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| US10903521B2 |
Modified ionic liquids containing triazine
The present disclosure is directed to a triazine-modified ionic liquid compound, the synthesis thereof and an electrochemical cell electrolyte containing the triazine-modified ionic liquid compound. |
| US10903519B2 |
Lithium secondary battery containing non-flammable electrolyte and manufacturing method
A rechargeable lithium cell comprising a cathode, an anode, a non-flammable electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte contains a lithium salt dissolved in a liquid solvent having a lithium salt concentration from 0.01 M to 10 M so that the electrolyte exhibits a vapor pressure less than 0.01 kPa when measured at 20° C., a vapor pressure less than 60% of the vapor pressure of the liquid solvent alone, a flash point at least 20 degrees Celsius higher than a flash point of the liquid solvent alone, a flash point higher than 200° C., or no flash point, wherein the liquid solvent contains a cooking oil selected from palm oil, palm olein, coconut oil, corn oil, soybean oil, cottonseed oil, peanut oil, sunflower oil, canola oil, rice bran oil, olive oil, sesame oil, safflower oil, avocado oil, flaxseed oil, grapeseed oil, walnut oil, almond oil, lard, or a combination thereof. |
| US10903516B2 |
Method of preparing cathode material for secondary battery
Provided herein is a method for preparing a ternary cathode material for lithium-ion battery by a static mixer, wherein the cathode material comprises a lithium multi-metal composite oxide represented by xLi2MnO3.(1-x) LiNiaMnbCocAl(1a-b-c)O2, where 0≤a<1, 0≤b<1, 0≤c<1, a+b+c≤1, and 0≤x<1. The cathode material disclosed herein exhibits a high initial specific capacity, possesses good safety characteristics and shows excellent capacity retention. |
| US10903513B2 |
Fuel cell device and vehicle with the same mounted thereon
A fuel cell device that can prevent exposure of a cell stack to the outside of a stack case, and a vehicle with the same mounted thereon. The fuel cell device includes a cell stack, end plates disposed at opposite ends of the cell stack in a stacking direction of fuel cells, and a stack case housing the cell stack and end plates. The stack case has a bottom surface portion, end plate facing portions facing the respective end plates, side surface portions extending in the stacking direction, and mount portions disposed near corner portions between the respective side surface portions and end plate facing portions and on outer walls of the respective side surface portions such that the mount portions are positioned in a pair across the bottom surface portion. The bottom surface portion has rib portions disposed thereon that each extends between a pair of the mount portions. |
| US10903507B2 |
Method for producing a flow plate for a fuel cell
The invention relates to a method for producing a flow plate (10, 28) for a fuel cell (12), comprising a plurality of gas guide webs (14) and at least one electrically conductive and porous layer unit (16) arranged on the gas guide webs (14). It is proposed that a geometry and/or a structure of the layer unit (16) is produced during a material application onto the gas guide webs (14). |
| US10903502B2 |
Electrochemical cell
An electrochemical cell includes a fuel electrode, an air electrode containing a perovskite type oxide as a main component, the perovskite type oxide being represented by a general formula ABO3 and containing La and Sr at the A site, and a solid electrolyte layer arranged between the fuel electrode and the air electrode. The air electrode includes a center portion and an outer peripheral portion, the center portion being located at a center of the air electrode in a plane direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the air electrode, the outer peripheral portion surrounding the center portion in the plane direction. A first ratio of an La concentration to an Sr concentration detected at the outer peripheral portion through Auger electron spectroscopy is at least 1.1 times a second ratio of an La concentration to an Sr concentration detected at the center portion through Auger electron spectroscopy. |
| US10903501B2 |
Lead-acid battery construction
Batteries comprise a carbon fibre electrode construction of the invention and have improved DCA and/or CCA, and/or may maintain DCA with an increasing number of charge-discharge cycles, and thus may be particularly suitable for use in hybrid vehicles. |
| US10903500B2 |
Battery and cell stack
A battery includes a unit cell, which includes an electrode layer and a counter electrode layer facing the electrode layer, an electrode current collector in contact with the electrode layer, a counter electrode current collector in contact with the counter electrode layer, and a seal between the electrode current collector and the counter electrode current collector. The unit cell is disposed between the electrode current collector and the counter electrode current collector. At least one selected from the group consisting of the electrode current collector and the counter electrode current collector has at least one recess facing the seal. |
| US10903499B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell
In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell disclosed herein, a negative electrode SEI film 29 including a LiBOB skeleton and a fluorosulfonic acid skeleton is formed, and a positive electrode SEI film 19 including a phosphoric acid skeleton is formed. Where the component amount of the LiBOB skeleton is denoted fey IB, the component amount of the fluorosulfonic acid skeleton is demoted by IS, and the component amount of the phosphoric acid skeleton is denoted by IP, a formula of 4≤IB/IS≤10 and a formula of 5 μmol/m2≤IP≤15 μmol/m2 are satisfied. Furthermore, the total amount of lithium phosphate relative to a BET specific surface area of the negative electrode active material, is 0.6 mol/m2 to 1.0 mol/m2, and the component amount IS of the fluorosulfonic acid skeleton is 0.6 μmol/m2 to 1.0 μmol/m2. |
| US10903488B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode material, and negative electrode and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same
To provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode material that can be produced even without performing a heat treatment at a high temperature such as 2,000° C. or higher and can have the discharge capacity further increased.The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode material according to the invention has a core portion including carbonaceous negative electrode active material particles; and a shell portion including a polyimide and silicon-based negative electrode active material particles and/or tin-based negative electrode active material particles. There is a feature that the value of the ratio of the volume average particle size (D50) of the silicon-based negative electrode active material particles and/or tin-based negative electrode active material particles with respect to the volume average particle size (D50) of the carbonaceous negative electrode active material particles is 0.001 to 0.1, and the content of the silicon-based negative electrode active material particles and/or tin-based negative electrode active material particles with respect to 100% by mass of the content of the carbonaceous negative electrode active material particles is 2% to 20% by mass. |
| US10903487B2 |
Metal-metal battery
An electrochemical cell includes a metal containing anode M′ capturing and releasing cations, a metal containing cathode M″ and an electrolyte including an anion X− and a cation M′+. During the charge process, the electrolyte allows reversible reactions wherein the anion dissociates from the electrolyte and reacts with the metal cathode forming M″Xy. At the same time, cations M′+ from the electrolyte deposit on the anode side. The reverse process happens during the discharge process. |
| US10903483B2 |
High energy materials for a battery and methods for making and use
A composition for forming an electrode. The composition includes a hybrid active material compound doped with a dopant. The hybrid active material comprises the reaction product of a metal fluoride compound and a metal complex. A method of making the composition is included. |
| US10903482B2 |
Lithium containing nanofibers
Lithium-containing nanofibers, as well as processes for making the same, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments described herein, using high throughput (e.g., gas assisted and/or water based) electrospinning processes produce nanofibers of high energy capacity materials with continuous lithium-containing matrices or discrete crystal domains. |
| US10903479B2 |
Apparatus for manufacturing electrode or solid electrolyte for all-solid-state battery
Disclosed is an apparatus for manufacturing an electrode or a solid electrolyte for an all-solid-state battery. The apparatus for manufacturing an electrode or a solid electrolyte for an all-solid-state battery includes a first roller member configured to press an electrode or a solid electrolyte for an all-solid-state battery, and a second roller member located to be spaced apart from the first roller member to press the electrode or the solid electrolyte for an all-solid-state battery. The first roller member and the second roller member are disposed at opposite locations based on the electrode or the solid electrolyte for an all-solid-state battery. |
| US10903475B2 |
Energy storage apparatus
An energy storage apparatus includes: energy storage devices each including an external terminal, the energy storage devices being arranged in a first direction; a bus bar including a plate-like conductive portion; and a neighboring member disposed between the energy storage devices. The conductive portion includes: a fusible portion where a width size, which is a size in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, is defined by a pair of edges, the width size being smaller than a width size of other portions of the conductive portion; and a pair of enlarged width portions contiguously formed with both sides of the fusible portion in the first direction, a width size of the pair of enlarged width portions increasing in a direction away from the fusible portion. The fusible portion is disposed at a position where the fusible portion overlaps with the neighboring member, and a size of the neighboring member in the first direction is equal to or more than a size of the fusible portion in the first direction. |
| US10903474B2 |
Battery fastening system for unmanned aerial vehicle
The invention relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle with an energy accumulator (20), which is connected releasably to a structural component (29) of the aerial vehicle, and with an accumulator plug (32), via which electrical energy is conducted from the energy accumulator (20) to a rotor drive (18) of the aerial vehicle. In an operating position, a locking element (25) locks the energy accumulator (20) in relation to the structural component (29) and, in a maintenance position, releases the energy accumulator (20), wherein a full engagement of the accumulator plug (32) is blocked at the same time. The invention also relates to an energy accumulator for such an aerial vehicle, and to a method for attaching an energy accumulator to such an aerial vehicle. It can easily be checked by means of the invention whether the energy accumulator has been attached correctly. |
| US10903470B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack includes: a plurality of parallel modules arranged in an arrangement direction; and a bus bar through which different polarities of parallel modules of the plurality of parallel modules that are not adjacent to each other in the arrangement direction are connected in series to each other. In the battery pack, output terminals having different polarities are provided at adjacent positions. Therefore, the battery pack may be easily electrically connected to a set device. In addition, since the electrical paths of the output terminals are shortened, the battery pack may have improved electrical output power and spatial efficiency by a simple structure, and may be durable against vibrations and shocks. |
| US10903467B2 |
Separator for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery including same
A separator for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a porous layer; an inorganic layer including inorganic particles and formed on at least one surface of the porous layer; and a resin layer formed on the inorganic layer, wherein the resin of the resin layer penetrates between the inorganic particles on the surface of the inorganic layer, and the inorganic layer is integrated with the resin layer. A rechargeable lithium battery including the same is also provided. |
| US10903465B2 |
Battery block
A battery block is provided with: a plurality of cylindrical batteries of each of which the two ends are formed as positive and negative electrodes; and a lead plate which is connected to the electrodes of the cylindrical batteries. The cylindrical batteries are provided with battery cans having bottom plates provided with bottom surface electrodes and exhaust valves. The exhaust valves which are provided in the bottom plates open as a result of thin-walled lines breaking at a threshold pressure. The exhaust valves are provided inside the loop-shaped thin-walled lines provided in the bottom plates, said thin-walled lines having unconnected portions. The unconnected portions form hinge parts. Furthermore, the bottom surface electrodes provided in the bottom plates connect the lead plate to the hinge parts. The lead plate has cut-out portions provided in positions facing areas including the thin-walled lines. |
| US10903463B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack includes a casing, a plurality of battery cells, and a first connector, for example. The casing includes a first outer wall and a protrusion that is provided on the first outer wall and protrudes outward from the first outer wall. The battery cells include an electrode terminal and are housed in the casing. The first connector is provided on the protrusion and is electrically connected to the electrode terminal. |
| US10903453B2 |
Light-emitting device and electronic device
A highly reliable light-emitting device is provided. Damage to an element due to externally applied physical power is suppressed. Alternatively, in a process of pressure-bonding of an FPC, damage to a resin and a wiring which are in contact with a flexible substrate due to heat is suppressed. A neutral plane at which stress-strain is not generated when a flexible light-emitting device including an organic EL element is deformed, is positioned in the vicinity of a transistor and the organic EL element. Alternatively, the hardness of the outermost surface of a light-emitting device is high. Alternatively, a substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 10 ppm/K or lower is used as a substrate that overlaps with a terminal portion connected to an FPC. |
| US10903448B2 |
Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
An organic light-emitting display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a pixel-defining layer disposed on a substrate, wherein the pixel-defining layer defines an emission region and a non-emission region, an organic light-emitting device disposed in the emission region, and a protruding portion disposed on a portion of the pixel-defining layer in the non-emission region. The display apparatus also includes a thin film encapsulating layer disposed on the substrate for sealing the organic light-emitting device and the protruding portion, the thin film encapsulating layer comprising at least one organic film and at least one inorganic film, wherein at least one organic film corresponds to a functional organic film, and a height of a first upper surface of the functional organic film disposed away from the protruding portion is lower than a height of a second upper surface of the functional organic film disposed near a top of the protruding portion. |
| US10903442B2 |
Organic light-emitting diode comprising self-crystallizing material and organic light-emitting display device including the same
Disclosed are an organic light-emitting diode and an organic light-emitting display device including the same. The organic light-emitting diode includes: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed opposite to the first electrode; a light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a hole transport region disposed between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer; and an electron transport region disposed between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode; the hole transport region including at least two layers, and one of the at least two layers is in contact with the first electrode and is a self-crystallizing material-containing layer. |
| US10903439B2 |
Solid-state organic intermediate-band photovoltaic devices
In one aspect, solid-state organic intermediate-band photovoltaic devices are provided. A solid-state organic intermediate-band photovoltaic device, in some embodiments, comprises an organic electron donor and an organic electron acceptor, wherein the organic electron donor comprises a singlet energy level separated from a triplet energy level by an energy gap. The device also comprises a triplet sensitizer comprising singlet and triplet energy levels falling within the singlet-triplet energy gap of the electron donor. |
| US10903438B2 |
Visibly transparent, ultraviolet-absorbing photovoltaic devices
Materials, methods and system for transparent photovoltaic devices are disclosed, such as those are transparent to visible light but absorb near-infrared light and/or ultraviolet light. The photovoltaic devices make use of transparent electrodes and visibly transparent UV acceptor molecules and structurally related visibly transparent photoactive compounds, which may be useful as photoactive materials, optical materials, and/or buffer materials. |
| US10903437B2 |
Fabrication method for fused multi-layer amorphous selenium sensor
A sensor including a layer of amorphous selenium (a-Se) and at least one charge blocking layer is formed by depositing the charge blocking layer over a substrate prior to depositing the amorphous selenium, enabling the charge blocking layer to be formed at elevated temperatures. Such a process is not limited by the crystallization temperature of a-Se, resulting in the formation of an efficient charge blocking layer, which enables improved signal amplification of the resulting device. The sensor can be fabricated by forming first and second amorphous selenium layers over separate substrates, and then fusing the a-Se layers at a relatively low temperature. |
| US10903436B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a flexible display panel; a support member below the flexible display panel and having a rigid property; a first impact absorption member below the support member and having a modulus of 0.01 Mpa to 500 Mpa; and a housing having at least a portion below the first impact absorption member and configured to accommodate the flexible display panel, the support member, and the first impact absorption member. |
| US10903433B2 |
Organic compound, and photoelectric conversion element and imaging device using the organic compound
An organic compound represented by the following formula [1] has a high absorption coefficient in a long wavelength region and is thermally stable. In formula [1], Ar1 and Ar2 each represent a group independently selected from the group consisting of aryl group and heterocyclic groups, and A represents a cyclic structure. m represents an integer of 0 to 2. Q represents a structure represented by one of the following formulas [1-1] and [1-2], wherein n represents an integer of 0 to 2, and when n is 2, the two R4's may be the same as or different from each other, and the two R5's may be the same as or different from each other. |
| US10903430B2 |
Materials for electronic devices
The present invention relates to compounds, compositions and formulations comprising same and to opto-electronic devices comprising the compounds and compositions according to the invention. |
| US10903428B2 |
Organic electroluminescent element, compound and material for organic electroluminescent element capable of being used therefor, light emitting device, display device, and illumination device, each using the element
An organic electroluminescent element including a substrate, a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate, and at least one layer of organic layers including a light emitting layer, disposed between the electrodes, in which at least one of the organic layers contains a compound represented by the following general formula: (R1 to R18 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of R1 to R8 and R10 to R17 represents -L-NR19R20 (R19 and R20 each independently represent any of an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group. R19 and R20 may be combined to each other to form a ring. L represents a single bond or a divalent linking group). X1 to X18 each independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, and when X1 to X18 represent nitrogen atoms, R1 to R18 for bonding do not present.) |
| US10903424B2 |
Resistive RAM cell structure for gradual set programming
A method is presented for enabling heat dissipation in resistive random access memory (RRAM) devices. The method includes forming a plurality of conductive lines within an interlayer dielectric (ILD) and forming a RRAM stack over a conductive line of the plurality of conductive lines, the RRAM stack including a bottom electrode, a conductive pillar, thermal conducting layers, and a top electrode. The thermal conducting layers are disposed on opposed ends of the conductive pillar. The thermal conducting layers directly contact the top electrode and the bottom electrode. The thermal conducting layers include aluminum oxide (Al2O3). |
| US10903420B2 |
Lithium-compound based solid state memristor device for neuromorphic computing
A method is presented for obtaining a controllable resistance change in a battery-like device. The method includes depositing a first lithium-compound based layer in direct contact with a bottom electrode, depositing an electrolyte layer in direct contact with the first lithium-compound based layer, depositing a second lithium-compound based layer in direct contact with the electrolyte layer, forming a top electrode in direct contact with the second lithium-compound based layer, and applying electrical pulses between the top and bottom electrodes to trigger lithium ion transport to modify lithium concentrations in the first and second lithium-compound based layers. |
| US10903418B2 |
Low resistance electrode for high aspect ratio confined PCM cell in BEOL
A phase change material (“PCM”) device is described. A non-limiting example of the PCM device includes a bottom electrode including a low resistivity material and a PCM material over the bottom electrode. The PCM device has a top electrode over the PCM material. |
| US10903416B2 |
Alloy thin films exhibiting perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
A method for forming a CoFeSiB—Pd alloy thin film exhibiting perpendicular magnetic anisotropy includes: simultaneously sputtering a CoFeSiB target and a Pd target inside a vacuum chamber to form a CoFeSiB—Pd alloy thin film on a substrate disposed inside the vacuum chamber; and annealing the substrate, on which the CoFeSiB—Pd alloy thin film is formed, to exhibit perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. |
| US10903415B2 |
Large structure monitoring with a substrate-free flexible sensor system
A method of additively-manufacturing a flexible sensor system having a lattice topology includes a number of electrical interconnects, each having one or more electrically-conductive layers alternately sandwiched between two or more dielectric layers, and two or more sensors defining a sensor array, each sensor located at an intersection of and electrically connected to the interconnects on the lattice topology and electrically-connected to the interconnects. Each of the electrically-conductive layers includes a cured material base and silver, copper, aluminum, gold, platinum, ruthenium, carbon, and/or alloys thereof, and each of the dielectric layers includes a cured material base. The additively-manufactured flexible sensor system is configured to be installed on the surface of an asset for the monitoring of that asset. |
| US10903413B2 |
Semiconductor process optimized for quantum structures
A novel and useful modified semiconductor fabrication technique for realizing reliable semiconductor quantum structures. Quantum structures require a minimization of the parasitic capacitance of the control gate and the quantum well. The modified semiconductor process eliminates the fabrication of the metal, contact, and optionally the raised diffusion layers from the quantum wells, thereby resulting in much lower well and gate capacitances and therefore larger Coulomb blockade voltages. This allows easier implementation of the electronic control circuits in that they can have larger intrinsic noise and relaxed analog resolution. Several processes are disclosed including implementations of semiconductor quantum structures with tunneling through an oxide layer as well as tunneling through a local well depleted region. These techniques can be used in both planar semiconductor processes and 3D, e.g., FinFET, semiconductor processes. A dedicated process masking step is used for realizing the raised diffusions. In addition, the edge of the raised diffusion layer may be placed either in the gate region or the active layer region. |
| US10903412B2 |
Qubit frequency tuning structures and fabrication methods for flip chip quantum computing devices
A quantum computing device includes a first chip having a first substrate and one or more qubits disposed on the first substrate. Each of the one or more qubits has an associated resonance frequency. The quantum computing device further includes a second chip having a second substrate and at least one conductive surface disposed on the second substrate opposite the one or more qubits. The at least one conductive surface has at least one dimension configured to adjust the resonance frequency associated with at least one of the one or more qubits to a determined frequency adjustment value. |
| US10903411B2 |
Semiconductor Josephson junction and a transmon qubit related thereto
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor based Josephson junctions and their applications within the field of quantum computing, in particular a tuneable Josephson junction device has been used to construct a gateable transmon qubit. One embodiment relates to a Josephson junction comprising an elongated hybrid nanostructure comprising superconductor and semiconductor materials and a weak link, wherein the weak link is formed by a semiconductor segment of the elongated hybrid nanostructure wherein the superconductor material has been removed to provide a semiconductor weak link. |
| US10903410B2 |
Thermoelectric module, and heat conversion apparatus comprising the same
The embodiments of the present invention relate to a thermoelectric element and a thermoelectric module used for cooling, and the thermoelectric module can be made thin by having a first substrate and a second substrate with different surface areas to raise the heat-dissipation effectiveness. |
| US10903407B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting element
A semiconductor light emitting element includes a semiconductor layered body including an n-side semiconductor layer and a p-side semiconductor layer disposed above the n-side semiconductor layer, an insulating film defining a plurality of first n-side openings on the n-side semiconductor layer in an inner region and a plurality of second n-side openings on an outer peripheral region of the n-side semiconductor layer, an n-electrode disposed extending over the insulating film and the outer peripheral region of the n-side semiconductor layer and including: a plurality of first n-contact portions, each electrically connected with the n-side semiconductor layer through a respective one of the first n-side openings, and a plurality of second n-contact portions, each electrically connected with the n-side semiconductor layer through a respective one of the second n-side openings, at at least four corners of the outer peripheral region of the n-side semiconductor layer. |
| US10903406B2 |
Housing comprising a semiconductor body and a method for producing a housing with a semiconductor body
A method for producing a component having a semiconductor body includes providing the semiconductor body including a radiation passage surface and a rear side facing away from the radiation passage surface, wherein the semiconductor body comprises on the rear side a connection location for the electrical contacting of the semiconductor body, providing a composite carrier including a carrier layer and a partly cured connecting layer, applying the semiconductor body on the composite carrier, such that the connection location penetrates into the partly cured connecting layer, curing the connecting layer to form a solid composite, applying a molded body material on the composite carrier after curing the connecting layer, wherein the molded body covers side surfaces of the semiconductor body, forming a cutout through the carrier layer and the connecting layer in order to expose the connection location, and filling the cutout with an electrically conductive material. |
| US10903404B2 |
Semiconductor device
An embodiment discloses a semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor structure comprising a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer disposed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer; a first electrode disposed on the first conductive semiconductor layer; a 2-1 electrode disposed on the second conductive semiconductor layer; and a 2-2 electrode disposed on the second conductive semiconductor layer and spaced apart from the 2-1 electrode, wherein the thickness of a part of the second conductive semiconductor layer between the 2-1 electrode and the 2-2 electrode is smaller than the thickness of the second conductive semiconductor layer vertically overlapping with the 2-1 electrode and the 2-2 electrode; the 2-2 electrode is opposite to the 2-1 electrode and comprises a first region that is closest to the 2-1 electrode; the 2-1 electrode is opposite to the 2-2 electrode and comprises a second region that is closest to the 2-2 electrode; and the relationship between the width (W1) of the first region and the width (W2) of the second region is W1≥W2. |
| US10903403B2 |
LED array package
Various aspects of a light emitting apparatus includes a substrate. Various aspects of the light emitting apparatus include a light emitting die arranged on the substrate. The light emitting die includes one or more side walls. Various aspects of the light emitting apparatus include a reflective die attach material extending along the one or more side walls of the light emitting die. |
| US10903396B1 |
Layered material based quantum light emitting device
A quantum light emitting device includes a carrier substrate, an insulator, a first semiconductor device, a second semiconductor device, a first contact, and a second contact. The quantum light device includes a carrier substrate comprising silicon and configured with an electrically insulating top surface. The quantum light device also includes an insulator configured on the carrier substrate. The quantum light device includes a first semiconductor structure comprising a first semiconductor material configured on the insulator. Further, the quantum light device includes a second semiconductor structure comprising a second semiconductor material configured on the insulator, with an overlap region of the second semiconductor structure electrically coupling with the first semiconductor structure, a dimensional characteristic of the overlap region being configured to limit a photon emission from the overlap region to a single photon. |
| US10903391B2 |
Optoelectronic device with modulation doping
An improved heterostructure for an optoelectronic device is provided. The heterostructure includes an active region, an electron blocking layer, and a p-type contact layer. The p-type contact layer and electron blocking layer can be doped with a p-type dopant. The dopant concentration for the electron blocking layer can be at most ten percent the dopant concentration of the p-type contact layer. A method of designing such a heterostructure is also described. |
| US10903390B1 |
Automated assembly and mounting of solar cells on space panels
The present disclosure provides methods of fabricating a multijunction solar cell panel in which one or more of the steps are performed using an automated process. In some embodiments, the automated process uses machine vision. |
| US10903389B2 |
Hydride enhanced growth rates in hydride vapor phase epitaxy
Presented herein are reactors for growing or depositing semiconductor films or devices. The reactors disclosed may be used for the production of III-V materials grown by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE). |
| US10903388B2 |
Electronic device comprising electronic chips
A main carrier wafer includes a first integrated network of electronic connections between front and back faces. A first electronic chip is mounted to the front face of the main carrier wafer and connected to the network of electronic connections of the main carrier wafer. A secondary carrier wafer includes a platform that extends over the first chip and a base the protrudes backwards with respect to the platform to a back end face facing the main wafer. A second integrated network of electronic connections is provided within the secondary carrier wafer. A second electronic chip is mounted on top of the platform and connected to the second integrated network. The second integrated network is further connected to the main carrier wafer at the back end face. |
| US10903385B2 |
Image sensor and electronic device having the same for outputting a count value as a pixel value by counting pulses present in the output signals from photoelectric converters
An image sensor with a simple configuration that generates an image to which a filter has been applied is disclosed. An image sensor comprises a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric converter that detects incidence of single photons; and a counter that counts pulses present in an output signal from the photoelectric converter. The image sensor outputs a count value as a pixel value, wherein the count value is obtained by counting the pulses present in the output signals from a plurality of the photoelectric converters in a first period, or by counting the pulses present in the output signal from a single photoelectric converter in the first period and a second period. |
| US10903384B2 |
Multi-color photo-detector
A multi-color light detector includes a first photodiode. The light detector further includes a second photodiode stacked on the first photodiode and defining a via. The light detector further includes a first conductor extending through the via, contacting the first photodiode, and designed to transmit a first signal corresponding to a first light detected by the first photodiode. The light detector further includes a second conductor contacting the second photodiode and designed to transmit a second signal corresponding to a second light detected by the second photodiode. |
| US10903374B2 |
Schottky semiconductor device with junction termination extensions
A semiconductor device includes a first JTE region formed around an active portion, a second JTE region formed around the first JTE region, and a third JTE region formed around the second JTE region. The first, second, and third JTE regions are doped with an impurity of a second conductivity type different from a first conductivity type. A concentration ratio R21 “(concentration of impurity in second JTE region)/(concentration of impurity in first JTE region)” and a concentration ratio R32 “(concentration of impurity in third JTE region)/(concentration of impurity in second JTE region)” are 0.50 or greater and 0.65 or less. A width W1 of the first JTE region, a width W2 of the second JTE region, and a width W3 of the third JTE region are 130 μm or greater and 190 μm or less. |
| US10903373B2 |
Chip diode and method for manufacturing same
The present invention is directed to a chip diode with a Zener voltage Vz of 4.0 V to 5.5 V, including a semiconductor substrate having a resistivity of 3 mΩ·cm to 5 mΩ·cm and a diffusion layer formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate and defining a diode junction region with the semiconductor substrate therebetween, in which the diffusion layer has a depth of 0.01 μm to 0.2 μm from the surface of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US10903372B2 |
Metal-oxide-polysilicon tunable resistor for flexible circuit design and method of fabricating same
Metal-oxide-polysilicon tunable resistors and methods of fabricating metal-oxide-polysilicon tunable resistors are described. In an example, a tunable resistor includes a polysilicon resistor structure disposed above a substrate. A gate oxide layer is disposed on the polysilicon resistor structure. A metal gate layer is disposed on the gate oxide layer. |
| US10903365B2 |
Transistors with uniform source/drain epitaxy
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of semiconductor layers on a semiconductor substrate, and forming a plurality of gate structures spaced apart from each other on the semiconductor layers. The semiconductor layers are patterned into a plurality of patterned stacks spaced apart from each other, wherein the plurality of patterned stacks are under the plurality of gate structures. The method also includes forming a plurality of sacrificial spacers on lateral sides of the plurality of gate structures, and growing a plurality of source/drain regions. The source/drain regions are adjacent the patterned stacks and include a plurality of pillar portions formed on lateral sides of the sacrificial spacers. The sacrificial spacers and the plurality of pillar portions are removed. |
| US10903364B2 |
Semiconductor device with released source and drain
Embodiments are generally directed to a semiconductor device with released source and drain. An embodiment of a method includes etching a buffer layer of a semiconductor device to form a gate trench under a gate channel portion of a channel layer of the device; filling the gate trench with an oxide material to form an oxide isolation layer; etching one or more source/drain contact trenches in an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer for source and drain regions of the device; etching the oxide isolation layer within the one or more source/drain contact trenches to form one or more cavities under a source/drain channel in the source and drain regions, wherein the etching of each contact trench is to expose all sides of the source/drain channel; and depositing contact metal in the one or more contact trenches, including depositing the contact metal in the cavities under the source/drain channel. |
| US10903363B2 |
Ferroelectric semiconductor device
A ferroelectric semiconductor device of the present disclosure includes a substrate, a ferroelectric layer disposed on the substrate, an electric field control layer that is disposed on the ferroelectric layer and has a predetermined internal electric field formed without the application of an external electric power to alter the magnitude of a coercive electric field of the ferroelectric layer, and a gate electrode layer disposed on the electric field control layer. |
| US10903354B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes: a cell region provided in a main surface of a semiconductor substrate composed of a crystal plane (100); a field insulating film embedded in the semiconductor substrate; and an annular p-type well region surrounding the cell region. The p-type well region includes a first region extending in a <010> direction, a second region extending in a <001> direction, and a third region connecting the first region and the second region and having an arc shape in plan view. The field insulating film has an opening provided in the p-type well region and extending along the p-type well region in plan view. The opening includes a first opening extending in the <010> direction in the first region and a second opening extending in the <001> direction in the second region, and the first opening and the second opening are divided from each other in the third region. |
| US10903350B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods for forming the same
A semiconductor device includes a first composite III-V group compound semiconductor layer disposed on a composite substrate, and a second III-V group compound semiconductor layer disposed on the first composite III-V group compound semiconductor layer. The semiconductor device also includes a gate structure disposed on the second III-V group compound semiconductor layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the second III-V group compound semiconductor layer and at opposite sides of the gate structure. The semiconductor device further includes a field plate disposed between the gate structure and the drain electrode, and a conductive structure penetrating through the second III-V group compound semiconductor layer and the first composite III-V group compound semiconductor layer, wherein the field plate is electrically connected to the composite substrate through the conductive structure. |
| US10903344B2 |
Semiconductor device with separation regions
According to an embodiment of a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device includes a semiconductor mesa having source zones arranged along a longitudinal axis of the semiconductor mesa and at least one body zone forming first pn junctions with the source zones and a second pn junction with a drift zone. The semiconductor device further includes stripe-shaped electrode structures on opposite sides of the semiconductor mesa and separation regions between neighboring ones of the source zones. At least one of the electrode structures includes a gate electrode. In the separation regions, at least one of (i) a capacitive coupling between the gate electrode and the semiconductor mesa and (ii) a conductivity of majority charge carriers of the drift zone is lower than outside of the separation regions. |
| US10903343B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes an HBT; emitter wiring which is connected to an emitter electrode of the HBT and covers the HBT; a passivation film having an opening on the HBT in plan view; a UBM layer which is connected to the emitter wiring through the opening and made of a refractory metal with a thickness of 300 nm or more; and a pillar bump which is arranged on the UBM layer and includes a metal post and a solder layer. The UBM layer serves as a stress relaxation layer, thereby relaxing stress on the HBT due to a difference in thermal expansion coefficient between a GaAs-based material of each layer constituting the HBT and the pillar bump. |
| US10903341B2 |
Methods for manufacturing a MOSFET
A method for manufacturing a MOSFET semiconductor device includes providing a wafer including a semiconductor body having a first side, a first semiconductor region adjacent to the first side, a second semiconductor region adjacent to the first side and forming a first pn-junction with the first semiconductor region, and a third semiconductor region adjacent to the first side and forming a second pn-junction with the second semiconductor region, a first dielectric layer arranged on the first side, a gate electrode embedded in the first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer arranged on the first dielectric layer. Next to the gate electrode, a trench is formed through the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. At a side wall of the trench, a dielectric spacer is formed. The trench is extended into the semiconductor body to form a contact trench. |
| US10903338B2 |
Vertical FET with shaped spacer to reduce parasitic capacitance
A vertical transistor includes a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region vertically disposed relative to the first source/drain region and coupled to the first source/drain region by a fin. A gate dielectric is formed on the fin, and a gate conductor is formed on the gate dielectric in a region of the fin. A shaped spacer is configured to cover a lower portion and sides of the second source/drain region to reduce parasitic capacitance between the gate conductor and the second source/drain region. |
| US10903333B2 |
Doped gate dielectric materials
A field effect transistor having at least a gate, source, and drain electrodes and a semiconductor channel for controlling transport of charge carriers between the source and drain electrodes, the gate being insulated from the channel by an dielectric, at least a portion of the dielectric disposed between the gate electrode and the semiconductor channel being doped or imbued with the an element which if doped or imbued into a semiconductor material would cause the semiconductor to be p-type. The p-type element used to dope or imbue the gate dielectric is preferably Mg. |
| US10903329B2 |
Contact photolithography-based nanopatterning using photoresist features having re-entrant profiles
Patterning methods for forming patterned device substrates are provided. Also provided are devices made using the methods. The methods utilize photoresist features have re-entrant profiles to form a secondary metal hard mask that can be used to pattern an underlying device substrate. |
| US10903321B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using an alignment layer
First trenches extend from a process surface into a semiconductor layer. An alignment layer with mask pits in a with respect to the process surface vertical projection of the first trenches is formed on the process surface. Sidewalls of the mask pits have a smaller tilt angle with respect to the process surface than sidewalls of the first trenches. The mask pits are filled with an auxiliary material. A gate trench for a gate structure is formed in a mesa section of the semiconductor layer between the first trenches, wherein the auxiliary material is used as an etch mask. |
| US10903320B2 |
Transistor with source field plates and non-overlapping gate runner layers
A transistor device includes a field plate that extends from a source runner layer and/or a source contact layer. The field plate can be coplanar with and/or below a gate runner layer. The gate runner layer is routed away from a region directly above the gate metal layer by a gate bridge, such that the field plate can extend directly above the gate metal layer without being interfered by the gate runner layer. Coplanar with the source runner layer or the source contact layer, the field plate is positioned close to the channel region, which helps reduce its parasitic capacitance. By vertically overlapping the metal gate layer and the field plate, the disclosed HEMT device may achieve significant size efficiency without additional routings. |
| US10903318B2 |
External resistance reduction with embedded bottom source/drain for vertical transport FET
A method is presented for reducing external resistance of a vertical field-effect-transistor (FET). The method includes forming a plurality of fins over a sacrificial layer disposed over a substrate, selectively removing the sacrificial layer to form an etch stop layer in direct contact with the substrate, disposing embedded bottom source/drain regions between a bottom portion of the plurality of fins and the etch stop layer, disposing encapsulation layers over the plurality of fins, recessing at least one of the encapsulation layers to expose top portions of the plurality of fins, forming top spacers adjacent the top portions of the plurality of fins, and forming top source/drain regions over the top portions of the plurality of fins. |
| US10903315B2 |
Formation of dielectric layer as etch-stop for source and drain epitaxy disconnection
A technique relates to a semiconductor device. A bottom sacrificial layer is formed on a substrate. A stack is formed over the bottom sacrificial layer and a dummy gate is formed over the stack. The bottom sacrificial layer is removed from under the stack so as to leave an opening. An isolation layer is formed in the opening, the isolation layer being positioned between the stack and the substrate. |
| US10903314B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes an insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, a plurality of isolation structures, a transistor, a first contact, a plurality of silicide layers, and a protective layer. The semiconductor layer is disposed on a front side of the insulating layer. The plurality of isolation structures are disposed in the semiconductor layer. The transistor is disposed on the semiconductor layer. The first contact is disposed beside the transistor and passes through one of the plurality of isolation structures and the insulating layer therebelow. The plurality of silicide layers are respectively disposed on a bottom surface of the first contact and disposed on a source, a drain, and a gate of the transistor. The protective layer is disposed between the first contact and the insulating layer. |
| US10903306B2 |
Integrated trench capacitor
Embodiments of a deep trench capacitor are disclosed. In one example a plurality of deep trenches is located in a first region of a semiconductor wafer, the first region having a first conductivity type. A corresponding dielectric layer is located on a surface of each of the plurality of deep trenches, and a corresponding doped polysilicon filler is located within each of the dielectric layers. Dielectric-filled trenches are located between each of the dielectric layers and the surface of the semiconductor wafer. |
| US10903300B2 |
Display panel
A display panel including a first pixel row comprising a plurality of first pixels arranged in a first direction; a second pixel row comprising a plurality of second pixels, each of the plurality of second pixels overlaps each of the plurality of first pixels in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a third pixel, the third pixel does not overlap the plurality of first pixels in the second direction, wherein the plurality of second pixels and the third pixel being arranged in the first direction; and a first vertical line comprising a first sub-line, the first sub-line is extended in the second direction and is connected to the third pixel, and a second sub-line, the second sub-line is extended from an end portion of the first sub-line in a direction away from the plurality of first pixels at a first angle relative to the second direction. |
| US10903296B2 |
Display device
Disclosed is a display device that with low power consumption. The display device includes a first thin film transistor having a polycrystalline semiconductor layer in an active area and a second thin film transistor having an oxide semiconductor layer in the active area, wherein at least one opening disposed in a bending area has the same depth as one of a plurality of contact holes disposed in the active area, whereby the opening and the contact holes are formed through the same process, and the process is therefore simplified, and wherein a high-potential supply line and a low-potential supply line are disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other in the horizontal direction, whereas a reference line and the low-potential supply line are disposed so as to overlap each other, thereby preventing signal lines from being shorted. |
| US10903294B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display part including a plurality of pixels arranged on a substrate, a plurality of dams in a first peripheral part adjacent to the display part, the plurality of dams being extended in a longitudinal direction of the first peripheral part and arranged in a direction crossing the longitudinal direction, the plurality of dams including a stack of a first organic insulating layer and a second organic insulating layer, and a blocking part disposed between the plurality of dams and corresponding to a removed portion of the first and second organic insulating layers. |
| US10903292B2 |
Organic light-emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same
An organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area at an outer side of the display area; a pixel electrode disposed in the display area of the substrate; a pixel-defining layer disposed on the pixel electrode and exposing at least a portion of the pixel electrode; an intermediate layer disposed on the pixel electrode; an opposite electrode disposed on the intermediate layer; a first conductive layer disposed in the peripheral area of the substrate and including at least one opening; a first block structure and a second block structure disposed on the first conductive layer and separated from each other with the at least one opening therebetween; and an encapsulation structure disposed on the opposite electrode in the display area and the peripheral area. |
| US10903290B2 |
Display device and display apparatus containing same
The present disclosure provides a display device. The display device including a substrate, a planarization layer formed on the substrate, a transparent electrode formed on the planarization layer, and a pixel defining layer formed on the transparent electrode. The pixel defining layer is configured to define a display area for each pixel and having an opening corresponding to the display area. The display device further includes a light emitting layer formed on the pixel defining layer, a metal electrode formed on the light emitting layer, and a hydrogen-atom blocking material layer formed on the metal electrode. |
| US10903289B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method thereof
A display device according to an embodiment includes a substrate having a display area, and a peripheral area outside the display area including a first peripheral area adjacent to the display area, a first bending area extending from the first peripheral area, and a second peripheral area extending from the first bending area, and overlapping the first peripheral area, a display member at the display area, and including a first display area, and a second display area around the first display area, and a plurality of align keys on the substrate, wherein the first peripheral area includes a flat peripheral area corresponding to an area between the first display area and the first bending area, and a second bending area between the second display area and an end of the substrate, and wherein the plurality of align keys include a first align key at the flat peripheral area, and a second align key at the second peripheral area. |
| US10903287B2 |
Foldable, flexible display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
A foldable, flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display panel which displays an image and includes a display side on which the image is displayed and of which portions thereof face each other in a folded state of the flexible display apparatus; a cover window on the display side of the flexible display panel and including: a window film comprising a transparent plastic film having a modulus of elasticity of about 6.3 gigapascals or more; and a coating layer on the window film, and configured to be transparent and to protect the window film from physical damage thereto; and an adhesive layer between the window film and the display side of the flexible display panel, and configured to have elasticity and bond the window film and the flexible display panel to each other. |
| US10903283B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method thereof
A display device includes a substrate with a display region and a non-display region. First to third pixels are in the display region and have emission regions to emit light from corresponding light emitting elements. Pixel circuit areas in the first to third pixels drive the light emitting elements. A dummy pattern is in a non-emission region, except the emission region. The dummy pattern extends along the extending direction of one pixel among the first to third pixels. A thin film encapsulation layer covers the dummy pattern and the light emitting element. |
| US10903273B2 |
Phase change memory with gradual conductance change
A phase change memory cell is provided that includes a phase change material-containing structure sandwiched between first and second electrodes. The phase change material-containing structure has an electrical conductance that changes gradually and thus may be used in analog or neuromorphic computing. The phase change material-containing structure includes two phase change material pillars that are composed of different phase change materials that exhibit an opposite change of electrical resistance (or inversely electrical conductance) during a SET operation and a RESET operation. |
| US10903270B2 |
Access device and phase change memory combination structure in backend of line (BEOL)
A combined semiconductor device is fabricated by forming a first access structure from a mixed ionic electronic conduction (MIEC) material. A first side of a first memory structure is electrically coupled with a first side of the first access structure to form the combination device. A subtractive etching process is applied to the combination device such that a surface of the combination device that is substantially orthogonal to a plane of a substrate of the semiconductor device is within a defined tapering tolerance. |
| US10903267B2 |
System and method for making micro LED display
By using chip-by-chip, mainly separation technology, micro LED can be made very accurately and efficiently. First, after epitaxial process, the LED epi-wafer is processed into micro LEDs. Second, bonding substrates with driving circuits are provided for the LED epi-wafer. Then, each LED chip is fastened to the substrate chip-by-chip simultaneously or sequentially, and each LED chip may be transferred by using separation technology simultaneously or sequentially. The LED epi-wafer per se can be also provided as LED display substrate. |
| US10903265B2 |
Pixelated-LED chips and chip array devices, and fabrication methods
Pixelated-LED chips and related methods are disclosed. A pixelated-LED chip includes an active layer with independently electrically accessible active layer portions arranged on or over a light-transmissive substrate. The active layer portions are configured to illuminate different light-transmissive substrate portions to form pixels. Various enhancements may beneficially provide increased contrast (i.e., reduced cross-talk between pixels) and/or promote inter-pixel illumination homogeneity, without unduly restricting light utilization efficiency. In some aspects, an underfill material with improved surface coverage is provided between adjacent pixels of a pixelated-LED chip. The underfill material may be arranged to cover all lateral surfaces between the adjacent pixels. In some aspects, discontinuous substrate portions are formed before application of underfill materials. In some aspects, a wetting layer is provided to improve wicking or flow of underfill materials during various fabrication steps. Other technical benefits may additionally or alternatively be achieved. |
| US10903264B2 |
Imaging system and imaging method
An imaging system includes an imaging optical system, an imaging device, an actuator, and control circuitry. The actuator changes a relative position of a plurality of pixel cells and an image of a subject. The pixel cells have variable sensitivity, and include a photoelectric converter and a charge accumulation region. The control circuitry sets the relative position to a first position, and also sets the sensitivity of each pixel cell to a first sensitivity. A first signal charge obtained at the photoelectric converter is accumulated in the charge accumulation region. The relative position is set to a second position different from the first position, and also the sensitivity of each pixel cell is set to a second sensitivity different from the first sensitivity. A second signal charge obtained at the photoelectric converter is accumulated in the charge accumulation region in addition to the first signal charge. |
| US10903260B2 |
Multi-photodiode pixel cell
In one example, an apparatus comprises: a semiconductor substrate including a front side surface, a first photodiode to generate a first charge, a second photodiode to generate a second charge, a barrier layer between the first photodiode and the second photodiode and configured to control flow of the second charge from the second photodiode to the first photodiode, and a drain region to store the first charge and at least a first part of the second charge. The apparatus further comprises a gate on the front side surface over a first channel region between the first photodiode and the drain region to control the flow of the first charge and the at least the first part of the second charge to the drain region, and a second channel region to conduct at least a second part of the second charge away from the barrier layer when the second photodiode saturates. |
| US10903259B2 |
Image sensor
A multispectral image sensor includes a semiconductor layer and a number of pixels formed inside and on top of the semiconductor layer. Each pixel includes an active photosensitive area formed in a portion of the semiconductor layer laterally delimited by peripheral insulating walls. The pixels include a first pixel of a first type and a second pixel of a second type. The portion of semiconductor layer of the first pixel has a first lateral dimension selected to define a lateral cavity resonating at a first wavelength and the portion of semiconductor layer of the second pixel has a second lateral dimension different from the first lateral dimension. The second lateral dimension is selected to define a lateral cavity resonating at a second wavelength different from the first wavelength. |
| US10903258B2 |
Image sensors with grounded or otherwise biased channel-stop contacts
A back-illuminated image sensor includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and a channel stop situated between the first pixel and the second pixel to isolate the first pixel from the second pixel. The channel stop includes a LOCOS structure and a region of doped silicon beneath the LOCOS structure. The back-illuminated image sensor also includes a first electrically conductive contact that extends through the LOCOS structure and forms an ohmic contact with the region of doped silicon. The first electrically conductive contact may be grounded, negatively biased, or positively biased, depending on the application. |
| US10903253B2 |
Imaging device, imaging system, and moving object
An imaging device is provided in which, at a position where a line passes a pixel in a first row along a second direction intersecting with a first direction, a first signal line and a second signal line are arranged at overlapping positions, in which, at a position where a line passes a pixel in a second row along the second direction, the first and the second signal lines are arranged at non-overlapping positions, and, in which, at a position where a line passes a pixel in a third row along the second direction, the first and the second signal lines are arranged at overlapping positions. |
| US10903252B2 |
Photoelectric conversion device including perovskite compound, method of manufacturing the same, and imaging device including the same
A photoelectric conversion device including a perovskite compound, a method of manufacturing the same and an imaging device including the same. |
| US10903251B2 |
Display device, semiconductor device, and method of manufacturing display device
A display device according to the present disclosure includes: a transistor section (100) that includes a gate insulating film (130), a semiconductor layer (140), and a gate electrode layer (120), the semiconductor layer being laminated on the gate insulating film, the gate electrode film being laminated on an opposite side to the semiconductor layer of the gate insulating film; a first capacitor section (200) that includes a first metal film (210) and a second metal film (220), the first metal film being disposed at a same level as wiring layers (161, 162) that are electrically connected to the semiconductor layer and is disposed over the transistor section, the second metal film being disposed over the first metal film with a first interlayer insulating film (152) in between; and a display element that is configured to be controlled by the transistor section. |
| US10903248B2 |
Thin film transistor array substrate and organic light-emitting display apparatus including the same
A thin film transistor array substrate includes a substrate, at least one thin film transistor, a capacitor, an interlayer insulating layer, and a node connection line. The at least one thin film transistor is on the substrate. The capacitor is on the substrate and includes: a bottom electrode on the substrate; a top electrode overlapping the bottom electrode, the top electrode including an opening having a single closed curve shape; and a dielectric layer between the bottom electrode and the top electrode. The interlayer insulating layer covers the capacitor. The node connection line is on the interlayer insulating layer and electrically connects the capacitor to the at least one thin film transistor. An overlapping area of the bottom electrode and the top electrode is divided by the opening into two separate areas. |
| US10903246B2 |
Thin film transistor substrate and display using the same
Provided are a thin film transistor substrate and a display using the same. A display includes: a first area, a second area, a first thin film transistor disposed at the first area, the first thin film transistor including: a polycrystalline semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode on the polycrystalline semiconductor layer, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode, a second thin film transistor disposed at the second area, the second thin film transistor including: a second gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer on the second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode, a nitride layer on an area of the display device, other than the second area, the nitride layer covering the first gate electrode, and an oxide layer disposed over the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode. |
| US10903241B2 |
System of forming debonding layer, method of forming debonding layer, system of manufacturing display device using debonding layer and method of manufacturing display device debonding layer
A system of forming a debonding layer includes a debonding layer forming device configured to form a coating layer by coating a graphene oxide layer on a support substrate. The debonding layer forming device is configured to form a debonding layer by heat-treating the coating layer. An optical measuring device is configured to classify the support substrate into a plurality of cell areas. The optical measuring device is configured to measure a thickness of at least one of the coating layer in at least one cell area of the plurality of cell areas. |
| US10903238B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a stacked body provided on the substrate, a first insulator dividing the stacked body in a second direction crossing the first direction, a second insulator adjacent to the first insulator and dividing the stacked body in the second direction, a first hole, and a first insulating member. In the stacked body, a plurality of layers are stacked in a first direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the substrate. The first hole penetrates the stacked body and the first insulator in the first direction. The first insulating member penetrates the stacked body and the second insulator in the first direction and is adjacent to the first hole via a first electrode in a third direction crossing the first direction and the second direction, and has an opening diameter larger than that of the first insulator. |
| US10903237B1 |
Three-dimensional memory device including stepped connection plates and methods of forming the same
Memory stack structures and dielectric wall structures are formed through a vertically alternating sequence of continuous insulating layers and continuous sacrificial material layers. Backside trenches are formed to divide the vertically alternating sequence into multiple alternating stacks. First portions of the continuous sacrificial material layers are replaced with electrically conductive layers. A connection region including a pair of dielectric wall structures is provided between a first memory array region and a second memory array region of a first alternating stack. Second portions of the continuous sacrificial material layers remain between the pair of dielectric wall structures as a vertical stack of dielectric plates. An upper subset of the first electrically conductive layers is patterned and is divided into multiple discrete portions. The multiple discrete portions are electrically connected by a respective set of connection metal interconnect structures. A metal via structure may be formed through the dielectric plates. |
| US10903236B2 |
Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device
A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device includes a substrate that includes a cell array region and a connection region, a dummy trench formed on the connection region, an electrode structure on the substrate and that includes vertically stacked electrodes that have a staircase structure on the connection region, a dummy insulating structure disposed in the dummy trench, the dummy insulating structure including an etch stop pattern spaced apart from the substrate and the electrode structure, a cell channel structure disposed on the cell array region and that penetrates the electrode structure and makes contact with the substrate, and a dummy channel structure disposed on the connection region and that penetrates the electrode structure and a portion of the dummy insulating structure and that makes contact with the etch stop pattern. |
| US10903235B2 |
Non-volatile memory device and operation method thereof
Provided is a non-volatile memory device including a control logic, a semiconductor layer, a resistance switching layer, a gate oxide layer, and a gate stack including a plurality of gates and a plurality of insulating layers, wherein the plurality of gates and the plurality of insulating layers are stacked alternately with each other. The resistance switching layer is provided between the semiconductor layer and the gate stack. The gate oxide layer is provided between the resistance switching layer and the gate stack. A cell string including a plurality of memory cells is formed by the gate stack, the resistance switching layer, and the gate oxide layer. |
| US10903232B2 |
Three-dimensional memory devices containing memory stack structures with laterally separated charge storage elements and method of making thereof
Laterally alternating sequences of memory opening fill structures and isolation dielectric pillars are formed between alternating stacks of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers. Each of the memory opening fill structures includes, from inside to outside, a vertical semiconductor channel, a tunneling dielectric layer, and an aluminum oxide liner. Backside recesses are formed by removing the sacrificial material layers selective to the insulating layers. Discrete silicon nitride portions are formed on physically exposed surfaces of the aluminum oxide liners employing a selective silicon nitride deposition process, and are employed as charge storage elements. Electrically conductive layers are formed in remaining volumes of the backside recesses. The silicon nitride portions are formed as a pair of discrete silicon nitride portions at each level of the electrically conductive layers within each memory opening fill structure. |
| US10903229B2 |
Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device with central connection through region
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device including a gate-stack structure on a base substrate, the gate-stack structure including gate electrodes stacked in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the base substrate and spaced apart from each other; a through region penetrating through the gate-stack structure and surrounded by the gate-stack structure; and first vertical channel structures and second vertical channel structures on both sides of the through region and penetrating through the gate-stack structure, wherein the through region is between the first vertical channel structures and the second vertical channel structures. |
| US10903227B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of first insulating layers and a plurality of second layers alternately and vertically stacked on a substrate. Each of the plurality of second layers includes a horizontal electrode horizontally separated by a second insulating layer. A contact plug penetrates the plurality of first insulating layers and the second insulating layer of the plurality of second layers. |
| US10903225B2 |
Storage device and manufacturing method for the same
A storage device according to embodiments includes a substrate, a stacked body, a first region, a second region, and first to nth electrodes. The stacked body is provided on the substrate and having first to nth (n is an integer of 3 or more) conductive layers stacked in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate. The first region includes a part of the stacked body, and has a first step structure including the first to the nth conductive layers. The second region includes a part of the stacked body, and has a second step structure different from the first step structure including at least a part of the first to nth conductive layers. The first to nth electrodes are provided in the first region and connected to the first to nth conductive layers and extend in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate. |
| US10903223B2 |
Driver placement in memories having stacked memory arrays
A memory can have a stacked memory array that can have a plurality of levels of memory cells. Each respective level of memory cells can be commonly coupled to a respective access line. A plurality of drivers can be above the stacked memory array. Each respective driver can have a monocrystalline semiconductor with a conductive region coupled to a respective access line. |
| US10903222B2 |
Three-dimensional memory device containing a carbon-doped source contact layer and methods for making the same
A three-dimensional memory device includes source-level material layers located over a substrate and including a lower semiconductor layer, a source contact layer, and an upper semiconductor layer. The lower semiconductor layer includes a first boron-doped semiconductor material, the upper semiconductor layer includes carbon doped second boron-doped semiconductor material, and the source contact layer includes a boron-doped semiconductor material. An alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers is located over the source-level material layers. Memory stack structures vertically extend through the alternating stack, the upper semiconductor layer, and the source contact layer. Each of the memory stack structures includes a respective memory film and a respective vertical semiconductor channel that contacts the source contact layer. Carbon atoms in the upper semiconductor layer and optionally the lower semiconductor layer suppress diffusion of boron atoms into the vertical semiconductor channel. |
| US10903218B2 |
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. |
| US10903217B2 |
Anti-fuse memory cell and a method for forming the anti-fuse memory cell
An anti-fuse memory cell may include a substrate including first and second conductivity regions and an isolation region at least partially within the substrate, a program gate over the substrate, a program gate oxide layer over the isolation region and between the program gate and the substrate, a first channel region arranged laterally between the first conductivity region and the isolation region, a second channel region arranged laterally between the second conductivity region and the isolation region, a first select gate arranged over the substrate and over the first channel region and a second select gate arranged over the substrate and over the second channel region. The program gate oxide layer may be configured to break down to allow conduction between the program gate and at least one of the channel regions upon providing a program voltage difference between the program gate and at least one of the channel regions. |
| US10903216B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method of fabricating the same
Disclosed are a semiconductor memory device and a method of fabricating the same. The device may include a first substrate comprising a cell array region, a first interlayer insulating layer covering the first substrate, a second substrate disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer, the second substrate including a core region electrically connected to the cell array region, a first adhesive insulating layer interposed between the first interlayer insulating layer and the second substrate, and contact plugs penetrating the second substrate, the first adhesive insulating layer, and the first interlayer insulating layer and electrically connecting the cell array region with the core region. |
| US10903213B2 |
Integrated circuit devices
An integrated circuit device includes a substrate including a fin active region extending in a first direction, a gate line intersecting the fin active region and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a power line electrically connected to source/drain regions at sides of the gate line on the fin active region, a pair of dummy gate lines intersecting the fin active region and extending in the second direction, and a device separation structure electrically connected to the pair of dummy gate lines and including a lower dummy contact plug between the pair of dummy gate lines on the fin active region and electrically connected to the power line, and an upper dummy contact plug on the lower dummy contact plug and on the pair of dummy gate lines to electrically connect the lower dummy contact plug to the pair of dummy gate lines. |
| US10903208B2 |
Distributed decoupling capacitor
An electrical device including a plurality of fin structures. The plurality of fin structures including at least one decoupling fin and at least one semiconductor fin. The electrical device includes at least one semiconductor device including a channel region present in the at least one semiconductor fin, a gate structure present on the channel region of the at least one semiconductor fin, and source and drain regions present on source and drain region portion of the at least one semiconductor fin. The electrical device includes at least one decoupling capacitor including the decoupling fin structure as a first electrode of the decoupling capacitor, a node dielectric layer and a second electrode provided by the metal contact to the source and drain regions of the semiconductor fin structures. The decoupling capacitor is present underlying the power line to the semiconductor fin structures. |
| US10903206B2 |
Semiconductor device and electronic device
A semiconductor device in which a circuit and a power storage element are efficiently placed is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and an electric double-layer capacitor. The first transistor, the second transistor, and the electric double-layer capacitor are provided over one substrate. A band gap of a semiconductor constituting a channel region of the second transistor is wider than a band gap of a semiconductor constituting a channel region of the first transistor. The electric double-layer capacitor includes a solid electrolyte. |
| US10903204B2 |
Lateral transient voltage suppressor device
A lateral transient voltage suppressor device is provided, comprising a doped substrate, a lateral clamping structure disposed on the doped substrate, a buried doped layer disposed between the doped substrate and the lateral clamping structure for isolation, at least one diode module, and at least one trench arranged in the doped substrate, having a depth not less than that of the buried doped layer, and being disposed between the lateral clamping structure and the at least one diode module for electrical isolation. The doped substrate and the buried doped layer have opposite conductivity types such that the doped substrate is electrically floating. The buried doped layer can be further disposed to separate the diode module from the doped substrate. By employing the proposed invention, the lateral transient voltage suppressor device is advantageous of maintaining both a lower clamping voltage as well as a reduced dynamic resistance. |
| US10903203B2 |
Trench transistor structure and manufacturing method thereof
A trench transistor structure includes a substrate structure, a transistor device, and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device. A first region and a second region are defined in the substrate structure. The substrate structure has a first trench located in the first region and a second trench located in the second region. The transistor device is located in the first region and includes an electrode located in the first trench. The electrode and the substrate structure are isolated from each other. The ESD protection device is located in the second region and includes a main body layer located in the second trench. The main body layer has a planarized top surface. PN junctions are located in the main body layer. The main body layer and the substrate structure are isolated from each other. |
| US10903201B2 |
Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate including a high-frequency-block group and a low-power-block group; high-frequency-type logic standard cells located on the high-frequency-block group, and having a high-frequency-type cell height, a high-frequency-type operating frequency, and a high-frequency-type power; low-power-type logic standard cells located on the low-power-block group, and having a low-power-type cell height, a low-power-type operating frequency, and a low-power-type power. The high-frequency-type cell height is higher than the low-power-type cell height. The high-frequency-type operating frequency is greater than the low-power-type operating frequency. The high-frequency-type power is greater than the low-power-type power. The high-frequency-type logic standard cells include high-frequency-type fins, and the low-power-type logic standard cells include low-power-type fins. An effective height of the high-frequency-type fins is greater than an effective height of the low-power-type fins. |
| US10903196B2 |
Semiconductor packages including bridge die
A semiconductor package includes first and second semiconductor dies, first and second redistributed line structures, a first bridge die, and a vertical connector. The first semiconductor die and the first bridge die are disposed on the first redistributed line structure. The first bridge die is disposed to provide a level difference between the first semiconductor die and the first bridge die, the first bridge die having a height that is less than a height of the first semiconductor die. The second redistributed line structure has a protrusion, laterally protruding from a side surface of the first semiconductor die when viewed from a plan view, and a bottom surface of the second redistributed line structure is in contact with a top surface of the first semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die is disposed on the second redistributed line structure. The vertical connector is disposed between the bridge die and the protrusion of the second redistributed line structure to support the protrusion. |
| US10903194B2 |
Micro light-emitting diode display with 3D orifice plating and light filtering
A micro light-emitting diode (LED) display assembly includes a backplane, a passivation layer on the backplane, a micro LED on the passivation layer, and a non-transparent metal housing on the passivation layer. The housing includes a base portion on the passivation layer, a sidewall portion upwardly extending from the base portion, a cap portion connected at a top of the sidewall portion, an orifice in the cap portion, and a notch in the cap portion and adjacent to the orifice. The assembly also includes a translucent filter positioned in the notch and covering the orifice, and a pocket defined by an enclosed area in between the sidewall portion, the cap portion, the filter, and the passivation layer. The micro LED is encased within the pocket such that light transmitted from the micro LED directly hits and passes through the filter. |
| US10903189B2 |
Stack packages including stacked semiconductor dies
A stack package includes a second semiconductor die stacked on the first semiconductor die, a third semiconductor die disposed on the lifting supporter. The third semiconductor die vertically and partially overlapping with the second semiconductor die. |
| US10903188B2 |
Selectively cross-linked thermal interface materials
A process of forming a thermal interface material structure includes selectively masking a putty pad that includes ultraviolet (UV) curable cross-linkers to form a masked putty pad. The masked putty pad has a first area that is exposed and a second area that is masked. The process also includes exposing the masked putty pad to UV light to form a selectively cross-linked putty pad. The process includes disposing the selectively cross-linked putty pad between an electrical component and a heat spreader to form an assembly. The process further includes compressing the assembly to form a thermal interface material structure that includes a selectively cross-linked thermal interface material. |
| US10903184B2 |
Filler particle position and density manipulation with applications in thermal interface materials
A thermal interface material and systems and methods for forming a thermal interface material include depositing a layer of a composite material, including at least a first material and a second material, the first material including a carrier fluid and the second material including a filler particle suspended within the first material. A particle manipulator is positioned over the layer of the composite material, the particle manipulator including at least one emitter to apply a particle manipulating field to bias a movement of the filler particles. The second material is redistributed by applying the particle manipulating field to interact with the second material causing the second material to migrate from a surrounding region in the composite material into a high concentration region in the composite material to form a customized thermal interface such that the high concentration region is configured and positioned corresponding to a hotspot. |
| US10903171B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device including a base, a buffer member, a frame, a lid, and a semiconductor element, is disclosed. The ceramic frame is mounted on the copper base with the molybdenum buffer member interposed therebetween. The semiconductor element is sealed in a space within the frame defined by the lid. The frame includes a top portion, a lower stage portion that is disposed below the top portion and is provided with an input electrode and an output electrode, and an upper stage portion. The upper stage portion is formed in an arrangement direction of the input electrode and the output electrode, and is formed below the top portion and above the lower stage portion. The upper stage portion includes an upper stage connection portion formed on the periphery of the lower stage portion in a direction intersecting the arrangement direction of the input electrode and the output electrode. |
| US10903168B2 |
Multi-RDL structure packages and methods of fabricating the same
Various arrangements of multi-RDL structure devices are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus is provided that includes a first redistribution layer structure and a second redistribution layer structure mounted on the first redistribution layer structure. A first semiconductor chip is mounted on the second redistribution layer structure and electrically connected to both the second redistribution layer structure and the first redistribution layer structure. |
| US10903162B2 |
Fuse element resistance enhancement by laser anneal and ion implantation
A method for fabricating an electronic fuse includes forming a recess within a film material to define opposed contact segments and a central fuse segment interconnecting the contact segments and altering the material of the central fuse segment of the film material to increase electrical resistance characteristics of the central fuse segment. The central fuse segment may include defects such as voids created by directing a laser at the central fuse segment as a component of a laser annealing process. Alternatively, and or additionally, the central fuse segment may include dopants implementing via an ion implantation process to increase resistance characteristics of the central fuse segment. |
| US10903158B2 |
Semiconductor arrangement having a circuit board with a patterned metallization layer
A semiconductor arrangement includes a circuit board having a metallization layer with first and second conductor tracks, and individual semiconductor chips each having a controllable semiconductor element, first and second load electrodes, and a control electrode. The first conductor track has a base section and further sections extending from the base section. The second conductor track has sections. The further sections of the first conductor track and the sections of the second conductor track extend parallel to one another in a first direction at least over a same lateral dimension of the individual semiconductor chips. The further sections of the first conductor track alternate with the sections of the second conductor track in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The individual semiconductor chips are arranged on the sections of the second conductor track. The first load electrodes are connected to the further sections of the first conductor track. |
| US10903156B2 |
Electronic device with stud bumps
An electronic device is disclosed. In an embodiment an electronic device includes a carrier board having an upper surface and an electronic chip mounted on the upper surface of the carrier board, the electronic chip having a mounting side facing the upper surface of the carrier board, a top side facing away from the upper surface of the carrier board, and sidewalls connecting the mounting side to the top side, wherein the electronic chip has equal to or less than 5 stud bumps per square millimeter of a base area of the mounting side, and wherein a laminated polymer hood at least partly covers the top side of the electronic chip and extends onto the upper surface of the carrier board. |
| US10903150B2 |
Lead frame
A lead frame includes, as an outermost plating layer, a roughened silver plating layer having acicular projections and covering top faces and faces that form concavities or a through hole between the top faces and bottom faces of a lead frame substrate made of a copper-based material. The roughened silver plating layer has a crystal structure in which the crystal direction <101> occupies a largest proportion among the crystal directions <001>, <111>, and <101>. The lead frame can be manufactured with improved productivity owing to reduction in cost and operation time, and achieves remarkably high adhesion to sealing resin while keeping the total thickness of plating layers including the silver plating layer to be thin. |
| US10903147B2 |
Semiconductor device
A first lead and a second lead are adjacent. The first lead has a first sinking portion. The second lead has a second sinking portion. The first sinking portion and the second sinking portion are opposed so that the first sinking portion and the second sinking portion sandwich a space. The first sinking portion and the second sinking portion are configured so that the first sinking portion presses a first electrode, and the second sinking portion presses a second electrode in a containing state. |
| US10903144B1 |
Semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor package includes a substrate and a semiconductor chip disposed thereon. The substrate includes first and second connection pads adjacent to a first edge of the semiconductor chip, and third and fourth connection pads adjacent to a second edge opposite to the first edge. The semiconductor chip includes fifth and sixth connection pads in a first region close to the first edge, and seventh and eighth connection pads in a second region close to the second edge. A first and a second comb-type conductive layer are further disposed over the first region, and respectively connected to the first and fifth connection pads, and the second and sixth connection pads via wirings. A third and a fourth comb-type conductive layer are further disposed over the second region, and respectively connected to the fourth and eighth connection pads, and the third and seventh connection pads via wirings. |
| US10903142B2 |
Micro through-silicon via for transistor density scaling
An electronic device comprises an integrated circuit (IC) die. The IC die includes a first bonding pad surface and a first backside surface opposite the first bonding pad surface; a first active device layer arranged between the first bonding pad surface and the first backside surface; and at least one stacked through silicon via (TSV) disposed between the first backside surface and the first bonding pad surface, wherein the at least one stacked TSV includes a first buried silicon via (BSV) portion having a first width and a second BSV portion having a second width smaller than the first width, and wherein the first BSV portion extends to the first backside surface and the second BSV portion extends to the first active device layer. |
| US10903141B2 |
Thermal management of RF devices using embedded microjet arrays
The present invention generally relates to a microjet array for use as a thermal management system for a heat generating device, such as an RF device. The microjet array is formed in a jet plate, which is attached directly to the substrate containing the heat generating device. Additional enhancing features are used to further improve the heat transfer coefficient above that inherently achieved by the array. Some of these enhancements may also have other functions, such as adding mechanical structure, electrical connectivity or pathways for waveguides. This technology enables higher duty cycles, higher power levels, increased component lifetime, and/or improved SWaP for RF devices operating in airborne, naval (surface and undersea), ground, and space environments. This technology serves as a replacement for existing RF device thermal management solutions, such as high-SWaP finned heat sinks and cold plates. |
| US10903138B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a substrate constituted of an insulator, a first conductor film provided on a surface of the substrate; a semiconductor chip including a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode being connected to the first conductor film; and an external connection terminal including an inner end portion and an outer end portion. The inner end portion is located between the substrate and the semiconductor chip and is connected to the second electrode. The external connection terminal further includes an intermediate portion located between the inner end portion and the outer end portion and joined to the surface of the substrate. A distance between the intermediate portion of the external connection terminal and the substrate is greater than a distance between the inner end portion of the external connection terminal and the substrate. |
| US10903137B2 |
Electrical interconnections with improved compliance due to stress relaxation and method of making
According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electrically conductive pillar having a substrate is disclosed. The electrically conductive pillar can comprise a first portion, second portion and a third portion. The first portion and/or third portion can be formed of an electrically conductive material that can be the same or different. The second portion can be intermediate and abut both the first portion and the third portion. The second portion can comprise a solder element formed of a second electrically conductive material that differs from the electrically conductive material and has a second stiffness less than a stiffness of the electrically conductive material. |
| US10903133B2 |
Method of producing an SMD package with top side cooling
A package encloses a power semiconductor die and has a package body with a top side, footprint side and sidewalls. The die has first and second load terminals and blocks a blocking voltage between the load terminals. The package further includes: a lead frame structure for electrically and mechanically coupling the package to a support, the lead frame structure including an outside terminal extending out of the package footprint side and/or out of one of the package sidewalls and electrically connected with the first load terminal; and a top layer arranged at the package top side and electrically connected with the second load terminal. A heat spreader is mounted onto the top layer with a bottom surface facing the top layer. The area of the top surface of the heat spreader is greater than the area of the bottom surface. |
| US10903131B2 |
Semiconductor packages including bridge die spaced apart from semiconductor die
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die and a bridge die. The bridge die includes through vias, and the through vias are connected to post bumps. The through vias are electrically connected to the semiconductor die by redistribution lines. |
| US10903127B2 |
Film for a package substrate
A display device including a film substrate including first and second surfaces, the first surface being opposite to the second surface; a semiconductor chip disposed on the first surface and including an input terminal and a test terminal, which are arranged in a first direction; a first wire extending from the input terminal on the first surface along a second direction, which intersects the first direction; and a second wire including a first extended portion, which extends along the first surface, a second extended portion, which extends along the second surface, and a first via, which penetrates the film substrate and connects the first extended portion and the second extended portion, wherein the first extended portion extends from the test terminal in the second direction and is connected to the first via, and the second extended portion extends from the first via to an edge of the second surface. |
| US10903126B2 |
Light irradiation type heat treatment method and heat treatment apparatus
A front surface of a semiconductor wafer is momentarily heated by irradiation with a flash of light from flash lamps. An upper radiation thermometer and a high-speed radiation thermometer unit measure a temperature of the front surface of the semiconductor wafer after the irradiation with the flash of light. The temperature data are sequentially accumulated, so that a temperature profile is acquired. An analyzer determines the highest measurement temperature of the semiconductor wafer subjected to the flash irradiation from the temperature profile to calculate a jump distance of the semiconductor wafer from a susceptor, based on the highest measurement temperature. If the calculated jump distance is greater than a predetermined threshold value, there is a high probability that the semiconductor wafer is significantly out of position, so that the transport of the semiconductor wafer to the outside is stopped. |
| US10903125B2 |
Transistor with strained channel and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a top surface, a source region in the substrate, a drain region in the substrate, a recessed trench extending from the top surface into the substrate and between the source region and the drain region, a stress-inducing material layer in the recessed trench, a channel layer on the stress-inducing material layer, and a gate structure on the channel layer. The recessed trench has a hexagonal cross-sectional profile. |
| US10903124B2 |
Transistor structure with n/p boundary buffer
Gate metal is removed from a region containing transistors such as nanosheet transistors or vertical transport field-effect transistors using techniques that control the undercutting of gate metal in an adjoining region. A dielectric spacer layer is deposited on the transistors. A first etch causes the removal of gate metal over the boundary between the regions with limited undercutting of gate metal beneath the dielectric spacer layer. A subsequent etch removes the gate metal from the transistors in one region while the gate metal in the adjoining region is protected by a buffer layer. Gate dielectric material may also be removed over the boundary between regions. |
| US10903120B2 |
Semiconductor wafer dicing crack prevention using chip peripheral trenches
A method includes providing a semiconductor base substrate having a substantially planar growth surface and one or more preferred crystallographic cleavage planes and an epitaxial first type III-V semiconductor layer on the planar growth surface. A first trench that vertically extends from an upper surface of the first type III-V semiconductor layer is formed at least to the planar growth surface. The first trench has a first trench length direction that is antiparallel to the one or more preferred crystallographic cleavage planes. |
| US10903118B2 |
Chamferless via structures
Chamferless via structures and methods of manufacture are provided. The method includes: forming at least one non-self-aligned via within at least dielectric material; plugging the at least one non-self-aligned via with material; forming a protective sacrificial mask over the material which plugs the at least one non-self-aligned via, after a recessing process; forming at least one trench within the dielectric material, with the protective sacrificial mask protecting the material during the trench formation; removing the protective sacrificial mask and the material within the at least one non-self-aligned via to form a wiring via; and filling the wiring via and the at least one trench with conductive material. |
| US10903117B2 |
Fabricating vias with lower resistance
An interconnection for a device in an integrated circuit includes a substrate on which a first metal line is embedded in a first dielectric layer. A via gouge is etched in the first metal line. A second dielectric layer is deposited over the first metal line and the first dielectric layer. A first via recess is etch through the second dielectric layer where the first via recess aligned to the via gouge. A second metal layer is deposited in the first via recess and the via gouge, forming a first via. |
| US10903116B2 |
Void-free metallic interconnect structures with self-formed diffusion barrier layers
Methods are provided for fabricating void-free metallic interconnect structures with self-formed diffusion barrier layers. A seed layer is deposited to line an etched opening in a dielectric layer. A metallic capping layer is selectively deposited on upper portions and upper sidewall surfaces of the seed layer which define an aperture into the etched opening. An electroplating process is performed to plate metallic material on exposed surfaces of the seed layer within the etched opening, which are not covered by the capping layer to form a metallic interconnect. The capping layer prohibits plating of metallic material on the capping layer and closing the aperture before the electroplating process is complete. A thermal anneal process is performed to cause the metallic material of the metallic capping layer to diffuse though the metallic interconnect and create a self-formed diffusion barrier layer between the metallic interconnect and the surfaces of the etched opening. |
| US10903114B2 |
Decoupled via fill
Techniques are disclosed for providing a decoupled via fill. Given a via trench, a first barrier layer is conformally deposited onto the bottom and sidewalls of the trench. A first metal fill is blanket deposited into the trench. The non-selective deposition is subsequently recessed so that only a portion of the trench is filled with the first metal. The previously deposited first barrier layer is removed along with the first metal, thereby re-exposing the upper sidewalls of the trench. A second barrier layer is conformally deposited onto the top of the first metal and the now re-exposed trench sidewalls. A second metal fill is blanket deposited into the remaining trench. Planarization and/or etching can be carried out as needed for subsequent processing. Thus, a methodology for filling high aspect ratio vias using a dual metal process is provided. Note, however, the first and second fill metals may be the same. |
| US10903111B2 |
Semiconductor device with linerless contacts
Semiconductor devices and methods for forming semiconductor devices include opening at least one contact via through a sacrificial material down to contacts. Sides of the at least one contact via are lined by selectively depositing a barrier on the sacrificial material, the barrier extending along sidewalls of the at least one contact via from a top surface of the sacrificial material down to a bottom surface of the sacrificial material proximal to the contacts such that the contacts remain exposed. A conductive material is deposited in the at least one contact via down to the contacts to form stacked contacts having the hard mask on sides thereof. The sacrificial material is removed. |
| US10903110B2 |
Method of forming fine interconnection for a semiconductor device
A method of forming fine interconnection includes: forming spacers on a first and second hard mask layer on a dielectric layer; forming a first via hole through the first hard mask layer, the second hard mask layer, and the dielectric layer; oxidizing a sidewall of the first hard mask layer that surrounding the via hole; forming a second via hole in the second hard mask layer; forming a mask to cover the first hard mask layer in the second via hole; forming a line trench in a portion of the second hard mask layer exposed by the spacers and the mask, and in the first hard mask layer and the dielectric layer that are below the portion of the second hard mask layer; and forming a conductive material in the line trench and the first via hole. |
| US10903109B2 |
Methods of forming high aspect ratio openings and methods of forming high aspect ratio features
Methods of forming high aspect ratio openings. The method comprises removing a portion of a dielectric material at a temperature less than about 0° C. to form at least one opening in the dielectric material. The at least one opening comprises an aspect ratio of greater than about 30:1. A protective material is formed in the at least one opening and on sidewalls of the dielectric material at a temperature less than about 0° C. Methods of forming high aspect ratio features are also disclosed, as are semiconductor devices. |
| US10903108B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. The methods may implanting dopants into a substrate to form a preliminary impurity region and heating the substrate to convert the preliminary impurity region into an impurity region. Heating the substrate may be performed at an ambient temperature of from about 800° C. to about 950° C. for from about 20 min to about 50 min. The method may also include forming first and second trenches in the impurity region to define an active tin and forming a first isolation layer and a second isolation layer in the first and second trenches, respectively. The first and second isolation layers may expose opposing sides of the active fin. The method may further include forming a gate insulation layer extending on the opposing sides and an upper surface of the active fin and forming a gate electrode traversing the active fin. |
| US10903107B2 |
Semiconductor process transport apparatus comprising an adapter pendant
A semiconductor process transport apparatus including a drive section with at least one motor, an articulated arm coupled to the drive section for driving articulation motion, a machine controller coupled to the drive section to control the at least one motor moving the articulated arm from one location to a different location, and an adapter pendant having a machine controller interface coupling the adapter pendant for input/output with the machine controller, the adapter pendant having another interface, configured for connecting a fungible smart mobile device having predetermined resident user operable device functionality characteristics, wherein the other interface has a connectivity configuration so mating of the fungible smart mobile device with the other interface automatically enables configuration of at least one of the resident user operable device functionality characteristics to define an input/output to the machine controller effecting input commands and output signals for motion control of the articulated arm. |
| US10903106B2 |
Layered body of temporary adhesive
A temporary adhesive is good peelability, heat resistance and cleaning removability after polishing of the rear surface of the wafer. A layered body for processing a rear surface of a wafer opposite to a circuit surface of the wafer, the layered body being a temporary adhesive loaded between a support and circuit surface of the wafer and including an adhesive layer (A) that includes a polyorganosiloxane to be cured by a hydrosilylation reaction and is releasably bonded, and a separation layer (B) includes a polyorganosiloxane and is releasably bonded, in which the polyorganosiloxane forming the separation layer (B) is a polyorganosiloxane containing a siloxane unit of RRSiO2/2 (provided that each R is bonded to a silicon atom as a Si—C bond), and at least one R is an aralkyl group, epoxy group, or phenyl group. Methods for producing and separating these layered bodies and composition for forming the separation layer. |
| US10903105B2 |
Flip chip bonding device and bonding method
A flip-chip bonding device and method are disclosed. The bonding device includes: a supply unit (10) for separating a flip-chip (200) from a carrier (100) and providing the flip-chip (200), the supply unit (10) including flipping device (11); a transfer unit (20) for receiving the flip-chip (200) from the flipping device (11); a position adjustment unit (30) for adjusting the positions of flip-chips (200) on the transfer unit (20); a bonding unit (40) for bonding the flip-chips (200) on the transfer unit (20) onto a substrate (400); a transportation unit (50) for transporting the transfer unit (20); and a control unit (60) for controlling the movement of the preceding units. The transfer unit (20) is capable of receiving multiple flip-chips (200) and allows the flip-chips (200) to be bonded simultaneously. This can result in savings in bonding time and an improvement in throughput. Moreover, during the transportation of the transfer unit (20), the positions of the flip-chips (200) thereon can be adjusted by the position adjustment unit (30), thereby ensuring high positional accuracy of the flip-chips (200) in the subsequent bonding step. As a result, a high-accuracy bonding can be achieved. |
| US10903101B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and method for detecting abnormality of substrate
A substrate processing apparatus having a detecting unit that can detect an abnormality of a substrate such as a crack of the substrate or chipping of the substrate is disclosed. The substrate processing apparatus includes a polishing unit configured to polish a substrate, a cleaning unit configured to clean the polished substrate, a substrate abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality of the substrate, and a substrate transporting mechanism configured to transport the substrate in the order of the polishing unit, the substrate abnormality detection unit, and the cleaning unit. The substrate abnormality detection unit includes an imaging device configured to image the substrate, and an output monitoring unit configured to determine a status of the substrate by comparing a signal obtained from the imaging device with a predetermined threshold. |
| US10903100B2 |
Method of obtaining amount of deviation of a measuring device, and method of calibrating transfer position data in a processing system
A measuring device includes sensor electrodes provided along a periphery of a base substrate such that a sum A of shortest distances from the sensor electrodes to an inner peripheral surface of a focus ring becomes a constant value, the sum A satisfying ∑ i = 1 N a C i = A the number of the sensor electrodes, Ci: measurement values and “a”: constant). A method of obtaining the amount of deviation of the central position of the measuring device in a region surrounded by the focus ring from the center of the region, includes: calculating the measurement values Ci using the measuring device; calculating the constant “a” using the measurement values Ci; calculating distances from the sensor electrodes to the inner peripheral surface of the focus ring using the constant “a” and the measurement values Ci; and calculating the amount of deviation of the central position of the measuring device based on the calculated distances. |
| US10903094B2 |
Electrostatic puck assembly with metal bonded backing plate for high temperature processes
An electrostatic puck assembly includes an upper puck plate, a lower puck plate and a backing plate. The upper puck plate comprises AlN or Al2O3 and has a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The lower puck plate comprises a material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion that approximately matches the first coefficient of thermal expansion and is bonded to the upper puck plate by a first metal bond. The backing plate comprises AlN or Al2O3 and is bonded to the lower puck plate by a second metal bond. |
| US10903091B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method
According to the present invention, after supplying a rinse liquid containing water to a substrate that is held horizontally, an IPA-containing liquid which contains isopropyl alcohol is supplied to the substrate to which the rinse liquid adhering. Subsequently, an IPA-containing liquid low in moisture concentration is supplied to the substrate. The IPA-containing liquid which has been supplied to the substrate is recovered and supplied to the substrate again. |
| US10903089B1 |
3D semiconductor device and structure
A 3D semiconductor device, the device comprising: a first level, wherein said first level comprises a first layer, said first layer comprising first transistors, and wherein said first level comprises a second layer, said second layer comprising first interconnections; a second level overlaying said first level, wherein said second level comprises a third layer, said third layer comprising second transistors, and wherein said second level comprises a fourth layer, said fourth layer comprising second interconnections; and a plurality of connection paths, wherein said plurality of connection paths provides connections from a plurality of said first transistors to a plurality of said second transistors, wherein said second level is bonded to said first level, wherein said bonded comprises oxide to oxide bond regions, wherein said bonded comprises metal to metal bond regions, wherein said second level comprises at least one memory array, wherein said second level comprises at least one Phase Lock Loop (“PLL) circuit, and wherein said third layer comprises crystalline silicon. |
| US10903088B2 |
Electronic package and method for fabricating the same
An electronic package and a method for fabrication the same are provided. The method includes: disposing an electronic component on a substrate; forming an encapsulant layer on the substrate to encapsulate the electronic component; and forming a shielding layer made of metal on the encapsulant layer. The shielding layer has an extending portion extending to a lateral side of the substrate along a corner of the encapsulant layer, without extending to a lower side of the substrate. Therefore, the present disclosure prevents the shielding layer from coming into contact with conductive pads disposed on the lower side of the substrate and thereby avoids a short circuit from occurrence. |
| US10903068B2 |
Oxide-nitride-oxide stack having multiple oxynitride layers
A semiconductor device including an oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) structure having a multi-layer charge storing layer and methods of forming the same are provided. Generally, the method involves: (i) forming a first oxide layer of the ONO structure; (ii) forming a multi-layer charge storing layer comprising nitride on a surface of the first oxide layer; and (iii) forming a second oxide layer of the ONO structure on a surface of the multi-layer charge storing layer. Preferably, the charge storing layer comprises at least two silicon oxynitride layers having differing stochiometric compositions of Oxygen, Nitrogen and/or Silicon. More preferably, the ONO structure is part of a silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) structure and the semiconductor device is a SONOS memory transistor. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US10903067B2 |
Cooled reflective adapter plate for a deposition chamber
In one embodiment, an adapter plate for a deposition chamber is provided. The adapter plate comprises a body, a mounting plate centrally located on the body, a first annular portion extending longitudinally from a first surface of the mounting plate and disposed radially inward from an outer surface of the mounting plate, a second annular portion extending longitudinally from an opposing second surface of the mounting plate and disposed radially inward from the outer surface of the mounting plate, and a mirror-finished surface disposed on the interior of the second annular portion, the mirror-finished surface having an average surface roughness of 6 Ra or less. |
| US10903066B2 |
Heater support kit for bevel etch chamber
Embodiments described herein generally relate to apparatuses for processing a substrate. In one or more embodiments, a heater support kit includes a heater assembly contains a heater plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, a chuck ring disposed on at least a portion of the upper surface of the heater plate, a heater arm assembly contains a heater arm and supporting the heater assembly, and a heater support plate disposed between the heater plate and the heater arm and in contact with at least a portion of the lower surface of the heater plate. |
| US10903064B2 |
Methods for detection of ion spatial distribution
A method of performing mass spectrometric analyses, comprises: (a) passing a stream of ions through a quadrupole mass analyzer; (b) intercepting a flux of ions emitted from an exit aperture of the quadrupole mass analyzer at a front face of a stack of multichannel plates and emitting a flux of electrons in response to the intercepted flux of ions at a rear face of the stack of multichannel plates; (c) intercepting the flux of electrons at a front surface of a scintillator comprising a phosphorescent material and emitting a flux of photons in response to the intercepted flux of ions at a rear surface of the scintillator; (d) receiving the flux of photons at a photo-imager; and (e) repositioning at least one of the scintillator and the stack of microchannel plates during the execution of one or more of the steps (a) through (d). |
| US10903062B2 |
Ion entry/exit device
A method of introducing and ejecting ions from an ion entry/exit device (4) is disclosed. The ion entry/exit device (4) has at least two arrays of electrodes (20,22). The device is operated in a first mode wherein DC potentials are successively applied to successive electrodes of at least one of the electrode arrays ((20,22) in a first direction such that a potential barrier moves along the at least one array in the first direction and drives ions into and/or out of the device in the first direction. The device is also operated in a second mode, wherein DC potentials are successively applied to successive electrodes of at least one of the electrode arrays (20,22) in a second, different direction such that a potential barrier moves along the array in the second direction and drives ions into and/or out of the device in the second direction. The device provides a single, relatively simple device for manipulating ions in multiple directions. For example, the device may be used to load ions into or eject ions from an ion mobility separator in a first direction, and may then be used to cause ions to move through the ion mobility separator in the second direction so as to cause the ions to separate. |
| US10903060B2 |
Method for mass spectrometric examination of gas mixtures and mass spectrometer therefor
A method includes parallel or serial ionization of a gas mixture by activating at least two ionization devices operating using different ionization procedures, and/or by ionizing the gas mixture in a detector to which the gas mixture and ions and/or metastable particles of an ionization gas are fed. The method also includes detecting the ionized gas mixture in the detector for the mass spectrometric examination thereof. A mass spectrometer for mass spectrometric examination of gas mixtures includes an ionization unit for ionizing a gas mixture and a detector for detecting the ionized gas mixture. |
| US10903059B2 |
Film formation apparatus
A film formation apparatus includes a chamber which has an interior capable of being vacuumed, and which includes a lid that is openable and closable on the upper part of the chamber, a rotation table which is provided in the chamber and which and carries a workpiece in the circular trajectory, a film formation unit that deposits film formation materials by sputtering on the workpiece carried by the rotation table to form films, a shielding member which is provided with an opening at the side which the workpiece passes through, and which forms a film formation room where the film formations by the film formation units are performed, and a support which supports the shielding member, and which is independent relative to the chamber and is independent from the lid. |
| US10903057B2 |
Temperature adjustment device and substrate processing apparatus
A temperature adjustment device includes a pedestal to receive a substrate thereon, a first temperature control unit to set a first medium at a first temperature, and a second temperature control unit to set a second medium at a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature. A pedestal flow passage is provided inside the pedestal to allow the first medium and the second medium to flow therethrough by switching between the first medium and the second medium. A first flow passage through which the first medium flowing from the pedestal flow passage is allowed to flow is provided. A second flow passage through which the second medium flowing from the pedestal flow passage is allowed to flow is provided. A heat pump is connected to the first flow passage and the second flow passage to transfer heat between the first medium and the second medium. |
| US10903056B2 |
Plasma source for rotating susceptor
Plasma source assemblies comprising an RF hot electrode having a body and at least one return electrode spaced from the RF hot electrode to provide a gap in which a plasma can be formed. An RF feed is connected to the RF hot electrode at a distance from the inner peripheral end of the RF hot electrode that is less than or equal to about 25% of the length of the RF hot electrode. |
| US10903055B2 |
Edge ring for bevel polymer reduction
Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and apparatuses utilized to reduce residual film layers from a substrate periphery region, such as an edge or bevel of the substrate. Contamination of the substrate bevel, backside and substrate periphery region may be reduced after a plasma process. In one embodiment, an edge ring includes a base circular ring having an inner surface defining a center opening formed thereon and an outer surface defining a perimeter of the base circular ring. The base circular ring includes an upper body and a lower portion connected to the upper body. A step is formed at the inner surface of the base circular ring and above a first upper surface of the upper body. The step defines a pocket above the first upper surface of the upper body. A plurality of raised features formed on the first upper surface of the base circular ring. |
| US10903054B2 |
Multi-zone gas distribution systems and methods
The present technology includes improved gas distribution designs for forming uniform plasmas during semiconductor processing operations or for treating the interior of semiconductor processing chambers. While conventional gas distribution assemblies may receive a specific reactant or reactant ratio which is then distributed into the plasma region, the presently described technology allows for improved control of the reactant input distribution. The technology allows for separate flows of reactants to different regions of the plasma to offset any irregularities observed in process uniformity. A first precursor may be delivered to the center of the plasma above the center of the substrate/pedestal while a second precursor may be delivered to an outer portion of the plasma above an outer portion of the substrate/pedestal. In so doing, a substrate residing on the pedestal may experience a more uniform etch or deposition profile across the entire surface. |
| US10903053B2 |
Plasma processing apparatus
A plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber, a window plate disposed in an upper portion of the chamber and having a fastening hole defined therein, an injector having a body part including a plurality of nozzles and configured to be fastened to the fastening hole, and a flange part extending radially from the body part to partially cover a bottom surface of the window plate when the body part is fastened to the fastening hole, and a stopper configured to be fastened to the body part on an upper surface of the window plate to hold the injector in the fastening hole when the body part is fastened to the fastening hole. |
| US10903050B2 |
Endpoint sensor based control including adjustment of an edge ring parameter for each substrate processed to maintain etch rate uniformity
A substrate processing system includes model generation and setpoint modules. The model generation module receives a first time trace based on an output of an endpoint sensor and obtains a target setpoint. A portion of the first time trace is indicative of an endpoint at which a feature has been created in a first substrate. The target setpoint is generated based on a metrology process and is used to compensate for erosion of a first edge ring. The model generation module generates a conversion model based on the portion and the target setpoint. The setpoint module: based on the output, receives a second time trace that is generated subsequent to generation of the first time trace; and based on the conversion model, converts the second time trace to a predicted erosion compensation setpoint, which is set while processing a second substrate using the first or a second edge ring. |
| US10903046B2 |
Inductive coil structure and inductively coupled plasma generation system
An inductively-coupled plasma (ICP) generation system may include a dielectric tube, a first inductive coil structure to enclose the dielectric tube, an RF power supply, a first main capacitor between a positive output terminal of the RF power supply and one end of the first inductive coil structure, and a second main capacitor between a negative output terminal of the RF power supply and an opposite end of the first inductive coil structure. The first inductive coil structure may include inductive coils connected in series to each other and placed at different layers, the inductive coils having at least one turn at each layer, and auxiliary capacitors, which are respectively provided between adjacent ones of the inductive coils to distribute a voltage applied to the inductive coils. |
| US10903044B1 |
Filling empty structures with deposition under high-energy SEM for uniform DE layering
A method of evaluating a region of a sample that includes an array of holes separated by solid portions. The method includes positioning the sample within in a vacuum chamber of an evaluation tool that includes a scanning electron microscope (SEM) column and a focused ion beam (FIB); injecting a deposition gas onto the sample; scanning, with a first charged particle beam, a portion of the sample that includes a plurality of holes in the array of holes to locally deposit material within the plurality of holes in the scanned portion from the deposition gas; and milling, with the FIB column, the portion of the sample that includes the plurality of holes in which the material was locally deposited. |
| US10903041B2 |
Pattern measuring method, pattern measuring tool and computer readable medium
The present disclosure relates to a pattern measuring method to appropriately measure a height and a depth of a pattern having a high aspect ratio. The method includes measuring a width between a first pattern and another pattern formed on a wafer; calculating a value regarding an azimuth angle of a signal emitted from the wafer; and calculating height information from a portion between the first pattern and the other pattern to an upper portion of a pattern based on the measured width between the first pattern and the other pattern, the value regarding the azimuth angle, the value regarding an elevation angle, and relationship information thereof. |
| US10903040B2 |
Composite charged particle beam apparatus
A composite charged particle beam apparatus includes a first charged particle beam column that irradiates a thin sample with a first charged particle beam, a second charged particle beam column that irradiates an irradiation position of the first charged particle beam of the thin sample with a second charged particle beam, a sample holder that fixes the thin sample, and a sample stage on which the sample holder is mounted. The sample holder is able to rotate the thin sample within a surface parallel to an observation surface of the thin sample around a first rotational axis on the sample stage. |
| US10903039B2 |
Vacuum condition processing apparatus, system and method for specimen observation
A vacuum condition processing apparatus is provided, the top of which is connected to an external charged particle beam generating device, and the apparatus includes: a suction cup in contact with the specimen to be observed or the stage holding the specimen, a first gas controlling device connected to an external gas supplying system, and a second gas controlling device connected to an external pumping system; a window is deployed at the top of the apparatus, through which the particle beam can go into the apparatus; the first gas controlling device is arranged to connect the gas supplying system and the suction cup; the second gas controlling device is arranged to connect the gas pumping system and the suction cup. Also disclosed is a specimen observation system and method. |
| US10903037B2 |
Charged particle beam device
An object of the invention is to stably supply an electron beam from an electron gun, that is, to prevent variation in intensity of the electron beam. The invention provides a charged particle beam device that includes an electron gun having an electron source, an extraction electrode to which a voltage used for extracting electrons from the electron source is applied, and an acceleration electrode to which a voltage used for accelerating the electrons extracted from the electron source is applied, a first heating unit that heats the extraction electrode, and a second heating unit that heats the acceleration electrode. |
| US10903036B2 |
Charged-particle beam device
A charged-particle beam device wherein suppressing the effects of static build-up is compatible with executing high-throughput measurements and examination. The charged-particle beam device equipped with an electrostatic chuck (803), includes an electrometer (11) for measuring the electric potential of the electrostatic chuck, a charge removing device (805) for removing charge from the electrostatic chuck, and a control device (806) for controlling the charge removing device in such a manner that the charge removal by the charge removing device is executed after reaching a certain number of processed samples irradiated by the charged particle beam, or after a predetermined processing time. When the result of the electric potential measurement by the electrometer does not meet a predetermined condition, the control device executes at least one among increasing and decreasing the number processed or the processing time. |
| US10903023B2 |
System and method for monitoring circuit breakers
System and method for monitoring a travel curve of moving part of circuit breaker comprising: device for optically monitoring travel path and comprising: light source; light detection device; optical element having plurality of zones with different optical properties which are alternately arranged, the optical element being provided on moving part of circuit breaker, light being intensity-modulated by the optical element and being received by light detection device during circuit breaker operation. The system further comprises an accelerometer mounted to circuit breaker, control unit for receiving signals from light detection device and from accelerometer, the control unit being configured to determine the travel curve based on the detected modulated light and on the detected vibration signal, the vibration signal being employed to identify a change of direction of movement of the moving part. |
| US10903022B2 |
Electrical circuit breaker assembly
A low-voltage circuit breaker device includes: a first outer conductor line and at least one first bypass line, the first outer conductor line being arranged in the circuit in parallel to the at least one first bypass line; a first mechanical bypass switch arranged in the first outer conductor line; first semiconductor circuit assembly connected in parallel to the first bypass switch; a second semiconductor circuit assembly arranged in the circuit in series with the first bypass switch and parallel to the first semiconductor circuit assembly in the first outer conductor line; a first current measuring assembly, which is connected to a first electronic control unit, arranged in the first outer conductor line, the first electronic control unit being arranged to actuate the first bypass switch, the first semiconductor circuit assembly, and the second semiconductor circuit assembly; and a second mechanical bypass switch arranged in the first bypass line. |
| US10903021B1 |
Mechanism to operate a switch with a door mounted handle
A pole unit has an actuator shaft that is rotatable about a switch axis to switch the pole unit between open and closed conditions. A linkage is configured to rotate the actuator shaft in response to movement of the handle pivotally about the orthogonal axis. The linkage includes a panel configured to rotate the actuator shaft upon sliding movement of the panel. The linkage further includes links that are pivotally coupled in series between the handle and the panel to slide the panel in response to pivotal movement of the handle. |
| US10903020B2 |
Rolled supercapacitor and production process
Provided is rolled supercapacitor comprising an anode, a cathode, a porous separator, and an electrolyte, wherein the anode contains a wound anode roll of an anode active material having an anode roll length, an anode roll width, and an anode roll thickness, wherein the anode active material contains isolated graphene sheets that are oriented substantially parallel to the plane defined by the anode roll length and the anode roll width; and/or the cathode contains a wound cathode roll of a cathode active material having a cathode roll length, a cathode roll width, and a cathode roll thickness, wherein the cathode active material contains isolated graphene sheets that are oriented substantially parallel to the plane defined by the cathode roll length and the cathode roll width; and wherein the anode roll width and/or the cathode roll width is substantially perpendicular to the separator. |
| US10903008B2 |
Multi-layer ceramic electronic component and method of producing the same
A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes a multi-layer unit and a side margin. The multi-layer unit includes a capacitance forming unit, a cover, and a side surface. The capacitance forming unit includes ceramic layers that are laminated in a first direction and contain boron, and internal electrodes disposed between the ceramic layers. The cover covers the capacitance forming unit in the first direction. The side surface faces in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The side margin covers the side surface in the second direction and has a lower boron concentration than a boron concentration of the ceramic layers. |
| US10903006B2 |
Multilayer ceramic capacitor
A multilayer ceramic capacitor include: a ceramic body including first and second surfaces opposing each other and third and fourth surfaces connecting the first and second surfaces; a plurality of internal electrodes disposed inside the ceramic body and exposed to the first and second surfaces, the plurality internal electrodes each having one end exposed to the third or fourth surface; and first and second side margin portions disposed on sides of the internal electrodes exposed to the first and second surfaces. A dielectric composition of the first and second side margin portions is different from a dielectric composition of the ceramic body, and a dielectric constant of the first and second side margin portions is lower than a dielectric constant of the ceramic body. |
| US10903005B2 |
Composite electronic component
A composite electronic component includes a capacitor including a capacitor body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes alternately stacked with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and first and second electrodes disposed on the capacitor body, and a varistor including a varistor body including ZnO and third and fourth electrodes disposed on the varistor body, wherein the first electrode is electrically connected to the third electrode and the second electrode is electrically connected to the fourth electrode. |
| US10903004B2 |
Capacitor and manufacturing method therefor
The present invention provides a capacitor including a conductive porous base material with a porous part, a dielectric layer and an upper electrode. The porous part, the dielectric layer, and the upper electrode are stacked on top of one another in this order to define a capacitance formation part. The capacitance format ion part is not present at a lateral end part of the porous part. |
| US10903003B2 |
Capacitor component
A capacitor component includes: a semiconductor substrate including first and second portions, a trench penetrating through the substrate from one surface of the substrate to the other surface of the substrate to separate the first and second portions of the substrate from each other, a dielectric layer disposed in the trench and on the one surface of the substrate; a first pad electrode and a second pad electrode spaced apart from each other, and penetrating through the dielectric layer to be in contact with the first and second portions of the substrate, respectively, and a passivation layer disposed on the dielectric layer, covering portions of the first pad electrode and the second pad electrode, and exposing at least a portion of each of the first pad electrode and the second pad electrode. |
| US10903001B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing radially aligned magnetorheological elastomer molded body
A method and an apparatus for producing a radially aligned magnetorheological elastomer molded body containing a matrix resin and a magnetic filler are provided. The method includes the following: placing a permanent magnet 11 in at least one position selected from positions that are spaced from a metal mold 14a having a cavity 14b and located above and below the center of the metal mold 14a; providing a closed magnetic circuit that allows a magnetic flux 19a generated by the permanent magnet 11 to pass through the metal mold 14a from a side thereof, filling the cavity 14b with a composition containing the matrix resin and the magnetic filler; and molding the composition while the magnetic filler is radially aligned. With this configuration, the elastomer material is molded while the magnetic filler is radially aligned by using the permanent magnet. |
| US10902999B2 |
Tablet computer stand with near field coupling enhancement
A tablet stand is disclosed which incorporates a near field antenna configuration which couples to a near field antenna in the back of a tablet and provides a near field antenna coupling region for near field communication at the front of the tablet. The stand may be completely passive and use conductive antenna elements and passive resonance matching circuit elements to provide efficient coupling. In another aspect a thin profile passive keyboard adapted for use with a near field enabled tablet is provided. In another aspect a mounting bracket or holder, embedded antenna, and passive keyboard combination is provided adapted for converting a tablet into a notebook type configuration. |
| US10902997B2 |
In-situ wound current transformer core
A current transformer includes first and second bobbins, and a secondary winding. The first bobbin includes a first tube defining a first longitudinal axis. First and second flanges are disposed on first and second ends of the first tube. The first tube, the first and second flanges collectively define a first slit along the first longitudinal axis. The first slit allows receipt of a primary conductor into the first tube. The second bobbin includes a second tube rotatably received about the first tube. The second tube defines a second slit along the second longitudinal axis. The second slit allows receipt of the primary conductor into the first and second tubes. The secondary winding is wound about the first bobbin and extends along the first longitudinal axis, passing through the first tube and over the first and second flanges. The second tube rotates about the second longitudinal axis relative to the first tube. |
| US10902996B2 |
Self-clamping structure for solving short-circuit resistance problem of amorphous alloy transformers
A self-clamping structure for solving a short-circuit resistance problem of amorphous alloy transformers comprises an A-phase coil, a B-phase coil and a C-phase coil which are horizontally arranged, the A-phase coil being in close contact with the B-phase coil, and the B-phase coil being in close contact with the C-phase coil. By using a solidified low-voltage coil as a fastening splint and binding with a high-strength binding strap, the low-voltage coils of the A-phase and the B-phase clamp and fix a weak portion between the A and B phases; and the low-voltage coil of the B-phase and the C-phase clamp and fix a weak portion between the B and C phases. Outer sides of the A- and C-phase coils are each provided with a high-strength insulation splint, so that the splint and the low-voltage coil of corresponding phase constitute the splint pair to clamp and fix the corresponding weak portion. |
| US10902995B2 |
Coil component and method of manufacturing the same
A coil component and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The coil component may include a body part containing a magnetic material, a coil part disposed in the body part, and an electrode part disposed on the body part. The coil part includes a support member, a coil disposed on a surface of the support member and having a terminal exposed to at least one outer surface of the body part, and a conductive via connected to the terminal of the coil and penetrating through at least one end portion of the support member to thereby be exposed to the at least one outer surface of the body part. |
| US10902987B2 |
Spin-orbit torque type magnetization rotation element, spin-orbit torque magnetoresistance effect element, and method of manufacturing spin-orbit torque type magnetization rotation element
The spin-orbit torque magnetization rotational element includes a spin-orbit torque wiring layer which extends in an X direction and a first ferromagnetic layer which is laminated on the spin-orbit torque wiring layer. The first ferromagnetic layer has shape anisotropy and has a major axis in the X direction. An easy axis of magnetization of the first ferromagnetic layer is inclined with respect to the X direction and a Y direction orthogonal to the X direction on a plane in which the spin-orbit torque wiring layer extends. |
| US10902985B2 |
Electromagnetic actuator
An electromagnetic actuator in which magnetic force from a permanent magnet causes a stator core and a first plunger to attract each other, and electromagnetic force generated by energizing an electromagnetic coil causes a mover to resist against the magnetic force from the permanent magnet to move in an axial direction separating from a front end portion of the stator core, wherein a ring member provided on the mover is inserted in the axial direction into a hole portion provided in a bottom wall member of a yoke, and an overlap size between the ring member and the bottom wall member is increased when the mover moves relative to the stator core in a separating direction, so that a magnetism transmission quantity from the permanent magnet passing through an overlap portion between the ring member and the bottom wall member is inhibited from being reduced. |
| US10902984B2 |
Linear actuator having an elastic injection-molded frame
A linear actuator having an elastic injection-molded frame includes a yoke, a permanent magnet attached to a bottom surface of the yoke at a distance from a side surface of the yoke, a top plate attached to a top surface of the permanent magnet, a frame coupled to an outer periphery of the yoke and injection-molded with an elastic material, a protector disposed on the frame, and a coil secured to the protector, with a lower end positioned between the permanent magnet and the side surface of the yoke. The frame includes a yoke coupling portion coupled to the yoke, a fixing portion spaced apart from the yoke coupling portion and coupled to the protector, and two or more bridges for elastically connecting the yoke coupling portion and the fixing portion. |
| US10902981B2 |
Method for determining the operating state of a PTC thermistor element
A method for determining an operating state of a PTC thermistor element may include pre-setting a released electric output available to the PTC thermistor element via a control signal and superimposing the control signal, at least for a pre-set period of time, with an additional signal which has a pre-set time profile. The method may also include, during the pre-set period of time, determining one of a time profile of a consumed electric output of the PTC thermistor element and a time profile of a consumed operating current of the PTC thermistor element. The method may also include comparing the pre-set time profile of the additional signal and the one of the time profile of the consumed electric output of the PTC thermistor element and the time profile of the consumed operating current of the PTC thermistor element. |
| US10902979B2 |
Method and apparatus for fabricating a susceptor coil assembly ribbon
A method and system for fabricating a susceptor coil assembly ribbon. An apparatus comprising a tensioning section 100 that provides a predetermined amount of tension to a plurality of susceptor coil assemblies 20, a collimating section 200 that receives the plurality of susceptor coil assemblies 20 from the tensioning section 100 and aligns the plurality of susceptor coil assemblies 20. An impaling section 300 receives the plurality of susceptor coil assemblies 20 aligned by the collimating section 200 and impales the plurality of susceptor coil assemblies 20 into a matrix material 320 so as to fabricate a susceptor coil assembly ribbon 30. |
| US10902976B2 |
Optical fiber based sensing for smart electrical cables and distributed radiation detection
A cable device includes a sheath member, a number of electrical cables provided within the sheath member, and an optical fiber sensing member provided within the sheath member. The optical fiber sensing member includes a functionalized optical fiber based sensor device structured to exhibit a change in one or more optical properties in response to changes in a parameter of interest. Also, a method of sensing radiation includes introducing a source light into an optical fiber sensing member provided within a structure, wherein the optical fiber sensing member comprises a functionalized optical fiber based sensor device structured to exhibit a change in one or more optical properties in response to radiation, detecting sensing light generated in response to the source light, and determining a radiation level at a plurality of locations within the structure using the detected sensing light and a distributed sensing scheme. |
| US10902972B2 |
Material for insulation system, insulation system, external corona shield and an electric machine
High-voltage insulation systems are simplified and can have a thinner design by the use of an external corona shielding system that may include an electrically conductive PTFE fabric. Thermal conductivity may also be improved. |
| US10902969B2 |
Organic semiconductor composition, organic semiconductor film, organic thin film transistor, and method of manufacturing organic thin film transistor
An object of the present invention is to provide an organic semiconductor composition that may form an organic thin film transistor having excellent hysteresis characteristics while high carrier mobility is maintained. Another object of the present invention is to provide an organic semiconductor film, an organic thin film transistor, and a method of manufacturing an organic thin film transistor. An organic semiconductor composition according to the present invention includes: a compound X having a molecular weight of 2,000 or greater and having a repeating unit represented by Formula (1); and a low molecular weight compound Y represented by Formula (2). |
| US10902968B2 |
Composite conductive material having excellent dispersibility, slurry for forming lithium secondary battery electrode using the same, and lithium secondary battery
The present invention provides a composite conductive material having excellent dispersibility and a method for producing the same. In an embodiment, the method includes supporting a catalyst on surfaces of carbon particles; heat treating the catalyst in a helium or hydrogen atmosphere such that the catalyst penetrate the surfaces of the carbon particles and are impregnated beneath the surfaces of the carbon particles at a contact point between the carbon particles and the impregnated catalyst; and heating the carbon particles having the impregnated catalyst disposed therein in the presence of a source gas to grow carbon nanofibers from the impregnated catalyst to form a composite conductive material, wherein the source gas contains a carbon source, and wherein the carbon nanofibers extend from the contact point to above the surfaces of the carbon particles. |
| US10902964B1 |
Nuclear excitation transfer via phonon-nuclear coupling
An apparatus includes a support and a radioactive source on the support. The radioactive source includes nuclei. An excitation element is coupled to the support. Upon activation of the excitation element, radiation emission from the radioactive source is reduced. The excitation element includes a vibration source. Excitation is transferred from nuclei of the radioactive source to nuclei of the support. The excitation transfer occurs in bulk from multiple nuclei of the radioactive source. The excitation transfer causes emissions from the support. |
| US10902963B2 |
Decayed waste retrieval method and system
It is common to store decayed radioactive waste in waste packages, lowered into vertical concrete cylindrical storage containers called tile holes. These containers of these packages decay over time and may become fragile, making it difficult to remove them using conventional methods. A retrieval tool has been developed, comprising a cylinder that fits between the tile hole internal diameter and the outside diameter of the waste package inside the tile hole. Inflatable air wedges are equally spaced inside the cylinder. The air wedges are inflated to a low pressure (2.1 psig) to provide uniform grip to the outside of the packages, minimizing the risk of damage to the decayed containers. A back-up system uses horizontal safety bars at the bottom of the cylinder, which may be rotated to form a partial platform under the waste package, preventing the package from falling in the event of a failure. |
| US10902960B2 |
Alternating offset U-bend support arrangement
Arrangement for supporting U-bend tube sections in the high heat environment of steam generators using flat bars. The invention uses a combination of thicker and thinner flat bars to impart a serpentine path to the arc of the normally curvilinear U-tubes. The support system accommodates the dilation and contraction of coolant tubes and other elements caused by the extreme and varying conditions inside a steam generator, and which can cause gaps between coolant tubes and prior art tube support bars. Bars of alternating thickness provide alternating offsets to tensionally push and support each tube on multiple sides and in multiple locations, and this tension keeps the tubes in contact with at least some flat bars on multiple sides regardless of size and shape changes. Support arrangement includes a set of fan bars, each fan bar including thick and thin flat bars projecting up and out from a collector bar. |
| US10902952B2 |
Mobile supplementation, extraction, and analysis of health records
A system, method, and mobile device application are configured to capture, with a mobile device, a document such as a next generation sequencing (NGS) report that includes NGS medical information about a genetically sequenced patient. At least some of the information is extracted from the document using an entity linking engine, and the extracted information is provided into a structured data repository where it is accessible to provide information regarding the patient specifically as well as collectively as part of a cohort of patients with similar genetic variants, medical histories, or other commonalities. In one aspect, the document is matched to a template model, and the document is processed using one or more masks segregating the template model, and therefore the document, into a series of distinct subregions. |
| US10902950B2 |
Collaborative healthcare
According to an example, collaborative healthcare may include retrieving healthcare data for a patient from at least one data source, and generating a plurality of distinct healthcare programs for the patient based on the healthcare data. Collaborative healthcare may further include reconciling the plurality of distinct healthcare programs to generate a universal patient healthcare plan for the patient. The universal patient healthcare plan may include a universal view of the overall healthcare for the patient and healthcare provider-specific views for the patient. The reconciling may include detecting conflicts for predetermined components of the healthcare programs, and in response to the detection of the conflicts, eliminating errors related to the detected conflicts. |
| US10902947B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) control
The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for providing intelligent control to imaging systems, associated patient machines, or both. In one embodiment, the systems and methods provide automated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) control. An MRI infusion pump/patient monitor may have a cloud/Internet connection and may transfer a patient's data to a patient network while an MRI with the patient is in progress. The data maybe compared to a historical patient database in the patient network. A pump algorithm may be selected based on multiple factors. Such factors may include patient vitals and electronic medical records. The selected pump algorithm may be used to control the MRI infusion pump. |
| US10902943B2 |
Predicting interactions between drugs and foods
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for predicting drug and food interactions. A computer identifies one or more drug similarity measures between one or more drugs and one or more food similarity measures between one or more foods. In addition, the computer identifies one or more interactions between the one or more drugs and the one or more foods, then calculates one or more drug-food feature vectors based on the one or more interactions, the one or more drug similarity measures, and the one or more food similarity measures. Furthermore, the computer calculates a first probability indicating whether a first drug of the one or more drugs will interact with a first food of the one or more foods based on a model, wherein the model is trained based on the one or more drug-food feature vectors. |
| US10902941B2 |
Interventional radiology structured reporting workflow utilizing anatomical atlas
A computer-implemented method and system are provided for interventional radiology (IR). The method and system store multiple structured reports associated with corresponding IR procedures. Multiple anatomical atlases are stored that correspond to separate vascular districts. The method and system collect IR data corresponding to a select IR procedure and a vascular district of interest and obtain a candidate anatomical atlas from the multiple anatomical atlases based on the IR data. The candidate anatomical atlas illustrates the vascular district model associated with the select IR procedure. The method and system create a structured report based on the collected IR data, the structured report including the candidate anatomical atlas illustrating the vascular district model associated with the select IR procedure. |
| US10902939B2 |
Methods and systems for DNA data storage
In various embodiments, an information storage system comprises: a writing device for synthesizing a nucleotide sequence that encodes a set of information; and a reading device for interpreting the nucleotide sequence by decoding the interpreted nucleotide sequence into the set of information, wherein the reading device comprises a molecular electronics sensor, the sensor comprising a pair of spaced apart electrodes and a molecular complex attached to each electrode to form a molecular electronics circuit, wherein the molecular complex comprises a bridge molecule and a probe molecule, and wherein the molecular electronics sensor produces distinguishable signals in a measurable electrical parameter of the molecular electronics sensor, when interpreting the nucleotide sequence. |
| US10902936B2 |
Tracking infections in hospital environments
The present invention provides for a method to identify a hospital acquired infection. The method includes computing the number of changes over time between an infection sample and at least a subset of the plurality of infection samples and determining if the number of changes over time is within an interval of an expected number of changes. If so, marking the infection sample as a hospital acquired infection. |
| US10902931B2 |
Shift register unit and method for driving the same, gate driving circuit, and display apparatus
The present disclosure provides a shift register unit and a method for driving the same, a gate driving circuit, and a display apparatus. The shift register unit includes: a first input sub-circuit configured to transmit a signal at a first signal input terminal to a pull-up node under control of the first signal input terminal; a second input sub-circuit configured to transmit the signal at the first signal input terminal to the pull-up node under control of a second signal input terminal; a first output sub-circuit configured to transmit a signal at a first clock signal terminal to a first signal output terminal under control of the pull-up node; and a second output sub-circuit configured to transmit a signal at a second clock signal terminal to a second signal output terminal under control of the pull-up node. |
| US10902929B1 |
Zone swapping for wear leveling memory
Methods, systems, and devices related to zone swapping for wear leveling memory are described. A memory device can perform access operations by mapping respective logical zones associated with respective logical addresses (e.g., of an access command) to respective zones of the memory device. As the memory device receives access commands and accesses respective zones, some zones may undergo a disproportionate amount of access operations relative to other zones. Accordingly, the memory device may swap data stored in some disproportionately accessed zones. The memory device can update a correspondence of respective logical zones associated with the zones based on swapping the data so that later access operations access the desired data. |
| US10902926B2 |
Charge pump and memory device including the same
A charge pump includes: a charging unit including a first n-type transistor connected between an input terminal configured to receive an input voltage and a first node, a second n-type transistor connected between the input terminal and a second node, a first gate control element configured to control the first n-type transistor based on a first clock signal and a second gate control element configured to control the second n-type transistor based on a second clock signal having a phase opposite to the first clock signal; a first pumping capacitor including one end connected to the first node and an other end configured to receive the first clock signal; a second pumping capacitor including one end connected to the second node and an other end configured to receive the second clock signal; and an output unit. |
| US10902922B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device storing data in sub-blocks and operating method thereof
A nonvolatile memory includes a first sub-block defined by a first string select line and a first word line; a second sub-block defined by a second string select line different from the first string select line and a second word line different from the first word line; a first vacant block defined by the first string select line and the second word line; and a second vacant block defined by the second string select line and the first word line. First data is programmed in the first sub-block with, second data is programmed in the second sub-block, and no data is programmed in the first vacant block and the second vacant block. |
| US10902920B2 |
Driving conductors to target voltage levels
Method of operating an integrated circuit device might include applying a first voltage level to a first conductor while applying a second voltage level to a second conductor, applying a third voltage level to the first conductor while applying a fourth voltage level to the second conductor, and applying a fifth voltage level to the first conductor while applying the second voltage level to the second conductor. The second voltage level might correspond to a target voltage level for the second conductor. A difference between the third voltage level and the first voltage level might have a polarity opposite the polarity of a difference between the fourth voltage level and the second voltage level, and the same polarity of a difference between the fifth voltage level and the first voltage level. The fifth voltage level might correspond to a target voltage level for the first conductor. |
| US10902919B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes first to nth string units (n being a natural number of 3 or more), a plurality of layers of word lines, and (n−1) layers of select gate layers. The first to nth string units each includes a memory string. The memory string includes a plurality of memory cells and a plurality of select transistors connected in series in a first direction. The (n−1) layers of select gate layers include first to (2×(n−1))th select gates electrically isolated from each other. The first string unit is selected by the first to (n−1)th select gates. The kth string unit (k being not less than 1 and not more than n) is selected by the kth to (n+k−2)th select gates. The nth string unit is selected by the nth to (2×(n−1))th select gates. |
| US10902918B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
A semiconductor storage device includes word lines extending in first and second directions, and separated from each other in a third direction, sense amplifier circuits that partially overlap the word lines in the third direction, memory strings intersecting the word lines and extending in the third direction, memory-side bit lines extending in the first direction, separated from each other in the second direction, and including first and second adjacent memory-side bit lines, circuit-side bit lines between the word lines and the sense amplifier circuits and partially overlapping the respective memory-side bit lines in the third direction, and contact plugs extending in the third direction and respectively connecting the memory-side bit lines and the circuit-side bit lines. The contact plugs include first and second contract plugs that are electrically connected to the first and second memory-side bit lines, respectively, and are not aligned along the first or second direction. |
| US10902913B2 |
Semiconductor device
The semiconductor device of the present disclosure includes a plurality of first selection lines provided in a first region, extending in a first direction, and aligned in a second direction; a plurality of second selection lines provided in a second region having a portion that overlaps a portion of the first region, extending in the second direction, and aligned in the first direction; a plurality of third selection lines provided in a third region having a portion that overlaps a portion of the second region, extending in the first direction, and aligned in the second direction; a plurality of fourth selection lines provided in a fourth region having one portion that overlaps a portion of the first region and having another portion that overlaps a portion of the third region, extending in the second direction, and aligned in the first direction; a first coupling part, a first coupling part, a first coupling part, and a first coupling part coupled, respectively, to the plurality of first selection lines, the plurality of second selection lines, the plurality of third selection lines, and the plurality of fourth selection lines; a driver; and memory cells. |
| US10902912B2 |
Electrochemical switching device with protective encapsulation
An electrochemical device includes an enclosure formed over a structure and defining an area between vertical portions of the enclosure. An electrochemical channel structure includes an electrolyte formed within the area wherein the electrolyte is protected from exposure on sidewalls of the electrolyte by the enclosure. |
| US10902910B2 |
Phase change memory (PCM) with gradual reset characteristics
The present invention provides PCM devices with gradual SET and RESET characteristics. In one aspect, a method of forming a PCM computing device includes: forming word lines and an insulating hardmask cap on a substrate; forming a PCM material over the word lines, having a tapered thickness; and forming bit lines over the PCM material, the insulating hardmask cap, and the word lines, wherein the tapered thickness of the PCM material varies gradually between the word lines and the bit lines. The tapered thickness can be formed by depositing a non-conformal layer of the PCM material or by depositing a conformal layer and then tapering the PCM material using a directional etch. A PCM device is also provided. |
| US10902907B1 |
Output drivers, and related methods, memory devices, and systems
An output driver is disclosed. An output driver may include a pre-driver and a main driver coupled to the pre-driver. The main driver may include at least one switch, and a first transistor coupled between a first supply voltage and the at least one switch. The main driver may also include a second transistor coupled between a second, different supply voltage and the at least one switch. The at least one switch is configured to couple an output node of the output driver to one of the first transistor and the second transistor in response to receipt of a control signal. The main driver may also include a third transistor coupled between a reference voltage and the output node. An electronic system including at least one output driver, and methods of operating an output driver are also described. |
| US10902904B1 |
Apparatuses and methods for providing multiphase clocks
Apparatuses and methods for providing multiphase clocks are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a plurality of clock circuits, each configured to provide one of the multiphase clocks responsive to a respective input clock. The apparatus further includes first and second control circuits. The first control circuit receives a first one of the multiphase clocks and a reset signal provided to the plurality of clock circuits, and provides a first control signal to reset a clock circuit of the plurality of clock circuits that is based on the first one of the multiphase clocks and the reset signal. The second control circuit receives the control clock and a second one of the multiphase clocks and provides a second control signal to clock the clock circuit of the plurality of clock circuits that is based on the control clock and the second one of the multiphase clocks. |
| US10902902B2 |
Memory system and operation method of memory system
A memory system may include a memory system may include a memory device including a table suitable for managing rows for an additional refresh operation; and a memory controller comprising: a replica table corresponding to the table of the memory; an error history storage circuit suitable for storing an error history of the memory device; and a determination circuit suitable for determining whether to perform an active operation of a target row to be evicted from the replica table without the additional refresh operation, using the error history, when the target row is present. |
| US10902901B2 |
Access line management for an array of memory cells
Methods, systems, and devices for access line management for an array of memory cells are described. Some memory devices may include a plate that is coupled with memory cells associated with a plurality of digit lines and/or a plurality of word lines. Because the plate is coupled with a plurality of digit lines and/or word lines, unintended cross-coupling between various components of the memory device may be significant. To mitigate the impact of unintended cross-coupling between various components, the memory device may float unselected word lines during one or more portions of an access operation. Accordingly, a voltage of each unselected word line may relate to the voltage of the plate as changes in plate voltage may occur. |
| US10902900B2 |
Magnetic memory device
A magnetic memory device includes a conductive member, a stacked body, and a controller. The stacked body includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer provided between the conductive member and the first magnetic layer, and a third magnetic layer stacked with the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The controller causes a current to flow in the conductive member. The controller causes a current to flow between the conductive member and the stacked body. The controller is able to identify three or more levels of an electrical resistance value of the stacked body. |
| US10902898B2 |
Decoding circuit to select a column select line corresponding to an address signal and semiconductor memory device having the same
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a buffer unit, control logic, and a decoding circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells. The buffer coupled to the memory cell array, and includes a first memory area, a second memory area, and a conversion memory area. The control logic outputs a mode control signal representing an operating mode of the buffer. The decoding circuit controls the operating mode of the buffer such that the conversion memory area operates as any one of a main memory area and a repair memory area, based on the mode control signal. |
| US10902895B2 |
Configuration bit sequencing control of nonvolatile domain and array wakeup and backup
A processing device includes a plurality of non-volatile logic element array domains having two or more non-volatile logic element arrays to store 2006 a machine state of the processing device stored in a plurality of volatile store elements. Configuration bits are read to direct which non-volatile logic element array domains are enabled first and to direct an order in which the first enabled non-volatile logic element array domains are restored or backed up in response to entering a wakeup or backup mode. Configuration bits can be read to direct an order of and a parallelism of how individual non-volatile logic element arrays in a first enabled non-volatile logic element array domain are restored or backed up. The order of restoration or backing up can be controlled by instructions from non-volatile arrays of the first enabled of the plurality of non-volatile logic element array domains. |
| US10902890B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for a per-DRAM addressability mode
Techniques and mechanisms for programming an operation mode of a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) device. In an embodiment, a memory controller stores a value in a mode register of a DRAM device, the value specifying whether a per-DRAM addressability (PDA) mode of the DRAM device is enabled. An external contact of the DRAM device is coupled to the memory controller device via a signal line of a data bus. In another embodiment, the memory controller sends a signal to the external contact while the PDA mode of the DRAM device is enabled, the signal to specify whether one or more features of the DRAM device are programmable. |
| US10902883B2 |
Systems and methods for playing back multimedia files incorporating reduced index structures
Playback and distribution systems and methods for multimedia files are provided. The multimedia files are encoded with indexes associated with the content data of the multimedia files. Through the use of the indexes, playback of the content is enhanced without significantly increasing the file size of the multimedia file. |
| US10902882B1 |
Split band multichannel magnetic recording head
An apparatus, according to one approach, includes an inner array of data transducers on a module, the data transducers of the inner array being aligned along a common axis that extends between distal ends of the module. Two outer arrays of data transducers are positioned on the module to sandwich the inner array therebetween. Inner servo readers are positioned between the inner array and the outer arrays. Outer servo readers are positioned toward outer ends of the outer arrays. A method, according to one approach, includes passing a magnetic recording tape having a plurality of data bands over a module as described above. Data on two of the data bands is simultaneously transduced (read and/or written) using the data transducers of the inner and outer arrays. Thus, the bandwidth of the data operation can be increased, e.g., effectively doubled. |
| US10902880B2 |
Moveable motor and cover for mobile drive unit turntable
A mobile drive unit includes a turntable and a turntable motor that is located outside of the footprint of the turntable. The motor moves up and down with the turntable such that a motor cover moves up and down with the turntable. |
| US10902877B2 |
Recording and reproducing device and recording and reproducing method
A recording and reproducing device includes: a first acquisition unit which acquires servo band interval information representing an interval, in a width direction of a magnetic tape, between adjacent servo recording elements of plural servo recording elements which record the servo patterns on the plural servo bands, respectively; a second acquisition unit which acquires reproducing element interval information representing an interval in the width direction between respective servo reproducing elements which read the adjacent servo patterns along the width direction with respect to the plural tape drives; and a selection unit which selects a tape drive into which the magnetic tape is inserted, from the plural tape drives, using a value representing a difference between the interval represented by the servo band interval information and the interval represented by the reproducing element interval information. |
| US10902875B2 |
Single reel magnetic tape cartridge with pre-defined tape width difference
Provided is a magnetic tape cartridge of a single reel type in which a magnetic tape is wound around a reel, in which the magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, a tape thickness is equal to or smaller than 5.2 μm, a tape width difference (B−A) between a tape width A at a position of 10 m±1 m from a tape outer end and a tape width B at a position of 50 m±1 m from a tape inner end is 2.4 μm to 12.0 μm, and the tape width A and the tape width B are values measured 100 days from the date of magnetic tape cartridge manufacture. |
| US10902867B1 |
Interconnect die for multichannel tape head assembly
An approach to forming an electronic device assembly that includes a plurality of interconnect pads on an electronic device, an interconnect die with a first set of interconnect pads adjacent to a first edge of the interconnect die connecting to a second set of interconnect pads adjacent to a second edge of the interconnect die, where a first set of connections between the plurality of interconnects on the electronic device and the first set of interconnect pads on the interconnect die occurs. Furthermore, the electronic assembly includes a second set of connections between the second set of interconnects on the interconnect die and a set of interconnect pads on a flex cable. |
| US10902858B2 |
Audio decoding using intermediate sampling rate
An apparatus includes a decoder configured to receive, from an encoder, a frame associated with an audio bitstream and with a first sampling rate. The decoder is configured to perform a frequency-domain upmix on data associated with the frame to generate left and right frequency-domain signals and is further configured to generate, based on the left and right frequency-domain signals, left and right time-domain signals that each have a second sampling rate. The second sampling rate is determined by the decoder, based on one or both of the first sampling rate and an output sampling rate, and is adjustable by the decoder to enable different frames to be decoded at different second sampling rates. The decoder is further configured to generate, based on the left and right time-domain signals, left and right resampled signals that each have the output sampling rate. |
| US10902855B2 |
Methods and devices for negotiating performance of control operations with acoustic signals
An electronic device includes one or more processors, an audio interface, operable with the one or more processors, and a voice interface engine. The audio interface receives first acoustic signals identifying a control operation for the one or more processors. The one or more processors cause the audio interface to exchange second acoustic signals with at least one other electronic device, thereby negotiating which device will perform the control operation. |
| US10902852B2 |
Voice controlled appliance
An Internet of Thing (IoT) device checks user authentication using a combination of voice, image, and mobile devices. |
| US10902850B2 |
Apparatus and method for residential speaker recognition
A home assistant device captures voice signal expressed by users in the home and extracts vocal features from these captured voice recordings. The device collects data about the current context in the home and requests from an aggregator a background model that is best adapted to the current context. This background model is obtained and locally used by the home assistant device to perform the speaker recognition. Home assistant devices from a plurality of homes contribute to the establishment of a database of background models by aggregating vocal features, clustering them according to the context and computing background models for the different contexts. These background models are then collected, clustered according to their contexts and aggregated by an aggregator in the database. Any home assistant device can then request from the aggregator the background model that fits best its current context, thus improving the speaker recognition. |
| US10902847B2 |
System and method for assessing and correcting potential underserved content in natural language understanding applications
Methods, systems, and related products that provide detection of media content items that are under-locatable by machine voice-driven retrieval of uttered requests for retrieval of the media items. For a given media item, a resolvability value and/or an utterance resolve frequency is calculated by a number of playbacks of the media item by a speech retrieval modality to a total number of playbacks of the media item regardless of retrieval modality. In some examples, the methods, systems and related products also provide for improvement in the locatability of an under-locatable media item by collecting and/or generating one or more pronunciation aliases for the under-locatable item. |
| US10902846B2 |
Spoken language understanding apparatus and spoken language understanding method using the same
A spoken language understanding apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure may include: a slot tagging module including: a morpheme analysis unit configured to analyze morphemes with respect to an uttered sentence, a slot tagging unit configured to tag slots corresponding to a semantic entity from a plurality of input tokens generated according to the analyzed morphemes, and a slot name conversion unit configured to convert phrases corresponding to the tagged slots into delexicalized slot names based on neighboring contextual information; and a language generation module configured to generate a combined sequence by combining the delexicalized slot names based on the plurality of input tokens. |
| US10902844B2 |
Analysis of content sources for automatic generation of training content
Techniques for automated training content generation are provided. A plurality of questions are retrieved, where each of the plurality of questions is associated with an answer in a plurality of answers. Further, it is determined that a first and a second answer in the plurality of answers are equivalent. A first question corresponding to the first answer and a second question corresponding to the second answer are identified, and a first question cluster including the first question and the second question is generated. The first question cluster is associated with at least one of the first answer and the second answer. Finally, upon determining that a number of questions in the plurality of questions that are included in the first question cluster exceeds a first predefined threshold, the first question cluster is ingested into a question answering system. |
| US10902843B2 |
Using recurrent neural network for partitioning of audio data into segments that each correspond to a speech feature cluster identifier
Audio features, such as perceptual linear prediction (PLP) features and time derivatives thereof, are extracted from frames of training audio data including speech by multiple speakers, and silence, such as by using linear discriminant analysis (LDA). The frames are clustered into k-means clusters using distance measures, such as Mahalanobis distance measures, of means and variances of the extracted audio features of the frames. A recurrent neural network (RNN) is trained on the extracted audio features of the frames and cluster identifiers of the k-means clusters into which the frames have been clustered. The RNN is applied to audio data to segment audio data into segments that each correspond to one of the cluster identifiers. Each segment can be assigned a label corresponding to one of the cluster identifiers. Speech recognition can be performed on the segments. |
| US10902840B2 |
Method and system for thought-to-speech
One embodiment provides a method, including: collecting, at an information handling device, at least one signal received from a living object, in response to an event associated with the living object, wherein the living object is in a communicative state with a person talking to the living object; extracting, using a processor, a set of predetermined features from the signal collected; and determining, responsive to extracting, an intent associated with the living object in response to the event posed to the living object from the strength of the signal. Other embodiments are disclosed and described. |
| US10902838B2 |
Multi-speaker method and apparatus for leakage cancellation
Embodiments of systems and methods are described for reducing undesired leakage energy produced by a non-front-facing speaker in a multi-speaker system. For example, the multi-speaker system can include an array of forward-facing speakers, one or more upward-facing speakers, and/or one or more side-facing speakers. Filters coupled to any two of the speakers in the multi-speaker system can generate audio signals output by the coupled speakers to reduce, attenuate, or cancel a portion of an audio signal output by one or more non-front-facing speakers that acoustically propagates along a direct path from the respective non-front-facing speaker to a listening position in a listening area in front of the multi-speaker system. |
| US10902837B2 |
Sparsity-aware adaptive feedback cancellation
A signal processing device comprises: input transducer(s) configured to convert input(s) to an input signal; output transducer(s) configured to convert an output signal to output(s); a signal processing circuit configured to at least subtract a feedback estimation signal from the input signal to produce a feedback compensated signal; and an adaptive feedback estimator. The adaptive feedback estimator comprises processor(s) and machine readable medium(s) collectively comprising instructions configured to cause the processor(s) to: estimate feedback path characteristic(s); construct an adaptive feedback cancellation filter based at least in part on the feedback path characteristic(s); select a value for variable p in a diversity measure norm; compute an update rule for the adaptive feedback cancellation filter, the update rule based on the diversity measure norm; apply the update rule to the adaptive feedback cancellation filter; and generate the feedback estimation signal through employment of the adaptive feedback cancellation filter on the output signal. |
| US10902836B2 |
Device for active control of sound insulation in an autonomous vehicle passenger compartment
A control device (DC) is fitted to a vehicle (VA) which can be driven by a driver during a manual driving phase and which comprises a passenger compartment (H) fitted with a loudspeaker (HP) capable of diffusing sound signals and an assistance device (DA) for driving said vehicle in a totally autonomous manner during an autonomous driving phase. This device (DC) comprises acquisition means (MA) for recording first sound signals present in the external environment of the vehicle (VA), and control means (MC) for generating, during an autonomous driving phase, second sound signals in phase opposition to the first recorded sound signals, in order to supply same to the loudspeaker (HP) so that the transmission of said signals induces cancellation of the first sound signals in the passenger compartment (H). |
| US10902833B2 |
Adaptive electropneumatic horn system
An adaptive electropneumatic horn system include an acoustic sound wave generator including an acoustic duct chambering system. The Acoustic sound wave generator receives compressed air remotely from a compressor member to produce sound and propagate the same externally. A horn mounting system enables ready attachment and fitment of the system to a remote consumer-desired location and is adaptive to constraining geometries and locations greatly spacing the acoustic sound wave generator from the compressor member, and as a result a plurality of fitment features provided in the horn mounting system allow positioning to a user's preference, within increased safety and reliability. An adaptive mounting bracket member additionally securely receives the air compressor unit. |
| US10902829B2 |
Method and system for automatically creating a soundtrack to a user-generated video
The invention relates to a system for automatically creating a soundtrack, comprising a camera device (1, 1′) for recording a user-generated video, at least one wearable sensor (3, 3′), and a control unit (2, 2′) in communication with the camera device (1, 1′) and the at least one wearable sensor (3, 3′). The control unit (2, 2′) is adapted to generate the soundtrack based on data gathered from the at least one wearable sensor (3, 3′) during the recording of the user-generated video. The invention further relates to a method for automatically creating a soundtrack, computer program product, a computer readable memory storage unit computing arrangement or mobile device (1, 11) for executing the method. |
| US10902827B2 |
Guitar bridge assembly with string-specific saddles and stopbar
An adjustment post assembly for a bridge for a stringed instrument, the adjustment post assembly having a lower portion configured for insertion in a cavity of the stringed instrument and having an internally-threaded bore and an upper portion having a threaded portion structured and arranged for threaded engagement with the internally-threaded bore and a bridge post configured for supporting one end of the bridge. The bridge post includes a socket therein structured and arranged for adjusting a height of the upper portion relative to the lower portion. |
| US10902825B2 |
System and method for pre-filtering crawling overlay elements for display with reduced real-time processing demands
A system and method are provided for reducing burden on real-time processing when combining overlay or crawl text with a primary video image. Based on a crawl rate of the crawl text, the method includes determining fractional pixel values associated with the crawl rate and pre-filtering the overlay or crawl text based on the established fractional pixel values, and combining windows of the various and appropriate pre-filtered overlay or crawl text with the primary image for encoding and delivery. |
| US10902823B2 |
Display system, display control method, and storage medium
A display system includes a display configured to display an image, a road shape acquirer configured to acquire a shape of a road around a vehicle, and a display controller configured to cause an image including the road shape acquired by the road shape acquirer to be displayed on the display, and the display controller changes a display aspect of lanes to be displayed on the display, on the basis of whether the number of lanes of the road around the vehicle is an odd number or an even number. |
| US10902821B2 |
Controlling light sources of a directional backlight
Disclosed is an imaging directional backlight including an array of light sources, and a control system arranged to provide variable distribution of luminous fluxes, scaled inversely by the width associated with the respective light sources in the lateral direction, across the array of light sources. The luminous intensity distribution of output optical windows may be controlled to provide desirable luminance distributions in the window plane of an autostereoscopic display, a directional display operating in wide angle 2D mode, privacy mode and low power consumption mode. Image quality may be improved and power consumption reduced. |
| US10902819B2 |
Connection device, display device, and control method for the display device
A connection device to which a PC and a head-mounted image display unit that includes a right display unit and a left display unit configured to display an image are connected, the connection device including a control unit configured to control the right display unit and the left display unit to enable execution of functions including a display function of displaying an image input from the PC and a display stop function of stopping display, wherein the control unit activates the image display unit in a display mode based on a display condition when power supply to the connection device is started, and the display mode includes at least a first display mode in which the image is displayed on the right display unit and the left display unit and the display stop function is disabled. |
| US10902818B2 |
Display device and method of driving the same
A display device and a method of driving the same are provided. The display device includes a control signal generator that generates a control signal, a first demultiplexer that time-divides a data voltage from a first channel of a data driver and distributes the data voltage from the first channel to two or more data lines, in response to the control signal, a signal delay part that delays the control signal, and a second demultiplexer that time-divides a data voltage from a second channel of the data driver and distributes the data voltage from the second channel to other two or more data lines, in response to the control signal delayed by the signal delay part. |
| US10902816B2 |
Integrated circuit for driving display panel and fan-out compensation method thereof
A driving integrated circuit (IC) and a fan-out compensation method thereof are provided. The driving IC includes a plurality of driving channel circuits, a plurality of output buffer circuits and a compensation control circuit. The input terminals of the output buffer circuits are coupled to the output terminals of the driving channel circuits in a one-to-one manner. The output terminals of the output buffer circuits are coupled a plurality of data lines of a display panel in a one-to-one manner. The compensation control circuit is coupled to the output buffer circuits for adjusting the slew rate of the output terminals of the output buffer circuits to compensate difference in delay times between the data lines of the display panel. |
| US10902814B2 |
Semiconductor device and electronic appliance
The amplitude voltage of a signal input to a level shifter can be increased and then output by the level shifter circuit. Specifically, the amplitude voltage of the signal input to the level shifter can be increased to be output. This decreases the amplitude voltage of a circuit (a shift register circuit, a decoder circuit, or the like) which outputs the signal input to the level shifter. Consequently, power consumption of the circuit can be reduced. Alternatively, a voltage applied to a transistor included in the circuit can be reduced. This can suppress degradation of the transistor or damage to the transistor. |
| US10902813B2 |
Shift register and display device provided with same
Each unit circuit that constitutes each of stages of a shift register is provided with a charge supply unit including a third node whose potential becomes high level at identical timing with a first node (a node for holding an electric charge in order to output a scanning signal (output signal) at high level), and capable of supplying an electric charge to the first node throughout a period after the potential of the third node becomes high level until the scanning signal (output signal) at high level is outputted. Here, all of the unit circuits within the shift register have an identical configuration. |
| US10902811B2 |
Shift register, GOA circuit, display device and driving method
The present disclosure provides a shift register, a GOA circuit, a display device, and a driving method. A shift register is provided which comprises: at least one input sub-circuit for charging a pull-up node; at least one output sub-circuit for outputting a respective clock signal; first reset sub-circuit(s) for pulling the potential of the respective signal output terminal down to a reference potential; a first noise reduction sub-circuit for performing noise reduction on the pull-up node through a signal input from the reference potential terminal; a second noise reduction sub-circuit for performing noise reduction on the pull-down node through a signal input from the reference potential terminal; and a second reset sub-circuit for controlling the potential of the pull-down node under control of a signal input from the reset clock signal input terminal. |
| US10902808B2 |
Touch panel display and control method of touch panel display
A touch panel display 10a includes a liquid crystal panel 32, a liquid crystal display timing controller (LCD-TCON) 34 that outputs a gate clock signal GCK 1a in a display period during which an image corresponding to an image signal D1 is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 32, a complex programmable logic device (CPLD) 54 that generates a gate clock signal GCK 2 which has the same cycle as the cycle of a gate clock signal GCK 1a, in a non-display period during which the image is not displayed on the liquid panel 32, and a touch panel control board 70 that drives a touch panel 36 in the display period on the basis of the gate clock signal GCK 1a output from the LCD-TCON 34 and that drives the touch panel 36 in the non-display period on the basis of the gate clock signal GCK 2 output from the LCD-TCON 34. |
| US10902804B2 |
Display device
A display device that is suitable for increasing in size is achieved. Three or more source lines are provided for each pixel column. Video signals having the same polarity are input to adjacent source lines during one frame period. Dot inversion driving is used to reduce a flicker, crosstalk, or the like. |
| US10902800B2 |
Controlling privacy on displays
Controlling privacy on a display includes a light-emitting diode (LED) pixel rotatably coupled to a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) and a controller to control the MEMS, the MEMS to rotate the LED pixel in response to a command issued by the controller to modify a viewing angle of the LED pixel such that the privacy on the display for that LED pixel is maintained. |
| US10902798B2 |
Inactive state backlights
Example implementations relate to inactive state backlight operation. In some examples, a system may include a display. The display may include a liquid-crystal display (LCD) panel and a backlight to illuminate the LCD panel. The system may include a computing device comprising instructions executable to disable the LCD panel from displaying a live image while the display is in an inactive state. The system may include a computing device comprising instructions executable to reduce an electrical current supplied to the backlight while the display is in the inactive state from a first amount of electrical current associated with the active state to a second amount of electrical current to cause the backlight to reach an operating condition within a targeted length of time from reentering the active state. |
| US10902796B1 |
Multi-user display system
Electronic equipment in a system such as a vehicle or building may include one or more displays. The displays may display image frames for users with light-modulating glasses. The image frames may include interspersed image frames corresponding to unique content for each of the users. Dummy frames may be incorporated into the displayed frames on the display to help obscure displayed content from external observers. The light-modulating glasses may have light modulators such as liquid crystal light modulators. Control circuitry in the glasses may adjust the light modulators to exhibit transparent intervals that overlaps desired image frames and opaque intervals that are aligned with other image frames and the dummy frames. This allows each user to view unique content on a shared display while preventing external observers without glasses from observing the content that is being presented. |
| US10902794B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel including a reference voltage providing portion configured to apply a first reference voltage from a first reference voltage line to a plurality of readout lines and a pixel portion having a plurality of pixels connected to the readout lines, a scan driver providing a scan signal to the pixels via a plurality of scan lines, a data driver providing a data signal to the pixels via a plurality of data lines, a readout circuit converting voltages of the readout lines to digital data, and a controller cutting off a power based on the digital data. |
| US10902793B2 |
Gate driver circuit outputting a plurality of emission signals having different delay times or pulse widths or combinations thereof
A gate driver circuit, a display panel, and a display device. A number of emission start signals, with at least one a delay time, a pulse width, or a combination thereof, are supplied in a frame period in which display driving is performed at a low driving frequency. This decreases a degree by which luminance appearing in the frame period is reduced, or changes characteristics of frequency components of luminance, thereby preventing flicker from being observed. The display driving is performed at the low driving frequency reduces power consumption, and is performed at a lower driving frequency to improve the efficiency of the display device. |
| US10902792B2 |
System and method for image display including data storage using pixels
A display device comprising a matrix of pixels each one comprising: a display unit displaying a binary word of the BCM type encoded over N bits, with N a whole number greater than or equal to 2, a storage unit storing at least three bits, further comprising a sequencing unit outputting to the storage unit of each pixel, during the display of a first image: a storage signal of at least two bits of the binary word of a second image to be displayed after the first image and/or of the binary word of the first image, a display signal triggering successive sendings of the stored bits to the display unit, wherein the storage is triggered during at least one portion of the display of at least one bit of the binary word of the first image. |
| US10902788B2 |
Scan drivers, driving methods thereof and organic light emitting displays
The present application provides a scan driver, a driving method thereof and an organic light emitting display. The scan driver includes a first driving area and a second driving area. The first driving area includes a number of first driving units, and the number of the first driving units sequentially sends a first driving signal and a third driving signal to a scan line. The second driving area includes a number of second driving units, and the number of the second driving units sequentially sends a second driving signal to the scan line. |
| US10902780B2 |
Display device and method of driving display device
A display device includes data lines, scan lines, and pixels. Each of the pixels includes an organic light emitting diode, a first transistor (OLED), and a second transistor. The first transistor is electrically connected to an anode of the OLED. The second transistor is electrically connected to the first transistor, a scan line among the scan lines, and a data line among the data lines. The second transistors of the pixels may receive instances of a reference voltage from the data lines during a first period of a frame. The second transistors of the pixels may simultaneously receive instances of a turn-on scan signal from the scan lines during the first period of the frame. Cathodes of the OLEDs of the pixels may receive instances of a turn-off voltage for the OLEDs to turn off during the first period of the frame. |
| US10902779B2 |
Pixel circuit, method for driving the same, display panel and display device
A pixel circuit, a method for driving the same, a display panel and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes: a resetting sub-circuit, a data writing sub-circuit, a driving sub-circuit, a first light-emission controlling sub-circuit, a second light-emission controlling sub-circuit, an anode potential controlling sub-circuit, a capacitor sub-circuit, and a light-emitting element, all of which operate in cooperation so that the pixel circuit drives the light-emitting element to emit light, where the second light-emission controlling sub-circuit provides voltage at an output terminal of the driving sub-circuit to an anode of the light-emitting element in a light-emission period, and the anode potential controlling sub-circuit provides a signal of a first voltage signal terminal to the anode of the light-emitting element in a non-light-emission period. |
| US10902778B2 |
Display device and method for driving the same
A display device includes: pixels to emit light of various intensity in accordance with driving signals; data lines to communicate the driving signals to the pixels; scan lines to communicate scan signals to select at least one of the pixels to receive the driving signal; and a power supply to supply at least one driving voltage to the pixels. The at least one pixel includes: a switching transistor including an oxide transistor, the switching transistor having a first electrode connected to the data line, a second electrode connected to a first node, and first and second gate electrodes, each of which is connected to one of the scan lines, and a driving transistor including a poly-silicon transistor, and the driving transistor being connected between the power supply and an organic light emitting diode. |
| US10902775B2 |
Driving circuit of active-matrix organic light-emitting diode with hybrid transistors
A driving circuit includes a current drive unit and a reset compensation and light emitting control circuit. The current drive unit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor and the second transistor are connected in series, wherein the first transistor and the second transistor include a silicon semiconductor layer. The reset compensation and light emitting control circuit is coupled to the current drive unit. The reset compensation and light emitting control circuit includes a third transistor connected to a control terminal of the first transistor, wherein the third transistor is an oxide semiconductor transistor. |
| US10902770B2 |
Display device
To enable manufacturing of a display device with a low defect rate and high yield, an integrated circuit chip includes a drive circuit that drives a light emitting unit, and the drive circuit includes a P-side electrode connected to an anode of the light emitting unit and a nonvolatile memory transistor that controls current supply to the P-side electrode. |
| US10902769B2 |
Multi-layer fabrication for pixels with calibration compensation
An electronic display includes a multi-layer structure that reduces form factor and provides optimization of the electronic display on a per layer basis. The electronic display includes a driver layer, a control layer, and an interposer layer between the driver layer and the control layer. The driver layer includes one or more drivers to provide control signals. The control layer includes control circuits configured to drive light emitting diodes (LEDs) under control of the control signals from the driver layer. The interposer layer is between the driver layer and the control layer. The interposer layer includes electrical connections between the one or more drivers of the driver layer and the control circuits of the control layer to transmit the control signals from the driver layer to the control layer. |
| US10902766B1 |
Apparatus for performing brightness enhancement in display module
A timing controller includes gamma correction (GC), line overdrive (OD) and dithering modules. The GC module performs GC on image data of an input image to convert the image data into gamma corrected data within a partial GC range of a predetermined GC range, the line OD module performs line OD on at least one portion of the gamma corrected data to convert the gamma corrected data into line-OD-processed data within a predetermined line OD range, and the dithering module performs dithering on the line-OD-processed data to convert the line-OD-processed data into dithered data within a predetermined dithering range. The timing controller drives a display panel to map first and second partial data of the dithered data into ordinary and extraordinary voltage ranges of the display panel, respectively, for displaying the dithered image while enhancing brightness. A display module including the timing controller, the display panel, etc. is also provided. |
| US10902764B2 |
System and method for driving three-color and four-color pixel display panel
The present application relates to a system and method for driving a three-color and four-color pixel display panel, including: providing a three-color pixel display panel; connecting the three-color pixel display panel to a driver; generating, by the driver, a fourth color sub-pixel according to grayscale values of three color sub-pixels to convert the three-color pixel display panel to a four-color pixel display panel; converting, by the driver, each two adjacent pixel units to one pixel unit, and each two adjacent fourth color sub-pixels to one fourth color sub-pixel; and converting, by the driver, each fourth color sub-pixel back to the first color sub-pixel, the second color sub-pixel and the third color sub-pixel, so as to convert the four-color pixel display panel back to the three-color pixel display panel. |
| US10902763B2 |
Display device, display control method, and program
The present technology relates to a display device, a display control method, and a program that enable various states of the device to be expressed in a limited region.A television receiver set includes an indicator unit disposed at least in a part of a periphery of a display unit and including indicator configured to be lit at a predetermined luminance, and an indicator control unit configured to control lighting of the indicator. The indicator control unit performs control such that a lighting method of the indicator is changed according to passage of time. The present invention can be applied to a display device such as a television receiver set. |
| US10902760B2 |
Test circuit, display substrate, test method thereof and display apparatus
The present disclosure belongs to the field of display technology, and particularly relates to a test circuit, a display substrate, a test method of a display substrate and a display apparatus. The test circuit includes a signal generating device and a plurality of output channels that are mutually independent. Each output channel includes a signal line configured to transmit a test signal. The signal generating device is coupled to the plurality of output channels, and is configured to provide, to each of at least one of the plurality of output channels, the test signal corresponding to an impedance of the signal line in the output channel, and provide the test signal to the signal line in the output channel. |
| US10902756B2 |
Display apparatus using semiconductor light emitting device and manufacturing method therefor
The present invention relates to a display apparatus and, particularly, to a display, apparatus using a semiconductor light emitting device. A display apparatus according to the present invention has a new type of partition wall structure capable of compensating an adhesive force between a wavelength conversion layer and a color filter in the display apparatus, improving structural reliability while further expanding a filling space of phosphor. |
| US10902753B2 |
Electronic shelf label system
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for an electronic label for use within shelf label tracks in stores. Such electronic labels receive initial information associated with an item being sold and begin displaying that information. When a change occurs such that the label needs to be modified, a record of the original information is retained within memory in the electronic label, such that the modified display can be used until the need for the modification ends. At that point, the electronic label can be restored to display the original information again using the stored record. |
| US10902748B2 |
Modular aircraft display arrangement and method for assembling the same
Modular aircraft display arrangements and methods for assembling a modular aircraft display arrangements are provided. In one example, a modular aircraft display arrangement includes a fuselage display structure. The fuselage display structure includes a tubular wall at least partially surrounding an interior display space and has a first opening section formed through the tubular wall. A first removable display module includes a first aircraft interior display and is configured to be advanced through the first opening section to a first display position to expose the first aircraft interior display within the interior display space. |
| US10902747B2 |
CFM display
A system is provided for marketing bedding. The system includes a plurality of air velocity displays each having a body defining a chamber and an opening that is in communication with the chamber, an air flow generator positioned within the chamber, and a sample material that covers the opening such that air flow created by the air flow generator passes through the sample material. The system includes plurality of selection modules. The selection modules each having a user interface that is in communication with one of the air velocity displays such that engaging a feature of one of the user interfaces will cause one of the air flow generators to move from an off position to an on position to create airflow. Methods of use are provided. |
| US10902745B2 |
Neuro-endoscope box trainer
An electro-mechanical box trainer for neurosurgery comprise: (i) a base part which comprises a rubberized working port (11) for insertion of endoscope (26) and tool (25) for manipulation, a microcontroller programmed motorized peg plate (14) placed at 45° degrees of inclination for defining a practice volume according to the neuroendoscopy, a membrane keypad to change the angle of rotation of said peg plate (14) along vertical axis, liquid crystal display (LED) array to illuminate the interior of the box and a removable base plate (6) to house the circuitry; and (ii) a removable part enclosed of five walls such as a front wall (18), two lateral walls (17 and 19), a back wall (20) and a top wall (23), comprises a housing to mount an auxiliary camera (32) to record all the task for evaluation and a slider at the back to adjust the camera focus. |
| US10902743B2 |
Gesture recognition and communication
Systems and methods are described for facilitating non-verbal communication. An electronic processor receives data from the hand-gesture sensor indicative of one or more gestures performed by a user, determines at least one word or phrase corresponding to the data from the hand-gestures sensor, and outputs a text representation of the at least one word or phrase on the display screen. Some systems output the text representation as a natural language sentence based on the data from the hand-gesture sensor and linguistic prosody information determined based, at least in part, on image data of the user captured while performing the one or more gesture. Some systems also includes at least one brain sensor and generate an alternative natural language text sentence in response to detecting a signal from the brain sensor indicative of a contradiction response after displaying the natural language text sentence on the display screen. |
| US10902738B2 |
Neural models for key phrase detection and question generation
A method, system, and storage device storing a computer program, for generating questions based on provided content, such as, for example, a document having words. The method comprises automatically estimating the probability of interesting phrases in the provided content, and generating a question in natural language based on the estimating. In one example embodiment herein, the estimating includes predicting the interesting phrases as answers, and the estimating is performed by a neural model. The method further comprises conditioning a question generation model based on the interesting phrases predicted in the predicting, the question generation model generating the question. The method also can include training the neural model. In one example, the method further comprises identifying start and end locations of the phrases in the provided content, and the identifying includes performing a dot product attention mechanism parameterizing a probability distribution. |
| US10902737B2 |
System and method for automatic quality evaluation of interactions
A method for automatically calculating an overall evaluation score of an interaction includes: receiving, by a processor, an evaluation form, the evaluation form comprising a plurality of automatic questions and a plurality of manual questions; automatically extracting, by a processor, a set of features from the interaction, the set of features comprising answers to the automatic questions without manually generated answers to the manual questions; and computing an overall evaluation score based on the set of features. |
| US10902733B2 |
System and method of providing prompt information for flight of UAVs, control terminal and flight system
A method of providing prompt information includes obtaining sensitive area information and marking a sensitive area on a navigation map according to the sensitive area information. The sensitive area affects a flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The method further includes obtaining position information of the UAV, determining a positional relationship between the UAV and the sensitive area according to the sensitive area information and the position information of the UAV, and generating the prompt information according to the positional relationship. |
| US10902730B2 |
Vehicle control device
Provided is a vehicle control device capable of reducing unease experienced by a driver and assisting a lane change of a vehicle. A vehicle control device 10 assists a lane change of a vehicle 1, said device comprising: a visible range calculation unit 11 that calculates an area as a visible range by excluding the area occupied by preceding vehicles 201, 202 from the area corresponding to the field of vision whilst driving; and a lane-change control unit 12 that conducts processing related to the lane change, on the basis of the calculated visible range. The lane-change control unit 12 conducts processing related to the lane change on the basis of the visible range of the current-travel lane of the vehicle, and the visible range of the intended change-destination lane of the vehicle. |
| US10902727B1 |
Parked vehicle warning infrastructure
A system and method for providing a parked vehicle warning infrastructure is described. In one embodiment, a method for providing a warning about parked vehicles includes receiving information associated with at least one of a parked vehicle or a personal transport device. The method also includes determining a location of one or more warning lights disposed in or near a roadway associated with the parked vehicle or the personal transport device. The method further includes sending an instruction to the one or more warning lights to illuminate. The illuminated one or more warning lights provide a warning to a user of the at least one of the parked vehicle or the personal transport device about a risk of a collision between the parked vehicle and the personal transport device. |
| US10902726B2 |
Rogue vehicle detection and avoidance
Systems and methods for detecting rogue vehicles within a plurality of vehicles connected via a vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) are provided. Sensors on each VANET vehicle provide host vehicle data and data associated with other nearby vehicles. Each VANET vehicle multicasts information that includes location, velocity, and preferred future travel path to the other VANET vehicles. Using data from sensors and data received from other VANET vehicles the host vehicle generates a dynamic set of safe vehicle operating behaviors. Nearby vehicles that do not comply with the determined safe vehicle operating behaviors or perform illegal/unsafe acts are identified as rogue vehicles. Data associated with identified rogue vehicles is transmitted to all VANET vehicles. Each VANET vehicle determines a preferred future travel path based on the received information associated with rogue vehicles, the preferred future travel path information received from other VANET vehicles, and the host vehicle's safe vehicle operating behaviors. |
| US10902723B2 |
System and method for managing movable objects
Systems and methods for managing a plurality of movable objects are disclosed. The systems and methods include determining a proposed pairing of a first movable object and a second movable object and confirming a coupling of the proposed pairing based on, at least in part on, detecting that the first movable object and the second movable object are moving in unison. |
| US10902716B2 |
System and method for facilitating appliance control via a smart device
A bridge device, in communication with a smart device, functions to command one or more controllable appliances in response to communications received from the smart device. The bridge device also includes input elements by which the bridge device can be used to directly command common functional operations of the one or more controllable appliances. In this manner, common functional operations, such as volume control, playback pause/resume control, etc., may be made readily available without necessitating the use of the smart device, whilst the more sophisticated GUI provided by the smart device remote control app may be advantageously utilized when more complex or less frequently used command functions are to be performed. |
| US10902714B2 |
Systems and methods for reducing adverse health events in first responders
Methods and systems are provided for an alert system for reducing a risk of an adverse health event in a firefighter or first responder. In one example, the alert system may comprise a wearable sensor and an alerting device, where the alerting device may be operable to receive physiological and/or environmental data from the wearable sensor and where the alerting device may be further operable to issue an alert based on the received physiological and/or environmental data. In some examples, the alert may be a function of one or more personalized thresholds for evaluating a stress level of the firefighter or first responder. In some examples, the alert may be issued via multiple communication channels. |
| US10902712B2 |
Surveillance device
A surveillance device includes: an electrical power supply system configured to be connected directly to an electrical mains system, a communication system configured to communicate with an operating center and/or with user devices, occupancy sensors configured to detect an intrusion in a surveillance area where the surveillance system is installed, cameras configured to record images in the surveillance area, an alarm configured to generate an acoustic and/or luminous alarm; and a control unit connected to the electrical power supply system, communication system, occupancy sensors, cameras and alarm. |
| US10902710B2 |
MIMO cable guided intrusion detection sensor
In at least one embodiment the present invention relates to a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) covert terrain following outdoor perimeter security sensor that can detect, locate and categorize intruders as they move in proximity to buried sensor cables. This MIMO cable guided radar utilizes parallel standard leaky coaxial cables with uniform aperture(s) in the outer conductor. RF transmissions from both ends of one cable setup an invisible electromagnetic detection field which couples into parallel receive cables. When an intruder moves within the coupled electromagnetic fields the amplitude and phase of the multiple received signals are altered. Signals received from both ends of each receive cable are processed jointly to detect and locate intruders along the length of the sensor cables. The joint processing of the responses seen from both ends of the cable(s), referred to as End-to-End correlation provides uniform sensitivity along the length of cables without the need for expensive “graded” cables. With multiple receive cables the responses can in turn be used to classify the target in terms of direction, speed and size of the intruder crossing over the cables. The MIMO nature of the present invention can allow one to track intruders crossing the perimeter thereby reducing the number of nuisance and false alarms. |
| US10902704B1 |
Crane game with tubular target holders
The present invention is directed to an arcade type crane game that includes a target support structure with cylindrical, open ended target holders to prevent targets from toppling before, during, and after playing the game. Here, cylindrical is used in its broadest sense to mean a regular upright structure that supports a target that is round, square, oval, rectangular, etc., and not limited to circular cross sections. The cylindrical holders allow the targets to be lifted upward out of the holder without resistance, but prevents targets from tipping over and knocking other targets over in the process. |
| US10902702B1 |
Systems and methods for providing a pattern multiplier feature game
An electronic gaming machine includes a game controller configured to (a) determine, during a base game, that a feature game trigger condition is satisfied; (b) activate a feature game within the base game; (c) display, a feature game play area associated with the feature game, the feature game play area including a plurality of zone patterns overlaid on the symbol display positions; (d) convert the symbol display positions into independent feature game reels; (e) generate a first game outcome by (i) holding a first set of feature game reels displaying the prize symbols while (ii) selecting and displaying a symbol for a second set of feature game reels; (f) determine that at least one zone pattern is complete with prize symbols; (g) apply a zone multiplier associated with the zone pattern to credit values within the zone pattern; and (h) award the incremented credit values to the player. |
| US10902699B2 |
Player bonus choice
A system for configuring gaming machines according to player gaming preferences is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of gaming machines. Each of the gaming machines includes a master gaming controller configured to provide game play of a wager-based game and a reader configured to read a configuration instrument. The master gaming controller modifies a configuration setting of the gaming machine based on a customized setting indicated in the configuration instrument. The system further includes a server in communication with the plurality of gaming machines. The server is configured to store the configuration setting, to validate the configuration instrument, and to provide the configuration setting to the plurality of gaming machines. |
| US10902698B2 |
System for managing promotions
In various embodiments, promotions are featured on mobile gaming devices. |
| US10902694B2 |
Modular mobile point of sale device having separable units for configurable data processing
There are provided systems and methods for a modular mobile point of sale device having separable units for configurable data processing. A modular device may include a main unit that includes data processing features to allow for a mobile point of sale, including a data entry unit for payment data, a communication component to secure communicate that data to a centralized transaction processor, and a processing unit to receive the data and instruct the centralized to process the data with an online service provider. The module device may also be physically and communicatively coupled to additional modules that may increase the on-device functionality of the main unit, include a module to allow user input and additional modules to accept other types of transaction input. On detection of a connected unit, the main unit may secure connect to and authenticate each attached module. |
| US10902693B2 |
Multiclass logical document recycler management
A document handling apparatus for recycling documents includes an authentication unit, a first recycling storage unit, a document cassette, and a controller. The authentication unit is for receiving an input document and classifying the input document as having a class that is one of a plurality of classes. The first recycling storage unit is adapted to store documents belonging to two or more of the plurality of classes. The document cassette is adapted to store received documents. The controller is adapted to direct the input document to one of the document cassette and the first recycling storage unit based on content of the first recycling storage unit and the class of the input document. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. |
| US10902690B2 |
Method for activating of at least one security function of a security system of a vehicle
The invention relates to a method (100) for activating at least one security function of a security system (200) of a vehicle (1).According to the invention, provision is made for the detection of at least one distance information about a distance (A) of a mobile identification transmitter (300) to the vehicle (1) by means of a detection device (10) of the vehicle (1) and a transmission of the distance information by a data transmission from the detection device (10) via a transmission system (50) of the vehicle (1) to a processing device (60) of the vehicle (1), wherein the data transmission of the distance information is performed in a forgery-proof manner. |
| US10902687B2 |
Power transfer unit maintenance
A system is described, as well as methods of using the system. The method may include: determining at least one of the following: a communication error, a read-memory error, or an absence of a PTU shift between a two-wheel drive (2WD) mode and an all-wheel drive (AWD) mode for a threshold amount of vehicle operation; determining that a vehicle ignition state is not in a RUN state; and executing the task. |
| US10902686B2 |
Erroneous communication prevention device, toll collection system, and erroneous communication prevention method
Provided is an erroneous communication prevention device operable to prevent erroneous communication between an RFID tag installed in a vehicle and an RFID communication antenna disposed at a roadside. The erroneous communication prevention device includes an erroneous communication prevention antenna operable to transmit erroneous communication prevention electromagnetic waves toward an electromagnetic wave leakage monitoring region. The electromagnetic wave leakage monitoring region is outside an RFID communication region where the RFID tag performs valid communications with the RFID communication antenna. In addition, the electromagnetic wave leakage monitoring region is defined in a region where the RFID tag is enabled to perform communications using electromagnetic waves transmitted from the RFID communication antenna. |
| US10902684B2 |
Multiple users dynamically editing a scene in a three-dimensional immersive environment
Techniques configured to enable multiple users to dynamically and concurrently edit a scene that is viewable in a three-dimensional immersive environment are described herein. The techniques use region locking so that content being edited by one user viewing and editing the scene in a three-dimensional immersive environment cannot be edited by another user concurrently viewing and editing the same scene in the three-dimensional immersive environment. Accordingly, a scene can be divided into multiple regions that can be locked to provide an element of protection against user interference that can result when two users are editing, or attempting to edit, the same content. |
| US10902682B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program
An information processing system that acquires video data captured by an image pickup unit; detects an object from the video data; detects a condition corresponding to the image pickup unit; and controls a display to display content associated with the object at a position other than a detected position of the object based on the condition corresponding to the image pickup unit. |
| US10902678B2 |
Display of hidden information
Information obscured to a user is provided through a display of a hybrid-reality system (DHR). A view position relative to a real-world object is established and data associated with an occluded object is received. The occluded object is at least partially occluded by the real-world object at the view position. An image of at least a portion of the occluded object is then rendered on the DHR. |
| US10902677B2 |
Interactive mixed reality system and uses thereof
An interactive mixed reality simulator is provided that includes a virtual 3D model of internal or hidden features of an object; a physical model or object being interacted with; and a tracked instrument used to interact with the physical object. The tracked instrument can be used to simulate or visualize interactions with internal features of the physical object represented by the physical model. In certain embodiments, one or more of the internal features can be present in the physical model. In another embodiment, some internal features do not have a physical presence within the physical model. |
| US10902676B2 |
System and method of controlling a virtual camera
A system and method of controlling a virtual camera. The method comprises receiving a camera path of the virtual camera, the camera path defining movement of the virtual camera over a period of time to capture video data of a scene; and determining a plurality of control points on the camera path using a plurality of time markers within the period of time, each of the time markers corresponding to at least one event of a predetermined type being identified in the scene, wherein the control points at least partially define the camera path. The method further comprises controlling the virtual camera using the camera path modified based on the plurality of control points in response to a user input in relation to at least one of the control points. |
| US10902675B2 |
Graphical modelling by smoothing polyhedral meshes with multi-sided patches
A method for smoothing a graphic model includes forming a loop from a plurality of parametrically defined curves and creating a ribbon along each parametrically defined base curve between preceding and subsequent parametrically defined curves of the loop. The ribbons are blended to form a multi-sided surface patch between the parametrically defined curves. A system for smoothing a graphic model includes a curve network module, a lofting module and a blending module. The curve network module, the lofting module and the blending module, are configured to cause a processor to form a loop from a plurality of parametrically defined curves, create a ribbon along each parametrically defined curve between a preceding parametrically defined curve of the loop and a subsequent parametrically defined curve of the loop and blend the ribbons to form a multi-sided surface patch between the parametrically defined curves. |
| US10902670B1 |
Systems and methods for graphics rendering based on machine learning
Embodiments described herein pertain to a machine-learning approach for shading. A system may determine, for each of a plurality of pixels, object visibility information based on one or more objects in a virtual environment. The system may select, for each pixel, a light source from a plurality of light sources in the virtual environment. The system may determine, for each pixel, lighting information associated with the light source selected for that pixel based on the associated object visibility information. The system may generate a first latent representation of the lighting information associated with the plurality of pixels. The system may generate a second latent representation by processing the first latent representation using a first machine-learning model trained to denoise latent light representations. The system may then generate color values for the plurality of pixels by processing at least the second latent representation using a second machine-learning model. |
| US10902669B2 |
Method for estimating light for augmented reality and electronic device thereof
A method for operating an electronic device for rendering an augmented reality object is provided. The method includes obtaining at least one first image of an environment in which an augmented reality virtual object is to be displayed, obtaining an environment texture based on the obtained at least one first image, identifying at least one light source in at least one second image by identifying at least one cluster comprising pixels with a brightness value greater than a threshold, determining a position of the at least one light source based on a position of the pixels within the at least one cluster, rendering the augmented reality virtual object based on the obtained environment texture and the determined position of the at least one light source, and displaying the rendered augmented reality virtual object on a display of the electronic device. |
| US10902668B2 |
3D geometric modeling and 3D video content creation
A system, apparatus and method of obtaining data from a 2D image in order to determine the 3D shape of objects appearing in said 2D image, said 2D image having distinguishable epipolar lines, said method comprising: (a) providing a predefined set of types of features, giving rise to feature types, each feature type being distinguishable according to a unique bi-dimensional formation; (b) providing a coded light pattern comprising multiple appearances of said feature types; (c) projecting said coded light pattern on said objects such that the distance between epipolar lines associated with substantially identical features is less than the distance between corresponding locations of two neighboring features; (d) capturing a 2D image of said objects having said projected coded light pattern projected thereupon, said 2D image comprising reflected said feature types; and (e) extracting: (i) said reflected feature types according to the unique bi-dimensional formations; and (ii) locations of said reflected feature types on respective epipolar lines in said 2D image. |
| US10902663B2 |
Method and apparatus for displaying 2D application interface in virtual reality device
The present method comprises: obtaining a texture of one or more 2D application interfaces to be displayed; determining a virtual reality scene to be displayed, and writing the virtual reality scene into a frame buffer of an Android system in a left-right screen splitting mode using an OpenGL function; sketching contents in the frame buffer of the Android system onto left and right screens of the virtual reality device respectively to form a virtual screen in the virtual reality scene; sketching the obtained texture of the one or more 2D application interfaces to be displayed onto the virtual screen in the virtual reality scene of the left and right screens, respectively. The method renders the 2D application interface as images in left and right eyes simultaneously, with a three-dimensional sense, and facilitates the use of a large number of existing Android applications in the virtual reality system. |
| US10902659B2 |
Intelligent photograph overlay in an internet of things (IoT) computing environment
Embodiments for intelligent photograph overlay in an Internet of Things (IoT) computing environment by a processor. One or more avatar characteristic features associated with one or more selected items may be activated upon detecting a transaction agreement from one of a plurality of transaction agreement types. The one or more avatar characteristic features may be changed on an avatar according to a user preference. |
| US10902652B2 |
Method and program for reducing artifacts by structural similarity, and medial imaging device
A method of reducing an artifact by using structural similarity. The method includes at least: obtaining a plurality of input Computed Tomography (CT) images including a first CT image and a second CT image, generating an artifact map in which anatomical information is removed and artifacts information is remained, by subtracting the second. CT image from the first CT image, generating, by the computer, a structural similarity map between each CT image and the artifact map, and generating, by the computer, a final reconstructed image by comparing particular parts on images of a plurality of structural similarity maps with each other and selecting data of an input CT image which has been used to generate a particular part of a structural similarity map having a lowest degree of structural similarity, as data of a particular part on the final reconstructed image. |
| US10902649B2 |
Image reconstruction processing method, image reconstruction processing program, and tomography apparatus provided therewith
A reconstruction processing method. The method includes an image updating step (Step S2) of updating a reconstruction image by an iterative approximation method, and a weighting coefficient map updating step (Step S4). In the weighting coefficient map updating step, a weighting coefficient map relative to prior knowledge is generated from the reconstruction image obtained by updating an image in the image updating step (Step S2), and a weighting coefficient of the prior knowledge relative to each pixel is controlled in accordance with the weighting coefficient map, whereby a weighting coefficient map is updated. As described above, the weighting coefficient map relative to the prior knowledge is generated from the reconstruction image (during estimation) obtained by updating the image, and the weighting coefficient of the prior knowledge relative to each pixel is controlled in accordance with the weighting coefficient map. |
| US10902639B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
An information processing apparatus that estimates waiting time in a waiting line with improved accuracy includes a first acquisition unit that acquires a number of objects in the waiting line, a second acquisition unit that acquires frequency of an object exiting the waiting line, and an estimation unit that estimates waiting time in the waiting line based on the acquired number of objects in the waiting line and the acquired frequency of an object exiting the waiting line. |
| US10902635B2 |
Line-of-sight detection device
A line-of-sight detection device includes a camera, a light source that causes corneal reflection, and an image processing device that obtains information on a pupil shape of an eye, a position of a pupil center, and a position of the cornea reflection and obtains a line of sight of a subject. The image processing device includes a first optical axis acquisition unit that acquires a first optical axis candidate using the position of the pupil center and the position of the cornea reflection, a second optical axis acquisition unit that obtains a second optical axis candidate using the pupil shape, an optical axis information acquisition unit that generates information for acquiring the optical axis, a calibration information unit that provides calibration information, and a visual axis acquisition unit that obtains a visual axis as a line of sight by calibrating an optical axis using the calibration information. |
| US10902630B2 |
Passive sense and avoid system
The present invention provides a method suitable for use in a sense and avoid system of a vehicle having a hyperspectral imaging system, the method comprising: estimating the range to an object from the vehicle, wherein estimating the range comprises: measuring the emission spectrum of the object using the hyperspectral imaging system; identifying at least one trough and/or discontinuity in the emission spectrum by subtracting the measured emission spectrum from a perfect blackbody emission spectrum; and searching a storage means storing spectral radiances and/or wavelengths of troughs and/or discontinuities, each with an associated known atmospheric path length, for the corresponding spectral radiance and/or wavelength of the identified at least one trough and/or discontinuity in order to estimate the atmospheric path length, and consequently the range, between the object and the vehicle. The present invention also provides a sense and avoid system for performing the same method. |
| US10902627B2 |
Head mounted device for virtual or augmented reality combining reliable gesture recognition with motion tracking algorithm
A head mounted device for virtual or augmented reality including: a display element configured to display content; at least one infrared camera module configured to operate at a predetermined bandwidth; an illuminator having a wavelength of operation inside the bandwidth of the infrared camera, and having a field of view before the camera module; and a control unit implementing a six degrees of freedom (6DoF) algorithm to determine 6DoF poses from data including image data of the camera module, and implementing a gesture tracking algorithm. |
| US10902626B2 |
Preventing intrusion during video recording or streaming
According to one or more embodiments, a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for preventing intrusion during video recording or streaming are provided. According to the method, at first, a camera of a device may capture a scene into a video, then the device may store frame-series images of the video into a cache. The device may then detect whether there is at least one intruder in the scene, and then in response to the at least one intruder being detected in the scene, the device may eliminate the at least one intruder from the cached frame-series images. |
| US10902622B2 |
Method and device for generating a view around a vehicle for a vehicle
A method of generating a vehicle environment view for a vehicle, having has the following steps. Camera images are provided by vehicle cameras on the body of the vehicle. A vehicle environment view is calculated based on the camera images. A texture of a ground surface that is located below the vehicle body and is not visible to the cameras, is determined within the vehicle environment view by performing a local color prediction and a movement-compensated texture prediction. |
| US10902619B2 |
Systems and methods for determining quality metrics of an image or images based on an edge gradient profile and characterizing regions of interest in an image or images
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for determining quality metrics of images based on an edge gradient profile and characterizing regions of interest in an image or images. According to an aspect, a method includes using an imaging device to acquire one or more images including at least a portion of an organ of a subject. The method also includes computing an edge profile across an organ interface of a subject. The method also includes computing an edge gradient profile from the edge profile of a subject. The method also includes computing a image quality metric related to the spatial resolution of the image or images from the edge gradient profile. The method also includes defining multiple regions of interest within the portion of the organ. Further, the method includes characterizing the regions of interest based on predetermined criteria. The method also includes presenting the characterization of the edge gradient profile and characterization of the regions of interest to a user. |
| US10902615B2 |
Hybrid and self-aware long-term object tracking
A method of tracking an object includes performing a hybrid search over a sequence of frames. The hybrid search includes periodically performing a global search on selected frames of the sequence of frames and performing a local search on frames between the selected frames of the global search. The method also includes updating a similarity function based on a result of the hybrid search. The method further includes tracking the object based on the hybrid search. |
| US10902613B2 |
Systems and methods for textural zone identification
Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and method for identifying three-dimensional zone areas for use in relation to the monitoring of physical movement of a target monitor device. |
| US10902610B2 |
Moving object controller, landmark, and moving object control method
The position of a moving object is estimated with high accuracy using landmark information, and highly accurate state estimation is performed appropriately at high speed. A landmark detection unit obtains a distance between the moving object and each of two or more landmarks as landmark distance information based on observation data obtained by an observation obtaining unit. A candidate area obtaining unit determines a candidate area for a position of the moving object based on the landmark distance information obtained by the landmark detection unit, and obtains candidate area information indicating the determined candidate area. A state estimation unit estimates an internal state of the moving object based on the observation data, the landmark distance information, and the candidate area information to obtain moving object internal state estimation data, and estimates the environmental map based on the candidate area information and the landmark distance information to obtain environmental map data. |
| US10902603B2 |
Method of segmenting a 3D object in a medical radiation image
On the basis of user input a set of contour points of a 3D object is detected in a number of 2D slice images representing the 3D object. Next a 2D object is segmented in each of the slice images by the set of contour points so as to obtain segmentation masks. Finally, by interpolation between computed segmentation masks, the 3D object is segmented. |
| US10902602B1 |
Method and system for computer-aided triage of stroke
A system for computer-aided triage includes a router, a remote computing system, and a client application. A method for computer-aided triage includes receiving a data packet associated with a patient and taken at a point of care; checking for a suspected condition associated with the data packet; in an event that the suspected condition is detected, determining a recipient based on the suspected condition; and transmitting information to a device associated with the recipient. |
| US10902600B2 |
Segmentation-based invasion sports analysis and control
Methods and systems for game event analysis and control include determining segmentation events in a game that each represent an interruption in game play or a reset scene. An event analysis is performed using the series of events to determine a contribution value for each event in the series of events that represents how much each respective event in the series of events contributed to the point being scored. Events that have a contribution value that exceeds a baseline value for a respective event type are responded to. |
| US10902593B2 |
Methods and apparatus for extended dynamic range from single exposures in capillary electrophoresis
A biological analysis system and an associated method are provided. The method is used for recovering off scale data in an image produced by a camera in a capillary electrophoresis instrument. The method comprises the steps of identifying bins of the image where electron counts exceed a maximum number of counts; setting an off-scale flag for the identified bins; and processing the image to obtain a recovered dye signal, based on the flag set for each bin, and using a dye matrix. |
| US10902590B2 |
Recognizing pathological images captured by alternate image capturing devices
Systems and methods are provided for recognizing pathological images captured by alternate image capturing devices. In embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes: obtaining, by a computing device, a classifier generated based on a plurality of standardized training pathology images associated with a known classification and generated by a first type of device; receiving, by the computing device, an alternate pathology image captured by a second type of device; standardizing, by the computing device, the alternate pathology image; determining, by the computing device, a classification of the alternate pathology image based on applying the generated classifier; and outputting, by the computing device, information regarding the determined classification to aid in diagnosis of a medical condition represented by the alternate pathology image. |
| US10902587B2 |
Methods and systems for labeling whole spine image using deep neural network
A method and system for automatically labeling a spine image is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input spine image and analyzing image features of the input spine image by a deep neural network. The method further includes generating a mask image corresponding to the input spine image by the deep neural network based on image characteristics of a training image dataset. A region of interest in the mask image comprises vertebral candidates of the spine. The training image dataset comprises a plurality of spine images and a plurality of corresponding mask images. The method further includes associating labels with a plurality of image components of the mask image and labeling the input spine image based on labels associated with the mask image. |
| US10902585B2 |
System and method for automated angiography utilizing a neural network
A method for analyzing computed tomography angiography (CTA) data is provided. The method includes receiving, at a processor, three-dimensional (3D) CTA data. The method also includes automatically, via the processor, detecting objects of interest within the 3D CTA data. The method further includes generating, via the processor, a CTA image volume that only includes the objects of interest. |
| US10902578B2 |
Inspection system and inspection method
According to one embodiment, an inspection system includes an illuminator, an imager, and a processor. The illuminator irradiates light into an interior of a hole. The imager acquires a first image by imaging the interior of the hole where the light is irradiated. The processor detecting a blockage of at least a portion of the hole based on a luminance of the hole inside the first image. |
| US10902572B1 |
Enhanced fluorescence imaging for imaging system
A fluorescence imaging system is configured to generate a video image onto a display. The system includes a light source for emitting infrared light and white light, an infrared image sensor for capturing infrared image data, and a white light image sensor for capturing white light image data. Data processing hardware performs operations that include filtering the infrared image data with a first digital finite impulse response (FIR) filter configured to produce a magnitude response of zero at a horizontal Nyquist frequency and a vertical Nyquist frequency. The operations also include filtering the infrared image data with a second digital FIR filter configured with a phase response to spatially align the white light image data with the infrared image data. The operations also include combining the white light image data and the infrared image data into combined image data and transmitting the combined image data to the display. |
| US10902571B2 |
Automated image synthesis using a comb neural network architecture
An image synthesis system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code including a neural encoder and multiple neural decoders each corresponding to a respective persona. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive target image data, and source data that identifies one of the personas, and to map the target image data to its latent space representation using the neural encoder. The software code further identifies one of the neural decoders for decoding the latent space representation of the target image data based on the persona identified by the source data, uses the identified neural decoder to decode the latent space representation of the target image data as the persona identified by the source data to produce a swapped image data, and blends the swapped image data with the target image data to produce one or more synthesized images. |
| US10902569B2 |
Efficient filtering of digital images
The present disclosure covers systems and methods of efficiently filtering digital images. More particularly, the present disclosure covers systems and methods that generate and maintain a list of unique pixel values within a kernel window. Using the list, the systems and methods determine filtered pixel values for a filtered output image by processing only the counts of pixels in the histogram associated with the unique pixel values of the list. By considering selective pixel values of the histogram based on the unique pixel values of the list, the systems and methods reduce computations as part of the filtering process. |
| US10902568B2 |
System and method for finding lines in an image with a vision system
This invention provides a system and method for finding multiple line features in an image. Two related steps are used to identify line features. First, the process computes x and y-components of the gradient field at each image location, projects the gradient field over a plurality subregions, and detects a plurality of gradient extrema, yielding a plurality of edge points with position and gradient. Next, the process iteratively chooses two edge points, fits a model line to them, and if edge point gradients are consistent with the model, computes the full set of inlier points whose position and gradient are consistent with that model. The candidate line with greatest inlier count is retained and the set of remaining outlier points is derived. The process then repeatedly applies the line fitting operation on this and subsequent outlier sets to find a plurality of line results. The process can be exhaustive RANSAC-based. |
| US10902566B2 |
Methods for agronomic and agricultural monitoring using unmanned aerial systems
A method for agronomic and agricultural monitoring includes designating an area for imaging, determining a flight path above the designated area, operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) along the flight path, acquiring images of the area using a camera system attached to the UAV, and processing the acquired images. |
| US10902560B2 |
Or relating to filters
Described herein is method for applying noise reduction to multi-dimensional input data by applying a multi-dimensional approximation function to each point in the input data whilst maintaining definition for each discontinuity (620) present in the input data. A control lattice including a plurality of control points (630) is superposed on the input data such that, for each data point, a number of control points surround the data point (640). For each control point (630), a value which is a function of neighbouring data points is computed, and from, at least values of the neighbouring control points, determining an approximation function, which when applied to the input data provides filtered output data. Weighting is applied to at least control point associated with a data point in the vicinity of a discontinuity to maintain the sharpness of the discontinuity during the noise reduction process. |
| US10902556B2 |
Compensating for disparity variation when viewing captured multi video image streams
The disclosure is directed to a method to compensate for visual distortion when viewing video image streams from a multiple camera capture of a scene where the method determines the disparity difference utilizing the user view orientation and then compresses and/or stretches the left and/or right eye video image streams to compensate for the visual distortion. In another aspect, the method describes additional adjustments and corrections to the video image streams including rotating, tilting, shifting, and scaling the video image streams, and correcting for gapping and clipping visual image artifacts. In another aspect, a visual compensation system is described to implement the method. Additionally, a visual compensation apparatus is disclosed to perform the method operations. |
| US10902555B2 |
Method and device for processing picture
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a device for processing a picture and an electronic device. The method includes scaling a raw picture to obtain N scaled pictures with different resolutions, where N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2; mapping the N scaled pictures respectively into N content picture each with a same predetermined style feature through a neural algorithm network; scaling the N content pictures to have the same resolution; and encoding and combining the N content images of the same resolution into a dynamic video. |
| US10902550B2 |
Computing systems and methods for processing graphics data using cost indications for sets of tiles of a rendering space
A computing system comprises graphics rendering logic and image processing logic. The graphics rendering logic processes graphics data to render an image using a rendering space which is sub-divided into a plurality of tiles. Cost indication logic obtains a cost indication for each of a plurality of sets of one or more tiles of the rendering space, wherein the cost indication for a set of one or more tiles is suggestive of a cost of processing rendered image values for a region of the rendered image corresponding to the set of one or more tiles. The image processing logic processes rendered image values for regions of the rendered image. The computing system causes the image processing logic to process rendered image values for regions of the rendered image in dependence on the cost indications for the corresponding sets of one or more tiles. |
| US10902545B2 |
GPU task scheduling
Techniques are disclosed relating to scheduling tasks for graphics processing. In one embodiment, a graphics unit is configured to render a frame of graphics data using a plurality of pass groups and the frame of graphics data includes a plurality of frame portions. In this embodiment, the graphics unit includes scheduling circuitry configured to receive a plurality of tasks, maintain pass group information for each of the plurality of tasks, and maintain relative age information for the plurality of frame portions. In this embodiment, the scheduling circuitry is configured to select a task for execution based on the pass group information and the age information. In some embodiments, the scheduling circuitry is configured to select tasks from an oldest frame portion and current pass group before selecting other tasks. This scheduling approach may result in efficient execution of various different types of graphics workloads. |
| US10902544B2 |
Methods and arrangements for identifying objects
The disclosure relates to detecting digital watermarking from retail items such as from packaged items, containers, bottles, cans or boxes. One claim recites a method utilized at a retail checkout location comprising: receiving imagery representing a retail item from a digital camera, the retail item including digital watermarking encoded thereon, the retail item moving relative to the digital camera; determining a region in the imagery corresponding to at least one faster moving object relative to background imagery, said determining yielding a determined region; arranging digital watermark detection blocks over the determined region; and analyzing data representing imagery from within the digital watermark detection blocks to detect the digital watermarking. Of course other claims and combinations are also provided. |
| US10902538B2 |
Efficient ride request
A device for hailing a vehicle includes a location sensor outputting location information indicative of a location of the device. The device further includes a device interface configured to receive an input from a user of the device. Responsive to the input, a transmitter of the device transmits the location information, input information, and identification information for the device to a dispatch server system. The transmitter is further configured to route the location information, the input information, and the identification information for the device to only the dispatch server system. The identification information is used by the dispatch server system to set a predefined location associated with the identification information as a destination for a trip for the user in the vehicle. The predefined location is defined in an account corresponding to the identification information of the device maintained by the dispatch server system prior to receipt of the input. |
| US10902534B2 |
Cognitive travel assistance
Data sources containing a plurality of health information is combined throughout a plurality of travelers. Profile vectors are created from each individual member of the traveling party and a group profile vector is built as a representative whole of the traveling parties interests. Potential travel destinations vectors are clustered and mapped with dimensions comprised in the group profile vector. A recommended vacation or travel destination itinerary is proposed based on the highest overlaying dimensional score between the group profile vector and potential travel destinations. |
| US10902533B2 |
Dynamic event processing
Methods, systems, and computer program products for dispatching an incoming event are described. A scoring stack is accessed, the scoring stack comprising an identity of one or more tasks, each task corresponding to one or more scorable functions. A scorable tree is generated based on the one or more scorable functions corresponding to the one or more tasks of the scoring stack and the incoming event is processed using the scorable tree to generate one or more scores. One or more actions identified in the scorable tree are performed based on the one or more scores. |
| US10902532B2 |
Method and apparatus for charging energy consumption
A method for calculating a cost for energy consumption is provided. The method includes receiving information regarding an energy consuming device from the energy consuming device, and determining a first charging rate for energy consumed by the energy consuming device based on the received information regarding the energy consuming device. |
| US10902529B2 |
Social media and revenue generation system and method
A system and method of allowing guests of events to interact with one another. A user of an event system may log into the event system and create a user profile to be utilized in the event system. The user may create an event with the event system. The event may include a geo-fence surrounding a location of the event, which may be customized by the user of the event system. The event may be a public event or a private event. The user of the event system may create an event poster of the event, which may include details of the event, the location of the event, the ability to invite the guests to the event, and the ability to bookmark the event. The user of the event system may invite at least some of the plurality of users to be the guests of the event. The geo-location of the guests of the event may also be determined. The guests of the event may be allowed to access features of the event, which may include direct messaging, guest profiles, and friend requests when the geo-location of the guests is within the geo-fence of the event. The features of the event may include direct messaging, guest profiles, and friend requests. The media content of the guests of the event being organized into galleries. The system and method may include monetization tools for utilizing features of the event system. The event system may charge users and guests of the event system depending on the type of service provided. |
| US10902527B2 |
Collaborative multiuser publishing of social media posts
A public post is created in conjunction with a social media platform, where a first poster contributes a first subset of artifacts used in the public post and a second poster contributes a second subset of artifacts used in the public post. From the public post, a first version is generated corresponding to the first poster where the first version includes the first subset of artifacts and an artifact from the second subset of artifacts. A first view of the public post is generated for a first viewer, the first view presenting the first version in a public portion and a private post of the first poster in a private portion, where the first viewer is a member of a first social network of the first poster. A second view of the public post is generated for a second viewer, which presents a second version in the public portion. |
| US10902526B2 |
Systems and methods of generating consciousness affects
A method of generating a consciousness affect is described. The method includes: (i) receiving, from a client device, a first and a second consciousness inputs, wherein the client device is associated with one or more users and the two consciousness inputs are different from each other; (ii) calculating a consciousness affect for one or more of the users; (iii) storing, in memory of the server and/or the client device, the consciousness affect; and (iv) wherein the first consciousness input includes at least one input chosen from a group comprising emotional state input, reasoned input, location information input, physical awareness input and spiritual insight input, and the second consciousness input is at least one input chosen from a group comprising reasoned input, location information input, physical awareness input and spiritual insight input. |
| US10902524B2 |
Sensor based system and method for augmenting underwriting of insurance policies
Techniques for detecting physical conditions at a physical premises from collection of sensor information from plural sensors execute one or more unsupervised learning models to continually analyze the collected sensor information to produce operational states of sensor information, produce sequences of state transitions, detect during the continual analysis of sensor data that one or more of the sequences of state transitions is a drift sequence, correlate determined drift state sequence to a stored determined condition at the premises, and generate an alert based on the determined condition. Various uses are described for these techniques. |
| US10902523B2 |
Transplantation methods
Methods and systems are provided for transplantation of a biological material to a plurality of recipients from a plurality of donors. One or a series of paired donations are made, where one or more donors and/or recipients can be international in origin. Improved care and cost savings are obtained by shifting time-based burdens; i.e., dialysis versus transplantation. Additional transplants, including transplants involving international participants, results in the improvement of local and global healthcare. |
| US10902518B2 |
System and method for performing automatic spread trading
The present embodiments are provided to facilitate the automatic trading of spreads in a fast and accurate manner. One or more market data feeds that contain market information for tradeable objects are received at an exchange. A spread data feed is generated in response to the market data feeds and from one or more spread setting parameters, which can be entered by a user. The spread data feed is preferably displayed in a spread window as bid and ask quantities associated with an axis or scale of prices. The user can enter orders in the spread window and the legs will be automatically worked to achieve, or attempt to achieve, the spread. In addition, other tools disclosed herein may be utilized to assist the user in making such trades. |
| US10902512B1 |
Third party merchant financing
A payment processing system is configured to expose an API to provide financing terms to a financial institution. The payment processing system receives, via the API, a request from the financial institution to calculate financing terms for providing capital to a merchant based on the merchant's financial history with the payment processing system and/or the financial institution. The payment processing system calculates the financing terms including an approved financing amount and repayment terms, which may include a portion of the transaction processed by the payment processing system or the financial institution to be withheld for repayment of the approved financing amount. The payment processing system transmits the financing terms to the financial institution via the API. |
| US10902508B2 |
Methods for extracting and adapting information to generate custom widgets and devices thereof
Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and content customization apparatuses that provides a front-end interface in response to a received request to generate a custom widget and receives an address for a web page submitted via the front-end interface. The request includes an address for a web page. The web page is obtained based on the address and web page source code for the web page is analyzed to extract a plurality of wrappers. Each of the wrappers includes information for one of a plurality of identified items. The wrappers are then provided to the front-end interface in response to the request. The front-end interface is configured to generate and output a style editor panel and a preview panel configured to display a widget comprising the wrappers and automatically update the widget, in response to modification of presentation source code via the style editor panel, to generate the custom widget. The custom widget is received from the front-end interface and stored. |
| US10902506B2 |
Crowd sourcing locations for seller privacy
Methods and systems for protecting seller privacy during an ecommerce transaction are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes, receiving, via an online listing configuration interface for a first session, one or more candidate pick up times and specific pick up locations for an item, determining a generalized version of the one or more specific pick up locations, displaying, via a second session, an online listing for the item, displaying, via the second session, the one or more candidate pick up times and the generalized versions of the one or more specific pick up locations, receiving, via the second session, a selection of one of the candidate pick up times and one of the generalized versions of one of the specific pick up locations, in response to receiving payment for the item, displaying a specific pick up location corresponding to the selected one generalized version. |
| US10902503B1 |
Method and system for connecting and facilitating the machine-to-machine delivery of a gift that may or may not have monetary value
A computer-implemented method and system for facilitating a sending of a gift from a first machine to a second machine may include a processor of a computer server reviewing a first list of one or more names of people maintained in a computer database. The processor may review context information related to the one or more names to determine if a moment exists for sending a gift from a first machine to a second machine. Content providers may also request one or more gifts to be identified when a second machine is proximate to a content provider who may fulfill a gift. |
| US10902493B2 |
System and method for customizing photo product designs with minimal and intuitive user inputs
A photo product design customization system for customizing a photo product design with minimal and intuitive user inputs includes a product design module that displays a photo product design in a main design panel, a user input detection unit that can detect a first directional movement from a first dynamic object in a product type selection panel to the main design panel, or a second directional movement from a second dynamic object in a product style selection panel to the main design panel, or a third directional movement from a third dynamic object in a product style selection panel to the main design panel, and an intelligent product design creation engine that can automatically change the photo product design in the main design panel in response to detection of the first, the second, or the third directional movement. |
| US10902491B2 |
Product/service reservation and delivery facilitation with semantic analysis enabled dialog assistance
A method and system capable of authenticating transactions involving at least one service provider and one or more users who are each in electronic communication. This electronic communication can be, for example, SMS, MMS, e-mail, or online account messaging. It is an aspect of certain embodiments where the transaction is an authentication and/or verification of an entity. Examples of such entities are products, actions, and users. |
| US10902483B2 |
Computer-implemented method and computer program for designing and cost-estimating irrigation systems
A computer-implemented method and computer program for designing and cost-estimating irrigation systems according to weather data, soil data, topography data, aerial imagery, and past yield data. Irrigation metrics such as evapotranspiration, irrigation system flow rate requirements, expected annual total water requirements, expected annual irrigation water requirements, supply point required pressure, end point required pressure, maximum irrigation acreage and crop yield and/or market value of lost yield under limited flow rate conditions, electric power generator size, pump size, pipeline supply system size, annual irrigation system usage, related equipment usage, operating costs, a sprinkler configuration, and other aspects of the irrigation systems may be optimized via an interactive user interface. |
| US10902482B2 |
Server apparatus
A server apparatus allows wait-listed customers to register information for the purposes of line placement and subsequent verification upon return. A customer can register a face image and contact information with a registration module of the server apparatus. When the next customer is called, a paging module of the server apparatus notifies the customer. An identification module of the server apparatus can take a second image of the person who responded to the call for comparison with the original image. Based on the result obtained from the identification module, a determination module of the server apparatus can verify the identity of the responding person. The server apparatus then provides table guide information to the verified customer. |
| US10902477B2 |
Predictive recommendation system using absolute relevance
In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for ranking promotions selected for recommendation to consumers based on predictions of promotion performance and consumer behavior. In embodiments, a set of promotions to be recommended to a consumer can be sorted and/or ranked according to respective relevance scores representing a probability that the consumer's behavior in response to the promotion will match a ranking target. In embodiments, calculating scores is based on a relevance model (a predictive function) derived from one or more contextual data sources representing attributes of promotions and consumer behavior. In embodiments, an absolute relevance score represents an absolute prediction of a ranking target variable. In embodiments, absolute relevance may be used to determine personalized local merchant discovery frontiers; featured result set thresholding for impressions; and/or promotion notification triggers. In embodiments, predictive models based on gross revenue may be optimized using promotion category-dependent price boosting. |
| US10902475B2 |
Auctioning sponsored mail based on member activity
A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method are described herein to detect access of a predefined resource by a target account. Responsive to the detected access of the predefined resource, a sender account is determined for a persistent message to be received by the target account. The persistent message is sent from the sender account to the target account. |
| US10902465B1 |
Systems, apparatus, and methods of providing prepurchase promotions
Systems, apparatus, and methods for providing prepurchase promotions to consumers are discussed herein. A prepurchase promotion may refer to preliminary promotional mechanism that may be accepted but is not an actual (e.g., redeemable) promotion until subsequent to merchant approval of one or more promotion parameters. Some embodiments may provide for an apparatus including circuitry configured to: provide a prepurchase impression of a prepurchase promotion to a consumer device, wherein the prepurchase promotion is associated with one or more promotion parameters including a promotional value; receive bid data from the consumer device indicating a consumer-defined accepted value and consumer acceptance of the one or more promotion parameters at the consumer-defined accepted value; and generate a request to offer a promotion including the one or more promotion parameters at the consumer-defined accepted value for transmission to a merchant associated with the prepurchase promotion. |
| US10902462B2 |
System and method of providing a platform for managing data content campaign on social networks
A computer-implemented system is disclosed for providing a platform for managing a campaign for publishing data content on social networks to increase audience member reaction to the data content. The system comprises: a data store: a content items database, wherein data associated with content items on one or more topics that is intended to be posted on social networks are stored; a schedule database, wherein data associated with schedules for posting the content items are stored; user account database, wherein data associated with registered users are stored; one or more servers coupled to the data store, wherein the one or more servers are programmed to execute computer program steps, the computer program steps comprising: receiving content items from content database that are associated with a topic selected by a user for posting on a social network, wherein the one or more content items are associated with one or more URLs; estimating a post to a reaction filter for a time interval for the social network for the user, the post to a reaction filter representative of the probability distribution that a reaction to a posted content will occur within the time interval; calculating a reaction profile associated with reactions to posts on the social network by aggregating reaction time of a plurality of users on the social network for one or more content items posted on the social network; determining a schedule for posting the content items on the social network as a function of the post to reaction filter and reaction profile; and posting the content items on the social network in accordance with the schedule. |
| US10902456B2 |
Customizing resources by pre-fetching profile information for future visitors
Methods described herein include prefetching information for a future visitor to a webpage or other resource. Prefetching the information can allow a provider to customize the webpage or resource with reduced latency. The methods can include notifying an experience provider associated with an advertisement prior to the user requesting the webpage or other resource. The notification can provide identification information corresponding to the client device or user. The notification also indicates that the client device or au user is about to be directed to the webpage or other resource. The notification can allow for retrieval of profile information associated with the identification information prior to the direction of the client device to the webpage or other resource. |
| US10902454B2 |
Systems and methods for promotional programs
Exemplary embodiments are directed to managing promotional programs. A promotion card is associated with at least one promotional program. Eligibility of one or more items is determined based on rules associated with the promotional program. A payment amount is calculated based on the eligibility of the items and the rules of the promotional program. |
| US10902453B2 |
Crowd level detection for in-store shopping
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, computer program product, and computer system for predicting store busy times. The method includes gathering data associated with the active carts in the store. The method may also predict the number of active carts within the store based on historical data indicating the crowd level on a particular date. A discount offer is determined and offered to users for visiting the store at a specific time slot. |
| US10902452B1 |
Consumer booking availability engine
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for receiving redemption selections from a consumer and scheduling redemption of a promotion. The method includes presenting one or more promotions for products or services offered by a merchant, and receiving an indication of a selection, by a consumer, of a promotion from the one or more promotions. The method further includes presenting one or more time slots based on predicted booking limits of a set of time slots including the one or more time slots, receiving a selection of a time slot from the one or more time slots, determining merchant time slot availability for the selected time slot, and scheduling a time slot for redeeming the promotion based on the determined merchant time slot availability. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. |
| US10902451B2 |
Systems and methods for loyalty programs
Methods, devices and media for a pre-enrollment registration system are described. The method includes: receiving signals representing pre-enrollment data, the pre-enrollment data including profile information associated with at least one prospective member; generating, with the at least one processor, a registration identifier for each of the at least one prospective members; storing each of the registration identifiers in association with the respective prospective member profile information; receiving, at the at least one processor, signals representing a registration request including the registration identifier associated with a requesting prospective member; generating, with the at least one processor, signals for displaying an interface, the interface including a plurality of profile fields, wherein at least one of the profile fields are pre-populated with at least a portion of the profile information associated with the requesting prospective member; and receiving signals for modifying or confirming the pre-populated profile fields. |
| US10902448B2 |
System and method for using data points collected from a customer to provide customer specific offerings
A retailer computer system receives from a first computing device a shopping recap having data indicative of one or more products that were shown to a customer by the sales associate while the customer was within a retail establishment. The received shopping recap is stored within a data repository where it is linked to a customer identifier that is associated with the customer and an associate identifier that is associated with the sale associate. If the customer later purchases a product, data indicative of the product being purchased is compared against data within any shopping recap that is linked to that customer to determine if a sales associate that is also linked to any shopping recap linked to that customer is to be awarded a commission for the product being purchased. The purchase of the product by the customer may further generate a digital receipt where the digital receipt includes a notice that the customer is being awarded an incentive, such as a coupon. The incentive may be automatically linked to a rewards account of the customer whereupon, if the customer purchases a product that is associated with the incentive, the incentive will be automatically redeemed for the customer. |
| US10902447B2 |
Method, medium, and system for cognitive price tags based on shake signature
Various embodiments determine a dynamic price of a combination of items for sale via a smart price tag attached to one of the items. A back-end price server receives a request to register a user and product combination. The product is associated with a first item for sale. The user and product combination is registered as a unique gesture at the back-end server. The back-end price server further receives a request for a current price for a combination of the first item for sale and a second item for sale and determines the current price of the combination of the first item for sale and the second item for sale for a user profile handle mapped to the unique gesture. |
| US10902445B2 |
Location evaluation
Data-driven evaluation of locations for a proposed business is provided by a method that includes identifying and weighing business success attributes for a desired business segment and business segment requirements for a proposed business, identifying candidate locations, calling to devices to request attribute data for the business success attributes, obtaining success rates and attribute data for other businesses, ranking the candidate locations on anticipated success of the proposed business, and generating digital documents informing of the candidate locations, providing at least some of the attribute data, and identifying a preferred location, of the candidate locations, for the proposed business. Aspects also include refining a database indicating the business success attributes, weights thereof, and business segment requirements applicable to different business segments, based on historical performance of businesses in the different business segments to identify relevant business success attributes and relative importance thereof as an indicator of business success. |
| US10902440B2 |
Systems and methods for computer analytics of associations between online and offline purchase events
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating consumer analytics for products placed in online shopping carts. A profiler computing system generates a unique tacking profile for associating purchase events by a purchaser. Payment vehicle data and a tracking element are associated with the identified purchaser profile. The purchaser profile may be generated based on purchase information associated with an initial purchase event by the purchaser. The profiler computing system determines whether products abandoned in online shopping carts are purchased at brick-and-mortar affiliates or other merchant forums. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10902438B2 |
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method to designate incentives for content transfer
An information processing apparatus is provided and operates as a managing server that distributes incentive using transfer device information with respect to content. A communication unit receives inter-device transfer information with respect to output content from an information providing device, the information being in the form of device identifiers for at least the information providing device and one or more user devices that executed content transfers. A controller then executes processing to designate the incentive recipients as being the device managers associated with the acquired device identifiers. In so doing, incentive can be distributed to the managers or users of user devices that relay content between an information providing device and a product purchaser. |
| US10902436B2 |
Fraud detection system and method
A fraud detection system for a reverse vending machine, the system including: a detector adapted to detect at least one container entered into the reverse vending machine; a compactor load sensor adapted to measure load of a compactor of the reverse vending machine during operation, wherein the compactor is adapted to compact entered containers downstream of said detector; and a compactor load sensor monitoring device configured to determine whether the detected at least one container is compacted as expected based on the load measured by the compactor load sensor. |
| US10902431B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring and analyzing financial transactions on public distributed ledgers for suspicious and/or criminal activity
Systems and methods configured for monitoring and analyzing financial transactions on public distributed ledgers for suspicious and/or criminal activity are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: access public third-party information for addresses involved in financial transactions; correlate a first portion of the public third-party information with transaction addresses; label the financial transactions and/or the addresses according to characteristics, such that individual ones of the addresses either have been labeled or are unlabeled; cluster the financial transactions and/or the addresses into a set of clusters that includes a first cluster; assign levels of risk for suspicious and/or criminal activity to the addresses and the financial transactions; and responsive to comparisons of levels of risk with a threshold, report transactions for suspicious and/or criminal activity. |
| US10902430B2 |
Systems and methods for large-scale testing activities discovery
Embodiments of the invention relate in part to determining a testing model and providing a testing transaction score for transactions. The testing transaction score may indicate a likelihood that the transaction is a testing transaction. One embodiment of the invention discloses a method comprising receiving a first authorization message for a first transaction using an account, determining a testing transaction score for the first transaction using a testing model, and determining that the first transaction is a testing transaction based on the testing transaction score, wherein the testing transaction score for the first transaction is used for declining a second transaction using the same account conducted after the first transaction. |
| US10902423B2 |
Method and apparatus for streamlined digital wallet transactions
A method includes maintaining a digital wallet in a computer, and receiving a request for a transaction. The computer may receive and verify user authentication data, and then allow the user to access any payment card account in the digital wallet without requiring additional user authentication, regardless of the account selected for the transaction by the user. In some embodiments, cryptogram generation may be performed with an EMV server in association with the digital wallet, to enhance the level of security assurance for merchants, issuers and users. |
| US10902419B2 |
Blockchain-based system for efficient storage and retrieval of disparate supply-side transaction information
Systems and methods for a blockchain-based system for efficient storage and retrieval of disparate supply-side transaction information. An example embodiment includes features to receive a transaction from a provider system; aggregate the received transaction with a plurality of other transactions, wherein each transaction is encrypted; generate one or more hashes associated with the aggregated transactions, and broadcast the generated hashes onto a blockchain of a blockchain network; store the encrypted transactions and generated hashes, wherein the computer system is configured to respond to a search request received from a user, and wherein the computer system is further configured to validate stored transactions which are responsive to the search request via comparison to the generated hashes on the blockchain. |
| US10902417B2 |
Systems and methods of processing payment transactions using one-time tokens
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of systems and methods for processing payment transaction using pseudo-PAN. In an exemplary embodiment, a method generally includes generating an encryption salt, receiving a request from a consumer indicating a possible payment transaction, in response to the request, generating a one-time token, based on the actual payment information and a most recent generated encryption salt, the one-time token having the same format as the payment information, with a routing segment of the one-time token being identical to a routing segment of the payment information, and presenting the one-time token. |
| US10902409B2 |
Method and system for card payment approval using mobile terminal of mobile card holder
The present invention relates to a system and a method for requesting approval of a card payment and processing a calculation, by using a mobile terminal of a mobile card holder, wherein: in payment information exchange between a calculation terminal operated by a merchant and a mobile terminal of a card holder, when a display device of the store calculation terminal displays a two-dimensional bar code including information, such as payment details, without wired or wireless data communication connection, payment detail information is conveniently and safely transmitted through simply photographing the two-dimensional bar code by using a camera module built in the mobile terminal of the card holder; and a request for approval of a card payment is finally achieved using the mobile terminal of the card holder, thereby improving convenience of using mobile payment service through easy and safe payment without providing card information of a card holder to the outside. |
| US10902407B2 |
Payment device and sales processing device
A payment device includes a plurality of antennas and a payment unit. The payment unit performs a payment process for payment in which a payment service associated with a respective one of the plurality of antennas is used in accordance with start of wireless communication for the payment process via the respective one of the plurality of antennas. |
| US10902406B1 |
Verifying proximity during payment transactions
In some examples, a system receives, from a first device, an indication of a location of the first device and a notification of a transaction including an identifier that identifies both a customer and a second device associated with the customer. The system may send information related to the notification to cause the second device to present details related to the transaction. The system may receive, from the second device, an indication of a location of the second device, and may determine that the first device is in proximity to the second device by comparing the location of the first device to the location of the second device. The system may submit, to a payment processor, information related to the transaction and the determination of proximity for authentication to enable the payment processor to determine whether to approve the transaction based at least on the determination of proximity. |
| US10902405B1 |
Transient mobile wallets
A system includes a secondary computing device not owned by a user, a hardware processor, a memory and instructions that cause the processor to generate a transient wallet identifier (ID) for a transient mobile wallet, the transient mobile wallet being of limited duration, and provide a configuration user interface the user, presenting configuration information for the transient mobile wallet. The processor also identifies a usage specification for the transient mobile wallet defining allowed uses for the transient mobile wallet. The processor also activates the transient mobile wallet on the secondary computing device, receives a payment transaction approval request, compares the payment transaction data to the usage specification, determines that the payment transaction data is non-conforming, and transmits a rejection message for the first payment transaction. |
| US10902394B2 |
One line in-context user interface
The systems and methods that generate a one-touch frame are provided. A line of code including a tag is inserted into a webpage. The tag includes a link to a server from which parameters for the frame are obtained. The browser uses the parameters to generate the frame. In addition, the server or a local memory of a computing device on which the frame is generated also store credentials associated with a user account. These credentials are also obtained and incorporated into the frame. The frame may then be activated to perform one-touch functions using the credentials. |
| US10902393B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for operating an electronic account in connection with an electronic transaction
Embodiments of the present application relate to a method, apparatus, and system for operating an electronic account or displaying a payment page. The method includes receiving, from a first client terminal, a payment platform display page acquisition request, providing, to the first client terminal, a payment platform display page, wherein the payment platform display page includes a first script code, wherein in the event that the first script code is executed, the first script code causes the first client terminal to obtain a payment page including a digital object unique identifier from a payment server and to display the payment page, wherein the digital object unique identifier indicates an upcoming payment sum, receiving verification information, and sending the verification information to the payment server to instruct the payment server to execute a deduction operation on an electronic account. |
| US10902388B2 |
Method and device for adding transactions to a blockchain
A method for adding transactions to a blockchain, characterized by the following features: subscribers of the computer network, who are connected by a predefined relation, are determined; multiplication triples are generated as a secret shared among the subscribers; at least one multiplication triple among the multiplication triples is mapped, along with the transactions, to a hash value; if the hash value falls below a predefined target value, a block, which contains the multiplication triple mapped to the hash value, as well as the transactions, is transferred to the blockchain; and a multiparty computation in the computer network is controlled with the remaining multiplication triples. |
| US10902386B2 |
Assisting user in managing a calendar application
A method, system and computer program product for managing a calendar application. A need to optimize a calendar is identified. Furthermore, a period of time to optimize the calendar is received or identified. All the scheduled events (e.g., scheduled meetings) in the calendar are then selected during that period of time. The attendees, topics and flags, if any, for each of the selected scheduled events during the period of time are extracted. Prior collaborations with the user involving the extracted attendees and/or topics of the selected scheduled events are identified. Collaboration data (e.g., participants/senders/attendees, topics) is then extracted from the identified prior collaborations. A list of actions (e.g., delegate scheduled event to another user) is generated to be performed on a selected scheduled event based on the extracted collaboration data. The generated list of actions to be performed on the selected scheduled event is then presented to the user. |
| US10902384B2 |
Systems and methods for assessing employment candidates
The present disclosure describes a talent-identification system that can be used by companies to assist in the recruitment process for new employees. Additionally, the system can be used by job seekers to determine ideal career fields and industries. The system employs an array of neuroscience-based tests to assess a user's career propensities, after which the system can provide career recommendations to the user or report on employment suitability of the user to a company. |
| US10902383B2 |
Vision AR: SmartHR overlay
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for retrieving and displaying human resources (HR) information. A computer system identifies an employee in a live view on a mobile display system according to biometric data and identifies HR information associated with the employee using the biometric data and a policy. The HR information is stored in at least one database, and the policy defines the HR information associated with the employee. The computer system displays the HR information associated with the employee in augmented reality information on the live view on the mobile display system. |
| US10902381B2 |
Methods and systems for providing improved data access framework
Some aspects are directed to systems for providing access to data. An example includes a computer system implementing a data access framework for providing data to one or more predictive models. The system is configured to receive at least one asset definition comprising an asset identifier for at least one asset associated with at least one data source, receive at least one data lens definition comprising a data lens identifier and a logical model identifier, the logical model identifier identifying at least one portion of a logical system model, access a first datastore to retrieve asset information extracted from the at least one data source, determine, using the logical model identifier, a portion of the logical system model associated with the retrieved asset information, format the retrieved asset information for storage in a second datastore corresponding to the logical system model, and store the formatted retrieved asset information in the second datastore. |
| US10902379B2 |
System for customized unrequested item resolution
Examples provide an unrequested item resolution system. A rules-decision engine analyzes unrequested item data using a set of per-item constraints to determine whether to accept or reject at least one unrequested item based on open order(s) and/or predicted future order(s). The rules-decision engine generates a reject notification if an overage amount of the at least one unrequested item exceeds an overage amount threshold or a quantity of the at least one unrequested item is above a quantity threshold. A prediction engine generates an accept notification if the unrequested item(s) conform to one or more predicted items. A resolution component extracts supplier-specific resolution data from a plurality of unresolved remedy tickets for the identified supplier. A notification component generates a consolidated notification for the identified supplier, including the extracted supplier-specific resolution data. The notification engine sends the consolidated notification to a client device associated with the identified supplier. |
| US10902378B2 |
Inventory management server
A server for providing inventory management includes a storage device that stores: an inventory database data including an identification code of each of a plurality of commodities owned by a user, and location data corresponding to a predetermined area. A processor receives, from a portable terminal, an identification code acquired by the portable terminal and position information indicating a position of the portable terminal. The processor determines whether the position information corresponds to a position within the predetermined area. If the position information corresponds to a position within the predetermined area, the storage device updates the inventory database based on the received identification code. If the position information does not correspond to a position within the predetermined area, the processor determines, based on comparing the received identification code to the inventory database, whether purchase of a commodity corresponding to the received identification code should be reviewed. |
| US10902375B2 |
System and method for delivering packages to customers
In some embodiments, system, apparatuses and methods are provided useful for delivering packages. One such configuration may include storage lockers and a control circuit that detects proximity of delivery agents to a locker, and in response, sends a code to an agent that verifies the agent upon receipt of the code therefrom. In another configuration, the control circuit associates a storage locker with a customer profile, detects a customer approaching and a first authentication aspect, receives a second authentication aspect, and compares the authentication aspects with the customer profile. In another example, a control circuit associates a delivery container with a customer profile and the delivery agents handling the container, and upon receiving a package scan, compares the scan with aspects associated with responsible delivery agents. In another example, a control circuit receives sensed data from a customer and authenticates delivery by comparing the sensed data with delivery agent profiles. |
| US10902374B2 |
Encrypted transit information for shipments
A computer-implemented method includes receiving transit information from a first data logger, wherein the first data logger is associated with a first shipment. The method identifies a first user based on an identifier associated with the first shipment. The method queries the first user for credentials for verification. Responsive to determining the received credentials for verification from the first user match the credentials of record, the method sends the received transit information to the first user. |
| US10902368B2 |
Intelligent decision synchronization in real time for both discrete and continuous process industries
This invention that provides system, method & apparatus for Real Time integration and Analytics (RETINA) to enable proactive decision synchronization in real time in order to minimize the operational risk and maximize the process productivity for process industries such as Oil & Gas Exploration and Fossil fuel power plants is disclosed. RETINA generates and synchronizes the decisions that affect the performance and profitability of business operations in real time and helps in analysis that are essential for any successful business operations. RETINA provides methods and apparatus that combines data from several types of data sources, build models for identifying impending failures, predicting a future state of the process from currently measured process data and provide decision options to business users so that any unwanted opportunity loss such as downtimes or critical equipment failures that are operations risks would be eliminated. RETINA provides methods and apparatus to ensure that correct decisions are taken at the appropriate instant of time with right amount of data to the pertinent personnel to eliminate inefficiencies in operations and performance resulting in tangible profitability. |
| US10902366B2 |
Visualization features for teams
A Business Data Portal (“BDP”) may be provided. The BDP may be a team centric portal that directs users to teams that are created to complete some task or set of tasks for a company or a company's supply chain. The tools provided in each team in the BDP may facilitate members associated with the teams to perform a variety of tasks such as, but not limited to: collect, document, discuss, link, share and discover data across an enterprise or community. The team may contain data and stored knowledge used over the life of the team. The attributes and stored data, discussions, and forums may capture knowledge of the team as the BDP operates. |
| US10902363B2 |
Determining an order of emphasis for capacity planning metrics based on similarity scores of stakeholder preferred orders of emphasis while protecting stakeholder privacy
Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating capacity planning schedules while protecting the privacy of stakeholder preferences of a set of metrics are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes identifying stakeholders associated with capacity planning for a project; determining metrics to be used in the capacity planning; obtaining, from each of the stakeholders, an initial preferred order of emphasis of the metrics; calculating similarity scores between the initial preferred orders of emphasis; outputting, to each of the stakeholders, the similarity scores, wherein the identity of the stakeholders has been masked; obtaining, from each of the stakeholders, at least a second iteration of a preferred order of emphasis of the metrics; generating a final order of emphasis of the multiple metrics upon a determination that the stakeholders provided at least a predetermined number of identical preferred orders of emphasis; and outputting the final order of emphasis of the metrics. |
| US10902356B2 |
Real-time cognitive supply chain optimization
The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product of real-time cognitive supply chain optimization. In an embodiment, the present invention includes receiving supply chain optimization data describing a supply chain optimization problem, receiving variables of interest data describing variables of interest with respect to the supply chain optimization problem, generating an optimal route for a user based on the supply chain optimization data and the variables of interest data, monitoring route execution data describing execution of the generated optimal route by the user, capturing deviation data from the monitored route execution data, with respect to critical variable data, and executing a set of logical operations analyzing the captured deviation data with respect to the variables of interest data to identify whether at least one change occurred among the variables of interest at the time of at least one deviation from the generated optimal route. |
| US10902355B2 |
Apparatus and method for processing information and program for the same
An information processing apparatus includes a counting unit, a storage control unit, a first determination unit, and a second determination unit. The counting unit counts the number of objects queuing in a waiting line. The storage control unit stores estimated times when the objects enter the waiting line and the number of objects queuing in the waiting line counted by the counting unit in association with each other. The first determination unit determines estimated time when each object exits the waiting line based on the number of objects exiting the waiting line and the number of objects queuing in the waiting line. The second determination unit determines waiting time of each object in the waiting line based on the estimated time when the object enters the waiting line and the estimated time when the object exits the waiting line. |
| US10902354B2 |
Information processing system and control method
Provided is an information processing system and a control method capable of effectively selecting a specific space unit. The information processing system includes a generation unit that specifies a user who occupies or reserves occupation of a specific space unit in a predetermined area, and generates a heat map in accordance with attribute information about the user, and a providing unit that provides the heat map as a user interface for the user to select a specific space in the predetermined area. |
| US10902348B2 |
Computerized branch predictions and decisions
Embodiments of the invention include a computer-implemented method of processor branch prediction. This method aims at training a machine-learning model of processor branch behavior while a processing unit executes computer instructions. Such instructions include branch instructions, load instructions and store instructions. The load instructions and the store instructions cause a control unit of the processing unit to load data from a memory into processor registers and store data from the processor registers to the memory, respectively. Basically, the training of the model involves, for each of N branch instructions (N>2) encountered whilst the processing unit executes said branch instructions: identifying a next branch instruction; and feeding the machine-learning model with carefully chosen inputs. |
| US10902346B2 |
Efficient semi-supervised concept organization accelerated via an inequality process
One embodiment provides generating a similarity matrix corresponding to an input collection including initializing, by a processor, a working set as a collection of a multiple items. Until the similarity matrix converges: receiving a seed for similarity for at least one pair of items of the multiple items, and obtaining a similarity value for all other item pairs using a Naive Triangle Inequality process. The similarity is generated with obtained similarity values. |
| US10902345B2 |
Predicting user posting behavior in social media applications
A computer-implemented method includes extracting a plurality of topics from a plurality of unlabeled social media posts, mapping the plurality of topics to a plurality of frequencies, each frequency in the plurality of frequencies indicating how often a corresponding topic in the plurality of topics occurs in the plurality of unlabeled social media posts, and predicting, based in part on the plurality of frequencies, a future social media posting behavior of a specific social media user, wherein the future social media posting behavior includes a specific topic about which the specific social media user is likely to post at a time in the future and a frequency with which the specific topic is likely to occur in posts of the specific social media user that are created at the time in the future. |
| US10902341B1 |
Machine learning based list recommendations
A machine learning engine may correlate user profile data and/or list item data with a service provider action that may lead to a particular user action with respect to a list item (e.g., a task item of a to-do list, a content item of a content item queue, etc.). For example, a task item performance application may process user profile data and/or task item profile data to generate training data. In addition, the machine learning engine may generate a task item performance model using the training data by identifying indicators that correlate with the particular user action. Additionally, the task item performance application may then use the task item performance model to suggest actions that may be performed by a service provider to increase the likelihood of the user performing the particular user action with respect to the list item. Further, the machine learning engine may also determine weights for individual indicators. |
| US10902338B2 |
Quantum network node and protocols with multiple qubit species
The disclosure describes aspects of using multiple species in trapped-ion nodes for quantum networking. In an aspect, a quantum networking node is described that includes multiple memory qubits, each memory qubit being based on a 171Yb+ atomic ion, and one or more communication qubits, each communication qubit being based on a 138Ba+ atomic ion. The memory and communication qubits are part of a lattice in an atomic ion trap. In another aspect, a quantum computing system having a modular optical architecture is described that includes multiple quantum networking nodes, each quantum networking node including multiple memory qubits (e.g., based on a 171Yb+ atomic ion) and one or more communication qubits (e.g., based on a 138Ba+ atomic ion). The memory and communication qubits are part of a lattice in an atomic ion trap. The system further includes a photonic entangler coupled to each of the multiple quantum networking nodes. |
| US10902337B1 |
Method and device of trajectory outlier detection, and storage medium thereof
Disclosed is a method and a device of trajectory outlier detection. The method may include: points on a trajectory to be detected are obtained by sampling the trajectory; characteristic points are extracted from the points according to spatial state and temporal state of each of the points; trajectory segments are obtained by segmenting the trajectory according to the characteristic points; each of the trajectory segments is compared to normal trajectory segments and abnormal trajectory segments; and one or more trajectory outliers are identified from the trajectory segments based on comparison results. Wherein, the normal trajectory segments and the abnormal trajectory segments are obtained by clustering trajectory segments in a training set; and the trajectory segments in the training set are obtained by segmenting historical trajectories based on characteristic points extracted from points on the historical trajectories according to spatial state and temporal state of the points. |
| US10902334B2 |
Automated image analysis to assess reproductive potential of human oocytes and pronuclear embryos
A computer system automatically converts a set of training images of cells (e.g., oocytes or pronuclear embryos) and related outcome metadata into a description document by extracting features (e.g., cytoplasm features) from the pixel values of the training images that describe the cells and associating the extracted features with the outcome metadata. Based on the description document, the system automatically computes a decision model that can be used to predict outcomes of new cells. To predict outcomes of new cells, a computer system automatically extracts features from images that describe the new cells and predicts one or more outcomes by applying the decision model. The features extracted from the images that describe the new cells correspond to features selected for inclusion in the decision model, and are calculated in the same way as the corresponding features extracted from the training images. |
| US10902332B2 |
Recommendation system construction method and apparatus
A client device determines a local user gradient value based on a current user preference vector and a local item gradient value based on a current item feature vector. The client device updates a user preference vector by using the local user gradient value and updates an item feature vector by using the local item gradient value. The client device determines a neighboring client device based on a predetermined adjacency relationship. The local item gradient value is sent by the client device to the neighboring client device. The client device receives a neighboring item gradient value sent by the neighboring client device. The client device updates the item feature vector by using the neighboring item gradient value. In response to the client device determining that a predetermined iteration stop condition is satisfied, the client device outputs the user preference vector and the item feature vector. |
| US10902331B2 |
Systems and methods for providing visual allocation management
Systems and methods for managing visual allocation are provided herein that use models to determine states based on visual data and, based thereon, output feedback based on the determined states. Visual data is initially obtained by a visual allocation management system. The visual data includes eye image sequences of a person in a particular state, such as engaging in a task or activity. Visual features can be identified from the visual data, such that glance information including direction and duration can be calculated. The visual data, information derived therefrom, and/or other contextual data is input into the models, which correspond to states, to calculate probabilities that the particular state that the person is engaged in is one of the modeled states. Based on the state identified as having the highest probability, an optimal feedback, such as a warning or instruction, can be output to a connected devices, systems, or objects. |
| US10902328B2 |
Provision of rules-based system as cloud service
An endless loop in an inference engine processing a set of rules according to facts stored in a database may be detected by: (a) analyzing the set of rules to identify a subset of the set of rules comprising rules that are triggered by an updated fact; (b) executing the rules of the subset; (c) updating at least one of the facts based on the execution of the rules; (d) storing an identifier for each executed rule of the subset; (e) associating each stored identifier with a subset number for the subset in a consecutive sequence of subset numbers for executed subsets; and repeating steps (a)-(e) until the identifier for a rule, to be executed, is associated with an excessive number of subset numbers that are equally offset from each other in the sequence of subset numbers for executed subsets. |
| US10902326B2 |
Relation extraction using co-training with distant supervision
Generating, updating, and using a knowledge graph. Concepts in a knowledge graph can have relations to one another. These relations may be expressed as confidence values. A training data set may be split into two portions, with the first portion used to update confidence values for existing relations between concept pairs, using the knowledge graph. These confidence values can be used, together with the second portion used to update confidence values for known phrases that express known relations. These confidence values, in turn, can be used, together with the first portion, to increase the accuracy of the original confidence scores with respect to existing relations. The process may be iteratively employed, with each iteration increasing the accuracy of confidence scores. |
| US10902325B2 |
Identifying and analyzing impact of an event on relationships
The present invention provides a computer implemented method, a system, and a computer program product of identifying and analyzing the impact of an event associated with an entity on relationships of the entity. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention includes storing data that identifies relationships with entities associated with the entity, based on data about the entity and data about the entities from at least one online website, storing data that identifies entity relationships, among the entity relationships identified in an entity relationship data structure, that are determined by the computer system to be affected by events associated with event categories, receiving data about events related to the entity, and outputting data related to a recommendation for a second entity among the entities associated with the entity, wherein the second entity corresponds to a most affected relationship, based on data associated with the second entity. |
| US10902319B2 |
Batch normalization layers
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing inputs using a neural network system that includes a batch normalization layer. One of the methods includes receiving a respective first layer output for each training example in the batch; computing a plurality of normalization statistics for the batch from the first layer outputs; normalizing each component of each first layer output using the normalization statistics to generate a respective normalized layer output for each training example in the batch; generating a respective batch normalization layer output for each of the training examples from the normalized layer outputs; and providing the batch normalization layer output as an input to the second neural network layer. |
| US10902318B2 |
Methods and systems for improved transforms in convolutional neural networks
A system and method for convolutional layer in convolutional neural networks is provided. The convolution is performed via a transformation that includes relocating input, relocating convolution filters and performing an aggregate matrix multiply. |
| US10902317B2 |
Neural network processing system
A neural network processing system includes at least one synapse and a neuron circuit. The synapse receives an input signal and has an external weighted value and an internal weighted value, and the internal weighted value has a variation caused by an external stimulus. When the variation of the internal weighted value accumulates to a threshold value, the external weighted value varies and the input signal is multiplied by the external weighted value of the synapse to generate a weighted signal. A neuron circuit is connected with the synapse to receive the weighted signal transmitted by the synapse, and calculates and outputs the weighted signal. The present invention can simultaneously accelerate the prediction and learning functions of the deep learning and realize a hardware neural network with high precision and real-time learning. |
| US10902311B2 |
Regularization of neural networks
Regularization of neural networks. Neural networks can be regularized by obtaining an original neural network having a plurality of first-in-first-out (FIFO) queues, each FIFO queue located between a pair of nodes among a plurality of nodes of the original neural network, generating at least one modified neural network, the modified neural network being equivalent to the original neural network with a modified length of at least one FIFO queue, evaluating each neural network among the original neural network and the at least one modified neural network, and determining which neural network among the original neural network and the at least one modified neural network is most accurate, based on the evaluation. |
| US10902308B2 |
Device for dynamically generating and displaying a security code
A device comprising a physical support and an electronic chip supported by the support and comprising a memory module and a processor configured to implement a computer program configured to produce a result from data. The device further comprises a display module configured to display the result and a radio antenna configured to receive at least one electromagnetic signal configured to electrically supply the display module. The data comprises at least one item of static data, stored in a non-transient memory and an item of dynamic data, circulating in a transient memory. The dynamic data is received by the device through the at least one electromagnetic signal and the at least one electromagnetic signal is received by the device from at least one communication device. |
| US10902303B2 |
Methods and systems for visual recognition using triplet loss
Methods, systems, and computer-readable mediums storing computer executable code for visual recognition implementing a triplet loss function are provided. The method include receiving an image generated from an image source associated with a vehicle. The method may also include analyzing the image based on a convolutional neural network. The convolutional neural network may apply both a triplet loss function and a softmax loss function to the image to determine classification logits. The method may also include classifying the image into a predetermined class distribution based upon the determined classification logits. The method may also include instructing the vehicle to perform a specific task based upon the classified image. |
| US10902301B2 |
Information processing device and non-transitory computer readable medium storing information processing program
An information processing device includes a display controller that displays a term expression expressing a term which appears in target data, on a display in a display mode based on a level of liveliness of the target data when the term appears. |
| US10902300B2 |
Method and apparatus for training fine-grained image recognition model, fine-grained image recognition method and apparatus, and storage mediums
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for training a fine-grained image recognition model, a device and a storage medium. The method comprises: obtaining images as training samples, and respectively obtaining a tag corresponding to each image, the tag including a class to which the image belongs; training according to the training samples and corresponding tags to obtain a fine-grained image recognition model, and performing constraint at a feature level from two dimensions, namely, the class and object parts, during the training, so that the fine-grained image recognition model learns key object parts in the images; upon performing the fine-grained image recognition, inputting a to-be-recognized image to the fine-grained image recognition model, so that the fine-grained image recognition model positions key object parts in the image, and completes fine-grained image classification according to the key object parts, and outputs a classification result. The solution of the present disclosure can be applied to save manpower costs and improve the model training efficiency. |
| US10902298B2 |
Pushing items to users based on a reinforcement learning model
This disclosure is related to determining an item push list for a user based on a reinforcement learning model. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining M first item lists that have been predetermined for a first user. Each first item list includes i−1 items. For each first item list, an ith state feature vector is obtained. The ith state feature vector includes a static feature and a dynamic feature. The ith state feature vector is provided as input to the reinforcement machine learning model. The reinforcement model outputs a weight vector including weights of sorting features. A sorting feature vector of each item in a candidate item set corresponding to the first item list is obtained. The sorting feature vector includes feature values of sorting features. M updated item lists are determined for the first item lists based on a score for each item in M candidate item sets. |
| US10902296B2 |
Method and apparatus for training classification model, method and apparatus for classifying
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for training a classification model and a method and apparatus for classifying. A method for classifying comprises: extracting a feature from to-be-tested information inputted to a classification model having been trained; compressing the extracted feature into a low dimensional hidden feature capable of representing the to-be-tested information; performing decompression on the hidden feature to obtain a decompressed feature; performing rebuilding on the to-be-tested information based on the decompressed feature, to obtain reconstructed to-be-tested information; judging, based on a rebuild loss between the to-be-tested information and the reconstructed to-be-tested information, whether the to-be-tested information belongs to a known class or an unknown class; and performing classification on the to-be-tested information, via the classification model having been trained, in a case where it is determined that the to-be-tested information belongs to a known class. |
| US10902286B2 |
Learning assistance device, method of operating learning assistance device, learning assistance program, learning assistance system, and terminal device
A learning assistance device acquires a plurality of learned discriminators obtained by causing learning discriminators provided in a plurality of respective terminal devices to perform learning using image correct answer data, acquires a plurality of discrimination results obtained by causing a plurality of learned discriminators to discriminate the same input image, determines the correct answer data of the input image on the basis of the plurality of discrimination results, causes the discriminator to perform learning the input image and the correct answer data, and outputs a result thereof as a new learning discriminator to each terminal device. |
| US10902284B2 |
Identifying optimum pre-process techniques for text extraction
Disclosed is a system for identifying at least one optimum pre-processing technique for text extraction. A data receiving module receives an input image and an expected text pertaining to the input image. Furthermore, a performance module performs a plurality of pre-processing techniques on the input image in order to extract textual information, present in the input image, by using at least one text extraction technique. Subsequently, a recording module records processing time spent on each pre-processing technique performed on the input image. Further, a comparison module compares the textual information with the expected text. Further to comparing the textual information with the expected text, the ranking module may rank each of the plurality of pre-processing techniques based on a result of comparison between the textual information and the expected text, thereby identifying at least one optimum pre-processing technique for text extraction. |
| US10902280B1 |
System to search three-dimensional object data
The presence of an object in a query image may be searched for using a feature of the query image. A local descriptor value for the feature is first determined. Previously stored object data for various 3D objects is then retrieved, with each set of stored object data including a probability distribution that describes a feature of a 3D object as obtained from images at different camera poses. A probability value is then determined using the local descriptor value for the feature in the query image and the available distribution data from the stored object data. The distribution data is then ranked based on the resulting probability values and the highest ranked distribution data is associated with the feature in the query image. Output data may also be generated to identify the 3D object in the query image based on an object identifier of the highest ranked distribution data. |
| US10902278B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing system, computer program product, and image processing method
In an image processing system, an image processing apparatus configured to recognize images of documents is connected through a network to terminal apparatuses each including an input unit and a display unit. The image processing apparatus includes: a recognition unit configured to perform character recognition processing on an image; a confidential information detecting unit configured to detect confidential information from a result of the character recognition processing; and a manipulation unit configured to generate, based on the confidential information in the image, a first manipulated image obtained by fragmenting the confidential information. Each of the terminal apparatuses includes: a display unit configured to display the first manipulated image; and an input unit configured to input corrected data for the first manipulated image. |
| US10902277B2 |
Multi-region detection for images
An image captured by a camera can be processed by a scanning application to identify one or more regions within the image that are suitable for scanning. One or more of these regions can be selected for scanning automatically based on user-input such as a fingertip touch to a particular portion of the display screen. Users may also select multiple regions and submit multiple quadrangular regions for scanning to PDF from a single image. |
| US10902275B2 |
Method and system for monitoring safety critical symbols on a display
The present disclosure relates generally to a system and method for monitoring a display output of a graphics processing unit (“GPU”), and more particularly, to monitoring safety critical symbols of a commercial off the shelf (“COTS”) GPU to ensure a high level of accuracy of the display output to be displayed to a user. The generated display output signal of the COTS GPU may be encoded with specific reference points within a generated image, and compared to a predicted image for the monitoring device having corresponding specific reference points. By having specific reference points in the encoded display output signal of the COTS GPU, the monitoring device may significantly reduce processing and throughput but focusing the comparison on only the specific encoded reference points and thereby confirming the accuracy of the COTS GPU. |
| US10902274B2 |
Opting-in or opting-out of visual tracking
In implementations of opting-in or opting-out of visual tracking, a computing device maintains digital images received for scanning, and includes an image scanning system that receives a digital image depicting one or more faces of persons captured in the digital image. The image scanning system is implemented to detect a face of a person who is depicted in the digital image from a scan of the digital image. The image scanning system can then scan the digital image for a visual tracking identifier that indicates a preference of the person for one of opting-in or opting-out of visual tracking. The image scanning system can detect the visual tracking identifier associated with the person from the scan of the digital image, and continue or discontinue the visual tracking of the person based on the visual tracking identifier indicating that the person opt-in or opts-out of visual tracking. |
| US10902272B2 |
Phrase recognition model for autonomous vehicles
Aspects of the disclosure relate to training and using a phrase recognition model to identify phrases in images. As an example, a selected phrase list may include a plurality of phrases is received. Each phrase of the plurality of phrases includes text. An initial plurality of images may be received. A training image set may be selected from the initial plurality of images by identifying the phrase-containing images that include one or more phrases from the selected phrase list. Each given phrase-containing image of the training image set may be labeled with information identifying the one or more phrases from the selected phrase list included in the given phrase-containing images. The model may be trained based on the training image set such that the model is configured to, in response to receiving an input image, output data indicating whether a phrase of the plurality of phrases is included in the input image. |
| US10902263B1 |
Image processing system for object identification
A device includes a camera and an image processing system. A first identity of a first object represented in a first image is determined. The first image is captured at a first time. A first geographical location of the camera and a second geographical location of the first object are determined at the first time. A second identity of a second object represented in a second image is determined. The second image is captured at a second time. A third geographical location of the camera and a fourth geographical location of the second object is determined at the second time. The first object and the second object are determined to be the same when the first identity matches the second identity and the second geographical location is within a threshold distance of the fourth geographical location. The device generates an output message including information about the first object. |
| US10902262B2 |
Vision intelligence management for electronic devices
One embodiment provides a method comprising classifying one or more objects present in an input comprising visual data by executing a first set of models associated with a domain on the input. Each model corresponds to an object category. Each model is trained to generate a visual classifier result relating to a corresponding object category in the input with an associated confidence value indicative of accuracy of the visual classifier result. The method further comprises aggregating a first set of visual classifier results based on confidence value associated with each visual classifier result of each model of the first set of models. At least one other model is selectable for execution on the input based on the aggregated first set of visual classifier results for additional classification of the objects. One or more visual classifier results are returned to an application running on an electronic device for display. |
| US10902261B2 |
Systems and methods for analysis of images of apparel in a clothing subscription platform
Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for color and pattern analysis of images including wearable items. For example, a method may include receiving an image depicting a wearable item, identifying the wearable item within the image by identifying a face of an individual wearing the wearable item or segmenting a foreground silhouette of the wearable item from background image portions of the image, determining a portion of the wearable item identified within the image as being a patch portion representative of the wearable item depicted within the image, deriving one or more patterns of the wearable item based on image analysis of the determined patch portion of the image, deriving one or more colors of the wearable item based on image analysis of the determined patch portion of the image, and transmitting information regarding the derived one or more colors and information regarding the derived one or more patterns. |
| US10902258B2 |
Iris recognition system, iris recognition method, and storage medium
An example embodiment includes: a determination unit that, based on an image including an eye of a recognition subject, determines whether or not a colored contact lens is worn; and a processing unit that, when it is determined by the determination unit that the colored contact lens is worn, performs a process of improving accuracy of iris matching on the recognition subject. |
| US10902254B2 |
Converting a captured image of a layout to a structured document template
Described is a system and method for converting a drawing (or captured image) of a layout using a trained image analysis model (or engine) into a structured document template. The mechanism may allow a user to create a hand-drawn diagram of a layout that can be automatically converted into a template for a document. For example, the hand-drawn diagram may be of a layout for an email which the mechanism may automatically convert into HTML code for an email template within a building tool. The building tool may then use the converted email template as part of an automated email marketing procedure. Accordingly, the mechanism provides the ability for a user to conveniently create a template and forego the process of using only programming code or visual tools. |
| US10902249B2 |
Video monitoring
One example of a video monitoring system includes a frame acquisition subsystem, a stage gate motion detection subsystem, a person detection subsystem, a face recognition subsystem, and an alert emission subsystem. The frame acquisition subsystem extracts frames from an input video. The stage gate motion detection subsystem separates background motion from foreground motion within frames. The person detection subsystem detects people including faces and bodies within the foreground motion. The face recognition subsystem matches detected faces to previously registered users. The alert emission subsystem provides alerts based on events detected by the stage gate motion subsystem, the person detection subsystem, and the face recognition subsystem. |
| US10902244B2 |
Apparatus and method for image processing
A processor implemented image processing method includes acquiring a facial image by performing a face detection on an image, performing a quality assessment on the facial image using a preset facial image regression model, and determining a quality level of the facial image based on the quality assessment. |
| US10902243B2 |
Vision based target tracking that distinguishes facial feature targets
A facial recognition method using online sparse learning includes initializing target position and scale, extracting positive and negative samples, and extracting high-dimensional Haar-like features. A sparse coding function can be used to determine sparse Haar-like features and form a sparse feature matrix, and the sparse feature matrix in turn is used to classify targets. |
| US10902241B2 |
Electronic device and method for recognizing real face and storage medium
An electronic device and method for recognizing a real face are provided. The electronic device includes a face image acquisition device and a processor connected to the face image acquisition device. The face image acquisition device is configured to acquire a plurality of face images of a face at a plurality of focal lengths within a first focal length range. The plurality of face images correspond to a plurality of focus planes respectively. The processor is configured to determine at least one face images with a higher definition out of the plurality of the face images, and form a second focal length range with focal lengths of the at least one face images. The processor is further configured to determine that the face is a real face according to the second focal length range. |
| US10902235B2 |
Fingerprint sensor module
According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, a fingerprint sensor module is provided, comprising: an assembly comprising a substrate and a fingerprint sensor mounted on one side of the substrate; wherein the fingerprint sensor comprises a set of sensor elements and a measurement unit; and wherein the measurement unit is configured to concurrently measure capacitances on subsets of the set of sensor elements. According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of producing a fingerprint sensor module is conceived. |
| US10902233B2 |
Service processing using a digital object identifier
A digital object identifier (DOI) display request is received. A service type of a service corresponding to the display request is determined. Basic user information of a first user and identity type information corresponding to the service type is determined based on the service type and stored calibration information, where the identity type information is pre-authenticated to ensure validity based on a validity period associated with the identity type information. A DOI of the first user is generated based on the basic user information and the identity type information. The DOI is displayed for a second user to perform service processing based on the basic user information and the identity type information in the DOI. |
| US10902226B2 |
Intelligent tracking system and methods and systems therefor
An intelligent tracking system generally includes one or more tracking devices, some of which may be passive tracking devices. Each passive tracking device includes one or more transceivers and is energized by an energizing signal. Some of these passive tracking devices may operate in a first communication mode or a second communication mode based on the energizing signal. Some tracking devices may include encryption modules or authentication modules. Some of these devices may incorporate a bulk acoustic wave oscillator. |
| US10902224B2 |
Manipulation-proof card reader with a multilayered adhered protective hood
A card reader for interchanging data with a chip card includes a card insertion opening, a contact-making unit for interchanging data with a chip card which is inserted into the card reader through the card insertion opening, and a protective hood which covers the contact-making unit except for the card insertion opening. The protective hood is formed from two sheet-metal hoods which are stacked one in the other and an anti-drilling foil which is arranged between the said sheet-metal hoods and has an area-covering anti-drilling conductor track structure. The two sheet-metal hoods and the anti-drilling foil are adhesively bonded to one another over their full surface area to form a composite cover. |
| US10902221B1 |
Social hash for language models
Components of language processing engines, such as translation models and language models, can be customized for groups of users or based on user type values. Users can be organized into groups or assigned a value on a continuum based on factors such as interests, biographical characteristics, social media interactions, etc. In some implementations, translation engine components can be customized for groups of users by selecting the training data from content created by users in that group. In some implementations, the group identifier or continuum value can be part of the input into a general translation component allowing the translation component to take a language style of that user group into account when performing language processing tasks. |
| US10902220B2 |
Systems and methods of generating responses associated with natural language input
Systems and methods of generating responses associated with natural language input. A system includes a communication module, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, configure the processor to: transmit, to a conversation agent server, a natural language input and receive, from the conversation agent server, an intent and at least one parameter. The processor generates, based on the intent and the at least one parameter, a fulfillment query requesting access to personal data for generating a response to the natural language input, where the personal data is stored on a fulfillment server. The processor transmits the fulfillment query and receives a response indication from the fulfillment server. The processor generates a request for subsequent input, generates an updated conversation context based on the response indication and the intent, and transmits to the conversation agent server, the updated conversation context. |
| US10902219B2 |
Natural language processing based sign language generation
In some examples, natural language processing based sign language generation may include ascertaining a speech video that is selected by a user, and determining, based on application of natural language processing to contents of the speech video, a plurality of sentences included in the speech video. For each sentence of the plurality of sentences identified in the speech video, a sign language sentence type, a sign language sentence structure, and a sentiment may be determined. For each sign language sentence structure and based on a corresponding sentiment, a sign video may be determined. Based on the sign video determined for each sentence of the plurality of sentences identified in the speech video, a combined sign video may be generated. |
| US10902216B2 |
Parallel processing-based translation method and apparatus
A translation method and apparatus may respectively perform or include: using one or more processors, plural different translation processes, in parallel, for a source sentence in a first language, including encoding, to generate respective feature vectors, the source sentence in each of two or more translation processes of the plural translation processes or the source sentence and a variation of the source sentence in respective translation processes of the plural translation processes, and decoding each of the respective feature vectors to generate respective plural candidate sentences in a second language; and selecting a final sentence in the second language from the respective plural candidate sentences in the second language. |
| US10902204B2 |
Automated document analysis comprising a user interface based on content types
At least one processing device, operating upon a body of text in a document, identifies occurrences of at least one content type in the body of text. The at least one processing device thereafter generates a user interface that includes portions of text from the body of text that are representative of at least some of the occurrences of the at least one content type in the document. For each content type, the occurrences corresponding to that content type can be grouped together to provide grouped content type occurrences that are subsequently collocated in the user interface. Those portions of text corresponding to the grouped content type occurrences may be arranged in alphanumeric order. The user interface may comprise at least a portion of the body of text as well as indicia indicating instances of the occurrences within the portion of the body of text. |
| US10902198B2 |
Generating rules for automated text annotation
Natural language text and annotated text can be received. The annotated text can specify at least one anchor and at least one trigger contained in the natural language text and indicate a correspondence between the anchor and the trigger. The natural language text, the annotated text and at least one parse tree generated from the natural language text can be processed. Based on the processing, at least one natural language processing rule can be generated and output. The natural language processing rule can be configured to be executed by a processor to process other natural language text. |
| US10902193B2 |
Automated generation of web forms using fillable electronic documents
Many forms exist as fillable electronic documents (FEDs), such as in the Portable Document Format (PDF). Generating web-based forms that match these FEDs, even with existing software tools, is time consuming and laborious. A computing system and a related process are provided that automatically and very quickly generate a web-based form that looks the same as a FED. In particular, the computing process includes extracting a fillable object (e.g. a checkbox) in a FED and generating a pixel image of an entire page in the FED. A web-fillable object (e.g. a JSON fillable object) is generated that corresponds to the fillable object. The web-based form is created by overlaying the web-fillable object over the pixel image. |
| US10902189B2 |
System and method to minimally reduce characters in character limiting scenarios
Approaches presented herein enable reduction of characters in a character-limited scenario by minimally editing a text to remain within a character limit while maintaining a tone of a user's writing. More specifically, as a user enters text into a character-limited field, character reduction opportunities for shortening words or phrases are identified in the text. These identified opportunities for shortening words or phrases are compared with a historical writing tone profile of the user in order to preserve a tone and style of the user. Words or phrases that are presented and implemented to shorten the text entered by the user are only sufficient to bring a character count of the entered text within the character limit of the character-limited field. Once the text is within the character limit, no further character reduction is applied. |
| US10902180B2 |
Flexible online form display
A method of displaying an electronic form on a mobile device comprises creating one or more repeatable items comprising a plurality of fields to be filled or displayed wherein one or more of the fields may include another one or more repeatable item. A method of displaying an electronic form on a mobile device having a screen and managed by an operating system comprises attaching a visual priority to one or more fields used in the electronic form; obtaining the current mobile device screen size; and adapting the number of fields to be displayed on the screen based on the screen size and on visual priority attached to one or more of the fields. In one implementation, a minimum width is set for each of the one or more fields, and the fields that can meet the minimum width based on the current mobile device screen size are displayed. |
| US10902179B2 |
Modification of file graphic appearance within a collection canvas
A collection environment comprises a collection canvas. The collection canvas may have included therein written text and a file graphic associated with a media file. Responsive to an invocation of the media file, media controls with which to control a media mode associated with the media file are presented. Responsive to a modification to the media mode initiated through the media controls, an appearance of the file graphic is modified to reflect the modification to the media mode. |
| US10902172B2 |
System and method of automatic re-localization and automatic alignment of existing non-digital floor plans
A system and method of automatic re-localization of a handheld scanning device in a previously mapped environment is provided. The system includes a two-dimensional (2D) scanner and one or more processors operably coupled to the 2D scanner. The one or more processors are responsive to non-transitory executable instructions for performing operations that include determining a current location of the 2D scanner in an environment relative to a location in a previously generated 2D image of the environment. The operations also include generating a new 2D image of at least a subset of the environment based at least in part in response to a signal from a first sensor. The at least a subset of the environment includes the current location of the 2D scanner and at least one other location in the environment. The operations further include overlapping portions of the previously generated 2D image and the current 2D image. |
| US10902166B2 |
System and method for isolating faults in a resilient system
A resilient system implementation in a network-on-ship with at least one functional logic unit and at least one duplicated logic unit. A resilient system and method, in accordance with the invention, are disclosed for detecting a fault or an uncorrectable error and isolating the fault. Isolation of the fault prevents further propagation of the fault throughout the system. The resilient system includes isolation logic or an isolation unit that isolates the fault. |
| US10902165B2 |
Deployable development platform for autonomous vehicle (DDPAV)
In an embodiment, a method for testing a highly-automated driving (HAD) vehicle includes simulating a testing environment. The testing environment includes objects, terrain(s), roadways, or conditions. The method further converts the objects to either a converted hardware object signal having synthetic analog signals, or a converted software object signal having synthetic digital signals, the synthetic signals emulating the objects of the testing environment. The method further either directs the converted hardware object signals to sensor hardware of the HAD vehicle, causing sensor hardware to perceive the objects of the testing environment emulated by the converted hardware object signals, or directs the converted software object signals to a signal processing unit of the HAD vehicle. The method further provides outputs of systems of the DP processing the directed converted object signals to the testing environment to further simulate iterations of the testing environment by applying the outputs to the testing environment. |
| US10902158B2 |
Daylight livability index from images
An image of a building may be received from a client device, and the building in the image may be geo-located and identified. Based on the geo-location, a set of attributes for the building may be determined. A user query may be received from the client device, and based on a property of the user query, a unit in the building may be identified. A daylight livability index (DLLI) for the unit may be determined, based on the identified unit and the set of attributes for the building, and the user may be notified of the DLLI. |
| US10902156B2 |
Asymmetrically masked multiplication
Methods and systems for masking certain cryptographic operations in a manner designed to defeat side-channel attacks are disclosed herein. Squaring operations can be masked to make squaring operations indistinguishable or less distinguishable from multiplication operations. In general, squaring operations are converted into multiplication operations by masking them asymmetrically. Additional methods and systems are disclosed for defeating DPA, cross-correlation, and high-order DPA attacks against modular exponentiation. |
| US10902155B2 |
Multi-tenancy architecture
A system includes a security device, configured for cryptographic processing, coupled to receive incoming data from a plurality of data sources (e.g., data from different customers), wherein the incoming data includes first data from a first data source; a controller (e.g., an external key manager) configured to select a first set of keys from a plurality of key sets, each of the key sets corresponding to one of the plurality of data sources, wherein the first set of keys is used by the security device to encrypt the first data; and a common encrypted data storage, coupled to receive the encrypted first data from the security device. |
| US10902147B2 |
System and method for performing screen capture-based sensitive information protection within a call center environment
Portions of a customer interaction recording that include sensitive information can be identified by performing character recognition on the images in the recording. Field identifiers identified through character recognition are compared to a list of known identifiers of fields for entry of sensitive information. Based on the comparison, field identifiers identified through character recognition can be recognized as sensitive information field identifiers. Images that include the sensitive information field identifiers can be blurred in the stored recording. Further, agent behavior in relation to the screens with fields for entry of sensitive information can be analyzed for purposes such as identifying potentially malicious agent behavior, an agent being in need of assistance, or a recurring customer issue. |
| US10902144B2 |
Method and apparatus for securing data
In the present invention, by providing an apparatus for securing data comprising a memory for storing information for data processing, a processor configured to partition original data into a plurality of partial data and generate a plurality of divided data by randomly determining positions of each of the plurality of partial data within the original data, and a communication interface configured to transmit each of the plurality of divided data to each of a plurality of servers, respectively, if an attacker obtains a portion of the divided data, it prevents the entire original data from being restored, and the legitimate user can restore the original data accurately even if some divided data is corrupted, and provides an efficient data polymorphic dividing technique that can minimize the amount of calculation required to secure data. |
| US10902141B2 |
Method, software program product, device, and system for managing data flow from a cloud storage device
A method for a client device (1) to request data from a cloud storage device (2) comprises receiving a user request (UR) specifying requested data (RD), producing a client evaluation result (ER1) by evaluating an access policy associated with the requested data, and optionally also producing a client cryptographic commitment (P1) on the client evaluation result (ER1). The user request (UR) and the optional client cryptographic commitment (P1) may be transmitted to the cloud storage device (2), and in response a cloud evaluation result (ER2) may be received from the cloud storage device (2), the cloud evaluation result (ER2) being produced by the cloud storage device (2) by evaluating the access policy associated with the requested data. Then, the client evaluation result (ER1) and the cloud evaluation result (ER2) may be compared, and if the client evaluation result (ER1) fails to match the cloud evaluation result (ER2), a warning message may be produced. |
| US10902140B2 |
Services platform for managing a verifiable permissioned ledger in a distributed database management system
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an endorsed value in a permissioned ledger in a DDBMS. The permissioned ledger includes entries, each comprising a key and at least one value. Permission is required for a peer node to access the ledger. Digital transactions may only be appended to the ledger. Each peer node maintains at least a portion of a replica of the ledger. A request for valuation of an object is received. A candidate object value of the object is obtained. An endorsed object value of the object is obtained based upon a consensus protocol among peer nodes in the network. A data block is added to the ledger including the endorsed object value, where the added data block is cryptographically linked to a previous data block. |
| US10902139B2 |
Method to track the dissemination of a data set
The present invention concerns the field of data dissemination tracking, in particular aims at keeping track of the various devices in which a given data was used. It is proposed a method to track the dissemination of a first data set carried out by a first tracking server (CS1), a first device and a second device, said data set comprising a data management section and a data payload, said data management section comprising a data identifier and data usage information defining a security conformance level, said method comprising the steps of:—receiving by the first tricking server (CS1) from the first device (d0), a first device identification and at least a data management section of a first set of data, said data management section comprising at least a security conformance level and a first data identifier,—identifying or creating in the database, a current graph data set corresponding to the first data identifier, said current graph data set comprising a common section, edges and nodes,—storing in the current graph data set, said first data management section in the common section and said first identifier as a first node,—receiving by the first tracking server (CS1) a request to transfer the first data set from the first device to the second device, said request comprising at least a second device identification of the second device and the first data identifier,—retrieving by the first tracking server (CS1) second device security conformance level, based on the second device identification,—verifying by the first tracking server (CS1) that the second device security conformance level meets the security conformance level of the first data set as identifier by the first data identifier,—in the positive event, responding by granting authorisation to the transfer at least the data payload of the first data set to the second device,—recording in tire database, in respect with the current graph data set, the second device identifier as a second graph data node,—recording in the database, in respect with the current graph data set, a transaction from the first device to second device as an edge in the current graph data set linking the first graph node and the second graph node. |
| US10902136B2 |
Method and apparatus for data transfer during maintenance activity in a network
Control systems and methods to secure maintenance access to aircraft control system. The aircraft control system includes a control node operably coupled to an engine health monitoring node that includes a maintenance port. The aircraft control system also includes an enclosure preventing physical access to the maintenance port. The enclosure includes a key lock that, when activated, allows for physical access to the maintenance port. The engine health monitoring node can determine whether to allow a maintenance port data transfer access request to transfer data across the maintenance port based on the validity of received credentials, such as a password. The engine health monitoring node can also determine whether to allow or disallow encrypted or unencrypted data transfers based on whether a keep alive message is periodically received. The engine health monitoring node can also store data related to the maintenance port data transfer access request to memory. |
| US10902135B1 |
Thwarting data leakage from a webpage
Thwarting data leakage from a webpage. In some embodiments, a method may include detecting, at a browser on the network device, a visit to the webpage, directing a headless browser on the network device to visit the webpage in parallel to the browser visiting the webpage, detecting, at the headless browser, data leakage from the webpage, presenting, at the browser, a notification regarding the data leakage that allows a user to indicate whether the data leakage should be allowed, receiving, at the browser, an indication that the data leakage should not be allowed, and in response to receiving the indication that the data leakage should not be allowed, thwarting the data leakage by performing a remedial action at the network device to protect the network device from the data leakage. |
| US10902132B2 |
Private verification for FPGA bitstreams
An apparatus, method and system are disclosed which may be used for assessing the trustworthiness of a particular proprietary microelectronics device design representation in a manner that will maintain its confidentiality and, among other things, thwart attempts at unauthorized access, misappropriation and reverse engineering of the confidential proprietary aspects contained in the design representation and/or its bit stream design implementation format. The disclosed method includes performing a process for assessing/verifying a particular microelectronics device design representation and then providing some indication of the trustworthiness of that representation. An example utility/tool which implements the disclosed method is described that is particularly useful for trust assessment and verification of FPGA designs. The described utility/tool may be instantiated on a semiconductor device or implemented as a software utility executable on a mobile computing device or other information processing system, apparatus or network. |
| US10902129B2 |
Method for detecting vulnerabilities in software
A method, an apparatus, and a storage medium for detecting vulnerabilities in software to protect a computer system from security and compliance breaches are provided. The method includes providing a ruleset code declaring programming interfaces of a target framework and including rules that define an admissible execution context when invoking the programming interfaces, providing a source code to be scanned for vulnerabilities; compiling the source code into a first execution code having additional instructions inserted to facilitate tracking of an actual execution context of the source code, compiling the ruleset code into a second execution code that can be executed together with the first execution code, executing the first execution code within an virtual machine and passing calls of the programming interfaces to the second execution code, and detecting a software vulnerability when the actual execution context disagrees with the admissible execution context. |
| US10902128B2 |
Methods for creating a computer-implemented virtual machine manager
Methods and systems for performing an authenticated boot; performing a continuous data protection; performing automatic protection and optionally a consolidation; and performing other defenses and protection of a protected computing device (such as a computer system) are provided. The aspects include integrating security mechanisms (which may include a “call home” function, role and rule-based policies, validating technologies, encryption and decryption technologies, data compression technologies, protected and segmented boot technologies, and virtualization technologies. Booting and operating (either fully or in a restricted manner) are permitted only under a control of a specified role-set, rule-set, and/or a controlling supervisory process or server system(s). The methods and systems make advantageous use of hypervisors and other virtual machine monitors or managers. |
| US10902126B2 |
Verification of a boot loader program at a control unit to be provided to a host system to load an operating system
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for verification of a boot loader program at a control unit to be provided to a host system to load an operating system. A stored value is generated from a cryptographic function applied to portions of a boot loader program stored in the storage. The boot loader program is read from the storage in response to execution of a boot loader request from the host system. The cryptographic function is applied to at least a portion of the read boot loader program to produce a calculated value. The host system is provided access to the boot loader program to use to load the operating system from the storage into the host system in response to the calculated value matching the stored value. |
| US10902125B2 |
Infected file detection and quarantine system
Described in detail herein is an infected file detection and quarantine system. A pre-scan staging server can receive a set of data files. The pre-scan staging server can determine a type of each of the data files in the set. The pre-scan staging server can select a virus scan application for each type of data file in the set. The pre-scan staging server can detect whether the data files in the set are infected with a virus or malware in response to execution of the at least one virus scan application for each data file type. The post-scan staging server can receive the uninfected data files. The post-scan staging server can transmit a message including a link for retrieving the uninfected data files. |
| US10902123B2 |
Remediation of flush reload attacks
There is disclosed in one example a computing apparatus, including: a hardware platform including a performance monitoring unit (PMU); and one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable mediums having stored thereon executable instructions to provide a kernel space threat detection engine to: receive a PMU event; correlate the PMU event to a computer security threat including extracting artifacts from the PMU event, and correlating the artifacts to an artifact profile for a known attack; and identify a process associated with the PMU event as a potential attack. |
| US10902122B2 |
Just in time memory analysis for malware detection
Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may use instrumentation code that remains transparent to an application program that the instrumentation code has been injected into. In certain instances, data sets that include executable code may be received via packetized communications or be received via other means, such as, receiving a file from a data store. The present technique allows one or more processors executing instrumentation code to monitor actions performed by the program code included in a received data set. Malware can be detected using exception handling to track memory allocations of the program code included in the received data set. |
| US10902119B1 |
Data extraction system for malware analysis
According to one embodiment, a computerized method features monitoring behaviors of an object during processing within a guest system of a virtual machine. Within a guest system, a rule-based analysis of data associated with the monitored behaviors is conducted. The rule-based analysis includes prioritizing data associated with the monitored behaviors that correspond to an exception, and thereafter, storing the data associated with the monitored behaviors that correspond to the exception into a prescribed area of a virtual image file. The prescribed area is accessible by (i) logic within the guest system and (ii) logic within a host system of the virtual machine. |
| US10902118B2 |
System and method of training a machine learning model for detection of malicious containers
Disclosed are systems and methods for training and retraining a model for detection of malicious activity from container files, which contain at least two or more objects constituting logically separate data regions. Parameters of each object chosen from at least one safe container and one malicious container are determined which uniquely characterize the functional relation of the mentioned object to at least one selected object. Convolutions are formed separately for each container on the basis of the determined parameters of the objects, which are used to train a machine learning model for detecting malicious container files. |
| US10902117B1 |
Framework for classifying an object as malicious with machine learning for deploying updated predictive models
According to one embodiment, a computerized method for acquiring updated predictive model is described. The updated predictive model is achieved through machine learning analyses of information by a training engine, which issues a control message in response to a discrepancy in a determination of the suspect object as malicious or non-malicious by a detection engine and a classification engine. The detection engine analyzes a content of a suspect object to determine whether the suspect object is malicious or non-malicious. Similarly, the classification engine analyses the suspect object based on the predictive model to determine whether the suspect object is malicious or non-malicious. The control message causes the training engine to update the predictive model based on machine learning analyses of information provided via the control message and to return an updated predictive model to the classification engine. |
| US10902116B2 |
Systems and methods to detect and neutralize malware infected electronic communications
Systems and methods to detect and neutralize malware infected electronic communications are described. The system may receive a request for interface information from over a network from a client machine. In response to receiving the request the system may generate the interface information to include at least one input mechanism to receive user information from the user and countermeasure information for utilization on the client machine to detect whether the interface information is modified on the client machine to receive user information from the user that is not authorized. Finally, the system may communicate the interface information, over the network, to the client machine. |
| US10902115B2 |
Neuromorphic system for authorized user detection
Described is neuromorphic system for authorized user detection. The system includes a client device comprising a plurality of sensor types providing streaming sensor data and one or more processors. The one or more processors include an input processing component and an output processing component. A neuromorphic electronic component is embedded in or on the client device for continuously monitoring the streaming sensor data and generating out-spikes based on the streaming sensor data. Further, the output processing component classifies the streaming sensor data based on the out-spikes to detect an anomalous signal and classify the anomalous signal. |
| US10902114B1 |
Automated cybersecurity threat detection with aggregation and analysis
The systems and methods described herein generally relate to techniques for automated detection, aggregation, and integration of cybersecurity threats. The system ingests multiple data feeds which can be in one or numerous different formats. The system evaluates information based on defined scores to display to users threats and risks associated with them. The system also calculates decay rates for expiration of threats and indicators through various methods. |
| US10902112B2 |
System including a hypervisor
There is provided a system (1) comprising: a processing unit (11) equipped with execution modes including a non-secure mode (3) in which access to a protected region of a memory is prohibited by a support function (12) and a secure mode (2) in which access to the protected region is permitted; and a hypervisor (20) which runs in the secure mode. The hypervisor includes: a first setting unit (23) for setting a first operation condition (21), which includes enabling a first OS (30) running in the secure mode to access the protected region and the unprotected region of the memory; and a second setting unit (24) for setting a second operation condition (22a), which includes enabling a second OS (41) running in the non-secure mode to access the unprotected region, using the support function to prevent the second OS (41) from accessing the secure region, and enabling a transition to the secure mode by accessing of the second OS to a first device shared with the first OS. |
| US10902102B2 |
Automated abnormality detection in service networks
A subsequence of machines used and a cost of providing a subservice in response to a service request with a key is determined. A second cost of using the subsequence of machines to provide the subservice in response to a different service request with a different key is determined. A distance between the cost and the second cost is computed. A value pair is formed using the distance and a number of logged occurrences of the subsequence with the key. The processing of the service request for the key is identified as a suspect for costing an improper computing cost of the service, when an aggregate distance in the value pair fails to exceed a threshold distance. |
| US10902101B2 |
Techniques for displaying secure content for an application through user interface context file switching
Disclosed herein is a technique that can selectively display secure content on a computing device. The technique can detect both lock and unlock events and issue appropriate control signals that cause an application to display a more secure version of the application when necessary based on a particular UI context file. The UI context file can specify a configuration that includes pre-configured hidden or removed UI elements that do not need to be adjusted at runtime. Moreover, the technique can seamlessly pivot to a different UI context file that specifies a configuration of the application that allows the user to experience the full-capabilities of the application when the computing device is in an unlocked-mode. |
| US10902095B2 |
Integration services systems, methods and computer program products for ECM-independent ETL tools
To resolve a conflict between CMIS secondary types and certain ECM features such as content server categories, and allow the underlying ECM system to be fully CMIS-compliant, an ECM-independent ETL tool comprising a CMIS-compliant, repository-specific connector is provided. Operating on an integration services server at an integration tier between an application tier and a storage tier where the repository resides, the connector is particular configured to support CMIS secondary types and specific to the repository. On startup, the connector can import any category definition from the repository. The category definition contains properties associated with a category in the repository. When the category is attached to a document, the properties are viewable via a special category object type and a category identifier for the category. Any application can be adapted to leverage the ECM-independent ETL tool disclosed herein. |
| US10902093B2 |
Digital rights management for anonymous digital content sharing
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to digital rights management. A method for managing rights transfer of using digital content from a first device (120) to a second device (130) is proposed, comprising generating at an authentication device (110) a first authentication dataset C by encrypting a first verification code R1 using at least one public key for at least one device blacklisted by the authentication device (110). The first authentication dataset C and a second verification code R2 are provided from the authentication device 110 to the first device (120) and a response message M is returned from the second device (130) to the authentication device (110). The method also comprises verifying validity of the second device (130) at the authentication device (110) based on the received response message M. In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, the DRM protected digital content can be shared with high security, while the recipient is kept anonymous to the DRM server. |
| US10902091B2 |
Dynamic and accretive composition of patient engagement instruments for personalized plan generation
Instruments of determined level of self-efficacy may be chosen dynamically for customized patient engagement, e.g., based on a patient's latent adherence trait estimated from lifestyle and other clinical data. Customization points in care plans may be identified, e.g., by monitoring an accumulative change in the patient's health literacy level. Clinical decision support at the point of care may be provided by adjusting patient engagement strategies and allocating resources accordingly. |
| US10902087B2 |
Device and method for accelerating matrix multiply operations as a sum of outer products
A processing device is provided which includes memory and a processor comprising a plurality of processor cores in communication with each other via first and second hierarchical communication links. Each processor core in a group of the processor cores is in communication with each other via the first hierarchical communication links. Each processor core is configured to store, in the memory, one of a plurality of sub-portions of data of a first matrix, store, in the memory, one of a plurality of sub-portions of data of a second matrix, determine an outer product of the sub-portion of data of the first matrix and the sub-portion of data of the second matrix, receive, from another processor core of the group of processor cores, another sub-portion of data of the second matrix and determine another outer product of the sub-portion of data of the first matrix and the other sub-portion of data of the second matrix. |
| US10902086B2 |
Subspace-constrained partial update method for high-dimensional adaptive processing systems
A method is explained for any adaptive processor processing digital signals by adjusting signal weights on digital signal(s) it handles, to optimize adaptation criteria responsive to a functional purpose or externalities (transient, temporary, situational, and even permanent) of that processor. Adaptation criteria for the adaptive algorithm may be any combination of a signal or parameter estimation, and measured quality(ies). This method performs a linear transformation adapting parameters from M to (M1+L) dimensions in each adaptation event, such that M1 weights are updated without constraints and M0=M−M1 weights are forced by soft constraints into an L-dimensional subspace they spanned at the beginning of the adaptation period. The same dimensionality reduction, using the same linear transformation, is applied to the input data. The reduced-dimensionality weights are then adapted using the identical optimization strategy employed by the processor, except with input data that has also been reduced in dimensionality. |
| US10902084B2 |
Collaborative incident media recording system
Methods for responding to a potential incident are provided in which data about the potential incident is received from a first remote sensing unit. Additional remote sensing units are identified that may have additional data about the potential incident, and additional data about the potential incident is received from at least some of these additional remote sensing units. The totality of the received data is then analyzed, and at least one remote entity is automatically notified regarding the occurrence of the potential incident. |
| US10902077B2 |
Search result aggregation method and apparatus based on artificial intelligence and search engine
The present disclosure provides a search result aggregation method and apparatus based on artificial intelligence and a search engine. The method includes: obtaining a query; generating a plurality of search results according to the query; obtaining a plurality of corresponding demand dimensions according to the query; aggregating the plurality of demand dimensions according to the plurality of search results; obtaining an answer corresponding to each demand dimension, and aggregating the answers corresponding to the plurality of demand dimensions according to the aggregated demand dimensions to generate an aggregation result. |
| US10902076B2 |
Ranking and recommending hashtags
A method for recommending hashtags includes determining keywords from a post planned for publishing by a publisher. An input criteria comprising at least one of age group, geographical location, date range, or a keyword is received. Previous posts associated with the keywords and satisfying the input criteria are obtained. The previous posts are categorized into one or more categories based on sentiment of each post and for each category hashtags used in the obtained previous posts in that category are determined. The hashtags are ranked based on predefined criteria comprising at least one of frequency of appearance of respective hashtag in posts, number of likes or shares or retweets of post comprising respective hashtag, number of followers of person who used respective hashtag, or sentiment of post comprising respective hashtag. The hashtags are then recommended, based on ranking, to the publisher for use with the post planned for publishing. |
| US10902072B2 |
Indirect crowdsourcing by associating data from multiple data sources
A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, information identifying the presence of a crowdsourcing event; receiving, by a computing device, indirect crowdsourcing data including user device activity from a plurality of user devices within a geofence associated with the crowdsourcing event; generating, by the computing device, indirect crowdsourcing data records based on the indirect crowdsourcing data; receiving, by the computing device, a query relating to the crowdsourcing event; generating, by the computing device, a query response in response to the query based on the indirect crowdsourcing data records; and providing by the computing device, the query response. |
| US10902068B2 |
Systems and methods for automating the retrieval of partitionable search results from a search engine
Systems and methods for automating the retrieval of partitionable search results from a database and reducing the latency of delivering the partitionable search results are disclosed. A query for searching a database is constructed. Multiple processing tasks are assigned and executed to retrieve partitioned search results from a database in parallel. Each partition of search results is returned to the user as response messages. Response messages may be continuously received until all search results responsive to the query have been retrieved from the database. When multiple processing tasks are used to retrieve and deliver partitioned search results in parallel, server, internet and client resources are optimized, and the throughput of search results and metadata are increased, and the process of narrowing or filtering search results is an interactive and informed process for the user. |
| US10902067B2 |
Systems and methods for predicting revenue for web-based content
Embodiments of the present disclosure help content providers maximize the profitability of the online content they produce by providing an accurate, inexpensive, and timely quantitative estimate of the revenue the content is likely to generate. Various embodiments can refine estimates based on real-time or near-real-time data in conjunction with historical pricing data, thereby further improving the accuracy of the revenue predictions. A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises receiving, by a computer system, information regarding a topic; identifying, by the computer system, a format for content associated with the topic; and determining a score indicative of predicted revenue generated from future content in the identified format associated with the topic, wherein determining the score is based on a revenue model under which revenue from the future content would be generated. |
| US10902064B2 |
Method and system for managing item distributions
Systems and methods are provided for identifying an influencer from a pool of people based on past interactions with one or more items. A similarity score is calculated for each of a plurality of items. An affinity score is determined for each person in the pool of people for each of the plurality of items. A similar item affinity score is calculated for each person based on the similarity score for each item and the affinity score for that item. The influencer is identified based on the similar item affinity scores for each person in the pool of people. The influencer is granted a permission to perform a particular action related to the particular item based on being identified as the influencer. |
| US10902062B1 |
Artificial intelligence system providing dimension-level anomaly score attributions for streaming data
At an artificial intelligence system, a random cut tree corresponding to a sample of a multi-dimensional data set is traversed to determine a tree-specific vector indicating respective contributions of individual dimensions to an anomaly score of a particular data point. Level-specific vectors of per-dimension contributions obtained using bounding-box analyses at each level during the traversal are aggregated to obtain the tree-specific vector. An overall anomaly score contribution for at least one dimension is obtained using respective tree-specific vectors generated from one or more random cut trees, and an indication of the overall anomaly score contribution is provided. |
| US10902060B2 |
Unbounded list processing
A computer-implemented method includes receiving, from a first network application, a first unbounded list of objects of a first type and a second unbounded list of objects of a second type, wherein the second type is distinct from the first type, and producing a third unbounded list of objects of a third type, wherein the third type is distinct from both the first type and the second type. The computer-implemented method further includes providing the third unbounded list to a second network application. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed. |
| US10902059B2 |
System and method for accessing, storing, and rendering digital media content using virtual broadcast channels
A user interface device provides access to at least one of a plurality of digital content sources. The interface device is configured to catalog the plurality of digital content sources to correspond to a plurality of channels in a tuning band, to present the plurality of channels sequentially in response to a user initiated tuning movement, and to select one of the sequentially presented channels for playback. |
| US10902058B2 |
Cognitive content display device
A voice input may be received, and from the voice input, a topic may be identified. A sentiment score for the topic may be generated using sentiment analysis on the voice input, and the sentiment score may reflect an individual's reaction to the topic. The sentiment score may be compared to a sentiment threshold. In response, one or more images may be selected, based on the topic, from an image database. The one or more images may be validated, and then displayed. |
| US10902057B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method of controlling the same
The present invention can, in relation to a single image file including a plurality of original images, record an image file including editing information that represents original image editing content while maintaining the original images. For doing so, an image processing apparatus that performs editing processing in relation to an image file that includes a plurality of images, comprises an editing unit configured to edit an original image in an image file that includes a plurality of original images and generate editing information for reproducing a post-editing image from the original image, and a recording unit configured to, by adding the editing information generated by the editing unit to the image file, record the editing information in the image file. |
| US10902050B2 |
Analyzing and weighting media information
Speech-to-text analysis, emotion analysis, and time analysis are performed on a media file by a data processing system. The media file is divided, by the data processing system, into a first fragment and a second fragment based at least in part on the speech-to-text analysis, the emotion analysis, and the time analysis. Semantic analysis is performed, by the data processing system, on the first fragment and the second fragment based on a search query for the media file. A first weight is provided for the first fragment and a second weight is provided for the second fragment based on the semantic analysis, the emotion analysis, and the time analysis. The data processing system stores the first weight in association with the first fragment and the second weight in association with the second fragment. |
| US10902049B2 |
System and method for assigning multimedia content elements to users
A method and system for assigning a multimedia content element to a user. The method includes generating at least one signature to the multimedia content element; determining, based on the generated at least one signature, whether the multimedia content element exists in a database; and assigning a unique identifier of the user to the multimedia content element, when it is determined that the multimedia content element does not exist in the database. |