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| US10833360B2 |
Protective anode coatings for high energy batteries
Materials for coating a metal anode in a high energy battery, anodes coated with the materials, and batteries incorporating the coated anodes are provided. Also provided are batteries that utilize the materials as electrolytes. The coatings, which are composed of binary, ternary, and higher order metal and/or metalloid oxides, nitrides, fluorides, chlorides, bromides, sulfides, and carbides limit the reactions between the electrolyte and the metal anode in a battery, thereby improving the performance of the battery, relative to a battery that employs a bare anode. |
| US10833358B2 |
Porous carbon having connecting mesopores and electrode
To provide a non-aqueous electrolyte electricity-storage element including a positive electrode including a positive-electrode active material capable of inserting and releasing anions, a negative electrode including a negative-electrode active material capable of inserting and releasing cations, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive-electrode active material is porous carbon having pores having a three-dimensional network structure, and wherein a changing rate of a cross-sectional thickness of a positive electrode film including the positive-electrode active material defined by Formula (1) below is less than 45%. |
| US10833356B2 |
Kinetically fast charging lithium-ion battery
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that have a high-capacity and a fast charge rate are provided. The lithium-ion batteries contain an anode structure that is of unitary construction and includes a non-porous region and a porous region including a top porous layer (Porous Region 1) having a first thickness and a first porosity, and a bottom porous layer (Porous Region 2) located beneath the top porous layer and forming an interface with the non-porous region. At least an upper portion of the non-porous region and the entirety of the porous region are composed of silicon, and the bottom porous layer has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness, and a second porosity that is greater than the first porosity. |
| US10833349B2 |
Energy storage device
An energy storage device includes: an electrode assembly which includes: an approximately rectangular positive electrode; an approximately rectangular negative electrode which is stacked alternately with the positive electrode; and a strip-like elongated separator having a base material layer and an inorganic layer which is made to overlap with the first base material layer, wherein the elongated separator is arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and the base material layer of the elongated separator faces the negative electrode in an opposed manner between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. |
| US10833348B2 |
Subunit of a battery module, battery module comprising such a subunit and method for producing same
A subunit of a battery module (2), comprising a first receiving element (3) and a second receiving element (4) which are connected to each other, forming at least one first receiving space (7) and at least one second receiving space (8), wherein the first receiving space (7) and the second receiving space (8) are separated from each other, and at least one battery cell stack (5) or at least one battery cell (6) is arranged in the first receiving space (7), and the second receiving space (8) is configured for receiving a temperature-control fluid (9). |
| US10833345B2 |
Materials for high-performance aqueous organic redox flow batteries
Quinones and related compounds for use in flow batteries are provided. Many of these compounds are found to mitigate the effects of crossover in a flow battery. Other structure for improving battery performance is provided. |
| US10833343B2 |
Air-water concentration cell
An air-water concentration cell is provided as follows. A cathode electrode is formed of a first material for catalyzing an oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). An anode electrode is formed of a second material for catalyzing an oxygen evolution reaction (OER). A proton conductive membrane is interposed between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode. A fuel reservoir is interposed between the proton conductive membrane and the anode electrode. The fuel reservoir contains water. The water of the fuel reservoir is in contact with the anode electrode and the proton conductive membrane. |
| US10833341B2 |
Non-catalytic hydrogen generation process for delivery to a hydrodesulfurization unit and a solid oxide fuel cell system combination for auxiliary power unit application
A non-catalytic hydrogen generation process is provided that supplies hydrogen to a hydrodesulfurization unit and a solid oxide fuel cell system combination, suitable for auxiliary power unit application. The non-catalytic nature of the process enables use of sulfur containing feedstock for generating hydrogen which is needed to process the sulfur containing feed to specifications suitable for the solid oxide fuel cell. Also, the non-catalytic nature of the process with fast dynamic characteristics is specifically applicable for startup and shutdown purposes that are typically needed for mobile applications. |
| US10833337B2 |
Electrochemical device and method for producing an electrochemical unit for an electrochemical device
An electrochemical device is provided that includes a stack of a plurality of electrochemical units that succeed one another in a stacking direction and each include an electrochemically active membrane electrode assembly, at least one gas diffusion layer and a bipolar plate having at least one flow field, in which at least one flow field is sealed off simply and reliably and the occurrence of parasitic flows is prevented, wherein at least one bipolar plate has at least one edge web, which borders a flow field of the bipolar plate and is in contact with a gas diffusion layer adjacent to the bipolar plate, and wherein the electrochemical device further includes at least one flow field seal element that seals off the flow field bordered by the edge web and is in contact with the edge web and in contact with the gas diffusion layer. |
| US10833335B2 |
Stainless steel substrate
The present disclosure provides a stainless steel substrate used for a fuel cell separator that comprises Nb and is excellent in corrosion resistance. The embodiments relate to a stainless steel substrate used for a fuel cell separator, comprising Nb in a solid solution state, and comprising substantially no precipitate of a Nb-containing intermetallic compound. |
| US10833329B2 |
Nickel-based active material for lithium secondary battery, method of preparing the same, and lithium secondary battery including positive electrode including the nickel-based active material
Provided are a nickel-based active material for a lithium secondary battery, a method of preparing the nickel-based active material, and a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode including the nickel-based active material. The nickel-based active material includes at least one secondary particle that includes at least two primary particle structures, the primary particle structures each including a porous inner portion and an outer portion having a radially arranged structure, and the secondary particle including at least two radial centers. |
| US10833323B2 |
Negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and method for producing negative electrode material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, wherein the negative electrode active material includes negative electrode active material particles, the negative electrode active material particles include a silicon compound particle which includes a silicon compound including oxygen, the silicon compound particle includes a Li compound, and the silicon compound particle is adhered with a phosphate salt in an outermost surface layer thereof. With this, the negative electrode active material which is high in the capacity and the stability to aqueous slurry as well as excellent in the cycle characteristic and the first efficiency can be provided. |
| US10833322B2 |
Positive electrode active material containing lithium composite oxide and lithium composite oxyfluoride, and battery including positive electrode containing positive electrode active material
A positive electrode active material contains a lithium composite oxide and a lithium composite oxyfluoride. The lithium composite oxyfluoride covers at least part of the surface of the lithium composite oxide. The lithium composite oxyfluoride is represented by a composition formula LiαMe2βOγFδ, where Me2 represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Ni, Fe, Al, Cu, V, Nb, Mo, Ti, Cr, Zr, Zn, Na, K, Ca, Mg, Pt, Au, Ru, and W; and 1.0≤α≤2.1; 0.8≤β≤1.3; 1.5≤γ≤2.9; and 0.1≤δ≤1.5. The crystal structure of the lithium composite oxyfluoride belongs to space group Fm-3m. |
| US10833321B2 |
Cathode materials for lithium ion batteries
A process of forming a coated cathode active material include preparing a cathode material precursor by co-precipitation; coating the cathode material precursor with an electrochemically inert coating material precursor by precipitation to form a coated cathode material precursor; lithiating the coated cathode material precursor with a lithium source material to form a lithiated coated cathode material precursor; and sintering the lithiated coated cathode material precursor to form a cathode active material coated with an electrochemically inert material. |
| US10833320B2 |
Poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-fluorenone-co-methylbenzoic ester), carbon nanotubes, and sulfur nanocomposite, electrode and lithium-fulfur battery including the same
The present invention provides for a composition of matter comprising: poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-fluorenone-co-methylbenzoic ester)(PFM), carbon nanotubes (CNT), and sulfur particles nanocomposite, wherein the nanocomposite is porous. The present invention also provides for an electrode comprising: poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-fluorenone-co-methylbenzoic ester)(PFM), carbon nanotubes (CNT), and sulfur particles nanocomposite, wherein the nanocomposite is porous. The present invention also provides for a lithium sulfur (Li—S) battery comprising: an electrode comprising poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-fluorenone-co-methylbenzoic ester)(PFM), carbon nanotubes (CNT), and sulfur particles nanocomposite, wherein the nanocomposite is porous. |
| US10833318B2 |
Three-dimensional architected pyrolyzed electrodes for use in secondary batteries and methods of making three-dimensional architected electrodes
In an aspect, an electrode for an electrochemical cell comprises: a structure having a nano- or micro-architected three-dimensional geometry; said structure comprising one or more active carbon allotrope materials; wherein said structure is characterized by an average density less than or equal to 2.3 g cm−3 and an average specific strength (strength-to-density ratio) greater than or equal to 0.004 GPa g−1 cm3. Also disclosed herein are methods for making an electrode for an electrochemical cell, and methods for making an electrochemical cell. |
| US10833317B2 |
Positive-electrode active material and battery
A positive-electrode active material contains a compound that has a crystal structure belonging to a space group FM3-M and that is represented by the composition formula (1) and a lithium ion conductor, LixMeyOαFβ (1) wherein Me denotes one or two or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Ni, Fe, Al, B, Ce, Si, Zr, Nb, Pr, Ti, W, Ge, Mo, Sn, Bi, Cu, Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Y, Zn, Ga, Er, La, Sm, Yb, V, and Cr, and the following conditions are satisfied. 1.7≤x≤2.2 0.8≤y≤1.3 1≤α≤2.5 0.5≤β≤2 |
| US10833316B2 |
Battery
Provided is a battery including: a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode; and an electrolyte solution containing a nonaqueous solvent. The positive electrode active material contains a compound represented by composition formula (1) below and having a crystal structure belonging to space group FM3-M: LixMeyOαFβ. (1) Here, Me is one or two or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Ni, Fe, Al, B, Ce, Si, Zr, Nb, Pr, Ti, W, Ge, Mo, Sn, Bi, Cu, Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Y, Zn, Ga, Er, La, Sm, Yb, V, and C. x, y, α, and β satisfy the following conditions: 1.7≤x≤2.2, 0.8≤y≤1.3, 1≤α≤2.5, and 0.5≤β≤2, respectively. The nonaqueous solvent includes at least one solvent selected from hydrofluoroethers, phosphazenes, phosphates, and perfluoropolyethers. |
| US10833312B2 |
Pressing device for electrode plate and manufacturing method for electrode plate
A pressing device for an electrode plate has a free roll, which is in contact with one surface of an electrode plate, and a nipping bar that presses the electrode plate against the free roll when conveyance of the electrode plate is stopped. On a surface of the nipping bar on an electrode plate side, a concave surface is formed, which has a curvature matching a curvature of a curve of an outer surface of the electrode plate on the free roll. A first angle of the concave surface, which is seen from a central axis of the free roll when the nipping bar is in a pressed state, is included in a second angle of a contact region between the electrode plate and the free roll. A size of a first angle region is within a range of 10˜80% of a size of the second angle. |
| US10833311B2 |
Method of making an anode structure containing a porous region
An anode structure for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that have a high-capacity are provided. The anode structure, which is made utilizing an anodic etching process, is of unitary construction and includes a non-porous region and a porous region including a top porous layer (Porous Region 1) having a first thickness and a first porosity, and a bottom porous layer (Porous Region 2) located beneath the top porous layer and forming an interface with the non-porous region. At least an upper portion of the non-porous region and the entirety of the porous region are composed of silicon, and the bottom porous layer has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness, and a second porosity that is greater than the first porosity. |
| US10833303B2 |
Composite end plate and battery module
The disclosure relates to a composite end plate and a battery module. The composite end plate comprises: a base plate comprising a first surface and a second surface disposed opposite to each other, wherein the base plate is arranged such that the first surface faces a battery; and a rigid insert, wherein the rigid insert and the base plate are made of different materials, the rigid insert is made of metal material, the rigid insert is arranged at a bottom portion of the base plate, and at least a part of the rigid insert is arranged at the second surface and extends in a length direction of the second surface. According to embodiments of the disclosure, the composite end plate comprises the base plate and the rigid insert made of different materials. |
| US10833301B2 |
Through silicon via energy storage devices
A method for forming a semiconductor includes forming at least one trench in a silicon substrate. The at least one trench provides an energy storage device containment feature. An electrical and ionic insulating layer(s) is formed on a top surface of the substrate and sidewalls of the trench. A plurality of vias is formed through a base of the trench. The plurality of vias is filled with a metal material. A trench base current collector at the base of the trench and backside current collector at the backside of the substrate are formed from the metal material. These current collectors enable electric and thermal conductive planarization and device isolation through the substrate. A plurality of energy storage device layers is formed over the trench base current collector, and a topside current collector is formed over the plurality of energy storage device layers. A protective encapsulation layer may then be formed. |
| US10833300B2 |
Battery for a handheld machine tool and method for producing a battery for a handheld machine tool
The battery unit according to the invention for a handheld machine tool comprises a number of battery cells, with at least one of the battery cells being embodied as an isolation battery cell, and showing a fire protection jacket comprising an intumescent material. The fire protection jacket surrounds the isolation battery cell at least partially such that the isolation battery cell is surrounded by the fire protection jacket at a predetermined temperature such that the isolation battery cell is thermally insulated. |
| US10833297B2 |
Jelly roll tape for rechargeable battery and rechargeable battery having the same
A jelly roll tape for a rechargeable battery and a rechargeable battery having the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the jelly roll tape includes a first adhesive layer configured to develop an adhesive property based at least in part on a reaction with an electrolytic solution and a second adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of the first adhesive layer. The second adhesive layer is formed at least partially of a rubber-based material. |
| US10833296B2 |
Thin film solid-state microbattery packaging
Systems and/or techniques associated with a solid-state microbattery packaging system are provided. In one example, a device comprises a substrate layer and a tape substrate layer. The substrate layer is associated with a set of solid-state microbattery components. The tape substrate comprises a releasable adhesive material and a polymer sealing material. A conductive surface associated with the set of solid-state microbattery components is disposed on the releasable adhesive material of the tape substrate layer. |
| US10833295B2 |
Battery cell and battery
An aspect of the present application provides a battery cell including an electrode assembly and a package bag accommodating the electrode assembly, the electrode assembly includes a first end surface and a second end surface disposed opposite to the first end surface, and the battery cell further includes a support assembly disposed between the electrode assembly and the package bag, and the support assembly has a cavity disposed opposite to the first end surface or the second end surface. Another aspect of the present application provides a battery. The purpose of the present application is to increase the storage amount of the electrolyte in the battery cell and the battery. |
| US10833294B2 |
Display panel and display device
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of display technology, and provides a display panel and a display device for increasing a light transmittance and improving a transparent display effect of the display panel. The display panel includes a display layer having a light-transmitting region and a light-emitting region. The display panel also includes a first light adjustment layer disposed on a first surface of the display layer. With respect to light propagating into the display layer via the first surface, at least one portion of the light, which is directed towards the light-emitting region, is redirected by the first light adjustment layer to pass through the light-transmitting region. |
| US10833291B2 |
Display device
An electroluminescent device includes a lower structure and a flexible encapsulation multilayer. The lower structure may have an emission area and a peripheral area surrounding the emission area. The flexible encapsulation multilayer may be disposed on the emission area and the peripheral area. The peripheral area may include an inorganic surface portion having a closed shape continuously surrounding the display area and comprising one or more inorganic materials. The flexible encapsulation multilayer may include a lower surface comprising only one or more inorganic materials. The lower surface of flexible encapsulation multilayer may be in direction contact with the inorganic surface portion. |
| US10833290B2 |
Encapsulation method of organic light emitting diode device and encapsulation structure encapsulated using same
An encapsulation method of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device is provided. The encapsulation method includes steps of a substrate formed with the OLED device; forming at least an encapsulation film on a surface of the OLED device; and bonding a pre-formed barrier layer to an edge region of the encapsulation film. By bonding the pre-formed barrier layer to the edge region of the encapsulation film, the disclosure can achieve effects of improving an ability of moisture and oxygen resistance of the edge region of the OLED device, thereby improving reliability of encapsulation of the OLED device and prolonging lifetime of the OLED device. |
| US10833288B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus including a substrate having an active area and a sealing area surrounding the active area; a display unit disposed on the active area of the substrate and including a plurality of organic light-emitting devices; and a sealing member including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the third portion disposed between the first portion and the second portion and connecting the first portion to the second portion. |
| US10833277B2 |
Heterocyclic compound and organic light emitting diode comprising same
The present specification provides a heterocyclic compound and an organic light emitting device comprising the same. |
| US10833268B2 |
Resistive memory crossbar array with a multilayer hardmask
Devices and/or methods that facilitate forming a resistive memory crossbar array with a multilayer hardmask are provided. In some embodiments, a resistive random access memory (RRAM) can comprise a multilayer hardmask comprising three layers, an interlayer oxide between a first layer of silicon nitride and a second layer of silicon nitride. In other embodiments, an RRAM can comprise a multilayer hardmask comprising two layers, a layer of an oxide on a layer of silicon nitride. |
| US10833261B2 |
Phase-change material (PCM) RF switch with top metal contact to heating element
In fabricating a radio frequency (RF) switch, a phase-change material (PCM) and a heating element, underlying an active segment of the PCM and extending outward and transverse to the PCM, are provided. Lower portions of PCM contacts for connection to passive segments of the PCM are formed, wherein the passive segments extend outward and are transverse to the heating element. Upper portions of the PCM contacts are formed from a lower interconnect metal. Heating element contacts are formed cross-wise to the PCM contacts. The heating element contacts can comprise a top interconnect metal directly connecting with terminal segments of the heating element. The heating element contacts can comprise a top interconnect metal and intermediate metal segments for connecting with the terminal segments of the heating element. |
| US10833259B2 |
Method of manufacturing phase-change material (PCM) radio frequency (RF) switch using a chemically protective and thermally conductive layer
A radio frequency (RF) switch includes a heating element, an aluminum nitride layer situated over the heating element, and a phase-change material (PCM) situated over the aluminum nitride layer. An inside segment of the heating element underlies an active segment of the PCM, and an intermediate segment of the heating element is situated between a terminal segment of the heating element and the inside segment of the heating element. The aluminum nitride layer situated over the inside segment of the heating element provides thermal conductivity and electrical insulation between the heating element and the active segment of the PCM. The aluminum, nitride layer extends into the intermediate segment of the heating element and provides chemical protection to the intermediate segment of the heating element, such that the intermediate segment of the heating element remains substantially unetched and with substantially same thickness as the inside segment. |
| US10833256B2 |
Magnetic tunnel junction element and method for manufacturing same
A magnetic tunnel junction element includes, in a following stack order, an underlayer formed of a metal material, a fixed layer formed of a ferromagnetic body, a magnetic coupling layer formed of a nonmagnetic body, a reference layer formed of a ferromagnetic body, a barrier layer formed of a nonmagnetic body, and a recording layer formed of a ferromagnetic body, or alternatively, the magnetic tunnel junction element includes, in a following stack order, a recording layer formed of a ferromagnetic body, a barrier layer formed of a nonmagnetic body, a reference layer formed of a ferromagnetic body, a magnetic coupling layer formed of a nonmagnetic body, an underlayer formed of a metal material, and a fixed layer formed of a ferromagnetic body, wherein the fixed layer is formed and stacked after performing plasma treatment to a surface of the underlayer having been formed. |
| US10833253B2 |
Low magnetic moment materials for spin transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory devices
A magnetoresistive random access memory device (MRAM) device is described. The MRAM device has a stack arrangement in which a tunnel barrier layer is formed over a magnetizable reference layer, a metal layer is formed over the tunnel barrier layer, a free layer of a magnetizable material is formed over the metal layer, and an oxide layer is formed over the free layer as a cap layer. The resulting MRAM device has a thin free layer that exhibits a low magnetic moment. |
| US10833249B2 |
Magnetic memory cell of current programming type
A memory cell, including a stack of: a conductive layer of a conductive material including a first chemical element; an oxide layer sufficiently thin to allow the flowing of a current by tunnel effect; and a conductive ferromagnetic layer having a programmable magnetization and including a second chemical element, wherein the oxide layer includes the first and second chemical elements. |
| US10833248B2 |
Method for preparing a sol-gel solution which can be used for preparing a barium titanate ceramic doped with hafnium and/or with at least one lanthanide element
The invention relates to a method for preparing a sol-gel solution which can be used to prepare a barium titanate ceramic doped with hafnium and/or with at least one lanthanide element, comprising the following steps: a) a step to place a first mixture comprising a barium carboxylate and a diol solvent in contact with a second mixture comprising a titanium alkoxide and a hafnium alkoxide and/or an alkoxide of a lanthanide element in a monoalcohol solvent; b) a step to distil the mixture resulting from step a) to remove at least part of the monoalcohol solvent; c) a step to add acetic acid, under heat, to the distilled mixture of step b). |
| US10833240B2 |
Thermalization of cryogenic quantum circuits
In an embodiment, a device includes a substrate having a thickness, wherein the thickness is a function of energy dissipation of a particle. In an embodiment, the device includes a thermal layer, formed on the substrate, of a first material that exhibits at least a threshold level of thermal conductivity, wherein the threshold level of thermal conductivity is achieved at a cryogenic temperature range in which a quantum circuit operates, and wherein any intervening material exhibits at least a second threshold level of thermal conductivity, wherein the threshold level of thermal conductivity is achieved at a cryogenic temperature range in which a quantum circuit operates. |
| US10833236B2 |
P-type thermoelectric conversion material, thermoelectric conversion module, and method of manufacturing p-type thermoelectric conversion material
Provided are a p-type thermoelectric conversion material, a thermoelectric conversion module, and a method of manufacturing a p-type thermoelectric conversion material that are capable of obtaining high thermoelectric conversion characteristics. The p-type thermoelectric conversion material has a full Heusler alloy having a composition represented by the following General Formula (1) and has a relative density of 85% or more, FexTiyMAaMBb . . . (1), wherein in Formula (1), MA is one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Sn, and Ge, MB is one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, and In, and x, y, a, and b are numbers set so that x+y+a+b=100, a+b=z, 50 |
| US10833235B2 |
Light source, method of manufacturing the light source, and method of mounting the light source
A light source includes a light emitting element configured to emit a light; a mounting substrate; and a ceramic substrate having a light emitting element mounted thereon and being bonded to the mounting substrate via a plurality of metal bumps made of gold, copper, a gold alloy, or a copper alloy. A method of manufacturing a light source includes forming a plurality of metal bumps on a mounting substrate; providing a ceramic substrate having at least one light emitting element mounted thereon; and bonding the mounting substrate and a ceramic substrate to each other via the metal bumps. |
| US10833229B2 |
Display device using semiconductor light emitting element and method for manufacturing same
The present invention relates to a display device and, particularly, to a display device using a semiconductor light emitting element. The display device according to the present invention comprises: a substrate at which a wire electrode is formed; a plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements electrically connected to the wire electrode; a plurality of fluorescent material layers for converting a wavelength of light; a wavelength converting layer which has a plurality of partition wall portions formed between the plurality of fluorescent material layers and is disposed to cover the plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements; and a color filter which has a plurality of filtering portions for filtering blue, green, and red colors, and is disposed to cover the wavelength converting layer, wherein at least one of the plurality of filtering portions is configured to have a width different from those of the other filtering portions. |
| US10833225B2 |
Micro assembled LED displays and lighting elements
The disclosed technology provides micro-assembled micro-LED displays and lighting elements using arrays of micro-LEDs that are too small (e.g., micro-LEDs with a width or diameter of 10 μm to 50 μm), numerous, or fragile to assemble by conventional means. The disclosed technology provides for micro-LED displays and lighting elements assembled using micro-transfer printing technology. The micro-LEDs can be prepared on a native substrate and printed to a display substrate (e.g., plastic, metal, glass, or other materials), thereby obviating the manufacture of the micro-LEDs on the display substrate. In certain embodiments, the display substrate is transparent and/or flexible. |
| US10833220B2 |
Micro light emitting diode device
A method for manufacturing a micro light emitting diode device is provided. A connection layer and epitaxial structures are formed on a substrate. A first pad is formed on each of the epitaxial structures. A first adhesive layer is formed on the connection layer, and the first adhesive layer encapsulates the epitaxial structures and the first pads. A first substrate is connected to the first adhesive layer. The substrate is removed, and a second substrate is connected to the connection layer through a second adhesive layer. The first substrate and the first adhesive layer are removed. The connection layer located between any two adjacent epitaxial structures are partially removed to form a plurality of connection portions. Each of the connection portions is connected to the corresponding epitaxial structure, and a side edge of each of the connection portions protrudes from a side wall surface of the corresponding epitaxial structure. |
| US10833217B2 |
Methods of making semiconductor radiation detector
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and a method of making the apparatus. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of semiconductor single crystal chunks. Each of the plurality of semiconductor single crystal chunks may have a first surface and a second surface. The second surface may be opposite to the first surface. The method may further comprise bonding the plurality of semiconductor single crystal chunks by respective first surfaces to a first semiconductor wafer. The plurality of semiconductor single crystal chunks forming a radiation absorption layer. The method may further comprise forming a plurality of electrodes on respective second surfaces of each of the plurality of semiconductor single crystal chunks, depositing pillars on each of the plurality of semiconductor single crystal chunks and bonding the plurality of semiconductor single crystal chunks to a second semiconductor wafer by the pillars. |
| US10833209B2 |
Conductive paste, method for producing same, and method for producing solar cell
A conductive paste including: a conductive powder containing silver; an indium powder; a silver-tellurium-coated glass powder; a solvent; and an organic binder, wherein the silver-tellurium-coated glass powder is a silver-tellurium-coated glass powder including a tellurium-based glass powder containing tellurium in an amount of 20% by mass or more, and a coating layer on a surface of the tellurium-based glass powder, the coating layer containing silver and tellurium as a main component. |
| US10833208B2 |
Method for manufacturing a cover for an electronic package and electronic package comprising a cover
A cover for an electronic package is manufactured by placing an optical insert, having opposite faces and configured to allow light radiation to pass therethrough, between two opposite faces of a cavity of a mold in a position such that said optical faces of the optical insert make contact with said opposite faces of the cavity of the mold. A coating material is injected into the cavity and around the optical insert. The coating material is set to obtain a substrate that is overmolded around the optical insert so as to produce the cover. An electronic package includes an electronic chip mounted to a support substrate with the cover formed by the overmolded substrate mounted to the support substrate. |
| US10833206B2 |
Microelectronic devices including capacitor structures and methods of forming microelectronic devices
A semiconductor structure includes a capacitor structure comprising an active region comprising opposing field edges parallel to a first horizontal direction and a gate region comprising opposing gate edges parallel to a second horizontal direction transverse to the first horizontal direction. The semiconductor structure also comprises a first dielectric material adjacent at least one of the opposing field edges or the opposing gate edges and a second dielectric material adjacent the active area and abutting portions of the first dielectric material. A height of the second dielectric material in a vertical direction may be less than the height of the first dielectric material. Semiconductor devices and related methods are also disclosed. |
| US10833204B2 |
Multiple width nanosheet devices
A technique relates to a semiconductor device. A first stack includes a first plurality of nanowires respectively coupled to first source and drain regions, and a second stack includes a second plurality of nanowires respectively coupled to second source and drain regions. First source and drain contacts couple to a first predefined number of the first plurality of nanowires. Second source and drain contacts to couple to a second predefined number of the second plurality of nanowires, wherein the first predefined number is different from the second predefined number. |
| US10833200B2 |
Techniques for forming vertical transport FET having gate stacks with a combination of work function metals
Techniques for reducing work function metal variability along the channel of VFET devices are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming a VTFET device includes: patterning fins in a wafer; forming bottom source/drains at a base of the fins and bottom spacers on the bottom source/drains; forming gate stacks over the fins including a gate conductor having a combination of work function metals including an outer layer and at least one inner layer of the work function metals; isotropically etching the work function metals which recesses the gate stacks with an outwardly downward sloping profile; isotropically etching the at least one inner layer while covering the outer layer of the work function metals to eliminate the outwardly downward sloping profile of the gate stacks; forming top spacers above the gate stacks; and forming top source and drains at tops of the fins. A VTFET device is also provided. |
| US10833199B2 |
Nanowire transistor with source and drain induced by electrical contacts with negative Schottky barrier height
A nanowire transistor includes undoped source and drain regions electrically coupled with a channel region. A source stack that is electrically isolated from a gate conductor includes an interfacial layer and a source conductor, and is coaxially wrapped completely around the source region, extending along at least a portion of the source region. A Schottky barrier between the source conductor and the source region is a negative Schottky barrier and a concentration of free charge carriers is induced in the semiconductor source region. |
| US10833198B2 |
Confined source drain epitaxy to reduce shorts in CMOS integrated circuits
A method is presented for limiting lateral protrusion of neighboring epitaxial growths. The method includes masking an n-type field effect transistor (NFET) region of a semiconductor substrate with a first mask, forming first epitaxial source/drain regions in a p-type field effect transistor (PFET) region, where the first mask limits lateral growth of the first epitaxial source/drain regions in the PFET region toward the NFET region, masking the PFET region of the semiconductor substrate with a second mask, and forming second epitaxial source/drain regions in the NFET region, where the second mask limits lateral growth of the second epitaxial source/drain regions in the NFET region toward the PFET region. |
| US10833193B2 |
Semiconductor device, method of manufacturing the same and electronic device including the device
There are provided a semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the device. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor device may include a substrate, and a first device and a second device formed on the substrate. Each of the first device and the second device includes a first source/drain layer, a channel layer and a second source/drain layer stacked on the substrate in sequence, and also a gate stack surrounding a periphery of the channel layer. The channel layer of the first device and the channel layer of the second device are substantially co-planar. |
| US10833189B2 |
Semiconductor device
In an inactive region of an active region, a gate pad, a gate poly-silicon layer, and a gate finger are provided at a front surface of a semiconductor substrate, via an insulating film. The gate poly-silicon layer is provided beneath the gate pad, sandwiching the insulating film therebetween. The gate pad, the gate poly-silicon layer, a gate finger, gate electrodes of a trench gate structure, a gate finger, and a second measurement pad are electrically connected in the order stated. As a result, the gate electrodes where parasitic resistance occurs and the gate poly-silicon layer where built-in resistance occurs are connected in series between the second measurement pad and the gate pad. A resistance value of the overall gate resistance that is a combined resistance of the built-in resistance and the parasitic resistance may be measured by the second measurement pad. |
| US10833188B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device and semiconductor device
First and second p-type semiconductor regions (electric-field relaxation layers) are formed by ion implantation using a dummy gate and side wall films on both sides of the dummy gate as a mask. In this manner, it is possible to reduce a distance between the first p-type semiconductor region and a trench and a distance between the second p-type semiconductor region and the trench, and symmetry of the first and second p-type semiconductor regions with respect to the trench can be enhanced. As a result, semiconductor elements can be miniaturized, and on-resistance and an electric-field relaxation effect, which are in a trade-off relationship, can be balanced, so that characteristics of the semiconductor elements can be improved. |
| US10833181B2 |
Single column compound semiconductor bipolar junction transistor with all-around base
A vertical, single column compound semiconductor bipolar junction transistor device includes an all-around extrinsic base. Aspect ratio trapping is employed during fabrication of the transistor device on a silicon substrate. Homojunction and heterojunction devices are formed using III-V materials with appropriate bandgaps. The emitter of the device may be electrically connected by a lateral buried metal contact. |
| US10833180B2 |
Self-aligned tunneling field effect transistors
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include forming a doped drain structure having a first conductivity type on sidewalls of an intrinsic channel layer. An opening is etched in a middle of the channel layer. A doped source structure is formed having a second conductivity type in the opening of the channel layer. |
| US10833175B2 |
Formation of dislocation-free SiGe finFET using porous silicon
A semiconductor device that includes a fin structure having a porous core, and a relaxed semiconductor layer present on the porous core. The semiconductor device may further include a strained semiconductor layer that is substantially free of defects that is present on the strained semiconductor layer. A gate structure may be present on a channel region of the fin structure, and source and drain regions may be present on opposing sides of the gate structure. |
| US10833174B2 |
Transistor devices with extended drain regions located in trench sidewalls
A method of forming a transistor device where an extended drain region is formed by performing angled ion implantation of conductivity dopants of a first conductivity type into the sidewalls and bottom portion of a trench. The bottom portion of the trench is then implanted with dopants of a second conductivity type. Source and drain regions are formed on opposing sides of the trench including in upper portions of the trench sidewalls. A channel region is formed in a trench sidewall below the source region. The trench includes a control terminal structure. After formation of the transistor device, the net conductivity type of the bottom portion of the trench is of the first conductivity type. |
| US10833170B2 |
Low-k gate spacer and methods for forming the same
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a FinFET device having gate spacers with reduced capacitance and methods for forming the FinFET device. Particularly, the FinFET device according to the present disclosure includes gate spacers formed by two or more depositions. The gate spacers are formed by depositing first and second materials at different times of processing to reduce parasitic capacitance between gate structures and contacts introduced after epitaxy growth of source/drain regions. |
| US10833168B2 |
Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) nanosheet devices with epitaxial source/drains and replacement metal gate structures
A method of forming complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) nanosheet devices is provided. The method includes forming at least two adjacent trimmed stacks of sacrificial sheet segments and semiconductor nanosheet segments on a substrate, with a dummy gate structure and sidewall spacers on each of the at least two adjacent trimmed stacks. The method further includes forming a protective cap layer over the trimmed stacks, and forming a sacrificial fill layer on the protective cap layer. The method further includes forming a recess through the sacrificial fill layer and protective cap layer between the stacks, depositing a recess liner in the recess, and forming a dielectric fill layer in the recess on the recess liner. The method further includes forming a capping layer on one of the trimmed stacks, removing the sacrificial fill layer from another one of the trimmed stacks, and forming a source/drain on the semiconductor nanosheet segments. |
| US10833163B2 |
Epitaxial structure of N-face group III nitride, active device, and method for fabricating the same with integration and polarity inversion
The present invention provides an epitaxial structure of N-face group III nitride, its active device, and the method for fabricating the same. By using a fluorine-ion structure in device design, a 2DEG in the epitaxial structure of N-face group III nitride below the fluorine-ion structure will be depleted. Then the 2DEG is located at a junction between a i-GaN channel layer and a i-AlyGaN layer, and thus fabricating GaN enhancement-mode AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs), hybrid Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs), or hybrid devices. After the fabrication step for polarity inversion, namely, generating stress in a passivation dielectric layer, the 2DEG will be raised from the junction between the i-GaN channel layer and the i-AlyGaN layer to the junction between the i-GaN channel layer and the i-AlxGaN layer. |
| US10833162B2 |
Trenched bottom electrode and liftoff based molecular devices
A system and method for fabricating at least one of, a molecular device element and a TBELMD including depositing a first electrode material on an insulating substrate or layer, performing a photolithography process in the first electrode material, creating a trench component in the first electrode material with the photolithography process, determining a section of the electrode material to remove based on at least one of, a molecular device element and a TBELMD to be produced, removing the section of said first electrode material, oxidizing a portion of the first electrode material, creating a first insulator part from the oxidized portion of the first electrode material, in which the oxidized portion of the first electrode material includes at least a first electrode metal surface, depositing a second electrode material, and bridging the first and second electrode material. |
| US10833160B1 |
Field-effect transistors with self-aligned and non-self-aligned contact openings
Structures for a field-effect transistor and methods of forming a field-effect transistor. A sidewall spacer is arranged adjacent to a sidewall of a gate electrode, a source/drain region is arranged laterally adjacent to the sidewall spacer, and a contact is arranged over the source/drain region and laterally adjacent to the sidewall spacer. The contact is coupled with the source/drain region. A section of an interlayer dielectric layer is laterally arranged between the contact and the sidewall spacer. |
| US10833158B2 |
III-V segmented finFET free of wafer bonding
A technique relates to a semiconductor device. A stack is formed of alternating layers of inserted layers and channel layers on a substrate. Source or drain (S/D) regions are formed on opposite sides of the stack. The inserted layers are converted into oxide layers. Gate materials are formed on the stack. |
| US10833157B2 |
iFinFET
A technique relates to a semiconductor device. A stack includes two or more nanowires separated by a high-k dielectric material, the high-k dielectric material being formed on at least a center portion of the two or more nanowires in the stack. A separation space between the two or more nanowires is less than two times a thickness of the high-k dielectric material formed on a side wall of the two or more nanowires. A source or a drain formed on sides of the stack. |
| US10833156B2 |
Self-forming spacers using oxidation
A method of forming a self-forming spacer using oxidation. The self-forming spacer may include forming a fin field effect transistor on a substrate, the fin field effect transistor includes a gate on a fin, the gate is perpendicular to the fin; forming a gate spacer on the gate and a fin spacer on the fin, the gate spacer and the fin spacer are formed in a single step by oxidizing an exposed surface of the gate and an exposed surface of the fin; and removing the fin spacer from the fin. |
| US10833155B2 |
Vertical field effect transistor with top and bottom airgap spacers
A vertical field effect transistor (VFET) having a bottom airgap spacer located beneath a gate structure and a top airgap spacer located above the gate structure is provided. The top airgap spacer reduces overlap capacitance between the gate structure and a top source/drain structure of the VFET, while the bottom airgap spacer reduces the overlap capacitance and a coupling capacitance that is present between the gate structure and a bottom source/drain structure of the VFET. |
| US10833154B2 |
Electronic device including an insulating structure
An electronic device can include a substrate and an insulating structure. In an aspect, an anchor can include a portion of the substrate that extends into the insulating structure or a portion of the insulating structure that extends into the substrate. In another aspect, a process of forming an electronic device can include patterning a substrate to define a trench and a first anchor; and forming an insulating structure within the trench and adjacent to the first anchor. In a further aspect, a process of forming an electronic device can include patterning a substrate to define a trench having a sidewall and a first pillar spaced apart from the sidewall; doping the first pillar to change a conductivity type of the first pillar; and forming an insulating structure that surrounds the first pillar. |
| US10833153B2 |
Switch with local silicon on insulator (SOI) and deep trench isolation
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a switch with local silicon on insulator (SOI) and deep trench isolation structures and methods of manufacture. The structure a structure comprises an air gap located under a device region and bounded by an upper etch stop layer and deep trench isolation structures. |
| US10833150B2 |
Fast recrystallization of hafnium or zirconium based oxides in insulator-metal structures
A method for converting a dielectric material including a type IV transition metal into a crystalline material that includes forming a predominantly non-crystalline dielectric material including the type IV transition metal on a supporting substrate as a component of an electrical device having a scale of microscale or less; and converting the predominantly non-crystalline dielectric material including the type IV transition metal to a crystalline crystal structure by exposure to energy for durations of less than 100 milliseconds and, in some instances, less than 10 microseconds. The resultant material is fully or partially crystallized and contains a metastable ferroelectric phase such as the polar orthorhombic phase of space group Pca21 or Pmn21. During the conversion to the crystalline crystal structure, adjacently positioned components of the electrical devices are not damaged. |
| US10833144B2 |
Semiconductor device packages including an inductor and a capacitor
A semiconductor device package includes a substrate, a first patterned conductive layer, a second patterned conductive layer, a dielectric layer, a third patterned conductive layer and a connector. The substrate has a top surface. The first patterned conductive layer is on the top surface of the substrate. The second patterned conductive layer contacts the first patterned conductive layer. The second patterned conductive layer includes a first portion, a second portion and a third portion. The second portion is connected between the first portion and the third portion. The dielectric layer is on the top surface of the substrate. The dielectric layer covers the first patterned conductive layer and surrounds the second portion and the third portion of the second patterned conductive layer. The first portion of the second patterned conductive layer is disposed on the dielectric layer. The third patterned conductive layer is on the second patterned conductive layer, and the connector is directly on the third patterned conductive layer. |
| US10833141B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a plurality of subpixels each including a transmission portion and a light emitting portion on a substrate, wherein the light emitting portion includes a driving transistor and an organic light emitting diode connected to the driving transistor, and an extension line extending from a drain electrode of the driving transistor and a first electrode of the organic light emitting diode are connected to each other in the transmission portion. |
| US10833128B2 |
Reducing junction leakage and occurrence of dark current at a contact portion of a solid-state image device
There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a semiconductor base element, an organic photoelectric conversion layer formed above the semiconductor base element, a contact hole formed in an insulating layer on the semiconductor base element, a conductive layer formed in the contact hole and electrically connecting a photoelectric conversion part which includes the organic photoelectric conversion layer with the semiconductor base element, and a contact portion which is formed by self-alignment with the conductive layer in the contact hole in the semiconductor base element, and connected to the conductive layer. |
| US10833127B2 |
Three-dimensional and planar memory device co-integration
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device including three-dimensional and planar memory device co-integration includes forming trenches within a horizontal electrode stack to expose portions of a conductive layer, forming vertical electrodes including conductive material within the trenches, forming a planar memory device stack across the device, and patterning the planar memory device stack to form a planar memory device. |
| US10833126B2 |
Three dimensional stacked semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device may include: a plurality of row lines extended in parallel to each other in a first horizontal direction; a plurality of column line stacks extended in parallel to each other in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, wherein each of the plurality of column line stacks includes a plurality of column lines extended in parallel to each other in a vertical direction; and a plurality of cell pillars that pass vertically through the column lines of the column line stacks, each of the plurality of cell pillars has a first end and a second end, wherein the first ends of the plurality of cell pillars are electrically coupled to the plurality of row lines, and the second ends of the plurality of cell pillars are floated. Each cell pillar includes a core and variable resistance memory layers. |
| US10833124B2 |
Semiconductor devices including data storage patterns
A semiconductor device is provided including a base insulating layer on a substrate; a first conductive line that extends in a first direction on the base insulating layer; data storage structures on the first conductive line; selector structures on the data storage structures, each of the selector structures including a lower selector electrode, a selector, and an upper selector electrode; an insulating layer in a space between the selector structures; and a second conductive line disposed on the selector structures and the insulating layer and extended in a second direction intersecting the first direction. An upper surface of the insulating layer is higher than an upper surface of the upper selector electrode. |
| US10833121B2 |
Vertical silicon-on-metal superconducting quantum interference device
Techniques related to vertical silicon-on-metal superconducting quantum interference devices and method of fabricating the same are provided. Also provided are associated flux control and biasing circuitry. A superconductor structure can comprise a silicon-on-metal substrate that can comprise a first superconducting layer, comprising a first superconducting material, between a first crystalline silicon layer and a second crystalline silicon layer. The superconducting structure can also comprise a first via comprising a first Josephson junction and a second via comprising a second Josephson junction. The first via and the second via can be formed between the first superconducting layer and a second superconducting layer, comprising a second superconducting material. An electrical loop around a defined area of the second crystalline silicon layer can comprise the first via comprising the first Josephson junction, the second via comprising the second Josephson junction, the first superconducting layer, and the second superconducting layer. |
| US10833117B2 |
Image sensor including a first and a second isolation layer
An image sensor is provided comprising a substrate comprising first and second surfaces opposite to each other. A first isolation layer is disposed on the substrate and forms a boundary of a sensing region. A second isolation layer is disposed at least partially in the substrate within the sensing region and has a closed line shape. A photoelectric conversion device is disposed within the closed line shape of the second isolation layer, and a color filter is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. |
| US10833116B2 |
Image sensor having PD bias patterns
An image sensor may include a photosensing region in a substrate and configured to generate photoelectrons in response to an incident light on the photodiode region, conductive bias patterns disposed to be spaced apart from one another and surrounding the photosensing region, and pixel isolation patterns that are spaced apart from and disposed in a periphery of the conductive bias patterns. |
| US10833113B2 |
Image sensor and method for fabricating the same
An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes, a substrate including a light-receiving region and a pad region disposed around the light-receiving region, wherein the light-receiving region receives light to generate image data, a photoelectric conversion layer disposed on the light-receiving region of the substrate, an anti-reflection layer disposed on the photoelectric conversion layer and including a plurality of subsidiary anti-reflection layers, a microlens disposed on the anti-reflection layer, a delamination-preventing layer disposed on the pad region of the substrate, and a wiring layer disposed on the delamination-preventing layer, wherein a lowermost one of the subsidiary anti-reflection layers of the anti-reflection layer includes a first material composition and the delamination-preventing layer includes a second material composition different from the first material composition. |
| US10833112B2 |
Image sensor including transfer gates with projections extending from the sidewalls and method of fabricating the same
An image sensor includes a first transfer gate formed over a substrate, and including a first projection; a second transfer gate formed over the substrate, neighboring the first transfer gate, and including a second projection; and a floating diffusion formed in the substrate, and partially overlapping with the first transfer gate and the second transfer gate, wherein the first projection and the second projection face each other. |
| US10833111B2 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus
An inventive solid-state imaging apparatus is provided which can improve the efficiency of the electric carrier transfer from a photoelectric conversion portion to an electric-carrier accumulation portion. The solid-state imaging apparatus includes an active region having the photoelectric conversion portion, the electric-carrier accumulation portion, and a floating diffusion, and an element isolation region having an insulator defining the active region. In planer view, the width of the active region in the electric-carrier accumulation portion under a gate of the first transfer transistor is larger than the width of the active region in the photoelectric conversion portion under the gate of the first transfer transistor. |
| US10833104B2 |
Array substrate and its fabricating method, display device
The present disclosure provides a fabricating method of an array substrate, comprising: forming a pattern comprising a light shading member; spreading an organic material solution; solidifying the organic material solution, to form a buffer layer; forming a pattern of an active layer on the buffer layer, wherein a position of the active layer corresponds to a position of the light shading member; and forming a gate pattern, where the gate pattern is located on the active layer and is insulated from the active layer. Correspondingly, the present disclosure further provides an array substrate and a display device. |
| US10833103B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device includes: a substrate; a plurality of first semiconductor portions arranged in a first direction intersecting a surface of the substrate; a first gate electrode extending in the first direction, the first gate electrode facing the plurality of first semiconductor portions from a second direction intersecting the first direction; a first insulating portion provided between the first semiconductor portions and the first gate electrode; a first wiring separated from the first gate electrode in the first direction; a second semiconductor portion connected to one end in the first direction of the first gate electrode and to the first wiring; a second gate electrode facing the second semiconductor portion; and a second insulating portion provided between the second semiconductor portion and the second gate electrode. |
| US10833102B2 |
Low power 2D memory transistor for flexible electronics and the fabrication methods thereof
Devices and methods of a transistor device that include a flexible memory cell. The flexible memory cell having a gate stack with sidewalls provided over a substrate. The gate stack including a metal gate layer provided over the substrate. A buffer layer provided over the metal gate layer. A ferroelectric layer provided over the buffer layer. A dielectric layer provided over the ferroelectric layer. Further, a two-dimensional (2D) material layer provided over a portion of a top surface of the dielectric layer. Source and drain regions provided on separate portions of the top surface of the dielectric layer so as to create a cavity that the 2D material layer are located. |
| US10833092B2 |
Methods of incorporating leaker-devices into capacitor configurations to reduce cell disturb, and capacitor configurations incorporating leaker-devices
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having first electrodes with top surfaces, and with sidewall surfaces extending downwardly from the top surfaces. The first electrodes are solid pillars. Insulative material is along the sidewall surfaces of the first electrodes. Second electrodes extend along the sidewall surfaces of the first electrodes and are spaced from the sidewall surfaces by the insulative material. Conductive-plate-material extends across the first and second electrodes, and couples the second electrodes to one another. Leaker-devices electrically couple the first electrodes to the conductive-plate-material and are configured to discharge at least a portion of excess charge from the first electrodes to the conductive-plate-material. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies. |
| US10833090B2 |
Methods, structures and devices for intra-connection structures
Systems and methods are provided for forming an intra-connection structure. A first gate structure and a first source/drain region adjacent to the first gate structure is formed on a substrate. A first dielectric material is disposed on the first source/drain region. A spacer material is formed on the first gate structure. The first dielectric material is removed to expose at least part of the first source/drain region. At least part of the spacer material is removed to expose at least part of the first gate structure. A first conductive material is formed between the first gate structure and the first source/drain region to electrically connect the first source/drain region and the first gate structure. |
| US10833089B2 |
Buried conductive layer supplying digital circuits
An embodiment may include a method of forming an integrated circuit. The method may include forming a first pair of transistors stacked vertically above a semiconductor substrate arranged substantially perpendicular to the plurality of layers. Each of the first pair of vertically stacked transistors are of the same type and are connected in series. The method may include forming a second pair of transistors connected in parallel and arranged substantially perpendicular to the plurality of layers. The second pair of transistors are a different type than the first pair of vertically stacked transistors. The method may include forming a power supply rail within the semiconductor substrate and arranged at one end of the first pair of vertically stacked transistors. |
| US10833081B2 |
Forming isolated contacts in a stacked vertical transport field effect transistor (VTFET)
Structures and methods that facilitate forming isolated contacts in stacked vertical transport field effect transistors (VTFETs). A pair of stacked VTFETs are formed on a substrate and isolated from each other. A via or hole is formed to extend to a drain of the second VTFET and a source of the first VTFET. The via is filled with a metal below the first VTFET to form the second contact. The second contact is capped with a non-conductive material and the remaining portion of the via is filled with metal to form the first contact. Alternatively, a via or hole is formed to extend to a source of the second VTFET and a source of the first VTFET. The second contact may serve as a local interconnect, a ground, or a voltage source connection. |
| US10833080B2 |
Semiconductor logic element and logic circuitries
Disclosed is a semiconductor logic element having a field effect transistor of the first conductivity type and a field effect transistor of the second conductivity type. A gate of the first FET is an input of the semiconductor logic element, a drain of the second FET is referred to as the output of the semiconductor logic element and a source of the second FET is the source of the semiconductor logic element. By applying applicable potentials to the terminals of the field effect transistors it is possible to influence the state of the output of the logic element. Also disclosed are different kinds of logic circuitries with the described logic element. |
| US10833076B2 |
Integrated circuit devices with non-collapsed fins and methods of treating the fins to prevent fin collapse
An integrated circuit device with a substrate and a plurality of fins is provided where the fin width is less than 11 nanometers, the fin height is greater than 155 nanometers and the spacing between any two neighboring fins is less than 30 nanometers and each of the fins is in a non-collapsed state. An integrated circuit device with a substrate and a plurality of fins is also provided where the fin width is less than 15 nanometers, the fin height is greater than 190 nanometers and the spacing between any two neighboring fins is less than 30 nanometers and each of the fins is in a non-collapsed state. A method for forming a fin-based transistor structure is also provided where a plurality of fins on a substrate are pre-treated with at least one of a self-assembled monolayer, a non-polar solvent, and a surfactant. One or more of these treatments is provided to reduce the adhesion and/or cohesive forces to prevent the occurrence of fin collapse. |
| US10833074B2 |
Semiconductor device and method
A process for manufacturing a semiconductor device and the resulting structure are presented. In an embodiment a source/drain region is grown. Once grown, the source/drain region is reshaped in order to remove facets. The reshaping may be performed using an etching process whereby a lateral etch rate of the source/drain region is larger than a vertical etch rate of the source/drain region. |
| US10833073B2 |
Vertical transistors with different gate lengths
Techniques for forming VFETs with differing gate lengths are provided. In one aspect, a method for forming a VFET device includes: patterning fins in a substrate, wherein at least one of the fins includes a vertical fin channel of a FET1 and at least another one of the fins includes a vertical fin channel of a FET2; forming a bottom source and drain; forming bottom spacers on the bottom source and drain; forming gates surrounding the vertical fin channel of the FET1 and FET2; forming top spacers on the gate; and forming top source and drains at the tops of the fins by varying a positioning of the top source and drains relative to at least one of the vertical fin channel of the FET1 and the FET2 such that the FET1/FET2 have an effective gate length Lgate1/Lgate2, wherein Lgate1>Lgate2. A VFET device is also provided. |
| US10833069B2 |
Logic gate designs for 3D monolithic direct stacked VTFET
Logic gate designs (e.g., NAND, NOR, Inverter) for stacked VTFET designs are provided. In one aspect, a logic gate device is provided. The logic gate device includes: at least one top vertical transport field-effect transistor (VTFET1) sharing a fin with at least one bottom VTFET (VTFET2); a power rail connected to a power contact of the logic gate device; and a ground rail, adjacent to the power rail, connected to a ground contact of the logic gate device. A method of forming a logic gate device is also provided. |
| US10833067B1 |
Metal resistor structure in at least one cavity in dielectric over TS contact and gate structure
A structure includes a first dielectric over a trench silicide (TS) contact and over a gate structure, and at least one cavity in the first dielectric. A metal resistor layer is on a bottom and sidewalls of the at least one cavity and extends over the first dielectric. A first contact is on the metal resistor layer over the first dielectric; and a second contact is on the metal resistor layer over the first dielectric. The metal resistor layer is over the TS contact and over the gate structure. Where a plurality of cavities are provided in the dielectric, a resistor structure formed by the metal resistor layer may have an undulating cross-section over the plurality of cavities and the dielectric. |
| US10833060B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
According to one embodiment a semiconductor storage device includes a housing, a first rigid board, a controller, a second rigid hoard, a first semiconductor memory component, and a first connection board. The first rigid board includes a plurality of first terminals on a surface of the first rigid board. The second rigid board includes a plurality of second terminals on a surface of the second rigid board. The first connection board is in a state in which at least a part of the first connection board is bent. The first connection board includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion includes a plurality of third terminals connected to the plurality of first terminals of the first rigid board. The second end portion includes a plurality of fourth terminals connected to the plurality of second terminals of the second rigid board. |
| US10833059B2 |
Integrated assemblies comprising vertically-stacked decks of memory arrays
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a base supporting first circuitry and first conductive lines. The first conductive lines extend along a first direction and are associated with the first circuitry. A deck is over the base and supports an array of memory cells and second conductive lines which are associated with the array of memory cells. The second conductive lines extend along a second direction which is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. Vertical interconnects extend from the deck to the base and couple the first conductive lines to the second conductive lines. Each of the vertical interconnects couples one of the first conductive lines to one of the second conductive lines. Each of the second conductive lines is coupled with only one of the first conductive lines. |
| US10833054B2 |
Smart pixel surface mount device package
Emitter panels and displays utilizing solid state packages and methods for fabricating the same are disclosed. One emitter panel comprises a raised barrier on a submount defining a plurality of cavities, each cavity having at least one LED in a pixel area. The panel is capable of receiving electrical signals for independently controlling the emission from the emitters. Solid state displays utilize the emitter panels mounted in relation to one another to generate a message or image. The panels comprise multiple pixels each having at least one light emitter, with each panel capable of receiving electrical signals for independently controlling the emission of at the pixels. |
| US10833050B1 |
Interposer, electronic substrate, and method for producing electronic substrate
An interposer is capable of efficiently reinforcing the connecting portion between an electronic component and a substrate. The interposer is used for mounting a first electronic component on a substrate and includes a sheet-shaped spacer having at least one through-hole and including a material that does not flow during reflow soldering and a resin portion that covers at least a part of the spacer and is flowable during reflow soldering, and the through-hole is configured to store a bump of the first electronic component. |
| US10833047B2 |
Apparatuses of bonding substrates and methods of bonding substrates
A substrate bonding apparatus includes a lower chuck, an upper chuck, an electric actuator on a central portion of the upper chuck, a pressure sensor, and a controller. The lower chuck may support a lower substrate, the upper chuck may face the lower chuck such that a lower surface of the upper chuck faces the upper surface of the lower chuck, and the upper chuck may support an upper substrate. The electric actuator may lower a bonding pin through the upper chuck to apply a pressure to the upper substrate supported on the upper chuck. The pressure sensor may be below the lower substrate supported on the lower chuck. The pressure sensor may sense a lowering pressure applied by the bonding pin to the pressure sensor in real time. The controller may control the lowering pressure applied by the bonding pin. |
| US10833044B2 |
Package-on-package assembly with wire bonds to encapsulation surface
Apparatuses relating to a microelectronic package are disclosed. In one such apparatus, a substrate has first contacts on an upper surface thereof. A microelectronic die has a lower surface facing the upper surface of the substrate and having second contacts on an upper surface of the microelectronic die. Wire bonds have bases joined to the first contacts and have edge surfaces between the bases and corresponding end surfaces. A first portion of the wire bonds are interconnected between a first portion of the first contacts and the second contacts. The end surfaces of a second portion of the wire bonds are above the upper surface of the microelectronic die. A dielectric layer is above the upper surface of the substrate and between the wire bonds. The second portion of the wire bonds have uppermost portions thereof bent over to be parallel with an upper surface of the dielectric layer. |
| US10833040B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package includes a core member having a cavity penetrating through first and second surfaces, a semiconductor chip disposed in the cavity and having an active surface having connection, a passive component module disposed in the cavity, including a plurality of passive components and a resin portion encapsulating the plurality of passive components, and having a mounting surface from which connection terminals of the passive components are exposed, a connection member on the second surface and including a redistribution layer connected to the connection pads of the semiconductor chip and connection terminals of some of the plurality of passive components, connection terminals of the others of the plurality of passive components not being connected to the redistribution layer. |
| US10833037B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip including a semiconductor substrate, an element formed in an element forming region of the semiconductor substrate, and a through-via penetrating across a front surface and a rear surface of the semiconductor substrate while avoiding the element forming region of the semiconductor substrate to form a conductive path between the front surface and the rear surface; a circuit component mounted on a circuit component connection surface at the same side as the front surface of the semiconductor substrate of the semiconductor chip; and an external connection members formed on the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US10833036B2 |
Interconnect for electronic device
A semiconductor die includes a substrate and an integrated circuit provided on the substrate and having contacts. An electrically conductive layer is provided on the integrated circuit and defines electrically conductive elements electrically connected to the contacts. Electrically conductive interconnects coupled with respective electrically conductive elements. The electrically conductive interconnects have at least one of different sizes or shapes from one another. |
| US10833034B2 |
Semiconductor package
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor package, including a substrate, an active region in the substrate, an interconnecting layer over the active region, a conductive pad over the interconnecting layer, surrounded by a dielectric layer. At least two discrete regions of the conductive pad are free from coverage of the dielectric layer. A method of manufacturing the semiconductor package is also disclosed. |
| US10833033B2 |
Bump structure having a side recess and semiconductor structure including the same
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a bump structure. The bump structure includes a conductive layer and a solder layer. The solder layer is disposed vertically below and laterally between portions of the conductive layer along a cross-section. The conductive layer is continuous between the portions. |
| US10833032B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a protective layer, a redistribution pattern, a pad pattern and an insulating polymer layer. The protective layer may be formed on a substrate. The redistribution pattern may be formed on the protective layer. An upper surface of the redistribution may be substantially flat. The pad pattern may be formed directly on the redistribution pattern. An upper surface of the pad pattern may be substantially flat. The insulating polymer layer may be formed on the redistribution pattern and the pad pattern. An upper surface of the insulating polymer layer may be lower than the upper surface of the pad pattern. The semiconductor device may have a high reliability. |
| US10833030B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacture
A redistribution layer with a landing pad is formed over a substrate with one or more mesh holes extending through the landing pad. The mesh holes may be arranged in a circular shape, and a passivation layer may be formed over the landing pad and the mesh holes. An opening is formed through the passivation layer and an underbump metallization is formed in contact with an exposed portion of the landing pad and extends over the mesh holes. By utilizing the mesh holes, sidewall delamination and peeling that might otherwise occur may be reduced or eliminated. |
| US10833028B2 |
Thin-film capacitor structure and semiconductor device including the thin-film capacitor structure
A thin-film capacitor structure (50) is joined to an electrode pad surface (2S) of an area array integrated circuit (2) having a plurality of electrode pads (3G, 3P, 3S) arranged in an area array on the electrode pad surface (2S). The thin-film capacitor structure (50) includes a thin-film capacitor (10) including a first sheet electrode (11), a second sheet electrode (13), and a thin-film dielectric layer (12) formed between the first sheet electrode (11) and the second sheet electrode (12), a first insulating film (21), a second insulating film (22), and a plurality of through holes (30P, 30G, 30S). The plurality of through holes (30P, 30G, 30S) are bored from the first insulating film (21) to the second insulating film (22) through the thin-film capacitor (10) and formed in positions corresponding to the plurality of electrode pads (3G, 3P, 3S). |
| US10833026B2 |
Integrated circuit with backside structures to reduce substrate warp
Some embodiments relate to a method. In this method, a semiconductor wafer having a frontside and a backside is received. A frontside structure is formed on the frontside of the semiconductor wafer. The frontside structure exerts a first wafer-bowing stress that bows the semiconductor wafer by a first bow amount. A characteristic is determined for one or more stress-inducing films to be formed based on the first bow amount. The one or more stress-inducing films are formed with the determined characteristic on the backside of the semiconductor wafer and/or on the frontside of the semiconductor wafer to reduce the first bow amount in the semiconductor wafer. |
| US10833023B2 |
Circuit module
A circuit module (100) includes an electronic component (30), a plurality of conductor posts (40), a mold layer (50) that seals a plurality of the electronic components (30) and the plurality of conductor posts (40), and a shield layer (60) on the mold layer (50). The electronic components (30) include a first electronic component (31) and second electronic components (32, 36). The plurality of conductor posts (40) includes a group of conductor posts (400) traversing between the first electronic component (31) and the second electronic components (32, 36). The shield layer (60) includes a slit (600) that, with respect to each conductor post (40) included in the group (400) of conductor posts, in a plan view, passes and extends between the conductor post (40) and the first electronic component (31), or between the conductor post (40) and the second electronic components (32, 36). |
| US10833022B2 |
Structure and method to improve overlay performance in semiconductor devices
In an exemplary method, a first layer is formed on a substrate. First overlay marks are formed in a first zone of the first layer. A non-transparent layer is formed on top of the first layer. At least a portion of the non-transparent layer is removed from an area above the first zone of the first layer. This provides optical access to the first overlay marks. A second layer is formed on top of the non-transparent layer. Second overlay marks are formed in a second zone of the second layer. Position information is obtained from each of the first overlay marks and the second overlay marks. |
| US10833021B2 |
Method for precisely aligning backside pattern to frontside pattern of a semiconductor wafer
A method comprises the steps of providing a semiconductor device wafer; forming a first plurality of alignment marks on a first side of the semiconductor device wafer; forming a first pattern of a first conductivity type; forming a second plurality of alignment marks on a second side of the semiconductor device wafer; forming a bonded wafer by bonding a carrier wafer to the semiconductor device wafer; forming a third plurality of alignment marks on a free side of the carrier wafer; applying a grinding process; forming a plurality of device structure members; removing the carrier wafer; applying an implanting process and an annealing process; applying a metallization process and applying a singulation process. |
| US10833019B2 |
Dual metal-insulator-semiconductor contact structure and formulation method
A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming a first source/drain trench and a second source/drain trench over a first and second source/drain region, respectively; forming a first silicon dioxide layer in the first source/drain trench and a second silicon dioxide layer in the second source/drain trench; forming a first source/drain contact over the first source/drain region, the first source/drain contact including a first tri-layer contact disposed between the first silicon dioxide layer and a first conductive material; and forming a second source/drain contact over the second source/drain region, the second source/drain contact including a second tri-layer contact disposed between the second silicon dioxide layer and a second conductive material; wherein the first tri-layer contact includes a first metal oxide layer in contact with the first silicon dioxide layer, and the second tri-layer contact includes a second metal oxide layer in contact with the second silicon dioxide layer. |
| US10833018B2 |
Semiconductor device with transistor local interconnects
A semiconductor device includes a substrate with first and second transistors disposed thereon and including sources, drains, and gates, wherein the first and second gates extend longitudinally as part of linear strips that are parallel to and spaced apart. The device further includes a first CB layer forming a local interconnect electrically connected to the first gate, a second CB layer forming a local interconnect electrically connected to the second gate, and a CA layer forming a local interconnect extending longitudinally between first and second ends of the CA layer. The first and second CB layers and the CA layer are disposed between a first metal layer and the substrate. The first metal layer is disposed above each source, drain, and gate of the transistors, The CA layer extends parallel to the first and second linear strips and is substantially perpendicular to the first and second CB layers. |
| US10833013B2 |
Memory device interconnects and method of manufacture
At integrated circuit memory device, in one embodiment, includes a substrate having a plurality of bit lines. A first and second inter-level dielectric layer are successively disposed on the substrate. Each of a plurality of source lines and staggered bit line contacts extend through the first inter-level dielectric layer. Each of a plurality of source line vias and a plurality of staggered bit line vias extend through the second inter-level dielectric layer to each respective one of the plurality of source lines and the plurality of staggered bit line contacts. The source lines and staggered bit line contacts that extend through the first inter-level dielectric layer are formed together by a first set of fabrication processes. The source line vias and staggered bit line contacts that extend through the second inter-level dielectric layer are also formed together by a second set of fabrication processes. |
| US10833012B2 |
Transistor structures having electrically floating metal layers between active metal lines
The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to transistor structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes active metal lines separated by electrically floating metal layers which have a width less than a width of the active metal lines. |
| US10833008B2 |
Method of forming a packaged semiconductor device using ganged conductive connective assembly and structure
A packaged semiconductor device has a die attach pad and leads disposed proximate to the die attach pad. Each lead has a lead bottom surface and a lead end surface. A semiconductor device attached adjacent to a top surface of the die attach pad, and a conductive clip is attached to the semiconductor device and at least one of the leads. The conductive clip comprises a first tie bar extending from a first side surface of the conductive clip. A package body encapsulates the semiconductor device, the conductive clip, portions of the leads, at least a portion of the first tie bar, and at least a portion of the die attach pad. Each lead end surface is exposed in a side surface of the package body, and an end surface of the first tie bar is exposed in a first side surface of the package body. A conductive layer is disposed on each lead end surface but is not disposed on the end surface of the first tie bar. |
| US10833004B2 |
Capacitive tuning circuit using RF switches with PCM capacitors and PCM contact capacitors
A capacitive tuning circuit includes radio frequency (RF) switches connected to an RF line. Each RF switch includes a phase-change material (PCM), a heating element underlying an active segment of the PCM and extending outward and transverse to the PCM, and RF terminals having lower metal portions and upper metal portions. Alternatively, the RF terminals can have a trench metal liner separated from a trench metal plug by a dielectric liner. At least one capacitor is formed in part by at least one of the lower metal portions, upper metal portions, or trench metal liner. The capacitive tuning circuit can be set to a desired capacitance value when a first group of the RF switches is in an OFF state and a second group of the RF switches is in an ON state. |
| US10833002B2 |
Connection structure and method of forming the same
Provided is a connection structure for a semiconductor package which includes: a first passivation layer having an opening; a first conductive pattern that penetrates the first passivation layer and protrudes upwardly from the first passivation layer; a second passivation layer on the first passivation layer and covering the first conductive pattern; a second conductive pattern on the second passivation layer and electrically connected to the first conductive pattern; a third passivation layer on the second passivation layer and covering the second conductive pattern; and an external terminal in the opening and electrically connected to the first conductive pattern, wherein the first conductive pattern is thicker than the second conductive pattern. |
| US10832999B2 |
Packaging methods for semiconductor devices comprising forming trenches in separation regions between adjacent packaging substrates
Packaging methods for semiconductor devices are disclosed. A method of packaging a semiconductor device includes providing a workpiece including a plurality of packaging substrates. A portion of the workpiece is removed between the plurality of packaging substrates. A die is attached to each of the plurality of packaging substrates. |
| US10832995B2 |
Power module
A power module (10) having a leadframe (20), a power semiconductor (30) arranged on the leadframe (20), a base plate (40) for dispersing heat generated by the power semiconductor (30) and a potting compound (50) surrounding the leadframe (20) and the power semiconductor (30), that physically connects the power semiconductor (30) and/or the leadframe (20) to the base plate(40). |
| US10832993B1 |
Packaged multichip device with stacked die having a metal die attach
A leadless multichip semiconductor device includes a metal substrate having a through-hole aperture with an outer ring for holding a bottom semiconductor die with an inner row and an outer row of metal pads. The bottom semiconductor die has a back side metal (BSM) layer on its bottom side and a top side with bond pads mounted top side up on the ring. A metal die attach layer is directly between the BSM layer and walls of the metal substrate providing a die attachment that fills a bottom portion of the aperture. Bond wires are between the inner metal pads and the bond pads. A top semiconductor die has top bond pads mounted top side up on a dielectric adhesive on the bottom semiconductor die. Pins connect the top bond pads to the outer metal pads. A mold compound provides isolation between adjacent ones of the metal pads. |
| US10832988B2 |
Integrated circuit having contact jumper
An integrated circuit includes first and second active regions extending in a first direction, a first gate line extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and crossing the first and second active regions, and a first contact jumper including a first conductive pattern intersecting the first gate line above the first active region and a second conductive pattern extending in the second direction above the first gate line and connected to the first conductive pattern. |
| US10832986B2 |
Fan-out semiconductor package
A fan-out semiconductor package includes a first connection member having a through-hole, a semiconductor chip disposed in the through-hole and including an active surface having connection pads disposed thereon and an inactive surface opposing the active surface, a second connection member disposed on the active surface of the semiconductor chip and including a redistribution layer electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, and an encapsulant encapsulating the semiconductor chip and having a cavity disposed above the inactive surface of the semiconductor chip. |
| US10832983B2 |
Semiconductor device having a trench type device isolation film and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a semiconductor layer. A trench is formed within the semiconductor layer. A filling insulating film is disposed within the trench. An insertion liner is disposed within the filling insulating film. The insertion liner is spaced apart from the semiconductor layer and extends along the bottom surface of the trench. |
| US10832982B2 |
Display device
A display device including: a substrate element including a base layer, a circuit layer, and a device layer, the base layer forming a plane defined by a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to each other; an encapsulation element provided on the substrate element to seal the device layer; a sealing element provided along edges of the encapsulation element to connect the encapsulation and substrate elements to each other; an optical element provided on the encapsulation element; a window element provided on the substrate element; an adhesive element provided between the optical and window elements to connect the optical element to the window element; and a filling element provided between the window element and the substrate element, wherein the filling element is spaced apart from the optical element and the adhesive element, and is overlapped with the sealing element when viewed in a direction normal to the plane. |
| US10832977B2 |
Display element manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus
The display element manufacturing apparatus has a transporting part, which transports a substrate in a first direction, a first alignment system, which detects fiducial marks, a second alignment system, which is arranged at a prescribed distance from the first alignment system in the first direction and detects fiducial marks, calculating parts, which detect the fiducial marks and calculate the expansion/contraction of the substrate in the first direction or the transport speed of the substrate, and a processing part, which processes a prescribed position of the substrate based on at least one of the expansion/contraction of the substrate in the first direction or the transport speed of the substrate and the fiducial marks. |
| US10832970B2 |
Self-aligned silicide/germanide formation to reduce external resistance in a vertical field-effect transistor
A method for manufacturing a vertical transistor device includes respectively forming a first and second plurality of fins in first and second device regions on a substrate. A plurality of bottom source/drain regions are formed adjacent lower portions of each of the fins, and a sacrificial layer is formed in the first device region on a first bottom source/drain region of the plurality of bottom source/drain regions. In the method, gate structures are formed on the bottom source/drain regions and sacrificial layer, and portions of the gate structures are removed to expose the sacrificial layer in the first device region and a second bottom source/drain region of the plurality of bottom source/drain regions in the second device region. The method further includes depositing a germanium oxide layer on the exposed sacrificial layer and second bottom source/drain region, and converting the germanium oxide layer to a plurality of silicide/germanide layers. |
| US10832968B2 |
Device with improved shallow trench isolation structure
A semiconductor device with a shallow trench isolation structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region, a plurality of fins on the first and second regions, a first isolation region between the first and second regions, the first isolation region having an upper portion doped with ions, and a second isolation region between the fins. The doped upper portion is characterized by a reduced etch rate so that the thickness of the first isolation region is thicker than the second isolation region. |
| US10832967B2 |
Tapered fin-type field-effect transistors
Device structures and fabrication methods for a field-effect transistor. A semiconductor fin includes a first section and a second section in a lengthwise arrangement, a first gate structure overlapping the first section of the semiconductor fin, and a second gate structure overlapping the second section of the semiconductor fin. A pillar is arranged in the first section of the semiconductor fin. The pillar extends through a height of the semiconductor fin and across a width of the semiconductor fin. |
| US10832965B2 |
Fin reveal forming STI regions having convex shape between fins
Integrated circuit devices include trenches in a material layer that divide the material layer into fins. With such devices, an insulator partially fills the trenches and contacts the material layer. The top surface of the insulator (e.g., the surface opposite where the insulator contacts the material layer) has a convex dome shape between at least two of the fins. The dome shape has a first thickness from (from the bottom of the trench) where the insulator contacts the fins, and a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness where the insulator is between the fins. Further, there is a maximum thickness difference between the first and second thicknesses at the midpoint between the fins (e.g., the highest point of the dome shape is at the midpoint between the fins). Also, the top surface of the first insulator has concave divots where the first insulator contacts the fins. |
| US10832963B2 |
Forming gate contact over active free of metal recess
Techniques for forming contact over active gate free of metal recess are provided. In one aspect, a method for forming a COAG device includes: forming gates over an active area of a wafer; forming source and drains on opposite sides of the gates; burying the gates in an ILD; forming source/drain contacts in the ILD between the gates; depositing a sacrificial metal selectively on the source/drain contacts with first gaps present in the sacrificial metal over the gates; filling the first gaps with a first dielectric material to form gate caps over the gates; selectively removing the sacrificial metal which forms second gaps between the gate caps over the source/drain contacts; and filling the second gaps with a second dielectric material to form source/drain caps over the source/drain contacts. A COAG device is also provided. |
| US10832961B1 |
Sacrificial gate spacer regions for gate contacts formed over the active region of a transistor
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of forming an integrated circuit (IC). The method includes forming a first transistor and a second transistor over a substrate. The first transistor includes a first gate structure having a first gate spacer, and the second transistor includes a second gate structure having a second gate spacer. A top portion of the first gate spacer is replaced with a first sacrificial gate spacer region, and a top portion of the second gate spacer is replaced with a second sacrificial gate spacer region. A source or drain (S/D) conductive plug trench and a S/D cap trench are formed in the dielectric region of the IC and positioned over a S/D region of the first transistor. A volume of the S/D cap trench is increased by removing the first sacrificial gate spacer region and/or the second sacrificial gate spacer region. |
| US10832957B2 |
Method for direct forming stressor, semiconductor device having stressor, and method for forming the same
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor fin protruding from a substrate, a gate electrode over the semiconductor fin, a gate insulating layer between the semiconductor fin and the gate electrode, source and drain regions disposed on opposite sides of the semiconductor fin, a first stressor formed in a region between the source and drain regions. The first stressor is a grading strained stressor including multiple graded portions formed at graded depths. The first stressor is configured to create one of a graded compressive stress or a graded tensile stress. |
| US10832954B2 |
Forming a reliable wrap-around contact without source/drain sacrificial regions
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to forming a reliable wrap-around contact (WAC) without using a source/drain sacrificial region. In a non-limiting embodiment of the invention, an isolation structure is formed over a substrate. A source or drain (S/D) region is formed over the substrate and between sidewalls of the isolation structure. A liner is formed over the S/D region and a sacrificial region is formed over the liner. The sacrificial region can be recessed below a surface of the isolation structure and an interlayer dielectric can be formed over the recessed surface of the sacrificial region. The sacrificial region can be replaced with a wrap-around contact. |
| US10832953B2 |
Technological method for preventing, by means of buried etch stop layers, the creation of vertical/lateral inhomogeneities when etching through-silicon vias
Method for producing a semiconductor device by providing a silicon wafer having a plurality of equal height raised portions on a first surface thereof; depositing an etch stop layer on the first surface; planarizing a surface of the etch stop layer; permanently bonding a first carrier wafer on the etch stop layer surface; producing components on or in a second wafer surface in a FEOL process; etching a plurality of trenches into the wafer, each trench formed at the respective location of one of the raised portions; depositing side wall insulation layers on side walls of the trenches; forming through-silicon vias by filling the trenches with electrically conductive material; producing a conductor path stack in a BEOL process for contacting the active components on the second surface; temporarily bonding a second carrier wafer onto a surface of the conductor path stack; removing the first carrier wafer and exposing the vias. |
| US10832952B2 |
Selective recessing to form a fully aligned via
A method of forming a semiconductor device having a vertical metal line interconnect (via) fully aligned to a first direction of a first interconnect layer and a second direction of a second interconnect layer in a selective recess region by forming a plurality of metal lines in a first dielectric layer; and recessing in a recess region first portions of the plurality of metal lines such that top surfaces of the first portions of the plurality of metal lines are below a top surface of the first dielectric layer; wherein a non-recess region includes second portions of the plurality of metal lines that are outside the recess region. |
| US10832948B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a first interlayer dielectric film on a substrate, first and second wires respectively extending in a first direction within the first interlayer dielectric film, the first and second wires being adjacent to each other in a second direction different from the first direction, a hard mask pattern on the first interlayer dielectric film, the hard mask pattern including an opening, and an air gap within the first interlayer dielectric film, the air gap including a first portion overlapping vertically with the opening and a second portion not overlapping with the opening in the first direction. |
| US10832947B2 |
Fully aligned via formation without metal recessing
A method is presented for forming fully aligned vias without recessing a plurality of conductive lines. The method includes forming the plurality of conductive lines within an interlayer dielectric (ILD), growing first dielectric regions in direct contact with the plurality of conductive lines, forming a capping layer over the first dielectric regions, depositing an ultra-low-k (ULK) layer over and in direct contact with the capping layer, forming a via over a conductive line of the plurality of conductive lines, and removing an exposed portion of the capping layer and an exposed first dielectric region in direct contact with the conductive line to reveal the conductive line. |
| US10832946B1 |
Recessed interconnet line having a low-oxygen cap for facilitating a robust planarization process and protecting the interconnect line from downstream etch operations
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method that includes forming a dielectric region having a dielectric region top surface, wherein the dielectric top surface is substantially planar. A first interconnect structure having a substantially planar interconnect structure top surface with unintended non-planar regions is formed in the dielectric region. A reinforced planarization process is applied that includes recessing the first interconnect structure top surface to a level that is below the dielectric region top surface and the unintended non-planar region, thereby removing the unintended non-planar region and forming a second interconnect structure having a second interconnect structure top surface that is substantially planar; forming a protective cap on the second interconnect structure top surface, wherein the protective cap has a sustantially planer protective cap top surface; and recessing the dielectric region top surface to a level that is substantially planar with the protective cap top surface. |
| US10832943B2 |
Gate contact over active region with self-aligned source/drain contact
A method for forming a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes depositing a dielectric material in a first opening above a first source/drain region in a first region of the semiconductor structure and in a second and a third opening above a respective second and a third source/drain region in a second region of the silicon structure. There is a gate region between the second and third source/drain regions. The method etches away the dielectric material deposited in the first opening and deposits an organic material in the first opening. The method further etches a region above the gate region between the second and third source/drain regions to expose the gate region and form a fourth opening and removes the organic material from the first opening. The method deposits a metal in the first opening and the fourth opening. |
| US10832929B2 |
Wafer-like substrate processing method and apparatus
The present invention refers to a method for processing a wafer like substrate using a touching gripper and a touchless gripper. Furthermore, the present invention refers to an apparatus for processing a wafer-like substrate containing a touching gripper and a touchless gripper. Additionally, the present invention refers to the use of an inventive apparatus to process a wafer-like substrate. |
| US10832920B2 |
Insulator semiconductor device-structure
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor layer on the semiconductor substrate and having an exposed portion of a lower surface, a capping layer on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer below the capping layer and having a side surface substantially in full contact with the capping layer, a cavity defined by the first semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the capping layer, and a through-hole passing through the capping layer and the second semiconductor layer and extending to the cavity. |
| US10832915B2 |
Trench MOSFET with depleted gate shield and method of manufacture
A semiconductor device, method of manufacture of a semiconductor device, and electronic system are disclosed. For example, the semiconductor device includes at least one trench disposed in a semiconductor substrate of the semiconductor device, wherein the semiconductor substrate has a first conductivity type. The semiconductor device further includes a polysilicon depleted gate shield disposed in the at least one trench, wherein the polysilicon depleted gate shield has a second conductivity type. The semiconductor device also includes a drift region disposed in the semiconductor substrate adjacent to at least one sidewall of the at least one trench, wherein the drift region has the first conductivity type, and a polysilicon gate disposed over the depleted gate shield in the at least one trench. |
| US10832913B2 |
Method and apparatus for forming semiconductor structure
A method for forming a semiconductor structure comprises heating a solid material to form a gaseous substance; ionizing the gaseous substance to produce a first type of ions; and implanting the first type of ions into a semiconductor substrate. The method can achieve better abruptness, better shallow junction depth, and better sheet resistance. |
| US10832911B2 |
Semiconductor device
An n-type GaN layer, a p-type diffusion region formed by ion implantation and annealing in a part of the n-type layer, and a Schottky electrode are formed on the n-type layer. A region without the p-type region is defined as region A, and a region with the p-type region is defined as region B. In region A, an average density of each electron trap level of the n-type layer in a region having a depth of 0.8 μm to 1.6 μm on the n-type layer side is set so as to satisfy the predetermined conditions. In region B, an average density of each carrier trap level of the n-type layer in a region having a depth of 0.8 μm to 1.6 μm on the n-type layer side from a boundary between the n-type layer and the p-type diffusion region is set so as to satisfy the predetermined conditions. |
| US10832909B2 |
Atomic layer etch, reactive precursors and energetic sources for patterning applications
Methods and apparatuses for patterning carbon-containing material over a layer to be etched are provided herein. Methods involve trimming carbon-containing material by atomic layer etching including exposing the carbon-containing material to an oxygen-containing gas without a plasma to modify a surface of the carbon-containing material and exposing the carbon-containing material to an inert gas and igniting a plasma to remove the modified surface of the carbon-containing material. Methods may be used for multiple patterning techniques such as double and quad patterning. Methods also include depositing a conformal film over a carbon-containing material patterned using atomic layer etching without breaking vacuum. The oxygen-containing gas may be one containing any one or more of oxygen, ozone, water vapor, nitrous oxide, carbon monoxide, formic acid vapor and/or carbon dioxide. The apparatus may include alternative energetic sources including 27 and/or 13 MHz capacitively coupled plasmas; and/or inductively coupled plasmas e.g., remote plasmas. |
| US10832908B2 |
Self-aligned multi-patterning process flow with ALD gapfill spacer mask
Methods and apparatuses for forming symmetrical spacers for self-aligned multiple patterning processes are described herein. Methods include depositing gapfill material by atomic layer deposition over a patterned substrate including core material and a target layer, planarizing substrate, and etching the core material to form symmetrical spacers. Gapfill material may be deposited for a duration insufficient to completely fill features such that features are underfilled. |
| US10832907B2 |
Gate-all-around field-effect transistor devices having source/drain extension contacts to channel layers for reduced parasitic resistance
Devices and methods are provided for fabricating field-effect transistors having source/drain extension contacts to provide reduced parasitic resistance in electrical paths between source/drain layers and active channel layers surrounded by gate structures of the field-effect transistor devices. For example, in a nanosheet field-effect transistor device having embedded gate sidewall spacers which are disposed between end portions of active nanosheet channel layers and serve to insulate source/drain layers from a metal gate structure, epitaxial source/drain extension contacts are disposed between the embedded gate sidewall spacers and active nanosheet channel layers, and on sidewall surfaces of the active nanosheet channel layers. Epitaxial source/drain layers are grown starting on exposed surfaces of the epitaxial source/drain extension contacts. The epitaxial source/drain extension contacts laterally extend from epitaxial source/drain layers to a high-k dielectric/metal gate structure that surrounds the active nanosheet channel layers. |
| US10832906B2 |
Method for direct patterned growth of atomic layer transition metal dichalcogenides
A method for direct growth of a patterned transition metal dichalcogenide monolayer, the method including the steps of providing a substrate covered by a mask, the mask having a pattern defined by one or more shaped voids; thermally depositing a salt on the substrate through the one or more shaped voids such that a deposited salt is provided on the substrate in the pattern of the mask; and thermally co-depositing a transition metal oxide and a chalcogen onto the deposited salt to form the patterned transition metal dichalcogenide monolayer having the pattern of the mask. Also provided is a patterned transition metal dichalcogenide monolayer prepared according to the method. |
| US10832900B2 |
Mass filter having extended operational lifetime
A mass filter is disclosed having at least one electrode (42-48) comprising an aperture (43) or recess. Voltages are applied to the electrodes (42-48) of the mass filter such that ions having mass to charge ratios in a desired range are confined by the electrodes and are transmitted along and through the mass filter, whereas ions (47,49) having mass to charge ratios outside of said desired range are unstable and pass into the aperture (43) or recess such that they are filtered out by the mass filter. The aperture (43) or recess reduces or eliminates the number of ions that would otherwise impact the electrode surface facing the ion transmission axis and hence reduces degradation of the ion transmission properties of the mass filter. |
| US10832896B2 |
Ion detector
The present embodiment relates to an ion detector provided with a structure for suppressing degradation over time in an electron multiplication mechanism in the ion detector. The ion detector includes a dynode unit, serving as an electron multiplication mechanism, which multiplies secondary electrons which are emitted in response to incidence of ions, and a semiconductor detector having an electron multiplication function. Further, a focus electrode having an opening that allows passage of secondary electrons is disposed on a trajectory of secondary electrons which are directed from the dynode unit toward the semiconductor detector, and the focus electrode functions to guide secondary electrons from the dynode unit onto an electron incidence surface of the semiconductor detector. |
| US10832893B2 |
Plasma reactor for processing gas
The present invention provides a plasma generating system that includes: a waveguide for transmitting a microwave energy therethrough; an inner wall disposed within the waveguide to define a plasma cavity, wherein a plasma is generated within the plasma cavity using the microwave energy; a first gas inlet mounted on a first side of the waveguide and configured to introduce a first gas into the plasma cavity and generate a first vortex flow within the plasma cavity using the first gas, the first gas inlet having a through hole through which a gas processed by the plasma exits the plasma cavity; and a plasma stabilizer having a shape of a circular hollow cylinder and installed on a second side of the waveguide, an axial direction of the plasma stabilizer being in parallel to a rotational axis of the first vortex flow. |
| US10832887B2 |
Cryotransfer holder and workstation
A cryotransfer holder for mounting a specimen held at cryogenic temperature in an electron microscope is described. The holder includes a cylindrical dewar configured to maintain a constant center of mass about the holder axis regardless of orientation of the dewar. The holder further includes a sample shutter control mechanism that can be decoupled from the shutter to reduce vibration during imaging. There is also described a workstation for mounting specimens into the cryotransfer holder at cryogenic temperature. The workstation allows rotation about the cryotransfer holder axis to improve access to the sample placement area on the holder and to facilitate easy removal and retrieval of the sample after imaging. |
| US10832879B1 |
Input device and electronic apparatus
An input device includes a base plate and a push button rotatably provided on a top surface of the base plate. The base plate has a bearing part protruding from the top surface. The push button has an operation surface part receiving a push down operation and a positioning part rotatably supported by the bearing part. The positioning part positions the push button in the plate thickness direction of the bearing part by an abutting part abutting on a first face of the bearing part and a pushing part resiliently biased toward and pushing a second face of the bearing part. |
| US10832873B2 |
Polymeric capacitors for energy storage devices, method of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same
Disclosed herein is an electrically insulating substrate comprising a p-doped poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) layer disposed thereon, where the p-doped poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) layer is manufactured by a method comprising charging a vapor comprising 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene into a reactor; where the reactor comprises the electrically insulating substrate; charging a vapor comprising an iron salt into the reactor; polymerizing the 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene with the iron salt to form the p-doped poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene); and disposing the poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) layer on the substrate. |
| US10832871B2 |
Wet electrolytic capacitor for an implantable medical device
A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains a cathode, fluidic working electrolyte, and anode that includes a sintered porous pellet is provided. A dielectric layer is also formed on a surface of the pellet and within its pores through anodic oxidation. The present inventors have discovered that through selective control over the anodic oxidation process, a substantially amorphous, low crystalline dielectric layer can be formed which, among other things, exhibits a leakage current that is smaller than previously thought possible for the high voltage capacitors employed in implantable medical devices. |
| US10832870B2 |
Method and system for reducing audible and/or electrical noise from electrically or mechanically excited capacitors
Devices and methods are disclosed for reducing vibration and noise from capacitor devices. The device includes a circuit board, and first and second capacitor structures. The second capacitor structure has substantially the same properties as the first and is coupled to the opposite face of a supporting structure substantially opposite of the first capacitor structure. The first and second capacitor structures can receive substantially the same excitation signals, can be electrically connected in parallel or in series. The first and second capacitor structures can be discrete capacitors, capacitor layers, stacks or arrays of multiple capacitor devices, or other capacitor structures. Stacks of multiple capacitor devices can be arranged symmetrically about the supporting structure. Arrays of multiple capacitor devices can be arranged with offsetting capacitors on the opposite face of the supporting structure substantially opposite one another. |
| US10832869B2 |
Multilayer electronic component
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes disposed to face each other with each of the dielectric layers interposed therebetween; and external electrodes disposed on external surfaces of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the internal electrodes, respectively, wherein the external electrodes including, respectively, electrode layers electrically connected to the internal electrodes, respectively, and conductive resin layers disposed on the electrode layers, respectively. |
| US10832866B2 |
Device for forming a toroidal coil and method for forming a toroidal coil
The device comprises an annular guide component (1) that defines a central space (5) for accommodating the toroidal magnetic core (4) and comprises a plurality of channels (2) for receiving parts of a wire that form turns (3) of said toroidal coil upon arrangement about the toroidal magnetic core (4), said channels (2) being arranged transversely, from end face to end face of the annular guide component (1), distributed over an interior annular wall (1i) and separated from one another in accordance with a predetermined order. The method comprises use of the device of the invention for forming a toroidal coil comprising one or more windings. |
| US10832861B2 |
Electromagnetic connector for an industrial control system
An electromagnetic connector is disclosed that is configured to form a first magnetic circuit portion comprising a first core member and a first coil disposed of the first core member. The electromagnetic connector is configured to mate with a second electromagnetic connector, where the second electromagnetic connector is configured to form a second magnetic circuit portion comprising a second core member and a second coil disposed of the second core member. The first core member and the second core member are configured to couple the first coil to the second coil with a magnetic circuit formed from the first magnetic circuit portion and the second magnetic circuit portion when the electromagnetic connector is mated with the second electromagnetic connector. The magnetic circuit is configured to induce a signal in the first coil when the second coil is energized. |
| US10832856B2 |
Magnetic coil support in magnetic resonance imaging method and apparatus
An imaging device may include multiple magnetic coils to generate a magnetic field. Additionally, the imaging device may include an outer support affixed to at least one coil of the plurality of magnetic coils and an axial support between at least two coils of the plurality of magnetic coils, wherein the outer support and the axial support operatively share a load corresponding to the generated magnetic fields. |
| US10832851B2 |
Reactor and manufacturing method for reactor
A reactor is provided that can reduce or alleviate stress that can be applied to a magnetic core, and also has excellent manufacturability, and a reactor manufacturing method is also provided. The reactor includes a coil and a magnetic core that includes a plurality of core pieces and a gap member that is interposed between at least one set of core pieces, the magnetic core forming a closed magnetic circuit when the coil becomes excited. At least one gap member is a resin foam gap member that includes, in a contact region that comes into contact with the core pieces, a resin foam portion constituted by resin foam. |
| US10832850B2 |
Toroidal hand-held autotransformer assembly
A hand-held, water-cooled toroidal autotransformer assembly is formed from longitudinally-oriented electrically conductive radially spaced apart concentric pipes that are physically and electrically configured in series and arranged around a longitudinally-oriented toroidal magnetic core to form the windings of the autotransformer with the spaces between the longitudinally-oriented concentric pipes forming a flow path for a cooling fluid within the autotransformer. |
| US10832848B2 |
Low DC resistance and high RF resistance power amplifier choke inductor
A multi-layer spiral inductive array includes a first multi-layer spiral inductor with a second layer matching a spiral pattern of a first layer. The multi-layer spiral inductive array also includes a second multi-layer spiral inductor with a third layer matching a spiral pattern of a fourth layer. The second multi-layer spiral inductor is coupled in series with the first multi-layer spiral inductor. |
| US10832845B2 |
Electromagnetic actuating device which is monostable in the currentless state and use of such an actuating device
An electromagnetic actuating device includes an armature, which has a permanent magnet and can move along a longitudinal axis between actuation positions relative to a stationary coil and in reaction to energization, armature has an engagement section for interacting with a plunger, and which armature can move from a first actuation position, which is stable in the currentless state, into a second actuation position against a restoring force of a spring, wherein the coil has a first coil unit, which acts on the armature and which releases the armature from the first actuation position, wherein the coil has a second coil unit which, during movement, applies to the armature a force which accelerates the armature, and wherein the coil has a restoring coil such that when the armature is returned from the second into the first actuation position, the restoring coil boosts the restoring force of the spring. |
| US10832844B2 |
Dual phase multi-frequency electromagnetic generator
Disclosed is a dual phase, multi-frequency, electromagnetic generator that creates electromagnetic fields having a first phase on a first side of said electromagnetic generator and electromagnetic fields having a second phase on an opposite side of said electromagnetic generator. In addition, gaseous emission tubes generate light frequency signals on each side of the electromagnetic generator. Tesla coils are disposed at least partially within the cone of a conically shaped transmission coil to achieve a high degree of coupling between the conically shaped transmission coils and the Tesla coils. Sparks gaps are used to create a fast rise time signal, which creates multiple frequencies. |
| US10832841B2 |
Electromagnetic steel sheet
An electromagnetic steel sheet that can maintain satisfactory processability and thermostability, and exhibit a high space factor when used as, for example, a motor or transformer core material is provided. Such electromagnetic steel sheet comprises a coat containing an organic material provided on one outermost surface thereof, and a coat containing low-melting glass provided at least partially on the other outermost surface thereof. A motor core comprising such electromagnetic steel sheet is also provided. A method for producing such electromagnetic steel sheet and a method for producing such motor core are also provided. |
| US10832837B2 |
Chip resistor and method for manufacturing the same
A chip resistor includes an upper electrode provided on a substrate, a resistor element connected to the upper electrode, and a side electrode connected to the upper electrode. The side electrode, arranged on a side surface of the substrate, has two portions overlapping with the obverse surface and reverse surface of the substrate, respectively. An intermediate electrode covers the side electrode, and an external electrode covers the intermediate electrode. A first protective layer is disposed between the upper electrode and the intermediate electrode, and held in contact with the upper electrode and the side electrode. The first protective layer is more resistant to sulfurization than the upper electrode. A second protective layer is disposed between the first protective layer and intermediate electrode, and held in contact with the first protective layer, side electrode and intermediate electrode. |
| US10832836B2 |
Lightning induction-type solid-phase arc-extinguishing lightning protector
Provided in the present disclosure is a lightning induction-type solid-phase arc-extinguishing lightning protector. The lightning protector primarily including a lightning protector housing, an arc-extinguishing rotating disk, a conductive metal plate, an arc-striking rod, a fastening rod, an inductive coil, an arc-extinguishing cylinder, and a counter arm. The arc-extinguishing rotating disk is mounted within the lightning protector housing, and a planar torsion spring is provided at a center of the arc-extinguishing rotating disk for driving the arc-extinguishing rotating disk to rotate; the conductive metal plate is mounted at an upper portion of the arc-extinguishing rotating disk; several arc-extinguishing air-jet members are provided around a circumferential direction of the arc-extinguishing rotating disk, each of the arc-extinguishing air-jet members is provided with a trigger electrode and a recess on one side thereof, and the trigger electrode has one end connected to one of triggering ends of the arc-extinguishing air-jet member by means of a wire, and the other end extending beyond an edge of the arc-extinguishing rotating disk; the other triggering end of the arc-extinguishing air-jet member is connected to a metallic conductive strip by means of a wire. The present disclosure has the advantages of simple structure, reasonable design, improved arc-extinguishing performance, and stable operation, and convenience in replacement of the arc-extinguishing air-jet members. |
| US10832833B2 |
High performance data communications cable
Two electromagnetic interference (EMI) controlling tape application methodologies for unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable include Fixed Tape Control (FTC) and Oscillating Tape Control (OTC). In FTC, tape application angle and edge placement are controlled to maintain position of the tape edges over a base of nonconductive filler in the cable. In OTC, the tape application angle is continuously varied, resulting in crossing of the tape edges over all of the pairs of conductors with varying periodicity. In both implementations, the filler allows a cylindrical shape. |
| US10832832B2 |
Flexible, interruptible radial bus and bus-mounted bead device
A multi-conductor bus with radially arranged conductor wires on which addressable bead devices that may incorporate light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or other surface mount devices (SMDs) can be easily mounted. The radial bus is designed to provide an improved range of flexibility and motion while allowing for easy addition of bead devices along its length that utilize self-addressing bus protocols such as cascading device protocols. The design of the flexible, interruptible radial bus facilitates the use of pass-through and interrupted paths along the bus that simplifies the installation of addressable devices along the bus such as the bus-mounted bead devices disclosed herein. |
| US10832831B2 |
Distribution member and method of manufacturing the same
A distribution member includes plural electric wire pairs each including a pair of electric wires, a first fixing member integrally fixing the electric wire pairs, and a second fixing member that is separated from the first fixing member and integrally fixes electric wires of at least one of the electric wire pairs. The first fixing member and the second fixing member each include a holder holding the electric wires and a resin mold part that includes a molding resin and is molded so as to cover a part of the electric wire pairs held by the holder. The holder includes at least one interposed part that is interposed between the held electric wires. The distribution member further includes a combining part that is integrally formed with the holders of the first and second fixing members and combines the holders of the first and second fixing members. |
| US10832830B2 |
Anisotropic electrically conductive film, method for producing same, and connection structural body
The present invention provides an anisotropic electrically conductive film with a structure, in which electrically conductive particles are disposed at lattice points of a planar lattice pattern in an electrically insulating adhesive base layer. A proportion of the lattice points, at which no electrically conductive particle is disposed, with respect to all the lattice points of the planar lattice pattern assumed as a reference region, is less than 20%. A proportion of the lattice points, at which plural electrically conductive particles are disposed in an aggregated state, with respect to all the lattice points of the planar lattice pattern, is not greater than 15%. A sum of omission of the electrically conductive particle and an aggregation of the electrically conductive particles is less than 25%. |
| US10832829B2 |
Insulated electric wire and varnish for forming insulating layer
An insulated electric wire includes a linear conductor and one or a plurality of insulating layers formed on an outer peripheral surface of the conductor. At least one of the one or plurality of insulating layers contains a plurality of pores, outer shells are disposed on peripheries of the pores, and the outer shells are derived from shells of hollow-forming particles having a core-shell structure. A varnish for forming an insulating layer contains a resin composition forming a matrix and hollow-forming particles having a core-shell structure and dispersed in the resin composition. In the varnish, cores of the hollow-forming particles contain a thermally decomposable resin as a main component, and shells of the hollow-forming particles contain a main component having a higher thermal decomposition temperature than the thermally decomposable resin. |
| US10832826B2 |
Inspection of nuclear waste
Methods and apparatus for inspecting nuclear waste, for example drums of intermediate level nuclear waste, are disclosed. In particular, a single laser pulse may be directed at a pitcher-catcher laser target structure, with subsequent separate detection of the generated X-rays and neutrons. |
| US10832811B2 |
Auditing the coding and abstracting of documents
Techniques for implementing Quality Assurance of the process of coding medical documents are disclosed. An audit of a coding process for a medical document is initiated by selecting and setting audit parameters. Using the selected parameters, a sample batch of coded documents is obtained from a universe of coded documents. The sample batch of coded documents is presented to auditor(s), and the auditor(s) provide corrections, which are recorded, and a score for each correction is calculated. A sample score, based on the corrections, is calculated in a manner that tracks to subjective auditor assessments of the process quality as being acceptable, marginally acceptable, or unacceptable, and which sample score accounts for the individual auditor subjectivity and an error. |
| US10832810B2 |
Managed service provider system for collaborative healthcare credentialing, compliance, and scheduling across shared suppliers
A MSP platform provides contingent healthcare worker recruiting and shift assignation in a multilayered process of job order broadcasting, competency matching, proposals from healthcare agencies aka vendors, screening, compliance management, and onboard of each candidate. Each staff profile submitted has to go through multilayered review, approval, and orientation process. Additionally, each healthcare worker's calendar, credential, and compliance have to be managed across multiple employers to prevent scheduling conflict and compliance violations, and guaranteeing full visibility of all healthcare workers across the entire supply chain. MSPs (Managed Service Providers) have the ability to service a large number of facilities on whose behalf the MSPs generate job orders for contingent workforce, and manage fulfillment using suppliers (aka vendors) mapped to the facility being serviced. The supplier ecosystem is a cohesive block that may be shared across all MSPs, and several such MSP ecosystems should be allowed to coexist in the system. Suppliers can be tiered by geography allowing a large vendor network to track demand from one or more healthcare facilities across a single location or a group of vendor locations. Additionally, a facility that is part of an MSP should also be able to work directly with all suppliers either in conjunction with or independent of an MSP. Both long term assignments referred to as ‘Travel’ position, and on-demand shift assignments referred to as ‘Day-to-day’ position are serviceable under this centrally available software commonly referred to as ‘Software as a Service’. |
| US10832807B2 |
Remote user monitoring system
A system and method for monitoring a status of a user. One or more biometrics associated with a user in a residence where the user resides are sensed. A status of the user is determined in response to sensing the one or more biometrics. One or more questions about the status to the user are communicated. One or more answers to the one or more questions communicated to the user are received. The status is communicated to an administrator of the residence. The status is communicated in response to one or more of the answers. |
| US10832806B1 |
Medical labeling system and method of use
A labeling system for creating labels for medicine containers. The system includes a label printer having an interior area configured to carry a plurality of printing sheets therein; a scanner in data communication with the label printer, the scanner having a reader to scan a drug administer barcode and a drug barcode; and a label sheet printed by the label printer, the label sheet having a plurality of labels adhesively bonded thereto, the label printer being configured to print onto the plurality of labels data information scanned from the administrator barcode and the drug barcode. The label sheet includes a first label having an image corresponding to a part of a body; and a second label having the image of the first label. |
| US10832802B2 |
Clinically relevant medical concept clustering
The present invention embodiments are directed to methods, systems, and computer programs for identifying relations, within at least one taxonomy, between taxonomy categories and concepts extracted from electronic content. The relations represent semantic similarities for the concepts. The concepts are clustered based on the identified relations within the at least one taxonomy. |
| US10832798B2 |
Time-warped background signal for sequencing-by-synthesis operations
Methods for analyzing signal data generated by sequencing of a polynucleotide strand using a pH-based method of detecting nucleotide incorporation(s). In an embodiment, the method comprises formulating a function that models the output signal of a representative empty well of a reactor array. A time transformation is applied to the empty well function to obtain a time-warped empty well function. The time-warped empty well function is fitted to an output signal from the loaded well representative of a flow that results in a non-incorporation event in the loaded well. The fitted time-warped empty well function can then be used to analyze output signals from the loaded well for other flows. |
| US10832793B2 |
Defective memory cell detection circuitry including use in automotive control systems
In some examples, a defective memory cell detection circuitry is configured to provide a failure signal indicative of a failure of a sub-group of memory cells (e.g., a row of memory cells). The failure signal is generated responsive to the failure of a sense line to transition to one of a set of reference voltages within a threshold time from a memory command. In some examples, failure signals indicative of a failure of a sub-group of memory cells is used by vehicle computer control systems to operate a vehicle. |
| US10832790B1 |
Performance of non data word line maintenance in sub block mode
A storage device may include a controller performing non data word line (NDWL) maintenance in sub block mode (SBM). The NDWL maintenance in SBM can include proactive select gate drain (SGD) detection and phased SGD correction. For example, when a block reaches a PE cycle threshold value, SGD phased correction occurs upon detection of an error, by determining whether a sister sub block of the selected block contains data. If the sister sub block contains data, the data is transferred from the sister sub block, and then the block and sister sub block undergo correction for NDLW maintenance. |
| US10832788B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device has a memory circuit and a logic circuit coupled with a memory circuit. the memory circuit included a memory array in which memory cells are arranged in a matrix, an input/output circuit for writing data to the memory cells and reading data from the memory cells, and a control circuit for generating a control signal for controlling the input/output circuit. In a test operation for testing the logic circuit, the input/output circuit receives a test data. The control circuit raises and lowers the control signal based on a rising and a falling of an external clock signal, thereby the test data is output to the logic circuit via the input/output circuit. |
| US10832787B2 |
Methods for memory interface calibration
Integrated circuits with memory interface circuitry may be provided. Prior to calibration, a number of samples may be determined by computing probability density function curves as a function of timing window edge asymmetry for different degrees of oversampling. During calibration, duty cycle distortion in data strobe signals may be corrected by selectively delaying the data strobe rising or falling edges. A data clock signal that is used for generating data signals may also suffer from duty cycle distortion. The rising and falling edges of the data clock signal may be selectively delayed to correct for duty cycle distortion. The data path through which the data signals are routed may be adjusted to equalize rising and falling transitions to minimize data path duty cycle distortion. Multi-rank calibration may be performed by calibrating to an intersection of successful settings that allow each memory rank to pass memory operation tests. |
| US10832786B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
A semiconductor storage device includes first and second memory cell transistors at opposite sides of a first semiconductor body, third and fourth memory cell transistors at opposite sides of a second semiconductor body, a first word line connected to gates of the first and third memory cell transistors, a second word line connected to gates of the second and fourth memory cell transistors, and a controller. During a program operation on the third memory cell transistor, the controller determines a program voltage on the basis of a first number of loops determined during the write operation performed on the first memory cell transistor, and during a program operation on the fourth memory cell transistor, the controller determines a program voltage on the basis of a second number of loops determined during the write operation performed on the second memory cell transistor. |
| US10832783B1 |
Data sensing device and data sensing method thereof
A data sensing device and a data sensing method thereof are provided. The data sensing device includes a compensation signal generator, a weighting operator and an arithmetic operator. The compensation signal generator receives a basic input signal and a plurality of reference weighting values, and generates a compensation signal according to the basic input signal and the reference weighting values. The weighting operator has a plurality of memory cells, performs a writing operation on the memory cells according to the weighting values based on address information, and the weighting operator generates an output signal by the memory cells by receiving a plurality of input signals. The arithmetic operator performs an operation on the output signal and the compensation signal to generate a compensated output signal. |
| US10832780B2 |
Method for programming a non-volatile memory device and corresponding non-volatile memory device
A method can be used for programming a group of memory cells of a non-volatile memory device in a programming window that has a duration longer than a programming duration of a memory cell. The programming window is subdivided into a number of time intervals. A programming profile that was determined by simulation while taking into account a reference criterion is retrieved. The programming profile includes, for each time interval, a maximum number of memory cells that can be triggered for programming within each time interval. The memory device is programmed in the programming window, interval-wise, using the programming profile. |
| US10832779B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for automated dynamic word line start voltage
Apparatuses and methods for an automated dynamic word line start voltage. An example apparatus includes a controller and a memory device. The memory device is configured to maintain, internal to the memory device, a status of a number of open blocks in the memory device. The status can include a programming operation being initiated in the respective number of open blocks. Responsive to receipt of, from the controller, a request to direct initiation of the programming operation to a word line, determine a group of memory cells associated with the word line that programs first relative to other groups of memory cells associated with the word line and maintain, included in the status of an open block, a voltage at which the group of memory cells is the first group to program. |
| US10832777B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a control circuit configured to control a soft program operation of setting nonvolatile memory cells to a first threshold voltage distribution state of the nonvolatile memory cells. When a characteristic of the nonvolatile memory cells is in a first state, the control circuit executes the soft program operation by applying a first voltage for setting the nonvolatile memory cells to the first threshold voltage distribution state to first word lines, and applying a second voltage higher than the first voltage to a second word line. When the characteristic of the nonvolatile memory cells is in a second state, the control circuit executes the soft program operation by applying a third voltage equal to or lower than the first voltage to the first word lines and applying a fourth voltage lower than the second voltage to the second word line. |
| US10832776B2 |
Semiconductor device and semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of transistors provided on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a first circuit electrically connected to gate electrodes of the plurality of transistors. The plurality of transistors include: a first transistor and a second transistor that are adjacent via an insulating region in a first direction; a third transistor that is adjacent to the first transistor and the second transistor via the insulating region in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a fourth transistor that is adjacent to the first transistor and the second transistor via the insulating region in the second direction. The first circuit sets the first through fourth transistors to an ON state according to a first signal. |
| US10832771B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device includes a first transistor connected between a high voltage line connected to a first end of a memory element and a first power supply terminal, and a second transistor connected between the high voltage line and a second power supply terminal, a third transistor connected between a low voltage line connected to a second end of the memory element and a third power supply terminal, and a fourth transistor connected between the low voltage line and a fourth power supply terminal. The second and fourth transistors satisfy the condition: |Vth|<|VG−VB|+VF, where Vth is a threshold voltage thereof, VG is a voltage difference between a gate and a source or drain thereof, VB is a bias voltage applied to a body thereof, and VF is a minimum voltage at which a parasitic diode current flows. |
| US10832765B2 |
Variation tolerant read assist circuit for SRAM
A read assist circuit is disclosed that selectively provides read assistance to a number of memory cells during a read operation of the number of memory cells. The read assist circuit includes a voltage divider circuit and a number of write line driver circuits. The voltage divider circuit is configured to voltage-divide a power supply voltage and provide a source write line voltage at an output of the voltage divider circuit to the number of write line driver circuits. Each write line driver circuit is configured to receive the source write line voltage and selectively apply the source write line voltage to a corresponding write line according to a corresponding individual enable signal that controls each write driver circuit. Further, each write line driver circuit is coupled to a corresponding memory cell of the number of memory cells via the corresponding write line so that the corresponding write line provides a corresponding write line voltage to provide read assistance during the read operation. |
| US10832762B1 |
Static power reduction in SRAM
A circuit for reducing static power in SRAM and methods for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a circuit for reducing static power in SRAM includes a plurality of memory blocks, where a memory block in the plurality of memory blocks includes a plurality memory banks, where a memory bank in the plurality of memory banks includes a plurality bit cells. The circuit further includes a bias circuit configured to produce a bias voltage to a row of bit cells, where the bias circuit is coupled to a circuit ground terminal of the row of bit cells in the plurality of bit cells, and a controller configured to control the bias circuit to produce a first set of bias settings in an access mode and control the bias circuit to produce a second set of bias settings in a standby mode of the SRAM. |
| US10832754B1 |
Current monitor for a memory device
Methods, systems, and devices for a current monitor for a memory device are described. A memory device may monitor potential degradation of memory cells on the device by monitoring the amount of current drawn by one or more memory cells. As the memory cells degrade, the current supplied to the memory cells may change (e.g., increase due to additional leakage current. The memory device may indirectly monitor changes in the current supplied to the memory cells by monitoring a voltage of a node of a transistor that controls the amount of current supplied to the array of memory cells. The voltage at the control node may be compared to a reference voltage to determine whether the two voltages differ by a threshold amount, indicating that the memory cells are drawing more current. The memory device may output a status indicator when the voltages differ, for example, by the threshold amount. |
| US10832749B2 |
Perpendicular magnetic memory with symmetric fixed layers
An embodiment includes an apparatus including: a substrate; a perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (pMTJ), on the substrate, including a first fixed layer, a second fixed layer, and a free layer between the first and second fixed layers; a first dielectric layer between the first fixed layer and the free layer; and a second layer between the second fixed layer and the free layer. Other embodiments are described herein. |
| US10832748B2 |
Memory system that supports dual-mode modulation
Methods, systems, and devices that supports dual-mode modulation in the context of memory access are described. A system may include a memory array coupled with a buffer, and a multiplexer may be coupled with the buffer, where the multiplexer may be configured to output a bit pair representative of data stored within the memory array. The multiplexer may also be coupled with a driver, where the driver may be configured to generate a symbol representative of the bit pair that is output by the multiplexer. |
| US10832745B1 |
Apparatuses and methods for performing operations using sense amplifiers and intermediary circuitry
Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to performing operations within a memory device are described. Such operations may be performed using data latched in multiple sense amplifiers that are distributed among a plurality of sense amplifiers of the memory device. For example, those sense amplifiers, among the plurality of sense amplifiers, storing data associated with the operation(s) can be determined, and the data can be selectively sent from the determined sense amplifiers to an operation unit, in which the operations are performed. The operations may be made without affecting a subsequent read command that requests data from the plurality of sense amplifiers. |
| US10832738B2 |
Computerized system and method for automatically generating high-quality digital content thumbnails from digital video
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content searching, generating, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods automatically generate a thumbnail image from a frame of a video file, where the thumbnail image displays content of a selected frame determined to be high-quality and highly-relevant to the content of the video file. Frames of a video file are analyzed, and the frame that is the most contextually relevant to the video and of the highest visual quality is selected, where a thumbnail image is generated and displayed on a site or application over a network. |
| US10832737B2 |
Playback device, playback method, and recording medium
A non-transitory recording medium is provided that is reproduced by a playback device having an attribute reader, a decoder, and an outputter. The recording medium has recorded therein a video stream that is encoded video information, and a management information file correlated with the video stream. The management information file includes first attribute information, indicating whether a dynamic range of luminance of the video stream is a first dynamic range or a second dynamic range that is wider than the first dynamic range. In a case where the first attribute information indicates the second dynamic range, the first attribute information also indicates a type of the second dynamic range. |
| US10832736B2 |
System and method for content-based navigation of live and recorded TV and video programs
A system, method and computer-readable medium are presented for providing real-time content-based navigation of live video programming. The method aspect of the invention comprises receiving a live video program, generating an index to the received live video program by extracting images and/or text from the video program, recording the live video program, presenting at least a portion of data associated with the generated index to a user, receiving user input regarding a portion of the recorded video program to which the user desires to navigate and playing back the recorded video program starting at the navigated portion identified by the user input. |
| US10832735B2 |
System and method for improved transmission of digital data
A system for improved transmission of digital data includes: an incoming data stream having an incoming data rate rateIN; a memory configured to store the data; and a controller configured to write the data to the memory, the controller further configured to generate an outgoing data stream having an outgoing data rate rateOUT, wherein a normalized rate difference rateDIFFERENCE=(rateOUT−rateIN)/rateIN between the incoming data rate rateIN and the outgoing data rate rateOUT is a negative number of parts per million (ppm). |
| US10832733B1 |
Verbal command video editing
An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for video editing. The method, computer program product and computer system may include computing device which may receive video data from an imaging device, the video data may include visual and audio data. The computing device may convert the audio data to text and parse the text into textual segments. The computing device may annotate the textual segments with time stamps and analyze the annotated textual segments to identify pre-determined edit commands. The computing device may generate an edit script based on the identified pre-determined edit commands in the textual segments. |
| US10832731B2 |
Audio signal processing apparatus and method for parameter assignment
An audio signal processing apparatus comprises: a plurality of channels each configured to perform signal processing on an input audio signal; an auxiliary signal processor (e.g., an effecter circuitry) that inputs an audio signal from one or more of the plurality of channels and performs auxiliary signal processing (e.g., effecter impartment processing) on the input audio signal; a plurality of channel strips each associated with one of the plurality of channels and including a plurality of manual controls for adjusting signal processing parameters of the one channel associated with the channel strip; and a controller that, in response to an assignment instruction given by a user, assigns at least one parameter related to the auxiliary signal processor (e.g., the effecter circuitry) to at least one of the plurality of manual controls included in at least one of the plurality of channel strips. |
| US10832730B2 |
Methods for serving interactive content to a user
One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video. |
| US10832729B2 |
Methods for serving interactive content to a user
One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video. |
| US10832727B2 |
Information processing apparatus
A setting unit is configured to set first write processing for writing second data in a hard disk, or second write processing for writing the second data in the hard disk and reading data that is written by writing of the second data, and a change unit is configured to change the write processing set in the setting unit. The change unit changes the write processing set in the setting unit from the first write processing to the second write processing, based on determination that the first data is greater than or equal to a threshold by a determination unit. |
| US10832726B1 |
Remapping tracks for management of adjacent track interference
A method includes monitoring operations performed on tracks in a main storage area of a disc, and identifying a track of the tracks in the main storage area susceptible to adjacent track interference (ATI). When a track is identified, the identified track or an adjacent track which contributes to ATI of the identified track is remapped to an ATI safe zone of the disc having a tracks per inch (TPI) density lower than a TPI density of the main storage area. |
| US10832723B1 |
Rewinder tape drives
A computer-implemented method includes instructing performance of a data operation on a magnetic recording tape using a primary drive, wherein the primary drive rewinds the magnetic recording tape onto a spool at a first tension. The method also includes instructing transfer of the magnetic recording tape to a rewinder drive after performance of the data operation and instructing the rewinder drive to perform a low-tension rewind operation. The low-tension rewind operation includes unspooling the magnetic recording tape from the spool and rewinding the magnetic recording tape onto the spool at a second tension lower than the first tension. |
| US10832721B2 |
Flexible media burnishing apparatus and method
An apparatus for burnishing media, according to one embodiment, includes a first block with a media bearing surface having a plurality of channels and lands. The channels and lands alternate in a direction of media travel. Each of the lands has at least one skiving edge along a width thereof. The width of each land extends orthogonally to the direction of media travel. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for inducing a wrap angle of the media relative to media bearing surfaces of at least some of the lands. Each induced wrap angle is greater than zero degrees. An apparatus for burnishing media according to another embodiment includes channels having widths that are less than a width of the media. |
| US10832720B2 |
Magnetic recording medium with nitride segregant, method for manufacturing same and magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus
A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate, a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a perpendicular magnetic layer, and a protective layer arranged in this order. The perpendicular magnetic layer includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer from the non-magnetic substrate side in this order. The second magnetic layer contains a magnetic grain and provided farthest from the non-magnetic substrate. The first magnetic layer has a granular structure that contains an oxide in a grain boundary. The second magnetic layer has a granular structure that contains a nitride of an element contained in the magnetic grain in a grain boundary. |
| US10832718B2 |
Slider gas-bearing surface designs with leading-edge pockets
Disclosed herein are sliders that include at least one leading-edge pocket, data storage devices comprising such sliders, and methods of manufacturing such sliders. The at least one leading-edge pocket increases the amount of gas flowing into the leading edge area of the ABS, which can improve the performance of the slider in low-pressure environments, such as sealed helium data storage devices. The at least one leading-edge pocket can have a variety of shapes, sizes, and features to achieve the desired slider performance (e.g., fly height, stability, etc.) in low-pressure environments. |
| US10832717B1 |
Near-field transducer with thermally robust peg embedded into an enlarged portion
A near-field transducer has an enlarged portion with a layer of soft plasmonic material. A peg formed of a thermally robust plasmonic material includes an embedded part that is partially embedded within the enlarged portion and has an exposed surface facing away from the enlarged portion. An intersection between a lower edge of the enlarged portion and the embedded part has a discontinuity. |
| US10832716B2 |
Zone self servo writing with synchronized parallel clocks
Zone self-servo write (SSW) technology is disclosed that leverages two clock signals synchronized in parallel to transition between zones to write servo patterns at different frequencies while minimizing error rate despite the different frequencies. Two separate clock signals (“clocks”) are used to locate and lock to different reference spirals. By updating both clocks in parallel instead of in series, error rate for writing while stepping up frequency across zones is reduced. |
| US10832715B1 |
Averaged slope timing-based-servo tape-creep detection
A tape drive may calculate a slope for each of the timing-based-servo marks in a timing-based-servo group. The timing-based-servo marks are arranged in one or more M-patterns. The tape drive may average the slope for each of the timing-based-servo marks across the one or more M-patterns. The tape drive may generate a least-squares assessment of the averaged slope. The tape drive may determine, from the least-squares assessment, whether the averaged slope is demonstrative of tape-creep. |
| US10832714B2 |
Data storage cartridge having a calibrated servo format region and methods for using same
A tape cartridge according to one aspect includes a tape formatted with a servo pattern having at least two servo tracks thereon. The tape cartridge having stored therein a value corresponding to a difference between a specified distance between adjacent servo tracks and an average distance between adjacent servo tracks on the tape. The average distance is an average of actual distances between adjacent servo tracks over a portion of the tape. Various computer program products for using such a tape cartridge are also disclosed. |
| US10832711B2 |
Beta tungsten thin films with giant spin Hall effect for use in compositions and structures with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
Methods, devices, and compositions for use with spintronic devices such as magnetic random access memory (MRAM) and spin-logic devices are provided. Methods include manipulating magnetization states in spintronic devices and making a structure using spin transfer torque to induce magnetization reversal. A device described herein manipulates magnetization states in spintronic devices and includes a non-magnetic metal to generate spin current based on the giant spin Hall effect, a ferromagnetic thin film with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, an oxide thin film, and an integrated magnetic sensor. The device does not require an insertion layer between a non-magnetic metal with giant spin Hall effect and a ferromagnetic thin film to achieve perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. |
| US10832710B1 |
Magnetic recording devices using virtual side shields for improved areal density capability
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a magnetic media drive employing a magnetic recording device. The magnetic recording device comprises a trailing gap disposed adjacent to a first surface of a main pole, a first side gap disposed adjacent to a second surface of the main pole, a second side gap disposed adjacent to a third surface of the main pole, and a leading gap disposed adjacent to a fourth surface of the main pole. A side shield surrounds the main pole and comprises a heavy metal first layer and a magnetic second layer. The first layer surrounds the first, second, and third surfaces of the main pole, or the second, third, and fourth surfaces of the main pole. The second layer surrounds the second and third surfaces of the main pole, and may further surround the fourth surface of the main pole. |
| US10832705B2 |
Interlaced magnetic recording band isolation
Methods and apparatus for allocating logical sectors and bands to store data on interlaced magnetic recording tracks. The systems and methods include formatting a data storage medium to include a plurality of bands, each band of the plurality of bands including a plurality of tracks, the plurality of tracks including a subset of top tracks interlaced with a subset of bottom tracks, and each track of the plurality of tracks including a number of sectors, formatting a first band of the plurality of bands, determining an isolation region of the first band, and formatting a second band of the plurality of bands responsive to determining the isolation region of the first band. |
| US10832704B2 |
Laser calibration using temperature compensation equation for heat-assisted magnetic recording device
A method includes generating, during manufacture of a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) disk drive, a temperature compensation equation for a compensation factor using initial operating currents supplied to a laser diode of the disk drive at different initial operating temperatures and an efficiency value based on the initial operating temperatures. The operating currents are representative of currents for recording data to or erasing data from a magnetic recording medium. The temperature compensation equation is stored in the disk drive. A subsequent efficiency value is determined based on at least one of the initial operating temperatures and an operating temperature differing from the initial operating temperatures. An updated compensation factor at the operating temperature is determined during field operation using the temperature compensation equation and the subsequent efficiency value. An updated operating current is calculated using the updated compensation factor and the operating temperature. A current supplied to the laser diode for a subsequent write operation is adjusted to the updated operating current. |
| US10832703B1 |
Detection of off-track reads between wraps located in different tape partitions
A computer-implemented method for incrementing a tape write pass (WP) value includes identifying an action that requires incrementing a tape WP value on a magnetic tape storage device. The computer-implemented method further includes, in response to identifying the action that requires incrementing the tape WP value on the magnetic tape storage device: assigning a new tape WP value to a dataset based, at least in part, on a partition number corresponding to the data partition in which the dataset is written to. |
| US10832700B2 |
Sound file sound quality identification method and apparatus
A sound file sound quality identification method is provided. The method includes converting a format of a to-be-identified sound file into a preset reference audio format; performing framing on the sound file to obtain a plurality of frames; and performing Fourier transformation processing on the to-be-identified sound file to obtain a spectrum of each frame. The method also includes performing model matching according to the spectrum of each frame of the to-be-identified sound file to obtain a preliminary classification result of the to-be-identified sound file; determining an energy change point of the to-be-identified sound file according to the spectrum of each frame; and determining a sound quality of the to-be-identified sound file according to the preliminary classification result of the to-be-identified sound file and the energy change point of the to-be-identified sound file. |
| US10832697B2 |
Systems and methods for managing an emergency situation
Systems and methods for managing an emergency situation are provided herein. According to some embodiments, the present technology may related to a security system and method for monitoring, detecting, and providing notification and/or response measures in response to an emergency situation regarding a user. |
| US10832695B2 |
Mobile audio beamforming using sensor fusion
Audio receive beamforming is performed by a computing system. A set of audio signals are obtained via a microphone array and a set of inertial signals are obtained via a set of inertial sensors of a mobile device. A location of a targeted object to beamform is identified within a camera feed captured via a set of one or more cameras imagining an environment of the mobile device. A parameter of a beamforming function is determined that defines a beamforming region containing the targeted object based on the set of inertial signals and the location of the targeted object. The beamforming function is applied to the set of audio signals using the parameter to obtain a set of processed audio signals that increases a signal-to-noise ratio of an audio source within the beamforming region relative to the set of audio signals. |
| US10832693B2 |
Sound synthesis for data sonification employing a human auditory perception eigenfunction model in Hilbert space
A numerical sound synthesis method for representing data as audio for use in data sonification employing a Hilbert Space eigenfunction model of human auditory perception is described. The synthesis method comprises approximating an eigenfunction equation representing a model of human hearing, calculating the approximation to each of a plurality of eigenfunctions from at least one aspect of the eigenfunction equation, and storing the approximation to each of a plurality of eigenfunctions. The approximation to each of a plurality of eigenfunctions represents a perception-oriented basis functions for mathematically representing audio information in a Hilbert-space representation of an audio signal space. The model of human hearing can include a bandpass operation with a bandwidth having the frequency range of human hearing and a time-limiting operation approximating the time duration correlation window of human hearing. In an embodiment, the approximated eigenfunctions comprise a convolution of a prolate spheroidal wavefunction with a trigonometric function. |
| US10832683B2 |
System and method for efficient processing of universal background models for speaker recognition
A system and method for efficient universal background model (UBM) training for speaker recognition, including: receiving an audio input, divisible into a plurality of audio frames, wherein at least a first audio frame of the plurality of audio frames includes an audio sample having a length above a first threshold extracting at least one identifying feature from the first audio frame and generating a feature vector based on the at least one identifying feature; generating an optimized training sequence computation based on the feature vector and a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM), wherein the GMM is associated with a plurality of components, wherein each of the plurality of components is defined by a covariance matrix, a mean vector, and a weight vector; and updating any of the associated components of the GMM based on the generated optimized training sequence computation. |
| US10832682B2 |
Methods and apparatus for reducing latency in speech recognition applications
The method comprises receive first audio comprising speech from a user of a computing device, detecting an end of speech in the first audio, generating an ASR result based, at least in part, on a portion of the first audio prior to the detected end of speech, determining whether a valid action can be performed by a speech-enabled application installed on the computing device using the ASR result, and processing second audio when it is determined that a valid action cannot be performed by the speech-enabled application using the ASR result. |
| US10832680B2 |
Speech-to-text engine customization
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for automatically identifying potential errors in the text output of a domain-agnostic speech-to-text engine and generating text snippets that contain words representative of the potential errors and other words in the neighborhoods of such words for context. In this manner, a substantially reduced amount of text (i.e., the text snippets) can be reviewed for errors in the speech-to-text conversion rather than the entire text output, thereby significantly reducing the burden associated with error identification in the text output. |
| US10832679B2 |
Method and system for correcting speech-to-text auto-transcription using local context of talk
One embodiment provides a computer program product for improving accuracy of a transcript of a spoken interaction. The computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to identify a plurality of patterns in the transcript. The plurality of patterns are indicative of a group of acoustically similar words in the transcript and a corresponding local, sequential context of the group of acoustically similar words. The program instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the processor to predict conditional probabilities for the group of acoustically similar words based on a predictive model and the plurality of patterns, detect one or more transcription errors in the transcript based on the conditional probabilities, and correct the one or more transcription errors by applying a multi-pass correction on the one or more transcription errors. |
| US10832678B2 |
Filtering audio-based interference from voice commands using interference information
A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: receiving a complex audio signal which includes an intended audio signal and at least one interfering audio signal. Moreover, the intended audio signal is a voice-based command originating from a user. Information which corresponds to the at least one interfering audio signal is also received. The received information is used to identify portions of the complex audio signal as being the at least one interfering audio signal. Furthermore, the identified portion of the complex audio signal is removed from the complex audio signal, and a remaining portion of the complex audio signal is output. |
| US10832676B2 |
Detecting and correcting user confusion by a voice response system
Methods, systems and computer program products for detecting and correcting user confusion by a voice response system are provided. Aspects include monitoring, by the voice response system, ambient audio for a voice command from a user, determining and playing a response to the voice command, and monitoring a reaction of the user to the response. Based on a determination that the user did not understand the response, aspects include providing additional reference information to the user. The additional reference information is configured to aid the user in understanding the response. |
| US10832674B2 |
Voice data processing method and electronic device supporting the same
An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a touchscreen, microphone, speaker, wireless communication circuit, processor and memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: receive a first user utterance through the microphone, transmit, by the wireless communication circuit, the received first user utterance to an external server through the wireless communication circuit, receive, by the wireless communication circuit, first text data generated by the external server using automatic speech recognition (ASR), when the first text data includes at least one pre-stored word, phrase, and sentence, identifying a plurality of tasks mapped to the at least one pre-stored word, phrase, and sentence, and execute the identified plurality of tasks using at least one of sequential execution or parallel execution. |
| US10832669B2 |
Electronic device and method for updating channel map thereof
An electronic device is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communicator; a storage configured to store a channel map including a channel name, and a broadcasting frequency and a channel number corresponding to the channel name; and a processor to extract a first keyword from a first voice command and search the channel map for the first keyword, store the first keyword, extract a second keyword from a second voice command within a predetermined period of time of the first voice command, and search the channel map for the second keyword in response to the first keyword not being found in the channel map, and generate a control command to select a channel number corresponding to the second keyword in the channel map and add the first keyword as a pseudo channel name for the selected channel number in response to the second keyword being found in the channel map. |
| US10832667B2 |
Spoken dialogue system, a spoken dialogue method and a method of adapting a spoken dialogue system
A spoken dialogue system comprising: an input for receiving data relating to speech signals originating from a user, where the speech signals form part of a dialogue; an output for outputting information specified by an action; and a processor configured to: extract one or more acoustic features from the input speech signal; determine an action using a dialogue model, wherein the input to the dialogue model is generated using the input speech signal; output information specified by the action at the output; generate a success measure using the acoustic features. |
| US10832662B2 |
Keyword detection modeling using contextual information
Features are disclosed for detecting words in audio using contextual information in addition to automatic speech recognition results. A detection model can be generated and used to determine whether a particular word, such as a keyword or “wake word,” has been uttered. The detection model can operate on features derived from an audio signal, contextual information associated with generation of the audio signal, and the like. In some embodiments, the detection model can be customized for particular users or groups of users based usage patterns associated with the users. |
| US10832658B2 |
Quantized dialog language model for dialog systems
A method, program product and computer system to predict utterances in a dialog system includes receiving a set of utterances associated with a dialog between a client device and a dialog system, mapping the utterances to vector representations of the utterances, and identifying at least one cluster to which the utterances belong from among a plurality of possible clusters. A next cluster is predicted based upon a conditional probability of the next cluster following a set of a predetermined number of previous clusters using a language model. A next utterance is predicted from among a plurality of possible utterances within the predicted next cluster. |
| US10832655B2 |
Method and user device for providing context awareness service using speech recognition
A method for providing a context awareness service is provided. The method includes defining a control command for the context awareness service depending on a user input, triggering a playback mode and the context awareness service in response to a user selection, receiving external audio through a microphone in the playback mode, determining whether the received audio corresponds to the control command, and executing a particular action assigned to the control command when the received audio corresponds to the control command. |
| US10832654B2 |
Recognizing accented speech
Techniques (300, 400, 500) and apparatuses (100, 200, 700) for recognizing accented speech are described. In some embodiments, an accent module recognizes accented speech using an accent library based on device data, uses different speech recognition correction levels based on an application field into which recognized words are set to be provided, or updates an accent library based on corrections made to incorrectly recognized speech. |
| US10832653B1 |
Providing content on multiple devices
Techniques for receiving a voice command from a user and, in response, providing audible content to the user via a first device and providing visual content for the user via a second device. In some instances, the first device includes a microphone for generating audio signals that include user speech, as well as a speaker for outputting audible content in response to identified voice commands from the speech. However, the first device might not include a display for displaying graphical content. As such, the first device may be configured to identify devices that include displays and that are proximate to the first device. The first device may then instruct one or more of these other devices to output visual content associated with a user's voice command. |
| US10832652B2 |
Model generating method, and speech synthesis method and apparatus
A method is performed by at least one processor, and includes acquiring training speech data by concatenating speech segments having a lowest target cost among candidate concatenation solutions, and extracting training speech segments of a first annotation type, from the training speech data, the first annotation type being used for annotating that a speech continuity of a respective one of the training speech segments is superior to a preset condition. The method further includes calculating a mean dissimilarity matrix, based on neighboring candidate speech segments corresponding to the training speech segments before concatenation, the mean dissimilarity matrix representing a mean dissimilarity in acoustic features of groups of the neighboring candidate speech segments belonging to a same type of concatenation combination relationship, and generating a concatenation cost model having a target concatenation weight, based on the mean dissimilarity matrix, the concatenation cost model corresponding to the same type of concatenation combination relationship. |
| US10832651B1 |
Method for use with a speakerphone system that corrects for mechanical vibrations
A method for substantially eliminating the effect of mechanical vibration on an audio input to a speakerphone system is provided herein, the method comprising: receiving an input sound acoustic signal at a microphone (mic); converting the received input sound acoustic signal into an input sound electrical signal, and outputting the same as a mic output signal; receiving mechanical vibrations at a mechanical vibration sensor (MVS); converting the received mechanical vibrations into a mechanical vibration error signal, and outputting the same as an MVS output signal; and generating a speakerphone system output signal by subtracting the MVS output signal from the mic output signal. |
| US10832650B1 |
Speakerphone system that corrects for mechanical vibrations on an enclosure of the speakerphone using an output of a mechanical vibration sensor and an output of a microphone
A speakerphone system is provide, comprising: at least one mechanical vibration sensor (MVS) adapted to convert mechanical vibrations in a speakerphone enclosure (enclosure) to a mechanical vibration error signal, and output the same as an MVS output signal; at least one microphone (mic) adapted to convert an input sound acoustic signal into an input sound electrical signal and to output the same as a mic output signal; and circuitry adapted to subtract the MVS output signal from the mic output signal and output the resultant signal as a speakerphone output signal. |
| US10832649B2 |
Adaptation enhancement for a road noise cancellation system
A road noise cancellation (RNC) system may include a signal analysis controller for detecting non-stationary, transient events based on sensor signals having a spectral or temporal character significantly different from steady-state road or cabin noise. Upon detection of such non-stationary events, the RNC system may modify the sensor signals to mask the non-stationary event, thereby preventing the RNC system's adaptive filters from mis-adapting because of transient, non-stationary events. Alternatively, the RNC system may pause or slow or pause adaptation of its controllable filters for the duration of a frame that includes the non-stationary event. |
| US10832647B2 |
Mouse device and noise cancellation method of the same
A mouse device includes a button switch, a microcontroller, a speaker drive circuitry and a speaker. The button switch is configured to produce a first sound when being actuated. The microcontroller is electrically coupled to the button switch. The button switch is configured to provide an actuation signal to the microcontroller when being actuated. The speaker drive circuitry is electrically coupled to the microcontroller and the speaker is electrically coupled to the speaker drive circuitry. The speaker drive circuitry is configured to drive the speaker to play a second sound that substantially cancels out the first sound. |
| US10832644B2 |
Pedal board
A pedal board assembly includes a pedal board having a pedal board surface structured and arranged to support at least one effect pedal, and a removable pedal switching system. The pedal board includes a receiving area structured and arranged to accommodate the pedal switching system. |
| US10832642B2 |
Drum pedal with features for adjustment of chain or similar device
Drum pedal assemblies are disclosed which can include one or more adjustment features. Adjustment features which can be included in embodiments of the invention can include spring tension adjustment features, pedal incline adjustment features, lever length adjustment features, beater stem angle adjustment features, chain path adjustment features, operable chain length adjustment features, and chain connection point position adjustment features. |
| US10832641B2 |
Humidity controlled musical instrument reed cap
A woodwind reed storage and maintenance device conveniently fits directly onto the reed bearing end of a musical instrument. The storage and maintenance device includes a reed storage space, humidity control device space, and a humidity gauge. The storage and maintenance device is used to maintain a reed while still located on the musical instrument at a specifically-chosen constant humidity level for optimal performing condition and maximum reed life. The storage and maintenance device protects the reed from physical damage and from damage due to changing humidity levels in the ambient surroundings. The storage and maintenance device accurately measures and displays temperature and humidity information corresponding to the reed storage space inside the device. |
| US10832639B2 |
Method of and apparatus for generating a signature representative of the content of an array of data
A method and an apparatus for generating a signature representative of the content of a region of an array of data in a data processing system, where the region of the array of data comprising plural data positions, and each data position having an associated data value or values. A data value or values for a data position of the region of the data array is/are generated. The data value or values for the data position of the region of the data array is/are written to storage that stores the region of the data array as it is being generated. A signature representative of the content of the region of the data array is generated in parallel with the data value or values for the data position of the region of the data array being written to the storage. |
| US10832637B1 |
Systems and methods of enhancing the brightness of digital displays
A system, method, and apparatus provide brightness enhancement for digital displays. The digital display of an electronic apparatus may be augmented with an E-Ink based display module. Embodiments may replicate the content of the digital display shown on the E-Ink module display. The content is shown in a high contrast output that is readable even though the ambient light intensity may overwhelm the readability of the original digital display. Some embodiments include a clock which may trigger automatic operation of the E-Ink module. Some embodiments may include a transparent E-Ink module which may show replicated content obscuring the view an underlying digital display or which may remain transparent when the digital display is readable under the current light. |
| US10832633B2 |
Sink device and power control method therefor
The present invention relates to a sink device and a power control method therefor. The sink device comprises: an HDMI reception unit connected to a source device and receiving a signal transmitted by the source device; and a processor for turning on the power of the sink device when a TMDS clock is received from the source device. Therefore, the power of the sink device is automatically turned on, thereby enabling user convenience to improve. |
| US10832632B2 |
Low power architecture for mobile displays
A low power architecture for mobile displays includes a display, a low voltage integrated circuit configured to: receive a high speed input signal; process the input signal; and output uncompressed pixel data based on the processed input signal; and a high voltage integrated circuit configured to drive pixels in the display based on the uncompressed pixel data; wherein the low voltage integrated circuit is configured to provides the uncompressed pixel data to the high voltage integrated circuit via a timing-to-driver (T2D) interface. |
| US10832628B2 |
Gate on-state voltage supply unit, gate on-state voltage supply method, display driving module and display device
The present disclosure provides a gate on-state voltage supply unit, a gate on-state voltage supply method, a display driving module and a display device. The gate on-state voltage supply unit is used in the display device including a display driving module. The gate on-state voltage supply unit includes a shutdown determination module and a voltage supply module. The shutdown determination module is configured to determine whether the display device has been shut down, and when the display device has been shut down, transmit a boosting control signal to the voltage supply module. The voltage supply module is configured to, upon the receipt of the boosting control signal, boost a gate on-state voltage to acquire a boosted gate on-state voltage, and apply the boosted gate on-state voltage to a gate driving circuit of the display driving module. |
| US10832626B2 |
Semiconductor device, display device, and electronic device
A semiconductor device in which variations are controlled is provided. The semiconductor device has a function of converting a digital signal into an analog signal, and includes a digital-analog converter circuit, an amplifier circuit, first to fourth switches, a first output terminal, a second output terminal, and a power source. The amplifier circuit is configured to perform feedback control when the first switch and the fourth switch are on and the second switch and the third switch are off. The amplifier circuit is configured to perform comparison control when the first switch and the fourth switch are off and the second switch and the third switch are on; utilizing this, variations in the digital-analog converter circuit and the amplifier circuit are controlled. |
| US10832625B2 |
Gray scale adjustment method and device for display panel
The present invention discloses a gray scale adjustment method and device for a display panel. The method includes: performing an image acquisition on the display panel to obtain a current image; identifying a relationship between an average value of gray scale values of all pixels in a set range in the current image and a target value by a distinguishing method, in order to identify an uneven block in the current image; detecting an original output luminance and an original input gray scale of the uneven block; determining a target input gray scale corresponding to a preset target luminance according to an actual gamma curve value obtained by testing the display panel; and taking a difference between the original input gray scale and the target input gray scale as a gray scale compensation value of the uneven block. |
| US10832623B2 |
Display panel and display method
The invention provides a display panel, including a color filter substrate and a thin film transistor array substrate disposed oppositely, and a liquid crystal layer filled between the color filter substrate and the thin film transistor array substrate, wherein the thin film transistor array substrate includes a display area, a non-display area, and a plurality of photo sensors are disposed in the display area; the color filter substrate is formed with a plurality of light transmissive passages; the thin film transistor array substrate is disposed with a plurality of sub-pixels; and the photo sensor is configured for detecting position information corresponding to an external photoelectric signal when receiving the external photoelectric signal. The display panel is provided with a plurality of photo sensors, when the incident laser light is irradiated onto the photo sensor, the photo sensor can be triggered to work, and the laser projection position is determined. |
| US10832618B2 |
Circuits and methods for reducing illumination unevenness and improving aperture ratios in display devices
The present disclosure relates to a pixel circuit and a method of driving the pixel circuit, and a display device. A pixel circuit, including: a light emitting device; a driving circuit; a data writing circuit; a light emitting control circuit; a threshold compensation circuit; a first storage circuit; and a second storage circuit. |
| US10832613B2 |
Image format conversion using luminance-adaptive dithering
In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for image format conversion using luminance-adaptive dithering. For instance, in one example, a method includes acquiring an image in a first format, wherein the first format is associated with a first electro-optical transfer function, identifying a second format to which to convert the image, wherein the second format is associated with a second electro-optical transfer function, and applying dithering to the image in the second format, based on an evaluation of a luminance-dependent metric against a predefined threshold, wherein the luminance-dependent metric is computed from at least one of the first electro-optical transfer function and the second electro-optical transfer function. |
| US10832611B2 |
Multiple primary color conversion method, driving method, driving device and display apparatus
The present application provides a multiple primary color conversion method, including: determining color triangles according to color coordinates of a target color; computing grayscale components of l primary colors corresponding to the target color in the color triangles; in step S130, obtaining initial grayscales of l primary colors; in step S140, judging whether there is an overflow grayscale; if yes, then performing step S160, if no, then performing step S150; in step S150, adjusting initial brightness components corresponding to grayscale components of the same primary color as the overflow grayscale, computing grayscale components of l primary colors in color triangles including the primary color of the overflow grayscale, and performing steps S130 and S140; in step S160, determining the initial grayscales of l primary colors as grayscales of l primary colors of the target color. |
| US10832610B2 |
Display panel of micro light emitting diode
A display panel of micro light emitting diode comprises a substrate, a plurality of micro light emitting diodes, a plurality of driving chips and a shading layer. The substrate having a first surface and a display area. The plurality of micro light emitting diodes is disposed on the first surface of the substrate and is located in the display area, with each of the micro light emitting diodes having a light emitting surface while the light emitting surface is away from the first surface of the substrate. The plurality of driving chips is disposed on the first surface of the substrate and is located in the display area, with each driving chip electrically connecting to at least one of the micro light emitting diodes. The shading layer is disposed on the first surface of the substrate and covering the driving chips while exposing the light emitting surfaces. |
| US10832608B2 |
Pixel circuit, method for driving method, display panel, and display device
The disclosure relates to a pixel circuit, a method for driving method, a display panel, and a display device. The pixel circuit includes: a scan control circuit, a latch circuit, a charging control circuit, and a pixel electrode; the scan control circuit is configured to output a data signal to a first node in response to a gate scan signal; the latch circuit is configured to latch signals of the first node and a second node response to a signal of the first node; and the charging control circuit is configured to output a first display voltage signal to the pixel electrode in response to the signal of the first node and a charging control signal, and to output a second display voltage signal to the pixel electrode in response to the signal of the second node and the charging control signal. |
| US10832607B2 |
Display control device, display, and self-test interrupt method
A display control device, a self-test interrupt module (30) of which controls operating states of a first driving circuit (10) and a second driving circuit (20) by detecting a feedback signal of the first driving circuit (10) and a feedback signal of the second driving circuit (20). |
| US10832604B2 |
Video monitoring method, display device, and display system
A display device includes a signal detector for detecting gradation pixel data input to a display having multiple pixels, a current detector for detecting currents supplied to at least part of the pixels included in the multiple pixels, and an output part for outputting current data corresponding to currents supplied to the part of the pixels and signal data corresponding to gradation pixel data used for the part of the pixels. Accordingly, it is possible to compare current data with signal data, and therefore, it is possible to confirm whether or not video signals are correctly displayed on a screen. |
| US10832603B2 |
Computerized product display system and apparatus for use therewith
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for use with a tablet computer type electronic device including a frontside having a touchscreen electronic display and a backside having a sensor that can be used to capture data from product cards or products positioned at one or more places on a display stand. The apparatus includes a frame to hold the tablet computer type electronic device. A first mirror is coupled to the frame at a first location adjacent to the sensor on the backside of the touchscreen electronic display when the frame is holding the tablet computer type electronic device. A second mirror is coupled to the frame at a second location offset from the first location. The first mirror and second mirror enable the sensor on the backside of the touchscreen electronic display to capture data from product cards or products when the data is adjacent to the second mirror. |
| US10832601B2 |
Frame stand for posters
A frame stand for posters including a base plate (11) and a cover frame (12), characterized in that the cover frame (12) has a bottom edge (122a) which is rotatable connected to the base plate (11). |
| US10832600B2 |
Display prop splicing device
A display prop splicing device includes display bodies, luminous bodies, and connecting bodies. A first mounting site and a second mounting site are respectively formed at two ends of each connecting body. A third mounting site and a fourth mounting site are respectively formed at two ends of each display body. A first magnet and a second magnet which are attracted to each other are arranged in each first mounting site and each third mounting site, as well as in each second mounting site and each fourth mounting site. Conductive poles used for electrical connection between the adjacent display bodies are embedded into the outer edges of each first magnet and each second magnet. At least one display body is electrically connected with an external electrical control device through a power line. Multiple display bodies are conveniently and flexibly spliced through the first, second, third and fourth mounting sites. |
| US10832598B2 |
Light emitting sign apparatus using optical fiber including solar-responsive light sensors
A light emitting sign apparatus including an optical fiber includes an outer frame. The outer frame includes an accommodation space having an opened front side. A front panel covers the front side of the outer frame, and includes a plurality of first front emission holes. A light source module is located in the accommodation space and includes at least one light source. A plurality of first front optical fibers have first ends connected to the plurality of first front emission holes and second ends optically coupled to the at least one light source. At least one outer illumination sensor is located in the accommodation space. A plurality of outer optical fibers have first ends connected to the outer emission holes provided in the outer frame and second ends optically coupled to the at least one outer illumination sensor. |
| US10832596B1 |
Flexible hanging label manufacturing method and structure
The present invention relates to a flexible hanging label manufacturing method and structure, the manufacturing method includes the following steps: a. printing a label paper strip; b. attaching a first flexible paper layer and a second flexible paper layer to an attached portion of the label paper strip; and c. cutting. The flexible hanging label manufactured by the above steps would achieve consistent production operations, to thereby improve the anti-pull strength of the flexible hanging labels, to effectively reduce the fraction defective caused by use damage. |
| US10832590B2 |
Monitoring food intake
In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for monitoring a user's food intake. For instance, in one example, a user's food intake is monitored based on data collected from a sensor. The user's current nutrient consumption is estimated based on the monitoring. A recommendation is presented to the user based on the estimating, where the recommendation is designed to help the user achieve a target nutrient consumption. |
| US10832588B2 |
Communication tone training
An approach is provided that may obtain communication information regarding a communication between a first entity and a second entity while the communication may be ongoing. The communication may include an utterance. A tone associated with the utterance may be identified and may result in an identified tone. An outcome of the communication may be predicted using a machine learning based prediction module and the identified tone. |
| US10832586B2 |
Providing partial answers to users
A method and system of interactive tutoring is provided. A question is sent to a user device. Upon determining that the response does not correspond to a known correct answer, a concept map is identified and a cost function between the correct answer and the response is determined. Upon determining that the cost function between the correct answer and the response is above a predetermined threshold, the question is identified to be the origin. Otherwise, the response is identified to be the origin. A present academic proficiency of the student is determined. A difficulty boundary based on the academic proficiency of the student is determined. A next question is provided between the origin and the correct answer, based on the determined difficulty boundary of the student. |
| US10832585B2 |
Reading progress indicator
In the examples provided herein, a computer-implemented method causes to be displayed a unit of content for accessing by a user. The method also causes to be displayed a reading progress indicator based upon a first amount of time multiple other users spent to reach a current location within a set of sections of the unit of content accessed by the user and a second amount of time the other users spent to finish the set of sections. |
| US10832583B2 |
Targeted learning and recruitment
Embodiments for targeted learning and recruitment by a processor. Attributes obtained from a user profile are used to identify a user as a potential candidate for performing an activity related to either the recruiting or the learning and providing a customized learning experience with targeted course suggestions for the user. |
| US10832581B2 |
Flight management via model-based iterative optimization
A system, computer-readable medium, and a method including obtaining flight data for a specific aircraft for a prescribed flight; obtaining current sample measurements of at least one state or output of the specific aircraft; performing based on the obtained flight data, the current measurements or outputs, and a mathematical model accurately representing an actual operational performance of the specific aircraft and providing a predictive indication of a future performance of the specific aircraft, a control optimization to determine a cost-optimal control input for the prescribed flight; adjusting, in response to a consideration of actual operational characteristics of the specific aircraft, the optimized control input; and transmitting the adjusted optimized control input to the specific aircraft to operate the specific aircraft to minimize the direct operating cost for the prescribed flight. |
| US10832580B2 |
Cooperative driving control device and method therefor
The present disclosure relates to a cooperative driving control technology, by which the set speed of an automatic cruise system of follower vehicles, other than a foremost vehicle, among cooperative driving vehicles is set to be higher by a certain value than the driving speed of the leader vehicle, and the headway time of a vehicle immediately after a departing vehicle is increased during a departure period of the follower vehicle, thereby enabling the departing vehicle to quickly and completely depart and preventing a collision between vehicles during the period. |
| US10832577B2 |
Method and system for determining road users with potential for interaction
A method for determining at least one road user with a potential for interaction in a route segment includes detecting, using a unit outside a first vehicle, information with respect to a plurality of road users entering a route segment at an entry point to the route segment, where the information comprises information about one or more properties of the plurality of road users. The method also includes determining service data based on the information with respect to at least one of the plurality of road users, and determining that the first vehicle is situated in the route segment or will be situated in the route segment after a predefined time interval has elapsed. Thereafter, service data is provided in the first vehicle. |
| US10832567B2 |
Systems and methods for generating composite real-time traffic images based on triggering events using data from vehicle borne sensors
A method of generating composite image data using a first vehicle including a first camera and first network interface hardware and a second vehicle including a second camera and second network interface hardware includes establishing an external connection between the first vehicle and the second vehicle with the first network interface hardware and the second network interface hardware, generating a triggering event signal in the first vehicle in response to a triggering event, sending the triggering event signal to the second vehicle, capturing first image data using the first camera and capturing second image data using the second camera, and stitching the first image data and the second image data into composite image data. |
| US10832565B2 |
System and method for acoustically identifying gunshots fired indoors
A system and method for acoustically detecting the firing of gunshots indoors employs multiple microphones (15, 20) which are utilized individually and in combination to detect sounds inside a building or other structure and, upon sensing a loud impulsive sound which is indicative of a gunshot, processing signals from both microphones (15, 20) to determine if the sound is that of a gunshot. The system and method relies on the acoustic signature of the noise as collected, with the acoustic signature being analyzed to arrive at values which are then compared to adjustable levels that signify a gunshot. |
| US10832564B2 |
Building security system with event data analysis for generating false alarm rules for false alarm reduction
A system for generating a false alarm rule for preventing a false alarm that occurs at a building includes a processing circuit configured to receive, via a communications interface, building data including events for the building devices. The building events include a first non-alarm event, a second non-alarm event different than the first non-alarm event, and a false alarm event. The processing circuit is configured to generate an event sequence based on the events, where the event sequence includes the first non-alarm event and the second non-alarm event and indicates a relationship between the first non-alarm event and the second non-alarm event that is indicative of a situation at the building that causes the false alarm event to occur. The processing circuit is configured to generate the false alarm rule based on the event sequence. The false alarm rule includes a recommendation for preventing the false alarm event from occurring. |
| US10832563B2 |
Building security system with false alarm reduction recommendations and automated self-healing for false alarm reduction
A system for preventing a false alarm that occurs at a building, the system includes a processing circuit configured to receive, via a communications interface, building data including events for the building devices. The processing circuit is configured to determine, based on the events, whether a false alarm rule has triggered, where the false alarm rule indicates relationships between one or more of the events that is indicative of a situation at the building site that causes the false alarm, generate a parameter update for at least one of the plurality of building devices in response to determining that the false alarm rule has triggered, and implement the parameter update by providing, via the communications interface, the parameter update to the at least one of the building devices. |
| US10832559B2 |
Communication hub for emergency responders
A method, communication hub and mesh network for facilitating management of emergency responders and emergency response equipment via a communication hub are disclosed. According to one aspect, the communication hub includes at least one telemetry radio configured to communicate with emergency response equipment to gather data from the emergency response equipment. The communication hub also includes at least one 802.11-compliant radio configured to transmit the gathered data to at least one wireless device configured to manage the emergency responders and emergency response equipment. |
| US10832558B2 |
Systems and methods for augmenting reality during a site survey using an unmanned aerial vehicle
Systems and methods are provided for augmented reality during an automated site survey of a building using an unmanned aerial vehicle. Some methods can include retrieving a building information model of the building from a database device, receiving user input and, responsive thereto, transmitting navigation signals to the unmanned aerial vehicle to maneuver to a site survey position in the building and transmitting command signals to the unmanned aerial vehicle to conduct a RF test at the site survey position and return site survey results, and calculating signal degradation for the site survey position as a function of the site survey results and the building information model. |
| US10832557B2 |
Operating a fire alarm system
Devices, systems, and methods for operating a fire alarm system are described herein. One device includes circuitry to determine a resistance associated with an addressable fire alarm loop during a quiescent condition, determine an expected voltage drop in the loop during an alarm condition based on a plurality of devices of the loop, and set an alarm drive voltage of a power supply associated with the loop based on the resistance and the expected voltage drop. |
| US10832555B2 |
Remote monitoring system
A remote monitoring system and a method of operating a system having a pump is provided. The remote monitoring system includes a vacuum/pressure sensor coupled to measure a vacuum or a pressure in the system. A temperature sensor is positioned to measure an ambient temperature. A fluid level sensor is positioned to measure fluid in a collection tank. A controller is operably coupled to the vacuum/pressure sensor, the temperature sensor and the fluid level sensor, the controller having a communications circuit that is operable to transmit and receive signals via a cellular SMS text message communications medium, the controller having one or more processors that are responsive to nontransitory executable computer instructions, the one or more processors being responsive to change the operation of the pump in response to an operating signal from the communications circuit, the temperature sensor or the vacuum/pressure sensor or the fluid level sensor. |
| US10832547B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium
An information processing apparatus includes a notification unit that gives a notification to a user in a case where a device that covers user's vision is used in a closed space that accommodates at least one user and a managed time based on a period for which the closed space is available is reached. |
| US10832546B2 |
Transaction terminal silent alert systems
A transaction terminal silent alarm system having processor(s) and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor(s), cause the system to perform a method is disclosed. Upon receiving, from a user device, an authentication request to complete a transaction at a transaction terminal, the system may determine whether a fingerprint scan matches a stored fingerprint. Responsive to the fingerprint scan matching a stored normal fingerprint and absent receiving another fingerprint that matches a stored cancellation fingerprint, the system may direct the transaction terminal to complete the transaction. Responsive to the fingerprint scan matching a stored under-duress fingerprint, the system may direct the transaction terminal to send a silent alert to law enforcement and direct the transaction terminal to delay the transaction. Responsive to the fingerprint scan not matching any stored fingerprints, the system may direct the user device to display a fingerprint rescan message. |
| US10832539B2 |
Security camera system
A security camera system for safeguarding a designated area includes at least one camera for encoding and transmitting streaming video of the designated area, and a video receiver for receiving, decoding and analyzing the streaming video for relevant motion, such as movement indicative of the presence of a person. Upon detecting a motion event, the video receiver triggers an alert condition, which results in storing each video steam into memory. Each camera is provided with a PIR detector circuit for measuring infrared radiation within the designated area, the video steam and IR data being transmitted to the receiver via analog communication means to reduce implementation costs. To minimize the risk of false trigger events, the receiver monitors both pixel changes in the streaming video signals as well as measured IR radiation levels within the designated area that fall within the traditional thermal energy range of human body heat. |
| US10832533B2 |
Receipt processing and access service
A method including receiving a query request for a registration status of a payment account number (PAN) with an electronic receipt service; determining, in reply to the query request, whether the PAN is registered with the electronic receipt service; determining an electronic receipt handling option associated with the PAN; and sending a response including at least an electronic receipt destination address, the electronic receipt destination address being an address to which an electronic receipt associated with the PAN of the query request is to be sent. |
| US10832530B2 |
Systems for enhanced interactive game play in lottery and gaming environments
Methods and systems for electronic interaction comprising a display for presenting a grid of identifying objects, an input for receiving a player selection of an identifying object, a random generator for randomly selecting a winning identifying object, and a point tally system for awarding points to the player according to the rules comprising a first point value if the player selected identifying object exactly matches the winning identifying object, a second point value if the player selected identifying object is in a geometric relationship with the winning identifying object, and a third, negative, point value if the player is not awarded the first point value or the second point value. |
| US10832529B2 |
System and method of conducting games or betting as a proxy, with ease of access
To bring the excitement to the people (majority, who are not experts in games), we present the examples, described here, for one person to be able to bet on and be part of the deal and excitement for a third party, as his agent, proxy, or shadow. Some other examples are: one-link connectivity for easy registration and betting, connection and integration of social networks, Game of skills and/or chance, TV show integration, Player vs player situations, One-click betting/linking/functioning/triggering or OCB, Tipster scheme, a website belonging to our platform, Charity scheme, Pari-mutuel betting in our environment (all bets of a type in a pool, where any winning can be shared, after the house or casino deduction for fees), Proposition betting in our environment, and Multiple leg/parameter situation (where only a subset of decisions is relied upon on a 3rd party, and the rest are decided by the 1st party, herself). |
| US10832528B2 |
System and method of conducting games or betting as a proxy, with ease of access
To bring the excitement to the people (majority, who are not experts in games), we present the examples, described here, for one person to be able to bet on and be part of the deal and excitement for a third party, as his agent, proxy, or shadow. Some other examples are: one-link connectivity for easy registration and betting, connection and integration of social networks, Game of skills and/or chance, TV show integration, Player vs player situations, One-click betting/linking/functioning/triggering or OCB, Tipster scheme, a website belonging to our platform, Charity scheme, Pari-mutuel betting in our environment (all bets of a type in a pool, where any winning can be shared, after the house or casino deduction for fees), Proposition betting in our environment, and Multiple leg/parameter situation (where only a subset of decisions is relied upon on a 3rd party, and the rest are decided by the 1st party, herself). |
| US10832524B2 |
Non-standard progressive customization with uniform expected values
The disclosed technology describes various embodiments for providing a non-standard progressive jackpot mechanic, which can be used to control an electronic gaming machine (“EGM”). Certain embodiments, for example, comprise inputting wager data identifying a wager selected by a player of a reel game offered by the EGM, wherein the reel game includes one or more progressive jackpot awards; and in response to the inputting, computing updated values of the one or more progressive jackpot awards, wherein the updated values are computed based at least in part on a multiplier value that alters a first set of the one or more progressive jackpot awards into a second set of the one or more progressive jackpot awards different than the first set. |
| US10832523B2 |
Casino beverage validation and payment systems
Methods, systems, and devices are provided for validating player entitlement to a complimentary award or service (such as a complementary beverage), such as in a gaming establishment, and/or facilitating the patron's direct payment for such. A validation module at a gaming machine may indicate an award of a free drink or other comp to a player based upon meeting certain criteria, such as levels of wagering. A player might alternately purchase voucher at a gaming machine or kiosk and then use the voucher as payment for the drink. |
| US10832519B2 |
Variable payback gaming
A system for interactive gaming among a plurality of players includes a host computer system and a plurality of player terminals communicably coupled to the host computer system or gaming platform via a network. The plurality of player terminals may be located at a plurality of licensed gaming locations. The plurality of player terminals may be configured to engage the plurality of players in a common interactive game operated by the host computer system. The plurality of player terminals can include means for dispensing player winnings from the player terminal. |
| US10832517B2 |
Systems, methods and devices for monitoring betting activities
System, processes and devices for monitoring betting activities using bet recognition devices and a server. Each bet recognition device has an imaging component for capturing image data for a gaming table surface. The bet recognition device receives calibration data for calibrating the bet recognition device. A server processor coupled to a data store processes the image data received from the bet recognition devices over the network to detect, for each betting area, a number of chips and a final bet value for the chips. |
| US10832516B2 |
Wagering games system and method
Systems and methods for providing a wagering game at a gaming table which includes receiving wagers, forming a group of community cards from a unique set of randomly-ordered physical playing cards or simulation thereof, and determining the outcome of wagers received wherein at least one wager is determined by comparing a first card of the group of community cards with a first wager winning criteria and at least one wager is determined by comparing the group of community cards including the first card with a second wager winning criteria. |
| US10832509B1 |
Systems and methods of a doorbell device initiating a state change of an access control device and/or a control panel responsive to two-factor authentication
Systems and methods of a doorbell device initiating a state change of an access control device and/or a control panel responsive to two-factor authentication are provided. Such systems and methods can include the doorbell device receiving first access credentials from a first device, determining whether the first access credentials are valid, and determining whether the first device has been authenticated with two factors by determining whether an indication of two-factor authentication of the first device has been received from the first device or by soliciting and validating second access credentials from a second device. When the first access credentials are valid and the first device has been authenticated with the two factors, the doorbell device can transmit a state change command to the access control device that controls access to a secured area associated with the doorbell device and/or the control panel that monitors the secured area. |
| US10832508B2 |
Intent driven building occupant path and system interaction optimization
A method of controlling access to at least one access point along a path is provided. The method comprising: receiving a current position of a user of a user device; checking a schedule of the user of the user device; determining a next event in the schedule; determining an event destination of a next event in the schedule; determining a path from the current position to the event destination; determining an access device list of one or more access devices located on the path; transmitting a command to each access device when the user of the user device is located within a position boundary of the access device; and adjusting the access device when the command is received. |
| US10832506B2 |
Wireless device enabled locking system
An encrypted security system and associated methods for controlling physical access are described. The system includes a security server configured to receive a request for authentication from a mobile device, the request including information identifying the mobile device and a physical access control device. The security server forwards an encryption message including a plurality of unique identifiers to the physical access control device via the mobile device. The physical access control device is configured to authenticate the plurality of unique identifiers in the encryption message and operate an access control mechanism. |
| US10832504B1 |
System and method for generating data regarding a vehicle crash
A computer-implemented method for generating data regarding a vehicle crash is presented. Initial sensor data output by a sensor(s) of a mobile computing device may be received. It may be determined whether the initial sensor data includes sensor data indicating that a crash of a vehicle has occurred. Additional sensor data output by the sensor(s) of the mobile computing device may be received when it is determined that the initial sensor data includes sensor data indicating the crash has occurred. The additional sensor data may be received for a first amount of time after it is determined that the initial sensor data includes sensor data indicating the crash has occurred. Combined sensor data may be generated based on the initial sensor data and the additional sensor data, where the combined sensor data may include sensor data corresponding to time before the crash and corresponding to time after the crash. |
| US10832502B2 |
Calibration for autonomous vehicle operation
Various embodiments relate generally to autonomous vehicles and associated mechanical, electrical and electronic hardware, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to provide an autonomous vehicle fleet as a service. In particular, a method may include receiving data associated with a sensor measurement of a perceived object, determining a label associated with the perceived object based on an initial calibration, retrieving log file data associated with the label, determining a calibration parameter associated with the sensor measurement based on the retrieved log file data, and storing the calibration parameter in association with a sensor associated with the sensor measurement. Sensors may be calibrated on the fly while the autonomous vehicle is in operation using one or more other sensors and/or fused data from multiple types of sensors. |
| US10832497B2 |
Positive crankcase ventilation valve performance evaluation
A process of evaluating performance of a positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) valve is disclosed. The process includes utilizing an optical sensor coupled to the PCV valve to collect baseline valve position data during a calibration phase. The baseline valve position data represents satisfactory PCV valve performance. The process also includes utilizing the optical sensor to collect operational valve position data during an operational phase. The process further includes determining whether a deviation of the operational valve position data from the baseline valve position data satisfies a performance threshold associated with unsatisfactory PCV valve performance. When the deviation satisfies the performance threshold, the process includes communicating an error code to an alert indicator. |
| US10832496B2 |
System and method for detecting radome damage
A system for detecting radome damage. The system comprises a sensor unit and a processing unit. The sensor unit is configured to continuously register external impacts on a radome. The processing unit is electrically connected to the sensor unit. The processing unit is configured to compare the external impacts registered by the sensor unit with reference data. The processing unit is further formed to determine, based on the comparison, whether damage to the radome has occurred due to one or more events associated with the external impacts. Furthermore, a radome comprising the system, a flying object and a corresponding method are provided. |
| US10832494B2 |
Attendance management device, attendance management system, attendance management method and storage medium
An attendance management device including a processor which performs control to: display a date and time reception screen for receiving a predetermined operation timing by a user as arrival date and time or leaving date and time; and display a stock input screen for a user to input a stock in a predetermined sales data processing device or a predetermined drawer device, wherein the processor performs control to display the date and time reception screen prior to displaying of the stock input screen when an arrival processing mode is selected, and the processor performs control to display the date and time reception screen after displaying of the stock input screen when a leaving processing mode is selected. |
| US10832492B2 |
Panoramic visualization of coronary arterial tree
The present disclosure generally relates to an automated method and system for generating a panoramic visualization of a coronary arterial tree of a subject. The method comprises: acquiring an image volume of a thoracic cavity of the subject, the image volume providing a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the thoracic cavity; isolating a coronary structure in the 3D representation by abating one or more other anatomical structures in the thoracic cavity; abating one or more portions of the coronary structure in the 3D representation that attenuate visualization of the coronary arterial tree; generating, by maximum intensity projection (MIP), a plurality of MIP images of the coronary structure from the 3D representation; and compositing the MIP images to generate the panoramic visualization of the coronary arterial tree. |
| US10832490B2 |
Virtual reality experience apparatus capable of providing experiencing user with virtual reality image and physical motion
A virtual reality experience apparatus includes: a displaying device configured to provide an experiencing user with a virtual reality image; and a riding device configured to provide the experiencing user with a motion, wherein the riding device includes: a riding part providing the experiencing user with a ridable space, and a gyro mechanism generating a pitching motion and a rolling motion of the riding part, wherein the gyro mechanism includes: a base structure having a pair of support columns disposed apart from each other, a pitching mechanism rotatably mounted on the pair of support columns to be rotated with respect to a pitching axis extending between the pair of support columns, and a rolling mechanism rotatably mounted on the pitching mechanism to be rotated with respect to a rolling axis perpendicular to the pitching axis. |
| US10832487B1 |
Depth map generation
In one implementation, a method of generating a depth map is performed by a device including one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a scene camera. The method includes generating, based on a first image and a second image, a first depth map of the second image. The method includes generating, based on the first depth map of the second image and pixel values of the second image, a second depth map of the second image. |
| US10832484B1 |
Virtual reality risk detection
Provided is a method, computer program product, and virtual reality system for applying an individualized risk tolerance threshold to external risks during a virtual reality simulation. A processor may receive event data from one or more devices communicatively coupled to a virtual reality device. The processor may compare the event data to a risk tolerance threshold specifically generated for a first user. In response to the risk tolerance threshold being met, the processor may push a notification to the virtual reality device indicating a potential risk to the first user has been determined. |
| US10832483B2 |
Apparatus and method of monitoring VR sickness prediction model for virtual reality content
Disclosed is an apparatus and method of monitoring a VR (Virtual Reality) sickness prediction model for virtual reality content. A method of monitoring a VR sickness prediction model according to the present disclosure includes: displaying the virtual reality content on a display unit; acquiring an user input; analyzing the virtual reality content on a basis of the acquired user input; and displaying an analysis result for the virtual reality content on the display unit. |
| US10832480B2 |
Apparatuses, methods and systems for application of forces within a 3D virtual environment
Aspects of the disclosed apparatuses, methods and systems provide manipulation of a virtual world three dimensional (3D) space based on input translated from the real world. Elements in the virtual world may have an associated charge and field. An element in the virtual world becomes interactive with an element translated from the real world when the translated real world element interacts with a field associated with the virtual element according to the charges. Forces may be applied to the virtual element using a real world physics model to determine a response by the virtual element to the applied force. |
| US10832475B2 |
Method for constructing three-dimensional solid model with geometric error and computer-readable storage medium
The present disclosure provides a method for constructing a three-dimensional solid model with a geometric error and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: S10: obtaining an ideal geometric solid model of a component; S20: constructing a geometric error model for a surface of the component by use of geometric error data of the surface of the component; and S30: replacing a corresponding surface in the ideal geometric solid model with the geometric error model to obtain a three-dimensional solid model with a geometric error. The method for constructing a three-dimensional solid model provided by examples of the present disclosure integrates a geometric error of a component with a CAD model, so as to obtain a three-dimensional solid model with a geometric error, which describes a regular appearance characteristic of a real surface of the component macroscopically, and also reflects an irregular geometric error shape characteristic of the surface of the component microscopically. |
| US10832473B2 |
Tessellation method using displacement factors
A tessellation method uses both vertex tessellation factors and displacement factors defined for each vertex of a patch, which may be a quad, a triangle or an isoline. The method is implemented in a computer graphics system and involves calculating a vertex tessellation factor for each corner vertex in one or more input patches. Tessellation is then performed on the plurality of input patches using the vertex tessellation factors. The tessellation operation involves adding one or more new vertices and calculating a displacement factor for each newly added vertex. A world space parameter for each vertex is subsequently determined by calculating a target world space parameter for each vertex and then modifying the target world space parameter for a vertex using the displacement factor for that vertex. |
| US10832472B2 |
Method and/or system for reconstructing from images a personalized 3D human body model and thereof
A human body modelling method and apparatus and an electronic device. The method comprises: acquiring at least one human body image; extracting an original profile of a human body from the human body image; calculating a body surface profile of the human body according to the original profile; and constructing a three dimensional human body model according to the body surface profile. The establishment of a three dimensional human body model originates from two dimensional human body images, without using a human body scanner to scan a human body, which reduces the cost of establishing the three dimensional human body model. Moreover, there is no requirement for the position and dressing of a human body object, and the process of establishing the three dimensional human body model is more convenient. |
| US10832470B2 |
Predictive information for free space gesture control and communication
Free space machine interface and control can be facilitated by predictive entities useful in interpreting a control object's position and/or motion (including objects having one or more articulating members, i.e., humans and/or animals and/or machines). Predictive entities can be driven using motion information captured using image information or the equivalents. Predictive information can be improved applying techniques for correlating with information from observations. |
| US10832468B2 |
Arbitrary view generation
Techniques for generating an arbitrary view of a scene are disclosed. In some embodiments, for each image of a set of images associated with a scene, image pixels are divided into a plurality of pixel blocks, the pixel blocks are transformed into an arbitrary perspective, and pixels of an image array comprising the arbitrary perspective are populated with corresponding pixels from the transformed pixel blocks. An output image of the scene comprising the arbitrary perspective is then generated based at least in part on the populated image array. |
| US10832466B2 |
View-dependent stochastic volume rendering with Monte Carlo ray exploration
Methods and systems for data visualization include comparing a random value to opacity values along a plurality of rays to determine a stopping point for each ray in a three-dimensional dataset. An expected brightness is determined for each ray based on a brightness value at the stopping point of each ray. An image is generated that visualizes the three-dimensional dataset based on the expected brightness for each ray. |
| US10832464B2 |
Graphics processing systems for performing per-fragment operations when executing a fragment shader program
A graphics processing pipeline (30) includes a programmable fragment shader (40) that is operable to, in response to a “test” instruction included in a fragment shader program that it is executing, trigger, if appropriate, the performance of an alpha-to-coverage operation (41), a late stencil test (42), and a late depth test (43) for a fragment being processed, and to then return updated coverage information to the fragment shader (40). This allows alpha-to-coverage and late stencil and depth test operations to be triggered and performed during shader execution, rather than having to wait until shader execution has been completed before performing those operations. |
| US10832461B2 |
Method and apparatus for editing uploaded image
A method and apparatus for editing an uploaded image are provided. A controller of the apparatus receives the uploaded image that contains an article area showing an image of a purchased article and a personal information area showing personal information. The controller identifies the article area and the personal information area in the received image, edits the received image to protect the personal information without damaging the article area, and posts the edited image to a webpage. |
| US10832459B2 |
Three-dimensional image display apparatus for displaying target to which color is assigned
The three-dimensional image processing apparatus includes a surface data generation unit that extracts a display target from a three-dimensional image and generates surface data indicating a surface of the display target, a color information acquisition unit that performs a volume rendering process for the three-dimensional image of a specific section including a vertex of the surface data in a direction from the outside to the inside of a surface forming the surface data to acquire color information and assigns a color to the surface of the surface data on the basis of the color information, and a display control unit that displays the surface data having the surface, to which the color has been assigned, on a display unit. |
| US10832456B1 |
System and method for experiencing higher dimensionality data using lower dimensionality media
A computer-implemented system and method for interactively displaying static or real-time streaming multivariate data onto a 2D computer display, via virtual reality, mixed reality, augmented reality or holographic display hardware, or manufactured using hardware such as a 3D printer. |
| US10832448B2 |
Display control device, display control method, and program
There is provided a display control device including an image acquiring section configured to acquire a moving image shot from a viewpoint changing from moment to moment, a spatial position specifying section configured to specify a spatial position in a first frame of the moving image, and a display control section configured to display the moving image, in such a manner to maintain the spatial position in a predetermined state in a second frame after the first frame. |
| US10832447B2 |
Artificial intelligence encoding and artificial intelligence decoding methods and apparatuses using deep neural network
Provided is an artificial intelligence (AI) encoding apparatus including a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to obtain a first image by performing AI down-scaling on an original image through a deep neural network (DNN) for down-scaling, obtain artifact information indicating an artifact region in the first image, perform post-processing to change a pixel value of a pixel in the first image, based on the artifact information, and obtain image data corresponding to a result of encoding of the post-processed first image, and AI data including the artifact information. |
| US10832446B2 |
Bone handle generation
Automatic bone handle generation for efficient manipulation of a graphic object is described. Initially, a request is received to generate bone handles for a graphic object. Responsive to the request, a bone handle generation system determines an outline of the graphic object. Based on the outline, this system then generates a mesh corresponding to the graphic object. The bone handle generation system contracts this mesh inward to form a contracted mesh. By then collapsing edges of the contracted mesh, the bone handle generation system generates a set of connected line segments forming a skeleton of the graphic object. The bone handle generation system reduces the set of connected line segments by removing line segments and by merging vertices that connect different line segments. Based on this reduction, the bone handle generation system obtains the bone handles, which are controllable with user input to deform corresponding portions of the graphic object. |
| US10832442B2 |
Displaying smart guides for object placement based on sub-objects of reference objects
A smart guide display system generates one or more sub-objects for at least one of reference object in digital content, and each of these sub-objects is added to a set of reference objects. These sub-objects can be, for example, an edge of a reference object, a rectangle generated from a rectilinear reference object, or a freeform gradient color point included in a reference object. When a subject object is to be placed in digital content smart guides, such as equal distance guides or alignment guides, are displayed based on the objects in the set of reference objects. |
| US10832438B2 |
Object distancing system for a vehicle
A vehicle includes a first laser module configured to emit a first light beam and project a first dot onto a preceding vehicle, a second laser module configured to emit a second light beam and project a second dot onto the preceding vehicle, a camera configured to generate a digital image of the first and second dots projected onto the preceding vehicle, and a controller configured to determine, from the digital image, a width between the first and second dots, and subsequently determine a following distance between the vehicle and the preceding vehicle based on linear interpolation using the determined width. |
| US10832430B2 |
Efficient sub-pixel disparity estimation for all sub-aperture images from densely sampled light field cameras
A system for sub-pixel disparity estimation is described herein. The system includes a plenoptic camera, a memory, and a processor. The memory is configured to store imaging data. The processor is \coupled to the memory and the plenoptic camera. The processor is to obtain a plurality of sub-aperture views, select a subset of sub-aperture views as reference views for a disparity calculation, and calculate an integer disparity for the reference views. The processor is also to refine the integer disparity to sub-pixel disparity accuracy for the reference views and propagate the sub-pixel disparity from the reference views to other views of the plurality of sub-aperture views. |
| US10832423B1 |
Optimizing an atlas
Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of determining an atlas element. The method encompasses acquiring model image data that describes at least one fixed element (an anatomical element such as an anatomical body part, for example, a rib). Patient image data is acquired that describes an improvable element (an anatomical element such as an anatomical body part, for example heart). Region data is acquired, for example by assigning a homogeneous grey value to a region of the model image. The patient image is matched to the model image, wherein no matching is performed within the region. A transformation for mapping the improvable element into the region is determined based on matching. Several patient images are then mapped into the region and superimposed. An atlas element is determined based on the superimposed images. The method may be repeated using the determined anatomical atlas element as a constraint to detect further atlas elements. |
| US10832421B2 |
Determining a registration between a 3D image and a set of at least two 2D images
A method for determining or updating a registration between a 3D image of a region of interest and a set of at least two 2D images of the same region of interest includes selecting at least one respective contour point in the 3D image for each 2D image. A 2D position of a respective depiction of each contour point is determined in the respective 2D image. At least one condition for the registration parameters that needs to be fulfilled is determined, for each contour point, to map the respective contour point to the respective 2D position in the respective 2D image. An updated set of registration parameters is determined by solving a set of equations or an optimization problem that depends on the conditions. |
| US10832420B2 |
Dynamic local registration system and method
In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for generating images for use in systems, e.g., imaging systems. The method includes receiving at least a first set of images, providing a first registration, providing a display, and displaying a first image on said display. Further, the method includes providing a user interface, providing a second registration, and displaying a second image in said user interface. Further, the systems include an image database, a display, and a registration engine. The registration engine includes software instructions stored in at least one memory device and executable by one or more processors. |
| US10832416B2 |
Crowd flow rate estimation
Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for estimating crowd flow rate. Video frames are obtained from a crowd scene. Groups of consecutive video frames form a time window. Crowd flow rate through the field of view of the camera is analyzed by estimating a total number of people contained within at least one frame of a time window. A subset of the people within the frame are identified as a group of tracker candidates. The tracker candidates are monitored throughout the time window, and the time when the tracker candidates exit the field of view of the camera is used to estimate a crowd flow rate for the number of people passing through the field of view of the camera in a given time interval. Thus, disclosed embodiments can improve the technical field of crowd flow rate estimation. |
| US10832410B2 |
Computer system, method, and program for diagnosing subject
The present invention is to provide a computer system, a method, and a program for diagnosing a subject that improve the accuracy of diagnosis by combining a plurality of time-series image data more than that by a conventional single image analysis. The computer system for diagnosing a subject acquires a plurality of first subject images with time series variation of the subject, analyzes the acquired first subject images, acquires a plurality of second subject images with time series variation of another subject in the past, analyzes the acquired second subject images, checks the analysis result of the first subject images and the analysis result of the second subject images, and diagnoses the subject based on the check result. |
| US10832409B2 |
Diagnosis support method, diagnosis support apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
A diagnosis method performed by a computer includes: executing a process that includes specifying a first case image group which includes one or more case images which have a same abnormality as a first abnormality detected from an image of a subject among plural case images about each of plural patients, each of the plural case images indicating an image in which a progression stage of a disease is different; executing a first selection process that includes calculating a first similarity about a site where the first abnormality appears between each of the one or more case images included in the first case image group and the image of the subject, and selecting a second case image group from the first case image group in accordance with the first similarity with respect to each of the one or more case images included in the first case image group. |
| US10832407B2 |
Training a neural network adapter
In some examples, a system for training a neural network can include a processor to detect a trained neural network application. The processor can also detect a set of images, wherein the neural network application is not trained with the set of images. Additionally, the processor can train an adapter network based on the trained neural network application and the set of images, wherein the adapter network is to be trained by freezing weights of the trained neural network and modifying weights of the adapter network. Furthermore, the processor can use the trained adapter network to process at least one additional image, the processed additional image to be transmitted to the trained neural network to generate an output signal. |
| US10832401B2 |
Diagnosis assisting apparatus and method for assisting diagnosis
A diagnosis assisting apparatus includes a display, an imaging unit configured to image a subject, a line of sight detecting unit configured to detect a line of sight direction of the subject from a picked-up image imaged by the imaging unit, a point of view detecting unit configured to detect a point of view of the subject in a display region of the display based on the line of sight direction, and an output controller configured to display a diagnostic image including a natural image and a geometrical image, and the point of view detecting unit detects the point of view of the subject in a case where the diagnostic image is displayed. |
| US10832399B2 |
Detection for abnormal connectivity on a product
Methods and systems for detecting abnormal connectivity on a product are provided. The methods receive an inspection image of the product including a defect, match the inspection image with a template image of the product to locate a corresponding normal region in the template image and obtain a differential image between the inspection image and the normal region. The method further includes forming a regional mask image from component masks. Each of the component masks includes a binary image of the template image with only one kind of components of the product remaining. The regional mask image is a region in its corresponding component mask that corresponds to the normal region. The method further includes determining, based on a calculation using the differential image and the at least one regional mask image, at least one of: connectivity relationship, connectivity type and connectivity scale of abnormal connectivity on the product. |
| US10832397B2 |
Method of assisting analysis of radiation image and system using the same
The present application relates to a method of assisting analysis of a radiation image and a system using the same, which belongs to the field of image processing. A method of assisting analysis of a radiation image includes: acquiring a radiation image to be analyzed; acquiring customs declaration information of the radiation image to be analyzed; acquiring a feature-matched historical image from a typical image library according to the radiation image to be analyzed; and/or acquiring a standard image and/or detailed customs declaration information of the standard image according to the customs declaration information of the radiation image to be analyzed. The method of assisting analysis of a radiation image and the system using the same may assist an image inspection person to judge whether or not the current radiation image carries violation items, whether or not a concealing or missing report occurs and so on. |
| US10832393B2 |
Automated trend detection by self-learning models through image generation and recognition
A method, computer program product, and a system where a processor(s) obtains data comprising trends recognized by an observer of the system over time; data comprised of more than one vintage. The processor(s) transforms the data measurable dimensions and assigns the transformed data to vintages and to distinct periods of time. The processor(s) generates an image from the transformed data that represents the trends, organized by the distinct periods of times and the vintages. |
| US10832390B2 |
Atmospheric compensation in satellite imagery
Techniques for atmospheric compensation in satellite imagery that include converting an image including an array of radiance values to an array of surface reflectance values. The conversion is performed in an automated fashion by identifying one or more portions of the image for which the surface reflectance can be estimated and determining the Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) by iteratively comparing the radiance value captured by the image sensor to a calculated radiance value (based on the known surface reflectance, historical values for other atmospheric parameters, and the AOD) and adjusting the AOD until the calculated radiance value is substantially the same as the captured radiance value. |
| US10832389B2 |
Method and system for improved visibility in blended layers for high dynamic range displays
There are many instances where a standard dynamic range (“SDR”) overlay is displayed over high dynamic range (“HDR”) content on HDR displays. Because the overlay is SDR, the maximum brightness of the overlay is much lower than the maximum brightness of the HDR content, which can lead to the SDR elements being obscured if those elements have at least some transparency. The present disclosure provides techniques including modifying the luminance of either or both of the HDR and SDR content when an SDR layer with some transparency is displayed over HDR content. A variety of techniques are provided. In one example, a fixed adjustment is applied to pixels of one or both of the SDR layer and the HDR layer. The fixed adjustment comprises decreasing the luminance of the HDR layer and/or increasing the luminance of the SDR layer. In another example, a variable adjustment is applied. |
| US10832386B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
The image processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention has: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first image captured with a first amount of exposure, a second image captured with a second amount of exposure different from the first amount of exposure before the first image is captured, and a third image captured with the second amount of exposure after the first image is captured; a specification unit configured to specify a direction of movement of an object by using at least two images of the first image, the second image, and the third image; and a composition unit configured to generate an HDR image by composing the first image with one of the second image and the third image for each pixel in accordance with the direction of movement of the object. |
| US10832385B2 |
Method and device for determining the position of an optical boundary surface along a first direction
A method for determining the position of an optical boundary surface along a first direction includes a) imaging a pattern in a plane transverse to the first direction, and recording a two-dimensional image of the pattern imaged in the plane; b) repeating step a) for different positions in the first direction, wherein the different positions cover an area in the first direction in which the optical boundary surface lies; c) averaging each image from step a) along a direction transverse to the second direction such that in each case a one-dimensional data set is produced; d) transforming each data set from step c) into a frequency domain; e) determining the frequency of the greatest amplitude of all data sets transformed in step d); and f) determining the position along the first direction by evaluating the data sets transformed in step d) at the frequency determined in step e). |
| US10832383B2 |
Systems and methods for distortion removal at multiple quality levels
Systems and methods for distortion removal at multiple quality levels are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include receiving training content. The training content may include original content, reconstructed content, and training distortion quality levels corresponding to the reconstructed content. The reconstructed content may be derived from distorted original content. The method may also include training distortion quality levels corresponding to the reconstructed content. The method may further include receiving an initial distortion removal model. The method may include generating a conditioned distortion removal model by training the initial distortion removal model using the training content. The method may further include storing the conditioned distortion removal model. |
| US10832382B2 |
Method for filtering spurious pixels in a depth-map
The disclosure concerns a method for filtering spurious pixels in a depth-map. It is important to filter a depth-map to remove the spurious pixels. One issue when filtering spurious pixels, is to remove them while preserving the boundaries of the real details of the depth-map. A known approach to filter spurious pixels is to use a bi-lateral filter. However, the bi-lateral filter is not efficient to remove the spurious pixels. The proposed solution enables to remove spurious pixels in a depth-map while preserving the sharp edges of the depth-map and smoothing faint details or noise. |
| US10832379B1 |
Temporal stability for single frame super resolution
A method includes receiving, at a processor, at least one frame of input image data, producing motion vector fields between the frames of input image data, and applying temporal stability to the at least one frame of the input image data to produce noise reduced image data, wherein applying temporal stability comprises separating pixel data into frequency bands. |
| US10832378B2 |
Spherical rotation for encoding wide view video
Spherical rotation is described for encoding a video that has a wide field of view, such as a spherical or hemispherical video. One example relates to receiving encoded video including rotation orientation metadata, decoding the video, extracting the rotation orientation metadata, rotating the decoded video based on the rotation orientation metadata, generating a view of the rotated decoded video, and buffering the generated view for display. |
| US10832377B2 |
Spherical coordinates calibration method for linking spherical coordinates to texture coordinates
A calibration method for linking spherical coordinates to texture coordinates is provided. The method comprises: installing a plurality of lamps forming a horizontal semicircle arc and a rotation equipment located at its circle center; mounting a N-lens camera on the rotation equipment; causing the N-lens camera to spin about a spin axis passing through two ends of the horizontal semicircle arc and capture a plurality of lens images for different spin angles by the rotation equipment; and, determining longitude and latitude coordinates of a plurality of calibration points according to the different spin angles and the texture coordinates of the calibration points in the lens images to create a link between the spherical coordinates and the texture coordinates. Different positions of the lamps respectively represent different latitudes and different spin angles respectively represent different longitudes. Heights of the camera and the lamps are the same. |
| US10832376B2 |
Generating enhanced digital content using piecewise parametric patch deformations
Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for applying piecewise deformations to digital content using a plurality of parametric patches. For example, the disclosed system generates a plurality of parametric patches (e.g., Bezier patches) within a parametric quilt for digital content (e.g., a digital image or digital text). The disclosed system also provides interface controls for user-defined split/patch locations for the parametric quilt. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed system divides digital content into a plurality of portions. The disclosed system modifies one or more parametric patches and deforms a corresponding portion(s) of the digital content based on the modified parametric patch(es). The disclosed system then recombines the portions of the digital content to generate modified digital content that includes any deformations based on the modified parametric patch(es). |
| US10832375B2 |
Image decomposition and path-space motion estimation
Particular embodiments decompose an image comprising a scene into a diffuse component and a specular component. Each of the components represent a contribution to lighting in the scene. A set of motion vectors may be extracted in order to capture motion in the scene. Finally, a final contribution of each of the components to the image may be computed based on the motion vectors. |
| US10832370B2 |
System and method of hitless reconfiguration of a data processing pipeline with standby pipeline
A method and apparatus of a network element that processes data using a data processing pipeline with standby memory is described. In one embodiment, the network element prepares a new image for the data processing pipeline of the network element, where the data processing pipeline processes incoming network data received by the network element and the new image modifies a current set of functionalities of the data processing pipeline. The network element further writes the new image into a standby memory of the data processing pipeline, where the network element includes an active memory that programs the current set of functionalities of the data processing pipeline. In addition, the network element programs the data processing pipeline using the new image. The network element additionally processes the incoming network data received by using the data processing pipeline using modified current set of functionalities. |
| US10832367B2 |
System for arranging transportation services and associated methods
A method of accessing media includes establishing a first network connection between a service provider device and a media device, wherein establishing the first network connection includes exchanging a set of network access parameters; establishing a second network connection between a user device and the service provider device; providing to a user device the set of network access parameters of the first network connection using the service provider device; and using the user device to control the media device, the user device using the set of network access parameters to mimic the first network connection with the media device. |
| US10832363B2 |
Methods and systems for representing usage of an electronic learning system
A method and system for representing usage of an electronic learning system. The method and system involve receiving an input indicative of a selection of a property of the electronic learning system to be represented, the property including a course content provided by the electronic learning system and an activity available for that course content; receiving representation parameters that define a scope of the usage to be represented; determining an event count for the property during the period of interest; and generating a usage indicator for the property based at least on the event count. The usage indicator is generally reflective of at least a usage amount of the property during the period of interest. |
| US10832354B2 |
Energy key performance indicators for the industrial marketplace
Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for calculating energy effectiveness in an industrial automation system. In one implementation, a computing system is directed to at least acquire production energy information indicating the amount of energy used by a machine during a processing period to process one or more parts and acquire process energy information indicating the sum of energy used by the machine during the processing period to process the one or more parts and to not process any parts. The computing system also acquires a total number of parts expected to be processed during the processing period and a total number of good parts processed during the processing period. An overall equipment energy effectiveness is calculated based on a ratio of the production energy information to the process energy information and based on a ratio of the total number of good parts to the total number of parts. |
| US10832352B2 |
Determining demand response impact scores and target customer group for energy saving events
A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, analytics data at a feeder level of a utility transmission and distribution system; generating, by the computing device, a confidence score for a feeder based on the analytics data at the feeder level; receiving, by the computing device, analytics data at a transformer level of the utility transmission and distribution system; generating, by the computing device, a confidence score for a transformer associated with the feeder based on the analytics data at the transformer level and the confidence score of the feeder; receiving, by the computing device, analytics data for customers associated with the transformer; generating, by the computing device, confidence scores for the customers based on the analytics data and the confidence score of the transformer; and outputting, by the computing device, information regarding the confidence scores for the customers for determining the effectiveness of a demand response (DR) program. |
| US10832345B1 |
Systems and methods for employing augmented reality in appraisal operations
A system may include a display and a processor. The processor may receive environment image data representative of an environment and audio data correlated to a portion of the environment image data. The processor may then identify the portion of the environment image data based on the audio data and detect, within the portion of the environment image data, property image data corresponding to one or more pieces of property. The processor may then determine whether the one or more pieces of property are damaged based on a comparison of the property image data and a plurality of images stored in an image database, generate a visualization indicative of damage to the one or more pieces of property, overlay the visualization on the portion of the environment image data, and present the visualization and the portion of the environment image data in the display. |
| US10832341B1 |
System and method for facilitating vehicle insurance services
A system and method to facilitate providing vehicle insurance services includes providing a specialty vehicle data identifier template for facilitating translation of a vehicle data identifier used to identify a vehicle, the specialty vehicle data identifier template including a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments representative of a vehicle attribute; receiving a request of a database for vehicle attribute data based on a search term, identifying each vehicle data identifier stored in the database including vehicle attribute data that substantially matches at least a portion the search term, compiling an output including any identified vehicle data identifier, and providing the output in an accessible format in response to the request for information. |
| US10832336B2 |
Using simulated consumer profiles to form calibration data for models
Provided is a process of using simulated consumer profiles to construction calibration data from a pricing analytics application having a relatively high dimensional input parameter space. |
| US10832330B1 |
Collection of crash data using autonomous or semi-autonomous drones
A system for collecting vehicle crash data at a vehicle crash site of a vehicle crash is provided. The system may include an emergency response unit that includes an emergency response vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is automatically deployed from the emergency response vehicle at the vehicle crash site. The UAV may be an autonomous or semi-autonomous drone, and include a processor, memory, and sensor, wherein the sensor collects vehicle crash data (such as image, video, or audio) at the crash site. The system may include a remote computing device and an insurance computing device to process the vehicle crash data collected by the UAV and/or initiate a crash insurance claim. The vehicle crash data may be used for one or more insurance-related purposes or activities, such as handling, adjusting, or generating auto or homeowners insurance claims; crash reconstruction; fault determination; damaged vehicle repair; and/or buildup identification. |
| US10832328B1 |
Smart notepad for improved workflow efficiency for insurance claim associates
In a computer-implemented method for facilitating handling, by a user of a computing device having one or more display screens and an input device, of a call from an insurance customer regarding a loss event, one or more notes fields in which text may be entered by the user are presented to the user, text that the user entered in at least one of the one or more notes fields is received, the received text is analyzed to identify one or more keywords having potential relevance to the loss event, the identified keyword(s) is/are used to cause loss report information to be automatically added to one or more loss reporting fields provided by a loss reporting tool, and the loss report information is caused to be stored in a claims database as a part of a loss report record associated with the loss event. |
| US10832325B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for providing a prediction-based marketplace
Provided is a system, method, and apparatus for implementing a prediction-based marketplace. For example, the system may include one or more processing units operable to: receive a prediction for an outcome of an event from a seller, determine a price to offer the prediction for sale to the buyer, provide the prediction to a buyer, receive an indication by the buyer to purchase the prediction, process a payment from the buyer to purchase the prediction, determine the actual outcome of the event that is predicted, compare the actual and predicted outcomes of the event; and distribute the payment in a manner so that the buyer and seller each receive a portion of the payment based on the comparison of the actual and predicted outcomes. |
| US10832324B2 |
Darkpool matching of orders with price discretion
Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for processing a discretion order in a dark pool matching environment. A first order to buy or sell a trading product is received from a computer of a first trader. The first order has a first price and a first size. A second order to buy or sell the trading product that is contra to the first order is received from a second trader. The second order defines a second quantity and a price range of possible prices at which the second order can be executed. The price range comprises at least a second price. The second quantity of the trading product is reserved in an OMS of the second trader such that the second quantity of the second order is permitted by the OMS to be executed at any price within the price range. The second order is received before or after the first order is received. A processor determines that the first price of the first order is within the price range of the second order. Responsive to the determination, two items are output to the second trader: (1) the price of the first order and (2) an execution indicia selectable by the second trader to cause at least a portion of the second order to be executed against at least a portion of the first order. The first price of the first order and the execution indicia are not output or otherwise disclosed to the second trader prior to the act of determining that the first price of the first order is within the price range of the second order. |
| US10832314B2 |
System and method of automatic negotiation in vehicle auctions
Using an average historical price for vehicles of similar parameters, a method is provided that allows sellers and a best bidder, following an inconclusive auction for a vehicle, to negotiate with confidence a closing price for a sale of the vehicle. The method and system provides the ability for the best bidder (or a second-best bidder) to enter a new bid, and for the seller to accept a previous bid or the new bid, if any, in light of the average historical price, without reopening the auction broadly to other bidders. A post-auction negotiation engine is also provided. |
| US10832308B2 |
Interpretable rule generation using loss preserving transformation
Techniques facilitating interpretable rule generation using loss-preserving transformation are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method can comprise evaluating, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, an input data set that comprises three data categories. The computer-implemented method can also comprise transforming, by the system, the input data set into a transformed data set. The transformed data set can comprise two data categories determined based on the three data categories. Transforming the input data set can comprise determining a first cost associated with the transformed data set is no greater than a second cost associated with the input data set. |
| US10832302B2 |
Method for digital recipe library and food image recognition services
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and machine readable media for implementing a service for sharing and providing information about food and recipes, and in certain embodiments, including a step of automatically identifying dishes present in photos stored on a mobile device. Automatic identification of dishes in images may be used to populate a food and recipe database, suggest restaurants serving similar food, estimate nutritional content in a user's diet, populate a shopping list, and provide other food related services. |
| US10832301B2 |
System and method for stamp ordering and thermal carving
A host computer, a plurality of thermal carving machines, and a user terminal are connected to a network. The host computer includes seal image creation means that permits edition of a seal image using the user terminal, site selection means that allows a user to specify one site from a site candidates list, ID issuing means that issues an order ID for identifying the contents of an order, and order information registration means that registers the issued order ID and order information in a database. A control device of the thermal carving machine includes order acceptance means that accepts an order ID input when information on the input order ID is registered in the database, and carving control means that performs seal carving of a stamp based on seal image data associated with the order ID. |
| US10832300B2 |
Method, medium, and system for reducing counterfeits online
Systems and methods change a user interface for the purpose of guiding a user in supplementing a product listing with an image to evidence the product's authenticity. Example embodiments include a machine-implemented method for accessing at least one database to retrieve an authenticity criterion mapped to a product and at least one reference image that depicts adequate detail of a product specimen to fulfill the authenticity criterion. The machine can further cause a user device to display the reference image to the user along with a suggestion that the user submit a candidate image depicting similar detail of the product. In some example embodiments, the method further includes retrieving the candidate image, confirming receipt of the candidate image, and displaying the candidate image, as well as adjusting a rank for a candidate specimen based on various factors. |
| US10832298B2 |
Method and apparatus for a digital exchange item marketplace network including buyer, seller, and device verification
A method begins where a processing module receives, from a seller computing device, a request to sell an exchange item and verifies information regarding the seller computing device. The method continues where the processing module verifies information regarding the exchange item and adds the exchange item to a digital exchange item marketplace. The method continues where the processing module receives, from a buyer computing device, a request to buy a selected exchange item from the digital exchange item marketplace and verifies information regarding the buyer computing device. The method continues where the processing module verifies payment information, processes payment, removes the selected exchange item from the digital exchange item marketplace, and adds the selected exchange item to a digital wallet associated with the buyer computing device. |
| US10832295B2 |
Amplifier selection device comprising accessory selecting function
An amplifier selection device includes: a storage configured to store identification information and specifications of motor and amplifier; a display controller configured to display a motor selection command input section and a motor list; a motor selector configured to select a motor in accordance with a selection command; an amplifier selector configured to select an amplifier that satisfies specifications of a motor; an accessory information storage configured to store identification information of an accessory, identification information of an amplifier compatible with the accessory, and supplementary information; an accessory selector configured to select an accessory compatible with a selected amplifier by referring to the accessory information storage; and an accessory list display controller configured to display an accessory list of a selected accessory; wherein the display controller is configured to display a wiring diagram including the selected accessory, an amplifier, and a motor connected together. |
| US10832294B1 |
Dynamically adjusting transportation provider pool size
The disclosed systems can regulate access to an online mode for a dynamic transportation matching system. For example, based on a provider efficiency parameter associated with the dynamic transportation matching system, the disclosed systems can prevent a transportation provider device from switching to the online mode within a geographic area. In addition, the disclosed systems can detect a pattern of behavior and, based on a comparison between the pattern of behavior and a behavioral threshold, cause a transportation provider device to switch from the online mode to an offline mode. Further, the disclosed systems can provide a map interface that indicates where a transportation provider device can switch from the offline mode to the online mode. Additionally, the disclosed systems can determine priorities associated with transportation provider devices and, based on the prioritization, selectively allow the transportation provider devices to switch from the offline mode to the online mode. |
| US10832293B2 |
Capturing sensor information for product review normalization
An approach is provided for normalizing reviews. A user's request is received for a view of reviews of a first product. An identity of the user is determined. Based on the identity, data is retrieved specifying a behavior of the user which describes usage by the user of a second product. Based on the data specifying the behavior of the user, topics are identified which specify (i) a behavior of reviewer(s), where the behavior is directed to the first product and matches the behavior of the user specified by the retrieved data or (ii) an aspect of the first product which matches an aspect of the second product to which the behavior of the user is directed. The reviews are normalized based on the identified topics. |
| US10832292B2 |
Collaborative giving system and method
A collaborative giving system/method that coordinates the decimation and sharing of donor gifts within a cooperating group of donee recipients is disclosed. The system/method allows donee-specific donor databases to drive automated and spatially-distributed fundraising efforts for a collaborative project with donated funds being decimated and shared among collaborative donees while simultaneously guaranteeing that donor anonymity is maintained with respect to each individual donee-specific donor database. This donor/donee anonymity permits large groups of potentially diverse donors to be assembled to support collaborative projects while still maintaining donor privacy and donee autonomy. Within the context of this typical gifting application the disclosed system/method provides the necessary accounting interface and reports to ensure that the internal/external accounting/tax issues associated with the decimated gifting transaction are properly accounted for with the donor and all collaborating donees. |
| US10832288B1 |
Dynamic broadcast lineups based on local and third-party data sources
Inventory data is stored, wherein the inventory data represents for each of a plurality of broadcast stations a corresponding inventory of audio advertising spots available from that broadcast station to be filled by an advertising placement system. An advertising campaign data representing a set of advertising objectives of an advertising campaign is received. The inventory data is used to iteratively select advertising spots to be associated with the advertising campaign, based at least in part on a respective computed fitness of match between each selected advertising spot and said advertising objectives. |
| US10832285B2 |
Mobile coupon discounts and valuation based on probability of a geofence collision
To provide mobile device coupons and discounts, a mobile device couponing system is provided to generate and send coupons to mobile devices based on a probability that the mobile device is within a defined region. The value of the coupons can be inversely proportional to the probability that the mobile device is within the defined region. The probabilities can be precomputed by calculating the probability that each cell in grid in or around the defined region is in the defined region using a set of standardized location resolutions. When location information is received from the mobile device, the probability that the mobile device is within the defined region can be retrieved based on the closest cell that matches the location indicated in the location information and the standardized location resolution closest to the location resolution indicated by the mobile device. |
| US10832283B1 |
System, method, and computer program for providing an instance of a promotional message to a user based on a predicted emotional response corresponding to user characteristics
The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer program for automatically predicting the emotion(s) to which a user is most likely to respond based on user characteristics and for tailoring a marketing message to a user based on the predicted emotion(s). A statistical model is created that predicts how a user with certain characteristics will respond to certain emotions. User characteristics are the input to the model, and, for each of a set of emotions, the output is the probability of a corresponding user responding to a message with the emotion. The statistical model is used to generate promotional messages that are tailored to each user based on the emotion to which the user is predicted to respond best, given the user's characteristics. |
| US10832277B2 |
Keyword based advertising based on site search data
This invention relates to a method, system and computer program for assessing enhanced dynamic keyword-based advertising campaigns, such that a site-level keyword search request of a web page is tracked, where the site-level keyword search request includes at least one search term. The frequency of usage of the search term of the site-level keyword search request is monitored, and the frequency of usage of the search term is compared with a predetermined value. At least one popular term is identified in response to comparing the frequency of usage of the search term with the predetermined value. The popular term is compared with a plurality of existing keyword-based advertising campaigns. It is determined whether the popular term is to be included in the advertising campaign included in the existing keyword-based advertising campaigns, whereby an effectiveness of the advertising campaign may be evaluated. |
| US10832275B2 |
System for management of requirements-based advertisements
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including detecting a presentation of an advertisement at a user device, and verifying the presentation to a provider of the advertisement. A quality of the presentation is determined, based on one or more of a placement of the advertisement on a display portion of the device, a size of the advertisement relative to the display portion, or a time and duration of the presentation. A context of the presentation is determined, based on one or more of content displayed on the display portion during the presentation, or a user location or activity during the presentation. An advertising experience of the user is evaluated, based on the quality of the presentation and the context of the presentation; the advertising experience of the user is compared with criteria predetermined by the provider of the advertisement. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10832270B1 |
Systems and methods for managing and processing vehicle operator accounts based on vehicle operation data
Methods and systems for analyzing vehicle operation data associated with a temporary or periodic usage of a vehicle by a driver. In aspects, the driver may associate with an electronic device within the vehicle that may record or collect the vehicle operation data. After the vehicle operation has concluded, the vehicle operation data may be analyzed to assess a performance of the driver during operation of the vehicle, whereby the performance may be influenced by positive or negative driving events. Based on the performance of the driver, a profile or account of the user may be processed accordingly such that the user may be incentivized to modify certain driving behaviors. |
| US10832269B2 |
API pricing based on relative value of API for its consumers
A method, system and computer program product for determining API pricing. Consumption parameters are identified using a supervised learning model. The API consumption parameters refer to any parameters that can be used to describe an API (functionality or otherwise) and can be used to compare other comparable APIs in similar domains provided by other providers. Furthermore, reference pricing is determined using machine learning using the identified API consumption parameters. Additionally, the API price is determined dynamically using the identified API consumption parameters and the determined reference pricing. An API pricing score is then derived for the API price using the supervised learning model. The API price is selected as the suggested price for the API in response to the API pricing score exceeding a threshold value. In this manner, an API price is established that reflects the true value of the API assessed by the API consumer. |
| US10832268B2 |
Modeling customer demand and updating pricing using customer behavior data
In an aspect of the invention, a computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device via computer network, a plurality of session data records indicating computer network browsing activity between a plurality of client devices and a merchant server hosting an online store; aggregating, by the computing device, a subset of the plurality of session data records for a single product, of a plurality of products, identified in the session data records and offered for purchase by the online store; extracting, by the computing device, features from the aggregated subset of session data records relating to customer demand for a the single product; modeling, by the computing device, customer demand for the single product based on the extracted features; optimizing, by the computing device, a price for the single product based on results of the modeling; and publishing, by the computing device, the optimized price. |
| US10832259B2 |
Methods and apparatus to provide an electronic agent
Methods and apparatus to provide an electronic agent are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a media receiver to receive media to present via a display device. A media monitor is to determine an identity of the media. A keyword handler is to, in response to identity of the media, retrieve a list including a keyword associated with the identified media. The keyword handler is to access a first database using the keyword to retrieve an advertisement associated with the keyword. An agent generator is to present an interactive electronic agent on the display device to present the advertisement. The presentation of the interactive electronic agent including presentation of spoken audio corresponding to text presented on the display device. |
| US10832257B2 |
Information security system for fraud detection
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an invoice. The invoice includes invoice positions and each of the invoice positions includes a position text. The method also includes converting each word and number of the position text of each invoice position to a word embedding vector, summing the word embedding vectors for each invoice position to generate a word vector for each invoice position, and concatenating the word vector and a number vector of each invoice position to generate a position vector for each invoice position. The method further includes generating a first combined position vector for a first invoice position, generating a second combined position vector for a second invoice position, generating an invoice vector by summing the first and second combined position vectors, comparing the invoice vector to a fraud detection parameter, and determining whether the invoice is indicative of fraud based on the comparison. |
| US10832251B1 |
Behavioral analysis for smart agents
A system and computer-readable storage medium perform a method for contextual inferring capacity for triggering a financial transaction by monitoring, via user device(s), objective contextual data of location, temporal, and volitional transaction information associated with an authorized user of a financial system. Subjective contextual data of personal calendar events, physiological data, and pacing of user interactions with the user device(s) is monitored. The objective and subjective contextual data is analyzed to create scenario(s) correlated with performing a volitional transaction. If not predictive a volitional transaction, a layer of security protocol is added for authentication prior to executing the volitional transaction. In response to determining that the current context is predictive of a volitional transaction, a determination is made whether the subjective contextual data satisfies criterion for incapacity to perform a volitional transaction. In response to determining incapacity to perform the volitional transaction, access to the financial system is limited. |
| US10832250B2 |
Long-term short-term cascade modeling for fraud detection
Embodiments disclosed herein are related to computing systems and methods for determining a risk score for a plurality of data transactions. In the embodiments, a first risk score module may receive data transactions. The first risk score module may then determine a first risk score for each of the data transactions. A second risk score module that is different from the first risk score module may receive each of the first risk scores determined by the first risk score module as an input. The second risk score module may determine a second risk score based in part on the input first risk scores for each of the data transactions. The second risk scores may specify if each of the data transactions is to be approved or rejected by the computing system. |
| US10832248B1 |
Reducing false positives using customer data and machine learning
A method of detecting whether electronic fraud alerts are false positives includes receiving data detailing a financial transaction, inputting the data into a rules-based engine that determines whether to generate an electronic fraud alert for the financial transaction based upon the data, and, when an electronic fraud alert is generated, inputting the data into a machine learning program trained to identify one or more facts indicated by the data. The method may also include determining whether the identified facts can be verified by customer data and, in response to determining that the facts can be verified, retrieving or receiving first customer data. The method may further include verifying that the electronic fraud alert is not a false positive based upon analysis of the first customer data, and transmitting the verified electronic fraud alert to a mobile device of the customer to alert the customer to fraudulent activity. |
| US10832246B2 |
Payment real-time funds availability
A method including receiving a first promise-to-pay message at a second financial institution. The method also can include performing a successful credit for the payment amount to a second account maintained by the second financial institution to make funds available in the second account in real-time after the payment authorization time. The method additionally can include sending a first response from the second financial institution indicating the successful credit of the second account maintained by the second financial institution to inform at least the sender in real-time after the payment authorization time of the successful credit of the second account maintained by the second financial institution. Other embodiments are provided. |
| US10832232B2 |
Closed-loop testing of integrated circuit card payment terminals
Technologies for closed-looped testing of integrated circuit card payment terminals include loading a test profile onto an integrated circuit payment card. Authorization request and response messages are locally generated and translated to simulate acquirer processor processing and payment network processing. An outcome report indicative of the outcome of the test transaction is generated and transmitted to a remote certification server. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10832231B2 |
Point-of-sale customization service
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for point-of-sale customization service. A processor executing a point-of-sale customization service can receive a unique identifier associated with a user device detected in a proximity of a computing device. The processor can query preferences stored in a data store using the unique identifier and identify point-of-sale preferences associated with the user device based upon the querying. The processor can transmit the point-of-sale preferences to the computing device to apply to a transaction. |
| US10832230B2 |
Scalable and distributed shared ledger transaction management
A shared ledger of transactions may be used for various purposes and may be later accessed by interested parties for ledger verification. Authenticity of transactions requires active measures to ensure transaction participants including parties to the transactions, observers to the transaction, etc., are providing accurate information for each transaction. One example method of operation may include one or more of performing one or more transactions between a subset of participants of a shared ledger system or subsystem which includes the subset of participants and witnesses assigned to the subset of participants, and synchronizing the one or more transactions exclusively by the subset of participants and the assigned witnesses, so the one or more of the transactions between the subset of participants exist with no common witnesses. |
| US10832227B2 |
System for pooling data relating to aircraft engines
A system for pooling observation data relating to aircraft engines includes a receiver adapted for recovering the observation data from distinct entities, a processor adapted for describing the observation data in a metric space by transforming them into measurable observation states, and a database adapted for storing therein the observation states. |
| US10832224B2 |
Calendar based management of information technology (IT) tasks
Techniques for providing a calendar based provisioning and management for IT administrator/user activities in a virtual datacenter is described. In one example embodiment, an IT task is scheduled as a calendar appointment using an at least one registered calendar application residing in a user device. The at least one registered calendar application is then monitored for the scheduled IT task. The scheduled IT task is then translated into an action/command based on the outcome of the monitoring. The action/command is then issued to manage the scheduled IT task in the datacenter/cloud. |
| US10832220B2 |
Methods, devices and systems for managing group membership and record verification using blockchain
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments include receiving first user-generated input from a recruiter device. The recruiter device is associated with a manager of a group. Further embodiments include generating a first smart contract between an applicant and the manager according to the first user-generated input. The generating of the first smart contract comprises generating the first smart contract on a blockchain. Additional embodiments can include providing the applicant access to the group according to the first smart contract, receiving second user-generated input from the recruiter device, and generating a second smart contract between a record keeper and the manager according to the second user-generated input. The generating of the second smart contract comprises generating the second smart contract on the blockchain. Also, embodiments can include providing the record keeper access to the group according to the second smart contract. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10832219B2 |
Using feedback to create and modify candidate streams
Techniques for dynamically altering weights to re-weight attributes of an ordering model based on feedback in a streaming environment are described. In an embodiment, a system accesses, based on a candidate stream definition comprising a role including a title, one or more stream-related information sources, and extracts attributes from the sources. Additionally, the system inputs the attributes to a combined ordering model that is trained by a machine learning algorithm to output ordering scores for member profiles of an online system (e.g., hosting a social networking service). The combined ordering model includes weights assigned to the attributes. Moreover, the system orders, based on the ordering scores, the profiles. Furthermore, the system presents, on a display, of top-ordered profiles. Then, the system accesses feedback regarding the top-ordered profiles and dynamically trains the weights assigned to each of the attributes to alter the weights assigned to the attributes based on the feedback. |
| US10832213B2 |
System and method for managing a workspace environment of a computer processing system
A computer processing system includes at least one processor to operate based on an operating system, and to detect when a user session is opened. The computer processing system includes a workspace environment management engine to manage a workspace environment of the computer processing system in response to detecting when the user session is opened. The workspace environment management engine identifies if an engine configuration repository of tasks and settings to be performed include a new task or setting that is not in a saved configuration repository. If a new task or setting has been identified, then the workspace environment management engine performs the new task or setting for the workspace environment. |
| US10832210B2 |
Tracking assets with a blockchain
A blockchain of transactions may be referenced for various purposes and may be later accessed by interested parties for ledger verification. One example method of operation may include reading a tag affixed to an asset, transmitting a request to update an asset status of the asset in a blockchain, receiving validation confirmation based on content of the request, and updating the asset status of the asset in the blockchain. |
| US10832209B2 |
Systems and methods for rush order fulfilment optimization
A system for rush order fulfilment optimization is discussed. The system includes mobile devices that are each associated with a worker and a rush fulfillment engine executed by a computing system which dynamically updates a task queue of each worker upon receipt of a new rush order according to a task completion rate difference between an estimated task completion rate and the current task completion rate of the worker. |
| US10832208B2 |
Systems and methods for facility matching and localization
Provided are methods, including computer-implemented methods, devices, and computer-program products applying systems and methods for facility matching and localization. According to some embodiments of the invention, the location of a pallet at a facility within a supply chain may be determined from location data received from a beacon on the pallet. In some embodiments, the position of the pallet within the facility may also be determined. Thus, the status of pallets may be monitored as they move through the supply chain. |
| US10832207B2 |
Facility-wide medication management systems
A system for managing medications facilitates documentation of medication returned from remote dispensing units to a central storage location such as a pharmacy vault. The system may be especially useful in facilitating the tracking of controlled substances. The system receives an indication that a medication previously removed from the remote dispensing units has been designated for return to the medication management system. The system computes an estimated return amount of the medication, and causes a queued return list to be displayed at the central storage location. The system can accommodate multiple remote dispensing devices and multiple medications. |
| US10832202B2 |
Systems and methods for providing proactive regulatory compliance services for packages potentially containing regulated goods and being transported in a package delivery network
Various embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer program products for dynamically monitoring transport of a plurality of packages potentially containing regulated goods so as to ensure compliance with one or more regulations within a plurality of jurisdictions. The embodiments utilize one or more computer processors or one or more executable portions to: receive transport data associated with the transport of at least one of the plurality of packages and regulatory data associated with the at least one jurisdiction in which transport occurs; determine whether the one of the plurality of packages contains at least one regulated good; if the presence of at least one regulated good is determined, validate consignor data and the transport data; whereby in response to an unsuccessful validation, at least one report is generated to prevent or otherwise mitigate transport of the one of the plurality of packages in the at least one identified jurisdiction. |
| US10832201B2 |
Capability based planning
A method includes receiving hierarchy data indicating a capability hierarchy associated with a customer network, the capability hierarchy indicating that a first capability is a sub-capability of a second capability. The method further includes receiving application data from a MID server of the customer network, the application data associated with an application utilized by the customer network for the first capability. The method further includes determining, based on the application data, an application score indicating an effectiveness level of the application for the first capability. The method further includes determining, based on the application score, a first capability score associated with the first capability. The method further includes determining, based on the first capability score and the capability hierarchy, a second capability score of the second capability, the second capability score indicating a health metric of the second capability within the customer network. |
| US10832199B2 |
Systems and methods for tracking and providing workflow information
A tangible computer-readable storage device storing computer-executable program instructions that generate a user interface for displaying workflow information associated with a tissue specimen in a pathology laboratory. The program instructions may perform a method including displaying a virtual laboratory component representing a physical pathology laboratory having one or more laboratory stations for processing the tissue specimen according to a workflow, and displaying a specimen indicator that indicates a current specimen state based on a current relationship of the tissue specimen to the workflow. The method may further include enabling a first active component associated with the virtual laboratory component, wherein the first active component is configured to receive a user selection of a laboratory station and generating a supplemental view component of the selected laboratory station in response to the user selection, wherein the supplemental view provides supplemental information on processing by the selected laboratory station of the tissue specimen. |
| US10832197B1 |
Creating and utilizing bill of work information to provide a dynamic routing plan for manufacturing a product
A technique provides a dynamic routing plan for manufacturing a product. The technique involves expanding an electronic sales order for the product into individual bill of materials (BOM) elements and bill of work (BOW) elements, the BOM elements identifying components of the product (e.g., materials, parts, sub-assemblies, etc.), and the BOW elements specifying BOW activities to be performed on the components identified by the BOM elements. The technique further involves identifying work attributes for the BOW activities specified by the BOW elements (e.g., manufacturing stages, expected work time at each stage, etc.). The technique further involves constructing the dynamic routing plan based on the BOW elements and the work attributes identified for the BOW activities specified by the BOW elements. The dynamic routing plan (i) defines a sequence for performing the BOW activities as well as (ii) provides the work attributes for the BOW activities to manufacture the product. |
| US10832196B2 |
Analysis and correction of supply chain design through machine learning
A dynamic supply chain planning system for analysis of historical lead time data that uses machine learning algorithms to forecast future lead times based on historical lead time data, and to divide historical lead time data into clusters based on seasonality and linearity. The machine learning results are further processed to adjust future planned lead times and to identify sources in the supply chain that contribute to large deviations between historical planned lead times and actual lead times. |
| US10832192B2 |
Method and system for prioritizing control strategies minimizing real time energy consumption of built environment
The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for prioritizing one or more instructional control strategies to reduce time-variant energy demand of a built environment associated with renewable energy sources. The computer-implemented method includes collection of a first set of statistical data, fetching of a second set of statistical data, accumulation of a third set of statistical data, reception of a fourth set of statistical data and gathering of fifth set of statistical data. Further, the computer-implemented method includes parsing and comparison of the first set of statistical data, the second set of statistical data, the third set of statistical data, the fourth set of statistical data and the fifth set of statistical data. In addition, the computer-implemented method includes identification and prioritization of one or more instructional control strategies to reduce the time-variant energy demand associated with the built environment. |
| US10832190B2 |
Executable action modification
A method and system for improving an action implementation process is provided. The method includes detecting a cancelation or a rescheduling for an originally planned activity of a user to be performed during a first time period. An alternative activity for replacement of the originally planned activity is determined. It is determined that a second time period necessary for performing the alternative activity exceeds the first time period and in response, an executable action is generated. The executable action is configured to be combined with the alternative activity such that the alternative activity may be accommodated. Machine learning software code is executed top determine if the user would be likely to accept the alternative activity if the additional executable action exceeds a specified threshold. In response, the executable action is automatically executed in real time thereby enabling the alternative activity. |
| US10832186B2 |
Task handling in a master data management system
Task handling in a master data management (MDM) system. A task pattern associated with a task completed is identified, in a task handling system. If the identified task pattern matches an existing task pattern in a task patterns database, then a pattern count value of the matching existing task pattern is incremented, and the task patterns database is searched for task patterns that are similar to the matching existing task pattern. If similar task patterns are identified, for each of the similar task patterns, a duplicate pattern count is specified that is based on the number of identified similar task patterns. If the duplicate pattern count for any one of the similar task patterns exceeds a specified threshold, a new task is created comprising data on completion actions for the matching existing task pattern and each of the one or more similar task patterns. |
| US10832179B2 |
Method for constructing a future-state power grid model, device and equipment and storage medium
Embodiments provide a method for constructing a future-state power grid model and device, including that: a current power grid model, an equipment power-off plan, an equipment retirement plan and an equipment addition plan are acquired; then, equipment is added according to the current power grid model, and an added equipment information set, a retired equipment information set and a powered-off equipment information set are determined according to the equipment addition plan, the equipment retirement plan and the equipment power-off plan respectively; and finally, a state of the added equipment is set to be an operating state, an initial network model of each period is formed according to a time sequence, and a future-state network model is constructed according to the added equipment information set, the retired equipment information set, the powered-off equipment information set and the initial network models. The embodiments further provide construction equipment and a storage medium. |
| US10832174B1 |
Distributed hyperparameter tuning system for active machine learning
Data is classified using automatically selected hyperparameter values. (A) A first loss value is determined based on a converged classification matrix. (B) Each observation vector is assigned to a cluster using a clustering algorithm based on the converged classification matrix. (C) A predefined number of observation vectors is selected from each cluster. D) Classified observation vectors and unclassified observation vectors are updated based on the selections in (C) and (A) is repeated. (E) An entropy loss value is determined, wherein (A) to (E) are repeated for a plurality of different values of a kernel parameter value and a batch size value. (F) A second loss value is determined based on the converged classification matrix, a label matrix defined from the converged classification matrix, and a weight value. (L) (A) to (F) are repeated with a plurality of different values of the weight value until convergence is satisfied. |
| US10832161B2 |
Method and system of processing data for training a target domain classifier
The disclosed embodiments illustrate method and system of processing data by a computing device for training a target domain classifier. The method includes extracting one or more first features and one or more second features from a first target instance, associated with a target domain. The method further includes predicting a first label for the received first target instance based on the one or more first features by utilizing a trained first classifier associated with a set of labeled source instances, wherein the predicted first label is assigned to the first target instance when a first score of the predicted first label exceeds a first pre-specified threshold. Further, the method includes updating a set of labeled target instances associated with the target domain based on the labeled first target instance, wherein the updated set of labeled target instances is utilized to train the target domain classifier. |
| US10832158B2 |
Mutual information with absolute dependency for feature selection in machine learning models
Systems and techniques are provided for determining mutual information with absolute dependency for feature selection. Items may be received from a dataset. Each item may include two random variables. A first random variable may be associated with a first range of discrete values, and a second random variable may be associated with a second range of discrete values. Mutual information between the two random variables may be determined according to one of: I ( X , Y ) = ∑ x ∈ X ∑ y ∈ Y p ( x , y ) · log ( p ( x , y ) p ( x ) · p ( y ) ) and I ( X , Y ) = ∑ x ∈ X ∑ y ∈ Y p ( y ) · log ( p ( x , y ) p ( x ) · p ( y ) ) , I(X,Y) may be the mutual information between X and Y, x may be a value for X, y may be a value for Y, p(x,y) may be a joint probability distribution function of x and y, p(x) may be a marginal probability distribution function of x, and p(y) may be a marginal probability distribution function of y. The mutual information may be used in a machine learning system to predict a value for one of the random variables for an item for which the value is unknown. |
| US10832155B2 |
Device and method for solving computational problems using a quantum system
A method of computing a solution to a computational problem using a quantum system comprising a plurality of qubits is provided. The method includes encoding the computational problem into a problem Hamiltonian of the quantum system, wherein the problem Hamiltonian is a single-body Hamiltonian including a plurality of adjustable parameters, and wherein the encoding includes determining, from the computational problem, a problem-encoding configuration for the plurality of adjustable parameters. The method further includes evolving the quantum system from an initial quantum state towards a ground state of a final Hamiltonian of the quantum system, wherein the final Hamiltonian is the sum of the problem Hamiltonian and a short-range Hamiltonian, wherein the plurality of adjustable parameters of the problem Hamiltonian are in the problem-encoding configuration and wherein the short-range Hamiltonian is a d-body Hamiltonian, wherein d is independent of the computational problem. The method further includes measuring at least a portion of the plurality of qubits to obtain a read-out of the quantum system. The method further includes determining a solution to the computational problem from the read-out. |
| US10832154B2 |
Predictive controller adapting application execution to influence user psychological state
A “Predictive Controller” operates with any type of controller or user input device to predict user inputs or responses to a current state of an application. A predictive model of the current state of the application is applied to prior user inputs to jointly predict a current user-specific psychological state or profile of the user and a predicted next user response or input. The predicted response or input is provided as the user input to the particular application prior to receiving the actual user input, thereby reducing latency of the response of the application to that actual user input. In addition, a tangible feedback corresponding to the predicted next user input is provided. Further, the predictive capabilities of the Predictive Controller can be applied to locally or remotely hosted instances of the application to reduce latencies associated with user inputs received from any type of controller or user input device. |
| US10832152B2 |
Wet well prediction using real time data
Embodiments of systems and methods for predicting when a dry oil producing well is expected to transition to a wet oil producing well, the system configured to generate predictions from multiple databases of information. A first database is designed to store real time data about an active producing well and a second database can be a historical production information database, such as an Online Transactions Processing (OLTP) database. The data from both databases can be normalized, compared, and correlated to create a predictive model that accurately predicts when a particular well is expected to transition from a dry oil producing well to a wet oil producing well. The system and method can be configured to use many different techniques including an autoregressive integrated moving average equation to create a predictive model based off the normalized data from the multiple databases. |
| US10832151B2 |
Implementing stochastic networks using magnetic tunnel junctions
Embodiments of the invention relate to implementing a probabilistic graphical model (PGM) using magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). One embodiment comprises a memory array of magnetic tunnel junctions and a driver unit for programming the memory array to represent a probabilistic graphical model. The magnetic tunnel junctions are organized into multiple subsets of magnetic tunnel junctions. The driver unit selectively applies an electrical pulse to a subset of magnetic tunnel junctions to program information representing a probabilistic belief state in said subset of magnetic tunnel junctions. |
| US10832150B2 |
Optimized re-training for analytic models
A method and system are provided for retraining an analytic model. The method includes building, by a processor, a Markov chain for the analytic model. The Markov chain has only two states that consist of an alarm state and a no alarm state. The method further includes updating, by the processor, the Markov chain with observed states, for each of a plurality of timestamps evaluated during a burn-in period. The method also includes updating, by the processor, state transition probabilities within the Markov chain, for each of a plurality of timestamps evaluated after the burn-in period. The method additionally includes generating, by the processor, a signal for causing the model to be retrained, responsive to any of the state transition probabilities representing a probability of greater than 0.5 of seeing the alarm state in a previous interval and again in a current interval. |
| US10832146B2 |
System and method of inferring synonyms using ensemble learning techniques
Embodiments are directed to a method of utilizing an ensemble of distributional semantics systems in conjunction with a domain term extractor for generating domain-specific synonyms. The method allows for extraction of high-quality, domain-specific synonyms that can be used in an information handling system, such as a question-answer system or in an information retrieval (IR) system, capable of processing natural language. According to embodiments, the domain term extractor identifies the words for which synonyms are sought, and the ensemble of distributional semantics systems determines the synonyms. |
| US10832143B2 |
Common data repository for improving transactional efficiencies across one or more communication channels
Examples of the disclosure enable an information processing system to automatically implement a user interaction diagnostic engine. In some examples, the information processing system analyzes documents to identify parameters associated with profile features and performance metrics. Based on the parameters, correlation values between the profile features and one or more performance metrics are determined. Based on the correlation values, at least one profile feature is identified to improve a parameter associated with the performance metrics. A predictive model associated with the profile features and the performance metrics is generated. One or more actionable items configured to modify the at least one profile feature are determined such that, based on the predictive model, a parameter associated with the performance metrics are predicted to improve upon execution of the one or more actionable items. |
| US10832141B2 |
Extract timeout core of a constraint satisfaction problem
A computerized method comprising using hardware processors for receiving a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) from a constraint solver system that previously reached a timeout error. The CSP comprises two or more constraints. The hardware processor(s) are used for determining one or more timeout cores of constraints by iteratively removing some test constraints from the CSP thereby forming a sub-problem, and solving the sub-problem using the constraint solver system. When the constraint solver system determines that the sub-problem is solvable the test constraints are added to the timeout cores and the test constraint returning to the CSP, otherwise the sub-problem is assigned as the CSP for the subsequent iteration. The timeout cores are sent to a user terminal for presentation to a user, and receiving a user input to resolve the timeout error of the CSP. |
| US10832136B2 |
Passive pruning of filters in a convolutional neural network
Methods and systems for pruning a convolutional neural network (CNN) include calculating a sum of weights for each filter in a layer of the CNN. The filters in the layer are sorted by respective sums of weights. A set of m filters with the smallest sums of weights is filtered to decrease a computational cost of operating the CNN. The pruned CNN is retrained to repair accuracy loss that results from pruning the filters. |
| US10832129B2 |
Transfer of an acoustic knowledge to a neural network
A method for transferring acoustic knowledge of a trained acoustic model (AM) to a neural network (NN) includes reading, into memory, the NN and the AM, the AM being trained with target domain data, and a set of training data including a set of phoneme data, the set of training data being data obtained from a domain different from a target domain for the target domain data, inputting training data from the set of training data into the AM, calculating one or more posterior probabilities of context-dependent states corresponding to phonemes in a phoneme class of a phoneme to which each frame in the training data belongs, and generating a posterior probability vector from the one or more posterior probabilities, as a soft label for the NN, and inputting the training data into the NN and updating the NN, using the soft label. |
| US10832128B2 |
Transfer learning apparatus, transfer learning system, transfer learning method, and recording medium
A transfer learning apparatus includes a transfer target data evaluator and an output layer adjuster. The transfer target data evaluator inputs a plurality of labeled transfer target data items each assigned a label of a corresponding evaluation item from among one or more evaluation items to a neural network apparatus having been trained by using a plurality of labeled transfer source data items and including in an output layer output units, the number of which is larger than or equal to the number of evaluation items, and obtains evaluation values output from the respective output units. The output layer adjuster preferentially assigns, to each of the one or more evaluation items, an output unit from which the evaluation value having the smallest difference from the label of the evaluation item is obtained with a higher frequency, as an output unit that outputs the evaluation value of the evaluation item. |
| US10832127B2 |
Three-dimensional integration of neurosynaptic chips
A three-dimensional integration of synapse circuitry is formed. One or more neuron layers each comprises a plurality of computing elements, and one or more synapse layers each comprising an array of memory elements are formed on top of the one or more neuron layers. A plurality of staggered through-silicon vias (TSVs) connect the one or more neuron layers to the one or more synapse layers and operate as communication links between one or more computing elements in the one or more neuron layers and one or more memory elements in the one or more synapse layers. |
| US10832126B2 |
Neuron device and integrated circuit including neuron device
A neuron device may include an input unit, a synapse unit, and an output unit. The synapse unit can be connected with the input unit and may include one or more synapse modules. Each of the one or more synapse modules may include multiple synapse elements connected in series and may be configured to operate in a time division multiplexing mode. Each synapse element may have specific coefficient information. In each of the one or more synapse modules, one of the multiple synapse elements connected in series may be configured to apply coefficient information to one of the multiple input signals received by the input unit. The output unit may obtain a weighted sum of the multiple input signals and may generate an output signal based on the weighted sum. |
| US10832117B2 |
Antenna
An antenna comprises a coil element comprising a core element and coil wound around the core element, the core element arranged along a longitudinal direction and having a first front surface and a second front surface. A first metallic plate element and a second metallic plate element are provided. The first metallic plate element is arranged on a first side of the core element and extends with its first end in the longitudinal direction beyond the first front surface of the core element and its second end in the longitudinal direction adjacent the core element. The second metallic plate element is arranged on a second side of the core element opposite said second side and extends with its first end in the longitudinal direction beyond the second front surface of the core element and its second end in the longitudinal direction adjacent the core element. |
| US10832116B2 |
Metal contactless smart card and method for fabricating the same
A metal contactless smart card includes a first metal layer having a first slit, a second layer, a radio-frequency integrated circuit chip module, and an inlay having an antenna. A nonconductive insert may be fitted in the slit. The first metal layer may include an inlay recess where the inlay may be received and a through-hole where the chip may be inserted. The second layer of the smart card may be made of metal and may also include a slit. |
| US10832113B2 |
Method of producing an electronic device
A method and apparatus for producing an electronic device are disclosed. An adhesive material is jetted in a first pattern on a surface of a receiver substrate. A carrier having a metal foil disposed thereon is brought into contact with the first substrate such that a portion of the metal foil contacts the adhesive material. The adhesive material is activated using at least one of mechanical pressure and heat while the portion of the metal foil is in contact with the adhesive material. The first substrate and the second substrate are separated, whereby the portion of the metal foil is transferred to the first substrate. |
| US10832110B2 |
Method to store a secret QR code into a colored secure QR code
The present invention embodies a technique, referred to as Secure QR Codes, which not only provides aesthetically enhanced QR codes but also allows for security. It can embed a standard black and white QR code, referred to as a public QR code, and a secret QR code, both into a secure QR code. The secure QR code produced is composed of colored cells. The public black and white QR code must first be, either aesthetically enhanced into an enhanced colored QR code, or transformed into a colored QR code with cells of uniform color obtained by transforming each of the black and white cells of the public QR code into cells that takes a color from a subset of possible colors, such that the luminance of each colored cell approximates accurately the black or white luminance values of the public QR code. |
| US10832108B2 |
Information linking system and method of operation thereof
A method of operation of an information linking system includes: locating an object with an identification icon; scanning the identification icon with a device; determining an access key by analyzing the identification icon; and retrieving at least a general availability level from a plurality of selective information levels of an object information file and additional information levels authorized by the access key for displaying on the device. |
| US10832107B2 |
Control method for information processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
A control method for an information processing apparatus that displays an edit screen of print data for printing a predetermined page, comprising: displaying, on the edit screen, a print region that includes a binding position indicating a position at which binding is performed using a binding material in the predetermined page and indicates a printable region in the predetermined page; receiving designation of a layout position of an image in the predetermined page; and making a notification if the designation is received so that the image is laid out in a predetermined region including at least a partial region in the print region between the binding position and a side of the print region on a side of the binding position, wherein a printing apparatus executes printing based on the print data edited in the edit screen. |
| US10832102B1 |
Sensor-assisted tab printing
A method and system for scanning a set of tabs, sensing tab shape information for tab positions in the set of tabs, storing sensed tab shape information, and applying the sensed tab shape information to printing applications. Sensed tab shape information is used to mask areas around tabs during tab printing tasks, allowing full bleed printing at each of the tab positions. Sensed tab shape information is also used to detect and purge unused tabs and automatically format tab printing annotations. |
| US10832099B2 |
Displaying guide images on a table
There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject. |
| US10832093B1 |
Tuning simulated data for optimized neural network activation
Techniques described herein are directed to comparing, using a machine-trained model, neural network activations associated with data representing a simulated environment and activations associated with data representing real environment to determine whether the simulated environment is causes similar responses by the neural network, e.g., a detector. If the simulated environment and the real environment do not activate the same way (e.g., the variation between neural network activations of real and simulated data meets or exceeds a threshold), techniques described herein are directed to modifying parameters of the simulated environment to generate a modified simulated environment that more closely resembles the real environment. |
| US10832091B2 |
Machine learning to process Monte Carlo rendered images
A method of rendering an image includes Monte Carlo rendering a scene to produce a noisy image. The noisy image is processed to render an output image. The processing applies a machine learning model that utilizes colors and/or features from the rendering system for denoising the noisy image and/or to for adaptively placing samples during rendering. |
| US10832087B1 |
Advanced training of machine-learning models usable in control systems and other systems
Machine-learning models (MLM) can be configured more rapidly and accurately according to some examples. For example, a system can receive a first training dataset that includes (i) independent-variable values corresponding to independent variables and (ii) dependent-variable values corresponding to a dependent variable that is influenced by the independent variables. The independent-variable values can include nonlinear-variable values corresponding to at least one nonlinear independent variable. The system can then determine cluster assignments for the nonlinear-variable values, generate a second training dataset based on the cluster assignments, and train a model based on the second training dataset. The trained machine-learning model may then be used in various applications, such as control-system applications. |
| US10832086B2 |
Target object presentation method and apparatus
Embodiments of this application disclose a target object rendition method performed by an electronic device having a camera and a display screen. The electronic device photographs an entity card by using a camera. From the photograph, the electronic device obtains a to-be-recognized target object that is printed on the entity card and then image interpretation data of the to-be-recognized target object, the image interpretation data being used to reflect a feature of the to-be-recognized target object. After matching the image interpretation data with prestored image interpretation data, the electric device obtains a prestored target object corresponding to prestored image interpretation data matching the image interpretation data. Finally, the electronic device invokes an application (e.g., a computer game) associated with the prestored target object (e.g., a virtual character of the computer game) and renders, using the application, the prestored target object on the display screen. |
| US10832082B2 |
Template selection system and method
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a plurality of images of a subject. The plurality of images of the subject may be processed to generate one or more templates. At least one template of the plurality of templates may be verified against at least one other template of the plurality of templates based upon, at least in part, a template quality threshold. A verified subset of templates may be generated including the at least one template that verifies each template of the plurality of templates. |
| US10832080B2 |
Identifying an object in a field of view
The technology disclosed relates to identifying an object in a field of view of a camera. In particular, it relates to identifying a display in the field of view of the camera. This is achieved by monitoring a space including acquiring a series of image frames of the space using the camera and detecting one or more light sources in the series of image frames. Further, one or more frequencies of periodic intensity or brightness variations, also referred to as ‘refresh rate’, of light emitted from the light sources is measured. Based on the one or more frequencies of periodic intensity variations of light emitted from the light sources, at least one display that includes the light sources is identified. |
| US10832077B2 |
Image processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus configured to perform character recognition processing to recognize characters included in image data and acquire character information, display characters indicated by the character information acquired, accept a selection of characters displayed by a user, generate a folder path based on the selected characters, and transmit the image data to a folder indicated by the folder path. In a case where the selection of characters is accepted multiple times, generate a folder path based on a combination of selected characters and transmit the image data to a folder indicated by the folder path. |
| US10832076B2 |
Method and image processing entity for applying a convolutional neural network to an image
A method and an image processing entity for applying a convolutional neural network to an image are disclosed. The image processing entity processes the image while using the convolutional kernel to render a feature map, whereby a second feature map size of the feature map is greater than a first feature map size of the feature maps with which the feature kernel was trained. Furthermore, the image processing entity repeatedly applies the feature kernel to the feature map in a stepwise manner, wherein the feature kernel was trained to identify the feature based on the feature maps of the first feature maps, wherein the feature kernel has the first feature map size. |
| US10832073B2 |
Text resolution determinations via optical performance metrics
An example non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor is provided. The machine-readable storage medium includes instructions to identify fiducials on a target comprising multiple sample areas, instructions to determine positions of the fiducials in relation to the multiple sample areas, and instructions to detect a different region of interest (ROI) associated with each of the multiple sample areas based upon the positions. The machine-readable storage medium further includes instructions to calculate an optical performance metric based upon the ROI associated with each sample area, and instructions to determine a text resolution based upon the optical performance metric. |
| US10832072B1 |
Authentication method and system
A method for authenticating an object, comprising determining a physical dispersion pattern of a set of elements, determining a physical characteristic of the set of elements which is distinct from a physical characteristic producible by a transfer printing technology, determining a digital code associated with the object defining the physical dispersion pattern, and authenticating the object by verifying a correspondence of the digital code with the physical dispersion pattern, and verifying the physical characteristic. |
| US10832070B2 |
Mobile terminal, image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium
A mobile terminal includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process comprising acquiring a frame with taking a photograph, acquiring document image data of a document from the frame, detecting shine on the document image data, determining whether the shine is equal to or smaller than a shine baseline, and acquiring a frame with retaking a photograph when the shine is neither equal to nor smaller than the shine baseline. |
| US10832066B2 |
Controlling host vehicle based on detection of a one-way road
Systems and methods are provided for navigating an autonomous vehicle. In one implementation, a system for detecting whether a road on which a host vehicle travels is a one-way road may include at least one processing device. The processing device may be programmed to receive at least one image associated with an environment of the host vehicle, identify a first plurality of vehicles on a first side of the road, identify a second plurality of vehicles on a second side of the road, determine a first facing direction associated with the first plurality of vehicles, determine a second facing direction associated with the second plurality of vehicles, and cause at least one navigational change of the host vehicle when the first facing direction and the second facing direction are both opposite to a heading direction of the host vehicle. |
| US10832064B2 |
Vacant parking space detection apparatus and vacant parking space detection method
A vacant parking space detection apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: generate, for each of divided regions in a region around a vehicle, map information representing a presence probability of an object based on a detection result of a sensor for detecting an object present around the vehicle; define on the map information a plurality of first straight lines, whose intercepts differ from each other, with one or more angles to a straight advancing direction of the vehicle; and detect whether a vacant parking space is present at the angle based on a presence probability of an object assigned to the divided region belonging to each of the plurality of first straight lines. |
| US10832060B2 |
Resident activity recognition system and method thereof
A resident activity recognition method is provided. The method comprises: receiving a plurality of first testing data from a plurality of sensors by a processor, wherein the first testing data includes a present weight set of sensors and present trigger statuses of sensors; determining an activity of a non-target resident at a present time by the processor according to a non-target resident model and the first testing data; reducing a part of the present weight set to generate an updated weight set and a second testing data including the updated weight set and the present trigger statuses by the processor according to the activity of the non-target resident at the present time, the first testing data and the non-target resident model; determining an activity of a target resident at the present time by the processor according to a target resident model and the second testing data. |
| US10832059B2 |
Feature identification or classification using task-specific metadata
Innovations in the identification or classification of features in a data set are described, such as a data set representing measurements taken by a scientific instrument. For example, a task-specific processing component, such as a video encoder, is used to generate task-specific metadata. When the data set includes video frames, metadata can include information regarding motion of image elements between frames, or other differences between frames. A feature of the data set, such as an event, can be identified or classified based on the metadata. For example, an event can be identified when metadata for one or more elements of the data set exceed one or more threshold values. When the feature is identified or classified, an output, such as a display or notification, can be generated. Although the metadata may be useable to generate a task-specific output, such as compressed video data, the identifying or classifying is not used solely in production of, or the creation of an association with, the task-specific output. |
| US10832058B2 |
Behavior recognition apparatus, behavior recognition method, and recording medium
A behavior recognition apparatus, a behavior recognition method, and a recording medium storing a control program for performing the behavior recognition method, each of which: receives an input of a movie obtained by capturing images of a site; recognizes one or more element behaviors constituting a standard work of a worker included in the input movie; and determines a start time and a required time for the standard work from the recognized one or more element behaviors. |
| US10832057B2 |
Methods, systems, and user interface navigation of video content based spatiotemporal pattern recognition
A user interface for a media system supports using gestures, such as swiping gestures and taps, to navigate frame-synchronized video clips or video feeds. The detection of the gestures is interpreted as a command to navigate the frame-synchronized content. In one implementation, a tracking system and a trained machine learning system is used to generate the frame synchronized video clips or video feeds. In one implementation, video clips of an event are organized into storylines and the user interface permits navigation between different storylines and within individual storylines. |
| US10832053B2 |
Creating an iris identifier to reduce search space of a biometric system
The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method for generating an iris identifier. The method includes obtaining a plurality of images of an iris, and generating a binary code for each of the plurality of images of the iris, the binary code including a sequence of bits. The method also includes identifying a first pattern of bits for which bit values and bit-locations are the same across a plurality of the binary codes, generating a first index based on the first pattern of bits, and then storing the first index on a storage device in accordance with a database management system. The first index is linked to biometric information of a different modality for a corresponding user. |
| US10832049B2 |
Electronic document classification system optimized for combining a plurality of contemporaneously scanned documents
A method, system and computer-usable medium for classifying a source document using sub-documents identified in the source document. The method, system, and computer-usable medium are used to access the source document from electronic memory. The source document is electronically searched to detect markers indicative of whether the source document includes one or more sub-documents. Incongruities in the source document are located using the detected markers and the source document is split into sub-documents at the located incongruities. Each of the sub-documents is classified. The sub-documents are joined as a re-assembled source document with classifications including classifications for one or more of the sub-documents. |
| US10832048B2 |
Systems and methods for generating and using semantic images in deep learning for classification and data extraction
Disclosed is a new document processing solution that combines the powers of machine learning and deep learning and leverages the knowledge of a knowledge base. Textual information in an input image of a document can be converted to semantic information utilizing the knowledge base. A semantic image can then be generated utilizing the semantic information and geometries of the textual information. The semantic information can be coded by semantic type determined utilizing the knowledge base and positioned in the semantic image utilizing the geometries of the textual information. A region-based convolutional neural network (R-CNN) can be trained to extract regions from the semantic image utilizing the coded semantic information and the geometries. The regions can be mapped to the textual information for classification/data extraction. With semantic images, the number of samples and time needed to train the R-CNN for document processing can be significantly reduced. |
| US10832047B2 |
Systems and methods for obtaining product information in real-time
A method for obtaining an estimate of a value of a product is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, from a first client device, a signal representing image data depicting at least one first document containing a product specification for a first product; performing text recognition on the image data to identify text in the at least one first document; obtaining a first value representing the product specification for the first product based on the recognized text; selecting a second product having a product specification represented by the first value; obtaining a second value associated with the selected second product; generating first display data including a graphical representation of the second value; and transmitting, to the first client device via the communications module, a signal representing the first display data. |
| US10832045B2 |
Camera environment mapping
Systems and methods may be used to map an environment visible in an image captured by a camera. The mapping may include a floor map (e.g., locations within the environment where a floor is present). A method may include receiving images from a camera. The method may include using an object that moved from a first image to a second image to identify floor points within the environment. The method may include mapping a floor plane of the environment using the floor points. |
| US10832044B2 |
Image recognition device and image recognition program
An image recognition device adds a margin region filled with predetermined image data to a periphery of a captured image captured by a camera to create an expanded image larger than the captured image. When a person is too close to the camera, a part of a person image protrudes from the captured image, but a large detection window which also includes the margin region is set, whereby a window image including a protruding region is taken out of the expanded image. The window image lacks a protruding part of the person image, but it is an image showing an entire body of the person image. The image recognition device stores many reference images assuming various states of a person. The image recognition device extracts features from the window image, and compares them with a feature of the reference image, thereby recognizing the person image. |
| US10832040B2 |
Cognitive rendering of inputs in virtual reality environments
A computer-implemented method for cognitive rendering of inputs received by a virtual reality (VR) system includes: receiving sensor data from at least one sensor of the VR system, the sensor data corresponding to one or more behaviors exhibited by a user of the VR system; comparing the sensor data to a predetermined list of expected behaviors; and determining the sensor data identifies an unexpected behavior in response to determining, based on the comparison, the behavior is not one of the expected behaviors. Various embodiments of the general inventive concept described above are presented in the form of methods, systems, and computer program products, all generally relating to real-time detection/anticipation of unexpected behaviors exhibited by a user but not relevant to a VR experience, and avoiding the rendering of movements, speech, etc. that are part of the unexpected behavior in order to improve the immersive nature of the VR experience. |
| US10832038B2 |
Real-time analysis of participant understanding
In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes capturing a plurality of images of the at least one participant during the presentation. The method further includes analyzing the plurality of images to determine a level of understanding of the at least one participant. The method further includes determining a period of misunderstanding of the at least one participant by comparing the level of understanding of the at least one participant to an understanding threshold, the period of misunderstanding being a period of time during which the level of understanding of the at least one participant is below the understanding threshold. The method further includes, based at least in part on determining that the level of understanding of the at least one participant is below the understanding threshold, analyzing the presentation to associate the period of misunderstanding with a portion of the presentation. |
| US10832037B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting image type
Methods and apparatus for detecting an image type. A specific embodiment of the method includes: acquiring a first to-be-processed image and a second to-be-processed image; determining at least one first object image and at least one second object image in the first to-be-processed image and the second to-be-processed image respectively; and importing the first object image and the second object image corresponding to the first object image into an image type detection model to obtain image type information corresponding to the first object image and the second object image, for each of the at least one first object image, the image type detection model being used to determine an image type by depth of field information, and the image type information including a plane image and a stereo image. This embodiment enables accurate recognition of the image types of the to-be-processed images. |
| US10832036B2 |
Meta-learning for facial recognition
Methods and systems are provided for generating a facial recognition system. A facial recognition system can be implemented using a meta-model based on a trained neural network. A neural network can be trained as multiple classifiers that identify individuals using a small number of images of the individual's face. A meta-model can learn from the neural networks to be capable to identify an individual based on a small number of images. In this way, the facial recognition system uses the meta-model that learns from the neural network trained to identify an individual based on a small number of images. Such a facial recognition system is tested to determine any misidentification for fine-tuning the system. A facial recognition system implemented using such a meta-model is capable of adapting the model to learn identities entered into the system using only a small number of images to enroll an identity into the system. |
| US10832035B2 |
Subject identification systems and methods
Disclosed techniques relate to identifying subjects in digital images. In various embodiments, digital image(s) that depict a subject in an area may be acquired. Portion(s) of the digital image(s) that depict a face of the subject may be detected as detected face image(s). Features of each of the detected face image(s) may be compared with features of each of a set of subject reference templates associated with a given subject in a subject reference database. Based on the comparing, a subject reference template may be selected from the set of subject reference templates associated with the given subject. Similarity measure(s) may then be determined between a given detected face image of the detected face image(s) and the selected subject reference template. An identity of the subject may be determined based on the similarity measure(s). |
| US10832034B2 |
Facial image generating method, facial image generating apparatus, and facial image generating device
A facial image generating method, a facial image generating apparatus, and a facial image generating device are proposed. The method comprises: linking an M-dimensional facial feature vector with an N-dimensional demanded feature vector to generate a synthesized feature vector; and generating a synthesized facial image by use of a deep convolutional network for facial image generation and based on the synthesized feature vector. The method further comprises: generating a demand satisfaction score based on the synthesized facial image and the demanded feature vector by use of a deep convolutional network for demand determination; and updating parameters of the deep convolutional network for facial image generation and the deep convolutional network for demand determination based on the demand satisfaction score. A facial image is generated based on a facial feature vector and a demanded feature vector, a facial image with a specific feature can be generated without using the three-dimensional model. |
| US10832032B2 |
Facial recognition method, facial recognition system, and non-transitory recording medium
The embodiments of this application provide a facial recognition method and system, and a non-transitory recording medium. The method includes: obtaining a first feature vector of a first face in a first facial image and a first confidence vector having the same dimension as the first feature vector, wherein elements in the first confidence vector are used to indicate credibility of features represented by the corresponding elements in the first feature vector; obtaining a second feature vector of a second face in a second facial image and a second confidence vector having the same dimension as the second feature vector, wherein elements in the second confidence vector are used to indicate credibility of features represented by the corresponding elements in the second feature vector; and determining the first confidence vector, the second feature vector and the second confidence vector, whether the first and second face belong to the same person. |
| US10832025B1 |
Medical labeling system and method of use
A labeling system for creating labels for medicine containers. The system includes a label printer having an interior area configured to carry a plurality of printing sheets therein; a scanner in data communication with the label printer, the scanner having a reader to scan a drug administer barcode and a drug barcode; and a label sheet printed by the label printer, the label sheet having a plurality of labels adhesively bonded thereto, the label printer being configured to print onto the plurality of labels data information scanned from the administrator barcode and the drug barcode. The label sheet includes a first label having an image corresponding to a part of a body; and a second label having the image of the first label. |
| US10832024B2 |
Behavior detection using RFID in environments with high RFID tag density
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises processing circuitry to: receive wireless signal data corresponding to an RFID tag, wherein the wireless signal data comprises signal strength data and signal phase data corresponding to wireless signals transmitted by the RFID tag and received by an RFID reader; generate decomposed signal strength data based on a seasonal decomposition of the signal strength data; generate a frequency-phase curve based on the signal phase data; extract a set of signal strength features based on the decomposed signal strength data; extract a set of signal phase features based on the frequency-phase curve; and detect a motion state of the RFID tag using a machine learning classifier, wherein the machine learning classifier is trained to detect the motion state based on the set of signal strength features and the set of signal phase features. |
| US10832023B2 |
Dual-imaging vision system camera and method for using the same
This invention provides a vision system, typically having at least two imaging systems/image sensors that enable a multi-function unit. The first imaging system, typically a standard, on-axis optical configuration can be used for long distances and larger feature sets and the second imaging system is typically an extended-depth of focus/field (DOF) configuration. This second imaging system allows reading of smaller feature sets/objects and/or at shorter distances. The reading range of an overall (e.g.) ID-code-reading vison system is extended and relatively small objects can be accurately imaged. The extended-DOF imaging system sensor can be positioned with its longest dimension in the vertical axis. The system can allow vision system processes to compute the distance from the vision system to the object to generate an autofocus setting for variable optics in the standard imaging system. An aimer can project structured light onto the object surface around the system optical axis. |
| US10832018B2 |
Data writing device and processing method
A data writing device includes a reader and a processor. The reader receives a radio wave from a wireless tag for storing a first identifier and a second identifier and measures a radio wave intensity of the radio wave received from the wireless tag. The processor determines the radio wave intensities of the radio waves received from the plurality of wireless tags by acquiring the first identifiers from the plurality of wireless tags through the reader, and determines the radio wave intensities of the radio waves received from the plurality of wireless tags. A reading threshold is set between a strongest radio wave intensity and a next strongest radio wave intensity among the radio wave intensities, and the second identifiers are acquired from the wireless tags having the radio wave intensities exceeding the set reading threshold through the reader. |
| US10832012B2 |
Method executed in translation system and including generation of translated text and generation of parallel translation data
A method executed in a translation system includes: (A) receiving source text in a first language; (B) translating the source text into a second language to generate first translated text; (C) acquiring a determination result as to whether or not the first translated text has been correctly translated; (D) in a case where the first translated text has not been correctly translated, generating first parallel translation data that includes the source text and the first translated text; (E) transmitting the first parallel translation data to a terminal device; (F) receiving, from the terminal device, second translated text obtained by the source text being correctly translated into the second language; and (G) registering, into a parallel translation database, second parallel translation data that includes the source text and the second translated text. |
| US10832009B2 |
Extraction and summarization of decision elements from communications
Embodiments for extraction and summarization of decision discussions of a communication by a processor. The decision elements may be grouped together according to similar characteristics. The decision elements may be linked, and sentiments of the discussion participants towards each of the decision elements may be analyzed. A summary of the plurality of the decision elements may be provided via an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) on one or more Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The summary of the decision elements may be linked to domain knowledge. The summary may be enhanced using a domain knowledge. |
| US10832003B2 |
Method and system for intent classification
A computer-implemented intent classification method and system are provided. The method comprises: providing a plurality of trained model sets, each based on a different model and comprising a plurality of trained models, with each trained model in each trained model set obtained by training a same model with a different initialization condition over a pre-determined dataset; feeding an input text into each trained model to obtain a plurality of prediction results for indicating a likely intent class of the input text; ensembling prediction results corresponding to a same trained model set for each trained model set to obtain a plurality of first-layer ensembles; ensembling the plurality of first-layer ensembles to obtain at least one second-layer ensemble, each obtained by ensembling two or more first-layer ensembles; and determining the intent class of the input text based on the at least one second-layer ensemble. |
| US10832002B2 |
System and method for scoring performance of chatbots
A method, apparatus, system and a computer program product are provided for scoring performance of a chatbot by capturing specified node performance metrics based on user interactions with one or more nodes in a dialog flow for the chatbot; assigning a score to each of the one or more nodes based on the specified node performance metrics; and assessing a performance measure for at least a portion of the chatbot by combining scores assigned to selected nodes in the dialog flow. |
| US10831994B2 |
Naming convention reconciler
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for a naming convention reconciler. A computer receives and pre-processing first dictionary 114 and second dictionary 116. In addition, the computer parses the pre-processed dictionaries to extract one or more names from each of the two dictionaries. The computer then generates a hash table of the names extracted from the second dictionary and searches the hash table for names that include a word in common with a name extracted from first dictionary 114. Based on identifying a name in the hash table that includes a word in common with a name extracted from first dictionary 114, the computer determines a similarity between the names and stores an association between the names having a greatest similarity. |
| US10831992B2 |
Determining a reading speed based on user behavior
Examples of techniques for determining a reading speed based on user behavior are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method may include monitoring, by a processing device, data continuously, wherein the data is generated by a sensor of the user device; determining, by the processing device, an orientation and a wobble of the user device based on the data generated by the sensor; determining, by the processing device, a reading speed of a user using the user device based on the orientation and the wobble; detecting, by the processing device, a change in at least one of the orientation and the wobble of the user device based on the data; and adjusting, by the processing device, the reading speed of the user using the user device based on the change in the at least one of the orientation and the wobble. |
| US10831991B1 |
Systems and methods for testing content developed for access via a network
An electronic device may include a processor that may receive baseline image data that represents desired content to be displayed on a webpage. The processor may also receive online image data that may be accessible via a network. The online image data may include code that causes the processor to display a representation of the webpage on an electronic display. The processor may then identify one or more differences between the baseline image data and the online image data and generate one or more modifications to the code based on the differences. |
| US10831989B2 |
Distributing updated communications to viewers of prior versions of the communications
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system distributes communications and includes at least one processor. The system identifies an answer to a question submitted to the system by a requesting user. A responding user is identified that submitted the identified answer to the system. The system enables the responding user to view the identified answer. In response to receiving a revision to the identified answer from the responding user, one or more users that have viewed the identified answer are determined and notified of the revision to the answer. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for distributing communications in substantially the same manner described above. |
| US10831986B2 |
Generating a document object model (DOM) differential
Generating a document object model (DOM) differential is provided. In response to receiving a webpage, a snapshot is generated of a base DOM corresponding to the webpage. A DOM node change list corresponding to the base DOM is generated. A DOM node attribute change list corresponding to the base DOM is generated. The base DOM is monitored for changes. A DOM differential is generated for the base DOM based on DOM node entries in the DOM node change list and the DOM node attribute change list. |
| US10831985B2 |
Processing duplicate multimedia content
Multimedia content processing in a computing device includes providing a first multimedia content to be displayed in a first region of a display device; establishing a second region on the display device where a second multimedia content is to be displayed; loading an electronic document on the display device causing the first multimedia content to be displayed in first region on the display device; copying the first multimedia content displayed in the first region by creating the second multimedia content from the first region; analyzing raster data associated with the first multimedia content to store image data from a snapshot of the first multimedia content; storing raster data associated with each pixel of the first multimedia content in a local storage of the computing device; creating a duplicate version of the first multimedia content based on stored image pixel data; and displaying the second multimedia content in the second region. |
| US10831984B2 |
Web page design snapshot generator
Aspects provide multilevel design characterization of a web page via identifying different individual graphic element (text characters, images or graphical control elements) displayed within a web page layout, and determining linear groupings thereof (horizontal rows or vertical columns) as a function of differences in their positioning relative to each other. Aspects further identify clusters of the linear groupings and individual graphic elements as a function of clustering indicia (layout pattern indicia, gap level indicia or cluster group indicia), identify repetitive groupings of the clusters as unique list region collections, and determine a tree structure for the unique list region collections that identifies unique list region collections having more dominant element type, size, alignment, style or class name attribute values within the web page layout as root nodes, and others having less dominant element attribute values as child nodes relative to the root nodes. |
| US10831981B2 |
Updating documents based on user input
In one embodiment, a computer system provides a document for display in a non-browser application of a client device of a user associated with a social-networking system, wherein the application is associated with the social-networking system, a layout of the document corresponds to a first document template, and the document includes content items corresponding to elements, wherein each element is a container for a content item, and information corresponding to characteristics of users of the social-networking system. The computer system determines a characteristic associated with a user, wherein the characteristic is associated with a preferred layout based on a type of content item associated with each element. The computer system selects an alternate document template based on the characteristic, including a set of elements. The computer system provides the document with content items corresponding to the set of elements and configured in accordance with the alternate document template for display. |
| US10831980B2 |
Using unused wires on very-large-scale integration chips for power supply decoupling
Using unused wires on VLSI chips for power supply decoupling including generating a VLSI chip design by: identifying floating wires in a VLSI chip; placing a via at each intersection between each floating wire and a power rail; determining a number of design rule violations for each via at each intersection; resolving the design rule violations for each via not on a major power rail; resolving the design rule violations for each via on a major power rail after resolving the design rule violations for each via not on a major power rail; after resolving the design rule violations for each via on a major power rail, identifying floating wires without a via; and for each floating wire without a via, identify an intersection with a least number of design rule violations and resolve the number of design rule violations by removing adjacent vias on adjacent wires. |
| US10831979B2 |
Time-driven placement and/or cloning of components for an integrated circuit
Techniques that facilitate time-driven placement and/or cloning of components for an integrated circuit are provided. In one example, a system includes an analysis component, a geometric area component and a placement component. The analysis component computes timing information and distance information between a set of transistor components of an integrated circuit. The geometric area component determines at least a first geometric area of the integrated circuit and a second geometric area of the integrated circuit based on the timing information and the distance information. The placement component determines a location for a latch component on the integrated circuit based on an intersection between the first geometric area and the second geometric area. |
| US10831970B2 |
Layout of a memory cell of an integrated circuit
Techniques for generating a layout of a multi-port memory cell are provided. A specification describing at least on port within a memory cell is defined. A base memory cell including at least one extension point is modeled. A port that interfaces with the base memory cell is identified from the specification. An electrical interface between the identified port and an extension point of the base memory cell is modeled. In some embodiments, a design bucket is selected from among a predefined set of design buckets based on a count of ports within the memory cell, as described by the specification. Each design bucket corresponding to a respective layout template including the base memory cell and a respective maximum count of ports. Each electrical interface including a port described in the specification of the memory cell is modeled based on the selected design bucket and the respective layout template. |
| US10831969B2 |
Predicting routability of interconnects
An integrated circuit physical design tool includes an interconnection congestion predictor that generates a congestion table for an integrated circuit design. Interconnection congestion hotspots are identified based on the congestion table. The proximity of interconnection congestion hotspots to each other is determined, and penalization values are computed based on the proximity of interconnection congestion hotspots to each other. The congestion table is then updated to reflect the penalization values due to proximity of interconnection congestion hotspots. Routability of the interconnection congestion hotspots is then predicted based on the updated congestion table. The updated congestion table may also be used by multiple physical design optimization tools, including placement, global routing, and detail routing. |
| US10831965B1 |
Placement of vectorized latches in hierarchical integrated circuit development
Systems and methods to place latches during hierarchical integrated circuit development obtain an initial floor plan indicating a blocked region, two or more regions, and initial locations of components including the latches. A method includes identifying a subset of the latches that belong to a vector as a vector of latches, the subset of the latches being single-bit latches that must be placed in a same one of the two or more regions, and identifying a center of gravity (COG) of the vector of latches, the COG being a mean of geometric points corresponding with the subset of the latches. All of the subset of the latches are placed at the COG to generate an intermediate floor plan based on determining that the COG is not in the blocked region. A final design of the integrated circuit that is obtained based on the intermediate floor plan is provided for fabrication. |
| US10831964B2 |
IC physical design using a tiling engine
In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for generating a tiling for a physical placement of a plurality of circuits. The method includes generating a tiling including a plurality of tiles, where each tile identifies a tile geometric area, and a list of one or more of the circuits to be placed in the tile geometric area. The tiling is based on a description of one or more user constraints, where each user constraint identifies a constraint geometric area, and a characteristic of circuits to be placed in the constraint geometric area. |
| US10831960B1 |
Selectable reconfiguration for dynamically reconfigurable IP cores
Systems and methods for reconfiguration of a hardened intellectual property (IP) block in an integrated circuit (IC) device are provided. Reconfiguration of the hardened IP block in the IC device may transition between functions supported by the hardened IP block. A transition may occur as a pre-configured profile is selected to reconfigure the hardened IP block. Further, configuration data associated with each of the pre-configured profiles of the hardened IP block may be generated and storage space to store the configuration data may be created. Additionally, reconfiguration control logic to read and implement the configuration data in hard IP design primitives may also be generated. |
| US10831959B2 |
Embedded FPGA timing sign-off
An advanced timing mode has a path that originates from a host application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and terminates at a register inside an embedded field programmable gate array (FPGA), bypassing interface cluster registers. The terminating register may be present at a boundary between the host ASIC and the embedded FPGA or deep inside the embedded FPGA. In a clock trunk input with internal divergence timing scenario, a clock output from a phase-locked loop (PLL) in the host ASIC is driven through a clock trunk into the embedded FPGA and, from there, diverges into interface cluster registers and the boundary adjacent to the host ASIC. A clock trunk input with external divergence timing scenario is similar to the internal divergence scenario except that a clock divergence occurs before the clock enters a clock trunk of the embedded FPGA. In a boundary clock input scenario, a PLL drives both the host ASIC and the embedded FPGA interface clusters. |
| US10831958B2 |
Integrated circuit design with optimized timing constraint configuration
Generating a design of an integrated circuit by analyzing a physical design of an integrated circuit by determining, for a pin of a circuit of the integrated circuit, that a candidate timing constraint for signal arrival time at the pin is later than a current timing constraint for signal arrival time at the pin, determining that a slack value associated with the current timing constraint has a greater negative value than a predefined negative slack threshold value, determining that the current timing constraint is within a user-defined range of signal arrival time values associated with the pin, determining that the candidate timing constraint is earlier than a latest-allowable signal arrival time at the pin, setting the current timing constraint equal to the candidate timing constraint, and generating a revised physical design of the integrated circuit that incorporates the current timing constraint. |
| US10831955B1 |
Prediction of closure feasibility in microprocessor design
A method for predicting post-placement timing-analysis results includes obtaining, for a logic design, logic-synthesis data and logic-planning data. The method also includes inputting, into a neural network, the logic-synthesis data and logic-planning data. The neural network is trained to correlate logic-synthesis data and logic-planning data with post-placement timing-analysis results. The method also includes receiving, from the neural network, predicted post-placement timing-analysis results. |
| US10831950B2 |
Streakline visualization apparatus and method
A streakline visualization apparatus sets a partial region including a discrete point at a first position on a first streakline in an analysis space as an analysis target region of the discrete point. Based on a velocity of fluid in the analysis target region indicated by fluid information, the apparatus calculates a second position indicating a destination of a particle on the discrete point at a second analysis time point. Next, based on information about a structure in the analysis target region indicated by structure information, the apparatus determines a region occupied by the structure in the analysis target region at the second analysis time point. Next, based on the first and second positions, the apparatus determines whether a second streakline has entered the occupied region. If the second streakline has not entered the occupied region, the apparatus displays the second streakline passing through the second position. |
| US10831949B2 |
Nonlinear method for area-wide near surface air temperature precision retrieval
A novel nonlinear method for area-wide near surface air temperature precision retrieval is described. The steps include: First, construct the 1st sub-model modelVEC1 to the f-th sub-model modelVECf. Establish and normalize raw data vectors of each gridded pixel sBlkVEC in the targeted area. Calculate the retrieved full maps (surfTf) of near surface air temperatures using each sub-model. Then, identify abnormal samples and define their near-range regions in surfTf Apply a selective arithmetic mean (SAM) approach to achieve precision temperature map surfT. And finally apply further modification to the pixels of surfT where pixlf∈badsurfTδf is true to all f=1, 2, 3, . . . .Using the super nonlinear algorithm, this invention provides a solution of retrieving near surface air temperature based on combinations of various factors (information fusion) to achieve satisfied prediction errors, which are independent of cloud levels and topographic characteristics. Specifically, the information fusion between space and ground surface enables reliable prediction of near surface air temperature maps overcoming the inference of cloud. |
| US10831945B2 |
Apparatus for operation of connected infrastructure
Methods and apparatus for determining a location and an orientation of a smart device via wireless communication. The location and direction of the smart device may be used to generate a data query and/or submit information into a data storage, referencing a time, place and direction of the smart device. |
| US10831943B2 |
Orienteering system for responding to an emergency in a structure
Method and apparatus for responding to an emergency using orienteering methods. An Augmented Virtual Model (AVM) may assist in determining the nature of the emergency and a path to be taken by an emergency responder. By referencing the AVM on a smart device, such as one located in the visor of a firefighter, the emergency responder can quickly and easily locate a cause of the emergency and address it, as well as rescue lives endangered by the emergency. |
| US10831940B2 |
Utility situational awareness system
A method and software-implemented system that provides a situational awareness tool for infrastructure operators and government agencies to assess vulnerabilities, and optimize the deployment of prevention and mitigation technologies. The invention automatically obtains current supply information from each of more than one participating utility provider. The supply information from the different sources is standardized and combined with geographic information to provide a building level map of utility service and outages. The service locations, e.g., residential and commercial buildings, are represented as building polygons corresponding to building footprint, and can be color-coded to indicate service status. |
| US10831939B2 |
Printed circuit board design
For printed circuit board (“PCB”) design, methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed. One apparatus includes a component ID module that identifies a PCB component to be placed on a current board design; a search module that displays one or more instances of previous board designs containing the identified PCB component, wherein displaying the one or more instances of previous board designs containing the identified PCB component comprises displaying a region surrounding the identified PCB component; and an import module that imports a selected portion of a board design into the current board design from a selected one of the instances of previous board designs containing the identified PCB component. |
| US10831937B2 |
Formation of a simplified model
A method and apparatus for the formation of a simplified model. A computer system comprises a simplification system. The simplification system receives a plurality of components from a complex model, determines a number of moments of inertia for each component of the plurality of components, and creates a simplified model using the number of moments of inertia for the each component of the plurality of components, wherein the complex model is a three-dimensional computer model. |
| US10831936B2 |
Virtual design
A system includes a user interface, a processor, and a memory. The user interface is configured to receive a user input and is configured to depict a first graphical representation of a device having a first configuration corresponding to a first simulation. The processor, coupled to the user interface, is configured to select a second simulation from a plurality of discrete simulations. The second simulation corresponds to the user input. The memory, coupled to the processor, is configured to store the plurality of discrete simulations. Each simulation includes device design parameters and corresponding performance parameters. The plurality of discrete simulations includes the first simulation and includes the second simulation. The processor is configured to generate a second graphical representation of the device having a second configuration and configured to depict the second graphical representation using the user interface. The second configuration is determined using the second simulation. |
| US10831930B2 |
Management of end user privacy controls
The present disclosure relates to the management of end user privacy controls using a privacy broker system, method, computer program and electronic device for managing end user privacy controls of a plurality of end users across a plurality of end user services. The system is configured to receive from a publisher entity a privacy event relating to an end user of the plurality of end users, determine one or more target subscriber entities and communicate the privacy event to the one or more target subscriber entities. |
| US10831926B1 |
Privacy proof visual sensor
A privacy protecting capture device, comprising: a camera; a memory device for storing at least one image captured by the camera; and a processor, the processor executing: a camera interface for receiving a captured image from the camera and storing at least a part of the at least one image in the memory device; an analysis engine for analyzing the at least one image; an output interface for outputting information related to the image; and a controller for activating the analysis engine, and disabling transmission of information that enables reconstruction of the at least one image from the output interface. |
| US10831925B2 |
Unified control of privacy-impacting devices
Systems, techniques, and apparatuses facilitate selecting, defining, controlling, verifying, and auditing privacy-impacting behaviors of devices in alignment with the privacy behavior expectations of individuals and other entities. Techniques and systems, including apparatuses, are presented to facilitate controlling and verifying the privacy behaviors of privacy-impacting devices. “Privacy enunciator” apparatuses announce the presence of entities in a device's range of action or influence. Techniques and systems for defining and sharing individualized privacy behavior preferences are described. Techniques and systems are disclosed for privacy preference resolution protocols that allow for the automated or interactive resolution of conflicts that arise between individuals in multi-actor environments or ambiguous contexts. Accountability and audit mechanisms verify the control state of devices with respect to their privacy behavior preference inputs. A trust-enhancing and technically transparent system architecture includes a distributed application network, distributed ledger technology, smart contracts, and/or blockchain technology. |
| US10831924B2 |
Unified control of privacy-impacting devices
Systems, techniques, and apparatuses facilitate selecting, defining, controlling, verifying, and auditing privacy-impacting behaviors of devices in alignment with the privacy behavior expectations of individuals and other entities. Techniques and systems, including apparatuses, are presented to facilitate controlling and verifying the privacy behaviors of privacy-impacting devices. “Privacy enunciator” apparatuses announce the presence of entities in a device's range of action or influence. Techniques and systems for defining and sharing individualized privacy behavior preferences are described. Techniques and systems are disclosed for privacy preference resolution protocols that allow for the automated or interactive resolution of conflicts that arise between individuals in multi-actor environments or ambiguous contexts. Accountability and audit mechanisms verify the control state of devices with respect to their privacy behavior preference inputs. A trust-enhancing and technically transparent system architecture includes a distributed application network, distributed ledger technology, smart contracts, and/or blockchain technology. |
| US10831916B2 |
Method for blocking access of malicious application and storage device implementing the same
Disclosed is a system for controlling access of one or more applications to a storage device, including: a storage device including one or more memories; and a kernel implemented between the applications and the storage device, in which when the kernel receives a first access request to the storage device from a first application, the kernel transmits to the storage device first memory address information to be accessed by the first application and a first access code included in the first access request, and the storage device stores a database for an authorized access code for each memory address information and controls the first application to access a memory corresponding to the first memory address information according to whether the first memory address information and the first access code are present in the database. |