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US10993361B2	Setup support device A setup support device capable of editing a setup list in accordance with a change in a production schedule or the like, thereby enabling more efficient setup of a component mounter. The setup support device includes a list editing section for performing editing to increase or decrease production jobs included in a setup list in accordance with a request from an operator who performs setup at the component mounter or a change in a production schedule, and a guidance section for issuing setup guidance for the production jobs to the operator based on the edited setup list.
US10993358B1	Device for removing portion of cover and method of removing portion of cover A device for removing a portion of cover is provided, which includes a lower platform and an upper platform oppositely disposed, a cover jig between the lower and upper platforms, a feed roller and a receiving roller oppositely disposed, and an adhesive film. The upper platform includes a plurality of protrusions, and each of the protrusions extends toward the lower platform. The cover jig includes a plurality of through holes, and each of the through holes is disposed opposite to each of the protrusions, so that each of the protrusions can be inserted through each of the through holes. One end of the adhesive film is connected to the feed roller, and the other end of the adhesive film is connected to the receiving roller, and a portion of the adhesive film between the two ends is located between the upper platform and the cover jig.
US10993351B2	One mixed heat sink fins for better thermal dissipation used on electrical products An electronic device and a heat-dissipation device for an electronic device are provided. The heat-dissipation device comprises an airflow channel; an airflow source located in the airflow channel; a plurality of elongated heat-dissipation fins arranged in the airflow channel; and a plurality of heat-dissipation flow-guiding devices arranged in the airflow channel and between the airflow source and the plurality of elongated heat-dissipation fins, wherein the plurality of heat-dissipation flow-guiding devices include a first heat-dissipation flow-guiding device in a central position of the airflow channel and a second heat-dissipation flow-guiding device on two sides of the airflow channel, and a longitudinal distance between the first heat-dissipation flow-guiding device and the airflow source is less than the distance between the second heat-dissipation flow-guiding device and the airflow source.
US10993345B2	Peripheral storage card with offset slot alignment A storage card insertable into a host system is provided that includes a plurality of storage devices connectors. The storage card include slot offset features to offset a circuit board of the storage card from a host system slot alignment. This offset provides for storage device connector placement on both sides of the storage card. The storage card also can include a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) switch circuit configured to communicatively couple the PCIe signaling of the plurality of storage device connectors and PCIe signaling of a host connector of the storage card, where the PCIe switch circuit is configured to receive storage operations over the PCIe signaling of the host connector of the storage card and transfer the storage operations for delivery over the PCIe signaling of selected ones of the plurality of storage device connectors.
US10993343B2	Sealing structure In a sealing structure that seals a gap between a pressed wall and a pressing wall with a sealing member, the pressed wall and the pressing wall are coupled to each other in an orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to an opposing direction in which the pressed wall and the pressing wall are opposed toward each other so that the sealing member is kept in a state held between the pressed wall and the pressing wall. The sealing member includes a first inclined surface inclined relative to the orthogonal direction. The first inclined surface is pressed by the pressing wall in the orthogonal direction so that the sealing member is pressed at least in the opposing direction.
US10993342B2	Electronic device The disclosure discloses an electronic device, and the electronic device includes: a housing, a waterproof structure, a functional module, and a driving member. The housing has an inner surface and an opening connected to each other. The waterproof structure has a first end surface, a second end surface, and a side wall connecting the first end surface and the second end surface. The first end surface tightly connected with the inner surface in a sealing manner. The functional module is disposed inside the waterproof structure. The driving member is located in the housing, and is configured to drive the functional module to move toward or away from the opening.
US10993339B2	Devices and accessories employing a living hinge A device incorporating both a magnet and a living hinge may be employed to construct cases to protect electronic devices and to function as a closure for cases and lidded containers. Such cases often can be bent three 360° allowing the cases to be either closed protecting devices therein are closed upon themselves allowing the case to function to secure an electronic device to a substrate such as an article of clothing. The devices of the disclosure can also be used to organize and hold loose items together.
US10993338B2	Flexible display device A flexible display device including a first body; a second body; a flexible display unit arranged on a front surface of the first body and the second body; and a hinge unit connecting the first body and the second body to each other such that the first body and the second body can be folded and unfolded with respect to each other. Further, the hinge unit includes a plurality of hinge segments such that in a folding state of the flexible display unit, the second body is arranged to cover a rear surface of the first body as an interval between the hinge segments is increased, and in an unfolded state of the flexible display unit, the first body and the second body are arranged in parallel with the interval between the hinge segments being decreased.
US10993337B2	Display device A disclosed display apparatus may include a display panel configured to display an image, and a first back cover at a rear surface of the display panel and supporting the display panel. The display apparatus may additionally include a roller configured to wind or unwind the display panel, and an adhesive part between the display panel and the first back cover and fixed to the roller.
US10993333B2	Methods of manufacturing ultra thin dielectric printed circuit boards with thin laminates A method for making an ultra-thin dielectric printed circuit board (PCB) is provided. A first side of a first conductive layer is removably coupled to a disposable base. A first ultra-thin dielectric layer and a second conductive layer are laminated to a second side of the first conductive layer, where the first ultra-thin dielectric layer is positioned between the first and second conductive layers, and the first ultra-thin dielectric layer is thinner than at least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The second conductive layer may then be patterned to form electrical paths. The patterned second conductive layer is then filled with a dielectric filler. One or more conductive layers and one or more ultra-thin dielectric layers may then be coupled to the second conductive layer. The disposable base may then be detached from the first conductive layer.
US10993332B2	Circuit substrate A circuit substrate includes a substrate, a wire build-up layer structure, and an insulating layer. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposites to the first surface. The substrate includes a plurality of patterned pads. The patterned pads are disposed on the first surface of the substrate, and having contact openings. The wire build-up layer structure is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The wire build-up layer structure includes an interconnect build-up layer and a plurality of conductive pillars. The conductive pillars electrically connect to the interconnect build-up layer and the patterned pads. The insulating layer is disposed between the substrate and the wire build-up layer structure.
US10993331B2	High-speed interconnects for printed circuit boards High-speed interconnects for printed circuit boards and methods for forming the high-speed interconnects are described. A high-speed interconnect may comprise a region of a conductive film having a reduced surface roughness and one or more regions that have been treated for improved bonding with an adjacent insulating layer. Regions of reduced roughness may be used to carry high data rate signals within PCBs. Regions treated for bonding may include a roughened surface, adhesion-promoting chemical treatment, and/or material deposited to improve wettability of the surface and/or adhesion to a cured insulator.
US10993327B2	Circuit board and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a circuit board with a small size a communication unit comprising a radio frequency (RF) component, an antenna, and an encapsulation layer. The RF component is embedded in the encapsulation layer, the antenna is positioned on the encapsulation layer and electrically connected to the RF component. A rigid substrate is formed on a flexible substrate, and a receiving groove is defined in the rigid substrate to expose the flexible substrate. The communication unit is in the receiving groove, thus causing connection between the RF component and the flexible substrate, thereby the circuit board is formed.
US10993324B2	Computer system with modified module socket A modified socket mechanism comprises a printed circuit board and a connector component located on a first face of the printed circuit board. The modified socket mechanism may comprise a first region of electrical contacts located on the first face. The first region of electrical contacts may be designed to interface with a processor module. The modified socket mechanism may also comprise a second region of electrical contacts located on a second face of the printed circuit board. The second region of electrical contacts may be designed to interface with a motherboard. The modified socket mechanism may also comprise a first electrical connection between the connector component and the first region of electrical contacts through the printed circuit board. Finally, the modified socket mechanism may also comprise a second electrical connection between the first region of electrical contacts and the second region of electrical contacts through the printed circuit board.
US10993323B2	Stackable printed circuit board A first stackable printed circuit board with at least a two sets of set of male and female connectors each arranged inline with each other, and each configured in a mirrored pin configuration is arranged along opposing sides of an equilateral geometric shape on both the top and bottom face of the first board in order to attach, by the connectors, to a second stackable printed circuit board with the same male and female connector configuration and arrangement as the first board on at least one face regardless of the axial rotation of first stackable printed circuit board about the X or Y axis by 180 degrees and/or by axial rotation about the Z axis by n/360 degrees where n is the amount of sides of the geometric shape which contain a connector set, thereby allowing for up to n*2 different connection configurations between the first and second printed circuit boards.
US10993320B2	Population of metal oxide nanosheets, preparation method thereof, and electrical conductor and electronic device including the same An electrical conductor includes a substrate; and a first conductive layer disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of metal oxide nanosheets, wherein adjacent metal oxide nanosheets of the plurality of metal oxide nanosheets contact to provide an electrically conductive path between the contacting metal oxide nanosheets, wherein the plurality of metal oxide nanosheets include an oxide of Re, V, Os, Ru, Ta, Ir, Nb, W, Ga, Mo, In, Cr, Rh, Mn, Co, Fe, or a combination thereof, and wherein the metal oxide nanosheets of the plurality of metal oxide nanosheets have an average lateral dimension of greater than or equal to about 1.1 micrometers. Also an electronic device including the electrical conductor, and a method of preparing the electrical conductor.
US10993317B2	Wafer level optical module An optical module may be formed on a wafer. The wafer may include a substrate and one or more optical components encapsulated, at least partially, by the substrate. Each of the optical components are configured to emit or sense light. The wafer may also include one or more printed circuit board (PCB) bars encapsulated, at least partially, by the substrate allowing electrical conductivity from a first side of the substrate to a second side of the substrate. The wafer may also include at least one redistribution layer to electrically couple at least one of the optical components to at least one of the PCB bars.
US10993316B2	Protective film of conductive adhesive, circuit board, and method for assembling display device A protective film of a conductive adhesive, a circuit board and a method for assembling a display device are provided. The protective film of conductive adhesive includes: a basic material layer; and a photoinduced peelable adhesive and a protective layer which are arranged on a first surface of the basic material layer in sequence, and the photoinduced peelable adhesive has a low adhesive force in the exposure of light with a first wavelength. The protective film further includes a light-shielding film located on a second surface of the basic material layer opposite to the first surface.
US10993315B2	Printed circuit via for KA satcom circuit boards A compensated via structure is utilized in a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) stackup to improve the radio frequency (RF) transmission performance of the PCB. The compensated via structure includes a compensating structure and a central via surrounded by multiple grounding posts, wherein both ends of the central via are connected to the input and the output transmission lines through pads. The compensating structure is within a ground plane located in between of the two layers within which the input and output transmission lines are. The increased coupling between the central via and the grounding posts and between the compensating structure and the ground plane results in reductions in both return and insertion losses and contributes to the improved RF transmission performance.
US10993313B2	Non-uniform magnetic foil embedded in component carrier A component carrier including a stack with a plurality of electrically insulating layer structures and/or a plurality of electrically conductive layer structures, and a non-uniform magnetic foil integrated in the stack.
US10993310B2	Compact SRF based accelerator An accelerator comprising at least one accelerator cavity, an electron gun, at least one cavity cooler configured to at least partially encircle the accelerator cavity, a cooling connector, an intermediate conduction layer formed between the at least one cavity cooler and the at least one accelerator cavity configured to facilitate thermal conductivity between the cavity cooler and the accelerator cavity, a mechanical support connected to the accelerator cavity via at least one endplate and configured for stabilizing the accelerator cavity, and a refrigeration source for providing refrigerant via the cooling connector to the at least one cavity cooler.
US10993309B2	Torches and methods of using them Certain embodiments described herein are directed to a torch that includes a lanthanide or actinide material. In some embodiments, the torch can include one or more other materials in combination with the lanthanide or actinide material. In some embodiments, the torch can comprise cerium, terbium or thorium. In other embodiments, the torch can comprise a lanthanide or actinide material comprising a melting point higher than the melting point of quartz.
US10993305B2	Wireless receiving circuit and wireless control device A wireless receiving circuit and a wireless control device. The wireless receiving circuit includes a signal receiving module, a Bluetooth signal processing module, a voltage stabilization module, and an output control module. An output end of the signal receiving module is connected with an input end of the Bluetooth signal processing module, and a voltage end of the Bluetooth signal processing module is connected with an output end of the voltage stabilization module. An output end of the Bluetooth signal processing module is connected with an input end of the output control module. The signal receiving module is to receive an external Bluetooth signal and is to transmit the signal to the Bluetooth signal processing module. The Bluetooth signal processing module is to process the external Bluetooth signal and is to transmit a control signal to the output control module.
US10993303B2	Power supply circuit, lighting system, and method of operating a power supply circuit A power supply circuit may include at least a first and a second current generator. Each current generator is implemented with an electronic converter comprising a switching stage, a current sensor generating a feedback signal, and a regulator circuit configured to drive the switching stage as a function of the feedback signal. Specifically, each current sensor is a low-side current sensor configured to generate a feedback signal indicative of the current received via the negative terminal of the respective current generator. The power supply circuit may include also include a control circuit configured for various tasks pertaining to the first and second generators.
US10993302B2	Power regulation for lighting fixtures A device can include multiple light loads, where each light load includes at least one light source. The device can also include multiple switches coupled to the light loads. The device can further include a controller coupled to the switches, where the controller actively operates the switches multiple times within each cycle to control delivery of power to the light loads. Active operation of the switches by the controller is performed on a dynamic schedule, where the dynamic schedule is based on multiple environmental conditions, and where the controller bypasses a forward voltage of the light loads when actively operating the switches.
US10993300B1	Low power consumption LED constant current drive circuit A low power consumption LED constant current drive circuit includes a power source input circuit, a constant current source circuit, an output voltage detection circuit, and a reference current control circuit, having the advantage of lower power consumption.
US10993296B2	Light-emitting module and integrated light-emitting module A light-emitting module includes: a base body including electrical conductor wirings; a light-emitting element disposed on the base body and electrically connected to the electrical conductor wirings; a light reflection film disposed on an upper surface of the light-emitting element; and a half mirror disposed on a light extraction surface side of the light-emitting element and spaced apart from the light-emitting element. A spectral reflectance of the half mirror under perpendicular incidence at a wavelength longer than a peak emission wavelength of a light emitted from the light-emitting element is greater than a spectral reflectance of the half mirror under perpendicular incidence at the peak emission wavelength.
US10993295B2	Microwave mode stirrer apparatus with microwave-transmissive regions A microwave mode stirrer apparatus having a stirring member with microwave-transmissive regions is disclosed, along with methods of performing microwave stirring using the microwave mode-stirring apparatus. The microwave-transmissive regions can be in the form of holes or can include microwave-transmissive material. The stirring member can have a variety of configurations, and the microwave-transmissive regions can have a variety of sizes and shapes. A microwave oven that uses the mode stirrer apparatus for drying green ceramic-forming bodies is also disclosed.
US10993289B2	Additive manufacturing system for fabricating custom support structure An additive manufacturing system is disclosed. The additive manufacturing system may include a plate having a plurality of print heads arranged in a grid and each configured to discharge a curable material, and at least one shuttle having a plurality of print heads arranged in a row and each configured to discharge a curable material. The additive manufacturing system may also include at least one cure enhancer associated with at least one of the plate and the at least one shuttle. The at least one cure enhancer may be configured to cure the curable material as the curable material is being discharged. The additive manufacturing system may further include at least one actuator configured to move at least one of the plate and the at least one shuttle during discharge of the curable material.
US10993285B2	Heterogeneous mobile radio arrangement for supplying at least one mobile radio cell with mobile radio services A heterogeneous mobile radio arrangement comprises an antenna arrangement. There is provision for at least one shielded supply cable having a first and a second end, said supply cable being designed to supply the antenna arrangement with electric power, wherein an AISG signal and mobile radio signals are transmittable via the at least one shielded supply cable. There is provision for a first and a second IP converter and a first IP device, wherein both IP converters have a respective IP connection and at least one respective signal line connection. The first IP converter is connectable by its IP connection to a superordinate IP network, and the second IP converter is connected by its IP connection to the at least one first IP device. The signal line connections of the first and second IP converters are electrically connected by means of the shielded supply cable.
US10993283B2	Enhancements on random access for NR-unlicensed A network device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), or a new radio NB (gNB)) can process or generate a configuration of a physical random access channel (PRACH) over physical resource blocks (PRBs) that are interlaced in an unlicensed band in an NR unlicensed (NR-U) communication. The PRBs in the PRACH can be based on an occupied channel bandwidth (OCB) of the unlicensed band in the NR-U communication. A random access channel transmission in the PRACH can then be generated by interlacing the PRBs defining the PRACH.
US10993278B2	Method and apparatus for recovering from radio downlink failure Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose a method and an apparatus for recovering from a radio downlink failure. The method includes: monitoring a first radio link to determine whether a radio downlink failure occurs on the first radio link, where the first radio link is a currently connected radio link; if it is detected that the radio downlink failure occurs on the first radio link, starting a physical-layer-monitored automatic-recovery process for the first radio link and starting a Radio Link Control RRC connection re-setup process to set up a second radio link; and recovering from the radio downlink failure through either of the physical-layer-monitored automatic-recovery process and the RRC connection re-setup process.
US10993276B2	Radio communication device, radio communication system, radio communication method, and program There is provided a radio communication device including a reception unit which receives information indicating a connection state or a communication capability of another radio communication device which the radio communication device attempts to connect to, and a selection unit which selects, depending on the information received by the reception unit, which communication is to be performed from among first communication in which a direct connection to such other radio communication device is established and direct communication with such other radio communication device is performed, second communication in which a connection to such other radio communication device via a base station is established and direct communication with such other radio communication device is performed, and third communication in which a connection to such other radio communication device via the base station is established and indirect communication with such other radio communication device via the base station is performed.
US10993274B2	Pairing devices by proxy In some implementations a system can be configured to reduce the burden of pairing user devices with playback devices. For example, all users (or user devices) who commonly operate within a particular environment (e.g., a home) can be configured as authorized users of playback devices within the particular environment. When one of the authorized users pairs a user device with a playback device, all of the user devices for all authorized users can be automatically paired with the playback device as a result of the single pairing. Thus, only a single authorized user is burdened with the pairing process in order to pair all authorized users with the playback device.
US10993273B2	Method and device for downlink data transmission A method and a device for downlink data transmission are provided. The method includes: in the case that a network side has downlink data needing to be sent to a terminal in an inactive connection state, sending, to the terminal, by one or more access devices, an indication message carrying an inactive connection state terminal identification of the terminal; and receiving, by the one or more access devices, an uplink feedback initiated by the terminal based on the indication message. The terminal in the Inactive state may perform a fast downlink data transmission.
US10993268B2	Random access procedure for unlicensed cells A user equipment includes circuitry which selects a random access preamble sequence, and a transmitter which transmits the random access preamble sequence to a base station in a frequency bandwidth of an unlicensed band, and performs at least one of a first operation and a second operation. In the first operation, the circuitry selects a first sequence as the random access preamble sequence, the first sequence having a length longer than a length of a random preamble sequence used for a licensed band, and the transmitter transmits the first sequence in the frequency bandwidth of the unlicensed band. In the second operation, the circuitry selects a second sequence as the random access preamble sequence, the second sequence having a length equal to the length of a random preamble sequence used for the licensed band, and the transmitter transmits the second sequence with repetitions in the frequency bandwidth of the unlicensed band.
US10993266B2	Method for performing random access in wireless communication system and device for supporting same The present invention relates to a method for user equipment to perform random access in a wireless communication system and a device therefor. The present invention can provide a method and device which: select a predetermined preamble among multiple preamble sets configured according to predetermined conditions; repeatedly transmit the selected predetermined preamble to a base station via one or multiple mutually different neighboring beams; and receive, from the base station and in response to the preamble, a response message containing a temporary identifier of user equipment, wherein the selected predetermined preamble is repeatedly transmitted on resources which constitute a subframe and are distinguished according to the one or multiple mutually different beams.
US10993262B2	Method for transmission and reception in parallel on dual channels, and apparatus A method for transmission and reception in parallel on dual channels includes, when detecting that a first channel is occupied by CSMA contention, determining, by an AP, first transmission duration of a first channel data packet; determining, by means of CCA detection, that a second channel is idle, where the second channel is used to transmit a second channel data packet whose transmission direction is opposite to a transmission direction of the first channel; determining, using the first transmission duration, second transmission duration for transmitting the second channel data packet, and transmitting the second channel data packet according to the second transmission duration, where an end time of transmission of the second channel data is not later than an end time of transmission of the first channel data.
US10993261B2	User terminal and radio communication method To perform listening for uplink transmission at an appropriate timing, on a carrier with setting of listening. A user terminal according to an aspect of the present invention has a transmission section that transmits a signal on a carrier where a listening is performed prior to uplink transmission, a reception section that receives timing information, and a control section that controls execution timing of the listening, on the basis of the timing information.
US10993258B2	Random access response information transmission method, base station, and user equipment The present disclosure provides an information transmission method, a base station, and user equipment. The method includes: receiving a random access preamble sent by user equipment (UE); generating first information according to the received random access preamble, where the first information is random access response information, and the first information includes at least one of the following information: narrowband indication information used for transmission of a control channel, initialization parameter indication information of a demodulation reference signal scrambling sequence initialization parameter used for transmission of the control channel, coverage enhancement level indication information used for transmission of the control channel, or resource allocation information used for transmission of second information, where the second information is response information to the first information; and sending the first information to the UE.
US10993255B2	Method for performing sub-band unit downlink scheduling in next generation wireless communication system and apparatus for same Disclosed in the present application is a method for a terminal transmitting an uplink signal in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises the steps of: receiving, from the base station, allocation information for resource blocks in a wideband and information on precoders indicated in sub-band units; configuring the allocated resource blocks into sub-bands including two or more continuous resource blocks; and transmitting the uplink signal through the sub-bands to the base station by applying the precoders to corresponding sub-bands.
US10993250B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting data in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), data in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving an uplink grant including first transmission time interval (TTI) duration information; transmitting a Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) using the uplink grant, wherein the MAC PDU includes data associated with at least one radio bearer supporting a TTI duration indicated by the first TTI duration information.
US10993247B2	Method for configuring resources, for direct D2D communication, on basis of congestion control in wireless communication system and device therefor Disclosed is a method for a terminal transmitting a sidelink data channel in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises a step for transmitting a sidelink data channel having a first priority. The sum if resources which can be used for all sidelink data channels having a priority equal to or lower than the first priority is equal to or less than a threshold corresponding to the first priority.
US10993240B2	Signaling of IDC problems The present disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for signaling of In-Device Coexistence (IDC) problems in uplink (UL) Carrier Aggregation (CA). Embodiments of a method in a User Equipment (UE) in communication with an Evolved Node B (eNB) are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method in the UE comprises sending an IDC indication to the eNB including information of problematic UL CA combinations. In this manner, the eNB is provided an indication from which the eNB can deduce which frequencies need to be avoided for UL CA.
US10993238B2	Apparatus and method for radio communication A processing apparatus (3A) acquires the number of one or more neighbor cells (31B) to which one or more neighbor-cell D2D radio terminals (2G), located in proximity to a first D2D communication pair (2E) belonging to a first cell (31A), belong. In addition, depending on the acquired number of the one or more neighbor cells (31B), the processing apparatus (3A) determines, from D2D radio resources that are shared among three or more cells (31A, 31B, 31E), a first part allocatable to the first D2D communication pair (2E). It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to efficient use of D2D radio resources shared among at least three cells adjacent to one another.
US10993237B2	Method and device in user equipment and base station for wireless communication The disclosure discloses a method and device in user equipment and a base station for wireless communication. The user equipment transmits a first radio signal in a first air interface resource pool, then receives first control information, and transmits a second radio signal in a second air interface resource pool; the first control information is physical layer signaling, the second air interface resource pool is associated with the first air interface resource pool; the first control information comprises at least one of the first information and the second information; the timing advance of the second radio signal is related to the first information, a first transmission parameter set for transmitting the second radio signal is related to the second information; and the transmission of the second radio signal is grant-free.
US10993235B2	BWP switching method and apparatus, and terminal device The implementations of the present disclosure provide a BWP switching method and apparatus, and a terminal device. The method comprises: a terminal device acquiring first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information comprises first resource information and identifier information of a first search space, the first resource information is used for initiating a random access process, the identifier information of the first search space is used for detecting a downlink control channel, the first configuration information corresponds to a first BWP, and the first search space corresponds to a second BWP; and where the first BWP is in an activated state, the terminal device switching the second BWP to an activated state or maintaining the second BWP in an activated state, and executing the random access process on the first BWP and the second BWP.
US10993233B2	Inserting virtual carrier in conventional OFDM host carrier in communications system A network element for use in a mobile communications system and a method of using a network element for communicating data to/from mobile communications devices in a mobile communications system. The network element can provide a wireless access interface for communicating data to/from the mobile communications devices, the wireless access interface including: on a downlink a host carrier, the host carrier providing plural resource elements across a first frequency range; transmit data for a first group of mobile communications devices, wherein the data is distributed within the plural resource elements across the first frequency range; a virtual carrier via the wireless access interface, the virtual carrier providing one or more resource elements within a second frequency range which is within and smaller than the first frequency range; and transmit data for a second group of mobile communications devices via the virtual carrier.
US10993226B2	Subframe indication method and device Embodiments of the present invention provide a subframe indication method and a device. A first device determines subframe indication information that indicates at least one of uplink control signaling, downlink control signaling, and data of a first subframe, and sends the subframe indication information to a second device, so that the second device determines a type of the first subframe based on the subframe indication information. In this process, the first device needs to send, to the second device, only the subframe indication information that indicates at least one of parts of the first subframe, and the second device may determine the type of the first subframe based on the subframe indication information, so as to reduce overheads of the subframe indication information.
US10993222B2	Floating links An access point including a memory; at least one network interface configured to interface over a network with one or more of a other access point and a user equipment (UE); and a processor configured to, establish, via the at least one interface, a virtual link with the UE based on the respective one of the at least one virtual address, and transfer the virtual link to the other access by transmitting a command to the other AP to set, after a time period, at least one network interface associated therewith to be addressable via the respective one of the at least one virtual address, and disassociating the at least one network interface and the respective one of at least one virtual address after the time period.
US10993219B2	System and method for allocating resource blocks A system and method for allocating network resources are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system and method are configured to perform: determining a resource indication value based on at least a first parameter and a second parameter, the resource indication value indicative of a number of resource blocks to be allocated to a communication node, wherein a number of possible different values of the resource indication value is limited by a predefined relationship between the first parameter and the second parameter; and transmitting the resource indication value to the communication node.
US10993216B2	Flexible slot format indication (SFI) monitoring for new radio unlicensed communications User equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry, where to configure the UE for New Radio (NR) communications in an unlicensed spectrum, the processing circuitry is to decode radio resource control (RRC) signaling including configuration information identifying a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) search space set. The configuration information includes a PDCCH monitoring periodicity, a PDCCH monitoring offset, and a PDCCH monitoring duration associated with the PDCCH search space set. The PDCCH search space set is monitored for downlink control information (DCI) using the PDCCH monitoring periodicity, the PDCCH monitoring offset, and the PDCCH monitoring duration. Upon detecting the DCI within the monitored PDCCH search space set, a DCI format within the DCI is decoded.
US10993215B2	SPDCCH reuse indication constraint under DMRS sharing Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device such as a user equipment (UE) may receive a first downlink shared channel transmission over a first set of frequency resources in a first transmission time interval (TTI); receive a downlink control transmission including a grant of a second set of frequency resources of a second TTI for a second downlink shared channel transmission, the downlink control transmission including an indication that a demodulation reference signal of the first downlink shared channel transmission is reused for the second downlink shared channel transmission; determine to rate match the second downlink shared channel transmission around resources of the second set of frequency resources that are not part of the first set of frequency resources, and receive the second downlink shared channel transmission over a subset of the second set of frequency resources.
US10993213B2	Method and apparatus for controlling secondary carriers in asymmetric uplink carrier aggregation The invention provides a method and an apparatus for controlling secondary carriers in an asymmetric uplink carrier aggregation, the method includes: an eNB transmits configuration information of uplink secondary carriers configured for a UE to the UE, wherein the configuration information includes carrier-specific common configuration information and/or UE-specific configuration information; furthermore, the eNB schedules the uplink secondary carriers via a physical downlink control channel PDCCH of the downlink primary carrier, so that the UE performs a scheduling of a PUSCH to the eNB via the uplink secondary carriers, thus realizing a control of the secondary carriers in the asymmetric uplink carrier aggregation and greatly improving the uplink throughput.
US10993206B2	Paging scheme for new radio technology in unlicensed spectrum A paging method for a user equipment in an NR-U system is provided, wherein the user equipment is configured with a paging monitor window comprising paging plurality of monitor occasions. The paging method includes determining locations of the plurality of monitor occasions based on at least one NRUP rule; and receiving a paging message at the plurality of monitor occasions within the paging monitor window.
US10993203B2	Commissioning electronic devices for use in a tracking system An electronic device can be commissioned with an identifier for use in a centralized tracking system. The electronic device is assigned an interim unique identifier and authentication key, for instance by a manufacturer of the electronic device. The electronic device and the centralized tracking system each separately generate a permanent unique identifier and a permanent authentication key based on the interim unique identifier and interim authentication key, without requiring the permanent unique identifier and permanent authentication key from being transmitted between the electronic device and the central tracking server. Upon generating the permanent unique identifier and permanent authentication key, tracking device functionality can be enabled within the electronic device, enabling the electronic device to function as a tracking device within the centralized tracking system.
US10993202B2	Method for receiving or transmitting reference signal for location determination in wireless communication system and device for same A method of reporting information for positioning by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, includes receiving, from a location server, assistant data related to plurality of cells including a reference cell and one or more neighbor cells; receiving, from the location server, quasi-co-location (QCL) information on the PRS of the plurality of cells and the CRS of the plurality of cells; calculating a reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement value using a positioning reference signal (PRS) of the plurality of cells and a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) of the plurality of cells based on the assistant data; and reporting the RSTD measurement value to the location server, wherein the assistant data includes information on a cyclic prefix (CP) length of the PRS of the plurality of cells, a CP length of the CRS of the plurality of cells, and a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe configuration of the plurality of cells.
US10993199B2	Radio network node, UE and methods performed therein for handling communication in a wireless communication network A method by a UE is provided to handle communication in a network, wherein the UE is capable of receiving a registration area configuration including area identifiers associated with different cells of different RATs. The UE receives, from a network node, a first mobile identifier and a second mobile identifier in a message during a transition of states of the UE, wherein the first mobile identifier is of a first length and the second mobile identifier is of a second length different than the first length. Furthermore, the UE uses the first mobile identifier to resume to a first network node of a first RAT in the registration area configuration of the UE, and the second mobile identifier to resume to a second network node of a second RAT in the registration area configuration of the UE.
US10993198B2	Out-of-synchronization determining method and apparatus An out-of-synchronization determining method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a control network element, interference metrics sent by N base stations; determining, by the control network element based on the interference metrics, M first to-be-inspected base stations in the N base stations and/or neighboring stations of the N base stations; determining, by the control network element, P second to-be-inspected base stations, where the P second to-be-inspected base stations are base stations meeting a detection condition that are selected from the M first to-be-inspected base stations, and the detection condition is that a characteristic sequence broadcast by the first to-be-inspected base station at a specified position in a radio frame is not received by any neighboring station at the specified position; and determining, by the control network element, an out-of-synchronization base station in the P second to-be-inspected base stations.
US10993197B2	Distributed MIMO based on access point collaboration A method for communication in a WLAN includes associating a client station (STA) with a basic service set (BSS) of a first access point (AP), having first antennas, in a wireless local area network (WLAN). A second AP, having second antennas, in the WLAN is synchronized with the first AP. Distributed beamforming parameters are computed over a group of the first antennas and the second antennas. Data for transmission to the STA are distributed to both the first AP and the second AP. The distributed data are distributed to the STA from the first AP via the first antennas in the group and the second AP via the second antennas in the group in synchronization in accordance with the distributed beamforming parameters.
US10993192B2	Method and apparatus for triggering power headroom report for beam operation in a wireless communication system Methods and apparatuses for triggering a power headroom report for beam operation in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. In one method, a user equipment (UE) uses multiple beams for transmission. The UEtriggers a power headroom report due to a change of a pathloss being larger than a threshold, wherein the pathloss is associated with a specific beam or a set of beams.
US10993190B2	Power control for spatial multiplexing of uplink channels Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine that multiple uplink channels are to be transmitted contemporaneously via different antennas on a component carrier. The user equipment may determine a respective transmit power for multiple uplink communications associated with the multiple uplink channels based at least in part on a set of priority rules that identifies a respective priority for the multiple uplink communications. The user equipment may transmit the multiple uplink communications using the respective transmit power. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10993189B2	Method and apparatus having power control for grant-free uplink transmission A method and apparatus is provided, wherein configuration information for a transmission is determined based on a configured uplink grant. Information of an assigned one of a plurality of different received by a network entity power levels for each user equipment for a given transmission instance is received. A transmit power offset is determined, based on the received information of the assigned one of the plurality of different received by the network entity power levels. A transmit power for transmission is determined, based on the configuration information of the configured uplink grant and by applying the determined transmit power offset. An uplink transmission is performed using the determined transmit power for transmission.
US10993185B2	Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in portable terminal An apparatus and method for reducing power consumption of a portable terminal are provided. More particularly, an apparatus and method for reducing power consumption generated in an idle state in order to solve a power consumption problem in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a state determination unit which is configured independently from an application processor for controlling applications and which wakes up when entering an idle mode to allow the application processor to sleep, and thereafter determines a state of the portable terminal, and if it is determined that the portable terminal escapes from the idle mode, allows the application processor to wake up.
US10993183B2	Wake up procedure using pseudo-omni beam Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may identify that data is available to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) that is operating in a discontinuous reception mode. The base station may transmit, based at least in part on identifying that the data is available to be transmitted to the UE, a wakeup message to the UE using a first transmit beam. The base station may initiate a beam management procedure based at least in part on identifying that the data is available to be transmitted to the UE, to identify a second transmit beam for the base station to use to transmit the available data to the UE, wherein the second transmit beam comprises a narrower beam width than the first transmit beam.
US10993178B2	Method and apparatus for selecting an access and mobility management function in a mobile communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication technique of fusing a 5G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology and a system thereof, and provides an intelligent service based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. A method of a terminal in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from an AMF, a first message including first information for identifying the AMF, the first information being assigned upon a successful registration to a first access; determining whether a second access is located in a same PLMN of the first access; and transmitting, to an access network entity of the second access, a second message requesting registration to the second access and including second information for identifying the AMF, in case that the second access is located in the same PLMN of the first access.
US10993175B1	Spectrum information query system and a secured query proxy device A spectrum information query system, a method of querying a database storing spectrum information and a secured query proxy device are provided, the spectrum information query system comprising a database storing spectrum information; one or more spectrum utilising devices forming a first communications network; and a secured query proxy device, the secured query proxy device configured to communicate at its front-end with the database storing spectrum information, wherein the secured query proxy device is configured at its back-end for a one-way downlink to the first communications network; a decoupled source that is decoupled from the first communications network, the source being coupled to the secured query proxy device, wherein the secured query proxy device is configured to obtain information associated with the first communications network via the decoupled source, the secured query proxy device being further configured to perform encryption of obtained information associated with the first communications network obtained from the decoupled source; and wherein the secured query proxy device is further configured to apply one or more security data preservation measures to the received spectrum information prior to transmission of the received spectrum information to the first communications network via the one-way downlink.
US10993174B2	User apparatus, base station, and preamble transmission method A user apparatus in a radio communication system including a base station and the user apparatus, including: a reception unit configured to receive a plurality of predetermined signals transmitted from the base station using a plurality of beams; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a preamble using a plurality of resources corresponding to the plurality of beams, wherein the reception unit receives, from the base station, system information including information of the plurality of resources corresponding to the plurality of beams, and the transmission unit obtains the information of the plurality of resources from the system information.
US10993172B2	Method and apparatus for performing access barring check Provided are a method for a user equipment (UE) to perform access barring check in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus supporting the same. The method may include: receiving a list of barring information, wherein each of the barring information includes a barring factor and a barring time; receiving information on an access category related to barring information included in the list; performing the access barring check for the access category, based on the barring information related to the access category; and performing uplink transmission, if an access attempt is allowed for the access category.
US10993170B2	Method for operating a wireless device in a cellular network The present invention relates to a method for operating a wireless device in a cellular network, the wireless device operating with a base node of the cellular network, the method comprises upon noticing a barring indication received from the base node at the wireless device the step of suppressing access to the base node under the conditions: the wireless device is operating in an intensive use mode and the wireless device is operating in a non-privileged service.
US10993168B2	Methods of and device for autonomous configuration of a relay node device in mesh network A method for deactivating a relay feature of a relay node in a mesh network comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein said relay node formulates a connectivity report comprising routing information to a beacon node in said mesh network, said routing information being based on connectivity control messages received from said beacon node. The method comprises the steps of transmitting, by said relay node, said connectivity report to neighbouring nodes, transmitting, by said relay node, a query message to said neighbouring nodes for querying whether said relay feature of said relay node may be deactivated receiving, by said relay node, response messages from said neighbouring nodes, in response to said query message, wherein each of said response messages indicates that said relay feature of said relay node may be deactivated, and deactivating, by said relay node, said relay feature of said relay node based on said response messages from all of said neighbouring nodes. Complementary methods and devices for performing a method according to the present disclosure are also presented herein.
US10993165B2	Flexible support of multi-homing in networks of moving things including autonomous vehicles based networks Methods and systems are provided for supporting and using of multi-homing in a communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., a network of moving things, which may be a vehicle network, a network of or including autonomous vehicles, etc.).
US10993164B1	Path selection between wireless mesh network devices Technologies for path selection in wireless mesh network of wireless network devices are described. One method includes receiving a first response from a second mesh network device and a second response wirelessly from the second mesh network device, the first response associated with a first request to establish a first wireless path with a third mesh network device and the second response associated with a second request to establish a second wireless path with a fourth mesh network device. The method determines that the first response and the second response include a same sequential number (SN) for the second mesh network device. The method forwards the first response to the third mesh network device and forwards the second response to the fourth mesh network device.
US10993161B2	Authenticating user equipments through relay user equipments In some examples, a first user equipment (UE) sends an indication to an application server that the first UE is to use a relay UE to access a network. The first UE receives, from the application server, a first identity different from a second identity of the first UE. The first UE uses the first identity to register with the network to authenticate the first UE.
US10993159B2	Communication apparatus, method for controlling communication apparatus, and storage medium Whether a detected wireless network is capable of connection using a Fast Initial Link Setup (FILS) method is determined, and handover processing for switching a connection destination to the detected wireless network is performed based on the result of determination.
US10993154B2	Optimizing new radio standalone and dual connectivity access A cell site of a cellular communication network may have both a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) base station and a New Radio (NR) base station to support NR Standalone connectivity and Non-Standalone (NSA) dual connectivity. The NR base station broadcasts system information from which a cellular device can determine relative service qualities of a NR Standalone connection and an NSA connection. The cellular device receives these qualities and compares them to determine whether to initially attach to the LTE base station or to the NR base station. Similarly, during cell reselection, the cellular device receives service quality information from a target LTE base station so that the cellular device can determine whether to attach to the target LTE base station or to an associated NR base station.
US10993149B2	Operating a terminal device in a cellular mobile communication network The present application relates to a method for operating a terminal device (17) in a cellular mobile communication network (10). The cellular mobile communication network (10) comprises a first base station (11) using a first radio resource, and a second base station (12, 13) using a second radio resource. The terminal device (17) comprises a first transceiver unit (25) for communicating via the first radio resource and a second transceiver unit (26) for communicating via the second radio resource. According to the method, a radio resource control information for the second radio resource is determined and received at the terminal device (17) via the first transceiver unit (25). As defined by the radio resource control information, user data communication (19) between the second base station (12) enter the terminal device (17) is established via the second transceiver unit (26). The first transceiver unit (25) is set in an idle mode.
US10993145B2	Communication device, communication method, and program A communication device, including: a processing unit configured to generate a first protocol data unit (PDU) including first sequence number information specifying a first sequence number of a data unit set for each multicast group, multicast group information specifying a multicast group, and a data unit; and a wireless communication unit configured to transmit the first PDU generated by the processing unit. The communication device provides a mechanism capable of improving efficiency of wireless communication even in a case in which a plurality of types of multicast communication which differ in a multicast group serving as a destination are performed.
US10993142B2	Method and apparatus for CIoT device data transfer A non-access stratum (NAS) control protocol includes procedures for control plane cellular internet of things (CP-CIoT) service requests and attach request. UE in idle mode may transmit an NAS service request message including user data to a mobility management entity (MME) over the control plane. The MME extracts the user data from the NAS service request message and determines a type of the user data. The MME may forward non-IP data to a Service Capability Exposure Function (SCEF) and forward IP data to a packet gateway.
US10993139B2	Quality of service management for interworking between different communication architectures Procedures, systems, and devices for addressing quality of service (QoS) during an intersystem change of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are discussed herein. A WTRU may send a protocol data unit (PDU) modification request to a network node, such as a session management function (SMF) device, indicating support for reflective quality of services (RQoS). In response to the modification request, the WTRU may then receive an acknowledgement, after which the WTRU may then be able to send data for a PDU of a specific RQoS. The RQoS may be specific to a single PDU or a plurality of PDUs. The modification request may include Session Management (SM) and/or Mobility Management (MM) information. The modification request may be included in an attach procedure or a tracking area update (TAU).
US10993138B2	Apparatus and method for controlling data flow in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides apparatus and method for controlling data flow in wireless communication system. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of managing a data flow in a wireless communication system comprises controlling a quality of service (QoS) flow to be transferred from a first data radio bearer (DRB) to a second DRB. Herein, the QoS flow is a flow of data carried by a DRB between a terminal and at least one network entity.
US10993134B2	Radio resource measurement method, radio resource selection method, and apparatus This application discloses a radio resource measurement method, a radio resource selection method, and an apparatus. A terminal obtains a measurement result of a beam; and the terminal sends, to a network device, first indication information used to instruct to deactivate or delete a beam, where the beam satisfies a first quality condition. In addition, the terminal may further obtain a measurement result of the beam, and send, to the network device, second indication information used to instruct to activate or add the beam, to instruct the network device to activate or add a beam having relatively good communication quality, for communication with the terminal.
US10993132B2	Generalized mobility scheduling framework Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device such as a user equipment (UE) may determine a set of scheduled synchronization signal transmission times. A first subset of the set of scheduled synchronization signal transmission times may be allocated for dynamic measurement. The wireless device may select at least one candidate beam from a set of candidate beams for a dynamic measurement during one of the transmission times in the first subset. The at least one candidate beam may be selected based at least in part on a fairness metric, a signal strength metric, a timing metric, or a combination thereof. The wireless device may perform a measure procedure on the selected at least one candidate beam and may transmit a measurement report based at least in part on the measure procedure to another wireless device (e.g., a base station).
US10993131B2	Method for performing logging by terminal in wireless communication system and terminal using same The present invention provides a method for performing logging by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: determining whether a downlink has been affected by interference; when it is determined that whether the downlink has been affected by interference is unclear, determining whether to perform logging of measurement for the downlink; and performing the logging according to the determination as to whether to perform the logging.
US10993130B2	Measurement method and apparatus The present invention provides a measurement method and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by served user equipment UE accessing a serving base station, restrictive measurement resources of at least two neighboring cells that are respectively sent by base stations serving the at least two neighboring cells; and performing, by the served UE based on the restrictive measurement resources, RRM measurement on a neighboring cell, in the at least two neighboring cells, whose measurement resource needs to be limited, and/or performing radio link monitoring RLM on a serving cell of the UE based on the restrictive measurement resources. According to the method, the served UE can learn the restrictive measurement resource of the neighboring cell, and according to the restrictive measurement resource learnt by the served UE, the served UE performs neighboring-cell RRM measurement and/or performs RLM on the serving cell of the served UE.
US10993128B2	Evolved buffer status report supporting multiple numerology factors A user equipment (UE) includes one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to receive a logical channel group (LCG) list having a plurality of logical channels in one or more LCGs, where grouping of the plurality of logical channels is based at least in part on a mapping policy between each of the plurality of logical channels and one or more numerology factors. The at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to request for a numerology-specific uplink radio resource for one of the one or more LCGs through a buffer status report (BSR), wherein the BSR includes a LCG ID identifying the one of the one or more LCGs.
US10993127B2	Network slice instance management method, apparatus, and system A network slice instance management method, an apparatus, and a system. The method includes: determining, by a first network device, that a configuration parameter of a first network slice subnet instance needs to be modified, where the first network device is configured to manage the first network slice subnet instance; modifying, by the first network device, the configuration parameter of the first network slice subnet instance; and sending, by the first network device, report information to a second network device, where the report information is used to indicate a result of modifying the configuration parameter of the first network slice subnet instance, the second network device is configured to manage a first network slice instance, and the first network slice instance includes the first network slice subnet instance.
US10993125B2	Method for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless LAN system, and apparatus therefor The present specification proposes a method for transmitting and receiving a signal, and an apparatus therefor, and more specifically, a method for transmitting, by a first station (STA), a signal to a second STA in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system, the method comprising the steps of: generating a training field including a basic training subfield for each spatial-temporal stream and a training subfield for each spatial-temporal stream on the basis of the total number of spatial-temporal streams, wherein the basic training subfield for each spatial-temporal stream is composed of M (M is a natural number) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols on the basis of the information indicated by a header field; and transmitting a signal including the header field and the training field to the second STA through a corresponding spatial-temporal stream.
US10993124B2	Beam-steering satellite communication terminal for field environments A satellite communication terminal for a field environment includes: a broadband interface that creates a broadband link with a device in the field environment and that manages communication over the broadband link; a satellite antenna that creates a satellite backhaul link with a satellite in orbit; a satellite interface that manages communication over the satellite backhaul link; and a processor that controls a beam direction of the satellite antenna, performs broadband services on data exchanged with the device over the broadband link and the satellite backhaul link, and provides access to the exchanged data to the device.
US10993123B2	Data sending method and apparatus A data sending method and a base station is provided. The method includes: determining a coverage zone set to a covered state in a cell at a current moment, where the cell includes multiple coverage zones, at least one set to the covered state in the cell at one moment, and coverage zones set to the covered state at different moments are different; obtaining a common channel beam of the cell at the current moment, where the common channel beam of the cell at the current moment points to the coverage zone set to the covered state in the cell at the current moment; and sending the common channel beam of the cell at the current moment to the coverage zone set to the covered state in the cell at the current moment.
US10993119B1	Multi user MIMO and power management for Wi-Fi and cellular communication The device may be enabled to be connected to a first and second cellular network at two different towers simultaneously to provide more reliable connections, or to split voice and data traffic. The devices may further be enabled to selectively turn off radios and place such radios in wait states or low power listen states based on the network connectivity, application rules and application hierarchies. Sensors may forward packets to a mobile device when in the vicinity and these packets may be synchronized selectively with a network server when the mobile device is connected to a network and has sufficient or cheap bandwidth. Various IoT and sensor devices may use non reliable transmit and receive protocols in addition to TCP/IP for uncritical data.
US10993117B2	Unlicensed band management control indicators An evolved Node B (eNB) serves as a primary serving cell (PCell) providing a primary component carrier (PCC) in a licensed spectrum to a user equipment (UE) in a carrier aggregation (CA) scheme. A secondary component carrier (SCC) is provided in an unlicensed spectrum. The eNB monitors parameters of bandwidths in the unlicensed spectrum, when at least one of the parameters indicates a change in availability of a select one of the bandwidths, the eNB generates a control indicator defining the change in availability of the bandwidth and broadcasts the control indicator to the UE, wherein the control indicator affects a modification in a transceiver of the UE associated with the bandwidth.
US10993107B2	Multi-factor autonomous SIM lock Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, initializing a secure timer in a wireless device, determining whether a subscriber identification module (SIM) card installed in the wireless device comprises a carrier identity that matches a carrier identity stored in the machine-readable medium, establishing a network connection with a trusted server, starting the secure timer if the SIM card and network connection are satisfactory, periodically checking the network connection and SIM card until expiry of the secure timer, penalizing the secure timer responsive to a failure of the network connection or SIM card check, and responsive to expiry of the secure timer, unlocking a SIM lock. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10993104B2	Temporary handling of wireless communication device capabilities A wireless communication device (UE) may provide information pertaining to one or more operating capabilities of the UE to LTE and 5G-NR networks. The UE may transmit information to an LTE base station directly, and to a 5G-NR base station directly, or indirectly via the LTE base station. The information may include preferred values corresponding to any number of different operating parameters associated with wireless communications or wireless communication capabilities of the UE in both LTE and 5G-NR networks, to inform and/or request the LTE and 5G-NR networks to make provisions based on the transmitted information for the wireless communications of the UE on those networks. The UE may thereby provide assistance information to LTE and 5G-NR networks in a multi-radio-access-technology dual-connectivity setting to request the respective networks to adjust certain operating capabilities of the UE in order to alleviate one or more operating issues that may be affecting the UE.
US10993102B2	Localized routing in mobile networks Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for localized routing. In some example embodiments, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, by a target base station, localized routing context information for a user equipment, wherein the localized routing context is received from at least one of a user gateway or a controlling mobility gateway; and sending, by the target base station, updated localized routing context information to at least one other base station, wherein the updated localized routing context information is sent via a local interface between the target base station and the at least one other base station. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
US10993101B2	Discovery of network resources accessible by internet of things devices Apparatuses and methods for initiating a discovery of accessible network resources between Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices upon detection of a user and in advance of a user command are disclosed. A detector is to detect the presence of a user prior to the user issuing a command to an IoT device, and a resource discoverer is to discover and connect to accessible network resources. User commands may be processed following discovery and connection. The detector and resource discoverer may be part of a device controller, and may be part of an IoT device.
US10993099B2	Heterogeneous internet of things environment device communication solution Aspects of the present invention provide a software defined radio (SDR) system and/or an approach for enabling heterogeneous device communications using a SDR device in an internet of things (IoT) environment. In an embodiment, the SDR device (e.g., a network adapter thereof) obtains a set of communications sent by an IoT device. Based on an analysis of the set of communications by an SDR bot running on the SDR device, a protocol of the set of communications is determined. The SDR bot interprets a communication of the set of communications, and, based on the interpreted communication, a notification is forwarded by the SDR device (e.g., by the network adapter). This notification can include an instruction to another IoT device to perform a task, a report based on communications from multiple IoT devices, or the like.
US10993097B1	System, method and apparatus for the distribution of wireless sensor network information The presentation of sensor network information can be provided to a user via a customized dashboard web interface. The dashboard web interface can be based on customized transformation and alert functions that can be applied to one or more sensor channels of data produced from sensors at a monitored location. The customized alerts can provide real-time monitoring of targeted conditions at the monitored location.
US10993095B2	Method for selecting, in selection period, subframe excluding subframe relating to subframe in which transmission has been performed during sensing period in wireless communication system, and terminal using same The present invention provides a vehicle-to-X (V2X) operation method performed by a V2X terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: selecting, in a selection period, a subframe excluding a subframe relating to a subframe in which transmission has been performed during a sensing period; and performing a V2X communication on the basis of the selected subframe.
US10993094B2	Method for performing V2X communication in wireless communication system and apparatus for same Disclosed are a method for performing V2X communication in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for the same. Specifically, a method for performing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes: receiving a transmission request of a V2X message of a V2X service identified by a V2X service identifier from an upper layer by using V2X communication through a PC5 interface, the transmission request including the V2X message and the V2X service identifier; requesting or selecting a resource for the V2X communication through the PC5 interface to a base station based on whether the UE is serviced by an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) for the V2X communication; and transmitting the V2X message through the PC5 interface by transferring the V2X message to a lower layer, and when mapping between the V2X service identifier and a transmission parameter is configured, the transmission parameter associated with the V2X service identifier may be transferred to the lower layer together with the V2X message.
US10993092B2	Method for selecting, in selection period, subframe excluding subframe relating to subframe in which transmission has been performed during sensing period in wireless communication system, and terminal using same The present invention provides a vehicle-to-X (V2X) operation method performed by a V2X terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: selecting, in a selection period, a subframe excluding a subframe relating to a subframe in which transmission has been performed during a sensing period; and performing a V2X communication on the basis of the selected subframe.
US10993078B2	Tracking system for tracking and rendering virtual object corresponding to physical object and the operating method for the same A tracking system and a computer-implement operating method for the same are provided. The method includes transmitting a plurality of request wireless signals; in response to receiving the request wireless signals by the tag device, transmitting a plurality corresponding response wireless signals by the tag device; in response to receiving the corresponding response wireless signals by the anchor array, calculating a plurality of distances between the tag device and each of a plurality of anchor devices of the anchor array according to the request wireless signals and the response wireless signals, and accordingly calculating an absolute coordinate of the tag device; and in response to the absolute coordinate of the tag device is identified as being in a seen space of the virtual space by the processor, rendering a virtual object corresponding to the physical object into the seen space according to the absolute coordinate of the tag device.
US10993073B2	Systems and methods for geofence security Systems and methods for geofence information delivery are disclosed. A multiplicity of devices constructed and configured in network communication in a region of interest via a peer-to-peer network. The multiplicity of devices store cached geofence information for the region of interest. The multiplicity of devices on the peer-to-peer network are operable to convert between an IP address and a geographic location. Each of the multiplicity of devices is operable to query peer devices on the peer-to-peer network for geofences associated with an IP address or a geographic location. At least one peer device is operable to deliver one or more geofences associated with the IP address to the querying device via zero-configuration networking or web service.
US10993071B2	Information offering apparatus, information offering system, and non-transitory computer readable medium An information offering apparatus includes an offering unit that offers target information concerning a target of a user's action to the user; and a changing unit that changes the target information in accordance with history information concerning the user's action.
US10993070B2	Electronic apparatus and method for providing identification information The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus, and relates to an electronic apparatus and a method for providing service information. To this end, the present invention provides an electronic apparatus comprising: a first communication module; a second communication module; a memory for storing location information of the electronic apparatus; and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to: acquire identification information corresponding to a place where a first external electronic apparatus is located, from the first external electronic apparatus located near the electronic apparatus, using the first communication module; transmit the identification information and the location information to a second external electronic apparatus, using the second communication module; and receive service information corresponding to the identification information from the second external electronic apparatus, using the second communication module.
US10993066B2	Apparatus and associated methods for presentation of first and second virtual-or-augmented reality content An apparatus comprising means configured to: receive first information indicative of a reference location; provide for presentation of audio content as spatial audio to be perceived, from the reference location, as originating from a direction of at least one virtual audio source, the at least one virtual audio source associated with a real-world location; receive second information indicative of at least the presence of a real-world object between the real-world location of the at least one virtual audio source and the reference location; modify, based on the second information, the audio content to indicate aurally the location of the real-world object; and provide for presentation of the modified audio content as spatial audio.
US10993063B2	Method for processing 3D audio effect and related products A method for processing a 3D audio effect and related products are provided. The method includes the following. In a VR scenario, eight first positions of eight monaural sound sources and eight pieces of monaural data corresponding to the eight monaural sound sources are obtained, where the eight monaural sound sources correspond to a target object, and each eight monaural sound source locates at a position with unique 3D coordinates. A second position of a target object in the VR scenario is obtained, where the second position has 3D coordinates, and the eight first positions and the second position are based on the same coordinate origin. A distance between each of the eight first positions and the second position is determined to obtain eight distances. The eight pieces of monaural data are adjusted according to the eight distances. The eight pieces of monaural data adjusted are synthesized to 7.1-channel data.
US10993058B2	Manufacturing method for diamond-like carbon vibrating diaphragm and loudspeaker The present invention relates to a manufacturing method for a diamond-like carbon diaphragm, comprising the steps of: placing a base material in the air; a step of depositing a composite diamond-like carbon diaphragm comprises: importing a carbon-containing gas from one end of an atmospheric pressure plasma chemical vapor deposition device, importing a main gas from the other end of the atmospheric pressure plasma chemical vapor deposition device; bringing the ionized carbon-containing gas out of the atmospheric pressure plasma chemical vapor deposition device by the main gas and depositing the same on the surface of the base material to form a composite diamond-like carbon diaphragm; a step of forming a diamond-like carbon vibrating diaphragm comprises: cutting from the composite diamond-like carbon diaphragm a diamond-like carbon vibrating diaphragm having the required diameter, forming a diamond-like carbon vibrating diaphragm having the required shape by means of a compressing process.
US10993053B2	Hearing device including antenna unit A hearing device includes: an input transducer for providing an electrical signal representing ambient sound, a sound processor for processing the electrical signal, an output transducer, an extractor cord, attached to the housing, for removing and/or inserting the hearing device in the ear canal of the wearer, an antenna unit for reception and/or emission of electromagnetic energy, the antenna unit being at least partly disposed within the extractor cord, a communication unit, and a coaxial cable configured as a transmission line connecting the communication unit and the antenna unit. The coaxial cable is configured to transfer a signal from the communication unit to the antenna unit and/or from the antenna unit to the communication unit, so as to minimize parasitic effects on the antenna unit. The coaxial cable includes a shield and the shield of the coaxial cable is terminated at a battery inside the housing.
US10993048B2	Speech intelligibility-based hearing devices and associated methods A hearing device includes: an antenna for receiving a first wireless input signal from an external device and providing an antenna output signal; a transceiver configured to provide a transceiver input signal; an input module for provision of a first input signal, the input module comprising a first microphone; a processor; a receiver configured to provide an audio output signal; a pre-processor for provision of a pre-processor output signal based on the first input signal; and a controller comprising a speech intelligibility estimator for determining a speech intelligibility indicator indicative of speech intelligibility based on the transceiver input signal and a first controller input signal, wherein the controller is configured to provide a controller output signal based on the speech intelligibility indicator; wherein the pre-processor is configured to apply, based on the controller output signal, a pre-processing scheme to the first input signal and/or the transceiver input signal.
US10993045B1	Hearing devices and methods for implementing automatic sensor-based on/off control of a hearing device An exemplary hearing device includes a first sensor, a second sensor, an audio processing component, and a power management processor. The power management processor may be configured to determine, while the hearing device is in a first low power mode, that the first sensor detects a first state change associated with the hearing device, direct, based on the first sensor detecting the first state change, the hearing device to enter a second low power mode in which the second sensor is active and the audio processing component is inactive, determine, while the hearing device is in the second low power mode, that the second sensor detects a second state change associated with the hearing device, and direct, based on the second sensor detecting the second state change, the hearing device to enter a full power mode in which the audio processing component is active.
US10993044B2	MEMS device with continuous looped insert and trench The present invention provides a MEMS device such as a capacitive MEMS microphone that comprises a new design of air flow restrictor having a pair of continuous looped insert and trench. An air channel/space includes a first internal wall and a second internal wall for air to flow between. A continuous looped trench is recessed from the first internal wall, and a continuous looped insert is extended from the second internal wall and inserted into the trench. The spatial relationship between the insert and the trench can vary or oscillate. Air resistance of the channel/space may be controlled by the trench's depth. The invention has a significant effect on, for example, keeping the sound frequency response plot more flat on the low frequency part ranging from 20 Hz to 1000 Hz.
US10993041B2	MEMS microphone and method of manufacturing the same A MEMS microphone includes a substrate having a cavity, a back plate being disposed over the substrate and having a plurality of acoustic holes, a diaphragm disposed between the substrate and the back plate, the diaphragm being spaced apart from the substrate and the back plate, covering the cavity to form an air gap between the back plate, and being configured to generate a displacement with responding to an acoustic pressure and a plurality of anchors extending from an end portion of the diaphragm to be integrally formed with the diaphragm, the anchors being arranged along a circumference of the diaphragm to be spaced apart from each other, and having lower surfaces making contact with an upper surface of the substrate to support the diaphragm. Thus, the MEMS microphone may have improved rigidity and flexibility.
US10993040B2	Piezoelectric microphone The present application provides a piezoelectric microphone, and it includes a substrate having a back cavity and a piezoelectric cantilever diaphragm fixed to the substrate. The piezoelectric cantilever diaphragm includes a plurality of diaphragm flaps, and each of the diaphragm flaps has one end fixed to the substrate and another end suspended above the back cavity. Every two adjacent ones of the diaphragm flaps are spaced apart to form a gap. The piezoelectric microphone further comprises an elastically stretchable member connecting the two adjacent diaphragm flaps, and the elastically stretchable member is provided between at least one set of two adjacent ones of the diaphragm flaps. The piezoelectric microphone of the present disclosure has better performance.
US10993037B2	Acoustic converter and sound output device A projection-type display apparatus includes a driver unit and a diaphragm unit. The diaphragm unit includes a holding frame that has an opening, a film that is bonded to a film bonding surface as one surface of the holding frame with the opening being covered with the film, a diaphragm that is held on an inner side of the holding frame while being bonded to the film, and a transmission beam that transmits vibration of the vibrating portion to the diaphragm. The film has a first film surface and a second film surface on the opposite side to the first film surface, the film bonding surface and the diaphragm being bonded to the first film surface.
US10993036B2	Sound generating device, display apparatus including the same, and automotive apparatus including the sound generating device A sound generating device includes a magnet and a center pole on a yoke, a bobbin around the center pole, a coil wound around the bobbin, a frame outside the yoke, a damper between the frame and the bobbin, and a spacer in the bobbin.
US10993031B2	Transducer vibrating diaphragm structure, flat panel speaker and earphone therewith An earphone comprising a transducer vibrating diaphragm structure is described herein. The transducer vibrating diaphragm structure comprises a diaphragm including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a first frame and a second frame disposed at two sides of the diaphragm and coupled to a periphery of the diaphragm, a first magnetic element and a second magnetic element disposed to correspond to the first surface and the second surface, respectively. A total area of the diaphragm is less than or equal to 120 square millimeters and a sensitivity of the diaphragm is greater than 105 dB.
US10993022B2	Electronic device including vibration damping member An electronic device includes a housing including a front plate forming a first surface, a back plate forming a second surface, and a side member forming a side surface surrounding a space between the first and second surfaces; a sound output device disposed in the housing; an electrical component disposed in the housing and having a variable thickness; and a vibration damping member disposed on at least part of the electrical component or formed between the electrical component and the back plate. The vibration damping member is disposed in a variable space having a thickness varying depending on a thickness variation of the electrical component. The vibration damping member has a height varying in a thickness direction of the variable space to correspond to the thickness of the variable space and divides the variable space into a plurality of sub-spaces when the variable space has a specified thickness or more.
US10993018B2	Speaker apparatus Generation of a secondary sound source is inhibited, and a sound quality is improved. Included are a support fixed to a mount base, a speaker unit including a portion to be fixed, and a base casing holding the speaker unit, and the speaker unit is fixed to the support and the base casing with the portion to be fixed being sandwiched between the support and the base casing. With this configuration, the speaker unit will be held stably, a great oscillation from a diaphragm of the speaker unit is less transmitted to the parts other than the diaphragm of the speaker unit, to the member holding the speaker unit, or the like. Generation of a secondary sound source is inhibited, and a sound quality can be improved.
US10993013B2	Magnetic earphones holder A set of headphones and audio system comprises a first set of buttons for controlling a volume level of transmitted audio to the headphones and a second set of buttons for controlling a volume level of external audio played by the headphones. The transmitted audio comprises audio received from an audio source such as an electronic device and the external audio comprises surrounding ambient noise received by a microphone coupled to the headphones. With the first set of controls and the second set of controls a user is able to adjust the volume level of the transmitted audio and the volume level of the external audio in order to listen to the transmitted audio while still interacting with the surrounding environment.
US10993010B2	Open-air earbuds and methods for making the same Open-air earbuds and methods for making the same are disclosed. The earbud has a neck, which is open to the ambient environment in order to improve bass response. In order to prevent debris from entering the interior of the earbud, a filter is incorporated into the neck.
US10993003B2	Forty channel optical communications module link extender related systems and methods This disclosure describes devices related to multiplexing optical data signals. A system may be disclosed for multiplexing one or more optical data signals. The system may comprise a forty channel dense wave division multiplexer (DWDM) configured combine one or more optical data signals. The system may comprise a booster optical amplifier configured to amplify the combined one or more optical data signals and output a first amplified optical data signal. The system may comprise a variable optical amplifier (VOA) communicatively configured to receive the amplified first optical data signal, adjust the power of the amplified first optical data signal to a first level, and output a second optical data signal. The system may comprise a WDM communicatively coupled to the VOA, the WDM configured to output a combined second optical data signal and one or more third signals to a primary fiber.
US10993001B2	Gas meter fault prompting system of compound internet of things (IoT) The present invention provides a gas meter fault prompting method and Internet of Things (IoT) system based on a compound IoT, and relates to the field of an IoT. Each of object sub-platforms is configured to check its own operation state information in real time for a fault; a management platform is configured to inquire a fault type and a fault solution according to the operation state information and preset fault inquiry table, and send the fault type and solution to a corresponding user sub-platform via the service platform to display, so that a user can know and view the fault type and solution of a gas meter at the user sub-platform in a timely manner and thus may repair some simple faults of the gas meter independently; and therefore, the time cost and the labor cost are saved.
US10993000B2	System and method for optimizing playlist information for ultra low latency live streaming The present invention provides a major innovative development in low latency live streaming at scale which includes a Viewer to transmit a series of requests for Media Segments ahead-of-time the Media Segment data is expected to exist and a Server capable of delivering Media Segment data, as it is being generated, to one or more Viewers. Specifically, the invention incorporates a method of embedding Playlist Data into Media Segment data to enhance ultra-low latency playback, while providing an immediate transferring of essential Playlist Data to the Viewer.
US10992998B2	Method and system for adaptive virtual broadcasting of digital content The virtual broadcast system of the present invention optimizes the routing of digital content among nodes along overlay networks that are dynamically reconfigured based upon forecasts of frequently-changing congestion levels of component interconnections within an underlying network. In the context of delivering streaming video over the Internet to large numbers of concurrent users, the present invention makes efficient use of the limited capacity of congested ASN peering points by employing deep learning techniques to forecast congestion levels across those ASN peering points and, based on those forecasts, to optimize the routing of video content along dynamically reconfigured overlay networks. The virtual broadcast system handles unscheduled as well as scheduled events, streams live as well as pre-recorded events, and streams those events in real time with minimal delay in a highly scalable fashion that maintains a consistent QoE among large numbers of concurrent viewers.
US10992994B2	Aggregating media content in non-temporal format A video content source includes a processor and a media module executed by the processor. The media module identifies available on-demand media content, organizes on-demand media content by provider and associates on-demand media content by category. Aggregated on-demand media content is formed in a non-temporal grid organized by provider and category. The non-temporal grid may include various combinations of providers, categories and on-demand media content instances.
US10992992B2	Systems and methods for reconciling playback using progress point information The systems and methods are described herein for playback of content based on progress point information. The systems and methods detect nearby media devices to transmit or request progress point information. Based on the communicated progress point information, the system may generate an option to play back content at a point within the content up to which content was last consumed. When content providers offer different versions of one content item and the user does not select to play back content from the content provider associated with the progress point information, the system determines a proper playback point in other content providers.
US10992987B2	Maintaining a user profile based on dynamic data The present invention allows users to interact with people, who have interacted with other people, and obtain media files and recommendations from those having common interests, thereby creating interactive media communities and spawning electronic social networks based on media and other types of electronic entertainment.
US10992981B2	Dynamic control of fingerprinting rate to facilitate time-accurate revision of media content A computing system identifies a media stream being received by a client, based on fingerprint matching conducted with query fingerprints generated by the client at a frame rate. The computing system then causes the client to increase the frame rate, in order to facilitate establishment by the computing system of synchronous lock between true time within the media stream and client time according to a clock of the client. The computing system then uses the established synchronous lock as a basis to map a true-time point at which a content revision should be performed in the media stream to a client-time point at which the client should perform the content revision. And the computing system causes the client to perform the content revision at the determined client-time point.
US10992979B2	Modification of electronic messaging spaces for enhanced presentation of content in a video broadcast Methods, systems and computer program products for providing modifications to an electronic messaging space to enhance presentation of content in a video broadcast are provided. Aspects include receiving electronic messaging space data including a location and a message content for each of a plurality of electronic messaging spaces. Aspects also include determining that a target electronic messaging space is visible in a video broadcast. Responsive to determining a location depicted by the video broadcast, aspects include determining a location of the target electronic messaging space and a message content displayed by the target electronic messaging space. Aspects also include causing the target electronic messaging space to modify the display of the message content for improved presentation via the video broadcast.
US10992978B2	Method and system for controlling smart television A method for controlling a smart television is disclosed. The method includes establishing a WiFi Aware connection with a mobile terminal when the smart television receives a subscription request of the mobile terminal; and sending a message by the mobile terminal to the smart television through the WiFi Aware connection to control the smart television.
US10992974B2	System and method for video automation Plural content items are managed via a central user interface, configured to allow selection and modification of plural content items. The interface may include alternate channel and property icons, allowing one control to display and modify what used to take plural rooms and stations to broadcast content.
US10992973B2	Publishing a plurality of disparate live media output stream manifests using live input streams and pre-encoded media assets A media packaging and distribution system that issues a plurality of first instructions into an instruction queue, allocates each of the plurality of first instructions to a corresponding first worker based on instruction type and priority level, determines a first and second manifest metadata based on validation and parsing of a first and second manifest data read from locations of corresponding input manifests, and ingests the determined first manifest metadata of a plurality of live input streams and a second manifest metadata of a plurality of pre-encoded media assets with corresponding indices in manifest metadata storage system. Further, a plurality of second instructions are issued to the instruction queue, allocate a second instruction from the plurality of second instructions to a second worker, and generate the plurality of disparate live media output stream manifests for a plurality of channels to be viewed on a plurality of consumer devices.
US10992971B2	In-stream controls for national video distribution Systems and methods are described for delivering regional content for a lineup over a national network. A content provider may select a particular regional broadcast for inclusion in a regional service lineup. The content provider may be able to broadcast multiple, or even all, services nationally. At regional distribution centers, a multiplexer may select only those services that are desired for the region in response to in-stream signals. In some instances, a single region-specific version of a given service may be selected from multiple versions broadcasted nationally. The regional lineup, including the selected services, can then be multiplexed and transmitted to customers throughout the region.
US10992963B2	Intra sharpening and/or de-ringing filter for video coding A decoder for decoding a block of a current frame of a video from a bitstream, the decoder comprising a reference sample selection unit configured to select reference samples of a reconstructed part of the current frame, a filter unit configured to filter the reference samples, and a block generation unit configured to generate a prediction of the block based on the filtered reference samples, wherein the filter unit comprises a sharpening filter and/or a de-ringing filter.
US10992961B2	High-level signaling for fisheye video data An example method includes processing a file including fisheye video data, the file including a syntax structure including a plurality of syntax elements that specify attributes of the fisheye video data, wherein the plurality of syntax elements includes: a first syntax element that explicitly indicates whether the fisheye video data is monoscopic or stereoscopic, and one or more syntax elements that implicitly indicate whether the fisheye video data is monoscopic or stereoscopic; determining, based on the first syntax element, whether the fisheye video data is monoscopic or stereoscopic; and rendering, based on the determination, the fisheye video data as monoscopic or stereoscopic.
US10992960B2	Accelerated video exportation to multiple destinations Systems and methods described herein provide a new mechanism of video exportation which ensures that the process is done faster and that a single video can be exported to two or more destination at the same time. This document explains the steps involved in the creation of the video, processes involved in encoding, rendering, transmission/exportation, and playing the video. Figures are used in explaining or illustrating the flow of processes and showing the different devices used in accomplishing various activities in the exporting processes. The application will receive commands to perform the exporting from the destination. Overall, the application will be able to facilitate faster exportation of a video, almost twice the basic speed of the known video exportation systems and to multiple destinations unlike in exportation by the basic applications in use today.
US10992959B2	Data processing apparatuses, methods, computer programs and computer-readable media First and second pluralities of residual elements useable to reconstruct first and second respective parts of a representation of a signal are obtained. A transformation operation is performed to generate at least one correlation element. The transformation operation involves at least one residual element in the first plurality and at least one residual element in the second plurality. The at least one correlation element is dependent on an extent of correlation between the at least one residual element in the first plurality and the at least one residual element in the second plurality. The transformation operation is performed prior to the at least one correlation element being encoded.
US10992958B2	Video coding using mapped transforms and scanning modes A video encoder may transform residual data by using a transform selected from a group of transforms. The transform is applied to the residual data to create a two-dimensional array of transform coefficients. A scanning mode is selected to scan the transform coefficients in the two-dimensional array into a one-dimensional array of transform coefficients. The combination of transform and scanning mode may be selected from a subset of combinations that is based on an intra-prediction mode. The scanning mode may also be selected based on the transform used to create the two-dimensional array. The transforms and/or scanning modes used may be signaled to a video decoder.
US10992957B2	Media data processing method and apparatus This application provides a media data processing method and apparatus. A media processing device receives a media stream. The media stream includes media data recorded at a plurality of viewpoints. The device obtains metadata information of the media stream. The metadata information includes viewpoint identification information of the viewpoints. The device displays media data of a first viewpoint based on the viewpoint identification information. The device also displays indications of other viewpoints when displaying the media data of the first viewpoint, so that a user of the device can switch to display media data of other viewpoints.
US10992936B2	Encoding, decoding, and representing high dynamic range images Techniques are provided to encode and decode image data comprising a tone mapped (TM) image with HDR reconstruction data in the form of luminance ratios and color residual values. In an example embodiment, luminance ratio values and residual values in color channels of a color space are generated on an individual pixel basis based on a high dynamic range (HDR) image and a derivative tone-mapped (TM) image that comprises one or more color alterations that would not be recoverable from the TM image with a luminance ratio image. The TM image with HDR reconstruction data derived from the luminance ratio values and the color-channel residual values may be outputted in an image file to a downstream device, for example, for decoding, rendering, and/or storing. The image file may be decoded to generate a restored HDR image free of the color alterations.
US10992935B2	Residual coding method and device for same A method for decoding a picture performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure includes receiving a bitstream including residual information, deriving a quantized transform coefficient for a current block based on the residual information included in the bitstream, deriving a transform coefficient from the quantized transform coefficient based on a dequantization process, deriving a residual sample for the current block by applying an inverse transform to the derived transform coefficient, and generating a reconstructed picture based on the residual sample for the current block.
US10992932B2	Method and system for reducing slice header parsing overhead in video coding A method for encoding a picture of a video sequence in a bit stream that reduces slice header parsing overhead is provided. The method includes determining weighting factors that may be used for weighted prediction in encoding at least one slice of the picture, wherein a total number of the weighting factors is constrained to not exceed a predetermined threshold number of weighting factors, wherein the threshold number is less than a maximum possible number of weighting factors, and signaling weighted prediction parameters including the weighting factors in a slice header in the bit stream.
US10992928B1	Calibration system for concurrent calibration of device sensors A calibration system includes a grid assembly, a platform, and a controller. The grid assembly includes at least one planar grid. The platform couples to a device under test (DUT) and move the DUT to a plurality of test positions in accordance with a motion sequence. Each test position is reached by a rotation about at most two different axes, and as the DUT moves through the motion sequence, at least one camera on the DUT captures image information describing portions of the grid assembly and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) on the DUT captures IMU information. The controller determines calibration information for the at least one camera on the DUT and for the IMU based in part on a parameterized model of the motion sequence of the DUT, the captured image information, and the captured IMU information.
US10992927B2	Stereoscopic image display apparatus, display method of liquid crystal display, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing program of liquid crystal display A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes an illumination unit in which a plurality of light sources are disposed, a transmission unit that transmits light arriving from the illumination unit for each pixel based on an input image, and changes transmittance of the light for each pixel; a barrier unit that allows the light transmitted through the transmission unit to be viewed as a right-eye image and a left-eye image; and a control unit that divides an area of the illumination unit based on the input image and controls emission luminance of the light source for each area.
US10992921B1	Self-calibrating stereo camera pairs provided aboard aerial vehicles An aerial vehicle is outfitted with two or more digital cameras that may be continuously calibrated. The aerial vehicle may include one or more markings provided on portions of a frame, a control surface or another component that are within fields of view of the digital cameras. Based on an initial calibration of the digital cameras, intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of the digital cameras may be determined. Using the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters, locations of the markings may be determined. Subsequently, after the aerial vehicle has engaged in flight operations, images captured of the marking may be used to determine whether the digital cameras remain properly calibrated, and whether images captured using the imaging devices may be relied upon in determining ranges to objects or for any other purpose. A correction factor may be generated based on any differences between projections of the markings within the respective images.
US10992918B2	Method and apparatus for processing 360-degree image A communication technique for merging, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system is provided. The communication technique can be applied to an intelligent service (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, and security and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method for processing a 360-degree image is provided. The method includes determining a three-dimensional (3D) model for mapping a 360-degree image; determining a partition size for the 360-degree image; determining a rotational angle for each of the x, y, and z axes of the 360-degree image; determining an interpolation method to be applied when mapping the 360-degree image to a two-dimensional (2D) image; and converting the 360-degree image into the 2D image.
US10992914B2	Image processing method for providing virtual reality, and virtual reality device Provided is a virtual reality (VR) device including a receiver configured to receive, from a three-dimensional (3D) camera being a polyhedron, images captured by cameras arranged at each vertex of the polyhedron; a memory storing the images; a processor configured to generate a complex view by synthesizing the images; and a display configured to display the complex view.
US10992913B2	Image processing apparatus, method, and storage medium storing program for transforming distortion of image projected by projection apparatus An image processing apparatus that transforms distortion of an image projected by a projection apparatus includes an obtaining unit and a transformation unit. The obtaining unit is configured to obtain a captured image acquired by capturing a projected image including a pattern image projected by the projection apparatus. The pattern image contains at least three objects having different appearances from one area to another. The transformation unit is configured to specify a local area in the captured image and transform the local area based on a positional relationship among the at least three objects in the local area. The transformation unit transforms the local area by using a positional relationship between an object of a first appearance and an object of a second appearance in the local area and a positional relationship between the object of the first appearance and an object of a third appearance in the local area.
US10992912B2	Illumination device, projection apparatus, lens array, and optical module An illumination device has a plurality of first lens elements to collect incident light beams, and a field lens to guide each of the light beams that have passed through the plurality of first lens elements to an entire region of a specific area. The plurality of first lens elements include at least two first lens elements having different lens diameters from each other. When one of the two first lens elements has a lens diameter d and a focal length f, another of the two first lens elements has a lens diameter k×d (where k is a value larger than zero but other than 1) and a focal length k×f.
US10992910B2	Directional control of audio/video recording and communication devices in network communication with additional cameras Direction control of audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices in network communication with additional cameras is provided. In one embodiment, an A/V recording and communication device comprises: a first camera configured to capture first image data, wherein the first camera is pointed in a first direction; a communication module; and a processing module comprising: a processor; and a camera application that configures the processor to: maintain the first camera in a low-power state; receive a power-up command signal from the backend server based on an output signal from a second camera; receive an orientation signal from the backend server based on the output signal from the second camera; point the first camera in a second direction in response to the orientation signal; power up the first camera in response to the power-up command signal; and capture the first image data in response to the power-up command signal.
US10992908B2	Vehicular vision system with dual processor control A vehicular vision system includes a plurality of cameras including a forward viewing camera and multiple color cameras, and includes a display device operable to display video images derived from image data captured by the color cameras. A processing unit includes a first processing chip that has an image processor for machine-vision processing of captured image data, and a second processing chip that receives vehicle data and receives image data captured by the color cameras. The first processing chip machine-vision processes image data captured by the cameras for object detection and classification of objects. The first processing chip controls operating parameters of the color cameras to enhance object detection based on machine-vision processing by the first processing chip of image data captured by the color cameras. The second processing chip controls operating parameters of the color cameras for display at the display device of video images.
US10992906B2	Visual cues in web conferencing recognized by a visual robot A web conferencing system includes web conferencing server for outputting a visual presentation which includes a visual cue. The visual cue is linked with an executable action. A visual robot operated by the web conferencing server graphically recognizes the visual cue when the visual presentation is displayed in a web conference, and associates the visual cue with the executable action. The executable action is then executed.
US10992905B1	Motion detection triggered wake-up for collaboration endpoints In various embodiments, a collaboration endpoint transmits an ultrasonic signal into an area. The collaboration endpoint receives a reflected signal that comprises the ultrasonic signal reflected off an object located in the area. The collaboration endpoint detects, based on the reflected signal, the object as being a potential user. The collaboration endpoint determines, based on the reflected signal, a distance from the collaboration endpoint to the potential user. The collaboration endpoint initiates, based on the distance from the collaboration endpoint to the potential user, a wake-up sequence of the collaboration endpoint to exit a standby mode.
US10992900B1	Oscillating video refresh A system and a method are disclosed describing a mechanism for preventing recording of security sensitive media content when that content is displayed on a screen. The mechanism includes selecting two refresh rates for a display and oscillating between those two refresh rates thereby preventing a recording device's recording frame rate from synchronizing with the display device's refresh rate. As a result, anything recorded by the recording device will be distorted.
US10992899B1	Systems and methods for sharing capture settings for visual content capture An image capture device may capture visual content using a capture setting. A machine-readable optical code conveying the capture setting may be generated. The machine-readable optical code may convey the capture setting such that an image capture device capturing an image including the machine-readable optical code: (1) identifies the machine-readable optical code within the image; (2) determines the capture setting conveyed by the machine-readable optical code; and (3) stores the capture setting for use in visual content capture. A graphical user interface may enable a user to associate the machine-readable optical code with the visual content. The association of the machine-readable optical code with the visual content may cause subsequent presentation of the visual content to include presentation of the machine-readable optical code.
US10992895B2	Rolling subframe pulsed bias microbolometer integration Methods and systems for enabling an approximation of true snapshot integration by lowering total power requirements, total detector bias current, integrated charge per detector and detector impedance while allowing for higher ROIC input noise through the use of microbolometer photodetectors, super-pixels, and techniques for their use are herein provided.
US10992885B2	Radiographic image detection device and method for operating the same A control unit of an electronic cassette has a function of switching a power supply state to an ADC between an operating state corresponding to a first state in which first power is supplied and a non-operating state corresponding to a second state in which second power that is lower than the first power per unit time is supplied. The control unit reduces the number of ADCs in the operating state per unit time T in an AED operation for detecting the start of the emission of X-rays to be less than that in an image reading operation for outputting an X-ray image provided for diagnosis.
US10992873B2	Systems and methods for color matching for realistic flash images Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for transferring color information from a no-flash image of a scene to a flash image of the scene using a localized tonal mapping algorithm. In some aspects, an example method can include obtaining a no-flash image and a flash image, mapping color information from the no-flash image to the flash image, and generating an output image including the flash image modified based on the mapping to include at least a portion of the color information from the no-flash image.
US10992872B2	Imaging control device, imaging apparatus, imaging control method, and storage medium An imaging control device includes: a controller that causes an imager to perform first imaging and further perform second imaging a plurality of times; and a dark image signal acquirer, the controller causes the imager to perform the second imaging in each of a plurality of exposure states where a quantity of light incident on the imager is greater than 0 and is different for each of the exposure states, by controlling the optical element, and the controller obtains, by controlling the movable lens at a time of the second imaging, a state where a first imaging condition value determined by a control state of the movable lens at the time of the second imaging is different from a second imaging condition value determined by a control state of the movable lens at a time of the first imaging.
US10992871B2	Method and apparatus for protecting device under strong light A method and an apparatus for protecting a device under powerful light are disclosed. It is determined whether there is a powerful light source in an image captured by a camera device based on the number of target pixels (pixels whose gray values are larger than the first preset threshold) in the image. If so, it is indicated that the photosensitive element in the camera device is aligned with the powerful light source. In this case, the light avoidance instruction is sent, so as to cause a photosensitive element of the camera device to avoid the light source, thereby reducing the damage caused by the powerful light to the photosensitive element in the camera device.
US10992870B1	Intelligent zoom method and video system implementing same A video system is provided. The video system, comprising: a plurality of imaging sensors each including an image signal processor; an image stitching engine analyzes un-stitched images generated by each of the plurality of imaging sensors. The un-stitched images are analyzed for a presence of face and then divided into a plurality of zones. A mapping function is implemented for each of the plurality of zones based on a number of consecutive frames in which presence of a face is analyses and a minimum number of frames in which a face was detected. A zoom engine determines a region of interest which includes a left edge and a right edge, wherein said left edge is set based on coordinates associated with a face detected in a left most zone of the unstitched images, and said right edge is set based on coordinates associated with a right most face detected in a right most zone of the unstitched images.
US10992868B2	Electronic device, image display method, non- transitory computer-readable recording medium storing program, and image capturing system An electronic device includes a receiver that receives image data of an image taken with a camera by wireless communication, a touchscreen that displays a camera image of the camera, and a controller that, when the touchscreen is tapped, gives the camera instructions on a capturing direction so that a tapped position of the image displayed on the touchscreen moves to the center of the touchscreen, and displays on the camera image an operation image for receiving an operation to instruct the capturing direction of the camera.
US10992864B2	Image capturing control apparatus, display control apparatus, and method for controlling the same A control apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure an elapsed time after start of recording movie, a set movie creation unit configured to create a set of movies from a plurality of movies, a display control unit configured to perform control so as to display a plurality of sections respectively corresponding to the set of movies, and to display a section corresponding to a recorded movie in a first display appearance, and to display a section corresponding to a not-recorded movie in a second display appearance, wherein the display control unit is further configured to perform control to display, a portion indicating a rate of an elapsed time in the first display appearance, and a remaining portion in the second display appearance.
US10992863B2	Control device, control method, and recording medium There is provided a control device including a display control unit that causes display of a display unit to shift between a first display mode in which a first kind of image having a predetermined relation with an electric-to-electric (EE) image acquired by an imaging unit and a second kind of image different from the first kind of image are displayed and a second display mode in which the first kind of image is not displayed and the second kind of image is displayed, and a power control unit that controls power supply to the imaging unit in the shift between the first and second display modes.
US10992860B2	Dynamic seam adjustment of image overlap zones from multi-camera source images Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to providing a more accurate presentation of a vehicle's surroundings when the presentation combines images from multiple cameras. Cameras may capture the same portion of the environment. If an object is within view of at least two cameras, each camera produces a portion of an overall view, such as a 360 degree synthetic top-down view. The seam, angle and/or geometry, angle between any two images is dynamically determined, such as due to proximity (or lack thereof) to an object. As a result the synthetic top-down view may present an image of an object more prominently and/or avoid having the seam between camera images fall on the image of the object, which may otherwise result in the image of the object being omitted from both camera images.
US10992857B2	Input control device, input control method, and operation system The present technology relates to an input control device, an input control method, and an operation system, which enable achievement of a highly flexible input operation without a burden on a user. A target point determination unit determines a target point to be a display reference in an operative field image in a display, on the basis of a user's line-of-sight position with respect to the operative field image displayed in the display and of a characteristic point detected in the operative field image. The present technology can be applied to an input device for an operation system.
US10992855B2	Electronic apparatus having display device, method of controlling same, and storage medium An electronic apparatus including a casing and a display device held on the casing at a holding position and including display sections each capable of independently displaying an image. The display sections include a first display section farthest from the holding position and at least one second display section including a display section held on the casing at the holding position. The display device is in one of a first state in which all angles each formed between adjacent display sections are larger than a first angle, a second state in which all the angles are smaller than a second angle smaller than the first angle, and a third state other than these states. When in the third state, an image is displayed on the first display section, and is not displayed on at least one of the second display sections.
US10992852B2	Medical observation device and control method [Object] To provide a medical observation device and a control method.[Solution] Provided is a medical observation device including: an imaging optical system including an objective optical system that condenses light from a subject and two image-forming optical systems which have optical axes different from an optical axis of the objective optical system and which cause light condensed by the objective optical system to form an image; and a control unit configured to cause an autofocus operation to be executed by causing a focusing optical member included in the objective optical system to move.
US10992851B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, with image processing based on image processing condition and information equivalent to distance from focal plane According to an embodiment of the present invention, an image processing apparatus capable of properly controlling sharpness of an output image and outputting the image is provided. More specifically, the image processing apparatus comprises: a setting unit configured to set an image processing condition for performing image processing to image data of an input photographic image based on an output characteristic of an output apparatus that influences sharpness of an image output from the output apparatus; an obtaining unit configured to obtain information equivalent to a distance from a focal plane in the photographic image; and an image processing unit configured to perform image processing to the image data based on the information obtained by the obtaining unit and the image processing condition set by the setting unit.
US10992841B2	Color management system having color varification of custom color and standard color An information processing apparatus for managing a printing apparatus in a print site including at least one printing apparatus includes a memory that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the instruction to determine a custom color that is used in a color verification operation of the at least one printing apparatus, obtain an input profile of a color verification setting of the determined custom color, display a screen for selecting whether or not to add a standard color corresponding to the obtained input profile to the color verification operation, and according to having received an instruction, via the screen, for adding the standard color to the color verification operation, instruct the at least one printing apparatus to perform printing in accordance with the color verification setting, including the input profile, for the custom color and the standard color.
US10992835B2	Image reading device, image forming device, and control method capable of reducing user burden in case of read error An image forming device includes a CPU. The CPU causes an image reader to collectively read a plurality of documents placed in each divided area of a document placement table and acquire individual images according to a user operation. Furthermore, the CPU generates, for each divided area, an image file that includes the image. In addition, if document reading is executed in a state where a document is placed in an inappropriate position, a notification screen for notifying the user that the document is not appropriately placed is displayed on a display before the image file data is generated.
US10992832B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet, a rotating unit disposed above the apparatus body and rotatably supported around a first rotary shaft with respect to the apparatus body, and a cover portion rotatably supported around a second rotary shaft extending in parallel to the first rotary shaft with respect to the apparatus body. The rotating unit and the cover portion are opened from a front side of the image forming apparatus to a rear side of the image forming apparatus. The second rotary shaft is disposed on the rear side of the first rotary shaft.
US10992827B2	Information processing system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium to execute layout processing An information processing apparatus includes an analysis image generation unit configured to generate an analysis image in such a manner that the size of an image selected by a user is reduced in a client, an analysis image upload unit configured to upload the analysis image generated by the analysis image generation unit from the client to a server, and a print image upload unit configured to upload a print image to the server after uploading of the analysis image by the analysis image upload unit is completed.
US10992825B2	Image forming apparatus, method for controlling image forming apparatus, and storage medium According to some embodiments, an image forming apparatus includes at least one storage device, a detection unit, and a control unit. The at least one storage device is logically dividable into a plurality of storage areas each capable of construction of a file system. The detection unit detects an abnormal access to the storage device. The control unit, in response to detection of the abnormal access, performs, for a storage area in which the abnormal access is detected, a recovery action corresponding to the storage area. If the storage area in which the abnormal access is detected does not correspond to a predetermined storage area, the control unit checks and fixes the storage area as the recovery action for the storage area in which the abnormal access is detected.
US10992821B2	Vibration method, mobile terminal, and computer-readable storage medium Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communication technology, and disclose a vibration method, a mobile terminal, and a computer-readable medium. A corresponding relation between music parameters and vibration signals is pre-stored in the mobile terminal. The vibration method is applied to a mobile terminal and includes: acquiring, according to the a preset ringtone, a music parameter of the ringtone; searching for a vibration signal corresponding to the music parameter according to the music parameter of the ringtone; generating a driving signal matching the ringtone according to the found vibration signal, where the driving signal is used to drive a motor inside the mobile terminal to produce a vibration matching the ringtone; and when the ringtone is played, driving the motor to vibrate according to the generated driving signal. In this way, the mobile terminal vibrates according to the rhythm of music, meeting users' personalized requirements.
US10992819B2	System and method for provisioning temporary telephone numbers Systems, methods, and computer program products for provisioning a temporary disposable number are described. A user can be provided with a pool of available temporary disposable numbers that have a limited shelf life. The user can select one of the available temporary disposable numbers while submitting a permanent phone number associated with a communications device (e.g., mobile phone, home phone, business phone, etc.). Prior to activating the selected temporary disposable number, the temporary disposable number is linked to the permanent phone number. After activation, when an incoming call to the temporary disposable number is received, the permanent phone number is identified to be associated with the temporary disposable number being called. The incoming call is then forwarded to the communications device on which the permanent phone number is established.
US10992814B1	Variable phone selection options based on location A computing device can detect that a first call has taken place on a desk phone, which triggers recording of location-specific information indicating a location of the computing device. The location-specific information can be established as the base of the desk phone. Later, the computing device can again record location-specific information indicating a current location of the computing device and compare the current location of the computing device with the location-specific information for the location of the desk phone. When the current location of the computing device is substantially the same as the location of the desk phone, the computing device can enable computer telephony integration (CTI) controls on the computing device to control the desk phone.
US10992813B1	Routing of calls based on analysis of digital voice data in a data-communications server system Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods involving a data-communication apparatus that includes a data-communications server and processing circuitry in communication therewith. The data-communication server interfaces with a plurality of remotely-situated client entities for providing data communication services. The processing circuitry accesses an archive of digital voice data indicative of transcribed audio conversations for at least one of the plurality of remotely-situated client entities, calendar information, and a client data-communications server for geographic information of the agents and system parameters. The processing circuitry analyzes the digital voice data associated with the agents, the calendar information, and the system parameters to predict a call answer rate for agents of a geographic region of the at least one remotely-situated client entity for a period of time and reroutes incoming calls based on the predicted call answer rate.
US10992812B2	Call mapping systems and methods using variance algorithm (VA) and/or distribution compensation Method, system and program product, comprising obtaining agent performance data; ranking, agents based the agent performance data; dividing agents into agent performance ranges; partitioning callers based on criteria into a set of partitions; determining for each partition an outcome value for a first agent performance range and a second agent performance range; calculating for the partitions a respective outcome value difference indicator based on the outcome value for the first agent performance range and the outcome value for the second agent performance range for the partition; matching a respective agent to a respective caller in one of the partitions, based on the outcome value difference indicators for the partitions.
US10992808B1	Upfront customer time consideration along with optimized agent desktop in a contact center A computerized-method using a cloud-based computing environment for improving client service, in a contact center is provided herein. The computerized-method includes: retrieving a context of a query and a time-limit from a CT event and attempting to retrieve data to evaluate average resolution time for the received context. When the data is found, comparing the evaluated average resolution time with the received time-limit and when the received time-limit is below the evaluated average resolution time, sending a delay notice and providing the client a menu of options for querying through other channels. When the data is not found, or when the received time-limit is above the evaluated average resolution time, presenting on an agent dashboard, the time-limit of the client and accordingly updating parameters in the agent dashboard during the inbound call, thus, improving client service, by considering the time-limit of the client before the agent addresses a query.
US10992801B2	Systems and methods for providing caller identification over a public switched telephone network A system and method of providing caller identification (ID) over a public switched telephone network (PSTN). For outbound calls, the system and method enable a caller to provide a caller ID that differs from the native caller ID of their mobile phone. The system and method enable multiple phones tied to a single account to display the same caller ID for outbound calls. For forwarded inbound calls, such as calls being forwarded from an office, the system and method inform the recipient of the identification of the call as well as that the call is being forwarded. The system and method enable the recipient to have calls forwarded from more than one number and identify the identity of the caller as well as the specific number the call is being forwarded from.
US10992800B2	Telecommunications network calling-party context-based identification A control device of a telecommunications network can receive a session-initiation message and determine a context identifier associated with at least one of a calling-party identifier and a called-party identifier of the message. The control device can retrieve calling-party identification information from an information server based at least in part on the calling-party identifier and the context identifier. The control device can determine a second session-initiation message comprising the calling-party identification information based at least in part on the session-initiation message and send the second session-initiation message via the telecommunications network. An information server can receive a query and select, based at least in part on context information thereof, a calling-party identification information value associated with a calling-party identifier in the query. The information server can send, via the network, a response comprising the calling-party identification information value.
US10992799B2	Caller identification trust Disclosed are example methods, systems, and devices for allowing caller computing devices to authenticate calls via a service provider computing system. Users may opt to have entities register to contact the user with a positive ID, icon, or other notification on the user's computing device transmitted by the service provider computing system. A caller computing device may use a unique security token of the user to activate the notification on the user's device. The user device may be used to exert control over the security token via a service provider client application running on the user device. The caller computing device may initiate authentication via an API call to the service provider computing system. The caller computing device is able to have items (text, images, documents, etc.) delivered to the user computing device if authenticated.
US10992798B1	Configuration of telephone ring list based on mobile device location Proximity of a user/device to a designated location or other user/device can be determined and used to trigger automatic reconfiguration of a telephone ring list associated with the user/device. Accordingly, there is no need for manual reconfiguration to accommodate changes in the user's location or schedule. Specific phone numbers may be added or removed from a user's ring list based on the user's location, and the ring list may be reconfigured as the user enters or leaves a location. The user's desired phones will automatically ring for incoming calls based on the ring list and/or an identification of the incoming call.
US10992796B1	System for device customization based on beacon-determined device location A system for device customization based on beacon-determined device location is provided. The system comprises: a memory device with computer-readable program code stored thereon; a communication device connected to a network; a processing device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute the computer-readable program code to: establish a beacon device at a beacon location, the beacon device defining a communication range covering an area; determine a device location of a user device; determine that the device location of the user device is within the area of the beacon device at the beacon location; based on determining the user device is within the area, generate a data stream for the user device tailored for the beacon location; and present the data stream to the user device.
US10992795B2	Methods and interfaces for home media control The present disclosure generally relates to interfaces and techniques for media playback on one or more devices. In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory. The electronic device receives user input and, in response to receiving the user input, displays, on the display, a multi-device interface that includes: one or more indicators associated with a plurality of available playback devices that are connected to the device and available to initiate playback of media from the device, and a media playback status of the plurality of available playback devices.
US10992787B2	Safety networking protocol and method A distributed networking system and protocol is provided to a networking system with a modular design. The distributed networking system may include a networking system, modules, control module, user interface module, input/output module, network module, data transmission network, hybrid modules and composite modules. A method to interface with accessories of a system with a modular design using the distributed networking system and protocol is also provided.
US10992786B2	Apparatus, method and system for a tunneling client access point The disclosure details the implementation of au apparatus, method, and system comprising a portable device configured to communicate with a terminal and a network server, and execute stored program code in response to user interaction with an interactive user interface. The portable device contains stored program code configured to render an interactive use interface on a terminal output component to enable the user the control processing activity on the portable device and access data and programs from the portable device and a network server.
US10992785B2	Managing edits of content items One or more embodiments provide features for managing and editing content items. In particular, one or more embodiments enable one or more users to access and modify content items from one of multiple client devices without requiring storage of the content item locally on the client device. Additionally, one or more embodiments enable storing reduced resolution content items on multiple client devices in a way that saves storage space on the client devices while providing access to a content item without requiring constant network access to a central system. Further, one or more embodiments enable globally applying local edits to a content item and corresponding reduced resolution content items on multiple client devices.
US10992784B2	Communication protocols over internet protocol (IP) networks A system and methods comprise a touchscreen at a premises. The touchscreen includes a processor coupled to a security system at the premises. User interfaces are presented via the touchscreen. The user interfaces include a security interface that provides control of functions of the security system and access to data collected by the security system, and a network interface that provides access to network devices. A camera at the premises is coupled to the touchscreen via a plurality of interfaces. A security server at a remote location is coupled to the touchscreen. The security server comprises a client interface through which remote client devices exchange data with the touchscreen and the security system.
US10992783B2	Method, device and wearable part embedded with sense core engine utilizing barcode images for implementing communication A method and a device to communicate between a mobile terminal and at least two backend servers, and the method of the present invention includes the following steps: registering a user of the mobile terminal as a user of the first backend server; obtaining the coding information by the barcode image taken through decoding the mobile terminal; the first backend server parsing the coding information to determine whether the barcode image is generated according to a preset coding rule, if the barcode image is generated according to the preset coding rule, executing subsequent steps; if the barcode image is not generated according to the preset coding rule, stopping executing the method after the mobile terminal is connected to a webpage corresponding to the coding information; the mobile terminal extracting service information corresponding to the coding information according to the coding information; the second backend server providing a service to the mobile terminal. The method and device of the present invention include multiple backend servers which cooperate to provide services for users of mobile terminal.
US10992780B1	Microservices as a microservice A microservice platform may receive a request to configure a microservice for use by a microservices as a service (MaaS) client platform and may determine, based on a microservice type of the microservice, one or more parameters for the microservice. The microservice platform may process the request using a natural language processing machine learning model to determine one or more values for the one or more parameters. The microservice platform may configure, using a microservice template, a reusable microservice to satisfy the request to configure the microservice. The reusable microservice may be hosted by the microservice platform and may be configured based on the microservice type, the one or more parameters, and the one or more values. The microservice platform may communicate, using the reusable microservice, with one or more backend services to perform various actions associated with one or more application-specific microservices of the MaaS client platform.
US10992779B2	Limiting alerts on a computing device A computing device is described that receives, at a first particular time, first notification data. Responsive to receiving the first notification data, the computing device outputs, at a first intensity level, a first alert associated with the first notification data. The computing device receives, at a second particular time after the first particular time, second notification data. Responsive to the computing device receiving an indication of user interaction with the computing device between the first particular time and the second particular time, the computing device outputs, at the first intensity level, a second alert associated with the second notification data. Conversely, responsive to the computing device not receiving the indication of user interaction with the computing device, the computing device either outputs, at a second intensity level that is less than the first intensity level, the second alert, or refrains from outputting the second alert entirely.
US10992776B2	System for offline processing of organizational networks A method may include presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to define a network for analysis, the GUI including: a first portion configured to define a network boundary of an organizational network graph (ONG) in a dataset; a second portion configured to define a beginning time and ending time for the network analysis; and a third portion configured to define a set of one or more graph metrics for vertices in the ONG; retrieving a portion of the dataset based on the network boundary, beginning time, and ending time; transmitting instructions to a distributed computing platform to generate the set of graph metrics on the portion of the dataset; and storing the generated set of graph metrics as associated with the network analysis.
US10992774B2	Device-free activity identification using fine grained WiFi signatures A system includes a device that is disposed within an environment and is adapted to communicate over a radio frequency communication link. The system also includes a wireless access point disposed within the environment, including a wireless transceiver in communication with the device over a radio frequency communication link using a plurality of channels, and recording a channel state information data set for the radio frequency communication link. The system also includes a monitoring device including a memory storing a plurality of activity profiles, each of which includes an activity and a channel state information profile corresponding to the activity, and a processor receiving, from the wireless access point, the channel state information data set and determining, based on a comparison of the channel state information data set to the channel state information profile of each of the plurality of activity profiles, the activity of the person in the environment.
US10992771B2	System and method for improved opt-out recognition for a mobile device A technique for identifying an opt-out status for a user's mobile or other computing device without relying exclusively on client-side storage or primarily on the use of non-determinative mechanisms is discussed. Embodiments provide server-based or otherwise hosted techniques of accurately identifying devices of users that wish to opt-out of having their device activity tracked. These techniques enable accurate identification of a device's opt-out status even in the absence of a client-side opt-out indicator.
US10992769B2	Data transmission method, apparatus and system Data transmission method, apparatus and system, for broadening MEC application scenarios, are disclosed, so service data cannot only be terminated at a local service platform, but also can be processed by the local service platform and then delivered to a remote service platform for processing; alternatively the service data is processed by the remote service platform and then delivered to the local service platform for processing. The data transmission method includes an MEC server determining, when receiving a service data packet sent by a local service server, a service data packet forwarding mode corresponding to the local service server according to a pre-set data forwarding information table; and the MEC server processing, according to the service data packet forwarding mode corresponding to the local service server, the service data packet by adopting a processing manner corresponding to the service data packet forwarding mode, and then sending the service data packet.
US10992768B1	Resuming copying of snapshots from a storage system to cloud storage An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to detect a request to resume copying of a snapshot of a storage volume from a storage system to cloud storage, to determine an original snapshot differential for the snapshot comprising differential data of the storage volume on the storage system, and to obtain checkpointing information for the snapshot characterizing a status of copying portions of the snapshot to the cloud storage. The processing device is also configured to generate a resume snapshot differential for the snapshot comprising portions of the snapshot to be copied to the cloud storage determined based at least in part on a comparison of the original snapshot differential with the checkpointing information characterizing the status of copying the one or more portions of the snapshot to the cloud storage. The processing device is further configured to resume copying of the snapshot utilizing the resume snapshot differential.
US10992766B2	Adaptive compression of stored data Systems, devices and methods for adaptive compression of stored information includes a memory management computing device programmed to monitor a size of a plurality of data structures stored in a data repository. The computing device compares the size of each of a plurality of data structures to a predetermined threshold. When a size of an uncompressed data structure meets the threshold, the memory management computing device calculates a value of a first compression parameter based on a value of a first parameter and a value of a second parameter of each data element of the uncompressed data structure, calculates a value of a second compression parameter based the value of the first parameter of each data element of the uncompressed data structure, generates a compressed data structure based on the value of the first compression parameter and the second compression parameter; and replaces, in the data repository, the uncompressed data structure with the compressed data structure.
US10992763B2	Dynamic interaction optimization and cross channel profile determination through online machine learning A system and method for dynamically optimizing channel interactions and account security are provided. A controller configured for analyzing user interactions is configured to determine an interaction pattern of a user during an interaction with the user over a communication channel; calculate a weighted confidence function for subsequent interactions with the user based on the determined interaction pattern, wherein the weighted confidence function defines authentication and response procedures for the subsequent interactions with the user; and merge the weighted confidence function into a custom user profile for the user across a plurality of communication channels, wherein the user profile maps account vulnerabilities based on the weighted confidence function.
US10992759B2	Web application session security with protected session identifiers Various examples are directed to systems and methods for secure communication sessions between a web application and a server. A session vault routine executing at a computing device may receive a first request message directed to a server computing device. The first request message may comprise a client session identifier at a session identifier field of the first request message. The session vault routine may access supplemental session identifier data from a session vault persistence at the data storage. The session vault routine may write the supplemental session identifier data to a second field of the first request message, and initiate sending the first request message to the server computing device.
US10992757B2	Edge-computing-based forensic feedback architecture Aspects of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for maintaining situational stability at a target location. The systems may include a database of machine-learning (“ML”)-derived event profiles. The systems may include a plurality of edge-nodes that are proximal to the target location. Each edge-node may generate a data stream of situational data pertaining to the target location. Each edge-node may transmit its data stream to the other edge-nodes. Each edge-node may conglomerate its own data stream with the data streams received from the other edge-nodes to create a conglomerated data stream. Each edge-node may monitor its conglomerated data stream for data that matches one of the event profiles. When a consensus is determined among the edge-nodes that a match occurred, the systems may execute a pre-determined response.
US10992756B2	Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium generating a notification including a warning An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit and a notification unit. The reception unit receives a function of an apparatus. The notification unit transmits a notification indicating a warning in a case where when the function is executed, it is presumed that electric power exceeds a threshold and at least one of the function received by the reception unit and a function does not operate normally.
US10992755B1	Smart vehicle Smart car operations are detailed including capturing a point cloud from a vehicle street view and converting the point cloud to a 3D model; applying a trained neural network to detect street signs, cross walks, obstacles, or bike lanes; and updating a high definition (HD) map with the neural network output.
US10992750B2	Service request interrupt router for virtual interrupt service providers A service request interrupt router having an interrupt controller mapped to an Interrupt Service Provider (ISP) having virtual ISPs; Service Request Nodes (SRNs) configured to convert respective interrupt signals to corresponding service requests, wherein each of the SRNs is configured to direct its service request to one of the virtual ISPs; and an arbitrator configured to arbitrate among the virtual ISPs in a time-sliced manner, and for each of the virtual ISPs, to arbitrate which of the service requests directed thereto has a highest priority.
US10992749B2	Synchronization between virtual network functions and host systems A network function virtualization (NFV) platform may include one or more processors to identify a condition associated with the NFV platform, where the condition may affect operation of at least one virtual network function (VNF) hosted by or associated with the NFV platform; determine, based on the condition, information that may be provided or an action that may be performed with regard to the at least one VNF, and/or generate or transmit a message identifying the information and/or that may cause the action to be performed with regard to the at least one VNF.
US10992747B2	Data storage system with removable device and method of operation thereof A data storage system, and a method of operation thereof, includes: an interface module for creating a login credential for storing on a removable storage device; a backup module, coupled to the interface module, for transferring data for an automatic backup of the removable storage device to a remote backup system based on the login credential and a status of the removable storage device; and a close module, coupled to the backup module, for disconnecting an application from a cloud backup service for closing a connection between a computing device and the remote backup system with the data from the automatic backup.
US10992744B1	Allocation of server resources in remote-access computing environments The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method and a system to perform the method that includes receiving a request from a client device to execute an application, selecting servers that provide remote desktop environment and host the requested application, determining, based on a priority level for a client session to be established, a capacity of system resources and a current utilization level of each server, that the client device is to be directed to a first server, the first server having an expected utilization level that satisfies a threshold condition, and directing the request to the first server to establish the client session and to execute the requested application as part of the client session.
US10992741B2	System and method for providing a configuration file to client devices A solution for circumventing censorship is disclosed. A first device connects to a first server hosted in a content delivery network (CDN). The CDN routes the first device's connection request to the first server. The first server responds by providing the first device with a configuration file that contains a plurality of secondary servers for the first device to access. Accordingly, the first device disconnects from the first server and hops between one or more of the plurality of secondary servers contained in the configuration file. By distributing the configuration file from a first server hosted in a CDN, the first device is able to obfuscate the true endpoint of the connection. Thus, the first device is able to obtain the configuration file without drawing the ire of censors. By hopping from server-to-server, the first device is able to stay one-step ahead of censors. Accordingly, the present disclosure describes a multi-prong approach to staying a step ahead of eavesdroppers, sniffers, and censors.
US10992740B2	Dynamically balancing partitions within a distributed streaming storage platform Described is a system that improves the performance of brokers that store partitions of data within a distributed data streaming platform by performing an efficient data redistribution process. The system may obtain data (e.g. metadata) describing the distribution storage partitions amongst storage brokers and determine the current (or initial) distribution may negatively impact the performance of the platform. Accordingly, the system may perform an efficient redistribution by performing a particular sequence of partition reassignments amongst brokers.
US10992736B2	Information processing method, apparatus, terminal, and server The present invention discloses an information processing method, apparatus, terminal, and server. The method includes: detecting a predefined user operation on a web bookmark application installed in a web browser at a first terminal; in response to the user operation, obtaining address and link information of a current webpage in the web browser and sending the address and link information to a remote server; receiving an information transmission notification message from the remote server after the remote server forwards the address and link information and a plurality of thumbnail images associated with the webpage to a second mobile terminal; in response to the information transmission notification message, generating an information sharing prompt message identifying a total number of webpages the first terminal has shared with the second mobile terminal; and sending the information sharing prompt message to the second mobile terminal for display.
US10992729B2	Endpoint configuration for a communication session Techniques for endpoint configuration for a communication session are described. According to various implementations, a cloud-based connectivity service maintains network path information that identifies routing paths for routing communication sessions across different networks. The connectivity service is also able to determine configuration information for configuring endpoint devices to participate in a communication session. According to various implementations, configuration information is determined based on a packet quality of a routing path. Thus, an endpoint device can apply the configuration information to attempt to increase packet quality across a routing path, and thus increase media quality for a communication session at the endpoint device.
US10992727B2	Transmission apparatus, transmission method, reception apparatus, and reception method It is possible to perform favorable content reproduction on a reception side. An encoded stream including a plurality of pieces of encoded data having degree-of-priority information is acquired. Among the plurality of pieces of encoded data, decoding processing is performed with respect to a piece of encoded data having a predetermined or more degree of priority, and a decoded stream including decoded data is generated. Further, among the plurality of pieces of encoded data, an encoded stream including a piece of encoded data having less than the predetermined degree of priority is generated. The decoded stream and the encoded stream are simultaneously transmitted as a partially decoded stream to the reception side via a digital interface.
US10992726B2	Detecting sensor-based interactions with client device in conjunction with presentation of content A content replacement system sends a content item with one or more content replacement parts to be consumed by a user of a client device. The content item is further associated with an interaction pattern that corresponds to a particular user interaction and a defined action that is to be executed by the client device when the particular user interaction is performed on the client device. While the content replacement part is played on the client device, one or more sensors of the client device acquire data regarding user interactions performed by the user on the client device. The acquired data is processed to determine whether the user has performed a user interaction that matches the interaction pattern. Upon detecting a match, the client device sends a notification to the content replacement system indicating that the match has occurred and further executes the defined action.
US10992722B2	High efficiency distributed device-to-device (D2D) channel access Techniques for facilitating device-to-device (D2D) communications using a high efficiency distributed channel access scheme are generally described herein. In some examples, a communication zone allocated for wireless D2D communications is divided into resource contention and scheduled transmission portions. The resource contention segment may be used to transmit a request message from a transmitting device to a receiving device (a request-to-send message), and transmit a response to the request message from the receiving device to the transmitting device (a clear-to-send message). The response can indicate a time for the data transmission to occur during the scheduled transmission segment. During the scheduled transmission segment, the scheduled data transmission and other D2D data transmissions among the various devices will be performed. In further examples, contention access techniques may be used during the resource contention segment to manage access to the resource channel.
US10992721B2	Tiered content streaming Techniques for providing live content at different quality levels to a user device include advertising content availability at multiple quality levels for selection by the user device, receiving a quality level selection from the user device, wherein the quality level selection matches one of the advertised multiple quality levels, determining whether the received quality level selection differs from a currently used quality level, when it is determined that the received quality level selection is different from the currently used quality level, reconfiguring a transcoder to transcode the live content to only the received quality level, and updating a metafile to include a first quality level at a first bitrate lower than a bitrate for the received quality level selection and a second quality level at a second bitrate higher than the bitrate for the received quality level selection.
US10992719B2	Systems and methods for establishing a voice link between users accessing media Systems and methods for establishing a voice communications link between multiple users accessing a media asset are provided. A media asset is accessed using a first user device, the first user device being associated with a first user at a first location. A second user who is accessing the media asset using a second user device is identified, wherein the second user is associated with the first user and is at a second location. A voice communications link between the first and second user devices that enables the first and second users to speak to each other while accessing the media asset is established. A volume level of audio received via the voice communications link is set based on content of the media asset, causing the audio received via the voice communications link from the second user to be presented to the first user at the set volume level.
US10992718B2	Methods for providing continuity in chatbot communications The embodiments herein relate to a method in a user device and a method in a chatbot capable framework for providing continuity in chat communications between the user device and the chatbot capable framework. The method in the user device comprises: establishing a session with the chatbot framework over a first chat platform associated with a first chat application; starting a dialogue with the framework; initiating a transfer of the dialogue to a second chat platform associated with a second chat application and initiating a new session with the framework over the second chat platform and inputting identification information for continuing the dialogue where it stopped at the first chat platform.
US10992712B2	Multipath subflow anchoring for security policy enforcement A policy server determines and explicitly provides a source host with a multipath access policy. The policy server obtains a notification that the source host is connected to an access network. The notification includes authentication credentials of a user of the source computing device. The policy server determines a multipath policy based on the authentication credentials. The multipath policy determines whether data flows from the source host are transmitted over multiple network connections. The policy server determines a set of one or more multipath proxy devices based on the authentication credentials, and provides an access policy to the source host. The access policy includes the multipath policy and network addresses associated with the multipath proxy devices.
US10992711B2	Network aware data driven internet of things service engine A network aware data driven Internet of things (IoT) service engine is presented herein. A method can comprise receiving a policy rule from a network device of respective network devices—the policy rule corresponding to a sensor of a group of sensors that have been configured to transmit information of respective services to the respective network devices using an Internet protocol, and the policy rule defining an action to be performed by the system in response to a behavior of the sensor being determined to satisfy a defined condition specified by the policy rule with respect to a service of the respective services; based on the policy rule, monitoring the behavior of the sensor; and in response to determining that the behavior of the sensor satisfies the defined condition, performing the action on behalf of the network device.
US10992702B2	Detecting malware on SPDY connections In example implementations, a method is provided that is executed by a processor. A multiplexed data stream is received over a single transmission control protocol (TCP) connection that uses a SPDY protocol. The multiplexed data stream contains data packets associated with a plurality of different data streams. A plurality of sub-contexts are generated. Each one of the sub-contexts is associated with a different one of the plurality of different data streams. The data packets are demultiplexed from the multiplexed data stream into a respective one of the plurality of sub-contexts. The plurality of different data streams in the respective one of the plurality of sub-contexts are examined to detect a malware.
US10992701B2	Systems and methods for dynamic targeting of secure repurposed cross-channel electronic communications Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for dynamic targeting and training via repurposing malicious electronic communications via scrubbing for transmission within the entity. In this way, the invention may receive malicious electronic communications, block those communications, scrub the malicious data from the communication, and repurpose the now clean electronic communication as repurposed malicious electron communications configured for facilitating training and authentication escalation of user application access.
US10992699B1	Systems and methods for determining a job score from a job title Embodiments disclosed herein describe a server, for example a security awareness server or an artificial intelligence machine learning system that establishes a job score for a user based on the user's job title. In embodiments, the vulnerability of a user to malicious cybersecurity attacks, the propensity for the user to engage with a malicious attack, and the severity of a malicious attack likely to be sent to the user and the severity of the harm to the user's organization is the user engages with the malicious attack is represented in a user risk score. The risk score for a user of a security awareness system, or for a group of users of a security awareness system, may be calculated based on one or more of a frequency score for the user, a propensity score for the user, a severity score for the user, and a job score for the user.
US10992698B2	Device vulnerability management A computer-implemented process of remediating device security vulnerabilities is carried out by determining identifications of electronic devices associated with an entity and calculating, for each device, a security cyber-vulnerability score. For instance, the cyber-vulnerability score is calculated by generating a device cyber-vulnerability score based upon known threats and vulnerabilities, generating a device level cyber-vulnerability score by augmenting the generated device cyber-vulnerability score based upon at least one device level parameter, generating an environmental cyber-vulnerability score, and computing an overall cyber-vulnerability score based upon the device level cyber-vulnerability score and the environmental cyber-vulnerability score. The computer-implemented process also comprises prioritizing the electronic devices based upon the computed overall cyber-vulnerability score, identifying whether a patch is available for at least one electronic device, and initiating a remediation/mitigation workflow to patch at least one electronic device.
US10992690B1	Network traffic inspection Techniques for inspecting network traffic are disclosed. An application executing as an operating system extension that uses a virtual private network (VPN) stack of the operating system intercepts an Internet protocol (IP) packet for delivery to a remote computer system. A determination is made of an action to take in response to intercepting the packet. The determined action is taken.
US10992686B2	System, method and computer readable medium for determining users of an internet service An internet service provider (ISP) is configured to analyze data sent by a user to determine a subscriber account associated with the data and a user associated with the data. A database is then queried to determine the number of users of the subscriber account, with a number above a threshold indicating a likely theft of service. This automatic process is accompanied by automated messaging to the user with information as to the measures taken and remedial options. The messaging may be different dependent on whether the user is deemed to be an authorized user having subscriber account administration rights.
US10992683B2	System and method for authenticating, storing, retrieving, and verifying documents Disclosed herein is a method for electronic authentication, validation, storage, and third party verification of documents by a document service. The method provides a system for authenticating a user by a process that includes presentation of photo identification by the user and generation of an authenticated user code. The user then requests transfer of a document to the document service. The document service then validates, encrypts, and stores the document and associated metadata. A request for verification by a third party is responded to by the document service if the user sends the authenticated user code to confirm permission for verification by the document service.
US10992681B2	Authentication using blockchains An authentication device that includes a memory operable to store a behavior signature for a user and a distributed ledger comprising information for a private blockchain and a semi-private blockchain associated with the user. The network device further includes an authentication engine implemented by a processor. The authentication engine is configured to receive an authentication request for a network resource and to determine a resource classification type based on the network resource. The authentication engine is further configured to identify one of the private blockchain and the semi-private blockchain based on the resource classification type and to extract data from one or more blocks in the identified blockchain. The authentication engine is further configured to determine at least a portion of the extracted data matches the stored behavior signature for the user and to provide access to the network resource in response to the determination.
US10992677B2	Reputation-based device registry A distributed system and method for associating reputation to device registration is disclosed herein. The systems and methods can include receiving a request for a device interaction from a requesting device. A blockchain registry can then be accessed in response to the request. An approval threshold can be prepared for an approval of the request. Input votes regarding the approval can be received from one or more acting member devices. In response to achieving the approval threshold, the device interaction can be established between the requesting device and one or more connected devices. Then, the device interaction can be recorded in the blockchain registry.
US10992673B2	System and method for decentralized-identifier creation Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for blockchain-based decentralized-identifier creation, are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining a request for creating a decentralized identifier (DID), wherein the request comprises a public key of a cryptographic key pair; creating, based on the public key, a blockchain account associated with a blockchain; creating the DID based on information associated with the blockchain account; and returning a confirmation message comprising the created DID.
US10992668B2	Three-way authentication apparatus and method in cloud environment and 3D printing apparatus and method using three-way authentication in cloud environment Disclosed herein are a three-way authentication apparatus and method in a cloud environment. The three-way authentication method in a cloud environment includes performing, by a control device and a service device, mutual authentication through an IF-1 interface, performing, by the control device and a function server, mutual authentication through an IF-2 interface, requesting, by the control device, the function server to issue an authentication token for authentication between the service device and the function server, and delivering an authentication token issued by the function server to the service device, and performing, by the service device, mutual authentication with the function server using the delivered authentication token through an IF-3 interface.
US10992660B2	Authentication and authorization of a privilege-constrained application Methods and systems are provided for managing access to a client account related (CAR) resource. When a privilege-constrained (PC) application requests access to an individual client account, a single use authorization (SUA) code is created that is associated with the individual client account. The SUA code is routed to, and returned from, the privilege-constrained (PC) application to authenticate the PC application. The PC application, once authenticated, receives a permitted action token that identifies a limited set of privileges that the PC application is authorized to perform in connection with the CAR resource. The PC application provides the permitted action token to an access service. The access service limits access, by the PC application, to the CAR resource based on the permitted action token.
US10992659B2	Multi-factor authentication devices A device may receive a request from a first user device to access a protected device. The device may verify a user identity of a user of the first device based on user credentials and determine that an authentication code is needed to authenticate the request to access the protected device. The device may dynamically generate multiple codes and transmit the multiple codes to a second user device associated with the user identity of the user of the first device. A first code, of the multiple codes, may correspond to a correct authentication code needed to authenticate the request to access the protected device. The device may transmit a message including an instruction for identifying the correct authentication code from among the multiple codes, receive a second code from the first device, compare the second code and the first code, and selectively authenticate the request to access the protected device.
US10992655B2	Core network, user equipment, and communication control method for device to device communication A communications system is provided. A network device controls the setting up of a device to device communication link, as sent between a device in the core network and the base station(s) servicing the relevant mobile devices, including disclosure of the common security information for two mobile devices to communicate securely over the direct device to device communications link.
US10992654B2	Secure WAN path selection at campus fabric edge A method is performed by an access router of an enterprise network including a first edge router to communicate with a second edge router over a wide area network (WAN). The method includes receiving a packet from a first endpoint, receiving from a mapping service a network location of a second edge router for which the packet is destined and a security association (SA) to encrypt the packet from the access router to the second edge router, and generating for the first edge router one or more path selectors for WAN path selection. The method includes encrypting the packet using the SA, and adding to the encrypted IP packet, in clear text, the path selectors and outer encapsulation including the network location, to produce an encrypted tunnel packet. The method also includes forwarding the encrypted tunnel packet to the second edge router via the first edge router and the WAN.
US10992647B2	System and method for anonymous data exchange between server and client Disclosed are systems and methods for exchanging data in a client-server architecture. At the client side, a first data structure intended for dispatch to a server is divided into at least two substructures including a first substructure and a second substructure. The substructure is dispatched from the client to the server across a first network node with an anonymization module, wherein data of the first substructure is transformed by the anonymization module. The second substructure from the client is dispatched to a second network node with a storage module. The second substructure is received by the server from the network node with the storage module, and the obtained data substructures are combined into a second data structure by the server.
US10992646B2	Data transmission method and data transmission apparatus The present invention discloses a data transmission method and a data transmission apparatus. The method includes: sending, by a first computer, first data to a first image capture apparatus through an image output port of the first computer; receiving, by the first image capture apparatus, the first data; and sending, by the first image capture apparatus, the first data to a second computer; or processing, by the first image capture apparatus, the first data to generate second data, and sending, by the first image capture apparatus, the second data to a second computer; where the first image capture apparatus has an image input port, the image input port is connected to the image output port of the first computer, and the image output port of the first computer includes an output port of a display card of the first computer. The present invention can effectively reduce leakage of corporate data.
US10992645B2	Mitigating communication risk by detecting similarity to a trusted message contact At least one of a measure of trust or a measure of spoofing risk associated with a sender of a message is determined. A measure of similarity between an identifier of the sender of the message and an identifier of at least one trusted contact of a recipient of the message is determined. The measure of similarity is combined with at least one of the measure of trust or the measure of spoofing risk to at least in part determine a combined measure of risk associated with the message. The sender of the message is not included in the at least one trusted contact of the recipient of the message. Based at least in part on the combined measure of risk associated with the message, the message is modified to alter content of a data field that includes an identification of the sender of the message.
US10992642B2	Document isolation Methods and systems are disclosed for document isolation. A host computer system may be configured to implement document isolation via one or more of a host-based firewall, an internet isolation firewall, and/or a segregation of a trusted memory space and an untrusted memory space. The host computer system may be configured to access one or more files using a first set of one or more applications and/or processes operating within the trusted memory space and/or a second set of one or more applications and/or processes operating within an untrusted memory space. The host computer system may be configured to open (e.g., always open) the one or more accessed files in the trusted memory space of the host computer system.
US10992638B1	Network address translation based on logical channel implementation in a shared wireless network Technologies directed to network address translation based on logical channels in a shared private network with a single ingress to an ISP and multiple customer devices are described. One method receives a first public IP address assigned to an endpoint device by an ISP. The method creates a sub-interface on a WAN interface and adds a first rule that translates the first public IP address to a first private IP address assigned to the customer STA and a second rule that translates the first private IP address to the second public IP address. The first customer STA creates a second sub-interface between the customer STA and the endpoint device, adds a third rule that translates the first private IP address to a second private IP address assigned to the first endpoint device, and adds a fourth rule that translates the second private IP address to the first private IP address.
US10992633B1	Methods and systems for determining an unread message count Exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for providing more accurate counts relating to unread messages in a communications system. Conventionally, the unread count for an app may be inaccurate, because the local application does not synchronize its understanding of the unread messages with the server. In the described embodiments, both the server and the application inform each other of what they understand the unread count to be. The client also informs the server of when the local application is backgrounded and foregrounded. With this information, the server is able to update its badge count more accurately, and the local client is able to estimate how far off the server's count is. Using the techniques described herein, the server may inform the client of its badge-count understanding in a way that does not cause the application to wake up on the local device, thereby resulting in less battery consumption.
US10992620B2	Methods, systems, and media for generating a notification in connection with a video content item Methods, systems, and media for generating a notification in connection with a video content item are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: causing a video content item and a message interface to be presented on a plurality of user devices, wherein the video content item is created by a content creator; receiving, from at least a portion of the plurality of user devices, a plurality of messages via the message interface; identifying at least one topic included in a portion of the plurality of messages within a given period of time; causing a notification that indicates the at least one topic to be superimposed on the presentation of the video content item on the plurality of user devices; determining that the at least one topic is no longer included in more than a predetermined number of the plurality of messages; and causing presentation of the notification to be inhibited on the plurality of user devices.
US10992619B2	Messaging system with avatar generation A system comprises one or more processors of a machine and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the machine to perform operations. The operations comprise: receiving an image; generating an avatar with a trained neural network based on the image, the trained neural network predicting multiple trait values for the avatar; and sending a message with the generated avatar.
US10992612B2	Contact information extraction and identification A database server may identify mentioned names in a body of a message and extract the names using name identification heuristics and algorithms. The service retrieves or utilizes a distributed connection graph to identify contacts associated with the parties to the conversation that may match or be similar to the mentioned name. Contacts may be scored based on similarities between the extracted name the names associated with nodes of the graph, as well as other factors. The highest scoring contact may be surfaced or displayed to one or more of the parties to the communication message.
US10992607B2	Contextual message delivery Examples are disclosed herein that relate to delivering electronic messages to intended recipients based on detected contextual events. One example provides a computing system, comprising a logic subsystem, and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to receive an input of a message, store the message in a data store for delivery to an intended recipient, determine contextual information for the message and store the contextual information for the message in the data store, detect a contextual event that matches a triggering condition for delivery of the message based upon the contextual information for the message, and based upon the contextual event matching the triggering condition, send the message to a device associated with the intended recipient.
US10992603B2	Block acknowledgement with out-of-order packets A wireless device can perform Out-of-Order packet processing and block acknowledgement. Multiple packets may be received at a lower layer of the wireless device. Identifying information may be determined for the received packets. It may be determined that the packets were received out of sequential order, based at least in part on the identifying information. Despite being received out of sequential order, payload information from the packets may be provided to a higher layer of the wireless device in a non-sequential order, such as the order of receipt.
US10992602B2	Sequential storage of collected data from heterogeneous intervals A method performed by a node includes writing normal records to a buffer. Each normal record is associated with a respective time interval having a respective start time and end time according to network time, and each normal record includes respective collected data describing an activity. The method includes detecting that access to network time has become unavailable as well as detecting that access to network time has become available after having been unavailable. The method includes determining information describing an incomplete period during which network time was unavailable, where the incomplete period includes at least one of a skipped interval and a standby interval. During each skipped interval, no collected data describing the activity is collected. Each standby interval is associated with respective collected data describing the activity during the incomplete period. The method includes writing to the buffer a placeholder record including the information describing the incomplete period.
US10992600B2	Virtual network element and methods for use therewith Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a virtual network element that includes a plurality of virtual machine modules configured to process a plurality of control packets in a virtualized telecommunication network. A classifier module is configured to receive telecommunications traffic that includes the plurality of control packets and a plurality of data packets, to separate the plurality of control plane data from the at least one data packet, and to forward the plurality of control packets to selected ones of the plurality of virtual machine modules. A forwarding device, coupled to the classifier module and separate from the plurality of virtual machine modules, is configured to forward the plurality of data packets in the virtualized telecommunication network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10992597B2	Fast scheduling and optimization of multi-stage hierarchical networks Significantly optimized multi-stage networks including scheduling methods for faster scheduling of connections, useful in wide target applications, with VLSI layouts using only horizontal wires and vertical wires to route large scale partial multi-stage hierarchical networks having inlet and outlet links, and laid out in an integrated circuit device in a two-dimensional grid arrangement of blocks are disclosed. The optimized multi-stage networks in each block employ one or more slices of rings of stages of switches with inlet and outlet links of partial multi-stage hierarchical networks connecting to rings from either left-hand side or right-hand side; and employ hop wires or multi-drop hop wires wherein hop wires or multi-drop wires are connected from switches of stages of rings of slices of a first partial multi-stage hierarchical network switches of stages of a rings of slices of the first or a second partial multi-stage hierarchical network.
US10992595B2	Resource pushing method, device, and storage medium for smart device The present disclosure provides a resource pushing method, a device and a storage medium for a smart device, the method includes: acquiring a first pushing resource according to a preset rule, where the first pushing resource is used by the smart device to interact with a user, pushing the first pushing resource to the user. In the solution, relevant resources are actively acquired according to behavior information of the user, triggering and hotspots, and are pushed to the user, thereby saving the cost in resource querying by the user, and increasing the exposure of platform resources.
US10992594B2	Optimization of network resources A method may include, by a network resource optimization system, receiving from a network node a resource request, determining a plurality of network resources based on the resource request, and determining a subset of network resources from the plurality of network resources and a network resource from the subset based on a score of each network resource. The score of each network resource may be based on a rate of acceptance of communication requests received or a number of communication sessions established. The method may include, by the network resource optimization system, transmitting a communication request to the determined network resource and receiving an acceptance from the network resource. The method may include, by the network resource optimization system, causing a selection mechanism to be activated at the network node, receiving from the network node a selection, and initiating the communication session in response to the selection.
US10992586B2	Rate limiter Systems and methods of rate limiting are disclosed herein. In some example embodiments, a rate limiter service receives a request from an online application to access an online resource, and the rate limiter service transmits an indication of the request to a back end system, and an enforcement decision corresponding to the online resource is received from the back end system, with the enforcement decision comprising an instruction to either permit or deny access to the online resource, and the receiving of the enforcement decision from the back end system being performed asynchronously with the receiving of the request and the transmitting of the indication. In some example embodiments, the enforcement decision received from the back end system is stored, the stored enforcement decision is accessed in response to the receiving of the request, and the request is responded to using the accessed enforcement decision.
US10992580B2	Ingress rate limiting in order to reduce or prevent egress congestion A method performed by a network device comprises egressing data from a port of the network device at an egress rate over a link connected to the port, ingressing data into the port at an ingress rate over the link, monitoring at least one indication with respect to the egressing data in order to determine whether the at least one indication is indicative of egress congestion at the port of the network device, and upon determining that the at least one indication is indicative of the egress congestion at the port, limiting the rate of ingress via the port.
US10992575B2	Assignment of internet protocol addresses to services In an example, a first Internet Protocol (IP) address is assigned to a first service. The first service includes a plurality of pods and is to operate on a first port. A first node on which the first IP address is to be configured is selected from among a plurality of nodes based on a number of IP addresses configured on each of the plurality of nodes. Further, the first IP address is configured on the first node. The first IP address is assigned to a second service as well. The second service comprises a plurality of pods and is to operate on a second port.
US10992574B2	Packet forwarding method and device The present invention provides a packet forwarding method and device. The method comprises: a first node receiving a packet for forwarding, wherein a destination address of the packet is a second node; the first node identifying, from topologies generated in advance, a target topology corresponding to the packet, wherein the topologies generated in advance comprise a first topology and a second topology generated according to an MRT algorithm, and a third topology obtained according to an SPF algorithm, wherein the first topology, the second topology and the third topology are different from one another; and the first node identifying, from the target topology, a next hop node for forwarding to the second node, and forwarding the packet to the next hop node. The present invention achieves an object of combining a segmented routing network and an MRT function.
US10992573B2	Multi-layer LSP control method and apparatus Disclosed are a multi-layer LSP control method and apparatus. The method comprises: acquiring a label switched path (LSP) addition request, wherein the LSP addition request carries identifier information for identifying a layer associated group that the LSP is to be added to; and in response to the LSP addition request, adding the LSP to the layer associated group, wherein the layer associated group comprises: an upper-layer LSP and several lower-layer LSPs.
US10992566B1	Apparatus, system, and method for improved memory consumption in network devices via efficient route management The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) receiving, at a network device, a route update for one or more routes that direct traffic within a network that supports BGP, (2) identifying, within the route update, a BGP prefix and a plurality of protocol next-hop addresses that (A) identify a plurality of neighbors of the network device and (B) each correspond to the BGP prefix, (3) maintaining a single copy of the BGP prefix and each of the protocol next-hop addresses, (4) receiving a packet destined for a computing device that is reachable via at least one of the neighbors of the network device, and then (5) forwarding the packet to the one of the neighbors of the network device in accordance with the BGP prefix and the protocol next-hop address that identifies the one of the neighbors. Various other methods, systems, and apparatuses are also disclosed.
US10992560B2	Time series anomaly detection service An anomaly detection system includes a plurality of signals. Each of the signals is associated with an anomaly detection procedure that will be used to identify anomalies within the signal. Anomaly detection is performed by applying the anomaly detection procedure to a sequential set of data points of a signal. The signals are updated based on incoming data streams. The data streams are analyzed, and the sequential set of data points for each signal is updated based on data points extracted from the data streams.
US10992557B1	Traffic analyzer for network device Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms facilitate actionable reporting of network state information and real-time, autonomous network engineering directly in-network at a switch or other network device. A data collector within the network device collects state information and/or data unit information from various device components, such as traffic managers and packet processors. The data collector, which may optionally generate additional state information by performing various calculations on the information it receives, is configured to then provide at least some of the state information to an analyzer device connected to an analyzer interface. The analyzer device, which may be a separate device, performs various analyses on the state information, depending on how it is configured. The analyzer device outputs reports that identify statuses, errors, misconfigurations, and/or suggested actions to take to improve operation of the network device. In an embodiment, some or all actions that may be suggested therein are executed automatically.
US10992556B2	Disaggregated resource monitoring Particular embodiments described herein provide for a network element that can be configured to receive a request related to one or more disaggregated resources, link the one or more disaggregated resources to a local counter, receive performance related data from each of the one or more disaggregated resources, and store the performance related data in the local counter. In an example, the one or more disaggregated resources comprise a software defined infrastructure composite node
US10992555B2	Recording, replay, and sharing of live network monitoring views Network monitoring views can be recorded, replayed and shared. A monitoring system receives monitoring data, in response to which a monitoring view can be constructed. The monitoring data is maintained in memory or mass storage. One or more monitoring views can later be constructed in response to user preferences, even if those users would not have known to select those particular preferences or construct those particular monitoring views at the time. The monitoring views constructed in response to that monitoring data can be presented to users in a simulation of the problem, as if it were occurring at that time. Users can send particular monitoring views to others, with both the effects that the monitoring view can be preserved as part of a trouble report, and the persons receiving the monitoring view can have useful insight into what problem the user has pointed to.
US10992554B2	Intelligent data analytics collectors Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating a instruction set according to a data analytics collection strategy and identifying first and second network devices adapted to perform first and second types of network functions, respectively, within a communications network, wherein the first and second types of network functions are different. First and second collectors are instantiated in association with the first and second network devices, respectively, and the instruction set is provided to each of the first and second collectors. The first and second collectors are adapted to autonomously execute first and second segments of the instruction set according to the first and second types of network function to obtain first and second collection results, respectively, wherein network analytic functions are adapted to process the first and second collection results. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10992552B2	Device and method for adding an M2M service The present application is directed to a device on a network that is configured to add a service. The device includes a memory that is operably coupled to the processor. The processor is adapted to configure a service enablement policy. The processor is also adapted to receive a request to add the service from a service provider. The processor is adapted to check the service enablement policy for adding the service. The processor is also adapted to collaborate with another device to harmonize the service enablement policy and the host selection criteria. Further, the processor is adapted to send a reply to the service provider. The present application is also directed to a method for adding a service.
US10992551B2	Software proof-of-concept platform, including simulation of production behavior and/or data A system comprising a platform configured for communicating with enterprise end-users and for allowing the enterprise end-users to perform proof-of-concept testing for startups which provide respective enterprises with software products to be evaluated by the respective enterprises, the platform including processor functionality configured to analyze available information on enterprise data and, accordingly, generate metadata characterizing the enterprise data; generate artificial enterprise data conforming to the metadata; analyze available information on enterprise APIs and, accordingly, generate metadata characterizing the enterprise APIs; and generate at least one artificial API conforming to that metadata.
US10992543B1	Automatically generating an intent-based network model of an existing computer network Collectors are provided to network devices of an existing computer network. A reference network type associated with the existing computer network is determined. Based at least in part on telemetry and configuration information received from the collectors and the reference network type, an intent-based network model of the existing computer network is generated. The existing computer network is validated using the generated intent-based network model.
US10992539B2	Methods and systems for neighbor-acknowledged graceful insertion/removal protocol Presented herein are systems, and methods thereof, that is configured to enter a maintenance mode to isolate itself from its neighbor and to gracefully cause neighbor devices to isolate themselves from the system, as to cause minimal or “zero” service disruption with its neighbors. The system broadcasts a maintenance-related message, via a standard transport layer, over routing protocols, to counter parts protocols at the neighbor device and waits for an acknowledgement message from the neighbor network devices. The broadcast and acknowledgement, through standard transport layer messaging, ensures that traffic generated by such protocols at the neighbor devices, regardless of manufacturer, are redirected before the system fully enters into the maintenance mode.
US10992538B2	System and method for using InfiniBand routing algorithms for ethernet fabrics in a high performance computing environment Systems and methods for using InfiniBand routing algorithms for Ethernet fabrics in a high performance computing environment. The method can provide, at a computer comprising one or more microprocessors, a plurality of switches, a plurality of hosts, a topology provider (TP) module, a routing engine (RE) module, and a switch initializer (SI) module. The method can perform a discovery sweep, by the TP, of the plurality of hosts and the plurality of switches and assigns an address to each of the plurality of hosts and the plurality of switches. The method can calculate, by the routing engine, a routing map, based upon a routing scheme, for the plurality of hosts and the plurality of switches, the routing map comprising a plurality of forwarding tables. The method can configure, each of the plurality of switches with a forwarding table of the plurality of forwarding tables calculated by the routing engine.
US10992537B2	Automatic grouping of similar applications and devices on a network map An embodiment may involve a managed network containing computing devices. The computing devices may be respectively associated with unqualified domain names. One or more server devices may be disposed within a remote network management platform that manages the managed network. These server devices may be configured to: probe the managed network, by way of a proxy server application disposed within the managed network, to obtain information related to applications operating on the computing devices, network connectivity of the computing devices, and representations of the unqualified domain names; obtain a regular expression; determine a subset of the computing devices in the managed network on which a particular application is operating and for which the respectively associated unqualified domain names match the regular expression; and generate a map of the managed network in which the subset of the computing devices is represented as a grouped node instead of individual nodes.
US10992530B2	Dashboard overview navigation and search system Systems and methods for a dashboard overview showing dashboards available for a user, a visual key of available dashboards and simplified access to most recently used dashboards are disclosed. A dashboard represents a user-defined display of key performance indicators (KPIs) in a manner perceived convenient by the user creating the dashboard. As dashboards have evolved a sharing aspect of dashboards has been determined to be a mechanism to promote reuse of dashboards. Including a visual clue on a dashboard selection page as to the underlying display presentation method has been determined to be an important aid in allowing for navigation amongst a plurality of dashboards available in an enterprise system. Sharing and retrieval techniques for dashboards are disclosed.
US10992529B2	In-vehicle ethernet communication system and communication method thereof A first device, which is any one of a plurality of devices communicating with each other using an Ethernet scheme in the in-vehicle Ethernet communication system includes: a central processor, and a physical layer processor to connect the central processor to a second device which is another one of the plurality of devices, wherein the physical layer processor includes a counter to output a first counting end signal, a signal transmitter to demand that the first device continuously operate in response to receiving at least one of a mode signal and the first counting end signal, a signal receiver to output a master sensing signal, and an operation mode controller to determine an operation mode of the first device in response to receiving at least one of the first counting end signal and the master sensing signal and to generate the mode signal.
US10992527B2	Subframe configuration method and device Provided are a subframe configuration method and device. The method includes: determining a configuration of second type subframes according to a configuration of first type subframes and a bitmap sequence of subframe configuration of a resource pool, where the second type subframes are reserved subframes, and mapping of the bitmap sequence is not performed on the reserved subframes; and mapping the bitmap sequence according to the configuration of the first type subframes and the configuration of the second type subframes.
US10992524B2	User defined objects for network devices Provided are systems and methods for configuring a network servicing node with user-defined instruction scripts. A method for configuring a network servicing node with user-defined instruction scripts may commence with receiving, from a user of the network servicing node, a user loadable program. The user loadable program may include at least the user-defined instruction scripts. The method may continue with receiving a data packet from a data network associated with the user. The method may further include determining a condition associated with the data packet. The method may continue with identifying, in a name table, a program name associated with a program using the condition. The program may be the user loadable program. The method may further include processing the data packet by getting an instruction of the user-defined instruction scripts from a storage module and applying the instruction to the data packet.
US10992522B2	Network configuration method and network device Disclosed are a network configuration method and a network device for dynamically selecting a mobility state machine and a tunnel type matching a terminal and increasing resource utilization efficiency. The method comprises: when a terminal accesses a network, determining an attribute of the terminal; determining, on the basis of the attribute of the terminal, a configuration parameter corresponding to the terminal; and directing or configuring, on the basis of the configuration parameter, the terminal and/or directing or configuring a related network function entity or node at a network side.
US10992521B2	Remote storage gateway shadow or cache configuration A storage gateway serves as an interface between processes on a customer network and a service provider. The storage gateway is located on-premise with the customer processes. To customer processes, it appears that data is stored locally. However, the storage gateway interfaces with a remote storage service to store the data. For cached gateways, the primary data store is a remote data store, while frequently accessed data may be locally cached by the gateway. Reads may be satisfied from the local cache or from virtual data storage; writes are handled so as to appropriately update data blocks in the local cache and/or in virtual data storage. For shadowing gateways, the primary data store is the local data store; reads are passed through to a local data store, and writes are shadowed to virtual data storage as well as being sent to local data store.
US10992520B2	Network policy graphs Example implementations disclosed herein can be used to generate composite network policy graphs based on multiple network policy graphs input by network users that may have different goals for the network. The resulting composite network policy graph can be used to program a network so that it meets the requirements necessary to achieve the goals of at least some of the network users. In one example implementation, a method can include receiving multiple network policy graphs, generating composite endpoint groups based on relationships between endpoint groups and policy graph sources, generating composite paths based on the relationships between the endpoints and the network policy graphs, generating a composite network policy graph based on the composite endpoint groups and the composite paths, and analyzing the composite network policy graph to determine conflicts or errors.
US10992516B2	Efficient self-checking redundancy comparison in a network In an embodiment, a computing node includes a computing circuit, a comparing circuit, and an indicator circuit. The computing circuit is configured to generate a first redundant message that corresponds to, and that is independent of, a source message propagating over a network during at least one time period. The comparing circuit is configured to compare information content of one or more corresponding portions of the source message and the first redundant message during each of the at least one time period to generate a comparison result. And the indicator circuit is configured to indicate whether the source message is valid or invalid in response to the comparison result. For example, such computing node can determine the validity of a redundant result with reduced processing overhead, reduced message delay, and reduced message latency as compared to existing computer nodes.
US10992515B1	Link state tracking for virtual interfaces Presented herein are methodologies for tracking a link state of a physical network connection and selectively reporting the link state to virtual machines that rely on the physical network connection. A method includes receiving an indication, at a hypervisor, which is running on a host computer and which instantiates a virtual switch, that a physical link interconnecting the host computer to a network has failed; determining that the physical link serves the virtual switch; determining whether link state tracking is enabled for the physical link; and when link state tracking is enabled for the physical link, notifying a virtual machine, which is running on the host computer and which is being served by the virtual switch, that a connection between the virtual machine and the network has failed.
US10992513B1	Systems and methods for reestablishing communication to resume a process based on inferred intent A system may include a communication device that may enable a user to complete a digital form via a first communication session. The system may include a processor that may determine that the user has not completed the digital form, determine one or more issues associated with the user not completing the digital form based on a progress point associated with the digital form, determine a communication channel to use to follow up with the user regarding the digital form based on a data profile associated with the user, the one or more issues, or both, and establish a second communication session with the user via the communication channel to present the digital form at the progress point, such that the user can continue to complete the digital form using the second communication session.
US10992508B2	NR broadcast channel transmission The disclosure relates to a method performed by a wireless device, for receiving system information from a network node of a wireless communication system. The system information is received in a synchronization signal (SS) block of an SS burst set comprising at least one SS block. The system information is multiplexed with information providing a time index indicating which SS block of the SS burst set that is being received. The method comprises receiving the information providing the time index, and receiving the system information, which comprises descrambling the system information using a scrambling sequence generated based on the information providing the time index. The method also comprises determining an accuracy of the information providing the time index, based on an error-detection code related to the received system information. The disclosure also relates to corresponding network node method and apparatus.
US10992502B2	Method for sending downlink control information, terminal device, and network device Embodiments of this application provide a method for sending downlink control information, a terminal device, and a network device, and relate to the communications field, to resolve problems of low flexibility and low reliability of a system DCI configuration. The method includes: receiving DCI for scheduling downlink data to be transmitted as one codeword, wherein the DCI comprises a value of a set of values each indicating a corresponding quantity of layers of the one codeword and one or more antenna ports used for sending the one codeword, and wherein the set of values comprises: a first value indicating that the quantity of layers of the one codeword is 2, and a first antenna port and a second antenna port are used for sending the one codeword, and a second value indicating that the quantity of layers of the one codeword is 2 and a third antenna port and a fourth antenna port are used for sending the one codeword.
US10992489B2	Electronic device for providing notification message and method thereof An electronic device includes a display, communication circuitry performing wireless connection with an external electronic device, a processor operatively coupled with the display and the communication circuitry, and a memory operatively connected with the processor. Based on executing instructions stored in the memory, the processor is configured to control the electronic device to receive information on a first notification message generated within the external electronic device using the communication circuitry. Based on instructions stored in the memory being executed, the processor controls the electronic device to display the first notification message through the display. Based on the instructions stored in the memory being executed, the processor is configured to control the electronic device to receive one or more second notification messages which have been generated within the external electronic device prior to the first notification message. Based on instructions stored in the memory being executed, the processor is configured to control the electronic device to display, in response to an input, the second notification message in at least a portion of the display.
US10992486B2	Collaboration synchronization Synchronizing collaboration times for members of a team includes extracting emotive content and topical indicia from conversation data generated from multiple electronically captured conversations involving the team members. A model for generating time-based collaboration profiles for each member with respect to a specific topic can be constructed based on the emotive content and topical indicia. A synchronized collaboration time for the members of the team can be determined based on comparisons of each team member's respective collaboration profile.
US10992485B2	Network device having interface capable of operating in independent mode The present disclosure relates to a Network Interface Card (NIC) that is operatively coupled with a network device and comprises at least one network interface/port, wherein the NIC further comprises a processing unit; a non-volatile memory operatively coupled with the processing unit; and a power input connected to a decoupled power supply, wherein the NIC is configured in a manner that allows the NIC to work in an independent mode by decoupling from the main processor of the network device such that the NIC performs one or more programmed operations even when the network device is non-operational or when the network device undergoes a network change event.
US10992484B2	Power management for distributed communication systems, and related components, systems, and methods Power management techniques in distributed communication systems in which the power available at a remote unit (RU) is measured and compared to the power requirements of the RU. Voltage and current are measured for two dummy loads at the RU and these values are used to solve for the output voltage of the power supply and the resistance of the wires. From these values, a maximum power available may be calculated and compared to power requirements of the RU.
US10992483B2	Physically unclonable function device for use in user authentication system and operation method thereof A physically unclonable function (PUF) device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, a selecting circuit configured to select one or more memory cells among the plurality of memory cells in response to a challenge, and a sense amplifier and quantizer configured to generate a quantize signal from the selected memory cell. The number of quantization sections for generating the quantize signal may be different from the number of resistance state distributions generated from the selected memory cell. One or more quantization sections may exist in one resistance state distribution section.
US10992480B2	Method and system for performing a transaction and for performing a verification of legitimate access to, or use of digital data A method for performing an electronic transaction is disclosed. The method provides authentication data and authentication software to an electronic device and preferably stored in a secure storage location or other location inaccessible to the user or the operating system of the device. The authentication software is activated to generate a digital signature from the authentication data. Next, the digital signature is provided to the other transaction party.
US10992478B2	Blockchain-based digital identity management method A digital identity management method based on a blockchain-based technology is provided. In some exemplary embodiments, the method comprises: performing a first process for storing identity identification information of a subscription request in a first block of a blockchain in response to the subscription request from a service request device and then obtaining a block hash value of the first block as a result of performing the first process, performing a second process for storing the block hash value of the first block and data of authentication information of the subscription request in a second block of the blockchain and then obtaining a block hash value of the second block as a result of performing the second process, and inserting the block hash value of the second block into a digital identity data structure as a result of processing the subscription request.
US10992476B1	Verifying asset identity Methods and systems for verifying asset identity. The system includes a rules engine executing a corpus of rules to analyze received fingerprint data regarding one or more assets in a network. The rules engine may execute the rules to create a synthetic fingerprint to provide more accurate and helpful information regarding a network asset.
US10992474B2	Proactive user authentication for facilitating subsequent resource access across multiple devices Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for proactive user authentication for facilitating subsequent resource access across multiple devices are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes validating an authentication result received via a first user device; generating, in response to validating the authentication result, a proof of authentication that relates to the authentication performed via the first user device; outputting the proof of authentication to the first user device; receiving, via a second user device in connection with a request to access a protected resource, cryptographic information comprising at least a portion of the proof of authentication output to the first user device; validating the cryptographic information received via the second user device against the proof of authentication; and granting, to the second user device, access to the protected resource in response to validating the cryptographic information against the proof of authentication.
US10992473B2	Secure single sign on and conditional access for client applications Methods and systems for implementing single sign on (SSO) and/or conditional access for client applications are described herein. The system may comprise an identity provider gateway, and the system may authenticate a user of the client application using the identity provider gateway. In some aspects, a secure communication tunnel may be established between the client application and the identity provider gateway, and the secure communication tunnel may use, for example, a client certificate. The identity provider gateway may grant or deny the client application access to one or more resources based on information associated with the client certificate.
US10992471B2	Hidden subject identification system A method determines whether another party has information about a person without disclosing personal identification information of the person. The method includes receiving, at a third computer system, a first set of data comprising personal identification information of a first person and encrypting the first set of data to generate a third set of data. The method also includes transmitting, to a second computer system, the third set of data. The method further includes receiving, at the third computer system from the second computer system, a message indicating the third set of data matches a fourth set of data encrypted from a second set of data comprising personal identification information of a second person. The method still further includes transmitting, from the third computer system, a message indicating the second person matches the first person when the fourth and third set of data matches.
US10992470B2	System and method for efficient and secure implementation of LS-Designs The invention provides implementations of the block cipher in resource-constrained ARM devices that may be applied to both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of side-channel resistant and vectorized code and provides improves both efficiency and compactness by using of algorithmic techniques and features specific to a target platform. Specifically, an unprotected 32-bit implementation improves speed while reducing code size and a vectorized implementation improves performance and speed the implementation of block cipher.
US10992469B2	Seed splitting and firmware extension for secure cryptocurrency key backup, restore, and transaction signing platform apparatuses, methods and systems The Seed Splitting and Firmware Extension for Secure Cryptocurrency Key Backup, Restore, and Transaction Signing Platform Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“SFTSP”) transforms transaction signing request, key backup request, key recovery request inputs via SFTSP components into transaction signing response, key backup response, key recovery response outputs. An offline transaction signing request message for a transaction is received by a first cold HSM and includes an encrypted second master key share from a second cold HSM and an encrypted third master key share from a hot HSM. A first master key share is retrieved. The encrypted master key shares are decrypted and, along with the first master key share, used to recover a master private key. A keychain path is determined. A signing private key for the keychain path is generated using the master private key. The transaction is signed using the signing private key, and the generated signature is returned.
US10992467B2	System and method for encrypting information with polynomial distributed strings An encryption system is provided. The system includes a plurality of communication devices, one or more processors, one or more memory components, one or more network connections, and a data repository. The data repository is stored by the plurality of communication devices on the one or more memory components thereof. A polynomial function is developed to point to message data within the data repository, wherein the polynomial function is transmitted between the plurality of communication devices to exchange the message data.
US10992461B2	Secure layered encryption of data streams Technology permitting secure storage and transmission of data stream as well as tiered access to multiple data stream according to permission. Data streams may be encrypted using symmetric encryption performed with varying symmetric keys according to a key stream of symmetric keys. Native data may be discarded for safety. Whole or partial key streams may be encrypted using the public keys of authorized entities having permission to access respective data streams or portions thereof. Only the corresponding private keys can decrypt the encrypted key streams required to decrypt the encrypted data streams. Thus rigorous access control is provided. IT personnel accessing data stream files on a server or intruders maliciously obtaining files will not be able to derive the data stream. Sensitive data streams may be stored using cloud services despite inherent risks.
US10992457B2	System and method for blockchain-based cross-entity authentication Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for blockchain-based cross-entity authentication are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining an authentication request by a first entity for authenticating a user, wherein the authentication request comprises a decentralized identifier (DID) of the user; in response to determining that the first entity is permitted to access authentication information of the user endorsed by a second entity, generating a blockchain transaction for obtaining an authentication result of the user by the second entity, wherein the authentication result is associated with the DID; and transmitting the blockchain transaction to a blockchain node for adding to a blockchain.
US10992451B2	Audio and video playback system and method for playing audio data applied thereto An audio and video playback system includes an audio and video playback device having a local audio device, and a secondary audio device. A method for playing audio data includes: allocating a local audio buffer space and a secondary audio buffer space to the local audio device and the secondary audio device, respectively; processing obtained multimedia data to generate local audio data and secondary audio data; writing the local audio data and the secondary audio data to the local audio buffer space and the secondary audio buffer space, respectively; reading the local audio data and the secondary audio data buffered in the local audio buffer space and the secondary audio buffer space to the local audio device and the secondary audio device, to have the local audio device and the secondary audio device play the local audio data and the secondary audio data, respectively.
US10992445B2	Signal processing method and device The present disclosure provides a signal processing method and device. The method includes: sending a first data signal and receiving a second data signal in a first Resource Block (RB) of a first subframe; and further sending a first reference signal according to first reference information and receiving a second reference signal according to second reference information in the first RB, where: the first reference information is different from the second reference information; the first reference information includes: a time-frequency resource location occupied by the first reference signal, and sequence information of the first reference signal; and the second reference information includes: a time-frequency resource location occupied by the second reference signal, and sequence information of the second reference signal. The present disclosure ensures correct receiving of the reference signal.
US10992442B2	System and method for communicating time and frequency tracking signals using configurations for one port CSI-RSs A network controller may configure one or more channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configurations for transmitting RSs to user equipments (UEs) for tracking. A CSI-RS configuration may specify a set of CSI-RS resources for transmitting RSs in two consecutive slots. The set of CSI-RS resources may include a plurality of one-port CSI-RS resources configured according to the CSI-RS configuration. The CSI-RS configuration may specify a quasi co-location (QCL) configuration including a set of QCL parameters, where a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) has a QCL relationship with the RS with respect to the set of QCL parameters. The network controller may signal the one or more CSI-RS configurations to UEs.
US10992438B2	Method and device for configuring channel state information reference signal, and method and device for parsing configuring channel state information reference signal The present disclosure provides a method and device for configuring a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and a method and device for parsing CSI-RS. The configuration method includes: configuring configuration information of the CSI-RS by a base station; generating a signaling carrying the configuration information of the CSI-RS by the base station; and transmitting the signaling by the base station. The configuration information includes at least one of: a number of CSI-RS ports, a number K of components of a pilot resource pattern, a number N of ports of the components of the pilot resource pattern, and a CSI-RS port-numbering mode, where the CSI-RS port-numbering mode is selected from M candidate port-numbering modes, and M, K, and N are positive integers.
US10992434B2	Transmission in a guard band of a rat A radio node is configured to transmit, within a guard band of a first radio access technology (RAT), a radio signal according to a second RAT. The radio node determines, based on a channel bandwidth of the first RAT, one or more transmit parameters for transmission of the radio signal according to the second RAT within the guard band of the first RAT, for transmission of the radio signal to comply with emission limits for the first RAT. The one or more transmit parameters include a frequency position of the radio signal within the guard band for the first RAT. The radio node also configures the radio node with the one or more transmit parameters for transmitting the radio signal according to the second RAT within the guard band of the first RAT.
US10992431B2	Method and system for a repeater network that utilizes distributed transceivers with array processing A device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central processor and a network management engine may be configured to function as relay device, relaying an input data stream from a source device to at least one other device. The relaying may include configuring one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers to particular mode of relay operation and receiving the input data stream from the source device via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers. The relaying may also include transmitting at least one relay data stream corresponding to the input data stream to the at least one other device, via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers.
US10992430B2	Method and system for MIMO transmission in a distributed transceiver network A transmitting device comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a baseband processor and a network management engine. Data streams are generated at baseband by the baseband processor. Diversity coding such as space-time coding may be performed over the generated data streams in the baseband. The transmitting device concurrently transmits each of the coded streams in a same radio frequency (RF) band to a receiving device over the entire distributed transceivers through associated antennas. When needed, the network management engine may identify one or more auxiliary devices providing available transceivers and antenna beamformers to the transmitting device for sharing. Beam patterns and antenna orientations may be determined for associated antennas of the available transceivers for the transmitting device. Each of the coded data streams in the same radio frequency band may be transmitted to the receiving device over the entire available transceivers for the transmitting device through the associated antennas.
US10992426B2	Data processing method, device and node Provided are a data processing method, device and node. The method includes: a second node determines that a first data sent from a first node exhibits data erasure; the second node sends feedback information to the first node, where the feedback information includes one of the following: an erasure rate, an erasure rate and an erasure position, the erasure rate is a proportion of resources that exhibit data erasure in resources corresponding to the first data, and the erasure position is a position of the resources that exhibit data erasure in the resources corresponding to the first data; the second node receiving a second data as determined according to the feedback information by the first node; the second node performs decoding according to the first item of data and the second data.
US10992422B2	Facilitating uplink control channel decoding for advanced networks Facilitating uplink control channel decoding for advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a system can comprise determining a channel estimate for an uplink control transmission received from a user equipment device via an uplink control channel, wherein the determining is based on a reference signal received from the user equipment device. The operations also can comprise determining a status of an acknowledgement that a data transmission was received by the user equipment device based on the channel estimate and a maximum likelihood estimation function.
US10992418B2	Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises an encoder to encode service data corresponding to a number of physical paths, a time interleaver to time interleave the encoded service data in each physical path, a frame builder to build at least one signal frame including the time interleaved service data, a modulator to modulate data in the built at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme and a transmitter to transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data.
US10992414B2	Electronic device and method for wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to an electronic device and a method for a wireless communication system. The electronic device for a wireless communication system comprises a processing circuit, the processing circuit being configured to perform terminal device grouping with respect to data transmissions on the basis of terminal device information, a plurality of data flows of terminal devices within a single group multiplexing resources by means of mode domain multiple access. The processing circuit is further configured to perform at least one of terminal device regrouping, intra group resource redistribution, and data detection scheme updating on the basis of detection information of data transmission, the data detection scheme being used for decoding received data on the basis of a serial detection algorithm.
US10992411B2	System and method for high reliability transmission with superposition modulation aided network coding Systems and methods described herein employ wireless physical network coding (WPNC) together with superposition modulation to support a highly reliable transmission. Embodiments include a composite constellation for carrying the side information that avoids use of extra resources. In additional embodiments, the MIMO, multi-stream transmission and multi-user superposition transmission (MUST) configurations are configured to utilize superposition modulation signaling.
US10992410B2	Blind detection and synchronization of data packets A method and receiver are disclosed for the blind detection and synchronization of data packets are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes generating a running histogram of received sample values for each of a plurality of frequency bins and symbol timing phases, the running histogram spanning a most recent block of symbols representing a candidate synchronization (sync) word. The method also includes, for each symbol interval: analyzing the histogram to estimate symbol timing phase, DC offset and frequency offset. The method also includes determining a first candidate sync word based at least in part on the symbol timing phase, frequency offset and corresponding DC offset the first candidate sync word representing a most recent vector of bits associated with the first candidate sync word. The method further includes discerning a lower address part (LAP) obtained from the first candidate sync word to enable detection of a packet.
US10992409B2	Wireless signal transmission method and device Provided in embodiments of the present disclosure is a wireless signal transmission method and device. The method includes: in presence of a plurality of sets of wireless signals having different configurations, cascading consecutive symbols in each of the plurality of sets of wireless signals into at least one symbol cascade block, where when lengths of valid symbols in any two sets of wireless signals of the plurality of sets of wireless signals having different configurations satisfy a proportional relationship of n:m, numbers of symbols in symbol cascade blocks of the two sets of wireless signals within a same time length satisfy a proportional relationship of m:n, and n and m are positive integers; and transmitting symbol cascade blocks of the plurality of sets of wireless signals in a preset order.
US10992408B2	Transport block size scaling factor indication for ultra-reliable low-latency communication Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some wireless communications systems may implement reliability thresholds for transmissions. Base stations and user equipment (UEs) may implement techniques to reduce coding rates in order to improve reliability. For example, a base station may dynamically indicate a UE-specific transport block size (TBS) scaling factor for communication. The base station may include an explicit TBS scaling factor indicator in a downlink transmission, an implicit indication of the TBS scaling factor based on an indicated mode of operation (for example, a repetition mode) for the UE, or a combination thereof. By dynamically selecting between different supported scaling factors, the wireless devices may implement TBS scaling factors that are non-proportional to resource scaling factors, resulting in lower coding rates. For example, the wireless devices may utilize lower scaling factors for repetition-based transmissions than single transmissions to improve the reliability of the repeated transmissions.
US10992406B2	Communication in passive optical networks (PONs) related to digital signal processing for optical signal (oDSP) A first apparatus in an optical communications network, the first apparatus comprises a transmitter; a receiver; a first MAC; and a first oDSP coupled to the transmitter, the receiver, and the first MAC and configured to communicate a message via a dedicated C&M channel with at least one of the first MAC, a second MAC in a second apparatus in the optical communications network, or a second oDSP in the second apparatus. A method comprises receiving an FS message comprising a PLOAM field, the PLOAM field contains oDSP-related C&M information, and the oDSP-related C&M information comprises a message type ID field and a Message_Content field; reading the message type ID field; and deciding, based on the message type ID field, whether to read the Message_Content field.
US10992405B2	Signal transmission method, signal receiving method, and device Embodiments of the present invention disclose a signal receiving method, a signal transmission method, and a device, and relate to the communications field, so as to resolve a problem that a supported quantity of UEs that perform orthogonal code division multiplexing through cyclic shifts is relatively small when a frequency deviation between a center frequency for receiving a signal by UE and a center frequency for transmitting a signal by a base station is greater than a subcarrier spacing used for communication between the base station and the UE. The embodiments of the present invention are used in a signal transmission process.
US10992402B2	Clock synchronization over a wireless connection Techniques for clock synchronization over a wireless connection are provided. A first wireless node determines an offset between a first clock used by the first wireless node for a wired connection between the first wireless node and at least one upstream node and a second clock used by the first wireless node for a wireless connection between the first wireless node and a second wireless node on the downstream. The first wireless node transmits an indication of the determined offset to the second wireless node for use by the second wireless node to calibrate a third clock corresponding to the first clock to synchronize the third clock with the first clock, wherein the third clock is used by the second wireless node for a second wired connection with at least one downstream node.
US10992396B1	Systems and methods for mapping resource blocks to network slices A RAN node may determine an aggregate signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of each resource block of a plurality of resource blocks, where the aggregate SNR of a given resource block of the plurality of resource blocks is based on SNRs of subcarrier frequencies of the given resource block. The RAN node may determine, based on a type of network traffic on each network slice of a plurality of network slices, an index value of each network slice of the plurality of network slices. The RAN node may map, based on the aggregate SNR of each resource block, based on the index value of each network slice, and for each resource block of the plurality of resource blocks, a resource block of the plurality of resource blocks to a network slice of the plurality of network slices.
US10992393B1	System, test setup as well as method for performing MIMO tests A system for performing multiple input/multiple output tests on a device under test has a central control unit and a least two antenna modules connected to the central control unit via a signal line, wherein the antenna modules comprise a radio-frequency antenna, a signal generation unit and at least one power measurement unit. Further, a test setup and a method for performing MIMO tests are shown.
US10992387B2	Port replicator A method of combining optical signals from a plurality of optical fibers into a single optical signal includes receiving, at corresponding optical-signal receivers optically coupled to corresponding trunk fibers, respective optical signals. The method further includes determining, by the corresponding optical-signal receivers, when each respective optical signal is received. When the respective optical signal is received, the method includes performing the following steps: converting, by the corresponding optical-signal receiver, the respective optical signal to a corresponding electrical signal; transmitting, by the corresponding optical-signal receiver, the corresponding electrical signal to a corresponding input channel of an electrical-multiplexing device; and configuring the electrical-multiplexing device to select the corresponding input channel. Configuring the electrical-multiplexing device to select the corresponding input channel causes the electrical-multiplexing device to transmit the corresponding electrical signal to an electro-optical converter configured to convert the corresponding electrical signal back to the respective optical signal.
US10992385B2	Apparatus and method for joint profile-based slicing of mobile access and optical backhaul Software Defined Networking concepts apply to access, fronthaul, backhaul and core networks of 5G mobile networks and beyond. Such network components currently have individual/segmented control planes and associated controllers to provide configurability, provisioning, and network slicing. This is because of technology disparity between these network components: access is wireless/cellular, backhaul and fronthaul are optical/fiber, and core is electrical/wire-line. A system/method is detailed that enables a coordinated and unified end-to-end slicing, wherein the coordination is provided in the system/method that (a) attaches to the respective controllers of these network components in real-time, (b) collects the connectivity topology of each network segment as the network evolves, (c) passes the slice-profile information (translating according to capabilities of that network segment to configure an end-to-end slice with a specified bandwidth requirement and service quality level), and (d) passes across a VLAN tag to be used across network segments to associate with the same slice.
US10992383B2	Ad hoc light-based mesh network Techniques are described for providing an ad hoc mesh network of nodes that employ a light-based transmission protocol, such as a version of light fidelity (LiFi). The mesh network includes multiple nodes that each includes transceiver(s) for sending and receiving light-based communications. A node in the mesh network can receive a message signal sent by another node, by detecting the light modulations emitted by the sending node to transmit the message signal. The receiving node can forward the message signal to other node(s) that are proximal to the receiving node (e.g., that are in line-of-sight with the receiving node), by emitting the appropriate light modulations to send the message signal. In this way, a message signal can be conveyed from one node to another, from one endpoint of the mesh network to another endpoint of the mesh network.
US10992381B2	Method for transmitting information and device for carrying out the method A method is provided for transmitting information and a device for carrying out the method, in which images are photographed by a camera with an image-taking rate, thus, especially frame rate, a controllable illuminant being disposed in the responsive range of the camera, where the control frequency (f_PWM) of the illuminant is less than the image-taking rate f1.
US10992380B2	Wireless optical communication system between a rotating element and a fixed element A system for transferring data between a rotating element and a fixed element by wireless optical communication, including a plurality of rotating optical transmitters distributed in a ring around the turning element and solidly attached to the rotating element, and at least one fixed optical receiver mounted on and solidly attached to the fixed element, arranged at the same height as the plurality of rotating optical transmitters in which the rotating optical transmitters simultaneously transmit a same optical signal, independently of the angular position of the rotating element and are sufficiently numerous such that regardless of the angular position of the rotating element, the fixed optical receiver receives an optical signal.
US10992379B2	Optical circulator for free space optical communication A free space optical communication system transmits and receives optical signals in a colorless manner using an optical circulator. The system installs the optical circulator with a single mode (SM) fiber at port 1, a double clad (DC) fiber at port 2, and a multimode (MM) fiber at port 3. The system injects a first optical signal into a core of the SM fiber. The system then routes the first optical signal at port 1, using the optical circulator, into a SM core of the DC fiber via Port 2. Further, the system injects a second optical signal into a first cladding of the DC fiber. The system then routes the second optical signal at port 2, using the optical circulator, into the MM fiber via Port 3.
US10992378B2	Information processing apparatus and optical fiber inspection method An information processing apparatus of a first information processing apparatus coupled to a second information processing apparatus via an optical fiber, the information processing apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to store, into the memory, a first reception power of an optical signal received via the optical fiber when an initial value is stored in the memory, store, into the memory, a second reception power of the optical signal received via the optical fiber when the first reception power is stored in the memory, and stop receiving the optical signal when a difference between the first reception power and the second reception power is equal to or greater than a first threshold value.
US10992376B2	Work machine The object is to provide a technique for predicting a time for performing maintenance of optical communication in an electronic component mounting device in which optical communication is performed. A controller in a time prediction process reads the voltage of an electrical signal from a storage section, calculates the slope with respect to time of the read voltage, and based on the amount of decrease with time of the voltage outputted from an AD converter, the time at which the voltage becomes to be equal to or less than a threshold value is calculated. The time at which the output value of the optical signal outputted from the mounting head will become equal to or less than the threshold value is then estimated.
US10992372B2	Methods and systems for assisting radio frequency selection Systems and methods are provided for monitoring aircraft to mitigate potential loss of communication scenarios. One exemplary method involves monitoring a plurality of communications channels using an onboard communications system, maintaining associations between respective communications channel assignments and respective operational contexts based on the plurality of clearance communications, and in response to detecting a change in an operational context of the aircraft, providing indication of a recommended communications channel based on an association between the recommended communications channel and one of the plurality of different operational contexts corresponding to a current operational context of the aircraft.
US10992370B2	Transmission device, transmission method, receiving device and receiving method Provided is control information related to polarizations of antennas for MISO communication. The control signal generator generates polarization information indicating whether antennas used for transmission by MISO have only a first polarization or have a second polarization as well as the first polarization. With this structure, the present invention allows for the use of combinations of SISO, MISO and MIMO, taking the polarization of antennas. Furthermore, the present invention enables the receiver to reduce the power consumption.
US10992365B2	Beam selection method, apparatus and system Disclosed are a beam selection method, apparatus and system. The method comprises: a receiving device receives at least one set of beam associating information from a sending device, each set of which including an association relation between a first beam and at least one second beam; and selects, according to the information, a beam to be received among beams from the sending device, i.e., the receiving device may quickly select, according to the association relation between the first beam and the second beam, a beam to be received among beams from the sending device, so that the number of steps or measurements performed for the signal quality of beams during data receiving are reduced, thereby reducing the time spent on beam measurements, accelerating the process of beam measurement and selection of the receiving device, simplifying data receiving, and lowering the latency.
US10992362B2	Handling of beam pair links There is provided mechanisms for causing a switch to an alternative beam pair link. A terminal device is configured with a trigger condition for beam link failure. A method is performed by the terminal device. The method comprises estimating, during communication with a network node over a current beam pair link, that performance of the communication would be better if using the alternative beam pair link instead of the current beam pair link for the communication. The method comprises reporting beam link failure of the current beam pair link to the network node, without the trigger condition for beam link failure of the current beam pair link being met, thereby causing the switch to the alternative beam pair link.
US10992360B2	Feedback overhead reduction for precoders under high rank spatial channels Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to encode channel state information (CSI), e.g., enhanced type II CSI. A common frequency basis may be selected. Spatial-frequency coefficients, frequency basis related information, and/or spatial basis related information may be determined. At least a portion of the coefficients and/or information may be encoded in a CSI report.
US10992350B2	Cross-sub-band quasi co-location signaling Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may configure a first sub-band and a second sub-band of a system bandwidth for communication with a user equipment (UE). The base station may determine a spatial quasi co-location (QCL) relationship between the first sub-band and the second sub-band and may transmit signaling to the UE that indicates the determined spatial QCL relationship. Upon receiving the signaling, the UE may derive, based on the indicated spatial QCL relationship, spatial parameters (e.g., beam width, pointing angle, etc.) for communication with the base station via the second sub-band. The spatial parameters may be derived based on spatial parameters used for reception of a downlink transmission from the base station via the first sub-band. Subsequently, the UE may communicate with the base station via the second sub-band using the derived spatial parameters.
US10992348B1	Near field communication electronic bolt An electronic bolt using wireless communication is disclosed and includes a bolt coil formed on a surface of the bolt circuit board, and configured to receive a wireless energy from an electronic seal; and a chip electrically connected to the bolt coil, and configure to generate a wireless signal containing a unique identification to the bolt coil when the chip is driven by the wireless energy; a holder configured to fix and support the bolt circuit board; and a bolt housing configured to contain the bolt circuit board and the holder; wherein the electronic bolt is locked or unlocked with the electronic seal when the unique identification is confirmed by the electronic seal.
US10992344B2	Multi-use optical data, powerline data, and ground power interface for airplane factory automation A method for communicating data between a vehicle and a ground system comprises receiving, by a vehicle bus multiplexer on the vehicle, the data via a plurality of vehicle data buses from an onboard system. The method further comprises multiplexing, by the vehicle bus multiplexer, the data into at least one data path of a multi-use power interface. Also, the method comprises transmitting, by the multi-use power interface via at least one data path, the data from the vehicle bus multiplexer to a ground bus multiplexer associated with the ground system. In addition, the method comprises demultiplexing, by the ground bus multiplexer, the data from at least one data path of the multi-use power interface into a plurality of ground data buses associated with the ground system. Further, the method comprises transmitting, by the ground bus multiplexer, the data via the plurality of ground data buses to the ground system.
US10992341B2	Low-complexity beamforming for a multi-line communication system A multi-line digital transceiver configured to use low-complexity beamforming on at least some tones to boost effective SNR values for selected subscriber lines. In an example embodiment, the beamforming coefficients can be restricted to one-bit values or two-bit values, e.g., such that the corresponding beamforming computations can be implemented using only sign changes, swaps of the real and imaginary parts, and/or zeroing of some values, and without invoking any full-precision hardware multiplication operations. At least some embodiments can be run on a significantly simpler and/or less powerful vectoring engine than conventional beamforming solutions while still being able to provide nearly optimal beamforming SNR gains. In some embodiments, additional scaling by powers of two may be applied to at least some signals contributing to the beamforming, e.g., to satisfy power constraints for some or all of the subscriber lines.
US10992338B1	Secure wireless IOT platform A secure wireless IoT platform configured to provide secure channel hopping for transmitting or receiving messages over a television whitespace spectrum. The platform includes a client device and a base station in communication with a gateway device which provides internet access. A secret key is determined based on the transmission loss associated with the transmission and potentially a new parameter. A next hopping channel is determined in a safe manner to ensure secure communications between the multiple devices.
US10992337B2	High-order PSK signaling (HOPS) techniques for low-power spread spectrum communications A High-Order PSK Signaling (HOPS) communications system which adapts sequence-based spread spectrum signaling techniques to the needs of low-power commercial standards. A HOPS signal generation apparatus incudes a seed calculator configured to calculate a series of seed vectors in response to a plurality of time-evolving key values wherein each of the seed vectors includes a plurality of index values calculated based upon the current key values. A sequence generator is configured to generate a series of time-evolving spreading sequences using the series of seed vectors. A modulator is operative to generate the communications signal by spreading the data signal using the spreading sequences. A transmitter transmits an analog version of the communications signal.
US10992334B2	Radio frequency switches with controllable resonant frequency Radio frequency (RF) switches with controllable resonant frequency are provided herein. In certain embodiments, an RF switch includes a stack of two or more field-effect transistors (FETs) electrically connected between a first terminal and a second terminal. Additionally, the RF switch further includes an inductor connected between the first terminal and the second terminal and in parallel with the stack of FETs. A first portion of the FETs are controlled to turn on or off the RF switch. Additionally, a second portion of the FETs are controlled to provide tuning to a resonant frequency of the RF switch when the RF switch is turned off.
US10992333B2	Smart phone holder A holder for holding a mobile device may include a back plate. A strut is operatively associated with the back plate so that the strut can be moved with respect to the back plate. A strut lock operatively associated with the back plate and the strut holds the back plate and strut in a desired position. A first jaw operatively associated with the back plate is sized to engage a portion of the mobile device. A second jaw sized to engage a portion of the mobile device is operatively associated with the back plate so that the second jaw can be moved toward and away from the first jaw to hold a mobile device therebetween.
US10992329B2	Signal processing systems and methods A noise reduction system for a digital receiver reduces noise in signals received at the digital receiver. The digital receiver includes an input for receiving an analogue signal, analogue signal processing circuitry for processing an analogue signal, and an output for providing the processed signal to a digital signal processor. The noise reduction system is located between the input and the analogue signal processing circuitry, and includes a first component that outputs results of a noise signal identification and a second component that applies one or more counter-measures to the received analogue signal to produce a modified analogue signal. The modified analogue signal has a reduced level of noise compared to the received analogue signal, wherein the noise reduction system is arranged to assess the effectiveness of the one or more counter-measures applied by the second component to determine whether any further counter-measures are required.
US10992328B2	Communications devices, infrastructure equipment and methods A communications device including a receiver configured to receive a plurality of sub-units of an encoded transport block of data in a plurality of time-divided units within frequency resources of a wireless access interface allocated to the mobile terminal, each of the sub-units being received a repeated number of times within a repetition cycle; and circuitry configured to combine a same sub-unit received the repeated number of times to form a composite sub-unit to recover the transport block.
US10992327B2	Wireless radio frequency communication system A system comprises an antenna, a port converting device, an information transmission device, a shield case, and a reference voltage end; wherein the antenna, the port converting device, and the information transmission device are connected sequentially, and the information transmission device is disposed within the shield case, and both the shield case and the port converting device is connected with the reference voltage end; the antenna is configured for a conversion between a radio frequency signal and a single-ended signal; the port converting device is configured for a conversion between the single-ended signal and target differential mode signals; the information transmission device is configured to transmit and process the target differential mode signals; and parameters of components in the port converting device is determined according to a preset communication frequency and a voltage amplitude and phase of a differential mode signal.
US10992320B2	Communication method and system with on demand temporal diversity The disclosure may provide for a communication method and system. A transmitter of the communication system may include an interleaver and a first encoder for determining parity bits. The transmitter also may include a multiplexer for joining the parity bits with the data. A second encoder may be positioned after the multiplexer for implementing an error correcting code. A receiver of the communication system may include a decoder followed by an interleaver. When errors are detected in received data at the decoder, one or more processors of the receiver may be configured to correct portions of the received data and combine the corrected portions with the received data.
US10992317B2	Low density parity check encoder having length of 64800 and code rate of 5/15, and low density parity check encoding method using the same A low density parity check (LDPC) encoder, an LDPC decoder, and an LDPC encoding method are disclosed. The LDPC encoder includes first memory, second memory, and a processor. The first memory stores an LDPC codeword having a length of 64800 and a code rate of 5/15. The second memory is initialized to 0. The processor generates the LDPC codeword corresponding to information bits by performing accumulation with respect to the second memory using a sequence corresponding to a parity check matrix (PCM).
US10992316B2	Zero padding apparatus for encoding fixed-length signaling information and zero padding method using same A zero padding apparatus and method for fixed length signaling information are disclosed. A zero padding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a processor configured to generate a LDPC information bit string by deciding a number of groups whose all bits are to be filled with 0 using a difference between a length of the LDPC information bit string and a length of a BCH-encoded bit string, selecting the groups using a shortening pattern order to fill all the bits of the groups with 0, and filling at least a part of remaining groups, which are not filled with 0, with the BCH-encoded bit string; and memory configured to provide the LDPC information bit string to an LDPC encoder.
US10992313B2	Reading and writing compressed data using long-term storage A storage system receives one or more records from a host system. The records are compressed in a first compression format that is native to the host system. The storage system identifies an incompatibility between the first compression format and a first operation of the storage system. In response to the identified incompatibility, the storage system decompresses the received records. The decompression is based on the first compression format. The storage system compresses the decompressed records in a second compression format. The storage system stores the secondarily compressed records onto a storage medium.
US10992307B2	Frequency signal generation apparatus and frequency signal generation system A frequency signal generation apparatus includes a light source, an atom cell with gaseous alkali metal atoms and a buffer gas enclosed therein, through which light output from the light source passes, and a container with a gas containing gas molecules in common with the buffer gas enclosed, housing the atom cell, wherein pressure of the common gas molecules is substantially the same within the atom cell and within the container.
US10992305B2	Initialization method for precision phase adder A method for initializing a phase adder circuit including a multiplier circuit with its two inputs receiving signals of frequency fo, a mixer circuit, an amplifier circuit, a low pass loop filter, and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), the method including: during a first phase, determining a reference voltage which when applied to the VCO causes it to produce a signal having a frequency of nf0; during a second phase, supplying a signal of frequency nfo to a first input of the mixer and a signal of frequency (nfo+Δf) to a second input of the mixer; and determining an adjustment signal which when applied to the amplifier circuit causes the amplifier circuit to output a signal having a DC component equal to the reference voltage; and during a third phase, forming a primary phase locked loop (PLL) circuit including the mixer, the amplifier circuit, the low pass loop filter and the VCO; and applying the adjustment signal to the amplifier circuit.
US10992285B2	Group delay compensation filter A group delay compensation filter includes: a waveguide that has a first slot and that is configured to transmit a signal; and a first dielectric resonator that includes: a first dielectric, a first metal layer formed over a surface of the first dielectric, and a first opening provided in the first metal layer, wherein the first dielectric resonator is in contact with the waveguide with the first opening coupled to the first slot, and wherein the first dielectric resonator is configured to compensate group delay in a first frequency band of the signal.
US10992284B2	Filter using transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators with multiple frequency setting layers Acoustic filters and methods are disclosed. A single-crystal piezoelectric is attached to a substrate, portions of the piezoelectric plate forming one or more diaphragms spanning respective cavities in the substrate. A conductor pattern is formed on the piezoelectric plate, the conductor pattern including a plurality of interdigital transducers (IDTs) of a plurality of resonators, interleaved fingers of each of the plurality of IDTs disposed on a respective diaphragm of the one or more diaphragms. A first frequency setting dielectric layer having a first thickness is disposed over the fingers of the IDTs of a first subset of the plurality of resonators. A second frequency setting dielectric layer having a second thickness greater than the first thickness is disposed over the fingers of the IDTs of a second subset of the plurality of resonators, wherein the first subset and the second subset are not identical.
US10992282B1	Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators with electrodes having a second layer of variable width There is disclosed acoustic resonators and filter devices. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces, the back surface attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the single-crystal piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. The interleaved fingers include a first layer having a rectangular shape adjacent the diaphragm and a second layer over the first layer opposite the diaphragm, and wherein a width of the second layer varies along a length of each finger.
US10992278B2	Multi-stage LNA with reduced mutual coupling A low noise amplifier includes at least two variable gain amplifier stages, each variable gain amplifier configured to accept an input signal and to provide a load driving signal; a tunable bandpass filter connected as a load to each variable gain amplifier stage, wherein each bandpass filter includes a resonant tank, each resonant tank including an inductor, wherein each inductor of each resonant tank is oriented in orthogonal relation with respect to each respective longitudinal axis of each next inductor, the orthogonal relation of the respective longitudinal axes configured to reduce mutual coupling between the tunable bandpass filters; a cross-coupled transistor pair, and at least one cross-coupled compensation transistor pair biased in a subthreshold region configured to add a transconductance component as a function of a load driving signal; and, a controller circuit configured to tune each tunable bandpass filter.
US10992276B2	Metadata for ducking control An audio encoding device and an audio decoding device are described herein. The audio encoding device may examine a set of audio channels/channel groups representing a piece of sound program content and produce a set of ducking values to associate with one of the channels/channel groups. During playback of the piece of sound program content, the ducking values may be applied to all other channels/channel groups. Application of these ducking values may cause (1) the reduction in dynamic range of ducked channels/channel groups and/or (2) movement of channels/channel groups in the sound field. This ducking may improve intelligibility of audio in the non-ducked channel/channel group. For instance, a narration channel/channel group may be more clearly heard by listeners through the use of selective ducking of other channels/channel groups during playback.
US10992272B2	High-frequency module with connection interface A high-frequency module can be used in communication satellites. The high-frequency module contains an electronic unit and a housing. The housing at least partially encloses the electronic unit, and the electronic unit is arranged at least partially in an interior space of the housing. An internal connector is arranged on the housing, which is coupled to the electronic unit such that electrical signals can be transmitted between the electronic unit and the internal connector. The internal connector is constructed integrally with at least a part of the housing. This allows a thermo-mechanical stress on the electronic unit to be reduced.
US10992263B2	High frequency yttrium iron garnet oscillator as well as method of manufacturing a high frequency yttrium iron garnet oscillator A high frequency yttrium iron garnet oscillator is described that comprises a coplanar yttrium iron garnet resonator. The coplanar yttrium iron garnet resonator has an yttrium iron garnet sphere, a coplanar coupling structure and a coplanar waveguide. The coplanar coupling structure is integrated with the coplanar waveguide. The coplanar coupling structure is coupled to the yttrium iron garnet sphere. Further, a method of manufacturing a high frequency yttrium iron garnet oscillator is described.
US10992261B2	Semiconductor integrated circuitry In semiconductor integrated circuitry having metal layers and via layers sandwiched between adjacent said metal layers, a capacitor is formed from metal structures implemented in first to third metal layers. The metal structures comprise strips having widths parallel to the layers. The strips of the first layer form a first comb having a base strip and a plurality of finger strips extending from the base strip, the widths of the strips being in a lower range of widths. The strips of the second layer form a second comb having a base strip and a plurality of finger strips extending from the base strip, the widths of the finger strips being in the lower range of widths. The width of each base strip formed in the second layer is in an intermediate range of widths; and the strips formed in the third layer have widths in a higher range of widths.
US10992260B2	Oscillator device In an oscillator device that outputs a frequency signal based on an oscillation frequency of a crystal resonator and a frequency setting value, a frequency difference detector that obtains a difference value corresponding to a frequency difference between the output frequency of the oscillator device and an external clock signal and a temperature detector are disposed. An aging coefficient and a temperature characteristic coefficient are obtained based on a secular change of the difference value obtained in the frequency difference detector and a secular change of the detected temperature during a period where the external clock signal is obtained. Furthermore, a frequency correction value is calculated using the aging coefficient and the temperature characteristic coefficient during a holdover period, and the frequency correction value is added to the frequency setting value.
US10992257B2	State of health mechanisms for energy generation systems A method of monitoring state of health for an energy generation system includes receiving a measurement of a parameter of an electrical component in the PV energy generation system at an instance in time, referencing a look-up table containing several values of the parameter representing an expected degradation trend across a progression of time for the electrical component, comparing the measurement to an expected value of the expected degradation trend for a period of time corresponding to the instance in time, and initiating a preventative measure based upon the comparison between the measurement and the expected value of the expected degradation trend.
US10992250B2	Integrated photovoltaic module mounting system for use with tufted geosynthetics A mounting system 110 for a solar panel 11 includes a base plate 114 having an elongated mounting slot 116, a spacer beam 124 with a slot 128, a first T-shaped fastener 131 having a mounting plate 132 with a width slightly smaller than the size of the slot and a length larger than the size of the slot, so that the mounting plate may be passed through the slot and then rotated so that it then cannot pass back through the slot. A second T-shaped fastener 137 having the same configuration couples the solar panel to the spacer. The system optionally has a ballast system 145 which includes a ballast tray 146 and third T-shaped fastener 155 of the same configuration for coupling the tray to the base plate. An anti-creep strip 161 is coupled to the base member through fourth T-shaped fasteners 162 of the same configuration.
US10992246B2	Controller for AC rotary machine To provide a controller for an AC rotary machine capable of performing on/off control of the switching device of the set which does not fail, by considering the state of the AC rotary machine related to the windings of the failed set. A controller for an AC rotary machine, about a set in which the switching device failed, stops dq-axis current control, and turns on, in the case of the short circuit failure, and turns off, in the case of the open circuit failure, at least the respective phase switching devices of the positive electrode side or the negative electrode side which is the same side as the failed switching device; and about a set which does not fail, continues dq-axis current control and changes the current component of the d-axis according to the state of the AC rotary machine related to the windings of the failed set.
US10992244B2	Load driving circuit Two control input pins INA and INB receive two control input signals from an external circuit. A logic circuit generates an internal signal SINT for indicating the state of an H-bridge circuit according to the two control input signals INA and INB. A pre-driver drives the H-bridge circuit based on the internal signal SINT. When the two control input signals INA and INB continue in a predetermined state for a predetermined judgment period of time, a standby circuit switches a driving circuit to a standby mode.
US10992243B2	System and computer-implemented method for reducing angle error in electric motors A system and computer-implemented method for reducing an angle error in an estimated position of a rotor over various loads on an electric motor or type of electric motor. Electrical parameters of an electric motor are measured, a true rotor position is found, and sensorless gains based on the measured parameters are generated, including determining a sensorless angle. Data is gathered at multiple torque levels for at least one speed of the motor, including for each torque level, trying different inductance values, and determining an inductance value that results in an angle error of zero. The angle error is the difference between the true rotor position and the sensorless angle. The inductance value that results in an angle error of zero for each speed may be saved in an electronic memory and used to better control the motor or other motors of the same type.
US10992240B2	Power conversion device A power conversion device which reduces switching losses and stabilizes the output power. A switching-mode changer generates a reference signal for switching a mode of operation of the full-bridge circuit to a first switching mode or a second switching mode. In the first switching mode, an upper arm and a lower arm are switched synchronously, and a lower arm and an upper arm are non-conducting. In the second switching mode, the lower arm and the upper arm are switched synchronously, and the upper arm and the lower arm are non-conducting. The switching-mode changer adjusts the phase of the reference signal so that the reactive power is reduced.
US10992239B1	Single-stage three-phase high-gain boost type three-port integrated inverter A single-stage three-phase high-gain boost-type three-port integrated inverter includes a center-tapped energy storage inductor, a three-phase inverter bridge and a three-phase filter, which are successively connected in cascade. A drain terminal and a source terminal of the energy storage switch are respectively connected to the center tap of the energy storage inductor and the negative electrode of an input DC power source. A battery charge/discharge switch unit is connected between a positive electrode of the input DC power source, a positive electrode of a battery and two ends of the center-tapped energy storage inductor. The inverter has three ports, an input port, an output port, and an energy storage port. The inverter has three modes which are the input power supply supplies power to the output load and the battery, the input power supply and battery supply power to the output load, and the battery supplies power to the load.
US10992236B2	High efficiency AC direct to DC extraction converter and methods An improved AC direct to DC extraction conversion system is described. The AC direct to DC extraction conversion system consists of an efficient electronic switch employed to provide controlled pulsed power to a storage device. The AC to DC converter in one minimal version consists of a pair of N-MOSFET transistors, a voltage divider, a storage element and a pair of diodes. The design enables high efficiency with minimal components that may be fully integrated onto silicon.
US10992234B2	Adaptive control of synchronous rectifier switching device A circuit for controlling a power converter includes an SR switching device, a light load detection circuit generating a load detection signal in response to a conduction signal and an operation mode signal, and an SR driver generating a control signal having a value according to the load detection signal and provide the control signal to the SR switching device. A method of controlling a power converter includes generating a load detection signal in response to a conduction signal and an operation mode signal and generating a control signal having a value according to the load detection signal. The control signal has a first value when the load detection signal is asserted and has a second value when the load detection signal is de-asserted.
US10992231B1	Buck-boost converter and control method A controller includes a first timer for setting a turn-on time of a first high-side switch of a buck-boost converter, wherein the turn-on time of the first high-side switch is determined by an input voltage of the buck-boost converter, an output voltage of the buck-boost converter and a first predetermined bias voltage, a second timer for setting a turn-on time of a second low-side switch of the buck-boost converter, wherein the turn-on time of the second low-side switch is determined by the input voltage of the buck-boost converter, the output voltage of the buck-boost converter and a second predetermined bias voltage, and a valley current mode control device for setting a turn-on time of a first low-side switch and a turn-on time of a second high-side switch of the buck-boost converter.
US10992230B1	Multi-phase switching mode power supply with adaptive synchronous drivers A multi-phase switching mode power supply (SMPS) with adaptive synchronous drivers is provided. A pulse width modulator creates n periodic interleaved modulation pulses having a pulse width responsive to a load voltage. Modulation pulses are converted into selectively enabled driver pulses having a duty cycle responsive to the modulation pulse. The polarity of the voltage is detected at a completion of each driver pulse duty cycle. A comparator signal is supplied in response to comparing detected voltages to a reference voltage, and in turn, driver gating signals are supplied to selectively enable driver pulses in response to analyzing comparator signals. The comparator signals are summed and integrated. Driver pulses are enabled or disabled in response to the integrated sum. Energy is stored from each driver pulse into a corresponding inductor, and supplied as current to a load, creating the load voltage.
US10992229B2	Comparator with preamplifier gain adjustment based on overdrive voltage An electrical system includes: 1) a buck converter; 2) a battery coupled to an input of the buck converter; and 3) a load coupled to an output of the buck converter. The buck converter includes a high-side switch, a low-side switch, and regulation loop circuitry coupled to the high-side switch and the low-side switch. The regulation loop circuitry includes a comparator with preamplifier gain adjustment circuitry configured to adjust a preamplifier gain of the comparator based on an overdrive voltage.
US10992226B1	Startup detection for parallel power converters Circuits and methods for controlling the startup of multiple parallel power converters that avoid in-rush current and/or switch over-stress in an added power converter or a power converter having one or more fault conditions. Embodiments include node status detectors coupled to selected nodes within parallel-connected power converters to monitor voltage and/or current, and configured in some embodiments to work in parallel with an output status detector measuring the output voltage of an associated power converter during startup. With charge pump-based power converters, the node status detectors ensure that the pump capacitors of each power converter are adequately charged while the output capacitor is charged as well. For such embodiments, a soft-start period of startup may be considered finished if both the shared output capacitors and the pump capacitors of each power converter are charged to selected target values. Embodiments may also be used for fault detection during steady-state operation.
US10992223B2	Semiconductor device having power supply voltage circuit, charge pump, comparator, and load circuit for controlling memory device A semiconductor device capable of stabilizing an internal voltage is provided. According to one embodiment, the semiconductor device comprises a stabilized power supply circuit for generating a first voltage, a charge pump circuit for generating a second voltage different from the first voltage using the first voltage, the COUT2 including a comparison circuit for comparing the second voltage with a reference voltage, and a dummy load circuit controlled to be turned on or off in response to a comparison result signal COUT2 outputted from the comparison circuit, and the Dummy load circuit receives the comparison result signal COUT2 and is turned on for a predetermined period, whereby at least a part of a current IDD based on the first voltage flows into the dummy load circuit.
US10992222B2	Detection circuit and electronic device using the same A detection circuit and an electronic device using the detection circuit are provided. The detection circuit includes a fourth branch, a fifth branch and a third energy storage unit. The fourth branch includes multiple fourth switches, and the fifth branch includes multiple fifth switches. A preset electrical signal threshold is sampled and applied to the third energy storage unit by controlling the multiple fourth switches in the fourth branch, and a voltage difference between two detection terminals of a first energy storage unit is sampled and applied to the third energy storage unit by controlling the multiple fifth switches in the fifth branch, to compare the voltage difference between the two detection terminals with the preset electrical signal threshold.
US10992218B2	Harmonic suppression device and harmonic suppression system A harmonic suppression device includes a power converter that generates a harmonic suppression current that is an electric current for suppressing a harmonic current flowing in a power line and outputs the generated harmonic suppression current to the power line, a communication unit that exchanges signals with other harmonic suppression devices, and a controller that controls the power converter based on a signal received by the communication unit.
US10992217B2	Insulated power source and power conversion device To suppress a leakage current flowing through a parasitic capacitor of an insulated transformer of a high-side insulated power. The present invention suppresses a common mode current using a common mode reactor by focusing on the fact that a leakage current flowing through a parasitic capacitor of an insulated transformer of a high-side insulated power source resulting from a high-frequency signal generated due to an on/off operation of a high-side switching element is the common mode current. The common mode reactor reduces the common mode current and bears the high-frequency signal to prevent the high-frequency signal from being applied to the insulated transformer of the high-side insulated power source, suppress the leakage current flowing through the parasitic capacitor of the insulated transformer, and reduce an erroneous operation of the high-side switching element generated due to the leakage current flowing through the parasitic capacitor of the insulated transformer.
US10992216B2	Linear motor Provided is a linear motor, including a housing having a receiving space; a vibrator and a stator received therein; an elastic member suspending the vibrator in the housing; and a circuit board. The housing includes a bottom cover and a shell covering the bottom cover and enclosing the receiving space together with the bottom cover. The stator includes an iron core fixed in the housing, a yoke sleeved on the iron core, and first and second coils provided on two sides of the yoke. The second coil is provided between the yoke and the bottom cover. The circuit board is fixed to the bottom cover. The vibrator includes a magnet spaced apart from the stator. The iron core is provided with a groove formed by recessing inwardly from a surface thereof. A coil lead of the first coil passes through the groove to be electrically connected to the circuit board.
US10992214B2	Linear vibration motor A linear vibration motor includes: a housing having a receiving space; a vibrator unit received in the housing; and a stator configured to drive the vibrator unit to vibrate. The vibrator unit includes at least two vibrators arranged along a vibrating direction and spaced apart from each other. Two adjacent vibrators of the at least two vibrators are connected by an elastic holder; the elastic holder includes a first fixed portion, two second fixed portions respectively located at two sides of the first fixed portion, and two deformation portions connecting the first fixed portion with the second fixed portion; the first fixed portion is fixed to the housing; and the two second fixed portions are respectively fixed to the two adjacent vibrators. The linear vibration motor can provide rigidity support to the vibrators.
US10992206B2	Field discharge resistor unit and synchronous motor including same A field discharge resistor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention is a device coupled to a rotary shaft of a synchronous motor and connected to a coil wound on a rotor of the synchronous motor, to reduce a magnitude of an electric current flowing through the coil wound on the rotor, and comprises: a hub which has a receiving space therein and is coupled to the rotary shaft of the synchronous motor so that a rotary movement of the hub matches that of the shaft; and at least one conductor disk received in the receiving space of the hub and may function as a resistor when an electric current flows therethrough.
US10992205B2	Arrangement for cooling of an electrical machine The present invention relates to an arrangement for cooling of an electrical machine. The electrical machine comprises a rotor rotatably arranged around a rotation axis, a stator including a stator winding arranged radially outside of the rotor, a housing enclosing the rotor and the stator, at least one drain hole configured to drain a cooling fluid from the housing, at least one spraying device configured to spray cooling fluid on the stator winding and a pump configured to pump cooling fluid to the spraying device. The arrangement comprises a control unit, which is configured, when the electrical machine is in operation, to receive information of the temperature in at least one position of the stator winding and to control the pump such that it pumps a flow rate of the cooling fluid to the spraying device, which is related to the estimated temperature of the stator winding.
US10992203B2	Axial gap type rotary electric machine The purpose of the present invention is to ensure reliability and installation space reduction of crossover wires of an axial gap type rotary electric machine. An axial gap type rotary electric machine having: a stator which is constructed by annularly arranging multiple core units about an axis of rotation, each of the core units having at least a core, windings disposed around the outer periphery of the core, and crossover wires leading out from the windings; at least one rotor which faces an axial end surface of the cores with a gap therebetween; and a rotary shaft which rotates along with the rotor. The axial end surface side and the outer diameter side of the stator, is provided with multiple wiring support sections, each having an arc-shaped base part extending in a rotational direction along the annular shape of the outer diameter side of the stator, wherein the base part has a length extending over the outer diameter-side end surfaces of two or more adjoining core units and a predetermined axial width, and is equipped with multiple axial grooves for guiding the crossover wires in the rotational direction which are disposed on the opposite surface of the base from the rotary shaft. The rotary electric machine has a molding resin for integrally molding the wiring support sections with the stator.
US10992202B2	Slotless electric motor and coil unit thereof Disclosed are a slotless electric motor and a coil unit thereof. In the coil unit of the slotless electric motor, a first coil and a second coil overlap each other while a first end turn of the first coil and a first end turn of the second coil face each other and a first coil-side of the second coil is inserted between two coil-sides of the first coil, wherein each of the first coil and the second coil comprises two coil-sides parallel to each other, ends of the two coil-sides are connected through a first end turn and a second end turn having a curved shape, respectively, and the first end turn is bent to make a pre-configured angle with respect to the two coil-sides.
US10992201B2	Electrical propulsion system with corona suppression on a vehicle An electrical machine of a vehicle electrical propulsion system includes a stator, a rotor, and a stator winding all disposed within a housing thereof. The stator defines a central bore elongated along a longitudinal axis, and multiple slots circumferentially disposed around the central bore. The rotor is held within the central bore and rotates relative to the stator. The stator winding includes a core conductor, an insulation layer surrounding the core conductor, and a conductive shield layer surrounding the insulation layer. The stator winding extends through the slots of the stator. The stator winding includes an in-slot portion within the slots of the stator and an end-winding portion outside of the slots. The conductive shield layer surrounds the insulation layer along both the in-slot portion and the end-winding portion of the stator winding.
US10992199B2	Hydroelectrical machine coil insulation method An insulation system and method are disclosed for insulating formed coils of hydroelectric machines, such as a hydroelectric generator. The system includes strand/turn insulation that may include one or more layers of different materials, depending upon the dielectric requirements. A ground wall insulation is applied over the group of turns. The coil may be sized in a slot cell section. Additional insulation layers are provided, including a slot corona suppression insulation that extends just beyond stator slots, a voltage grading layer, and an armor layer. Time temperature profiles and preheating may be used to cure coil sections via press and heat. The resulting system is suitable for installation in situ, and affords superior resistance to degradation.
US10992198B2	Motor A motor includes a stator including a stator core and teeth respectively protruding from the stator core, and coils respectively wound onto the teeth n (n is an integer of 3 or greater) turns. In a cross section in a first direction representing each of directions of protrusion of the teeth from the stator core, a k-th (k is an integer, 1
US10992195B2	System for cooling an electric machine A system for cooling an electric machine having two components, one of the two components rotor and the other a stator, the two components enclosing a central axis of the electric machine coaxially, The rotor during operation of the electric machine rotates relative to the stator, wherein at least one axially oriented channel passes through at least one component. A fan is arranged at a first end of the at least one channel, wherein a turbine is arranged at a second end of the at least one channel. The fan is designed to enable air to flow, flowing from the first end through the at least one axially oriented channel to the second end.
US10992194B2	Rotor of an inner-rotor motor with reliable engagement between the shaft and the permanent magnets A rotor of an inner-rotor motor includes a shaft having a connecting portion. A permanent magnet is mounted around the connecting portion of the shaft. The permanent magnet includes at least one first engaging portion. At least one coupling member includes a through-hole. The shaft extends through the through-hole. The at least one coupling member includes a second engaging portion engaged with the at least one first engaging portion of the permanent magnet.
US10992192B2	Stator core or a rotor core for an electrical machine with reduced eddy current losses and high magnetic conductivity and mechanical strength A stator core or a rotor core for an electrical machine, the core including a plurality of teeth separated by slots in a circumferential direction of the core, and a plurality of lamination stacks arranged one after another in an axial direction of the core, and separated from each other in the axial direction by cooling ducts. Each lamination stack includes at its each end in the axial direction at least one slit tooth section providing a discontinuity in the electrical conductivity of the lamination material and thereby reducing eddy current losses at the respective slit tooth section, and between the slit tooth sections at least one regular tooth section.
US10992189B2	Method for wireless charging, transmitter, receiver and power management apparatus A method, a transmitter, a receiver, and a power management apparatus are provided for wireless charging. The method may include: acquiring, in response to an establishment of a connection from the wireless charging transmitter to a charger, voltage and current capability information of the charger; determining, in response to fast wireless charge identification information received from a wireless charging receiver, acknowledgment information corresponding to the fast wireless charge identification information according to the voltage and current capability information of the charger; sending the acknowledgment information to the wireless charging receiver; and requesting, in response to a charging request including desired voltage information and desired current information received from the wireless charging receiver, the charger for a voltage and a current corresponding to the desired voltage information and the desired current information, respectively.
US10992188B2	Wireless power transmitter A transmission antenna includes a resonant capacitor and a transmitter coil coupled in series. The driver includes a bridge circuit structured to apply a driving voltage to the transmission antenna. A current sensor detects current IS flowing through the bridge circuit. A foreign object detector detects the current IS flowing through the bridge circuit while changing switching frequency of the bridge circuit and determines whether a foreign matter is present or absent based on a difference between two frequencies fH and fL giving current lower than a peak by a predetermined ratio.
US10992186B2	Wireless power transmission device and method The present specification discloses a wireless power transmission device and method thereof. Here, the wireless power transmission device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a laser light source unit; a light output unit which emits laser light generated from the laser light source to a light receiving unit of the wireless power receiving device; and a control unit which controls shaping of the emitted light according to the angle of arrival with the light receiving unit so that an overfill loss is less than a predetermined threshold value. Here, the control unit detects the point at which the power conversion efficiency of the light receiving unit is highest, and sets and controls the power density value of the emitted light at the detected point.
US10992185B2	Systems and methods of using electromagnetic waves to wirelessly deliver power to game controllers Wireless charging systems and methods are disclosed herein. An example method includes: sending, by a receiver, a communication signal to a transmitter, the receiver being embedded in a radio frequency (RF) transparent housing that is adapted to electrically connect the game controller with the receiver, wherein: the receiver is separated from the transmitter by a non-zero distance, the RF transparent housing supports the game controller, and the communication signal includes information that allows the transmitter to determine the receiver's location. After the sending, the method includes: (A) receiving, by the receiver, RF signals from the transmitter, wherein: the transmitter determines parameters of the RF signals based on the communication signal, and at least one RF signal from the RF signals constructively interferences with at least one other RF signal from the RF signals at the receiver's location, and (B) converting, by the receiver, the received RF signals into electricity.
US10992183B2	High-frequency power supply device A high-frequency power supply device includes a power transmission coil, a high-frequency power circuit which converts direct-current power input from a direct-current power supply into high-frequency power and supply the high-frequency power to the power transmission coil, a detection circuit which detects a voltage based on a circuit operation of the high-frequency power circuit and output a detected voltage, a control circuit configured to control a circuit operation of the high-frequency power circuit and to determine a command value used to protect the high-frequency power supply device based on information externally input into a processor, a D/A converter which performs D/A conversion upon receiving the command value output from the control circuit and output a command voltage, and a comparator which compares the command voltage and the detected voltage with each other and output a stop signal used to stop a circuit operation of the high-frequency power supply device.
US10992177B2	Inductively coupled charger A device includes a charge controller to regulate a battery output voltage based on an input voltage and an input current received from a charging circuit. A loop controller monitors the input voltage and the input current to generate a feedback signal to adjust the input voltage to the charge controller.
US10992175B2	Communication circuit for 2-wire protocols between HVAC systems and smart-home devices A circuit for stealing power from an external system without interfering with a communication protocol includes a plurality of wiring connectors configured to receive a plurality of wires, where the plurality of wiring connectors receive a plurality of current levels set by the external system according to the communication protocol; a first voltage regulator to regulate a voltage on the plurality of wiring connectors at a plurality of voltage levels according to the communication protocol; a current monitor to measure the plurality of current levels received through the plurality of wiring connectors; a second voltage regulator that provides a current-limiting output; and a power converter that optimizes an amount of power stolen from the plurality of wiring connectors based on the current-limiting output.
US10992173B2	Optimized gate driver for low voltage power loss protection system An integrated circuit (IC) comprises a regulator circuit, a bootstrap control circuit, and a gate driver that drives a transistor pair in buck or boost mode to switch current through an inductor. The IC has a VIN terminal coupled to receive a voltage generated from an AC power source, a STR terminal coupled to receive a voltage from a stored power source (e.g., a capacitor bank), and a HSB terminal that is capacitively coupled to the inductor. When bucking or boosting, the regulator circuit generates VDD supply voltage from the stored power source, supplies the VDD supply voltage onto the bootstrap control circuit, and the bootstrap control circuit generates a gate driver supply voltage that is supplied to the gate driver circuit. When not bucking or boosting, voltage on the HSB terminal is maintained between a voltage threshold from the AC power source without draining the stored power source.
US10992168B2	Apparatus of power distribution and method of power distribution The power distribution device includes a power regulating device and a first auxiliary power distribution component. The power regulating device has a first output end connected to an AC power grid and a second output end. The first auxiliary power distribution component has a first movable end electrically connected to a load, a first fixed end electrically connected to the AC power grid and a second fixed end electrically connected to the second output end, and a ground line of the second fixed end is grounded. When the AC power grid is normal, the first movable end is connected to the first fixed end, such that the AC power grid supplies power to the load. And when the AC power grid is abnormal, the first movable end is connected to the second fixed end, such that the power regulating device supplies power to the load through the second output end.
US10992164B2	Electric system and method for energizing the electric system An electric system is disclosed. The electric system comprises first and second battery subassemblies, an interrupter, and a system controller. The interrupter connects the first battery subassembly in series to the second battery subassembly via a switched current-limiting path in parallel with a switched non-current-limiting path. The first battery subassembly causes closing of the switched current-limiting path when an energizing trigger is applied to the electric system. The system controller causes closing of the switched non-current-limiting path when energized by the first and second battery subassemblies. The electric system may be integrated in an electric vehicle. A method for energizing an electric system is also disclosed.
US10992154B2	Power supplying system and method A system for supplying adapted power to an electronic device with a reduced level of power consumption when the device is not in use includes a first power supplying module, a control module coupled to the first power supplying module, and an MCU coupled to the control module and coupled to the electronic device. The MCU is configured to switch on the first power supplying module when the first power supplying module is in a normal state, the normal state being an AC power supply coupled to the first power supplying module. The MCU detects an instant mode of the electronic device and outputs a first signal to the control module when the electronic device is in a standby mode. The control module is configured to switch off the first power supplying module when the first signal is received. A power supplying method is further provided.
US10992142B2	Current sensing circuit disconnect device and method A device and method are provided for saving power and electricity in a charging device including external power supplies and battery chargers having a primary circuit and a secondary circuit where a switch is located in the primary circuit and a current sensing device in the secondary circuit to sense when there is a drop in current in the secondary circuit or no current in the secondary circuit because the load such as a cell phone or tablet is charged and when this occurs the switch in the primary circuit is opened and the primary circuit no longer draws power from the source of power until the switch in the primary circuit is closed by either a user activating a switch to reenergize the charging device, where the switch may be powered by an on-board battery to close the primary circuit, or where a control circuit is activated by a program in the load or device to be charged, such that the charging device will cycle on and off according to an external app program residing on the device to be charged or some other device not attached to the controller.
US10992137B2	Mitigation of alternating current in pipelines This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to alternating current (AC) mitigation. An AC mitigation system may comprise a conductive portion of the pipeline, wherein the conductive portion of the pipeline is adjacent to a high voltage AC power transmission line. The AC mitigation system may comprise a ground wire connected to the conductive portion of the pipeline. The AC mitigation system may comprise a circuit electrically connected to the ground wire. The AC mitigation system may comprise a means for the conductive portion of the pipeline to route AC power through the circuit.
US10992135B2	Electrical load management system and method Techniques for distributing electrical power to a plurality of electrical loads can include coupling an existing group of electrical loads to a common power source through a load management system, measuring an aggregate group current drawn by at least the existing group of electrical loads and comparing the measured aggregate group current to an aggregate group current threshold value. When the measured aggregate group current exceeds the aggregate group current threshold value, increase a number of subgroups of the existing group, using subgroups that are formed without requiring information about individual current associated with the individual electrical loads, sequentially apply power to individual subgroups during non-overlapping time periods, sequentially measure at least a corresponding current drawn by the individual subgroups while power is applied to the subgroups, and sequentially comparing the measured current to a threshold value.
US10992131B2	Power supply system and power supply apparatus A power supply system includes at least two power supply apparatuses that supply current to one load. Each power supply apparatus includes a converter that supplies current to the load, a FET connected in series between the converter and the load, a current detection unit that detects current flowing between the converter and the load, and a droop characteristic controller that causes output voltage of the converter to droop at a droop rate determined based on the magnitude of load current flowing from the converter towards the load. The droop rate is greater when the load current is included in a first current section than when the load current is included in each of a second current section and a third current section. The second current section includes smaller current than the first current section. The third current section includes larger current than the first current section.
US10992130B2	Head-worn device having electrostatic discharge protection A head-worn device comprises a housing with an insulating housing wall and is housing a conducting element (24; 31) having at least one end embedded into the housing wall, and a component (22; 30) being arranged adjacent to the conducting element (24; 31). The component (22; 30) and the conducting element (24; 31) are being separated by a partitioning element (26; 28; 40) provided as an insulator. The partitioning element (26; 28; 40) is having a shape increasing the travelling distance for a spark between the conducting element (24; 31) and the component (22; 30) by at least 40%, and a thickness and a Dielectric Strength sufficient to resist 3 kV without breaking down.
US10992122B2	Configurable pressure bulkhead feedthrough A feedthrough device includes an outer shell having at least two separable parts and an inner sealing body that is retained within the outer shell when the separable parts are engaged with each other. The inner sealing body is configured to receive at least one wire therethrough.
US10992121B2	Adjustable mounting lug for electrical box An adjustable mounting lug for an electrical box that diminishes the degree of play of the adjustable mounting lug relative to at least an orientation of a front face of the electrical box. Sidewalls of the adjustable mounting lug can include a first portion comprising a first segment, and a second portion comprising a first inclined side, an intermediate curved side, and a second inclined side. The second portion can be configured accommodate the adjustable mounting lug having a relatively large height while maintaining at least a minimum length of a bottom wall of the adjustable mounting lug that is supported by a support louvre of the electrical box. The second portion also provides the sidewalls of the larger adjustable mounting lug with a configuration that can prevent the adjustable mounting lug from interfering with at least fittings in the box that can be associated with relatively large knockout openings.
US10992120B2	Sidewall closeout area assembly, system, and method for routing conductive elements in an aircraft There is provided a sidewall closeout area assembly for an aircraft. The assembly includes a raceway with a first end to attach to a sidewall assembly, a second end to attach to aircraft floor structure(s), and a raceway body with first access opening(s) providing access to one or more of, a crown area and an underfloor area, for conductive elements routed along the raceway. The assembly further includes a raceway cover removably coupled to the raceway and having second access opening(s) providing access to the cabin and to an overfloor area in the cabin for the conductive elements. The assembly further includes a closeout area formed between the raceway body and the raceway cover, to house and protect the conductive elements. The assembly facilitates accessibility to the conductive elements, and provides a routing path for the conductive elements that does not need to be reconfigured for different aircraft cabin layouts.
US10992117B2	Cutting and stripping tool for radio frequency (RF) radiating coaxial cable One embodiment is directed to a tool to cut and strip a radiating coaxial cable. The tool comprises first and second jaws, a linkage that couples the first jaw to the second jaw, a cutting blade, and a stripping blade. The tool is configured to position at least a portion of the cutting blade to cut and sever the cable at a first point along the cable when the tool is rotated around the cable while the first jaw and the second jaw are closed around the cable. The tool is configured to position at least a portion of the stripping blade to cut the jacket of the cable, without severing the cable, at a second point along the cable when the tool is rotated around the cable while the first jaw and the second jaw are closed around the cable. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10992115B2	Landscape advertising light box type miniaturized substation A landscape advertising light, box type miniaturized substation, belonging to the field of substations. The landscape advertising light box type miniaturized substation includes a box body; the box body is internally provided with a ring main unit, a transformer and an integrated low-voltage cabinet; the integrated low-voltage cabinet includes an incoming switch, a capacitor switch, a capacitor and an outgoing switch which are electrically connected in sequence; an output end of the ring main unit is electrically connected with an input end of the transformer, and an output end of the transformer is electrically connected with an input end of the incoming switch; a display screen is disposed outside the box body.
US10992114B2	Systems and methods for using dynamic materials in no-power actuation of telecommunications maintenance hardware A system described herein may allow for the actuating of venting apparatuses, without needing to supply electrical power. For example, a self-actuating material may be used, which may be responsive to heat, to open and/or close the venting apparatus. When the temperature of an apparatus, to which the venting apparatus is affixed, exceeds a threshold temperature, the venting apparatus may open. On the other hand, when the temperature of an apparatus, to which the venting apparatus is affixed, exceeds a threshold temperature, the venting apparatus may close.
US10992112B2	Fouling resistant spark plugs A spark plug includes an insulative sleeve. A glaze coating is disposed on an exterior surface of the insulative sleeve. The glaze coating includes a boric acid, a borosilicate glass, a barium borate glass, a phosphorous glass, a silicate glass, or a combination thereof. The glasses are independently modified with a modifier selected from the group consisting of alkali group metals, alkali earth group metals, aluminum, silicon, a halogen, or a combination thereof. The glaze coating has a softening point between about 650° C. and about 1100° C.
US10992110B2	VCSELS having mode control and device coupling A VCSEL can include: an active region configured to emit light; a blocking region over or under the active region, the blocking region defining a plurality of channels therein; a plurality of conductive channel cores in the plurality of channels of the blocking region, wherein the plurality of conductive channel cores and blocking region form an isolation region; a top electrical contact; and a bottom electrical contact electrically coupled with the top electrical contact through the active region and plurality of conductive channel cores. At least one conductive channel core is a light emitter, and others can be spare light emitters, photodiodes, modulators, and combinations thereof. A waveguide can optically couple two or more of the conductive channel cores. In some aspects, the plurality of conductive channel cores are optically coupled to form a common light emitter that emits light (e.g., single mode) from the plurality of conductive channel cores.
US10992109B2	Electrically isolating vertical-emitting devices A device includes a substrate, a first vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) array on the substrate, a second VCSEL array on the substrate and adjacent to the first VCSEL array, and an isolation structure between the first VCSEL array and the second VCSEL array. The isolation structure provides electrical isolation between the first VCSEL array and the second VCSEL array.
US10992108B2	Generation of high-power spatially-restructurable spectrally-tunable beams in a multi-arm-cavity vecsel-based laser system A collinear T-cavity VECSEL system generating intracavity Hermite-Gaussian modes at multiple wavelengths, configured to vary each of these wavelengths individually and independently. A mode converter element and/or an astigmatic mode converter is/are aligned intracavity to reversibly convert the Gaussian modes to HG modes to Laguerre-Gaussian modes, the latter forming the system output having any of the wavelengths provided by the spectrum resulting from nonlinear frequency-mixing intracavity (including generation of UV, visible, mid-IR light). The laser system delivers Watt-level output power in tunable high-order transverse mode distribution.
US10992107B2	Narrow-linewidth laser The present disclosure discloses a narrow-linewidth laser. The narrow-linewidth laser comprises a passive ring waveguide, a first passive input/output waveguide which is coupled with the passive ring waveguide, a gain wavelength-selection unit which is used for providing gain for the whole laser and is configured to be capable of selecting the light with a specific wavelength to be coupled into the passive ring waveguide, and a second passive input/output waveguide which is coupled with the passive ring waveguide in order to output lasing light from the laser. The narrow-linewidth semiconductor laser provided by the present disclosure has a simple structure and does not have butt-joint coupling loss between a gain region and a waveguide external cavity region. There is no a linewidth limitation caused by butt-coupling loss in such semiconductor lasers. Moreover, because of the integral formation semiconductor technique, the laser should have low cost, higher stability and reliability, and higher resistance to severe environment. Furthermore, based on a loss compensation structure, a ring external cavity of the laser can work in a critical coupling state under different coupling coefficients. Therefore, the laser with a narrow linewidth and a high side-mode suppression ratio should be achieved.
US10992105B2	Strain control in optoelectronic devices A coating having a mismatched coefficient of thermal expansion is applied to an underlying light emitting diode (LED) or laser diode (LD), such that as the temperature of the device changes, a varying level of strain is introduced to the underlying LED or LD. Because strain can also adjust the effective bandgap energy (and hence emission wavelength) of the device, the external strain-inducing coating can act to either compensate for the wavelength shift due to temperature (resulting in reduced dλ/dT) or accentuate it (resulting in increased dλ/dT). By proper selection of coating material and geometry, full control over dλ/dT can be achieved.
US10992104B2	Dual layer grating coupler A system includes a grating coupled laser and a photonic integrated circuit (PIC). The grating coupled laser includes a first waveguide and a transmit grating coupler optically coupled to the first waveguide. The PIC includes a second waveguide and a receive grating coupler optically coupled to the second waveguide. The receive grating coupler is in optical alignment with the transmit grating coupler. The receive grating coupler includes a first grating and a second grating spaced apart from and above the first grating within the PIC.
US10992103B1	Laser device A laser device includes a substrate including a principal surface and a recess provided in the principal surface; a laser oscillation unit fixed to the principal surface in direct contact with the principal surface or with an adhesive interposed between the laser oscillation unit and the principal surface, the laser oscillation unit having an emission surface from which laser light that diverges as the laser light travels is emitted along the principal surface; and a reflecting member fixed to a bottom surface of the recess and having an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the principal surface so as to reflect the laser light. At least a portion of the inclined surface is positioned in a space inside the recess.
US10992098B2	Method and apparatus for real time averaging of beam parameter variations A waveguide gas laser having a laser resonator cavity of a variable length is subjected to cyclical varying of the length of the cavity during generation of a laser beam a length variation amount sufficient to force a laser beam generated in the resonator cavity though a substantially complete optical longitudinal cavity mode at a rate operable to smooth at least one laser beam parameter variation. In this manner variation in the laser beam parameter is averaged by moving through at least a portion of an optical longitudinal cavity mode.
US10992091B1	Electrical plug An electrical plug accommodates many different angular configurations of electrical contacts, has a modular design, and is sturdy and robust. In one embodiment, a reconfigurable power cord assembly includes an electrical plug having a plug body having a plurality of cavities, each cavity for receiving a single electrical contact, at least one cavity configured to allow the respective electrical contact to be positioned at one of a plurality of angular positions, each electrical contact being supported within its cavity by a contact retainer that mounts within the plug body to secure respective electrical contacts within the plug body in a predetermined orientation, wherein the plug body is configured to accommodate a plurality of electrical contact orientations, the contact retainer being removably and rotatably attached to the interior of the plug body.
US10992088B2	Universal Serial Bus Type-C electrical connector having a reduced length An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base and a tongue, the base having a front face for abutting a front end face of a mating connector; and plural contacts arranged in an upper and lower rows and exposed respectively to an upper and lower surfaces of the tongue, wherein the insulative housing is devoid of a step between the base and the tongue, and a length measured from a front end face of the tongue to the front face of the base is about 2.85 mm A complementary electrical connector is devoid of a grounding piece in front of plural contacts thereof, and a length measured from a front end face of a shell thereof to mating points of the contacts is about 1.05 mm.
US10992087B2	Contact member for electrical connector Contact members and electrical connectors incorporating the contact members. The contact members have an outer conductor, an inner conductor, and a protective insulator that extends outside of the front end of the outer conductor for closed entry mating.
US10992085B2	Receptacle A receptacle comprises a shell made of metal and a cage formed of one or more metal plates. The shell is attachable to a case made of metal. The cage is mountable on a board arranged in the case. The cage receives an internal module under a mated state where the receptacle is mated with a plug. The cage has a cage rear plate and is provided with a terminal made of metal and a contact portion made of metal. The terminal extends downward from the cage rear plate. The contact portion is nearer to the cage rear plate than to the front end of the cage in a front-rear direction. When the cage is mounted on the board and the shell is attached to the case, the shell covers the cage, the terminal is fixed to the board, and the contact portion is pressed against the shell.
US10992081B2	Charging socket and bracket for charging socket A charging socket includes a fixed part, a charging opening, and a break member. A fixed part is configured to be fixed to an electric vehicle. A charging opening is to be inserted to a power feeding connector for charging a battery of the electric vehicle. A break member is configured to break and separate the charging opening from the fixed part when a predetermined amount or more of load is applied to the charging opening.
US10992079B2	Safety-equipped connection systems and methods thereof for establishing electrical connections Connection systems and methods thereof facilitate establishing electrical connections through a barrier such as a drape without compromising a sterile field established by the barrier. A connection system can include two connectors. A first connector can include a first-connector housing defining a cavity, a slideable end piece coupled to a distal-end portion of the first-connector housing, and at least a first piercing element connected to a first electrical lead. The first piercing element can be configured to enter the cavity and pierce a barrier disposed in the cavity when the slideable end piece is advanced toward a proximal-end portion of the first-connector housing. A second connector can include at least a first receptacle within a second-connector housing connected to a second electrical lead. The first receptacle can be configured to form at least a first electrical connection with the first piercing element after the first piercing element pierces the barrier.
US10992077B2	Mechanical interlock A mechanical interlock for securing a cover to a housing may include a cover latch coupled to a wall of a housing, and a spring biasing the cover latch in a first direction and coupled between the wall of the housing and the cover latch. The mechanical interlock may further include an arm coupled to the cover latch at a first end of the arm, and an electrical socket aperture defined within the wall of the housing juxtaposed to a second end of the arm. When the cover latch is returned to the first position via the spring after the cover is removed from the housing, the arm permits for the electrical cord to interface with the electrical socket.
US10992073B1	Electrical terminal assembly with increased contact area An electrical connector assembly includes a contact member and a spring member. The contact member has a base and contact arms that extend from the base in an arm direction on opposite sides of a terminal plane. The spring member is supported on the contact member and includes a spring base and spring arms that extend from the spring base in the arm direction. The spring arms are on opposite sides of the terminal plane and engage respective ones of the contact arms at respective spring contacts. The spring member also includes a shroud that is connected to the spring base and has an end shield that extends beyond the arms. The shroud includes side shields that are located on opposite sides of the contact arms and connect the end shield to the spring base. Shield arms also connect the end shield to the spring base.
US10992072B2	Electrical connector with rotatably mounted cover member The electrical connector includes a main body comprising an insertion opening into which a connection target is inserted and an accommodation space to accommodate the connection target inserted into the insertion opening, a conductive contact held in the main body so as to be connected to the connection target in the accommodation space, and a cover member rotatably mounted on the main body so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis passing through the main body. The cover member comprises a shaft hole along the rotation axis. The main body includes a side face which intersects the rotation axis at an intersection, an auxiliary wall portion which faces the side face, an opening portion formed at the intersection of the rotation axis and the side face, and a rotation shaft. The rotation shaft extends from the wall portion protruding along the rotation axis toward the side face from the auxiliary wall portion and inserted into the opening portion via the shaft hole.
US10992069B2	Terminal block A terminal block is provided with a conductive member including a relay portion extending in an extending direction from a device side and a connecting portion extending in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction and to be electrically connected to a mating conductive member, and a housing for integrally holding the conductive member. The housing includes a resin portion for molding the relay portion and a peripheral wall surrounding the resin portion. A sealing member is externally fit on the resin portion and the peripheral wall covers the sealing member from outside of the resin portion. A mating housing integrated with the mating conductive member is fit to the resin portion.
US10992068B2	Method for manufacturing solder with ground bar and coaxial cable array A solder with ground bar includes a first unit and a second unit. The first unit includes a first ground bar and a first solder layer attached to one side of the first ground bar. The second unit includes a second ground bar and a second solder layer attached to one side of the second ground bar. The first unit and the second unit are arranged in such a manner that the first solder layer and the second solder layer face each other. The first solder layer and the second solder layer are partially joined together.
US10992067B2	Connection device for connection of an electrical line A connection device for connection of an electrical conductor includes: a housing which has an insertion opening for insertion of an electrical conductor; a spring element arranged on the housing, which spring element has a spring leg for locking a conductor inserted in the insertion opening; and an adjusting element which is arranged adjustably on the housing. By adjustment of the adjusting element, the spring leg is movable between a clamping position in which a conductor inserted in the insertion opening is lockable in the insertion opening, and a release position in which a conductor may be inserted into the insertion opening, or a conductor inserted in the insertion opening is releasable from the insertion opening. The spring element has an actuation section arranged on the spring leg on which the adjusting element acts during an adjustment for the movement of the spring leg.
US10992066B2	Broadband antenna A single polarized radiator operating within a frequency range, the radiator comprising multiple active dipoles configured to be arranged a predetermined distance from a ground plane. Each active dipole comprising a first active element having first electrical characteristics and a second active element having second electrical characteristics, which first and second active elements are equal in length and provided with a respective feeding point. In each active dipole, first electrical characteristics differs from second electrical characteristics, the length of each active element is selected based on an upper frequency of the frequency range, and the first active element and/or the second active element of each active dipole is/are configured to be capacitively coupled to an active element of an adjacent active dipole.
US10992065B2	MIMO antenna and terminal The present invention provides a MIMO antenna. The MIMO antenna includes a regular octagonal substrate and eight antenna components with a same structure arranged along eight edges of the regular octagonal substrate, and the eight antenna components are distributed in an annular array. The present disclosure further provides a terminal applying with the MIMO antenna. The eight antenna components in the MIMO antenna provided by the present disclosure are distributed in an annular array, so that an area occupied by the MIMO antenna in the terminal is greatly reduced; and moreover, the antenna components have good isolation therebetween and are simple in form, and the MIMO antenna has a higher bandwidth.
US10992064B2	Mobile device A mobile device includes a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) module, a WWAN (Wireless Wide Area Network) module, a first antenna element, a second antenna element, a third antenna element, a fourth antenna element, a first switch element, and a second switch element. The WLAN module has a first port, a second port, and a first control port. The WWAN module has a third port, a fourth port, a fifth port, and a sixth port. The first antenna element is coupled to the third port. The first switch element couples the second antenna element to the first port or the fourth port according to a first control signal. The second switch element couples the third antenna element to the second port or the fifth port according to a second control signal. The fourth antenna element is coupled to the sixth port.
US10992062B2	Antenna, antenna array and base station The embodiments disclose an antenna, an antenna array and a base station. The antenna includes two pairs of oscillator units that are orthogonal in polarization and have a same structure, each pair of oscillator units comprising a radiating portion and a feeding portion; the radiating portion includes a radiating substrate and two radiating bodies disposed on a surface of the radiating substrate; the radiating bodies are spaced apart from and symmetrical to each other, the feeding portion includes a feeding substrate, a ground disposed on a surface of one side of the feeding substrate and a microstrip disposed on a surface of the other side of the feeding substrate; the radiating substrate and the feeding substrate are perpendicular to and connected to each other, the ground is connected to the radiating bodies, and the microstrip line is spaced apart from and coupled to the radiating bodies.
US10992061B2	Elementary antenna comprising amplification chains for delivering signals to and amplifying signals arising from a planar radiating device thereof An elementary antenna includes a planar radiating device comprising a substantially plane radiating element and a transmit and/or receive circuit comprising at least one amplification chain of a first type and at least one amplification chain of a second type, each amplification chain of the first type being coupled to at least one excitation point of a first set of at least one excitation point of the radiating element and each amplification chain of the second type being coupled to at least one point of a second set of points, the excitation points of the first and second set being distinct and the amplification chain of the first type being different from the amplification chain of the second type so that they exhibit different amplification properties.
US10992059B2	Millimeter wave array antenna module and mobile terminal A millimeter wave array antenna module and a mobile terminal are provided. The millimeter wave array antenna module includes a dielectric substrate, a radio frequency integrated circuit chip affixed to one side of the dielectric substrate, a plurality of antenna units arranged in an array and disposed on a side of the dielectric substrate facing away from the radio frequency integrated circuit chip, and a feeding network formed in the dielectric substrate. Each antenna unit is electrically connected to the radio frequency integrated circuit chip through the feeding network, and includes a substrate integrated waveguide and a patch antenna. The substrate integrated waveguide has a back cavity and the patch antenna is arranged in the back cavity and affixed to the substrate integrated waveguide.
US10992058B2	Capacitively coupled patch antenna Systems and methods relating to patch antennas. A patch antenna has a substrate, a resonant metal plate at one side of the substrate, and a ground plane at the other opposite side of the substrate. Two feed pins are used to couple the antenna to other circuitry. The feed pins pass through the substrate and holes in at the ground plane. The feed pins are physically disconnected from both the resonant metal plate and the ground plane. The feed pins are capacitively coupled to the resonant metal plate to provide an electronic connection between other circuitry and the patch antenna.
US10992057B2	Electronic device having dual-band antennas mounted against a dielectric layer An electronic device may be provided with a cover layer and a phased antenna array mounted against the cover layer. Each antenna in the array may include a first patch element that is directly fed using first and second feeds and a second patch element that is directly fed using third and fourth feeds. A slot element may be formed in the first patch element. The first patch element may radiate in a first frequency band through the cover layer. The slot element may radiate in a second frequency band that is higher than the first frequency band through the cover layer. The second patch element may indirectly feed the slot element. Locating the radiating elements for each frequency band in the same plane may allow the antenna to radiate through the cover layer in both frequency bands with satisfactory antenna efficiency.
US10992055B2	Component carrier with integrated antenna arrangement, electronic apparatus, radio communication method A component carrier with a base structure, an antenna arrangement, and an electronic component are disclosed. The antenna arrangement has a first antenna element and a second antenna element, wherein both antennas elements are embedded within the base structure. The electronic component is embedded within the base structure and is operatively connected both with the first antenna element and the second antenna element. The electronic component is an active electronic component capable of providing a first transmit signal to the first antenna element and a second transmit signal to the second antenna element and/or processing a first receive signal received from the first antenna element and a second receive signal received from the second antenna element. Further, an electronic apparatus comprising such a component carrier and a manufacturing method for such a component carrier are described.
US10992050B2	Antenna device and array antenna device Disclosed is an antenna device including a rectangular waveguide (1) having a first opening end (2a) and a second opening end (2b), a septum phase plate (3) disposed inside the rectangular waveguide (1) in such a way as to partition the first opening end (2a) into two parts along a first direction perpendicular to a waveguide axial direction of the rectangular waveguide (1), a width of the septum phase plate in a second direction perpendicular to both the waveguide axial direction of the rectangular waveguide (1) and the first direction becoming narrower stepwise with advancing from the first opening end (2a1, 2a2) toward the second opening end (2b), and first projecting portions (4a, 4b) disposed on two respective first inner walls (1a, 1b) parallel to the septum phase plate (3), out of four inner walls of the rectangular waveguide (1), in such a way as to project toward an inside of the rectangular waveguide (1).
US10992049B2	Elliptically polarized cavity backed wideband slot antenna An elliptically polarized cavity backed wideband slot antenna with a planar log-periodic dipole is provided. Sufficiently large bandwidth is achieved with careful design of the dipole. Also, the antenna has constant E-field distribution and good impedance properties, and ensures a constant power ratio for vertical polarization and horizontal polarization over a broad frequency band.
US10992048B2	Device and method for combined signal transmission or for combined signal transmission and energy transmission A method and a device for combined signal transmission or for combined signal transmission and energy transfer, in particular a portable electronic terminal. The device has at least one coil structure for producing a first electromagnetic field for energy transfer or for signal transmission, wherein the device also has at least one antenna structure for additional signal transmission. The antenna structure has a first partial structure and a second partial structure. The first partial structure is designed and/or is arranged in relation to the second partial structure in such a way that signals in a first frequency range can be received and transmitted by the antenna structure. At least the first partial structure is arranged adjacent to the at least one coil structure in a projection plane oriented perpendicular to a central axis of the coil structure.
US10992047B2	Compact folded dipole antenna with multiple frequency bands An antenna includes a first folded dipole, and a second folded dipole connected in parallel to the first folded dipole. The antenna further includes a conductor that extends across a first gap in the first folded dipole and a second gap in the second folded dipole to connect to a first central section of the first folded dipole and to a second central section of the second folded dipole.
US10992046B2	Low profile high gain dual polarization UHF/VHF antenna The system and method for a low profile high gain dual polarization UHF/VHF antenna. In some cases a spiral antenna over a small cavity, with arms attached on either side is provided. The antenna structure is a short distance above a ground plane (e.g., less than 1/10 wavelength at the high frequency of operation). The arms are terminated to ground and the values of the terminations can vary depending on installation and the value chosen for the spiral termination. In some cases, the spiral antenna is not limited to a two arm spiral only as any type of spiral antenna may be used.
US10992040B2	TFT substrate, scanning antenna comprising TFT substrate, and method for producing TFT substrate A TFT substrate includes a transmission and/or reception region including a plurality of antenna unit regions, and a non-transmission and/or reception region located in a region other than the transmission and/or reception region. Each of the plurality of antenna unit regions includes a TFT and a patch electrode electrically connected to a drain electrode of the TFT. The TFT substrate includes a source metal layer including a source electrode of the TFT, the drain electrode, and a source bus line, a gate metal layer formed on the source metal layer and including a gate electrode of the TFT and a gate bus line, a gate insulating layer formed between the source metal layer and the gate metal layer, an interlayer insulating layer formed on the gate metal layer, and a conductive layer formed on the interlayer insulating layer. The patch electrode is included in the gate metal layer.
US10992038B2	Method and apparatus for calibrating array antenna system for phase compensation A method and apparatus for calibrating a phased array antenna system is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first transmission signal transmitted from a transmitting antenna device, receiving a second transmission signal that is generated by the transmitting antenna device based on an unoccupied frequency band of a receiving array antenna system and a bandwidth of the frequency band, and generating a calibration matrix to calibrate a plurality of antenna elements included in the receiving array antenna system based on a signal magnitude and a phase difference which are calculated for each of the antenna elements using the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal.
US10992036B2	Portable communication device and antenna device with removeable matching circuit A portable communication device and antenna device with removeable matching circuit is provided. The antenna device includes: a base; an antenna element; an electrical connector at the base; a matching circuit removably positioned between the electrical connector and the antenna element, the electrical connector and the antenna element in electrical communication via the matching circuit; and a shell removably attached to the base, the shell surrounding and protecting the matching circuit. The portable communication device includes the antenna device, for example removably attached to an antenna receptacle.
US10992032B2	Antenna apparatus for vehicle An antenna apparatus for a vehicle comprises: a first antenna connected to a signal processing substrate; and a second antenna connected to the signal processing substrate through the first antenna and operating in a frequency band different from that of the first antenna, wherein the first antenna comprises: a first radiator for detachably fixing one end of the second antenna; a second radiator operated as a dipole antenna together with the first radiator; and a third radiator for controlling a beam pattern radiated by the first radiator and the second radiator.
US10992029B2	Multiple band antenna structures Various antenna designs are presented that can be used to provide for wireless communication in electronic devices, such as wearable electronic devices. Various embodiments provide antenna structures and designs that can support multiple frequency bands in a relatively compact space. Various embodiments utilize a ring antenna forming a portion of an outer perimeter of the housing, the ring antenna including a plurality of connections coupled the PCB, the plurality of connections. The plurality of connections include at least one feed connection coupled to at least one signal source on the PCB, respectively, and at least one ground connection coupled to a ground point on the PCB. In some embodiments, the connections may be inductively or capacitively loaded. The ring antenna may include a single feed connection or multiple feed connections respectively coupled to different signal sources.
US10992020B1	Dielectrically boosted very low frequency antenna A very low frequency (VLF) antenna includes a metal monopole and a dielectric metamaterial cladding surrounding a periphery of the monopole.
US10992019B2	Power dividing circuit and power divider A small scale power divider which is less susceptible to large tolerances in the manufacture includes a substrate and a power dividing circuit thereon. The power dividing circuit includes an input port, a first output port, a second output port, an impedance converter, a first microstrip line, and a second microstrip line. An end of the first microstrip line is connected to the impedance converter, another end of the first microstrip line is connected to the first output port. An end of the second microstrip line is connected to the impedance converter, another end of the second microstrip line is connected the second output port.
US10992018B2	Coaxial-waveguide-to-hollow- waveguide transition circuit A coaxial-waveguide-to-hollow-waveguide transition circuit (1) includes a hollow waveguide (10), a coaxial waveguide (20) having an end coupled to a wide wall (16) of the hollow waveguide (10), and a strip conductor (30) located inside the internal path (10h) of the hollow waveguide (10). The coaxial waveguide (20) includes a conducting core wire (22) extending into the internal path (10h) of the hollow waveguide (10). The strip conductor (30) is located so as to make a short-circuit connection between the conducting core wire (22) of the coaxial waveguide (20) and a termination surface (12) of the hollow waveguide (10).
US10992007B2	Battery, battery case, and electric vehicle A battery case includes a first cell accommodating portion that accommodates a first number of battery cells, and a second cell accommodating portion that accommodates a second number of battery cells, smaller than the first number. The second cell accommodating portion is shorter than the first cell accommodating portion in one of three directions parallel to sides of the battery case. The battery case further includes a board accommodating portion, which is adjacent to the second cell accommodating portion in the one of the three directions, and that accommodates a circuit board therein; a first partition wall arranged between the first cell accommodating portion and the board accommodating portion; and a second partition wall arranged between the second cell accommodating portion and the board accommodating portion. Thus, the thickness of the battery is reduced and the circuit board is separated from the battery cells.
US10992003B2	Air-breathing aqueous sulfur rechargeable batteries An electrochemical apparatus includes a catholyte, an anolyte, and a separator disposed between the catholyte and the anolyte. The catholyte includes metal salt dissolved in water, thereby providing at least one metal ion. The anolyte includes a polysulfide solution. The separator is permeable to the at least one metal ion. During a charging process of the electrochemical apparatus, oxygen is generated in the catholyte, the polysulfide in the polysulfide solution undergoes a reduction reaction in the anolyte, and the at least one metal ion moves from the catholyte to the anolyte. During a discharging process of the apparatus, the oxygen is consumed in the catholyte, the polysulfide oxidizes in the anolyte, and the at least one metal ion moves from the anolyte to the catholyte.
US10992000B2	Method for manufacturing battery module Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a battery module, which includes accommodating a battery cell assembly having at least one battery cell in a module case, and injecting a thermally conductive adhesive through at least one injection hole provided in a bottom portion of the module case so that the module case is coated with the thermally conductive adhesive.
US10991995B2	Method for operating a battery of an at least partially electrically operated/driven functional device, corresponding battery, and functional device A method for operating a battery of an at least partially electrically operated/driven functional device, a corresponding battery, and a corresponding functional device. A control unit of the battery receives measurement signals relating to a respective parameter of the battery cells from a plurality of switchable battery cells of the battery. The control unit prepares a location-resolved distribution function of the respective cell parameter within the battery on the basis of the measurement signals. By activating the switching elements of the switchable battery cells according to a predetermined switching rule, the control unit produces a pattern of battery cells switched to active and passive. A predetermined location-resolved distribution function of the respective cell parameter is fulfilled and at least one predetermined secondary condition relating to an operation of the functional device and/or the battery is maintained.
US10991991B2	Traction battery with cell zone monitoring A vehicle includes a traction battery having cells and at least one controller. The controller is programmed to charge and discharge the traction battery according to a net current for the traction battery derived from sets of temperature-based current values, each of the sets corresponding to a different one of the cells, and each of the values for a given one of the sets corresponding to a different zone of the cell.
US10991985B2	Secondary battery A secondary battery of sealed structure disclosed herein is provided with a stacked electrode body inside a battery case. At a region closer to a lid body of the battery case when a rectangular positive electrode sheet and rectangular negative electrode sheet that make up the electrode body is bisected with respect to a direction from the lid body to a bottom surface of a case body, a positive electrode collector exposed portion and a negative electrode collector exposed portion, which do not have a positive or negative electrode active material layer, are formed, in the rectangular positive electrode sheet and negative electrode sheet, on the inward side of the rectangular positive and negative electrode sheets, in such a manner that one side of each exposed portion makes up part of an edge, of the positive and negative electrode sheets, neighboring and opposing the lid body.
US10991981B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery This nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains: a non-aqueous solvent that contains a fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate; an isocyanuric acid derivative such as triallyl isocyanurate; and a cyclic carboxylic acid anhydride such as diglycolic acid anhydride.
US10991980B2	Electrolytic solution for secondary battery, secondary battery, battery pack, electrically-driven vehicle, electric power storage system, electrically-driven tool, and electronic device The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution including at least one kind of cyclic nitrogen compounds and at least one of a first nitrile compound and a second nitrile compound.
US10991979B2	Electrolytic solution, battery, battery pack, electronic device, electric vehicle, electrical storage device, and electric power system A battery is provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte. In the battery, a first compound that is an unsaturated fluorine compound and a second compound that is a nitrile compound are contained.
US10991976B2	Solid-state electrolytes based on lithium halides for all-solid-state lithium-ion battery operating at elevated temperatures Solid-state lithium-ion batteries with a solid-state antiperovskite electrolyte are disclosed. In one aspect, a solid-state Li3ClO electrolyte is deposited on a Cu-supported thin carbon working electrode using a delamination approach for half-cells with lithium metal as a reference electrode.
US10991975B2	Method of manufacturing sulfide-based solid electrolyte for all-solid battery Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a solid electrolyte for an all-solid battery. The method may include preparing a solvent admixture comprising a first polar organic solvent containing a cyano group and a second polar organic solvent containing a hydroxyl group, preparing an electrolyte admixture by dissolving Li2S, P2S5 and LiCl in the solvent admixture, and preparing a solid electrolyte by stirring the electrolyte admixture. The method may further include precipitating the solid electrolyte by evaporating the solvent admixture, and heat treating the precipitated solid electrolyte. In particular, the solvent admixture may include the second polar organic solvent in an amount of about 0.01 to 0.03 wt % based on the total weight of the first polar organic solvent.
US10991974B2	Electrolytic solution for secondary battery, secondary battery, battery pack, electrically driven vehicle and electronic equipment A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution including at least one kind of sulfonyl compounds that are represented by a chemical formula R1(—O—C(═O)—R2-S(═O)2—Rf1)n1 or the like. In the chemical formula, R1 represents of an n1-valent hydrocarbon group, an n1-valent oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, an n1-valent halogenated hydrocarbon group and an n1-valent halogenated oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group. R2 represents one of a divalent hydrocarbon group and a divalent halogenated hydrocarbon group. Rf1 represents one of a halogen group and a monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group. n1 is an integer of 2 or more.
US10991971B2	Negative electrode active material, mixed negative electrode active material, negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, lithium ion secondary battery, and, production method of negative electrode active material The present disclosure relates to a negative electrode active material including: particles of negative electrode active material, wherein the particles of negative electrode active material contain particles of silicon compound containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.55≤x≤1.6), and the particles of silicon compound includes at least one or more kinds of Li2SiO3 and Li4SiO4; the particles of silicon compound contain nickel; and, a mass of the nickel to a mass of the particles of negative electrode active material is 2 mass ppm or more and 100 mass ppm or less. Thus, when used as the negative electrode active material of a secondary battery, a negative electrode active material capable of improving the initial charge/discharge characteristics and cycle characteristics is provided.
US10991970B2	Secondary battery manufacturing system for simplifying process of manufacturing unit cells by laminating and process of forming electrode assembly using unit cells Provided is a secondary battery manufacturing system which includes: a unit cell forming device for the forming unit cells, in which a separator, an anode cell, a separator, a cathode cell, and a separator are stacked in order, from a separator roll, an anode cell roll, and a cathode cell roll, which are rolled; an inverting device for forming inverted unit cells, in which a separator, a cathode cell, a separator, an anode cell, and a separator are stacked in order, by inverting some of two or more unit cells formed by the unit cell forming device; and a stacking device for stacking a unit cell, an anode cell, an inverted unit cell, and a cathode cell in order, in which the process of manufacturing an electrode assembly is simplified, and the defect rate of the manufactured electrode assembly is lowered.
US10991969B2	Energy storage device An energy storage device includes: a flattened electrode assembly formed by winding electrodes such that a hollow portion is formed, the electrode assembly including a pair of curved portions opposed manner in a major axis direction and a pair of flat portions opposed in a minor axis direction; and a case storing the electrode assembly therein, wherein assuming a thickness of the flat portion in the minor axis direction as A, a thickness of the curved portion in a radial direction as B, and a thickness of the hollow portion in the minor axis direction as W, the electrode assembly satisfies A+(W/2)≤B in a state where the electrode assembly is discharged.
US10991966B1	Doped polymer electrolytes and methods of making and using the same Disclosed herein are electrolytes comprising a cationic-functionalized polymer and a polyacid dopant. Also disclosed herein are methods of making and using the disclosed doped polymer electrolytes.
US10991962B2	Intrinsically safe bleed-down circuit and control strategy for fuel cell systems The invention relates to a fuel cell system (100, 1) comprising: at least one fuel cell (200) which has a cathode (230) with a cathode chamber and has an anode chamber of an anode (210), which anode chamber is separated from the cathode chamber by a membrane, wherein the cathode chamber is connected to a cathode gas source via at least one first fluid connection (240) and the anode chamber is connected to an anode gas source via at least one second fluid connection; and comprising a first electrical connection (3) to a DC/DC converter (450) that electrically connects the anode (210) and the cathode (230) to an energy system (400), wherein in a shut-down phase of the fuel cell system (100, 1), residual energy present in the fuel cell (200) can be discharged. According to the invention, the anode (210) is connected to the energy system (400) and/or the cathode (230) via at least one second electrical connection (2), wherein the second electrical connection (2) is a bypass connection to the DC/DC converter (450) and/or the second electrical connection (2) is a bypass connection parallel to the fuel cell (200), wherein at least the residual energy can be discharged via the second electrical connection (2), and the second electrical connection (2) comprises a resistor (6).
US10991958B2	Gas and water discharge unit for fuel cell system A gas and water discharge unit for a fuel cell system that can be prevented from freezing even when it is formed using resin material. The unit includes a gas-liquid separator for separating produced water from fuel off-gas discharged from a fuel cell device, a gas and water discharge valve disposed downstream of the gas-liquid separator, and a resin unit body integrally formed with the gas-liquid separator and the gas and water discharge valve, in which the inside of the unit body includes a first channel with a valve seal at an end thereof on the gas and water discharge valve side, the first channel allowing communication between the gas-liquid separator and the gas and water discharge valve, a second channel communicating with the first channel via the gas and water discharge valve, and a heated water channel surrounding at least one of the first or second channel.
US10991956B2	Water electrolysis reactor (SOEC) or fuel cell (SOFC) with an increased rate of water vapour use or fuel use, respectively The invention relates to arranging a new seal within a porous substrate which forms the contact element of each hydrogen circulating electrode, such as the cathode for an SOEC reactor and the anode for an SOFC fuel cell, and in the periphery of the electrode beyond the ducts for supplying and recovering gases, in order to force the gases to circulate into the only useful zone of the cell which corresponds to the electrochemically active surface of the electrode. Thus, all of the gases supplied can be converted.
US10991953B2	Battery handling systems and methods for telecommunication sites A method of handling and removing batteries from a telecommunications site includes identifying one or more batteries for removal, each of the one or more batteries having a hazardous condition associated therewith; individually wrapping each of the one or more batteries and placing each wrapped battery in a container or in a location in a container; tracking the container or the location in the container to the associated wrapped battery; removing the container from the telecommunications site to a storage facility; storing the container in the storage facility separate from other batteries; provide the container to a recycling facility; and verifying proper disposal of the one or more batteries based on the tracking from the telecommunications site to the storage facility and to the recycling facility.
US10991949B2	Electrode component, electrode assembly and rechargeable battery The present disclosure relates to an electrode component, an electrode assembly and a rechargeable battery. The electrode component includes an electrode body, a conductive structure, and a reinforcement structure. The electrode body includes an insulating substrate and a conductive layer disposed on surfaces of the insulating substrate, the conductive layer includes a first portion coated with an active material and a second portion extending from the first portion and uncoated with the active material. The conductive structure is connected to the second portion. The reinforcement structure reinforces the conductive structure on the second portion. According to the present disclosure, by reinforcing the conductive structure connected to the second portion of the electrode component having the insulating substrate by the reinforcing structure, the reliability of the arrangement of the conductive structure on the second portion can be effectively improved.
US10991947B2	Battery A battery according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a first electrode layer, a first counter electrode layer being a counter electrode of the first electrode layer, a first solid electrolyte layer located between the first electrode layer and the first counter electrode layer, and a first heat-conducting layer including a first region containing a heat-conducting material. The first region is located between the first electrode layer and the first solid electrolyte layer.
US10991939B2	Negative active material for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery including same A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a silicon-carbon composite including crystalline carbon and a silicon particle. The silicon-carbon composite further includes an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal. The alkali metal or the alkaline-earth metal is present in the silicon-carbon composite in an amount of greater than or equal to about 500 ppm and less than about 5,000 ppm by weight.
US10991935B2	Structural lithium-ion batteries with carbon fiber electrodes Described are structural electrode and structural batteries having high energy storage and high strength characteristics and methods of making the structural electrodes and structural batteries. The structural batteries provided can include a liquid electrolyte and carbon fiber-reinforced polymer electrodes comprising metallic tabs. The structural electrodes and structural batteries provided can be molded into a shape of a function component of a device such as ground vehicle or an aerial vehicle.
US10991929B2	Strain relief for flex foil A battery connection assembly includes a frame including a plurality of posts that are spaced by a first distance. A flex foil includes a conductive layer and first and second insulating layers arranged adjacent to the conductive layer. A first plurality of traces is defined in the conductive layer. A plurality of fingers is defined in the conductive layer and partially released from the flex foil, wherein the first insulating layer is removed from the plurality of fingers to expose the conductive layer. A plurality of busbars is connected to the frame and including a first surface, a second surface and a hole from the first surface to the second surface. The plurality of fingers is attached to the first surfaces of the busbar at an attachment location and wherein adhesive in the hole attaches the flex foil to the busbar adjacent to the attachment location.
US10991921B2	Batteries comprising a multilayer dielectric and sealing film and method of making the batteries A multilayer dielectric and sealing film is disclosed. The multi-layer dielectric sealing film comprises a layer of dielectric material and at least one layer of sealing material. The multilayer film may be positioned between the current collector tabs and the packaging material of a thin film battery to prevent shorting between the tabs and the edge of a metal foil layer in the packaging material. The multi-layer film also provides additional sealant which can flow around and seal around the terminals. By combining the sealing material and the dielectric material into one multi-layer assembly, manufacturing steps can be eliminated.
US10991920B2	Battery pack The disclosure relates to a battery pack. The battery pack comprises: a casing; a cover, which is disposed to cover the casing; a battery assembly, which is disposed within an enclosed space formed by the casing and the cover; and an end assembly, which includes a panel and two or more connectors fixed to the panel. The battery assembly is electrically connected to a device outside the enclosed space by the connectors. The panel is sealedly connected to the casing or the cover, and is fixedly connected to the casing by a bracket. In the battery pack according to the embodiment of the disclosure, the end assembly integrated with two or more connectors is fixed to the casing by the bracket, thus the weight of the connectors is borne by the bracket and the connectors are not easy to be detached.
US10991916B2	Thin-film encapsulation A method of encapsulating an organic light emitting diode (OLED) is provided. The method includes generating a first plasma in a process chamber, the first plasma having an electron density of at least 1011 cm−3 when an OLED device is positioned within the process chamber. The OLED device includes a substrate and an OLED formed on the substrate. The method further includes pretreating one or more surfaces of the OLED and substrate with the first plasma; depositing a first barrier layer comprising silicon and nitrogen over the OLED by generating a second plasma comprising silicon and nitrogen in the process chamber, the second plasma having an electron density of at least 1011 cm−3, and depositing a buffer layer over the first barrier layer; and depositing a second barrier layer comprising silicon and nitrogen over the buffer layer by generating a third plasma comprising silicon and nitrogen in the process chamber.
US10991915B2	Organic light-emitting diodes comprising grating structures and light extraction layers Embodiments described herein generally relate to organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) comprising a substrate, a light extraction layer, a first electrode, one or more organic layers, and a second electrode. In some embodiments, the light extraction layer is positioned between the substrate and the first electrode. According to some embodiments, an interface between the light extraction layer and the first electrode comprises a grating structure. The grating structure may, in certain cases, promote outcoupling of light generated within the OLED (e.g., through diffraction).
US10991913B2	Encapsulating structure capable of securing barrier characteristics with reduced thickness, display device having encapsulating structure and method of manufacturing the same Provided are an encapsulating structure, an organic light-emitting display device including the encapsulating structure, and a method of manufacturing the same. The encapsulating structure includes a first barrier layer including a first inorganic layer having a first thickness; a plasma polymer layer on the first inorganic layer, the plasma polymer layer having a second thickness smaller than or equal to the first thickness; and a second barrier layer including at least one second inorganic layer on the plasma polymer layer. The at least one second inorganic layer has a third thickness, and the third thickness is smaller than or equal to the second thickness.
US10991910B2	Display device and production method therefor An encapsulation film covering a light emitting element includes: a first inorganic layer covering the light emitting element; an organic layer formed on the first inorganic layer; a second inorganic layer formed on the organic layer; and a third inorganic layer formed on the second inorganic layer. The peripheral end face of the second inorganic layer is aligned with the peripheral end face of the organic layer. The third inorganic layer covers the peripheral end face of the first inorganic layer or the peripheral end face of the second inorganic layer.
US10991898B2	Flexible display, method for manufacturing same, and support substrate for flexible display A flexible display supporting substrate of the present disclosure includes: a glass base (11); a plastic film (12) which has a surface (12s), the surface having a polish recess (12c), the plastic film being supported by the glass base (11); and an oxide layer (20) overlying a part of the surface (12s) of the plastic film (12) and covering at least part of the polish recess (12c).
US10991897B2	Emitters based on octahedral metal complexes Iridium, rhodium, and platinum complexes suitable for use as phosphorescent emitters or as delayed fluorescent and phosphorescent emitters have the following structure:
US10991895B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices Ir phenyl parazolepyrazole complexes substituted with one or more strong electron withdrawing groups such as cyano groups resulted in enhancing the metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) which in turn resulted in enhanced emission efficiency and red shifted emission.
US10991894B2	Compound of organic semiconductor and organic semiconductor device using the same Disclosed are an organic semiconductor compound that exhibits chemical resistance and etch resistance while maintaining electrical characteristics and thus is applicable to an existing photolithography process, thereby increasing process efficiency, and an organic semiconductor device using the same.
US10991893B2	Organic semiconducting compounds The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds containing a polycyclic unit, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions, polymer blends and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, compositions and polymer blends as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, perovskite-based solar cell (PSC) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD), organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, PSC, OPD, OFET and OLED devices comprising these compounds, compositions or polymer blends.
US10991889B2	Organic electroluminescent compound and organic electroluminescent device comprising the same The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. An organic electroluminescent device having a low driving voltage, a high luminous efficiency and/or excellent color coordinates can be provided by comprising the organic electroluminescent compound according to the present disclosure.
US10991884B2	Mask plate, OLED display substrate, display device and manufacturing method thereof A mask plate, an OLED display substrate, a display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The mask plate includes: a mask plate body and a first blocking wall arranged on the mask plate body, where the mask plate body is provided with a plurality of openings, the plurality of openings are arranged in a matrix; the first blocking wall is arranged to close to the plurality of openings, and at least one part of the first blocking wall is arranged between two adjacent rows or adjacent columns of openings.
US10991882B2	Methods of forming resistive memory elements A resistive memory element comprises a first electrode, an active material over the first electrode, a buffer material over the active material and comprising longitudinally extending, columnar grains of crystalline material, an ion reservoir material over the buffer material, and a second electrode over the ion reservoir material. A memory cell, a memory device, an electronic system, and a method of forming a resistive memory element are also described.
US10991881B2	Method for controlling the forming voltage in resistive random access memory devices A method of controlling the forming voltage of a dielectric film in a resistive random access memory (ReRAM) device. The method includes depositing a dielectric film contains intrinsic defects on a substrate, forming a plasma-excited treatment gas containing H2 gas, and exposing the dielectric film to the plasma-excited treatment gas to create additional defects in the dielectric film without substantially changing a physical thickness of the dielectric film, where the additional defects lower the forming voltage needed for generating an electrically conducting filament across the dielectric film. The dielectric film can include a metal oxide film and the plasma-excited treatment gas may be formed using a microwave plasma source.
US10991880B2	Variable resistance memory device and method of fabricating the same A variable resistance memory device includes a substrate. A first conductive line is disposed on the substrate and extends primarily in a first direction. A second conductive line is disposed on the substrate and extends primarily in a second direction. The second direction intersects the first direction. A phase change pattern is disposed between the first conductive line and the second conductive line. A bottom electrode is disposed between the phase change pattern and the first bottom electrode includes first a first sidewall segment that connects the first conductive line and the phase change pattern to each other. The phase change pattern has a width in the first direction that decreases toward the substrate. The first sidewall segment has a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface that face each other. A lowermost portion of the phase change pattern is disposed between the first lateral surface and the second lateral surface.
US10991879B2	Multi-level phase change memory cells and method of making the same A phase change memory cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode located over the first electrode, a vertical pillar structure located between the first and second electrodes, the pillar structure containing a first phase change memory (PCM) material portion, a second PCM material portion and an intermediate electrode located between the first PCM material portion and the second PCM material portion, and a resistive liner containing a first segment electrically connected in parallel to the first PCM material portion between the first electrode and the intermediate electrode, and a second segment electrically connected in parallel to the second PCM material portion between the intermediate electrode and the second electrode. The first PCM material portion has a different electrical resistance than the second PCM material portion, and the first segment of the resistive liner has a different electrical resistance than the second segment of the resistive liner.
US10991878B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes the following steps. A first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer is formed on a substrate. A cap layer is formed on the first IMD layer. A connection structure is formed on the substrate and penetrates the cap layer and the first IMD layer. A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack is formed on the connection structure and the cap layer. A patterning process is performed to the MTJ stack for forming a MTJ structure on the connection structure and removing the cap layer. A second IMD layer is formed on the first IMD layer and surrounds the MTJ structure. The semiconductor device includes the substrate, the connection structure, the first IMD layer, the MTJ structure, and the second IMD layer. The dielectric constant of the first IMD layer is lower than the dielectric constant of the second IMD layer.
US10991872B2	Bulk acoustic wave resonator Provided is a bulk acoustic wave resonator (BAWR). The BAWR may include an air cavity disposed on a substrate, a bulk acoustic wave resonant unit including a piezoelectric layer, and a reflective layer to reflect a wave of a resonant frequency that is generated from the piezoelectric layer.
US10991871B2	Piezoelectric element, piezoelectric actuator, ultrasonic probe, ultrasonic device, electronic apparatus, liquid jet head, and liquid jet device A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric element main body as a laminated body of a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer disposed on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer disposed on the piezoelectric layer, and a metal layer disposed on the second electrode layer via an insulating layer, the piezoelectric layer extends from an inner side of at least a part of an overlapping part of an outer peripheral edge of the second electrode layer overlapping an outer peripheral edge of the piezoelectric element main body to an outer side, and the metal layer and the insulating layer extend from an inner side of at least a part of the overlapping part to an outer side to overlap the piezoelectric layer on an outer side of an outer peripheral edge of the second electrode layer.
US10991869B2	Thermoelectric device having a plurality of sealing materials A thermoelectric device includes a thermally conductive first plate and at least one thermoelectric sub-assembly comprises a thermally conductive second plate and a plurality of thermoelectric elements in a region between the first plate and the second plate. The at least one thermoelectric sub-assembly further includes a first material along a first portion of a perimeter of the region and having a first stiffness and a second material along a second portion of the perimeter of the region and having a second stiffness less than the first stiffness.
US10991865B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate including a plurality of pixels; an electrode part including a first electrode in each pixel of the plurality of pixels on the substrate and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode on a same plane; a plurality of light emitting devices spaced apart from each other between the first electrode and the second electrode; a power line part including a first power line between the substrate and the first electrode, the first power line to receive a first driving power source, and a second power line between the substrate and the second electrode, the second power line to receive a second driving power source; and a shielding electrode line between the power line part and the first electrode, the shielding electrode line to receive the first driving power source.
US10991863B2	Light-emitting diode package structure and manufacturing method thereof A light-emitting diode package structure and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The light-emitting diode package structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a light-emitting module, and a driving module. The first substrate includes a light-emitting region defined thereon and a load circuit configured in the light-emitting region. The second substrate includes a control region defined thereon and a driving circuit configured in the control region. The first substrate and the second substrate are spaced apart from each other. The light-emitting module is disposed on the first substrate and electrically connected to the load circuit. The driving module is disposed on the second substrate and electrically connected to the driving circuit. The driving module is electrically connected to the light-emitting module.
US10991862B2	Light-emitting diode packages Solid state light emitting devices including light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and more particularly packaged LEDs are disclosed. In some embodiments, an LED package includes electrical connections that are configured to reduce corrosion of metals within the LED package; or decrease the overall forward voltage of the LED package; or provide an electrical path for serially-connected electrostatic discharge (ESD) chips. In some embodiments, an LED package includes at least two LED chips and a material between the two LED chips that promotes homogeneity of composite emissions from the two LED chips. In this manner, LED packages according to the present disclosure may be beneficial for various applications, including those where a high luminous intensity is desired in a variety of environmental conditions. Such applications include automotive lighting, aerospace lighting, and general illumination.
US10991857B2	Method of fabricating light emitting device package A method of fabricating a light emitting device package includes forming a plurality of semiconductor light emitting parts, each having a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on a growth substrate, forming a partition structure having a plurality of light emitting windows on the growth substrate, filling each of the plurality of light emitting windows with a resin having a phosphor, and forming a plurality of wavelength conversion parts by planarizing a surface of the resin.

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