutout area. The dynamic display sheet includes a first layer comprising a plurality of three-dimensional static programmable electrochromic (SPEC) particles; a second layer comprising a positively charged conductive sheet; a third layer comprising a negatively charged conductive sheet; a laminate layer; and a control element comprising a processor for activating the SPEC particles to switch from a first to a second colored state; wherein the second and third layers are respectively positioned on either side of the first layer, and the laminate layer encompasses the first, the second, and the third layers. The dynamic display sheet is activated to cause the SPEC particles to selectively flash between the first and second colored states. |
| US10733916B2 |
Electronic tag and driving method thereof
An electronic tag including an electronic paper display, a driving circuit, and an energy harvesting device is provided. The electronic paper display is configured to display tag information. The driving circuit is coupled to the electronic paper display and includes a voltage detecting circuit. The energy harvesting device is coupled to the driving circuit and configured to generate a first power signal. The voltage detecting circuit is configured to receive the first power signal. When a voltage value of the first power signal is higher than a threshold voltage value, the voltage detecting circuit outputs the first output power signal so that the driving circuit enables the electronic paper display by the first output power signal. In addition, a driving method of the above electronic tag is also provided. |
| US10733911B2 |
Three-dimensional ribs and method of three-dimensional printing of ribs for crash test dummy
A three-dimensional rib for a crash test dummy includes at least two layers of a band material and a layer of damping material sandwiched in between the at least two layers of the band material. |
| US10733900B2 |
Tuning estimating apparatus, evaluating apparatus, and data processing apparatus
Tuning information is calculated based on input sounds. A tuning estimating apparatus includes an input sound acquirer for acquiring input sounds, a pitch calculator for calculating pitches of the input sounds acquired by the input sound acquirer, and a tuning value calculator for calculating a tuning value representing an offset between a tuning reference position serving as a reference for tuning and a reference position on a first distribution of the pitches calculated by the pitch calculator, based on a peak of the first distribution. The tuning value calculator calculates the tuning value based on the positional relationship of a periodic peak group of the first distribution. |
| US10733899B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing personalized adaptive e-learning
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing personalized adaptive e-learning, and more specifically, to an apparatus and method for estimating a learner's proficiency to each attribute and providing adaptive e-learning by taking into consideration an item answering result of an individual learner in a personalized learning environment. |
| US10733896B2 |
Projection-based cooperative collision avoidance
Methods and apparatus for drone collision avoidance. Processing circuitry of a drone extracts information from an encoded image captured by a detection device with a field view overlapping the encoded image. Based on the extracted information a determination is made whether a collision will occur on the flight trajectory of the drone with an external source. The flight trajectory of the drone is then altered to avoid a collision. |
| US10733895B2 |
Open platform for flight restricted region
A system for collecting information regarding a flight restriction region includes one or more processors and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to individually or collectively receive, from a user input device, an input designating one or more parameters of the flight restriction region. The one or more parameters include a location of the flight restriction region. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to determine a space for the flight restriction region based on the one or more parameters. |
| US10733893B1 |
Intelligent intersection crosswalk vulnerable road user warning system
A system for warning vulnerable road users (i.e., pedestrians, cyclists, other, etc) that a vehicle or cyclist is approaching and there may be a potential danger of a collision. The system may also provides an alert to an oncoming vehicle or cyclist of the location of a vulnerable road user within a cross-walk. The system includes intelligent intersections which are enabled with dedicated short range communication (“DSRC”) for detecting vehicles and vulnerable road users. This information may be received by DSRC enabled vehicles and allow the vehicles to warn the drivers of various situations which may be potentially dangerous. A plurality of lights is embedded along the edges of a crosswalk which provides an alert or signal to a vulnerable road user that a vehicle or cyclist is approaching. Sections lights may be illuminated to provide an indication of the location of the vulnerable road user within the cross-walk. |
| US10733892B2 |
Driver assistant system using influence mapping for conflict avoidance path determination
A vehicular control system for a vehicle includes a plurality of sensors. Responsive to data processing, the vehicular control system determines respective speeds of the determined vehicles and respective directions of travel of the determined vehicles, and determines respective influence values for the determined vehicles based on determined potential hazards to the equipped vehicle presented by the respective determined vehicles. The determined respective influence value for each determined vehicle is weighted according to direction and/or magnitude of a speed vector of that determined vehicle. The weighted determined respective influence values for the determined vehicles are ranked according to their hazard potential. A path of travel is selected from the plurality of determined paths responsive at least in part to the rankings of the weighted determined respective influence values. The system at least in part controls vehicle steering to guide the equipped vehicle along the selected path of travel. |
| US10733888B2 |
Adjusting vehicle timing in a transportation network
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining passenger information of one or more passenger traveling within a transportation network; and providing one or more output based on a processing of the passenger information. |
| US10733883B1 |
Configurable virtual traffic detection system under predictive signal states
Computer-implemented predictions of upcoming traffic control signal states or state changes can be used to improve convenience, safety, and fuel economy. Such information can be used advantageously by a human operator, or by an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle control system. User (for example, driver) requests for a signal change may be implemented in traffic control systems, with all due care. User requests are validated and compared to traffic signal state change predictions. Only when appropriate conditions are met, the user request is used to generate a “synthetic call” to the applicable traffic signal controller (TSC). The new synthetic call substitutes for the usual call signal which arises from a fixed physical hardware detection system such as an inductive loop in the pavement. |
| US10733882B2 |
Method for controlling the light distribution of a luminaire
A method for controlling the light distribution of a traffic route luminaire in a network of luminaires, which is preferably also organized as a mesh network. The luminaire has a luminaire head having a settable light module and a controller while the light distribution of the luminaire is variable. The luminaire communicates luminaire data to at least one server, the luminaire data being luminaire-specific and related to the installation location of the luminaire. The data for a light distribution are automatically allocated to the luminaire and a setting of the light module is automatically effected on the basis of the data. |
| US10733878B2 |
System and method for providing traffic congestion relief using dynamic lighted road lane markings
A system and method for providing increased traffic carrying capacity of a road, such as a highway, by modifying an existing roadway from, for example, four lanes to five lanes, to create an additional travel lane. The system and method dynamically changes the width of travel lanes using, for example, embedded pavement lights, or other lighting arrangements, in lieu of traditional painted lane lines. As traffic volumes increase and speeds decrease along the road, an intelligent transport system (ITS) sends a congestion signal to the overhead lane controls and dynamic message signs (DMS) along the entire road segment of interest. The posted speed limits are changed, and the lane markings are controlled to dynamically increase the number of lanes in the road segment to five, for example, of narrower widths until traffic volumes reduce and the number of lanes can be returned to four, for example, with normal speed limits. |
| US10733877B2 |
System and method for predicting and maximizing traffic flow
A traffic flux maximization method and system to control traffic flow by combining classical computing machine learning to predict traffic flux minimization before its occurrence, with quantum annealing to optimize future positions of vehicles. Vehicles are redirected to minimize the travel time for each vehicle, taking into account other vehicles in the road network. |
| US10733876B2 |
Deep learning methods for estimating density and/or flow of objects, and related methods and software
Methods and software utilizing artificial neural networks (ANNs) to estimate density and/or flow (speed) of objects in one or more scenes each captured in one or more images. In some embodiments, the ANNs and their training configured to provide reliable estimates despite one or more challenges that include but are not limited to, low-resolution images, low framerate image acquisition, high rates of object occlusions, large camera perspective, widely varying lighting conditions, and widely varying weather conditions. In some embodiments, fully convolutional networks (FCNs) are used in the ANNs. In some embodiments, a long short-term memory network (LSTM) is used with an FCN. In such embodiments, the LSTM can be connected to the FCN in a residual learning manner or in a direct connected manner. Also disclosed are methods of generating training images for training an ANN-based estimating algorithm that make training of the estimating algorithm less costly. |
| US10733874B2 |
Nanoparticles
A cationic nanoparticulate material comprises polymer and a BF4−, PF6− or SbF5− counterion. A layer of an organic electronic device, such as an organic light-emitting device, comprises the nanoparticulate material dispersed in an organic semiconducting layer. |
| US10733872B2 |
Systems and methods for preventing remote disarming of a portion of a monitored region
Systems and methods for preventing remote disarming of a portion of a monitored region are provided. Such systems and methods can include a database device saving information designating at least one of a plurality of partitions monitored by a security system as a highly secure one of the plurality of partitions, a remote interface device receiving user input with instructions to execute a remote global action in connection with the security system, and responsive to the user input, the remote interface device accessing the database device to identify a group of the plurality of partitions that includes all of the plurality of partitions except for the highly secure one of the plurality of partitions and transmitting an instruction signal directing the security system to execute the remote global action in connection with each of the group of the plurality of partitions. |
| US10733863B2 |
System and method for incident handling
The present invention relates the operation and handling of incidents, for example in relation to alarms and events generated in relation to a security system by a plurality of surveillance devices. The invention also relates to a corresponding incident handling method and a computer program product. |
| US10733858B2 |
Method and system for monitoring and securing an enclosure of a vehicle, in particular of an aircraft
The monitoring and security of at least one enclosure, allowing a constant and complete view of the enclosure, and a modulated assessment of the state of security of same. The invention proposes to transmit images of the enclosure wirelessly to a mobile medium for helping the flight crew assess the situation and the measures to take in case of a sensitive security situation. |
| US10733857B1 |
Automatic alteration of the storage duration of a video
A video captured by an A/V recording and communication device may be stored for a longer period than normal when it is determined that the video contains evidence of a crime. Such a determination may be made, for example, based on an emergency call placed by a user responsive to the video, or based on applying an image analysis algorithm to the video. |
| US10733856B2 |
Systems and methods for providing crisis and emergency management and monitoring
A security platform for real-time alerting, monitoring and managing ongoing security incidents in a locality such as an educational, religious, industrial or commercial center. Video and audio data gathering are combined to graphically present a security incident, enabling community or management to respond faster and more effectively and to provide a valuable tool for first responders. The platform integrates three components: smart sensors, mobile application and an intuitive presentation dashboard. The system further may provide instant mobile alerts and a navigation aid away from danger. |
| US10733853B2 |
Crowd guiding device, crowd guiding system, crowd guiding method, and storage medium
Provided is a technology for enhancing movement efficiency and safety overall without depending on a person's experience or intuition, when a guidance instruction is given to a crowd. A crowd index calculating unit calculates an index regarding safety of a crowd and an index regarding movement efficiency of the crowd on the basis of crowd information on the crowd in target areas. Further, a crowd allocation determining unit determines allocation of the crowd in guidance spots to the target areas on the basis of the indexes calculated for the respective target areas. Further, a guidance instruction determining unit is provided with the guidance instruction determining unit that determines, for each guidance spot, details of a guidance instruction based on the determined allocation. |
| US10733852B2 |
Signal control device and signal control system
There is provided a signal control device including a signal output unit that outputs a signal for a vibratory device, and a signal control unit that controls the signal. Between a case where a change from a reference level to a first level is exerted on the signal and a case where a change from the first level to the reference level is exerted on the signal, magnitudes of variation amounts of acceleration per unit time generated in the vibratory device are different from each other. The signal control unit exerts the change from the reference level to the first level and the change from the first level to the reference level on the signal. |
| US10733850B2 |
Method and system for a stacked symbol game and a bonus game
A gaming system including an input device, at least one display device configured to display a game comprising a matrix of rotating reels, a processor, and at least one memory including computer program code. The processor and memory are configured to cause the gaming system to receive a request from the input device to initiate a spin in a first game, cause, in response to the request, causing a plurality of reels to virtually spin. Each of the plurality of reels includes a plurality of first symbols and at least one bonus symbol. The memory and processor are also configured to cause the gaming system to determine, in response to a cessation of spinning of the plurality of reels, a number of bonus symbols displayed within a reel display matrix and trigger a second game in response to the number of bonus symbols satisfying a predetermined bonus symbol threshold. |
| US10733845B2 |
Gaming machine, control method for machine, and program for gaming machine having a bonus feature event
A gaming machine is described herein. The gaming machine includes a control unit programmed to initiate an instance of a primary game and spin and stop virtual reel strips to display an outcome of the primary game. The control unit detects an appearance of a winning combination of game symbols in the outcome and provides an initial award based on the winning combination, and detects an appearance of the collect symbol and a credit prize symbol in the outcome, determines an amount of credits associated with the credit prize symbol, and a bonus award including the determined amount of credits. |
| US10733841B2 |
Gaming system and method for providing a bonus based on number of gaming machines being actively played
A gaming system includes a controller linked to a plurality of gaming devices. The central server tracks: (i) a quantity of gaming devices being actively played by players, or (ii) a quantity of players actively playing at the gaming devices. The controller determines the players' eligibility for different awards based on the tracked quantity. When the controller tracks a first quantity, the controller provides the active players with an opportunity to win a first award. When the central server tracks a second quantity, the central server provides the active players with an opportunity to win a second award. As the tracked quantity changes, the controller determines or modifies the number of awards available to the players actively playing at the gaming devices. |
| US10733839B2 |
Gaming machine and a method of gaming that allocate a function to instances of a selected symbol
A gaming machine is disclosed that comprises a selector configured to select a plurality of symbols from a set of symbols for display in respective display positions in a display area, and a display position selector configured to select at least one display position. The system also has a function allocator configured to allocate a WILD function to each symbol displayed at a selected display position and to allocate a WILD function to each displayed symbol that is the same as a symbol displayed at a selected display position. An outcome evaluator determines a game outcome based on the displayed symbols and each allocated WILD function, and an award allocator allocates an award based on the game outcome determined by the outcome evaluator. A corresponding method is also disclosed. |
| US10733838B2 |
Gaming system and method providing tournament-style free activation feature
Gaming systems and methods that, upon an occurrence of a designated triggering event, provide a tournament-style free activation feature for rapid play by a player. |
| US10733831B2 |
Gaming device having external symbols that create a symbol matrix
A game comprising: a symbol matrix comprising a plurality of interior matrix positions; a plurality of exterior symbol positions; a set of program instructions executable to implement: selecting and displaying a symbol to display in each of the exterior symbol positions; determining what symbol to display in each interior matrix position based the symbols displayed in the exterior symbol positions; determining whether to issue an award based on the symbols displayed in the interior matrix positions; and issuing an award if the program instructions so designate. |
| US10733814B1 |
System and method for using a specialty vehicle data identifier to facilitate treatment of a vehicle damaged in a crash
A system, method, and computer-readable medium to facilitate treatment of a damaged vehicle by gathering crash information, estimating an extent of vehicle damage, and transmitting information associated with treating the damaged vehicle. |
| US10733811B2 |
System and method for determining the position of a control area
The invention relates to a method for determining the position and shape of a control area on a road on which a vehicle is travelling, and to which a usage charge applies. According to the invention, a segment of the road is divided into segment sections and the perimeter of geographical coordinates of the control area associated with each segment section is calculated. At at least two different moments, a GNSS receiver calculates the position of the vehicle, said calculated positions being inside the control area; a control area being provided that is defined by a perimeter of geographical coordinates, fulfilling the requirements in terms of charging availability being above a pre-determined threshold value and the probability of a charging error being below a threshold value. |
| US10733808B2 |
Chroma key content management systems and methods
A system of properly displaying chroma key content is presented. The system obtains a digital representation of a 3D environment, for example a digital photo, and gathers data from that digital representation. The system renders the digital representation in an environmental model and displays that digital representation upon an output device. Depending upon the context, content anchors of the environmental model are selected which will be altered by suitable chroma key content. The chroma key content takes into consideration the position and orientation of the chroma key content relative to the content anchor and relative to the point of view that the environmental model is displayed from in order to accurately display chroma key content in a realistic manner. |
| US10733807B2 |
Display control device, display control method, and recording medium
There is provided a display control device including a display controller configured to place a virtual object within an augmented reality space corresponding to a real space in accordance with a recognition result of a real object shown in an image captured by an imaging part, and an operation acquisition part configured to acquire a user operation. When the user operation is a first operation, the display controller causes the virtual object to move within the augmented reality space. |
| US10733801B2 |
Markerless image analysis for augmented reality
Systems and methods for a markerless approach to displaying an image of a virtual object in an environment are described. A computing device is used to capture an image of a real-world environment; for example including a feature-rich planar surface. One or more virtual objects which do not exist in the real-world environment are displayed in the image, such as by being positioned in a manner that they appear to be resting on the planar surface, based at least on a sensor bias value and scale information obtained by capturing multiple image views of the real-world environment. |
| US10733797B2 |
Skeleton estimation from body mesh
A method for extracting information about a body's skeleton from a 3D body mesh includes measuring the closest distance from every vertex of the 3-D body mesh to the centroid of the 3-D body mesh and using these measurements to compute a geodesic map of these distances. Key anchors are then extracted from the geodesic map. The geodesic map and the key anchors are used to segment the 3-D body mesh into body parts. A circumference of each body part is computed, and a centroid of the circumference is determined. For each body part, a body mean curve along the centroid is determined. Skeleton joints between the body parts and connections between these joints are determined. A 3-D body scanner employing this skeleton estimation method is also disclosed. |
| US10733795B2 |
System and method for rim shape determination
A system for determining rim shape includes a memory and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor is configured to receive one or more specifications for a rim. The processor is also configured to determine a rim depth for the rim based at least in part on the one or more specifications and a pareto front of rim shapes. The processor is also configured to determine a curvature control ratio and an endpoint tangency angle for the rim based at least in part on the rim depth. The processor is further configured to generate a rim shape for the rim based at least in part on the rim depth, the curvature control ratio, and the endpoint tangency angle. |
| US10733794B2 |
Adaptive shading in a graphics processing pipeline
One embodiment of the present invention includes a parallel processing unit (PPU) that performs pixel shading at variable granularities. For effects that vary at a low frequency across a pixel block, a coarse shading unit performs the associated shading operations on a subset of the pixels in the pixel block. By contrast, for effects that vary at a high frequency across the pixel block, fine shading units perform the associated shading operations on each pixel in the pixel block. Because the PPU implements coarse shading units and fine shading units, the PPU may tune the shading rate per-effect based on the frequency of variation across each pixel group. By contrast, conventional PPUs typically compute all effects per-pixel, performing redundant shading operations for low frequency effects. Consequently, to produce similar image quality, the PPU consumes less power and increases the rendering frame rate compared to a conventional PPU. |
| US10733788B2 |
Deep reinforcement learning for recursive segmentation
Systems and methods are provided for generating segmented output from input regardless of the resolution of the input. A single trained network is used to provide segmentation for an input regardless of a resolution of the input. The network is recursively trained to learn over large variations in the input data including variations in resolution. During training, the network refines its prediction iteratively in order to produce a fast and accurate segmentation that is robust across resolution differences that are produced by MR protocol variations. |
| US10733787B2 |
Model-based generation and representation of three-dimensional objects
A method for interactively generating a geometric model of a volume object on the basis of three-dimensional image data of an examination region of interest of an examination subject is described. According to an embodiment, a representation of the volume object is determined on the basis of three-dimensional image data and a two-dimensional representation is determined on the basis of the determined representation using a preferably non-linear planar reformation of the three-dimensional object. Subsequently, boundary indicators which define the surface profile of the volume object are edited in the two-dimensional representation. Following the editing, a three-dimensional representation of the edited boundary indicators is generated by back-transforming the edited boundary indicators into three-dimensional space. Finally, a model-based representation of the volume object is generated in three-dimensional space on the basis of the edited boundary indicators. A volume object modeling device is also described. In addition, a medical imaging device is described. |
| US10733783B2 |
Motion smoothing for re-projected frames
Described herein are motion smoothing techniques for a display system to account for motion of moving or animating objects in a way that mitigates judder. For example, first pixel data and second pixel data associated with two previously-rendered frames may be provided to a graphics processing unit (GPU) as input. The video encoder of the GPU can process the input pixel data to generate an array of motion vectors which is used to modify third pixel data of a re-projected frame. The modified third pixel data for the re-projected frame is “motion-smoothed” for rendering on a display, such as a head-mounted display (HMD), in a manner that mitigates judder of moving or animating objects. |
| US10733780B2 |
Portable and persistent virtual identity systems and methods
Systems and methods for generating and porting a persistent virtual identity. Generating and porting a persistent virtual identity can include processing a 3D asset received from a source application, determining a plurality of standards associated with the 3D asset, comparing the plurality of standards associated with the 3D asset with a plurality of standards enforced by a destination application, configuring the plurality of standards associated with the 3D asset to correspond with the plurality of standards enforced by the destination application based on a determination that the plurality of standards associated with the 3D asset do not conform to the plurality of standards enforced by the destination application, and transferring the 3D asset to the destination application based on a determination that the plurality of standards associated with the 3D asset conform to the plurality of standards enforced by the destination application. |
| US10733779B2 |
Augmented and virtual reality bot infrastructure
Representative embodiments disclose mechanisms for presenting content into a virtual reality or augmented reality (VR/AR) system in a manner that does not distract the user from their primary workflow in the VR/AR system. The system monitors a user's workflow in a virtual reality or augmented reality (VR/AR) system. Based on the user's workflow, the user's emotional state, and other data, the system selects one or more bots to inject into the user's workflow. The bots provide content and functional extensibility for the system and/or the VR/AR system. Content from the selected bot(s) is identified and placed in a location that is in the periphery of the user at a low rendering fidelity. If the user shows interest in the content, the fidelity of the content is increased until the user can interact with the content, using the functionality provided by the bot. |
| US10733778B2 |
Interface to index and display geospatial data
Example embodiments described herein pertain to a geospatial interface system configured to cause display of geospatial data within a graphical user interface at a client device, receive data points from multiple data sources, unify the data points, and present the unified data points as interactive graphical elements within the graphical user interface, in a presentation layer separate from the geospatial data. In example embodiments, the geospatial interface system may be or include a group of one or more server machines configured to provide one or more geospatial data display, indexing, and management services. A client device may accordingly display a graphical user interface generated by the geospatial interface system. |
| US10733777B2 |
Annotation generation for an image network
Provided are methods, systems, and devices for generating annotations in images that can include receiving image data including images associated with locations. The images can include key images comprising one or more key annotations located at one or more key annotation locations in the one or more key images. At least one image and a pair of the key images that satisfies one or more annotation criteria can be selected based in part on one or more spatial relationships of the plurality of locations associated with the images. An annotation location for an annotation in the image can be determined based in part on the one or more key annotation locations of the one or more key annotations in the pair of the key images that satisfies the one or more annotation criteria. An annotation can be generated at the annotation location of the image. |
| US10733773B2 |
Method and apparatus for creating digital clothing
A computer simulation technology that processes 2D clothing patterns and thus creates digital clothing.The purpose of the present disclosure is to easily adjust a length of another segment to be sewn the same as a length of a selected segment on a pattern when free-sewing. |
| US10733770B2 |
System and method for performing fault-tolerant reconstruction of an image
A method for performing fault-tolerant reconstruction of an image of an object is provided. The method includes acquiring a dataset corresponding to the object via a plurality of sensors, and detecting anomalous data within the dataset based at least in part on a statistical difference between the anomalous data and reference data within the dataset. The anomalous data is acquired by at least a first sensor of the plurality, and the reference data is acquired by at least a second sensor of the plurality that neighbors the first sensor. |
| US10733764B2 |
Texture processing method and device
A texture processing method and apparatus that obtains information about a first data loss amount that occurred during a texture compression process. A determination is made regarding a second data loss amount that allowable during a texture filtering process based on the obtained information regarding the first data loss amount. Texture filtering is then performed by using the second data loss amount. At least one processor determines the second data loss amount based on a difference between the third data loss amount and the first data loss amount. |
| US10733761B2 |
Sensor calibration
This disclosure is directed to calibrating sensors mounted on an autonomous vehicle. First image data and second image data representing an environment can be captured by first and second cameras, respectively (and or a single camera at different points in time). Point pairs comprising a first point in the first image data and a second point in the second image data can be determined and projection errors associated with the points can be determined. A subset of point pairs can be determined, e.g., by excluding point pairs with the highest projection error. Calibration data associated with the subset of points can be determined and used to calibrate the cameras without the need for calibration infrastructure. |
| US10733758B2 |
Learning-based ground position estimation
Operations of the present disclosure may include receiving a group of images taken by a camera over time in an environment. The operations may also include identifying a first position of an object in a target region of the environment in a first image of the group of images and identifying a second position of the object in a second image of the group of images. Additionally, the operations may include determining an estimated trajectory of the object based on the first position of the object and the second position of the object. The operations may further include, based on the estimated trajectory, estimating a ground position in the environment associated with a starting point of the estimated trajectory of the object. Additionally, the operations may include providing the ground position associated with the starting point of the estimated trajectory of the object for display in a graphical user interface. |
| US10733756B2 |
Online flow guided memory networks for object detection in video
A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product are provided for object detection utilizing an online flow guided memory network. The method includes receiving, by a processor, a plurality of videos, each of the plurality of videos including a plurality of frames. The method also includes generating, by the processor with a feature extraction network, a frame feature map for a current frame of the plurality of frames. The method additionally includes determining, by the processor, a memory feature map from the frame feature map and a previous memory feature map from a previous frame by warping the previous memory feature map. The method further includes predicting, by the processor with a task network, an object from the memory feature map. The method also includes controlling an operation of a processor-based machine to react in accordance with the object. |
| US10733753B2 |
Image display device and its control method, x-ray opaque marker detection method
A radiopaque marker detection method of detecting the radiopaque marker disposed in a probe on multiple X-ray images captured while the probe for acquiring the tomographic image moves in an axial direction of a catheter, a position of the radiopaque marker disposed in the probe on each of the multiple X-ray images captured during the movement of the probe is detected from the X-ray images captured during a predetermined period before the probe starts to move, by extracting a line extending along the probe and using the extracted line. |
| US10733747B2 |
Image registration apparatus, image registration method, and image registration program
An image registration apparatus includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a three-dimensional image obtained by imaging a subject and an image different from the three-dimensional image; a graph structure generation unit that generates a graph structure of a tubular structure included in the three-dimensional image; a contour information acquisition unit that acquires contour information of the tubular structure at each point on the graph structure; and a registration unit that performs registration between the three-dimensional image and the different image on the basis of the contour information. |
| US10733746B2 |
System and method for registering multi-modality images
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for registering multi-modality images. The method may include: acquiring a first image relating to a registration model, wherein the registration model includes a plurality of reference objects; acquiring a second image relating to the registration model; determining a set of reference points based on the plurality of reference objects; determining a set of mapping data corresponding to the set of reference points in the first image and the second image; and determining one or more registration parameters based on the set of mapping data. |
| US10733744B2 |
Learning based approach for aligning images acquired with different modalities
Methods and systems for aligning images for a specimen acquired with different modalities are provided. One method includes acquiring information for a specimen that includes at least first and second images for the specimen. The first image is acquired with a first modality different than a second modality used to acquire the second image. The method also includes inputting the information into a learning based model. The learning based model is included in one or more components executed by one or more computer systems. The learning based model is configured for transforming one or more of the at least first and second images to thereby render the at least the first and second images into a common space. In addition, the method includes aligning the at least the first and second images using results of the transforming. The method may also include generating an alignment metric using a classifier. |
| US10733742B2 |
Image labeling
A method enables object label persistence between subsequent images captured by a camera. One or more processors receive a first image, which is captured by an image sensor on a camera, and which includes a depiction of an object. The processor(s) generate a label for the object, and display the first image on a display. The processor(s) subsequently receive movement data that describes a movement of the camera after the image sensor on the camera captures the first image and before the image sensor on the camera captures a second image. The processor(s) receive the second image. The processor(s) display the second image on the display, and then detect a pixel shift between the first image and the second image as displayed on the display. The processor(s) then label the object with the label on the second image as displayed on the display. |
| US10733741B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, program, and information processing system
According to some aspects, an information processing device is provided. The information processing device includes circuitry configured to set at least one region of an image of a biological sample and select a motion compensation parameter calculated based at least on a motion of the at least one region. The circuitry is further configured to control display of a result of performing a process on the at least one region using the selected motion compensation parameter. |
| US10733737B2 |
System and method of automated segmentation of anatomical objects through learned examples
A method and system of automated segmentation of an anatomical object through learned examples include: receiving, by a processing device, an image of the anatomical object; determining a sparse representation of a shape of the anatomical object by iteratively evolving a segmenting surface as a combination of a level set segmentation and a linear combination of training shapes; and outputting, to an output device, the sparse representation of the shape of the anatomical object as the segmentation of the anatomical object. |
| US10733736B2 |
Body scanner with automated target recognition
This Invention is directed at the automated analysis of body scanner images. Body scanners are used in airports and other secured facilities to detect weapons, explosives, and other security threats hidden under persons' clothing. These devices use x-rays, millimeter waves and other radiant energy to produce an electronic image of the person's body and any concealed objects. Examination of these images by human analysts is slow, expensive, and subject to privacy concerns. The Invention provides automated analysis of body scanner images by recognizing that human anatomy is bilaterally symmetric to a high degree, while concealed objects are asymmetric. Digital techniques are used to separate the scanned image into its symmetric and asymmetric parts, thereby effectively separating anatomic from non-anatomic image features. |
| US10733727B2 |
Application of deep learning for medical imaging evaluation
This disclosure generally pertains to methods and systems for processing electronic data obtained from imaging or other diagnostic and evaluative medical procedures. Certain embodiments relate to methods for the development of deep learning algorithms that perform machine recognition of specific features and conditions in imaging and other medical data. Another embodiment provides systems configured to detect and localize medical abnormalities on medical imaging scans by a deep learning algorithm. |
| US10733726B2 |
Pathology case review, analysis and prediction
Systems and methods for personalized cancer therapy using analysis of pathology slides to target regions in a single sample that interrogates the feature data of a relatively large number of cells. The disclosure describes pathology case review tools of the future which include analysis, visualization and prediction modeling to provide novel information to the pathologist for the diagnosis of disease. This disclosure further describes a user interface to assist the physicians that make that diagnosis, pathologists. Complex computer learning algorithms will combine and mine these data sets to recommend optimal treatment strategies. A computer interface is provided which allows a pathologist to access those data instantly to make a more informed and accurate diagnosis. |
| US10733725B2 |
Fundus drawing analysis in ophthalmological diagnostics
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for fundus drawing analysis in ophthalmological diagnostics. A fundus drawing analysis for ophthalmological diagnostics method includes first specifying a set of ophthalmological pathological features of an eye and then generating a database query with the specified set. Thereafter, the database query may be submitted to a database of ophthalmological meta-data regarding different fundus images generated for different eyes so as to retrieve a sub-set of the ophthalmological meta-data. Then, those of the different fundus images that correspond to the sub-set are identified and the identified different fundus images are retrieved. Finally, the retrieved fundus images are displayed in a user interface of a medical image processing host computing system along with a statistical indication of a number of each of the ophthalmological pathological features present in the retrieved fundus images. |
| US10733721B2 |
Automated material characterization system including conditional generative adversarial networks
A material characterization system includes an imaging unit, a material characterization controller, and an imaging unit controller. The electronic imaging unit generates a test image of a specimen composed of a material. The electronic material characterization controller determines values of a plurality of parameters and maps the parameters to corresponding ground truth labeled outputs. The mapped parameters are applied to at least one test image to predict a presence of at least one target attribute of the specimen in response to applying the learned parameters. The test image is convert to a selected output image format so as to generate a synthetic image including the predicted at least one attribute. The electronic imaging unit controller performs a material characterization analysis that characterizes the material of the specimen based on the predicted at least one attribute included in the synthetic image. |
| US10733720B2 |
Method and apparatus for testing accuracy of high-precision map
Disclosed embodiments relate to a method and an apparatus for testing accuracy of a high-precision map. In some embodiments, the method includes: reverting the high-precision map to a road network map; acquiring a 3D point cloud road image labeled with an actual coordinate of a map element; fitting the 3D point cloud road image into the road network map to obtain a road network map with the fitted 3D point cloud road image; calculating a differential between the actual coordinate of the 3D point cloud road image in the road network map with the fitted 3D point cloud road image and a map coordinate in the road network map; and determining the high-precision map as being accurate in response to the differential being less than or equal to a preset threshold. |
| US10733719B2 |
Wafer inspection apparatus and wafer inspection method using the same
A wafer inspection apparatus includes a linear stage configured to support a chuck on which a wafer is disposed and to move the chuck along a guide rail, wherein the guide rail extends in a first direction, an image sensor module overlapping the linear stage, and a rotary stage supported by the linear stage. The rotary stage is configured to rotate the chuck in a state where a center of the wafer is aligned with the image sensor module. The image sensor module includes a light source directing light onto the wafer, and an image sensor extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. |
| US10733716B2 |
Method and device for providing image
An image providing method includes displaying a first image, the first image including an object and a background; receiving a user input selecting the object or the background as a region of interest; acquiring first identification information associated with the region of interest based on first attribute information of the first image; acquiring a second image from a target image, the second image including second identification information, the second identification information being the same as the first identification information; and generating an effect image based on at least one of the first image and the second image. |
| US10733714B2 |
Method and apparatus for video super resolution using convolutional neural network with two-stage motion compensation
A method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving a video with a first plurality of frames having a first resolution; generating a plurality of warped frames from the first plurality of frames based on a first type of motion compensation; generating a second plurality of frames having a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is of higher resolution than the first resolution, wherein each of the second plurality of frames having the second resolution is derived from a subset of the plurality of warped frames using a convolutional network; and generating a third plurality of frames having the second resolution based on a second type of motion compensation, wherein each of the third plurality of frames having the second resolution is derived from a fusing a subset of the second plurality of frames. |
| US10733709B2 |
Image processing device and image processing method
Provided are an image processing device and an image processing method. The image processing device comprises: a display; and a processor for determining an edge area within an input image and a peripheral area of the edge area, and determining a pixel value of the edge area on the basis of pixel characteristics of a plurality of pixels included in the peripheral area, thereby providing an image, in which the edge area is compensated on the basis of the determined pixel value, to the display. |
| US10733708B2 |
Method for estimating turbulence using turbulence parameter as a focus parameter
A method for mitigating turbulence in an image. A set of initial turbulence parameters is chosen. A fast de-turbulence algorithm is applied using each initial turbulence parameter to an original image, resulting in an enhanced image. The sharpness of each enhanced image is measured. The sharpness is recorded along with the corresponding initial turbulence parameter in a sharpness curve. The knee of the sharpness curve is calculated. An estimated turbulence parameter r0 is determined according to the knee. A de-turbulence algorithm is applied to the original image using r0. |
| US10733707B2 |
Method for determining the positions of a plurality of objects in a digital image
The present invention relates to a method and a system for determining the positions of a plurality of objects in a digital image by discriminating true positive positions of the plurality of objects from false positive candidate positions of the plurality of objects. In particular, the invention relates to a method for determining the positions of a plurality of objects in a digital image by discriminating true positive positions of the plurality of objects from false positive candidate positions of the plurality of objects, the plurality of objects being configured to receive molecules comprising genetic information. |
| US10733706B2 |
Mobile device, and image processing method for mobile device
An image processing method, suitable for a mobile device including a camera unit and a display unit, includes separating a foreground portion and a background portion of a first image sensed by the camera unit, calculating a dimension of the foreground portion, generating an adjustment level in positively correlated with the dimension, applying an image effect at the adjustment level to the foreground or the background portion of the first image to generate a second image, and displaying the second image on the display unit. |
| US10733702B2 |
Display device and method of driving the same
A display device includes a display panel including a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a memory device configured to store pre-scaling data and compensation data, and a panel driver configured to generate first image data by performing a pre-scaling operation on input image data based on the pre-scaling data, generate second image data by performing a compensation operation on the input image data based on the compensation data, and provide a driving signal to the pixels to display a pre-scaled image corresponding to the first image data, or to display a compensated image corresponding to the second image data, wherein the pre-scaling operation is performed before the compensation operation is performed. |
| US10733696B2 |
Memory management in graphics and compute application programming interfaces
Methods are provided for creating objects in a way that permits an API client to explicitly participate in memory management for an object created using the API. Methods for managing data object memory include requesting memory requirements for an object using an API and expressly allocating a memory location for the object based on the memory requirements. Methods are also provided for cloning objects such that a state of the object remains unchanged from the original object to the cloned object or can be explicitly specified. |
| US10733692B2 |
Interface apparatus and method resilient to graphics hardware changes
Apparatus and method for resilient interface for updating a graphics processor. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises a graphics processor; and a configuration memory of the graphics processor to be subdivided into a plurality of configuration regions associated with a corresponding plurality of graphics pipeline stages and/or functional units, wherein a host processor executing a graphics driver is to submit a graphics processor configuration update to a command buffer, the graphics processor configuration update including at least one logical memory address associated with a logical view of the configuration memory and configuration data to be used to modify at least one configuration region associated with the at least one logical memory address, and wherein the logical memory address is to be used to identify a corresponding physical memory address for at least one configuration region corresponding to at least one of the graphics pipeline stages and/or functional units, the at least one configuration region to be responsively updated. |
| US10733691B2 |
Fragment shaders perform vertex shader computations
Graphics processing may include implementing a vertex shader and a pixel shader with the GPU. Vertex indices output from a vertex shader may be written to a cache. The vertex indices written to the cache may be accessed with the pixel shader and vertex parameter values associated with the vertex indices may be accessed from a memory unit with the pixel shader. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. |
| US10733685B1 |
Private information disclosure consent management system
In an embodiment, a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The UE comprises a cellular radio transceiver, a non-transitory memory, a processor, a third party application stored in the non-transitory memory, and an application stored in the non-transitory memory. When executed by the processor, the third party application causes the processor to attempt to access confidential information of the UE. When executed by the processor, the application causes the processor to determine a status of consent to release confidential information to the third party application and to take action in response to a determination that the status of consent is consent is not granted to release confidential information to the third party application. |
| US10733678B2 |
Systems and methods for predicting page activity to optimize page recommendations
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a plurality of candidate entities for recommendation to a user of a social networking system. A predicted activity objective value model configured to calculate activity stores for candidate entities is established. The activity score is indicative of the probability of future activity on the social networking system by a candidate entity. A first activity score is determined for each of the plurality of candidate entities based on the predicted activity object value model and a first set of feature values. A second activity score is determined for each of the plurality of candidate entities based on the predicted activity object value model and a second set of feature values that is different from the first set of feature values. A first entity is selected of the plurality of candidate entities based on the first and second activity scores. |
| US10733675B2 |
Accuracy and speed of automatically processing records in an automated environment
A description of a machine learning (ML) model is received, with the ML model including multiple features such as an unlikely combination feature, which corresponds to a first attribute to be located in an invoice and a second attribute to be located the invoice concurrently with the first attribute. Training data is received, including (i) invoice data with multiple invoices, each including the first attribute and the second attribute, and respective values of the first attribute and the second attribute, and (ii) validity data including indications of which of the invoices are valid and which of the invoices are invalid. The ML model is trained using the training data using the ML model. The training includes applying the values of the attributes to the unlikely combination feature. The ML model is applied to an invoice to be validated to determine a probability that the invoice is invalid. |
| US10733674B2 |
System and method for pattern-recognition based monitoring and controlled processing of data objects based on conformity measurements
A pattern-recognition based method and system that generate a plurality of block elements based on predefined boundary conditions provided by an automated underwriting system, capture and scan a workflow object within a workflow pathway thereby recognizing and identifying block elements of a recognition block-map in the captured workflow object, determine a proximity factor relative to each workflow object of a second database, measure a corresponding proximity factor by matching recognized block elements of the captured workflow object with block elements of a workflow object of the second database, provide the measure for the proximity of the two workflow objects based on the mutually allocatable block elements, and generate and assign a conformity index to the captured workflow object based on the conformity of the recognized block elements with a stored block elements of a first searchable data structure. |
| US10733673B1 |
Reward system related to a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system
System and methods are disclosed for determining, through vehicle-to-vehicle communication, whether vehicles are involved in autonomous droning. Vehicle driving data and other information may be used to calculate a autonomous droning reward amount. In addition, vehicle involved in a drafting relationship in addition to, or apart from, an autonomous droning relationship may be financially rewarded. Moreover, aspects of the disclosure related to determining ruminative rewards and/or aspects of vehicle insurance procurement/underwriting. |
| US10733667B1 |
Online social media network analyzer
Increasingly, individuals use online social network platforms (also referred to as Internet-based social networks) to access a variety of information and content, such as articles on various topics, updates related to a user and individuals within the user's network, friend suggestions, advertisements, news stories, and the like. Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure can be used to help identify users of a social network based on various information. |
| US10733666B1 |
System and method for defining a privacy zone within a network
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture are provided for defining a privacy zone between an asset platform and an offering platform within a network. A request is received from a customer for an offering to be deployed in association with an asset hosted on the asset platform. The offering has back-end offering logic and front-end offering logic that is operatively configured to collect and transfer a data element associated with the asset to the back-end offering logic. A privacy policy associated with the offering is identified. The front-end offering logic is deployed to the asset platform such that the front-end offering logic is operatively configured to communicate with the asset. A data element collection filter is then generated between the front-end offering logic and the back-end offering logic to control the transfer and the access of the data element in accordance with the privacy policy. |
| US10733664B2 |
Methods for an alternative payment platform
Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user's engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user's engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one and providing payment to the offeror the primary offer. |
| US10733661B1 |
Automatic mapping of store layout using soft object recognition
A method for automatically mapping a store layout includes identifying a path for traversing a retail area and capturing images of the retail area at various points along the path. The images may be analyzed to identify visual characteristics which may be compared to a template of retail products in a template library. When an object depicted in the image matches with a retail product in the template library, the object may correspond to the retail product. Additionally, a retail department for the object may also be identified. The retail department may be compared to the retail product corresponding to the object, and when the retail product is not associated with the retail department, another retail product which is associated with the retail department may be identified as corresponding to the object. A map of the store layout may be generated based on the identified retail products. |
| US10733658B2 |
Methods and systems of discovery of products in E-commerce
In one aspect, a computerized method for assisting a user in a real-life shopping situations includes the step of receiving an extracted a list of shopping intents in a computer with a memory. With at least one processor of the computer implementing the following steps are implemented. The process extracts the list of shopping intents from the memory. The process hierarchically organizes the list of shopping intents. The process maps a shopping intent to one or more products using a set of web-scale unstructured data. The process receives a product search query. The process parses the product search query. The process matches the product search query with at least one shopping intent. The process uses a matched product search query and at least one shopping intent to obtain a set of products to return as a search result. |
| US10733656B1 |
Vehicle recommendations weighted by user-valued features
Computer-implemented methods, computer systems, and computer readable media for determining, sorting, or determining and sorting a set of items. The method includes receiving, via a user device, parameter values from a user and receiving parameter weights. The method further includes determining a sort score for each vehicle of a set of vehicles based on the received parameter values and parameter weights, and sorting the set of vehicles based on the sort score of each vehicle of the set of vehicles. |
| US10733654B2 |
Product scoring for clustering
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a plurality of candidate offers that are likely associated with a product being offered for sale. Each candidate offer is associated with a common set of attributes, wherein at least one of the attributes in the common set uniquely identifies the product being offered for sale. The method further includes, for each attribute value of each candidate offer, scoring the attribute value based on an aggregate number of times that the attribute value is found across corresponding attributes of other candidate offers in the plurality, and adding the scores for a first pair of attributes to determine a cumulative score for the candidate offer. One of the attributes in the first pair is the at least one attribute that uniquely identifies the product. The method still further includes updating a set of normalized attribute values for the product to include the attribute values for the first pair of attributes from a highest scoring candidate offer. |
| US10733653B2 |
System and method for alternative product selection and profitability indication
A computer based system and method for optimizing product selection is disclosed. The system has a financial measurement gauge that is stored on computer readable media and graphically displayed on a computer monitor. The financial measurement gauge has a central symbol with a plurality of marks on either side of the central symbol. The marks may take on a color; the color and placement of the marks in relationship to the central symbol being indicative of the profitability to the seller of the product being displayed with a given query.The system thus provides methods of alternative product selection that are coupled to the financial measurement gauge to optimize product selection based in part on seller profitability and value to the customer. |
| US10733651B2 |
Methods and systems for identifying physical objects
The systems and computer implemented methods receive image data with reference objects and target objects in the imagery. The reference object is identified from the image data and database information associated with the reference object is obtained (e.g., the actual size of the reference object). The database information associated with the reference object can then be used to identify and/or size the target object. |
| US10733648B1 |
Vehicle safety information system
A vehicle safety information system is presented that may include a user computing device configured to determine whether identifying information associated with a first vehicle is to be transmitted to at least one additional device. The user computing device may also be configured to transmit the identifying information based on this determination. The user computing device may further be configured to receive, in response to a determination via the at least one additional device that safety information associated with the first vehicle is to be provided, the safety information. The determination that the safety information is to be provided may be based on information available at the at least one additional device. The at least one additional device may access and transmit the safety information to the user computing device so that the safety information is made available to a user. |
| US10733647B2 |
Cumulative evaluation and review systems and methods
The present invention is generally directed to a cumulative rating system for generating accurate and unbiased evaluations of products, performances, and/or services, thereby improving the reliability of information provided to a consumer and improving their purchasing decision. |
| US10733644B2 |
Location based transactions
A user's location is determined by location information communicated by a user device, such as a smart phone. Merchants near the user location are determined and selected. Merchant payment information is transmitted to the user device so that the user can easily make a payment to the merchant through the user device. Merchant offerings may also be sent to the user device for purchase and subsequent payment, where the merchant offerings may be specifically selected for the user. |
| US10733637B1 |
Dynamic placement of advertisements for presentation in an electronic device
A computer-implemented method for dynamic advertisement placement in an application of an electronic device, under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, includes obtaining coordinate information for a touch location that corresponds to a place where a user touches a display area of an application to provide input to the application. The method also includes receiving one or more advertisements that is contextually relevant to the application. The method includes determining a size and a position of the preview window based at least in part on the coordinate information of the touch location and an amount of available area within the display area of the application surrounding the touch location. The method also includes providing for display the preview window in the determined size at a location corresponding to the determined position around the touch location with the preview window containing the one or more advertisements. |
| US10733635B1 |
Automatic generation and management of advertising campaigns based on third-party listings
Embodiments are directed to generating and managing an advertising campaign based on a third-party sales listing. In particular, an identifier associated with a sales listing posted over a third-party service from a user of the third-party service is received. Sales listing data for the sales listing is retrieved from the third-party service using the identifier associated with the sales listing. Thereafter, an advertising campaign is automatically generated based at least in part on the retrieved sales listing data. In one aspect, generation of the advertising campaign includes generating an advertising creative using the retrieved sales listing data. Subsequently, bidding on an advertising opportunity in an auction is performed according to the generated advertising campaign. Responsive to winning the auction, an advertisement based on the advertising creative is provided to a content provider associated with the advertising opportunity. |
| US10733634B2 |
Optimizing online advertising campaign allocations
A method of optimizing online advertising campaign allocations is disclosed. It is determined that an auction for a set of advertising slots has been triggered. It is identified that the advertising campaigns are configured to bid on the set of advertising slots. A ranking score for each of the advertising campaigns is determined. The ranking scores are adjusted for each cost-per-click advertising campaign of the set of advertising campaigns by an adjustment factor specific to a context of the auction. The set of advertising slots is allocated to the winners of the auction. The winners of the auction are communicated for integration into a content page. |
| US10733633B2 |
Real time debugging in online video advertisement system
Techniques for monitoring an online video advertisement system include receiving a request for insertion of an online video advertisement, determining, selectively based on presence of a debug suffix, whether the request includes a debug request, performing a bidding auction to select a winning bid, and sending debug information, in response to the request, upon determination that the request includes the debug request. The debug data includes bid data received during the bidding auction. In one advantageous aspect, the use of hypertext transfer protocol headers to communicate debug information allows for activation and deactivation of the debugging operation transparently, e.g., without changing the underlying application layer workflow. |
| US10733632B2 |
Method and apparatus for validation of targeted advertising data
A system is disclosed comprising: a memory and at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory, the at least one processor being configured to: present a user interface for registering an advertiser with the system and specifying an attribution rule for calculating a fee that is owed by the advertiser to a first advertising platform; obtain an analytics report; generate an attribution report based on the analytics report and the attribution rule, the attribution report including an indication of a fee that is calculated based on the attribution rule; and transmit the attribution report to the first advertising platform. |
| US10733630B1 |
Method of accessing services from a mobile communication device
A method of accessing services from a mobile communication device. The method comprises presenting service visual representations on a display of the device, wherein each of the service visual representations provides an interface for invoking a service, selecting advertisements for media content from a media content repository, wherein the selecting is based at least in part on the device, presenting the selected advertisements as thumbnail images on the display of the device, wherein each thumbnail image is coupled to metadata that define methods for invoking at least some of the services associated with the service visual representations, and when a first thumbnail image associated with a first selected advertisement is selected and dragged to the position of a first service visual representation, invoking a first service associated with the first service visual representation based on a method defined by metadata coupled to the first thumbnail image. |
| US10733627B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing advertising content
A method for providing advertising content, performed by a display device, the method including forming a first pairing between a first terminal and the display device; receiving first advertising content from an advertising server corresponding to a first habit of a user of the first terminal; allocating the first advertising content to a first region among a plurality of regions of a display unit according to at least one of a distance between the first terminal and the display device and a duration for which the first pairing is maintained; and displaying the first advertising content on the first region. |
| US10733626B2 |
System and method for real-time generation of segments for a computerized decision system
A system and method for real-time generation of segments for a computerized decision system provides an event segment list to a decision engine. The event segment list is generated based on consumer affinities determined from consumer data and modeled data on that consumer's consumption and geo-location. The consumer affinities are used in a query to obtain current events related to the consumer's affinities. The current events are associated with generic events, which together are included in the event segment list, which is delivered to the decision engine and used to make a decision based on the event segment list and specified decision criteria. |
| US10733616B1 |
Systems and methods for trigger based synchronized updates in a distributed records environment
A computerized system and method may include, in response to receiving a blockchain via a communications network that includes information associated with an event, parsing, by a blockchain parsing engine being executed by a blockchain node, the information to identify a status state of an item related to the event. The blockchain may be inclusive of the information along with the status state of the item may be stored in a storage unit. An event tracking engine may determine from the parsed information that the status state of the item transitioned from a first state to a second state. Responsive to the event tracking engine determining that a qualifying state is satisfied by the item being in the second state, automatically executing, by the blockchain node, a smart code inclusive of initiating communications between a first party and a second party. |
| US10733611B2 |
Systems and methods for locally processing a financial transaction
Embodiments of the disclosure enable a merchant system to locally process one or more financial transactions at the merchant system. The merchant system receives a payment request associated with a financial transaction, determines a network communication status associated with a network interface device coupleable to a payment processing network, and, on condition that the network communication status does not satisfy a network communication threshold, obtains an account threshold associated with a cardholder account, generates transaction data associated with the financial transaction based on the account threshold, presents an indication associated with the financial transaction, and stores the transaction data for later transmission of the transaction data to the payment processing network. Aspects of the disclosure provide for processing one or more financial transactions at a merchant system independent of a payment processing network. |
| US10733609B2 |
Dynamically generated payment token ratings
According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for dynamic generation of payment token ratings is provided. The method includes receiving a token request, whereby the token request includes a plurality of metadata. The method also includes analyzing the received plurality of metadata based on at least one predefined rule set. The method further includes generating a token in response to receiving the token request. The method then includes determining an assurance rating for the generated token based on the analyzed received plurality of metadata, whereby the assurance rating indicates a risk of fraud associated with the generated token. The method finally includes assigning a token rating to the generated token based on the determined assurance rating. |
| US10733607B2 |
Universal secure registry
According to some aspects of the disclosure, an electronic ID device is configured to allow a user to select an account associated with the user to employ in a transaction. The electronic ID device comprises a biometric sensor configured to receive a biometric input provided by the user, a user interface configured to receive a user input, a communication interface configured to communicate with a secure registry, wherein the communication interface includes a near field communication transceiver, and a processor coupled to the biometric sensor to receive information concerning the biometric input. |
| US10733597B2 |
Smart card and method for controlling the same
The present invention relates to a smart card including a sensor for sensing a finger touch and a controller for causing a first setting change by setting the smart card from a default payment method to a selected payment method, when a fingerprint of the user is recognized based on the finger touch sensed by the sensor; causing a second setting change by setting the smart card from the selected payment method to the default payment method when the fingerprint of the user and a fingerprint of a first person other than the user are simultaneously recognized and a first preset time elapses after completion of payment, and causing a third setting change by setting the smart card from the default payment method to the selected payment method when the fingerprint of the user and the fingerprint of the first person are simultaneously recognized again within a second preset time. |
| US10733596B2 |
Systems, methods, and computer program products for managing contactless transactions
Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for managing contactless transactions. A tap notification including at least a first identifier is received. A first counter in a first data set associated with the first identifier is incremented. It is determined if the first counter matches one of a plurality of thresholds. If it is determined that the first counter matches one of a plurality of thresholds, a first status level in the first data set is updated. A first set of benefits from a plurality of benefits stored in a memory based on the first status level is identified. The first set of benefits is associated with the first identifier. |
| US10733594B1 |
Data security measures for mobile devices
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for storing a plurality of stored fingerprints, wherein each of the stored fingerprints is associated with a respective software environment and a respective mobile device; receiving from a first mobile device a first fingerprint of a first software environment in the first mobile device; determining whether the stored fingerprints include less than a threshold amount of fingerprints identical to the first fingerprint; based on a determination that the stored fingerprints include less than the threshold amount of fingerprints identical to the first fingerprint, determining that the first software environment is a compromised software environment; and performing a corrective measure. |
| US10733593B2 |
Kit, system and associated method and service for providing a platform to prevent fraudulent financial transactions
A system and associated method and service for providing a platform that enables members to transfer, receive, or otherwise exchange cash in various international denominations and commodities, such as precious metals (e.g., gold, silver, etc.), in a mobile highly secured telecommunications environment. The system is capable of delivering cash instantly between two or more users by allowing the exchange of secure transactions between system and cash dispensing machines (ATMs). Users may pay, receive, exchange, deposit, transfer, pay bills, exchange currency, retrieve cash, deposit cash and create accounts based on the mobile phone number or a system generated code. |
| US10733584B2 |
Method and system for providing pay-as-you-go pre-paid professional services
One embodiment provides a method comprising generating a first graphical user interface (GUI) for display on an electronic device. The first GUI comprises data indicative of at least one professional service available for selection. The method comprises receiving, from the electronic device, a request to initiate a professional service selected from the first GUI. The method further comprises generating a second GUI for display on the electronic device. The second GUI comprises a customized questionnaire for collecting information relevant to the professional service selected. The method further comprises receiving, from the electronic device, user responses to the customized questionnaire, and initiating an analysis of the user responses. A communication indicative of the analysis is forwarded to the electronic device. |
| US10733583B2 |
Blockchain-based withholding operations
Implementations of this specification provide blockchain-based payment withholding operations. An example method performed by a blockchain node includes receiving a withholding transaction from a payment system connected to a blockchain, the withholding transaction having been constructed by the payment system in response to detecting a withholding request whose certificate has been stored on the blockchain; in response to receiving the withholding transaction, invoking verification logic declared in a smart contract, to verify whether the withholding information complies with a withholding rule for a target account between the payment system and a withholding requester; and after verifying that the withholding information complies with the withholding rule, generating a verification success event that causes the payment system to perform deduction processing on the target account based on the withholding information. |
| US10733582B2 |
Interactive account management system and method
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a computer-implemented interactive account management system operated in cooperation with a financial institution on behalf of multiple account holders. The interactive account management system may include a financial networking engine implemented by a processor for defining a financial network for each account holder and for identifying each member of an account holder financial network based on stored account information and account holder input. The system may additionally include interactive processing components for processing information to provide collaborative interaction between the members of the account holder financial network defined by the financial networking engine and user interface presentation tools for displaying financial guidance and collaborative interaction interfaces and inviting active participation from the financial network members. |
| US10733576B2 |
Optimized online marketing and scheduling systems and methods that are based on driving demand for services
In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for driving demand for services. An appointment platform operating on a server may identify, based on an appointment inventory of a service provider, an open appointment to be filled. The appointment platform may rank a plurality of users to which the open appointment may be offered. The appointment platform may rank a user of the plurality of users based on a current membership score of the user. The appointment platform may determine, based on the ranking, to offer the user the open appointment. The appointment platform may identify, based on the current membership score of the user, a type of incentive from a plurality of types of incentives, to offer to the user for filling the open appointment. |
| US10733575B2 |
Automatic generation of reservations for a meeting-space for disturbing noise creators
In one embodiment, a supervisory device in a network, configured to interact with one or more sensors positioned in a given area and with a conference room scheduling service, obtains an acoustic feature of the area from one or more of the sensors. The supervisory device makes a determination that a conference room should be reserved based on the acoustic feature and selects a particular conference room based on the determination that a conference room should be reserved. The supervisory device instructs a conference room scheduling service to reserve the particular conference room. |
| US10733566B1 |
High fidelity clinical documentation improvement (CDI) smart scoring systems and methods
A clinical documentation improvement (CDI) smart scoring method may include predicting, via per-condition diagnosis machine learning (ML) models and based on clinical evidence received by a system, a probability that a medical condition is under-documented and, via per-condition documentation ML models and based on documentation received by the system, a probability that a medical condition is over-documented. The under- and over-documentation scores are combined in view of special indicators and queryability factors, which can also be evaluated using ML query prediction models, to generate an initial CDI score. This CDI score can be further adjusted, if necessary or desired, to account for factors such as length of stay, payer, patient location, CDI review timing, etc. The final CDI score can be used to prioritize patient cases for review by CDI specialists to quickly and efficiently identify meaningful CDI opportunities. |
| US10733565B1 |
Interactive data processing system
Described is an interactive data processing system configured to facilitate selection by a human associate of tentative values generated by an automated system from sensor data. In one implementation, an event may take place in a materials handling facility. The event may comprise a pick or place of an item from an inventory location, movement of a user, and so forth. The sensor data associated with the event is processed by an automated system to determine tentative values associated with the event. In some situations, an uncertainty may exist as to which of the tentative values accurately reflects the actual event. The sensor data and tentative values may be provided to a human associate. The associate may select one of the tentative values. The selected tentative value and the sensor data may be used to train the automated system. |
| US10733564B2 |
Methods and apparatus for proactively reporting a content status of a node-enabled logistics receptacle
Methods, computer-readable medium, and apparatus are described for proactively reporting a content status of a node-enabled logistics receptacle in a wireless node network. Generally, the node-enabled logistics receptacle may update the content status stored in memory onboard the node-enabled logistics receptacle based upon whether the node-enabled logistics receptacle has received a package and is temporarily maintaining custody of the package. The receptacle may then broadcast status information related to the updated content status for the node-enabled logistics receptacle. In more detail, a node assembled within the node-enabled logistics receptacle may detect a signal broadcast from a master node in the wireless node network, access the content status stored in memory onboard the receptacle, and broadcast status information to the master node related to the content status for the node-enabled receptacle. |
| US10733563B2 |
Determining alternative delivery destinations
Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for determining alternative delivery destinations. For example, in various embodiments, a method may be provided comprising receiving shipping information/data for an item indicating the item to be delivered to an original consignee by a carrier and comprising at least a default delivery location, determining whether the original consignee has indicated a first priority alternative consignee among one or more alternative consignees, and in an instance in which a determination is made that the original consignee has indicated the first priority alternative consignee among the one or more alternative consignees, delivering the item to the first priority alternative consignee. |
| US10733560B1 |
Geotribing
A system and method for evaluating, scoring, and encouraging group performance towards a common goal is disclosed. In an embodiment, individuals of a group have an incentive to encourage other group members to drive better and achieve an improved overall driving score for the group. A group driving score is determined based on the driving performances of members of the group. The group may establish a driving score goal and work toward achieving that goal using real-time group reinforcement communications. |
| US10733558B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for optimizing outcomes in a multi-factor system
Systems and methods for optimizing outcomes in multi-factor systems are described. Business process management, consulting intelligence, business intelligence, mobile intelligence, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and transportation management are integrated, as discussed herein, for optimizing transportation and logistics processes. Users may input legacy knowledge and data such as text, numbers, formulas, algorithms, and automated processes into a computing system for providing the system with industry insights for intelligently analyzing situation contexts, or the system may leverage third-party data. The system may suggest recommended actions based on analyzed situation contexts, and the system may furthermore execute various actions for responding to the situation contexts. The system may be configured to automatically analyze situation contexts and furthermore automatically execute various actions for responding to the situation contexts. In particular embodiments, the system is a software service and may integrate with various computing devices and operating systems. |
| US10733557B2 |
Optimization of a workflow employing software services
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system dynamically optimizes a service workflow including one or more software services. Initially, the system receives a request to optimize a service workflow, wherein the request includes one or more service requirements and one or more performance objectives related to the one or more service requirements. The system validates service plan information associated with at least one software service plan offered by one or more service providers and generates a plurality of candidate workflows based on the service requirements and performance objectives. The system then determines an optimized workflow from the candidate workflows and executes the optimized workflow to perform operations of the software services. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for dynamically optimizing a service workflow including one or more software services in substantially the same manner as described above. |
| US10733555B1 |
Workflow coordinator
The present disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for approving proposed business plans and automatically generating and coordinating workflow for establishing data tables for aggregating customer profiles data. The disclosure also extends to methods, systems and computer products for scheduling processes within workflows and checking the status of the workflows. |
| US10733554B2 |
Information processing apparatus and method for managing connections
An information processing apparatus determines human task counts each representing a number of human tasks in individual workflows. Each workflow defines a procedure of tasks to be performed on a device under management, where the tasks include human tasks to be performed by humans and automated tasks to be executed automatically with remote control via a network. The information processing apparatus then determines priorities of the workflows, based on the human task counts determined therefor, for prioritized use of a connection that is established to communicate with the device under management in order to perform automated tasks thereon. |
| US10733553B2 |
Action item extraction for work item creation
Creating a work item in a work item tracking system from action item data in a productivity application document is provided. A work item extraction system receives a selection to create a work item from a string of data in the document, parses the string for work item attributes, and maps the work item attributes to fields in a work item creation form in a work item tracking system for creation of a task item. Further, a link to the created work item is generated and inserted into the document, which provides direct access the work item in the work item tracking system. The work item extraction system communicates with the work item tracking system for a status of the work item, and updates the document to indicate the status of the work item. |
| US10733552B2 |
Systems and methods for demand tracking of products based on sales and controlling restocking as a function of the determined demand in a retail environment
A demand tracking system in a retail environment including a retail store having a plurality of product displays is provided. The system includes at least one processor coupled to a memory storing information regarding a demand for each product of a plurality of products in the retail store, the demand for each product including a difference between a current quantity of each product on a respective product display and a maximum capacity of the respective product display, an interface configured to receive product sales information and user action information and to provide user action requests, and a demand tracking component. The demand tracking component is configured to adjust the demand for each of the plurality of products based on the product sales information and user action information. |
| US10733545B2 |
User-centric contextual information for browser
A method for providing contextual information to a user during a browsing session includes maintaining a user-centric graph including a plurality of user-centric facts associated with the user and derived from interaction by the user with a plurality of different computer services. The method further includes recognizing a context of interaction with a browser application by a user. The method further includes identifying assistive information pertaining to the context, and displaying the assistive information to the user. The assistive information may be based at least on one or more user-centric facts in the user-centric graph. |
| US10733541B2 |
System, method, and recording medium for geolocation data discovery in streaming texts
A geolocation data discovery method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include mining a textual alert message of an event from secure source data for a geolocational indicator, a temporal indicator, and a type of alert, embedding a geolocational tag location and a temporal tag time to the event based on the geolocational indicator and the temporal indicator mined from the textual alert message by the secure text mining, mapping the event with an icon related to the type of alert at the geolocational tag location on a navigational map at a time associated with the temporal tag time of the event, learning a false-positive event by comparing a secure sensor with an unsecure sensor as the secure source data, and removing updates to the icon on the map based on the learned false-positive event. |
| US10733531B2 |
Artificial intelligence engine having an architect module
Provided herein in some embodiments is an artificial intelligence (“AI”) engine hosted on one or more servers configured to cooperate with one or more databases including one or more AI-engine modules. The one or more AI-engine modules include an architect module configured to propose an AI model from an assembly code. The assembly code can be generated from a source code written in a pedagogical programming language describing a mental model of one or more concept modules to be learned by the AI model and curricula of one or more lessons for training the AI model on the one or more concept modules in one or more training cycles. The AI engine can be configured to instantiate a trained AI model based on the one or more concept modules learned by the AI model in the one or more training cycles. |
| US10733530B2 |
Machine learning model evaluation in cyber defense
Testing machine learning sensors by adding obfuscated training data to test data, and performing real time model fit analysis on live network traffic to determine whether to retrain. |
| US10733529B1 |
Methods and apparatus for determining original electronic messages that contain asks
Methods and apparatus related to generating an original message ask model that can be utilized to determine, based on an original message sent to a user, whether a commit is likely to be present in a yet to be formulated new reply message that is responsive to the original message. In some of those implementations, an indication may be provided for presentation to the user via a computing device of the user in response to determining that a commit is likely to be present in the yet to be formulated new reply message that is responsive to the original message sent to the user. |
| US10733528B2 |
Unsupervised method for classifying seasonal patterns
Techniques are described for classifying seasonal patterns in a time series. In an embodiment, a set of time series data is decomposed to generate a noise signal and a dense signal, where the noise signal includes a plurality of sparse features from the set of time series data and the dense signal includes a plurality of dense features from the set of time series data. A set of one or more sparse features from the noise signal is selected for retention. After selecting the sparse features, a modified set of time series data is generated by combining the set of one or more sparse features with a set of one or more dense features from the plurality of dense features. At least one seasonal pattern is identified from the modified set of time series data. A summary for the seasonal pattern may then be generated and stored. |
| US10733524B1 |
Quantum D-state AC-Stark shift gate
A quantum computing D-state AC-Stark shift gate system comprises at least one gate manipulation source and one or more ions trapped in an ion trap. The at least one gate manipulation source is configured to generate a first gate manipulation signal and a second gate manipulation signal. The first and second gate manipulation signals couple an ion between a set of S-states and a set of D-states. The first and second gate manipulation signals apply a force to an ion of the one or more ions that is dependent on the internal state of the ion. The first and second gate manipulation signals are configured to couple internal states of the ions to their motional state without appreciably altering a population of the ions within the set of S-states. |
| US10733523B2 |
Quantum computer hardware with reflectionless filters for thermalizing radio frequency signals
A quantum computer hardware apparatus may include a first stage, which is connected to one or more signal generators, and a second stage adapted to be cooled down at a lower temperature than the first stage. Superconducting qubits are arranged in the second stage. The signal generators are configured, each, to generate radio frequency (RF) signals to drive the qubits, in operation. The apparatus may further include an intermediate stage between the first stage and the second stage, wherein the intermediate stage comprises one or more coolable filters, the latter configured for thermalizing RF signals from the signal generators. Related methods for thermalizing radio frequency signals in a quantum computer hardware apparatus are also disclosed. |
| US10733520B2 |
Making a prediction regarding development of a software product
An automated method of making a prediction regarding development of a software product includes receiving code changes information, build information, and failure information related to the software product. Entries are stored in a database, wherein each entry links a subset of the code changes information with a subset of the build information and with a subset of the failure information. A first matrix and a second matrix are generated using the entries in the database. Multi-target entropy calculations are performed based on the first matrix and the second matrix. The prediction regarding the development of the software product is performed based on the multi-target entropy calculations. |
| US10733519B2 |
Systems and methods for determining that a media item is being presented
The various implementations described herein include systems and methods for determining that media items are currently being presented. In one aspect, a method performed at a client device includes: (1) identifying a media item potentially being presented on an output device coupled to the client device; (2) calculating a level of confidence that the identified media item is currently being presented to the user; (3) subsequent to the calculating, determining that at least one predetermined event associated with user interaction with the media item has occurred; and (4) based on the at least one predetermined event, increasing or decreasing the level of confidence that the identified media item is currently being presented to the user. |
| US10733515B1 |
Imputing missing values in machine learning models
In a machine learning environment, missing values can be imputed based upon an expectation maximization style approach. A system partitions a dataset, and uses a first partition as a training subset and a second partition as a verification subset. The training subset is used to train a machine learning model, which is then used to impute missing values in the second subset. The subsets may be swapped and the process iterates to predict missing values in the dataset with a high degree of accuracy, thereby improving both the accuracy of the machine learning model and the accuracy of the imputed values. The noise in the value prediction is reduced through a linear regression setting to account for heterogeneity in the dataset. |
| US10733513B2 |
Method and apparatus for certification of facts
A method and apparatus for certification of facts introduces a certifier and a fact certificate into the fact-exchange cycle that enables parties to exchange trustworthy facts. Certification is provided to a fact presenter during the first part of the fact-exchange cycle, and verification is provided to the fact receiver during the last part of the cycle. To request a certification, a fact presenter presents the Certifier with a fact. In return, the certifier issues a fact certificate, after which the fact presenter presents the fact certificate to the fact receiver instead of presenting the fact itself. The receiver inspects the received certificate in order to evaluate the fact's validity and trustworthiness. For some facts and notions of verification, the certificate is sufficient and its inspection does not require any communication. For others, the receiver requests a verification service from the Certifier in order to complete the verification. |
| US10733510B2 |
Vehicle adaptive learning
A computing system can determine a vehicle action based on inputting vehicle sensor data to a first neural network including a first safety agent that can determine a probability of unsafe vehicle operation. The first neural network can be adapted, at a plurality of times, by a periodically retrained deep reinforcement learning agent that includes a second deep neural network including a second safety agent. A vehicle can be operated based on the vehicle action. |
| US10733507B2 |
Semantic clustering based retrieval for candidate set expansion
In an example embodiment, a machine learning algorithm is used to train a query-based deep semantic similarity neural network to output a query context vector in a vector space that includes both query context vectors and document context vectors. Both the query context vectors and document context vectors are clustered using a clustering algorithm. When an input search query is obtained, the input search query is also passed into the query-based deep semantic similarity neural network and its output document context vector assigned to a first cluster based on the clustering algorithm. Documents within the first cluster are then retrieved in response to the input search query. |
| US10733505B2 |
Performing kernel striding in hardware
Methods for receiving a request to process, on a hardware circuit, a neural network comprising a first convolutional neural network layer having a stride greater than one, and in response, generating instructions that cause the hardware circuit to, during processing of an input tensor, generate a layer output tensor equivalent to an output of the first convolutional neural network layer by processing the input tensor using a second convolutional neural network layer having a stride equal to one but that is otherwise equivalent to the first convolutional neural network layer to generate a first tensor, zeroing out elements of the first tensor that would not have been generated if the second convolutional neural network layer had the stride of the first convolutional neural network layer to generate a second tensor, and performing max pooling on the second tensor to generate the layer output tensor. |
| US10733503B2 |
Technologies for shifted neural networks
Technologies for using a shifted neural network include a compute device to determine a shift-based activation function of the shifted neural network. The shift-based activation function is a piecewise linear approximation of a transcendental activation function and is defined by a plurality of line segments such that a corresponding slope of each line segment is a power of two. The compute device further trains the shifted neural network based on shift-based input weights and the determined shift-based activation function. |
| US10733500B2 |
Short-term memory using neuromorphic hardware
In one embodiment, a system includes one or more electronic neurons and one or more electronic axons. Each neuron is connected to at least one electronic axon via an electronic synapse, and at least one of the one or more electronic neurons is configured to store information in a membrane potential thereof and/or at least one of the one or more electronic axons is configured to store information in an axon delay buffer thereof to act as a memory. In another embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes storing information to a memory comprising electronic neurons and electronic axons. Information is stored in either a membrane potential of at least one of the electronic neurons or in an axon delay buffer of at least one of the electronic axons. Also, each neuron is connected to at least one electronic axon via an electronic synapse. |
| US10733497B1 |
Tailored artificial intelligence
A system and method determine a classification by simulating a human user. The system and method translate an input segment such as speech into an output segment such as text and represents the frequency of words and phrases in the textual segment as an input vector. The system and method process the input vector and generate a plurality of intents and a plurality of sub-entities. The processing of multiple intents and sub-entities generates a second multiple of intents and sub-entities that represent a species classification. The system and method select an instance of an evolutionary model as a result of the recognition of one or more predefined semantically relevant words and phrases detected in the input vector. |
| US10733496B2 |
Artificial intelligence entity interaction platform
Described herein is a system and method for providing a conversation session with an artificial intelligence entity in a user interface. Once the conversation session with the artificial intelligence entity has been initiated, other individuals and/or artificial intelligence entities may be invited to join the conversation. In addition, other users may view the interactions between the individuals and the artificial intelligence entities without participating in the conversation. Although the other users are not participating in the conversation, the user interface enables these users to provide comments about the interactions. These comments may be used to train the artificial intelligence entities. |
| US10733493B2 |
Transaction card having structural reinforcement
The disclosed embodiments generally relate to transaction cards and methods for manufacturing transaction cards. The transaction card may include a first card component having a first surface and a first structural feature associated with the first surface. The transaction card may also include a second card component separate from the first card component and attachable thereto. The second card component may include a second surface and a second structural feature associated with the second surface. The first and second structural features may be configured to interconnect. |
| US10733491B2 |
Fingerprint-based experience generation
Experience fingerprints can be generated that are unique but correspond to a recognizable fingerprint template, where each fingerprint can correspond to a word of a visual language. Image data can be captured that includes a representation of an experience fingerprint, and the fingerprint can be analyzed by a remote system or service to determine an experience to be provided. The experience can be a general experience to be provided for any request relating to a specific fingerprint received over a period of time, or the experience can be selected, modified, or generated based upon contextual information for the request, such as information for a user or device submitting the request. The experience can include audio, video, text, or graphical content, as may be presented using one or more devices. |
| US10733490B2 |
System for product management and authentication
A system for product management and authentication of the present invention includes a management platform, a first database and a second database. The first database and the second database are respectively connected with management platform. The management platform includes an input unit, an output unit and an authentication unit. The input unit includes a special identification code and a mobile code. The special identification code provides the network access device to register and login. The users include a vendor and a consumer. The second database receives the product information of the first database for language conversion. The network access device provides a selection from a list of available languages via the mobile code and displays the product information in a selected language. The authentication unit provides an authentication code which provides the network access device to register and login to check the authenticity of the product, and to avoid counterfeit to protect the rights and interests of consumers. |
| US10733489B2 |
Optically readable tags and methods and systems for decoding an optically readable tag
An optically readable tag and methods and systems for decoding the optically readable tag are disclosed. The optically readable tag comprises: a border region having an indicative shape; and an encoding region, defined by the border region, the encoding region comprising a plurality of encoding shape objects, wherein data is encoded by relative sizes of the encoding shape objects. |
| US10733488B2 |
Image processing apparatus, method, and program product changing dot pattern when contact state between dots changes due to landed-dot shift
To generate a dot pattern whose deterioration of a feeling of granularity, density unevenness, and streaks are unlikely to be recognized visually by more effectively suppressing a change of an overlap of ink droplets on a printing medium. Halftone image data representing a dot pattern of each of two or more kinds of dot different in density reproduction is acquired. Then, in a case where there is a possibility that the contact state between dots changes due to a landed-dot shift of ink in a plurality of specific dots on a condition that dots are formed in accordance with a dot pattern in the halftone image data, the plurality of specific dots is replaced with dots of another kind whose number is less than or equal to that of the plurality of specific dots. |
| US10733487B2 |
Information processing apparatus that generates color conversion table to be set in image forming apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus that generates a color conversion table to be set in an image forming apparatus includes a conversion unit that uses a color conversion table to convert input RGB values into output RGB values, wherein the color conversion table is a conversion table for conversion of the input RGB values into output RGB values that depend on a color gamut of the image forming apparatus, an extraction unit that extracts an L value indicating lightness out of a plurality of elements forming Lab values corresponding to the output RGB values, a correction unit that corrects the extracted L value, and a correction unit that uses the corrected L value, and a and b values indicating chromaticity and other than the extracted L value out of the plurality of elements forming the Lab values corresponding to the output RGB values to correct the color conversion table. |
| US10733485B2 |
Writing preservation apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing writing preservation program
A writing preservation apparatus preserves, as image data, writing on a writing target medium in which writing is performed and erasing of writing in an arbitrary region is performed. The apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires time-series image data items at points of times for the writing target medium, a written region recognition unit that recognizes written regions in which writing is performed on the writing target medium at the points of time based on the image data items at the points of time which are acquired by the acquisition unit, and a preservation unit that preserves first image data at a first point of time in a case where the written region recognized based on the first image data in whole or part is absent in the written region recognized based on second image data at a second point of time subsequent to the first point of time. |
| US10733483B2 |
Method and system for classification of data
A method includes: receiving training data comprising a plurality of training data items, each training data item labelled under a respective class and comprising a elements arranged in conformity with a structured representation having an associated coordinate system; determining patches of the training data, each patch comprising a subset of the elements of a respective training data item and being associated with a location within the co-ordinate system of the structured representation; and initialising a set of parameters for a Gaussian process. The method further includes iteratively: processing pairs of the determined patches, using a patch response kernel to determine patch response data; determining, using the patch response data, entries of a covariance matrix; and updating the set of parameters in dependence on the determined entries of the covariance matrix. The patch response kernel takes into account the locations associated with patches within the co-ordinate system of the structured representation. |
| US10733480B2 |
Custom Auto Tagging of Multiple Objects
There is described a computing device and method in a digital medium environment for custom auto tagging of multiple objects. The computing device includes an object detection network and multiple image classification networks. An image is received at the object detection network and includes multiple visual objects. First feature maps are applied to the image at the object detection network and generate object regions associated with the visual objects. The object regions are assigned to the multiple image classification networks, and each image classification network is assigned to a particular object region. The second feature maps are applied to each object region at each image classification network, and each image classification network outputs one or more classes associated with a visual object corresponding to each object region. |
| US10733479B2 |
System and method for providing a recipe
A method for identifying a recipe for food which has already been prepared includes identifying image data which shows the food that has already been prepared. A recipe is identified on the basis of the image data. The identification of the recipe includes identifying a food candidate which corresponds to a specific probability of the food that has already been prepared on the basis of the image data and identifying a recipe for preparing the food candidate. The identified recipe indicates a multiplicity of ingredients for preparing the food candidate and process steps of a method for preparing the food candidate from the multiplicity of ingredients. A system for identifying a recipe for an already produced food is also provided. |
| US10733475B2 |
Artificially rendering images using interpolation of tracked control points
Various embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and processes for artificially rendering images using interpolation of tracked control points. According to particular embodiments, a set of control points is tracked between a first frame and a second frame, where the first frame includes a first image captured from a first location and the second frame includes a second image captured from a second location. An artificially rendered image corresponding to a third location is then generated by interpolating individual control points for the third location using the set of control points and interpolating pixel locations using the individual control points. The individual control points are used to transform image data. |
| US10733471B1 |
Method and apparatus for receiving recall information from an image
Some aspects of the invention relate to a mobile apparatus including an image sensor configured to convert an optical image into an electrical signal. The optical image includes an image of a vehicle license plate. The mobile apparatus includes a license plate detector configured to process the electrical signal to recover information from the vehicle license plate image. The mobile apparatus includes an interface configured to transmit the vehicle license plate information to a remote apparatus and receive recall information in response to the transmission. |
| US10733468B2 |
Finger stability detecting method and fingerprint sensing device
A finger stability detecting method for a fingerprint sensing device includes triggering a pressure sensing function, receiving a pressure sensing value which is generated in response to triggering the pressure sensing function, and determining whether a finger touch is stable according to at least the pressure sensing value. |
| US10733467B2 |
Information processing device, image processing system, image processing method, and program storage medium
The purpose of the present invention is, when a portion of a subject to be detected is occluded, to simplify detecting that the occluded subject to be detected is the subject to be detected, regardless of the position which is occluded. Provided is an information processing device (110), comprising: a computation unit (111) which computes local scores for each of a plurality of positions which are contained in an image of a prescribed scope, said scores indicating the likelihood of an object to be detected being present; and a change unit (112) which changes the scores for the positions, among the plurality of positions, which are included in a prescribed region which is determined according to the plurality of scores which have been computed for said plurality of positions, such that the likelihood of the object to be detected being present increases. |
| US10733462B2 |
Travel assistance device and computer program
Travel assistance devices and programs identify a connecting road present in a driver's field of vision and having driver's visibility lower than a threshold among connecting roads. The connecting roads are roads connecting to a traveling road of a vehicle at a divergence point present around the vehicle. The devices and programs provide guidance informing of presence of an invisible road that is the identified connecting road. |
| US10733449B2 |
Monitoring system for detecting consecutive events
A monitoring system includes an imaging device, a controller, storage, and a notifying section. The imaging device captures an image of an imaging area to generate captured image data indicating a captured image. The controller detects events based on the captured image data. The events include a pre-event and a post-event detected after the pre-event has ended. The controller changes a first flag from an off state to an on state upon detecting the pre-event, and holds the first flag in the on state even after the pre-event has ended. The controller changes the second flag from the off state to the on state upon detecting the post-event, and directs the notifying section to notify of consecutive event occurrence information indicating that consecutive events have occurred. |
| US10733438B2 |
Eyeball information detection device, eyeball information detection method, and occupant monitoring device
An eyeball information detection device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image obtained by imaging a region in which there is a probability that a face of an occupant is present in a vehicle by an imaging device provided in proximity to an illumination device that emits light to the region; and a detection unit configured to output eyeball information that corresponds to the captured image by receiving the captured image acquired by the acquisition unit as an input based on a learned model generated by learning a learning image including information similar to the captured image acquired by the acquisition unit and a correct value of the eyeball information on an eyeball of the occupant appearing in the learning image, by machine learning. |
| US10733437B2 |
Display assembly incorporating an image sensor
A vehicle display device is disclosed. The device comprises an image sensor comprising an imager configured to capture image data and a display. The display comprises a plurality of display elements forming a display surface. The display surface forms a display perimeter. The display elements surround the image sensor on the display surface such that the image sensor is disposed within the display perimeter. |
| US10733436B2 |
Location processor for inferencing and learning based on sensorimotor input data
An inference system performs inference, such as object recognition, based on sensory inputs generated by sensors and control information associated with the sensory inputs. The sensory inputs describe one or more features of the objects. The control information describes movement of the sensors or known locations of the sensors relative to a reference point. For a particular object, an inference system learns a set of object-location representations of the object. An object-location representation is a unique characterization of an object-centric location relative to the particular object. The inference system also learns a set of feature-location representations associated with the object-location representation that indicate presence of features at the corresponding object-location pair. The inference system can perform inference on an unknown object by identifying candidate object-location representations consistent with feature-location representations observed from the sensory input data and control information. |
| US10733434B2 |
Method and system for accurately detecting, extracting and representing redacted text blocks in a document
A computer-implemented method, system and a computer program product are provided for automatically detecting redaction blocks in an image file document by analyzing the document to identify any redaction block areas and then detecting location information for each redaction block area identified in the document which may be mapped to any associated text fragments in the document based on the location information for each redaction block area and text fragment in the document. |
| US10733433B2 |
Method and system for detecting and extracting a tabular data from a document
This disclosure relates generally to document processing, and more particularly to method and system for detecting and extracting tabular data from a document. In one embodiment, the method may include generating a hierarchy of features, for a plurality of features of an image document derived from the document, based on relative spatial properties of the plurality of features. The method may further include segmenting the image document into a plurality of semantic segments based on the hierarchy of features, classifying each of the plurality of semantic segments into at least one of a plurality of tabular structures, and effecting at least one of a detection or an extraction of the tabular data from the image document based on the classification. |
| US10733431B2 |
Systems and methods for optimizing pose estimation
In one embodiment, a system may access first, second, and third probability models that are respectively associated with predetermined first and second body parts and a predetermined segment connecting the first and second body parts. Each model includes probability values associated with regions in an image, with each value representing the probability of the associated region containing the associated body part or segment. The system may select a first and second region based on the first probability model and a third region based on the second probability model. Based on the third probability model, the system may compute a first probability score for regions connecting the first and third regions and a second probability score for regions connecting the second and third regions. Based on the first and second probability scores, the system may select the first region to indicate where the predetermined first body part appears in the image. |
| US10733427B2 |
System and method for detecting, tracking, and counting human objects of interest using a counting system and a data capture device
A method for counting and tracking defined objects includes the step of receiving subset data with a data capturing device, wherein the subset data is associated with defined objects and includes a unique identifier, an entry time, an exit time, and location data for each defined object. The method further includes the steps of receiving subset data at a counting system, counting the defined objects, tracking the defined objects, associating a location of a defined object with a predefined area, and/or generating path data by plotting X and Y coordinates for the defined object within the predefined area at sequential time periods. |
| US10733423B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus includes an object detection unit configured to detect objects from a plurality of images captured at different times, based on a degree of matching with a predetermined criterion, a determination unit configured to determine whether the objects detected by the object detection unit include an object that is the same object as an object detected within an image captured at another time, and an attribute detection unit configured to perform processing for extracting one or more object images, based on the degree of matching, from a plurality of object images corresponding to the object determined to be the same object by the determination unit, and detecting an attribute of the same object with respect to the extracted one or more object images. |
| US10733416B2 |
Information processing method, information processing device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
A processor of an information processing device acquires an image, determines base point from the image, and acquires first position information of the base point. The processor determines a reference direction indicating characteristics of color information of a section of the image around the base point. The processor acquires a sample for each of a plurality of reference points acquired sequentially in accordance with a predetermined condition from a starting point determined on the basis of the base point and the reference direction. The processor calculates as frequency information, frequency components of changes in the color information with respect to the second position information for the plurality of samples, using a linear prediction coefficient calculated using a Yule-Walker method without applying a window function. The processor causes the memory to store information associating the frequency information, the first position information and the reference direction, as collation information. |
| US10733415B1 |
Transformed representation for fingerprint data with high recognition accuracy
The invention provides a computing device for processing fingerprint template data, wherein the computing device comprises modules configured for generating transformed fingerprint template data from original fingerprint minutiae template data, in which minutiae are represented at least by Cartesian or polar coordinates and an inherent minutiae direction, the computing device being configured to generate for each minutia of the original fingerprint minutiae data corresponding mega-vicinity data. The computing device may further comprise a comparator module being configured to compare two transformed fingerprint template data that comprises, for each minutia, mega-vicinity data of a first fingerprint and a second fingerprint. The computing device may further comprise a biometrics-secret binding module for protecting. |
| US10733413B2 |
Optical in-display fingerprint sensor and method for manufacturing such a sensor
The invention relates to an optical biometric imaging device configured to capture an image of an object in contact with an outer surface of the biometric imaging device, the biometric imaging device comprising: an image sensor comprising a photodetector pixel array; a transparent substrate arranged to cover the image sensor; a transmission mask arranged to cover the transparent substrate, wherein the transmission mask comprises a plurality of openings, the openings forming a coded aperture configured to project a coded image of an object in contact with the outer surface of the imaging device onto the image sensor; and image sensor circuitry configured to capture an image corresponding to the coded image projected onto the image sensor. |
| US10733411B2 |
Optical biometric identification module, display apparatus, and electronic device
An optical biometric identification module, a display apparatus, and an electronic device, are provided. The optical biometric identification module includes an optical channel array panel configured to filter lights reflected by an organism; an optical chip configured to generate a biometric identification signal according to the filtered lights received by an optical sensing area of the optical chip; and a circuit board configured to transmit out the biometric identification signal. The optical chip is mounted on the circuit board, and the optical channel array panel is secured on the optical chip and covers at least the optical sensing area of the optical chip, to ensure that the lights received by the optical chip are approximately perpendicular to the optical channel array panel, thereby improving accuracy of the acquired biometric identification signal. |
| US10733409B2 |
Hybrid capacitive and ultrasonic sensing
Systems, methods and apparatus for configuring a fingerprint sensor to operate in a capacitive sensing mode and an ultrasonic sensing mode are disclosed. A fingerprint sensor may be configured to operate in a capacitive sensing mode by driving a sensing electrode using a controller. In some implementations, an object positioned on or near the sensing electrode may be detected using the fingerprint sensor in the capacitive sensing mode, and the controller can drive electrodes of the fingerprint sensor differently to configure the fingerprint sensor to operate in an ultrasonic sensing mode. In some implementations, an applications processor may be instructed to authenticate a fingerprint of the object from image data obtained when the fingerprint sensor is operating in the ultrasonic sensing mode. In some implementations, a display of a mobile device containing the fingerprint sensor may be unlocked, or the mobile device may be woken up when the fingerprint is authenticated. |
| US10733408B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate including a first area having a first light transmittance and a second area adjacent to the first area having a second light transmittance, a plurality of pixels disposed on a first surface of the substrate, and a fingerprint sensor disposed in the first area on a second surface of the substrate. The first light transmittance is greater than the second light transmittance. |
| US10733406B2 |
Eye gaze detection controlled indicia scanning system and method
By tracking a user's eyes, an indicia scanning system can make educated guesses as to what the user is interested in. This insight could be useful in dynamically configuring a camera system, configuring an indicia decoding process or even as a method to select data that the user is interested in. |
| US10733397B2 |
Method for managing at least one container and associated methods and devices
Disclosed is a method for managing at least one container containing a biological product, including the following steps: providing at least one container provided with a label, the label being a wireless communication chip capable of communicating according to a UHF mode and according to a HF mode, the chip being capable of transmitting or receiving a signal having a frequency of between 300 MHz and 3000 MHz in the UHF mode and having a frequency of between 3 MHz and 30 MHz in the HF mode, the label further including a memory; and reading at least one piece of information included in the memory, by a reader, the chip communicating with the reader according to the UHF mode or the HF mode. |
| US10733396B2 |
Systems and methods for scanning a user environment and evaluating data of interest
According to various embodiments, a mobile device continuously and/or automatically scans a user environment for tags containing non-human-readable data. The mobile device may continuously and/or automatically scan the environment for tags without being specifically directed at a particular tag. The mobile device may be adapted to scan for audio tags, radio frequency tags, and/or image tags. The mobile device may be configured to scan for and identify tags within the user environment that satisfy a user preference. The mobile device may perform an action in response to identifying a tag that satisfies a user preference. The mobile device may be configured to scan for a wide variety of tags, including tags in the form of quick response codes, steganographic content, audio watermarks, audio outside of a human audible range, radio frequency identification tags, long wavelength identification tags, near field communication tags, and/or a Memory Spot device. |
| US10733393B2 |
Multi-protocol RFID system
A multi-protocol RFID interrogating system employs a synchronization technique (step-lock) for a backscatter RFID system that allows simultaneous operation of closely spaced interrogators. The multi-protocol RFID interrogating system can communicate with backscatter transponders having different output protocols and with active transponders including: Title 21 compliant RFID backscatter transponders; IT2000 RFID backscatter transponders that provide an extended mode capability beyond Title 21; EGO™ RFID backscatter transponders, SEGO™ RFID backscatter transponders; ATA, ISO, ANSI AAR compliant RFID backscatter transponders; and IAG compliant active technology transponders. The system implements a step-lock operation, whereby adjacent interrogators are synchronized to ensure that all downlinks operate within the same time frame and all uplinks operate within the same time frame, to eliminate downlink on uplink interference. |
| US10733392B2 |
Systems, apparatuses and methods of supporting payment test cards and robotically testing card payment systems
Some embodiments provide robotic multiple-slot test card support systems comprising: a test robot system comprising a robotic arm and an end-effector; and a first card support apparatus comprising: a plurality of lateral supports; a plurality of angled shelf supports each extending between a pair of the plurality of lateral supports defining an array of angled card slots, wherein the shelf supports along the columns are vertically separated and each comprises: a guide exterior surface and an interior surface configured to support a payment test card with at least a portion of a face of the test card being flush with the interior surface; wherein each card slot repeatedly positions the respective test card at substantially the same position within the card slot each time the test card is released by the end-effector enabling repeated accurate retrieval by the end-effector. |
| US10733384B2 |
Emotion detection and expression integration in dialog systems
Utilizing a computing device to detect and respond to emotion in dialog systems. The computing device receives a dialog structure comprising a plurality of dialog nodes. The computing device determines a node emotion level for each of the dialog nodes in the dialog structure based on analysis of one or more intents of each of the dialog nodes in the dialog structure. The computing device determines emotional hotspot nodes in the dialog structure, the node emotion level for each of the emotional hotspot nodes exceeding an emotional threshold. The computing device generates one or more responses modifying the node emotion level of each of the emotional hotspot nodes. |
| US10733383B1 |
Fast entity linking in noisy text environments
A system for disambiguation of noisy text includes an interface and processor. The interface is configured to receive a set of words. The processor is configured to determine a token from the set of words, wherein the token includes a subset of the set of words; determine candidates for the token; determine a ranking for the candidates based at least in part on a semantic similarity between the token and each of the candidates; determine whether to select a top ranked candidate or to abstain; and in response to a select determination to select the top ranked candidate, indicate the top ranked candidate is selected. |
| US10733382B2 |
Method and system for processing data using an augmented natural language processing engine
The present invention relates to a method of processing data. The method including the steps of at least one processor tokenising text within at least one part of the data; and at least one processor matching tokenised text against an ontological framework using a plurality of rules to identify relevant topics within the data. A system is also disclosed. |
| US10733381B2 |
Natural language processing apparatus, natural language processing method, and recording medium for deducing semantic content of natural language elements based on sign language motion
A natural language processing apparatus configured to analyze a plurality of natural language elements, includes processing configured to input for each natural language element, multiple sign language images for a certain natural language together with the respective natural language, extract multiple feature points of a first sign language motion from the input sign language images and analyze a common point or a differing point between the first sign language motion and a second sign language motion, for each of the extracted feature points, deduce semantic content of the natural language element from the analyzed common point or the differing point, and a storage configured to store in association with the natural language element, information regarding the deduced semantic content. The processing circuitry analyzes the natural language using an artificial intelligence algorithm. |
| US10733374B1 |
Live documentation (LiDo)
A method for implementing Live Documentation (LiDo) systems to incorporate and authenticate metadata of electronic documents. An electronic document received at a first LiDo system is partitioned into textual units. Each textual unit has a payload with a printable message and metadata that is not visible to the consumer, wherein the metadata includes one or more attributes. A second LiDo system uses the one or more attributes of a textual unit to authenticate the writer of the textual unit and filter textual units to display only printable messages with a validity above a designated threshold. |
| US10733372B2 |
Dynamic content generation
Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe electronic document generation, where an electronic document of an application/service may be dynamically generated in a manner that is tailored specifically for a user. A query may be received that comprises a topic for generation of a slide-based visual presentation. The query is processed. In some examples, slide content suggestions may be generated and presented to a user based on the query processing. Content for a processed query may be retrieved by a plurality of data service providers that are connected with the visual presentation service via a distributed network. An electronic document may be generated for the slide-based visual presentation. The electronic document is specifically tailored for a user and dynamically generated based on one or more of: the processing of the query, the retrieved content, a selection of one or more slide content suggestions and an evaluation of signal data associated with the user. |
| US10733371B1 |
Template based content preparation system for use with a plurality of space types
A system for use with different space types, each space type including emissive surfaces, each emissive surface controllable to present content within the space, the system comprising a database that includes a separate template for each space type, each template indicating surfaces associated with the space type, relative juxtapositions of the surfaces in the space and content types to be presented in each surface, a processor programmed to allow a user to select a space type, identify an associated space type template, identifying content types for each surface and storing the received content in a session specification for subsequent access. |
| US10733369B2 |
Data storage and retrieval system and method for storing cell coordinates in a computer memory
In an embodiment, a data storage and retrieval system includes a computing device that configures the computer memory according to an RTree (a type of logic tree) representing a structure of a spreadsheet. The computer memory may be internal to or external to the computing device. In an embodiment, the RTree has a plurality of nodes, at least some of which contain one or more minimum bounding rectangles. Each minimum bounding rectangle (“MBR”) encompasses cells of the spreadsheet from a different one of a plurality of columns of the spreadsheet, but does not encompass cells of any of the other columns of the plurality of columns. A node of the RTree may hold multiple MBRs or a single MBR. |
| US10733367B2 |
Underlying grid structure and animation of tables
Embodiments are provided that include the use of an underlying grid structure as part of managing table operations and/or animation visualizations, but are not so limited. A method of an embodiment uses an underlying grid structure as part of an animation control reference or guide to provide table visualizations for display, including using one or more table borders and aspects of a reference grid column or row as part of controlling table features. A system of one embodiment includes a table manager to manage table actions and a grid manager to manage an underlying grid structure based in part on associated table actions and/or animations. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US10733366B2 |
Actively adapted knowledge base, content calibration, and content recognition
Systems for automatic document generation automatic content recognition may comprise a storage medium and a processor coupled to the storage medium. The processor may generate and/or process a document template and receive client data. In some embodiments, the processor may automatically determine whether the client data is compliant with at least one content control standard based on a comparison between the client data and at least one text variant and, if so, may automatically generate a processed document using the client data and the document template. In some embodiments, the processor may establish at least one normative form for the document template, automatically compare the client data with the normative form content, automatically recognize that the client data corresponds to the document template based on the comparing, and automatically generate a processed document using the client data and the document template. |
| US10733361B2 |
Content reproducing apparatus
According to an embodiment, a content reproducing apparatus includes a determination unit, a decision unit, an acquisition unit and a reproducing unit. The determination unit determines a reproduction condition for first content scheduled to be reproduced. The decision unit decides first acquisition information for acquiring the first content based on the reproduction condition. The acquisition unit acquires the first content using the first acquisition information. The reproducing unit reproduces the first content. |
| US10733355B2 |
Information processing system that stores metrics information with edited form information, and related control method information processing apparatus, and storage medium
An information processing system obtains, from an OS, metrics information of a font included in form information of a business form when the form information of the business form is edited; and stores the metrics information together with the edited form information; and generates a business form page by calculating a layout configuration of the business form based on the metrics information that has been stored, and by performing overlay output of the form information and field data of the business form based on the calculated layout configuration. |
| US10733350B1 |
On-chip and system-area multi-processor interconnection networks in advanced processes for maximizing performance minimizing cost and energy
A chip design environment is disclosed which accepts application specific processing, memory and IO elements and declarative specification of function, cost and performance of peripheral, low-level and infrastructural elements and of overall design and generates synthesizable module RTLs and relevant place-and-route constraints. The generated elements include the network interconnecting all the elements, a programming memory consistency model and its coherence protocol, allocation and scheduling processes realizing run-time inference of optimal parallel execution and processes for control of coherence action and prefetch intensity, task-data migration, voltage-frequency scaling and power-clock gating. The environment employs knowledge bases, models to predict performance and to assign confidence scores to predictions and, in turn, the predictions to explore space of topology, architecture, composition, etc options. The environment generates synthesizable module RTLs to complete the design and relevant place-and-route constraints. User may simulate the synthesized design. If a user shares simulation results, the environment may evaluate the predicted performance against performance determined by simulation and use the results to update its knowledge and models. |
| US10733346B1 |
Systems and methods for arc-based debugging in an electronic design
The present disclosure relates to a system for performing static timing analysis in an electronic design. Embodiments may include receiving, using at least one processor, an electronic design at a debugging platform without performing a model extraction phase and mapping one or more extracted timing models (“ETM”) to one or more netlist objects associated with the electronic design. Embodiments may further include receiving, at the debugging platform, at least one timing arc specified by a source pin and a sink pin, wherein the at least one timing arc is associated with the electronic design. Embodiments may also include generating a worst timing path based upon, at least in part, the received at least one timing arc. Embodiments may further include generating characterization information for the at least one timing arc based upon, at least in part, one or more user-specified boundary conditions. |
| US10733341B1 |
Version control of an integrated circuit design and tracking of pre-fabrication, fabrication, and post-fabrication processes
An illustrative system may comprise a plurality of distributed network nodes hosting a two-dimensional distributed digital ledger. The distributed digital ledger may have a plurality of chains of digital blocks in the two-dimensions, wherein each chain may be associated with a particular functionality (e.g., a first set of integrated circuit processes) and a corresponding level of security. For example, a first chain in the first direction may contain digital blocks containing code differentials of the hardware description language code forming the integrated circuit design. A second chain in a second direction may contain digital blocks containing simulation data records generated during the simulation of the integrated circuit design. The first chain and the second chain may be based upon different cryptographic protocols and therefore may be cryptographically separate from each other. |
| US10733332B2 |
Systems for solving general and user preference-based constrained multi-objective optimization problems
A user-preference-enabling (UPE) method optimizes operations of a system based on user preferences. The operations of the system are modeled as a user-preference-based multi-objective optimization (MOO) problem having multiple object functions subject to a set of constraints. The set of constraints include system constraints and a wish list specifying a respective user-preferred range of values for one or more of the objective functions. The UPE method calculates a wish list feasible solution (WL-feasible solution) to the user-preference-based MOO problem. The UPE method can be performed iteratively to compute targeted Pareto-optimal solutions. The UPE method can be used in a hybrid method in combination with other numerical methods to reliably compute feasible solutions of both conventional MOO problems and user-preference-based MOO problems. |
| US10733331B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium
Monitoring of a state of a system can be accurately performed even when a timing at which a relation changes is different for each set of the metrics. A monitoring apparatus 100 includes a model storage unit 122 and a determination unit 115. The model storage unit 122 stores, for each of a plurality of metric sets in a system, a model representing a relation among metrics included in the corresponding metric set. The determination unit 115 determines and outputs whether the system is in one state, by comparing a combination of models to which the plurality of metric sets conform respectively when the system is in the one state and a combination of models to which the plurality of metric sets conform respectively when the system is in a state to be determined. |
| US10733328B1 |
Hardware transportation trolley
A facility monitoring system and/or a secure data storage device transport trolley accounts for data storage devices removed from rack computing devices while in transport. The secure data storage device transport trolley comprises a backplane, backplane connectors, and a computing device coupled to the backplane. The computing device scans for data storage devices connected to the connectors of the backplane at regular intervals and maintains an updated list of data storage devices being transported by the secure data storage device transport trolley. The secure data storage device transport trolley also provides the list to a facility monitoring system for reconciliation. |
| US10733324B2 |
Privacy enabled runtime
Technical solutions are described for preventing unauthorized transmission of data by a communication apparatus. An example computer-implemented method includes monitoring a data transmission request from an application being executed by the communication apparatus. The data transmission request is associated with transmission data. The method further includes securing the transmission data, where the securing includes identifying a content of a predetermined type in the transmission data, and generating secured transmission data. The secured transmission data includes a corresponding modified version of the content of the predetermined type. The computer-implemented method also includes transmitting the secured transmission data in response to the data transmission request. |
| US10733318B2 |
Processing analytical queries over encrypted data using dynamical decryption
Aspects of the invention include processing queries in a database system having a first database engine and a second database engine. A first instance of a first table is stored in the first database engine in plaintext. At one predefined column of the first table is encrypted, resulting in a set of encrypted columns, using a cascade encryption scheme that includes a set of ordered encryption methods. A subset of the set of columns is stored in a second instance of the first table in the second database engine. An encryption method of the cascade encryption scheme that allows a query operation of a received query on data encrypted with the identified encryption method is identified. The identified encryption method is used to rewrite the query, and the rewritten query is executed using the second instance of the first table. |
| US10733313B2 |
Counter integrity tree for memory security
A counter integrity tree for memory security includes at least one split-counter node specifying at least two counters each defined as a combination of a major count value shared between the at least two counters and a respective minor count value specified separately for each of the at least two counters. This increases the number of child nodes which can be provided per parent node of the tree, and hence reduces the number of tree levels that have to be traversed in a tree covering a given size of memory region. The minor counter size can be varied dynamically by allocating nodes in a mirror counter integrity tree for accommodating larger minor counters which do not fit in the corresponding node of the main counter integrity tree. |
| US10733312B2 |
Context driven subscriptions
Methods, systems, and devices for context driven subscriptions are provided. In general, a user interface for a pipeline management system can be configured to provide information regarding one or more pipelines to authorized users. The information can include data gathered using one or more sensors sensing various parameters. The information on the user interface can include results of analysis of the gathered data, such as notifications that the gathered data indicates an anomaly with a pipeline. The notifications of anomalies can be provided on the user interface in real time with the data analysis. |
| US10733311B2 |
Cognitive internet of things (IoT) gateways for data security and privacy protection in real-time context-based data applications
A cognitive IoT gateway may receive real-time data associated with a user from sensor devices that are detecting user data in real-time. The real-time data is analyzed to determine whether the real-time data indicates a deviation from a predicted user behavior data predicted based on historical data. The real-time data is transformed into collated data that removes protected and sensitive information from the real-time data, and the collated data is transmitted to a server computer, wherein the protected and sensitive information received from the sensor devices remain local to the cognitive IoT gateway. Updated information computed by the server computer based on the collated data is received and a real-time alert is sent to a user device notifying the user of the updated information. |
| US10733298B2 |
System management audit log snapshot
A controller of an information handling system (IHS) performs a method to detect tampering with functional components of IHS. Following a last authorized configuration change of locally-available information handling resources, a unique code is generated and stored with a time-stamped system log entry in a system memory. Prior to transit, a system management audit (SMA) log snapshot is generated and provided to an audit device for separately conveying to a recipient of the IHS. In response to powering up at least the controller of the IHS after transit, a current SMA log snapshot is obtained that includes a current SMA log entry and a current unique code. Access by an audit device is provided to the current SMA log snapshot to enable comparison to the SMA log snapshot created prior to transit for identifying whether there has been tampering with the IHS. |
| US10733293B2 |
Cross platform user event record aggregation system
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for cross platform user event record aggregation system. The present invention is configured to receive one or more exposure events from one or more detection systems; determine that a combination of at least a portion of the one or more exposure events indicates an intrusion in at least one of the one or more detection systems, thereby requiring elevated review of each exposure event; initiate the elevated review based on at least the indication of the intrusion; determine whether the intrusion is benign or harmful; and re-train the machine learning algorithm based on at least determining whether the intrusion is benign or harmful, thereby adjusting the score for future incidents of each exposure event in the combination of at least a portion of the one or more exposure events. |