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US10770780B2	Antenna apparatus and circuit board thereof The present disclosure provides an antenna apparatus and a circuit board thereof for an RFD device to provide wide field effect coverage. The antenna apparatus includes a housing having a concavity defined therein, a printed circuit board disposed inside the concavity of the housing, two plates respectively located on opposite side portions of the circuit board, and a metal pattern sandwiched between and wirelessly coupled to the two plates. By disposing the metal pattern at the central portion of the circuit board and sandwiched between and coupled to the two plates, the field effect is enhanced, and the sensitivity of the antenna apparatus when detecting an object passing through the field (near field detection) is improved.
US10770779B2	Stackable antenna enclosure A stackable antenna enclosure is generally dome-shaped with a top and a side wall tapering inward from its base. An antenna and associated electronic components are mounted on the interior top surface of the enclosure. A series of enclosures can be stacked together for storage or shipment, but the side wall of the enclosure includes a number of stops that limit how far the enclosure can be inserted into the interior cavity of an adjacent enclosure to prevent the antenna and related electronic components from coming into contact with the top of the adjacent enclosure. For example, the stops can be a series of vertical ribs extending radially outward from the side wall of the enclosure. The upper ends of these ribs will abut the base of an adjacent enclosure when stacked and prevent contact against the antenna and related electronic components.
US10770776B2	Vertical switched filter bank A microwave or radio frequency (RF) device includes stacked printed circuit boards (PCBs) mounted on a flexible PCB having at least one ground plane and a signal terminal. Each of the stacked PCBs includes through-holes the sidewalls of which are coated with a conductive material. Microwave components are mounted on the flexible PCB within the through-holes, such that signal terminals of the components bond to signal terminals of respective through-holes. A conductive cover is mounted on the PCBs such that the cover is in electrical contact with the ground plane of the flexible PCB through the conductive material, forming shielding cavities around the components. The flexible PCB is folded such that the cover of one PCB faces the cover of the second PCB. The flexible PCB includes striplines or microstrips that carry RF or microwave signals to the signal terminals.
US10770774B2	Microstrip-waveguide transition for transmitting electromagnetic wave signal The present invention relates to a microstrip-waveguide transition for transmission of electromagnetic wave signals. According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a microstrip-waveguide transition for transmission of electromagnetic wave signals, comprising: a feeding part for providing an electromagnetic wave signal to be transmitted through the waveguide; and a ground part formed at a predetermined interval from the feeding part, wherein the microstrip and the waveguide are coupled alongside each other along a length direction of the waveguide, and wherein a distance between the feeding part and the ground part in a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the waveguide is greater as it is closer to the waveguide.
US10770772B2	Signal transmission cable, multicore cable, and method of manufacturing signal transmission cable A signal transmission cable includes a signal line, an insulation layer configured to cover the signal line, and a plating layer configured to cover the insulation layer. An arithmetic average roughness Ra of an outer peripheral surface of the insulation layer is between 0.6 μm and 10 μm inclusive. A method of manufacturing the signal transmission cable includes covering the signal line with the insulation layer, followed by conducting a dry-ice-blasting on the outer peripheral surface of the insulation layer, followed by conducting a corona discharge exposure process on the outer peripheral surface, and forming the plating layer on the outer peripheral surface.
US10770760B2	Replenished negative electrodes for secondary batteries A method is provided for activating a secondary battery having a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a microporous separator between the negative and positive electrodes permeated with carrier-ion containing electrolyte, the negative electrode having anodically active silicon or an alloy thereof. The method includes transferring carrier ions from the positive electrode to the negative electrode to at least partially charge the secondary battery, and transferring carrier ions from an auxiliary electrode to the positive electrode, to provide the secondary battery with a positive electrode end of discharge voltage Vpos,eod and a negative electrode end of discharge voltage Vneg,eod when the cell is at a predefined Vcell,eod value, the value of Vpos,eod corresponding to a voltage at which the state of charge of the positive electrode is at least 95% of its coulombic capacity and Vneg,eod is at least 0.4 V (vs Li) but less than 0.9 V (vs Li).
US10770758B2	Cable-type secondary battery including winding core having guide portions Disclosed is a cable-type secondary battery, including: a winding core having guide portions formed by intaglio or relief in a spiral shape on the surface thereof; a sheet-type first inner electrode formed on the outside of the winding core surface between the guide portions by spiral winding; a sheet-type first separation layer formed on the outside of the first inner electrode by spiral winding; a sheet-type second inner electrode formed on the outside of the first separation layer by spiral winding; a second separation layer formed on the outside of the second inner electrode by spiral winding; and an outer electrode formed on the outside of the second separation layer by spiral winding.
US10770757B2	Manufacturing method of electrode assembly A manufacturing method of an electrode assembly capable of easily manufacturing a configuration in which an electrolyte and an active material are bonded to each other is provided.A step of supplying, solidifying, and crystallizing a solid electrolyte 22 including Li2+XC1−XBXO3 (X represents a real number equal to or greater than 0 and smaller than 1), so as to be in contact with an active material aggregate 12 including a communication hole 14 between active material particles 13, is included. In a case where the solid electrolyte 22 is melted, the solid electrolyte 22 is heated in a range of 650 degrees to 900 degrees.
US10770755B2	Partially and fully surface-enabled transition metal ion-exchanging energy storage devices A surface-enabled, metal ion-exchanging battery device comprising a cathode, an anode, a porous separator, and a metal ion-containing electrolyte, wherein the metal ion is selected from aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga), indium (In), tin (Sn), lead (Pb), or bismuth (Bi), and at least one of the electrodes contains therein a metal ion source prior to the first charge or discharge cycle of the device and at least the cathode comprises a functional material or nanostructured material having a metal ion-capturing functional group or metal ion-storing surface in direct contact with the electrolyte. This energy storage device has a power density significantly higher than that of a lithium-ion battery and an energy density dramatically higher than that of a supercapacitor.
US10770754B2	Electrolyte for lithium-sulfur battery and lithium-sulfur battery comprising same The present invention relates to an electrolyte solution for a lithium-sulfur battery and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same.The electrolyte solution for a lithium-sulfur battery according to the present invention exhibits excellent stability, and may improve a swelling phenomenon by suppressing gas generation during lithium-sulfur battery operation.
US10770752B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are stacked together through a separator, a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, and an exterior case which accommodates the electrode assembly and the nonaqueous electrolytic solution. The negative electrode is electrically connected to the exterior case, which contains iron, and the nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes a fluorinated carboxylate ester and lithium fluorosulfate salt (LiSO3F).
US10770751B2	Solid state lithium-ion conductor A compound of Formula 1: Li6+(4−a)x+c)M4+(2−x)Aa+xO(7−c)N′c (1) wherein M is a tetravalent cationic element, A is a divalent or trivalent cationic element, N′ is an anion having a valence of less than −2, wherein when A is Y3+, In3+, Zn2+, or a combination thereof, 0.150.
US10770750B2	Lithium ion conductor, solid electrolyte layer, electrode, battery, and electronic device A lithium ion conductor includes a first lithium ion conductor that contains at least one selected from among oxide crystals and glass ceramics, and a second lithium ion conductor that has a sintering temperature of not more than 600° C. The lithium ion conductivity of the first lithium ion conductor is higher than the lithium ion conductivity of the second lithium ion conductor.
US10770745B2	Monolithically integrated thin-film solid state lithium battery device having multiple layers of lithium electrochemical cells A monolithically integrated thin-film solid-state lithium battery device to supply energy to a mobile communication device. The battery device comprises multiple layers ranging from greater than 100 layers to less than 20,000 layers of lithium electrochemical cells. The lithium electrochemical cells are connected in parallel or in series to conform to a spatial volume. The device is substantially free from a substrate member. The overlying multiple layers are free from any intermediary substrate member. The multiple layers are configured to form a plurality of electrochemical cells configured in a parallel arrangement or a serial arrangement using either a self terminated or post terminated connector configuration.
US10770742B2	Electrical power distribution system and method for a grid-tied reversible solid oxide fuel cell system A Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (RSOFC) system includes a Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (RSOFC) unit, a bi-directional alternating current/direct current (AC/DC) converter, coupled to the RSOFC unit, a common bus, coupled to the bi-directional AC/DC converter and to a power grid, and a plurality of RSOFC subsystems, coupled to receive power only through the common bus. The RSOFC unit has a fuel cell mode, wherein the RSOFC unit produces electrical power from fuel, and an electrolysis mode, wherein the RSOFC unit consumes electrical power to produce the fuel. The bi-directional AC/DC converter is coupled to the RSOFC unit, and is configured to convert direct current (DC) electrical power produced by the RSOFC unit into outgoing alternating current (AC) power, and to convert incoming AC power into DC power for consumption by the RSOFC unit in electrolysis mode.
US10770737B2	Gasket and fuel cell stack including gasket A gasket comprising: a first sealing part surrounding the sealed area; and a second sealing part surrounding the sealed area and being provided external to an area surrounded by the first sealing part. When a compressive deformation ratio is defined as a ratio of a deformation amount in a height direction to pressure applied to the gasket in the height direction, in the first sealing part, the compressive deformation ratio at a section to be arranged on a first fuel cell side is greater than the compressive deformation ratio at a section to be arranged on a second fuel cell side, and in the second sealing part, the compressive deformation ratio at a section to be arranged on the second fuel cell side is greater than the compressive deformation ratio at a section to be arranged on the first fuel cell side.
US10770735B2	Protection arrangement and method of solid oxide cells An object of the invention is a protection method of solid oxide cells, in which method is arranged gas flows in the cell by at least two cell structure plates made of metal. In the method is formed metal oxide material on metallic structure from liquid precursor containing at least metal ions and at least one of organic and inorganic compounds fed into thermal flame having average gas velocity over 200 m/s.
US10770734B2	Lithium air battery and manufacturing method therefor The present invention relates to a lithium air battery and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the lithium air battery comprises; a positive electrode which uses oxygen as an anode active material and is formed by laminating carbon black secondary particles which are composed of carbon black primary particles and graphene, and including macropores having a pore size range of exceeding 100 nm formed between the carbon black secondary particles; a negative electrode disposed to face the positive electrode; and a separation membrane disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The lithium air battery provides an increase in discharge capacity in a discharge test and a decrease in overvoltage, and can be manufactured by a simple method.
US10770732B2	Cable-type secondary battery including spaced spring inner electrode support wound on outside of winding core Disclosed is a cable-type secondary battery, including: a winding core; an inner electrode support wound on the outside of the winding core in the form of a spaced spring so that the winding core may be exposed partially; a sheet-type first inner electrode formed on the outside of the exposed winding core by spiral winding; a sheet-type first separation layer formed on the outside of the first inner electrode by spiral winding; a sheet-type second inner electrode formed on the outside of the first separation layer by spiral winding; a second separation layer formed on the outside of the second inner electrode by spiral winding; and an outer electrode formed on the outside of the second separation layer by spiral winding.
US10770729B2	Electrode, power storage device, and electronic equipment A flexible power storage device or a power storage device of which the capacity and cycle characteristics do not easily deteriorate even when the power storage device is curved is provided. An electrode in which an active material layer, a current collector, and a friction layer are stacked in this order is provided. Furthermore, a power storage device that includes the electrode as at least one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode is provided.
US10770726B2	Method for manufacturing electrode, electrode manufactured by same, electrode structure including electrode, fuel cell or metal-air secondary battery, battery module including cell or battery, and composition for manufacturing electrode The present specification relates to a method for manufacturing an electrode, an electrode manufactured by the same, an electrode structure including the electrode, a fuel cell or a metal-air secondary battery including the electrode, a battery module including the fuel cell or the metal-air secondary battery, and a composition for manufacturing an electrode.
US10770724B2	Positive electrode material for lithium secondary batteries Provided is a positive electrode material that allows reducing the resistance of a lithium secondary battery. The positive electrode material for lithium secondary batteries disclosed herein contains positive electrode active material particles each having a layered structure; and at least one conductor selected from the group consisting of a lithium conductor and an electronic conductor, and disposed on a surface of the positive electrode active material particles. In a case where the positive electrode material contains the lithium conductor, the proportion of the lithium conductor disposed at planes other than the (003) plane of the positive electrode active material particle, with respect to the total amount of the lithium conductor, is not less than 50% and not more than 100%. In a case where the positive electrode material contains the electronic conductor the proportion of the electronic conductor disposed at the (003) plane of the positive electrode active material particle, with respect to the total amount of the electronic conductor, is not less than 50% and not more than 100%.
US10770723B2	Positive electrode material and lithium ion battery The examples of the present application provide a positive electrode material and a lithium ion battery. The positive electrode material comprises: a substrate material; and a coating material formed on at least one portion of the surface of the substrate material; the general formula of the substrate material being Li1+xCo1-yMyO2 or LiNiaCobN1-a-bO2, wherein 0≤x<0.1, 0≤y<0.1 and M is at least one of selected from the group of Mn, Ni, Al, Mg, Ti, Zr, Y, P, Cr; ⅓≤a≤0.82, 0.1≤b≤⅓, 0.6≤a+b, N is at least one of selected from the group of Mn, Al, Mg, Ti, Zr, La, Ce, Y; the coating material includes CeZrO4-z, wherein 0≤z<0.1. By using a positive electrode material coated with CeZrO4-z, the direct current (DC) resistance of the lithium ion battery is greatly reduced.
US10770722B2	Method for preparing silicon nanocomposite dispersion using plasma, and anode active material and lithium secondary battery using same The present invention relates to a method for easily producing nanoparticles by expansion, explosion, vaporization, condensation and cooling of plasma in a liquid by means of heat resistance and, more particularly, to a method for preparing a silicon nanocomposite dispersion having a uniform carbon layer coated on the surface of silicon of which at least one area is connected to a silicon carbide formed by reacting a carbon in liquid (C) during expansion, explosion, vaporization, condensation and cooling, and applied products thereof.
US10770718B2	Lithium-sulfur secondary battery A lithium-sulfur secondary battery includes a cathode current collector and a cathode electrode on the cathode current collector. The cathode electrode includes a porous carbon interlayer electrode including a plurality of carbon fibers, metal sulfide catalyst particles dispersed and positioned on the porous carbon interlayer electrode, and sulfur-based active material particles dispersed on the porous carbon interlayer electrode to be attached thereto and including sulfur.
US10770714B2	Electrode manufacturing method for improving battery capacity and electrode manufactured thereby The present invention relates to an electrode manufacturing method, an electrode manufactured thereby, and a battery comprising the same, the electrode manufacturing method comprising the steps of: applying an electrode active material onto a collector; and radiating a laser such that the end of an electrode active material layer, which has been obtained by applying the electrode active material, becomes straight, thereby removing the electrode active material.The present invention is advantageous in that the difference in area between active materials applied to the positive and negative electrodes, respectively, is minimized, thereby increasing the capacity and improving the stability of the battery.
US10770712B2	Pouch-typed battery cell comprising electrode lead having current breaking function A battery cell includes an electrode assembly and a battery case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The battery case includes an upper case and a lower case, at least one of the upper case and the lower case being provided with a receiving part, in which the electrode assembly is mounted. One end of each of electrode tabs extending from electrode plates of the electrode assembly is coupled to a corresponding end of an electrode lead, which protrudes outward from the battery case. The electrode lead is provided with at least one notch part configured to rupture in response to expansion deformation of the battery case when the pressure in the battery cell increases to achieve the electrical cutoff of the battery.
US10770708B2	Busbar and battery module having such a busbar A battery, a battery pack for the battery, and a busbar for connecting battery cells, the busbar having an electrically conductive metal sheet and having at least one sheet metal connector piece, which is incorporated into the metal sheet with the aid of a cutting method and which protrudes from the metal sheet; the sheet metal connector piece has a contacting part for electrically connecting to a pole of the battery cell and a safety part embodied in the form of a fuse. In order to create a busbar that is durable and simply designed and nevertheless has a high degree of fire safety, it is proposed that the safety part be embodied in the form of a coiled helical spring.
US10770707B2	Battery separator and method of manufacturing same A battery separator includes a polyolefin microporous membrane having a width of 100 mm or more, and a porous layer laminated on at least one surface of the polyolefin microporous membrane. The polyolefin microporous membrane has a variation range of an F25 value in a width direction of 1 MPa or less, and the F25 value indicates a value obtained by dividing a load value measured at 25% elongation of a specimen with use of a tensile tester by a cross-sectional area of the specimen. The porous layer contains a fluorine-based resin and an inorganic particle.
US10770704B2	Separators for VRLA batteries and methods relating thereto Improved battery separators, batteries, and systems, as well as methods relating thereto are disclosed herein for use in various lead acid batteries such as valve-regulated lead acid (VRLA) batteries that include one or more AGM layers. The improved battery separators described herein may provide a battery system with an advantage of a significantly decreased acid filling time and a significantly increased acid filling speed. Various improved batteries, methods and systems are described herein using such improved battery separators that increase acid filling speed and decrease acid filling time for a VRLA battery.
US10770703B2	Battery module A battery module includes: a cell stack which is constituted by stacking a plurality of cells, and includes a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, a fourth surface, a fifth surface, and a sixth surface; a pair of end plates which are disposed on the first surface and the second surface of the cell stack; and a pair of connection frames which connect the pair of end plates. The pair of end plates each includes: a plurality of column portions; a plurality of beam portions; and hollow portions formed by the column portions and the beam portions. The pair of the end plates each has a uniform width in a stacking direction. In at least one beam portion of the plurality of beam portions, a width of a central portion is greater than a width of both end portions.
US10770697B2	Battery cell, battery module, and method for producing the same A battery cell having a first housing element (4) which holds the electrochemical components of the battery cell (2) and has an opening (6), and a second housing element (5) which has a voltage tap (7) to be accessed from a first surface (8) of the second housing element (5), the second housing element (5) closes off the opening (6) so that a first part region (91) of a second surface (9) of the second housing element (5) is immediately adjacent the interior space (10) of the first housing element (4), and that a second part region (92) of the second surface (9) of the second housing element (5) protrudes beyond the first housing element (4), wherein the second housing element (5) comprises a sealing element (11) connected to the first surface (8) and/or to the second part region (92) of the second surface (9).
US10770694B2	Prismatic battery cell having two or more case members Disclosed herein is a prismatic battery cell including an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the electrode assembly having a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal protruding from at least one side of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, two or more case members coupled to each other so as to have a shape corresponding to the external shape of the electrode assembly such that the case members surround the electrode assembly, the case members having a predetermined opening, through which one surface of the electrode assembly, at least, corresponding to protruding portions of the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal is exposed, and a cap plate coupled to the opening of the case members in a sealed state.
US10770688B2	Display device A display device including a display panel including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area; a window disposed above the display panel; a driving circuit chip disposed in the non-display area and mounted on the display panel; and a light-scattering member interposed between the display panel and the window. The light-scattering member overlaps with the driving circuit chip and contains scattering particles.
US10770686B2	Organic light emitting device which emits white light An organic light emitting device which emits white light in use, comprising a reflective anode (3), a first light emitting layer (9) which emits red light located over said anode, a second light emitting layer (11) which emits blue light and green light located over said first light emitting layer, and a cathode structure located over said second light emitting layer comprising a first semi-reflecting layer (15) and a second semi-reflecting layer (21) with a layer (19) of light transmissive material between the first and second semi-reflecting semi-transparent layers, the distance between the reflective anode (3) and the first semi-reflecting semi-transparent layer (17) being selected to form a micro-cavity which enhances blue light emission and red light emission from the device, and the distance between the reflective anode (3) and the second semi-reflecting semi-transparent layer (21) being selected to enhance green light emission from the device.
US10770682B2	Display panel and method for fabricating the same A display panel comprises: a planarization layer that lies on a substrate and compensates for irregularities; an electrode pattern that lies on the planarization layer in a non-display area of the substrate and exposes at least part of the planarization layer; and a moisture-impermeable layer that covers the planarization layer exposed by the electrode pattern.
US10770674B2	OLED lighting apparatus Disclosed herein is an OLED lighting apparatus which can achieve both improvement in reliability and reduction in manufacturing cost. In the OLED lighting apparatus, an encapsulation layer is disposed over the active area and the non-active area on a buffer layer, such that a pad disposed in the non-active area of the buffer layer can be stably secured by the encapsulation layer bonded thereto. Accordingly, upon tape automated bonding between an FPCB substrate with a COF tape attached thereto and a via electrode, the COF tape does not directly contact the pad but contacts the via electrode connected to the pad, particularly a connection terminal of the via electrode disposed on an upper surface of the encapsulation layer, thereby establishing electrical connection between the FPCB substrate and the via electrode. In this way, the connection terminal of the via electrode is electrically connected to the FPCB substrate via the COF tape, whereby a signal from the outside can be applied to the pad connected to the via electrode.
US10770673B2	Highly reliable stacked white organic light emitting device An organic light emitting device (OLED) is provided that includes a cathode and an anode; a blue emitting layer; and at least two hybrid red/green emitting layers. One of the at least two hybrid red/green emitting layers is a cathode side, red/green emitting layer that is disposed between the cathode and the blue emitting layer. The second of the at least two hybrid red/green emitting layers is an anode side, red/green emitting layer that is disposed between the blue emitting layer and the anode. The OLED emits white light.
US10770672B2	Flexible OLED device, method for manufacturing same, and support substrate According to a method for producing a flexible OLED device of the present disclosure, a multilayer stack (100) is provided, the multilayer stack including a base (10), a functional layer region (20) which includes a TFT layer and an OLED layer, a flexible film (30) provided between the base and the functional layer region and supporting the functional layer region, and a release layer (12) provided between the flexible film and the base and bound to the base. The release layer is irradiated with lift-off light (216) transmitted through the base, whereby the flexible film is delaminated from the release layer. The release layer is made of a polycrystalline of tantalum nitride.
US10770667B2	Flexible display device and manufacturing method thereof A flexible display device is provided, including: a display area, a bending area, and a driving printed circuit board. The bending area is located between the display area and the driving printed circuit board, and the driving printed circuit board is located on a rear side of the display area by bending of the bending area. The bending area includes: a substrate; an inorganic layer disposed on the substrate, where the inorganic layer is disposed on the substrate and distributed in a form of islands, and the inorganic layer includes a plurality of island-shaped blocks, and two adjacent island-shaped blocks are spaced apart from each other; and a first metal layer disposed on a whole surface of the inorganic layer and the substrate, where the first metal layer forms a plurality of first recesses corresponding to shapes of the plurality of island-shaped blocks.
US10770666B2	Display device having protective film A display device includes a flexible display panel and a protective film. The protective film includes a film main body and a first adhesion portion. The film main body has a first surface contacting the flexible display panel and a first recess portion recessed from the first surface, and the first adhesion portion is in the first recess portion.
US10770664B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices This invention discloses iridium complexes containing one tetradentate ligand and one bidentate ligand. The heteroleptic iridium complexes showed desired properties such as good EQE, LT, and CIE.
US10770663B2	Germanium-centered dendrimer compound, and organic optoelectric element comprising same Germanium-centered dendrimer compounds and organic optoelectronic devices comprising the same are provided. The organic optoelectronic device comprising the compound is capable of implementing high light-emitting ability and light-emitting efficiency, and improving thermal stability (heat resistance) of the organic optoelectronic devices, thereby increasing the lifetime thereof.
US10770662B2	Organic compound, organic light emitting diode and organic light emitting display device The present invention provides an organic compound of following formula and an organic light emitting diode and an OLED device including the organic compound.
US10770661B2	Thermally activated delayed fluorescence material and application thereof in organic electroluminescence device The present invention discloses a thermally activated delayed fluorescence material and application thereof in an organic electroluminescence device. The thermally activated delayed fluorescence material is a compound having the general structure of Formula I or Formula II: In Formula I and Formula II, R1 is a cyano, p is 1, 2 or 3, q is 1, 2 or 3, m is 1 or 2, n is 1 or 2, Ar1 is a phenyl substituted with one or more groups selected from C1-6 alkyl, methoxy, ethoxy, or phenyl, Ar2 and Ar3 are selected from the following groups: and X is bromine or iodine. The present invention further discloses application of the thermally activated delayed fluorescence material as a host material or a luminescent dye of a luminescent layer of an organic electroluminescence device.
US10770659B2	Composition for hole trapping layer of organic photoelectric conversion element Provided is a composition for a hole trapping layer of an organic photoelectric conversion element, such composition: containing a solvent and a charge-transporting substance comprising a polyaniline derivative represented by formula (1); and providing a thin film that is suitable as a hole trapping layer of an organic photoelectric conversion element and can also be used to produce an inverse lamination type organic photoelectric conversion element. {R1-R6 each independently denote a hydrogen atom or the like, but one of the R1-R4 groups is a sulfonic acid group, one or more of the other R1-R4 groups is an alkoxy group having 1-20 carbon atoms, a thioalkoxy group having 1-20 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2-20 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 2-20 carbon atoms, a haloalkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6-20 carbon atoms or an aralkyl group having 7-20 carbon atoms, and m and n are numbers that satisfy the relationships 0≤m≤1, 0≤n≤1 and m+n=1.}
US10770656B2	Method for manufacturing phase change memory Method(s) and apparatuses for forming a phase change memory. A method includes: forming a crystalline phase-change layer at a first position in along a surface of a first semiconductor layer, and forming an amorphous phase-change layer at a second position along the surface of a second semiconductor layer, wherein the crystalline phase-change layer and the amorphous phase-change layer are in contact.
US10770654B2	Multiple spacer assisted physical etching of sub 60nm MRAM devices A MTJ stack is deposited on a bottom electrode. A top electrode layer and hard mask are deposited on the MTJ stack. The top electrode layer not covered by the hard mask is etched. Thereafter, a first spacer layer is deposited over the patterned top electrode layer and the hard mask. The first spacer layer is etched away on horizontal surfaces leaving first spacers on sidewalls of the patterned top electrode layer. The free layer not covered by the hard mask and first spacers is etched. Thereafter, the steps of depositing a subsequent spacer layer over patterned previous layers, etching away the subsequent spacer layer on horizontal surfaces leaving subsequent spacers on sidewalls of the patterned previous layers, and thereafter etching a next layer not covered by the hard mask and subsequent spacers are repeated until all layers of the MTJ stack have been etched to complete the MTJ structure.
US10770653B1	Selective dielectric deposition to prevent gouging in MRAM A method is presented for reducing dielectric gouging during etching processes of a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) structure including an MRAM region and a non-MRAM region. The method includes forming protective layers in the MRAM region to preserve integrity of underlying dielectric layers, forming a bottom electrode in direct contact with the protective layers, and constructing an MRAM pillar over the bottom electrode, wherein the MRAM pillar includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack and a top electrode.
US10770648B2	Method for producing composite wafer having oxide single-crystal film A composite wafer has an oxide single-crystal film transferred onto a support wafer, the film being a lithium tantalate or lithium niobate film, and the composite wafer being unlikely to have cracking or peeling caused in the lamination interface between the film and the support wafer. More specifically, a method of producing the composite wafer, includes steps of: implanting hydrogen atom ions or molecule ions from a surface of the oxide wafer to form an ion-implanted layer inside thereof; subjecting at least one of the surface of the oxide wafer and a surface of the support wafer to surface activation treatment; bonding the surfaces together to obtain a laminate; heat-treating the laminate at 90° C. or higher at which cracking is not caused; and applying ultrasonic vibration to the heat-treated laminate to split along the ion-implanted layer to obtain the composite wafer.
US10770644B2	Piezoelectric device A piezoelectric device includes a substrate that is flexible and thermally deformable, and a composite piezoelectric body disposed on the substrate. Output in accordance with deformation of the composite piezoelectric body is obtained. The composite piezoelectric body includes a piezoelectric layer containing an organic binder containing piezoelectric particles, a first electrode layer stacked on a first surface side of the piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode stacked on a second surface side of the piezoelectric layer. The substrate is insert molded and integrated with a molded resin body having a curved shape.
US10770639B2	Method of forming superconducting wire Provided is a method of forming a superconducting wire, the method including forming a superconducting precursor film on a substrate, the super conducting precursor film containing Re, Ba, and Cu having a composition in which Ba is poor and Cu is rich compared to stoichiometric ReBCO(Gd1Ba2Cu3O7−y, 0≤y≤6, Re: Rare earth element), heating the substrate to melt the superconducting precursor film, providing an oxygen gas having an oxygen partial pressure of about 10 mTorr to about 200 mTorr on the molten superconducting precursor film to form a superconducting layer including an epitaxial superconductor biaxially aligned only in the c-axis direction perpendicular to the substrate, and cooling the substrate.
US10770637B2	Energy harvester An energy harvest is disclosed. The disclosed energy harvest includes: a first charging member including a plurality of first protruding parts; and a second charging member including a plurality of second protruding parts arranged between the first protruding parts and including a material different from that of the first protruding parts. When at least one of the first and second charging members moves, side surfaces of the first protruding parts and side surfaces of the second protruding parts come into contact with each other, or gaps between the side surfaces of the first protruding parts and the side surfaces of the second protruding parts are changed. The energy harvest generates electrical energy from the contact or the gap change.
US10770631B2	Display apparatus using semi-conductor light-emitting device A display apparatus including a display unit; a plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements having at least a first conductive electrode to form individual pixels of the display unit; an adhesive layer disposed between adjacent semiconductor light emitting elements; a thin-film transistor having a gate region disposed closer to an upper surface of the display unit than a source region and a drain region; a via hole formed in the adhesive layer; and a via hole electrode extending in the via hole and electrically connecting the at least one conductive electrode of a corresponding semiconductor light emitting element and the source-drain electrode of the thin-film transistor.
US10770628B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a light emitting element having an emission peak wavelength in a range of 380 nm to 420 nm and a fluorescent member including at least one fluorescent material that is excited by light from the light emitting element for light emission, wherein a mixture of light from the light emitting element and light from the fluorescent material has a correlated color temperature in a range of 2000 K to 7500 K as measured according to JIS Z8725, and the light emitting device has a spectral distribution in which, when the integral value over a wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm is normalized to 100%, the proportion of an integral value over a wavelength range of 380 nm to 420 nm is 15% or more, and the ratio a as defined by the expression (1) is 0.9 or more and 1.6 or less.
US10770625B1	Semiconductor device packages A semiconductor device package includes a substrate, a heat dissipation structure disposed on the substrate, and a first optical module disposed on the heat dissipation structure. The heat dissipation structure includes a housing, an optical component disposed on the housing, and a light-emitting device disposed in the housing and capable of emitting light toward the first optical component.
US10770623B2	Light emitting diode and electroluminescent display device An emitting diode includes a first electrode in a first pixel; a first emitting layer positioned on the first electrode and in the first pixel and including a first amorphous oxide semiconductor material and a first quantum dot, wherein the first amorphous oxide semiconductor material includes an indium atom, a gallium atom and a zinc atom; and a second electrode covering the first emitting layer.
US10770619B2	Light-emitting devices and displays with improved performance Light-emitting devices and displays with improved performance are disclosed. A light-emitting device includes a first electrode including an anode opposite a second electrode including a cathode, a hole injection layer adjacent the first electrode, a hole transporting layer disposed on the hole injection layer, and an emissive layer of inorganic semiconductor nanocrystals disposed between the hole transporting layer and the second electrode. The inorganic semiconductor nanocrystals comprising a plurality of semiconductor nanocrystals capable of emitting light upon excitation.
US10770618B2	Method of manufacturing light emitting device A method for manufacturing a light emitting device includes providing an intermediate member including: at least one light emitting element that includes a plurality of electrodes arranged at a same surface side thereof, and a covering member covering the at least on light emitting element such that at least a portion of a surface of each of the plurality of electrodes is exposed; forming a metal layer that continuously covers the exposed portion of each of the electrodes and the covering member; and removing a portion of the metal layer by irradiating the metal layer with laser light to form a plurality of external connection electrodes that are spaced apart from each other, each of the plurality of external connection electrodes having an area larger than an area of respective one of the plurality of electrodes.
US10770614B2	Monolithically integrated high voltage photovoltaics and light emitting diode with textured surface A method of forming an electrical device that includes epitaxially growing a first conductivity type semiconductor material of a type III-V semiconductor on a semiconductor substrate. The first conductivity type semiconductor material continuously extending along an entirety of the semiconductor substrate in a plurality of triangular shaped islands; and conformally forming a layer of type III-V semiconductor material having a second conductivity type on the plurality of triangular shaped islands to provide a textured surface of a photovoltaic device. A light emitting diode is formed on the textured surface of the photovoltaic device.
US10770609B2	Multilayered polyolefin-based films having a layer comprising a crystalline block copolymer composite or a block copolymer composite resin Disclosed are multilayer film structures including a layer (B) that includes a crystalline block copolymer composite (CBC) or a specified block copolymer composite (BC), including i) an ethylene polymer (EP) including at least 80 mol % polymerized ethylene; ii) an alpha-olefin-based crystalline polymer (CAOP) and iii) a block copolymer including (a) an ethylene polymer block including at least 80 mol % polymerized ethylene and (b) a crystalline alpha-olefin block (CAOB); and a layer C that includes a polyolefin having at least one melting peak greater than 125 C, the top facial surface of layer C in adhering contact with the bottom facial surface of layer B. Such multilayer film structure preferably includes (A) a seal layer A having a bottom facial surface in adhering contact with the top facial surface of layer B. Such films are suited for use in electronic device (ED) modules including an electronic device such as a PV cell.
US10770606B2	Solar array system and method of manufacturing A space-grade solar array includes relatively small cells with integrated wiring embedded into or incorporated directly onto a printed circuit board. The integrated wiring provides an interface for solar cells having back side electrical contacts. The single side contacts enable the use of pick and place (PnP) technology in manufacturing the space-grade solar array. The solar cell is easily and efficiently packaged and electrically interconnected with other solar cells on a solar panel such as by using PnP process. The back side contacts are matched from a size and positioning standpoint to corresponding contacts on the printed circuit board.
US10770602B1	Optical sensor and method for forming the same An optical sensor includes pixels disposed in a substrate and a light collimating layer disposed on the substrate. The light collimating layer includes a first light-shielding layer, first transparent pillars, a second light-shielding layer, and second transparent pillars. The first light-shielding layer is disposed on the substrate. The first transparent pillars through the first light-shielding layer are correspondingly disposed on the pixels. The second light-shielding layer is disposed on the first light-shielding layer and the first transparent pillars. The second transparent pillars through the second light-shielding layer are correspondingly disposed on the first transparent pillars. The top surface area of each of the first transparent pillars is not equal to the bottom surface area of each of the second transparent pillars.
US10770601B2	Electro-conductive paste, solar cell and method for producing solar cell An electro-conductive paste which includes an electro-conductive powder, a multiple oxide containing tellurium oxide, and an organic vehicle. The electro-conductive paste contains 0.1 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight of the multiple oxide based on 100 parts by weight of the electro-conductive powder, and the content ratio of the tellurium oxide in 100% by weight of the multiple oxide as TeO2 is 3% by weight to 30% by weight.
US10770600B2	Method of using the photodetecting device A photodetecting device and method of using the same are provided. Light is used to irradiate the optical filter layer of the photodetecting device and positions of the electrons and the holes in the polycrystalline silicon nano-channel layer are rearranged by the light with a wavelength range capable of passing through the optical filter layer. The current between the source and the drain is changed by rearranging the positions of the electrons and the holes, so as to generate a current difference. The intensity of the light is calculated by the current difference.
US10770597B2	Logic circuit and semiconductor device A logic circuit includes a thin film transistor having a channel formation region formed using an oxide semiconductor, and a capacitor having terminals one of which is brought into a floating state by turning off the thin film transistor. The oxide semiconductor has a hydrogen concentration of 5×1019 (atoms/cm3) or less and thus substantially serves as an insulator in a state where an electric field is not generated. Therefore, off-state current of a thin film transistor can be reduced, leadind to suppressing the leakage of electric charge stored in a capacitor, through the thin film transistor. Accordingly, a malfunction of the logic circuit can be prevented. Further, the excessive amount of current which flows in the logic circuit can be reduced through the reduction of off-state current of the thin film transistor, resulting in low power consumption of the logic circuit.
US10770596B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same By using a conductive layer including Cu as a long lead wiring, increase in wiring resistance is suppressed. Further, the conductive layer including Cu is provided in such a manner that it does not overlap with the oxide semiconductor layer in which a channel region of a TFT is formed, and is surrounded by insulating layers including silicon nitride, whereby diffusion of Cu can be prevented; thus, a highly reliable semiconductor device can be manufactured. Specifically, a display device which is one embodiment of a semiconductor device can have high display quality and operate stably even when the size or definition thereof is increased.
US10770595B2	Thin film transistor, method for manufacturing the same, and display device A thin film transistor, a method for manufacturing the same and a display device are provided in the present disclosure. The thin film transistor includes an active layer, a first electrode and a second electrode, and a gate electrode. The active layer includes an active layer body and an electrode hole in a center of the active layer body. The gate electrode is insulated and spaced apart from the active layer body and is disposed to surround the electrode hole. The first electrode and the second electrode are insulated from each other, both coupled to the active layer body, and insulated and spaced apart from the gate electrode. At least a portion of an orthographic projection of the first electrode on the active layer is within the electrode hole. An orthographic projection of the second electrode on the active layer surrounds the active layer body.
US10770591B2	Source/drain contacts for non-planar transistors The present description relates to the field of fabricating microelectronic devices having non-planar transistors. Embodiments of the present description relate to the formation of source/drain contacts within non-planar transistors, wherein a titanium-containing contact interface may be used in the formation of the source/drain contact with a discreet titanium silicide formed between the titanium-containing interface and a silicon-containing source/drain structure.
US10770590B2	Semiconductor structures and fabrication methods thereof A method for fabricating a semiconductor structure includes providing a base substrate, including a substrate, a plurality of gate structures formed on the substrate, and a cap layer formed on the plurality of gate structures; removing the cap layer to form a trench on each gate structure; and forming a substitution layer in the trench. The dielectric constant of the substitution layer is smaller than the dielectric constant of the cap layer.
US10770585B2	Self-aligned buried contact for vertical field-effect transistor and method of production thereof A device including a self-aligned buried contact between spacer liners and isolated from a pull down (PD)/pull-up (PU) shared gate and an n-channel field-effect transistor (NFET) pass gate (PG) gate and method of production thereof. Embodiments include first and second high-k/metal gate (HKMG) structures over a first portion of a substrate, and a third HKMG structure over a second portion of the substrate; an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) over a portion of the substrate and on sidewalls of the first, second and third HKMG structures; a spacer liner on sidewalls of the ILD between the second and third HKMG structures; and a buried contact layer between the spacer liner and in a portion of the substrate.
US10770578B2	Semiconductor devices and methods for forming a semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes an electrical device and has an output capacitance characteristic with at least one output capacitance maximum located at a voltage larger than 5% of a breakdown voltage of the semiconductor device. The output capacitance maximum is larger than 1.2 times an output capacitance at an output capacitance minimum located at a voltage between the voltage at the output capacitance maximum and 5% of a breakdown voltage of the semiconductor device.
US10770577B2	Rectifier and rotating electric machine including rectifier A rectifier has a rectification circuit configured to rectify multi-phase alternating current generated by a rotating electric machine into direct current. The rectifier includes upper-arm semiconductor switching elements included in an upper arm of the rectification circuit, upper-arm protection diodes included in the upper arm and each being electrically connected in parallel with one of the upper-arm semiconductor switching elements, lower-arm semiconductor switching elements included in a lower arm of the rectification circuit, and lower-arm protection diodes included in the lower arm and each being electrically connected in parallel with one of the lower-arm semiconductor switching elements. Each of the upper-arm and lower-arm protection diodes is configured to have, when a reverse voltage higher than a breakdown voltage of the protection diode is applied to the protection diode, an operating resistance that is higher than three times an operating resistance of any of the upper-arm and lower-arm semiconductor switching elements.
US10770569B2	Semiconductor device A transistor includes a semiconductive fin having a channel portion, a gate stack over the channel portion of the semiconductive fin, source and drain structures on opposite sides of the gate stack and adjoining the semiconductive fin, and a sidewall structure extending along sidewalls of a body portion of the source structure. The source structure has a curved top, and the source structure has a top portion protruding over a top of the sidewall structure.
US10770567B2	Embedded endpoint Fin reveal A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a plurality of fins formed from a substrate, at least one liner segment formed along a portion of the substrate, a first dielectric layer formed on the substrate and bounded by the liner segment, and a second dielectric layer formed within an interior of the liner segment.
US10770565B2	Memory structure and manufacturing method thereof A memory structure including a substrate, a first gate structure, a second gate structure, a first spacer, a second spacer, and a third spacer is provided. The first gate structure includes a first gate and a charge storage layer. The charge storage layer is disposed between the first gate and the substrate. The second gate structure is disposed on the substrate. The second gate structure includes a second gate. A height of the first gate is higher than a height of the second gate. The first spacer and the second spacer are respectively disposed on one sidewall and the other sidewall of the first gate structure. The first spacer is located between the first gate structure and the second gate structure. The third spacer is disposed on a sidewall of the first spacer and covers a portion of a top surface of the second gate.
US10770557B2	Tunable breakdown voltage RF FET devices A tunable breakdown voltage RF MESFET and/or MOSFET and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming a first line and a second line on an underlying gate dielectric material. The second line has a width tuned to a breakdown voltage. The method further includes forming sidewall spacers on sidewalls of the first and second line such that the space between first and second line is pinched-off by the dielectric spacers. The method further includes forming source and drain regions adjacent outer edges of the first line and the second line, and removing at least the second line to form an opening between the sidewall spacers of the second line and to expose the underlying gate dielectric material. The method further includes depositing a layer of material on the underlying gate dielectric material within the opening, and forming contacts to a gate structure and the source and drain regions.
US10770555B2	Semiconductor device and method for forming the same The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a gate structure disposed on a semiconductor substrate, a sidewall spacer disposed on sidewalls of the gate structure, a lightly-doped source/drain region formed in the semiconductor substrate on opposite sides of the gate structure, a source/drain region formed in the semiconductor substrate on opposite sides of the sidewall spacer, a halo implant region formed in the semiconductor substrate below the gate structure and adjacent to the lightly-doped source/drain region, and a counter-doping region formed in the semiconductor substrate below the gate structure and between the lightly-doped source/drain region and the halo implant region. The dopant concentration of the counter-doping region is lower than the dopant concentration of the halo implant region.
US10770553B2	Layered structure, semiconductor device including layered structure, and semiconductor system including semiconductor device In a first aspect of a present inventive subject matter, a layered structure includes a first semiconductor layer containing as a major component an ε-phase oxide semiconductor crystal; and a second semiconductor layer positioned on the first semiconductor layer and containing as a major component an oxide semiconductor crystal with a tetragonal crystal structure.
US10770552B2	Epitaxial substrate for semiconductor elements, semiconductor element, and manufacturing method for epitaxial substrates for semiconductor elements An epitaxial substrate for semiconductor elements suppresses leakage current and has a high breakdown voltage. The epitaxial substrate for semiconductor elements includes: a semi-insulating free-standing substrate formed of GaN doped with Zn; a buffer layer formed of a group 13 nitride adjacent to the free-standing substrate; a channel layer formed of a group 13 nitride adjacent to the buffer layer; and a barrier layer formed of a group 13 nitride on an opposite side of the buffer layer with the channel layer therebetween, wherein part of a first region consisting of the free-standing substrate and the buffer layer is a second region containing Si at a concentration of 1×1017cm−3 or more, and a minimum value of a concentration of Zn in the second region is 1×1017cm−3.
US10770550B2	Silicon carbide epitaxial substrate having grooves extending along main surface and method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device A silicon carbide epitaxial substrate has a silicon carbide single-crystal substrate and a silicon carbide layer. An average value of carrier concentration in the silicon carbide layer is not less than 1×1015 cm−3 and not more than 5×1016 cm−3. In-plane uniformity of the carrier concentration is not more than 2%. The second main surface has: a groove 80 extending in one direction along the second main surface, a width of the groove in the one direction being twice or more as large as a width thereof in a direction perpendicular to the one direction, and a maximum depth of the groove from the second main surface being not more than 10 nm; and a carrot defect. A value obtained by dividing a number of the carrot defects by a number of the grooves is not more than 1/500.
US10770548B2	Silicon carbide semiconductor device and method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device A silicon nitride film having a thickness in a range from 1 [nm] to 3 [nm] is deposited on a front surface of a silicon carbide semiconductor base, by an ALD method. Next, on the silicon nitride film, for example, a silicon oxide film having a thickness in a range from 20 [nm] to 100 [nm] is deposited. After deposition of the silicon oxide film, for example, heat treatment is performed at a temperature in a range from 1100 degrees C. to 1350 degrees C., in a gas atmosphere that includes oxygen. By this heat treatment, nitrogen surface density of an interface of the silicon carbide semiconductor base and the silicon oxide film (gate insulating film) is increased, reducing interface state density of the interface of the silicon carbide semiconductor base and the silicon nitride film.
US10770545B2	Quantum dot devices Disclosed herein are quantum dot devices, as well as related computing devices and methods. For example, in some embodiments, a quantum dot device may include: a quantum well stack; an insulating material disposed above the quantum well stack, wherein the insulating material includes a trench; and a gate metal disposed on the insulating material and extending into the trench.
US10770541B2	Semiconductor device including super junction structure A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes transistor cells in a transistor cell area of a semiconductor body. A super junction structure in the semiconductor body includes a plurality of drift sub-regions and compensation sub-regions of opposite first and second conductivity types, respectively, and alternately arranged along a lateral direction. A termination area outside the transistor cell area between an edge of the semiconductor body and the transistor cell area includes first and third termination sub-regions of the first conductivity type, respectively. A second termination sub-region of the second conductivity type is sandwiched between the first and the third termination sub-regions along a vertical direction perpendicular to a first surface of the semiconductor body.
US10770540B2	Small-gap coplanar tunable capacitors and methods for manufacturing thereof A coplanar capacitor that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include: a substrate; a voltage-tunable dielectric layer over the substrate; a plurality of bias lines over the voltage-tunable dielectric layer (wherein the bias lines are covered by an inter-level dielectric); a plurality of sidewall spacers (wherein each of the sidewall spacers is located adjacent one of the bias lines and each of the sidewall spacers spans between a respective portion of the voltage-tunable dielectric layer and a respective portion of the inter-level dielectric); and an electrode over the inter-level dielectric, and over portions of the voltage-tunable dielectric layer that are not covered by the plurality of bias lines and that are not covered by the sidewall spacers, wherein a plurality of gaps are disposed in the electrode. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10770538B2	Method and structure for dual sheet resistance trimmable thin film resistors A method of forming an electronic device includes forming an opening through a dielectric layer located over a first resistive layer, the first resistive layer having a first sheet resistance. A second resistive layer is deposited over the dielectric layer and into the opening. The second resistive layer has a second sheet resistance different from the first sheet resistance. A portion of the second resistive layer is removed, thereby forming first and second noncontiguous portions of the second resistive layer, wherein the second portion of the second resistive layer contacts the first resistive layer.
US10770533B2	Organic light emitting diode display panel having pads disposed at different distances from an edge and organic light emitting diode display device having the same An organic light emitting diode display panel includes data lines arranged in a first direction; gate lines arranged in a second direction to cross the data lines; a driving voltage line arranged in the first direction; a reference voltage line arranged in the first direction; data pads respectively at ends of corresponding ones of the data lines; a driving voltage pad at an end of the driving voltage line; and a reference voltage pad at an end of the reference voltage line. A first distance is defined between the driving voltage pad and an adjacent data pad, a second distance is defined between adjacent ones of the data pads, and a third distance is defined between the reference voltage pad and an adjacent data pad. At least two of the first distance, the second distance, and the third distance are different from each other.
US10770531B2	Organic light emitting unit, method for manufacturing thereof and display panel An organic light emitting display unit is disclosed, which includes: a substrate; a light shielding layer and a first electrode disposed on the substrate, the light shielding layer and the first electrode are disposed on a same layer and made of a same material.
US10770528B2	Organic light emitting display device An organic light emitting display device comprises a substrate on which a plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in a column direction and a row direction; a plurality of first electrodes respectively allocated to the plurality of sub-pixels; a first bank disposed between the plurality of first electrodes neighboring in the column direction and having a plurality of first openings that exposes the plurality of first electrodes arranged in the row direction; a second bank disposed between the plurality of first electrodes neighboring in the row direction and having a plurality of second openings that exposes the plurality of first electrodes arranged in the column direction, wherein each of the plurality of first electrodes includes a head portion having a first width in the row direction and a neck portion having a second width less than the first width and extending from one side of the head portion in the column direction, wherein the head portion of the first electrodes arranged in an odd column neighbors the neck portion of the first electrodes arranged in an even column along the row direction, and wherein the neck portion of the first electrodes arranged in an odd column neighbors the head portion of the first electrodes arranged in an even column along the row direction.
US10770518B2	OLED-integrated touch sensor and OLED display device including the same An OLED-integrated touch sensor includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device, and a touch electrode on a surface of the OLED device. The touch electrode includes a driving electrode formed on one surface of a base layer and a receiving electrode formed on an opposing surface of the base layer relative to the one surface. The touch electrode is combined with the OLED device such that the driving electrode faces the surface of the OLED device.
US10770517B2	Foldable display device A display device includes a flexible display module and provides a display surface on which an image is displayed. The flexible display module includes a display panel including a light-emitting device and a sensor unit disposed on the display panel. The sensor unit senses pressure applied to the flexible display module in a folded-in mode in which the flexible display module is folded such that a portion of the display surface faces another portion of the display surface.
US10770515B2	Display device including color filters A display can include a plurality of pixels including a first pixel, a second pixel and a third pixel; a first color filter overlapping the first and second pixels; a second color filter overlapping the first and third pixels; and a third color filter overlapping the second and third pixels.
US10770514B1	Display panel, display method and display device Provided are a display panel, a display method and a display device. The display panel includes a substrate, a display function layer and at least two image motion units. The display function layer is disposed on one side of the substrate and includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The at least two image motion units are disposed on a light-emitting side of the display panel and sequentially arranged in a direction perpendicular to a plane where the substrate is located. The display panel requires a frame unit to display a display picture, and the frame unit includes at least three subframes.
US10770506B2	Method for producing a light-emitting diode display and light-emitting diode display In at least one embodiment, the method is designed for producing a light-emitting diode display (1). The method comprises the following steps: •A) providing a growth substrate (2); •B) applying a buffer layer (4) directly or indirectly onto a substrate surface (20); •C) producing a plurality of separate growth points (45) on or at the buffer layer (4); •D) producing individual radiation-active islands (5), originating from the growth points (45), wherein the islands (5) each comprise an inorganic semiconductor layer sequence (50) with at least one active zone (55) and have a mean diameter, when viewed from above onto the substrate surface (20), between 50 nm and 20 μm inclusive; and •E) connecting the islands (5) to transistors (6) for electrically controlling the islands (5).
US10770505B2	Per-pixel performance improvement for combined visible and ultraviolet image sensor arrays Per-pixel performance is improved in a combined visible and ultraviolet image sensor array such as for a hyperspectral camera. In one example, an array of photodetectors is formed on a silicon substrate. A subset of the photodetectors are improved to improve sensitivity to ultraviolet light, and the photodetector array is finished to form an image sensor.
US10770501B2	Back side illuminated image sensor with deep trench isolation structures and self-aligned color filters A semiconductor image sensor includes a substrate having a first side and a second side that is opposite the first side. An interconnect structure is disposed over the first side of the substrate. A plurality of radiation-sensing regions is located in the substrate. The radiation-sensing regions are configured to sense radiation that enters the substrate from the second side. A plurality of isolation structures are each disposed between two respective radiation-sensing regions. The isolation structures protrude out of the second side of the substrate.
US10770498B2	Image sensor with metal grids and manufacturing method thereof A method for manufacturing the image sensor includes providing a substrate structure; forming a mask layer on the substrate structure, the mask layer having openings; depositing a metal grid material covering a surface of the mask layer and a bottom of the openings; and stripping the mask layer for removing a portion of the metal grid material on the top surface of the mask layer. The substrate structure includes: a substrate having a first surface; a plurality of pixels in the substrate; isolation structures around each of the plurality of pixels; and an anti-reflective coating on the first surface of the substrate. The openings include first openings exposing a portion of the first surface of the substrate structure above the isolation structures. A remaining portion of the metal grid material at the bottom of the openings forms metal grids.
US10770496B2	Optical sensors and methods for forming the same An optical sensor includes an optical layer disposed on a substrate, and a light shielding layer disposed on the optical layer, wherein the light shielding layer includes a first opening that partially exposes the optical layer. The optical sensor also includes a polymer material layer that fills the first opening, wherein a top surface of the polymer material layer is higher than a top surface of the light shielding layer. The optical sensor further includes an adhesive layer disposed on the light shielding layer and the polymer material layer, and a surface component disposed on the adhesive layer.
US10770490B2	Semiconductor device and electronic apparatus The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and an electronic apparatus which is capable of reducing variations and deterioration of transistor characteristics. A first connection pad connected with a first wiring and a first floating metal greater than the first connection pad are formed at a bonding surface of a first substrate, whereas a second connection pad connected with a second wiring and a second floating metal greater than the second connection pad are formed at a bonding surface of a second substrate. The first floating metal and the second floating metal formed at the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded to each other. The present disclosure is applicable to a CMOS solid-state imaging device used for an imaging apparatus such as a camera, for example.
US10770488B2	Active switch array substrate and method for manufacturing the same The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an active switch array substrate, and the active switch array substrate, the method includes: providing a substrate; coating a first metal layer on the substrate; forming a gate electrode by treating the first metal layer; depositing an amorphous silicon layer on the substrate and the gate electrode; coating a second metal layer on the amorphous silicon layer; forming a patterned second metal layer; coating a passivation layer on the patterned second metal layer; forming a through hole in the passivation layer; coating a light permeability conductive layer on the passivation layer; and carrying out a fourth photolithography process to the light permeability conductive layer, the passivation layer, and the patterned second metal layer, to form a channel, a source electrode, and a drain electrode on the light permeability conductive layer, the passivation layer, and the patterned second metal layer.
US10770487B2	Method for manufacturing LTPS type TFT The present disclosure provides an LTPS type TFT and a method for manufacturing the same. The TFT includes a first contact hole and a second contact hole, where the first contact hole and the second contact hole pass through the third insulating layer, the second insulating layer, and a portion of the first insulating layer, such that a portion of the heavily doped area is exposed. In addition, a transparent electrode is electrically connected to the source/drain electrode or the second gate electrode and a portion of the heavily doped area.
US10770483B2	Thin film transistor, display device and method for manufacturing thin film transistor A thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode supported on a substrate; a gate insulating layer that covers the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer provided on the gate insulating layer and having a crystalline region, the crystalline region including a first region, a second region, and a channel region located between the first region and the second region, wherein the channel region, the first region and the second region overlap with the gate electrode with the gate insulating layer interposed therebetween; a protection insulating layer arranged on the oxide semiconductor layer so that the channel region is covered and the first region and the second region are exposed; a source electrode electrically connected to the first region; and a drain electrode electrically connected to the second region, wherein a crystallinity of the channel region is different from a crystallinity of the first region and the second region.
US10770482B2	Display device and electronic device A display device capable of improving image quality with low power consumption is provided. A storage node is provided in each pixel and a first signal can be held in the storage node. A second signal is added to the first signal by capacitive coupling to generate a third signal. A display element operates in response to the third signal. Thus, regardless of the output voltage of a driver that supplies data, a high voltage can be supplied to the display element. Consequently, even a display element that requires a relatively high voltage for operation can operate with low power consumption.
US10770481B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes: a silicon substrate having a first plane with a first plane orientation; a silicon oxide layer provided on a first region of the silicon substrate; a first silicon layer provided on the silicon oxide layer, the first silicon layer having a second plane with a second plane orientation different from the first plane orientation; and a wide-bandgap compound semiconductor layer having a hexagonal crystal structure.
US10770480B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus for enabling high voltage circuits Systems, methods and apparatus for coexistence of high voltage and low voltage devices and circuits on a same integrated circuit fabricated in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology are described. In particular, techniques for mitigating back gate effects are described, including using of resistive and/or capacitive couplings to control surface potentials at regions of a substrate used for the SOI fabrication proximate the high voltage and low voltage devices and circuits. In one case, an N-type implant is used to provide a high potential differential with respect to a substrate potential.
US10770472B2	Memory arrays, and methods of forming memory arrays Some embodiments include a memory array having a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and wordline levels. Channel material extends along the stack. Conductive segments are along the wordline levels. Each of the conductive segments has, along a cross-section, first and second ends in opposing relation to one another. The conductive segments include gates and wordlines adjacent the gates. The wordlines encompass the second ends, and the gates have rounded (e.g., substantially parabolic) noses which encompass the first ends. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US10770468B2	Three-dimensional memory devices and fabricating methods thereof Embodiments of 3D memory structures and methods for forming the same are disclosed. A method for forming a three-dimensional (3D) memory structure includes forming a dielectric layer on a substrate and forming a first plurality of openings in the dielectric layer at a staircase region of the 3D memory structure. The method also includes forming a second plurality of openings in the dielectric layer at a peripheral device region of the 3D memory structure and forming at least one hard mask layer in the first plurality of openings of the staircase region and in the second plurality of openings of the peripheral device region. The method further includes etching the dielectric layer using the at least one hard mask layer to form first and second pluralities of via extension regions in top portions of the respective first and second pluralities of openings. The method further includes disposing a first conductive material in the first and second pluralities of openings to form respective first and second pluralities of contact wires. The method also includes disposing a second conductive material in the first and second pluralities of via extension regions to form first and second pluralities of contact pads and forming first and second pluralities of lead wires on the first and second pluralities of contact pads, respectively.
US10770467B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same Provided are a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same. The semiconductor device comprises a first fin type active pattern formed on a substrate and extending in a first direction and including first to third parts. At least one dimension of the third part measuring less than the corresponding dimension of the first part. A gate electrode extending in a second direction different from the first direction is at least partially formed on the first part of the fin type active pattern. A first source/drain is formed on the third part of the fin type active pattern.
US10770458B2	Nanowire transistor device architectures Techniques are disclosed for forming nanowire transistor architectures in which the presence of gate material between neighboring nanowires is eliminated or otherwise reduced. In some examples, neighboring nanowires can be formed sufficiently proximate one another such that their respective gate dielectric layers are either: (1) just in contact with one another (e.g., are contiguous); or (2) merged with one another to provide a single, continuous dielectric layer shared by the neighboring nanowires. In some cases, a given gate dielectric layer may be of a multi-layer configuration, having two or more constituent dielectric layers. Thus, in some examples, the gate dielectric layers of neighboring nanowires may be formed such that one or more constituent dielectric layers are either: (1) just in contact with one another (e.g., are contiguous); or (2) merged with one another to provide a single, continuous constituent dielectric layer shared by the neighboring nanowires.
US10770456B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate is provided. The semiconductor substrate includes a transistor region, and the transistor region includes a drift region, a plurality of trench portions, a plurality of emitter regions and a plurality of contact regions, and an accumulation region provided between the drift region and the plurality of emitter regions in a depth direction, and having a higher first-conductivity-type doping concentration than the drift region. A first outermost contact region is an outermost one of the plurality of contact regions in a direction parallel to the first direction, and a length of the first outermost contact region in the first direction is longer than a length in the first direction of one contact region of the plurality of contact regions other than the first outermost contact region, and the accumulation region terminates at a position below the first outermost contact region.
US10770452B2	Apparatus and methods for electrical overstress protection Apparatus and methods for electrical overstress (EOS) protection circuits are provided herein. In certain configurations, an EOS protection circuit includes an overstress sensing circuit electrically connected between a pad and a first supply node, an impedance element electrically connected between the pad and a signal node, a controllable clamp electrically connected between the signal node and the first supply node and selectively activatable by the overstress sensing circuit, and an overshoot limiting circuit electrically connected between the signal node and a second supply node. The overstress sensing circuit activates the controllable clamp when an EOS event is detected at the pad. Thus, the EOS protection circuit is arranged to divert charge associated with the EOS event away from the signal node to provide EOS protection.
US10770451B2	Thin-film ESD protection device A thin-film ESD protection device that includes a semiconductor substrate having a first and second principal surfaces); a first insulating layer disposed on the first principal surface; a second insulating layer disposed formed on the second principal surface; and first and second input/output electrodes, ground electrodes, a diode element, a capacitor element, and an inductor element. The capacitor element and the diode element are formed adjacent to the first principal surface, whereas the inductor element is formed adjacent to the second principal surface. The inductor element is connected to the first input/output electrode and the second input/output electrode by a first via conductor and a second via conductor, respectively, that pass through the semiconductor substrate from the first principal surface to the second principal surface.
US10770447B2	Method for fabricating substrate structure and substrate structure fabricated by using the method There is provided a method for fabricating a substrate structure capable of enhancing process reproducibility and process stability by trimming a bevel region of a substrate using a wafer level process. The method includes providing a first substrate including first and second surfaces opposite each other and a first device region formed at the first surface, providing a second substrate including third and fourth surfaces opposite each other and a second device region at the third surface, bonding the first substrate and the second substrate to electrically connect the first device region and the second device region, and forming a trimmed substrate. The forming the trimmed substrate includes etching an edge region of the second substrate bonded to the first substrate.
US10770444B2	Electronics package having a multi-thickness conductor layer and method of manufacturing thereof An electronics package includes an insulating substrate, a first electrical component coupled to a first surface of the insulating substrate, and a first conductor layer formed on the first surface of the insulating substrate. A second conductor layer is formed on a second surface of the insulating substrate, opposite the first surface, the second conductor layer extending through vias in the insulating substrate to contact at least one contact pad of the first electrical component and couple with the first conductor layer. The electronics package also includes a second electrical component having at least one contact pad coupled to the first conductor layer. The first conductor layer has a thickness greater than a thickness of the second conductor layer.
US10770432B2	ASICS face to face self assembly A die structure includes a first die having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first die includes sidewalls extending between the first and second surfaces. The die structure includes conductive ink printed traces including a first group of the conductive ink printed traces on the first surface of the first semiconductor die. A second group of the conductive ink printed traces are on the second surface of the semiconductor die, and a third group of the conductive ink printed traces are on the sidewalls of the semiconductor die.
US10770431B1	Memory die layouts for failure protection in SSDs The present disclosure generally relates to storage devices comprising a memory device having a layout optimized for data failure protection. A storage device comprises a memory device having a first package and a second package disposed adjacent to the first package. The first package comprises an even number of memory die having a first storage capacity, and the second package comprises two memory die having a second storage capacity. A first half of the memory dies of the first package and a first memory die of the second package are coupled to a first channel. A second half of the memory dies of the first package and a second memory die of the second package are coupled to a second channel parallel to the first channel.
US10770430B1	Package integration for memory devices An electronic device and method for fabricating the same are disclosed herein. In one example the electronic device includes a substrate, a first die stack, and a second die stack. The first die stack includes a first functional die and a first dummy die. The first functional die is mounted to the substrate. The second stack includes a plurality of serially stacked second functional dies mounted to the substrate. The first dummy die is stacked on the first functional die. The first dummy die has a top surface that is substantially coplanar with a top surface of the second die stack. In one particular example, the first die stack includes a logic die and the second die stack includes a plurality of serially stacked memory dies.
US10770429B2	Microelectronic device stacks having interior window wirebonding A microelectronic package may be fabricated having a microelectronic die stack attached to a microelectronic substrate, wherein a first microelectronic die within the microelectronic die stack includes an opening or “window” formed therethrough. The first microelectronic die may be in electronic communication with a second microelectronic die within microelectronic die stack and/or in electrical communication with a microelectronic substrate upon which the microelectronic die stack may be attached, wherein the electronic communication may be created with a bond wire which extends through the opening or “window” in the first microelectronic die.
US10770423B2	Clamping system, wire bonding machine, and method for bonding wires A clamping system, a wire bonding machine and a method for bonding wires are provided. An exemplary clamping system includes a clamping device. The clamping device includes: at least one linear guide rail; a first clamping rod arranged perpendicular to the linear guide rail; and a second clamping rod arranged perpendicular to the linear guide rail and parallel to the first clamping rod.
US10770422B2	Bond chucks having individually-controllable regions, and associated systems and methods A bond chuck having individually-controllable regions, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. The bond chuck comprises a plurality of individual regions that are movable relative to one another in a longitudinal direction. In some embodiments, the individual regions include a first region having a first outer surface, and a second region peripheral to the first region and including a second outer surface. The first region is movable in a longitudinal direction to a first position, and the second region is movable in the longitudinal direction to a second position, such that in the second position, the second outer surface of the second region extends longitudinally beyond the first outer surface of the first region. The bond chuck can be positioned proximate a substrate of a semiconductor device such that movement of the first region and/or second region affect a shape of the substrate, which thereby causes an adhesive on the substrate to flow in a lateral, predetermined direction.
US10770420B2	Semiconductor device A lower electrode, an upper electrode provided above the lower electrode, a semiconductor chip provided between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, a pressure pad provided between the lower electrode and the upper electrode to be overlapped with the semiconductor chip, and a spiral conductor provided between the lower electrode and the upper electrode to be overlapped with the semiconductor chip and the pressure pad are provided. The spiral conductor has an upper spiral conductor, and a lower spiral conductor which is in contact with a lower end of the upper spiral conductor and faces the upper spiral conductor, and by forming grooves in the upper spiral conductor and the lower spiral conductor, a direction of a current flowing through the upper spiral conductor coincides with a direction of a current flowing through the lower spiral conductor in plan view.
US10770410B2	Circuit alteration detection in integrated circuits A system with circuit alteration detection can include a shield in at least one metal layer over an integrated circuit, and a detector coupled to the shield to detect a change in impedance characteristics of one or more shield lines of the shield due to physical alteration of the shield. The shield lines can be arranged in one or more metal layers and cover an area with shape arrangements such as parallel lines and serpentines. The detector can include one or more comparators to detect a difference in impedance of more than a tolerance value. An appropriate countermeasure response can be initiated upon detection of the difference in impedance.
US10770408B2	Wiring board and semiconductor device A wiring board includes an insulating layer, a plurality of pads formed on a surface of the insulating layer, and a chip mounting region defined on a surface of the wiring board formed with the plurality of pads. The plurality of pads are arranged in the chip mounting region. A cavity is formed in a surface of at least some of the plurality of pads. The cavity caves in, from the surface of the at least some of the plurality of pads, toward the insulating layer. The chip mounting region is segmented into a plurality of segmented regions, and a depth of the cavity is different for each of the plurality of segmented regions.
US10770407B2	IC structure with interdigitated conductive elements between metal guard structures An integrated circuit (IC) structure includes a back end of line (BEOL) stack on a substrate, the BEOL stack having a plurality of metal layers therein and a plurality of inter-level dielectric (ILD) layers therein. The plurality of metal layers includes a lowermost metal layer and an uppermost metal layer. A pair of metal guard structures proximate a perimeter of the BEOL stack concentrically surrounds the active circuitry. Each metal guard structure includes a continuous metal fill between the lowermost metal layer and the uppermost metal layer of the plurality of metal layers. A set of interdigitating conductive elements within one of the plurality of metal layers includes a first plurality of conductive elements electrically coupled to one of the pair of metal guard structures interdigitating with a second plurality of conductive elements electrically coupled to the other of the pair of metal guard structures.
US10770404B2	Shielding for through-silicon-via noise coupling In some embodiments, an integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor substrate. An active area is disposed in the semiconductor substrate. A first guard ring is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and entirely surrounds the active area. The first guard ring has a first conductivity type. A via penetrates through the semiconductor substrate and is spaced apart from the active area such that the via is disposed outside of the first guard ring. A second guard ring is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and entirely surrounds the via and the first guard ring. The second guard ring has the first conductivity type and is disjoint from the first guard ring.
US10770402B2	Integrated fan-out package An integrated fan-out package including an integrated circuit, an insulating encapsulation, and a redistribution circuit structure is provided. The integrated circuit includes an antenna region. The insulating encapsulation encapsulates the integrated circuit. The redistribution circuit structure is disposed on the integrated circuit and the insulating encapsulation. The redistribution circuit structure is electrically connected to the integrated circuit, and the redistribution circuit structure includes a redistribution region and a dummy region including a plurality of dummy patterns embedded therein, wherein the antenna region includes an inductor and a wiring-free dielectric portion, and the wiring-free dielectric portion of the antenna region is between the inductor and the dummy region.
US10770401B2	Method for forming semiconductor device structure with conductive line A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a first mask layer over a dielectric layer. The method includes forming a second mask layer over a first top surface of the first mask layer, the inner wall, and the bottom surface. The method includes removing the second mask layer covering the bottom surface to form a second trench in the second mask layer. The method includes forming an anti-bombardment layer over a second top surface of the second mask layer. The second mask layer and the anti-bombardment layer are made of different materials. The method includes removing the first portion, the first mask layer, the second mask layer, and the anti-bombardment layer to form a third trench in the dielectric layer. The method includes forming a conductive structure in the third trench.
US10770396B2	Semiconductor structure and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, an epitaxial layer disposed on the substrate, a conductive feature disposed in the epitaxial layer having a protruding portion that is higher than the epitaxial layer, and a diffusion barrier layer disposed on sidewalls of the conductive feature.
US10770395B2	Silicon carbide and silicon nitride interconnects A method for fabricating an interconnect for integrated circuit is described. A recess is provided in a first dielectric layer comprising a first dielectric and a second dielectric layer comprised of a second dielectric. The first and second dielectric layers are disposed over a substrate. The second dielectric layer is disposed over the first dielectric layer. The recess is filled with a metal conductor. A chemical mechanical polishing process removes the metal conductor from field areas on the second dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is removed. An interconnect element is created having a top face which protrudes higher than a top face of the first dielectric layer. The metal conductor of the interconnect element has direct contact with the first dielectric layer. In other aspects of the invention, the interconnect structure is described.
US10770392B1	Line end structures for semiconductor devices A method of fabricating a semiconductor device structure comprising depositing a layer of material on a dielectric stack and patterning the layer of material to form a hard mask, depositing a metal layer covering the hard mask to form a metal hard mask, forming vias in the dielectric stack using the metal hard mask, removing the metal hard mask, and forming trenches in the dielectric stack using the hard mask, wherein the hard mask and the metal hard mask are used to define a line end structure separating the trenches.
US10770391B2	Transistor with gate extension to limit second gate effect A transistor may include a semiconductor layer having a source region, a drain region, and a channel region between the source region and the drain region. The channel region may have a source interface and a drain interface, and may be bounded by edges extending from the source interface to the drain interface on two boundaries between a field-sensitive semiconductor material and an isolation material. The transistor may further include an insulator layer on the channel region. The transistor may further include a gate on the insulator layer. The gate may have extensions beyond edges of the channel region. The extensions may substantially exceed a minimum specified value.
US10770387B2	Integrated circuit package substrate Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations for dual surface finish package substrate assemblies. In one embodiment a method includes depositing a first lamination layer on a first side of a package substrate and a first surface finish on one or more electrical contacts disposed on a second side of the package substrate; removing the first lamination layer from the first side of the package substrate; depositing a second lamination layer on the second side of the package substrate and a second surface finish on the one or more electrical contacts disposed on the first side of the package substrate; and removing the second lamination layer from the second side of the package substrate. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10770386B2	Wiring board, electronic device, and wiring board manufacturing method A wiring board includes: an insulating layer that includes a first surface over which an electronic component is mounted and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a conductive layer that is disposed on the second surface; a via that is provided inside a first through-hole that penetrates a portion between the first surface and the second surface of the insulating layer; an electrode that is disposed on the first surface and connected to the via; and a glass plate that is not contact with the conductive layer and is disposed on the first surface and includes a second through-hole through which the electrode is disposed.
US10770385B2	Connected plane stiffener within integrated circuit chip carrier An integrated circuit (IC) chip carrier includes an internal connected plane stiffener. The connected plane stiffener includes a first plane connected to a second plane by a channel via. The first plane is separated from the second plane a plane separation dielectric layer. The channel via is within the plane separation dielectric layer. The first plane and the second plane resist bending moments internal to the IC chip carrier. The channel via resists shear forces internal to the IC chip carrier. The first plane and the second plane may be both power planes that distributes power potential within the IC chip carrier. The first plane and the second plane may be both ground planes that distributes ground potential within the IC chip carrier.
US10770382B2	Low inductance stackable solid-state switching module and method of manufacturing thereof A modular electronics package is disclosed that includes a first and second electronics packages, with each of the first and second electronics packages including a metallized insulating substrate and a solid-state switching device positioned on the metallized insulating substrate, the solid-state switching device comprising a plurality of contact pads electrically coupled to the first conductor layer of the metallized insulating substrate. A conductive joining material is positioned between the first electronics package and the second electronics package to electrically connect them together. The first electronics package and the second electronics package are stacked with one another to form a half-bridge unit cell, with the half-bridge unit cell having a current path through the solid-state switching device in the first electronics package and a close coupled return current path through the solid-state switching device in the second electronics package in opposite flow directions.
US10770376B2	Semiconductor device, inverter unit and automobile A semiconductor chip (2a) is bonded to an upper surface of the conductive substrate (1a). A control terminal (11a) is disposed outside the semiconductor chip (2a) and connected to a control electrode of the semiconductor chip (2a) via a lead (12a). A case (10) surrounds the semiconductor chip (2a). A sealing material (13) seals the semiconductor chip (2a). The lead frame (4) includes a bonded part (4a) joined to the semiconductor chip (2a), and an upright part (4b) embedded in the case (10), extending from the bonded part (4a) to an outer side of the control terminal (11a), and standing upright vertically relative to an upper surface of the semiconductor chip (2a).
US10770374B2	Through-silicon vias for heterogeneous integration of semiconductor device structures The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to through-silicon vias (TSV) for heterogeneous integration of semiconductor device structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a plurality of cavity structures provided in a single substrate; at least one optical device provided on two sides of the single substrate and between the plurality of cavity structures; and a through wafer optical via extending through the substrate, between the plurality of cavity structures and which exposes a backside of the at least one optical device.
US10770372B2	Fluid routing devices and methods for cooling integrated circuit packages A fluid routing device includes a fluid inlet, first vertical channels, a horizontal channel, a second vertical channel, and a fluid outlet. The first vertical channels are open to the fluid inlet. The horizontal channel is open to each of the first vertical channels. The first vertical channels are oriented to provide fluid coolant from the fluid inlet vertically down to the horizontal channel. The horizontal channel is open on one side such that fluid coolant in the horizontal channel directly contacts an apparatus attached to a bottom of the fluid routing device. The second vertical channel is open to the horizontal channel. The second vertical channel is oriented to provide fluid coolant vertically up away from the horizontal channel. The fluid outlet is open to the second vertical channel such that fluid coolant from the second vertical channel exits the fluid routing device through the fluid outlet.
US10770368B2	Chip on film package and heat-dissipation structure for a chip package A chip on film package includes a base film, a chip and a heat-dissipation structure. The base film includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The chip is disposed on the first surface and has a chip length along a first axis of the chip and a chip width along a second axis of the chip perpendicular to the first axis. The heat-dissipation structure includes a covering portion. The covering portion at least partially covers the chip, exposes a side surface of the chip, and has a first length along the first axis and a second length along the second axis being longer than the chip width of the chip. The side surface connects a top surface and a bottom surface of the chip. A heat-dissipation structure is also provided.
US10770367B2	Semiconductor apparatus, method for manufacturing the same and electric power conversion device A semiconductor apparatus includes: a substrate including a circuit pattern on an upper surface side and a metal plate on a lower surface side; a semiconductor device joined to the circuit pattern via a conductive component; a case located to surround the substrate; a sealing material sealing the semiconductor device and the substrate in a section surrounded by the case; and a bonding agent bonding the case and the metal plate on a side face of the substrate.
US10770362B1	Dispersion model for band gap tracking Methods and systems for determining band structure characteristics of high-k dielectric films deposited over a substrate based on spectral response data are presented. High throughput spectrometers are utilized to quickly measure semiconductor wafers early in the manufacturing process. Optical models of semiconductor structures capable of accurate characterization of defects in high-K dielectric layers and embedded nanostructures are presented. In one example, the optical dispersion model includes a continuous Cody-Lorentz model having continuous first derivatives that is sensitive to a band gap of a layer of the unfinished, multi-layer semiconductor wafer. These models quickly and accurately represent experimental results in a physically meaningful manner. The model parameter values can be subsequently used to gain insight and control over a manufacturing process.
US10770361B2	Controlling active fin height of FinFET device using etch protection layer to prevent recess of isolation layer during gate oxide removal Semiconductor devices and methods are provided to fabricate fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) devices having uniform fin height profiles. For example, uniformity of fin height profiles for FinFET devices is obtained by implementing a gate oxide removal process which is designed to prevent etching of an isolation layer (e.g., a shallow trench isolation layer) formed of an oxide material during removal of, e.g., sacrificial gate oxide layers of dummy gate structures during a replacement metal gate process.
US10770360B2	Semiconductor structures and fabrication methods thereof A method for fabricating a semiconductor structure includes providing a base structure including a substrate, a dielectric layer formed on the substrate, a plurality of first openings formed in the dielectric layer in a first transistor region, and a plurality of second openings formed in the dielectric layer in a second transistor region. The method also includes forming a first work function layer an the dielectric layer covering bottom and sidewall surfaces of the first and the second openings, forming a first sacrificial layer in each first opening and each second opening with a top surface lower than the top surface of the dielectric layer, removing a portion of the first work function layer exposed by the first sacrificial layer, removing the first work function layer formed in each first opening, and forming a second work function layer and a gate electrode in each first opening and each second opening.
US10770355B2	Semiconductor devices with various line widths and method of manufacturing the same Provided are semiconductor devices having various line widths and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate including a first region and a second region, a plurality of first gate lines extending in a first direction in the first region and each having a first width in a second; a plurality of second gate lines extending in the first direction in the second region and each having a second width that is different from the first width in the second direction and a pitch that is the same as a pitch of the plurality of first gate lines; a spacer layer covering opposite side walls of each of the plurality of first gate lines and each of the plurality of second gate lines; and a first base layer arranged between the substrate and the spacer layer in the first region.
US10770349B2	Critical dimension control for self-aligned contact patterning Processing methods to create self-aligned contacts are described. A conformal liner can be deposited in a feature in a substrate surface leaving a gap between the walls of the liner. A tungsten film can be deposited in the gap of the liner and volumetrically expanded. The expanded film can be removed and replaced with a contact material to a make a contact. In some embodiments, a conformal tungsten film can be formed in the feature leaving a gap between the walls. A dielectric can be deposited in the gap and the conformal tungsten film can be volumetrically expanded to grow two pillars. The pillars can be removed and replaced with a contact material to make two contacts.
US10770346B2	Selective cobalt removal for bottom up gapfill Exemplary methods for removing cobalt material may include flowing a chlorine-containing precursor into a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include forming a plasma of the chlorine-containing precursor to produce plasma effluents. The methods may also include contacting an exposed region of cobalt with the plasma effluents. The exposed region of cobalt may include an overhang of cobalt on a trench defined on a substrate. The plasma effluents may produce cobalt chloride at the overhang of cobalt. The methods may include flowing a nitrogen-containing precursor into the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may further include contacting the cobalt chloride with the nitrogen-containing precursor. The methods may also include recessing the overhang of cobalt.
US10770345B2	Integrated circuit and fabrication method thereof A method for fabricating an integrated circuit is provided. The method includes depositing a first polish stop layer above a memory device, in which the first polish stop layer has a first portion over the memory device and a second portion that is not over the memory device; removing the second portion of the first polish stop layer; depositing an inter-layer dielectric layer over the first polish stop layer after removing the second portion of the first polish stop layer; and polishing the inter-layer dielectric layer until reaching the first portion of the first polish stop layer.
US10770342B2	Devices and methods for radiation hardening integrated circuits using shallow trench isolation Designs for radiation hardening CMOS devices and integrated circuits using shallow trench isolation (STI) improve total ionizing dose (TID) radiation response by reducing the leakage currents from source to drain associated with corners and sidewalls of trench insulator edges passing under the gate in an NMOS device while maintaining high breakdown voltage. A silicide block pattern is used in combination with pullback of N+ source and drain regions from at least a portion of these edges of the active region. Additional p-type implants along these edges further increase parasitic threshold voltages and enhance radiation hardness. A process for fabricating devices and integrated circuits incorporating these features is also provided. These techniques and processes are applied to exemplary low-voltage NMOS transistors having straight gates and to high-voltage annular-gate devices, as well as to device-to-device isolation in integrated circuits.
US10770337B2	Lift pin assembly, substrate support apparatus and substrate processing apparatus having the same A lift pin assembly includes a lift pin having a first longitudinal axis substantially parallel with a first direction, a pin connection block combined with a lower end portion of the lift pin and including a first guide recess in a lower end portion of the pin connection block, the first guide recess extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and a lift pin holder having a second longitudinal axis substantially parallel with the first direction and including a first sliding portion to be received movably in the second direction within the first guide recess by an eccentricity distance of the second longitudinal axis from the first longitudinal axis when the lift pin holder is connected to the lower end portion of the pin connection block.
US10770333B2	Wafer level flat no-lead semiconductor packages and methods of manufacture Methods of manufacturing semiconductor packages. Implementations may include: providing a substrate with a first side, a second side, and a thickness; forming a plurality of pads on the first side of the substrate; and applying die attach material to the plurality of pads. The method may include bonding a wafer including a plurality of semiconductor die to the substrate at one or more die pads included in each die. The method may also include singulating the plurality of semiconductor die, overmolding the plurality of semiconductor die and the first side of the substrate with an overmold material, and removing the substrate to expose the plurality of pads and to form a plurality of semiconductor packages coupled together through the overmold material. The method also may include singulating the plurality of semiconductor packages to separate them.
US10770331B2	Semiconductor wafer device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a carrier having a first central axis extending along a first direction and a second central axis extending along a second direction, a plurality of dies disposed on a surface of the carrier, and a plurality of scribing lines separating the plurality of dies from each other. The plurality of scribing lines include a plurality of continuous lines along the first direction and a plurality of discontinuous lines along the second direction, at least one of the plurality of continuous lines overlaps the first central axis, at least one of the plurality of discontinuous lines overlaps the second central axis. The plurality of dies are symmetrically arranged on the carrier about the first central axis and the second central axis.
US10770329B2	Gas flow for condensation reduction with a substrate processing chuck A gas flow is described to reduce condensation with a substrate processing chuck. In one example, a workpiece holder in the chamber having a puck to carry the workpiece for fabrication processes, a top plate thermally coupled to the puck, a cooling plate fastened to and thermally coupled to the top plate, the cooling plate having a cooling channel to carry a heat transfer fluid to transfer heat from the cooling plate, a base plate fastened to the cooling plate opposite the puck, and a dry gas inlet of the base plate to supply a dry gas under pressure to a space between the base plate and the cooling plate to drive ambient air from between the base plate and the cooling plate.
US10770328B2	Substrate support with symmetrical feed structure Apparatus for processing a substrate is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a substrate support may include a substrate support having a support surface for supporting a substrate the substrate support having a central axis; a first electrode disposed within the substrate support to provide RF power to a substrate when disposed on the support surface; an inner conductor coupled to the first electrode about a center of a surface of the first electrode opposing the support surface, wherein the inner conductor is tubular and extends from the first electrode parallel to and about the central axis in a direction away from the support surface of the substrate support; an outer conductor disposed about the inner conductor; and an outer dielectric layer disposed between the inner and outer conductors, the outer dielectric layer electrically isolating the outer conductor from the inner conductor. The outer conductor may be coupled to electrical ground.
US10770326B2	Positioning device, loading and/or unloading system and method for operating a positioning device A positioning device, in particular a wafer transportation container positioning device, for positioning a wafer transportation container in a loading and/or unloading position of a loading and/or unloading station which is configured at least for loading and/or unloading wafers from the wafer transportation container.The positioning device, in particular the wafer transportation container positioning device, comprises a positioning mechanism which is configured for contactless positioning of the wafer transportation container in a coupling process between the wafer transportation container and the loading and/or unloading station.
US10770324B2	Substrate holding device, substrate transport device, processing arrangement and method for processing a substrate In accordance with various embodiments, provision is made of a substrate holding device, wherein the latter may comprise a carrier plate with a recess, the recess extending from an upper side of the carrier plate to a lower side of the carrier plate through the carrier plate, a holding frame, which has a frame opening and a support area, surrounding the frame opening, for holding a substrate in the recess, wherein the holding frame inserted into the recess lies on the carrier plate in sections.
US10770320B2	Universal chip batch-bonding apparatus and method A universal chip batch-bonding apparatus and method. The apparatus comprises a material pick-and-place area and a transfer work area. The material pick-and-place area comprises a blue tape pick-and-place area (110) for providing a chip (113) and a substrate pick-and-place area (120) for placing a substrate (123), the blue tape pick-and-place area (110) and the substrate pick-and-place area (120) being separately arranged at two ends of the transfer work area. The transfer work area sequentially comprises a chip pickup and separation area (210), a chip alignment and fine-tuning area (220), and a chip batch-bonding area (230) in a direction running from the blue tape pick-and-place area (110) to the substrate pick-and-place area (120). A chip carrier transfer apparatus (300) is provided in the transfer work area, and the chip carrier transfer apparatus (300) passes through the transfer work area and is used to move and supply materials among the chip pickup and separation area (210), the chip alignment and fine-tuning area (220), and the chip batch-bonding area (230). By means of a compatible design, the apparatus is suitable for both die-up and die-down attachment modes, expanding the application scope of the apparatus. In addition, the modular design can be configured according to requirements, increasing market potential.
US10770316B2	Substrate liquid processing apparatus, substrate liquid processing method and recording medium A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holding unit 31 configured to hold a substrate W; an outer nozzle 45 configured to discharge a processing liquid toward a surface of the substrate from a position at an outside of an outer edge of the substrate held by the substrate holding unit such that at least a central portion of the surface of the substrate is covered with a liquid film of the discharged processing liquid; and an actuator 46 (90) configured to change a height position or a discharge angle of the outer nozzle.
US10770315B2	Fall-proof apparatus for cleaning semiconductor devices and a chamber with the apparatus A fall-proof apparatus for cleaning semiconductor devices is provided. The fall-proof apparatus comprises: a nozzle (102) connecting with a carrier (101); a megasonic/ultrasonic device (105) fixing on the carrier (101); and a sensor (104) detecting the distance between the megasonic/ultrasonic device (105) and the carrier (101) to determine whether the megasonic/ultrasonic device (105) is loose and going to fall. The megasonic/ultrasonic device works with the nozzle during a cleaning process. A chamber with the fall-proof apparatus is also provided.
US10770305B2	Method of atomic layer etching of oxide In one exemplary embodiment, described herein is an ALE process for etching an oxide. In one embodiment, the oxide is silicon oxide. The ALE modification step includes the use of a carbon tetrafluoride (CF4) based plasma. This modification step preferentially removes oxygen from the surface of the silicon oxide, providing a silicon rich surface. The ALE removal step includes the use of a hydrogen (H2) based plasma. This removal step removes the silicon enriched monolayer formed in the modification step. The silicon oxide etch ALE process utilizing CF4 and H2 steps may be utilized in a wide range of substrate process steps. For example, the ALE process may be utilized for, but is not limited to, self-aligned contact etch steps, silicon fin reveal steps, oxide mandrel pull steps, oxide spacer trim, and oxide liner etch.
US10770303B2	Mechanisms for forming patterns using multiple lithography processes The present disclosure provides a method for forming patterns in a semiconductor device. The method includes providing a substrate and a patterning-target layer over the substrate; patterning the patterning-target layer to form a main pattern; forming a middle layer over the patterning-target layer and a hard mask layer over the middle layer; patterning the hard mask layer to form a first cut pattern; patterning the hard mask layer to form a second cut pattern, a combined cut pattern being formed in the hard mask layer as a union of the first cut pattern and the second cut pattern; transferring the combined cut pattern to the middle layer; etching the patterning-target layer using the middle layer as an etching mask to form a final pattern in the patterning-target layer. In some embodiments, the final pattern includes the main pattern subtracting an intersection portion between main pattern and the combined cut pattern.
US10770302B2	Semiconductor FinFET device and method A method includes depositing a mask layer over a semiconductor substrate, etching the mask layer to form a patterned mask, wherein a sidewall of the patterned mask includes a first sidewall region, a second sidewall region, and a third sidewall region, wherein the first sidewall region is farther from the semiconductor substrate than the second sidewall region and the second sidewall region is farther from the semiconductor substrate than the third sidewall region, wherein the second sidewall region protrudes laterally from the first sidewall region and from the third sidewall region, etching the semiconductor substrate using the patterned mask to form fins, forming a gate stack over the fins, and forming source and drain regions in the fin adjacent the gate stack.
US10770297B2	Method to form ultrashallow junctions using atomic layer deposition and annealing A method for processing a substrate includes providing a substrate with a layer including a material selected from a group consisting of silicon (Si), germanium (Ge) and silicon germanium. The method includes depositing a first layer on the layer of the substrate using atomic layer deposition (ALD). The method includes depositing a second layer on the first layer using ALD. Depositing one of the first layer and the second layer includes depositing phosphorus oxide and depositing the other one of the first layer and the second layer includes depositing antimony oxide. The method includes annealing the substrate to drive antimony and phosphorus from the first layer and the second layer into the layer of the substrate to create a junction.
US10770296B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device Exposure of a gate conductive film covered by an interlayer insulation film in a unit cell portion is reduced when a gate contact region is formed. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a gate conductive film to come in contact with a gate oxide film in a unit cell portion, forming a gate wire to come in contact with the gate oxide film in a termination region, forming a first insulation film on an upper surface of the gate wire in the termination region, subjecting an upper surface of the gate conductive film in the unit cell portion to thermal oxidation with use of the first insulation film as a mask to form a thermal oxide film on the upper surface of the gate conductive film, and forming a second insulation film covering the first insulation film and the thermal oxide film.
US10770294B2	Selective atomic layer deposition (ALD) of protective caps to enhance extreme ultra-violet (EUV) etch resistance Methods are disclosed that selectively deposit a protective material on the top regions of patterned photoresist layers, such patterned EUV photoresist layers, to provide a protective cap that reduces erosion damage during etch processes used for pattern transfer. Some deposition of the protective material on the sidewalls of the patterned photoresist layer is acceptable, and any deposition of the protective material on the underlying layer below the patterned photoresist layer is preferably thinner than the deposition at the top of the photoresist pattern. Further, the selective deposition of protective caps can be implemented, for example, through the application of high-rotation speeds to spatial atomic layer deposition (ALD) techniques. The selective deposition of protective caps increases the flexibility of options to improve etch resistance for various processes/materials.
US10770292B2	Wafer treatment for achieving defect-free self-assembled monolayers Methods of depositing a film selectively onto a first material relative to a second material are described. The substrate is pre-cleaned by heating the substrate to a first temperature, cleaning contaminants from the substrate and activating the first surface to promote formation of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on the first material. A SAM is formed on the first material by repeated cycles of SAM molecule exposure, heating and reactivation of the first material. A final exposure to the SAM molecules is performed prior to selectively depositing a film on the second material. Apparatus to perform the selective deposition are also described.
US10770289B2	Systems and methods for graphene based layer transfer A graphene-based layer transfer (GBLT) technique is disclosed. In this approach, a device layer including a III-V semiconductor, Si, Ge, III-N semiconductor, SiC, SiGe, or II-VI semiconductor is fabricated on a graphene layer, which in turn is disposed on a substrate. The graphene layer or the substrate can be lattice-matched with the device layer to reduce defect in the device layer. The fabricated device layer is then removed from the substrate via, for example, a stressor attached to the device layer. In GBLT, the graphene layer serves as a reusable and universal platform for growing device layers and also serves a release layer that allows fast, precise, and repeatable release at the graphene surface.
US10770288B2	Selective capping processes and structures formed thereby Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to capping processes and structures formed thereby. In an embodiment, a conductive feature, formed in a dielectric layer, has a metallic surface, and the dielectric layer has a dielectric surface. The dielectric surface is modified to be hydrophobic by performing a surface modification treatment. After modifying the dielectric surface, a capping layer is formed on the metallic surface by performing a selective deposition process. In another embodiment, a surface of a gate structure is exposed through a dielectric layer. A capping layer is formed on the surface of the gate structure by performing a selective deposition process.
US10770286B2	Methods for selectively forming a silicon nitride film on a substrate and related semiconductor device structures A method for selectively forming a silicon nitride film on a substrate comprising a first metallic surface and a second dielectric surface by a cyclical deposition process is disclosed. The method may comprise contacting the substrate with a first reactant comprising a silicon halide source and contacting the substrate with a second reactant comprising a nitrogen source, wherein the incubation period for the first metallic surface is less than the incubation period for the second dielectric surface. Semiconductor device structures comprising a selective silicon nitride film are also disclosed.
US10770284B2	Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing method according to an embodiment includes an etching process, a temperature-difference forming process, and a rinsing process. The etching process supplies an etchant onto a first surface of a substrate on which a pattern is formed to etch the pattern. The temperature-difference forming process makes, in parallel with the etching process, a temperature in a lower portion of the pattern lower than a temperature in an upper portion of the pattern. The rinsing process supplies rinse liquid onto the first surface after the etching process to replace the etchant remaining on the pattern with the rinse liquid.
US10770282B1	Laser-pumped plasma light source and plasma ignition method The light source contains a gas filled chamber with a region of radiating plasma sustained by a focused beam of a CW laser. The means for plasma ignition is a pulsed laser system generating a first and a second laser beams focused in the chamber. The first laser beam provides the optical breakdown, after which the second laser beam ignites the plasma, whose volume and density are sufficient for stationary plasma sustenance by CW laser after finishing the second laser pulse. Preferably, the first laser beam is generated in Q-switching mode and the second laser beam is generated in free-running mode. The technical result consists in ensuring high reliability of igniting the plasma, in creating in this basis electrodeless high-brightness broadband light sources with the high spatial and power stability, and in providing an ability to collect broadband plasma radiation in a spatial angle of more than 9 sr.
US10770276B2	Techniques of mass spectrometry for isotopomer analysis and related systems and methods According to some aspects, a spectrometer is provided, the spectrometer configured to receive molecules of a plurality of metabolites including one or more molecules of a first metabolite, filter the received molecules to retain molecules of the first metabolite including a plurality of different mass isotopomers of the first metabolite, fragment molecules of a first mass isotopmer of the retained molecules to produce a first plurality of daughter ions, measure abundances of the first plurality of daughter ions as a function of daughter ion mass, fragment molecules of a second istopomer, different from the first mass isotopmer, of the retained molecules to produce a second plurality of daughter ions, and measure abundances of the second plurality of daughter ions as a function of the daughter ion mass.
US10770271B2	Plasma-activated saline solutions and method of making plasma activated saline solutions A method for manufacturing plasma-activated saline for treatment of cancer cells. The method comprises the steps of immersing a cathode in saline solution in a container, positioning an anode at a fixed distance from a surface of said saline solution in said container and applying electrical energy to said anode for a fixed period of time, wherein said fixed distance and said fixed period of time are selected to cause a plasma self-organized pattern at a surface of said saline solution with an atmospheric discharge between said anode and said cathode.
US10770267B1	Methods and apparatus for supplying RF power to plasma chambers Methods and apparatus for matching an impedance of a process chamber with an impedance of an RF power source. In some embodiments, a method comprises dynamically matching a load impedance of the process chamber with an impedance matching circuit coupled between an RF power source and the process chamber, the impedance matching circuit configured to compensate for changes in the load impedance to match an impedance of the RF power source over a wide range of load impedances; filtering power feeding back from the process chamber with a first filter positioned between the matching circuit and the process chamber, the first filter configured as a wide bandpass filter; and filtering residual signals with a second filter positioned between the matching circuit and the RF power source, the second filter configured as a low pass filter.
US10770262B1	Apparatus, method and system for imaging and utilization of SEM charged particles A scanning electron microscope (SEM) system includes an SEM objective that emits an electron beam toward a sample, causing emission of charged particles including secondary electrons, Auger electrons, backscattered electrons, anions and cations. The SEM system includes electron optics elements that are configured to establish electric fields around the sample that accelerate charged particles toward a detector. A two-dimensional distribution of locations of incidence of the charged particles on the detector is indicative of energies of the charged particles and their emission angles from the sample. A three-dimensional spatial distribution of charged particles emitted from the sample is recovered by performing an Abel transform over the distribution on the detector. The energies and emission angles of the charged particles are then determined from the three-dimensional spatial distribution.
US10770260B2	Defect observation device A defect observation device detects a defect with high accuracy regardless of a defect size. One imaging configuration for observing an observation target on a sample is selected from an optical microscope, an optical microscope, and an electron microscope, and an imaging condition of the selected imaging configuration is controlled.
US10770256B1	Flat emitter A flat emitter, in an embodiment, includes an emitter surface to emit electrons when a filament current is applied; a first end region including at least one first connection leg; and a second end region including at least one second connection leg. According to an embodiment, at least one connection leg is embodied as a band-type connection leg and is torsioned at an angle in a longitudinal axis. According to an embodiment, the first connection leg and the second connection leg are embodied as band-type connection legs and in each case are torsioned at a definable angle in a longitudinal axis. As a result, a simply constructed flat emitter in terms of design is achieved, with a longer service life and a high level of electron emission.
US10770255B2	Self-resetting current limiter A self-resetting current limiter includes: a first connecting contact for bringing the current limiter into contact with a first electrical conductor a second connecting contact for bringing the current limiter into contact with a second electrical conductor; a first movable contact member; and a second movable contact member, wherein the first and the second movable contact members are electrically interconnected in a first position of the first and the second movable contact member, such that a current path between the first and the second connecting contact is closed, and wherein the first and the second movable contact members are separated from one another in a second position of the first and the second movable contact member, such that the current path between the first and the second connecting contact is interrupted.
US10770253B2	Switch arrangements for microelectromechanical systems Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) switches that provide low contact resistance over a large number of open and close contact cycles are disclosed. A MEMS switch device may include a plurality of parallel MEMS switches with a first MEMS switch that is configured differently in such a manner to close first and/or open last during open and close cycles. In this regard, the first MEMS switch may experience increased contact resistance over a large number of open and close cycles while other MEMS switches maintain a low contact resistance. In certain embodiments, the first MEMS switch is controlled by a different control signal to open and close differently than the other MEMS switches. In certain embodiments, a common control signal controls a plurality of MEMS switches and the first MEMS switch is mechanically different such that it opens and closes differently than other MEMS switches.
US10770252B2	Magnetic system of electromagnetic relay A magnetic system of an electromagnetic relay comprises a coil, an iron core, a yoke, and an armature. The iron core extends through the coil and has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. A second part of the yoke is connected to the first end of the iron core and a first part of the yoke extends in a length direction of the iron core and is separated from the coil. The armature is disposed at the second end of the iron core and has a main body and a bending portion bent from the main body by a predetermined angle. The main body faces an end surface of the second end of the iron core. The bending portion is disposed at an inner side of an end portion of the first part of the yoke and faces the iron core.
US10770249B2	Pole part for a low-, medium or high voltage circuit breaker, and method for manufacturing the same A pole part for a medium or high voltage circuit breaker includes: an insert in an insulating housing; and a compensation layer between the insert and the insulating housing. The compensation layer includes a potting material on an epoxy or polyurethane basis, with a shore hardness of 12 to 90 shore A.
US10770245B2	Contact structure for switch, trigger switch and electric power tool The switch opening-closing mechanism, which makes it possible to increase a contact force so as to improve a vibration resistance, includes a sliding part, a second movable piece, and a second fixed contact. In a case where an amount of movement of a sliding part reaches a second retraction amount, the second movable piece comes into contact with the second fixed contact due to a spring force applied to the second movable piece. In a case where the amount of movement of the sliding part reaches a third retraction amount which is larger than a second retraction amount, the sliding part presses the second movable piece against the second fixed contact.
US10770242B2	Button assembly for a portable communication device A push-to-talk assembly includes a metal ring defining an interior aperture and including at least one exterior protrusion configured to couple the metal ring to a surface of the portable communication device. The push-to-talk assembly further includes a button coupled to the metal ring and including a flexible polymer material disposed within the interior aperture and co-molded to the metal ring. The button includes a first side configured to be contacted and pressed, and a second, opposite side configured to face an interior of the portable communication device. The push-to-talk assembly further includes a metal backing plate coupled to the second side of the button.
US10770238B2	Solid electrolytic capacitor assembly with hydrophobic coatings A capacitor assembly that comprises a solid electrolytic capacitor element is provided. The capacitor assembly also comprises a casing material that encapsulates the capacitor element, an anode termination that is in electrical connection with the anode body and contains a portion that is positioned external to the casing material, and a cathode termination that is in electrical connection with the solid electrolyte and contains a portion that is positioned external to the casing material. A first hydrophobic coating is disposed in contact with the casing material and the external portion of the anode termination and a second hydrophobic coating is disposed in contact with the casing material and the external portion of the cathode termination.
US10770234B2	Multilayer capacitor A multilayer capacitor may have a decreased equivalent series resistance (ESR) and improved warpage strength and reliability with conductive resin layers of external electrodes on surfaces where internal electrodes are exposed from a body, intermetallic compounds are in contact with conductive connecting portions of the conductive resin layers and the internal electrodes, and conductive connecting portions are in contact with a plurality of metal particles and second electrode layers.
US10770233B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor and board having the same A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including an active portion including dielectric layers and internal electrodes that are alternately stacked and a margin portion disposed on outer surfaces of the active portion; and external electrodes disposed on outer surfaces of the ceramic body. The margin portion includes an inner half adjacent to the active portion and an outer half adjacent to the edge of the ceramic body, and a porosity of the inner half is greater than a porosity of the outer half.
US10770232B2	Multilayer electronic component and method of manufacturing the same A multilayer electronic component for enhancing damp proof reliability includes: a capacitor body including a plurality of dielectric layers, and first and second internal electrodes, alternately disposed across the dielectric layers to expose one end of the first and second electrodes through third and fourth surfaces of the capacitor body; first and second conductive layers disposed on the third and fourth surfaces of the capacitor body and connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively; first and second plating layers covering surfaces of the first and second conductive layers; and a plurality of coating layers configured in a multilayer structure on a surface of the capacitor body to expose the first and second plating layers and having an entire thickness of 10 nm to 200 nm.
US10770228B2	Capacitor including electrodes having complementary pattern formed in horizontal direction A capacitor includes an electrode assembly, having at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode, and at least one dielectric or separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a case for receiving the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly is configured such that the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the dielectric or the separator are arranged in a horizontal direction, which is perpendicular to the thickness direction of the electrode assembly, and such that the positive electrode and the negative electrode have a complementary pattern.
US10770224B2	Method for forming electrolytic copper plating film on surface of rare earth metal-based permanent magnet An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for forming an electrolytic copper plating film having excellent adhesion on the surface of a rare earth metal-based permanent magnet. The method of the present invention as a means for achieving the object is characterized in that after a magnet is immersed in a plating solution, a cathode current density of 0.05 A/dm2 to 4.0 A/dm2 for performing an electrolytic copper plating treatment is applied thereto over 10 seconds to 180 seconds to start the treatment.
US10770220B2	Planar transformer layer, assembly of layers for planar transformer, and planar transformer A planar transformer layer is provided. The planar transformer comprises distinct electrical connections and thermal connections. An assembly of layers for a planar transformer is also provided. An electronic energy conversion equipment item for a satellite provided with at least one planar transformer is also provided.
US10770218B2	Reactor, motor driver, power conditioner and machine A reactor includes an outer peripheral iron core and at least three iron-core coils that contact or are connected to an inner surface of the outer peripheral iron core. Each of the iron-core coils includes iron cores and coils wound onto the iron cores. The reactor further includes an external cooling unit disposed outside the outer peripheral iron core, to cool the outer peripheral iron core.
US10770217B2	Mounting kit for a throttle, and throttle Mounting kit for a throttle with a toroidal core, wherein an insulating element which passes through the opening in the toroidal core is provided. The mounting kit includes a first half shell and a second half shell for accommodating the toroidal core, a baseplate, and a latching means and/or guide means to connect the first half shell, the second half shell, the insulating element and the baseplate to one another.
US10770210B2	Ferrite composition and electronic device A ferrite composition includes a main component and an accessory component. The main component includes 18 to 30 mol % of iron oxide in terms of Fe2O3, 4 to 14 mol % of copper oxide in terms of CuO, 0 to 6 mol % of zinc oxide in terms of ZnO, and a remaining part of nickel oxide. The accessory component includes 0.30 to 1.83 pts.wt. of silicon compound in terms of SiO2, 2.00 to 10.00 pts.wt. of cobalt compound in terms of Co3O4, and 1.00 to 3.00 pts.wt. of bismuth compound in terms of Bi2O3 with respect to 100 pts.wt. of the main component. A cobalt compound content in terms of Co3O4 divided by a silicon compound content in terms of SiO2 is a value of 5.5 to 30.0.
US10770209B2	Soft magnetic powder, magnetic core, method for manufacturing soft magnetic powder, and method for manufacturing magnetic core Provided is soft magnetic powder constituted by an Fe alloy containing Si, in which soft magnetic particles of the soft magnetic powder include a SiO2 layer formed on a surface of the particles, and a surface layer formed directly on the SiO2 layer. The surface layer includes a first material that constitutes a matrix and a second material that is dispersed in the matrix. The first material is silicone or phosphate, and the second material is silicone or phosphate and is different from the first material.
US10770208B2	Permanent magnet, motor, and generator A high performance permanent magnet is provided. The permanent magnet includes a composition represented by a composition formula: RpFeqMrCutCo100-p-q-r-t, and a metallic structure including cell phases having a Th2Zn17 crystal phase and Cu-rich phases having higher Cu concentration than the cell phases. An average diameter of the cell phases is 220 nm or less, and in a numeric value range from a minimum diameter to a maximum diameter of the cell phases, a ratio of a number of cell phases having a diameter in a numeric value range of less than upper 20% from the maximum diameter is 20% or less of all the cell phases.
US10770207B2	Rare-earth permanent magnet and method for manufacturing rare-earth permanent magnet There are provided a rare-earth permanent magnet and a manufacturing method of a rare-earth permanent magnet capable of preventing deterioration of magnet properties. In the method, magnet material is milled into magnet powder. Next, a mixture 12 is prepared by mixing the magnet powder and a binder, and the mixture 12 is formed into a sheet-like shape to obtain a green sheet 14. Thereafter, magnetic field orientation is performed to the green sheet 14, which is then held for several hours in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a pressure higher than normal atmospheric pressure, at 200 through 900 degrees Celsius for calcination. Thereafter, the calcined green sheet 14 is sintered at a sintering temperature. Thereby a permanent magnet 1 is manufactured.
US10770203B2	Plug-in power and data connectivity micro grids for information and communication technology infrastructure and related methods of deploying such micro grids A power and data connectivity micro grid includes a first power sourcing equipment device having first and second power ports and first and second data ports, and configured to deliver DC power signals to the first and second power ports. The micro grid further includes first and second remote distribution nodes, and first and second splice enclosures, each splice enclosure having a power input port, a data input port, a power tap port, a data tap port, a power output port and a data output port. A first composite power-data cable is coupled between the first power port and the first data port of the first power sourcing equipment device and the power input port and the data input port of the first splice enclosure. A second composite power-data cable is coupled between the second power port and the second data port of the first power sourcing equipment device and the power input port and the data input port of the second splice enclosure. The power tap port and the data tap port of the first splice enclosure are coupled to a power input port and a data input port of the first remote distribution node, respectively.
US10770202B1	Striped cable and process and apparatus for making same A multi-striped electrical cable may be provided. The multi-striped electrical cable may comprise a conductor, an inner layer, an outer layer, and a stripe. The conductor core may comprise a conductor. The inner layer may be around the conductor core and may comprise an inner layer polymer. The outer layer may be around the inner layer. The outer layer may comprise an outer layer polymer, an outer layer colorant, and an outer layer friction reducing additive. The stripe may be disposed on an outermost portion of the outer layer. The stripe may comprise a stripe polymer, a stripe colorant, and a stripe friction reducing additive.
US10770199B2	Concentric wireline cable A wireline system includes a control system, a downhole tool, and a wireline cable coupling the downhole tool and the control system. The wireline cable includes a plurality of conductors, which includes a core conductor and a concentric conductor disposed around the core conductor, wherein two of the plurality of conductors form a conductor pair, and wherein each of the plurality of conductors is configured to transmit power, data, or both, between the control system and the downhole tool. The wireline cable further includes one or more insulative layers, wherein at least one insulative layer is disposed between any two conductors.
US10770197B2	Polymer-silica hybrid Pdots and methods of use thereof The present disclosure provides organic-inorganic hybrid polymer particles, which have desirable surface chemistry and optical properties that make them particularly suitable for biological and optical applications. The present disclosure also provides methods of making organic-inorganic hybrid polymer particles. The present disclosure also provides methods of using the organic-inorganic hybrid polymer particles for biological and optical applications.
US10770196B2	Binary multileaf collimator delivery with per-leaf field width A radiation treatment delivery system, includes a linear accelerator (LINAC) and a multileaf collimator (MLC), coupled with the distal end of the LINAC, wherein the MLC has two banks of leaves, organized into a plurality of opposing leaf pairs. The system further includes a processing device, operatively coupled to the LINAC and the MLC, to control the plurality of leaf pairs of the MLC such that for each of a plurality of radiation beam delivery positional sections corresponds to a range of radiation beam positions over a discrete time interval, wherein each leaf pair of the plurality of opposing leaf pairs is open to a fixed opening for a fraction of time in the discrete time interval and closed for the remaining fraction of time in the discrete time interval, while a radiation beam of the radiation treatment system is active.
US10770194B2	Nuclear fuel storage cask A nuclear fuel storage cask includes an outer shell having a length extending from a first end to a second end of the outer shell, the outer shell defining an inner cavity circumscribed by the outer shell, an outer perimeter extending around the outer shell, an inner perimeter positioned inward from the outer perimeter, and a cooling circuit extending along the length of the outer shell, the cooling circuit including an inner passage, and an outer passage, a coolant positioned within the cooling circuit, where the coolant is configured to move through the inner passage, absorbing heat from the inner cavity of the outer shell, and the coolant is configured to move through the outer passage, dissipating heat through the outer perimeter of the outer shell, and a lid coupled the outer shell, where the lid covers the inner cavity of the outer shell.
US10770188B2	Nuclear reactor fuel assembly and method for producing same A fuel assembly design for nuclear reactors that is used in fast neutron reactor cores to provide more reliable spacing of a fuel element bundle in a fuel assembly and reduced local stress in the cladding of the fuel elements in the region where the elements are in contact with spacing elements. The fuel assembly has a top nozzle and a bottom nozzle which are connected to one another by a jacket. A bundle of rod-type fuel is elements arranged in the fuel assembly with the aid of a grid and spiral spacer elements wrapped around the cladding of each fuel element. At least the peripheral fuel elements in the bundle are provided with spacer elements in the form of thin-walled tubes with longitudinal through slots, wherein the elements have a substantially oval cross section in the regions where they are in contact with the jacket.
US10770187B2	Nuclear fuel pebble and method of manufacturing the same Nuclear fuel elements may include: a fuel zone including fuel particles disposed in parallel layers in a matrix including graphite powder; and a shell comprising graphite and surrounding the fuel zone. The fuel particles may include fissile particles, burnable poison particles, breeder particles, or a combination thereof. The fuel zone may include a central region and a peripheral region surrounding the central region, and a fuel particle density of the peripheral region may be greater than a fuel particle density of the central region.
US10770185B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus includes: a detecting unit that detects behavior information and biological information of a user as a target; a biological information estimating unit that calculates estimated biological information by applying, to a metabolism model, the behavior information and the biological information detected by the detecting unit; and a suggesting unit that suggests, to the user, a recommended behavior calculated based on the estimated biological information calculated by the biological information estimating unit.
US10770184B1	Determining patient condition from unstructured text data Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for determining the likelihood of a presence or absence of one or more patient conditions based on unstructured text data from the electronic health records, which may accrue during the routine provisioning of care services. In particular, embodiments described herein use structural topic modeling (STM) to assess the textual information as to topical or concept-oriented expressions they contain that are statistically similar to those associated with various clinical conditions or diagnoses; to identify which condition- or diagnosis-oriented clusters the present texts most closely resemble, if any; and to notify the responsible clinicians of those determinations, suggesting consideration of those conditions or diagnoses as part of the constellation of differential diagnoses pertinent to the management of the patient.
US10770180B1	Processing clinical notes using recurrent neural networks Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for predicting future patient health using neural networks. One of the methods includes receiving electronic health record data for a patient; generating a respective observation embedding for each of the observations, comprising, for each clinical note: processing the sequence of tokens in the clinical note using a clinical note embedding LSTM to generate a respective token embedding for each of the tokens; and generating the observation embedding for the clinical note from the token embeddings; generating an embedded representation, comprising, for each time window: combining the observation embeddings of observations occurring during the time window to generate a patient record embedding; and processing the embedded representation of the electronic health record data using a prediction recurrent neural network to generate a neural network output that characterizes a future health status of the patient.
US10770176B2	System and method for identifying relationships in community healthcare measures A system and method for identifying relationships and correlations between community healthcare attributes includes automatically displays relationships between selected community health measures. A correlation tool automatically computes correlations between a selected main measure and each other measures in a set of community health measures for selected communities. The correlation tool automatically displays a ranked list of the other community health measures based on their correlation to the selected main measure. A relationship tool automatically computes correlations between selected measures in the set of community health measures for selected communities. The relationship tool displays a correlation graph indicating values of the selected measures for each of a selected set of communities. An adjusted correlation graph is automatically displayed to indicate adjusted values of the selected measures to accommodate a selected third measure as a control variable.
US10770175B2	System and method for segmentation and visualization of medical image data A computing device has a processor. A display is coupled to the processor. A user interface is coupled to the processor for entering data into the computing device. A memory is coupled to the processor, the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: load medical image data; match the medical image data to an anatomical model stored in a database having a data set closest to the medical image data; adjust at least one property on the anatomical model to form a modified anatomical model to match the medical data image; and detect if areas on the modified anatomical model exceeds predefined ranges indicating potential injured areas.
US10770167B1	Memory storage apparatus and forming method of resistive memory device thereof A memory storage apparatus and a forming method of a resistive memory device thereof are provided. A test forming voltage is applied to a redundant resistive memory device and a corresponding test current is read. A forming voltage applied to a main memory cell block is determined according to the test forming voltage, the test current, a forming current-voltage characteristic data and a target forming current.
US10770163B2	Shift register unit, method of driving shift register unit, gate driving circuit and display device A shift register unit, a method of driving a shift register unit, a gate driving circuit and a display device are provided. The shift register unit includes an input circuit, a first pull-up node reset circuit and an output circuit. The input circuit is configured to control an level of a pull-up node to a first level in response to an input signal of an input terminal, and thereafter control a level of a first node to a second level under control of a level of a pull-down node. The first node is in a current path for controlling the level of the pull-up node. The first pull-up node reset circuit is configured to reset the pull-up node in response to a first reset signal. The output circuit is configured to output a clock signal to an output terminal under control of the level of the pull-up node.
US10770157B1	Method of reducing injection type of program disturb during program pre-charge in memory device Techniques are described for reducing an injection type of program disturb in a memory device during the pre-charge phase of a program loop. In one approach, a pre-charge voltage on the selected word line and drain side word lines is adjusted based on a risk of the injection type of program disturb. Risk factors such as temperature, WLn position, Vpgm and the selected sub-block, can be used to set the pre-charge voltage to be lower when the risk is higher. In another approach, the pre-charge voltage on the source side word lines is adjusted to reduce a channel gradient and/or the amount of time in which the injection type of program disturb occurs.
US10770151B2	Semiconductor memory device and operating method thereof In a method for operating a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, the method includes: receiving a read command for a first memory block among the plurality of memory blocks; referring to a block read count value corresponding to the first memory block; determining whether the block read count value has reached a first threshold value; and performing a read operation on the first memory block, based on the determined result.
US10770150B2	Non-volatile memory device and initialization information reading method thereof In a method of reading initialization information from a non-volatile memory device, when power-up is detected, the non-volatile memory device divides a source voltage to generate a low read pass voltage which is to be provided to unselected word lines in an initialization information read operation. The low read pass voltage is set as at least one voltage between a ground voltage and the source voltage. The non-volatile memory device allows the source voltage not to be pumped in the initialization information read operation, based on the power-up. In the initialization information read operation, the non-volatile memory device provides the low read pass voltage to the unselected word lines and provides a read voltage to a selected word line to read initialization information stored in the memory cells.
US10770148B2	Nonvolatile memory device and operating method of the same An operation method of a nonvolatile memory device includes applying a program voltage to a selected word line and programming a selected memory cell connected to the selected word line; reading an adjacent memory cell connected to an adjacent word line of the selected word line; and verifying the selected memory cell by adjusting charge sharing between the selected memory cell and a sensing node, which is connected to the selected memory cell through a bit line.
US10770142B2	Memory device The present disclosure provides a control circuit of a memory array. The control circuit includes a first switch and a set termination circuit. The first switch is connected between a first voltage source and a data line of a resistive memory cell of the memory array. The set termination circuit has a first terminal connected to a control terminal of the first switch and a second terminal connected to the data line of the resistive memory cell of the memory array. When a data line voltage of the data line decreases to be lower than a first voltage in a first duration of the resistive memory cell performing a set operation, the set termination circuit turns off the first switch to terminate the set operation by stopping providing the first voltage of the first voltage source to the data line.
US10770141B2	Semiconductor memory devices including a memory array and related method incorporating different biasing schemes Memory devices provide a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell including a memory element and a selection device. A plurality of first (e.g., row) address lines can be adjacent (e.g., under) a first side of at least some cells of the plurality. A plurality of second (e.g., column) address lines extend across the plurality of row address lines, each column address line being adjacent (e.g., over) a second, opposing side of at least some of the cells. Control circuitry can be configured to selectively apply a read voltage or a write voltage substantially simultaneously to the address lines. Systems including such memory devices and methods of accessing a plurality of cells at least substantially simultaneously are also provided.
US10770140B2	Memristive array with parallel reset control devices The present disclosure provides a memristive array. The array includes a number of memristive devices. A memristive device is switchable between states and is to store information. The memristive array also includes a parallel reset control device coupled to the number of memristive devices in parallel. The parallel reset control device regulates a resetting operation for the number of memristive devices by regulating current flow through target memristive devices.
US10770137B2	Resistive memory device including compensation circuit A memory device includes: a memory cell array, multiple bit lines, a compensation circuit, a holding circuit, and a control logic circuit. The memory cell array includes multiple memory cells. Each of the bit lines is connected to at least one of the memory cells. Among the bit lines, a predetermined voltage is applied to selected bit lines connected to selected memory cells. The compensation circuit includes a sampling circuit that generates a sampling value by sensing a leakage current applied to non-selected memory cells from among the plurality of memory cells. The holding circuit compensates for a voltage applied to the selected bit lines, based on the sampling value. The control logic circuit outputs a sampling-enable signal that controls enabling of the sampling circuit and a holding-enable signal that controls enabling of the holding circuit.
US10770136B2	Write assist circuit of memory device a device is disclosed to include a first write assist unit and a second write assist unit. The first write assist unit provides a first operational voltage and a second operational voltage to a memory cell. The second write assist unit provides a third operational voltage and a fourth operational voltage to the memory cell. During a write operation, the first write assist unit further adjusts the first operational voltage or the second operational voltage while the third operational voltage and the fourth operational voltage are at a same voltage level, and the second write assist unit further adjusts the third operational voltage or the fourth operational voltage while the first operational voltage and the second operational voltage are at a same voltage level.
US10770135B2	Memory macro which changes operational modes A memory macro includes a first input terminal, a first input pin, a first memory cell array, a second memory cell array, a first set of driver circuits, a second set of driver circuits and a logic circuit. The first input pin is configured to receive a first signal indicating an operational mode of the memory macro. The first set of driver circuits is coupled to the first memory cell array. The second set of driver circuits is coupled to the second memory cell array. The logic circuit has a first terminal coupled to the first input pin and is configured to receive the first signal. The logic circuit is coupled to the first and second set of driver circuits, and is configured to generate a second signal and a third signal responsive to the first signal, and cause a change in the operational mode of the memory macro.
US10770134B2	SRAM based authentication circuit A memory device includes a memory cell array comprising a plurality of memory cells wherein each of the plurality of memory cells is configured to be in a data state, and a physically unclonable function (PUF) generator. The PUF generator further includes a first sense amplifier, coupled to the plurality of memory cells, wherein while the plurality of memory cells are being accessed, the first sense amplifier is configured to compare accessing speeds of first and second memory cells of the plurality of memory cells, and based on the comparison, provide a first output signal for generating a first PUF signature.
US10770132B1	SRAM with burst mode address comparator A memory is provided that is configured to practice both a normal read operation and also a burst mode read operation. A burst mode address comparator compares a current row address to a previous row address to determine whether a read operation is a normal read operation or a burst mode read operation.
US10770131B2	SRAM cell for interleaved wordline scheme Some embodiments relate to an SRAM cell layout including upper and lower cell edges and left and right cell edges. A first power rail extends generally in parallel with and lies along the left cell edge or the right cell edge. The first power rail is coupled to a first power supply. A second power rail extends generally in parallel with the first power rail and is arranged equidistantly between the left and right cell edges. A first bitline extends in parallel with the first power rail and the second power rail and is arranged to a first side of the second power rail. A second bitline, which is complementary to the first bitline, extends in parallel with the first power rail and the second power rail and is arranged to a second side of the second power rail.
US10770130B2	Apparatuses and methods for maintaining a duty cycle error counter Apparatuses and methods for maintaining a duty cycle error counter. An example apparatus may a duty cycle detect circuit configured to receive a clock signal and to detect a duty cycle error of the clock signal. The duty cycle detect error includes a counter configured to store a count value indicating the duty cycle error using Gray code. The counter is adjusted in response to detection of non-zero duty cycle error, and the counter is configured to convert the count value from Gray code to binary code as a binary count value. The duty cycle detect circuit is further configured to provide a duty cycle error signal based on the binary count value. The example apparatus further comprising a duty cycle correction circuit configured to adjust a duty cycle of the clock signal based on the duty cycle error signal.
US10770126B2	Parallel access techniques within memory sections through section independence A memory device having a plurality sections of memory cells, such as ferroelectric memory cells (hybrid RAM (HRAM) cells) may provide for concurrent access to memory cells within independent sections of the memory device. A first memory cell may be activated, and it may be determined that a second memory cell is independent of the first memory cell. If the second memory cell is independent of the first memory cell, the second memory cell may be activated prior to the conclusion of operations at the first memory cell. Latching hardware at memory sections may latch addresses at the memory sections in order to allow a new address to be provided to a different section to access the second memory cell.
US10770125B2	Fixed voltage sensing in a memory device Methods for sensing ferroelectric memory devices and apparatuses using the same have been disclosed. One such apparatus includes a ferroelectric memory cell coupled to a data line, a reference capacitance, and a common node coupled between the data line and the reference capacitance. A current mirror circuit is coupled to the data line and the reference capacitance. During a sense operation, the common node is configured to be at a fixed voltage and the current mirror circuit is configured to mirror displacement current from the reference capacitance to the ferroelectric memory cell.
US10770115B2	Recording medium, playback method, and playback device A playback method of reading out and playing streams from a recording medium is provided. A stream file. including a first luminance video and a second luminance video, a playlist file, first and second combination information, elementary streams that can be played together with the first luminance video, and elementary streams that can be played together with the second luminance video are recorded in the recording medium. The playback method includes, when playing the first luminance video, reading out any one of the elementary streams listed in the first combination information of the playlist file, and playing at the same time with the first luminance video, and when playing the second luminance video, reading out any one of the elementary streams listed in the second combination information of the playlist file, and playing at the same time with the second luminance video.
US10770114B2	Video matrix barcode system A data object is parsed into payload data packets so that each data packet is capable of being represented in a matrix barcode, sometimes referred to as a QR code. A matrix barcode is generated for each payload data packet and accompanying metadata used to reconstruct the data object. A matrix barcode movie is assembled from individual matrix barcodes. The resulting movie can be projected to a reader that captures the video sequence, examines each frame to extract payload data and corresponding metadata from each frame. The reader then assembles the separate payload data back into the original data object using the metadata and determines an action to take responsive to the data object. For example, a movie may be played, an image displayed, a file opened, or other action may be taken based on the file type and instructions in the metadata.
US10770113B2	Methods and system for customizing immersive media content A computing device has memory, a microphone, and an image sensor. A process plays an immersive video in a user interface region, which displays a portion of the immersive video according to a user selected visibility window. While playing the immersive video, the user adjusts the window, and the process records information that identifies placement of the window within the immersive video. The process records audio provided by the user and records video of the user. The process uses the information that identifies placement of the window to form a customized video including what was displayed in the window while playing the immersive video. The customized video also includes a visual overlay in a peripheral portion of the customized video, which includes the recorded video of the user. The customized video also includes an audio overlay using the recorded audio. The process transmits the customized video to another computer.
US10770112B2	Aggregation of related media content Systems and methods for media aggregation are disclosed herein. The system includes a media system that can transform media items into one aggregated media item. A synchronization component synchronizes media items with respect to time. The synchronized media items can be analyzed and transformed into an aggregated media item for storage and/or display. In one implementation, the aggregated media item is capable of being displayed in multiple ways to create an enhanced and customizable viewing and/or listening experience.
US10770110B1	Disk drive with efficient handling of off-track events during sequential write In a disk drive, when an off-track error occurs during a sequential disk access operation that spans multiple contiguous data tracks, efficient recovery is performed. In an embodiment, the disk access operation (e.g., reading from or writing to a disk) is attempted for all sectors of the sequential disk access operation. The disk access operation is then attempted again for sectors associated with any off-track errors that occurred during the disk access operation. In another embodiment, when an off-track error occurs during a sequential write operation in a shingled magnetic recording drive, the data originally targeted to be written to a first portion is written to a second portion of the data track that follows the first portion. Since no additional revolutions of the disk are needed for data associated with the sequential write operation to be written to the disk.
US10770109B2	Tape drive configuration A method comprising: determining, by a tape library, respective tape densities supported by each of a plurality of tape drives and respective tape densities indicated for each of a plurality of tape cartridges; receiving, by the tape library, a command to load a given one of the tape cartridges into a given one of the tape drives; determining, by the tape library, that the indicated tape density for the given tape cartridge matches a tape density supported by the given tape drive; and in response to the determination that the tape densities match, configuring, by the tape library, the given tape drive to initialize the given tape cartridge to the tape density indicated for the given tape cartridge.
US10770107B1	Adaptive tension position changing for magnetic tape recording device Provided is a method, computer program product, and system for handling seek commands for a tape drive. The method includes receiving a seek command for moving tape in the tape drive to a target position. The method further includes determining whether to move the tape according to a first procedure or a second procedure. The first procedure includes directly moving the tape from the current position to the target position with the tape at the first tension. The second procedure includes moving the tape from the current position to the HWM with the tape at the first tension and moving the tape from the HWM to the target position with the tape at the second tension. The method further includes moving the tape according to the determined first or second procedure.
US10770106B1	System and method using on-ramp heating to detect laser mode hopping in heat assisted recording A heat-assisted recording head is moved onto a ramp such that the recording head is thermally isolated from a moving disk. A heating device is activated on the recording head to cause the recording head to obtain a high temperature that is not obtainable when proximate to the moving disk. The recording head is moved over the moving disk such that the recording head reaches an operating temperature that is below the high temperature. One or more temperatures between the high temperature and the operational temperature are determined at which a laser of the recording head experiences mode-hopping. The one or more temperatures are stored and accessed by a controller to mitigate mode hopes during an operation of the recording head.
US10770104B1	Alternative designs for magnetic recording assisted by a single spin hall effect (SHE) layer in the write gap A Spin Hall Effect (SHE) assisted magnetic recording device is disclosed wherein a SHE layer comprising a giant Spin Hall Angle material is formed between a main pole (MP) trailing side and trailing shield (TS) bottom surface. The SHE layer may contact one or both of the MP and TS, and has a front side at the air bearing surface (ABS) or recessed therefrom. A first current (I1) is applied between the MP trailing side and SHE layer and is spin polarized to generate a first spin transfer torque that tilts a local MP magnetization to a direction that enhances a MP write field. A second current (I2) is applied between the SHE layer and TS and is spin polarized to generate a second spin transfer torque that tilts a local TS magnetization to a direction that increases the TS return field and improves bit error rate.
US10770100B1	Balanced current mirrors for biasing a magnetic resistor in a hard disk drive A bias circuit comprises a closed loop gain stage arranged to determine a difference between a first current in a first branch circuit and a second current in a second branch circuit, where the first branch circuit and second branch circuit are coupled to respective terminals of a magnetic resistor (MR). A first set of current mirrors is arranged to provide a source current to the first terminal of the MR and the second set of current mirrors is arranged to provide a sink current to the second terminal of the MR. The first set of current mirrors and a second set of current mirrors are balanced to reduce a difference in setting time between the source current and sink current. The source current and sink current further reduce the difference between the first current and the second current to provide a constant voltage bias to the MR based on a voltage of a voltage source.
US10770096B1	Dual writer with bridged connection A recording head includes a bearing surface, a first writer and a first shield structure for the first writer. The recording head also includes a second writer and a second shield structure for the second writer. The recording head further includes a magnetic bridge connecting the first shield structure to the second shield structure at the bearing surface.
US10770095B2	Recording density setting method based on linear recording densit and track pitch limiting According to one embodiment, a recording density setting method includes performing first process and performing second process. The first process including recording and reading data on and from a disk medium of a magnetic disk device, and acquiring first information for setting the read data to satisfy a certain quality criterion. The first information represents a first shape of a first plurality of unit regions. Each of the a first plurality of unit regions is a recording region of a unit capacity. The second process includes acquiring second information representing a second shape of the first plurality of unit regions, and setting a recording density on the basis of the second information. The second shape is formed by adding margin regions having the same area to the first plurality of unit regions of the first shape.
US10770094B2	Routing audio streams based on semantically generated result sets An example apparatus for routing audio streams includes an audio receiver to receive audio from a microphone. The apparatus also includes a classifier to semantically generate a result set based on the audio. The apparatus further includes a scheduler to select a spoken language understanding (SLU) engine based on the result set. The apparatus includes a router to route the audio to the selected SLU engine.
US10770093B2	Securely executing voice actions using contextual signals to perform authentication In some implementations, (i) audio data representing a voice command spoken by a speaker and (ii) a speaker identification result indicating that the voice command was spoken by the speaker are obtained. A voice action is selected based at least on a transcription of the audio data. A service provider corresponding to the selected voice action is selected from among a plurality of different service providers. One or more input data types that the selected service provider uses to perform authentication for the selected voice action are identified. A request to perform the selected voice action and (i) one or more values that correspond to the identified one or more input data types are provided to the service provider.
US10770091B2	Blind source separation using similarity measure A method includes: receiving time instants of audio signals generated by a set of microphones at a location; determining a distortion measure between frequency components of at least some of the received audio signals; determining a similarity measure for the frequency components using the determined distortion measure; and processing the audio signals based on the determined similarity measure.
US10770089B2	Sound dampening and pass through filtering A sound monitoring system for collecting and processing an environmental noise level surrounding a work machine is disclosed. The sound monitoring system may include an acoustic sensor having a plurality of microphones arranged into a signal detection array to capture the environmental noise level and generate an acoustic output signal. Additionally, the sound monitoring system may include a controller communicably coupled to the acoustic sensor and programmed to perform a signal processing to identify a first portion and a second portion of the acoustic output signal. Furthermore, the controller may be programmed to generate a controller output signal based on the first and second portions of the output level. A speaker may be located on the work machine and communicably coupled to the controller such that the speaker receives and emits the controller output signal.
US10770088B2	Adaptive audio decoder system, method and article A decoder generates decoded signals based on quantized signals. The decoder includes an inverse quantizer and a predictor circuit. The quantized signals are generated in an encoder by low-pass filtering an input signal and encoding the filtered signal using adaptive differential pulse code modulation. The predictor circuit has filter coefficients based on a frequency response of the low-pass filter used to filter the input signal.
US10770084B2	Encoder, decoder and methods for signal-adaptive switching of the overlap ratio in audio transform coding A decoder for decoding a plurality of spectral-domain audio samples is provided. The decoder includes a first decoding module for generating a first group and a second group of time-domain intermediate audio samples from the spectral-domain audio samples. Moreover, the decoder includes an overlap-adder for overlap-adding the first group of time-domain intermediate audio samples with an overlap of more than 5% and at most 50% with the second group of time-domain intermediate audio samples. Furthermore, the decoder includes a second decoding module for generating a third group and a fourth group of time-domain intermediate audio samples from the spectral-domain audio samples. Moreover, the decoder includes an output interface.
US10770079B2	Apparatus and method for processing an input audio signal using cascaded filterbanks An apparatus for processing an input audio signal relies on a cascade of filterbanks, the cascade having a synthesis filterbank for synthesizing an audio intermediate signal from the input audio signal, the input audio signal being represented by a plurality of first subband signals generated by an analysis filterbank, wherein a number of filterbank channels of the synthesis filterbank is smaller than a number of channels of the analysis filterbank. The apparatus furthermore has a further analysis filterbank for generating a plurality of second subband signals from the audio intermediate signal, wherein the further analysis filterbank has a number of channels being different from the number of channels of the synthesis filterbank, so that a sampling rate of a subband signal of the plurality of second subband signals is different from a sampling rate of a first subband signal of the plurality of first subband signals.
US10770077B2	Electronic device and method According to one embodiment, an electronic device records an audio signal, determines a plurality of user-specific utterance features within the audio signal, the plurality of user-specific utterance features including a first set of user specific-utterance features associated with the registered user and a second set of user-specific utterance features associated with the unregistered user, and displays the identifier of the registered user differently than an identifier of the unregistered user.
US10770071B2	Electronic device with voice process control and corresponding methods An electronic device includes one or more sensors and one or more processors. The one or more sensors receive a first audio input defining a process initiation command and initiate, in response to the process initiation command, a process. Thereafter, the one or more sensors receive a second audio input defining a process cessation command. The one or more processors determine whether one or more substantially matching audio characteristics are present in both the first audio input and the second audio input. Where they are absent from one of the first audio input or the second audio input, the one or more processors ignore the process cessation command and continuing the process. Where they are present, the one or more processors cease the process in response to the process cessation command.
US10770068B2	Dialog agent, reply sentence generation method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium A text generating device includes an acquirer that acquires the utterance of the user relative to content provided in real time, a retriever that retrieves from a microblog server data relating to the content, a sentence generator that generates a sentence relating to the content and the acquired utterance of the user, based on the data retrieved by the retriever 140, and an voice outputter and/or a display for using the generated sentence to reply to the user.
US10770061B2	False trigger correction for a voice-activated intelligent device A method for confirming a trigger in an audio input detected by a voice-activated intelligent device that listens for and detects a trigger in the audio input, confirms whether the trigger in the audio input is intended to wake the device, and if confirmed, the device is instructed to activate. If the trigger cannot be confirmed, the device is instructed to ignore the trigger. The step of confirming whether the trigger is intended to activate the device may include determining whether the audio input is human generated speech, which may also include detecting a fingerprint in the audio input.
US10770057B1	Systems and methods for noise cancelation in a listening area Systems and methods for noise cancelation in a listening area include functionality that activates a microphone of the remote control device of a home entertainment system or a microphone of another mobile device to collect a baseline white noise profile of a user's media content listening area, such as the user's family room, living room or other TV viewing space. This baseline white noise profile may be used by the user's set-top box (STB) or other receiving device to generate the corresponding noise canceling audio signal to create a noise-canceling effect and a more immersive and enjoyable listening experience for the user. A plurality of audio data samples from which to select, each representing a different baseline profile of ambient white noise associated with the media content listening area, may be generated and used for different devices that generate white noise.
US10770056B1	Selective noise cancellation for a vehicle In at least one embodiment, a computer-program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium that is programmed to perform selective active noise cancellation (ANC) for a vehicle is provided. The computer-program product comprising instructions to determine an amount of noise present in a first zone and a second zone and to selectively drive only at least one first loudspeaker in the first zone to generate a first cancellation field to cancel road noise and/or engine noise if the amount of noise in the first zone is greater than the amount of noise in the second zone. The computer-program product comprising instructions to selectively drive only at least one second loudspeaker in the second zone to generate the second cancellation field to cancel road noise and/or engine noise if the amount of noise in the second zone is greater than the amount of noise in the first zone.
US10770047B2	Electric musical instrument having rear mounted speaker An electric musical instrument includes a body having a front side and a rear side, a plurality of strings extending across at least a portion of the front side of the body, and at least one electric pickup to detect vibrations of the strings and generate a pickup signal. The instrument includes at least one speaker mounted at the rear side of the body, in which the speaker includes an acoustic driver and an acoustic deflector. The acoustic deflector is configured to receive acoustic energy propagating from the acoustic driver and deflect at least a portion of the acoustic energy. The instrument includes an amplifier to amplify the pickup signal to generate an amplified pickup signal, and drive the at least one speaker based on the amplified pickup signal.
US10770045B1	Real-time audio signal topology visualization A user interface for a digital audio workstation provides an overview of the audio signal routing of an audio composition in the form of a node graph. The node graph updates in real time as an audio session is edited. The representation of the nodes on the graph indicates the node type, such as audio input or track, mixer, plug-in, and output, as well as the processing resources assigned to each node. The node graph includes one or more nodes representing submixes that may be adjusted using a mixer channel independently of other submixes or outputs of the audio session. The representation of audio signal flow between the nodes in the graph distinguishes between insert routing and auxiliary sends. The user interface may be used interactively to edit the audio composition by providing a toolbox for creating new nodes and commands for specifying audio signal connections between nodes.
US10770044B2	Lyrics analyzer A lyrics analyzer generates tags and explicitness indicators for a set of tracks. These tags may indicate the genre, mood, occasion, or other features of each track. The lyrics analyzer does so by generating an n-dimensional vector relating to a set of topics extracted from the lyrics and then using those vectors to train a classifier to determine whether each tag applies to each track. The lyrics analyzer may also generate playlists for a user based on a single seed song by comparing the lyrics vector or the lyrics and acoustics vectors of the seed song to other songs to select songs that closely match the seed song. Such a playlist generator may also take into account the tags generated for each track.
US10770038B1	Two piece sound-hole cover A sound-hole cover includes a frame member, insert member, and foam spring members. The frame member has a rim and a front surface that is recessed from the rim. The frame member also has a plurality of spring-loaded orifices and a back surface of the frame member has a plurality of spring member holders opening radially outwardly from a center point of the frame member. An insert member has a planar front surface and a plurality of pegs, each peg corresponding to one of the spring-loaded orifices such that when the pegs are inserted into the spring-loaded orifices, the insert member remains on the frame member within the rim. There are foam spring members, each foam spring member is held by a corresponding spring member holder of the frame member. The foam spring members removably hold the sound-hole cover within a sound-hole of a musical instrument.
US10770036B2	Presentation of content on left and right eye portions of headset In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor and at least one display accessible to the at least one processor. The at least one display includes a left eye portion and a right eye portion. The device also includes storage that is accessible to the at least one processor and that has instructions executable by the at least one processor to present first content on one of the left eye portion and the right eye portion so that the first content is viewable respectively using one of a user's left eye and the user's right eye but not the other of the user's left eye and the user's right eye.
US10770033B2	Apparatus and method for visually providing information regarding contents indicating time interval An electronic device for indicating information and a method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a display, a processor electrically connected to the display, and a memory electrically connected to the processor and including instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to display contents indicating a time interval on a first region of a screen displayed by the display, display, in the contents, a text representing information regarding the contents, receive a user input for scrolling the first region, determine whether a part of the text is located on a second region included in the first region, and fix the text on the second region during a scroll operation according to the user input when the part of the text is located on the second region.
US10770028B2	Display brightness adjustment based on ambient light level One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting a change in light level; receiving, from at least one other source, data associated with an ambient light level; determining, using a processor, whether the change in light level corresponds to a change in the ambient light level; and adjusting, responsive to determining that the change in light level corresponds to the change in the ambient light level, a brightness level of a display operatively coupled to an information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10770024B2	Display device having a voltage generator A display device includes a driving controller sensing a pattern of first image signals from a source external to the driving controller and outputting a compensation selection signal corresponding to the sensed pattern. A voltage generator generates a driving power voltage in response to the compensation selection signal. The voltage generator includes a power converter generating the driving power voltage in response to a power control signal, a comparator comparing the driving power voltage with a reference voltage to output a feedback signal to a first node, and a compensation circuit including a plurality of compensation units. A selected compensation unit is connected to the first node, and a power control circuit outputs the power control signal in response to the feedback signal. The slew rate of the feedback signal may be controlled by a compensation circuit to remove a ripple component from the driving power voltage.
US10770021B2	Display device and driving method of the same The present disclosure relates to a display device and a driving method of a display device. The display device includes a display panel including a first display area and a second display area; a data correcting unit which is applied with n-bit input image data to generate (n-a)-bit corrected image data; a timing control unit which is applied with the (n-a)-bit corrected image data to generate (n-a)-bit output image data; and a data driving unit which is applied with the (n-a)-bit output image data to output a first data voltage to a first pixel disposed in the first display area and output a second data voltage to a second pixel which is disposed in the second display area and corresponds to the first pixel. Therefore, corrected image data which has a lower bit number than that of input image data is used to express the same color depth as a color depth which is expressed by the input image data so that the size of the data is reduced and the data amount processed by the timing control unit and the data driver is reduced. Therefore, the processing speed of the timing control unit and the data driver may be improved.
US10770019B2	Method and device for driving display panel with two pulse signals for precharging pixel drive cells A method and a device for driving a display panel are provided by embodiments of the present application. The method includes: outputting an initial scanning signal including two pulse signals; pre-charging an x-th row of pixel drive cells when the x-th row of pixel drive cells receive a first pulse signal; and charging the x-th row of pixel drive cells when the x-th row of pixel drive cells receive a second pulse signal, writing data into the x-th row of pixel drive cells, and meanwhile, pre-charging an x+4m-th row of pixel drive cells.
US10770014B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel having a display region and a peripheral region. The display panel includes a substrate and a scan driving circuit. The scan driving circuit disposed on the substrate includes a plurality of scan driving blocks and a plurality of first conductive lines. The first conductive lines are respectively coupled to and disposed between adjacent scan driving blocks. The scan driving blocks are disposed corresponding to the peripheral region, and the first conductive lines are disposed corresponding to the display region and the peripheral region.
US10770013B2	Semiconductor substrate and driving method A semiconductor substrate including a data line, a scan line, a capacitance control line, a first transistor, a pixel electrode, a second transistor, a storage capacitor and a third transistor is provided. A first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to the data line. A control terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to the scan line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to a second terminal of the first transistor. A first terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second terminal of the first transistor. A first terminal of the third transistor is electrically connected to the capacitance control line. A control terminal of the third transistor is electrically connected to the scan line, and a second terminal of the third transistor is electrically connected to a control terminal of the second transistor.
US10770008B2	Display device with dimming panel According to an aspect, a display device includes a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels, a light guide plate, a light source configured to emit light from a lateral side of the light guide plate, a dimming panel, and a controller. The dimming panel comprises a plurality of dimming areas arranged in an emission direction of the light from the light source. The dimming areas are capable of individually changing transmittance of the light according to intensities of light required to display an image using the display panel. When adjacent two of the dimming areas differ in light transmittance from each other, the controller increases output gradation values of target pixels, the target pixels being located in a predetermined area extending from a boundary between the two dimming areas in one of the two dimming areas that has lower light transmittance.
US10770006B2	Display device having power wires overlapping a driving integrated circuit A display device includes a plurality of pixels, a driving integrated circuit (IC) configured to generate a data voltage for driving the pixels, a display substrate including a display region in which the pixels are disposed and a driving IC region in which the driving IC is disposed, and a first power wire overlapping the driving IC region, wherein the first power wire is insulated from the driving IC, and the first power wire transmits a first power-supply voltage for driving the pixels.
US10770003B2	Transfer circuit, shift register, gate driver, display panel, and flexible substrate A transfer circuit includes an input circuit, a reset circuit, an output circuit, and an output stabilizer circuit, and obtains an input signal at an input terminal, holds the input signal, and outputs the input signal from an output terminal as an output signal in synchronization with a clock signal. The transfer circuit includes an inverter circuit that has an input terminal connected to at least one of the input and output terminals of the transfer circuit, and outputs, from an output terminal, an inverted signal having an inverted polarity of at least one of the input and output signals. The reset circuit includes a first transistor having a control signal end connected to the output terminal of the inverter circuit, the first transistor switching continuity and discontinuity of a signal path between one end of a first capacitor that holds the input signal and a first power supply.
US10769999B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device includes first and second initialization voltage sources and first and second pixel circuits. The first initialization voltage source provides a first initialization voltage. The second initialization voltage source provides a second initialization voltage less than the first initialization voltage. The first pixel circuit includes a first organic light emitting diode. The second pixel circuit includes a second organic light emitting diode with an organic material having a band gap different from a band gap of an organic material in the first organic light emitting diode. The first pixel circuit is coupled to the first initialization voltage source and the second initialization voltage source. The second pixel circuit is coupled to a single initialization voltage source.
US10769997B2	Organic electroluminescent display device The present invention overcomes image defects such as the brightness inclination or smears by reducing the line resistance of a power source bus line which supplies electricity to organic EL elements. A plurality of pixels which are arranged in a matrix array is connected to power source lines, and the plurality of power source lines are connected to a power source bus line. Both ends of the power source bus line are connected to a power source part via a FPC. By supplying electricity to both ends of the power source bus line from the power source part, the line resistance of the power source bus line can be reduced.
US10769996B2	Electro-optical device, electronic apparatus, and method of driving electro-optical device An electro-optical device includes a first data transfer line that intersects a scan line, a second data transfer line, a first transistor that controls coupling between the first data transfer line and the second transfer line. The two or more second data transfer lines are respectively coupled to the first data transfer line via first capacitors, and when a collection of pixel circuits that are coupled to the same first data transfer line via the second data transfer lines is referred to as a pixel string, the second data transfer lines are provided to pixel circuits less than the pixel circuits included in the pixel string.
US10769995B2	Display device and panel compensation method thereof Disclosed are a display device and a panel compensation method of the display device. The panel compensation method of the display device includes a step of allowing at least one line pixel of a display panel to be a current source that generates a pixel current with the same value, and a step of correcting a deviation between all current sensing paths of a source driver by using the pixel current with the same value and correcting a characteristic deviation between all pixels after correcting the deviation between the current sensing paths.
US10769985B1	Light-emitting device display A light-emitting device display comprising a first light-emitting device and a second light emitting device is provided. The first light-emitting device and the second light-emitting device have a first forward voltage and a second forward voltage respectively, and the second forward voltage is higher than the first forward voltage. A first scan voltage and a second scan voltage is respectively provided to the first light-emitting device and the second light-emitting device. The first scan voltage is switched between a first scan-on voltage and a first scan-off voltage. The second scan voltage is switched between a second scan-on voltage and a second scan-off voltage. An absolute value of a difference between the second scan-on voltage and the second scan-off voltage is greater than an absolute value of a difference between the first scan-on voltage and the first scan-off voltage.
US10769983B2	Backlight module and method for manufacturing the same, and display device The present disclosure relates to a backlight module, a method for manufacturing the backlight module, and a display device. The backlight module includes a substrate, a plurality of LED chips, and a first film having a plurality of channels. Each channel is filled with a channel filling portion. A refractive index n1 of the first film is smaller than a refractive index of the channel filling portion is n2. The first film has a first region and second region. Channels in the first region are astigmatism holes for diverging the light having a high intensity and channels in the second region are light-converging holes for converging the light having a low intensity, thereby alleviating or eliminating the starry phenomenon.
US10769982B2	Alternate-logic head-to-head gate driver on array The disclosure is related to head-to-head (H2H) gate on arrays (GOA) for pixel-based displays that may have reduced dimensions. In the described embodiments, the H2H design with alternate logic may be used to drive groups of pixels (e.g., a pixel row or column) with a primary and a secondary driver, located in opposite ends of the bezel of the electronic device. In the alternate-logic design, a shared shift-register may be used to enable two rows or columns. Embodiments in which more than two rows or columns are controlled by a single shift register are also described.
US10769980B2	Tiled display and optical compensation method thereof Disclosed are a tiled display and an optical compensation method thereof. The tiled display includes a color coordinate compensation circuit configured to convert color coordinates of pure color data to be displayed in display panels into target color coordinates having a color gamut smaller than a color gamut defined in color coordinates of each of display panels, and convert the pure color data into a data combination of two or more different colors.
US10769978B2	Detection signal selecting circuit, thin film transistor substrate, and display panel The selecting circuit includes first and second switch units. The first switch unit includes a first control terminal, a first input terminal, and a first output terminal. The second switch unit includes a second control terminal, a second input terminal, and a second output terminal. The first output terminal connects to the second output terminal, the first input terminal connects to an output terminal of a first-stage of driving units, the second input terminal connects to an output terminal of a last-stage of the driving units. A first control signal inputted from the first control terminal controls the first switch unit to be turned on or off, a second control signal inputted from the second control terminal controls the second switch unit to be turned on or off, to selectively output an output signal of first or second output terminals based on an output sequence of the scan driving signal.
US10769975B1	Scanned microLED array for waveguide display A waveguide display includes a source assembly, an output waveguide, and a controller. The source assembly includes a light source and an optics system. The light source includes source elements arranged in a 1D or 2D array that emit image light. The optics system includes a scanning mirror assembly that scans the image light to particular locations based on scanning instructions. The output waveguide receives the scanned image light from the scanning mirror assembly and outputs an expanded image light. In some embodiments, the waveguide display includes a source waveguide and the 1D array of source elements. The source waveguide receives a conditioned image light from the source assembly. The controller generates the scanning instructions and provides the scanning instructions to the scanning mirror assembly. In some embodiments, the controller provides the scanning instructions to an actuator assembly of the source waveguide.
US10769973B2	Image display device and adjusting device The position of an image is varied to thereby make it possible to achieve an increase in resolution, and at the same time, easily readjust the variation. The projector includes a vibratory device functioning as an image displacement section adapted to vary the position of the image displayed by the display section, and a control section adapted to control the vibratory device. The control section is provided with a plurality of variable resistors each adapted to adjust amplitude of a drive signal adapted to control a shift amount as the variation of the position of the image due to the vibratory device.
US10769971B2	Display device A display device includes: a housing; a roller rotatably disposed on the housing; a flexible display that is rolled around the roller or unrolled from the roller; a first arm connected to the flexible display; an arm supporter provided in the housing; an arm shaft rotatably supported to the arm supporter; a second arm coupled to the arm shaft and rotated together with the arm shaft to rotate the first arm; a rotation mechanism connected to the second arm to rotate the second arm about the arm shaft; and an angle sensor module connected to at least one of the arm shaft and the second arm.
US10769969B2	Electronic shelf display tag and powered shelf support track system, apparatus and method of use An electronic shelf display tag apparatus includes a programmable processor having a memory in communication with each of a display screen, and a wireless communication transceiver. The electronic shelf display tag apparatus further includes a power supply device configured to supply power to the processor, the display screen, the wireless communication transceiver, and an enclosure configured to encapsulate the processor, the display screen, the wireless communication transceiver, the audio playback device and the power supply device. The enclosure further including an electrical connector having at least one conductor in communication with the power supply device, at least one inclined stop configured to engage an interior edge of a channel of a shelf support track, and a support rib configured to engage an exterior edge of the channel of the shelf support track.
US10769966B2	Apparatus and method of simulating cardiac phenomena The present invention relates to an apparatus for simulating electrocardial phenomena and related pathologies. A physical replica of a heart is provided with series of light emitters representing actual and conceptual electrocardial pathways, and controls therefor and output thereof, allowing the demonstration and graphical representation of electrocardial phenomena.
US10769965B2	Learning toys and games The current invention is toys and games that combines ingenuity with creativity in order to help kids better grasp a simple medical concept. The game has red frisbee-like discs represent red blood cells, discs represent white blood cells and the fuzzy yellow rods represent bacteria. The game has Players on one team try to get as many of the red and white blood cells into a bin, while the other team will be tossing in the “bad bacteria”. Both the white bloods and the bacteria have been outfitted with a strip of hoop and latch fasteners that allows them to stick to one another in order to ‘cancel’ that point. If the defending team is able to catch enough bacteria with their white blood cells, they're the winners.
US10769961B2	Apparatus and method for visual and audible demonstration of musical concepts The inventors disclose a new apparatus and method for visual and audible demonstration of musical concepts such as intervals, the tonic, transposition, scales, modes, and chords. The apparatus is based on a primary layer of indicia for each of the 12 chromatic notes of the musical octave, each indicium paired with a touch sensor. A novel means for superimposing additional layers of musical information employs a tonic indicator and encoder, and modular physical indicator pieces or multi-colored LED lights.
US10769959B2	Night vision goggles aided flight simulator system and method A night vision goggles aided flight simulator system (100) and method for simulating night flight operations. The system comprises a computer (5) programmed with flight simulator software to calculate a flight simulator image (A1,A2); a projection screen (1) configured to receive the flight simulator image (A1,A2); a light projector (2) configured to project the flight simulator image (A1,A2) onto the projection screen (1); and a view tracking device (3) configured to measure a viewing vector (V) of a night vision device (4). The system (100) is configured to mask the projected flight simulator image (A1,A2) as a function of the measured viewing vector (V).
US10769950B1	System and method for identifying available parking locations Aspects of the present disclosure involve a method for identifying parking locations. The current disclosure presents a technique for identifying parking locations within a geographical area. In one embodiment, a database is populated and stores information associated with parking locations. The database can include coordinates associated with parking locations and other relevant attributes. In another embodiment, the information from the database may be used to identify and present a visual representation and route to available parking locations.
US10769943B2	System and apparatus for wireless control and coordination of traffic lights The present disclosure provides an apparatus and system that may allow a user to facilitate the flow of traffic over contained environments or otherwise. This apparatus and system may improve management for the flow of traffic by providing a lower barrier for entry for municipalities and other entities to collaborate on traffic management. In some embodiments, those in control may create a tiered system for a series of lights within a connected block. In some implementations, those in control may create a tiered system over a larger grid system, such as an entire neighborhood, district, city, or state. In some aspects, the apparatus and system may allow those in control to set priorities for how to handle developing traffic conditions.
US10769942B2	Method, device and system for wrong-way driver detection A method for wrong-way driver detection, including a step of reading in position data via an interface, the position data representing a measured position of a vehicle, a step of reading in map data mapping road segments negotiable by the vehicle, a step of reading in a plurality of particles, one particle representing an assumed position of the vehicle and a weighting assigned to the assumed position, and a step of determining a deviation between the plurality of particles and the measured position represented by the position data, using the map data.
US10769941B2	Vehicle turn detection An turn detection system is configured to determine headings or a course of a vehicle over a period of time and evaluate whether the vehicle has registered a turn based on these headings/course. In some arrangements, upon detecting a turn, sensor data may be collected to determine one or more characteristics or attributes of the turn. Such data may indicate a loss event associated with the turn and be used to calculate a probability or risk of loss given the various characteristics of the turn. These probabilities may further be applied to determine various costs and premiums.
US10769936B2	Sensor data transmission system A sensor data transmission system includes a central processor, first and second sensor assemblies, and first and second conductors. The sensor assemblies each include a sensor, a processor and a relay. The sensor is configured to detect a condition. The processor is configured to receive a condition detected signal from the sensor and open the respective relay at least once indicative of the condition and within a pre-determined time interval. The first conductor is electrically in contact with the processors of the first and second sensor assemblies and is interposed by the relay of the second sensor assembly. The second conductor is electrically in contact with the central processor and the processor of the first sensor assembly and is interposed by the relay of the first sensor assembly.
US10769933B2	Safety wearable device A safety wearable device including a band, a controller chip, an acknowledgment button and a display screen. The band is configured to be worn around a wearer's wrist and the band includes a first strap member and a second strap member. The first strap member includes a plurality of apertures and the second strap member includes a ring and a closure fastener mechanism. The first strap member threads through the ring of the second strap member so that one of the plurality of apertures is received by the closure fastener mechanism to securely attach the band to the wearer's wrist. The controller chip is attached to the band for transmitting and receiving signals and the controller chip includes a vibrating mechanism to notify the wearer when an incoming message has been received. The acknowledgment button is attached to the controller chip and an acknowledgment signal is transmitted from the device when the acknowledgment button is depressed. The display screen for displaying messages received at the device.
US10769932B2	Systems and methods for semi-autonomous individual monitoring Various embodiments provide systems and method for monitoring individuals.
US10769931B2	Network jamming detection and remediation Methods and systems for network jamming detection and remediation are provided. Exemplary methods include: detecting by a base unit network jamming, the base unit being disposed in a residence; and issuing an alert in response to the detected network jamming, the alert being last least one of: sounding an audible alarm, showing a visual alarm indication, communicating with law enforcement, and communicating with an alarm monitoring station.
US10769930B2	Forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance method, terminal device, and forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance system A forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance method assists, in a terminal device, a user in preventing forgetting to carry a personal item. The forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance method includes acquiring a destination for the user; detecting the personal item that exists around the user; and in a case where the personal item associated with a category of the destination is not detected, notifying information on the personal item that is not detected.
US10769924B2	Comprehensive system and method of universal real-time linking of real objects to a machine, network, internet, or software service A system for detecting placement or misplacement of an object includes a wireless tag; a first electronic device (“FED”) associated with the tag to automatically detect signals from the tag, determine a position of the FED, transmit the position and status to an external electronic device or network (“EED”) in response to the status indicating that the tag and the FED are within a predetermined range, and transmit the position and status to the EED in response to the status indicating that the tag and the FED are outside of the predetermined range; and a second electronic device (“SED”) that is unassociated with the tag to automatically detect signals from the tag, determine a position of the SED, determine an identifier for the tag using the signals, and transmit the position of the SED and the identifier to the EED.
US10769923B2	Digitized voice alerts Methods, systems and processor-readable media for providing instant/real-time voice alerts automatically to remote electronic devices. An activity can be detected utilizing one or more sensors. A text message indicative of the activity can be generated and converted into a digitized voice alert. The activity can also be a live utterance (e.g., a live announcement), which can then be instantly converted into a digitized voice alert for automatic delivery in a selected series of languages following the base language (e.g., English). The combined digitized voice alert can then be instantly transmitted through a network for broadcast of consecutive alerts (e.g., English followed by Spanish followed by Vietnamese, etc.) to one or more remote electronic devices that communicate with the network for an automatic audio announcement of the digitized voice alert through the one or more remote electronic devices.
US10769920B2	Systems, apparatus, and methods for detecting an environmental anomaly and initiating an enhanced automatic response using elements of a wireless node network and using sensor data from ID nodes associated with packages and environmental threshold conditions per package An improved system detects an environmental anomaly in a shipping container and initiates a mediation response through a generated layered alert notification. The system includes sensor-based ID nodes associated with packages within the container, and a command node mounted to the container communicating with the ID nodes and an external transceiver on a vehicle transporting the container. The command node is programmed to detect sensor data from the ID nodes; compare the sensor data to package environmental thresholds in context data related to each ID node; detect the environmental anomaly when the comparison indicates an environmental condition for at least one package exceeds its environmental threshold; responsively generate a layered alert notification identifying a mediation recipient and mediation action, and establishing a mediation response priority based upon the comparison; and transmit the layered alert notification to the transceiver unit to initiate a mediation response related to the mediation action.
US10769917B2	Wireless communications system and method for controlling communications terminal A wireless communications system according to an aspect includes a communications terminal, a detection unit, and a control unit. The communications terminal includes a communications unit to communicate wirelessly with a communications partner terminal. The detection unit detects movement of the communications terminal. The control unit controls the communications terminal so as to vary a communicable area of the communications unit. The communicable area is defined relatively to the communications terminal. The control unit varies the communicable area according to at least magnitude of the movement detected by the detection unit.
US10769916B2	Refrigerator and home automation system having the same A refrigerator may include: a communication device, an object detection sensor for sensing an object positioned within a predetermined region around the refrigerator door; and a controller for controlling the refrigerator to operate in a specific mode based on a connected state between the communication network and preset mobile terminals. If an object sensing signal is received from the object detection sensor in the specific mode, the controller may send a notification to at least one of the preset mobile terminals through the communication network.
US10769915B2	Privacy preserving camera A privacy reserving camera including a frame buffer, an object detection and tracking module, an object identification module, an instance segmentation module and an object removal and inpainting module. The frame buffer stores frames of a video stream captured by the privacy preserving camera. The object detection and tracking module detects a moving object in the video stream. The object identification module determines whether the moving object is a privacy protecting object. The instance segmentation module parses the moving object in the video stream. The object removal and inpainting module removes at least a portion of the moving object from the video stream, fills an area of the removed moving object in the video stream with a compensated patch from a neighbor frame of the video stream, and outputs a modified video stream having at least a portion of the moving object replaced with the compensated patch.
US10769914B2	Informative image data generation using audio/video recording and communication devices Some embodiments provide for receiving image data representative of a field of view of a camera of an audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device during a period time and sensor data generated by a sensor or a hub device at a time. A time-based association between the A/V recording and communication device and the sensor may be determined. Based at least in part on the time and the period of time, it may be determined that the time is within the period of time and that the time being within the period of time satisfies the time-based association. The image data and the sensor data may be correlated to create updated data, and the updated data may be included within a generated message. The message may then be transmitted to a client device associated with the A/V recording and communication device.
US10769913B2	Cloud-based video surveillance management system Systems and methods are described herein that provide a three-tier intelligent video surveillance management system. An example of a system described herein includes a gateway configured to obtain video content and metadata relating to the video content from a plurality of network devices, a metadata processing module communicatively coupled to the gateway and configured to filter the metadata according to one or more criteria to obtain a filtered set of metadata, a video processing module communicatively coupled to the gateway and the metadata processing module and configured to isolate video portions, of video the content, associated with respective first portions of the filtered set of metadata, and a cloud services interface communicatively coupled to the gateway, the metadata processing module and the video processing module and configured to provide at least some of the filtered set of metadata or the isolated video portions to a cloud computing service.
US10769910B2	Surveillance systems with camera coordination for detecting events A surveillance system and method for providing communication between wireless input capture devices, such as cameras. The system has multiple capture devices configured to capture video and/or still images of a target environment. The system can detect events, notify users, and provide data to a user upon request. Capture devices are capable of smart cross-communication with each other and/or a base system.
US10769908B1	Secure zone monitor Cameras capture time-stamped images within predefined areas (zones). Behaviors and actions of persons are tracked in the images with respect objects (assets) located within the zones based on rules. A risk assessment is dynamically adjusted based on the behaviors, actions, and the rules. An automated action is processed based on the risk assessment. A current risk score drives reporting, notifications, auditing, and security processes based on the rules. In an embodiment, a variety of sensors are located within the zones and provide real-time events with respect to some actions of a person or persons present within the zones.
US10769905B2	Internet of things-based trespassing situations analysis system for smart window An Internet-of-things (IoT)-based impact pattern analysis system for a smart security window includes: an ultra-small IoT device attached to a security window and detecting an impact; a station processing a signal obtained from the ultra-small IoT device and analyzing an impact pattern; and a user terminal outputting information related to the impact pattern through an interface. The station controller processes 3-axis acceleration data to extract a feature vector and determines an impact pattern by applying a learning model. According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, by automatically determining whether an intrusion occurs by analyzing impact patterns according to various conditions and circumstances, malfunction based on an impact other than an intrusion may be reduced and an unnecessary alarm may be prevented.
US10769904B2	Evacuation system A method for monitoring devices based at least in part on detected conditions includes accumulating, by one or more sensory nodes, sensed information in an area that includes a controllable device. The method also includes analyzing the sensed information to identify historical information regarding the area that includes the controllable device. The method also includes sensing a condition within the area by the one or more sensory nodes. The method also includes determining, based at least in part on the sensed condition and at least in part on the historical information, that the sensed condition relates to the controllable device. The method further includes generating, responsive to said determining, an alert regarding the controllable device.
US10769903B2	Evacuation system A method for monitoring devices based at least in part on detected conditions includes accumulating, by one or more sensory nodes, sensed information in an area that includes a controllable device. The method also includes analyzing the sensed information to identify historical information regarding the area that includes the controllable device. The method also includes sensing a condition within the area by the one or more sensory nodes. The method also includes determining, based at least in part on the sensed condition and at least in part on the historical information, that the sensed condition relates to the controllable device. The method further includes generating, responsive to said determining, an alert regarding the controllable device.
US10769902B1	Systems and methods for dynamic building evacuation A disclosure and claims to systems and methods for allowing rapid detection and display of an emergency condition using a plurality of specially-constructed multifunction sensors and display units, which allow building evacuation plans to be evaluated, modified, and transmitted to building occupants.
US10769901B2	Three-dimensional holographic visual and haptic object warning based on visual recognition analysis Presenting a three-dimensional (3D) holographic visual and haptic warning is provided. An indication that a first individual who needs supervision is approaching a situation is received. A three-dimensional (3D) holographic visual and haptic warning is presented to the first individual who needs supervision prior to the first individual reaching the situation.
US10769898B2	Commodity sales processing apparatus According to one embodiment, a commodity sales processing apparatus includes a placement portion, an antenna, a reading unit, a notification unit, and a control unit. A commodity is placed in the placement portion. The antenna receives a signal from an RFID tag included in the commodity placed in the placement portion. The reading unit reads information of the RFID tag based on the signal received via the antenna. The notification unit notifies that the commodity is placed in the placement portion. The control unit controls the notification unit after settlement processing.
US10769893B1	Roulette wagering system with multiple payouts An electronic roulette wagering method, apparatus, and computer readable storage which displays a set of twelve bonus symbols. Each of the twelve bonus symbols is associated only with a row of three adjacent numbers. If on each spin of the roulette wheel, the ball lands on one of the associated three numbers, then the wager wins and a payout is made. Typically, a payout on a second (and thereafter) consecutive winning spin is higher than a payout for the first winning spin.
US10769892B2	Wheel bonus system for table games A bonus providing element distinct from underlying game play enables individual player unique benefits to an underlying game winning outcome by the bonus providing element providing a linear indication of at least three individual random indicators including: a) an identification of a single one of at least two different player positions; b) at least one of an absolute amount or multiplier of a winning outcome payout; and c) at least one of a multiplier, prize or an absolute amount larger than or smaller than any absolute amount or multiplier in b). When a winning outcome or triggering outcome by a first player position (any player position in a group of players) occurs in an underlying game, the bonus providing element is subsequently activated to randomly provide random outcomes for each of the at least three individual random indicators.
US10769891B2	Systems, apparatuses and methods for facilitating enhancement of gaming payout modifiers Systems, apparatuses and methods for enhancing gaming awards in gaming activities. At least one payout modifier is awarded, and its use is deferred. During the deferment period, the payout modifier is allowed to increase to create an increased payout modifier. An end of the deferral period is randomly determined, and the increased payout modifier is awarded for use in the gaming activity. Embodiments further provide the player an option to keep the originally awarded payout modifier, or to surrender it to allow it to be deferred with potential growth.
US10769887B2	Casino management system with anonymous player bonusing A gaming system including a casino management server coupled to a plurality of gaming machines is described herein. The casino management server includes a processor programmed to initiate a bonus award feature, identify gaming machines associated with the bonus award feature, and determine a bonus award associated with the bonus award feature. The bonus award includes a first award value associated with a carded player account and a second award value associated with an un-carded anonymous player wagering session and/or account. The processor selects gaming machines having gaming sessions associated with un-carded anonymous players and displays a message notifying the player of the first award value associated with a carded player account and the second award value associated with an un-carded anonymous player. The processor also downloads the second award value to a corresponding gaming credit meter of each selected gaming machine associated with un-carded anonymous players.
US10769883B2	Method of operating a stack symbols progressive game system, a gaming system and a game controller An electronic method of operating a gaming system includes a game controller. The method includes forming, using the game controller, at least one dynamically generated reel strip by a) conducting a random determination to select one of a plurality of different arrangements of a defined number of stacked symbols, each arrangement dividing the defined number of stacked symbols into a different number of stacks of the symbol, and b) adding the selected arrangement to symbols predefined for the respective reel strip; selecting symbols, using the game controller, from a set of reel strips including the at least one dynamically generated reel strip; displaying the selected symbols on the display; and making, using the game controller, an award if the selected symbols include one or more winning outcomes.
US10769878B2	Fascia gate separable gear drive An automated-transaction machine includes a fascia gate mechanism for presenting and accepting notes of value. The fascia gate mechanism maintains structural integrity of the automated-transaction machine before a transaction, during a transaction, and after a transaction has taken place. The fascia gate mechanism comprises a separable gear drive for the opening and closing of the fascia gate.
US10769871B2	Method for determining the wiping use of a wiper blade, and wiper system The invention relates to a method for determining the wiping use of a wiper blade (14) pertaining to a wiper system (10) used to wipe a window pane (12) of a motor vehicle, with a view to replacing said wiper blade once it exceeds a determined wear threshold, the wiper blade carrier (16) being movable between a position of use, called a service position, and a maintenance position, said method being characterised in that it successively comprises: a step a) of acquiring at least one data element representing the presence of the wiper blade (14) in the maintenance position; a step b) of determining the replacement of the wiper blade with a new wiper blade; and a step (c) of estimating the wiping use of the new wiper blade.
US10769870B2	Method and system for displaying PIDs based on a PID filter list An example method includes determining identifying information for a vehicle to be serviced. The method further includes receiving at least one symptom identifier for the vehicle. The method further includes sending a request over a communication network to a remote server for a PID filter list for the vehicle, the request comprising the identifying information for the vehicle and the at least one symptom identifier for the vehicle. The method additionally includes receiving a response to the request over the communication network from the remote server, the response comprising the PID filter list for the vehicle. The method further includes determining, based on the PID filter list for the vehicle, a symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle from a set of available PIDs. The method additionally includes displaying, on a display interface, the symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle.
US10769867B2	Method for maintenance of a transportation device, software program, and controller Maintenance of a transportation device propelled by an electric motor, wherein an incremental encoder senses motion of a moving part of, or a part moved by, the electric motor, may include acquiring a pulses-per-rotation configuration value PPRconf, representing a quantity of pulses which should be provided by the incremental encoder per one rotation of the electric motor; deriving a pulses-per-rotation estimation value PPRest representing a quantity of pulses provided by the incremental encoder per one rotation of the electric motor; determining a pulses-per-rotation error value PPRerr representing a deviation of the pulses-per-rotation estimation value PPRest from the pulses-per-rotation configuration value PPRconf, based on a relation: PPRerr=PPRest−PPRconf, PPRconf−PPRest, PPRest/PPRconf, or PPRconf/PPRest; and utilizing the pulses-per-rotation error value PPRerr to generate an instance of maintenance information indicating that a maintenance operation should be performed on the transportation device.
US10769857B2	Contextual applications in a mixed reality environment A method of implementing a plurality of contextual applications within a mixed reality (MR) environment on an MR-capable device of a user is disclosed. At least one real-world object is identified in the MR environment by applying an object recognition algorithm to one or more attributes of the at least one real-world object that are captured by sensors of the MR-capable device. A first contextual application of the plurality of contextual applications is used to determine an association between a first set of contextual triggers and a second contextual application of the plurality of contextual applications. A second contextual application is initiated based on a satisfying of the at least one contextual trigger. A function is invoked within the second contextual application based on an interaction of the user with at least one virtual object satisfying a second set of contextual triggers associated with the second contextual application.
US10769856B2	User-height-based rendering system for augmented reality objects In various embodiments, methods and systems for rendering augmented reality objects based on user heights are provided. Height data of a user of an augmented reality device can be determined. The height data relates to a viewing perspective from an eye level of the user. Placement data for a first augmented reality object is generated based on the user height data. The first augmented reality object is rendered based on the user height data, and a second augmented reality object is excluded from rendering based on the user height data.
US10769852B2	Method for simulating natural perception in virtual and augmented reality scenes A preferred method for dynamically displaying virtual and augmented reality scenes can include determining input parameters, calculating virtual photometric parameters, and rendering a VAR scene with a set of simulated photometric parameters.
US10769844B1	Marker aided three-dimensional mapping and object labeling Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for generating a three-dimensional map of a property. The method includes storing at least a portion of an initial map modification data structure, receiving an instruction that instructs the robotic device to initiate property mapping, obtaining image data describing a portion of the property that is mounted to the robotic device, analyzing the obtained image data to determine whether the image data depicts a marker, in response to a determination that the obtained image data depicts a marker, determining the pose of the camera that is mounted to the robotic device, updating the initial map modification data structure using the pose of the camera that is mounted to the robotic device, obtaining an initial three-dimensional map of the property; and modifying the initial three-dimensional map of the property based on the updated map modification data structure.
US10769840B2	Analysis of point cloud data using polar depth maps and planarization techniques Various types of systems or technologies can be used to collect data in a 3D space. For example, LiDAR (light detection and ranging) and RADAR (radio detection and ranging) systems are commonly used to generate point cloud data for 3D space around vehicles, for such functions as localization, mapping, and tracking. This disclosure provides improvements for processing the point cloud data that has been collected. The processing improvements include using a three dimensional polar depth map to assist in performing nearest neighbor analysis on point cloud data for object detection, trajectory detection, freespace detection, obstacle detection, landmark detection, and providing other geometric space parameters.
US10769835B2	Systems and methods for providing pixelation and depixelation animations for media content Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can detect a trigger to initiate at least one of a pixelation animation or a depixelation animation for a media content item. A set of pixelated images can be generated based on a source image associated with the media content item. Variable durations for presenting the set of pixelated images can be determined. The set of pixelated images can be presented, based on the variable durations, to produce the at least one of the pixelation animation or the depixelation animation.
US10769833B2	Method and apparatus for processing display of resource in animation, and terminal A method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for display processing are provided. A projection trajectory of a projectile to a target is calculated. The projectile is moved to the target when the calculated projection trajectory satisfies a shooting condition. A current viewpoint is switched to a viewpoint from the projectile, and a first animation in which the projectile is tracked is played in slow motion. The viewpoint from the projectile is then switched to a viewpoint from the target at a preset time prior to when the projectile hits the target. A second animation is subsequently played in which the target is hit by the projectile.
US10769832B1	System and method of utilizing a user interface with multiple pseudo light sources In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may display, via a graphical user interface, a graphic; and for each time value in ordered multiple time values: may determine, based at least on the time value of the ordered multiple time values, first multiple light intensity values of respective first multiple pseudo light sources at respective first multiple positions with respect to the graphical user interface and associated with a first clipping path of the graphic; for each pixel of first multiple within the first clipping path of the graphic, may determine a lightness value for the pixel of the first multiple pixels based at least on non-linear relationships of distances between the pixel of the first multiple pixels and each of the first multiple positions; and may display, via the graphical user interface, the first multiple pixels within the first clipping path of the graphic.
US10769831B2	Head up display A head up display superimposes a virtual image on an actual view in accordance with a traveling status of a vehicle. Vehicle information containing a lean of the vehicle in a pitch direction is detected by a first posture sensor, and a lean in a roll direction is detected by a second posture sensor. A controller controls display of video on the basis of the vehicle information. A mirror reflects the video to project the video to a windshield or combiner. A mirror driver changes an angle and/or a position of the mirror. At least one of a display state of the virtual image in a display area for the video or the angle and/or the position of the mirror via the mirror driver is adjusted by the controller on the basis of the lean in the pitch direction and/or the lean in the roll direction.
US10769830B2	Transferring vector style properties to a vector artwork In implementations of transferring vector style properties to a vector artwork, an artwork editing system directly processes artwork represented by vector graphics, unlike systems that process raster graphics. The artwork editing system transfers vector style properties from shapes of a style vector artwork to shapes of a content vector artwork based on overlapping shapes between the two artworks and in proportion to an amount of the overlap. A user may select vector style properties to transfer, such as fill content, stroke color, stroke width, stroke dashing, etc., and a percentage of the vector style property to transfer. Accordingly, a designer may transfer vector style properties of the designer's selection to a vector artwork efficiently and predictably, in real-time (e.g., without perceptible delay to the designer), without undesired distortions that are commonly introduced by neural networks, and without the cost associated with neural networks.
US10769829B2	Adapting layers of an image for each recipient perspective An image controller intercepts a digital representation of an image originating from a user. The image controller performs a visual recognition operation on the image to identify at least one visual layer of a plurality of layers within the image and a separate perspective of the user associated with each layer. The image controller identifies a replacement layer assigned to an identifiable recipient, for a particular layer of the plurality of layers, in an analytics database specifying an expected perspective that corresponds with the separate perspective of the user for the particular layer. The image controller modifies the particular layer with the replacement layer for obtaining a transformed image amended for the identifiable recipient.
US10769828B2	Automated photo collages In an embodiment, an automated process for generating photo collages including an individual photo of each member of a group, team, etc. with head shots of some or all members is provided. Various members or photographers may take digital photos of each member, capturing a full or partial body photo. The process may use face detection techniques to identify the faces in the body photos, and to automatically crop the head shots from the full body photos. The head shots may be cropped in a consistent manner, leading to a visually pleasing set of head shots in the collage. The effort required of the individuals tasked with producing the collages may be substantially reduced, in some embodiments. Additionally, the quality of the resulting collages may be improved, in some embodiments.
US10769826B2	Visual task board visualization Systems, apparatuses, and methods for displaying a visual task board are disclosed. This may comprise identifying a visual task board information set that comprises a plurality of records, each record comprising at least one information element from a plurality of information elements from the information set, identifying an information element from the plurality of information elements as a first visualization metric, identifying a first aggregation mode based on the first visualization metric, generating a first graph based on the first aggregation mode, generating a first plurality lanes based on the first visualization metric, generating a first card representing a first record from the plurality of records, including the first card in a first lane from the first plurality of lanes, generating, by a processor in response to instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium, an output for display, the output including the first graph or the first lane.
US10769825B1	Matched array talent alignment system and method A matched array technology system and method for displaying in a two-dimensional array the structured interaction between the expectations of manager and employee in an organization. Proxy values of employee and manager perspectives are defined and scaled so the axes of the array contain corresponding indicators resulting in a “matched array” and an embedded, unique “alignment vector” of the cells where employee and manager expectations are equivalent. The matched array display shows all possible manager and employee value intersections, and the geometry of the alignment vector designates optimal alignment between employee and manager for each stage of job performance from entry to advancement. The plotted position of an employee on the array in relation to its location and distance from the alignment vector measures employee performance, potential, and risk, and indicates the direction and extent of adjustment needed by either employee or manager to achieve and maintain alignment.
US10769824B2	Method for defining drawing planes for the design of a 3D object Computer method and system draws a 3D object, by sketching at least one first stroke (ST1) in a first plane (PL1) rendered in a first viewing frustum corresponding to a first pose of a virtual camera. The first plane (PL1) is orthogonal to a second (PL2) and a third plane (PL3). In response to a command of a user switching from the first pose to a second pose of the virtual camera, the method and system switches from the first viewing frustum to a second viewing frustum corresponding to the second pose of the virtual camera. The second viewing frustum is bounded by a near plane on the side of the virtual camera. Next a plane is selected as current drawing plane. The selected plane is among the first (PL1), the second (PL2) and the third plane (PL3), whose normal is the closest to the normal of the near plane. At least one second stroke (ST2) is then sketched in the current drawing plane.
US10769823B2	Image processing apparatus, magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, and storage medium An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains an MR image acquired by a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and related to a brain. The processing circuitry divides a region of the brain in the MR image, into plural regions. The processing circuitry sets a parameter value used in generation of a calculated image generated by synthetic MRI and related to the brain, such that a relation of contrast among regions included in the plural regions becomes a predetermined relation. The processing circuitry generates the calculated image by the synthetic MRI, by using the MR image and the parameter value.
US10769822B2	X-ray CT apparatus An X-ray CT apparatus according to an embodiment includes a photon counting detector, and processing circuitry. The photon counting detector includes a plurality of detecting elements each of which outputs signals corresponding to numbers of photons that are counted. The processing circuitry generates pieces of first projection data on a basis of the signals from the plurality of detecting elements. The processing circuitry generate second projection data by bundling together, in spatial units, pieces of first projection data from a predetermined number of detecting elements among the plurality of detecting elements. The processing circuitry reconstructs a material decomposition image on a basis of the second projection data.
US10769808B2	Apparatus and methods of automated tracking and counting of objects on a resource-constrained device The present disclosure provides apparatus and methods for automated tracking and counting of objects in a set of image frames using a resource-constrained device based on analysis of a selected subset of image frames, and based on selectively timing when resource-intensive operations are performed.
US10769804B2	Parallax calculation apparatus, stereo camera apparatus, vehicle, and parallax calculation method A parallax calculation apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a controller. The acquisition unit acquires a standard image and a reference image captured by a stereo camera. From each of the standard image and the reference image, the controller extracts lines from a plurality of lines parallel to a first direction in an image space corresponding to a baseline direction of a three-dimensional coordinate space. The controller calculates a parallax between the standard image and the reference image based on a plurality of pixels included in the extracted lines.
US10769801B2	Fast multi-spectral image registration by modeling platform motion A method of predicting warps for image registration includes receiving warp data for a first band pair in an N-band system. The method includes fitting a warp model to the warp data to produce an offset profile for the first band pair, predicting a respective offset profile for at least one other band pair in the N-band system, and using the predicted respective offset profile to generate a warp for the at least one other band pair. The method also includes registering images of the at least one other band pair using the warp for the at least one other band pair. In another aspect, a method of predicting warps for image registration includes receiving warp data for m band pairs in an N-band system, wherein m≤(N−1) and m>2, to register images.
US10769800B2	Moving object detection apparatus, control method for moving object detection apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium A moving object detection apparatus has a generation unit that generates a background model based on a feature of a background region of a captured image that is captured by image capturing unit, a detection unit that detects a moving object region from an image input using an input unit, based on the background model, and a determination unit that determines whether to cause the generation unit to newly generate a background model, based on an amount of change in the moving object region detected by the detection unit for a first image and a second image captured at different times and input using the input unit.
US10769799B2	Foreground detection A computing system can receive an image including foreground pixels. The foreground pixels can be determined based on determining eccentricity εk based on a sequence of images acquired by a stationary sensor. The vehicle can determine moving objects in the image based on the foreground pixels. The vehicle can be operated based on the moving objects in the image.
US10769797B2	Virtual reality experience sharing A UE includes a communication unit, a display, at least one sensor, and a processor. The communication unit receives video from a server and the display renders a portion of the video. The sensor determines a pitch and a yaw of the portion of the video and a processor generates metadata that includes the pitch and the yaw.
US10769796B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method and recording medium There is provided an information processing apparatus to more accurately specify a type of event that is defined based on the sensor information and corresponds to the action of the user, the information processing apparatus including: a data acquiring section configured to acquire sensing data generated due to an action of a target; and an event specifying section configured to specify an event corresponding to the action based on a pattern shown in the sensing data and a context of the action. Provided is an information processing method, including: sensing an action of a target; transmitting sensing data acquired by the sensing; and performing, by a processor of an information processing apparatus that receives the sensing data, a process of specifying an event corresponding to the action based on a pattern shown in the sensing data and a context of the action.
US10769793B2	Method for pitch angle calibration based on 2D bounding box and its 3D distance for autonomous driving vehicles (ADVs) In one embodiment, a system of an ADV perceives an object in a perspective view of the ADV using a plurality of sensors mounted on the ADV including capturing an image of the object. The system determines a two-dimensional (2D) bounding box for the object and a perceived distance from the ADV to the object. The system searches, within an image space of the image, a dynamic pitch angle based on the 2D bounding box and the perceived distance from the ADV to the object by modifying at least a previous extrinsic calibration value to calculate a distance. The system determines a distance from the ADV to a point on a ground plane of the perspective view of the ADV based on the determined dynamic pitch angle. The system generates a driving trajectory based on the determined distance for the point on the ground plane to control the ADV.
US10769790B2	Methods of cancer detection The present invention provides, among other things, methods of identifying cancerous or pre-cancerous tissue including providing a first region of tissue from a subject, calculating a roughness exponent for the first region of tissue, and comparing the roughness exponent of the first region of tissue to 0.5, wherein a difference of less than 0.2 between the roughness exponent of the first region of tissue and 0.5 indicates that the tissue is cancerous or pre-cancerous. Additionally, the present invention provides methods including providing a first view of a region of tissue, providing a second view of a region of tissue, calculating a first fractal dimension for the first view of the region of tissue, and calculating a second fractal dimension for the second view of the region of tissue, wherein if the fractal dimension of at least one of the first fractal dimension and the second fractal dimension is in the fractal zone, the region of tissue is considered cancerous. Also provided are systems for performing these assessments.
US10769780B2	Collateral flow modelling for non-invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) A method includes obtaining volumetric image data that includes a coronary vessel of a subject. The method further includes identifying the coronary vessel in the volumetric image data. The method further includes identifying a presence of a collateral flow for the identified coronary vessel. The method further includes determining a boundary condition of the collateral flow. The method further includes constructing a boundary condition parametric model that includes a term that represents the boundary condition of the collateral flow. The method further includes determining a fractional flow reserve index for the coronary vessel with the boundary condition parametric model.
US10769779B2	Method for increasing reading efficiency in medical image reading process using gaze information of user and apparatus using the same According to one embodiment, a method for increasing the reading efficiency of a medical image is provided. The method of increasing the reading efficiency of a medical image comprises of: receiving the gaze information of a user, acquiring a gaze tracking device, during a medical image reading process; determining a region of interest of the user with respect to the medical image by using the gaze information; determining a type of service corresponding to the region of interest; and providing the determined service.
US10769776B2	System and method for efficiently scoring probes in an image with a vision system A system and method for scoring trained probes for use in analyzing one or more candidate poses of a runtime image is provided. A set of probes with location and gradient direction based on a trained model are applied to one or more candidate poses based upon a runtime image. The applied probes each respectively include a discrete set of position offsets with respect to the gradient direction thereof. A match score is computed for each of the probes, which includes estimating a best match position for each of the probes respectively relative to one of the offsets thereof, and generating a set of individual probe scores for each of the probes, respectively at the estimated best match position.
US10769773B2	Method and system for automated counting of microscopic fibers within a sample In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The method may include placing the sample on the sample-holder of a phase-contrast microscope, establishing a connection between the processor of the mobile terminal and a controller of the microscope, disposing a mobile terminal on a support so that its digital image sensor is positioned in front of an ocular, launching a counting program so that the processor performs successive counting sequences on distinct analysis areas of the sample, wherein between two counting sequences the processor controls a two-axis motorized system to displace the sample, and wherein for each counting sequence the processor implements the following steps of: setting the focus, capturing a main image, and analyzing the main image in order to count the number of fibers.
US10769771B2	Measuring crop residue from imagery using a machine-learned semantic segmentation model The present disclosure provides systems and methods that measure crop residue in a field from imagery of the field. In particular, the present subject matter is directed to systems and methods that include or otherwise leverage a machine-learned semantic segmentation model to determine a crop residue parameter value for a portion of a field based at least in part on imagery of such portion of the field captured by an imaging device. For example, the imaging device can be a camera positioned in a downward-facing direction and physically coupled to a work vehicle or an implement towed by the work vehicle through the field.
US10769769B2	Dual mode inspector A dual mode inspector includes an optical inspector configured to detect a defect located at a first location on a sample, a microscope configured to capture an image of the defect at the first location on the sample, and a platform that is configured to support the sample. The sample is not removed from the platform between the detecting of the defect located at the first location on the sample and the capturing of the image of the defect at the first location on the sample. The dual mode optical inspector also includes a controller that causes the optical inspector to detect the defect located at the first location on the sample and causes the microscope to capture the image of the defect at the first location on the sample. The dual mode inspector also performs scanning lens distortion correction to improve the capturing of defect images.
US10769765B2	Imaging systems and methods of using the same Method and system for lensless, shadow optical imaging. Formation of a hologram shadow image having higher spatial resolution and lower noise level is accomplished by processing image information contained in multiple individual hologram shadow image frames acquired either under conditions of relative shift between point light source and the detector of the system or under stationary conditions, when system remains fixed in space and is devoid of any relative movement during the process of acquisition of individual image frames.
US10769764B2	Hierarchical scale matching and patch estimation for image style transfer with arbitrary resolution A style of a digital image is transferred to another digital image of arbitrary resolution. A high-resolution (HR) content image is segmented into several low-resolution (LR) patches. The resolution of a style image is matched to have the same resolution as the LR content image patches. Style transfer is then performed on a patch-by-patch basis using, for example, a pair of feature transforms—whitening and coloring. The patch-by-patch style transfer process is then repeated at several increasing resolutions, or scale levels, of both the content and style images. The results of the style transfer at each scale level are incorporated into successive scale levels up to and including the original HR scale. As a result, style transfer can be performed with images having arbitrary resolutions to produce visually pleasing results with good spatial consistency.
US10769761B2	Generating high resolution images from low resolution images for semiconductor applications Methods and systems for generating a high resolution image for a specimen from a low resolution image of the specimen are provided. One system includes one or more computer subsystems configured for acquiring a low resolution image of a specimen. The system also includes one or more components executed by the one or more computer subsystems. The one or more components include a deep convolutional neural network that includes one or more first layers configured for generating a representation of the low resolution image. The deep convolutional neural network also includes one or more second layers configured for generating a high resolution image of the specimen from the representation of the low resolution image. The second layer(s) include a final layer configured to output the high resolution image and configured as a sub-pixel convolutional layer.
US10769760B2	Image processing apparatus and imaging apparatus that performs a distortion correction process An image processing apparatus is provided with: an acquirer configured to obtain an image including a first area and a second area, wherein the first area has a distortion that increases with increasing distance from an image center and the second area is in a predetermined angle range with respect to a straight line passing through the image center and extending in a horizontal axis, and the second area has a smaller distortion than that of the first area; and a corrector configured to perform a distortion correction process on the first area and but not to perform the distortion correction process on the second area.
US10769759B2	Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, image processing method, storage medium, and lens apparatus An image processing apparatus includes an acquirer configured to acquire a captured image generated through imaging by an optical system, a reconstruction processor configured to reconstruct a discretized point spread function of the optical system using coefficient data used to approximate the point spread function, and a sharpening processor configured to perform unsharp mask processing for the captured image based on information on the reconstructed point spread function. A discretization interval of the reconstructed point spread function is different from a pixel pitch in an image sensor used for the imaging.
US10769758B2	Resolving method and system based on deep learning A resolving method and a system, the method includes: creating a sample library by utilization of an original high-resolution (HR) image set; training a convolutional structural network by utilization of the sample library; and obtaining an HR output signal by processing a low-resolution (LR) input signal by utilization of the trained convolutional structural network. In the resolving method and system according to this disclosure, data after expansion may be processed by simple expansion hardware, without a large change algorithm; and complex algorithms are allocated into parallelizing design, and different servers operate mutually independent; and also, due to the modular design, the design proposals of functional modules may be modified by latter optimization.
US10769757B2	Image processing apparatuses and methods, image processing systems and training methods An image processing apparatus and method, an image processing system and a training method are disclosed. The image processing method comprises: receiving an input image; and inputting the input image to K stages of cascaded decoding units, to process the input image to obtain an output image, wherein an ith stage of decoding unit receives mK+1−i input images and outputs mK−i output images, a resolution of the output images is greater than a resolution of the input images, and the number of image components of the output images is less than the number of image components of the input images, where K, i and m are positive integers and 1≤i≤K.
US10769752B2	Mixed reality system with virtual content warping and method of generating virtual content using same A computer implemented method for warping virtual content includes generating warped virtual content by transforming source virtual content. The method also includes determining whether a memory location corresponding to an X, Y location of the warped virtual content in an output frame of reference is occupied by pre-existing virtual content. The method further includes storing the warped virtual content in the memory location if the memory location is not occupied. Moreover, the method includes comparing respective Z locations of the warped virtual content and the pre-existing virtual content to identify virtual content with a Z location closer to a viewing location if the memory location is occupied. The method also includes storing the warped virtual content in the memory location corresponding to the X, Y location if a Z location of warped virtual content is closer to the viewing location than a pre-existing Z location of pre-existing virtual content.
US10769747B2	Intermediate frame generation Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that includes a microcontroller to control a workload of a graphics processor, to determine if at least one predetermined condition is met, and instruct, if the at least one predetermined condition is met, the graphics processor to transform an initial frame into an intermediate frame.
US10769744B2	Computer vision system and method An image processing method for segmenting an image, the method comprising: receiving first image; producing a second image from said first image, wherein said second image is a lower resolution representation of said first image; processing said first image with a first processing stage to produce a first feature map; processing said second image with a second processing stage to produce a second feature map; and combining the first feature map with the second feature map to produce a semantic segmented image; wherein the first processing stage comprises a first neural network comprising at least one separable convolution module configured to perform separable convolution and said second processing stage comprises a second neural network comprising at least one separable convolution module configured to perform separable convolution; the number of layers in the first neural network being smaller than the number of layers in the second neural network.
US10769738B2	Interactive tutorial integration A tutorial for a given application may be leveraged to generate executable code that can then be executed within a native instruction service of the application. In this way, a software application may thus provide an integrated, interactive learning experience for a user, in a manner that extends beyond the instructional content included in the native instruction service, i.e., that includes at least a portion of the instructional content of the tutorial.
US10769737B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and program [Object] To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of providing property transactions with a higher degree of satisfaction by generating certain property information using a happiness score based on user information.[Solution] The information processing device includes: a computation unit that computes a happiness score on a basis of sensed user information; and a generation unit that generates certain property information using the computed happiness score.
US10769726B2	System and method for modeling and verifying financial trading platforms A computer-implemented method assesses operation of a financial computing system (FCS). An assessment computer system generates code for a model of the FCS that comprises a model specification for the FCS and a model environment for the FCS. The code for the model uses a type-system based logical programming language that supports typed recursive functions. The assessment computer system generates mathematical axioms that describe the operation of the FCS by compiling the code for the model and assesses the operation of the financial computer system by analyzing the mathematical axioms.
US10769725B1	System and methods for optimizing the effectiveness of interaction between participants in an electronic trading environment The system and methods for optimizing the effectiveness of interaction between participants in an electronic trading environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system monitors and tracks certain variables at several levels (e.g., firm, trader, trade desk, symbol, side, order type) for each participant in the system, updates the values of the variables in real time and/or over longer periods. From the values of the variables, the system assigns individual and composite scores to each trader, symbol or side or any composite of these and other variables. For every interaction in the trading environment, the scores and variables are used to determine how a trader interacts with a contra trader when their respective scores are compared, including determining permissioning and timing of sending invitations to trade, permissioning and timing of receiving invitations to trade and/or execution of the trade.
US10769717B2	System and method for providing data to a merchant device from a user device over a wireless link A device can include a memory storing user payment data and another memory device storing instructions that cause the device to establish a communication between a separate device and the system based on a gesture associated with the system and via a wireless link between the system and the separate device, the communication being associated with a potential purchase, present, on the display, an instruction associated with the potential purchase, receive a single-interaction from the user of the system to confirm a payment for the potential purchase, the single-interaction including a security measure to prevent unauthorized purchases, retrieve, based on the single-interaction from the user, the user payment data from the memory and transmit the user payment data via the wireless link to the separate device to make a purchase.
US10769711B2	User task focus and guidance for recurring revenue asset management A consistent approach to managing opportunities, quotes, and bookings activities can be managed through the use of a recurring revenue asset management application, which can be supported by one or more features of an asset data model. Such an application can include the use of focus categories and playbooks.
US10769710B2	System of providing product information using copy/paste function of electronic commerce shopping cart, method thereof and non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program recorded thereon Disclosed are a system of providing product information using a copy/paste function of an electronic commerce shopping cart, a method thereof and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program recorded thereon. The method can be used as an effective intercommunication means by mutual exchange of shopping lists with acquaintances or friends rather than solo shopping. Further, user convenience in purchasing products and the probability of purchasing products can be enhanced by the method.
US10769708B2	Consumable usage sensors and applications to facilitate automated replenishment of consumables via an adaptive distribution platform Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and control systems to provide a platform to facilitate implementation of an interface and one or more sensors, and, more specifically, to one or more sensors that implements specialized logic to facilitate in-situ monitoring of inventories of consumables and automatic reordering of a consumable. In some examples, a method may include receiving sensor data representing usage of a device configured to process a consumable, characterizing the usage to form a characterized value, correlating data representing a unit of the consumable processed via the device to a characterized value of the usage, adjusting an amount representing an inventory of the consumable, detecting an amount of the inventory of the consumable is associated with one or more ranges of threshold values, and generating data representing a request to replenish the inventory of the consumable.
US10769703B2	Method for providing service of personalized recommendation based on E-mail and apparatus therefor Disclosed herein are a method for providing a personalized recommendation service based on email and an apparatus for the same. The personalized recommendation service may be provided by determining a personalized recommended item targeted at a recommendation target user, creating dynamic image output code for outputting the personalized recommended item, creating an email based on the dynamic image output code and sending the email to the recommendation target user, and calling the most recent item information about the personalized recommended item from a marketing server based on execution of the dynamic image output code when the recommendation target user reads the email. Also, when a user reads an email, the most recent information about items that are being provided in the marketing server may be provided.
US10769700B2	System and method for segmenting items in a shopping cart by carbon footprint A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium being operable to provide a shopping cart for a shopper, and segment items in the shopping cart based on the carbon footprint associated with each item. Additionally, the method may include displaying substitute or complementary items in the shopping cart for selection by the user to reduce total carbon values, and awarding carbon certificates.
US10769699B1	System, method, and computer readable medium for providing travel assistance The invention relates to a computer-implemented system and method for providing travel information to a customer of a business such as a financial institution, according to one example. The method may comprise the steps of: acquiring customer profile data, acquiring customer location data, acquiring merchant location data within an airport, acquiring flight status data; acquiring product availability data; transmitting a first data set to the customer's mobile device after the customer arrives at the airport providing a departure time for the flight and a travel time period from a current location of the customer to a location of a departure gate; transmitting a second data set identifying amenities located along a route from the customer's current location to the departure gate, wherein the amenities are identified based on the customer profile data; and transmitting a third data set to the customer's mobile device comprising merchant product availability information and an invitation for the customer to order the product before arriving at the merchant.
US10769698B2	Method for sharing information and positive ratings of products, services, individuals and organizations in a social network Each user of the social network is prompted to list their favorite products (i.e., cell phones, computers, movies, cars, groceries, and others), services (i.e., accounting, carpet cleaning, legal, medical, landscaping, and others), people (i.e., celebrities, executives, consultants, specialist, and other people), and organizations (any business, non-profit organizations, and others). The data is then available for the member and other associated members to view and search. Members are allowed to only list items with positive ratings. Search results are organized based on the Search Criteria specified. The System is also utilizing a generic hardware/software interface that enables communication of the information directly from the place of business (Retail Store Interface).
US10769697B2	Non-transitory computer-readable medium, system, and method for local search of network content Disclosed are various embodiments for locally searching a search string in network content. A user accesses network content through a client device and enters a search string through the client device. Once the local search is performed on the network content by a client application or a search application through a network, the result would be encoded and displayed for the user to view. Furthermore, the content may be modified based at least in part on stored search data corresponding to prior searches.
US10769696B2	Ecommerce system with evaluation of Boolean expression sets A system that evaluates Boolean expressions receives a first set of Boolean expressions that include one or more Boolean expressions, and receives a second set of Boolean expressions that includes one or more Boolean expressions. The system determines one or more overlapping Boolean expressions between the first set and the second set. Each Boolean expression has a corresponding identifier and priority, and two or more Boolean expressions overlap when the Boolean expressions have an identical identifier. Each set of Boolean expressions includes a corresponding index.
US10769695B2	Generating titles for a structured browse page Example embodiments described herein disclose a specially configured device to generate and cause display of human readable titles for browse pages. The token based title system may be or include a group of one or more server machines. A user device may accordingly receive a search query and set of structured data elements (e.g., filter attributes), create a browse node based on the content of the search query and the structured data elements, access published content (e.g., an item inventory) based on the browse node, and generate a human readable page title to be displayed as a title of a browse page.
US10769694B2	Systems and methods for identifying candidates for item substitution Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computing instructions that are configured to run on the one or more processors and perform acts of receiving a test set comprising potential candidate items for substitution for a target item, determining association scores for each of the potential candidate items in the test set, determining one or more semantic similarity features of the potential candidate items in the test set, determining one or more image similarity features of the potential candidate items in the test set, and creating a substitutive probability model by determining a relative contribution of each of the association scores, the semantic similarity features and the image similarity features to a substitutive probability for the potential candidate items in the test set, with reference to a baseline set of the potential candidate items. Additional embodiments are disclosed herein.
US10769692B2	Security installation and maintenance system A system is provided that includes a computer implemented method for the automated purchasing of a security system having a plurality of security equipment components for use and installation on a unique geo-coordinate referenced location (i.e., a property). The system also includes a computer implemented method for installing the security equipment on the property that was purchased using the automated purchasing system.
US10769690B2	Register system configured to communicate with wireless communication devices to authenticate user attributes A register system includes an optical code reader, a data storage, a wireless communication interface through which the register system communicates wirelessly with a user computing device, a display, and a processor. The processor queries a master record stored in the data storage to determine whether or not a product corresponding to a product code read by the code reader is an confirmation-required product, and responsive to determining that the product is an confirmation-required product, controls the wireless communication interface to transmit a pull request for a user attribute stored in the user computing device. The processor further determines whether or not product registration processing for the confirmation-required product should continue with or without special processing based on the user attribute received by the wireless communication interface from the user computing device responsive to the pull request.
US10769685B2	Systems and methods for electronically generating and analyzing shipping parameters One illustrative method includes receiving a first data set associated with a shipping manifest from a first shipping entity. The method also includes receiving a second data set associated with a user preference. The method additionally includes generating a shipping matrix based on the first data set and the second data set. The method also includes receiving a third data set associated with an invoice and including a first shipping cost. The method additionally includes determining a particular row of the shipping matrix based on the third data set. The method also includes determining a second shipping cost based on data from the particular row of the shipping matrix. The method further includes determining if the first shipping cost is within a predefined tolerance range of the second shipping cost.
US10769683B1	Methods and systems for identifying a user device for affiliate marketing A computer-implemented method may be provided for identifying a user device. An identification server in communication with the user device may receive a request from a browser of the user device to access, from a destination uniform resource locator (URL), an asset from the identification server. The request from the browser may be received from a website server. The asset is configured to be presented on a webpage hosted by the website server. The request from the browser may be modified to associate a new identity attribute of the user device with the request.
US10769681B1	Systems and methods for facilitating purchases Methods and systems for facilitating a program with participating merchants and consumers are described. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a wish list of a user. The wish list may include items or services sold by merchants participating in the program. The wish list may be published to the merchants participating in the program. A location of the user may be determined, and an offer from one of the participating merchants may be received, where the offer is based on the location of the user. A total cost of the offer may be calculated by analyzing the offer. The user may be notified of the offer and the total cost.
US10769677B1	Temporal features in a messaging platform A real-time messaging platform allows advertiser accounts to pay to insert candidate messages into the message streams requested by account holders. To accommodate multiple advertisers, the messaging platform controls an auction process that determines which candidate messages are selected for inclusion in a requested account holder's message stream. Selection is based on a bid for the candidate message, the message stream that is requested, and a variety of other factors that vary depending upon the implementation. The process for selection of candidate messages generally includes the following steps, though any given step may be omitted or combined into another step in a different implementation: targeting, filtering, prediction, ranking, and selection.
US10769675B2	System and method for streaming media Disclosed herein are system and method embodiments for streaming media. An embodiment operates by receiving, at at least one computing device, a request for media from a viewer. At least one program is identified in which at least a portion of the media is available. A presentation is generated to identify the at least the portion of the media based on the at least one program and at least one order, wherein the order comprises at least one order component associated with the at least one program. The embodiment further includes dynamically generating an identification of an advertising clip for the presentation and then transmitting the presentation to the viewer.
US10769672B2	System and method providing personalized recommendations A system and method for providing personalized recommendations or promotional information to consumers based upon a recommendation algorithm selected from a number of recommendation algorithms, by matching personal contextual information of each consumer to detailed contexts in which each recommendation algorithm exhibits optimal performance with regard to particular business performance measures.
US10769671B2	Methods and apparatus for cross platform monitoring and customer targeting Methods and apparatus for detecting and correlating content consumption, e.g., viewing of programs and/or accessing websites, across platforms of different types are described. Content consumption, e.g., requests and/or streaming is monitored and recorded on a per subscriber basis for a wide variety of platforms, e.g., set boxes, IP content playback devices such as cell phones or pad devices with IP streaming support, and/or other devices. Web site access and corresponding content consumption is determined based on DNS requests thereby avoiding the need for monitoring at web site servers and allowing centralized monitoring of web site access operations in the form of DNS requests to be detected by a Web service provider who, at least in some embodiments, is also a content provider.
US10769670B2	Runtime matching of computing entities Systems and methods for identifying one or more candidate computing entities associated with a first user of a first computing entity are disclosed. A first technical ID associated with the first computing entity and one or more parameters associated with the first computing entity are received by the ad system. A first identity fingerprint for the first computing entity is determined by the ad system. One or more candidate computing entities are identified by the ad system based on a similarity between the first identity fingerprint and an associated identity fingerprint of the one or more associated identity fingerprints of the candidate computing entity. First behavioral data is determined by the ad system based on the associated behavioral data of one or more of the one or more candidate computing entities. An advertisement based on the first behavioral data is provided by the ad system.
US10769664B2	Automated merchandising based on social media chatter In an approach to automated merchandising, one or more computer processors detect access to an electronic store by a user. The one or more computer processors determine a location of the user. The one or more computer processors retrieve a plurality of social media communications associated with the location of the user, where social media communications include one or more publically available entries made by one or more users of one or more social media applications. The one or more computer processors determine whether the retrieved social media communications are associated with one or more merchandise associated with the electronic store. In response to determining the retrieved social media communications are associated with the one or more merchandise associated with the electronic store, the one or more computer processors determine a position of the one or more merchandise in one or more communication channels.
US10769659B2	Payment card transaction systems and methods with dynamic geo-targeted, incentive-based transaction and delivery management Electronic payment card processing systems and methods include at least one host computing device that accepts transaction data as payment card transactions are made and processed over the multi-party payment processing network. Based on the accepted transaction data, the host computing device identifies a first payment card transaction between a first enrolled cardholder and a first enrolled merchant that includes a delivery of a first good to a location that is within a predefined geographic area including the first enrolled merchant. The host computing device retrieves at least one incentive offer relating to a second enrolled merchant and involving a delivery of a second good within the predefined geographic area, and sends the at least one incentive offer to additional enrolled cardholders within the predefined geographic area.
US10769658B2	Automatic detection of anomalies in electronic communications Embodiments described herein provide approaches for detecting anomalies in electronic communications. Specifically, a set of response metrics is obtained from each of a plurality of communications. Each of the plurality of communications is part of a communications batch. Based on an aggregation of the response metric over the plurality of communications, a response metric value for one or more of the set of response metrics is computed. This response metric value is compared to a predicted metric value corresponding to the response metric. Based on this comparison, it is determined whether the response metric value is anomalous. If the response metric value is anomalous, a remediation activity is performed.
US10769657B2	Measuring conversion of an online advertising campaign including referral offers from an offline merchant A technique for determining the effectiveness of an offer includes analyzing views, clicks, acceptances and satisfactions of the offer. Transaction data is retrieved to determine whether criteria of the offer has been satisfied. As a result, a total cost per transaction may be determined for an advertisement campaign that incorporates the offer. Further, detailed queries may be issued to identify areas in which the offer needs improvement.
US10769649B1	Automated centralized real-time multi-channel feedback system Techniques for providing real-time multi-channel feedback. For example, a system comprises a platform including a feedback management component comprising an analytics engine capable of analyzing feedback from a plurality of users, wherein the analyzing comprises gathering data from the plurality of users, processing the data to derive at least one trend from the data, and formatting a presentation of the data to enumerate the at least one trend. The system further comprises a portal component capable of transmitting the feedback, including results of the analyzing comprising the presentation of the data, to at least one of a business unit and an experiential unit in real-time, and a channel management component capable of managing the feedback from each of a plurality of interfaces through which the plurality of users provide the data.
US10769648B2	Automated business reviews based on patron sentiment Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a method and system of determining an overall sentiment of a facility. A computing system receives a video stream, including a plurality of frames, of one or more patrons in a facility over a first time period. The video stream includes data indicative of a sentiment of each of the one or more patrons. The computing system parses the plurality of frames to determine the sentiment of the patron based at least on audio and visual cues of the patron captured in the video stream during the first time period. The computing system aggregates one or more sentiments corresponding to the one or more patrons in a data set indicative of an overall sentiment of the facility. The computing system generates a sentiment value corresponding to the overall sentiment of the facility. The computing system outputs the overall sentiment of the facility.
US10769647B1	Divergent trend detection and mitigation computing system A computer system may be configured to analyze a set of data and detect divergent trends of one or more subsets of the set of data. The set of data may include reactions of a plurality of customers in response to an action of an organization. For example, the action may relate to goods or services offered by the organization, and the reactions may include responses of the customers to the goods or services. The customer reactions may include divergent trends that indicate a source of risk to the organization. Once detected, the computer system may send an alert to the organization related to the divergent trends, such that the organization may address a source of risk as indicated by the divergent trends. In some examples, the computer system may further offer or autonomously execute a mitigating action to address the source of risk.
US10769642B2	Intelligent adaptive label device and method Briefly, an intelligent label is associated with a good, and includes one or more permanent and irreversible electrochromic indicators that are used to report the condition of that good at selected points in the movement or usage of that good. These electrochromic indicators provide immediate visual information regarding the status of the good without need to interrogate or communicate with the electronics or processor on the intelligent label. In this way, anyone in the shipping or use chain for the good, including the end user consumer, can quickly understand whether the product is meeting shipping and quality standards. If a product fails to meet shipping or quality standards, the particular point where the product failed can be quickly and easily identified, and information can be used to assure the consumer remains safe, while providing essential information for improving the shipping process. It will be understood that the label may take many forms, such as a tag attached to the good, integrated into the packaging for the good, integrated into the good itself, or may even be an information area on a prepaid card for example. The label may also include, for example, print information regarding the good, usage or shipping rules, or address and coded information.
US10769641B2	Service request management in cloud computing systems Techniques for managing service requests in cloud computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method can include in response to determining that a profile of detected service requests substantially deviates from the predetermined profile, identifying a component failure of a service component in the cloud computing system by searching a database containing operational event logs of the cloud computing system based on the detected service requests. The method can then include posting, on a user portal of the cloud computing system, a notification to additional users regarding the identified component failure of the service component and performing various remedial actions to correct the identified component failure.
US10769638B2	Bank account number validation A method for validating payment information for an online transaction is provided. A payment server can receive two representations of the same payment information. The payment information can be validated if it is determined that the two representations match. If there is no match, or the payment information is otherwise invalid, the payment information can be repaired based on a trusted representation of the payment information, such as stored payment information or an image of an associated value token. Payment information can be received via one or more communication channels, and can be provided by one or more consumer devices. A merchant service provider can validate payment information and handle transaction processing on behalf of a merchant.
US10769637B1	System, method and computer readable storage to utilize optical recognition to detect a transaction inconsistency A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage utilize optical character recognition to authentic a transaction. Optical character recognition is used on a physical instrument and data obtained from the optical character recognition is used to query a remote database. Identification information from the remote database is compared with data obtained from the optical character recognition to determine whether there is an inconsistency of data.
US10769635B2	Authentication techniques including speech and/or lip movement analysis A system, apparatus, method, and machine readable medium are described for performing eye tracking during authentication. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: receiving a request to authenticate a user; presenting one or more screen layouts to the user; capturing a sequence of images which include the user's eyes as the one or more screen layouts are displayed; and (a) performing eye movement detection across the sequence of images to identify a correlation between motion of the user's eyes as the one or more screen layouts are presented and an expected motion of the user's eyes as the one or more screen layouts are presented and/or (b) measuring the eye's pupil size to identify a correlation between the effective light intensity of the screen and its effect on the user's eye pupil size; capturing audio of the user's voice; and performing voice recognition techniques to determine a correlation between the captured audio of the user's voice and one or more voice prints.
US10769634B2	Systems and methods for use in approving transactions, based on biometric data Systems and methods are provided for use in processing transactions based on biometric data used in connection with authenticating consumers to payment accounts to which the transactions are directed. One exemplary method includes causing a biometric associated with a consumer to be received, when the consumer presents a payment device for funding a transaction with a merchant via a payment account associated with the payment device. The method also includes appending, by a computing device, a biometric score to an authorization request associated with the transaction at the merchant where the biometric score is indicative of a degree of match between the received biometric and a reference biometric, and transmitting, by the computing device, the authorization request whereby an issuer associated with the payment account is able to utilize the biometric score in determining to approve or decline the transaction.
US10769633B2	Method, apparatus, and system for performing wireless transactions with near-field communication (NFC) set up An apparatus, system and methodology for establishing a wireless communications link using a wireless device are provided. A computing device includes a wallet application for completing transactions based on wireless data communications between the computing device and at least one external electronic device. The computing device includes a short-range radio frequency (RF) transceiver to communicate with an external RF transceiver. A near-field communication (NFC) module includes a NFC antenna, and the NFC module is configured to transmit wireless setup information between the NFC antenna and a NFC reader in communication with the external electronic device based on the NFC antenna of the computing device being within a RF range of the NFC antenna of the NFC reader. A processor establishes a wireless communications link between the short-range RF transceiver and the external RF transceiver to initiate transactions between the computing device and the at least one external electronic device.
US10769632B2	Multi-commerce channel wallet for authenticated transactions A phone-based electronic wallet providing authenticated transactions across multiple channels of commerce. The electronic wallet may be used for point-of-sale payments, remote mobile payments and/or web-based payments, and may use authentication tools such as offline PINs, SecureCode PINs and/or online PINs.
US10769626B2	Method and system for distribution, use and validation of electronic entitlement certificates A method for distribution and transfer of entitlement certificates includes: storing account profiles, each account including an account identifier, primary account number, and account balance; receiving an entitlement request from a computing device including a specific account identifier, entitlement balance, and usage controls; identifying a specific account profile that includes the specific account identifier; generating an entitlement certificate that includes the entitlement balance and usage controls; generating an entitlement identifier for the entitlement certificate; placing a hold associated with the entitlement certificate on the account balance included in the specific account profile for the entitlement balance; and transmitting the entitlement certificate to the computing device.
US10769624B1	Methods and systems for re-provisioning a mobile wallet Methods and systems are provided for managing a mobile wallet. In some embodiments, a user may request re-provisioning of the payment instruments in a single user interaction. In accordance with embodiments of the invention, a method of managing a mobile wallet includes providing a downloadable application for enabling a mobile wallet on a user computing device, transmitting the application to the user computing device, receiving a request to enroll a plurality of payment instruments in the mobile wallet enrolling, the plurality of payment instruments in the mobile wallet, receiving a re-provisioning request, and re-provisioning at least a first group of the plurality payment instruments.
US10769623B2	Omni-channel state preservation In various example embodiments, systems, methods and media for omni-channel state preservation are provided. In example embodiments, a method comprises identifying a plurality of flow chain elements in a transaction flow of a user session, causing the presentation of a first flow chain element in the transaction flow in an interface of a first user device, causing the presentation of a second flow chain element in the transaction flow in an interface of a second user device, and preserving a state of the user in the session when causing the presentation of the second flow chain element in the second user device.
US10769621B1	Interoperable mobile wallet refund A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a merchant computer system associated with a merchant, a token provided by a mobile device to a point of sale (POS) device. The token identifies a transaction between the merchant and a payor. The method also includes determining, by the merchant computer system, that the transaction is a refund transaction based on the token. The method also includes determining, by the merchant computer system, a previously used token based on the token. The previously used token is associated with the transaction. The method also includes transmitting, by the merchant computer system, the previously used token to a recipient bank computer system. The method also includes receiving, by the merchant computer system, an approval or decline message for the refund transaction. The method also includes transmitting, by the merchant computer system, the approval or decline message to the POS device.
US10769617B2	Using a mobile device in a commercial transaction A first device may be used to complete a transaction by receiving information for completing a transaction between a first entity associated with the first device and a second entity associated with a second device, causing a payment to be made to the second entity by communicating with a third device via a communications network, receiving an encrypted payment confirmation from the third device, and providing the encrypted payment confirmation to the second device, thereby completing the transaction.
US10769614B2	Over the air update of payment transaction data stored in secure memory A system, apparatus, and method for processing payment transactions that are conducted using a mobile device that includes a contactless element, such as an integrated circuit chip. The invention enables the updating, correction or synchronization of transaction data maintained by an Issuer with that stored on the device. This is accomplished by using a wireless (cellular) network as a data communication channel for data provided by an Issuer to the mobile device, and is particularly advantageous in circumstances in which the contactless element is not presently capable of communication with a device reader or point of sale terminal that uses a near field communications mechanism. Data transferred between the mobile device and Issuer may be encrypted and decrypted to provide additional security and protect the data from being accessed by other users or applications. If encryption keys are used for the encryption and decryption processes, they may be distributed by a key distribution server or other suitable entity to a mobile gateway which participates in the data encryption and decryption operations.
US10769609B2	Network security based on proximity with IP whitelisting A processing system periodically configures a beacon code and random nonce to transmit to a beacon device at a location. Multiple users enter the location with associated user computing devices and retransmit the beacon code broadcasted by the beacon device to the processing system. A computing device at the location transmits to the processing system a request for account data comprising a hardware identifier and retransmits the beacon code and a random nonce. The processing system verifies the request based on the beacon code and random nonce and transmits, to the computing device at the location, user account identifiers associated with user computing devices that retransmitted the beacon code. Within a threshold period of time, the processing system may verify a subsequent request from the computing device, even without receiving the beacon code and random nonce, if the request comprises the hardware identifier.
US10769602B2	System and method for customer initiated payment transaction using customer's mobile device and card A system for a customer initiated payment transaction includes a mobile device of a customer, a merchant including merchant information and payment information, a multi-payment gateway, and a network. The mobile device includes a digital wallet, on which a customer may register one or more of a plurality of payment methods. Payment methods include credit card, debit card, virtual cards, cryptocurrency, and loyalty points.
US10769601B2	Systems and methods for use in clearing and/or settling network transactions Systems and methods are provided for processing network transactions. One exemplary method includes transmitting a network request, received from a first entity, to a second entity; intercepting a network reply from the second entity, when the network reply is associated with the first entity and the first entity is a registered entity; appending an indicator to the network reply when a rule associated with the first entity is satisfied by a parameter of the network reply; and appending a transaction associated with the network reply to a settlement process when the rule is satisfied by the parameter. The exemplary method further includes transmitting the network reply, with the appended indicator, to the first entity, whereby, upon identifying the indicator, the first entity is permitted to omit the transaction from further reporting related to clearing and/or settlement of the transaction.
US10769600B2	Cryptocurrency transactions using debit and credit values An embodiment of a computer implemented method for transferring cryptocurrency amounts includes receiving, by a processing device, a request to transfer an amount of a cryptocurrency from a first storage location. The method also includes, in response to the request, automatically generating a credit value and a debit value as a related pair, each of the credit value and the debit value having an identifier that relates the credit value and the debit value to the amount of the cryptocurrency, one of the credit value and the debit value being a positive value and another of the credit value and the debit value being a negative value, and transferring the amount of the cryptocurrency by the transaction module from a wallet connected to the transaction module to a second storage location.
US10769597B2	Data processing method and device, and POS transaction system A data processing method and device, and a POS transaction system are provided. The method includes the following. Card information pre-stored in a chip card transacting with the POS terminal is read. The card information includes information of a program set for processing transaction data of the chip card. One or more transaction programs matching with a current transaction are acquired in the program set according to the card information. The one or more transaction programs run to calculate and transmit transaction data of the current transaction.
US10769596B2	Resource validation based event scheduling in a social network Resource-validation-based event scheduling in a social network. A method identifies, based on activity in a social network, planning of an event. The method determines event parameters of the event, for instance by determining an anticipated number of attendees of the event, and profiling predicted attendees of the event to identify attendee preferences. The method solicits resource validation information from device(s) corresponding to resource(s) at a location for the event. The resource validation information indicates ability of the device(s) to support estimated resource consumption for each of the resource(s), the estimated resource consumption based on the determined event parameters. The method receives the resource validation information, and schedules the event based on the resource validation information.
US10769595B2	Verifying publisher suggestions Implementations of the disclosure provide a system for verifying publisher suggestions. The system includes a memory to store profile data for one or more entities; and a processing device coupled to the memory to identify an indication from a source of a suggested change to an online listing data associated with an entity at one or more provider systems. It is determined whether the suggested change matches previously stored information regarding the entity. Responsive to detecting a difference between the suggested change and the stored information, a communication with a client device associated with the entity is initiated based on the suggested change. Input data is received from the client device based on the initiated communication that indicates whether to accept or reject the suggested change. Thereupon, the suggested change is applied to the online listing data at the one or more provider systems in accordance with the input data.
US10769594B2	Dynamically generated configuration profiles based on device operating system Disclosed are various examples for dynamically generating configuration profiles based on an operating system of a device. A computing environment can determine that a configuration profile configured for a type of the client device has not been created. If so, the computing environment can identify an operating system of the client device, determine a format for the configuration profile based on the operating system, and generating a configuration profile in accordance with the format and the operating system. The configuration profile can include a value for a setting previously defined that is common to a plurality of different operating systems.
US10769593B2	Handling email flows arising from transactions initiated with a shared privileged identity at a service provider A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for handling email flows arising from transactions initiated with a shared privileged identity at a service provider. A privileged identity management (PIM) system reads an email sent from a service provider to a single shared PIM email address, wherein the single shared PIM email address is associated with a shared ID and wherein the email is related to a transaction initiated with the shared ID at the service provider. The PIM system analyzes the email by extracting an ID of the transaction and keywords in the email. The PIM system identifies one or more PIM users relevant to the transaction, based on analysis of the email. The PIM system sends a notification of the email to the one or more PIM users relevant to the transaction.
US10769592B1	Methods, systems and computer program products for generating explanations for a benefit qualification change A computer-implemented method for generating an explanation for a benefit qualification status change over different benefit qualification periods includes a computing device executing a benefit calculation engine. The benefit calculation engine operates on first and second benefit completeness graphs from respective first and second benefit qualification periods to perform first and second benefit qualification status determination. The first and second benefit completeness graphs each describe data dependent benefit qualification operations including a plurality of interconnecting functional nodes connected by one of a plurality of functions. The method also includes the computing device identifying the differences among nodes within the first benefit completeness graph and the second benefit completeness graph. The method further includes the computing device executing an explanation engine associated with the benefit calculation engine to generate a textual explanation identifying one or more differences among the nodes.
US10769590B2	Systems and methods for sharing images in a social network Techniques to share images in a social networking system. In an embodiment, an image is received from a first user, the image is associated with a first archive of the first user within a social networking system, and the image is associated with a second archive of a second user within the social networking system without the social networking system receiving a request from the second user to download the image.The image may be received from a mobile device. The image may be captured by a camera of a mobile device. The image may be automatically uploaded from a mobile device. A request may be received from the second user to include the image in the second archive associated with the second user. Associating the image with the second archive of the second user may comprise including a link to the image in the second archive.
US10769586B2	Implementation of rolling key to identify systems inventories Disclosed are systems and methods for implementation of a rolling key to identify systems inventories. One method may include receiving, by a processing device of an inventory server from a client system, a key and a key component, wherein the key component comprises a random string of characters generated by the client system to uniquely identify the client system; identifying, using the key as an identifier, the client system in an inventory database of the inventory server; transmitting an acknowledgement to the client system that the client system has been identified in the inventory database and that the inventory server received the key component, the acknowledgement to cause the client system to store the key component as part of a new key used to identify the client system; and storing the key component, wherein storing the key component causes a modification of the key used to identify the client system.
US10769585B2	Systems and methods for automated harmonized system (HS) code assignment Described in detail herein are systems and methods for HS code assignment. The system includes a data storage system that combines suppliers' quotes of items along with a classification database. The supplier quote can include tariff codes for all import items. The classification database can include all previously classified items. A first set of information associated with a new item is input into the system. The system can attempt to match the new item to a previously classified item based on the first set of information. If the system is unable to match the new item based on the first set of information the system can retrieve a second set of information including, the department/category to which the new item is assigned, along with the materials the new item is made up of and a description of the new item.
US10769583B2	Inventory tracking The present disclosure extends to maintaining an item inventory status at an inventory cache management system. The inventory cache may be refreshed regularly by a threshold-based triggering mechanism. In embodiments, as item inventory breaches certain thresholds, the inventory cache may be refreshed with increased frequency to mitigate overselling or underselling scenarios and reduce overall network traffic for items having relatively high inventory levels.
US10769580B2	Method and apparatus for inventory control in medical treatment areas Methods and systems for controlling inventory in a medical facility include providing a medical device into a medical treatment area within a wireless range of a medical facility network and automatically identifying the medical device upon introduction into the medical treatment area. Patient records are automatically updated to reflect that the medical device has been assigned to a patient.
US10769579B1	Tote association This disclosure describes a system for associating multiple totes with a single profile so that items placed into any of the multiple totes are identified on a profile item identifier list. For example, if two users located in a materials handling facility are picking items that are to be consolidated or otherwise treated together, each user may select a different tote and move separately through the materials handling facility. As either user picks items and places those items into a corresponding tote, a profile item identifier list is updated to include an item identifier for each picked item.
US10769576B2	Method and system for cargo load detection A method for cargo load detection in a container by a computing device, the method including projecting at least one light dot within an array of light dots towards a surface of the container; capturing an image of the at least one light dot on the surface of the container; and using the captured image to determine cargo loading within the container.
US10769572B2	Method and system for determining an optimal strategy pertaining to a business opportunity in cognitive decision making Disclosed is a system for determining an optimal strategy pertaining to a business opportunity. In order to determine the optimal strategy, initially, a strategy type selection module stores a set of strategies in a system database. In one aspect, each strategy, of the set of strategies, may be associated to one or more business opportunities. Subsequently, the strategy type selection module selects a subset of the set of strategies applicable to a business opportunity of the one or more business opportunities. In one aspect, the subset may be selected based on a set of parameters associated to the business opportunity. Post selection of the subset, a strategy optimizer module analyzes each strategy of the subset by using one or more predefined computational libraries. In one aspect, a strategy, of the subset, may be analyzed to determine an impact of the strategy. After analyzing each strategy, the strategy optimizer module determines one or more strategies, of the subset, to be implemented based on the impact, pertaining to the one or more strategies, and a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) associated to the business opportunity.
US10769571B2	Security and content protection by test environment analysis A system includes a candidate client device including a processor, a camera, and a microphone. The system includes one or more server hardware computing devices communicatively coupled to a network and in communication with the candidate client device. Each of the one or more server hardware computing devices includes at least one processor executing specific computer-executable instructions within a memory that, when executed, cause the one or more server hardware computing devices to receive the sequence of images and the audio data from the candidate client device, extract a first video attribute from the sequence of images, extract a first audio attribute from the audio data, determine that at least one of the first video attribute violates a first video condition and the first audio attribute violates a first audio condition, and prevent the candidate client device from performing a candidate evaluation function using candidate evaluation software application.
US10769559B2	Systems and methods for generating automated software workflow for biological testing The workflow application integrates with a research software application associated with a laboratory instrument to provide a user with step-by-step instructions on how to follow the workflow steps of a laboratory experiment. The instructions are dynamically tailored, according to the nature of the workflow, the samples being experimented upon and/or the operating states of the instrument and/or the research software application. The workflow application significantly reduces the learning curve to operate sophisticated laboratory instruments. In a genetic testing instrument the workflow application can prescribe the need for control samples and can optimize the layout of samples within the instrument's sample receiving plate or fixture.
US10769554B2	Interactive technique for using a user-provided image of a document to collect information In a collection technique, a user (such as a taxpayer) provides information (such as income-tax information) by submitting an image of a document, such as an income-tax summary or form. In particular, the user may provide a description of the document. In response, the user is prompted for the information associated with the field in the document. Then, the user provides the image of a region in the document that includes the field. Based on the image, the information is extracted, and the field in the form is populated using the extracted information. The prompting, receiving, extracting and populating operations may be repeated for one or more additional fields in the document.
US10769546B1	Microwave integrated quantum circuits with cap wafer and methods for making the same A quantum computing system that includes a quantum circuit device having at least one operating frequency; a first substrate having a first surface on which the quantum circuit device is disposed; a second substrate having a first surface that defines a recess of the second substrate, the first and second substrates being arranged such that the recess of the second substrate forms an enclosure that houses the quantum circuit device; and an electrically conducting layer that covers at least a portion of the recess of the second substrate.
US10769545B2	Systems and methods employing new evolution schedules in an analog computer with applications to determining isomorphic graphs and post-processing solutions A second problem Hamiltonian may replace a first problem Hamiltonian during evolution of an analog processor (e.g., quantum processor) during a first iteration in solving a first problem. This may be repeated during a second, or further successive iterations on the first problem, following re-initialization of the analog processor. An analog processor may evolve under a first non-monotonic evolution schedule during a first iteration, and second non-monotonic evolution schedule under second, or additional non-monotonic evolution schedule under even further iterations. A first graph and second graph may each be processed to extract final states versus a plurality of evolution schedules, and a determination made as to whether the first graph is isomorphic with respect to the second graph. An analog processor may evolve by decreasing a temperature of, and a set of quantum fluctuations, within the analog processor until the analog processor reaches a state preferred by a problem Hamiltonian.
US10769543B2	Double-layered image classification endpoint solution A system for image classification is disclosed that includes a central system configured to provide high reliability image data processing and recognition and a plurality of endpoint systems, each configured to provide image data processing and recognition with a lower reliability than the central system and to generate probability data. A decision switch disposed at each of the plurality of endpoint systems is configured to receive the probability data and to determine whether to deny access, grant access or generate a referral message to the central system, wherein the referral message includes at least a set of image data generated at the endpoint system.
US10769541B2	Method for determining tactical actions Disclosed is a method for determining tactical actions for protecting a reference entity with respect to a plurality of entities in a battlefield environment, the method including: segmenting the battlefield environment into a plurality of layers; associating actable deterrent systems with each layer; obtaining data representative of the probability, for each deterrent system, that the considered deterrent system deters an entity in the associated layer; providing, for each entity, the level of threat of the entity; and computing a cost function for determining the deterrent systems to be engaged by the reference entity for rendering extremal the cost function, the cost function being a function depending from the provided level of threat and the obtained data.
US10769538B1	System and method for managing routing of customer calls to agents Upon receiving an inbound call, a call management system retrieves from a customer database enterprise customer data associated with an identified customer. The customer database tracks prospects, leads, new business and purchasers of an enterprise. Enterprise customer data may include customer event data, activity event data and attributions data. The system retrieves customer demographic data associated with the identified customer. A group of agents is selected from a plurality of groups of agents based on retrieved enterprise customer data. A predictive model determines a value prediction signal for the identified customer, then classifies the identified customer into a first value group or a second value group. The system routes a customer call classified in the first value group to a first queue position, and routes a customer call classified in the second value group to a second queue position. for connection to an agent from the selected group of agents.
US10769532B2	Network rating prediction engine A rating prediction engine builds and applies models to predict ratings based on an analysis of textual reviews and comments. The engine can build multiple models simultaneously through distributed parallel model building that employs deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs). The engine can also incorporate user moment feature data, including user status and context information, to provide better performance and more accurate predictions. The engine can also employ heuristic unsupervised pre-training and/or adaptive over-fitting reduction for model building. In some instances, the techniques described herein can be used in a service to predict personalized ratings for reviews or other published items, in instances where the original author of the item did not include a rating and/or in instances where the publication channel does not provide a mechanism to enter ratings.
US10769531B2	Methods and systems for counting people Various systems and methods for counting people. For example, one method involves receiving input data at an analytics system that includes a neural network. The input data includes a representation of an environment, including representations of several people. The method also includes identifying the representations of the people in the representation of the environment. The method also includes updating an output value that indicates the number of people identified as being present in the environment.
US10769528B1	Deep learning model training system A computer trains a neural network model. (B) A neural network is executed to compute a post-iteration gradient vector and a current iteration weight vector. (C) A search direction vector is computed using a Hessian approximation matrix and the post-iteration gradient vector. (D) A step size value is initialized. (E) An objective function value is computed that indicates an error measure of the executed neural network. (F) When the computed objective function value is greater than an upper bound value, the step size value is updated using a predefined backtracking factor value. The upper bound value is computed as a sliding average of a predefined upper bound updating interval value number of previous upper bound values. (G) (E) and (F) are repeated until the computed objective function value is not greater than the upper bound value. (H) An updated weight vector is computed to describe a trained neural network model.
US10769526B2	Machine learning accelerator architecture An apparatus to facilitate acceleration of machine learning operations is disclosed. The apparatus comprises accelerator circuitry including a first set of processing elements to perform first computations including matrix multiplication operations, a second set of processing elements to perform second computations including sum of elements of weights and offset multiply operations and a third set of processing elements to perform third computations including sum of elements of inputs and offset multiply operations, wherein the second and third computations are performed in parallel with the first computations.
US10769525B2	Decision making for autonomous vehicle motion control A behavior planner for a vehicle generates a plurality of conditional action sequences of the vehicle using a tree search algorithm and heuristics obtained from one or more machine learning models. Each sequence corresponds to a sequence of anticipated states of the vehicle. At least some of the action sequences are provided to a motion selector of the vehicle. The motion selector generates motion-control directives based on the received conditional action sequences and on data received from one or more sensors of the vehicle, and transmits the directives to control subsystems of the vehicle.
US10769522B2	Method and system for determining classification of text Embodiments of the present disclosure discloses method and system for determining classification of text. The present disclosure discloses to receive text from plurality of texts and generating a pair of vector representation of the text using trained model parameters of a pair of LSTM units. The trained model parameters are obtained based on training of classification system using plurality of similar pair of texts and plurality of dissimilar pair of texts from the plurality of texts. Further, pair of vector representations are combined using a combiner operator to obtain a combined vector representation. The combiner operator is selected from a plurality of combiner operators based on the training using accuracy of classifier of classification system. The combined vector representation is provided to the classifier for determining classification of text. The present disclosure enhances the performance and generalisation of a classifier in cases of a multi-class classification.
US10769521B1	Processing loops in computational graphs Systems and methods for processing loops in computational graphs representing machine learning models are disclosed. An example method begins with obtaining data representing a computational graph. Data identifying an allocation of the computational graph across devices is obtained. Additionally, one or more nodes in the computational graph that represent a respective control flow statement are identified. For each identified node, a structure of nodes and edges that represents an operation that provides a current state of recursion or iteration in the respective control flow statement is generated. This structure is inserted into the computational graph and the allocation of nodes to devices is modified to assign the structure to a device.
US10769519B2	Converting digital numeric data to spike event data One embodiment of the invention provides a system comprising at least one data-to-spike converter unit for converting input numeric data received by the system to spike event data. Each data-to-spike converter unit is configured to support one or more spike codes.
US10769513B2	Device and method for managing the current consumption of an integrated module An electronic device includes a logic circuit and an auxiliary circuit. The logic circuit includes a first terminal coupled to a supply voltage terminal, a second terminal intended coupled to a reference voltage terminal and an output terminal configured to deliver a signal in a high state or a low state. The auxiliary circuit is coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal and is configured to randomly generate or not generate an additional current between the first terminal and the second terminal on each change of state of the signal on the output terminal.
US10769510B2	Universal transponder An account is managed using information read from a dual frequency transponder. Information stored on the dual frequency transponder can be read by a NFC-enabled device and by a UHF RFID reader. The information links, corresponds, or otherwise provides access to account information stored at a remote server. For example, a NFC-enabled device can read the information from the dual frequency transponder and use that information to enable instant and on-the-spot recharging of a toll account. In addition, a UHF RFID toll reader can scan information from the dual frequency transponder and use that information to debit toll charges from the correct toll account. The dual frequency transponder can be embedded in a license plate and read using a reader placed in the road. Additionally, the transponder can be configured to function at the correct frequency only when a valid vehicle registration sticker is applied to the license plate.
US10769507B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method for prohibiting or allowing recovery printing based on number of times of printing in case of discrepancy between sizes of sheet An image forming apparatus includes a conveyor, a sensor, and control circuitry. The conveyor is configured to convey a sheet. The sensor is configured to detect the sheet conveyed by the conveyor. The control circuitry is configured to cause the conveyor to eject the sheet without stopping conveyance of the sheet and prohibit recovery printing when a size of the sheet determined based on detection of the sheet by the sensor is different from a setting size in a first operation mode. The control circuitry is configured to cause the conveyor to stop conveyance of the sheet and allow recovery printing when the size of the sheet is different from the setting size in a second operation mode in which a number of times of printing is larger than a number of times of printing in the first operation mode.
US10769504B2	Expanding appliance for image identifying modules and expanding method for expanding appliance An expanding appliance includes a connect port, an image capturing module, an intelligent control module, an image transmitting module, and a result displaying module. The expanding appliance connects an image input device through the connect port, connects a display device through the result displaying module, and connects one or more image-applied function module through the image transmitting module. The intelligent control module generates a demanding command according to a successfully-connected image-applied function module. The image capturing module controls the image input device to capture image data based on the demanding command, and quantizes samples of the image data as computation data. The image transmitting module provides the computation data to the image-applied function module for image identification and receives an identification result. Finally, the intelligent control module triggers the result display module for displaying the identification result on the display device.
US10769503B1	Digital organization of printed documents according to extracted semantic information A method of analyzing and organizing printed documents is performed at a computing system having one or more processors and memory. The method includes receiving one or more printed documents, each including one or more pages. The method includes processing each page of each printed document. The method includes scanning the respective page to obtain an image file. The method also includes determining a document class for the respective page by inputting the image file to one or more trained classifier models, and generating a semantic analyzer pipeline including at least an optical character recognition (OCR)-based semantic analyzer. The method also includes applying the OCR-based semantic analyzer to the preprocessed output page to generate a preprocessed output page and to extract semantic information corresponding to the respective page. The method includes determining a digital organization for the respective printed document based on the extracted semantic information and the document class.
US10769490B2	Image processing methods and devices A method for image processing includes: acquiring features of multiple images of a target object and a standard feature of the target object; and determining trusted images of the target object from the multiple images of the target object according to similarities between the features of the multiple images of the target object and the standard feature thereof, wherein similarities between features of the trusted images of the target object and the standard feature of the target object meet a preset similarity requirement. The image processing method may be applied to application scenarios such as image comparison, identity recognition, target object search, and similar target object determination.
US10769489B2	Reading test cards using a mobile device An input image is received from a mobile device. A portion of the input image is determined to correspond to a test card and an image transformation is applied to that portion of the input image. The image transformation rectifies the portion of the input image. Based on the rectified image, a specific test for which the test card includes a result and the result of that test are both identified.
US10769487B2	Method and device for extracting information from pie chart The present application relates to a method and a device for extracting information from a pie chart. The method comprises the following steps: detecting each element in a pie chart to be processed and position information thereof, wherein the elements comprise text elements and legend elements; performing text recognition on the detected text elements and legend elements to obtain text information corresponding to the text elements and legend texts included in the legend elements respectively; and obtaining sector information and legend information according to each detected element and position information thereof and the legend texts, and enabling the sector information to correspond to the legend information one by one, wherein the sector information comprises a sector color and a proportion of the sector in the pie chart, and the legend information comprises a legend color and a corresponding legend text thereof.
US10769485B2	Framebuffer-less system and method of convolutional neural network A framebuffer-less system of convolutional neural network (CNN) includes a region of interest (ROI) unit that extracts features, according to which a region of interest in an input image frame is generated; a convolutional neural network (CNN) unit that processes the region of interest of the input image frame to detect an object; and a tracking unit that compares the features extracted at different times, according to which the CNN unit selectively processes the input image frame.
US10769484B2	Character detection method and apparatus Disclosed embodiments relate to a character detection method and apparatus. In some embodiments, the method includes: using an image including an annotated word as an input to a machine learning model; selecting, based on a predicted result of characters inside an annotation region of the annotated word predicted and annotation information of the annotated word, characters for training the machine learning model from the characters inside the annotation region of the annotated word predicted; and training the machine learning model based on features of the selected characters. This implementation manner implements the full training of a machine learning model by using existing word level annotated images, to obtain a machine learning model capable of detecting characters in images, thereby reducing the costs for the training of a machine learning model capable of detecting characters in images.
US10769476B2	License plate detection method and device Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for detecting a license plate. The method comprises: obtaining, according to pixel values of pixels in an image to be detected, a candidate license plate area M1 in the image to be detected (S101); calculating an aspect ratio of the candidate license plate area M1 and determining if the aspect ratio is greater than a first predefined threshold (S102); determining, if the aspect ratio is greater than the first predefined threshold, a new candidate license plate area M2 from the candidate license plate area M1 according to a predefined machine learning-based regression algorithm (S103); determining, according to a first predefined classification model, whether the candidate license plate area M2 is a license plate area (S104); determining, if the candidate license plate area M2 is a license plate area, the candidate license plate area M2 as a license plate area, and generating a detection result based on the candidate license plate area M2 (S105). The application of the solution improves the accuracy of license plate detection.
US10769473B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium A plurality of recognition positions each recognized by a recognizer as a position of a target object on an input image are acquired. At least one representative position is obtained by performing clustering for the plurality of recognition positions. The representative position is edited in accordance with an editing instruction from a user for the representative position. The input image and the representative position are saved as learning data to be used for learning of the recognizer.
US10769464B2	Facial recognition method and related product Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to mobile terminal technologies, a facial recognition method and related products are provided. The method includes: acquiring a face image by a mobile terminal; extracting face feature information from the face image and matching the face feature information with a predetermined face feature template by a central processing unit (CPU) of the mobile terminal; performing liveness detection according to the face image by a graphics processing unit of the mobile terminal when the CPU extracts the face feature information from the face image and matches the face feature information with the predetermined face feature template.
US10769463B2	Training of vehicles to improve autonomous capabilities Systems and methods of training vehicles to improve performance, reliability and autonomy of vehicles. Sensors capture a vehicle driver's eye movements, hand grip and contact area on steering wheel, distance of the accelerator and brake pedals from the foot, depression of these pedals by the foot, and ambient sounds. Data from these sensors is used as training data to improve autonomy of vehicles. Detection of events occurring outside a vehicle is made by comparing human sensor data with an associated road map to determine correlation. Signatures corresponding to human reactions and actions are extracted, which also incorporate data acquired using vehicle and outside environment sensors. By scoring driver responses to events outside the vehicle as well as during non-events, expert drivers are identified, whose responses are used as a part of vehicle training data.
US10769462B2	Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program An information processing apparatus includes a position specifying unit that specifies a position of each member of an assembly, a biometric information acquiring unit that acquires biometric information from members of which the number is smaller than the number of all members, an activeness degree specifying unit that specifies, from the biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquiring unit, an activeness degree of the member from which the biometric information is acquired by the biometric information acquiring unit, and specifies, from the activeness degree and the position specified by the position specifying unit, an activeness degree of a member other than the member from which the biometric information is acquired by the biometric information acquiring unit among the members, and a determination unit that determines a state of the assembly from the activeness degree specified by the activeness degree specifying unit.
US10769461B2	Distracted driver detection Distracted driver detection is provided. In various embodiments, a video frame is captured. The video frame is provided to a trained classifier. The presence of a predetermined action by a motor vehicle operator depicted therein is determined from the trained classifier. An alert is sent via a network indicating the presence of the predetermined action and at least one identifier associated with the motor vehicle operator.
US10769455B2	System and method of compensating for position of vehicle using determined road-line offsets The present disclosure relates to a system and a method of compensating for a position of a vehicle, and a camera module. More specifically, a system of compensating for the position of the vehicle of the present disclosure detects a front road-line and a rear road-line of a driving lane of the vehicle based on image data on the front and rear areas of the vehicle, calculates an offset of a front road-line and an offset of a rear road-line based on the front road-line and the rear road-line of the driving lane of the vehicle, compares the offset of the front road-line with the offset of the rear road-line, and determines a final road-line offset of the vehicle according to the result of the comparison.
US10769454B2	Camera blockage detection for autonomous driving systems System and methods for detecting blockages in images are described. A method may include receiving a plurality of images captured by a camera installed on a vehicle. The method may include identifying one or more candidate blocked regions in the plurality of images. Each of the candidate blocked regions may contain image data caused by blockages in the camera's field-of-view. The method may further include assigning blockage scores to the one or more candidate blocked regions based on region-associations among the one or more candidate blocked regions in the plurality of images. In response to a determination that one of the blockage scores is above a predetermined blockage threshold, the method may include transmitting a blockage alarm signal to the vehicle.
US10769453B2	Electronic device and method of controlling operation of vehicle An electronic device and method of controlling an operation of a vehicle are provided. The method includes obtaining a video sequence including a plurality of frames from a camera installed on the vehicle; detecting, from the plurality of frames, an object included in the plurality of frames; obtaining position information regarding the object with respect to each of the plurality of frames; determining whether an event related to driving of the vehicle has occurred by analyzing time-series changes in positions of the object in the plurality of frames; generating a notification message about the event based on a result of the determining; and outputting the generated notification message, wherein the detecting of the object, the obtaining of the position information, the determining of whether an event has occurred, and the generating of the notification message are performed using a plurality of learning models.
US10769452B2	Evaluating and presenting pick-up and drop-off locations in a situational-awareness view of an autonomous vehicle In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, based on map data, an area for pick-up or drop-off of a user by an autonomous vehicle. The method also includes determining, based on autonomous-vehicle sensor data that represents an external environment of the autonomous vehicle, one or more potential pick-up or drop-off locations within the area. The method also includes calculating, based at least in part on the autonomous-vehicle sensor data and historical data a viability score for each of the potential pick-up or drop-off locations. The historical data includes past pick-up or drop-off locations for one or more past users. The method also includes providing for display a visual representation of at least a portion of the area for pick-up or drop-off that indicates at least one of the one or more potential pick-up or drop-off locations.
US10769450B1	Tracking positions using a scalable position tracking system A scalable tracking system processes video of a space to track the positions of people within a space. The tracking system determines local coordinates for the people within frames of the video and then assigns these coordinates to time windows based on when the frames were received. The tracking system then combines or clusters certain local coordinates that have been assigned to the same time window to determine a combined coordinate for a person during that time window.
US10769444B2	Object detection from visual search queries This invention includes a system and method of populating a data-base with known objects. The database can be populated with off-line data augmentation (e. g. a web crawler) or by aligning known objects and metadata clusters with defined content. A viewer can query images from live or offline media. Objects in the viewers query are linked with similar objects or recommended products in the database.
US10769439B2	System and method for fixed camera and unmanned mobile device collaboration to improve identification certainty of an object A process for fixed camera and unmanned mobile device collaboration is disclosed in order to improve identification of an object of interest. A first point of view (POV) of a captured object is obtained and it is determined, with a first level of certainty, that the captured first POV of the object matches a stored object of interest. A dispatch instruction and intercept information is then wirelessly broadcast for receipt by camera-equipped unmanned mobile vehicles within a broadcast range for identifying and intercepting the object. Subsequently, a captured second POV of the first captured object is received via the one or more camera-equipped unmanned mobile vehicles. The captured second POV of the captured object is used to determine, with a second level of certainty, that the captured object matches the stored object of interest.
US10769437B2	Adaptive sampling of training views A head-mounted display, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium are provided. An embodiment of a method for obtaining training sample views of an object includes the step of storing, in a memory, multiple views of an object. The method also includes the step of deriving similarity scores between adjacent views and then a sampling density is varied based on the similarity scores.
US10769435B2	Method of avoiding biometrically identifying a subject within an image A method of image processing within an image acquisition device. In one embodiment an image including one or more face regions is acquired and one or more iris regions are identified within the one or more face regions. The one or more iris regions are analyzed to identify any iris region containing an iris pattern that poses a risk of biometrically identifying a subject within the image. Responsive to identifying any such iris region, a respective substitute iris region, containing an iris pattern distinct from the identified iris pattern to avoid identifying the subject within the image, is determined and the identified iris region is replaced with the substitute iris region in the original image.
US10769426B2	Inferring attributes of organizations using member graph In an example embodiment, a member profile corresponding to a member of a social networking service is obtained. Usage information for the member is then obtained, and one or more member metrics are calculated based on the member profile and usage information for the corresponding member. A plurality of features are extracted from the member profile and the one or more member metrics. The plurality of features is inserted into an organization name confidence score model to obtain a confidence score for an organization name in the member profile.
US10769425B2	Method and system for extracting information from an image of a filled form document A method of determining a hierarchy of a blank template using an image of the blank template and using the determined hierarchy for providing labels and field values of text lines of a filled form document.
US10769423B2	Method, system and terminal for identity authentication, and computer readable storage medium A method, a system and a terminal for identity authentication, and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a human body image of a person to be authenticated, and determining from the human body image a plurality of skeleton key points of the person to be authenticated; converting the skeleton key points into feature data, and combining the feature data to form physique feature information characterizing the person to be authenticated; processing the physique feature information using a physique feature model by inputting the physique feature information into the physique feature model, to obtain a processing result; and recognizing the identity of the person to be authenticated based on the processing result of the physique feature model.
US10769422B2	Neural network-based recognition of trade workers present on industrial sites A computer-implemented method and system for neural network-based recognition of trade workers present on industrial sites is presented. In an embodiment, a method comprises: using a computing device, receiving a plurality of digital images depicting a particular worker; using the computing device, based on the plurality of digital images, determining a plurality of key-point sets of the digital images, each of the plurality of key-point sets comprising location information of key points identified within a depiction of the particular worker in a particular digital image; using the computing device, based on the plurality of key-point sets, determining a plurality of trade-specific activities that appear to be performed by the particular worker; using the computing device, based on the plurality of trade-specific activities, determining a plurality of trade probabilities, each trade probability among the trade probabilities indicating a likelihood that the particular worker belongs to a particular trade from among a plurality of different trades.
US10769418B2	Devices and systems for collective impact on mental states of multiple users Devices, computer-readable media and methods for affecting mental states of a first user and a second user are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive first biometric data for a first user, quantify a mental state of the first user based upon the first biometric data, receive second biometric data for a second user, and quantify a mental state of the second user based upon the second biometric data. The processor may further select a first automated action to affect the mental state of the first user and the mental state of the second user, and implement the first automated action to affect the mental state of the first user and the mental state of the second user.
US10769416B2	Image processing method, electronic device and storage medium An image processing method, an electronic device, and a storage medium are described. The image processing method may include acquiring a first face information set output by face recognition operation; acquiring recognition duration of the face recognition operation; determining a preview image at a time point earlier than an output time point by the recognition duration, the output time point being a time point when first face information set is output; and binding the first face information set with the determined preview image.
US10769412B2	Mug shot acquisition system A mug shot acquisition system is disclosed that includes an image acquisition interface that is operative to receive digital mug shot images from an imaging device. An image viewing display is responsive to the image acquisition interface and operative to display the received digital mug shot images. One or more standards-based image adjustment software tools allow the digital mug shot images to be adjusted to meet at least one predetermined mug shot image uniformity standard. The system also includes a software interface responsive to requests to initiate one or more operations by the mug shot acquisition system, and an image export interface operative to export digital mug shot images adjusted based on the standards-based image adjustment software.
US10769411B2	Pose estimation and model retrieval for objects in images Techniques are provided for selecting a three-dimensional model. An input image including an object can be obtained, and a pose of the object in the input image can be determined. One or more candidate three-dimensional models representing one or more objects in the determined pose can be obtained. From the one or more candidate three-dimensional models, a candidate three-dimensional model can be determined to represent the object in the input image.
US10769410B2	Augmented reality based component replacement and maintenance Augmented reality (AR) based component replacement and maintenance may include receiving a first wireless signal from a pair of AR glasses worn by a user. An image of a component viewed by the user may be analyzed and compared to a plurality of images of components stored in a database that includes information associated with the plurality of images of the components. Based on a match of the image of the component viewed by the user to one of the plurality of images of the components stored in the database, the component viewed by the user may be identified. An inventory of the identified component may be analyzed to determine whether a supplier includes the identified component in stock, and in response to a determination that the supplier includes the identified component in stock, an estimated time of delivery of the identified component to the user may be determined.
US10769406B2	Non-directional fingerprint and palmprint identification method and non-directional fingerprint and palmprint data creation method A non-directional fingerprint and palmprint identification method and a non-directional fingerprint and palmprint data creation method. In the fingerprint and palmprint identification method, a fingerprint and palmprint identification device detects and scans the fingerprints and palmprint of a user to generate a fingerprint and palmprint image and transmit the image to a processor. The processor identifies and calculates the fingerprint and palmprint image to obtain the fingerprint of a specific finger and the palmprint. According to at least one reference line and the fingerprint of the specific finger and the palmprint, the processor identifies and processes the intersection points to generate multiple intersection points. Then the processor calculates and processes the distances between the intersection points to generate multiple characteristic points and converts the characteristic points into digitalized characteristic data to compare the characteristic data with the characteristic data stored in a characteristic database to generate a comparison result.
US10769405B2	Electronic card comprising a fingerprint sensor and method of manufacturing such a card The invention relates to a flexible electronic card comprising: a card body (1) comprising an upper surface (11) and a lower surface (12); at least one cavity (13, 13′) formed in the card body emerging from the upper surface; a fingerprint module (2) configured to acquire a fingerprint of a user, the fingerprint module being housed in the cavity (13) and flush with the upper surface of the card body; the fingerprint module (2) comprising a flexible substrate (22) comprising an active part (21), designated capture part, flush with the upper surface of the card body and a microcontroller (23) arranged below the substrate.
US10769403B2	Image sensing with a display An electronic device includes a cover glass having a display surface, a pixelated photoemitting element array, and a pixelated photodetecting element array. The pixelated photoemitting element array emits a light signal through the cover glass to the display surface. The pixelated photodetecting element array is positioned relative to the pixelated photoemitting element array and the cover glass to receive a reflected light signal. The reflected light signal includes a portion of the emitted light signal reflected by total internal reflection from a refractive boundary at the display surface. Operation of each pixel is switched between the one or more photodetecting elements and the one or more photoemitting elements by the pixel selector signal component received from the pixel selector signal bus. A sensing trigger is configured to trigger the imaging scan by the pixelated photoemitting element array and the pixelated photodetecting element array, responsive to detection of an initiating action.
US10769402B2	Non-contact friction ridge capture device A non-contact friction ridge capture device is described. The device comprises a device housing, the device housing including an electronics compartment and an illumination shield, with an opening between the electronics compartment and the illumination shield into which a user can insert the user's hand. The device further comprising a camera disposed in the electronics compartment for capturing an image of at least one friction ridge surface on a user's hand. The device further comprises a light source disposed in the electronics compartment, the light source emitting light in the direction of the illumination shield, wherein the peak wavelength of emitted light is in the range of 440 to 570 nanometers (nm). The user's hand is not required to contact the device when the camera captures the image of at least one friction ridge surface on a user's hand.
US10769401B2	Image recognition device, image recognition method and image recognition unit An image recognition device, an image recognition method and an image recognition unit are capable of performing touch recognition high in accuracy. The image recognition device includes a measurement point determination section adapted to determine a fingertip from an image obtained by a camera, a pattern display section adapted to make a projector display a first pattern having a first linear pattern varying in luminance with a first pitch along a direction parallel to an epipolar line passing through the fingertip, and a second linear pattern varying in luminance with a second pitch along a direction parallel to the epipolar line, and a position detection section adapted to perform touch recognition based on a variation of the first pattern from the image including the first pattern.
US10769400B2	Barcode reader A barcode reader may perform image processing functions to generate distinct image data records from the frame of image data of a barcode, select an image data record from the distinct image data records and decode the selected image data record. Each image data record may be generated by applying a distinct image processing function to the frame of image data. The barcode reader may capture multiple frames of image data in sequence based on image capture parameters. At least one of the multiple frames of image data may be captured with a distinct parameter value. The image capture parameters may include an exposure setting, a gain setting, a resolution setting, and/or an illumination setting.
US10769399B2	Method for improper product barcode detection Techniques are provided for detecting an improper barcode using a neural network trained to identify an object from physical features appearing in images of object, and without resorting to using a barcode or other indicia to identify the object. The neural network is self-training, updating itself with selected images obtained at a Point-of-Sale. That is, the neural network is capable of training itself while performing improper barcode detection operations, such as spoofing detection.
US10769398B2	Reading device In an embodiment, a reading device comprises a housing having a height. A first reading window is on a first surface side of the housing at a first height position. A first reading unit is inside the housing and configured to direct light out the first reading window for imaging an item. A second reading window is on a second surface side of the housing at a second height position that is less than the first height position in height. A second reading unit is inside the housing and configured to direct light out the second reading window for imaging an item.
US10769393B2	Chip on board based highly integrated imager An apparatus for use in decoding a bar code symbol may include an image sensor integrated circuit having a plurality of pixels, timing, and control circuitry for controlling an image sensor, gain circuitry for controlling gain, and analog to digital conversion circuitry for conversion of an analog signal to a digital signal. The apparatus may also include a PCB for mounting the image sensor integrated circuit and light source bank. The connection between the image sensor integrated circuit and/or light source bank and the PCB characterized by a plurality of wires connecting a plurality of bond pads and a plurality of contact pads, where the wires, bond pads, and contact pads provide electrical input/output and mechanical connections between the image sensor integrated circuit and the PCB. The apparatus may be operative for processing image signals generated by the image sensor integrated circuit for attempting to decode the bar code symbol.
US10769386B2	Terminology proposal engine for determining target language equivalents An input terminology is received in a source language to determine a target language proposal. In a proposal engine when a configuration profile is available the following steps are performed. A set of target language equivalents are determined by applying a user-defined set of approaches to the input terminology. Statistics is computed corresponding to the set of target language equivalents. A target language proposal from the set of target language equivalents is determined based on the computed statistics. The target language proposal along with the computed statistics is displayed in a graphical user interface.
US10769385B2	System and method for inferring user intent from speech inputs A text string with a first and a second portion is provided. A domain of the text string is determined by applying a first word-matching process to the first portion of the text string. It is then determined whether the second portion of the text string matches a word of a set of words associated with the domain by applying a second word-matching process to the second portion of the text string. Upon determining that the second portion of the text string matches the word of the set of words, it is determined whether a user intent from the text string based at least in part on the domain and the word of the set of words.
US10769380B2	Method and apparatus for situational analysis text generation Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that are configured to generate a situational analysis text. In some example embodiments, a method is provided that comprises generating a set of messages based on one or more key events in a primary data channel and one or more significant events in one or more related data channels in response to an alert condition. The method of this embodiment may also include generating a situational analysis text based on the set of messages and the relationships between them. In some example embodiments, the situational analysis text is configured to linguistically express the one or more key events, the one or more significant events, and the relationships between the one or more key events and the one or more significant events.
US10769377B2	Learning object/action pairs for recipe ingredients Aspects include learning object/action pairs for recipe ingredients. A method includes extracting an ingredient list that includes a plurality of entries from a recipe stored in an electronic format. Each of the plurality of entries includes one or more words. For each multi-word entry in the ingredient list, an ingredient associated with the entry is identified by comparing words contained in the entry to terms in a lexicon of cooking domain terms. It is determined whether an action corresponds to the identified ingredient. The determining includes parsing the entry to locate a verb that is associated with the identified ingredient. Based on determining that an action corresponds to the identified ingredient, a food item action pair that includes the identified ingredient and the located verb is output.
US10769374B1	Answer selection method for question answering system and the system Disclosed are an answer selection method for a question answering system. With the method and system, a sentence distributed representation of a question and an answer is generated by adopting a hierarchical length-adaptive neural network structure with a purpose of extracting high-quality sentence features by using different neural feature extractors according to a length of an input sentence. First, one word distributed representation is generated for each word in the input sentence by connecting one fixed word embedding and one finely-adjusted word embedding. Next, a BiLSTM-based feature extractor is used for a short sentence and a Transformer-based feature extractor is used for a long sentence. Finally, a sentence vector representation for measuring a correlation between a question and a candidate answer is generated by using an attention pooling layer considering an interaction between a question sentence and an answer sentence.
US10769373B2	Contextual validation of synonyms in otology driven natural language processing Embodiments described herein provide approaches for validating synonyms in ontology driven natural language processing. Specifically, an approach is provided for receiving a user input containing a token, structuring the user input into a semantic model comprising a set of classes each containing a set of related permutations of the token, designating the token as a synonym of one of the set of related permutations, annotating the token with a class from the set of classes corresponding to the one of the set of related permutations, and validating the annotation of the token by determining an accuracy of the designation of the token as a synonym of the one of the set of related permutations. In one embodiment, the accuracy is determined by quantifying a linear distance between the token and a contextual token also within the user input, and comparing the linear distance to a pre-specified linear distance limit.
US10769372B2	Synonymy tag obtaining method and apparatus, device and computer readable storage medium The present disclosure provides a synonym tag obtaining method and apparatus, a device, and a computer readable storage medium. By obtaining the central morpheme of the tag to be recognized and then obtaining the tag template of the tag to be recognized according to the tag to be recognized and the central morpheme of the tag to be recognized, to obtain the synonymy tag of the tag to be recognized according to the tag template, and the central morpheme of the tag to be recognized and at least one cluster of synonymy tag templates, it is possible to avoid the technical problem about reduction of the coverage rate of the synonymy tags caused by data sparsity of the mining resources and thereby improve the reliability of obtaining synonymy tags, without depending on mining resources such as a click log having a paraphrase relationship or data having bilingual parallel alignment corpus.
US10769371B1	Automatic execution of actions responsive to search queries Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for automatic execution of actions responsive to queries. Example methods include determining a set of seed words for input at a first search engine, determining a first autocomplete result associated with a first word at the first search engine, and determining a second autocomplete result associated with the first autocomplete result at the first search engine. Example methods include determining a set of user interaction histories that comprises queries input at a second search engine, and determining that a first user interaction history includes a query with a portion of the second autocomplete result. Example methods include determining a user action performed after the query, and associating the user action with the query in a database, such that subsequent inputs of the query cause the first user action to automatically occur.
US10769370B2	Methods and apparatus for spell checking The embodiments of the present application disclose a spell checking method and device, which relate to the technical field of computer software. The method includes: determining character segments corresponding to characters contained in a page to be displayed according to preset character segment dividing rules; obtaining the character locations of wrong words in each of the determined character segments; presenting each of the determined character segments and marking wrong words in the corresponding character segment in a form of preset mark according to the character locations of wrong words in each of character segments. The solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application are applied to improve document loading speed and document displaying speed, thereby improving users' experience.
US10769366B2	Variable dimension version editing for graphical designs Computer-implemented methods for allowing users to specify interactive graphical designs are provided. The graphical designs can comprise multiple dimension versions—such as a tablet dimension version or a phone dimension version. Some of the methods involve an inheritance structure that defines a first dimension version of the design as a child of a second dimension version of the design. Specifications for properties of widgets in the graphical design are applied to the design in accordance with the inheritance specification. Some of the methods involve an inheritance characterization that determines how properties of a widget are affected by the inheritance structure across different dimension versions. Some of the methods involve an existence property for the widgets.
US10769365B2	Document history interface A document history interface provides a visual document history. In particular, document history application provides for tracking, storing and presenting events occurring over a document lifecycle to provide a robust interface for visualizing and accessing the document's history. In aspects, an interactive document timeline with a scroll control is provided to roll back through the document history. The interactive document timeline includes visual indicators for events that occurred during the document lifecycle, including but not limited to authoring events, communication events, and document branching events. A play control is further provided with the interactive document timeline such that a time-lapse rendition of events occurring over the document history may be displayed. In some aspects, upon scrolling to particular points along the interactive document timeline, legacy versions of the document may be saved as new documents.
US10769364B2	Generating custom application links A method includes receiving a request from a user device accessing a webpage, the request including a webpage uniform resource locator (URL) and a user device identifier. The method includes retrieving a list of events associated with the user device based on the device identifier. The method further includes retrieving sets of rules. Each set of rules indicates events and URLs that satisfy the set of rules. Each set of rules is associated with a template that includes link rendering data for rendering a link on the user device. The method includes identifying a set of rules that is satisfied by the received URL and events, transmitting link rendering data associated with the identified set of rules to the user device, and transmitting link routing data to the user device. The link routing data is configured to route the user device to an application state corresponding to the webpage.
US10769363B2	System and methods for transmitting clinical data having multi-segment fields from one or more modalities to a dictation machine A method of retrieving data from a Health Level 7 (HL7) clinical data from one or more modalities for transferring to a dictation system is disclosed. The method includes receiving HL7 clinical data having one or more multi-segment fields from a modality that generates the HL7 clinical data; accessing a formatting template for use in normalizing the parsed HL7 clinical data, the formatting template including a retrieval setting that specifies a type of the one or more multi-segment fields from which to retrieve the one or more values; retrieving the values from the fields of the one or more multi-segment fields based on the retrieval setting as specified in the formatting template; normalizing the retrieved values using format settings set in the formatting template; and sending the normalized values to the dictation system for use in generating a report by the dictation system.
US10769358B2	Obtaining data from incomplete electronic forms Visitors that abandon electronic or computer-generated forms before completing and submitting the form are lost to business entities. Data obtained from abandoned electronic or computer-generated forms is used to identify these lost visitors. Sometimes a unique script embedded on the webpages scrapes the data from the forms. The obtained data is further utilized to market or remarket to the lost consumers by sending personalized messages via a preferred communication medium.
US10769357B1	Minimizing eye strain and increasing targeting speed in manual indexing operations Techniques to validate data are disclosed. In various embodiments, an indication of a data entry form field to be validated is received. A current value associated with the data entry form field is displayed in a validation interface provided via a display device. A snippet or other partial image of a portion of a source document with which the data entry form is associated is displayed in a location adjacent or otherwise in a same field of view as the displayed current value associated with the data entry form field. The portion includes a content image that was processed to extract the current value from the source document.
US10769349B2	Handwritten data capture method and handwritten data capture device A handwritten data capture method creates handwritten data including a plurality of pieces of stroke data that is based on writing performed on each page of a paper medium having a plurality of pages. The handwritten data capture method includes: acquiring the plurality of pieces of stroke data created based on the writing sequenced in a writing order; displaying the pieces of stroke data together on a display device; accepting an input of a break position of the pieces of stroke data; identifying a continuous portion of the pieces of stroke data based on the break position and the writing order; updating the display device to display the identified continuous portion of the pieces of stroke data in the writing order; and repeating the accepting, the identifying, and the updating until a given operation is received.
US10769348B1	Dynamic typesetting A computer implemented method for providing a dynamic typesetting package. The method receives a request from a user for a typesetting package, and the typesetting package includes one or more font, and one or more rendering rules for defining typesetting for various elements of content across layout contexts. In response to a requested typesetting package, the method provides a link to the user. The link references the requested typesetting package. The method matches at least a portion of the elements of the content to one or more parameters in the one or more rendering rules. The one or more rendering rules, in response to an execution by a computerized device having a display, the content is dynamically typeset for the display.

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