US10015863B2
Examples relate to changing screen brightness of a computing device. One example enables determination of whether the computing device is being used for one of a set of predetermined application types. The screen brightness of the computing device may be changed based on a set of first brightness values associated with the first predetermined application type responsive to the computing device being used for a first predetermined application type and based on a set of second brightness values associated with the second predetermined application type responsive to the computing device being used for a second predetermined application type.
US10015861B1
The present invention discloses an adaptive LED light, comprising: a DC power supply, a first LED assembly, a second LED assembly, a first current-controlled switch, a second current-controlled switch and a first diode, wherein the first LED assembly comprises a first LED light, a first constant-current circuit and a first electrolytic capacitor; the second LED assembly comprises a second LED light, a second constant-current circuit and a second electrolytic capacitor; an input terminal of the first LED assembly is connected to a positive output terminal of the DC power supply and one terminal of the first current-controlled switch, respectively; an anode of the first diode is connected to an output terminal of the first LED assembly and one terminal of the second current-controlled switch, respectively, while a cathode thereof is connected to the other terminal of the first current-controlled switch and an input terminal of the second LED assembly, respectively; and, the other terminal of the second current-controlled switch is connected to an output terminal of the second LED assembly and a negative output terminal of the DC power supply, respectively. The LED light emits light continuously and stably, does not generate stroboflash, and has a high power factor and a low harmonic distortion.
US10015860B2
A system and method control an amount of power delivered by a power converter (220) to a solid state lighting load (240). It is determined whether a dimmer (204) is present between a voltage source (201) and the power converter (220) based on a rectified input voltage from the voltage source. When the dimmer is determined to be present, an operating point of the power converter is adjusted to increase the amount of power delivered by the power converter to the solid state lighting load by a compensation amount, so that the increased amount of power is equal to an amount of power delivered by the power converter when the dimmer is not present.
US10015854B2
A driver circuit for driving an LED arrangement (22), comprising: a power source for providing the LED arrangement with a regulated driving current, said converter (20) being adapted to convert an dimmed input power into said driving current; a current sensing element (42) in series with the LED arrangement (22) and adapted to sense the LED arrangement current through the LED arrangement (22); a bleeder circuit (40) having a bleeding path connected in parallel with the LED arrangement, adapted for removing a bleed portion from the driving current so as to decrease the output power of the LED arrangement; and a control circuit for enabling said bleeder circuit when the LED arrangement current sensed by the current sensing element is below a threshold so as to further dim the LED arrangement down.
US10015849B2
Provided are circuits and methods for use with a power supply that provides a main output including a main DC voltage having a first AC voltage ripple, or a main DC current having a first AC current ripple. A ripple cancellation converter provides a second AC voltage ripple connected in series with the main output, such that the first AC voltage ripple is substantially cancelled; or a second AC current ripple connected in parallel with the main output, such that the first AC current ripple is substantially cancelled. As a result, substantially ripple-free DC output power is provided.
US10015837B2
A method in a user equipment comprises receiving, from a network node, a request to configure a first component carrier at the user equipment for dual connectivity operation, and determining whether a total number of currently configured component carriers including the first component carrier associated with the request exceeds a threshold number of component carriers that the user equipment can use for dual connectivity operation. The method further comprises performing one or more component carrier related radio operations based at least in part on the determination of whether the total number of currently configured component carriers including the first component carrier associated with the request exceeds the threshold number of component carriers that the user equipment can use for dual connectivity operation.
US10015835B2
Methods and apparatus are provided to reduce service interruption for intra-RAT and inter-RAT handover procedures. The UE performs a NAS signaling procedure via a NAS signaling connection in a mobile communication network. The UE monitors a radio resource status and determines whether a radio bearer has been or is being established for a RRC connection for data transmission. The UE determines whether to release the NAS signaling connection after completing the NAS signaling procedure based on whether the radio bearer has been established. In one embodiment, the UE monitors a radio resource status and determines whether a radio bearer has been established for a RRC connection for data transmission. The UE determines whether to start a timer upon completing the NAS signaling procedure based on whether the radio bearer has been or is being established.
US10015827B2
A communication apparatus determines whether the communication apparatus is to operate as a transmission apparatus for transmitting service data to be transferred by a service performed via a network, or operate as both the transmission apparatus for transmitting the service data to be transferred by the service performed via the network and a reception apparatus for receiving the service data to be transferred by the service performed via the network, terminates a connection with a communication partner apparatus in response to completion of transmission of the service data if the communication apparatus operates as the transmission apparatus, and terminates the connection with the communication partner apparatus in response to a user operation if the communication apparatus operates as both the transmission apparatus and the reception apparatus.
US10015821B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described to implement an interference management method in a WLAN. An access point (AP) or an inter-BSS coordinator (IBC) may identify a station (STA) associated with a first basic service set (BSS) as an edge STA or a non-edge STA. The AP or the IBC may group the edge STA into an edge group and a non-edge STA into a non-edge group. The AP or the IBC may receive information associated with a second BSS. The AP or the IBC may coordinate access of the edge group and/or the non-edge group. The access may be coordinated to minimize interference of the edge STA. The access may be based at least on the received information associated with the second BSS. The AP or the IBC may adjust transmit power of a plurality of STAs identified as edge group STAs and non-edge group STAs.
US10015817B2
According to an example implementation, a method includes: receiving, at an apparatus, information from a node, the information defining a mode of operation for communicating scheduling information; and configuring transmission and reception periods of scheduling information at the apparatus in dependence on the mode of operation.
US10015814B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an uplink transmission method, a base station and a user equipment. The method includes: receiving uplink split information sent by a first base station, wherein the uplink split information is used for instructing a second base station to receive data in buffers corresponding to N1 logic channel groups of a user equipment, the N1 logic channel groups are determined by the first base station from a BSR sent by the UE, and N1 is a positive integer larger than 0; determining N2 logic channel groups from the N1 logic channel groups, wherein N2 is a non-negative integer smaller than or equal to N1; and sending feedback information to the first base station, wherein the feedback information is used for indicating the determined result. In an embodiment of the present invention, a flexibility of the uplink transmission is improved.
US10015813B2
A method and wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for transmitting data over an enhanced uplink (EU) channel is disclosed. The WTRU receives a scheduled grant and at least one non-scheduled grant. The WTRU transmits a medium access control for EU channel (MAC-e) protocol data unit (PDU) over an EU channel. The MAC-e PDU includes multiplexed data. The multiplexed data includes scheduled data. An amount of the multiplexed data is not greater than a size of a largest supported EU transport format combination (E-TFC) size that does not exceed a size based on the received scheduled grant, the received at least one non-scheduled grant, and a power offset. The MAC-e PDU is transmitted based on a selected E-TFC. The selected E-TFC is a smallest E-TFC that supports the multiplexed data of the MAC-e PDU.
US10015809B2
A synchronization schedule method, apparatus and system are provided. The method includes that base station equipment obtains a scheduling sequence of the multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS); the base station equipment makes the received synchronization data frame of MBMS perform ordering, and sends the synchronization data frame according to the ordering result. The method, apparatus and system make the received synchronization data frame of MBMS perform ordering according to the scheduling sequence, so as to ensure a plurality of MBMS perform synchronization schedule and synchronization multiplex between the base station equipments, and make the system obtain the statistical multiplex gain of MBMS service.
US10015795B1
Embodiments of the present invention relate to, in general, mobile device translation into a secure channel identifier for resource management. Typically, a system configured to establish a network activity channel with a networked device is provided. In some embodiments, based on analyzing a trigger signal, the system is configured to identify a network activity initiated by the user. In some embodiments, the system identifies a network activity channel configured for performing the network activity initiated by the user, based on at least determining a channel latency of the network activity channel. The system may then present the network activity channel to the user, configure the network activity channel such that the mobile device associated with the user is a secure channel identifier for performing the network activity; and modify, dynamically, a channel interface associated with the network activity channel based on the identified network activity and the trigger signal.
US10015787B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for selecting consecutive resource blocks (RBs) on an available frequency band and an associated base station (BS). The method comprises the step of determining a minimum possible window size and a maximum possible window size for each of selected fragments of the frequency band (S210), wherein all RBs on a selected fragment together are sufficient to empty a transmission buffer. The method further comprises the step of determining candidate fragments to be searched through (S220), by defining a reference window size range by a minimum value of minimum possible window sizes of the selected fragments and a minimum value of maximum possible window sizes of the selected fragments and determining a selected fragment, whose window size range defined by its minimum possible window size and maximum possible window size intersects with the reference window size range, as one of the candidate fragments. The method also comprises the step of searching through the candidate fragments using window sizes which fall within the reference window size range to select a minimum number of consecutive RBs sufficient to empty data stored in the transmission buffer (S240).
US10015781B2
A radio access network node (e.g., Base Station Subsystem), a wireless device (e.g., a mobile station), and various methods are described herein for improving the allocation of radio resources in wireless communications. In one embodiment, the radio access network node and wireless device implement a fixed uplink allocation technique. In another embodiment, the radio access network node and wireless device implement a flexible downlink allocation technique.
US10015779B2
A mobile station apparatus transmits capability information including at least indicator selected from a plurality of indicators that each define at least a combination of first information associated with an aggregated frequency bandwidth of one or more component carriers and second information associated with the quantity of component carriers included in the one or more component carriers. A base station apparatus includes a controller that allocates to a mobile station apparatus one or a plurality of component carriers to be used for communication based on a radio resource control (RRC) message received from the mobile station apparatus. The RRC message includes mobile station apparatus capability information including at least one indicator selected from the plurality of indicators.
US10015770B2
Methods and arrangements for rendering social proximity networks for mobile phones. A contemplated method includes: obtaining communication data for a mobile phone; deriving from the communication data a social proximity score with respect to at least one individual associated with at least one device that has communicated with the mobile phone; and storing the social proximity score. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
US10015769B1
This disclosure provides systems and methods for determining a location of a mobile device within an indoor environment. An embodiment of the system can have one or more positioning nodes (PONs), each having one or more antennas. Each PON can be disposed at a location within indoor environment and configured to transmit signals via the one or more antennas. The signals transmitted from the antennas of the PONs can be synchronized in time and frequency. A server communicatively coupled to the PONs and storing aiding information, including location and signal information related to the PONs, can transmit the aiding information to a mobile device. The mobile device can receive the signals from use the PONs and use the aiding information to determine a three dimensional position within the indoor environment based on one-way time difference of arrival of the signals.
US10015764B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that manages utilization of mobile subscriber identity information including enabling use of such information by different communication devices. The use of the same mobile subscriber identity information by multiple devices can be based on detecting device identification information associated with a registration request. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10015759B2
A user equipment (UE) of re-organizing a timing advance group (TAG) is provided. The UE includes: a receiving unit for receiving, from a serving base station, secondary serving cell (SCell) configuration information which includes a first field and a second field, the first field including an ScellIndex of an SCell to indicate a removal of the SCell, the second field including at least one of the ScellIndex to indicate an addition of the SCell and a TAG ID indicating a TAG of the SCell, and a radio resource control (RRC) processing unit for performing the addition of the SCell after performing the removal of the SCell from one or more SCells configured in the UE, and for reorganizing the TAG by including the SCell in the TAG.
US10015758B2
Systems and methods for controlling sounding reference signal transmission are provided; a user equipment starts transmitting the sounding reference signal in anticipation of uplink data transmission, and then discontinues transmitting the sounding reference signal after completion of uplink data transmission.
US10015755B2
An improved method and an apparatus for reporting Power Headroom (PH) of a UE are provided. The Power Headroom Report (PHR) method of the present invention includes determining whether to trigger PHR based on a change of Power Management Maximum Power Reduction (P-MPR) between two time points, generating, if PHR is determined to be triggered, Power Headroom, and reporting the Power Headroom information to a base station.
US10015750B2
The present invention relates to a wireless access system supporting machine-type communication (MTC), and more specifically, to methods for controlling uplink transmission power by an MTC terminal and apparatuses supporting same. A method for controlling uplink transmission power by an MTC terminal in a wireless access system supporting machine-type communication (MTC), according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: repeatedly receiving, a specific number of times, a first downlink control channel including a first transmission power command (TPC); transmitting, a specific number of times, a first uplink channel according to the transmission power indicated by the first TPC; and receiving a second downlink control channel including a second TPC which commands adjustment of transmission power while transmitting, the specific number of times, the first uplink channel, wherein, while the first uplink channel is being transmitted repeatedly, the first uplink channel can be transmitted according to the transmission power indicated by the first TPC, without reflecting the second TPC.
US10015747B2
An approach is provided for receiving and transmitting data over a wireless network, while minimizing power consumption. A determination is made, as part of a discontinuous communication mechanism defining an on-period for permitting transmission of data over a network, whether a resource allocation has been made to a user equipment for communicating over the network. If the resource allocation has been made, generating a keep-awake message to instruct the user equipment to extend the on-period.
US10015744B2
A wireless tunneling system tunnels communications between a first host device and a second host device through a wireless link, while maintaining compliance of the communications between the first and second host devices with a wired communication protocol and operates in a power efficient manner. Two host devices may communicate with each other through a wireless link using the wireless tunneling system, as if two host devices were connected through the wired cable. The wireless tunneling system operates in one of a high power state and one or more low power states. In the high power state, the wireless tunneling system exchanges data at a higher data rate for tunneling. In the low power state, the wireless tunneling system disables power hungry components for conserving power.
US10015737B2
A method, network device and computer program product determine a recommended access point (AP) for a wireless device to access a wireless network. AP feature values associated with each one of a plurality of APs within an access range of the wireless device and user feature values associated with identified user features of a user of the wireless device are obtained via a wireless interface. A predicted score for each AP is determined based on the feature values and a recommended AP is determined based on the predicted scores. An identifier associated with the recommended access point is transmitted to the wireless device. AP feature values include AP characteristic, scheduling and payment values. User features include wireless device location and velocity, services-in-use, time of day and day of week. Optionally, circumstantial feature values may be obtained and used to determine the predicted scores.
US10015736B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program is presented for scanning in a wireless network. A wireless device receives a downlink frame from two access points, the downlink frames indicating their respective transmission powers. The wireless device then determines the closest access point and a transmission power sufficient to reach that access point. Then, the wireless device carries out transmission of a probe request with the determined transmission power.
US10015732B2
A method of dynamic frequency selection includes receiving setting information of a WI-FI unit input by an input unit, controlling the WI-FI unit in a STA working mode to switch different channels to scan an available access point AP with dynamic frequency selection within one channel when receiving the setting information of setting the WI-FI unit to work in an AP working mode and the STA working mode simultaneously, controlling the WI-FI unit in the AP working mode to switch to the channel within which the WI-FI unit in the STA working mode scans the available access point AP when the WI-FI unit in the STA working mode scans the available access point AP, and controlling the WI-FI unit in the AP working mode to communicate with a terminal device via the switched access point AP.
US10015721B2
Providing collection and storage of mobile application data associated with execution of a mobile application is disclosed for a carrier core-network connected component. In an aspect, the carrier core-network connected component can enable storage of some, none, or all mobile application data related to mobile application information traversing a carrier core-network comprising the carrier core-network connected component. Analysis of the mobile application data can provide insight into a characteristic, behavior, etc., associated with the mobile application. The analysis can enable adaptation of mobile application information transport topography, environment, etc., modification of the mobile application data, testing of mobile application performance related to mobile application information traversing the carrier core-network, simulations to test application services and/or mobile applications, etc. A carrier core-network is generally able to capture more mobile application data from more mobile devices, under more operating systems, and provide better access to collected data than conventional technologies.
US10015714B2
A network selection control method is a method for selecting, from a E-UTRAN and a WLAN, an access network in which a traffic of a UE 100 is transmitted and received. The network selection control method comprises the steps of: transmitting, by a cell #1 in the E-UTRAN, offload control information to a UE 100-1 that exists in the cell #1, the offload control information being for requesting switching of an access network in which the traffic of the UE 100-1 is transmitted and received, to the WLAN; and transmitting, by a cell #2 neighboring the cell #1 in the E-UTRAN, to a UE 100-2 that exists in the cell #2, neighboring cell offload information indicating that the offload control information is transmitted in the cell #1.
US10015713B2
The disclosure relates to methods, a wireless device, a radio access node and computer programs for improving wireless device mobility between a first radio access network arranged to operate according to a first radio access technology and a second radio access network arranged to operate according to a second radio access technology. In particular, the disclosure relates to handover preparation procedure to improve handover of a wireless device (20) connected to a first radio access network (11) arranged to operate according to a first radio access technology to a second radio access network (12) arranged to operate according to a second radio access technology. The handover preparation procedure includes the sending of a handover prepare message (S47) from an access node (30) of a first radio access network to a connected wireless device (20). The wireless device prepares for handover by means of preparation signaling (S48) to access points of one or more second radio access networks indicated in the handover prepare message. The wireless device (20) informs the access node (30) upon concluding the handover preparation. Actual handover is ordered by means of a handover message (S52).
US10015705B2
A device and method in a radio communication system. The device includes: an acquisition unit for use in acquiring a signal quality of a mobile terminal relative to a source cell; an assessment unit for use in assessing the degree of change in the signal quality of the mobile terminal relative to the source cell on the basis of multiple signal qualities of the mobile terminal relative to the source cell acquired at every predetermined time interval; and, a triggering unit for use in triggering, on the basis of the degree of change in the signal quality of the mobile terminal relative to the source cell, the mobile terminal to submit a measurement result.
US10015702B2
The application provides a handover processing method and a base station. The method includes: receiving a handover request message sent by a source base station or a core network node; sending a first message, according to the handover request message, to a second target base station to notify the second target base station that a handover of part or all of a service of a user equipment to the second target base station is to be performed; and sending a handover request acknowledge message to the source base station or the core network node to notify the source base station or the core network node to hand over the user equipment to at least one target cell of the first target base station and/or at least one target cell of the second target base station. The present application realizes a multi-cell handover.
US10015699B2
Devices and methods for policing traffic flows in a network are described herein. For example, a network device can include a processing unit and a memory operably coupled to the processing unit. The network device can be configured to provide an input port and an output port, the input and output ports being configured to process a traffic flow received at the network device. The network device can also be configured to queue the traffic flow using a plurality of buffers associated with the output port, cyclically direct the traffic flow from the input port to each of the plurality of buffers according to a queuing schedule, and enforce a policer policy synchronized to the queuing schedule. The policer policy can ensure that the traffic flow does not exceed a predetermined bandwidth.
US10015698B2
The present invention relates to a method for performing a cooperative operation between heterogeneous networks and a device for same. A method for a first type base station to perform a cooperative operation between heterogeneous networks in a wireless communication system includes receiving a downlink synchronization channel from at least one second type base station; obtaining an identifier (ID) of the second type base station by using the received downlink synchronization channel; and transmitting at least one of a channel number and a bandwidth of a center frequency of the first type base station and the cell ID of the second type base station to a server. The first type base station and the second type base station use different wireless communication methods or wireless access methods.
US10015696B2
A Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) Interference Cancellation (PBCH-IC) solution is presented herein. The PBCH-IC provides accurate and efficient techniques for cancelling interference from a serving cell PBCH. In one embodiment, PBCH symbols previously determined for an aggressor cell are canceled from a PBCH sequence currently received by the wireless device to produce a serving cell PBCH free of interference. In another embodiment, the PBCH symbols of the aggressor cell are reconstructed in the frequency domain and converted to the time domain to generate an aggressor PBCH sequence. The aggressor PBCH sequence is then subtracted from the received PBCH sequence to cancel the aggressor cell interference.
US10015693B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide: dividing, by a base station, a frequency band of a cell into N frequency ranges, where the N frequency ranges include a common frequency range and a dedicated frequency range; sending, by the base station, information about the N frequency ranges and random access resource information of the cell to a UE; mapping, by the base station, a service bearer DRB of the UE into at least one frequency range of the N frequency ranges; and transmitting, by using a radio interface technology supported by the specified frequency range into which the DRB is mapped, a service carried on the DRB with the UE. A method for using a radio interface technology includes: using, by UE, a common frequency range, and optionally, using, by the UE, a dedicated frequency range to perform wireless network access.
US10015692B2
Methods and systems to configure and/or reconfigure measurement configuration in wireless communications with one or more cells are disclosed. Measurement configuration reporting may be reconfigured based on events associated with the one or more serving cells and/or one or more serving component carriers, among others. Measurement configuration and measurement configuration reporting may also be reconfigured based on events associated with one or more serving component carriers.
US10015689B2
A carrier coordination device and system, a communications device and method, and a measurement device and method. The carrier coordination device includes: a receiving unit, used to receive interference information for describing interference suffered by a user equipment; and a coordination unit, used to determine an interfering source base station of the user equipment according to the interference information, and coordinate carrier use of the user equipment and/or the interfering source base station at least based on the interference information and carrier state information of the interfering source base station, to reduce the interference suffered by the user equipment. The technology can be applied in a wireless communications field.
US10015684B2
Disclosed is a method for notifying an attribute of an original resource of one entity to another entity in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving an update request for an ‘announcedAttribute’ attribute comprising a list of pre-notified attributes included in the original resource, for notifying a specific attribute of the original resource, wherein each attribute in the original resource is set to one of a mandatory announced (MA) type that should be notified mandatorily, an optional announced (OA) type that is optionally notified according to the contents of the specific attribute in the original resource, and a not announced (NA) type that is not notified; determining whether the specific attribute is the OA type; and notifying the specific attribute to all notified resources of the original resource if the specific attribute is the OA type.
US10015682B2
The telecommunications network, which includes a plurality of existing cells each having an assigned identifier from a set of identifiers, calculates a value for each existing cell, wherein the value represents the likelihood of an identifier conflict if a new cell is deployed near that existing cell. The value may therefore provide a network operator with an indication of the likelihood of an identifier conflict if a new cell is deployed in a particular area, such that the network operator may proactively avoid identifier conflicts.
US10015681B2
This application discloses methods for creating self-organizing networks implemented on heterogeneous mesh networks. The self-organizing networks can include a computing cloud component coupled to the heterogeneous mesh network. In the methods and computer-readable mediums disclosed herein, a processor determines if a user equipment (UE) should hand over its service from a base station to a multi-radio access technology (RAT) node, based on heuristics including one or more of: a distance traveled over a time T1, an average speed over a time T2, a destination stored in internal memory within the UE, a speed limit measurement for a nearby road, a possible direction in which the UE could travel, a signal strength measurement for a servicing base station, and a signal strength measurement for the multi-RAT node. A position profile may be used to predict a future location of the UE.
US10015678B2
A system, methods, apparatuses, and computer programs for providing coverage of a wireless communication network are described. The wireless communication network comprises radio base stations (150) mounted on mobile robots (100) and the mobile robots (100) are capable of communicating with a maintenance base (110). The method comprises to determine a radio coverage area (140) to be provided by the base stations mounted on said mobile robots (100). The method further comprises to deploy said mobile robots (100) at geographical positions suitable to provide the radio coverage area (140) and the maintenance base (110) replacing a deployed mobile robot (100) in order to maintain the radio coverage area (140).
US10015676B2
Methods and apparatus for detecting fraudulent traffic associated with a user of a telecommunications system. A system comprises a monitoring network node comprising a traffic monitor configured to monitor traffic transmitted to or from a user in the telecommunications system, a fraud detector configured to apply to the monitored traffic a fraud profile associated with the user to determine whether the monitored traffic comprises fraudulent traffic, a transmitter configured to transmit data to a receiver of a profiling network node notifying whether the monitored traffic comprises fraudulent traffic. The profiling network node further comprises a fraud profiler configured to determine an updated fraud profile associated with the user based at least on the received data and a transmitter configured to transmit data identifying the updated fraud profile to one or both of a receiver of a subscription profile repository and a receiver of the monitoring network node.
US10015675B2
A method for detecting a fraudulent attempt to activate a new PIN, SIM Card or mobile device includes monitoring, at a first processing node associated with a network interconnecting a first network point and a second network point, a mirrored live-data flow of a live data flow passing through the first processing node in a non-intrusive manner that does not affect the first live-data flow passing through the first processing node. The live-data flow comprises data that is in active transmission between the first network point and the second network point and prior to storage of the data in a database. The first processing node detects that a transaction within the monitored live-data flow relates to an activation of the new PIN, SIM card or mobile device and compares the detected transaction to a list of known fraud situations stored in the first processing node to determine if the detected transaction relates to a known fraud situation. The first processing node generates an alert indication responsive to a determination the detected data relates to one of a plurality of known fraud situations. The first processing node identifies the detected transaction as a potential fraud situation responsive to a determination the detected data does not relate to one of the plurality known fraud situations. An automatically generated dialog verification with a party requesting the new PIN, SIM Card or mobile device is performed to verify identity of the party requesting the new PIN, SIM Card or mobile device for the detected transaction identified as the potential fraud situation.
US10015672B2
An access point node comprises a first interface configured to communicate with a radio access node of a cellular network via a radio link and further comprises a second interface configured to communicate with a terminal via a further radio link. The access point node is configured to establish an end-to-end connection with a user-plane gateway node of the cellular network in response to receiving an attach message from the terminal.
US10015660B2
Techniques for presenting discovery window selection in a NAN environment are provided. Specifically, methods that when taken alone or together, provide a device or group of devices with an efficient way of synchronizing and communicating with other devices is presented. The present disclosure includes a method that provides a device with the capability of locally selecting a discovery window subset that meets the current device power and application constraints. The discovery window subset is created based on a uniform distribution of discovery window selection within the set. The method describes the generation of the subsets such that set inclusion exits between any two sets.
US10015658B1
A portable communication system (100) maintains mission critical functionality. An accessory (120) and a handset (130) are tethered and interoperate such that the accessory operates as the primary controlling device and the handset operates as a secondary device. The accessory (120) contains a main applications processor (102) that handles non-mission critical functions. The accessory further contains a mission critical processor (104) for handling mission critical functions of transmit and receive audio as well as PTT and emergency. In response to a failure of the mission critical processor (104), the mission critical functions are maintained by handing over the mission critical functions to the non-controlling device in a manner transparent to the user. The handover is triggered in response to status changes of the mission critical processor or as a result of battery depletion. Audio paths are re-routed through backup paths (146b,148) negating reliance on processors of the accessory (120).
US10015655B2
The embodiments herein provide a smart patio heater device comprising a base having vertically extending chamber for receiving a gas from tank to supply gas to a gas burning area for generating heat which is dissipated in all directions or to a user desired area. The thermoelectric generators (TEG) are affixed over the burning area for generating electric power from the heat. The generated power is provided to a central processing system and stored in the batteries for later use. A water pipe connected between a water storage unit and TEG unit at is encircled around chamber and passed through the post. The water is circulated within the water pipe to absorb the excess heat generated around the TEG unit to prevent overheating. The electronic devices are provided to derive electrical power from the batteries for providing additional functions to the user.
US10015652B2
A wireless communication equipment capable of securing the reliability and validity of transmission data, for example, a near-field wireless communication equipment compliant with Bluetooth, is provided. A near-field wireless communication equipment (10) compliant with Bluetooth alternately repeats an alternate monitoring operation when a master-side counter information equipment (20) is located close to the near-field wireless communication equipment (10) and data communication between them is made possible, the alternate monitoring operation being reception of transmission data to which an A2DP profile is applied from the master-side counter information equipment (20) as a DTMF signal and then transmission of an ACK signal or a NAK signal back to the master-side counter information equipment (20) as response data indicating a result of analyzing the transmission data using an AVRCP profile or transmission of transmission data to which the A2DP profile is applied to the master-side counter information equipment (20) and then reception of response data indicating a result of analyzing the transmission data from the master-side counter information equipment (20) using the AVRCP profile.
US10015651B1
A device switching technique that can be used when a user switches from a first cell phone to a second cell phone is described, wherein a phone provider detects an event indicating that a device switch is imminent and sets up temporary storage associated with a first device. At the user's convenience, the user performs a data transfer process to transfer a portion of user data from the first device to the temporary storage. When the user receives the second device, such as in a phone store, remaining user data is transferred from the first device to the second device, thereby decreasing the amount of time necessary to set up the second device.
US10015647B1
A method of determining a number of subscribers to a wireless communication network that access the wireless communication network via a wireless local access network (WLAN). For example, a session border gateway (SBG) or session border controller (SBC) located within the wireless communication network applies header manipulation rules (HMR) to messages sent and received within the wireless communication network in order to determine where the messages are being sent from and where the messages are being sent to. Based upon the information, it can be determined who the subscribers are that are sending the messages and receiving the messages and if they are connected to the wireless communication network via a WLAN. In embodiments, it can also be determined what type of messages are being sent and received based upon information in the headers obtained by the SBG or SBC.
US10015645B2
Provided is a content delivery system in which a content delivery server delivers content to a content delivery client. The content delivery client transmits content using first wireless communication, detects the area of second wireless communication, and if it determines that sufficient free space is not present in a first storage thereof, transmits a part of data stored in the first storage to the content delivery server using the second wireless communication. The content delivery server makes free space in the first storage by temporarily storing the data in a second storage thereof and then delivers content using the second wireless communication on the basis of the control information.
US10015642B2
A broadcasting system for providing access information of a broadcast service, wherein a transmission apparatus generates the access information for at least one of a broadcast network and an interaction network, from which the broadcast service is transmitted, and transmits the access information to a terminal via a specific communication network. A reception apparatus receives the access information of the broadcast service via the communication network, analyzes the received access information to determine a network from which the broadcast service is provided, among the broadcast network and the interaction network, and sets an access address for reception of the broadcast service.
US10015641B2
A method and apparatus for configuring multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) minimization of drive test (MDT) in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives a representative multicast control channel (MCCH) indicator from a network, and receives a MBMS-MDT configuration on a representative MCCH, which is indicated by the representative MCCH indicator, among multiple MCCHs from the network. Thereafter, the UE performs MBMS-MDT based on the received MBMS-MDT configuration.
US10015640B2
Providing network device selection for broadcast content is disclosed. Changes to a LTE or LTE-B network can be propagated in real-time, or near-real-time, to a mapping profile representative of the LTE or LTE-B network. This mapping profile can be employed in updating the LTE or LTE-B network. Further, the mapping profile can be employed in establishing a new LTE-B session, adapting an existing LTE-B session, maintaining an existing LTE-B session, etc. Access to a selection rule can enable the LTE or LTE-B network to rank a determined bearer path of the LTE or LTE-B network. LTE-B network and service management can be performed by the LTE-B network or components thereof, such as, at a BMSC component. Moreover, network device selection for broadcast content can be virtualized.
US10015639B2
A vehicle may identify a highest-ranked seating zone for a mobile device using values determined from signal strengths from wireless sensors, the values indicating probabilities of the mobile device being located in each of a plurality of seating zones. The vehicle may also assign the mobile device to the highest-ranked seating zone if the mobile device indicates a higher probability for the zone than other mobile devices. Responsive to determining the mobile device is located within a vehicle, the mobile device may determine position ranks for each of a plurality of seating zones of the vehicle using signal strength values to vehicle wireless sensors, determine confidence values for each of the seating zones using the position ranks, and receive a seating zone assignment responsive to sending the confidence values to the vehicle.
US10015636B2
A mobile device comprising at least one processor configured to perform acts of obtaining position information for at least first and second positions of the mobile device along a route; obtaining communication quality information for at least a third position of the mobile device, the communication quality information calculated based on the route and the obtained position information; and causing the mobile device to display the obtained communication quality information.
US10015627B1
A system and method of wireless device location mapping comprising measuring a signal strength of a wireless signal generated by the wireless device at a plurality of sensor devices positioned at a plurality of sensor locations; determining a range from each of the plurality of sensor devices to the wireless device based on the measured signal strength; and generating a plurality of ranging spheres, a respective one of the plurality of ranging spheres corresponding a respective one of the plurality of sensor devices and being centered at a respective one of the plurality of sensor locations and having a radius that is proportional to the determined range of the respective one of the plurality of sensor devices to the wireless device. The system and method further comprises generating a new radius for each of the plurality of ranging spheres by expanding the radius for each of the plurality of ranging spheres by a small increment while maintaining a ratio between any two of the radii of the plurality of ranging spheres, determining a number of intersection points and adding a location of each of the intersection points to a map.
US10015621B2
The present disclosure presents a method of providing information by a subscriber information server for machine type communication (MTC) monitoring. The method may include: receiving information on a monitoring related timer for any MTC device from an MTC related server; adjusting one of the monitoring related timer and a periodic access or location update related timer based on the other timer when there is information on the periodic access or location update related timer for the MTC device; and transmitting information on the adjusted timer to the MTC related server or a monitoring node.
US10015611B2
Disclosed is a loudspeaker comprising a loudspeaker frame and a magnet to which the loudspeaker frame is attached, characterized in that the magnet has a conical outer surface, the loudspeaker frame has a conical inner surface designed to form a press fit with the conical outer surface of the magnet, the magnet includes an undercut, and the loudspeaker frame includes a number of snap-on hooks, at least one of which engages with the undercut in the press-fit state.
US10015606B2
The present invention relates to an intelligent acousto-optic controller, which includes a power module, an infrared remote controller, a keyboard module, and an AC/DC constant current power module. Further, the intelligent acousto-optic controller includes an audio receiving module, an audio encoding and decoding module, a mixed audio control transmitting module, an audio input interface, an infrared receiving module, a mixed audio radio receiving and decoding control module, and a power amplifier loudspeaker module. The mixed audio control transmitting module and the mixed audio wireless receiving and decoding control module are connected wirelessly. Further, the power amplifier loudspeaker module is electrically connected to the mixed audio wireless receiving and decoding control module. The mixed audio wireless receiving and decoding control module is electrically connected to the AC/DC constant current power module. The present invention can realize acousto-optic control in an integrated way.
US10015601B2
A system for monitoring the status and/or performance of one or more hearing devices is disclosed. The system comprises a number of access points configured to receive wireless signals transmitted by the hearing devices, wherein the access points are connected to a central unit communicatively connected to the Internet/cloud, wherein the system is configured to automatically monitor the status and/or performance of one or more parameter of the one or more hearing devices received by access points, wherein the monitored parameters are accessible from the central unit and/or from a cloud service.
US10015600B2
A multi-MEMS module is specified which can be produced expediently and enables a smaller design. The module comprises a housing having an interior and a first and a second opening, a first MEMS chip and a second MEMS chip. The first MEMS chip is acoustically coupled to the first opening. The second MEMS chip is acoustically coupled to the second opening.
US10015597B2
A multi-channel input signal having at least three original channels is represented by a parameter representation of the multi-channel signal. A first balance parameter, a first coherence parameter, or a first inter-channel time difference between a first channel pair and a second balance parameter, or a second coherence parameter, or a second inter-channel time difference parameter between a second channel pair are calculated. This set of parameters is the parameter representation of the original signals. The first channel pair has two channels, which are different from two channels of a second channel pair. Furthermore, each channel of the two channel pairs is one of the original channels, or a weighted combination of the original channels, and the first channel pair and the second channel pair include information on the three original channels. For multi-channel reconstruction purposes, the parameters are used in addition to down-mixing information to generate a selectable number of output channels in a scalable fashion.
US10015585B2
A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein the vibration support portion and the magnet support portion have a circular ring shape having the same major axis length and minor axis length, said plurality of connection beams are arranged radially centering on a central axis from said magnet support portion to said vibration support portion, the central axis being parallel to a direction of an acoustic radiation, and a length of one of said connection beams and a length of another connection beams are different from each other.
US10015582B2
An earbud includes a speaker driver, and a sensor module secured to the speaker driver that is configured to detect and/or measure physiological information from a subject wearing the earbud. The sensor module includes a printed circuit board, an optical source secured to the printed circuit board, and an optical detector secured to the printed circuit board. A first light guide may be coupled to the optical source that is configured to deliver light from the optical source into an ear region of the subject via a distal end thereof. A second light guide may be coupled to the optical detector that is configured to collect light from the ear region via a distal end thereof and deliver collected light to the optical detector. One or more additional sensors may be secured to the speaker driver, such as accelerometers, humidity sensors, altimeters, and temperature sensors.
US10015576B1
A headphone device is provided having a pair of symmetrically formed and circumaural housing element each having an audio output speaker directed from and inner surface and an illumination element incorporated in an outer surface. The illumination element has a lens that is illuminated in a manner that the intensity of illumination is modulated rhythmically in relation to the rhythm generated by the speakers. Further, an illuminated indicia in the form of a icon such as a treble clef or music note may be illuminated in a manner that the intensity of illumination is modulated rhythmically in relation to the rhythm generated by the speakers. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
US10015568B2
An optically-addressable optical switch is disclosed. The optically-addressable optical switch receives, using an optical input, a first optical signal or portion of an optical signal and determines, based on the received optical signal, an address of an optical connector. The address is one of a plurality of addresses respectively corresponding to a plurality of optical connections of the optical switch. The optical switch subsequently receives a second optical signal or portion of an optical signal, using the same optical input, and outputs the second optical signal or portion of the optical signal to the optical connection corresponding to the determined address.
US10015564B2
A system and method to watermark a compressed content encrypted by at least one content key, said content key as well as pre-marking data forming Conditional Access System (CAS) data, said CAS Data being encrypted by a transmission key and comprising at least one signature to authenticate all or part of the CAS Data, said compressed content being received by a client device comprising: a Descrambler having an input to receive the encrypted compressed content and an output to produce an compressed content, a Watermark (WM) inserter directly connected to the output of the Descrambler, said Descrambler and said WM inserter being connected with a Conditioner, said Conditioner executing the following steps: receiving the CAS Data, decrypting the CAS Data with the transmission key, verifying the signature of the CAS Data, and if the signature is valid, transferring the content key to the descrambler and the pre-marking data to the WM inserter, and watermarking by the WM inserter, the decrypted content received by the descrambler using the pre-marking data and the identifier.
US10015551B2
There is provided a video delivery method for a server that delivers to a terminal device a video signal based on a plurality of videos obtained by shooting an identical scene from a plurality of different viewpoints over a plurality of successive periods, the method including: selecting a selected video from among the plurality of videos for each of the plurality of periods in accordance with rating values of the plurality of videos, the rating values being given by a plurality of users; and transmitting to the terminal device the video signal for successively replaying a plurality of the selected videos respectively selected for the plurality of periods.
US10015548B1
A system and method are provided for recommending a segment of a segmented video asset of particular interest to a client. A copy of a video asset is created such that the copy is in the form of a set of segments for being transmitted to a client device for playback. A relationship is established between start and end times of each segment relative to a standard version of segments of the video asset, and metadata is generated for each segment of the copy. The metadata and relationship is used relative to the standard version with viewing data collected across a population of viewers having viewed the video asset to produce viewing metrics for each segment of the set of segments of the copy. The viewing metrics are provided to a recommender which uses the viewing metrics to generate a recommendation of a segment of the copy to a client.
US10015534B1
A system to facilitate measuring consumer use by using codes embedded in any raw audio or video content. The original code is then layered with additional codes either by modifying the original code or by adding additional codes in between the original code. The system recognizes a code embedded into an audio and/or video signal. This can help track consumer use and viewing.
US10015530B2
A video processing method includes receiving a multimedia file including a first video file encrypted with a first compression algorithm and converting the first video file to a second video file, which is encrypted with a second compression algorithm. The method includes extracting, from the second file, video data indicative of at least one video characteristic of the second file and displaying the video data on a display screen or forwarding the video data to a content insertion server. The first video compression algorithm may be a MPEG-2 video compression algorithm and the second video compression algorithm may be an H.264 algorithm and/o an H.265 algorithm. The video data may include run time data indicative of a run time of the second video file, frame rate data indicative of a frame rate of the second video file, and pixel data indicative of a resolution of the second video file.
US10015529B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of video monitoring application, disclosed are a video image quality diagnostic system and method thereof. In the present invention, on the basis of a video monitoring system, the video image quality diagnostic system is incorporated into the video monitoring system as a dedicated diagnostic network, thus effectively reducing the bandwidth consumption of the video monitoring system and the connecting port consumption of a monitoring device. A polling host polls each video monitoring point via software to view a video image, acquires a code stream, and simultaneously transmits the same code stream to a video image quality diagnostic server for diagnosis via the dedicated diagnostic network; the transmission of the code stream does not occupy the bandwidth of the video monitoring network. While polling each video monitoring point to view the video image, the polling host takes a screenshot of the software interface, segments the screenshot image, and then transmits the image to the video image quality diagnostic server for diagnosis via the dedicated diagnosis network, thus further reducing the bandwidth consumption of the dedicated diagnostic network.
US10015528B2
A server structure (101) includes one or more multicast servers (106). An analytics engine (207) determines one or more channel maps (217) identifying a group of channels that will be delivered by the multicast servers across a network (104). The analytics engine determines the one or more channel maps as a function of both historical data corresponding to one or more client groups (204,205,206) operating in one or more zones (201,202,203), and optionally from near real time data such as electronic program guide metadata provided by an electronic program guide metadata manager (213). A flap detector (210) can determine one or more flapping thresholds (405,406,407) identifying channels in the group of channels delivered by the multicast servers, as well as whether channels having flapping frequencies greater than the flapping threshold should remain in the group of channels delivered by the multicast servers.
US10015524B2
A frame coding unit generates individual picture signal information from a moving picture signal, and outputs a frame code value which is a numeric value to be obtained as a result of coding picture signal information of each frame. A variable length coding unit decomposes the frame code value into unit frame code values which are basic units of coding, converts the unit frame code values into frame code words using only a single code table, and constructs a frame stream by combining the converted frame code words. A multiplexing unit multiplexes a header stream which is constructed through a method equivalent to a conventional method and the frame stream, and constructs a picture coded signal.
US10015523B2
The present invention relates to an entropy decoding method and to a decoding apparatus using same. The entropy decoding method according to the present invention comprises: a step of decoding a bin of a syntax element; and a step of acquiring information on the syntax element based on the decoded bin. In the step of decoding the bin, context-based decoding or bypass decoding is performed for each bin of the syntax element.
US10015516B2
Provided is an apparatus for encoding a moving picture that determines a quantization step size of a previous coding block according to scan order as the quantization step size predictor of the current coding block when a quantization step size of a left coding block of a current coding block and a quantization step size of an above coding block of the current coding block are unavailable and determines an available motion vector encountered first when retrieving motion vectors in the order of motion vector of a first predetermined position and motion vector of a second predetermined position in a reference picture as a temporal motion vector candidate. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of coding bits required to encode motion information and the quantization step size of the current prediction block.
US10015513B2
An image processing apparatus and an image processing method thereof are provided. A shared storage unit of a motion estimation and motion compensation apparatus captures frame data of a storage unit through a bus. A motion vector estimation unit and a motion compensation unit capture image data for executing a motion vector estimation operation and a motion compensation operation from the sharing storage unit.
US10015510B1
The disclosure relates to an image compression system, an image decompression system, a training method and device, as well as a display device. In the image compression system, convolutional neural network modules are used to complete the update and prediction processes. As such, the weight of each filtering unit in the convolutional neural network module can be trained in order to provide the corresponding image compression system with a better compression rate, thereby reducing the difficulty in setting the filtering parameters of the image compression unit and the image decompression unit.
US10015506B2
A system and method for frequency reduction and restoration. The system and method may be used to reduce the visual redundancy in digital data, such as in video data and image data.
US10015503B1
A request for an image is received. A reduced version of the image is generated. A plurality of reduced distorted images is generated, wherein each reduced distorted image is a reduced version of a different distortion applied to the image. A variation of quality signature of the image is determined, wherein the variation of quality signature of the image comprises a plurality of element signatures, and wherein the plurality of element signatures are determined based on the plurality of reduced distorted images. The image is categorized into one of a plurality of clusters of images, wherein the categorization is based on a similarity between the variation of quality signature of the image and one or more other variation of quality signatures of one or more other images within the plurality of clusters of images. A distorted version of the image based on the categorization is delivered.
US10015501B2
A method for decoding an image according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving and parsing a parameter set including indication information which indicates the presence of withheld information to be used in the future; receiving and parsing a slide header including the withheld information, when the indication information indicates the presence of the withheld information; and decoding the image according to semantics and a value corresponding to the withheld information. As a result, provided are a method and an apparatus for describing an additional extension information indication in a bitstream supporting a hierarchical image.
US10015494B2
An image coding method comprising: obtaining current signals to be coded of each of the processing units of the image; generating a binary signal by performing binarization on each of the current signals to be coded; selecting a context for each of the current signals to be coded from among a plurality of contexts; performing arithmetic coding of the binary signal by using coded probability information associated with the context selected in the selecting; and updating the coded probability information based on the binary signal, wherein, in the selecting, the context for the current signal to be coded is selected, as a shared context, for a signal which is included in one of a plurality of processing units and has a size different from a size of the processing unit including the current signal to be coded.
US10015490B1
An apparatus includes an interface and a circuit. The interface may be configured to receive a video signal comprising a plurality of interlaced fields and a plurality of progressive frames. The circuit may be configured to (i) generate a plurality of segments by parsing the video signal, (ii) encode the segments as both (a) a plurality of frame segments in a frame mode and (b) a plurality of field segments in a field mode and (iii) generate an encoded signal based on the frame segments and the field segments.
US10015488B2
A method of encoding video including: writing a plurality of predetermined buffer descriptions into a sequence parameter set of a coded video bitstream; writing a plurality of updating parameters into a slice header of the coded video bitstream for selecting and modifying one buffer description out of the plurality of buffer descriptions; and encoding a slice into the coded video bitstream using the slice header and the modified buffer description.
US10015483B2
Disclosure is directed to determining a condition of the television receiver and communicating information regarding that condition to end-points that are external to the television receiver. The television receiver may create a two-dimensional barcode with information regarding the receiver condition and output the two-dimensional barcode for display on a display device. Once displayed on the display device, the two-dimensional barcode may be scanned into a mobile device where the information regarding the receiver condition may be stored, processed and/or forwarded to another location or device.
US10015481B2
A multi-axis balancing system is disclosed for calibrating an optical gimbal, which includes a gimbal platform defining a pitch axis and a roll axis, an inertial measurement unit located on the optical gimbal for calculating a center of mass of the optical gimbal, a weight adjustable mass moveable relative to the pitch axis and the roll axis of the gimbal platform to locate a balance point for the optical gimbal in response to active feedback from the inertial measurement unit relating to the calculated center of mass of the optical gimbal, and a multi-axis drive assembly for effectuating linear movement of the mass relative to the pitch and roll axes of the gimbal platform.
US10015480B2
A three-dimensional (3D) display module, a 3D display system and a 3D display method are provided. The 3D display module includes a first plane mirror, a second plane mirror disposed correspondingly to the first plane mirror. A side of the first plane mirror coincides with a side of the second plane mirror to form a dihedral angle between the first plane mirror and the second plane mirror. The 3D display module also includes a first display screen and a second display screen disposed correspondingly to the first display screen. The first display screen and the second display screen are disposed outside the dihedral angle and at two sides of an angle bisecting plane of the dihedral angle, respectively. A first virtual image of the first display screen is overlapped with a second virtual image of the second display screen to form a first 3D virtual image.
US10015479B2
A three-dimensional (3D) display method includes generating N first visual images, N being a natural number greater than 1; generating M second visual images from each of the N first visual images, M being a natural number greater than 1; acquiring N visual image groups corresponding to the N first visual images, respectively, such that, for each one of the N visual image groups, the visual image group includes the M second visual images generated from the first visual image, from among the N first visual images, to which the visual image group corresponds; generating M elemental image array (EIA) images based on the N visual image groups; and time-share displaying the M EIA images.
US10015477B2
An approach for projecting light may be implemented using a acousto-optical depth switch that uses surface acoustic waves produced along a substrate to guide image light to different areas. The surface acoustic waves may be generated on a substrate using a transducer. Surface acoustic waves of different frequencies can guide image light onto different optical elements at different physical positions. The optical elements may be configured to show objects in an image at different distances from a viewer.
US10015476B2
A display module capable of achieving a conversion between 2D display and 3D display, comprises a display panel and a light modulating component. The display panel comprises a plurality of pixels, each of which comprises three first sub-pixels arranged in a triangular pattern. All of the first sub-pixels are arranged in a plurality of rows in a first direction and in a plurality of rows in a second direction which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and the first sub-pixels in each row are arranged at intervals. The light modulating component comprises a first light modulating unit configured to adjust transmittance of light emitted to the left eye by the respective first sub-pixels of the display panel and a second light modulating unit configured to adjust transmittance of light emitted to the right eye by the respective first sub-pixels of the display panel. A display device and a driving method thereof are further disclosed.
US10015468B2
Transmission of stereo image data may be performed between devices, where a source device receives E-EDID from a sink device via DDC of an HDMI cable. This E-EDID contains information on 3D image data transmission modes supportable by the sink device. Based on information on 3D image data transmission modes from the sink device, the source device selects a predetermined transmission mode from among the 3D image data transmission modes supportable by the sink device. The source device transmits 3D image data in the selected transmission mode to the sink device. The source device transmits information on the transmission mode for the 3D image data, to the sink device by using an AVI InfoFrame packet or the like. The sink device processes the 3D image data received from the source device in accordance with its transmission mode, thereby obtaining left and right eye image data.
US10015467B2
A digital broadcast receiving apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic image includes a demultiplexing unit configured to demultiplex a received digital broadcast signal; a PSIP or PSI/SI processor configured to extract extension view video information from the demultiplexed digital broadcast signal; a decoder configured to decode an extension view video stream and a base view video stream from the demultiplexed digital broadcast signal; and an output formatting unit configured to format the extension view video stream and the base view video stream based on the extension view video information.
US10015466B2
A spatial information visualization apparatus in an embodiment includes a storage, a vacant space processor, a spatial information generator, and an image generator. The storage stores design dimensions of a target space, and measurement information indicating coordinates of a measurement point of the target space measured by scanning the target space from a plurality of different reference points in the target space, for each of the reference points. The vacant space processor specifies a vacant space existing in the measured space stored in the storage, on the basis of the coordinates of the measurement point of the target space included in the measurement information read for each of the reference points from the storage, coordinates of the reference point, and the design dimensions of the space.
US10015458B2
A lighting apparatus which illuminates a predetermined surface of a building structure includes: a light emitter that emits illuminating light; and a determiner that determines an illumination region in such a way that at least a portion of an edge of the illumination region, which is to be illuminated with the illuminating light emitted by the light emitter, matches a predetermined reference point on the boundary between the predetermined surface and a surface adjacent to the predetermined surface. The light emitter adjusts the illuminating light to illuminate the predetermined surface according to the illumination region determined by the determiner.
US10015457B2
A projector includes: a projection unit; a position detection unit; and a calibration control unit which causes the projection unit to project a target image at a reference position within a projection range of the projection unit, acquires an operation position for the indicating operation detected by the position detection unit during the projection of the target image, and carries out calibration processing. The target image is projected, starting at the reference position located in a lower part of the projection range, of plural reference positions within the projection range.
US10015455B2
The optical apparatus includes multiple reflective light modulators, an illumination optical system and multiple dichroic surfaces separating a light flux from the illumination optical system into multiple color lights to introduce them to the light modulators and combining the multiple color lights reflected by the light modulators. The optical system includes a condenser lens disposed between an area in which light source images are formed and the multiple reflective light modulators. The light modulators are arranged such that their long sides are parallel to a first section, and a condition of f/D1>f/D2 is satisfied where f represents a focal length of the condenser lens, D1 and D2 represent maximum effective widths of the areas in which the light source images are formed in the first section and in a second section parallel to an optical axis and orthogonal to the first section.
US10015449B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system and a method of accessing a system. An embodiment is a system including an imaging system including a controller and a first camera, the controller having a communication connection configured to transmit or receive content or control signals, and a mobile device including a second camera, the mobile device having a communication interface configured to transmit or receive content or control signals with the controller, the controller being configured to compare images from the first and second cameras to allow access to the controller from the mobile device.
US10015439B1
The present invention provides a system for frequency modulation of high definition composite video broadcast signals in a wireless transmission environment and a method thereof, comprising: a transmitting unit and a receiving unit. An image sensor of the transmitting unit converts an image to a digital signal. A signal processor converts the digital signal to a composite video broadcast signal. A frequency modulator modulates the composite video broadcast signal to a first modulated signal. The receiving unit receives the first modulated signal. A low noise amplifier converts the first modulated signal to a second modulated signal. A frequency demodulator restores the second modulated signal to the composite video broadcast signal. After an image decoder decodes the composite video broadcast signal, the image decoder outputs a digital signal in a specific format.
US10015431B2
An image processing apparatus including: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire write coordinates corresponding to a position of a pixel up to which writing is completed; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire readout coordinates corresponding to a position of a second block where readout is to be performed of a plurality of second blocks included in the image data written in the memory; and a controller configured to control whether or not to permit a readout request from a reading unit based on a positional relationship between the write coordinates acquired by the first acquisition unit and the readout coordinates acquired by the second acquisition unit, wherein the controller performs control so as not to permit the readout request from the reading unit if the positional relationship between the write coordinates and the readout coordinates does not satisfy a predetermined condition.
US10015427B2
The present technology relates to an image sensor and an electronic apparatus which can make the image sensor a smaller without degrading performance of the image sensor. The image sensor includes a pixel array unit in which pixels including photoelectric conversion elements are arranged in a two dimensional manner, a row circuit configured to control row scanning of the pixel array unit, and a column processing unit configured to convert an analog signal read out from the pixel array unit into a digital signal. The pixel array unit is disposed on a first-layer substrate, and the row circuit and the column processing unit are disposed on different substrates which are underlying layers of the first-layer substrate and which are laminated on the first-layer substrate. The present technology is applicable to the image sensor.
US10015425B2
The invention concerns a method of image processing involving: receiving, by a processing device, an input image (IB) captured by a pixel array sensitive to infrared radiation; determining, based on the input image and on a column component vector (VCOL), a first scale factor (α) by estimating a level of the column spread present in the input image; generating column offset values (α.VCOL(y)) based on the product of the first scale factor with the values of the vector; determining, based on the input image and on a 2D dispersion matrix (IDISP), a second scale factor (β) by estimating a level of the 2D dispersion present in the input image; generating pixel offset values (β.IDISP(x,y)) based on the product of the second scale factor with the values of the matrix; and generating a corrected image (IC′) by applying the column and pixel offset values.
US10015424B2
An image system is provided. The system comprises: a pixel unit configured to have a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including at least a white pixel; a crosstalk amount calculating unit configured to calculate an evaluation value of crosstalk amount included in an output signal from a pixel to be corrected in the pixel unit; a crosstalk correction coefficient calculating unit configured to calculate a crosstalk correction coefficient based on the evaluation value output from the crosstalk amount calculating unit; and a crosstalk correcting unit configured to eliminate crosstalk amount included in the output signal of the pixel to be corrected, using the crosstalk correction coefficient.
US10015422B1
An analog-to-digital conversion method may include: generating an initial comparison signal by storing adjacent pixel signals and comparing the adjacent pixel signals, and generating a first control signal based on the generated initial comparison signal; generating a reference comparison signal by comparing the adjacent pixel signals based on the reference signal and a ramp-up signal switched according to the generated first control signal, and determining a ramping direction according to the generated reference comparison signal and generating a second control signal; and performing data conversion by selecting any one of the ramp-up signal and a ramp-down signal according to the generated second control signal, and by comparing the selected ramp signal with a ‘difference value between the adjacent pixel signals’.
US10015420B2
The type of lens attached to the lens attaching portion is determined. In a case of the multiple-property lens being attached to the lens attaching portion, a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of areas is generated. In a case of the typical lens being attached thereto, one image is generated from imaging signals of all pixels of the directional sensor. In the case of the multiple-property lens being attached to the lens attaching portion, performed is correction of removing, from an image generated in correspondence with one area of the plurality of areas, influence of a luminous flux passing an area other than the one area. In the case of the typical lens being attached thereto, a difference in sensitivity for each pixel of a plurality of types of pixels is corrected.
US10015419B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, an electronic apparatus, and an AD converter that are capable of suppressing the occurrence of an error in AD conversion results.The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel section having a plurality of pixels, a comparator for comparing a pixel signal outputted from the pixels with a reference signal, and a counter for counting the time of comparison made by the comparator. The comparator includes a first amplifier for comparing the pixel signal with the reference signal, a second amplifier that has a first transistor and amplifies an output signal of the first amplifier, and a second transistor having the same polarity as the first transistor. A gate of the second transistor is connected to an output end of the first amplifier, and a source and a drain of the second transistor are connected to the same fixed potential as a source of the first transistor. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a CMOS image sensor.
US10015405B2
Provided are an image processing device, an imaging device, an image processing method, and an image processing program which can instantly switch display between a chromatic image indicating an in-focus state and an achromatic image indicating an out-of-focus state. A control unit performs control such that a chromatic split image, which is obtained by giving a chromatic color included in a normal image to an achromatic split image, is displayed in a case in which the result of comparison between an output value of a first image signal and an output value of a second image signal is less than a threshold value. In addition, the control unit performs control such that an achromatic split image, which is obtained based on a left eye image and a right eye image, is displayed in a case in which the comparison result is equal to or greater than the threshold value.
US10015403B2
An image display method displays image data obtained through a photographing operation performed at an image-capturing apparatus having a photographic optical system. The method includes: (i) image-capturing in which image data are generated by photographing a subject within a photographic image plane with the image-capturing apparatus; (ii) information collection in which subject information related to the subject is collected; (iii) correlating in which the subject information is made to correlate to a position within the photographic image plane; (iv) image display in which the image data are displayed at a display screen; (v) position specification in which a position on the display screen at which the image data are displayed is specified; and (vi) information display in which the subject information made to correlate to a position within the photographic image plane corresponding to the position specified in the position specification is displayed.
US10015402B2
An exemplary portable electronic apparatus includes a display provided at a front surface, and an infrared camera and a distance measuring sensor which are provided at a side surface. When a user holds the portable electronic apparatus with their left hand and makes a gesture with their right hand, the portable electronic apparatus analyzes an image from the infrared camera to detect the gesture made by the user. The portable electronic apparatus displays an image corresponding to a result of detection of the gesture on the display.
US10015386B2
The focus control apparatus performs focus control of the interchangeable lens by using information obtained through detection of a focus state of an interchangeable lens and a correction value corresponding to the interchangeable lens. The interchangeable lens is a first interchangeable lens holding unique correction value calculation data used to calculate the correction value, or a second interchangeable lens not holding the correction value calculation data. The focus control apparatus includes a first memory storing values for calculating the correction value corresponding to the second interchangeable lens. A controller calculates the correction value by using the correction value calculated based on the values read from the first memory when the second interchangeable lens is attached to the image capturing apparatus, and by using the correction value calculation data acquired from the first interchangeable lens when the first interchangeable lens is attached to the image capturing apparatus.
US10015384B2
Dual-optical module autofocus (AF) or AF plus optical image stabilization (OIS) cameras with reduced footprint and reduced mutual magnetic interference. Some AF+OIS cameras may include a single AF actuation assembly that moves two lens barrels in unison. Some AF cameras or AF+OIS cameras may have two AF actuation sub-assemblies and associated magnets for independent AF operation of each lens barrel, the magnets shared in a manner that cancels magnetic influences of one AF actuation sub-assembly on the other AF actuation sub-assembly, thereby allowing the two lens barrels to be positioned in close proximity, saving parts and fabrication costs.
US10015383B2
A mobile terminal including a camera module includes a case; a camera module housing, wherein at least a portion of the housing is exposed through an opening in the case; a first lens unit disposed in the housing and having a plurality of lenses configured to focus light received through the exposed portion of the housing; a second lens unit disposed in the housing and configured to magnify an image formed by light passing through the first lens unit as a function of a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit; and a moving unit connected to the first lens unit and the second lens unit and configured to move at least one of the first lens unit and the second lens unit in order to adjust the distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit.
US10015372B2
A method of reducing ghost in images captured using a capsule endoscope while travelling in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The captured images contain ghost caused by reflections of multiple light sources by capsule housing of the capsule endoscope. The method derive, from the plurality of images, a ghost model comprising multiple ghost coefficients for relating light energies from the multiple light sources for a given image with ghost signals at multiple pixel locations for the given image. De-ghosted images are generated by compensating the plurality of images using estimated ghost signals based on derived ghost coefficients and the light energies from the multiple light sources. The process of deriving, from the plurality of images, the ghost model comprises removing any sensor gamma or any other non-linearity in pixel values of the plurality of images associated with the light energy.
US10015368B2
A calibration system includes an imaging device, an image forming apparatus, and a table generating section. The image forming apparatus prints a test chart containing patches of colors on a sheet. The imaging device captures images of a reference chart containing patches corresponding to the patches in the test chart and the test chart on the sheet together to generate a picture. The table generating section: calculates a weighting coefficient for each of the patches in the picture based on a color intensity of the patch; calculates, as a representative value for each of gradations of color values of the patches in the picture, a weighted average of color values of the patches in the gradation based on the weighting coefficient; and generates a gamma correction table for correcting gradation characteristics of the image forming apparatus to gradation characteristics in accordance with the reference chart based on the representative values.
US10015364B2
A system for previewing protected media comprising a touchscreen display, a processor, and a memory having executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor cause the processor to receive an original image from a server over a network, generate a blurred copy of the original image, overlay the blurred image over the original image, detect user interaction on the touchscreen display, determine location of the user interaction, and apply a mask on a section of the blurred copy of the original image corresponding to the determined location of the user interaction.
US10015361B2
An image measurement sheet for measuring an image formed on a recording medium includes a sheet having a plurality of medium scan windows used for detecting the recording medium, a plurality of image scan windows used for detecting the image formed on the recording medium, and an information scan window used for detecting imaging condition information recorded on the recording medium with the image, the plurality of medium scan windows to be corresponded to a portion of sides and a corner of the recording medium, the plurality of image scan windows to be corresponded to a portion of the image formed on the recording medium, and the information scan window to be corresponded to the imaging condition information recorded on the recording medium.
US10015354B2
A method including generating first images and/or text on a plurality of items, printing a plurality of unique identifiers, each unique identifier being printed over the images and/or text on a corresponding one of the plurality of items, capturing a plurality of second images, each second image including a corresponding one of the plurality of unique identifiers, and storing the captured plurality of second images in a computer readable memory.
US10015338B2
An image reading apparatus includes a transport section that can transport original documents along a transport path, a reading section configured to read images of the original documents transported by the transport section, an output controller configured to output data of the original documents read by the reading section, a multi-sheet feed detection sensor configured to detect a multi-sheet feed of the original documents transported by the transport section, and an instruction section configured to issue an instruction to disable multi-sheet feed detection by the multi-sheet feed detection section.
US10015337B2
Provided is a recording apparatus capable of accurate positioning and size detection in accordance with a medium size in a paper feed cassette capable of supporting media of a plurality of sizes.
US10015323B2
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.
US10015321B2
A method of provisioning a plurality of applications from different application developer systems to a network provider system comprises establishing a plurality of service accounts for a corresponding plurality of application service provider systems, receiving a plurality of API interfaces from the plurality of application service provider systems, integrating, by the processor system, each of the plurality of API interfaces with a unified services platform API interface, receiving a provider API interfaces for a network provider system, and integrating the provider API interface with the unified services platform API interface. The plurality of application service provider systems provide services for use in association with a telephone number of a subscriber of telecommunication services. At least two of the API interfaces are different, and at least one of the plurality of API interfaces from the plurality of application service provider systems is not compatible with the provider API interface.
US10015319B2
This system pertains to a communication processing system that effectively makes phone conversations possible from a communication terminal even in a non-business mode that does not identify a user. The communication processing system is provided with the following: a communication terminal; a storage unit that is provided inside the communication terminal or outside the communication terminal, and that stores the association between the communication terminal user-information and customer number, and stores a role number for the communication terminal; and an outgoing call relay unit that, in a case where the communication terminal is being used in a business mode that identifies the user thereof, relays an outgoing call from a call origination communication terminal to the communication terminal corresponding to the customer number, and that, in a case where the communication terminal is being used in a non-business mode that does not identify the user thereof, relays an outgoing call from the call origination communication terminal to the communication terminal corresponding to the role number.
US10015317B1
A computer telephony integration (CTI) client computing device isolates call processing devices from each of a set of back-end business applications of call-center clients for which call-center services are provided. A registered call event is received from a CTI middleware server during active call processing of an incoming telephone call responsive to an interactive voice response (IVR) system storing real-time call data to an independent stand-alone database in association with a unique call-specific database key. The unique call-specific database key is retrieved from the CTI middleware server. A call database record, including the real-time call data, is retrieved from the independent stand-alone database using the unique call-specific database key retrieved from the CTI middleware server. The real-time call data is provided as output to a trusted call center agent that has separate authorization to access a back-end business application appropriate to continue the active call processing.
US10015316B1
Techniques are described for analyzing communications sent during a service session to provide (e.g., customer) service on a social media channel, the analysis to determine a quality of service provided during the session. Natural language processing, lexical analysis, pattern matching, or other types of analysis may be used to determine an empathy factor and a conversational factor for communications between a service representative (SR) and a user during a session. The factors may be combined with other factors, such as a timely acknowledgement factor and a timely resolution factor, to generate a response quality index (RQI) for the session. Based on the RQI, feedback information may be generated and sent to the SR. In some implementations, the communications may be analyzed and feedback information sent to the SR in real time during the session, to dynamically improve service quality.
US10015312B1
Communication devices and network devices may be configured to automatically connect to each other over a password protected network connection without a user setting the password for the password protected network connection. The communication devices may communicate over the password protected network connection to the network device and further to a communication service for providing interpretive services for hearing-impaired users, such as text captions, during a call. Predetermined network names and associated passwords may be persistent prior to set up as well as after a hard reset in which other user defined settings may be erased.
US10015309B2
A system for monitoring calls in a VoLTE network is provided. The monitored calls include SIP, RTP and H.248 portions. The system includes monitoring probes and first and second correlation engine components (CECs). The probe is configured to generate SIP, RTP and H.248 data records (DRs), send the SIP DRs to a second CEC based on a distribution key, generate and send a routing label to a first CEC and to send the H.248 and RTP DRs to the first CEC based on the first and second attributes, respectively. The first CEC is configured to correlate the received RTP and H.248 DRs and the routing label based on the second and first attributes, respectively, and send the correlated DRs to the second CEC based on a distribution key. The second CEC is configured to bind all of the generated DRs to a single call based on the distribution key.
US10015306B2
A data processing method and a terminal device, where the method includes obtaining a speed of the terminal device, receiving a first communications service, disabling a preset reminder of the first communications service when the speed of the terminal device exceeds a first preset value, and enabling the preset reminder of the first communications service when the speed of the terminal device decreases to a second preset value, where the second preset value is less than or equal to the first preset value. The data processing method and the terminal device are used for a user reminder of a terminal device in a vehicle mode.
US10015305B1
Modern mobile communication devices have a number of features that enable the users to stay connected with people in their contacts list. These mobile devices also keep the users informed about various events such as calls, text messages, emails, social media postings, etc. by providing various forms of notifications. The notifications may or may not be discreet. While the notifications of various events are useful, they may cause breach of privacy, may cause uncomfortable social situations, or may cause unsafe distraction under some conditions. These undesirable notifications in some scenarios may be controlled based on the awareness of the specific scenario in which the device user may be. A method and apparatus are disclosed that enable a user to control the notifications from a mobile communication device when used inside an automobile.
US10015302B2
Systems and methods are directed to discovering trusted remote devices and establishing trusted communications with trusted remote devices. A local device can determine one or more time periods of expected silence in a communication between the local device and a remote device; and embed trusted communication messages in the one or more time periods for at least one of: discovering that the remote device is a trusted remote device, performing a trusted communication with the trusted remote device. The communication may be based on a Bluetooth protocol in a link layer.
US10015299B2
The information display part displays screen information for notifying the user that the electronic mail has been received when the portable terminal device has received the electronic mail while first screen information is displayed, in addition to the first screen information or instead of the first screen information, and continues to display second screen information when the portable terminal device has received the electronic mail while the second screen information is displayed, without displaying the screen information for notifying the user that the electronic mail has been received, and displays the screen information for notifying the user that electronic mail has been received after display of the second screen information is finished.
US10015293B2
A method and apparatus are described for incorporating an Internet of Things (IoT) service interface protocol layer in at least one node. The format of various IoT messages used to communicate over a service interface are also described. A set of IoT service level operations may be defined in the node. The IoT service level operations may be performed on IoT information elements (IEs). The IoT service level operations may be defined in terms of various actions that are generic and applicable across industry verticals. The operations may leverage each other as sub-operations, (e.g., collaborate, share, synchronize, discover, associate, collect, aggregate, concatenate, share, relocate, invoke, delegate or surrogate). The IoT IEs may include at least one of a content IoT IE, a context IoT IE, a policy IoT IE, a decision IoT IE, an event IoT IE, a discovery IoT IE or a descriptor IoT IE.
US10015291B2
Provided is a method for operating a host network controller for a network processor where the host network controller has at least one register. A restricted set of state data may be stored in at least one register. The restricted set of state data may be indicative of fewer possible states than those defined in accordance with a standardized communication protocol. The host network controller may implement a finite state machine based on the restricted set of state data stored in the at least one register such that the finite state machine may have fewer possible states than those defined in accordance with the standardized communication protocol.
US10015290B2
A method of a transmitter transmitting a packet encoded by applying a coding scheme based on a wireless channel environment to a receiver, and a method of the receiver detecting the coding scheme applied to the encoded packet and decoding the packet, in which the transmitter applies a spreading factor corresponding to the coding scheme to a preamble of the packet, and the receiver decodes the packet by detecting the coding scheme using the preamble.
US10015283B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for remote procedure call (RPC) management. For example, a thread pool, comprising one or more threads, may be maintained for parallel processing of RPC requests. RPC requests may be segmented into sets of RPC request task segments that may be queued into an RPC work queue for assignment to threads within the thread pool for execution. Counters may be used to monitor performance metrics associated with RPC execution throughput, queue performance, and/or other information regarding the execution of RPC requests. In this way, RPC requests may be executed in segments for parallel execution (e.g., as opposed to blocked a thread, an RPC request may release the thread, for use by a second RPC request, while waiting for a remote procedure to respond with output results). RPC requests may be throttled to mitigate saturation of resources by a single application.
US10015282B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for generating a bundle package, digitally signing the bundle package, selectively distributing the bundle package, and/or indexing one or more resource packages retrieved from the bundle package. That is, a bundle package (e.g., an application or game bundle package) comprises one or more app packages comprising application code configured to execute on various computing environments (e.g., operating systems, processors, etc.). The bundle package may comprise one or more resource packages comprising supplemental data used to provide optional user experience functionality for the application (e.g., French language support, high resolution textures, a gaming pad support, etc.). In this way, a client device may selectively download portions of the bundle package that may be relevant, which may mitigate download bandwidth, storage space, or resources otherwise used to obtain unnecessary portions of the bundle package (e.g., a tablet device may merely download low resolution textures).
US10015278B2
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium to receive a job request to schedule an execution of a process in a networked environment; generate a schedule for the execution of the process based on one or more current schedules directed to concurrent execution of one or more other processes; obtain resource utilization data indicating resource usage stemming from the concurrent execution of the process and the one or more other processes; analyze the resource utilization data; determine whether a resource inefficiency occurred during the concurrent execution based on an analysis of the resource utilization data; generate resource inefficiency data in response to a determination that the resource inefficiency occurred; and generate an adapted schedule for at least one of the process or the one or more other processes in response to a determination that the resource inefficiency occurred.
US10015275B2
In an embodiment, a method comprises installing at least one application in a gateway, wherein the gateway is an anchor gateway and the at least one application corresponds to a profile; generating, by the anchor gateway, a gain value of the at least one application according to the profile; and determining, according to the gain value, whether to open or close the at least one application, or whether the at least one application is executed in the gateway or in another gateway. An application managing device and a system thereof are also provided.
US10015268B2
In some examples, a network data center comprises a cloud-based services exchange point comprising a network, the cloud-based services exchange point operated by a cloud exchange provider that operates the network data center; and a programmable network platform to receive a service request that includes a service definition according to a data model, wherein the service definition specifies a plurality of cloud services provided by respective cloud service provider networks operated by respective cloud service providers, wherein the service request further specifies a topology for the plurality of cloud services, and wherein the service definition specifies each of the plurality of cloud services according to a common micro-service definition; and provision, responsive to the service request, the cloud-based services exchange point to forward service traffic for the plurality of cloud services according to the topology for the plurality of cloud services.
US10015267B2
A server system, where a multichannel server is connected to a core network of a mobile telecommunications network through a plurality of telecommunications channels. The multichannel server comprises a telecommunications network browser server, a network gateway, an integration gateway, a carrier application server and a carrier application and add-on studio. The multichannel server provides to end user devices network services and core network services through a plurality of communications channels. The multichannel server is an application interface gateway for services exposure and provides network services and core network services as interactive applications. The multichannel server provides application as a communication channel and communication channel as an application.
US10015263B2
A method includes receiving at a host device a first communication associated with a transaction from at least one electronic device included in a set of electronic devices. The host device includes at least a memory, a processor, and a database. The first communication received at a first time and via a first communication mode. The method includes sending a response to the first communication at a second time after the first time and independent of the first time. The host devices receives a second communication associated with the transaction from the at least one electronic device at a third time. The first communication, the response to the first communication, and the second communication are displayable in a persistent record of the transaction regardless of a difference between the first time and the third time.
US10015258B2
An identification system includes an identification device and a communication device. The identification device is attached to an article and including a sensor. The identification device is configured to operate in a plurality of modes and configured to switch between modes of the plurality of modes based on one or more conditions of a surrounding environment sensed by the sensor. The identification device is configured to send data to a server. The communication device of a user of the identification system is configured to receive data including location data of the identification device from the server using short message service protocols or messages through a signaling channel.
US10015257B2
A method of operating a vehicle wireless access point (WAP), including the steps of establishing short range wireless communication between a vehicle WAP and one or more wireless devices over one or more corresponding communication channels operating over a first frequency band; suspending the communication between the vehicle WAP and the wireless device(s); scanning for another non-vehicle WAP using the first frequency band; connecting the vehicle WAP as a client device to the non-vehicle WAP; resuming the communication with at least some of the wireless device(s) over the wireless communication channel(s); and providing the wireless device(s) with data access to remote networks sequentially via both the vehicle WAP and the non-vehicle WAP.
US10015253B2
Embodiments described herein relate to an improved technique for preemptive client application request processing based on observed use access patterns and/or models. The system includes a framework engine operable to trace sequences of requests to one or more service provider applications, including which particular client requests are likely to be followed by other particular client requests for each service. Based on the resulting traces, the framework can determine the probability of a particular request B following another particular request A. When request A is retrieved from the service provider application, and when the probability is high enough (e.g. >50%) that request B will follow request A in the sequence of requests, the framework is operable to simulate request B in a background process and provide a response to request B from a local memory storage.
US10015247B2
Provided is a method for synchronizing an application and a background server. The method includes: after a user logs on to a browser of a mobile terminal device through inputting an account and a password, receiving information of an operation system running on the mobile terminal device and version information of the browser from the mobile terminal device; obtaining a set of identifications of applications corresponding to the account; determining a URL and an icon that correspond to an identification of an application matching the information of the operation system and the version information of the browser in the set of identifications of applications; and sending the identification of the matched application, and the URL and the icon that correspond to the identification of the matched application to the mobile terminal device.
US10015241B2
Operating profiles for consumers of computing resources may be automatically determined based on an analysis of actual resource usage measurements and other operating metrics. Measurements may be taken while a consumer, such as a virtual machine instance, uses computing resources, such as those provided by a host. A profile may be dynamically determined based on those measurements. Profiles may be generalized such that groups of consumers with similar usage profiles are associated with a single profile. Assignment decisions may be made based on the profiles, and computing resources may be reallocated or oversubscribed if the profiles indicate that the consumers are unlikely to fully utilize the resources reserved for them. Oversubscribed resources may be monitored, and consumers may be transferred to different resource providers if contention for resources is too high.
US10015234B2
Various aspects of a method and system for providing information via an intelligent user interface are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, in response to the receipt of a request from an electronic device, the method includes determination of a first information response that may correspond to a first functional service. A set of second information responses that corresponds to a set of second functional services may be determined based on the first information response. Each of the determined set of second information responses is associated with a corresponding weight. One or more of the determined set of second information responses are selected based on the corresponding weight. The second information responses are value-added responses.
US10015231B2
Methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, are described for establishing select routing of proprietary digital content. A server computing device prepares a package of digital content, where the digital content includes proprietary content and non-proprietary content. The server segregates the package of digital content into proprietary content and non-proprietary content, and assigns a content identifier to each item of proprietary content. The server transmits the proprietary content to a computing device of a digital content management service. The server receives a notification of acceptance of the proprietary content from the computing device of the digital content management service and a notification of acceptance of the non-proprietary content from a second remote computing device. The server presents an accepted package of digital content on the first remote computing device, where the accepted package comprises accepted proprietary content and accepted non-proprietary content.
US10015230B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for copying and pasting data between networked devices. Data copied on a source device and may be pasted on a destination device in response to the destination device receiving a paste command. The data from the source device may be automatically transmitted to, and available at, the destination device. The destination device may cycle through data copied from various devices based on the chronological order of when each piece of data was copied, or based on the devices' priority. The destination device may also present the user with a list of data copied at differences devices, from which the user may select which data to paste. A user may also use a special command, or may issue multiple paste commands within a predetermine period time, to indicate that the data to be pasted should be data from a different device.
US10015229B2
A method, system, and computer program product for efficient data transfer using metadata sharing. The method includes: determining difference blocks by comparing a metadata map of a requested file to a pre-existing metadata map at a receiving site, wherein a difference block is a data block the receiving site needs to generate the requested file; mapping the difference blocks in a missing metadata map; transmitting the missing metadata map from the receiving site; and transferring the difference blocks to the receiving site from a plurality of available servers, wherein the difference blocks are transferred to allow for the fastest transmission.
US10015227B2
According to embodiments described in the specification, a method and system for replicating an application on an auxiliary computing device are provided. The system includes the auxiliary computing device, a mobile computing device executing the application, and at least one server. The server provides the auxiliary computing device with a web application, and the auxiliary computing device presents a code generated using the web application on its display. The mobile computing device captures the code, and uses the code to establish a connection with the auxiliary computing device via the server. The server then routes data between the auxiliary computing device, the mobile computing device and other devices. The data includes application control data, which is routed between the mobile computing device and the auxiliary computing device; and message data, which is routed between the mobile computing device and other devices.
US10015221B2
Mechanisms are provided to manage media stream transmissions at a content server. A content server detects that a user on a device such as a mobile device has stopped playing a live media stream. The content server maintains information associating the user with the media stream and time information. When the content server detects that a user wishes to resume playing a media stream, the user can continue viewing the media stream from where stoppage occurred. In many instances, the content server stores many hours of live media stream data and allows a user to select a particular starting point.
US10015216B2
Systems and methods are described herein for providing a virtual conference using a master device implemented with a personal communication device (PCD), including determining, by the master device, a latency for each of a plurality of satellite devices connected to the master device. The master device then determines an uplink buffer duration based on a difference between a highest latency and a lowest latency among the plurality of satellite devices. The master device determines a processing time for an uplink data packet, the processing time being determined based, at least in part, on the uplink buffer duration. The master device then performs signal processing at the processing time for the received uplink data packets.
US10015212B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for starting both a synchronous communication session and an asynchronous communication session that overlap in time, and sending a digital link to users associated with the synchronous communication session that allows them to access the asynchronous communication session. The synchronous communication session includes real-time multimedia data transfer among the users associated with the session. The asynchronous communication session includes allowing users to add information to or retrieve information from the session. The asynchronous communication session persists after the synchronous communication session ends.
US10015211B2
Notifying a user of a collaborative process that an event of interest has occurred, includes providing a graphical user interface that graphically interacts with a user to identify electronically generated collaborative content of a corresponding computer-executed collaborative process that is to be tracked, wherein the user defines an originator of the generated collaborative content; designating at least one event that triggers a notification to the originator of the collaborative content; communicating with a collaborative process server computer to identify at least one event associated with the collaborative process to monitor; receiving an indication that at least one designated event has occurred; and modifying a visual display of the shared collaborative content when a designated event associated with the shared collaborative content is detected.
US10015209B2
A system that performs rate control for real-time communications (“RTC”) establishes a tunnel by a tunneling server with a tunneling client of a user equipment (“UE”). The system receives a request from the UE to enable the rate control for an inner socket of the tunnel, and sends a response back to the UE to indicate that the rate control is enabled for the inner socket. The system then monitors a transmission rate at the inner socket of the tunnel, and drops frames when the monitored transmission rate is greater than a predetermined transmission rate.
US10015197B2
Input data are received from a source environment comprising a plurality of servers and one or more applications running on at least one of the servers. One or more patterns are discovered from the received data comprising information regarding the plurality of servers running applications that collectively perform a service. The patterns are analyzed to learn a recurring pattern. A security policy is designed for the recurring pattern. The recurring pattern and the security policy designed for the recurring pattern is stored in a database.
US10015183B1
Creation of new edges in a network may be used as an indication of a potential attack on the network. Historical data of a frequency with which nodes in a network create and receive new edges may be analyzed. Baseline models of behavior among the edges in the network may be established based on the analysis of the historical data. A new edge that deviates from a respective baseline model by more than a predetermined threshold during a time window may be detected. The new edge may be flagged as potentially anomalous when the deviation from the respective baseline model is detected. Probabilities for both new and existing edges may be obtained for all edges in a path or other subgraph. The probabilities may then be combined to obtain a score for the path or other subgraph. A threshold may be obtained by calculating an empirical distribution of the scores under historical conditions.
US10015179B2
Identifying a behavior of a malware service is disclosed. An interrogation packet is sent to a network communication port of a receiver. The interrogation packet is one of a plurality of predetermined interrogation packets sent to the network communication port. The interrogation packet invites an expected action. The expected action is detected. It is determined that the malware service is potentially is operating.
US10015177B2
A security platform employs a variety techniques and mechanisms to detect security related anomalies and threats in a computer network environment. The security platform is “big data” driven and employs machine learning to perform security analytics. The security platform performs user/entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) to detect the security related anomalies and threats, regardless of whether such anomalies/threats were previously known. The security platform can include both real-time and batch paths/modes for detecting anomalies and threats. By visually presenting analytical results scored with risk ratings and supporting evidence, the security platform enables network security administrators to respond to a detected anomaly or threat, and to take action promptly.
US10015169B2
A system and method are provided to monitor and prevent potential enterprise policy and/or rule violations by subscribers.
US10015167B1
An extensible key management system includes a developer services portal for accessing an application. The system may identify initiation via the developer services portal of an association of the application with an external API of a third party provider service and automatically obtain a sub-key for the external API from the third party provider service on behalf of a developer of the application. The sub-key may be obtained in accordance with authorization provided by a master key previously provided from the third party provider service. The system may map an association between the sub-key, the application and the external API and store the association. Upon receipt of a service call message resulting from a request from a user device executing the application, the system may identify and replace a developer API key included in the service call message with the sub-key based on the stored association.
US10015159B2
Provided is a terminal authentication system including a client terminal and a server device. The client terminal transmits first information based on secret information different for each client terminal and a client certificate including a hash value of the secret information which is derived from the secret information, to a server device. The server device receives the first information and the client certificate, derives a hash value from the secret information based on the first information using a unidirectional function, and authenticates the client terminal on the basis of the derived hash value and the hash value of the secret information which is included in the client certificate.
US10015158B2
In one illustrative scenario, a mobile communication device causes a communication session to be established with a host server of a communication network. The mobile device performs communication operations in the communication session for activating a communication service, such as a data synchronization service, with the host server. In the communication session, the mobile device also receives configuration information which includes information for use in constructing a request message for obtaining a digital certificate from a certificate authority (CA). After receipt of the configuration information, the mobile device constructs the request message for the digital certificate and causes it to be sent to the host server. In response, the host server requests and obtains the digital certificate from the CA on behalf of the mobile device, and thereafter “pushes” the received digital certificate to the mobile device. The mobile device receives the digital certificate and stores it for use in subsequent communications. The host server may be part of a local area network (LAN) which includes a wireless LAN (WLAN) adapted to authenticate the mobile device based on the digital certificate, so that the mobile device may obtain access to the WLAN.
US10015153B1
A technique performs authentication. The technique involves performing, by processing circuitry, a set of authentication operations in response to a set of authentication requests, and updating a set of velocity metrics which identifies authentication performance for a set of authentication request sources that originated the set of authentication requests. The technique further involves, after updating the set of velocity metrics, receiving, by the processing circuitry, an authentication request from an authentication request source. The technique further involves providing, by the processing circuitry, an authentication result in response to the authentication request from the authentication request source. The authentication result (i) is based on the set of velocity metrics and (ii) indicates whether the authentication request is considered to be legitimate. Such a technique can detect malicious activity even if a person tries to authenticate just a few times to several accounts in a “touch the fence” style of attack.
US10015152B2
A method for execution by a dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit includes transforming a counter seed into a set of counter values; obtaining an encryption key; encrypting at least two portions of data utilizing the encryption key and at least two of the set of counter values, in parallel, to produce at least two ciphertexts; performing a first deterministic function on the at least two ciphertexts, in parallel, to produce at least two transformed ciphertexts; performing a second deterministic function on the at least two transformed ciphertexts to produce a mask; masking the encryption key using the mask to produce a masked key; and combining the at least two ciphertexts and the masked key to produce secure data.
US10015149B2
A system for supply of data, including generating a first digital certificate referred (empowerment certificate) signed with a first signing entity's electronic signature. The empowerment certificate includes attributes of the described entity, information identifying the first signing entity, indication of data relating to the described entity, indication of a source of the data, and identification of a relying entity to which the data can be supplied. The relying entity forwards the empowerment certificate to a source supplying the data indicated in the empowerment certificate. The data may be supplied to the relying entity by a second digital certificate (custom certificate), signed with a second signing entity's electronic signature. Custom certificates may appear in custom certificate revocation lists. A system and method for transfer of ownership of electronic property from a first entity to a second entity, and a method and system for electronic voting are also provided.
US10015148B2
In some examples, a controller is configured to generate a key based on a physics-based output of a component. The controller may, for example, use the key to authenticate communication between at least two nodes, to encrypt data, or to decrypt data, may be generated based on a physics-based output generated a component. The output generated by the component may vary over time, such that the controller is configured to generate a different key, depending on the time at which the output from the component used to generate the key was generated by the component. In some examples, the key is not stored in a memory, and is a discrete signal that only exists in real-time while the component is active and generating the detectable output.
US10015143B1
Methods, non-transitory computer readable media and application management apparatuses, and application management systems that secure one or more entitlement grants includes transmitting a registration license request encrypted with a first public key to a license server. The registration license request comprises a registration identifier and a second public key. A registration license response is received from the license server. The registration license response comprises one or more license entitlement grants, the second public key, and a first secure signature encrypted with a first private key. The one or more license entitlement grants are authenticated when the first decrypted secure signature matches the first check signature.
US10015131B2
In a communication device a processor receives, from a terminal device, a plurality of input values corresponding to a plurality of setting items including an IP Address setting item, a Subnet Mask setting item, and a Gateway setting item. The plurality of input values includes a first input value, a second input value, and a third input value. The processor determines whether the third input value is within a range that is defined by the received first input value and the received second input value; and record the first input value for the Subnet Mask setting item, the second input value for the one of the IP address setting item and the Gateway setting item, and the third input value for the remaining one of the IP address setting item and the Gateway setting item when it is determined that the third input value is within the range.
US10015124B2
Implementations relate to automatic response suggestions based on images received in messaging applications. In some implementations, a computer-executed method includes detecting a first image included within a first message received at a second device over a communication network from a first device of a first user, and programmatically analyzing the first image to extract a first image content. The method includes retrieving a first semantic concept associated with the first image content, programmatically generating a suggested response to the first message based on the first semantic concept, and transmitting instructions causing rendering of the suggested response in the messaging application as a suggestion to a second user of the second device.
US10015120B2
An intermediary messaging system is provided that facilitates exchange of information between service requestor and service providers. In an embodiment, the intermediary messaging system is configured to receive a request from a client, determine one or more target services for servicing the request, communicate information regarding the request to the identified target services, and communicate responses from the target services back to the client. In certain embodiments, the intermediary messaging service enables a single request received from the client to be translated to multiple requests and to possibly multiple target services without the client having to make multiple requests.
US10015119B2
A method and system for file transfer, an instant messaging terminal, and a computer storage medium are described, so as to solve the problem that in case of a poor network environment, too much manual intervention is required when file transfer through an existing instant messaging software encounters a network connection interruption, leading to a low transfer efficiency and poor user. With the present disclosure, an instant messaging terminal is provided with an option of automatic retransfer upon disconnection, an option of automatic reception upon disconnection, and an option of automatic offline-file forwarding upon disconnection, such that when transfer of a file is interrupted, an instant messaging system can automatically retransfer (or resume the interrupted transfer of) the file, thus enhancing efficiency in file transfer.
US10015117B2
In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides storing a packet header at a set of at least one page of memory allocated to storing packet headers, and storing the packet header and a packet payload at a location not in the set of at least one page of memory allocated to storing packet headers.
US10015109B2
Disclosed aspects include managing asset deployment for a shared pool of configurable computing resources having a set of virtual machines associated with a deployment server. A set of deployment topology data is collected for the shared pool of configurable computing resources. Using the set of deployment topology data, it is determined to establish a dynamic management server communicatively connected with both the deployment server and the set of virtual machines. Based on the set of deployment topology data, the dynamic management server is established communicatively connected with both the deployment server and the set of virtual machines.
US10015107B2
Host machines and other devices performing synchronized operations can be dispersed across multiple racks in a data center to provide additional buffer capacity and to reduce the likelihood of congestion. The level of dispersion can depend on factors such as the level of oversubscription, as it can be undesirable in a highly connected network to push excessive host traffic into the aggregation fabric. As oversubscription levels increase, the amount of dispersion can be reduced and two or more host machines can be clustered on a given rack, or otherwise connected through the same edge switch. By clustering a portion of the machines, some of the host traffic can be redirected by the respective edge switch without entering the aggregation fabric. When provisioning hosts for a customer, application, or synchronized operation, for example, the levels of clustering and dispersion can be balanced to minimize the likelihood for congestion throughout the network.
US10015103B2
When packet loss is detected during a communication session, a current interactivity mode is checked to determine whether to increase the amount of received audio data stored in a buffer of the receiving device. If the current interactivity mode indicates a low level of interactivity between participants in the communication session, then the total amount of received audio data stored in the buffer is increased, in order to increase the delay between receipt of audio data by the electronic device, and outputting of the audio data by the electronic device. The increased output delay is then used to recover lost packets, so that audio quality is increased while the level of interactivity between participants is low. When the current interactivity mode subsequently indicates higher participant interactivity, the amount of received audio data stored in the buffer may be reduced.
US10015101B2
Systems and methods for per queue per service buffering capability for traffic shaping include receiving an ingress packet; responsive to no traffic shaping, providing the ingress packet to an output interface; and, responsive to traffic shaping, performing one of sending the ingress packet to the output interface, buffering the ingress packet in a queue based on service priority, and dropping the ingress packet. The traffic shaping can include one of a token bucket algorithm and a leaky bucket algorithm.
US10015098B2
Various embodiments of the invention provide for an unparalleled scalable and reliable load distribution design for use in a large class of network applications, including cloud computing in modern data center networks and similar services, which can benefit from the invention by taking advantage of commonly available network components and systems. In particular, various embodiments of the invention extend a logical load distributor model to include distributed clusters of loosely coupled components. Certain embodiments accomplish this by combining existing silicon-based network components and functionalities with the scalability and reliability provided by virtualized processes in order to improve critical load distribution and load balancing performance without requiring costly upgrades to infrastructure and without negative structural impact on the overall network. Some embodiments take advantage of hierarchical designs to further increase scalability.
US10015090B2
A method for steering packets includes receiving a packet and determining parameters to be used in steering the packet to a specific destination, in one or more initial steering stages, based on one or more packet specific attributes. The method further includes determining an identity of the specific destination of the packet in one or more subsequent steering stages, governed by the parameters determined in the one or more initial stages and one or more packet specific attributes, and forwarding the packet to the determined specific destination.
US10015076B2
A managing unit adds update information to an entry to be updated of a table updated prior to a change of a network configuration, and deletes the update information when the update of the table caused by the change of the network configuration is completed. A packet processing unit executes a plurality of pipeline processes using the table sequentially, and suspends executing the pipeline processes when the update information is added to any entry of the table. A reprocessing control unit stores an input packet in a reprocessing queue when the pipeline processes executed by the packet processing unit is suspended, and transfers the packet stored in the reprocessing queue to the input queue when update of the table to which the update information is added is all completed.
US10015073B2
Embodiments are provided for providing optimal route reflector (ORR) root address assignment to route reflector clients and fast failover capabilities in an autonomous system, including identifying a first node in an autonomous system as a candidate root node of a first routing group, identifying a client node based on a neighbor address used in a first routing protocol, mapping the neighbor address to routing information received from the client node via a second routing protocol, and associating the neighbor address with the first routing group if the routing information includes an identifier of the first routing group. In more specific embodiments, identifying the first node as a candidate root node includes determining the first node and the first routing group are advertised in a first protocol packet, and determining the first node and the second routing group are advertised in a second protocol packet.
US10015070B1
Systems and methods are described for extending coverage of a wireless device. A handover trigger threshold may be established for a plurality of wireless devices located in a coverage area of an access node. An attachment request may be received at the access node from at least one wireless device having a power class different from a common power class of the plurality of wireless devices. Based on the reported power class, the access node may adjust a handover trigger threshold for the at least one wireless device. The access node may instruct the at least one wireless device to extend its coverage until the adjusted handover trigger threshold is met.
US10015069B1
A system and apparatus for monitoring networks and quality-of-service elements within networks. Probes placed at strategic locations throughout the network activate at predetermined intervals or upon predetermined events, conduct tests emulating actual user experience, and report the results of the tests to a controller. The data collected by the controller is used to maintain the integrity of the network and to evaluate the user experience within the network.
US10015068B2
The disclosure relates to a method 30 for handling latency performed in a node 12, 151, 152, 153, . . . , 15n of a distributed cloud 11. The node 12, 151, 152, 153, . . . , 15n is configured to handle a subset of media processing required by a media service and the distributed cloud 11 comprising two or more such nodes 12, 151, 152, 153, . . . , 15n, wherein a communication path for the media service is configured between at least a first and a second communication device 141, 142. The media service is provided by media streams comprising media packets and the communication path involving two or more of the nodes 12, 151, 152, 153, . . . , 15n. The method 30 comprises: determining 31 processing delay of processing the media packet in the node 12, 151, 152, 153, . . . , 15n the processing delay constituting a first delay contribution; attaching 32 metadata to the media packet, the metadata comprising information about the first delay contribution added to any accumulated delay contributions experienced by the media packet along the communication path.
US10015066B2
Systems and methods of propagating frame loss information by a node in an Ethernet network include detecting one or more of service unaware port discards and service aware port discards; determining statistics based on the one or more of service unaware discards and service aware port discards; and transmitting the determined statistics to a sender node through one of a Link Layer Discovery Protocol Data Unit (LLDPDU) and a Link Trace Message (LTM). The LLDPDU and the LTM can include an organization specific Type-Length-Value (TLV) with a TLV information string therein based on the determined statistics and cause of the one or more of service unaware discards and service aware port discards.
US10015062B2
Exemplary techniques for analytics-driven hybrid concurrency control in clouds are disclosed that include a hybrid resource allocation module that can concurrently utilize an optimistic allocation scheme alongside a pessimistic allocation scheme. Machine learning techniques utilizing previous activity history of applications can be used to train a cluster model that is integrated by a hybrid resource allocation module to classify applications in either a pessimistic cluster or an optimistic cluster that identifies under which scheme requests from the applications will be processed.
US10015061B2
Techniques are provided for service placement on hosts for a consumer based on geographic location The techniques include: determining a geographical location of a consumer; and inputting a topology model of an environment including multiple candidate hosts to support a service required by the consumer, the topology model including: a geographic location of each of resource in the environment; and connectivity details between the resources and between the resources and the consumer. The techniques also include: specifying bounding requirements for a host and/or bounding requirements for a path between the consumer to a host; calculating the distance from a candidate host to the consumer; determining if bounding requirements are met by a candidate host; and ordering candidate hosts that meet bounding requirements by distance.
US10015057B2
Systems and methods for a representative bandwidth calculation in a network include receiving a request for representative bandwidth information; obtaining network measurements; combining, filtering, and retiming network measurements based on the request to determine the representative bandwidth information. The systems and methods convert the combined, filtered, and retimed network measurements into the representative bandwidth information which has an additive property in an algebraic domain. The additive property enables the representative bandwidth information to be used for admission control, overbooking determinations, network planning, and/or dynamic pricing in the network.
US10015054B2
A member device of a stacked switches system receives a packet which is to be sent to every member device in the stack groups of the stacked switches system. The member device identifies an intra-group port and an aggregated stack link group which permit forwarding the packet based on an ingress member device identification of the packet. The member device sends the packet carrying the ingress member device identification via the identified intra-group stack port, via the identified aggregated stack link group and via a local data port.
US10015050B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward a distributed computing system in which host computing devices host computing services that are only accessible by client computing devices and other computing services associated with a particular computing channel for a line-of-business and in which host computing devices host computing services that are accessible by client computing devices and other computing services across lines of business. The computing services are configured according to a common application interface (API) that provides a modular configuration allowing the computing services to be deployed across multiple computing channels for multiple lines-of-business respectively. Aspects of the present disclosure are also directed toward an automated deployment system that is configured to automatically deploy computing services at a computing platform based on a computing platform template and one or more computing service templates.
US10015042B2
A system that implements a data storage service may store data on behalf of storage service clients. The system may maintain data in multiple replicas of various partitions that are stored on respective computing nodes in the system. The system may employ a single master failover protocol, usable when a replica attempts to become the master replica for a replica group of which it is a member. Attempting to become the master replica may include acquiring a lock associated with the replica group, and gathering state information from the other replicas in the group. The state information may indicate whether another replica supports the attempt (in which case it is included in a failover quorum) or stores more recent data or metadata than the replica attempting to become the master (in which case synchronization may be required). If the failover quorum includes enough replicas, the replica may become the master.
US10015035B2
Disclosed is a CFO estimation method comprising: generating a first function defined by reception signals in two successive OFDM symbols for a particular subcarrier; generating a second function defined on the basis of a sign of a real part of the first function; repeatedly performing a process of generating the first function and the second function for an entire subcarrier set; and determining a phase of a third function obtained by adding results of the repeated performance to be a residual CFO.
US10015024B2
A wireless communication apparatus configured to select an allocation system for transmission symbols on the basis of transmission line situations between the wireless communication apparatus and terminals includes a channel estimator to estimate transmission line coefficients between communication target terminals and sub-arrays, a resource scheduler to generate, on the basis of the transmission line coefficients, mapping information and transmission weight information by spatial multiplexing and frequency multiplexing and select and output the mapping information and the transmission weight information by one of the multiplexing systems, a symbol mapper to map transmission symbols on a frequency axis on the basis of the mapping information from the resource scheduler, and a pre-coder to perform, on the basis of the transmission weight information from the resource scheduler, a weighting operation concerning a signal mapped by the symbol mapper.
US10015017B2
Aspects of the disclosure are related to a method for verifying whether a message was digitally signed by a user. The example method comprises: receiving a public key of a public-key signature scheme and one or more pieces of plaintext identification information associated with the user; applying a hash scheme to a combination of the public key and the one or more pieces of plaintext identification information, the hash scheme yielding a hash result; determining whether the hash result satisfies one or more criteria; determining whether the public key is associated with the user based on the determination of whether the hash result satisfies the one or more criteria; and verifying a digital signature of the message with the public key.
US10015015B1
The techniques presented herein provide for verifying the integrity of an encryption key log file generated on a data storage system. Encryption key activity events associated with a storage system's back-end storage drives are identified. A unique signature is generated for each encryption key activity event. Each encryption key activity event and its corresponding signature are stored in an audit log file. An audit log hash file is generated using the contents of the audit log file. At an external location, the audit log file and the audit log hash file are retrieved from the storage system. The integrity of the retrieved audit log file is verified by generating a local audit log hash file and comparing the local audit log hash file to the retrieved audit log hash file and determining if the local audit log hash file matches the retrieved audit log hash file.
US10015001B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving system information. The method for transmitting comprises: determining a system information repetition transmission resource area within a system information scheduling period, wherein the system information repetition transmission resource area comprises resource elements for repetitively transmitting the system information; and the receiving method comprises: a terminal detecting system information within a system information scheduling period, wherein the system information is system information transmitted on a broadcast channel and system information transmitted on a system information repetition transmission resource area, the system information repetition transmission resource area comprises resource elements for repetitively transmitting the system information.
US10014996B1
A method and system for bit-level protection in concurrent downlink coordinated multipoint transmission of bit groups to multiple user equipment devices (UEs) from multiple base stations. Multiple base stations each serving a respective UE and each having a separate bit stream to communicate to its respective served UE will define bit groups across the bit streams, such that each bit group includes at least one bit from each base station's bit stream. Each bit group will be transmitted as a multi-bit data symbol modulated onto a subcarrier frequency. Susceptibility to pairwise confusion between different data symbols due to misidentification of particular bits will be used to determine bit-level protection for various bit positions of the data symbols. Assignment of particular bits of each bit group to particular UEs will include consideration of bit-level protection, such that UEs with lower quality downlink properties will be assigned bits providing higher bit-level protection, and vice versa.
US10014995B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and provides a data transmission method, a data reception and detection method, a base station and a UE on the basis of a non-orthogonal mode. Before the transmission of pieces of data on physical resources by the base station, a plurality of pieces of data is firstly mapped to the physical resources at an amount not greater than the number of the pieces of data, each piece of data in the plurality of pieces of data is mapped to at least one physical resource, and the number of the physical resources to which each piece of data is mapped is not completely the same. Then, the pieces of data on the physical resources are transmitted by the base station. According to the present disclosure, it is able to transmit more pieces of data through fewer physical resources, thereby to improve the data transmission capability for the communication system.
US10014990B2
A testing unit including a substrate, a plurality of vias located in the substrate, a plurality of pin traces having a height and a width and each extending from a respective via towards an edge of the substrate and terminating at an end point, a plurality of termination points adjacent to the end points of the pin traces, a plurality of end traces having a height and a width with each end trace extending from an end point of a respective pin trace towards to a corresponding termination point near to the pin trace, a plurality of traces extending from the end of a respective end point or termination point to the edge of the substrate.
US10014976B2
One or more embodiments discloses a method of measuring interference by an evolved NodeB and an eNB device. The method includes configuring one or more first type interference measurement resources in a User Equipment (UE). The method also includes transmitting signals for a plurality of UEs within a cell range of the eNB to the one or more first type interference measurement resources. The method also includes receiving channel status information generated in accordance with a signal received in the one or more first type interference measurement resources.
US10014974B2
An optical line terminal (OLT) channel termination (CT) comprises a receiver configured to receive an upstream message which comprises a correlation tag from an optical network unit (ONU), wherein the correlation tag represents a unique number, a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to process the upstream message, and generate a downstream message based on the upstream message, wherein the downstream message comprises the correlation tag, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the downstream message to the ONU.
US10014963B2
An apparatus for facilitating antenna calibration comprising: a directional coupler having first, second, third and fourth ports, the first port selectively connected to a radio transmitter or a radio receiver and the second port connected to an antenna; a power combiner/divider having first, second and third ports; the first port of the power combiner/divider selectively connected to a measurement receiver or a measurement transmitter and the second port of the power combiner/divider connected to the third port of the direction coupler; and a magnitude and phase adjustor connected between the fourth port of the directional coupler and the third port of the power combiner/divider. The magnitude and phase adjustor is configured to be tuned such that any signal input to the second port of the directional coupler results in an output smaller than a predetermined threshold at the first port of the power combiner/divider.
US10014959B2
A direct field acoustic testing system includes at least two acoustical transducer groups and a signal modifier for introducing separately controllable time delays or phase shifts for each acoustical transducer group so as to provide an acoustic field conforming to a pre-determined specification with reduced deviations due to constructive or destructive interference between the acoustical transducer groups.
US10014958B2
A fiber optic-based communications network includes: a power insertion device, connected to multiple fiber links from a data source, configured to provide power insertion to a hybrid fiber/power cable connected to at least one fiber link of the multiple fiber links; the hybrid fiber/power cable, connecting the power insertion device to a connection interface device, configured to transmit data and power from the power insertion device to the connection interface device; and the connection interface device, configured to provide an interface for connection to an end device via a power over Ethernet (PoE)-compatible connection and to provide optical to electrical media conversion for data transmitted from the power insertion device to an end device via the hybrid fiber/power cable and the PoE-compatible connection.
US10014950B2
A PAM4 driver with at least 56 Gbps speed for driving a Mach-Zehnder modulator. The PAM4 driver is configured as 2-bit CMOS digital-to-analog convertor including a drive control module for receiving a pair of incoming differential digital data and generating a first processed reference signal and a second processed reference signal. The PAM4 driver further includes a mirrored buffer circuit to produce two sets of four voltage levels. Furthermore, the PAM4 driver includes a decoder module controlled by a switch bias control module configured to decode each of the two sets of four voltage levels for generating a first output signal and a complementary second out signal with 4 independently adjustable analog levels for driving the Mach-Zehnder modulator with close ended termination resistor.
US10014946B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a node device includes an interface configured to receive first signals. A plurality of coupling devices are configured to launch the first signals on a transmission medium as a plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves at corresponding plurality of non-optical carrier frequencies, wherein the plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves are bound to a physical structure of the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10014941B2
The present disclosure discloses a photon data transmission method and device for a mobile terminal, where to-be-transmitted data is encoded by tuning a light luminance intensity combination so as to send more information and improve security. Preferably, before encoding, luminance of a flash is controlled and data of a specific information amount is sent, and a photonic receive end recognizes a light signal, and according to a recognition result, determines a maximum quantity of luminance levels of signals supported by the photonic receive end, and then performs encoding according to a recognition capability of the photonic receive end. In this way, it is ensured that the photonic receive end can recognize the signals, and that sent code can make full use of luminance of a flash of a mobile phone.
US10014939B2
The present invention provides a smart device which can receive, by an image sensor of a camera, a visible light signal generated by a light-emitting source such as a lighting apparatus or a display, and which can transmit the visible light signal to another terminal and light-emitting source by an LED flash of the camera, thereby enabling transmission and reception of visible light communication by the camera, which is equipped as standard in the smart device, as well as enabling transmission and relay of data by connecting to RF communication such as WiFi, Bluetooth and UWB. Moreover, the present invention provides a system and a method for providing location-based services which measure an approximate current location of a user by an RF communication access point and measure the current location of the user in detail by receiving a visible light signal, which includes location information, from the light-emitting source, and thus can perform a high-precision indoor location recognition function linking visible light communication and RF communication and can provide guide image information, which comprises various additional information, on the basis of the location information of the user.
US10014936B1
In an example, the present invention includes an integrated system-on-chip device. The device is configured on a single silicon substrate member. The device has a data input/output interface provided on the substrate member. The device has an input/output block provided on the substrate member and coupled to the data input/output interface. The device has a signal processing block provided on the substrate member and coupled to the input/output block. The device has a driver module provided on the substrate member and coupled to the signal processing block. In an example, the device has a driver interface provided on the substrate member and coupled to the driver module and configured to be coupled to a silicon photonics device. In an example, a control block is configured to receive and send instruction(s) in a digital format to the communication block and is configured to receive and send signals in an analog format to communicate with the silicon photonics device.
US10014934B2
A method for providing eavesdropping detection of an optic fiber communication between two users includes the steps of exchanging both data and probe signals through at least two channels (400, 500) between the users, exchanging probe signals (143) on one channel (500 or 400) between quantum probe signal terminals, extracting a key for authentication from the probe signals, and exchanging data signals (142) between transmission units on another channel (400 or 500). A first portion of the key generated by the quantum probe signal terminals is used to authenticate the terminals, wherein a second portion of the key is dedicated to define commutation occurrences of commutation devices adapted to commutate the use of the channels (400, 500) for data (142) and probe (143) signals, thus detecting an eavesdropping event (300) which triggers an alarm (750). A further portion of the key can be used to encrypt the messages.
US10014929B2
A method is described for use in a satellite communication network, utilizing available resources (e.g. when operating in an idle mode) of at least one first terminal. that belongs to a cluster comprising a plurality of terminals that are adapted to communicate with a satellite, by at least one other terminal being a second terminal that belongs to that cluster of terminals, and wherein the utilization of idle resources is done by enabling communications between the first and second terminals is carried out by using a communication link that is not part of the satellite communication network.
US10014928B2
A system for operating an integrated architecture for near real-time satellite communications, comprising a plurality of collector satellites augment by aerial and terrestrial sensing systems that capture a plurality of EO, SAR and/or Signals sensor data of a portion of a region of the surface of the Earth, and a plurality of connector satellites that communicate with at least a collector satellite using a communication interface, and a method for using advanced environmental monitoring to adaptively task a collector satellite.
US10014922B2
The present disclosure provides a hybrid beamforming transmission method and a network device. The hybrid beamforming transmission method includes steps of: determining, by a network device, a digital-domain beamforming weight matrix for a first UE in accordance with a channel measurement result; determining, by the network device, a set of beamforming weight matrices in accordance with the digital-domain beamforming weight matrix, and transmitting a signal to the first UE in an analog beamforming manner; selecting, by the network device, a beamforming weight matrix from the set of beamforming weight matrices in accordance with a measurement result from the first UE, as an analog-domain beamforming weight matrix for the first UE; and performing, by the network device, hybrid beamforming transmission in accordance with the determined digital-domain beamforming weight matrix and the selected analog-domain beamforming weight matrix.
US10014921B2
Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a method and apparatus for coordinating concurrent sector optimizations in a wireless communication system. One exemplary embodiment of the method includes determining neighbor relationships between sectors and constructing a precedence graph using the neighbor relationships to link neighboring sectors by a plurality of directed arcs to indicate relative precedence of the neighboring sectors. The exemplary embodiment the method also includes iteratively allocating one or more antenna resources of each of the sectors by selecting a subset of the sectors as master sectors, concurrently optimizing allocation of the antenna resource for each master sector and its associated slave sectors, and reversing precedence indicated by the directed arcs linked to each master sector following optimization of the allocation of the antenna resource(s).
US10014910B2
A method of arranging exchange of signals between user terminals in a cellular communication system and at least one base station. The base station includes a central unit and a plurality of remote units. The signals are exchanged between the central unit and the remote units as aggregated signals for plural user terminals. The signals are processed at the remote units as distinct signals each associated with a respective one of the plural user terminals.
US10014905B2
The present disclosure provides a signal processing system and method for a non-orthogonal multiple access communication system, a base station and a user equipment. The signal processing system is configured to perform interleaving processing on information to be transmitted subjected to modulation processing. The signal processing system can obtain at least one of the following beneficial effects: capable of saving length of an interleaver; and capable of obtaining more diversity gain.
US10014902B2
A high-frequency module includes a directivity switching switch unit that switches an end portion of a first sub line, which is connected to an output terminal, and first and second resistor switching switch units that switch first and second termination resistors which are connected to the first sub line. The directivity of coupled output in the first sub line of a first directional coupler is able to be switched and detection accuracy of a high-frequency signal is able to be improved by improving isolation characteristics of the first directional coupler to improve the directivity.
US10014901B1
According to one embodiment, an RF frontend IC device includes a first RF transceiver to transmit and receive RF signals within a first predetermined frequency band and a second RF transceiver to transmit and receive RF signals within a second predetermined frequency band. The RF frontend IC device further includes a full-band frequency synthesizer coupled to the first and second RF transceivers to perform frequency synthetization in a wide frequency spectrum, including the first and second frequency bands. The full-band frequency synthesizer generates a first LO signal and a second LO signal for the first RF transceiver and the second RF transceiver to enable the first RF transceiver and the second RF transceiver to transmit and receive RF signals within the first frequency band the second frequency band respectively. The first RF transceiver, the second RF transceiver, and the full-band frequency synthesizer are integrated within a single IC chip.
US10014897B2
A method, communication device, and computer program product mitigate Specific Absorption Rating (SAR) exposure to a user proximate to a communication device. The method includes an on-device measurement receiver of a communication device detecting a first signal level corresponding to power delivered to a first antenna. The method includes a controller determining a first return loss value based on a first transmit power setting and the first signal level. The method includes the controller determining whether the first return loss value differs from a baseline value by a threshold amount. In response to the controller determining that the first return loss value differs by the threshold amount, the controller causes the communication device to reduce the power delivered to the first antenna.
US10014892B1
A communication system (200) is formed of a base station comprising a main base station receiver with a main base station antenna (202) and a secondary receiver with a secondary antenna (212). The secondary receiver detects interference to the main base station antenna (202) causing reduced communications range for communicating with subscriber units (204). The secondary receiver rotates a receiver null (228) of the secondary antenna (212) to reduce the interference in response thereto. The communication system (200) performs a voting decision that selects between the secondary receiver with rotated receiver null and the main base station receiver (104) with reduced communications range, to mitigate the interference to main base station antenna (102).
US10014882B2
An electronic object is configured for rapid prototyping of a wireless communication transceiver. The electronic object comprises hardware and software components. An identification module is configured for automatically conveying the electronic object's identity to at least one other electronic object in the transceiver. A signal processor performs object-specific signal processing, which is one of a plurality of component transceiver functions performed by a transceiver. An interface provides access to the electronic object's resources by other electronic objects via physical and logical entry points.
US10014880B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an FEC coding and decoding method and device, and a system. A transmit end determines a forward error correction FEC coding type according to a length of to-be-coded data in burst data, and performs coding according to the determined FEC coding type. A receive end determines a forward error correction FEC decoding type according to a length of to-be-decoded data in burst data, and performs decoding according to the determined FEC decoding type. The FEC coding and decoding method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure improves utilization of a communication resource is improved, and saves a communication resource.
US10014879B1
A method for measuring capacitance may include integrating charge with a charge integrator having a charge integrator input and output, filtering, with a loop filter having a loop filter input coupled to the charge integrator output and having a loop filter output, a first signal generated at the charge integrator output, quantizing, with quantizer having a quantizer input coupled to the loop filter output and a having quantizer output, a second signal generated at the loop filter output, processing, with a first feedback path having a first feedback path input coupled to the quantizer output and a first feedback path output coupled to the charge integrator input, a low-frequency spectrum of a quantizer output signal, and processing, with a second feedback path having a second feedback path input coupled to the quantizer output and a second feedback path output coupled downstream in a signal path of the apparatus relative to the charge integrator, a high-frequency spectrum of the quantizer output signal.
US10014876B1
System and method of buffering sampled signals in a time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter (ADC). When the input voltage to the buffer varies to a different level, a constant reset voltage is supplied to the buffer output that drives a large capacitive load, e.g., composed of an array of sub-ADCs. The reset voltage functions to remove the capacitive effect from a previous output value on the load. As a result, the buffer can buffer the input for the load without introducing intersymbol interference (ISI). A reset switch can be used to control the supply of the reset voltage to the buffer output according to a predetermined clock signal. The reset voltage may be the common mode potential in a differential source follower in the buffer. An additional voltage gain can be advantageously achieved by the buffer with a gain factor being independent of the load capacitance.
US10014875B1
An analog-to-digital converter including a converter arrangement configured to provide a digital output signal as an output of the analog-to-digital converter based on an analog input signal comprising an input to the analog-to-digital converter, the analog-to-digital converter including a calibration module configured to provide calibration signalling to set one or more of a gain of one or more components of the converter arrangement and an offset of one or more components of the converter arrangement, the calibration module further configured to provide, as an output, diagnostic information based on the calibration signalling for use in determining the occurrence of a fault in the analog-to-digital converter.
US10014867B1
A phase-locked loop circuit includes (a) a phase frequency detector which receives the input signal of the phase-locked loop and a feedback signal that is derived from the output signal of the phase-locked loop, the phase-frequency detector providing a phase-difference signal indicating a difference in phase or frequency between the input signal and the feedback signal; (b) a voltage control oscillator which receives a voltage control signal and which provide the output signal of the phase-locked loop according to the voltage control signal; (c) first and second charge pump-filter circuits each receiving the phase difference signal and each comprising: (i) a charge pump circuit which provide a predetermined signal in accordance with the phase difference signal; and (ii) a filter circuit receiving the predetermined signal to provide a filtered signal, the filter circuit comprising one or more resistors and one or more capacitors; and (d) a summing circuit which sums the filtered signal of the first charge pump-filter circuit and the filtered signal of the second charge pump-filter circuit to provide the voltage control signal.
US10014866B2
A master-slave delay locked loop system comprises a master delay locked loop (“MDLL”) for generating at least one bias voltage and at least one slave delay locked loop (“SDLL”). The at least one SDLL is coupled to the MDLL, where the at least one SDLL comprises an analog to digital converter for converting the at least one bias voltage to at least one digital signal, an adder/subtractor block for adjusting the at least one digital signal based on at least one control signal, a digital to analog converter for converting the at least one adjusted digital signal to at least one analog signal, a voltage to current converter for converting the at least one analog signal to at least one bias current, delay elements for generating phase delayed signals based on the at least one bias current, and a phase detector and control logic for determining any phase difference between the phase delayed signals and for generating the at least one control signal to align the phase delayed signals.
US10014864B2
Aspects of wide operating range level shifter designs are described. One embodiment includes a level shifter configured to receive an input signal in a first voltage domain and generate an output signal in a second voltage domain, a pulse generator configured to generate a pulse in response to sensing a rise transition on the input signal, and a droop circuit configured to decouple at least a portion of the level shifter from the second voltage domain in response to the pulse. According to one aspect of the embodiments, the pulse can be provided to the droop circuit to decouple at least a portion of the level shifter from the second voltage domain and reduce contention between transistors in the level shifter. Using the concepts described herein, the worst case rise time delay for level shifters can be significantly reduced.
US10014855B2
An electric power conversion circuit includes: first through fourth port terminals; a first diode having an anode connected to the first port terminal; a second diode having a cathode connected to the second port terminal; a third diode having a cathode connected to the first port terminal; a fourth diode having an anode connected to the second port terminal; first through fourth switches that are bridge-connected between a cathode of the first diode and an anode of the second diode; fifth through eighth switches that are bridge-connected between an anode of the third diode and a cathode of the fourth diode; a first bootstrap circuit that is connected to control terminals of the first through fourth switches; and a second bootstrap circuit that is connected to control terminals of the fifth through eighth switches.
US10014853B1
A power circuit includes a power transistor sinking a power current according to a voltage of a driving node and a driving circuit which includes a first bootstrap circuit, a second bootstrap circuit receiving a second internal signal to generate a first internal signal, a pre-driver receiving a third internal signal to generate the second internal signal, and a hysteresis circuit receiving a control signal to generate the third internal signal with a hysteresis. The first bootstrap circuit includes a high-side transistor providing a supply voltage to the driving node according to a high-side voltage, a low-side transistor electrically connecting the driving node to the ground according to the first internal signal, and a charge pump generating the high-side voltage exceeding the supply voltage according to the first internal signal and the second internal signal.
US10014846B2
An apparatus for driving a load using a low supply voltage includes a voltage-mode driver and a current source arrangement. The voltage-mode driver provides a desired termination impedance and a first portion of a desired output current to the load. The current source arrangement provides a second portion of the desired output current. The desired output current generates a predetermined voltage swing across the load, while the voltage-mode driver and the current source arrangement are powered by the low supply voltage.
US10014843B2
A composite electronic structure comprising at least one feature layer and at least one adjacent via layer, said layers extending in an X-Y plane and having height z, wherein the structure comprises at least one capacitor coupled in series or parallel to at least one inductor to provide at least one filter;the at least one capacitor being sandwiched between the at least one feature layer and at least one via in said at least adjacent via layer, such that the at least one via stands on the at least one capacitor, and the at least one of the first feature layer and the adjacent via layer includes at least one inductor extending in the XY plane.
US10014838B2
A gain adjustment apparatus includes a first output device configured to output a first audio signal, a second output device configured to output a second audio signal, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to convert the first audio signal and the second audio signal to a first frequency spectrum and a second frequency spectrum, calculate an estimated difference between the first frequency spectrum and the second frequency spectrum based on a comparison of the first frequency spectrum with the second frequency spectrum, and output a first and second adjustment spectra corresponding to the first and second frequency spectra, the first and second adjustment spectra being adjusted on the basis of the first and second frequency spectra and the estimated difference.
US10014832B2
A power amplification module includes: an amplifier that amplifies an input signal and outputs an amplified signal; and a harmonic-termination circuit to which harmonics of the amplified signal are input and the impedance of which is controlled in accordance with the frequency of a harmonic. The power amplification module can operate in a first mode in which a power supply voltage changes in accordance with the average voltage value of the amplified signal over a prescribed time period or in a second mode in which the power supply voltage changes in accordance with the envelope of the input signal. The impedance of the harmonic-termination circuit is controlled such that at least one even-ordered harmonic is short-circuited when the power amplification module operates in the first mode and at least one odd-ordered harmonic of third order or higher is short-circuited when the power amplification module operates in the second mode.
US10014822B2
A snow removal assembly includes a fluid that may be applied to a support surface. The fluid is comprised of an electrically conductive material. The fluid generates heat when an electrical current is applied to the fluid thereby facilitating the fluid to melt snow on the support surface. A sheet is provided and the sheet may be coupled to the fluid when the fluid is applied to the support surface. The sheet may inhibit the fluid from being abraded from the support surface. A power supply is provided and the power supply may be positioned on the support surface. The power supply is electrically coupled to the fluid when the fluid is applied to the support surface thereby facilitating the fluid to generate heat.
US10014821B2
A system for measuring the power or energy loss in a photovoltaic array due to soiling, which is the accumulation of dust, dirt, and/or other contaminants on the surfaces of photovoltaic modules, comprising: a pair of photovoltaic reference devices placed within or near the photovoltaic array and co-planar to the modules comprising the array, wherein one reference device is a module similar to those of the array and is allowed to accumulate soiling at the natural rate, and wherein the second reference device is a module or a cell and is periodically cleaned; and a measurement and control unit which measures and compares the electrical outputs of the soiled reference device and the clean reference device in order to determine the fraction of power lost by the soiled reference module due to soiling.
US10014810B1
A reduced-impedance active measurement device, for example, includes a current transformer for generating a sense current for monitoring a drive signal. An amplifier is arranged to generate an offsetting current in response to the sense current, wherein the offsetting current is opposite in polarity to the sense current. A sense resistor is arranged to develop a sensed voltage signal across the sense resistor in response to the received sense current and the offsetting current. Optionally, the drive signal can be used to drive and control a motor.
US10014806B2
A stepping motor driving device drives a first coil and a second coil. The stepping motor driving device includes a motor control unit. The motor control unit applies a predetermined voltage to the first coil in a first phase, applies the predetermined voltage to the second coil in a second phase after the first phase, and alternately applies the predetermined voltage to the first coil and the second coil in a third phase after the second phase.
US10014803B2
A wasted heat harvesting device for harvesting electricity including a switching device configured to convey a magnetic field from a first region to at least a second region when the temperature of the switching device crosses a predetermined temperature.
US10014797B2
An AC/DC converter includes: a first terminal and a second terminal for receiving an AC voltage and a third terminal and a fourth terminal for supplying a DC voltage. A rectifying bridge includes input terminals respectively coupled to the first terminal and the second terminal, and output terminals respectively coupled to the third terminal and fourth terminal. A first branch of the rectifying bridge includes, connected between the output terminals, two series-connected thyristors with a junction point of the two thyristors being connected to a first one of the input terminals. A second branch of the rectifying bridge is formed by series connected diodes. A control circuit is configured to generate control signals for application to the control gates of the thyristors.
US10014788B2
The present application relates to the field of switching power supplies and in particular to switching power supplies in which a primary side is isolated from the secondary side and in which a synchronous rectifier on the secondary side is controlled from the primary side. The application provides a method for minimizing body diode conduction losses.
US10014787B2
A control IC includes a VS voltage detection circuit that indirectly detects input voltage, by utilizing a fact that a voltage of a VS terminal of a reference potential of a high side drive circuit changes to a voltage equivalent to the input voltage when a high side drive signal is output from a control circuit to cause the high side drive circuit to turn on a high side switching element. The VS voltage detection circuit determines the level of the input voltage by sampling the VS terminal voltage at a time point that is delayed by a predetermined time from a rising edge of the high side drive signal, and supplies the determined level to the control circuit.
US10014785B2
A power source apparatus comprises: a transformer that insulates a primary system and a secondary system and uses primary/secondary windings to transform an input voltage into an output voltage; a switching control device that is disposed in the primary system to drive the primary winding, and an output monitor device that is disposed in the secondary system to monitor the output voltage. The transformer includes a first auxiliary winding disposed in the primary system and a second auxiliary winding disposed in the secondary system. The output monitor device drives the second auxiliary winding to generate an induced voltage in the first auxiliary winding when the output voltage becomes smaller than a predetermined threshold voltage. The switching control device temporarily stops driving of the first winding upon detecting a light load state and resumes the driving of the first winding upon detecting the induced voltage in the first auxiliary winding.
US10014784B1
A method for modulating a voltage through a primary side regulating circuit and a secondary side regulating circuit, the method includes: providing a first controller in the primary side regulating circuit; providing a second controller in the secondary side regulating circuit; exchanging messages between the first controller and the second controller thereby alternately dominating a modulation of an output voltage between the primary side regulating circuit and the secondary side regulating circuit in accordance with the messages.
US10014777B1
Disclosed examples include inverting buck-boost DC-DC converter circuits with a switching circuit to alternate between first and second buck mode phases for buck operation in a first mode, including connecting an inductor and a capacitor in series between an input node and a reference node to charge the inductor and the capacitor in the first buck mode phase, and connecting the inductor and the capacitor in parallel between an output node and the reference node to discharge the inductor and the capacitor to the output node. For boost operation in a second mode, the switching circuit alternates between connecting the inductor and the capacitor in series between the input node and the reference node to discharge the inductor and charge the capacitor in a first boost mode phase, and connecting the inductor between the input node and the reference node to charge the inductor and connecting the capacitor between the first output node and the reference node to discharge the capacitor to deliver power to the output node in a second boost mode phase.
US10014775B1
Methods and apparatus for bootstrap capacitor sharing in multilevel DC-DC converters are disclosed. In one example, a bootstrap capacitor voltage of the bootstrap capacitor can be alternately shared between respective control gates of a first high side primary switch and a central high side primary switch of the multilevel DC-DC converter at different times during a duty cycle of the multilevel DC-DC converter. In another example, the bootstrap capacitor voltage can be transferred to drive respective control gates of the first and central high side primary switches and can ensure full gate drive of the first and central high side primary switches to avoid channel resistance degradation thereof, even when the multilevel DC-DC converter is operated in a substantially full duty cycle mode.
US10014766B2
A power converter, configured to convert AC mains power to a DC output voltage which is lower than the AC mains' peak voltage, is disclosed. It comprises: a capacitor configured to store charge at a voltage range which is intermediate the peak voltage and the DC output voltage; a gated rectification stage comprising a rectifier for rectifying an AC mains power, and at least one switch configured to supply the rectified AC mains power to the capacitor during only a low-voltage part of a half-cycle of the AC mains; and a switched mode DC-DC power conversion stage comprising at least one further switch and configured to convert power from the capacitor to the DC output voltage during only a high-voltage part of the half-cycle. A controller for use in such a converter, and a corresponding method, are also disclosed.
US10014765B2
A single-stage power factor correction power supply has two transformers: a main transformer and an auxiliary transformer (fly-back transformer). The main transformer transfers energy from the primary circuit to the secondary circuit. The auxiliary transformer is used to correct input current waveform. A fill-valley circuit is used to stored energy when the input voltage is higher than the voltage across bulk capacitors in the fill-valley circuit and to release energy when the input voltage is lower than the voltage across the bulk capacitors in fill-valley circuit. A small capacitance value capacitor is used to improve input current waveform.
US10014761B2
Control method and device for I-type three-level circuit are disclosed, which can realize zero-voltage turn on of switching tube of high-frequency bridge arm, reduce circuit loss and improve circuit efficiency. The control method includes: detecting a current of an inductor connected with each of high-frequency arm bridges in operation state in the circuit; in a positive half cycle of AC connection terminal voltage of the circuit, when a freewheeling switching tube of the high-frequency arm bridge connected with the inductor is in ON state and a main switching tube is in OFF state, controlling the freewheeling switching tube to keep in ON state and the main switching tube to keep in OFF state if the current does not reach a preset negative current, and controlling the freewheeling switching tube to be turned off and the main switching tube to be turned on if the current reaches the preset negative current.
US10014753B2
A detection portion on a sensor holder attached to a sensor mounting base is arranged to be opposed to an outer periphery of a sensor gear at a predetermined distance. The sensor holder has a holder body which holds the detection portion and a portion to be fastened which is fastened to the sensor mounting base by screws. The portion to be fastened is provided integrally with one side of the holder body that is located to face opposite the sensor gear. At least the portion to be fastened of the sensor holder is made of a material having an elastic modulus lower than the materials of the sensor mounting base and the screws.
US10014744B2
The present invention relates to a direct cooling type handpiece, and more particularly, to a direct cooling type handpiece that is configured to allow an outer housing and a core to be spaced apart from each other and thus to allow the core to be fixed to a PCB and a support cap, so that air flows to the space between the outer housing and the core, thus efficiently cooling the high heat generated from the handpiece while the handpiece is being operated.
US10014742B2
A drive unit, especially an actuator unit in a vehicle, comprises an electric drive motor the motor shaft of which is rotatably mounted in bearings. A clamping ring is arranged in a housing and axially supports a bearing of the motor shaft.
US10014736B2
In a rotor of a permanent magnet-embedded motor, a plurality of permanent magnets is arranged in one magnet housing of a rotor core. A rib portion which connects an outer peripheral portion of the rotor core with an inner peripheral portion of the rotor core is arranged per plurality of magnetic poles.
US10014719B2
An uninterruptible power system is provided. When a first power supply of the system is faulty, in a process in which a switch unit switches power supply from the first power supply to a second power supply, the second power supply discharges to a direct current bus using a bidirectional power converter, electric energy stored in the direct current bus is also discharged in a short time in a process of the switch, and the direct current bus outputs both a discharging current of the second power supply and a discharging current of the direct current bus to a system output end, which ensures that the direct current bus outputs a stable voltage in a gap period of an action of the switch unit.
US10014718B2
When power failure of an AC power source occurs during an eco-mode in which AC power is supplied via a bypass switch, an uninterruptible power source is configured to change over to inverter power supply in which AC power is supplied from an inverter. When turning off the bypass switch during power failure, a power conversion controller is configured to (i) control the converter to invert the DC power output by the battery into AC power and output the AC power to a node, and (ii) control the inverter to invert the DC power output by the battery into AC power and output the AC power to an output terminal. The power conversion controller controls the converter and the inverter such that phase and magnitude of an AC voltage output to the node become equal to phase and magnitude of an AC voltage output to output terminal.
US10014711B2
In a case where a mobile terminal charging device stops charging due to a decrease of charging efficiency, the cause thereof is, for example, that the mobile terminal is slightly moved on the upper surface of the installation plate, due to the vibration and inertia resulting from the driving of the automobile. In such a case, the mobile terminal charging device moves the charging coil to a portion corresponding to the position of the mobile terminal which is detected by the detector, using a drive unit, and thereafter resumes charging, in a condition that the position of the mobile terminal which is detected by the detector and the position of the charging coil are separated from each other by the second set distance or more.
US10014702B2
A device for servicing/maintaining a high-voltage battery, which has individual battery cells or battery modules, and high-voltage positive and negative terminals, and a battery management system having a data transmission terminal for bidirectionally transmitting management system data between the management system and an information-processing unit, external to the battery. The device includes at least two of: a battery charge device, a battery discharge device, and a battery diagnostic device. A battery charge device brings a battery to a higher charge state, and has positive and negative terminals to be connected to positive and negative battery terminals. A battery diagnostic device checks a battery, and the device, for the presence of internal errors, and to indicate recognized internal errors, and may also produce diagnostic data for the battery state and triggering functions directed to bring the device and/or battery safely into a different state, to operate/test them.
US10014697B2
Systems and methods of providing integrated battery protection for a plurality of series-connected batteries, in which a plurality of controllable switches are used to disconnect or otherwise isolate the respective batteries, substantially simultaneously, from an external circuit in response to certain fault or non-fault battery conditions. When the plurality of controllable switches are synchronously transitioned from a closed or “ON” state to an opened or “OFF” state, the voltages of the respective batteries become distributed among the controllable switches, allowing for the use of switches having a reduced voltage rating as well as a reduced cost. By connecting a balancing resistor across each of a plurality of series-connected battery/switch pairs, a more even distribution of the voltages of the respective batteries among the controllable switches can be achieved, providing the system with more predictable operation.
US10014690B2
A double-stage inverter apparatus for energy conversion systems (FIG. 1) and control method thereof, adapted to manage the operations of the on-board booster module so as to optimize the overall electrical efficiency of the system. Furthermore, the method according to the present invention allows the operations of said double-stage inverter to be managed when there is only one input channel, when there are multiple input channels called to operate both in parallel and also when there are multiple input channels called to operate independently from each other.
US10014688B2
The invention relates to a simulation circuit of an alternating electric grid, the circuit having at least one alternating port, a bank of first resistances that can be selectively connected to the alternating port by connecting means. According to the invention, the circuit comprises a reversible AC-DC converter comprising an alternating side connected to the alternating port and a direct side connected to a sub-circuit for dissipating energy into direct current connected to an electric battery able to be charged with direct current and discharged with direct current.
US10014684B2
A power distribution management apparatus (10) stores electrical connection information in which a combination of a plurality of junctions at which a plurality of facilities of a power distribution system are electrically connected to each other and a facility determined based on the combination are associated, and searches a facility corresponding to the combination while investigating an uninvestigated junction among the plurality of junctions contained in the combination starting from a predetermined junction with reference to the electrical connection information, and acquires a display scale for displaying the power distribution system, and displays a facility having a junction near a substation from a predetermined facility among the facilities obtained as a result of the searching when the scale is equal to or less than a predetermined scale, and displays a facility obtained as a result of the searching when the scale is larger than the predetermined scale.
US10014679B2
An electrical switching apparatus includes a transductor circuit that senses a direct current between an input terminal and an output terminal and outputs an alternating current proportional to the direct current. The electrical switching apparatus also includes a current sensor configured to sense an alternating current component of the direct current. The electrical switching apparatus further includes an alternating current electronic trip circuit including an arc fault detection circuit configured to detect an arc fault based on the sensed alternating current component. The alternating current electronic trip circuit is also configured to control pairs of separable contacts to trip open based on the alternating current output from the transductor circuit or the detected arc fault. The electrical switching apparatus also includes a power supply structured to provide direct current power to the alternating current electronic trip circuit.
US10014678B2
A subsea screen connection assembly configured to electrically couple a subsea cable having an earth screen, the earth screen at least partially surrounding a cable core, to a subsea device. The subsea connection assembly has a connector body configured to be electrically connected to the subsea device and a clamping element configured to at least partially surround the earth screen of the subsea cable in a circumferential direction and to apply a clamping force in a radial direction to the at least partially surrounded earth screen of the subsea cable, the inner diameter of the clamping element being adjustable, and the clamping element configured to electrically connect the earth screen to the connector body.
US10014677B2
A spacer device includes an elongate spacing member extending a longitudinal axis for securing to electrical transmission lines, and has a minimum thickness dm. At least one thickened portion having a thickness Tt and length dt is positioned intermediate along the spacing member to form at least two column lengths Lc separated by the at least one thickened portion. Each column length Lc has a portion with the minimum thickness dm. The thickness Tt and length dt of the at least one thickened portion can be at least two times the minimum thickness dm to form at least one end support for the at least two column lengths Lc, such the at least two column lengths Lc behave as separate Euler type columns for producing increased Euler buckling strength with a minimal increase in weight.
US10014676B2
A high-voltage bushing contains an insulating body that is arranged concentrically around a cylindrical winding support formed of an electrically-conductive material, conductive control inlays which capacitive potential control the high-voltage bushing and are spaced apart from one another by insulation layers, and are arranged concentrically with the winding support. A connection device is provided for establishing an electrical connection between a first control inlay closest to the winding support, and the winding support. The high-voltage bushing is characterized in that the connection device contains an electrical sliding contact.
US10014672B1
An improved linesman pliers preferably includes a lower handle, a lower jaw, a pair of link plates and a combination upper handle and jaw. The lower handle includes a lower handle portion and a lower pivot portion. The lower jaw preferably includes a lower jaw portion, a pivot boss, a stripper projection and a crimp projection. At least one upper stripper cavity is formed in the stripper projection, which is aligned with the at least one lower stripper cavity formed in the lower pivot portion. The pivot boss is pivotally engaged with the lower pivot portion. A pair of link plates pivotal engage the combination upper handle and jaw with the lower handle. The combination upper handle and jaw includes the upper handle portion and an upper jaw. The upper handle portion is pivotally engaged with the lower jaw portion.
US10014670B2
An electrical apparatus containing an adsorbent, includes a housing, an adsorbent cover, an adsorbent and a locating bolt. The housing is cylindrical and has at least one locating hole. The adsorbent cover is installed in the housing, and has an annular groove in a circumferential direction, with the locating hole being opposite the groove. An outer diameter of a groove edge is the same as an inner diameter of the housing, while the diameter of a middle part of the groove is less than the inner diameter of the housing. The adsorbent is placed in the groove. The locating bolt passes through the locating hole and extends into the groove. The electrical apparatus has a simple structure. Since installation on a flange is not needed, a flange on the housing that is connected to an adsorbent container is dispensed with. The cost of the adsorbent container and housing are reduced.
US10014668B2
A switchgear enclosure is provided. The switchgear enclosure includes a plurality of switchgear panels and a plurality of ducts extending through the switchgear panels. Each switchgear panel includes an exterior housing, a busbar compartment defined within the exterior housing, and an exhaust system. The busbar compartment surrounds a busbar extending through the switchgear panel. The exhaust system includes a vent path structure configured within the exterior housing to at least partially surround the busbar compartment, a first channel defined between the vent path structure and the exterior housing, and a first vent opening formed on the vent path structure. The first vent opening directs arc gases within said busbar compartment to the first channel. The ducts are in fluid communication with the first channels of the switchgear panels to distribute arc gases between the first channels.
US10014667B2
The present disclosure is directed to ion generator device supports. An ion generator device support is configured to retain an ion generator device, the ion generator device having a first portion containing exposed electrodes and a second portion, the support includes a first wall, a second wall extending orthogonally from the first wall and a third wall extending orthogonally from the first wall opposed to the second wall, wherein the third wall extends a smaller distance from the first wall than the second wall, wherein the third wall comprises an orthogonal extension section that extends from the edge of the third wall towards the second wall and is substantially parallel to the first wall.
US10014663B1
An edge-emitting laser having a small vertical emitting angle includes an upper cladding layer, a lower cladding layer and an active region layer sandwiched between the upper and lower cladding layers. By embedding a passive waveguide layer within the lower cladding layer, an extended lower cladding layer is formed between the passive waveguide layer and the active region layer. In addition, the refractive index (referred as n-value) of the passive waveguide layer is larger than the n-value of the extended lower cladding layer. The passive waveguide layer with a larger n-value would guide the light field to extend downward. The extended lower cladding layer can separate the passive waveguide layer and the active region layer and thus expand the near-field distribution of laser light field in the resonant cavity, so as to obtain a smaller vertical emitting angle in the far-field laser light field.
US10014658B1
Described herein are photonic integrated circuits (PICs) comprising a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) to output a signal comprising a plurality of wavelengths, a sensor to detect data associated with a power value of each wavelength of the output signal of the SOA, a filter to filter power values of one or more of the wavelengths of the output signal of the SOA, and control circuitry to control the filter to reduce a difference between a pre-determined power value of each filtered wavelength of the output signal of the SOA and the detected power value of each filtered wavelength of the output signal of the SOA.
US10014638B1
A USB-C connector includes a plug tip and a cable. The USB-C connector includes a single, seamless, continuous, thin housing protecting a wire termination and contacts within the housing. The housing has a uniform thickness along the entire length of the housing. The housing may provide strain relief to the cable and an aesthetically pleasing USB-C connector. The connector may include an overmold residing inside the housing and over the wire termination and contacts.
US10014632B2
Electrical connector for connecting external device to draw power from power source for video camera
In an aspect, a kit of parts for an electrical connector, which includes a plurality of housing portions, a first male terminal and a second male terminal, and an output device. The plurality of housing portions are mateable together to form a housing. The printed circuit board positionable in the housing. The male terminals are connected to the printed circuit board and are positioned to connect to an electrical power source. The output device is connected to the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board is connectable to an electrical conduit and is configured to electrically connect the electrical conduit to the male terminals, and contains a microprocessor that is programmed to indicate via the output device at least one property of a circuit formed with the electrical connector and the electrical power source.
US10014631B1
An improved secure electrical conductor providing a male and female connector forming a secure seal when the connectors and pins are joined having at least one radial rounded expansion secured within at least one radial rounded groove, the connectors forming a respective resilient shield body sharing a common bore wherein a distinctly color contrasting secure indicator pin is forcefully inserted providing a visual indication of the integrity of the connection between the connectors with the pin providing at least two expanded radial margins to prevent unintentional removal from the common bore, but removable by force during disconnection of the connectors.
US10014628B2
A connector having a housing, a slide member, and an operation lever. The slide member slides in response to operation of the operation lever. The slide member has a guide projection and slides while the guide projection is guided in a guide groove of the housing. The slide member has a cam groove that receives a cam pin in a second connector and the slide member, by sliding, performs mating with the second connector. The slide member has a first nipping portion that nips the cam pin when it slides to a completely mated position. The housing has a second nipping portion that nips the guide projection of the slide member when the slide member slides to the completely mated position.
US10014616B2
An outlet cover for an electrical outlet. The outlet cover includes a plate having at least one opening sized and positioned to receive an electrical outlet, a lid hingedly attached to the plate so that the lid can be moved between an open position that allows access to the electrical outlet and a closed position wherein the lid is in a locked position covering the electrical outlet, and a locking assembly having a locking pin. The lid includes a latch which cooperates with the locking pin in order to lock the lid in a closed position or release the lid for opening it for access to the electrical outlet.
US10014613B2
An electrical chamber can include at least one wall forming a cavity, where the at least one wall includes a first end and a wall inner surface. The electrical chamber can also include a first isolation zone disposed on the inner surface at a first distance from the first end, where the first isolation zone is formed by a first proximal wall, a first distal wall, and a first isolation zone inner surface disposed between and adjacent to the first proximal wall and the first distal wall, where the first proximal wall forms a first angle with the first isolation zone inner surface, where the first distal wall forms a second angle with the first isolation zone inner surface, where the first angle is non-perpendicular. The cavity is configured to receive at least one electrical conductor. The cavity and the first isolation zone are configured to receive a potting compound.
US10014611B2
A device and a method for integrating at least one electrical element into an electrical circuit during ongoing operation of the electrical circuit. In addition, a meta module for dynamic extension of an electrical circuit is possible to add any desired number of electrical elements.
US10014610B2
A contact in one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a fixing portion, an elastic contact piece, and a pair of projecting tabs, which are formed as an integrated entity from a metal thin plate. The projecting tabs project from the fixing portion at positions on both sides of the elastic contact piece. A dimension of the elastic contact piece in a width direction, which matches the direction of an interval between the projecting tabs, is a first dimension. The projecting tabs are formed such that each projecting tab is a flat plate having the same thickness as the thin plate. The projecting tabs are arranged such that the thickness directions thereof are the same direction, in locations that have inner surfaces of the projecting tabs facing each other, and an interval between the inner surfaces is a second dimension greater than the first dimension.
US10014607B1
A connector for a catheter has a female-connector body with at least one mating surface. The mating surface is an inner surface of the female-connector body adapted to an outer surface of a male-connector body that has electrically conductive male-connector terminals thereon. One or more printed circuit boards are coupled to the inner surface of the female-connector body. The printed circuit boards have electrically conductive female-connector terminals that contact a respective one of the male-connector terminals when the male-connector body is inside the female-connector body. The printed circuit boards have terminations that are linked to the female-connector terminals, wherein the terminations respectively comprise a first subconnector in galvanic contact with the printed circuit boards and configured to mate with a second subconnector.
US10014604B2
An interior body is housed in a tubular exterior body. The interior body includes a spring portion, a movable portion, and a fixing portion, which are integrated together. Elastic arms are disposed on the movable portion so as to extend downward. Each elastic arm includes, at a lower end portion, an elastically pressing portion, which is elastically pressed against a tubular internal surface of the exterior body. Since the elastically pressing portion is elastically pressed against the exterior body, electric signals are more likely to flow between the movable portion and the exterior body and more likely to be prevented from leaking to the spring portion.
US10014599B2
A crimp tool for creating a crimp connection between a coaxial cable having an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and a coaxial connector having an outer conductor part, employing an anvil to hold the outer conductor part, the anvil having a recess with an arcuate face of a first radius of curvature, and anvil arm points at each end of the arcuate face, and employing a die to apply the crimping force, the die having a recess with an arcuate face of a second radius of curvature, wherein said die recess extends over an internal angle of approximately 180°, terminating in two parallel arms, where a radial force is applied from outside on the outer conductor part over at least a part of the circumference of the outer conductor part, such that a cold weld is achieved.
US10014593B2
A conductive fastener assembly, system, and method, wherein the fastener assembly includes a fastener, a fastener sleeve, a nut, and a lubricant coating. The lubricant coating is deposited on a distal portion of a fastener shank and is omitted from the rest of the fastener. To overcome the stresses placed on the fastener sleeve by the insertion of the fastener shank largely devoid of a lubricant coating, the fastener sleeve is reinforced by one or more of an increased thickness, a high-strength alloy, and a soft metal coating.
US10014590B2
A multi-antenna array for a LTE MIMO communication system is provided in an embodiment of this invention, comprising a reflection plate and a power feed network disposed on the back of the reflection plate, a plurality of power distribution plates being arranged on the back of the reflection plate for controlling power distribution for antenna radiation units in different polarization manners respectively, the plurality of power distribution plates being disposed in upper and lower layers and are located at the geometrical center of a parallel plane of the reflection plate. The embodiment of this invention may prevent the scrambled arrangement of the power feed network in a multi-antenna array adopted in a LTE MIMO communication system, simplify power feed manner of antenna radiation units in different polarization manners, reduce complexity and the rate of errors in mass production of multi-antenna arrays of LTE MIMO communication systems, and facilitate locating faults and replacing feed circuits.
US10014589B2
A method for upgrading a dual-band antenna assembly to a tri-band antenna assembly is provided. The dual-band antenna system includes a main reflector, a strut assembly coupled to the main reflector defining an antenna feed receiving area spaced from the main reflector, and a subreflector carried by the strut assembly and also spaced from the main reflector. The subreflector includes a frequency selective surface (FSS) material that is reflective for both a first frequency band and a second frequency band and transmissive for a third frequency band. First and second antenna feeds are arranged in a coaxial relationship adjacent the main reflector and directed toward the subreflector. The first and second antenna feeds are for first and second frequency bands, respectively. The method includes positioning a third antenna feed at the antenna feed receiving area and directed towards the subreflector and the main reflector. The third antenna feed is for the third frequency band.
US10014587B1
Chaff is provided for deployment from an aerial platform for retro-reflecting electromagnetic radiation projected to the platform. The chaff includes a plurality of retro-reflecting particles, with each particle being a retro-reflector. The plurality forms a cloud having aerial buoyancy. The particles can be a corner reflector with adjacent sides substantially perpendicular to one another, and in particular a trihedral corner reflector. Alternatively, the particles can be lens reflectors, such as a cat's eye. In addition, chaff is provided for deployment from an aerial platform for retro-reflecting electromagnetic radiation projected to the platform. The chaff includes a plurality of retro-reflecting particles and a substrate. Each particle of the plurality is a retro-reflector. The substrate attaches the plurality of particles.
US10014582B2
Disclosed are an antenna module and a mobile terminal having the same. The antenna module includes: a first member and a second member configured to operate as radiators of an antenna for transmitting/receiving radio signals; a first feeding unit configured to feed the first and second members; and a transmission line configured to connect the second member to the first feeding unit so that, when the first member forms a magnetic field in a near field, the second member forms an electric field.
US10014575B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an antenna radiator configured to operate in at least one frequency band, a ground stub disposed at a coupling location in proximity to the antenna radiator, and a switching device configured to selectively ground the ground stub and a ground of a main board. Thus, the present disclosure is easily applicable without design constraints in terms of space use when the main board and the antenna radiator are separated, and simplifies the assembly and reduces the cost without a separate sub-board.
US10014574B2
An antenna device includes a ground conductor; a ground conductor extension that is connected to the ground conductor; and an antenna element that is connected to the ground conductor and that operates in both a first frequency band and a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band, the ground conductor and the ground conductor extension having a length that is ¼ of a wavelength of a frequency included in a middle range between the first frequency band and the second frequency band and that is not a natural number multiple of ¼ of a wavelength of the first frequency band.
US10014566B2
A connector apparatus of the present disclosure is configured to include: a waveguide cable; a substrate including a waveguide structure; and a coupling section configured to electromagnetically couple an end portion of the waveguide cable to the waveguide structure. Furthermore, a communication system of the present disclosure is a communication system including: a transmitter configured to transmit high-frequency signals; a receiver configured to receive high-frequency signals; a waveguide cable configured to transmit high-frequency signals between the transmitter and the receiver; and a connector apparatus configured to connect between at least one of the transmitter and the receiver to the waveguide cable. A connector apparatus having the above-mentioned configuration is used as the connector apparatus.
US10014565B2
A signal transmission path includes a first cable, a second cable, and an interval regulation member. The first cable includes a plurality of signal lines arranged in parallel along one direction. The second cable includes a plurality of signal lines arranged in parallel along the one direction, and is laminated with the first cable. The interval regulation member forms a predetermined specific interval between the first cable and the second cable in a lamination direction in which the first cable and the second cable are laminated.
US10014560B2
Provided is a secondary battery pack including a plurality of secondary battery modules including a plurality of secondary battery cells stacked in parallel to each other in a vertical direction, a cover, and a switch installed at an upper side of the one end in the horizontal direction of the cover, a housing, a Power Relay Assembly (PRA) including a relay electrically connected to the secondary battery cells and switches, for transmitting charging power supplied from the outside to the secondary battery cells when the relay is in a close state and changing the relay to an open state when the switch is pushed according to pressure applied to an upper side from a lower surface of the cover, and a Battery Management System (BMS) for controlling the Power Relay Assembly (PRA).
US10014557B2
An electrode wound element for a non-aqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery includes a belt-shaped positive electrode; a belt-shaped negative electrode; a belt-shaped porous layer between the belt-shaped positive electrode and the belt-shaped negative electrode; and an adhesive layer formed on the surface of the belt-shaped porous layer, wherein the adhesive layer includes a fluorine resin-containing particulate; a binder supporting the fluorine resin-containing particulate and having a total volume which is that of the fluorine resin-containing particulate; and a heat-resistance filler particle showing a filling ratio of about 40% or greater when being compressed with about 1 MPa.
US10014556B2
Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly, including positive electrodes, negative electrodes, and separators disposed respectively between the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes, is mounted in a battery case, wherein the battery case includes an upper case and a lower case, the upper case being provided with a first receiving part, in which the electrode assembly is received, the lower case being provided with a second receiving part, in which the electrode assembly is received, the first receiving part and the second receiving part being configured to have structures of different sizes, and the electrode assembly has an external shape corresponding to internal shapes of the first receiving part and the second receiving part.
US10014553B2
Electrolyte solutions including additives or combinations of additives that provide low temperature performance and high temperature stability in lithium ion battery cells.
US10014551B2
A secondary battery having positive and negative electrode plates inserted into the interior of a pouch, and positive and negative electrode active material layers respectively coated on the positive and negative electrode plates are arranged at a constant interval. Bending portions are provided to bend positive and negative electrode non-coating portions respectively not coated with the positive and negative electrode active material layers.
US10014546B2
This invention is directed to aqueous redox flow batteries comprising redox-active metal ligand coordination compounds. The compounds and configurations described herein enable flow batteries with performance and cost parameters that represent a significant improvement over that previous known in the art.
US10014535B2
An object is to provide a technique of reducing a potential failure to start a fuel cell system due to a temperature decrease in a vehicle with the fuel cell system mounted thereon. There is provided a vehicle that comprises a fuel cell system, a battery, a motor, and a determiner configured to determine that the fuel cell system has a frozen part when temperature measured by a temperature measurement unit is equal to or lower than a predetermined first temperature and at least one of conditions (1) to (3) is satisfied: (1) no purging process is performed after a change from an on state of the vehicle to an off state of the vehicle; (2) ambient temperature decreases to or below a predetermined second temperature in the off state of the vehicle and no purging process is performed; and (3) an inclination of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined inclination at a time of change from the off state of the vehicle to the on state of the vehicle.
US10014534B2
A fuel cell system, includes: a fuel cell stack that is formed by stacking fuel cells for causing electrochemical reaction of a fuel gas and an oxidizing gas; a fuel gas supply system that is configured to supply the fuel gas to the fuel cell stack from a supply source of the fuel gas; a fuel gas recirculating system that is configured to resupply to the fuel cell stack the fuel gas discharged from the fuel cell stack; and a piping member is configured to connect a junction between the fuel gas supply system and the fuel gas recirculating system with the supply source, the piping member having a bent portion that is curved such that a supply direction of the fuel gas from the supply source is reverse to a flowing direction of the fuel gas toward the junction.
US10014530B2
The invention provides electrodes suitable for use as air electrodes, processes for their preparation and metal/air cells utilizing such electrodes as air cathodes. The invention relates to an electrode comprising a catalytically active layer applied on one face of a hydrophobic porous film and a conductive current collector pressed onto said catalytically active face, wherein at least a portion of the marginal area of said face is free from catalyst, and wherein a sealant is provided around at least part of the perimeter of said catalytically active layer, said sealant forming a coating onto the catalyst-free marginal area of said hydrophobic film.
US10014526B2
Provided is a sheet type separation layer-electrode composite including a current collector, an electrode active material layer formed on one surface of the current collector, and a porous first support layer formed on an upper surface of the electrode active material layer, and a secondary battery and a cable type secondary battery including the same.
US10014522B2
A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery including cathode active material particles which have central particles made of LixAyMzPO4 (0≤x≤1.1, 0.8≤y≤1.1, and 0≤z≤0.2; here, A represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Co, and Ni, and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Co, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, and rare earth elements) and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the central particles; and inorganic phosphate salt particles.
US10014516B2
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a SiO2/carbon nanofiber composite on the basis of a nickel/copper catalyst using electrophoretic deposition, and a method for manufacturing a secondary battery using the same as an anode material. The method for manufacturing a SiO2/carbon nanofiber composite on the basis of a nickel/copper catalyst using electrophoretic deposition including: depositing a nickel (Ni) and copper (Cu) catalyst on a carbon fiber textile by electrophoretic deposition using a carbon electrode as an anode and the carbon fiber textile as a cathode; reducing the carbon fiber textile on which the nickel and copper catalyst is deposited; growing carbon nanofiber on the reduced carbon fiber textile to by chemical vapor deposition using an ethylene gas; and coating the grown carbon nanofiber with SiO2.
US10014509B2
Provided is a battery wiring module including: a plurality of linear conductors disposed in parallel with a predetermined gap therebetween; a plurality of busbars disposed in parallel along at least one of the linear conductors disposed at both ends having a predetermined gap therebetween so as to electrically connect electrode terminals provided in at least two battery cells connected to each other in the same direction among the plurality of battery cells overlapping each other in the same direction, the electrode terminals being arranged in the same direction; a first insulating resin portion which integrally coats the outer peripheral portions of the plurality of linear conductors and a side edge portion adjacent to the linear conductor in the plurality of busbars; and a connection conductor which electrically connects the linear conductor and the busbar to each other.
US10014499B2
An electronic device and a battery pack housing structure capable of housing a battery pack without use of a contour width of the battery pack for positioning. The battery pack housing structure includes a battery-pack lower-surface protruding portion protruding from a lower surface of the battery pack and the housing portion including a housing-portion bottom-surface groove portion, which is formed in a bottom surface of the housing portion and capable of being fitted to the battery-pack lower-surface protruding portion.
US10014497B2
Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured such that an electrode assembly having a positive electrode/separator/negative electrode structure is received in an electrode assembly receiving part formed in a pouch-type battery case in a sealed state together with an electrolyte, wherein the battery case is provided with sealed parts, formed by thermally welding the outer edge of the battery case in the state in which the electrode assembly is received in the battery case together with the electrolyte, one or more recesses are formed in opposite side sealed parts adjacent to an upper end sealed part, at which electrode terminals are located, and/or a lower end sealed part in a state in which the recesses are formed from outsides of the side sealed parts toward a vertical middle axis of the battery cell so as to prevent wrinkles from being formed in the sealed parts of the battery case when the battery cell is bent, and portions of the side sealed parts in which the recesses are located are sealed at a higher sealing temperature than the remaining portions of the side sealed parts.
US10014494B2
Provided is a method of detaching a display module. The method of detaching the display module includes providing a carrier substrate, forming a display module, which is divided into a first area and a second area, on the carrier substrate, disposing a protective film covering the first area and exposing the second area on the display module, performing a first detaching process of detaching the second area from the carrier substrate by using a first detaching unit, and performing a second detaching process of detaching the protective film and the display module from the carrier substrate by using a second detaching unit.
US10014488B2
An optoelectronic component may include a carrier, above which a first electrode is formed. An optically functional layer structure is formed above the first electrode. A second electrode is formed above the optically functional layer structure, the second electrode extending areally over at least one part of the side of the optically functional layer structure which faces away from the carrier. An encapsulation is formed above the first and/or second electrode, the encapsulation encapsulating the optically functional layer structure. An electrically conductive contact structure is arranged in a cutout of the encapsulation on the first and/or second electrode and extends through the encapsulation, for electrically contacting the first and/or second electrode. The contact structure and the encapsulation are formed such that in interaction they encapsulate the first and/or second electrode.
US10014482B2
An electronic device assembly 10 includes: an electronic device 20 having flexibility; and a protection member 50 bonded to the electronic device 20. The protection member 50 includes a metal foil 53 that is supported by a support member 51 having flexibility and an adhesive layer 54 formed on the metal foil 53. The metal foil 53 included in the protection member 50 is bonded to the electronic device 20 via the adhesive layer 54.
US10014479B2
An organic light-emitting diode with high efficiency and long lifetime includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode and an emissive layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the emissive layer includes a luminescent material that allows for the emission of deep blue light at high efficiency with a long lifetime.
US10014478B2
The present invention discloses an indenotriphenylene-based diamine derivative is represented by the following formula (1), the organic EL device employing the derivative as hole transport layer, electron blocking layer and fluorescent emitting dopant of emitting layer can display good performance like as lower driving voltage and power consumption, increasing efficiency and half-life time. wherein Ar1, Ar2, L, X, m, n, p, q, r and R1 to R5 are the same definition as described in the present invention.
US10014466B2
A magnetic cell includes an attracter material proximate to a magnetic region (e.g., a free region). The attracter material is formulated to have a higher chemical affinity for a diffusible species of a magnetic material, from which the magnetic region is formed, compared to a chemical affinity between the diffusible species and at least another species of the magnetic material. Thus, the diffusible species is removed from the magnetic material to the attracter material. The removal accommodates crystallization of the depleted magnetic material. The crystallized, depleted magnetic material enables a high tunnel magnetoresistance, high energy barrier, and high energy barrier ratio. The magnetic region may be formed as a continuous magnetic material, thus enabling a high exchange stiffness, and positioning the magnetic region between two magnetic anisotropy-inducing oxide regions enables a high magnetic anisotropy strength. Methods of fabrication and semiconductor devices are also disclosed.
US10014459B2
A light-emitting diode device is specified, comprising at least one carrier and a light-emitting diode arranged thereon. The carrier comprises a plurality of polymer layers arranged one above another. At least one polymer layer has a cutout, in which an electrical component is embedded.
US10014456B2
Flexible LED assemblies that have coplanar integrated conductive features upon which an LED can be mounted, and methods of making such LED assemblies are described. The flexible LED assembly includes a flexible polymer substrate, a first conductive feature, a second conductive feature and an LED. The first conductive feature is positioned both within the flexible substrate and on a surface of the flexible substrate. The second conductive feature is positioned both within the flexible substrate and on a surface of the flexible substrate. The first and second conductive features are separated by a gap therebetween. The LED is mounted on both the first and second conductive features, and the first and second conductive features are substantially coplanar with one another.
US10014435B2
A metallic reflector manufacturing method for an LED package. The method includes preparing a metal plate, and processing a stamping reflector that includes a lower body and an upper body that is extended from an upper side of the lower body and is integrally formed with the lower body. A reflection surface that is slanted by a predetermined angle is formed at a central portion of the upper body and the lower body to reflect the light of the LED chip to the outside. A fixation portion is formed to fix the lower body on a substrate that the LED chip is mounted on. The method further includes sequentially plating Ni and Ag on the reflection surface or the stamping reflector surface. The stamping processing includes a piercing step, a drawing step, a first noting step, a half etching step that forms the fixation portion, and a second notching step.
US10014426B2
To provide a solar cell having improved photoelectric conversion efficiency and a solar cell module. A solar cell (10) is provided with a photoelectric conversion portion (20), a light receiving surface electrode (21a) and a back surface electrode (21b). The light receiving surface electrode (21a) is arranged on the light receiving surface (20a) of the photoelectric conversion portion (20). The back surface electrode (21b) is arranged on the back surface (20b) of the photoelectric conversion portion (20). The back surface electrode (21b) includes metal film (21b1) and an electrical connection electrode (21b2). The metal film (21b1) at least partially covers the back surface (20b). The electrical connection electrode (21b2) is arranged on the metal film (21b1).
US10014425B2
A solar cell is disclosed. The solar cell has a front side facing the sun during normal operation, and a back side facing away from the sun. The solar cell comprises a silicon substrate, a first polysilicon layer with a region of doped polysilicon on the back side of the substrate. The solar cell also comprises a second polysilicon layer with a second region of doped polysilicon on the back side of the silicon substrate. The second polysilicon layer at least partially covers the region of doped polysilicon. The solar cell also comprises a resistive region disposed in the first polysilicon layer. The resistive region extends from an edge of the second region of doped polysilicon. The resistive region can be formed by ion implantation of oxygen into the first polysilicon layer.
US10014412B2
Transistor fin elements (e.g., fin or tri gate) may be modified by radio frequency (RF) plasma and/or thermal processing for purpose of dimensional sculpting. The etched, thinned fins may be formed by first forming wider single crystal fins, and after depositing trench oxide material between the wider fins, etching the wider fins using a second etch to form narrower single crystal fins having undamaged top and sidewalls for epitaxially growing active channel material. The second etch may remove a thickness of between a 1 nm and 15 nm of the top surfaces and the sidewalls of the wider fins. It may remove the thickness using (1) chlorine or fluorine based chemistry using low ion energy plasma processing, or (2) low temperature thermal processing that does not damage fins via energetic ion bombardment, oxidation or by leaving behind etch residue that could disrupt the epitaxial growth quality of the second material.
US10014396B2
A spin control electronic device operable at room temperature according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a transfer channel that includes a low-dimensional nanostructure, the nanostructure being located on a substrate, having an elongate shape in a first direction and having a cross section, cut along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, in the shape of a triangle; a source electrode located on the substrate and intersecting the transfer channel, the source electrode covering part of the transfer channel; and a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode on the substrate, the drain electrode intersecting the transfer channel and covering part of the transfer channel.
US10014387B2
A semiconductor structure includes first, second, and third transistor elements each having a first screening region concurrently formed therein. A second screening region is formed in the second and third transistor elements such that there is at least one characteristic of the screening region in the second transistor element that is different than the second screening region in the third transistor element. Different characteristics include doping concentration and depth of implant. In addition, a different characteristic may be achieved by concurrently implanting the second screening region in the second and third transistor element followed by implanting an additional dopant into the second screening region of the third transistor element.
US10014386B2
There is provided a method for manufacturing a transistor including a gate above an underlying layer of a semiconductor material and including at least one first flank and one second flank, a gate foot formed in the underlying layer, a peripheral portion of the underlying layer surrounding the gate foot, and spacers covering at least partially the first and second flanks so as to not cover the gate foot; the method including forming the underlying layer by partially removing the semiconductor material around the gate to form the gate foot and the peripheral portion; then forming a dielectric layer for forming spacers by a deposition to cover both the first and second flanks, the gate foot, and an upper surface of the peripheral portion; and then partially removing the dielectric layer so as to expose the upper surface and so as to not expose the first and second flanks.
US10014382B2
One or more semiconductor devices are provided. The semiconductor device comprises a gate body, a conductive prelayer over the gate body, at least one inhibitor film over the conductive prelayer and a conductive layer over the at least one inhibitor film, where the conductive layer is tapered so as to have a top portion width that is greater than the bottom portion width. One or more methods of forming a semiconductor device are also provided, where an etching process is performed to form a tapered opening such that the tapered conductive layer is formed in the tapered opening.
US10014381B2
This invention discloses semiconductor power device that includes a plurality of top electrical terminals disposed near a top surface of a semiconductor substrate. Each and every one of the top electrical terminals comprises a terminal contact layer formed as a silicide contact layer near the top surface of the semiconductor substrate. The trench gates of the semiconductor power device are opened from the top surface of the semiconductor substrate and each and every one of the trench gates comprises the silicide layer configured as a recessed silicide contact layer disposed on top of every on of the trench gates slightly below a top surface of the semiconductor substrate surround the trench gate.
US10014379B2
One method disclosed includes forming a final gate structure in a gate cavity that is laterally defined by sidewall spacers, removing a portion of the sidewall spacers to define recessed sidewall spacers, removing a portion of the final gate structure to define a recessed final gate structure and forming an etch stop on the recessed sidewall spacers and the recessed final gate structure. A transistor device disclosed herein includes a final gate structure that has an upper surface positioned at a first height level above a surface of a substrate, sidewall spacers positioned adjacent the final gate structure, the sidewall spacers having an upper surface that is positioned at a second, greater height level above the substrate, an etch stop layer formed on the upper surfaces of the sidewall spacers and the final gate structure, and a conductive contact that is conductively coupled to a contact region of the transistor.
US10014378B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a silicon carbide layer, an insulating layer, and a region provided between the silicon carbide layer and the insulating layer, the region including a plurality of first atoms of one element from the group consisting of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), and bismuth (Si), at least some of the plurality of first atoms being four-fold coordinated atoms and/or five-fold coordinated atoms.
US10014367B2
A semiconductor device includes a transistor cell area with active transistor cells including source zones electrically connected to a first load electrode. The source zones have a first conductivity type. An edge area surrounds the active transistor cell area and includes an edge construction that includes straight sections and a corner section connecting neighboring straight sections. A second dopant ratio between a mean concentration of dopants of a complementary second conductivity type and a mean concentration of dopants of the first conductivity type in the corner section exceeds a first dopant ratio between a mean concentration of dopants of the second conductivity type and a mean concentration of dopants of the first conductivity type in the straight sections by at least 0.2% in relation to the first dopant ratio.
US10014364B1
Device structures and fabrication methods for an on-chip resistor. A first Seebeck terminal is arranged to overlap with first and second resistor bodies of the on-chip resistor. A second Seebeck terminal is also arranged to overlap with the first and second resistor bodies. The second Seebeck terminal has a spaced relationship with the first Seebeck terminal along a length of the first and second resistor bodies. The temperature coefficient of resistance of the on-chip resistor is based at least in part on a Seebeck coefficient of first and second Seebeck terminals.
US10014361B2
Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device which includes an auxiliary line connected to a first power line and an auxiliary electrode connected to a second power line, thereby lowering a line resistance of each of the first and second power lines. The organic light emitting display device includes a substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) disposed on the substrate, a first power line disposed in a first layer including the source electrode and the drain electrode of the TFT, a second power line disposed over the first layer, an auxiliary line disposed in a second layer including the second power line, an anode electrode disposed on the second power line and the auxiliary line and electrically connected to the drain electrode, an organic layer disposed on the anode electrode, and a cathode electrode covering the organic layer and electrically connected to the second power line.
US10014357B2
An organic light-emitting device, including: an anode and a cathode opposite each other, a first stack and a second stack between the anode and the cathode, and a charge generation layer between the first stack and the second stack, the charge generation layer including an n-type charge generation layer and a p-type charge generation layer, wherein the p-type charge generation layer includes one first organic material, wherein the n-type charge generation layer includes a second organic material and an n-type dopant, wherein the n-type charge generation layer is divided into a first region contacting the first stack, a second region contacting the p-type charge generation layer, and a third region between the first region and the second region, and wherein a dopant content of the n-type dopant is stepwise increased in an order of: the first region, the third region, and the second region.
US10014356B2
An organic light-emitting diode display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a substrate having a flexible portion configured to bend or fold, a semiconductor positioned over the substrate, and a gate insulating layer positioned over the semiconductor and having an opening. The display also includes an interlayer insulating layer positioned over the gate insulating layer, a portion of the interlayer insulating layer positioned within the opening. The display further includes a gate electrode positioned between the gate insulating layer and the interlayer insulating layer and overlapping the semiconductor in the depth dimension of the OLED display. A source electrode and a drain electrode are positioned over the interlayer insulating layer and connected to the semiconductor.
US10014355B2
The display device including a pixel circuit has a first line, a transistor, a light emitting element, and a second line. The transistor is located between the second line and an electrode of the light emitting element. Either the first line or the second line is wired in a region that overlaps a light emitting region of the light emitting element in a lamination direction of layers. The second line intersects the first line outside of the light emitting region and overlaps a non-light emitting region of the light emitting element.
US10014348B2
An artificial neuron semiconductor device having a three-dimensional structure includes a first electrode to which a clock signal is applied, a second electrode in which an output signal is generated, an insulation column, a plurality of electrode layers for receiving an electrical signal from at least one synapse circuit, and a phase change layer which is divided into at least two parts by the insulation column and is in contact with at least two side surfaces of the insulation column, and the phase change layer is phase-changed by the plurality of electrode layers.
US10014347B2
An array of memory cells includes buried access lines having conductively doped semiconductor material. Pillars extend elevationally outward of and are spaced along the buried access lines. The pillars individually include a memory cell. Outer access lines are elevationally outward of the pillars and the buried access lines. The outer access lines are of higher electrical conductivity than the buried access lines. A plurality of conductive vias is spaced along and electrically couple pairs of individual of the buried and outer access lines. A plurality of the pillars is between immediately adjacent of the vias along the pairs. Electrically conductive metal material is directly against tops of the buried access lines and extends between the pillars along the individual buried access lines. Other embodiments, including method, are disclosed.
US10014342B1
A LED filament includes LED chips, a first bracket and a second bracket. The LED chips are secured on the first bracket and/or the second bracket. The first bracket and the second bracket are made out of metal. Two ends of each of the LED chips are electrically connected with the first bracket and the second bracket, or the plurality of LED chips are divided into groups of serially connected LED chips. Two ends of each of the groups of serially connected LED chips are electrically connected with the first bracket and the second bracket.
US10014338B2
An image sensor includes multiple unit pixels defined by a pixel isolation layer on a substrate, at least a pair of photoelectric converters in each of the unit pixels and at least an optical divider on a rear surface of the substrate at each of the unit pixels. The photoelectric converters are separated by at least a converter separator in each of the unit pixels and generate photo electrons in response to an incident light that is incident to an incident point of the respective unit pixel. The optical divider is overlapped with the incident point and divides the incident light into a plurality of split lights having the same amount of light such that each of the photoelectric converters receives the same amount of light from the split lights.
US10014337B2
A spectral filter is manufactured using a process wherein a first rectangular bar is formed within a first layer made of a first material, said first rectangular bar being made of a second material having a different optical index. The process further includes, in a second layer over the first layer, a second rectangular bar made of the second material. The second rectangular bar is positioned in contact with the first rectangular bar. The second layer is also made of the first material.
US10014336B2
An imager may include depth sensing pixels that provide an asymmetrical angular response to incident light. The depth sensing pixels may each include a substrate region formed from a photosensitive portion and a non-photosensitive portion. The depth sensing pixels may include mechanisms that prevent regions of the substrate from receiving incident light. Depth sensing pixel pairs may be formed from depth sensing pixels that have different asymmetrical angular responses. Each of the depth sensing pixel pairs may effectively divide the corresponding imaging lens into separate portions. Depth information for each depth sensing pixel pair may be determined based on the difference between output signals of the depth sensing pixels of that depth sensing pixel pair. The imager may be formed from various combinations of depth sensing pixel pairs and color sensing pixel pairs arranged in a Bayer pattern or other desired patterns.
US10014327B2
A thin film transistor array substrate for a display device generally includes: a substrate; a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines arranged on the substrate intersecting with and insulated from each other; and a plurality of pixel elements arranged in areas defined by the gate lines and the data lines. At least one of the pixel elements includes: a switch element; an insulation layer located on the switch element; and a pixel electrode located at the insulation layer. The insulation layers of the pixel elements define a plurality of vias. The pixel electrodes of two adjacent pixel elements are electrically coupled with the corresponding switch elements of the two adjacent pixel elements through a common via defined by the insulation layers of the two adjacent pixel elements. The two adjacent pixel elements are disposed along extensions of the plurality of the gate lines.
US10014324B2
Provided is a thin film transistor, including: a base that includes, on an upper surface, a first region and a second region; a gate electrode that is provided on the first region of the base; a gate insulating film that is provided on a surface of the gate electrode and the second region of the base; and a semiconductor layer that is provided on a surface of the gate insulating film, wherein the semiconductor layer includes a third region and a fourth region, in the third region, the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode face with a minimum interval, in the fourth region, a distance from the semiconductor layer to the gate electrode is larger than the minimum interval, and at a boundary position between the third region and the fourth region, the semiconductor layer forms a linear shape or a substantially linear shape.
US10014320B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a control signal system for avoiding failure to check an indefinite signal propagation prevention circuit, for facilitating a check included in an automated tool, and for facilitating a power shutdown control inside a chip. In the semiconductor integrated circuit device, power shutdown priorities are provided by independent power domains (Area A to Area I). A method for preventing a power domain having a lower priority from being turned OFF when a circuit having a high priority is turned ON is also provided.
US10014318B2
A multilevel semiconductor device, including: a first level including a first array of first memory cells; a second level including a second array of second memory cells, the first level is overlaid by the second level, where at least one of the first memory cells includes a vertically oriented first transistor, and where at least one of the second memory cells includes a vertically oriented second transistor, and where the first transistor includes a first single crystal channel, and where the second transistor includes a second single crystal channel, and where the first transistor is self-aligned to the second transistor.
US10014312B2
A semiconductor device including a memory cell featuring a first gate insulating film over a semiconductor substrate, a control gate electrode over the first gate insulating film, a second gate insulating film over the substrate and a side wall of the control gate electrode, a memory gate electrode over the second gate insulating film arranged adjacent with the control gate electrode through the second gate insulating film, first and second semiconductor regions in the substrate positioned on a control gate electrode side and a memory gate side, respectively, the second gate insulating film featuring a first film over the substrate, a charge storage film over the first film and a third film over the second film, the first film having a first portion between the substrate and memory gate electrode and a thickness greater than that of a second portion between the control gate electrode and the memory gate electrode.
US10014305B2
A method of forming an array comprising pairs of vertically opposed capacitors comprises forming a conductive lining in individual capacitor openings in insulative-comprising material. An elevational mid-portion of individual of the conductive linings is removed to form an upper capacitor electrode lining and a lower capacitor electrode lining that are elevationally separate and spaced from one another in the individual capacitor openings. A capacitor insulator is formed laterally inward of the upper and lower capacitor electrode linings in the individual capacitor openings. Conductive material is formed laterally inward of the capacitor insulator in the individual capacitor openings and elevationally between the capacitor electrode linings. The conductive material is formed to comprise a shared capacitor electrode that is shared by vertically opposed capacitors in individual of the pairs of vertically opposed capacitors. Additional methods and structure independent of method are disclosed.
US10014303B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the semiconductor devices for forming conductive paths between fins for contact-to-gate shorting. One method includes, for instance: obtaining wafer with a substrate, at least one fin, at least one hard mask, and an oxide layer; etching the oxide layer to reveal at least one of a portion of the hard masks; forming sacrificial pillars over the substrate; forming sacrificial gates, wherein at least one sacrificial gate contacts at least one sacrificial pillar; growing an epitaxial layer between the at least one sacrificial gate and the at least one sacrificial pillar; starting a RMG process on the sacrificial gates; etching to remove the sacrificial pillars and form pillar openings; and completing the RMG process to fill the pillar openings and the gate openings with a metal.
US10014301B2
Some embodiments include methods in which a pair of spaced-apart adjacent features is formed over a substrate. The features have silicon dioxide surfaces. Silicon nitride is deposited between the features. A first region of the silicon nitride is protected with a mask while a second region is not. The second region is removed to form an opening between the features. Some embodiments include semiconductor constructions that contain a pair of spaced-apart adjacent features. The features are lines extending along a first direction, and are spaced from one another by a trench. Alternating plugs and intervening materials are within the trench, with the plugs and intervening materials alternating along the first direction. The intervening materials consist of silicon nitride, and the plugs have lateral peripheries that directly contact silicon dioxide of the features, and that directly contact silicon nitride of the intervening regions.
US10014293B2
A semiconductor device of a circuit is provided. The circuit is configured to be operated under a power supply. The semiconductor device of the circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first source region in a first bulk region; a first drain region defined by a well and a doped region, wherein the first source region and the doped region are separate by a distance, which is a factor which determines a breakdown voltage of the first transistor, the breakdown voltage being associated with the power supply; and a first gate. The second transistor includes a second source region in a second bulk region, the second source region electrically connected with the first source region and the first gate.
US10014287B2
A semiconductor device includes a power element and a heat sensing element configured to detect a temperature of the power element. The power element includes lateral MOS transistors having drains and gate electrodes, two of the drains being shorter in length than the remaining drains and two of the gate electrodes being shorter in length than the remaining gate electrodes. The heat sensing element has a rectangular shape and is disposed between the two shorter drains and the two shorter gate electrodes to accurately detect the temperature of the power element.
US10014284B2
A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor chip, a conductive member for supporting the semiconductor chip, a joint material provided between the conductive member and the semiconductor chip, and a release groove formed on the surface of the conductive member and arranged away from the semiconductor chip with the one end and the other end of the release groove connected to the peripheral edges of the conductive member, respectively.
US10014282B2
An Integrated Circuit device, the device including: a base wafer including a single crystal layer, the base wafer including a plurality of first transistors; at least one metal layer providing interconnection between the plurality of first transistors, where the base wafer includes a memory bit-cell array including the first transistors and control bit-lines and word-lines; and a second layer including a plurality of second transistors, the second layer overlying the at least one metal layer, where the second layer includes a connecting via to the bit-lines or the word-lines, the connecting via has a diameter of less than 200 nm, and where the second layer includes control circuits to control the memory bit-cell array, the control circuits include the second transistors.
US10014281B2
Semiconductor device packages include a stack of semiconductor memory devices positioned over an interposer substrate, a controller element, and a redistribution substrate positioned laterally adjacent to the controller element. At least a portion of the controller element is positioned directly between the stack and the interposer substrate. The controller element is operatively connected to the semiconductor memory devices of the stack through the redistribution substrate and the interposer substrate. Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device package include positioning a redistribution substrate laterally adjacent to a controller element and attaching the redistribution substrate and the controller element to an interposer substrate. A stack of semiconductor memory devices is positioned over the controller element and the redistribution substrate. The controller element is operatively connected to the semiconductor memory devices of the stack through the redistribution substrate and the interposer substrate.
US10014280B2
A power electronic package includes a first substrate, a second substrate oppositely disposed from the first substrate, one or more chips disposed between the substrates, and at least three spacers. The spacers control a height variation of the power electronic package and protect the chips and other electronics from experiencing excessive stress. The height of the spacers is determined based on a height of the chips, on a height of solder blocks that connect the chips to the top substrate, and on a height of solder blocks that connect the chips to the bottom substrate.
US10014279B2
In a method of forming a three-dimensional semiconductor device, a first chip is provided that includes a first substrate, a first device layer positioned on and covering the first substrate, and a first metallization system positioned on and covering the first device layer, wherein the first device layer includes a plurality of first transistor elements. A second chip is also provided and includes a second substrate, a second device layer positioned on and covering the second substrate, and a second metallization system positioned on and covering the second device layer, wherein the second device layer includes a plurality of second transistor elements. The second chip is attached to the first chip so that a heat spreading material is positioned between the first chip and the second chip and covers at least a portion of the first metallization system.
US10014276B2
A method for connecting an integrated circuit (IC) to a printed circuit board (PCB) can include the steps of fixing the IC and the PCB to a dielectric substrate. A single wire bond can be used to bond the IC to the PCB, and a ground plane can be established for the PCB. To minimize inductance losses at high frequency operation, a ground plane defect can be intentionally established by forming at least one opening in the ground plane. The opening can be rectangular when viewed in top plan, although the number of openings formed and opening geometry can be chosen according to the desired operating frequency of the device. The defect can allow for single wire bonding of the IC to the PCB in a manner which allows for high frequency operation without requiring the integration of additional matching network components on the IC and PCB.
US10014275B2
One aspect of the invention relates to a method for producing a chip assemblage. Two or more chip assemblies are produced in each case by cohesively and electrically conductively connecting an electrically conductive first compensation lamina to a first main electrode of a semiconductor chip. A control electrode interconnection structure is arranged in a free space between the chip assemblies. Electrically conductive connections are produced between the control electrode interconnection structure and control electrodes of the semiconductor chips of the individual chip assemblies. The chip assemblies are cohesively connected by means of a dielectric embedding compound.
US10014274B2
A multi-chip system includes a top chip stack element comprising a top chip having two major surfaces and top solder pads arrayed along a plane of one of the major surfaces; a bottom chip stack element comprising a bottom substrate having two major surfaces and bottom solder pads arrayed along a plane of one of the major surfaces; one or more solder reservoir pads connected to one or more of the top solder pads or of the bottom solder pads; and solder material; and wherein at least one of the top solder pads is connected to one of the bottom solder pads by one of the solder material.
US10014269B2
The semiconductor die includes a base body, protruding portions and bonding pads. The base body has sidewalls. The protruding portions are laterally protruding from the sidewalls respectively. The bonding pads are disposed on the protruding portions respectively. The wafer dicing method includes following operations. Chips are formed on a semiconductor wafer. Bonding pads are formed at a border line between every two of the adjacent chips. A scribe line is formed and disposed along the bonding pads. A photolithographic pattern is formed on a top layer of the semiconductor wafer to expose the scribe line. The scribe line is etched to a depth in the semiconductor wafer substantially below the top layer to form an etched pattern. A back surface of the semiconductor wafer is thinned until the etched pattern in the semiconductor wafer is exposed.
US10014254B2
There is provided a semiconductor device including a memory region and a logic region. The memory region includes a transistor (memory transistor) that stores information by accumulating charge in a sidewall insulating film. The width of the sidewall insulating film of the memory transistor included in the memory region is made larger than the width of a sidewall insulating film of a transistor (logic transistor) included in the logic region.
US10014244B2
A method of manufacturing a through-hole electrode substrate includes forming a plurality of through-holes in a substrate, forming a plurality of through-hole electrodes by filling a conductive material into the plurality of through-holes, forming a first insulation layer on one surface of the substrate, forming a plurality of first openings which expose the plurality of through-hole electrodes corresponding to each of the plurality of through-hole electrodes, on the first insulation layer and correcting a position of the plurality of first openings using the relationship between a misalignment amount of a measured distance value of an open position of a leaning through-hole among the plurality of through-holes and of a design distance value of the open position of the leaning through-hole among the plurality of through-holes with respect to a center position of the substrate.
US10014243B2
An interposer (110) has contact pads at the top and/or bottom surfaces for connection to circuit modules (e.g. ICs 112). The interposer includes a substrate made of multiple layers (110.i). Each layer can be a substrate (110S), possibly a ceramic substrate, with circuitry. The substrates extend vertically. Multiple interposers are fabricated in a single structure (310) made of vertical layers (310.i) corresponding to the interposers' layers. The structure is diced along horizontal planes (314) to provide the interposers. An interposer's vertical conductive lines (similar to through-substrate vias) can be formed on the substrates' surfaces before dicing and before all the substrates are attached to each other. Thus, there is no need to make through-substrate holes for the vertical conductive lines. Non-vertical features can also be formed on the substrates' surfaces before the substrates are attached to each other. Other embodiments are also provided.
US10014237B2
A circuit board includes an insulating substrate; a metal circuit sheet joined to a first principal surface of the insulating substrate; and a heat dissipating sheet made of metal and joined to a second principal surface of the insulating substrate, the second principal surface being opposite the first principal surface. The thickness of the heat dissipating sheet is at least 3.75 times the thickness of the metal circuit sheet. The size of metal grains contained in the heat dissipating sheet is smaller than the size of metal grains contained in the metal circuit sheet, and decreases with increasing distance from the second principal surface of the insulating substrate.
US10014234B2
The patterning technique used for forming sophisticated metallization systems of semiconductor devices may be monitored and evaluated more efficiently by incorporating at least one via line feature into the die seal. In this manner, high statistical significance may be obtained compared to conventional strategies, in which the respective test structures for evaluating patterning processes may be provided at specific sites in the frame region and/or die region. Moreover, by providing a “long” via line feature, superior sensitivity for variations of depth of focus may be achieved.
US10014232B2
The present invention provides a packaging shell and a power module having the same. The packaging shell mainly comprises an accommodating recess for receiving a substrate disposed with a plurality of electronic devices/components, so as to make the substrate be further assembled with a heat sink through the support of the packaging shell. Most importantly, in the present invention, the accommodating recess has a stepped surface for contacting with the substrate, and the stepped surface is a curve surface having a flatness difference. By such design, the compressional force generated when assembling the packaging shell, the heat sink and the system circuit board can be uniformly transmitted to substrate via the curve surface structure; such that the compressional force is avoid from being concentrated to a certain point on the substrate, and then the substrate is protected from being ruptured due to the action of the concentrated compressional force.
US10014229B2
Methods and systems for generating a wafer inspection process are provided. One method includes storing output of detector(s) of an inspection system during scanning of a wafer regardless of whether the output corresponds to defects detected on the wafer and separating physical locations on the wafer that correspond to bit failures detected by testing of the water into a first portion of the physical locations at which the defects were not detected and a second portion of the physical locations at which the defects were detected. In addition, the method includes applying defect detection method(s) to the stored output corresponding to the first portion of the physical locations to detect defects at the first portion of the physical locations and generating a wafer inspection process based on the defects detected by the defect detection method(s) at the first portion of the physical locations.
US10014224B2
A structure and a formation method of a semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a fin structure over the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a gate stack covering a portion of the fin structure and an epitaxially grown source/drain structure over the fin structure and adjacent to the gate stack. The semiconductor device further includes a semiconductor protection layer over the epitaxially grown source/drain structure. The semiconductor protection layer has an atomic concentration of silicon greater than that of the epitaxially grown source/drain structure.
US10014220B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of semiconductor fins from an upper semiconductor layer located on a first region of a bulk semiconductor substrate of a structure and then forming at least one gate structure straddling a portion of semiconductor fins. A portion of the lower semiconductor layer from beneath the upper semiconductor layer is then removed to form a vertical semiconductor portion which contacts the bulk semiconductor substrate and at least one of the semiconductor fins. A dielectric layer (e.g., a spacer layer) is then deposited over the structure and laterally surrounds the vertical semiconductor portion such that semiconductor fins and the at least one gate structure are partially isolated from the first region of the bulk semiconductor substrate by the dielectric layer.
US10014218B1
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes providing a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure has a central portion and a peripheral portion surrounding the central portion. The method includes forming first conductive bumps and dummy conductive bumps over a surface of the semiconductor structure. The first conductive bumps are over the central portion and electrically connected to the semiconductor structure. The dummy conductive bumps are over the peripheral portion and electrically insulated from the semiconductor structure. The first conductive bumps each have a first thickness and a first width. The dummy conductive bumps each have a second thickness and a second width. The second thickness is less than the first thickness. The second width is greater than the first width.
US10014214B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer disposed on the semiconductor layer, circuitry disposed on the dielectric layer that includes interconnected cells, first contact line metallization and second contact line metallization, first power metallization disposed in-plane with or above the circuitry and second power metallization disposed in a trench defined in at least the dielectric layer. The electronic device further includes insulation disposed to insulate the second power metallization from the circuitry and the first power metallization at first locations and to permit electrical communication between the second power metallization, the circuitry and the first power metallization at second locations.
US10014209B2
At least one method, apparatus and system are disclosed for forming a fin field effect transistor (finFET) while reducing oxidization and fin critical dimension loss. A plurality of fins of a transistor are formed. A hard mask layer is formed on top of the fins. A first liner layer is formed over the fins and the hard mask layer. A partial deposition process is performed for depositing a first insulation material in a first portion of a channel between the fins. A second liner layer is formed above the fins, the first insulation material, and the channel. A second insulation material is deposited above the second liner layer. A fin reveal process is performed for removing the second insulation material to a predetermined height. An etch process is performed for removing the hard mask layer and the first and second liner layers above the predetermined height.
US10014204B2
A method of fabricating ultra-thin semiconductor devices includes forming an array of semiconductor dielets mechanically suspended on a frame with at least one tether connecting each semiconductor dielet of the array of semiconductor dielets to the frame.
US10014202B2
A device for aligning and bringing a large-area substrate into contact with a carrier substrate comprising: a substrate holding means for attaching the substrate; a carrier substrate holding means for attaching the carrier substrate; detection means for detection of a peripheral contour of the substrate attached to the substrate holding means and detection of a peripheral contour of the carrier substrate attached to the carrier substrate holding means relative to a contact plane of the substrate with the carrier substrate; aligning means for aligning the substrate relative to the carrier substrate; and contacting means for bringing the substrate into contact with the carrier substrate.
US10014200B2
A gas injection device a placement portion on which a first or second container is placed, an ejection portion which is placed on the placement portion and ejects a purge gas, and a sealing portion protruding from the placement portion so as to surround a periphery of the ejection portion. The ejection portion, with the purge gas being injected into an inlet of the second container, does not come in contact with the inlet. The sealing portion, with the purge gas being injected into an inlet of the FOUP, does not impede the contact between the ejection portion and the inlet.
US10014193B2
A method and corresponding device for bonding a first contact surface of a first substrate to a second contact surface of a second substrate. The method includes the steps of arranging a substrate stack, formed from the first substrate and the second substrate and aligned on the contact surfaces, between a first heating surface of a first heating system and a second heating surface of a second heating system.
US10014191B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for treating the surface of a microelectronic substrate, and in particular, relate to an apparatus and method for scanning the microelectronic substrate through a cryogenic fluid mixture used to treat an exposed surface of the microelectronic substrate. The fluid mixture may be expanded through a nozzle to form an aerosol spray or gas cluster jet (GCJ) spray may impinge the microelectronic substrate and remove particles from the microelectronic substrate's surface. In one embodiment, the fluid mixture may be maintained to prevent liquid formation within the fluid mixture prior to passing the fluid mixture through the nozzle. The fluid mixture may include nitrogen, argon, helium, neon, xenon, krypton, carbon dioxide, or any combination thereof.
US10014186B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a substrate treatment method includes bringing a first metallic film on a substrate into contact with a first liquid, mixing a second liquid into the first liquid, and bringing the first metallic film or a second metallic film different from the first metallic film into contact with a liquid in which the first liquid and the second liquid are mixed together to etch the first or second metallic film. The first liquid includes an oxidizing agent, a complexing agent, and water (H2O) of a first content rate to etch the first metallic film. The second liquid includes water (H2O) at a second content rate higher than the first content rate after the etching has started.
US10014184B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for forming a resist array on a material to be patterned using chemical-mechanical planarization. The resist array may include an arrangement of two different materials that are adapted to react to activation energy differently relative to each other to enable selective removal of only one of the materials (e.g., one is reactive and the other is not reactive; one is slightly reactive and the other is very reactive; one is reactive in one domain and the other in an opposite domain). The first material may be disposed as isolated nodes between the second material. A subset of nodes may be selected from among the nodes in the array and the selected nodes may be exposed to activation energy to activate the nodes and create a mask from the resist array. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.
US10014183B2
A method for producing at least one pattern in a layer resting on a substrate, including: a) making amorphous at least one first block of an upper layer of crystalline material resting on a first amorphous supporting layer, while the crystalline structure of a second block of the upper layer that adjoins and is juxtaposed with the first block is preserved; b) partially recrystallizing the first block by using at least one side surface of the second block that is in contact with the first block as an area for the start of a recrystallization front, the partial recrystallization being carried out to preserve a region of amorphous material in the first block; c) selectively etching the amorphous material of the upper layer with respect to the crystalline material of the upper layer to form at least one first pattern in the upper layer.
US10014176B2
Provided is a SiC substrate treatment method for, with respect to a SiC substrate (40) that has, on its surface, grooves (41), activating ions while preventing roughening of the surface of the substrate. In the method, an ion activation treatment in which the SiC substrate (40) is heated under Si vapor pressure is performed to the SiC substrate (40) has, on its surface, an ion implantation region (46) in which ions have been implanted, and has the grooves (41) provided in a region including at least the ion implantation region (46), thereby ions that are implanted in the SiC substrate (40) is activated while etching the surface of the substrate.
US10014175B2
A method embodiment for patterning a semiconductor device includes patterning a dummy layer over a hard mask to form one or more dummy lines. A sidewall aligned spacer is conformably formed over the one or more dummy lines and the hard mask. A first reverse material layer is formed over the sidewall aligned spacer. A first photoresist is formed and patterned over the first reverse material layer. The first reverse material layer using the first photoresist as a mask, wherein the sidewall aligned spacer is not etched. The one or more dummy lines are removed, and the hard mask is patterned using the sidewall aligned spacer and the first reverse material layer as a mask. A material used for forming the sidewall aligned spacer has a higher selectivity than a material used for forming the first reverse material layer.
US10014171B2
Described herein is a technique capable of improving the productivity of manufacturing of a semiconductor device in a method of processing a film by repeating different processes. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may include: (a) loading a substrate into a process vessel; (b) forming a first layer by supplying a first gas into the process vessel by a gas supply unit while maintaining the substrate at a first temperature by a temperature control unit; and (c) forming a second layer different from the first layer by supplying a second gas different from the first gas into the process vessel by the gas supply unit while maintaining the substrate at a second temperature different from the second temperature by the temperature control unit.
US10014167B2
An ion optical apparatus and a mass spectrometer are provided. The ion optical apparatus includes at least one planar insulating substrate which is covered with metal patterns to form an electrode array including a plurality of cell electrodes, wherein each of the cell electrodes is arrayed according to a first direction to form a geometric pattern distribution of the electrode array, wherein cell electrodes are applied with radio frequency (RF) voltages having different phases to confine ions, a direct current (DC) voltage gradient is applied along at least part of the cell electrodes in the electrode array to drive ions to move in the first direction along the electrode array, and a corresponding electric field distribution is formed by the geometric pattern distribution to drive ions to move in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, thereby realizing ion deflection, focusing or defocusing.
US10014166B2
A method and apparatus for conducting ion to charged species reactions, more particularly reactions wherein the charged species is an electron, such as ECD. The apparatus comprises first and second pathways which are orthogonal to one another. The first pathway through which ions are introduced comprises multiple multipoles with a gap situated there between. The second pathway introduces the charged species through the gap orthogonally to the first pathway. In this way, a cross-type reaction device allows ion-charged species interactions to occur.
US10014164B2
Embodiments relate to a grid short clearing system is provided for gridded ion beam sources used in industrial applications for materials processing systems that reduces grid damage during operation. In various embodiments, the ion source is coupled to a process chamber and a grid short clearing system includes methods for supplying a gas to the process chamber and setting the gas pressure to a predetermined gas pressure in the range between 50 to 750 Torr, applying an electrical potential difference between each adjacent pair of grids using a current-limited power supply, and detecting whether or not the grid shorts are cleared. The electrical potential difference between the grids is at least 10% lower than the DC electrical breakdown voltage between the grids with no contaminants.
US10014160B2
The scanning electron microscope includes: an electron source; a first deflector for deflecting a primary electron beam emitted from the electron source; a second deflector for focusing the primary electron beam deflected by the first deflector and deflecting a second electron from a sample, which is generated the focused primary electron beam, to the outside of the optical axis; a voltage applying unit for applying a negative voltage to the sample to decelerate the primary electron beam; a spectrometer for dispersing the secondary electron; a detector for detecting the secondary electron passing through the spectrometer; an electrostatic lens provided between the second deflector and the spectrometer; and a voltage control unit that controls the voltage applied to the electrostatic lens based on the negative voltage applied to the sample. The electrostatic lens allows the deflecting action to be overlapped with the converging action.
US10014155B2
A microsample stage which fixes microsamples when the microsamples are analyzed by an analyzer includes a base, and middle supports which protrude from an upper surface of the base. A microsample-fixing portion protrudes from an upper surface of each middle support. An alignment mark associated with each microsample-fixing portion is configured to be recognized by a capturing image to determine a position of attachment of one or more microsamples to each microsample-fixing portion. The microsample stage is made by etching a silicon member, which can be automated to increase work efficiency.
US10014151B2
This composite charged particle beam device comprises a first charged particle beam column (6), a second charged particle beam column (1) which is equipped with a deceleration system, and is equipped with a detector (3) inside the column, a test piece stage (10) on which a test piece (9) is placed, and an electric field correction electrode (13) which is provided around the tip of the first charged particle beam column, wherein the electric field correction electrode is an electrode that corrects the electric field distribution formed in the vicinity of the test piece, and the electric field correction electrode is positioned between the test piece and the first charged particle beam column, and on the opposite side from the second charged particle beam column with respect to the optical axis of the first charged particle beam column.
US10014148B2
The present disclosure is directed to an electron source and an X-ray source using the same. The electron source of the present invention comprises: at least two electron emission zones, each of which comprises a plurality of micro electron emission units, wherein the micro electron emission unit comprises: a base layer, an insulating layer on the base layer, a grid layer on the insulating layer, an opening in the grid layer, and an electron emitter that is fixed at the base layer and corresponds to a position of the opening, wherein the micro electron emission units in the same electron emission zone are electrically connected and simultaneously emit electrons or do not emit electrons at the same time, and wherein different electron emission zones are electrically partitioned.
US10014144B2
A curing method, a manufacture method of a display panel, a display panel and a mask, the curing method includes: providing curable material, providing a mask; and providing an incident light on a side of the mask to cure the curable material, wherein a shielding layer of the mask aligns with the curable material; the shielding layer including light conversion material, and the light conversion material is configured to convert the incident light to an exiting light which is capable of curing the curable material.
US10014122B2
There are provided a photoelectric conversion element and a photoelectric conversion element module including the photoelectric conversion element, the photoelectric conversion element including a transparent substrate, a transparent conductive layer arranged on the transparent substrate, a photoelectric conversion layer arranged on the transparent conductive layer, a porous insulating layer arranged in contact with the photoelectric conversion layer, a reflective layer arranged in contact with the porous insulating layer, and a catalyst layer and a counter conductive layer that are arranged on the reflective layer, in which the photoelectric conversion layer contains a porous semiconductor, a carrier-transport material, and a photosensitizer, and in which the area of the orthogonal projection of the porous insulating layer onto the transparent substrate and the area of the orthogonal projection of the reflective layer onto the transparent substrate are each larger than the area of the orthogonal projection of the photoelectric conversion layer onto the transparent substrate.
US10014117B2
The present invention provides an electricity storing/discharging device with single-layer folding covering and packaging single input/output electric conductive interface having electrode plate pair with multiple-sided electric conductive terminals, which is applied in a specified single-layer folding covering and packaging structure having electrode plate pair with multiple-sided electric conductive terminals, so the electrode plate pair with multiple-sided electric conductive terminals after being covered and packaged is able to be structured as a single input/output electric conductive interface through single input/output electric conductive terminal having positive and negative polarity for transferring electric energy to the exterior.
US10014115B2
Some embodiments include a capacitive chip having a plurality of capacitive units. The individual capacitive units include alternating electrode layers and dielectric layers in a capacitor stack. The capacitor stack extends across an undulating topography. The undulating topography has peaks and valleys with the peaks being elevationally offset relative to the valleys by a distance within a range of from about 30 microns to about 100 microns. The capacitor stack includes at least about 10 total layers. Some embodiments include apparatuses and multi-chip modules having capacitor chips.
US10014114B2
A mounting substrate on which at least any one of three kinds of electronic components including a first electronic component, a second electronic component, and a third electronic component are able to be mounted includes a pair of first edge portions and a pair of second edge portions. When a dimension of the first electronic component in its length direction is designated as L1, a dimension of the first electronic component in its width direction is designated as W1, a dimension of the second electronic component in its length direction is designated as L2, and a dimension of the second electronic component in its width direction is designated as W2, a dimension of the third electronic component in its width direction is any one of W1 and W2, and a dimension of the third electronic component in its length direction is L2 when the dimension of the third electronic component in its width direction is W1, and is L1 when the dimension of the third electronic component in its width direction is W2. At least one or more of the third electronic components are mounted on the mounting substrate.
US10014105B2
A coil unit includes a non-magnetic conductive plate which is disposed along an axis of a coil, and a magnetic body. The magnetic body includes a first portion which is positioned in an outer side than an outline of one side of the conductive plate in the axis direction of the coil, and a second portion which is positioned in an outer side than an outline of the other side of the conductive plate in the axis direction of the coil. When viewing from the axis direction of the coil, the first and second portions are positioned on a side of the conductive plate where is opposite to a side which faces the coil.
US10014102B2
An inductor may include: a body, and a first and a second external electrode formed on end surfaces of the body. The body may include a coil support layer, a conductive coil formed on at least one surface of the coil support layer, a lamination part formed in a gap of the conductive coil and on an upper surface thereof, an insulating coating part formed to enclose an overall surface of the conductive coil on which the lamination part is formed, and upper and lower cover layers covering the overall surface of the conductive coil on which the insulating coating part is formed.
US10014099B2
The present invention discloses a rare earth permanent magnet and a method for preparing same. The material of the rare earth permanent magnet has a heavy rare earth element volume diffusion phenomenon at a depth of 5 μm to 100 μm from the surface of the magnet to the interior of the magnet along the magnetic field orientation direction, thereby forming a volume diffusion layer region; the volume diffusion layer region is divided into magnet units having a volume of 10*100*5 μm, and the concentration difference of the heavy rare earth elements of the magnet units at different positions in the volume diffusion layer is below 0.5 at %. The present invention provides a sintered NdFeB magnet of high intrinsic coercive force Hcj on the premise of not influencing the remanence Br and the maximum magnetic energy product (BH)max of products. In the method for preparing the rare earth permanent magnet, microwave heat treatment is performed on a blank magnet coated with heavy rare earth source slurry in a vacuum condition. This method can effectively improve the heating efficiency, reduce the heat treatment time, lower the energy consumption, and reduce the production cost of the magnet.
US10014098B2
The invention relates to a surge protection device, comprising at least one surge arrester and one short-circuit switching device which is connected in parallel with the surge arrester, can be thermally tripped and is spring-pretensioned, wherein the abovementioned means form one physical unit. The thermal tripping means is arranged in the region where heating of the surge arrester is expected when it is overloaded, and operating or surge current does not flow through said thermal tripping means. The thermal tripping means is in the form of a stop part which releases an unlocking slide of the switching device in the event of thermal overload. The switching device has two opposite contact pieces, wherein at least one of the contacts is of moveable design and is under spring pretension in the closing direction of the switching device. The opening state of the switching device is maintained by the unlocking slide, which is released by the thermal tripping means to close the switching device.
US10014097B2
A semiconductor ceramic composition including a compound represented by the following general formula (1) as a main component. (BavBixAyREw)m(TiuTMz)O3 (1) (wherein, A represents both elements of Na and K; RE is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Dy and Er; and TM is at least one element selected from the group consisting of V, Nb and Ta.) 0.01≤x≤0.15 (2) x≤y≤0.3 (3) 0≤(w+z)≤0.01 (4) v+x+y+w=1 (5) u+z=1 (6) 0.950≤m≤1.050 (7) further, 0.001 mol to 0.055 mol of Ca is included and the ratio of Na/(Na+K) is 0.1 or more and less than 1.
US10014093B2
A cover is provided for protecting cables. The cover includes a first cover member and a second cover member. The second cover member is configured to mate with the first cover member to define conduits that enclose and permit passage therethrough of one or more cables. Plural covers are couplable to form an articulating cover system operable to enclose a selected length of cable(s). The covers may be employed to protect hoses, pipes, ducts and the like.
US10014092B2
An electrical line has a core and an insulating sheath that is extruded onto the core. A structured surface having a plurality of structural elements stamped into it is formed over the entire surface of the insulating sheath. The stamped structure is a microstructure, wherein the individual structural elements have a stamping depth of at most 0.15 mm.
US10014089B2
Liquid precursor compositions are provided, along with methods of preparing the liquid precursor compositions, and methods for forming layers using the liquid precursor composition, for example in vapor deposition processes such as CVD and ALD. In some embodiments, the liquid precursor compositions comprise a metal compound of the formula M(DAD)2, where M is Co or Ni and DAD is a diazadiene ligand.
US10014082B2
A nuclear power plant according to an embodiment comprises: a reactor well; a reactor well upper lid; an operation floor; an operation floor area wall; a standby gas treatment system; and a reactor well exhaust section to release the gas inside the reactor well to the environment without releasing the gas into the operation floor area in an event of a predetermined accident, e.g., causing diminished cooling of a containment vessel or otherwise increasing its temperature. The standby gas treatment system includes: a suction pipe to take in gas inside the reactor building; an exhaust fan; a standby gas treatment system exhaust pipe; a heater that is disposed between the suction pipe and the standby gas treatment system exhaust pipe; and a filter to filter the gas heated by the heater and to send the gas to the standby gas treatment system exhaust pipe.
US10014078B2
A method is disclosed for presenting medical contents. An embodiment of the method includes generating a pseudonymized case study from a patient study using a case upload client in a hospital environment by providing the patient study with a marker and by removing personal patient data from the patient study; sending the pseudonymized case study to a computing center via the Internet and virtualizing the pseudonymized case study; transmitting the virtualized pseudonymized case study to the hospital environment via an Internet connection and mapping the virtualized pseudonymized case study with the personal patient data by way of a display client; and displaying the mapped medical contents by way of the display client with the viewer. A system, a case upload client and a case upload server for presenting medical contents, are also disclosed.
US10014072B2
A diagnosis method executed by a processor includes receiving signal data at a timing of a first clock signal; setting a diagnosis period to perform a diagnosis of a memory with a predetermined period; executing a write operation and a read operation of the signal data on the memory at a timing of a second clock signal that is higher in rate than the first clock signal within the diagnosis period; executing at least one of operations included in the diagnosis of the memory using diagnosis data at a timing of the second clock signal during a period responsive to a difference between a number of first clock pulses of the first clock signal within the diagnosis period and a number of second clock pulses of the second clock signal within the diagnosis period; and diagnosing the memory by repeating the diagnosis period by a plurality of times.
US10014070B2
Methods and memories for verifying data path integrity are provided. In one such method, a first set of data are read from a first register of a memory device while a second set of data are written to an array of the memory device. The read first set of data and the data written to the first register are compared to verify data path integrity.
US10014061B1
Apparatus having a plurality of strings of series-connected memory cells, and methods of their operation, where each of the strings of series-connected memory cells is selectively connected to the same data line through a respective plurality of select gates connected in series between that string and the data line. One select gate of each of the pluralities of select gates has a threshold voltage within a first range of threshold voltages, and each remaining select gate of each of the pluralities of select gates has a threshold voltage within a second range of threshold voltages mutually exclusive from the first range of threshold voltages. Each of the select gates having a threshold voltage within the first range of threshold voltages has its control gate isolated from any of the other select gates having a threshold voltage within the first range of threshold voltages.
US10014059B2
According to one embodiment, a distribution of threshold voltages of a plurality of memory cells is acquired from a nonvolatile memory which includes the plurality of memory cells, a malfunction state occurring in the nonvolatile memory is identified based on a shape of the distribution, and a read voltage when data is read out of the nonvolatile memory is set to a voltage value corresponding to a type of the malfunction state.
US10014049B2
A method of operating a semiconductor device that is powered by a first power supply potential can include detecting a change in at least one voltage window signal, the voltage window signal indicates a predetermined voltage window in which a potential of the first power supply potential is located; latching the at least one voltage window signal to provide at least one latched voltage window signal; and generating at least one assist signal in response to at least one latched voltage window signal; wherein the at least one assist signal alters a read operation or a write operation to a static random access memory (SRAM) cell as compared to operations without the assist signal.
US10014048B2
A dual interlocked storage cell (DICE) latch may be provided. A semiconductor device may be provided. The semiconductor device may include a DICE latch.
US10014038B2
Apparatuses, methods, memory packages, and semiconductor chips are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a semiconductor chip including a layer identification setting path circuit configured to receive respective input signals from a plurality of input layer identification setting paths. The layer identification setting path circuit is further configured to change a value of at least one of the respective input signals to generate respective output signals and to provide the respective output signals to a plurality of output layer identification setting paths. The apparatus further includes a identification circuit configured to determine identification information based on the respective input signals and to compare the identification information to received access layer identification information. The identification circuit is configured to process received command signals based on the comparison between the identification information and the access layer identification information.
US10014037B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory banks in a first region, a data terminal to which an input data signal is input, the data terminal being in a second region, and an inverting circuit that inverts or non-inverts the input data signal in response to an inversion control signal indicating whether the input data signal has been inverted, wherein at least one inverting circuit is disposed for each of the plurality of memory banks.
US10014030B2
A video file and relation chain information of the video file are obtained. A video-file editing information is generated with the relation chain information. The video file is edited with the video-file editing information. The edited video file is played.
US10014024B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a drive storage system, method, and computer program process for automatically replacing drives. In one embodiment, one or more computer processors receive a request for a new drive. One or more computer processors direct an exchange robot to obtain the new drive from a drive repository and to proceed to a location of a used drive. One or more computer processors then direct the exchange robot to remove the used drive from the location and to insert the new drive into the location of the used drive.
US10014022B1
An apparatus for burnishing media, according to one embodiment, includes a first block with a media bearing surface having a plurality of channels and lands. The channels and lands alternate in a direction of media travel. Each of the lands has at least one skiving edge along a width thereof. The width of each land extends orthogonally to the direction of media travel. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for inducing a wrap angle of the media relative to media bearing surfaces of at least some of the lands. Each induced wrap angle is greater than zero degrees. An apparatus for burnishing media according to another embodiment includes channels having widths that are less than a width of the media.
US10014019B2
A method, according to one embodiment, includes writing a plurality of shingled tracks using an array of writers. The array of readers is repositioned to various locations between first and second positions and data is read from the shingled tracks at the various locations. A read offset point where read performance is about the highest during the reading performed when repositioning the array of readers between the first and second positions is determined. The method includes computing, using the read offset point, data describing a lateral writing position to use during writing such that shingled tracks are written in a location specified by a format. As a result, methods according to the present embodiment are able to provide desirable track alignment and reduced readback error rates for data of shingled tracks written to magnetic medium.
US10013997B2
A method for adjusting a degree of filtering applied to an audio signal includes modeling a probability density function (PDF) of a fast Fourier transform (FFT) coefficient of a primary channel and reference channel of the audio signal; maximizing at least one of PDFs to provide a discriminative relevance difference (DRD) between a noise magnitude estimate of the reference channel and a noise magnitude estimate of the primary channel. The method further includes emphasizing the primary channel when the spectral magnitude of the primary channel is stronger than the spectral magnitude of the reference channel; and deemphasizing the primary channel when the spectral magnitude of the reference channel is stronger than the spectral magnitude of the primary channel. The emphasizing and deemphasizing includes computing a multiplicative rescaling factor and applying the multiplicative rescaling factor to a gain computed in a prior stage of a speech enhancement filter chain when there is a prior stage, and directly applying a gain when there is no prior stage.
US10013995B1
Acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) processing may be improved by performing echo cancellation using a combined multi-channel reference signal. Two or more reference signals, such as a left and right channel of a stereo source, may be combined and provided to an AEC block configured to receive the combined signal and perform AEC processing using the combined signal. The AEC block may include an adaptive filter that performs operations that cause pre-whitening of the combined reference signal and de-correlation of the individual channels within the combined reference signal. The pre-whitening of the signal flattens the spectrum of the combined reference signal, which may improve convergence speed of the AEC processing in cancelling the echo. The de-correlating of the signal cancels inter-channel correlation between the multiple channels, which may improve convergence speed of the AEC processing in cancelling the echo.
US10013987B2
The present invention discloses a speech/audio signal processing method and apparatus. In an embodiment, the speech/audio signal processing method includes: when a speech/audio signal switches bandwidth, obtaining an initial high frequency signal corresponding to a current frame of speech/audio signal; obtaining a time-domain global gain parameter of the initial high frequency signal; performing weighting processing on an energy ratio and the time-domain global gain parameter, and using an obtained weighted value as a predicted global gain parameter, where the energy ratio is a ratio between energy of a historical frame of high frequency time-domain signal and energy of a current frame of initial high frequency signal; correcting the initial high frequency signal by using the predicted global gain parameter, to obtain a corrected high frequency time-domain signal; and synthesizing a current frame of narrow frequency time-domain signal and the corrected high frequency time-domain signal and outputting the synthesized signal.
US10013978B1
Optimization of sequence dependent operations in a voice activated data packet based computer network environment is provided. A natural language processor component can parse an input audio signal to identify a request and a trigger keyword. A prediction component can determine a thread based on the trigger keyword and the request that includes a first action, a second action subsequent to the first action, and a third action subsequent to the second action. A content selector component can select, based on the third action and the trigger keyword, a content item. An audio signal generator component can generate an output signal comprising the content item. An interface can transmit the output signal to cause a client computing device to drive a speaker to generate an acoustic wave corresponding to the output signal prior to occurrence of at least one of the first action and the second action.
US10013977B2
The present invention discloses a smart home control method based on emotion recognition and the system thereof, wherein, the method comprises: acquiring a user's voice information before performing an emotion recognition for a speech tone on the voice information and generating a first emotion recognition result; after converting the voice information into a text information, performing an emotion recognition for a semantics of the text information before generating a second emotion recognition result; based on the first emotion recognition result and the second emotion recognition result, a user's emotion recognition result is generated according to a preset determination method for emotion recognition result; also, based on the user's emotion recognition result, each smart home device is controlled to perform a corresponding operation.
US10013976B2
In headset computers that leverage voice commands, often the user does not know what voice commands are available. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a user interface in a headset computer and, in response to user utterance of a cue toggle command, displaying at least one cue in the user interface. Each cue can correspond to a voice command associated with code to execute. In response to user utterance of the voice command, the method can also include executing the code associated with the voice command. The user can therefore ascertain what voice commands are available.
US10013973B2
A method for generating a test-speaker-specific adaptive system for recognising sounds in speech spoken by a test speaker; the method employing: (i) training data comprising speech items spoken by the test speaker; and (ii) an input network component and a speaker adaptive output network, the input network component and speaker adaptive output network having been trained using training data from training speakers; the method comprising: (a) using the training data to train a test-speaker-specific adaptive model component of an adaptive model comprising the input network component, and the test-speaker-specific adaptive model component, and (b) providing the test-speaker-specific adaptive system comprising the input network component, the trained test-speaker-specific adaptive model component, and the speaker-adaptive output network.
US10013972B2
An electronic challenge system is used to control access to resources by using a spoken test to identify an origin of a voice. The test is based on a series of questions posed during an interactive dialog session with the entity attempting access.
US10013967B2
The present disclosure provides a method for determining an arrangement of reference sensors for active road noise control (ARNC) in a vehicle with an automatic calibration system. The method includes mounting a plurality of vibrational sensors on a plurality of structure elements of the vehicle to generate a plurality of vibrational input signals and mounting at least one microphone inside a cabin of the vehicle to capture at least one acoustic input signal. The method further includes determining an arrangement of reference sensors from the plurality of vibrational sensors by determining a subset of vibrational sensors which sense the main mechanical inputs of road noise contributing to the at least one acoustic input signal.
US10013965B2
The disclosure is related to a calibration system for active noise cancellation and a speaker apparatus. The calibration system receives the signals with feedforward control or feedback control active noise cancellation. A gain adjustment element is used to adjust a gain of the signals, and a path selection switch is used to switch connection to a first operational amplifier or to a second operational amplifier. In addition to driving signals, the operational amplifier is also used to adjust a phase of the output signals. The calibration system is able to balance the gain of the signals with active noise cancellation and adjust the phase of signals of a left-channel circuit and a right-channel circuit through gain-phase adjustment. The related speaker apparatus is such as an earphone with the feedforward ANC control circuit, the feedback ANC control circuit, or a hybrid ANC circuit.
US10013963B1
Provided is a method of providing a melody recording based on a user humming melody in a user device. The method includes displaying a record button to be used to start recording of a humming melody of a user in response to an input of the user, and measuring a pitch of a sound that changes over time based on the humming melody of the user, and displaying a change in the pitch in real time. A region in which the change in the pitch is displayed includes at least a portion of a left region of a screen of the user device.
US10013961B1
A new method of written music using a color coded keyboard to show the player which octave on the keyboard to use, which note in the octave to play and the finger of the hand used to play the note. The phrasing of the melody and chord progressions are indicated by the spacing of the notes in the tablature.
US10013957B2
A tension redistributing and balancing system for stringed instruments, consisting of bridge and string coupling mechanism which utilizes the very same string tension required to reach the desired pitch to apply inverted torque which counteracts the very same tension and torque forces as they relate to the bridge and/or soundboard.
US10013952B2
A device for adjusting a brightness of a display is provided. The device comprises means configured for receiving images from a digital camera, detecting an eye of a viewer in a current camera image, determining an intensity of a reflection of the display by the eye, and adjusting the brightness of the display based on the intensity of the reflection. Thereby, the brightness is adjusted based on the intensity of light which is emitted by the display and which actually is received by the eyes of the viewer. Further, a method of adjusting a brightness of a display, a corresponding computer program, and a corresponding computer program product, are provided.
US10013950B2
In some embodiments, systems, devices, and methods are provided that allow a host device to communicate video information, network information, and USB information over USB via a USB host controller. The video information and the network information are encapsulated within USB and communicated by the USB host controller.In some embodiments, the USB information communicated by the USB host controller is further communicated over a non-USB extension medium by an upstream facing port device and one or more downstream facing port devices.
US10013947B2
A computing device includes a display having a striped polarizer, the striped polarizer includes a set of sub-areas having a first polarization interspersed between another set of sub-areas having a second polarization. The sub-areas are arranged to provide an alternating polarization across a dimension of the display. The computing device may be configured to receive information specifying a privacy display mode, select a privacy display mode based upon the received information, receive input display data configured to represent information for display, generate, in response to selecting the privacy display mode, output display data by inverting a first portion of pixels in the input display data which are associated with a first polarization, and not inverting a second portion of pixels in the input display data which are associated with a second polarization, and provide the output display data to a display.
US10013939B2
A display device (1) in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: an LCD driving section (20) and an LCD controller (30) for causing an image based on an image signal to be displayed on an LCD (10); and a CPU (40) for supplying an image signal to the LCD controller (30), the LCD controller (30) being configured to supply, to the CPU (40), a control signal that instructs the CPU (40) to supply an image signal, and the CPU (40) being configured to supply an image signal in a case where the CPU (40) receives a control signal.
US10013938B2
A display panel includes an array substrate and a color film substrate. The array substrate includes a plurality of pixel groups each including at least two sub-pixels, and a plurality of electrodes configured to provide driving electric fields for display of each sub-pixel. On the array substrate, neighboring pixel groups form a plurality of first gaps extending along a first direction and a plurality of second gaps extending along a second direction. The color film substrate includes a black matrix and a plurality of color filters. The black matrix shields the first gaps and the second gaps but non-overlaps with gaps between neighboring sub-pixels in a same pixel group. A distance from an edge of an electrode corresponding to a sub-pixel to an edge of a color filter corresponding to the same sub-pixel along a direction parallel to the array substrate is greater than or equal to a pre-determined distance.
US10013936B2
The present invention relates to a technology for outputting a gamma voltage in a source driver of a display device. A gamma voltage generation circuit of a source driver in accordance with the present invention may form wide high and low gamma voltage ranges even when a negative power supply voltage and a positive power supply voltage are asymmetrical to each other.
US10013909B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an array substrate, an optical grating, a display panel and a display device, so as to enable displaying different images in different directions in accordance with the arrangement of subpixels on the array substrate. Moreover, since in one direction only an image corresponding to said direction can be viewed, it would not be influenced by images displayed in other directions. The array substrate comprises a plurality of pixel groups, each pixel group comprises a first category of subpixel group for displaying a preset gray scale and a second category of subpixel group for displaying images of multiple viewpoints; wherein the second category of subpixel group may comprise a first subpixel group, a second subpixel group, a third subpixel group and a fourth subpixel group for displaying a first viewpoint image, a second viewpoint image, a third viewpoint image, and a fourth viewpoint image, respectively; the first subpixel group and the third subpixel group are adjacent to the first category of subpixel group in the vertical direction; the second subpixel group and the fourth subpixel group are adjacent to the first category of subpixel group in the horizontal direction.
US10013908B2
A display device and the displaying method are disclosed. The method includes calculating grayscale degrees of the base-color sub-pixel of the sub-pixels of the current original pixel, selecting a maximum grayscale degree from the grayscale degrees, determining a plurality of weighted factors corresponding to the current sampled pixel of the sampled image in accordance with the maximum grayscale degree, and calculating a weighted sum of grayscale values of the base-color sub-pixels of the current original pixel and the adjacent original pixels by the weighted factors to obtain the grayscale values of the base-color sub-pixels of the current sub-pixel of the current sampled pixel. In this way, the overlapped color issue may be eliminated so as to obtain a clear image.
US10013907B2
A method and system for programming, calibrating and driving a light emitting device display, and for operating a display at a constant luminance even as some of the pixels in the display are degraded over time. The system may include extracting a time dependent parameter of a pixel for calibration. Each pixel in the display is configured to emit light when a voltage is supplied to the pixel's driving circuit, which causes a current to flow through a light emitting element. Degraded pixels are compensated by supplying their respective driving circuits with greater voltages. The display data is scaled by a compression factor less than one to reserve some voltage levels for compensating degraded pixels. As pixels become more degraded, and require additional compensation, the compression factor is decreased to reserve additional voltage levels for use in compensation.
US10013901B2
A system displays information on one or more products or services to a shopper using an easily-controlled system for selecting the displayed information. The system uses a display device capable of retrieving information from local or remote memory for display in response to these commands from a shopper. The user controls the display device by physical motion of the display in communication with one or more nearby display cards containing one or more triggering symbols representing a product or service of interest. The display device senses the selected trigger and displays information related to the selected product or service. The shopper may also select differing types of information using the user camera and touch capability of the display device.
US10013897B1
The present invention relates generally to the field of registers (class 235) and more specifically relates to a laminated time tracking device system (subclass 488) and the method to make it. The invention is a novel label designed in different layers (laminated) to keep track of time. The inventor commonly refers to the apparatus for preventing objects from falling into a ridge hole as the: “Time Label “T-Label”. The T-Label disclosed in the instant application addresses the problem of communicating to a user an effective expiration date of a perishable good by providing a laminated structure comprising a bottom layer, a reactive layer, a sacrificial layer, a top layer, and a protecting layer; all assembled together. One of the novel aspects of the time tracking label disclosed in the present application is that it tracks the shelf life of a perishable good by looking at the Oxygen Transmission Rate (OTR) of the specific medium in which is stored thus providing a specific signal if a good has been oxidized rather than a “conventional” not verifiable expiration date.
US10013896B2
This invention is directed to a modular staged simulator and a process of simulating medical trauma and maladies for the purpose of training or certifying individuals including medical professionals. More specifically, this disclosure relates to ex vivo training exercises as opposed to traditional forms of training using intact cadavers, in vivo surgery on animal subjects; and supervised apprenticeship performing surgery on human subjects with trauma or maladies under the watch of a skilled medical practitioner.
US10013894B2
An apparatus for repetitive use in automotive testing includes a body. The body includes a torso and a pair of legs. Each leg includes an upper portion and a lower portion pivotably connected to each other. An upper drive pivotably drives the upper portion of each of the pair of legs about a first pivot point disposed on a bottom portion of the torso. A lower drive pivotably drives the upper portion with respect to a corresponding lower portion of the leg. The upper drive and lower drive working in concert to articulate the upper and lower portions of the leg to replicate a pedaling motion.
US10013892B2
Computer-readable storage media, computing devices, and methods associated with an adaptive learning environment associated with an adaptive learning environment are disclosed. In embodiments, a computing device may include an instruction module and an adaptation module operatively coupled with the instruction module. The instruction module may selectively provide instructional content of one of a plurality of instructional content types to a user of the computing device via one or more output devices coupled with the computing device. The adaptation module may determine, in real-time, an engagement level associated with the user of the computing device and may cooperate with the instruction module to dynamically adapt the instructional content provided to the user based at least in part on the engagement level determined. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10013877B2
The disclosure includes implementations for estimating a presence of an obstruction in a roadway using wireless vehicle data. A method may include receiving a Dedicated Short Range Communication (“DSRC”) message that includes path history data describing a path of a first DSRC-equipped vehicle with lane-level accuracy over a plurality of different times while the first DSRC-equipped vehicle is traveling on a roadway. The method may include determining a presence of an obstruction in a specific lane of the roadway based on the path history data. The obstruction may be indicated by the path history data because the path history data indicates that the obstruction affected the path of the first DSRC-equipped vehicle while traveling in the specific lane of the roadway. The method may include providing a recommendation to a driver of a second DSRC-equipped vehicle. The recommendation may describe the presence of the obstruction in the specific lane.
US10013872B1
System, method, and apparatus for automatically disabling an appliance to prevent accidental fires. A shut-off system is coupled to a smoke detector. When the smoke detector alarm is activated a signal is sent to the shut off system coupled to a cooking appliance. The shut off system includes a timer and an override mechanism. If the override mechanism is triggered prior to the timer expiring, then the shut off system does not activate. If the override mechanism is not triggered prior to the timer expiring then the shut off system activates and decouples the appliance from its power supply.
US10013866B2
The present invention provides a production equipment monitoring method and system, and the method comprises: receiving production equipment alarm information; determining abnormal production equipment according to the production equipment alarm information, and determining a user group corresponding to the abnormal production equipment according to preset correspondence between production equipment and user group; and sending the production equipment alarm information to a user in the determined user group in a preset alarm manner. As a result, alarm information can be sent to the corresponding user(s) in the preset alarm manner the first time an abnormity in the production equipment is found, so as to notify related personnel to handle the abnormity timely and accurately.
US10013861B2
According to one embodiment, a multi-sensing hazard detector for detecting potential dangers may include a back plate and a front casing that is coupled with the back plate to define a housing. A circuit board and a plurality of components may be positioned within the housing. The circuit board may be communicatively coupled with the components. The components may include, among other components, an alarm device, an occupancy sensor, and a smoke chamber. The alarm device may be activatable upon the detection of a potential hazard to warn an occupant of a potential danger, the occupancy sensor may be configured to detect the presence and/or movement of objects external to the hazard detector, and the smoke chamber may be configured to detect the presence of smoke to cause a triggering of the alarm device. The housing may comprise a volume of less than 1024 cubic centimeters.
US10013860B2
A system for RFID-based retail management that includes a set of antennas, an RFID transceiver connected to the set of antennas; and a microprocessor-based system manager that controls the RFID transceiver and transforms RFID response data from the RFID transceiver into RFID tag location data according to read probability methods.
US10013850B2
A gaming system compatible with patron-controlled portable electronic devices, such as smart phones or tablet computers, is described. When a transaction is initiated on an EGM that requires the input of Sensitive Information data, such data can be input directly from the Player/Patrons Portable Electronic Device. Hence, such input of their Sensitive Information data is more discrete, and generally out of plain view from the other Player/Patrons.
US10013849B2
A delayed wager interleaved wagering system is disclosed including an interactive processing device constructed to: provide an interactive application display; request wager actuator data; automatically configure the display to provide a wager confirmation screen; communicate wager actuator activation data; receive wagering telemetry data and application resource data; responsive to receiving the wagering telemetry data, automatically configure the display; a wager server constructed to: receive wager request data; automatically determine and communicate a wager outcome; and the process controller operatively connecting the interactive processing device and the wager server, and constructed to: provide the wager actuator data; communicate the wager actuator data; receive the wager actuator activation data; generate wager request data; communicate the wager request data; receive the wager outcome data; automatically determine and communicate the wagering telemetry data and the application resource data.
US10013846B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods, which allow a player, the gaming device, and/or the gaming system to rearrange symbols on the reels to represent winning payline patterns.
US10013844B2
A gaming system comprising a display, an object selector arranged to select at least one object to be placed in each container of a set of a plurality of containers displayed on the display and an outcome generator arranged to determine a game outcome based on at least one characteristic of the object or objects placed in at least part of each container of the set of containers.
US10013836B2
A device for holding coins, the device comprising a rectangular structure including: a first level including: eleven apertures including: four penny size apertures, four dime size apertures, a nickel size aperture, and two quarter size apertures arranged clockwise around the first level in the order of, from a top left corner: dime, nickel, dime, penny, quarter, dime, dime, quarter, and penny, with the third penny located between the first dime and fourth dime and the fourth penny located between the second dime and third dime; and a second level including: two apertures, surrounded by the apertures of the first level including: a penny located between the first and fourth dime and a penny located between the second and third dime; and a flange that partially overlaps one or more of the apertures of the first level and forms at least part of the fifth and sixth penny size apertures.
US10013823B2
A vehicle information processing system performed by using an external apparatus and method are provided. The vehicle information processing method performed by using an external apparatus connected to a vehicle includes identifying a control authority of an external apparatus, which is connected to the vehicle, for communication between the external apparatus and the vehicle, transmitting service information that may be used according to the identified control authority, and executing a service, according to the transmitted service information, that is selected by the external apparatus, by using a processor which is included in the external apparatus.
US10013821B1
A computer programmed to transmit a message from a vehicle to a second vehicle, including a request to analyze exhaust gas, receiving a message at the vehicle from the second vehicle including exhaust gas analysis, and pilot the vehicle based on the exhaust gas analysis.
US10013817B2
The present invention is notably directed to computerized method for detecting parking-related events from a mobile device. The latter comprising a pressure sensor and a peak detection module. The method comprises: monitoring pressure sensor data from the pressure sensor, the pressure sensor data representative of a pressure variation over a period of time; and comparing the monitored pressure sensor data with reference pressure data corresponding to pressure variations over time as occurring inside a vehicle when, on the one hand, opening a door and, on the other hand, closing a door of this vehicle, to detect a corresponding pressure variation in the monitored pressure sensor data, in order to determine whether a vehicle has parked or has started, wherein the steps of monitoring and comparing are performed by the peak detection module, in the vehicle. The present invention is further directed to related devices and computer program products.
US10013816B2
A system for diagnosing and repairing vehicles includes a diagnostic vehicle system having at least one electronic controller for configured to execute algorithms that generate data related to the diagnostic operations of the vehicle. Also includes is an interface in communication with the at least one electronic controller of the diagnostic vehicle system and at least one electronic controller of the vehicle. The electronic controller is configured to provide access via an application programming interface to a user via the interface to data generated by the algorithms and restrict access to the algorithms that generate the data related to the diagnostic operations of the vehicle.
US10013815B2
Industrial vehicles communicate across a wireless environment and the wireless communication, data collection and/or processing capabilities of industrial vehicles are leveraged against robust software solutions to implement enterprise wide asset management functions, to integrate industrial vehicle data into existing enterprise workflows and/or to enable trusted third party integration into the enterprise for enhanced asset and/or workflow management. Still further, wireless communication, data collection and/or processing capabilities of industrial vehicles are leveraged with robust software solutions that aggregate and analyze data across multiple enterprises and/or promote the exchange of information between independent entities.
US10013810B2
An apparatus and method for generating a contour automatically based on one or more user-generated contours for a three dimensional (3D) structure. In one aspect, a method of integrating image contour generation and editing with contour interpolation and contour extrapolation is provided. Manual contour drawing and editing may be performed by a user while interpolation and/or extrapolation of contours is automatically calculated in the background. Results of the interpolation and/or extrapolation may be displayed immediately, allowing the user to easily make refinements to any contours, as needed. In one aspect, interpolated and extrapolated contours may be automatically adapted (e.g., recalculated) according to user-modifications of contours.
US10013802B2
A virtual fitting system includes: a somatosensory unit configured to obtain first operation information associated with a user through detecting a movement associated with the user; a touching unit configured to obtain second operation information associated with the user through detecting a touching signal associated with the user; a distance detecting unit configured to obtain a distance between the user and the display screen; a processing unit configured to input display information to the display screen according to the first operation information when the distance falls into a first preset range and to input display information to the display screen according to the second operation information when the distance falls into a second preset range; and a display screen configured to display according to the display information inputted by the processing unit. Also, a virtual fitting method is provided.
US10013800B1
A system and method may model physical geological structures. Seismic and geologic data may be accepted. A three-dimensional (3D) transformation may be generated between a 3D present day model having points representing present locations of the physical geological structures and a 3D past depositional model having points representing locations where the physical geological structures were originally deposited. An indication may be accepted to locally change the 3D transformation for a subset of sampling points in a first model of the models. The 3D transformation may be locally changed to fit the updated subset of sampling points. A locally altered or updated version of the first model and, e.g., second model, may be displayed where local changes to the first model are defined by the locally changed 3D transformation. The transformation may also be used to extract geobodies in the past depositional model.
US10013799B2
Portable globes may be provided for viewing regions of interest in a Geographical Information System (GIS). A method for providing a portable globe for a GIS may include determining one or more selected regions corresponding to a geographical region of a master globe. The method may further include organizing geospatial data from the master globe based on the selected region and creating the portable globe based on the geospatial data. The portable globe may be smaller in data size than the master globe. The method may include transmitting the portable globe to a local device that may render the selected region at a higher resolution than the remainder of the portable globe in the GIS. A system for providing a portable globe may include a selection module, a fusion module and a transmitter. A system for updating a portable globe may include a packet bundler and a globe cutter.
US10013786B2
An apparatus for generating cartoon content includes a cut input controller configured to control receiving of a signal of adding a first cut comprising one or more layers; an effect input controller configured to control receiving of a type of a first effect applied to the one or more layers; and a cut generator configured to generate a first final cut such that the one or more layers express the first effect by making the first effect correspond to a user event received from a user, wherein the effect input controller controls receiving of directing start and end locations of the first effect in correspondence with the first effect, and wherein the cut generator sets a region between the directing start and end locations of the first effect as a first directing section and generates the first final cut such that the first effect is directed in the first directing section.
US10013783B1
A system and method for graphical representation of spatial data. A disclosed video display system is capable of presenting a layout of graphics objects as part of a displayed image. The system provides in the displayed image i) a first graphical representation in a first display area of a display and ii) a diagrammatic representation in a second display area. The diagrammatic representation features superimposed graphical elements that are dependent on the first graphical representation. The video display system can provide, for example, a pie chart as the first graphical representation and a map of a geographic area as the diagrammatic representation. The pie chart graphically represents, for example, a breakdown of members by organization, wherein each slice in the pie chart corresponds to a different organization. Superimposed on the map are elements of a bar chart, which is another example of a graphical representation.
US10013782B2
In one general embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided for analyzing a dynamic graph. The computer-implemented method includes generating two or more sample graphs by sampling edges of a current snapshot of a dynamic graph. Additionally, the computer-implemented method includes generating two or more partial results by executing an algorithm on the sample graphs. Still yet, the computer-implemented method includes combining the partial results, from executing the algorithm on the sample graphs, into a final result.
US10013781B1
A method for drawing a polygon using a graphical user interface includes a display of an object includes an indicator which remains fixed on the display of the object, e.g., at the center of the display. This indicator is referred to herein as the “focus.” The image of the object moves under the focus (by the user executing a drag operation on the image with the mouse or the finger if a touch screen is used) and the focus stays fixed. While the image is moved by the user under the focus, a trail of vertices is created which are interconnected by lines. When the user indicates they are finished with the moving step the last vertex created in the sequence is connected with the first vertex at the start of the moving with a connecting line, completing the forming of a boundary around the region of interest.
US10013776B2
Methods, devices, systems, and computer readable media to improve the operation of window-based operating systems are disclosed. In general, techniques are disclosed for rendering areas on a display in which two or more shadows overlap. More particularly, two or more shadow regions (based on the arrangement of overlapping windows/shadows) are identified and merged in a top-down process so that no region's shadow is painted or rendered more than once. A shadowbuffer (analogous to a system's framebuffer) may be used to retain windows' alpha information separately from the corresponding windows' shadow intensity information.
US10013764B2
Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for performing local intensity equalization on images in a set of images exhibiting local intensity variations. For example, the local intensity equalization can be used to perform accurate region matching and alignment of the images. The images can be partitioned into regions of pixel blocks, for instance based on location, shape, and size of identified keypoints in the images. Regions depicting the same feature in the images can be equalized with respect to intensity. Region matching based on the keypoints in the intensity-equalized regions can be performed with accuracy even in images captured by asymmetric sensors or exhibiting spatially varying intensity.
US10013757B2
The present invention relates to a classification apparatus for pathologic diagnosis of a medical image and a pathologic diagnosis system using the same. According to the present invention, there is provided a classification apparatus for pathologic diagnosis of a medical image, including: a feature extraction unit configured to extract feature data for an input image using a feature extraction variable; a feature vector transformation unit configured to transform the extracted feature data into a feature vector using a vector transform variable; and a vector classification unit configured to classify the feature vector using a classification variable, and to output the results of the classification of pathologic diagnosis for the input image; wherein the feature extraction unit, the feature vector transformation unit and the vector classification unit are trained based on a first tagged image, a second tagged image, and an image having no tag information.
US10013753B2
A method for evaluating bandgap distributions of nanowires is provided. First, a plurality of nanowires located on a surface of a substrate is provided. Second, a metal electrode on the surface and electrically connected to the plurality of nanowires is provided. Third, a SEM image is taken on the plurality of nanowires and the metal electrode. Fourth, the bandgap distributions of the plurality of nanowires are evaluated through the SEM image.
US10013750B2
Disclosed are object detection method, display methods and apparatuses. The method includes obtaining slice data of inspected luggage in the CT system; generating 3D volume data of objects in the luggage from the slice data; for each object, determining a semantic description including at least a quantifier description of the object based on the 3D volume data; and upon reception of a user selection of an object, presenting the semantic description of the selected object while displaying a 3D image of the object. The above solutions can create a 3D model for objects in the inspected luggage in a relatively accurate manner, and thus provide better basis for subsequent shape feature extraction and security inspection, and reduce omission factor.
US10013746B2
A method for tone-mapping a High Dynamic Range (HDR) data video stream encoded in MPEG format, the method comprising decoding the data video HDR data stream to generate decoded I-frames, auxiliary decoded data related to P-Frames, and auxiliary decoded data related to B-Frames, the method further comprising applying a tone mapping function to each decoded I-Frame to provide a tone-mapped I-Frame according to a tone mapping operator, for each P-frame depending on a reference I-frame, computing the tone-mapped P-frame from the tone-mapped I-Frame previously determined for the reference I-frame, the reference I-Frame, and the auxiliary decoding data related to the P-Frame; and, for each B-frame, computing the tone-mapped B-frame from the tone mapped I-frame previously determined for the reference I-frame, the tone mapped P-frame previously determined for the reference P-frame, and the auxiliary decoding data related to the B-Frame.
US10013735B2
A method and manufacture for graphics processing in which a first line of raw Bayer data and a second line of raw Bayer data are received. Each two-by-two array of a plurality of non-overlapping two-by-two arrays of the first line of raw Bayer data and the second line of raw Bayer data is mapped as a separate corresponding texel to provide a plurality of texel. At least one operation is performed on at least one of the plurality of texels.
US10013711B2
Embodiments are directed towards recommending a shoe and insole combination for a consumer. A variety of shoe information, insole information, and consumer foot information may be determined, which may include heel width, a width or shape, a length, a height, and arch characteristics. The foot information, the shoe information for a plurality of shoes, and the insole information for a plurality of insoles may be compared to determine at least one combination of shoe and insole that is compatible with the consumer's foot. Based on this comparison of foot information, shoe information, and insole information, a recommendation of at least one shoe and insole combination may be determined and provided to a user and/or the consumer.
US10013709B2
An approach is provided for transforming a base multi-tenant cloud into a white labeled cloud of a reseller. A first customer request for a cloud-based service is received by the reseller. Based on a central identification of a customer mapped to a local identification, a second request for the service is sent from the reseller to the cloud provider, indicating the customer is an apparent source of the second request and an apparent customer of the cloud provider, and obscuring the reseller being an actual source of the second request and the customer being an actual customer of the reseller. A customer notification is sent from the reseller, which white labels the provision of the service by indicating the reseller is an apparent provider of the service and obscuring the cloud provider being an actual provider of the service.
US10013704B2
A variety of computer based service that permit users to edit, compose, upload, or otherwise generate content also provide for the integration of sponsored media into presentations along with user-generated content. An exemplary service generates text based on user input, provides tags based on the text to a sponsored media repository, receives a sponsored media data structure in return, and formats sponsored media from the data structure for display to the user.
US10013703B2
Using various embodiment, methods and systems to implement an objective based advertisement placement platform are described. In one embodiment, a method and system to display advertisements in three dimensional (3D) online environment based on an objective of an advertiser is disclosed. A computing device receives the objective of the advertiser. In one embodiment, the advertiser objective includes determining when to stop displaying a branded smart object (BSO) to a user in the 3D online environment, the objective including an engagement rule. The computing device can further determine whether the advertiser's objective has been achieved by a user, the determining including evaluating a user engagement score (UES) and comparing the UES with an advertiser's engagement rule. If the advertiser's objective is achieved (or met) by the user, the BSO is not displayed to the user for a predetermined period of time.
US10013693B2
An embodiment includes a credit card device capable of generating a programmed magnetic field of alternating polarity based on a speed of a card swipe, and methods for constructing the device for the purpose of emulating a standard credit card. An apparatus is described to allow said device to emulate behavior of a credit card when used in electronic credit card readers. Additionally methods are described to allow user control of said device for the purpose of authorizing or controlling use of said device in the application of credit, debit and cash transactions, including cryptocurrency and card-to-card transactions. Methods are also described for generating a limited-duration credit card number when performing a transaction for the purpose of creating a limited-use credit card number, which is limited in scope of use to a predetermined number of authorized transactions. Furthermore said device may interact with other similar devices in proximity for the purpose of funds or credit/debit transfers.
US10013692B2
In various embodiments, transactions initiated by or on behalf of users between client systems and transaction systems are sent to authorization systems for approval. An authorization system contacts one or more registered devices for approval from a user of the registered devices for the transactions initiated by or on behalf of the users that are being handled by the transaction systems. A registered device sends an approval or denial based on user input. The authorization server then sends the approval or denial to a transaction system to complete a transaction.
US10013690B2
Systems and methods are provided for merchant mobile acceptance of user device data. For example, a method comprises receiving encrypted user device data and reader metadata from a merchant mobile device, determining a device reader API and device reader encryption scheme using the device reader metadata, parsing the encrypted user device data using the device reader API to determine encrypted personal information, and decrypting the encrypted personal information using the reader encryption scheme.
US10013683B2
The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for executing a point of sale deposit. In one embodiment, a system may include one or more memory devices storing software instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to receive deposit information related to a point of sale deposit from a mobile device, and generate a deposit token retaining at least the deposit information and deposit authorization information. The one or more processors may also be configured to transmit the deposit token to the mobile device for displaying a readable code generated based on the deposit token, receive a point of sale deposit authorization notification from the merchant device indicating at least receipt by the merchant device of the deposit token from the mobile device, and transfer funds to a financial service account based on the received deposit information and authorization notification.
US10013679B1
Methods and systems for using natural language processing and machine-learning algorithms to process vehicle-service data to generate metadata regarding the vehicle-service data are described herein. A processor can discover vehicle-service data that can be clustered together based on the vehicle-service data having common characteristics. The clustered vehicle-service data can be classified (e.g., categorized) into any one of a plurality of categories. One of the categories can be for clustered vehicle-service data that is tip-worthy (e.g., determined to include data worthy of generating vehicle-service content (e.g., a repair hint). Another category can track instances of vehicle-service data that are considered to be common to an instance of vehicle-service data classified into the tip-worthy category. The vehicle-service data can be collected from repair orders from a plurality of repair shops. The vehicle-service content generated by the systems can be provided to those or other repair shops.
US10013672B2
Systems and methods to extract a string from a communication. A method includes: receiving a communication comprising a plurality of strings; assigning a score to each of the strings, wherein the score assigned to each of the strings corresponds to a frequency of usage of the respective string for a first function relative to an overall frequency of usage of the respective string; determining a respective total sum for each of a plurality of sequences in the communication, the respective total sum determined as a sum of the scores for each string in the respective sequence; and extracting a first sequence of the sequences from the communication based on the total sum for the first sequence. In one embodiment, the total sum includes an additional score for each of a starting word and an ending word of the first word sequence, wherein each respective additional score is associated with a probability that the starting (or ending) word is used as the first (or last word) of an address.
US10013666B2
The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate sustainability monitoring and indicia thereof for a product over the course of the entire lifecycle of the product. In particular, the architecture can acquire a status update associated with a state of the product. Based upon the state, the architecture can determine an impact of that state to a sustainability score associated with the product.
US10013663B2
A method is disclosed for developing a long-term strategy for allocating a supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) while adhering to limitations of available shipping capacity An LNG market is modeled using one or more optimization models. The LNG market includes at least one buyer of LNG, at least one seller of LNG, and at least one means of transporting LNG. A plurality of inputs relevant to the LNG market are accepted. The inputs are configured to be input into the optimization models. One or more solution algorithms are interfaced with the optimization models. The optimization models are run using the interfaced solution algorithms to identify potential options in the LNG market. Uncertainty is accounted for in the identified potential options. The identified potential options are outputted.
US10013656B1
Methods and apparatus are provided for analytical processing of provenance data for High Performance Computing workflow optimization. Prediction models for a workflow composed of a plurality of activities are created by (i) generating a plurality of prediction functions from input features and output features of the workflow, wherein each of the prediction functions predicts at least one output feature of at least one of activities of the workflow based on the input features of at least one activity; and (ii) combining the plurality of prediction functions to generate the prediction models, wherein each of the prediction models predicts a final output feature of the workflow based on an input of the workflow for a given execution plan of the workflow. A plurality of the prediction models can be evaluated to select, among the possible execution plans, an instantiation of the workflow for a given input that optimizes a given user goal.
US10013655B1
An artificial intelligence expert system detects an anomaly between an application and a publication provided by an applicant in a given class. The system calculates an application score then uses a decision tree to determine a publication score based on the presence or absence of tokens in the publication. An anomaly is detected when the ratio of the application score to the publication score is greater than a threshold value. The decision tree is trained using prior applications in the same class. The publication score of each leaf node of the decision tree is set equal to an average application score of the prior applications associated with the leaf node.
US10013651B2
The invention relates to a method for making an electronic module having an integrated circuit chip connected to an antenna. The method includes the steps of producing a module having electrical interconnection areas, a chip connected to the interconnection areas and a protection element covering at least the chip and part of the interconnection areas, and a radio antenna connected to the chip and arranged above the chip. The method includes a step of producing the entirety or part of the antenna, or the tracks thereof for coupling same with the interconnection areas, in three dimensions directly on the protection element.
US10013649B2
A card body for a data carrier comprises at least a first and a second foil. The first foil comprises a first light-conducting areal region of a light-conducting material and a first opaque areal region of an opaque material adjoining the first light-conducting areal region. The second foil comprises a second light-conducting areal region of a light-conducting material adjacent to a second opaque areal region. The first and second foils are arranged lying one above the other areally. The first and second foils are aligned such that the first and second light-conducting areal regions form an overlap region. The card body comprises a first cover foil configured to be opaque and arranged above the first foil. The transition from the first and second light-conducting areal regions to the first and second opaque areal regions has light-scattering particles.
US10013646B2
An information entry and reporting system and method for tracking data associated with retail transactions at the point of sale. Transaction data is converted into a machine readable dataform pattern and printed onto a sales receipt provided to the purchaser. Subsequently, the purchaser uses a suitably configured scanning device to read the dataform pattern into his or her computer. Software algorithms decode the scanned dataform pattern, extract the transaction data and store it for subsequent analysis and reporting. The system includes a computer, software adapted to retrieve selected data, assemble the retrieved data in a format suitable for encoding and encode the data in a dataform pattern, a printer to print the encoded transaction data, a scanning device to capture the encoded data, software to decode the transaction data and software to display the data in human readable form.
US10013640B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying an object from a video. One of the methods includes obtaining multiple frames from a video, where each frame of the multiple frames depicts an object to be recognized, and processing, using an object recognition model, the multiple frames to generate data that represents a classification of the object to be recognized.
US10013639B1
Digital images, such as digital photographs, are analyzed by an application running on a user device or other computing apparatus. Heuristics, characteristic detection or measurement techniques, or other analytics are used to evaluate individual digital images or to compare a plurality of digital images in accordance with user-input criteria. Digital images are then presented to a user as a result of the analysis, and further operations may be performed per user selections or input. Numerous digital images may thus be timely evaluated for aesthetic appeal, composition, subject matter content, or other factors, and then deleted, printed, distributed, or put other use.
US10013627B1
Actions or activities occurring within an environment may be detected, recognized and classified based on the presence or absence of objects within the environment, which may be recognized within imaging data. The states or changes in states of the objects may be tracked within the imaging data and associated with one or more actions or activities with various probabilities. By tracking the motion of objects, rather than the motion of humans or other actors, the detection and classification of actions or activities may be performed more quickly and efficiently, and may be used to determine the timing associated with one or more steps of such activities, as well as whether each of the steps of an activity has been satisfactorily performed and in an appropriate order.
US10013616B2
Systems and methods are presented for operating a vehicle camera system to detect, identify, and mitigate camera lens contamination. An image is received from a camera mounted on the vehicle and one or more metrics is calculated based on the received image. The system determines whether a lens of the camera is contaminated based on the one or more calculated metrics and, if so, determines a type of contamination. A specific mitigation routine is selected form a plurality of mitigation routines based on the determined type of contamination and is applied to the received image to create an enhanced image. The enhanced image is analyzed to determine whether the contamination is acceptably mitigated after application of the selected mitigation routine and a fault condition signal is output when the contamination is not acceptably mitigated.
US10013604B1
A device is provided that includes a light-sensing layer including photodetectors, a light guide arranged to direct light beams towards a document area, and an angle-selective layer arranged to filter light beams reflected from the document area based on respective angles of incidence of the reflected light beams. The device also includes a controller configured to: operate the light guide to emit light, such that a plurality of light beams is directed towards the document area, where a portion of the light beams is reflected off of the document area and filtered by the angle-selective layer to direct a subset of the reflected light beams to the light-sensing layer. The controller is also configured to receive data indicative of the subset of light beams, generate an image of a document in the document area, detect text in the image, translate the text, and display the translated text on a display.
US10013600B2
The present disclosure is related to a digital image processing method and apparatus for generating a description of contents depicted in a digital image based on at least one or more of identity information of a person depicted in the digital image and digital image information.
US10013599B2
An apparatus for improving performance of a retinal implant may include processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured to receive image data corresponding to a camera field of view, determine whether a particular object is detected within the camera field of view, perform image data processing to enable a representation of a portion of the image data corresponding to an implant field of view to be provided on a retinal implant where the implant field of view is smaller than the camera field of view, and, responsive to the particular object being located outside the implant field of view, provide a directional indicator in the implant field of view to indicate a location of the particular object relative to the implant field of view.
US10013596B2
A fingerprint recognition apparatus includes an electrode-and-wiring substrate having two main surfaces opposite to each other, where one main surface is in proximity to user finger and the electrode-and-wiring substrate has a plurality of sensing electrodes on the other main surface. The fingerprint recognition apparatus further includes an integrated circuit (IC) chip having a fingerprint sensing circuit and a plurality of metal bumps. At least part of the metal bumps are electrically connected to the fingerprint sensing circuit and corresponding sensing electrodes on the electrode-and-wiring substrate, whereby the fingerprint sensing circuit is electrically connected to the sensing electrodes.
US10013590B2
Disclosed herein is a mobile Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader: including a plate panel for recognition of RFID tag information configured to include an antenna and a recognition surface; a grip configured such that the central axis of thereof is included in a plane to which the plate panel for the recognition of RFID tag information belongs and the grip is substantially parallel to the height direction of the plate panel for recognition of RFID tag information and is spaced apart from the plate panel for recognition of RFID tag information; and a coupling portion configured such that the coupling portion is substantially parallel to the horizontal direction of the recognition surface of the plate panel for recognition of RFID tag information and both ends of the coupling portion are coupled to the plate panel for recognition of RFID tag information and the grip, respectively.
US10013583B2
An electronic device of an aspect of the present disclosure includes an underwater detection unit and at least one processor. The underwater detection unit is configured to detect whether or not the electronic device is underwater. The at least one processor is configured to determine whether or not the electronic device has been lost when the underwater detection unit detects that the electronic device is underwater. The at least one processor is configured to determine that the electronic device has been lost when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
