US10016786B2
A process for manufacturing a coated panel. The process can comprise providing a panel having at least an upper surface, a lower surface, and edges joining the upper surface and the lower surface. The panel can be arranged so that the lower surface is facing upwards, and first particles can be dispersed on the lower surface of the panel. The process can comprise turning the panel so that the upper surface is facing upwards, and applying first particles and second particles on the upper surface of the panel. A décor can be applied in the form of a printed pattern to the upper surface. The process can further comprise curing and/or melting the first particles to form a sealed upper surface whereby the surface forms a coating providing at least one property of abrasion resistance and scratch resistance on the surface.
US10016778B2
The droplet discharge device includes a liquid chamber which is in communication with a nozzle and to which a liquid material is supplied, a plunger having a tip portion that is thinner than the liquid chamber and that is moved back and forth in the liquid chamber, a piezoelectric actuator serving as a drive source that operates the plunger to be moved back and forth, a lever mechanism that increases a displacement of the piezoelectric actuator, a base having a mounting surface to which the piezoelectric actuator is mounted, and a discharge control device. The lever mechanism includes an arm that is operated to perform a swinging motion by the piezoelectric actuator, and a leaf spring including ends that are linked to a lower portion of the arm and to the base, and a plunger-linked portion in a central region thereof.
US10016756B2
A kit for detection of an analyte of interest in a liquid sample, and methods of using, are provided. The kit may include a pipette and a disposable pipette tip configured to engage the pipette. The pipette tip may define an acoustic channel configured for allowing flow-through of a liquid. The kit may also include a vibratory device in communication with the acoustic channel and configured for imparting a vibratory force thereto. The impartation of the vibratory force may create standing acoustic waves, thereby separating any negative acoustic contrast particles (NACPs) from the remaining contents of the liquid sample. The NACPs may capable of biospecific recognition of the analyte of interest, thereby separating the analytes of interest, which can then be collected or analyzed accordingly.
US10016747B2
Methods are provided for using a dewaxing catalyst formed using at least two structure directing agents for production of a lubricant base stock. For example, ZSM-48 crystals formed using multiple directing agents (and/or formulated catalysts made using such crystals) can have an increased activity and/or can provide an improved yield during catalytic production of lubricant base stocks. Additionally or alternately, ZSM-48 crystals formed using multiple directing agents (and/or formulated catalysts made using such crystals) can provide improved aromatic saturation during processing of a feed for lubricant base stock production.
US10016745B2
The present invention is directed to multifunctional nanomaterials for photothermal heating and catalytic applications. The present invention discloses a method of photothermally heating a solution. The present method also discloses a method of catalyzing a reaction. Both methods require a step of exposing a solution to at least one wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum. A gold-iron oxide nanomaterial comprising an iron oxide substrate and discrete gold particles deposited on the substrate is also disclosed.
US10016738B2
Horizontal reactor (1) for catalytic reactions, comprising an outer cylindrical shell (2), a catalytic bed (5) and heat exchange plates (6) immersed in said catalytic bed, parallel to each other and supplied with a heat exchange fluid; said reactor comprises a container (7) for said catalytic bed (5) and said plates (6), said container is extractable slidably from said shell, by means of at least one linear guide (31, 32, 45) extended longitudinally with respect to said shell (2).
US10016733B2
Provided are surfactant compositions that are useful as alternatives to alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs) type surfactants in emulsion polymerization. The surfactant compositions comprise: an alkyl alkoxylate sulfate of formula (I): R1O—(CH2CH(R2)—O)x—(CH2CH2O)y—SO3M wherein R1, R2, x, y, and M are as defined herein.
US10016730B2
Disclosed is a membrane surface modification method. The method is applicable to a variety of hydrophobic membranes by doping selected inorganic particles. One act of the method involves the in-situ embedment of the inorganic particles onto the membrane surface by dispersing the particles in a non-solvent bath for polymer precipitation. Further membrane surface modification can be achieved by hydrothermally growing new inorganic phase on the embedded particles. The embedment of particles is for the subsequent phase growth.
US10016720B2
An air separation system includes an air separation module configured to receive feed air and separate the feed air into nitrogen-enriched air and oxygen-enriched air. The air separation module includes an inlet header, an outlet header, and an oxygen sensor located in the outlet header and configured to sense a concentration of oxygen in the nitrogen-enriched air.
US10016718B2
When CO2 gas is absorbed by using an absorbent circulating in an absorption tower and an absorbent regeneration tower, a first sampling part at which a lean solution sample is collected in the vicinity of an inlet for a lean solution supply line in the absorption tower, a second sampling part at which a rich solution sample is collected in the vicinity of an outlet for a rich solution supply line in the absorption tower, and an analyzing device which analyzes the collected lean solution sample and rich solution sample are provided; the lean solution sample at the first sampling part and the rich solution sample at the second sampling part are collected, respectively, in the same time period, and concentrations of CO2 gas in the lean solution sample and the rich solution sample are measured, and then the gas absorbing/regenerating operation is controlled based on measured results.
US10016716B2
Systems and methods are provided for performing a swing adsorption process, such as a temperature swing adsorption process. During portions of a swing cycle where one or more components are being desorbed, a vibration or other perturbation can be induced in the adsorbent and/or in the adsorbent structure to assist with desorption. Inducing a vibration or other perturbation in the adsorbent structure can provide a way to introduce additional energy into the adsorbent system without having to increase the temperature of the adsorbent structure.
US10016713B2
A vacuum installation includes a vacuum chamber having an inlet for aspirating a quantity of liquid or particulate material. A cyclone separation unit including a plurality of cyclones, communicating in parallel with the interior of the vacuum chamber is connected to a vacuum pump to draw air from the vacuum chamber through the cyclones and induce a separating vortex flow within the cyclones. A controller is arranged to control the vacuum pump to provide a chosen flow rate and to selectively deactivate one or more of the cyclones according to the chosen flow rate.
US10016710B2
The present invention discloses a filter apparatus (10) for a liquid vessel (30), in particular for aqueous urea solution. The filter apparatus (10) comprises a filter housing (11) having a through opening (12), and a liquid-permeable and air-impermeable filter element (16) which is connected to the filter housing (11) in such a way that the filter element (16) closes the through opening (12) of said filter housing (11) at least partially, with the result that the through opening (12) is liquid-permeable and air-impermeable. The filter apparatus (10) comprises, furthermore, at least one liquid outlet connection (17) which is fluidically connected to the through opening (12) of the filter housing (11). The filter apparatus (10) according to the invention is distinguished by the fact that it comprises a heating device (20; 21, 22) which is connected directly to the filter housing (11) and/or is integrated into the filter housing (11). As a result, the volume which surrounds the filter apparatus (10) is heated reliably.
US10016700B2
A multifunctional continuous phase transition extraction apparatus comprises an extraction system, a desorption system and a solvent recovery system. The extraction system comprises a first heat exchanger and an extraction tank. The desorption system comprises a second heat exchanger, a first desorption tank, a second desorption tank, a first purification column and a second purification column. The solvent recovery system comprises a first condenser, a second condenser, a first solvent tank and a second solvent tank. Two extraction loops can be formed in the present invention. During the overall extraction process, the phase transition process of the extracting agent is real-time and continuous. The extracting agent goes through continuous phase-transitions and is cyclically re-used. The overall process is operated in an airtight and low-pressure condition, and is multifunctional, safe, reliable, and suitable for the extraction for most natural products.
US10016699B2
Significant energy saving can be achieved for a distillation column even when the distillation column has a large column temperature difference. Provided is a distillation column including a first and second columns, wherein the first column includes a part of a rectifying section or a part of a stripping section; the second column includes, if the first column includes a part of the rectifying section, the rest of the rectifying section and the whole of the stripping section, or the second column includes, if the first column includes a part of the stripping section, the rest of the stripping section and the whole of the rectifying section; and the second column constitutes a mechanical-heat-pump distillation column.
US10016687B2
A game system for allowing a user to feel as if the user supports a match game is provided. The game system executes the match based on a plurality of items of game data. Support operation receiving means receives, at least either one of prior to and during the match, a support operation for the plurality of items of game data from a plurality of users. Game parameter changing means for changing a game parameter relating to a match result of the match based on the support operation for the plurality of items of game data so as to make at least one of the plurality of items of game data more advantageous or disadvantageous than before receiving the support operation. Reward providing means provides a reward to a user who has performed the support operation based on the match result of the match.
US10016685B2
A terminal apparatus includes an inquiry unit that sends an inquiry, from a game used in the terminal apparatus among at least two games provided by an application system, about an invitation to another game, to an invitation information management unit of a management apparatus; an invitation information receiving unit that receives invitation information corresponding to the inquiry; and a display control unit that displays, on a display unit, details of the invitation according to the invitation information.
US10016681B2
An example progress indicator indicating the progress of a task including a series of multiple steps is to be displayed. The progress indicator includes an overall progress display area for indicating the progress of a task overall, and an individual progress display area for indicating the progress of each individual step included in the task. The individual progress display area is displayed inside the overall progress display area.
US10016677B2
A method is provided, including: receiving a request to initiate a session of a cloud application for a first user; executing, by a cloud server computer, the first user's session of the cloud application to generate video content; streaming the video content to the first client device for rendering to a first display device; receiving a request from a second client device associated with a remote second user to view the video content; streaming the video content over the network to the second client device; processing a request to transition control of the first user's session to the second user; initiating control of the first user's session by the second user, wherein initiating control by the second user includes deactivating control by the first client device and activating control by the second client device.
US10016676B2
A first device generates, associates with a generated call, and transmits generation information for generating an object corresponding to identification information included in the call. On the other side, in a case where the received call includes unknown identification information, a second device generates and stores an object corresponding to unknown identification information based on generation information associated with the call. Next, the second device associates the unknown identification information with specification information that specifies the stored object in a memory space of the device and register that.
US10016674B2
User action data characterizing action by a player in a game environment executing at a user client is received at a server. The game environment is created by the user client separate from the server. Data characterizing a selected viewing position is received. The selected viewing position is different than a player viewing position. The selected viewing position characterizes a viewing location within the game environment. A recreated game environment is generated from the user action data at the server. A video stream of the recreated game environment is generated. The video stream includes video from a perspective of the selected viewing position. The video stream is transmitted to a viewing client. Related apparatus, systems, articles, and techniques are also described.
US10016669B2
A hockey puck is disclosed including an internal signal transmitter enabling instantaneous identification of its position as it moves around. The puck includes two molded subcomponents, which encapsulate the signal transmitter. The signal transmitter may include driver electronics and a number of signal transmitters which together generate and emit an electromagnetic signal. The electromagnetic signal may be emitted by a plurality of diodes mounted in cavities in the subcomponents, for example around an outer circumference of the hockey puck and through a top and bottom surfaces of the hockey puck. The puck may alternatively be formed of a material that allows electromagnetic radiation to be emitted through the subcomponents, and the diode cavities may be omitted.
US10016659B2
Golf balls comprising a multi-layer core and a cover are disclosed. The multi-layer core comprises a center, an intermediate core layer, and an outer core layer. At least one layer of the multi-layer core is a high specific gravity layer.
US10016652B1
A shared workstation apparatus with converging treadmills including treadmills with centerlines that are transversely oriented towards each other at an angle, which can for example be an acute angle. The shared workstation includes a frame, a first treadmill, a second treadmill, and at least one shared work surface located above the treadmills. The orientation of the treadmills and the shared work surface allows users to share work with each other across the shared work space.
US10016649B2
A method and apparatus for performing individual or group exercises with a heart-shaped exercise device are disclosed. The device includes a heart-shaped body and two or more handles. In some embodiments, the two or more handles form a generally concave surface. The heart-shaped body further includes a tail, which may form a generally concave surface in a direction opposite the handles. The heart-shape body include two lobes that direct movement, whether being used with one or two hands or with one user, partners, or in a group. In some embodiments, the center of gravity is asymmetric with respect to latitudinal axis. In some embodiments, the heart-shaped device is configured to stably rest on a surface.
US10016641B2
A suppression system for use in a safety railcar may include a source of pressurized water connected to at least one foam tank containing a suppression foam. A controllable valve mediates flow of pressurized water from the source of pressurized water to the at least one foam tank. The controllable valve is controllable to permit flow of pressurized water to the at least one foam tank in response to detection of a hazardous event. A spray nozzle is connected to the foam tank via a rupture disc that is configured to rupture and permit flow of suppression foam from the spray nozzle when pressure within the foam tank exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US10016640B2
Disclosed is a non-metallic anti-explosion ball, comprising an equatorial ring (1), longitudinal sheets (2), a south-polar ring (41) and a north-polar ring (31). The equatorial ring (1) and the longitudinal sheets (2) are arranged perpendicularly. The south-polar ring (41) and the north-polar ring (31) are located on two sides of the equatorial ring (1) respectively. The south-polar ring (41) is located at one end of the longitudinal sheets (2), and the north-polar ring (31) is located at the other end of the longitudinal sheets (2). The equatorial ring (1), the south-polar ring (41) and the north-polar ring (31) are coaxial. A projection of the south-polar ring (41) is located inside a projection of the equatorial ring (1) in an axial direction of the equatorial ring (1), and a projection of the north-polar ring (31) is positioned inside the projection of the south-polar ring (41). Projections of the longitudinal sheets (2) extend from the projection of the north-polar ring (31) to the equatorial ring (1). A manufacturing process for the non-metallic anti-explosion ball is simple, and the production efficiency is high.
US10016638B2
An energy absorber assembly for use with a safety harness comprises a connector, a bracket assembly, a fastener, and an energy absorber. The connector is configured and arranged to operatively connect to the safety harness. The fastener operatively connects the bracket assembly and the connector, and the fastener releases the bracket assembly from the connector when subjected to a predetermined load. The energy absorber operatively connects the bracket assembly and the connector, and the energy absorber includes a first portion and a second portion that separate to absorb shock after the bracket assembly is released from the connector.
US10016634B2
A bifurcation method and system for a passive continuous belay system that allows for a user to select multiple pathways using intermediate tracks. A main track and the intermediate tracks provide a linear passive continuous belay using an anchor mechanism that is configured to grasp the outside of the structural member track, using rolling elements and/or low-friction sliding. The user may select multiple pathways using intermediate lateral tracks to provide Cartesian movement at designated (e.g., perpendicular) transition or junction points. Desired tracks may be selected by a user via sliding along a support plate or track in a junction box and/or by rotating a portion of the junction box. Amusement attraction activities that include non-harnessed play may be intertwined or located adjacent to activities utilizing harnessed play.
US10016631B2
A self-contained breathing apparatus includes an air cylinder pressurized to about 5500 psi, wherein the air cylinder is compatible with infrastructure used in conjunction with the air cylinder. The self-contained breathing apparatus also includes a first regulator valve for reducing air pressure from the air cylinder to a predetermined level. A second regulator valve is also provided for reducing the air pressure from the predetermined level to a level suitable for use by an operator, wherein air is supplied from the second regulator valve to the operator via a mask. The self-contained breathing apparatus further includes a frame for supporting the air cylinder on the back of the operator. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10016624B2
A radiation treatment collimator having a multilayered linkage structure, the collimator providing various shapes of spaces to form an irradiation area transmitting radioactive rays therethrough, the collimator comprising: a fixed frame disposed on a plate; multiple pixel board layers fixedly stacked at predetermined intervals on top of each other inside the fixed frame, each pixel board layer being configured in a lattice form and having pixel covers disposed correspondingly to the respective lattices in such a manner as to be open and closed individually; control units disposed on both sides of the fixed frame to individually control the operations of the pixel covers of the pixel board layers; and power source units disposed on the front and rear sides of the fixed frame to supply the pixel board layers with operating power.
US10016622B2
Provided are a dose calculation method, a dose calculation device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The dose calculation method comprises: generating an intermediate image between a plurality of sequentially acquired diagnostic images; and calculating doses through a simulation using the diagnostic images and the intermediate image.
US10016615B2
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for treating bronchial constriction related to asthma, anaphylaxis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The treatment comprises transmitting impulses of energy non-invasively to selected nerve fibers that are responsible for smooth muscle dilation. The transmitted energy impulses, comprising magnetic and/or electrical, mechanical and/or acoustic, and optical and/or thermal energy, stimulate the selected nerve fibers.
US10016613B2
A Wearable Cardiac Defibrillator system includes a support structure with one or more electrodes in an unbiased state. Different sensor modules may monitor, for the long-term, different patient parameters such as the patient's motion, a physiological parameter, etc., other than the patient's ECG. The sensor modules can be worn by the patient concurrently, or only one at a time as convenient, and may provide respective sensor signals. The system may determine from one or more of the available received signals whether a certain threshold has been reached, such as when the patient is having an actionable episode. If so, at least one electrode may become mechanically biased against the patient's body, for making good electrical contact. Then, an ECG reading may be taken and/or electrical therapy may be administered. Since good electrical contact with the skin is not required, the patient's discomfort may be reduced and compliance may be increased.
US10016610B2
A system and method for selecting leadwire stimulation parameters includes a processor iteratively performing, for each of a plurality of values for a particular stimulation parameter, each value corresponding to a respective current field: (a) shifting the current field longitudinally and/or rotationally to a respective plurality of locations about the leadwire; and (b) for each of the respective plurality of locations, obtaining clinical effect information regarding a respective stimulation of the patient tissue produced by the respective current field at the respective location; and displaying a graph plotting the clinical effect information against values for the particular stimulation parameter and locations about the leadwire, and/or based on the obtained clinical effect information, identifying an optimal combination of a selected value for the particular stimulation parameter and selected location about the leadwire at which to perform a stimulation using the selected value.
US10016607B2
Techniques are provided for use with an implantable medical device for assessing stroke volume or related cardiac function parameters such as cardiac output based on impedance signals obtained using hybrid impedance configurations that exploit a multi-pole cardiac pacing/sensing lead implanted near the left ventricle. In one example, current is injected between a large and stable reference electrode and a ring electrode in the RV. The reference electrode may be, e.g., a coil electrode implanted within the superior vena cava (SVC). Impedance values are measured along a set of different sensing vectors between the reference electrode and each of the electrodes of the multi-pole LV lead. Stroke volume is then estimated and tracked within the patient using the impedance values. In this manner, a hybrid impedance detection configuration is exploited whereby one vector is used to inject current and other vectors are used to measure impedance.
US10016597B2
An ESD grounding apparatus for grounding mats or other equipment to provide a ground connection to mat as well as receptacles for operator wrist straps, and other equipment. The apparatus attaches to a mat by means of securing member such as a clamp or compressing screw rather than using destructive rivets or snaps that create holes in the mat. By using a securing member to secure the device to the mat, the device can be easily removed and reused in another location without damaging or weakening the mat, whereas the previous devices require installing an additional snap into the mat in each location that requires a ground.
US10016593B2
An active implantable medical device (AIMD) for use with a medical lead carrying at least one lead electrode. The AIMD comprises interior electronic circuitry configured for performing a medical function via the medical lead, an electrically conductive case containing the interior electronic circuitry, at least one electrical terminal configured for electrically coupling the electronic circuitry respectively to the lead electrode(s), and an inductive element coupled in series between the electrical terminal(s) and the case. The inductive element is configured for hindering the shunting of electrical current from the at least one electrical terminal to the case that has been induced by electromagnetic interference (EMI) impinging on the medical lead.
US10016591B2
The present disclosure may comprise an improvement to the prior art leads as disclosed above. One embodiment is directed to an intravenous medical electrical lead that includes an elongated lead body. The elongated lead body comprises a length between proximal and distal ends with a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The distal end of the lead body includes a plurality of electrodes forming first and second pairs of electrodes. The first pair of electrodes comprises one electrode electrically connected to another electrode circumferentially and diagonally spaced apart along the longitudinal axis. The second pair of electrodes comprising one electrode electrically connected to another electrode circumferentially and diagonally spaced apart along the longitudinal axis.
US10016586B2
A connector for a medical use comprising a fitting secured to a chamber, the fitting being provided at its center with a needle encased at least in its terminal portion in the recess of an elastic seal having, across the thickness of its free end, a slit or the like, the elastic seal being further provided with a ring. A terminal end of the elastic seal has a deformable peripheral rim overlapping the end of said ring.
US10016584B1
A multilayered composite sheet for delivering one or more therapeutic agents to the skin is disclosed. The composite sheet comprises a flexible porous polymer with open cells of a sufficient size for holding a therapeutic agent, an encapsulating agent for encapsulating the flexible porous polymer and therapeutic agent, and an enrobing agent for enrobing the encapsulated flexible porous polymer and therapeutic agent. Additional layers of the flexible porous polymer, therapeutic agent and other materials are added to the first layer which is in contact with the skin. The first layer has particular particle sizes for the flexible porous polymer, open cell size, and therapeutic agent allowing for relatively quick delivery of the therapeutic agent to the skin. Each successive layer placed on top of the first layer has incrementally larger particle sizes of the flexible porous polymer and therapeutic agent providing successively longer delivery times than the first layer.
US10016581B2
A dilation apparatus includes a shaft, a dilation balloon, and a standoff member. The shaft includes a first lumen and a second lumen. The distal end of the second lumen is proximal to the distal end of the first lumen. The dilation balloon encompasses the second distal end of the second lumen such that the dilation balloon defines an interior in fluid communication with the second lumen. A distal portion of the standoff member is positioned within the interior of the dilation balloon. The distal portion of the standoff member is distal to the second distal end of the second lumen. The standoff member provides a pathway for fluid communication between the interior of the dilation balloon and the second lumen. The standoff member may include a tube, a thread, polymeric beading, or other structures.
US10016574B2
The invention relates to a system (102) for providing biofeedback to a person (104). The system (102) comprises a source (106) for generating a source signal (108) and a transducer (110) for generating a measurement signal (112) in response to a physiological parameter (114) indicative for mental relaxation of the person (104). The system (102) furthermore comprises a filter (116) for variably filtering the source signal via modifying a cut-off frequency in response to the measurement signal (112) and an interface (118) for providing a biofeedback signal (119) to the person on the basis of the source signal as variably filtered by the filter (116).
US10016570B2
A stabilizer arm for a BVM resuscitator and method of use is disclosed. The stabilizer arm provides necessary support to the reservoir bag to enable the user to exert downward pressure on the BVM resuscitator while simultaneously squeezing the reservoir bag, and creates force that is focused, directed, and realized at the mask of the assembly. Due to presence of stabilizer arm, this pressure pushes the facial mask downward to assist in forming a tight mask to face seal. The stabilizer arm may be internal, external or integrated into the reservoir bag wall of the BVM resuscitator and may be retro-fitted or original equipment manufactured. The external stabilizer arm may be designed to engage the outlet port neck of the BVM resuscitator with an open collar or a closed collar. The internal stabilizer arm may be configured to fit BVM resuscitators having single piece or multiple piece outlet valve design.
US10016563B2
A syringe barrel includes an barrel main body having a female luer at a distal end of the barrel main body, the female luer being configured such that a male luer is insertable into and connectable to the female luer; and a cap that is detachably attached to the female luer to close an opening of the female luer. The female luer has a female luer-side connector, and the cap is detachably attached to the female luer via the female luer-side connector. The cap includes an insertion part inserted into the female luer, a sealing part that seals the opening of the female luer, and a cap-side connector that is detachably engaged with the female luer-side connector.
US10016550B2
A portable hemodialysis system is provided including a disposable cartridge and a reused dialysis machine. The disposable cartridge includes a dialysate flow path and a blood flow path which flow in opposite directions through a dialyzer. The disposable cartridge includes a filter for removing waste products from the dialysate, and pressure and fluid flow sensors for measuring the pressure and fluid flow in the dialysate flow path and blood flow path. Preferably, the filter has a vapor membrane for releasing gases including ammonia, but not liquids such as the dialysate. The reused dialysis machine possesses a reservoir for dialysate, an ammonia sensor adjacent to the vapor membrane, a level sensor, a blood leak sensor, a venous blood line pressure sensor, a venous blood line bubble detector, pump motors, and a processor connected to the motors and sensors for controlling and monitoring hemodialysis treatment.
US10016546B2
The present invention relates to a suction device. The suction device comprises an attachment portion adapted to be attached to a wound cover member. The suction device comprises a fluid inlet which is at least partially circumscribed by the attachment portion. The suction device also comprises a fluid outlet. The suction device further comprising a connection portion adapted to, at least during one operation condition of the suction device, provide a fluid communication between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The connection portion comprises an inspection portion that is transparent to thereby facilitate the positioning of the suction device relative to the wound cover member.
US10016541B2
Wound treatment systems and methods (e.g., having hydrophilic wound inserts), such as for negative-pressure and/or fluid-installation wound therapies. Some embodiments include a check-valve assembly between a wound dressing and a vacuum source.
US10016537B2
Compositions containing chlorhexidine gluconate solubilized in hydrophobic vehicles are described. Resin systems containing such chlorhexidine gluconate compositions, including adhesives and articles incorporating such resin systems, including medical articles such as drapes are also described.
US10016528B2
Products, processes, compositions, kits, and methods are provided for cartilage-derived implants. The implants can exhibit resistance to enzyme (e.g., collagenase, protease, etc.) digestion compared to the source tissue from which they were derived while still having one or more mechanical properties comparable to the source tissue from which they were derived. The implants can also have a plurality of molecular bridges between molecules of the cartilaginous material. The molecular bridges can connect one or more collagen fibrils and/or/with one or more glycosaminoglycans. The implants can also be treated with cationic detergent, packaged and sterilized with or without additional components, and surgically implanted into subjects.
US10016526B2
The present invention relates to a paste-powder binary bone cement used in arthroplasty or vertebroplasty, and, more particularly, to a paste-powder binary bone cement which can be directly used at a site to be treated without additionally waiting it to the site by dissolving predetermined chemically-unreactive powdered compositions in a liquid monomer to form paste having high viscosity and then mixing other powdered components with the paste in a minimum amount of air, and to an apparatus for injecting the same.
US10016519B2
The present invention generally relates to the field of radiopharmaceuticals and their use in nuclear medicine as tracers, imaging agents and for the treatment of various disease states of prostate cancer.
US10016518B2
An imaging agent comprising a conjugate of an oligosaccharide moiety with an imaging moiety. The oligosaccharide is Lewis A or Lewis B or a mimetic thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or PEGylated form of Lewis A or Lewis B or its mimetics. Lewis A and Lewis B and its mimetics are also provided for use in the therapeutic treatment of inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases and cancer.
US10016515B2
The present invention relates to dual activation of Akt/NFκB pathway by DMA (5-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-[2′-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-5′-benzimidazolyl]benzimidazole) to render radioprotection both in mammalian cells and in Balb/c mice. Further it selectively protects normal cells overs tumor tissues against lethal total body irradiation (TBI) and there was no activation of Akt/NFκB pathway by DMA in response to radiation in tumor tissues. A single dose of DMA before TBI protect mice from GI and HP acute radiation syndrome (ARS) and offered radioprotection through oral, i.v., i.p., and s.c route of administration. The half life of DMA in plasma is 3.5 h at oral dose and 90% clearance was observed in 16 h. DMA accumulates in high concentration in intestine, liver, kidney and spleen tissues, justifying the observed radioprotection to normal tissue even at single dose. This data provide molecular rationale that DMA is selective radioprotector to normal tissue and has the potential to improve clinical outcome of radiotherapy, valuable as adjuvants in cancer therapy and management of radiation emergencies.
US10016506B2
Provided is a method for producing a hydrogel, which enables a hydrogel comprising polyethylene glycol to be produced under low peroxidase concentration conditions and physiological conditions. The method for producing a hydrogel involves crosslinking polyethylene glycol having two or more thiol groups using peroxidase in the presence of a phenol compound.
US10016503B2
The present invention pertains to a composition containing an immunogenic cell preparation of killed Leptospira bacteria in an ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid solution. The invention also pertains to a vaccine to protect an animal against an infection with leptospira bacteria, wherein the vaccine comprises this composition. Also, the invention pertains to the use of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid to stabilize an immunogenic preparation of killed Leptospira bacteria in a liquid carrier, by dissolving the ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid in the carrier.
US10016502B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a patch preparation having an excellent skin permeability of medicament using an acid additional salt of basic medicament. Provided is a patch preparation comprising a support and an adhesive layer on one surface of the support, wherein the adhesive layer contains a basic medicament, a fatty acid-based ionic liquid, and potassium salts and/or potassium ions. Said potassium salts and/or potassium ions are generated as a result of reaction of an acid addition salt of the basic medicament with a compound capable of generating potassium ion in the adhesive layer.
US10016499B2
The present invention provides nanoparticles including a metallic core having a length along each axis of from 1 to 100 nanometers and a coating disposed on at least part of the surface of the metallic core, wherein the coating comprises polydopamine, along with methods for making and using such nanoparticles. The metallic core may be gold, silver or iron oxide and the polydopamine coating may have other substances bound to it, such as silver, targeting ligands or antibodies, or other therapeutic or imaging contrast agents. The disclosed nanoparticles can be targeted to cells for treating cancer or bacterial infections, and for use in diagnostic imaging.
US10016487B2
The invention provides a process for purifying lactoferrin from milk, the process comprising subjecting the milk to filtration to separate it into a retentate fraction comprising lactoferrin and a permeate fraction comprising growth factors and/or RNAses, wherein prior to and/or during filtration the milk is subjected to salt treatment such that growth factors and/or RNAses flow into the permeate. The invention also provides lactoferrin obtained from the process of the invention and uses thereof.
US10016478B2
Disclosed are compositions containing an extract of Serenoa repens, a lipophilic extract of Zingiber officinalis and a lipophilic extract of Echinacea angustifolia or Zanthoxylum bungeanum.
US10016477B1
A medicinal compound includes ingredients combined in proportions substantially including: a portion of Turraea Heterophylla; a portion of Ginger; a portion of Carrot; providing a powdered portion of Celery; a portion of Parsley; and a portion of Pepper. The medicinal compound for both men and women has all natural ingredients designed to increase drive and stamina to provide consenting adults with a product that enhances their sensual activities without the side effects of pharmaceuticals.
US10016476B2
A composition comprising an effective amount of a combination of mitochondrial nutrients sufficient to affect mitochondrial function. A method of affecting an aging process in a subject comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of a combination of mitochondrial nutrients sufficient to affect an aging process. A method of identifying a combination of mitochondrial nutrients sufficient to affect an aging process in a subject, the method comprising: administering a combination of mitochondrial nutrients to a subject; and determining whether the mitochondrial nutrients affect an aging process in the subject.
US10016473B2
A method, apparatus and kit have been discovered which utilize pulsed odorants, drugs, medicaments, and combinations thereof to treat diseases, symptoms of diseases and the like. In one form, the pulsed odorants, drugs, medicaments, and combinations thereof can be used to regenerate the connections of the neurons of the brain and central nervous system in the treatment of symptoms of such person afflicted with neuro-disorders, such as caused by disease or trauma.
US10016472B2
Methods for inhibiting exercise-induced production of cortisol, exercise-induced production of myeloperoxidase, exercise-induced production of creatine kinase, and exercise-induced impairment of isometric force generation by administration of nucleotides is disclosed.
US10016469B2
Disclosed is a method of treating vaginosis with a composition having Steroidobacter denitrificans YH1 (KCTC18345P) and Lactobacillus crispatus YH2 (KCTC18346P) strains, wherein the composition further includes at least one buffer selected from the group consisting of sodium phosphate monobasic, sodium phosphate dibasic, sodium phosphate tribasic, citric acid, sodium citrate, phosphoric acid, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, sodium pyrophosphate, and pyrophosphate.
US10016468B2
The subject invention pertains to probiotic compositions and methods of treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using the probiotic compositions. The probiotic compositions can inhibit growth of HCC. The probiotic compositions can reduce the risk of HCC. The probiotic compositions include a specific combination of three bacterial compositions: (a) heat-inactivated Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG deposited under accession number ATCC 53103, also known as, Lactobacillus acidophilus (Moro) Hansen and Macquot, (b) viable Escherichia coli Nissle 1917, and (c) heat-inactivated VSL#3®. This combination of bacteria is effective to reduce hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) growth compared to control growth.
US10016467B2
This invention relates to solid formulations for the oral delivery of live microbial cells which comprise dried viable cells and small amounts of a bile acid binding agent, for example, an anion exchange resin such as cholestyramine. The presence of bile acid binding agents in the formulation significantly increases the survival of the cells in the intestinal tract and facilitates delivery of the viable cells to the intestine.
US10016466B2
A composition and method for treating Epidermolisis bullosa (EB), comprising: applying to skin or mucosal surfaces of a patient in need of treatment for EB a dressing gauze or bandage without prior cleaning of said skin or mucosal surfaces, wherein distributed on said dressing is an effective amount of a composition containing beeswax; an oleaginous base, vitamins and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient; then removing said dressing at least twice per day without damaging the patient's skin or mucosal surfaces due to removal of the dressing.
US10016463B2
The current application is directed to a method for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), comprising: providing isolated endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs); treating the EPCs with prostacyclin, wherein the treated EPCs exhibit a hyperproliferative phenotype with enhanced angiogenic property; and administering a composition comprising the treated EPCs into a subject suffering from PAH.
US10016455B2
Provided is a method for preventing or treating influenza by administering a therapeutically effective amount of an oxidative reduction potential (ORP) water solution that is stable for at least about twenty-four hours. The ORP water solution administered in accordance with the invention can be combined with one or more suitable carriers. The ORP water solution can be administered alone or, e.g., in combination with one or more additional therapeutic agents.
US10016454B2
A tissue sealant that includes the reaction product of (a) a polyol; (b) a polyisocyanate; and (c) an alkoxy silane having the formula: (R1R2R3)—Si—CH2—Z where (i) Z is an —OH, —SH, —NCO, or —NHR4 group, where R4 is hydrogen, an alkyl group, or an aryl group; and (ii) each R1, R2, and R3, independently, is H, an alkoxy group, an alkyl group, a heteroalkyl group other than an alkoxy group, an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group, with the proviso that at least two of R1, R2, and R3 are alkoxy groups, the relative amounts of the polyol, polyisocyanate, and alkoxy silane being selected such that the reaction product comprises free isocyanate groups. The tissue sealant is moisture-curable and biodegradable in a physiological environment.
US10016449B2
Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a LMWH preparation having at least one chain having a glycol split uronic acid residue (UG) in the preparation and uses thereof.
US10016448B2
The present invention provides novel pyrimidine and pyridine compounds according to Formula (I), Formula (II), Formula (III), Formula (IV) and Formula (V) their manufacture and use for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases including, but not limited to, cancer, lupus, allergic disorders, Sjogren's disease and rheumatoid arthritis. In preferred embodiments, the present invention describes irreversible kinase inhibitors including, but not limited to, inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase.
US10016437B2
The present specification discloses compositions comprising a plurality of therapeutic compound having antitussive activity and methods and uses for treating a coughing condition with such compositions.
US10016433B2
The present invention provides 3-[2-fluoro-5-(2,3-difluoro-6-methoxybenzyl-oxy)-4-methoxyphenyl]-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrothieno[3,4-d]pyrimidine-5-carboxylic acid choline salt having excellent solubility and storage stability.
US10016432B2
Adenosine kinase inhibitors, including pharmaceutical compositions containing the adenosine kinase inhibitors, and their use for preventing epilepsy and its progression in patients. The adenosine kinase inhibitors have the formula: where the moieties J and K, considered in combination, are —CH2—, or K and L, considered in combination, are —CH2—. The R1 moiety can be —NH2, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, or C1-C6 hydroxyalkyl. The R2 and R3 moieties are each independently C1-C6 alkyl. The R4 moiety is hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl. The R5 and R6 moieties are each independently C6-C12 aryl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or C3-C8 heteroaryl, that is optionally further substituted.
US10016430B2
There are disclosed certain 1-[2-(aminomethyl)benzyl]-2-thioxo-1,2,3,5-tetrahydro-4H-pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-one compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, together with compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The compounds are inhibitors of the enzyme MPO and are thereby particularly useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders such as heart failure and coronary artery disease related conditions.
US10016426B2
The present disclosure relates to novel solid pharmaceutical formulations and process for their preparation. The present disclosure also provides, in part, methods of using the pharmaceutical formulations for regulating the expression of apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I), and their use for the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease and related disease states, including cholesterol- or lipid-related disorders, such as, for example, atherosclerosis.
US10016421B2
Disclosed are methods whereby an effective amount of a HDAC6 inhibitor is used to activate a subjects T-cell response to tumor or tumor vaccine. Methods of using HDAC6 inhibitors to increase a subjects anti-tumor immune response, alone or in conjunction with other tumor treatments, are also disclosed.
US10016418B2
The present invention includes compounds useful as modulators of TRPM8, such as compounds of Formula (I) and the subgenus and species thereof; personal products containing those compounds; and the use of those compounds and the personal products, particularly the use of increasing or inducing chemesthetic sensations, such as cooling or cold sensations.
US10016399B2
The present invention is directed to methods of treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating fibrosis syndrome, and in particular cardiac fibrosis, by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of ifetroban, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10016395B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel therapeutic agent for keratoconjunctive disorders. As a means for solving the problem, a therapeutic agent for keratoconjunctive disorders which contains a RARγ agonist as an active ingredient is provided. The therapeutic agent exhibits an excellent ameliorating effect in a keratoconjunctive disorder model, and is therefore useful as a therapeutic agent for keratoconjunctive disorders such as corneal ulcer, corneal epithelial abrasion, keratitis, dry eye, conjunctivitis, chronic superficial keratitis, corneal erosion, persistent corneal disorders, superficial punctate keratopathy, corneal epithelial defects, conjunctival epithelial defects, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis, filamentary keratoconjunctivitis, infectious keratitis, noninfectious keratitis, infectious conjunctivitis and noninfectious conjunctivitis. The therapeutic agent is also useful as a therapeutic agent for corneal scarring and conjunctival scarring both associated with keratoconjunctive disorders.
US10016392B2
A method for treating cancer is described using combination therapies comprising the use of hyperbaric oxygen with histone deacetylase inhibitors, with and without glycolytic therapies. The patient is subjected to a hyperbaric environment of substantially pure oxygen. A predetermined dose of one or more HDACI substances is administered to the patient. In addition, glycolitic inhibitors may also be administered. Dosages, pressures, and durations are selected as described herein to have a therapeutic effect on the patient.
US10016388B2
An ophthalmic lens or an intraocular lens releasing anthocyanin for the benefit of a user's eyes includes a matrix and anthocyanin dispersed in the matrix. An ophthalmic lens package includes a lens protection solution and the ophthalmic lens, the ophthalmic lens is immersed in the lens protection solution.
US10016386B2
In various embodiments, the present invention provides methods of reducing the risk of a cardiovascular event in a subject on statin therapy and, in particular, a method of reducing the risk of a cardiovascular event in a subject on statin therapy having a fasting baseline triglyceride level of about 135 mg/dL to about 500 mg/dL, and administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising about 1 g to about 4 g of eicosapentaenoic acid ethyl ester or a derivative thereof.
US10016372B2
A method for delivering a therapeutic agent to a subject from a transdermal delivery system is described, where the therapeutic agent (i) has a half-life in the blood when delivered orally of greater than about 48 hours and (ii) is for the treatment of a chronic condition. The transdermal delivery system achieves transdermal delivery of the therapeutic agent at steady state that is bioequivalent to administration of the therapeutic agent orally, wherein bioequivalency is established by (a) a 90% confidence interval of the relative mean Cmax and AUC of the therapeutic agent administered from the transdermal delivery system and via oral delivery between 0.70 and 1.43 or between 0.80 and 1.25, or (b) a 90% confidence interval of the ratios for AUC and Cmax of the therapeutic agent administered from the transdermal delivery system and via oral delivery between 0.70 and 1.43 or between 0.80 and 1.25.
US10016367B2
The present invention relates to a cellulose powder usable for a satisfactory orally disintegrating tablet having excellent compression moldability and well-balanced tablet moldability and disintegration properties, which can obtain excellent ingestion feel without feeling roughness and dryness in the oral cavity, and more particularly to a cellulose powder with an average polymerization degree of 150 to 450, an average particle diameter of not less than 10 μm but less than 100 μm, and a primary particle ratio of 50% or more.
US10016347B2
A hair mask composition, comprising, about 50-60% of distilled water to comprise an aqueous solution, an amount of clay sufficient to produce a paste, an amount of a moisturizer component effective for adding moisture to hair strands without leaving a greasy film on hair after shampoo, and an amount of plant protein which also acts as a strengthening hair agent.
US10016342B2
A nipple-shaped pacifier kit provides hypoallergenic molding powder, liquid silicone, a mixing bowl, a mixing tool, pacifier rings, and paper discs, each providing a slit for the insertion of the pacifier ring. The kit enables the adult user to create one or more pacifiers shaped like the human nipple.
US10016339B2
An access device for containers of fluidizable substances includes a body provided with a hollow spike designed to be inserted into a container of a substance to fluidize and having an axial fluid passage and an axial passage for venting of the container, an expandable chamber connected to the venting passage of the spike through a lateral passage of the body, a first check valve enabling one-way communication from the lateral passage to the expandable chamber, a second check valve enabling one-way communication from a vent opening to the venting passage of the spike. A double impermeable filtering membrane is interposed between the first check valve and the second check valve.
US10016338B2
An article is described including an article surface and a coating set comprising a tie coating or layer of SiOxCy or Si(NH)xCy applied to the article surface, a barrier coating or layer of SiOx, and a pH protective layer of SiOxCy or Si(NH)xCy. The respective coatings or layers can be applied by chemical vapor deposition of a polysiloxane or polysilazane precursor in the presence of oxygen. Examples of such an article are a prefilled thermoplastic syringe or thermoplastic pharmaceutical vial with a coated interior portion containing a pharmaceutical preparation or other fluid with a pH of 4 to 8, alternatively 5 to 9. The barrier coating or layer prevents oxygen from penetrating into the thermoplastic syringe or vial, and the tie coating or layer and pH protective coating or layer together protect the barrier layer from the contents of the syringe or vial.
US10016337B2
A trigger point massage therapy device for well-controlled trigger point therapy, suitable for long-term use by a health practitioner with minimal risk of pain or injury, can include a main body with a handle, rubberized grips, a connection pin, that can connect to a pressure point base with a pressure point tip, whereon can further be installed additional pressure point tips in different sizes; a pressure sensor, a step-vibration component, an electro-motor; and additionally heating, ultra sound, electrical stimulation, infrared, and cold laser light components. The device can further include a control unit, which can be used for programming and controlling the functions of the device. Also described is a method for trigger point massage therapy, including measuring a pressure, adjusting the pressure, holding the pressure, rotating/unwinding, vibrating, and increasing the pressure.
US10016321B2
A disposable diaper for pets, having: a rear-side waist area; a stomach-side waist area; a crotch area; a rear-side flap section; a stomach-side flap section; and a tail insertion opening. At least either the rear-side flap section or the stomach-side flap section have an identification area. A determination can be made that there is a problem with the state of the rear-side flap section, on the basis of visual inspection information about the identification area, said visual inspection being performed externally on the disposable diaper for pets.
US10016319B2
A wipe comprises a nonwoven substrate comprising a layer of fibers. A plurality of the fibers comprise fibrils extending outwardly therefrom only after a time period. The time period is greater than about 24 hours post-nonwoven substrate formation under ambient conditions.
US10016314B2
An apparatus and method for loading material may utilize an unwind apparatus and a loading apparatus. The unwind apparatus may include a frame and a mandrel. The mandrel may be adapted to receive a spool including a core and a strand of material. The mandrel may be associated with a mandrel support member, which provides support. The loading apparatus includes a base member and a loading shaft having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The proximal end portion may be connected with the base member and the distal end portion may be configured to engage the mandrel. The loading shaft may support a replacement spool including a core and a strand of material wound around the core. When the loading shaft is engaged with the mandrel, the core of the replacement spool is movable from the loading shaft to the mandrel.
US10016305B2
The present invention is an earmuff including first and second muff portions with a clip disposed between them. The clip is manipulatable into closed and open positions. When the clip is open, the upper sections of the first and second muff portions are separated. When the clip is closed, the upper sections are together. The earmuffs are designed to cover a human ear and are to be clipped to the headband of a cap by putting the earmuff into the open position, positioning the earmuff around the headband, and positioning the earmuff into the closed position.
US10016300B2
The invention relates to a handpiece for the phacoemulsification of an eye lens, having a needle with an aspiration line arranged therein for transporting an aspiration fluid and at least one drive element for generating a longitudinal wave, wherein the drive element is arranged in such a way that the longitudinal wave can be coupled directly into the aspiration fluid.
US10016283B2
A bone fusion device for insertion between bones that are to be fused together, such as, for example, the vertebrae of a spinal column. The bone fusion device comprises at least one extendable tab and one or more tab extension assemblies. Each tab extension assembly is able to be adjusted in order to individually control the extension or contraction of a side of the tab thereby enabling adjustment of the height and/or angle of the tab with respect to the body of the bone fusion device. Each tab extension assembly is able to be individually adjusted such that the side controlled by each assembly is raised or lowered until the desired tab angle is achieved. The tab is advantageously positioned and angled to correspond to the vertebrae to help brace the device until the bone has fused.
US10016282B2
Embodiments herein are generally directed to spinal implants, systems, apparatuses, and components thereof that can be used in spinal fusion and/or stabilization procedures, as well as methods of installation. The spinal implants may include an intervertebral spacer and a plate member.
US10016281B2
An implant to be surgically positioned between two adjacent vertebrae made of a biocompatible material having two distinct areas of geometry—a front/anterior distracting portion and a second stabilizing back end/posterior portion. The device is inserted into the disc space on its side—in a first position—up until a point and then the device is rotated 90 degrees along a z-axis—into a second position—and then pushed the remainder of the way into the disc space. As viewed from the bottom of the device (in the second position—the position of the implant after rotation, the device is L-shaped, about L-shaped, or an angled dual leg configuration. A base member forms an angle anywhere between 30 to 150 degrees with a connected extended member.
US10016276B2
According to one representative embodiment, a method of treating aortic insufficiency comprises delivering a support structure to a position around the leaflets of a native heart valve. The support structure comprises an annular body defining an interior and at least one projection extending radially inwardly from the annular body. An expandable prosthetic heart valve can be advanced into the native heart valve and into the interior of the annular body. The prosthetic heart valve can be expanded into contact with the leaflets of the native valve, thereby causing the leaflets of the native valve to be frictionally secured between an inner surface of the annular body and an outer surface of the prosthetic heart valve and causing the at least one projection and a portion of one of the leaflets contacted by the at least one projection to extend into an opening of the frame of the prosthetic valve.
US10016271B2
A prosthetic heart valve (100) includes a flexible anchoring member (110) at least partially surrounding and coupled to an inner valve support (120). The device can further include a prosthetic valve (130) coupled to, mounted within, or otherwise carried by the valve support. The valve support includes a plurality of posts (122) connected circumferentially by a plurality of struts (124), where the posts extend along an axial direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis (101) and the struts extend circumferentially around and transverse to the longitudinal axis. The posts extend an entire longitudinal height HI of the valve support 120. The device also includes one or more sealing members (140) and tissue engaging elements (170) like spikes.
US10016261B2
The invention relates to an occlusion determination device (10), with a bite frame (34) and an extraoral bracket (12) which are connected together, wherein a reference element has at least one vertical leg (19, 21) and at least one horizontal leg (14, 16) and is connected by way of a bipupillar linkage (24) to the bite frame (34). The reference element is designed as an extraoral bracket (12) which extends vertically offset from the bite frame (34).
US10016260B2
Anatomical healing abutments, kits and methods for promoting healing of gingival tissue around a subgingival void of a given tooth position. The abutment includes a cuff body having an anatomical subgingival portion extending from an implant end to the gingival margin of the patient, and an emergent crown portion extending occlusally from the subgingival portion beyond the gingival margin. A directional alignment body may be disposed on the cuff body and configured to extend bucally beyond an outer perimeter of the cuff body when the cuff body is anatomically aligned relative to the void. The subgingival portion has an asymmetric cross-section and is occlusally flared to anatomically fill the void and support gingival tissue around the void to minimize slump of tissue into the void. The crown portion has a mesial-distal width that spans a width of the gingival margin and an occlusal height to extend beyond the gingival margin.
US10016253B2
A heat sterizable, independent dental water supply apparatus has a hand piece control head and a water supply container removably connected to the control head. The apparatus in connectible with a dental, hand piece, an air source and a controller such as a dental foot pedal. In use, the apparatus supplies sterile irrigation water at the hand piece under the control of a dental practitioner. The apparatus is particularly useful of oral surgeons, prosthodontists and other dental specialists. Methods of making and using the apparatus are also disclosed.
US10016247B2
An envelope for housing a medical device includes a body including first and second panels connected to one another along an edge thereof to define an interior space sized and shaped to house a medical device sealed within a packet and a first opening arrangement including a perforation extending about the body along the first and second panels to define a break portion breakable from a remaining portion of the body to open the envelope along with a second opening arrangement including a tab extending from a portion of the body such that pulling the tab in a direction away from the body tears a portion of the perforation extending along the first panel to open the envelope.
US10016246B2
Various exemplary methods, systems, and devices for controlling a motor of a robotic surgical system are provided.
US10016243B2
In at least one embodiment, a method of surgical navigation is provided. The method includes receiving an external three-dimensional model of a surgical site from the viewpoint of a headset, wherein the external three-dimensional model is derived from reflected light. The method further includes aligning the external three-dimensional model with an internal three-dimensional model of the surgical site from the viewpoint of the headset, wherein the internal three-dimensional model is derived from medical imaging, and generating an aligned view. The method further includes providing the aligned view to the headset, and updating the aligned view in real-time while the headset is moved or the surgical site is moved or modified during a surgical procedure.
US10016236B2
An ablation system including an image database storing a plurality of computed tomography (CT) images of a luminal network and a navigation system enabling, in combination with an endoscope and the CT images, navigation of a locatable guide and an extended working channel to a point of interest. The system further includes one or more fiducial markers, placed in proximity to the point of interest and a percutaneous microwave ablation device for applying energy to the point of interest.
US10016231B2
A medical apparatus includes a treatment device configured to be capable of treating a subject by applying energy to the subject, an optical fiber including a light emitting face for emitting light into the subject, the optical fiber being connected to the treatment device, and a shield portion that is disposed in front of the light emitting face of the optical fiber, the shield portion being configured to expose the light emitting face when the treatment device does not perform a treatment operation and to shield the light emitting face when the treatment device performs the treatment operation.
US10016225B2
An apparatus and method for joining members together using a self-drilling screw apparatus or stapling apparatus are disclosed. The screw apparatus includes a worm drive screw, a spur gear and superior and inferior screws which turn simultaneously in a bi-directional manner. A rotating mechanism drives the first and second screw members in opposite directions and causes the screw members to embed themselves in the members to be joined. The screw apparatus can be used to join members such as bones, portions of the spinal column, vertebral bodies, wood, building materials, metals, masonry, or plastics. A device employing two screws (two-in-one) can be combined with a capping horizontal mini-plate. A device employing three screws can be combined in enclosures (three-in-one). The stapling apparatus includes grip handles, transmission linkages, a drive rod a fulcrum and a cylinder. The staple has superior and inferior segments with serrated interfaces, a teethed unidirectional locking mechanism and four facet piercing elements. The staples can be also be used to join members such as bones, portions of the spinal column, or vertebral bodies.
US10016222B2
A circumferential vertebral column fixation systems includes an elongated engagement bar including at least two spaced apart fastener holes configured to be positioned within a vertebral body or other spinal bony segment such that fasteners inserted into the vertebral body or spinal bony segment are provided with an anchor point to help prevent fastener pull out. The engagement bar can further include a locking bar disposed within the engagement bar which can lock the fasteners to the engagement bar. Methods of using the circumferential vertebral column fixation system are also disclosed.
US10016221B2
Correction of a scoliotic curve in a spine comprises the steps of implanting an expanding rod isolated completely under the skin and attached to selected portions of the scoliotic curve of the spine at opposing ends of the rod; and producing a controlled force by means of expansion of the rod over at an extended time period under external control until a desire spinal curve is obtained. An incremental force is generated to stretch the scoliotic curve of the spine between the selected portions where attachment of the rod is defined. The controlled force is provided steadily for at least one month or alternatively 1-3 months. Multiple rods may be employed each associated with a different scoliotic curve of the spine or a different portion of the scoliotic curve.
US10016220B2
A system includes a first pedicle screw, a second pedicle screw, and an adjustable rod having an outer housing coupled to one of the first pedicle screw and the second pedicle screw, the outer housing having a threaded shaft secured to one end thereof extending along an interior portion thereof. The system further includes a hollow magnetic assembly disposed within the outer housing and having a magnetic element disposed therein, the hollow magnetic assembly having an internal threaded surface engaged with the threaded shaft, the magnetic assembly being coupled to the other of the first pedicle screw and the second pedicle screw, wherein the hollow magnetic assembly rotates in response to an externally applied magnetic field to thereby lengthen or shorten the distance between the first pedicle screw and the second pedicle screw.
US10016219B2
A uterine manipulator operable to detach the uterus and cervix from the vagina. The uterine manipulator includes an umbrella-like tip that creates a secure connection between the uterine manipulator and the uterus and cervix. The uterine manipulator also includes a pneumooccluder that enables rotation of the manipulator shaft while maintaining pneumoperitoneum. The uterine manipulator further includes a cutter that travels in a circle at the junction of the cervix and the vagina, permitting detachment of the uterus and cervix from the top of the vagina.
US10016217B2
Apparatus and methods may be provided to monitor performance of an intraosseous device, including a system comprising an intraosseous device, a sensor contained within a tip of the intraosseous device, a monitor configured to record a signal from the sensor, and an electrical conductor coupled to the sensor and configured to transmit the signal from the sensor to the monitor. The tip of the intraosseous device may be configured to penetrate bone and bone marrow such that the tip is disposed in the bone marrow. In certain embodiments, the tip may also include a side port for delivering fluids into the bone marrow.
US10016212B2
A balloon catheter is provided that may be used to dilate hardened regions of a stenosis. The balloon catheter is provided with one or more dilation elements that extend along a surface of a balloon. Each dilation element is connected to an outer surface of the balloon by a connector. The connector is sufficiently sized and designed to undergo stress-induced plastic deformation incurred during blow molding so that a significant portion of each of the dilation elements does not become absorbed into the wall of the final blow molded balloon, thereby maintaining the structural integrity of each of the dilation elements.
US10016210B2
A steerable guidewire. The steerable guidewire is fabricated includes an outer tube, an inner tube, a hub, and a distal articulating region. The steerable guidewire hub can be removed to permit advancement of catheters over its proximal end followed by re-attachment of the hub to permit deflection of the distal end of the steerable guidewire.
US10016207B2
This medical manipulator is provided with a distal-end moving section including an end effector. The distal-end moving section includes a rotating sleeve (a distal-end rotator) which is able to rotate integrally with the end effector about a roll axis and has a hollow cylindrical portion, and a distal-end fulcrum block (rotary support cylinder) which is provided so as to be able to change orientation in relation to the axial direction of a shaft and rotatably supports the rotating sleeve at an inner peripheral section. A part of an opening/closing driving transmission section (actuating means) for transmitting an opening/closing driving force to the end effector is disposed inside of the distal-end moving section.
US10016206B1
A retrieval device for removing clots is provided that includes a shaft carrying an expandable cage. The expandable cage includes a plurality of struts, each strut including proximal and distal ends coupled to non-expandable sections of the shaft distal end and an intermediate region that expands from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The struts have radial surfaces extending in a radial direction and outer circumferential surfaces in the collapsed configuration, and the intermediate regions of the struts are configured to twist along their lengths when expanded to the expanded configuration, e.g., such that the radial surfaces become oriented substantially circumferentially and the outer surfaces become oriented substantially radially.
US10016202B2
An instrument for clamping a surgical clip has a handle assembly, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The handle assembly has a trigger and an articulation knob. The shaft assembly has an outer ground tube, a middle articulation tube, and a push/pull tube disposed within the middle articulation tube. The trigger is operable to cause longitudinal translation of the push/pull tube. The outer ground tube and the middle articulation tube present mating angled faces sloped in opposing directions. Rotation of the articulation knob causes rotation of the middle articulation tube. Rotation of the middle articulation tube changes the orientation of the angled faces and thus causes articulation of the middle articulation tube and the push/pull tube. The end effector has a pair of jaws configured to apply a surgical clip to a vessel. Longitudinal translation of the push/pull tube causes closure of the pair of jaws.
US10016192B2
Described herein is a suture for connecting a human or animal tissue comprising a suture strand, wherein at least two protrusions are provided on the suture strand, the protrusions are provided spaced apart from each other along the suture strand. Also described herein is a soft anchor, the soft anchor having a proximal end and a distal end in an insertion direction. At the proximal end and the distal end the soft anchor includes respectively at least one opening for a suture. The proximal end and the distal end of the soft anchor are connected with at least one, in particular two, connecting portions. The soft anchor has a first state, in which it is adapted to be inserted into a bore in the insertion direction, and a second state, in which it is locked in a bore. In the first state, the distal end and the proximal end defines the extension of the soft anchor in insertion direction.
US10016181B2
Provided is an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus capable of creating a three-dimensional image that expresses the shading effect due to leakage, absorption or others of light. The apparatus displays a three-dimensional image of an object based on luminance volume data, and includes: a light source information setting unit configured to set light source data indicating a property of a light source that is set in a three-dimensional space; an optical property setting unit configured to set a weight coefficient indicating an optical property of the luminance volume data with respect to the light source; an illuminance calculation unit configured to calculate an illuminance at a position corresponding to a coordinate of the luminance volume data, based on the optical data and the weight coefficient, and to create illuminance volume data based on the calculated illuminance; and a volume rendering unit configured to create the three-dimensional image from the data.
US10016180B2
An extraction period specification unit specifies an extraction period (extraction section) for an M-mode image. A model expansion/contraction unit establishes a contour model (initial configuration) in relation to the specified extraction period while expanding/contracting the contour model in the direction of the time axis so as to conform with the extraction period. A node position change unit performs, for each node forming a plurality of node strings included in the established contour model, an edge (contour) search while successively changing the positions of the nodes, resulting in the formation of a revised contour model comprising a plurality of nodes at an edge detection position. A trace unit carries out interpolation on a plurality of node strings included in the revised contour model, thereby generating a plurality of trace lines simulating a plurality of contour lines.
US10016177B2
An x-ray calibration apparatus includes a radiolucent knee alignment jig configured to receive a knee of a patient and a radiolucent cushion configured to hold a patient's knee at a fixed angle of flexion. The x-ray calibration apparatus also includes a number of radio-opaque fiducial markers positioned within the radiolucent knee alignment jig.
US10016166B2
A contactless detection method with noise elimination is applied to measuring the information of physiological and physical activities. It includes following steps: sensing a human body to generate an image by an image sensor; capturing a physiological signal from the image; tracing a feature point of the human body in the image to generate a physical activity signal; and calculating information of physical activities covering step count, speed and calories according to the physical activity signal and the physiological signal. In particular, the contactless detection method treats the physiological signal cooperated with the physical activity signal to separate a noise from the physiological signal, so as to generate an ideal physiological signal. Therefore, the physiological information is calculated more accurately according to the ideal physiological signal.
US10016164B2
A system and method are provided for the design and assembly of a device including a sensor capable and a compatible matrix material incorporated into a dressing. The sensor is capable of detecting analytes such as molecular oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitric oxides, dissolved analytes in plasma, and hydrogen ions, and the matrix is at least partially permeable to the analyte. The device emits a detectable signal when the sensor is excited in the presence of the analyte.
US10016162B1
This document describes techniques for, and systems that enable, in-ear health monitoring. The techniques described herein enable early detection of health conditions (e.g., contagious disease) through use of an in-ear health-monitoring and audio device. These techniques prompt a user, often through the user's smart phone, to listen to audio content through the device, which also takes the user's temperature. Through repetitive use, the techniques are capable of determining a temperature differential for the user, which aids in early detection of a contagious disease or other malady.
US10016161B2
A description is provided of a wearable device that is made up of a display device and a securing device that provides at least an overlay portion to provide electrical connection to the display device. The display device and the securing device may both contain electrical circuitry. The overlay connection to the display device can create an electrical connection between the electrical circuitry on the display device and the electrical circuitry in the securing device.
US10016143B2
Self-correlation enhancements and implementations are described. In particular, certain examples demonstrate the use of a peak selector to identify peaks of a self-correlation function which serve as candidate cardiac rates for an implantable medical device. The approach may enable an alternative calculation of cardiac rate in an implantable medical device as a stand-alone rate detector or as a double-check of other rate calculations.
US10016131B2
The invention relates to an eye tracking system (10) and a method for operating an eye tracking system (10) for determining if one of a left and a right eye of a user is dominant, wherein at least one image of the left and the right eye of the user is captured (S30), based on the at least one image and according to a predefined accuracy function a left accuracy score for the left eye (S34a) and a right accuracy score for the right eye (S34c) is determined and it is determined if one of the left and the right eye of the user is dominant in dependency of at least the left and the right accuracy score (S36). Thereby user-specific properties relating to his eyes can be provided and considered when performing eye tracking so that the robustness and accuracy of eye tracking can be enhanced.
US10016130B2
An improved eye tracker system and methods for detecting eye parameters including eye movement using a pupil center, pupil diameter (i.e., dilation), blink duration, and blink frequency, which may be used to determine a variety of physiological and psychological conditions. The eye tracker system and methods operates at a ten-fold reduction in power usage as compared to current system and methods. Furthermore, eye tracker system and methods allows for a more optimal use in variable light situations such as in the outdoors and does not require active calibration by the user.
US10016128B2
A vision testing system and a method of operating a data processing system for displaying an eye test pattern on a computer display to a patient during an eye examination are disclosed. The method includes causing the data processing system to display the eye test pattern in a chart region of a computer display controlled by the data processing system and characterized by a luminance in regions not displaying the eye test pattern. An intensity of light leaving the computer display is measured in a sensor region outside the chart region using a display luminance sensor. The luminance of the computer display is adjusted to provide a light level within a predetermined range of light levels based on the measured intensity of light. The data processing system can receive the measured intensity and adjust the display luminescence.
US10016117B2
The present disclosure relates generally to medical devices and, more particularly, to medical devices with electrical connectors. In one embodiment, a medical device may include a medical connector having one or more contacts configured to enable communication between the medical device and a medical monitor according to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard. The medical connector may also include an interface region disposed at least partially about the one or more contacts. The interface region may be configured to physically couple to a mating connector of the medical monitor. Additionally, the interface region may include a geometry or a dimension that does not comply with the USB standard.
US10016116B2
An imaging device includes: an imaging unit; a drive signal generation unit configured to generate and output a plurality of drive signals for driving the imaging unit; a differential converter configured to convert one of the plurality of drive signals into a differential signal; a pair of signal lines configured to transmit the differential signal and configured such that impedance matching does not occur at a terminal of one of the pair of signal lines; and an adjustment unit configured to send a detecting signal to the one of the pair of signal lines, and to adjust characteristics of at least one of the plurality of drive signals based on a time period from when the detecting signal is sent until the detecting signal is reflected and returned from the terminal of the one of the pair of signal lines.
US10016115B2
A lifting device for displacing a receiver for items to be washed in a dishwasher from an initial position into an end position, or vice versa, includes a blocking device configured to automatically block the receiver for items to be washed in at least one intermediate position between the initial position and the end position. The blocking device includes an actuating element which, when actuated, is configured to unlock the blocking device such that the receiver for items to be washed can be displaced from the initial position to the end position, or vice versa, only for so long as the actuating element remains actuated to unlock the blocking device.
US10016114B2
To provide a cleaning tool exhibiting excellent usability. The present invention relates to a cleaning tool comprising a cleaning sheet, and a holding tool for holding said cleaning sheet. The cleaning sheet is provided with: a brush part capable of cleaning an object to be cleaned; a base part; and insertion parts for the holding tool. The brush part is formed from: a first brush part provided to one side of the base part; and a second brush part provided to another side of the base part. The first brush part and the second brush part are provided with a first region and a second region which each have different configurations.
US10016113B2
A riding floor cleaning machine having an intelligent system including a main frame sub-assembly, a steering and drive wheel sub-assembly, a solution tank sub-assembly, a recovery tank sub-assembly, a recovery tank cover sub-assembly, a control panel sub-assembly, a main controller sub-assembly, a seat and detergent system sub-assembly, a battery sub-assembly, a scrub head sub-assembly, a scrub head lift sub-assembly, a squeegee sub-assembly, a solution and detergent sub-assembly, and an intelligent system associated with at least one of the above-identified sub-assemblies, wherein the intelligent system selectively gathers, obtains, monitors, stores, records, and/or analyzes data associated with components of the riding floor cleaning machine, and controllably communicates and/or disseminates such data with another system and/or user.
US10016112B2
A floor cleaning machine having an intelligent system including a recovery tank sub-assembly, a vacuum fan sub-assembly, a solution tank sub-assembly, wherein the solution tank sub-assembly preferably includes a secondary electrochemical cell, a solution flow sub-assembly, a control console sub-assembly, a frame and wheel sub-assembly and/or a frame and transaxle sub-assembly, a scrub head sub-assembly, a scrub head lift sub-assembly, a squeegee sub-assembly, a solution flow sub-assembly, and an intelligent system associated with at least one of the above-identified sub-assemblies, wherein the intelligent system at least one of selectively gathers, obtains, monitors, stores, records, and analyzes data associated with components of the floor cleaning machine assembly, and at least one of controllably communicates and disseminates such data with at least one of another system and user.
US10016110B2
A vacuum cleaner operable to separate debris from an air stream. The vacuum cleaner includes a first cyclonic separator and a second cyclonic separator having an inlet configured to receive the air stream from the first cyclonic separator. The inlet of the second cyclonic separator directs the air steam in an inlet flow direction from an upper end of the first housing toward a lower end of the first housing and along a longitudinal axis into the second cyclonic separator. The inlet of the second cyclonic separator has an inlet cross-sectional area for flow of the air stream measured normal to the longitudinal axis that decreases in the inlet flow direction.
US10016097B2
A dispenser assembly for dispensing a liquid product includes a bottle configured to store the product, a venting pump connected to the bottle and configured to control dispensing of the product from the bottle, a mounting component, and an enclosure connected to the mounting component and engaging the bottle, wherein the enclosure is movable relative to the mounting component between an open configuration and a closed configuration, and wherein the bottle is selectively removable from the enclosure when the enclosure is in the open configuration.
US10016090B2
Disposable grill including a base tray having a bottom part and a top opening, the disposable grill further including grate means having a load-carrying structure, where the grate means is adapted to cover at least a part of the top opening, and where the bottom part of the base tray and the load-carrying structure of the grate means are formed by a flammable material.
US10016089B2
A portable apparatus for cooking foods, in particular meat, comprising a vertically positioned body (12) having a surface, a bottom and a top. The apparatus comprises a bearing (15) applied to the bottom and arranged for allowing to move the apparatus (10), a grill (29) located at the top and arranged to cook horizontally lying foods and a first cover (25) positioned near the bottom and internally to the body, the first cover designed for supporting solid combustible material. The apparatus further comprises bars (31) horizontally linkable or linked, in use, externally to the surface of the body, near the top of the body, and arranged for vertically suspending, by means of cooking hooks, foods to be cooked, and one or more extractable drawers (23), positioned between the bottom and the first cover (25) and aligned to the bars, and arranged for collecting cooking residues leaving the vertically suspended foods.
US10016083B1
In an embodiment, a smart mailbox includes a main body, a sensor module, a camera module, a transmission module and a biometric sensor module. The main body includes an enclosed space for storing mails and an opening for inserting mails into the enclosed space. The sensor module is configured to detect presence of one or more mails in the enclosed space. The camera module is configured to capture one or more images of at least a part of the one or more mails. The transmission module is configured to send a notification of presence of the one or more mails and the one or more images to a user device associated with a user. The biometric sensor module is disposed on the main body and is configured to authenticate identity of the user accessing the mailbox to retrieve the one or more mails from the enclosed space of the mailbox.
US10016079B2
A lid structure is arranged for detachably coupled at a container body to enclose a container cavity thereof, wherein the lid structure includes a container lid and a protective component. The container lid has a drinking hole and an expansion membrane for creating a negative pressure within the container body when the container lid is sealed at the container body. The protective member has a fixed end extended from the container lid and a sealed end detachably engaged with the drinking hole to seal the drinking hole for prevent liquid spilling from the container cavity.
US10016077B1
Method and apparatus for a semi-circular bracket for holding plants or the like having a plurality of receptacles for receiving the stems of a plurality of radially extending arms or the like wherein the plant bracket has a base with planar portions thereon for use in mounting the bracket either on a wall or about a central pole by using a separate mounting plate. The semi-circular bracket has a plurality of receptacles therein configured for use with set screws to hold the ends of the arms in the receptacle so that the limbs cannot fall out of the receptacles.
US10016075B1
A floor display system comprising a base portion including a front wall having opposing first and second vertical edges, and first and second side walls extending from the vertical edges in generally perpendicular relation to the front wall. At least one side wall slot is formed in each of the first and second side walls and connected to respective front wall slot portions formed in the front wall. At least one tray is provided including a tray body connected to at least one mounting flap portion positioned in each of the side wall slots in the first and second side walls and extending into the corresponding front wall slot portions for supporting the tray body to the base portion.
US10016063B2
A bedside electronics caddy comprises a substantially vertical body, or trunk, juxtaposed to the side of the bed and coupled thereto a mounting head. Disposed on the vertical body opposite the bed, a resilient mandible extends upwardly from the bottom edge of the trunk to an outwardly curled lip, thereby forming an upwardly open pocket for holding an object such as a mobile electronic device. In one embodiment, the mounting head comprises a resilient hook which clamps onto the top of a bedside rail supporting the bed. In an alternate embodiment, the mounting head comprises a spur which inserts between the bed mattress and box spring, thereby cooperating with beds which have no side rails. In both alternate embodiments, an optional magnetic field generator mounted within the trunk may excite a charging coil within the chassis of the mobile electronic device for recharging the device.
US10016060B2
A body support structure includes a frame and a membrane attached to the frame. The membrane includes elastomeric filaments. The membrane has a first region with a first stiffness and a second region with a second stiffness. The second stiffness is greater than the first stiffness. The membrane may form a part of a seat or a backrest.
US10016046B2
A computer-controlled system determines attributes of a frexel, an area of human skin, and applies a modifying agent (RMA) at the pixel level, typically to make the skin appear more youthful and so more attractive. The system scans the frexel, identifies unattractive attributes, and applies the RMA, typically with an inkjet printer. The identified attributes relate to reflectance and may refer to features such as irregular-looking light and dark spots, age-spots, scars, and bruises. Identified attributes may also relate to the surface topology of the skin, for more precisely enhancing surface irregularities such as bumps and wrinkles. Feature mapping may be used, for example to make cheeks appear pinker and cheekbones more prominent. The RMA can be applied in agreement with identified patterns, such as adding red to a red frexel, or in opposition, such as adding green or blue to a red frexel, according to idealized models of attractiveness.
US10016042B2
A device for heating an epilatory wax, a unit block of a solidified epilatory wax for use with the device and a kit including the device and at least one unit block of a solidified epilatory wax.
US10016037B2
A protective case for a credit card has the shape of a flat envelope and forms two parallel walls between which a space is formed, intended for accommodating the card to be protected. The protective case includes at least two parts. Each part forms one of the two parallel walls, and one of the at least two parts is mounted sliding in the other, and is shaped to accommodate and hold the card. There is a housing into which a card can slide. The housing includes laterally a reversible means for holding the card, in order to secure same, and has an opening by which the card can be extracted by sliding, after sliding the part containing the card.
US10016032B1
A lightweight, stable walking cane that contains an integrated grasper tool to extend a user's reach to pick up objects. The cane contains two configurations, a closed walking cane configuration for stability and balance, and an unlocked configuration with an open grasper tool for grasping objects.
US10016031B2
The present invention(s) seeks to protect Applicant's link, link chain and methods of making, transforming and using such. The link, for use in series to form a multi-positionable link chain includes a through hole and a first and a second diagonal channel on a top and a bottom side running in opposite directions. Generally, the geometry of the links, and specifically, material removed from and/or sharpened edges of the through hole, the diagonal channels and/or corner portions of the modified rectangular solid links, is such to allow for relative rotation and/or multiple points of connection of adjacent links. The link chains of the present invention(s) are flexible in the length, width and height dimensions to allow adaptable transformation in a plurality of stable configurations. And they can include a clasp for ornamental and/or decorative use.
US10016024B2
A method of bonding or debonding objects includes providing a first object including a first substrate with moveable features thereon which provide an actuated and a non-actuated state having different protrusion from the first substrate or a different curvature. A second object has an array of loops thereon. The moveable features while in one of the actuated state and non-actuated state are positioned, sized and shaped to fit within the loops. The moveable features include or are mechanically coupled to a material which responds to application of an actuating condition including electrical current, temperature, or an electromagnetic field by changing between the actuated state and the non-actuated state. Electrical current, temperature, or an electromagnetic field is automatically applied or changed to trigger a state change between the actuated state and non-actuated state that results in a bonding event or a debonding event between the first object and the second object.
US10016023B2
Provided is a molding hook and loop fastener, in which a barrier erected near left and right side edges of a substrate includes at least two rows of vertical wall arrays, and the vertical wall array includes a plurality of vertical walls disposed alternately. Between the two adjacent, rows of the vertical walls disposed alternately, each of the vertical walls disposed on one row is connected to two vertical walls disposed on the other row via a connecting part, and the connecting part connects one end portion of one vertical wall disposed on the adjacent row and the other end portion of the other vertical wall. Due to this, in the molding hook and loop fastener an outer side and an inner side of the barrier can be divided by the vertical wall array and the connecting part, and flexibility of the molding hook and loop fastener can be improved.
US10016017B2
A sole includes a base having a medial side and a lateral side; and a plurality of projections extending from the base, wherein at least one of the projections includes a first pod filled with ambient air and a foam layer disposed below the first pod. The first pod and the foam layer are disposed such that the projection extends non-orthogonally from the base.
US10016013B2
The present invention relates to a sole (100; 200) for a shoe (300), in particular for a cycling shoe (300), comprising: (a.) a three-dimensionally shaped rim (110); and (b.) a plurality of first reinforcing struts (121-127; 221-222), wherein (c.) at least two (122-125; 221-222) of the plurality of first reinforcing struts (121-127; 221-222) extend from a heel region (112) of the rim (110) of the sole (100; 200) to a toe region (115) of the rim (110) of the sole (100; 200), and wherein (d.) the rim (110) of the sole (100; 200) and the plurality of first reinforcing struts (121-127; 221-222) are integrally manufactured as a single piece in an additive manufacturing process.
US10016006B2
The invention includes a protective headpiece and components thereof and methods for their use. Preferred examples comprise a helmet component, a plurality of piers joining said helmet component to a shoulder pad component and an inner hat component permitting the wearer the ability to move the head from side to side and/or up and down within the helmet component without moving the helmet component. The helmet component may comprise a plurality of fluid-filled floating plates or floats on the inner surface thereof to cushion the head against impact during activities including, for example, football, race car driving, military activities and the like.
US10016003B2
The present invention relates to an article of manufacture useful as an aftermarket product for fuel and electric vehicle (EV) and, more particularly, for a hand protective device and system and/or method to protect the user from contacting germs, hazardous contaminants, grime, electrocution, and/or other potentially harmful conditions, e.g. while fueling a petroleum and/or an electric powered vehicles. The device and system may be formed in the glove-shape with a fastener means (e.g. from hook and loop fabric) having a hook portion disposed on, for example, a gas cap of a car and/or on a cover of the charging connector and a loop portion 132 affixed or otherwise fastened to the palm portion of the glove. The device and system may further include an opening in a side opposite the palm portion to allow the hand to be slidably inserted easily using a tab located at a wrist portion.
US10015998B2
The present disclosure provides a sock comprising a leg portion, and an elastic band portion coupled to the leg portion, wherein the band portion is knitted using only a covering yarn, wherein a bottom of the band portion is coupled in an integrated manner to a top of the leg portion via knitting, wherein the band portion has inner and outer portions, wherein the band and leg portions are knitted with each other such that each of first loops of outer and inner yarns of the leg portion passes through and hooks on both of first and last loops of the band portion, and, thereafter, the covering yarn is cut, and, then, the leg portion is continuously knitted using the outer and inner yarns thereof.
US10015983B2
A moistening method for tobacco stems comprises 1) preparing a hydrated humectant for tobacco stem, 2) placing cut tobacco stems in the hydrated humectant to form impregnated cut tobacco stems; 3) taking out and drying the impregnated cut tobacco stems; the hydrated humectant for tobacco stem is a saline aqueous solution of AnB, the AnB is NaH2PO4, potassium gluconate or oxalic acid, and each one of the AnB has a weight-percent concentration of 0.05 wt % to 5 wt %.
US10015976B2
The invention describes a machine for making ice-cream which comprises a holding tank and a cooling and/or heating circuit for a liquid or semi-liquid foodstuff to be treated, a detection apparatus capable of detecting a characteristic parameter of this product, and a control unit capable of recognizing the product starting from this parameter, and for setting operating parameters for the machine on the basis of the product recognized.
US10015975B2
A smoker having an internal perforated smoke stack that is able to smoke food from both the inside and outside. Food is placed inside the smoker and positioned on the perforated smoke stack. The perforated smoke stack is directly connected to the charcoal pan such that smoke enters the perforated smoke stack and out the perforations, thereby providing heat and smoke to the inside of the food in addition to the heat and smoke permeating the smoker's body chamber outside the food.
US10015970B2
Antimicrobial materials and methods for making antimicrobial materials are described herein. Antimicrobial materials and antimicrobial material precursors are formed from hexahydrotriazine and/or a hemiaminal material and a non-fouling material and adhesive material may be incorporated into the antimicrobial materials and antimicrobial material precursors. The hexahydrotriazine and/or hemiaminal material may be made from a diamine and an aldehyde. Metal ions are also incorporated into the antimicrobial material precursors to form an antimicrobial material.
US10015935B2
The present invention provides a method of reducing nitrate content in a plant by supplementing Rhodopseudomonas palustris DSM 29314 with a hydroponic nutrient solution, wherein the plant can grow in the hydroponic nutrient solution. The bacteria can effectively reduce 50% to 88% of the nitrate content in the plant, and only requires half concentration of the hydroponic nutrient solution than usual to enhance the fresh and dry weight of the plant up to 17% to 44%. It can effectively reduce cost, increase income and provide safe crops.
US10015932B2
Provided are a plant management system and a plant management method, which do not entail a substantial workload, cost, construction period, or installation space; enable a system to be easily constructed, altered and expanded; have a small maintenance load; enable processing systems to be distributed and arranged in geographically separate locations and in locations where connecting the processing systems is not easy; and are capable of preventing the occurrence of large-scale problems. A plant management system 100 has: a plurality of processing systems 140, 150; and memory tags 112, 122, wherein processing systems 140, 150 include reader-writers 142, 152, 153 and processing devices 141, 151, and, by writing plant management data into the memory tag 112 by means of the reader-writer 142 and then reading the plant management data by the reader-writer 152 of the processing system 150, the plant management data is transferred between the processing systems 140, 150.
US10015928B2
A spout identification module is adapted to identify a spout (e.g., or an associated spout position) of the harvesting vehicle in the collected image data. A relative motion detector detects the relative motion of a receiving vehicle and the harvesting vehicle or detects the relative motion between the spout and a container of the receiving vehicle. An alignment module is adapted to determine the relative position of the spout and the cells in the container via processing of the image data such that the spout is aligned with the longitudinal axis or a lateral offset from the longitudinal axis based on the detected relative motion and where a longitudinal size of the deadband volume is adjusted based on the relative motion.
US10015925B2
A split shaft with a setting adjustment, including a first part and a second part with threaded cylindrical sections, that may optionally also optionally include a sleeve to interconnect the first and second parts by threading. A shaft-hub unit, which includes the split shaft and a cylindrical hub with two couplable parts. Use of the split shaft and shaft-hub unit in cutting disks of planters and subsoilers, as well as in wheels of planters, is also described.
US10015924B2
A disk harrow having a carriage frame and diverging forward and rear secondary frames extending laterally with respect to a travel direction. Gangs of disk blades are connected to and supported by the secondary frames. A portion of the outermost portion of the forward secondary frame is articulated relative to the remainder of the frames and has a ground support wheel allowing its height to be independently controlled relative to the remainder of the secondary frames.
US10015923B2
A vehicle having a linkage for attaching an implement including a control system for controlling a draft mode of operation in which the linkage is automatically raised and lowered depending on a draft force detected by the vehicle and a lifting cylinder, and when the vehicle travels at low speeds, or is driven in reverse or is stationary, the control system automatically sets the detected draft force to zero and the draft control mode of operation is maintained.
US10021817B2
Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of shielding apparatus or assemblies having a frame with drawn latching features or portions that are configured for removably attaching a cover to the frame. In an exemplary embodiment, there is a shielding apparatus suitable for use in providing electromagnetic interference shielding for one or more electrical components on a substrate. In this example, the shielding apparatus generally includes a cover and a frame. The cover includes one or more openings. The frame includes a top surface and sidewalls configured to be disposed generally about one or more electrical components on a substrate. The frame is partly drawn in construction such that the frame includes one or more drawn latching features or portions configured to be engaged within the one or more openings of the cover to thereby releasably attach the cover to the frame.
US10021805B2
A structure of a server rack and sidecar combination. The structure may include; a server rack having an opening and a server door on a front side of the server rack; a sidecar mounted to a side of the server rack, the sidecar has an access area on a front side of the sidecar, wherein the server rack opening and the access area are accessible form a common side; an adapter mounted to the accessible common side, wherein the adapter does not restrict access to the server rack opening and the access area, the adapter has at least three vertical sides; and a cable management bar located within the at least three vertical sides.
US10021802B2
An electronic module is presented. The electronic module includes one or more electronic devices and a first bus electrically coupled to at least one of the one or more electronic devices. The first bus includes a first electrically conductive plate, a second electrically conductive plate, and a first electrically insulating plate disposed between the first electrically conductive plate and the second electrically conductive plate, where in a first portion of the first bus, the first electrically insulating plate is disposed such that the first electrically insulating plate is not in direct physical contact with at least one of the first electrically conductive plate and the second electrically conductive plate to form at least one cavity between the first electrically insulating plate and at least one of the first electrically conductive plate and the second electrically conductive plate. An electronic module assembly having low loop inductance is also presented.
US10021793B2
A head-up display includes a transmission mechanism, a first cover, a second cover and a driver. The first cover is connected to the transmission mechanism and slidable with respect to the transmission mechanism. The second cover is separably connected to the first cover. The driver is configured to drive the transmission mechanism to operate. Wherein during a first state to a second state of the head-up display, the first cover and the second cover are connected to each other and move together in an opening direction; during the second state to a third state of the head-up display, the first cover is separated from the second cover.
US10021781B2
A thin circuit board such as a flexure has a metal support layer forming a substrate, a base insulating layer provided on the metal support layer, a wiring layer being wiring traces provided on the base insulating layer, a cover insulating layer covering the wiring layer, internal terminals provided to the respective wiring traces and sequentially arranged side by side, each one internal terminal of said internal terminals used to be solder-bonded to a corresponding external terminal through solder material, and a wall provided for the solder material on at least any one of adjacent internal terminals of said internal terminals.
US10021780B2
A wired circuit board includes an insulating layer and a conductive layer. The insulating layer continuously has a first insulating portion, a second insulating portion having a thickness smaller than that of the first insulating portion, and a third insulating portion disposed between the first insulating portion and the second insulating portion and having a thickness that gradually becomes smaller from the first insulating portion toward the second insulating portion. The conductive layer continuously has a first conductive portion disposed at one-side surface of the first insulating portion and a second conductive portion disposed at one-side surface of the second insulating portion and having a thickness smaller than that of the first conductive portion. The first conductive portion is disposed at one-side surface of the second insulating portion and the third insulating portion or is disposed at one-side surface of the first insulating portion and the third insulating portion.
US10021777B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for managing temperature in a data storage device. A data storage device includes non-volatile solid-state memory, a temperature sensor, a heating device, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a temperature signal from the temperature sensor indicating a temperature of at least a portion of the data storage device, determine that the temperature is below a first predetermined threshold, activate the heating device to increase the temperature of the at least a portion of the data storage device, and write data associated with a write command to the non-volatile solid-state memory.
US10021772B2
An electro-static discharge protection structure adapted to be utilized in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a printed circuit board, and a connector. The electro-static discharge protection structure includes a first discharge circuit and a discharge device. The first discharge circuit is electrically connected to the housing. The discharge device is connected to the first discharge circuit. The discharge device includes a discharge plate which includes a plurality of charge entry points and a plurality of charge exit points. The connector is disposed between the discharge device and the printed circuit board. An electronic device including the electro-static discharge protection structure is also provided.
US10021766B2
A controller (202) for a horticultural lighting system comprising: a receiver (220) configured to receive a set of lighting parameters; and one or more output terminals configured to provide lighting control signalling to an LED array (210), wherein the lighting control signalling is configured to set one or more operating parameters of the LED array (210) in accordance with the received set of lighting parameters.
US10021765B1
The present invention refers to an intelligent switch device for controlling lighting devices within an electrical installation, so as to control the switching on, off, and intensity of illumination by means of a mobile or web application and a user interface, in a local or remote manner; and a central control system that allows the intelligent switch devices to be configured and controlled by radio communication.
US10021759B2
The present disclosure discloses a pixel unit driving circuit, a driving method, and a display apparatus, wherein the pixel unit driving circuit includes a light-emitting device, a driving transistor, a first switching transistor, a second switching transistor, a third switching transistor, a fourth switching transistor, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor. The pixel unit driving circuit is driven in a stepwise manner by the turn-on/off of the switching transistors in cooperation with the charging of the capacitors, so that a driving current of the driving transistor has no relation to the turn-on voltage Vth of the driving transistor, and in turn the evenness of a current flowing through the light-emitting device is guaranteed so as to achieve the evenness of the luminance of the light-emitting device.
US10021738B1
A method of providing voice call, data, and SMS services to a user equipment roaming in a 2G/3G visited network and subscribed to an LTE home network. An Interworking Function communicates with both the visited network and the home network. The Interworking Function translates between Mobile Application Part (MAP) protocol used by the 2G/3G visited network and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) used by the LTE home network. The Interworking Function establishes both a MAP Registration with the 2G/3G visited network and also a SIP Registration with the LTE home network, thereby enabling provision of voice call, data, and SMS services to the roaming UE.
US10021737B2
Techniques are described for providing assistance data corresponding to a plurality of access points (APs). The techniques include, in part, providing assistance data to a mobile device. The assistance data comprises group data that is common among the plurality of APs. The group data is associated with a group identifier (ID). The techniques further include providing the group ID and a set of AP-specific information for at least one of the plurality of APs. The group data may include information corresponding to a common grid, common location area and/or common characteristics of the APs.
US10021736B2
A method and apparatus for concurrent wireless communications on multiple channels of the same frequency band. A wireless device receives a first data signal via a first transceiver chain while concurrently initiating a transmission of a second data signal via a second transceiver chain of the wireless device. The wireless device suspends updates to one or more tracking loops of the first transceiver chain in response to initiating the transmission of the second data signal. The updates to the one or more tracking loops may be suspended prior to transmitting the second set of data from the second transceiver chain. The wireless device may subsequently resume updates to the one or more tracking loops of the first transceiver chain after completing the transmission of the second data signal.
US10021732B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a network access method and device. The method includes: establishing a Bluetooth connection to a Bluetooth terminal; receiving, by using the Bluetooth connection, a network access request sent by the Bluetooth terminal; and if the Bluetooth terminal is an authorized device, activating a Bluetooth network sharing function automatically and forwarding the network access request to a wide area network. In the network access method and device provided in the present invention, a simple process and low time consumption are achieved for network access.
US10021730B2
A system for broadband communication over a local wireless communication channel includes a router configured to wirelessly access a wireless communication network, and a wireless broadband access device having wireless access to a wireless broadband communication network, the wireless broadband access device configured to wirelessly access the wireless communication network and configured to provide a bi-directional wireless communication channel to the router using the wireless communication network.
US10021726B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device for implementing a proximity communication service. The method includes steps of: receiving a request for the proximity communication service from a UE; in accordance with the request for the proximity communication service from the UE, determining a proximity communication service identifier obtained when the UE subscribes for the proximity communication service; and in accordance with the proximity communication service identifier of the UE, implementing the proximity communication service. According to the present disclosure, it is able to prevent the situation where the proximity communication service cannot be implemented when a UE's 3GPP network layer identifier cannot be determined in accordance with a UE's application layer identifier, thereby to implement the proximity communication service of the UE.
US10021724B2
A method of wirelessly connecting at least two devices for data communication and a device that is wirelessly connectable by using the method, the method including: generating and wirelessly sending service set identifier (SSID) information of the at least two devices, the at least two devices performing the generating and the wireless sending, collecting and analyzing the wirelessly sent SSID information, the collecting and the analyzing to be performed by the at least two devices, setting one of the at least two devices as a server based on a result of the analyzing, and wirelessly connecting the at least two devices, the wirelessly connecting to be performed by the device set as the server.
US10021719B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method at a communications device of a first type that is operable on both a licensed carrier and an unlicensed carrier. The method comprises performing channel sensing on the unlicensed carrier, at different sensing slots within a time duration, for respective links directed to at least two communications devices of a second type that are operable on both the licensed carrier and the unlicensed carrier. The time duration is specified as a portion of a subframe in a frame structure used on the licensed carrier. The method also comprise scheduling transmission on a channel that is determined to be available based on corresponding channel sensing. Correspondingly, there is also provided an apparatus embodied at or as at least part of a communications device of a first type, e.g. a base station that is operable on both a licensed carrier and an unlicensed carrier.
US10021717B2
A base station in a communications network broadcasts a cell-specific instruction to a plurality of mobile terminals in a cell served by the base station. The cell-specific instruction indicates that an uplink symbol has been semi-statically configured for aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission over multiple subsequent subframes. The base station dynamically determines that a first mobile terminal of the plurality of mobile terminals is to use the uplink symbol for SRS transmission in a given one of the multiple subsequent subframes. In response, the base station signals a first terminal-specific instruction to the first mobile terminal. The first terminal-specific instruction is distinct from the cell-specific instruction and indicates that the first mobile terminal is to use the uplink symbol for SRS transmission in the given subframe.
US10021711B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for reducing resource contention between two or more RATs supported by a User Equipment (UE). The UE may determine a first level of contention between Radio Frequency (RF) resources to be used by two or more Radio Access Technologies (RATs) supported by the UE over a given period of time for performing at least one type of receive activity, based at least on assigned Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycles for the RATs. The UE may decide to initiate an update of a DRX cycle for at least one of the RATs to reduce the contention, at least if the determined first level is greater than a given threshold level of the contention over the given period of time.
US10021706B2
In this invention, we disclose methods of establishing a cellular network having backhaul flexibility, comprising, establishing, at a first cellular base station, a first connection with a core cellular network; establishing, at the first cellular base station, an inter-base station connection with a second cellular base station for relaying traffic from the first and the second cellular base stations to the core cellular network, the second cellular base station having a second connection with the core cellular network; determining, at the first cellular base station, if the quality of the first connection falls below a threshold parameter; and terminating, at the first cellular base station, the first connection in favor of the second connection if the quality of the first connection falls below the threshold parameter.
US10021705B2
Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to perform carrier measurements in a wireless network is disclosed. The UE can receive, from a network element, switching parameters that indicate possible switching occasions for the UE. The UE can be configured to switch a radio frequency (RF) to another carrier frequency during the possible switching occasions in order to start performing carrier measurements or stop performing carrier measurements. The UE can send, to the network element, a switching notification that indicates an upcoming switching occasion that is selected by the UE. The switching notification can be sent in conjunction with a measurement value that indicates one or more of: selected carriers for which the UE is to start performing carrier measurements after an occurrence of the switching occasion or selected carriers for which the UE is to stop performing carrier measurements after the occurrence of the switching occasion.
US10021704B2
According to certain embodiments, methods and systems for toggling transmission parameters in a heterogeneous network to achieve a target block error rate by a network node may include obtaining a signal-to-noise ratio (SINR) estimate from channel quality information for a downlink between a network node and a wireless device. For each of a first code word and a second code word to be transmitted on the downlink, a block error rate estimate may be obtained based on the SINR estimate. The network node may then determine at least one expected SINR for the first code word and the second code word. The at least one expected SINR may be determined as a function of the SINR estimate and the block error rate estimate. Based on the at least one expected SINR for the first code word and the second code word, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for obtaining a target block error rate may be selected. The network node may then transmit the first code word on a first transmission layer and the second code word on a second transmission layer during a first transmission time interval. In a second transmission time interval, the network node may transmit the first code word on the second transmission layer and the second code word on the first transmission layer.
US10021703B2
In this invention, we disclose methods directed toward integrating an ad hoc cellular network into a fixed cellular network. The methods disclosed herein automate the creation and integration of these networks. In additional embodiments, we disclose methods for establishing a stand-alone, ad hoc cellular network. In either of these implementations, we integrate or establish an ad hoc cellular network using mobile ad hoc cellular base stations configured to transmit and receive over a variety of frequencies, protocols, and duplexing schemes. The methods flexibly and dynamically choose an access or backhaul configuration and radio characteristics to optimize network performance. Additional embodiments provide for enhancing an existing network's coverage as needed, establishing a local network in the event of a loss of backhaul coverage to the core network, and providing local wireless access service within the ad hoc cellular network.
US10021674B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In more detail, a method and device of transmitting a PUCCH signal in a wireless communication system include: (a) performing block-wise spreading on a first modulation symbol column by using a length-5 orthogonal sequence corresponding to a sequence index; (b) performing block-wise spreading on a second modulation symbol column by using a length-4 orthogonal sequence corresponding to the sequence index; (c) performing each cyclic shift and Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) pre-coding on a plurality of modulation symbol columns obtained from (a) to (b); and (d) mapping a plurality of complex symbols obtained from (c) into a physical resource for PUCCH transmission.
US10021672B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for providing resource allocation based on available resources via an interactive resource interface. In this way, the invention provides a comprehensive integrated platform for identification, continual monitoring and optimal allocation of resources on a mobile device. The invention provides the interactive resource interface on the mobile device, wherein the interface is configured to receive user input comprising physical gestures. The system identifies a user input comprising a first physical gesture, wherein the physical gesture is associated with one or more gesture attributes. Consequently, the system may initiate a resource transfer between two resources, based on correlating the one or more gesture attributes with the resources.
US10021670B1
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.
US10021663B2
A method and device for realizing data transmission, including: when a starting condition of a timer of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) of a data receiving side is satisfied, starting the timer of the PDCP of the data receiving side, and receiving and reordering data within a duration of the timer; and when a stopping condition of the timer of the PDCP of the data receiving side is satisfied, stopping the timer, and delivering to an upper layer the reordered data that has been processed; wherein the duration of the timer is related to a radio link control (RLC) mode of an offloading bearer. In embodiments of the present document, by setting the starting condition of the timer of the PDCP at the data receiving side, data packets are received and reordered within the duration of the timer when the data packets are received, and the timer is stopped while the data packets are continuously delivered when the stopping condition of the timer is satisfied, which realizes efficient ordered transmission of the data packets of the PDCP.
US10021653B2
A transmit power determining method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: calculating, channel state information of a channel between the wireless access point device and a station device within a particular time range; comparing, by the wireless access point device, the channel state information with pre-obtained reference channel state information, and adjusting, according to a result of the comparison, a transmit power currently used by the wireless access point device; and sending, by the wireless access point device to the station device by using a transmit power after the adjustment, a message carrying data. During implementation of the present disclosure, a transmit power for sending data can be adjusted according to channel state information corresponding to a channel between a wireless access point device and a station device, thereby avoiding unnecessary power overheads and a waste of energy.
US10021648B2
A device may determine that a transmission of network traffic, associated with a wireless device, is complete. The transmission of network traffic may be between the wireless device and a base station associated with a network. The device may transmit a request to disconnect from the network based on determining that the transmission of network traffic is complete. The device may transfer the wireless device to the power saving mode based on receiving a response, to the request, that grants permission to disconnect from the network. The power saving mode being associated with one or more components of the wireless device being shut down.
US10021637B2
A communication system in which at least one of the first and second base station modules of a dual mode access point is configured to provide information, as regards to its operating mode, to the other base station module. In one embodiment, the operating mode information is provided via an internal interface coupling the first and second base station modules.
US10021636B2
Methods for deploying a new sensor in a sensor network having an existing sensor are provided. A method includes receiving information relating to the new sensor and obtaining deployment information relating to the existing sensor. The method further includes determining similarity information for the new sensor based on the received information relating to the new sensor and the obtained deployment information relating to the existing sensor; and based at least in part on the similarity information, determining a sleeping pattern for the new sensor. The new sensor is then configured in accordance with the determined sleeping pattern.
US10021635B2
Methods and apparatus for mobility control are disclosed. A network entity can generate information promoting at least one cell for selection by at least one mobile device and associate the information with at least one physical cell identity available for selection. The information is then communicated to the at least one mobile device. The at least one mobile device can then take the information into account in cell selection.
US10021632B2
A cell-search method for a cellular communication device capable of communicating via a first radio-access technology, RAT, in a first frequency band, and via a second RAT in a second frequency band, which is in a higher frequency region than the first frequency band is disclosed. The method comprises performing a first cell search in the first frequency band in order to detect a first cell of the first RAT. The method further comprises, if such a first cell is detected, synchronizing to the first cell, without registering to the first cell, determining a reference frequency error estimate between a local reference frequency of the cellular communication device and reference frequency of the first cell, and thereafter performing a second cell search, based on the reference frequency error estimate, in the second frequency band to detect a second cell of the second RAT. A corresponding cellular communication device, computer program product, and computer-readable medium are also disclosed.
US10021628B2
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a network node of a first Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) receives a request from a user equipment (UE) for a service to be provided to the UE by the first PLMN, and sends a response to the UE indicating whether the request is accepted or rejected, wherein the response indicates to the UE whether the UE is allowed to repeat the request if the UE connects to a second PLMN that is an equivalent PLMN with the first PLMN.
US10021627B2
A communication device acquires information relating to a first access point from a captured first image, and acquires information relating to a second access point from a captured second image. The communication device then starts communication parameter share processing of sharing a communication parameter, required for establishing a wireless network, with respect to the first access point or the second access point. The communication device starts the communication parameter share processing with respect to the second access point in response to reception of a completion notification indicative of completion of the communication parameter share processing with respect to the first access point, from the first access point.
US10021623B2
A method may be disclosed in accordance with some embodiments, comprising: receiving, at a virtualizing gateway between the eNodeB and a first core network, a service request from a first user equipment (UE) via an eNodeB; applying a filter to an identifier of the UE to authenticate the UE; and forwarding, based on the applied filter, the service request from the first UE to the first core network. The identifier may be an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI). The filter may be a whitelist containing a plurality of IMSIs to be granted service or a blacklist containing a plurality of IMSIs to be denied service, the service request may be a Long Term Evolution (LTE) attach request, and the method may further comprise forwarding the message from the first UE to a first mobility management entity (MME) in the first core network.
US10021610B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a trigger to dynamically modify a serving site of a communication endpoint, wherein the communication endpoint is registered to receive digital communication service from a first serving site. The method further includes determining a stored serving-site selection policy applicable to the communication endpoint. The method also includes selecting a second serving site for the communication endpoint based, at least part, on a stored serving-site selection policy. Also, the method includes determining endpoint-configuration requirements of the second serving site. Furthermore, the method includes dynamically generating endpoint configurations that satisfy the endpoint-configuration requirements of the second serving site. Moreover, the method includes writing the generated endpoint configurations to the communication endpoint. Additionally, the method includes causing the communication endpoint to register to receive digital communication service from the second serving site in place of the first serving site.
US10021609B2
The disclosure is related to a method and a system for selecting a communication interface. The method is applicable to a local area network including multiple access points. A main access point is first selected. The main access point acquires every access point's information within a local area network. The information relates to the access points that are in an idle state or not performing a critical task. A target antenna can be selected for performing a specific function. For example, the target antenna can be used to scan for the channels specified in dynamic frequency selection. After that, the scan result may result in changing channels. Through the above mechanism, the resources in every AP within the LAN can be adequately used, and the performance of wireless communication can be effectively improved.
US10021608B2
A method in a radio network node for determining whether a wireless device is a suitable candidate for handover to a target cell for load balancing reasons. The radio network node serves a source cell. The method includes determining a first level of coverage of the target cell based on a first measurement report. The method further includes storing measurement data obtained from a second measurement, being at least one of a layer 2 and a layer 1 measurement. The method further includes establishing a correlation between the determined first level of coverage and the stored measurement data and updating statistical data based on the established correlation. The method further includes determining whether the wireless device is a suitable candidate for handover to the target cell for load balancing reasons, based on the updated statistical data.
US10021603B2
A technique for handling a status of a connection for a call is provided. The connection has a signal path and a media path towards a terminating side. The signal path includes nodes at least some of which are to be informed of the status by a signal packet that is forwarded towards the terminating side of the connection on the signal path. One node inserts a media resource in the media path of the connection. The media resource provides media for announcing the status of the connection at the terminating side of the connection. The node includes in the signal packet, which signals the status to one or more of the nodes that are further towards the terminating side, a suppression indicator controlling suppression of media resource insertion at the one or more nodes. The node transmits the signal packet towards the terminating side on the signal path.
US10021585B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for performing, by a terminal having multiple antennas, measurement reporting in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method comprises the steps of: receiving a multicast-broadcast single-frequency network (MBSFN) reference signal; performing a measurement for radio resource management for each of the multiple antennas, using the MBSFN reference signal; and reporting the result of the measurement, wherein the result of the measurement is determined on the basis of the measurement values of all diversity branches corresponding to the multiple antennas.
US10021575B2
A method and apparatus for task-based allocation of services at an incident scene include determining assignments for a plurality of users at the incident scene, each of the plurality of users comprising a mobile device; identifying a group of the plurality of users performing a similar function near one another or at a same area; determining if the group is likely to be separated from a wireless local area network at the incident scene; and, in response to determining that the group is likely to be separated from the local area network, allocating service instances on at least one mobile device associated with the group.
US10021573B2
A method, adapted to a communication device, for uplink transmission by using unlicensed spectrum is provided. The method includes following steps. Acquiring transmission resource based on a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure. Sending an LBT indicator to a base station after successfully acquiring the transmission resource. Receiving a uplink resource grant from the base station. Performing uplink data transmission with the base station on the unlicensed spectrum according to the uplink resource grant.
US10021571B2
Systems and methods related to attachment of nomadic network nodes in a cellular communications network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of operation of a network control entity comprises receiving an attach request for attachment of a nomadic node to an anchor node, where the attach request comprises information indicative of one or more requirements of the nomadic node related to traffic and/or service demands. The method further comprises determining whether the one or more requirements of the nomadic node can be fulfilled with existing resources of a transport network that are allocated for the anchor node and, if the one or more requirements of the nomadic node can be fulfilled with the existing resources of the transport network that are allocated for the anchor node, sending, to the anchor node, an attach accept message to thereby accept attachment of the nomadic node to the anchor node.
US10021561B2
The present invention discloses a method and a relevant apparatus for achieving localized roaming of a mobile terminal. In the present invention, the mobile terminal sends real SIM card information to apply for a virtual SIM card to obtain a corresponding mobile terminal number of a roaming region, and registers user information to activate the virtual SIM card to serve as a calling party or a called party, so as to set up a called communication connection of a real SIM card. The mobile terminal applies for a virtual SIM card from a communication network of a roaming country to obtain a corresponding mobile terminal number of the roaming region through allocation, so that the user does not need to purchase a new SIM card in the roaming region, thereby saving the charges for purchasing the SIM card, ensuring a convenient operation and satisfying the demand of the user.
US10021551B2
Featured is a method and system for transferring data to a device. A data set is prepared for a remote device. The data set is divided into subsets based on one or more criteria. The different data subsets are wirelessly delivered from a server to different smart devices based on rules. Each smart device, when proximate the remote device, automatically wirelessly transmits its data subset to the remote device. The remote device then assembles the data subsets.
US10021549B2
Techniques are disclosed for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Announce procedures that allow advertisement machine-to-machine service capabilities layer resources and subresources. Resource structures and signal flows of the various disclosed embodiments are defined.
US10021547B2
A wireless communication device includes a transceiver and processing circuitry. The transceiver is configured to establish a telecommunication connection with a total usable bandwidth. The processing circuitry is coupled to the transceiver. The processing circuitry is configured at least to monitor a foreground throughput of data transmission induced by a foreground application program and a background throughput of data transmission induced by a background application program over the telecommunication connection. The processing circuitry is further configured at least to detect whether the foreground application program and the background application program compete for the total usable bandwidth or not according to variations of the foreground throughput and the background throughput. If the foreground application program and the background application program compete the total usable bandwidth, the processing circuitry is further configured at least to, limit the data transmission induced by the background application program
US10021542B2
Various examples of detecting whether a device meets an enrollment level are disclosed. A request to authenticate a user based upon user credentials is obtained. Applications for which the user is authorized are identified. An enrollment level associated with each of the plurality of applications is also identified. A user interface including the plurality of applications and the enrollment level associated with each of the plurality of applications is generated.
US10021534B2
A communications method comprising the following steps: establishing a single-hop, multi-channel wireless network comprising a plurality of half-duplex nodes that can simultaneously receive on multiple channels but that cannot simultaneously transmit on the multiple channels; using linear programming to establish a rapid-throughput transmission schedule for data transmissions between the half-duplex nodes; multicasting all the data transmissions in the network in multicast sessions according to the transmission schedule; using erasure coding to reconstruct data transmitted in a particular multicast session in instances where the entirety of the particular multicast session is not received at a given node because the given node was transmitting during part of the particular multicast session.
US10021524B2
An image associated with a location and depicting the current weather conditions at the location is served to the user along with the current weather data of the location. If an image for the location that aptly depicts the weather conditions as indicated by the weather data cannot be identified, the geographical area associated with the location is expanded to search for appropriate images from an expanded image pool. The expansion can continue in one or more steps until a threshold is reached beyond which the geographical area my no longer be expanded. If no images are retrieved upon reaching the threshold, an image reflecting the weather condition is selected from a fallback image set for presentation with the weather data.
US10021523B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods addressing the shortcomings in the art, and may also provide additional or alternative advantages as well. The embodiments described herein provide a wireless charging proximity transmitter configured to intelligently generate waveforms of various types, such as radio-frequency waves and ultrasound waves, among others. The wireless charging transmitter may be used for providing energy to a receiver that is proximately located to the transmitter. The receiver may be coupled to, or may be a component of, an electrical device that is intended to receive the power from the wave-based energy produced by the wireless proximity transmitter.
US10021517B2
A network device capable of performing rule-based actions dependent on geolocation-based conditions or realtime conditions from an external source. The network device can obtain its geolocation, obtain a rule based on a condition, query sources for and/or calculate updated statuses of the condition based on the geolocation, and perform actions based on the updated status of the condition, the geolocation, and the rule. The network device is capable of safely shutting down when voltage supplied to the network device falls outside of and acceptable range.
US10021511B2
A method for automatic Bluetooth connection in a head unit of vehicle includes discovering an advertisement from a mobile device, based on a period of advertisement discovery, when at least one advertisement corresponding to the mobile device is discovered, changing the period of advertisement discovery, discovering the advertisement based on a changed period of advertisement discovery, and arranging a Bluetooth connection between a head unit and a mobile device corresponding to the discovered advertisement.
US10021504B2
When a channel signal, such as a 22.2 channel signal, is rendered into a 5.1 channel signal, a three-dimensional (3D) audio may be reproduced by using a two-dimensional (2D) output channel, however, when an elevation angle of an input channel is different from a standard elevation angle, if elevation rendering parameters according to the standard elevation angle are used, distortion may occur in a sound image. In order to solve the aforementioned problem according to the related art and to prevent front-back confusion due to a surround output channel, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method of rendering an audio signal, the method including receiving a multichannel signal including a plurality of input channels to be converted to a plurality of output channels; adding a preset delay to a frontal height input channel so as to allow each of the plurality of output channels to provide a sound image having an elevation at a reference elevation angle; changing, based on the added delay, an elevation rendering parameter with respect to the frontal height input channel; and preventing front-back confusion by generating, based on the changed elevation rendering parameter, an elevation-rendered surround output channel delayed with respect to the frontal height input channel.
US10021492B1
An electroacoustic transducer may include a cathode having a plurality of discharge elements assembled into one or more axisymmetric arrays and an anode having a plurality of discharge elements assembled into one or more axisymmetric arrays. The cathode and the anode may be separated by an inter-electrode space and respectively connected to a voltage source. The discharge elements of the cathode and anode may be directed into the inter-electrode space. The axisymmetric arrays of the cathode and anode may be mirror symmetrically arranged opposite each other to form electrode pairs, each electrode pair having an axis of symmetry extending through the geometric centers of the axisymmetric arrays in the pair.
US10021484B2
A method for determining equalization filter parameters for a headphone, the method includes determining a composite response curve based on an average of amplitude response values measured from a plurality of measurement locations, the plurality of measurement locations, in cumulative, substantially spanning at least the headphone transducer, and determining the equalization filter parameters based on the determined composite response curve.
US10021479B1
A speaker producing total sound immersion by directing the sound in off-horizontal directions, and directing sound in different frequency ranges in different directions. The low range driver, or woofer, is oriented downward, and fitted with a dispersion plate, which deflects the sound along the floor and up into the room. The high range drivers, or tweeters, are oriented upward and set for wide dispersion, so that the high pitched sound is reflected off the ceiling and is more evenly distributed. One midrange driver is set in each side of the speaker box, and the sides are angled, so that the box is in the form of a truncated pyramid. This causes the midrange sound to be reflected off the walls and ceiling of the room. The result is one speaker producing a total sound immersion effect.
US10021478B2
Automatic noise-reduction (ANR) headsets include circuitry that cancels or suppress undesired noises. Recent years have seen the emergence of in-the-ear (ITE) earphones that incorporate ANR technology; however, designing them to function well usually entails many design tradeoffs, such as using larger ear nozzles that are uncomfortable to obtain desired noise reduction or that require added structures to hold the earphones to a user ear. To avoid these tradeoffs, the present inventors devised, among other things, an exemplary ITE ANR earphone that places its error measurement microphone in the ear nozzle that connects the driver front acoustic volume to a user ear canal. This placement allows use of a narrower more comfortable ear nozzle without compromising noise reduction and without requiring added holding structures. Moreover, the narrower ear nozzle also lowers the likelihood that the ANR circuitry will become unstable and produce undesirable noise.
US10021470B2
A microphone has a sensing element; a casing surrounds the microphone with an opening that admits sound to the sensing element in a first direction. A spark director includes a first portion spaced away from the casing in a direction opposite the first direction, and a second portion extending from the first portion towards the casing and terminating in a tip separated from the casing by an air gap. An electric charge in the first portion of the spark director will be discharged by the second portion of the spark director through the air gap into the casing at a location other than at the opening.
US10021469B2
A sound emitter device for use on a motor vehicle comprises a casing comprising an axial wall and a bottom wall, the axial wall extending along a vertical axis from the bottom wall toward an opening opposite the bottom wall, a control circuit, an acoustic membrane that closes the opening of the casing and that is provided on its lower face with excitation means controlled by the control circuit a peripheral rim that is arranged in the opening, the external peripheral edge of the acoustic membrane being mounted to bear on the peripheral rim, a secondary wall that is made in one piece with the peripheral rim and that is bent toward the peripheral rim so as to retain the acoustic membrane by clamping its external peripheral edge between the peripheral rim and the secondary wall.
US10021462B2
According to one configuration, to test an encoder resource, a user controls operation of both a mobile communication device and a corresponding video management device. For example, the user inputs a command to a test control application executing on the mobile communication device to test encoding of content by the encoder resource. In response to receiving the input command to test a target encoder resource, the test control application on the mobile communication device transmits video information from the mobile communication device to in the video management device. The video management device processes the video information received from the mobile communication device. Using the video information, the video management device derives and outputs a corresponding coded video stream to the encoder resource under test. As its name suggests, the encoder resource encodes the received video stream and transmits it over an assigned channel in a shared communication link.
US10021461B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for performing an action based on a feature in a media asset. In many media assets, specific features appear at portions of a program that users find interesting. These features can be compared with a database of stored objects that commonly appear in media assets to determine the object corresponding to the feature. The context of the object in the media asset then may be determined so that an appropriate action is selected for the system to take.
US10021456B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media may be operable to facilitate the coordination of multiple devices to provide multiple services. A legacy set-top box (STB) configured to provide legacy services may be connected to an enhanced STB that is configured to provide enhanced services. The enhanced STB may include a switch that is configured to switch a content input source between the legacy STB and the enhanced STB. The legacy STB may receive user requests for content, and based on the type of content requested, the legacy STB may output a signal to the enhanced STB directing that the input source be switched according to the type of content requested. A user interface output from the legacy STB may provide a user with one or more menu items for requesting a legacy service or enhanced service.
US10021455B2
A method of identifying content and tracking viewership thereof comprising measuring a color content of a display device, defining a measured color content and determining an occupancy of a space associated with the display device, defining a determined occupancy. Where the determined occupancy indicated the occupancy by at least one person, the measured color content with is associated with the viewable content. Additionally, a viewership information database is updated responsive to the determined occupancy and the viewable content. In some embodiments, determining the color content may be performed by a luminaire in optical communication with the display device.
US10021454B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, receiving reaction information from one or more sensors located at a second location that is representative of a reaction by a second user at the second location to the presentation of the personalized content, analyzing the reaction information to determine a response based at least in part on trait information associated with different first users, selecting a second portion of the recorded segments based on a comparison of the determined response with a context identified for each of received recorded segments, and adjusting personalized content to include the selected second portion of the recorded segments. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10021453B2
A video content providing apparatus is provided, the video content apparatus including: an output portion comprising output circuitry configured to transmit a content signal for displaying an image to a relay connected to an image processing apparatus to provide the content signal to the image processing apparatus; and at least one processor configured to receive video formation information about a first video format supported by the image processing apparatus from among a plurality of video formats from the relay, and if it is determined that the relay does not support the first video format, to output the content signal corresponding to a second video format different from the first video format and supportable by the relay from among the plurality of video formats.
US10021448B2
Described herein are methods and systems for automatically selecting television channels for display on one or more televisions based on the viewing preferences of the viewers. The viewers can enter their viewing preferences in a database through a user interface that a controller can access. The controller can receive, for a premises (e.g., a sports bar), a list of viewers. Based on the viewing preferences of the list of viewers, the controller can determine a single or a ranked list of television channels for display on the televisions. If there are multiple televisions, the controller can assign each of the televisions a television channel from the ranked list based on the ranking. The controller can send an instruction to the STB controlling the television(s) to set the assigned television channel to the assigned television.
US10021437B1
A method and system for suspending channel signals includes a network, a plurality of terminals in communication with the network and a receiving unit in communication with the plurality of terminals through the network. The receiving unit receives a channel signal and communicates the channel signal to the plurality of terminals through the network. The receiving unit monitors inactivity at the plurality of user terminals. The receiving unit discontinues distributing the channel signal when channel inactivity is determined by monitoring the plurality of user terminals.
US10021436B2
There is provided a system and method for storing tags in video for carriage in real-time. The system comprising a content creator and a television network, the content creating configured to retrieve a video from a memory for delivery to the television network, generate an ID3 tag for the video, the ID3 tag including information about the video, insert the ID3 tag into a vertical ancillary data (VANC) space of the video, and transmit the video including the ID3 tag to the television network. The television network configured to receive the video including the ID3 tag from the content creator and transmit the video including the ID3 tag to a display device.
US10021435B2
A method and system of content management for datacasting. Such a system may have, as its core, a dashboard system for managing data feeds. A dashboard system may receive data feeds from one or more associated devices, such as the hardware devices of first responders or other public safety officers, and may aggregate and prioritize them. The dashboard system may then manage, prioritize and encrypt the video, files and other data in preparation for broadcast over the television or satellite transmitter, via, for example, a television broadcasting station, and may then broadcast the video, files, or other data to a plurality of users. Alerts and notifications may be created, files attached and links to video streams distributed over this same broadcast network. The broadcasting system may be able to send multiple streams of content simultaneously, may be able to target specific users to be broadcast to, and may be able to incorporate data from public data sources, such as public security cameras.
US10021434B2
Systems and methods for improved video formats used in delivery and playback are presented. According to an embodiment, the movie package format contains tiers that provide for multiple sets of movie variations that are individually selectable for transfer to a device for local playback. A locally stored movie package may contain any subset of available tiers for a movie. Non-resident tiers can be discovered and downloaded into the movie package as needed or when available. Tiers, and other movie files may be updated or added to the movie package at any time. Then users can request updates or the updates can be pushed to the user without affecting the previously downloaded files.
US10021425B2
The present invention relates to a method for coding a video signal using hybrid coding, comprising: reducing temporal redundancy by block based motion compensated prediction in order to establish a prediction error signal, deciding whether to transform the prediction error signal into the frequency domain, or to maintain the prediction error signal in the spatial domain for encoding.
US10021423B2
Pure transform-based technologies, such as the DCT or wavelets, can leverage a mathematical model based on few or one parameters to generate the expected distribution of the transform components' energy, and generate ideal entropy removal configuration data continuously responsive to changes in video behavior. Construction of successive-refinement streams is supported by this technology, permitting response to changing channel conditions. Lossless compression is also supported by this process. The embodiment described herein uses a video correlation model to develop optimal entropy removal tables and optimal transmission sequence based on a combination of descriptive characteristics of the video source, enabling independent derivation of said optimal entropy removal tables and optimal transmission sequence in both encoder and decoder sides of the compression and playback process.
US10021422B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for image encoding/decoding. The method for image decoding includes comparing whether a size of a current transform block and a size of a smallest transform block (smallest transform unit (STU)) are the same as each other, and decoding information indicating whether transformation is performed on the current transform block and determining whether to perform inverse transformation on the current transform block based on the decoded information indicating whether the transformation is performed when the size of the current transform block and the size of a smallest transform block are the same as each other.
US10021419B2
Techniques are described for initializing a Rice parameter used to define codes for coefficient level coding. According to the techniques, the initial value of the Rice parameter is determined for a coefficient group (CG) in a transform block of video data based on statistics of coefficient levels that are gathered for previously coded coefficients of the video data. The statistics may be statistics of absolute values of coefficient levels or remaining absolute values of coefficient levels of previously coded coefficients. A value of the statistics may be initialized to zero at a beginning of a video slice and updated based on coefficient levels coded in each CG of the slice. The statistics may be updated once per CG. In some cases, statistics may be gathered separately for each of a plurality of different categories of CGs that are defined based on characteristics of transform blocks that include the CGs.
US10021418B2
A method and apparatus of video coding for a block of depth data or texture data coded in SSM (Single Sample Mode) are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention construct a sample candidate list comprising one or more single color candidates corresponding to one or more representative samples of one or more previous SSM-coded blocks, or one or more palette color candidates corresponding to one or more previously used colors in one or more previous palettes associated with one or more palette-coded blocks, or both. A selected sample candidate is then determined from the sample candidate list and the selected sample candidate is used to encode or decode the current block by representing the whole current block by this selected sample candidate. Spatial and/or temporal candidates from previously SSM-coded blocks can also be included in the sample candidate list.
US10021414B2
Bitstream constraints and motion vector restriction for inter-view or inter-layer reference pictures
Techniques are described for motion vector restriction where information in a bitstream ensures that a derived motion vector from a motion vector predictor is compliant with a motion vector restriction. Techniques are also described for indicating the motion vector restriction for parallel decoding.
US10021406B2
The present invention relates to a scalable video coding method and apparatus using inter prediction mode. A decoding method includes determining motion information prediction mode on a target decoding block of an enhancement layer, predicting motion information on the target decoding block of the enhancement layer using motion information on the neighboring blocks of the enhancement layer, if the determined motion information prediction mode is a first mode, and predicting the motion information on the target decoding block of the enhancement layer using motion information on a corresponding block of a reference layer, if the determined motion information prediction mode is a second mode.
US10021405B2
According to an embodiment, an encoding device includes a determination unit, a first palette generator, a first assignment unit, an encoder, and a first reference generator. The determination unit is configured to determine an additional palette that holds a color not included in a reference palette among colors included in a predetermined operation unit of an input image. The first palette generator is configured to generate a palette for encoding including a color included in the additional palette and a color included in the reference palette. The first assignment unit is configured to assign, to each pixel in the operation unit, an index indicating a color in the palette for encoding corresponding to a color of the pixel. The encoder is configured to encode the index and information on the additional palette. The first reference generator is configured to generate the reference palette from the palette for encoding.
US10021404B2
A higher coding efficiency for coding a significance map indicating positions of significant transform coefficients within a transform coefficient block is achieved by the scan order by which the sequentially extracted syntax elements indicating, for associated positions within the transform coefficient block, as to whether at the respective position a significant or insignificant transform coefficient is situated, are sequentially associated to the positions of the transform coefficient block, among the positions of the transform coefficient block depends on the positions of the significant transform coefficients indicated by previously associated syntax elements. Alternatively, the first-type elements may be context-adaptively entropy decoded using contexts which are individually selected for each of the syntax elements dependent on a number of significant transform coefficients in a neighborhood of the respective syntax element, indicated as being significant by any of the preceding syntax elements.
US10021400B2
A method and system is provided for encoding at least one video stream at a constant bit rate according to a target quality of the encoded video stream. In one embodiment a method includes identifying a target quality of an encoded at least one video stream as a probability that a bit rate of an unconstrained variable bit rate (VBR) encoded version of the temporal portion of the at least one video stream is less than a bit rate of a constant bit rate (CBR) encoded version of the temporal portion of the at least one video stream, determining a constant bit rate weighting factor W corresponding to the identified target quality of the encoded at least one video stream, determining a desired constant bit rate of the encoded at least one video stream as a ratio of the average unconstrained variable bit rate (VBR) of the temporal portion of the at least one video stream and the constant bit rate weighting factor W, and encoding the at least one video stream according to the desired constant bit rate of the encoded at least one video stream.
US10021388B2
Disclosed is technology associated with video encoding and decoding having a structure including one or more layers (quality, spatial, and view) and technology associated with a method that predicts an higher layer signal by using one or more reference layers in encoding and decoding an higher layer. In more detail, an interlayer prediction is capable of being performed by considering a characteristic of each layer by separating a spatial and quality reference layer list constituted by spatial and quality layers to be referred at the same view as a target layer and a view reference layer list constituted by the same spatial and quality layers as a target layer in encoding and decoding encoding and decoding pictures of an higher layer in encoding and decoding encoded and decoded pictures of the higher layer to improve encoding and decoding efficiency.
US10021375B2
A display device producing multi-views comprising: a display panel including a plurality of pixels in a matrix, wherein pixels corresponding to the multi-views, respectively, constitute a pixel group in a slanted direction with respect to a vertical direction, and wherein the multi-views are three or more views; a multi-view point producing panel including a barrier region or a lenticular lens array in the slanted direction having a pitch corresponding to the pixel group; and a driving circuit configured to reduce a grey level of an image data signal of at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels, which is at a side boundary of the pixel group causing a three-dimensional (3D) crosstalk (C/T), and output an image data signal having a reduced grey level to the display panel.
US10021368B2
A mobile terminal including a front body including a touch screen located on a front side of the mobile terminal; a rear body located at a rear side of the mobile terminal, the rear body including at least one hole; a bracket accommodated between the front body and the rear body, the bracket formed as a unibody, the bracket including third and fourth holes corresponding to the at least one hole; a first camera coupled with the bracket, the first camera positioned at the third hole of the bracket; a second camera coupled with the bracket, the second camera positioned at the fourth hole of the bracket; a camera flash positioned between the first and second cameras; a main printed circuit board (PCB) including electronic components and electronic circuits for operation of the mobile terminal; a camera PCB coupled with the first and second cameras; and a connector extended from the camera PCB and electrically connected to the main PCB. Further, the first and second cameras and the camera flash are placed alongside of an edge of the rear body, and the first and second cameras and the camera flash face a rear of the rear body.
US10021366B2
An image process apparatus includes an image capture device, a filter, a receiver, an input interface, a mixture unit, and an output interface. The image capture device captures an original image and generates a depth map corresponding to the original image, wherein the original image includes at least a first object within a first depth range of the depth map and the other objects not within the first depth range of the depth map. The receiver stores a value of the first depth range and the input interface receives an input image. The filter removes the other objects from the original image and generates a temporary image which includes the first object based on the value of the first depth range. The mixture unit combines the temporary image with the input image, and generates a blending image which is then outputted by the output interface to an external display.
US10021364B2
A method of building a stereoscopic model with Kalman filtering (KF) is provided. The method entails capturing images of the environment with a sensing device to build the stereoscopic model and then correcting a static object and a dynamic object in the environmental images with Kalman filtering to enhance the accuracy of the stereoscopic model. The prior art is a great reduction of accuracy in simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) in the event of increased system variation, increased complexity, or increased involved field. The method overcomes a drawback of the prior art.
US10021360B2
An image displaying system is provided, including an image device, first and second carrying devices. The image device receives an external image message. The first carrying device has an accommodating space. An imaging assembly is disposed at one end of the first carrying device while a virtual-image imaging assembly is disposed at the opposite end. The second carrying device has a storage space. The image device may attach to the accommodating space. When triggered, the image device transforms the external image message into a reversed image message and then projects the reversed image message to the imaging assembly. The virtual-image imaging assembly projects the reversed image message of the imaging assembly to produce a first image. The image device may attach to the storage space such that it projects the external image message to a target to produce a second image.
US10021357B2
An image capturing apparatus includes: photoelectric converting elements having a light reception sensitivity to light in a wavelength band from 600 to 2500 nm, and receiving an object light flux to output pixel signals; n types of wavelength filters (n>4) allowing passage therethrough of light included in the flux and is in wavelength bands being respectively different, each including the wavelength band; and an image data generator generating image data using the output from an element among those having received the flux passed through one of m types of the wavelength filters (3≤m
US10021349B2
A conference migration method, apparatus, and system, where the method includes performing, by a first terminal, a first conference with a second terminal, sending, by the first terminal, a request to a server in order to acquire a uniform resource identifier (URI) of a second conference, sending, by the first terminal, a related parameter of the first conference to a multipoint control unit (MCU) of the second conference, and performing, by the first terminal, the second conference with the second terminal using the MCU of the second conference, where a related parameter of the second conference is same as the related parameter of the first conference.
US10021348B1
A conferencing system configured to make it easy to switch video data to be displayed on a shared display device. Multiple client devices are connected to a switching device directly or via a network. The output of the switching device is connected to a shared display device. Each client device outputs, to the switching device, video data used for a presentation. The switching device registers, in a queue, the order of displaying received video data on the shared display device. The registered order can be the order of receiving video data at the switching device. The content of the queue and the allocated time of each presenter can be displayed on the shared display device. The switching device switches video data to be displayed on the shared display device at a predetermined timing according to the order of the queue.
US10021347B2
Providing high availability multi-way conferencing. Separate signaling and media components may be provided within an MCU or among a cluster of MCUs. A signaling server may control signaling aspects of a conference while a media server may provide media support for the conference. In the event of media server failure, the signaling server may assign a new media server to provide media support for the conference. A backup signaling server may also monitor the signaling server and may provide signaling support for the conference in the event of signaling server failure.
US10021339B2
An electronic device for generating video data is disclosed. The electronic device may include a communication unit configured to wirelessly receive a video stream captured by a camera, wherein the camera is located in an unmanned aerial vehicle. The electronic device may also include at least one sound sensor configured to receive an input sound stream. In addition, the electronic device may include an audio control unit configured to generate an audio stream associated with the video stream based on the input sound stream. Further, the electronic device may include a synthesizer unit configured to generate the video data based on the video stream and the audio stream.
US10021324B2
Provided is a method of correcting a defective pixel of a digital image. In the method, the defective pixels are pre-corrected. The similarities of normal pixels and each defective pixel are calculated. The weight of each normal pixel to each defective pixel is calculated based on the similarities of the normal pixels and each defective pixel. The weight of each normal pixel to each defective pixel is normalized. The normalized weighted values of the normal pixels to each defective pixel are weighted summed to obtain the corrected pixel value of each defective pixel.
US10021310B2
A characteristic image display apparatus including a controller that comprises a band-like image creation section configured to create a single-color small image according to characteristics of an object in a captured image. The band-like image creation section incorporates the single-color small image created according to the characteristics of the object in the captured image into a plurality of small images created on the basis of the captured image, so as to create a band-like image in which a plurality of small images are arranged.
US10021308B2
There is provided a digital imaging apparatus including a motion sensor configured to output motion data corresponding to a movement of a camera module from at least one sensing axis, a single signal conversion processor configured to transmit or receive the motion data at a switching timing interval, and to compensate for a phase delay due to the switching timing interval of the motion data, and a single signal conversion controller configured to control the switching timing interval of the single signal conversion processor and phase delay compensation regarding the motion data of the at least one sensing axis according to the switching timing interval.
US10021304B1
A method for temporal filtering based on motion detection between non-adjacent pictures is disclosed. Step (A) of the method may compute a plurality of motion scores by motion detection between a target picture in a sequence of pictures and a non-adjacent reference picture in the sequence of pictures. Step (B) may temporal filter the target picture with an adjacent reference picture in the sequence of pictures based on the motion scores to generate a filtered picture. At least one of (i) the motion scores and (ii) the generation of the filtered picture is controlled by one or more gain settings in a circuit.
US10021299B2
Digital logic circuitry includes a plurality of logic blocks and memories that execute a method to stitch images. The method includes capturing the images with a plurality of pixel sensors, providing blocks of intensity values captured by the pixel sensors to input/output (I/O) pins of the digital logic circuitry, processing the intensity values with the digital logic circuitry, and stitching the processed images into a stitched image.
US10021296B2
A method and apparatus to create a panoramic image via a rotating camera of a portable electronic device are provided. The method includes rotating the camera of the portable electronic device with respect to the portable electronic device. The method further includes recording a plurality of images at a plurality of corresponding angles between the camera and a direction of the portable electronic device. The method further includes stitching the plurality of images together based on the plurality of angles and creating a panoramic image from the plurality of images.
US10021293B2
An image capture apparatus includes an image capture instruction obtaining unit configured to obtain an image capture instruction that specifies a target portion of a subject, an image capture instruction display unit configured to display the image capture instruction in a chart indicating the subject displayed on a display screen, and a reception unit configured to receive an image capture command in a state in which the image capture instruction is displayed on the display screen.
US10021285B2
A supplemental flash system that may be included in a waterproof, protective case for a camera. The supplemental flash system is designed to illuminate the scene just prior to capturing the image with the camera. The supplemental flash system may be triggered by user actuation of a control on the case, by user actuation of a control on an external trigger, or through an app on a smart phone. Optionally, the case may include a mechanical interface on the bottom surface thereof for connection to a variety of types of mounts. Optionally, the flash system may provide for the ability to change the illumination spectrum. Optionally, the flash system may be controllable to place it into one of a plurality of different types of signaling modes.
US10021274B2
A color processing apparatus includes a processor configured to implement first, second, and third acquiring units. The first acquiring unit acquires first color data indicating association among first-space color in a first space, second-space color obtained by reading measurement images having different first-space colors, and third-space color obtained by converting the second-space color through a predetermined transformation model. The second acquiring unit acquires second color data indicating association between the first-space color and the third-space color obtained by performing color measurement on some of the specific-color measurement images containing a specific color in the first space and included in the measurement images. The third acquiring unit acquires third color data indicating association between the first-space color and the third-space color obtained by converting the first-space color through a transformation equation obtained from the first and second color data. The conversion is performed on the other specific-color measurement images.
US10021271B2
A correction method for an image forming apparatus including a light source including a plurality of light emitting points, a photosensitive member configured to rotate in a first direction, and a deflection unit configured to deflect light beams emitted from the light source in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to form scanning lines, the correction method including: a storing step of storing information on positional deviation of the scanning lines in the first direction; a conversion step of converting positions of pixels of an input image by performing coordinate transformation based on the information so that an interval of the scanning lines becomes a predetermined interval; and a filtering step of determining pixel values of pixels of an output image by subjecting pixel values of the pixels of the input image after the coordinate transformation to a convolution operation.
US10021267B2
A display includes a preview image of a printable item, as the printable item would appear in printed form. A user input component detects a user resizing the preview image to identify an updated size of the preview image. A processor automatically matches the updated size of the preview image to sizes of print media available to the printing device, to thereby identify a selected print media supply for use with printing the printable item. The processor also automatically matches the updated size of the preview image to orientations the printing device is capable of printing, to thereby identify a selected printing orientation for use with printing the printable item. The display automatically sets a print media choice option to the selected print media supply, and sets an orientation choice option to the selected printing orientation, in response to the user resizing the preview image.
US10021266B2
A system and method for document translation during transmission includes digital device, such as a multifunction peripheral, that includes an input for electronic document data, such as with a scanner or facsimile machine input interface. A user interface receives destination address data corresponding to a plurality of document delivery destinations as specified by a user. A memory stores language selection data for each of the plurality of document delivery destinations, as well as web service address information corresponding to at least one cloud-based document processing service including a document translation service. A processor communicates document output data, corresponding to the electronic document, and the language selection data to the at least one document translation service via a network interface, and the translated document is sent to one or more destinations as specified by the destination address data.
US10021263B2
An image processor includes an image process section, an image log application, and a platform. The image process section processes an image. The image log application acquires an image log serving as a log of the image processed by the image process section. The platform operates applications including the image log application. The platform provides the image log application with an image log API for acquiring the image log, and also the image log application provides the application with a service executed by using the image log API.
US10021262B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an operation panel having an operation surface for accepting operations from a user; a photovoltaic module for generating electric power upon reception of light; and a support member for supporting the photovoltaic module in such a way that the photovoltaic module is placed above the operation surface of the operation panel. The photovoltaic module is supported so as to be pivotable relative to the support member.
US10021261B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a human-body detection unit, an instruction receiver, and a controller. The controller determines whether an adjustment process is to be performed in accordance with a result of a determination, at an end of an image forming process, as to whether a human body is detected. The controller executes the adjustment process when the image forming process is terminated where the human-body detection unit does not detect a human body. The controller starts the image forming process before the adjustment process is executed where a human body is detected and the image forming instruction is received within a predetermined period. The controller executes the adjustment process when the predetermined period has elapsed while the image forming instruction is not received after the end of the image forming process where the human-body detection unit detects a human body.
US10021260B2
An image reading apparatus includes a guide member whose part in sliding-contact with a light-emitting portion is formed of synthetic resin. A control portion is configured to execute a control of changing a turn position among a plurality of positions including a first position and a second position downstream in an image reading direction of the first position in case that the light-emitting portion irradiates the first size sheet with light to read an image thereof.
US10021258B2
An image forming apparatus may include a pivotable display unit, and a support unit linked to pivoting of the display unit, to support the display unit. Through this configuration, the display unit is tiltable to meet an arrangement state or use state of the image forming apparatus. Since the structure to support the display unit is linked to a tiling operation of the display unit, convenience of use is also provided.
US10021256B2
An information processing apparatus includes an item-management unit for, in a first screen including a list of setting items whose values are input at a workflow execution time, when an operation is performed for a first setting item of the setting items, including a first item corresponding to the first setting item in a second screen, and an input unit for, when another operation is performed for applying the first item included in the second screen to a setting area of a value of a second setting item of a first process of one or more processes of the workflow included in a third screen, inputting a character string to the setting area of the value of the second setting item, the character string indicating that the value input at the workflow execution time is referred to as the value of the second setting item.
US10021240B1
A user equipment (UE). The UE comprises a radio transceiver, a processor, a non-transitory memory, and a customization client application stored in the non-transitory memory. When executed by the processor, the customization client determines a group identity (GID) of the UE, reads a customization manifest received by the UE via the radio transceiver, wherein the manifest identifies a plurality of feature customization policies and a plurality of user feature customization override policies, each feature customization policy defines feature customizations that are to be active for the UE, each override policy defines which feature customizations are to be applied mandatorily notwithstanding preexisting user customizations, selects one of the plurality of feature customization policies and one of the override policies from the customization manifest based on the GID of the UE, and customizes the UE according to the selected feature customization policy and the selected override policy.
US10021230B2
Synchronization between related devices is described. A group of related devices includes devices that are associated with the same subscriber account, share the same cellular telephone line, and so forth. In an example, a related device that is a browser-enabled device may register with a service that enables the browser-enabled device to share a same account and/or same line with other related device(s). Based partly on the browser-enabled device registering with the service, the browser-enabled device may retrieve data associated with contacts (i.e., contact data) that is associated with at least one other related device that is a cellular communication device. Additionally, a user associated with the browser-enabled device and/or a user associated with the at least one other related device may make modifications to the contact data and techniques described herein may enable synchronization of such modifications between the related devices.
US10021228B2
A front on an extension line of a built-in front camera lens part of said portable electronic device during use of the cradle is shielded by an opaque or translucent lens shielding member provided on the front face side of the cradle 3 for portable electronic devices of the present invention, thereby disabling photography of front surrounding conditions of the cradle, even if an operation of front camera unwanted by an owner is performed, and a microphone hole of the electronic device 11 is shielded by providing a microphone hole shielding member 13 in a space between the charging stand 4 and a housing of the electronic device 11 mounted thereon, and therefore it becomes possible to reduce a risk of an outflow of ambient voice information of the cradle, even if an operation of microphone unwanted by an owner is performed.
US10021221B2
An apparatus is provided for classifying content in one or more transactions. The apparatus includes a transaction boundary detector configured to detect boundaries of the transactions associated with a first server or a first destination. The apparatus further includes a multimedia session generator configured to generate a multimedia session object based on the detected boundaries of the one or more transactions. The apparatus further includes a multimedia classifier configured to classify the content associated with a first multimedia session as being communicated under at least one of: HTTP live streaming (HLS) protocols, dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH) protocols, adaptive bit rate protocols, progressive download protocols, or non-multimedia protocols.
US10021211B2
A method performed under control of a cloud system including a first proxy terminal may include connecting the first proxy terminal with a first end device, receiving, from the first end device, a first information regarding the first end device, and estimating a second information regarding the first end device based at least in part on the first information regarding the first end device. The estimating is performed when the first end device is disconnected from the first proxy terminal.
US10021198B1
An improved system and method for defining an event based upon an object location and a user-defined zone and managing the conveyance of object location event information among computing devices where object location events are defined in terms of a condition based upon a relationship between user-defined zone information and object location information. One or more location information sources are associated with an object to provide the object location information. One or more user-defined zones are defined on a map and one or more object location events are defined. The occurrence of an object location event produces object location event information that is conveyed to users based on user identification codes. Accessibility to object location information, zone information, and object location event information is based upon an object location information access code, a zone information access code, and an object location event information access code, respectively.
US10021192B2
A communication control device includes: a parameter storage unit that stores each entry containing a communication parameter learned through a communication between communication nodes, a communication source IP address related to the communication, and a communication destination IP address related to the communication; and a parameter acquiring unit that acquires a communication source IP address and a communication destination IP address related to a communication to be newly started, extracts, from among plural entries stored in the parameter storage unit, at least one entry in which the number of bits matched between communication source IP addresses or communication destination IP addresses is more than or equal to a predetermined lower limit value which is lower than the total number of bits in an IP address, and acquires, on the basis of the extracted entry, an initial value of a communication parameter to be used in the communication to be newly started.
US10021182B2
A method for data synchronization performed by a server is described. The method comprises receiving, from a client terminal, a synchronization request and information about a synchronization anchor of the client terminal; determining, based on the synchronization anchor of the client terminal and a synchronization anchor of the server, difference data to be synchronized with the client terminal; determining whether a size of the difference data exceeds a threshold; and responsive to determining that a size of the difference data exceeds the threshold, transmitting the difference data to the client terminal in a plurality of difference data segments, wherein a size of each of the plurality of the difference data segments does not exceed the threshold, and wherein each of the plurality of the difference data segments is to be synchronized separately with the client terminal.
US10021181B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for identifying a LAN sync candidate are disclosed. A synchronized content management system may receive a request from a first client device to synchronize a content item. The synchronized content management system may identify a second client device that has a current copy of the content item. The second client device may belong in the same local area network as the first client device. The second client device can be identified based on a characteristic of the LAN as well as the public and local addresses of the first and second client devices. The synchronized content management system can send a LAN sync instruction to the first client device. The instruction may identify the second client device as a LAN sync candidate. The first client device may then initiate LAN sync by requesting synchronization of the content item from the second client device.
US10021179B1
A local area network (LAN) may contain several local computing devices that are in communication with a remote network storage provider that is not part of the LAN. Resources may be available from the remote network storage provider. When a user requests a resource using a first local computing device in the LAN, the first local computing device may check the other local computing devices on that are in the LAN for the resource before requesting the resource from the remote network storage provider. If the resource is available within the LAN, the resource is not requested from the remote network storage provider.
US10021175B2
An apparatus configured for selecting a plurality of edge-server sets, comprising: A metrics manager collects network topology information from edge servers and/or client devices. A request-routing mechanism determines a device network topology for each of a plurality of device types. For each device network topology, a device-specific edge-server set is selected. Device-specific data signals are distributed for storage on a corresponding device-specific edge-server set. A trellis-exploration algorithm can be used to determine each device-specific edge-server set.
US10021167B2
Various embodiments of systems and methods for accessing mobile documents are described herein. In an aspect, the method includes receiving a request from a device for creating an analytical file corresponding to a document. Upon receiving the request, a business intelligence archive resource (BIAR) file related to the document and at least one of data, one or more annotations, and one or more operations related to the document is retrieved. The retrieved BIAR file and the at least one of the data, the one or more annotations, and the one or more operations are integrated to create the analytical file corresponding to the document.
US10021156B2
Described herein are methods and electronic devices for performing playback of streamed media, including uploading an associated second media content item while performing playback of a first media content item. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, when performing playback of a first media content item, a message is sent to a computer server system, to return information that a service for sharing a related second media content item is selectable. The information is displayed at a user interface as a visual array of tiles, wherein each tile corresponds to a respective service. When a service is requested, a service data is processed, and the second media content item captured and uploaded with the requested service. By enabling a user to obtain media content items associated to the currently playbacked media content item, the user may find associated media content items, which he/she normally should not have been aware of.
US10021154B2
A client device is operated by obtaining a list of contacts, wherein the list of contacts includes contact information of authorized users, recording media content, defining a selected recipient of the media content, and transmitting the media content and contact information of the selected recipient to a media repository system to enable the media repository system to compare an identification of a user requesting access to the media content from the media repository system with the contact information of the selected recipient and to enable a communication device of the user to access the media content from the media repository system responsive to a determination that the contact information of the selected recipient matches the identification of the user. The media content includes audio, video, and/or image content.
US10021153B2
A method comprising identifying a user account associated with a user, the user account referencing at least one third party user account associated with the user, receiving, by an apparatus from a separate apparatus, circumstantial information that is indicative of a user context of the user, determining the user context based on the circumstantial information, determining that the user context is classified by at least one user context classification that is associated with the third party user account, sending information indicative of the third party user account and the user context to a third party server, the third party server being associated with the third party user account, receiving a third party proposition from the third party server, and sending, to a user apparatus, the third party proposition in response to the receipt of the third party proposition is disclosed.
US10021152B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing a location sharing service. A server computer executing a location sharing service can identify a presenter for a location sharing session and a participant in the location sharing session. The server computer can receive location information from the presenter. The location information can identify a location accessed at a computing device associated with the presenter during a conference. The server computer can provide the location information to a user device associated with the participant during the conference. The server computer also can provide a log including the location information to the user device during or after the conference.
US10021135B1
Methods, systems, and devices for instituting a new type of attack on Zigbee networks are provided. Targeting the data-collection aspect of Zigbee's use cases, a denial-of-service attack can be implemented, and can induce loss of the data transmitted from an end device to the coordinator of the network. Such an attack can exploit the fact that the handshake for a newly joining node to the Zigbee coordinator is not encrypted. Methods, systems, and devices to mitigate such an attack are also provided. To mitigate such a type of attack, a low-overhead countermeasure can be implemented, based on a challenge-response.
US10021134B2
A method of determining a probability that a received email comprises a phishing attempt may comprise analyzing a link therein to determine whether the link comprises a phishing attempt. This determination may comprise comparing features of the link with records stored in a remote database to determine whether the link comprises a phishing attempt. It may be determined that the link comprises a phishing attempt if there is a match. If the compared features do not match the records stored in the remote database, a multi-dimensional input vector may be built from features of the link, which input vector may then be input into a phishing probability engine. The probability that the link comprises a phishing attempt may be computed by the phishing probability engine. Thereafter, the received email may be acted upon according to the computed probability that the link comprises a phishing attempt.
US10021130B2
State information relating to the operation of network devices is used to identify network issues and/or anomalies relating to the operation of the network. The state information from the network devices may include time-series signals from a number of the network devices. Correlation values may be obtained between pairs of time-series signals. Pairs of time-series signals that have a relatively high correlation value may be determined to be related to one another. In one implementation, mitigation of the network issues/anomalies may be automatically performed based on calculated correlation values.
US10021129B2
Systems and methods are provided for malware scanning and detection in a computing system. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes launching, in a computing device of the computing system, a virtual machine, and launching, in the virtual machine of the computing device, an internet browser. The method also includes requesting, by the internet browser, data from a web page, and performing, using one or more analysis tools, analysis on the web page. In the method, performing analysis on the web page includes performing monitoring and recording of system application programming interface (API) calls, and creating software objects associated with the web page. The method also includes performing antivirus scanning of the software objects, de-obfuscating JavaScript associated with the software objects, and correlating data associated with the performed analysis to determine if the web page is a malicious web page.
US10021120B1
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for protection of data servers configured for data replication of a database. As an example, one apparatus includes at least one processing circuit configured to receive records indicating respective modifications performed on a first version of the database stored in a first data server of the plurality of data servers. The at least one processing circuit is configured to delay replication of the modification in one or more additional servers in the plurality of data servers for a respective length of time specified for the servers in a security profile. While delaying replication of the modification, the processing circuit determines a probability that the modification is malicious based on a first set of factors indicated in a security profile. If the probability is greater than a threshold specified in the security profile, the processing circuit prevents the modification from being performed.
US10021110B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method and technique for dynamic adjustment of authentication mechanism is disclosed. The method includes: collecting location data of one or more agents relative to an agent attempting to authenticate to a data processing system; determining if the location data meets a threshold value; and responsive to the location data meeting the threshold value, relaxing an authentication scheme for the attempting agent to authenticate to the data processing system.
US10021109B2
A method for providing guest access to a guest user for a network resource device based on proximity includes provisioning a plurality of network resource devices with a set of guest-on boarding information, receiving a request for guest access from a guest user for the network resource devices, determining if the guest user is within a certain distance of at least one of the network resource devices, and if the guest user is within the certain distance of at least one of the network resource devices identify each such network resource device as a proximate device. The method also includes providing a first set of guest on-boarding information to the guest user, via one of the proximate devices. The first set of guest on-boarding information includes a first unique identifier, and guest access credentials are provided to the guest user upon receipt of the first unique identifier.
US10021102B2
The present disclosure discloses a system and method for classifying an application session for forwarding or refrain from forwarding to a client. Generally, classifying an application session includes: receiving a first request from a client device at a first network device; transmitting, by the first network device, a second request to obtain classification information corresponding to the first request; forwarding, by the first network device, the first request from the client device prior to receiving the classification information corresponding to the first request; receiving, by the first network device, the classification information corresponding to the first request; receiving, by the first network device, a first response corresponding to the forwarded first request; and based on the classification information, forwarding or refraining from forwarding the first response to the client device.
US10021096B2
In a biometric information management method, a first comparison result is acquired by comparing first biometric input information with registered first biometric authentication information and a second comparison result is acquired by comparing second biometric input information with registered second biometric authentication information. Further, satisfaction or non-satisfaction of a predetermined authentication information compensation condition is determined based on the first comparison result and the second comparison result. If a result of the determining satisfies the authentication information compensation condition, the first biometric authentication information is compensated by using the first biometric input information or the second biometric authentication information is compensated by using the second biometric input information.
US10021095B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for two layer user authentication associated with connected home devices. In use, it is determined whether a user is authenticated to control at least one connected home device utilizing a user device, as a first layer of security. If it is determined the user is authenticated to control the at least one connected home device, a command for controlling the at least one connected home device is received by the user utilizing the user device. Further, it is determined whether at least one registered fingerprint is accessible by the user device. If it is determined that at least one registered fingerprint is accessible by the user device, a fingerprint identification interface is displayed on a display associated with the user device. Additionally, a fingerprint input is received from the user utilizing the fingerprint identification interface. Furthermore, the received fingerprint input is compared with the at least one registered fingerprint. Still yet, it is determined whether the user is authenticated to control the at least one connected home device based on the comparison, as a second layer of security. If it is determined that the user is authenticated to control the at least one connected home device based on the comparison, the command for controlling the at least one connected home device is executed.
US10021091B2
Systems and methods for secure user authentication are described. In certain embodiments, a client device such as a smartphone may be provisioned with a secure key and/or other secret information. The client device may be used to generate unique secure tokens and/or other credentials used in connection with an authentication processes. A user may provide the generated tokens and/or other credentials to a service provider in connection with a request to access a managed service. The validity of the generated tokens and/or other credentials may be verified by an authentication service in communication with the service provider.
US10021088B2
Methods and systems for faster and more efficient smart card logon and for giving a client device full domain access in a remote computing environment are described herein. Fast smart card logon may be used to reduce latency and improve security. For example, the system may reduce the number of operations (e.g., interactions) between a server device used for authentication and the client device. These operations may include fetching a user certificate from the smart card or signing data. Fast smart card logon may also improve security by optionally avoiding PIN (or other credential) transmission over networks, and to enable single sign on from an authentication event (e.g., Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) authentication) using a smart card to the domain logon without resorting to PIN caching.
US10021083B1
A server system maintains data indicative of credentials held by multiple different users. Each of the credentials has been issued by a credential granting authority that is separate from an entity that operates the server system. The server system receives selection data that indicates how credential data of a first user is to be made available to other users. Based on the selection data, the server system stores availability data that indicates how credential data of the first user is to be made available to the other users. The server system also maintains a location of a mobile computing device associated with the first user and, based on the availability data and the location, provides, to at least a second user, information about at least one credential held by the first user in association with an indication of the location.
US10021081B2
A method and apparatus for fine-grained, trust-based rate limiting of network requests distinguishes trusted network traffic from untrusted network traffic at the granularity of an individual user/machine combination, so that network traffic policing measures are readily implemented against untrusted and potentially hostile traffic without compromising service to trusted users. A server establishes a user/client pair as trusted by issuing a trust token to the client when successfully authenticating to the server for the first time. Subsequently, the client provides the trust token at login. At the server, rate policies apportion bandwidth according to type of traffic: network requests that include a valid trust token are granted highest priority. Rate policies further specify bandwidth restrictions imposed for untrusted network traffic. This scheme enables the server to throttle untrusted password-guessing requests from crackers without penalizing most friendly logins and only slightly penalizing the relatively few untrusted friendly logins.
US10021080B2
A system and method for achieving authorization in confidential group communications in terms of an ordered list of data blocks representing a tamper-resistant chronological account of group membership updates. This method permits ad-hoc and decentralized group definition, dynamic and decentralized membership updates, open sharing, tamper resistance, and tracking of membership history. There are many applications of these techniques. One such application is enabling end-to-end encryption of instant messaging, content sharing, and streamed media.
US10021078B2
A method and system for securing data transmitted between a client device and a server by obtaining input text at an intermediate module, processing the input text to obtain processed text, deciding whether to transform the input text deterministically or non-deterministically, or a combination of deterministically and non-deterministically, and based on that decision, transforming the input text accordingly, using at least one key to obtain processed text, and transmitting the processed text to the server. Other embodiments and features of the invention include searching for processed text, allowing for sorting of processed text records by applying an order-preserving transformation, storing unabridged processed elements in a storage device managed by the intermediate module, providing a function by the intermediate module on the input data in lieu of the server, and processing the processed text so as to determine by the intermediate module a transformation applied by the server on input text.
US10021076B2
A method and 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.
US10021059B1
System and methods to enable efficient publishing and consumption of messages is provided for social networking systems. The system allows users to publish content across multiple group messaging threads without the information being repeated for overlapping members that are in multiple group messaging threads. Social networking content channels may dynamically be created based on group chat and user activity. Curated sets of stories, interest topics, and posts may be programmatically collated from diverse users to allow for real time updates on a topic allowing ad-hoc groups or channels to be created. The platform enables individuals to post content to their social network, groups, direct messages, and one or more channels simultaneously, sequentially, time based, location based, or context based. The system may enable personal, corporate, interest-based, college, family or social network channels with privacy settings.
US10021057B2
A computer implemented method of processing data containing information about relationships between contacts and a community of contact owners is provided, which includes the steps of: collecting data having contact information, contact owner information and one or more values related to the strength of a relationship between the contact and the contact owner; evaluating the strength of the relationship based on the one or more values; and storing the collected data and evaluated strength in a computer database.
US10021045B2
The present disclosure is related to the field of communication technologies and provides a method, system, and storage medium for message processing. The method includes the following steps: configuring, by an initiator, a serial number for a message, and sending the message having the configured serial number to a target end; extracting, by the target end, a serial number of a message that a user chooses to reply to, and adding the serial number to a corresponding reply message; and displaying, by the initiator according to the serial number carried in the reply message, the reply message next to a message corresponding to the serial number carried in the reply message. In the present disclosure, the serial number is configured for each message, and the reply message is displayed next to the corresponding message according to the serial number carried in the reply message, thereby improving pertinence between a reply message and its original message.
US10021044B2
Disclosed is a user device comprising a display having an available display area, a network interface, and one or more processors. The network interface is configured to transmit and receive messages between the user device and a communication network in an instant messaging communication session. A client application executed on the one or more processors has a user interface capable of operating in a conversation mode or in an engagement mode. The client application is configured to detect a condition indicative of the level of engagement of the user by analyzing the user's activity at the user device and responsive to the detected condition to modify the client user interface, when configured to operate in one of said modes, to operate in the other of said modes instead.
US10021043B2
A data collection system for, and methods of, providing reliable store-and-forward data handling by encoded information reading terminals can utilize ad-hoc peer-to-peer (i.e., terminal-to-terminal) connections in order to store data that is normally stored on a single terminal only, in a redundant manner on two or more terminals. Each portable encoded information reading terminal can be configured so that when it captures data, a software application causes the terminal to search out nearby peer terminals that can store and/or forward the data to other peer terminals or to a data collection server, resulting in the data having been stored by one or more peer terminals that are immediately or not immediately accessible by the data-originating terminal.
US10021042B2
A session manager is used to manage selection of a remote host for a session in response to a request that is associated with a user. The session manager uses resource information obtained from remote hosts in advance of the request to determine which remote host to associate with a session for a client. Each remote host performs a resource calculation (configurable) to determine how many processes/sessions it can further accommodate. The remote host sends the results of the resource calculation and other determined resource information to the session manager. The session manager provides the determined remote host to a client device. The client device then directly connects to the determined remote host. A process may be automatically started on the remote host for the client as the user. The session manager may also store and receive information for active and historical processes, remote host status, and remote host configuration.
US10021039B2
In a mobile communication system comprising a first user terminal and a second user terminal, D2D communication is radio communication directly performed between the first user terminal and the second user terminal in a frequency and a time assigned from a base station. In a time in which data is to be received from the first user terminal, when the second user terminal does not receive the data from the first user terminal, the second user terminal transmits failure notification indicating reception failure in the D2D communication to the base station.
US10021036B2
Systems and methods for management of persistent cookies in a corporate web portal are described. A plurality of zones may be defined and stored in memory. Each zone may be associated with a zone property indicative of whether cookies are allowed. A resource request may be received from a user device over a network where access to the requested resource may require a cookie. The user device may be classified into a zone from the plurality of zones based on the attributes of the user device. The cookie may be automatically installed on the user device based on a zone property for the zone and for those resources that have been configured to require installation of a cookie installed without requiring further user interaction following the request.
US10021034B2
A method for application aware multihoming with multipath tunneling protocols is provided. A message client data packet is classified based an application from which the data packet originated. The header structure of the data packet is modified to generate a proxy data packet comprising the client data payload and a proxy header structure. The proxy header structure comprises source-client and destination-server parameters and an identifier of a client-proxy device, protocol parameters indicating a source protocol sequencing of the message client data packet, and protocol parameters including source parameters of the client-proxy device and destination parameters of a server-proxy device. A network communications link is selected for transmission of the proxy data packet to the server-proxy device, where the selection is based on the classification of the message client data packet. The proxy data packet is transmitted to the server-proxy device via the network communications link.
US10021024B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus can be used to filter packet reflections. In various implementations, packets received on a subscriber side of a device having a source address identifying a service provider device can be dropped. In other implementations, portions of packets forwarded to a subscriber side of a device can be cached and compared to portions of packets received on a subscriber side of the device.
US10021023B2
A network system includes one controller and a plurality of forwarding devices, where the forwarding devices forms a plurality of network topologies; the controller is configured to: allocate, according to a different attribute requirement of a virtual link on a basic link in the network topology, a link global label to the basic link based on the attribute requirement, and send a link binding relationship between the link global label and to the forwarding devices, where global labels allocated to each virtual link are different; and the forwarding devices is configured to receive the link binding relationship, and generate a label forwarding entry including a mapping relationship between the link global label and virtual link forwarding information, where the virtual link forwarding information includes the basic link and specified attribute processing that are corresponding to the global label.
US10021016B2
A method for creating a set of virtual machines on a public datacenter. The method, from a first network controller of a private network, commands a second network controller of the public datacenter to create the virtual machines. The method, from the first network controller of the private network, communicates with the second network controller of the public datacenter to determine a type of the second network controller. When the first network controller includes instructions for using application programming interfaces (APIs) of the type of the second network controller, the method uses the APIs to set up a VLAN for the set of virtual machines in order to allow the virtual machines of the set of virtual machines to communicate securely with each other without sending the communications through the private network. In some embodiments, the VLAN is a private VLAN (PVLAN).
US10021006B2
A method of determining packet loss ratio between two communications nodes, the method comprising: transmitting at least one loopback packet configured to be propagated from a first node through a second and third nodes back to the first node; upon traversal of the second node inserting into the loopback packet a first counter for a number of packets sent from the second node to the third node prior to receiving the loopback packet; upon traversal of the third node inserting into the loopback packet a second counter for a number of packets received by the third node from the second node prior to receiving the loopback packet; upon return of the loopback packet to the first node, determining a packet loss ratio between the second and third nodes responsive to the first counter number and the second counter number inserted into the loopback packet.
US10020998B2
A tangible machine readable storage medium stores instructions and implements a method when the instructions are executed by a processor. A service catalog (SC) includes a service unit (SU). The SU includes an array of service resources (SR) to define a service using end-user service-oriented terminology. The SU is assigned to a module. The module includes a component associated with a configuration and a device. An operational task is executed on the device to deploy the configuration on the device to implement the service.
US10020990B2
Apparatus and methods for monitoring a remote network segment. The apparatus may perform, and the methods (apparatus and methods, collectively, “the methods”) may include installing, on a remote segment of a packet switched network, a network component. The methods may include transmitting to the remote segment, from a transmitter on a local segment of the network a probe packet. The methods may include receiving from a receiver on the local segment a responsive packet that is responsive to the probe packet. The methods may include reconfiguring, in response to the responsive packet and diagnostic rules, a network-monitoring machine to recognize the network component. The reconfiguring may be a reconfiguring that is not responsive to a discovery signal that is (a) triggered by a process internal to the network component; and (b) transmitted by the network component.
US10020987B2
Monitoring systems and methods for use in security, safety, and business process applications utilizing a correlation engine are disclosed. Sensory data from one or more sensors are captured and analyzed to detect one or more events in the sensory data. The events are correlated by a correlation engine, optionally by weighing the events based on attributes of the sensors that were used to detect the primitive events. The events are then monitored for an occurrence of one or more correlations of interest, or one or more critical events of interest. Finally, one or more actions are triggered based on a detection of one or more correlations of interest, one or more anomalous events, or one or more critical events of interest. Events may come from sensory devices, legacy systems, third-party systems, anonymous tips, and other data sources. The present invention may be used to increase business productivity by improving security, safety, and increasing profitability of business processes.
US10020985B2
A session continuity server controller, the controller comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory storing processor executable instructions which when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising: determining one or more defects in lawful interception content transmission associated with a user session, wherein the one or more defects comprise one or more degraded network conditions and degraded LI content; executing one or more corrective measures based on the one or more defects in lawful interception content transmission; and determining stability of the lawful interception content transmission post one or more corrective measures for effective and reliable lawful interception content transmission.
US10020983B2
A fault isolation system asynchronously builds a fault domain graph to identify fault domains to isolate a root cause of a problem in a computer network. Basically, when the fault isolation system receives a notification that an entity of the network is unreachable (i.e., in a down status), the fault isolation system requests neighbor lists and statuses for the neighbors to asynchronously build a fault domain graph. From that topology, the fault isolation system determines a root cause of the problem with the network.
US10020977B2
Novel tools and techniques for providing enhanced services to telephone subscribers with multiple telephone lines, which can include one or more traditional telephone lines, wireless telephone lines, Internet protocol-based telephone lines, and/or the like. For example, certain tools can provide a subscriber with a unified voice mailbox for a plurality of the subscriber's telephone lines. In some cases, the subscriber does not need to check multiple voice mailboxes (each associated with one of the subscriber's telephone numbers) in order to ensure that the subscriber has received all messages intended for that subscriber. Instead, any incoming call on any of the subscriber's lines can be routed to a converged voice mailbox for easy retrieval by the subscriber of all messages from one location. Some tools employ a VoIP switch to handle routing of the incoming call to the correct voice mailbox.
US10020974B2
A central access network unit comprising a processor configured to assign a plurality of upstream training blocks from an upstream OFDM symbol to a plurality of downstream network units, wherein the OFDM symbol comprises a plurality of pilot subcarriers equally spaced across an upstream RF spectrum in a pre-determined time interval, and wherein each upstream training block comprises a different subset of the pilot subcarriers that are non-consecutive and situated across the upstream RF spectrum, and generate one or more messages comprising assignments of the upstream training blocks, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the messages to the plurality of downstream network units via a network, wherein the messages instruct at least one of the plurality of downstream network units to transmit a modulated pre-determined sequence at the pilot subcarriers corresponding to the upstream training block assigned to the downstream network unit.
US10020971B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, suggested is a method for user equipment transceiving a time division duplex. The method comprises the steps of: receiving from a cell first information on a downlink (DL)-uplink (UL) subframe configuration according to the TDD; receiving second information on whether to apply a third cyclic prefix (CP), which has a reduced length compared to a first CP and a second CP; and depending on the first information, determining whether to apply the third CP to the downlink subframe and the uplink subframe according to the second information.
US10020964B2
In various embodiments, techniques are provided to determine channel characteristics of various communication systems such as OFDM systems or systems using a plurality of transmit antennas by using various sets of training symbols that produce zero cross-correlation energy. Channel communication can accordingly be simplified as the zero cross-correlation property allows for channel estimation without a matrix inversion.
US10020961B2
Provided herein a network virtualization apparatus and method, the apparatus including a tunnel manager configured to collect tunnel end points information within a network, and to connect each tunnel end point with a tunnel based on the tunnel end point information collected; a tunnel packet end point configured to receive a tunnel packet and process the packet such that an L2 switching may be performed, and to transmit the packet to a domain VSI (virtual switching instance); the domain VSI configured to perform the L2 switching on the processed packet, and to transmit the packet to a tunnel packet generator; and the tunnel packet generator configured to add a tunnel header to the packet for which the L2 switching has been performed to generate a new tunnel packet, and to transmit the new tunnel packet.
US10020960B2
Virtualization software that includes a VDRB (virtual distributed router/bridge) module for performing L3 routing and/or bridging operations is provided. At least some of the VDRBs are configured as VDBs (virtual distributed bridge) for performing bridging operations between different network segments in a distributed manner. The bridging tasks of a network are partitioned among several VDBs of the network based on MAC addresses. MAC addresses of VMs or other types of network nodes belonging to an overlay logical network are partitioned into several shards, each shard of MAC addresses assigned to a VDB in the network. Each VDB assigned a shard of MAC addresses performs bridging when it receives a packet bearing a MAC address belonging to its assigned shard. A VDB does not perform bridging on packets that do not have MAC address that falls within the VDB's shard of MAC addresses.
US10020954B2
A method implemented by network element (NE) configured as a local cloud switch point (CSP), the method comprising receiving a first post message from a remote CSP via a cloudcasting network, wherein the first post message indicates a remote virtual extensible network (VXN) identifier (ID) of a remote virtual network attached to the remote CSP, receiving a first data packet from a local virtual network attached to the local CSP, wherein the first data packet is associated with the remote virtual network, performing encapsulation on the first data packet to produce a first encapsulated data packet by selecting an encapsulation header for the first data packet based on the remote VXN ID and not based on network protocols of the local virtual network and the remote virtual network, and sending the first encapsulated data packet to the remote CSP.
US10020952B1
Techniques are described for operating a network switch device associated with a virtual layer two (L2) network instance according to a protocol independent multicast (PIM) relay mode. The PIM relay mode enables the network switch device to receive a PIM control message, i.e., a PIM join and/or prune request, for a multicast group on a downstream port of the network switch device associated with a virtual L2 network instance, determine an upstream neighbor port of the network switch device associated with the instance, and relay the PIM control message on the upstream neighbor port of the network switch device without flooding the PIM control message on all ports of the switch device associated with the instance. In the PIM relay mode, the network switch device avoids triggering join suppression in downstream PIM neighbor devices with receivers, and avoids maintaining upstream states and setting a PIM periodic message timer.
US10020941B2
Techniques related to virtual encryption patching are described. A security gateway includes multiple Transport Layer Security Implementations (TLSI) that can be used for creating secure communications channels to carry application-layer traffic between one or more clients and one or more server applications. In some embodiments, upon determining that one of the multiple TLSIs contains a security vulnerability, that TLSI can be disabled, leaving one or more others of the multiple TLSIs enabled and available to be used to carry traffic of new connections between the clients and server applications.
US10020939B2
The present disclosure includes: a communication module; a memory that stores a secret key encryption and restoration program; and a processor that executes the program, wherein when a request for restoration of a secret key is received from a user, the processor restores the secret key of which restoration is requested on the basis of restoration information received from each of a key management server and one or more trusted devices according to execution of the program, the secret key of the user is generated and encrypted by the processor in response to the request from the user, and the restoration information is generated corresponding to the secret key and then transmitted to each of the key management server and the one or more trusted devices through the communication module.
US10020936B1
Systems and methods for securing or encrypting data or other information arising from a user's interaction with software and/or hardware, resulting in transformation of original data into ciphertext. Generally, the ciphertext is generated using context-based keys that depend on the environment in which the original data originated and/or was accessed. The ciphertext can be stored in a user's storage device or in an enterprise database (e.g., at-rest encryption) or shared with other users (e.g., cryptographic communication). The system generally allows for secure federation across organizations, including mechanisms to ensure that the system itself and any other actor with pervasive access to the network cannot compromise the confidentially of the protected data.
US10020932B2
A device for performing a mapping an input message to an output message by a keyed cryptographic operation, wherein the keyed cryptographic operation includes a plurality of rounds. To protect against differential fault analysis attacks, the cryptographic operation is modified to apply a secret sharing approach to one of the rounds. Also, a portion of the computations are split into first and second shares, where the first share uses a first weight and the second share uses a second weight. The final operations are again merged into a single matrix multiplication. Cryptographic operations that have a substitution function and an affine transformation can be protected in this way.
US10020931B2
Described is an integrated circuit (IC) with apparatus for dynamically adapting a clock generator, e.g., phase locked loop (PLL), with respect to changes in power supply. The apparatus comprises: a voltage droop detector coupled to power supply node, the voltage droop detector to generate a digital code word representing voltage droop on the power supply node; and a PLL including a ring oscillator coupled to the power supply node, the ring oscillator to generate an output clock signal, the ring oscillator operable to adjust frequency of the output clock signal according to the digital code word.
US10020930B2
A compressed sensing method based on non-uniform wavelet bandpass sampling. A K-sparse signal of interest is projected onto a sequence of waveforms succeeding one another at the bandpass sampling rate, the waveforms belonging to an overcomplete dictionary, the parameters of the waveforms depending on the characteristics of the bands of the signal. The correlation values are then non-uniformly sampled to provide a compressed representation of the signal.
US10020920B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting a reference signal by a base station in a wireless communication system supporting multiple antennas. More specifically, the present invention comprises the steps of: transmitting a reference signal configuration including specific reference signal IDs configured to identify a plurality of antenna groups; transmitting at least one reference signal associated with the plurality of antenna groups; and receiving channel state information measured according to the at least one reference signal, wherein each antenna group includes a plurality of antennas which are grouped on the basis of a specific domain of the multiple antennas, and the plurality of antenna groups are configured to perform beamforming in different directions.
US10020919B2
A wireless device receives a Multi-User Request-To-Send (MU-RTS) frame, descrambles first scrambled data in the MU-RTS frame using a first scrambling sequence, generates second scrambled data using a second scrambling sequence, and transmits a Clear-to-Send (CTS) frame including the second scrambled data in response to receiving the MU-RTS frame. The second scrambling sequence is an N-bit left cyclic shift of the first scrambling sequence. Another wireless device generates first scrambled data using a first scrambling sequence and transmits an MU-RTS frame including the first scrambled data. The wireless device receives a CTS frame transmitted in response to the MU-RTS frame, and descrambles second scrambled data in the CTS frame using a second scrambling sequence. The second scrambling sequence is an N-bit left cyclic shift of the first scrambling sequence. In either device, N may be 7, and lengths of the first and second scrambling sequences may be 127 bits.
US10020913B2
Disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention are a polar code encoding method and device, the method comprising: utilizing a common information bit set to represent each of m polar code blocks, the polar codes in each polar code block having the same code length and different code rates, and m being greater than or equal to 2; according to the common information bit set corresponding to the polar code block, acquiring an information bit set corresponding to each polar code in the polar code block; and according to the information bit set corresponding to each polar code in the polar code block, conducting polar code encoding on information to be encoded, thus reducing polar code representation overhead, and solving the problem in the prior art of excessively high polar code representation overhead.
US10020911B2
Systems, method and devices utilized in wireless communication may include creating, scheduling and/or using a transmission having at least one quasi-ABS which includes at least one macro set corresponding to a designated sector of a plurality of sectors in a macro node. Such subframes may be formed and partitioned to provide for a partition which may be used by a range expansion resource, such as a pico node or user entity.
US10020909B2
A portable countermeasure device is provided comprising one or more directional antenna, one or more disruption components and at least one activator. The portable countermeasure device further comprises a body having a dual-grip configuration, with the directional antenna are affixed to a front portion of the body. The one or more disruption components may be internally mounted within the device body. The dual-grip configuration allows an operator to use his body to steady and support the device while maintaining the antenna on target. The second grip is positioned adjacent the first grip, with the first grip angled toward the rear of the device and the second grip angled toward the front of the device. The portable countermeasure device is aimed at a specific drone, the activator is engaged, and disruptive signals are directed toward the drone, disrupting the control, navigation, and other signals to and from the drone.
US10020906B2
TDMA communications between a host device and a number of clients on a communications channel are dynamically adapted to allocate or de-allocate time slots in response to changes in the number of active clients. The system initially operates in a startup mode in which the host device transmits a startup message on the communications channel and assigns a timeslot in a TDMA cycle in response to connection requests received from each of the requesting clients. After exiting the startup mode, the system operates in a normal mode in which the host device initiates the TDMA cycle by transmitting a polling message on the communications channel that indicates a number of timeslots occurring within that particular TDMA cycle. The host changes the number of timeslots indicated in the polling message to responsively adapt duration of the TDMA cycle as the number of clients communicating via the communications channel changes.
US10020902B2
A method and apparatus for performing multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) minimization of drive test (MDT) in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives a MBMS-MDT timer configuration from a network. A MBMS-MDT timer is newly defined for the MBMS-MDT. The UE starts the MBMS-MDT timer based on the received MBMS-MDT timer configuration when a specific condition, which relates to degradation of quality of MBMS, is met, and while the MBMS-MDT timer is running, the UE performs the MBMS-MDT.
US10020900B2
An improved system architecture for making spectrum information available to one or more devices and for providing and using the spectrum information at a device. The improved architecture employs an arrangement of software processes that interact to provide a flexible and highly-configurable technique for controlling access to spectrum information. To that end, a spectrum information server executes a server process having a library of spectrum-related functions including, for example, functions for retrieving spectrum data from spectrum data sources and/or for processing retrieved spectrum data. The spectrum information server also executes one or more device host processes configured to communicate with at least one compatible device process executing on a spectrum-aware (SA) device. In an illustrative embodiment, a device process on the SA device may request spectrum information from a device host process on the spectrum information server. The device host process receives the request and may generate a function call that it sends to the server process, which executes an associated function from its library of spectrum-related functions. The execution of the function may cause the server process to retrieve certain spectrum data from a spectrum data source. The server process may return the retrieved spectrum data to the device host process, which in turn sends the requested spectrum information to the device process for presentation to a user.
US10020887B2
A wireless communication system includes a baseband processing device configured to transmit a data signal via an optical transmission line, and a wireless device configured to receive the data signal via the optical transmission line and carry out wireless transmission of an output signal obtained by amplifying the data signal, wherein the wireless device is configured to amplify the data signal to generate the output signal, generate a feedback signal according to the output signal, and transmit the feedback signal to the baseband processing device via the optical transmission line, and wherein the baseband processing device is configured to acquire the feedback signal from the wireless device, and execute first processing of multiplying the data signal by a distortion compensation coefficient corresponding to an inverse characteristic of distortion in the radio frequency circuit based on the feedback signal.
US10020886B2
The present invention relates in general to communication systems, and more specifically towards methods, systems, and devices that help improve transmission rates and spectral efficiency of intensity modulated (IM) or power modulated channels utilizing multi-level pulse amplitude modulation PAM-M. In an embodiment, the present invention used an iterative algorithm to open the eyes of an eye diagram in a relatively short number of steps. The algorithm, which may not require previous characterization of the channel, utilizes pseudo-random sequences, such as PSBS15 or PRQS10, and adaptive non-linear equalizers to optimize the pre-distortion taps.
US10020872B2
The use of UAV network cells may enable a wireless communication carrier to provide supplemental cellular network communication coverage to geographical areas. In some implementations, a first baseband processor of the UAV network cell may establish a first communication link with the ground network cell via a first antenna. The ground network cell may be connected to a core network of the wireless carrier network via a wired backhaul. Further, a second baseband processor of the UAV network cell may establish a second communication link with a user device via a second antenna. The first and second baseband processors may be communicatively coupled together. Accordingly, communication data may be routed between the user device and the core network through the first communication link and the second communication link.
US10020866B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication node (1) comprising at least one antenna arrangement (2, 3, 4). Each antenna arrangement (2, 3, 4) comprises at least three antenna devices (5, 6, 7, 8), comprising corresponding pairs of antenna ports (A, B, C, D) with a corresponding first and second antenna port (P1A, P1 B, P1 C, P1D; P2A, P2B, P2C, P2D). Each antenna port (P1A, P1 B, P1C, P1D; P2A, P2B, P2C, P2D) is arranged downlink and uplink and is connected to a corresponding radio transceiver unit (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18). Each antenna device (5, 6, 7, 8) comprises at least one corresponding dual polarized antenna element (19, 20, 21, 22) arranged for transmitting and receiving signals at a first polarization (P1) via the corresponding first antenna port (P1A, P1B, P1 C, P1 D) and for transmitting and receiving signals at a second polarization (P2) via the corresponding second antenna port (P2A, P2B, P2C, P2D). A beamforming arrangement (23) is arranged to apply beamforming on downlink signals. For an adaptive mode of operation for downlink, the beamforming arrangement (23) is arranged to apply beamforming such that one or two antenna beams (48a, 48b) is/are directed in a first direction (49), and such that one or two antenna beams (32a, 32b) is/are directed in a second direction (33).
US10020865B2
A Phase Rotator and Amplitude control Unit, PRAU (500), for performing phase rotation and amplitude control of an input signal and generating an output signal with an individual phase shift is disclosed. The PRAU (500) comprises a plurality N1 of Phase Rotator and Amplitude control Circuits, PRAC. Each PRAC comprises an input port comprising in-phase and quadrature-phase inputs to receive the input signal; an output port comprising in-phase and quadrature-phase outputs, control inputs to receive phase and amplitude control parameters. The phase and amplitude control parameters comprise sign control signals and positive amplitude coefficient signals, and each positive amplitude coefficient signal has N1 digital bits. Each PRAC further comprises a plurality of switched transconductance branches, and each switched transconductance branch comprises one transconductance transistor connected in series with two switching transistors.
US10020864B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, process or software that determines an operation between a number of pairs of antennas of a set of antennas. A pair of antennas of the number of pairs of antennas is determined based on the operation. One antenna of the pair of antennas is eliminated from the set of antennas, which results in a reduced number of antennas remaining in the set of antennas. Each of the determining of the operation, the determining of the pair of antennas of the reduced number of antennas and the eliminating of the one antenna of the pair of antennas is repeated in response to the reduced number of antennas being greater than a predetermined number of antennas. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10020862B2
Wireless communication devices with multiple receive (RX) chains may be operated to maintain high performance while saving power. This may be accomplished by evaluating signal strength during transmission of the RX packets, and/or evaluating a possible imbalance (gain difference) between the multiple RX chains within the wireless communication device. Signal strength (or good signal) detection may be enabled when non-MIMO (non-multiple-in-multiple-out) transmissions are taking place, while imbalance detection (antenna gain comparison) may be enabled when a specified number of single-stream packets have been received. Once the decision has been made to operate in a reduced number RX path mode, decision to reactivate one or more additional RX paths may be made based on MIMO detection, a detection of a drop in signal quality, and/or upon expiration of a power save timer.
US10020861B2
A plurality of distributed transceivers in a mobile entity such as a car, a truck, an omnibus (bus), a trailer, a mobile home, train, bus, a forklift, construction equipment, a boat, a ship, and/or an aircraft, and/or one or more corresponding antenna arrays that are communicatively coupled to the distributed transceivers are configured to handle communication of one or more data streams among one or more of a plurality of wireless communication networks, one or more other mobile entities and/or one or more mobile communication devices. The data streams may be communicated utilizing the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers and/or the one or more corresponding antenna arrays. The wireless communication networks includes a satellite network, a wireless wide area network, a wireless medium area network, a wireless local area network, a wireless personal area network, a network cloud and/or the Internet.
US10020850B2
A distributed antenna system (DAS) includes: first base station network interface unit that receives first downlink signals from first external device and converts them into first downlink data stream; second base station network interface unit that receives second downlink signals from second external device and them into second downlink data stream; first remote antenna unit communicatively coupled to first base station network interface unit that receives at least one of first downlink data stream and first downlink signal derived from first downlink data stream. First remote antenna unit has first radio frequency converter configured to convert at least one of first downlink data stream and first downlink signal derived from first downlink data stream into first radio frequency band signal and first radio frequency antenna that transmits first radio frequency band signal to first subscriber unit. DAS is configured to transmit a master reference clock to the first external device.
US10020848B2
The method of the present invention refers to digital link. The method (101) identifies the user interaction (103) with a specific object (100). According to this interaction, the method (101) identifies characteristics or data on the specific object (100) which allow the method (101) to extract personal information and associate it with an output message (for example, a predefined text, audio message to be recorded, etc.) that will be sent to the target contact/user (102) (which can be another person, a group of people, a system/service, or objects in general). Since the contact target (102) is identified, a smart device associated with the method (101) triggers a preset action for the connection with the contact target (102). The method (101) allows the reception of target responses contact (102) enabling the user (103) to maintain communication with the target user (102).
US10020843B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus including a waveguide, an antenna, and a transmitter. The transmitter can facilitate transmission of first electromagnetic waves via the antenna, the first electromagnetic waves having a fundamental mode. The waveguide can facilitate propagation of the first electromagnetic waves at least in part on a surface of the waveguide. The waveguide can be positioned at a location that enables the first electromagnetic waves to induce second electromagnetic waves having fundamental and non-fundamental modes that propagate on a surface of a transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10020840B2
Methods and devices for mitigating interference with a signal of a frequency hopping spread spectrum system are disclosed. A second signal is detected, and a property of the second signal is determined. At least one of a set of designated frequency channels used by the frequency hopping spread spectrum system is determined as having a property most similar to that of the second signal. The usage, by the frequency hopping spread spectrum system, of the at least one most similar designated frequency channel is then modified, for communication of data.
US10020834B2
Radio over internet protocol devices and methods for interoperability with land mobile radio devices
Devices and methods are provided that permit interoperability between Radio over Internet Protocol (RoIP) devices and land mobile radio (LMR) devices. In one device according to the invention, a networked radio includes a wireless network transceiver, an LMR signal connector, and an analog-to-digital converter/digital-to-analog converter (ADC/DAC). A computer processor that inputs data from or outputs data to the ADC/DAC includes a sound architecture and a server. The server includes a digital audio buffer, a voice-activity detector, and a daemon. The daemon is configured to (1) collect data on one or more variables affecting a best-choice determination for transmitting a communications signal intended for retransmission to one or more LMR devices, and (2) make the best-choice determination based on the data collected.
US10020826B2
A method begins by a processing module of one or more processing modules of one or more computing devices generating a number for each encoded data slice of a set of encoded data slices based on the encoded data slice, identifying a gene based on the number to produce an identified gene, and creating a linking identifier that links the encoded data slice to the identified gene, where, for the set of encoded data slices, a set of identified genes and a set of linking identifiers are created. The method continues with the processing module generating molecular encoding information from the set of identified genes and the set of linking identifiers, where the molecular encoding information is used to create a molecular storage structure for each identified gene of the set of identified genes yielding a set of molecular storage structures.
US10020823B2
A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: an encoder configured to generate a low density parity check (LDPC) codeword by LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix; an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword; and a modulator configured to map the interleaved LDPC codeword onto a modulation symbol, wherein the modulator is further configured to map a bit included in a predetermined bit group from among a plurality of bit groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit of the modulation symbol.
US10020804B2
An output stage buffer circuit including a first P-channel Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (MOSFET), first to third N-channel MOSFETs, a constant-voltage circuit and a bias circuit. A source of the first P-channel MOSFET is connected to a power supply terminal. A source and a drain of the first N-channel MOSFET are respectively connected to a ground terminal and an output terminal. The first N-channel and P-channel MOSFETs constitute a push-pull circuit. The second N-channel MOSFET is disposed between a drain of the first P-channel MOSFET and a connection point between the drain of the first N-channel MOSFET and the output terminal. A source and a drain of the third N-channel MOSFET respectively receive from the constant-voltage circuit a constant voltage lower than a voltage received at the power supply terminal, and from the bias circuit a constant current. The second and third N-channel MOSFETs constitute a current mirror circuit.
US10020803B2
A drive unit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a current source that is connected to a high-potential-side electrode of the first transistor, and delivers constant current, a current control circuit configured to perform control to start of charging of the gates of the first and second transistors using the current source, and a gate charge circuit that charges the gates of the first and second transistors, separately from the current source.
US10020801B2
A switch controller for controlling a power switch includes a signal transformer to galvanically isolate a primary side from a secondary side and receive and transfer a transition signal to transition the power switch to an on or off state between the primary side and the secondary side. The transition signal pulses to a first value to indicate the power switch transitions to the on state, to a second value to indicate the power switch transitions to the off state, and remains at a third value when there is no transition. A transmission circuit is coupled to a primary winding to control a switch to generate the transition signal. The switch switches a substantially low impedance onto the primary winding when there is no transition. A receiver circuit is coupled to a secondary winding to generate a drive signal to control the power switch in response to the transition signal.
US10020799B2
An object of the present invention is to reduce burden on a program for changing an operation mode of an internal circuit in accordance with an internal clock frequency without mounting a large-scale circuit in an LSI in which setting of the frequency of an internal clock can be dynamically changed. In an LSI including an internal clock generation circuit generating an internal clock from a clock source in accordance with a parameter supplied, a register storing frequency information of the clock source, a register storing the parameter, and an internal circuit having a plurality of operation modes, a table circuit controlling the operation mode of the internal circuit in association with the frequency information and the parameter supplied from the registers is provided.
US10020781B2
A low power amplifier architecture that employs a single-ended (single triode) push-pull (SEPP) vacuum tube and output transformer arrangement, and that cancels unwanted amplifier signal components such as hum and noise. The SEPP amplifier operates to cancel power supply ripple and local EMI induced noise in the output transformer by providing reverse polarity of the primary coils of the output transformer.
US10020779B2
Improvement in linearity is achieved at low costs in a power amplifier module employing an envelope tracking system. The power amplifier module includes a first power amplifier circuit that amplifies a radio frequency signal and that outputs a first amplified signal, a second power amplifier circuit that amplifies the first amplified signal on the basis of a source voltage varying depending on amplitude of the radio frequency signal and that outputs a second amplified signal, and a matching circuit that includes first and second capacitors connected in series between the first and second power amplifier circuit and an inductor connected between a node between the first and second capacitors and a ground and that decreases a gain of the first power amplifier circuit as the source voltage of the second power amplifier circuit increases.
US10020776B1
Provided are a monitoring system and a monitoring method. The monitoring system includes a monitoring center, N data transmission systems each in communication with the monitoring center, and N data control systems each in communication with the monitoring center, with the N data control systems corresponding one-to-one to the N data transmission systems. With the monitoring system, it is possible to monitor, at anytime and anywhere, the project service and operation conditions of N solar systems arranged at different locations, timely acquire the real-time operation information of the N solar system monitoring devices arranged at different locations, and conduct, according to such information, remote and centralized control over the solar system monitoring devices. The monitoring system enhances the controllability of the solar system monitoring devices, saves and reduces the maintenance costs, improves the scientific management level, and also has functions of energy saving and environment protection.
US10020768B2
A driving apparatus for an electric motor (11) comprising: an inverter (12) connectable to an electric motor (11) for supplying electrical current thereto; accumulator means (13) for providing a continuous electrical current, connected to the inverter (12) to provide electrical supply thereto; a transformer device (14) comprising first connection means (15) suitable to be coupled to a power grid to absorb power, and second connection means (16), suitable for coupling to the accumulator means (13). The transformer device (14) comprises: two buck converters (100, 200) connected in parallel to form an interleaved configuration; a boost converter (300) connected in series with respect to the buck converters; a control device connected to the converters (100) and configured to operate the converters so as to obtain a preset constant voltage at the ends of said second connection means.
US10020767B2
A linear motor device includes a linear motor and a controller that applies pressure to a pressurizing target by moving a needle provided with the linear motor. The controller includes: a speed-change position-setting unit that calculates a deceleration start position, which is a position where a movement speed of the needle starts to be reduced from a first speed to a second speed when the pressurizing target start to be pressurized, based on a distance required to reduce the movement speed of the needle from the first speed to the second speed which is lower than the first speed and at which pressure applied to the pressurizing target when the needle comes into contact with the pressurizing target is equal to or lower than a predetermined pressure; and a position determination unit that drives the needle of the linear motor at the first speed and at the second speed.
US10020764B2
The present disclosure relates to a system to compensate for mechanical forces on a rotating rotor of an electric machine, to a method for compensating mechanical forces on a rotating rotor of an electric machine, and to a use of a corresponding system. Disclosed is a system for compensating torsions at a rotating rotor. The system includes at least one measuring device for measuring specific properties of the rotor, an analyzer unit for analyzing the measurement data of the measuring device, a compensation means for compensating the torsions at the rotor, the compensation means comprise a power supply unit generating a signal adapted in amplitude and frequency to the measured properties of the rotor, and to apply the generated signal to the rotor, and the power supply unit is a frequency converter.
US10020762B2
A method operates a brushed commutator motor of an adjusting drive in a motor vehicle, particularly a window lifter, having a rotor and having a stator. An angular position of the rotor with respect to the stator is determined. The angular position is used to determine a ripple within the torque, which ripple can be expected on the basis of the commutation. The motor current is adapted such that the amplitude of the ripple that can be expected remains below a determined limit value.
US10020761B2
An embedded controller in a vehicle electronics subsystem includes a signal processing circuit used to communicate with an electric machine. The signal processing circuit may be configured to receive an input signal from the electric machine and provide digital output signals to the embedded controller. The digital output signals may include Hall position and rotor position signals. Once the digital output signals are processed by a processor embedded within the controller, the processor may issue a control command to the electric machine. The processor may have memory containing software to make the processor execute the computation of the control command of the electric machine in accordance with a torque command.
US10020759B2
Method and apparatus for powering electric motors. The electric motors are connected to a DC power supply by a parallel modular converter that includes a plurality of parallel power converters that convert the DC power to AC power. The parallel modular converter selectively connects different parallel power converters to different ones of the electric motors to provide an adequate supply of electrical power to meet the load conditions of the electric motor. As the load conditions of the electric motors dynamically change, the parallel modular converter can selectively connect certain PPCs to different motors to satisfy the changing load conditions.
US10020757B2
A method for controlling an inverter including, when it is detected that a voltage across a bus capacitor, for example, a bus voltage, is excessively large, controlling a photo-voltaic (PV) battery to short-circuit so that the bus voltage drops. When the bus voltage drops to a particular value, continuing charging, by the PV battery, the bus capacitor to control the bus voltage to rise so that the bus voltage is kept within an operating voltage range of the inverter and the inverter can be equipped with a PV battery having a higher open circuit voltage. Therefore, a charging rate of the bus capacitor can be increased and a startup speed of the inverter can be increased.
US10020756B2
In a boost chopper circuit, a backflow prevention diode circuit has a withstand voltage equal to or more than a withstand voltage of a capacitor circuit connected in series to the backflow prevention diode circuit between opposite ends of a switching device circuit.
US10020752B1
A power converter including a transformer, a resonant circuit including the transformer and a resonant capacitor having a characteristic resonant frequency and period, and output circuitry connected to the transformer for delivering a rectified output voltage to a load. Primary switches drive the resonant circuit, a switch controller operates the primary switches in a series of converter operating cycles which include power transfer intervals of adjustable duration during which a resonant current at the characteristic resonant frequency flows through a winding of the transformer. The operating cycles may also include energy recycling intervals of variable duration for charging and discharging capacitances within the converter. A gate driver includes a transformer, a plurality of switches, a current monitor, and a controller that operates the switches in a series of driver operating cycles having adjustable ON periods and adjustable transition periods during which capacitances are resonantly charged and discharged.
US10020746B2
A DC-DC converter includes a filter circuit, a full-bridge circuit connected to the filter circuit, and a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, the primary winding being connected to the full-bridge circuit. The full-bridge circuit includes first to fourth semiconductor switches. First to fourth overvoltage protection circuits are associated with the first to fourth semiconductor switches, respectively. Each of the overvoltage protection circuits is connected in parallel its associated semiconductor switch.
US10020743B2
A switching power converter is provided that extrapolates from a reference voltage during dead periods of a rectified input voltage as determined from a comparison of an Isense voltage to a current threshold.
US10020729B2
A current-mode DC-DC converter includes a power switch and a reset circuit for providing a resettable input signal to the switch. A first feedback loop, coupled to the switch, provides a control signal to the reset circuit to instigate the resettable input signal when a ramp voltage reaches a target peak current value. An inductor is coupled to the switch. A second current control feedback loop includes a current sense circuit that monitors an inductor current influenced by an output of the switch, and a slope compensation circuit for introducing a ramp voltage to a sensed voltage of the switch to control power switch on/off to limit the inductor current. The converter is characterized by a slope compensation effect cancellation circuit coupled to the current sense circuit via the second feedback loop for sensing an inductor peak current and controlling power switch on/off in response to the inductor peak current.
US10020724B2
A controller for determining the duty-ratio for a pulse width modulator of a converter includes an inner current loop, an outer voltage loop and a multiplier with an input voltage feed forward to connect both loops. A prediction unit determines a correction signal icor that is added to the reference current iref by means of an adder and it further determines a sample correction signal to correct the current samples in the current loop. This error-controlled duty-ratio prediction with sample correction results in an improved total harmonic distortion as well as in an improved power factor of the converter.
US10020716B2
A transverse flux induction motor (“TFIM”) is described in accordance with the present invention. The TFIM may be a linear induction motor or a rotary induction motor. The TFIM includes a primary motor element and secondary motor element. The primary motor element includes a plurality of coils and at least one magnetic element. The plurality of coils are arranged to generate a control flux along a first direction when power is applied to at least one coil of the plurality of coils and the at least one magnetic element is arranged to generate a bias flux in a second direction that is substantially transverse to the first direction. The secondary motor element is moveable in the first direction, relative to the primary motor element, in response to the control flux.
US10020709B2
A motor includes a motor housing, a motor body, and a damping member. The motor body includes a drive shaft. The motor body is housed in the motor housing. The damping member is disposed on an outer surface of the motor housing. The damping member includes a damping layer and a constraining layer. The damping layer is made of an organic polymeric material, and bonded to the outer surface of the motor housing. The constraining layer is made of at least one of a resin mixed with an inorganic compound and an elastomer mixed with an inorganic compound. The constraining layer is disposed on the damping layer.
US10020708B2
An electrical rotating machine includes a stator (11) provided with teeth (14) around which a group of coils (19) is wound, an annular interconnector (22) resting on a stator lamination stack (11) provided with tongues (36) to which ends (191, 192) of the coils (19) are welded for the formation of phases (U, V, W) of the electrical machine, and a closure flange (74) for closing a housing (70) for receiving the stator (11). The machine also includes at least one damper (83) consisting of a deformable material, configured to be mounted so as to be compressed between the interconnector (22) and the closure flange (74) of the machine. The invention also relates to the corresponding damper.
US10020698B2
A multi-gap type rotary electric machine is provided, where the machine is provided a shaft supported rotatably by a baring secured to a housing. An annular rotor is secured to the shaft and configured to rotate together with the shaft. Double stators are secured to the housing and configured to have gaps between the stators and the rotor. Relationships of: 3.5
US10020697B2
A double-stator electric rotating machine with a retainer. The retainer includes a connector which joints between an outer stator and an inner stator. The retainer is placed in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the outer stator and an inner peripheral surface of the inner stator to retain the outer and inner stators together. Specifically, the retainer works to join the outer stator and the inner stator together and also to tightly hold the outer periphery of the outer stator and the inner periphery of the inner stator, thus minimizing misalignment of the outer and inner stators in axial and radial directions there of.
US10020680B2
An inductive power transmitter for inductive power transmission to an inductive power receiver is provided, comprising a primary coil, capable of being inductively coupled to a secondary coil in the inductive power receiver, a power supply and an associate driver configured to provide a varying electrical potential from the power supply to the primary coil, a monitoring system configured to measure electrical flow parameters of the primary coil, and a controller configured to detect, based on the electrical flow parameters measured by the monitoring system, an error condition indicative of a foreign object introduced between the primary coil and the secondary coil, and to facilitate, when the error condition is detected, interrupting the electrical potential to the primary coil.
US10020677B2
A computer system at a substation of an electrical grid examines on-grid communication channels and for very channel, the system compares and correlates a GLA signal provided by a downstream transmitter on that channel to a reference GLA signal. The channel that provided the signal with the best correlation is mostly likely the channel with the transmitter. Thus, the feeder and phase of the signal can be determined from the correlation of signals.
US10020662B2
A battery system includes a plurality of electronic storage modules serially connected together wherein the electronic storage modules include a battery block group including a plurality of battery cells, and a different magnetic core connected to each battery block group.
US10020659B2
A charging pad may include a transmit coil comprising a plurality of segments of conductive material, one or more segment switches, each segment switch configured to electrically couple two of the plurality of segments together when such segment switch is activated and electrically isolate the two of the plurality of segments when such segment switch is deactivated, one or more power source switches configured to selectively electrically couple a tap point of one of the plurality of segments to a first terminal of a power source, and a coil control system configured to generate one or more control signals based on one or more physical parameters associated with the charging pad, the control signals for selectively enabling and disabling the one or more segment switches and the one or more power source switches in order to select an active path of the transmit coil based on the physical parameters.
US10020655B2
The global synchronous pulse width modulation system includes main control unit and plurality of grid-connected inverters located at different geographical locations, wherein each grid-connected inverter is connected with a distributed power supply; each grid-connected inverter is connected with a grid through a point of common coupling; main control unit communicates with all grid-connected inverters through communication channels; main control unit receives information of grid-connected inverters and respectively sends a global synchronous signal containing global synchronous strategy to grid-connected inverters after determining global synchronous strategy; grid-connected inverters regulate the phases of their own pulse width modulation waves through global synchronous signal to enable pulse width modulation waves of grid-connected inverters to satisfy a phase difference of harmonic counteraction, so as to counteract harmonic current injected by grid-connected inverters into grid. Advantages include eliminating the disordered superimposition problem of harmonic current of the inverters and mutually counteracting harmonic current between distributed inverters.
US10020653B2
The station-building power supply device includes a capacitor unit that stores therein surplus regenerative power, a first power conversion unit that performs DC/DC power conversion, and a second power conversion unit that converts DC power. A first voltage threshold for detecting the occurrence of surplus regenerative power is set and a first SOC threshold for detecting whether the capacitor unit can discharge is set. The first power conversion unit is controlled such that power is supplied from the feeder to the capacitor unit to charge the capacitor unit when the feeding voltage exceeds the first voltage threshold, and the second power conversion unit is controlled such that power is supplied from the capacitor unit to the station loads when the SOC of the capacitor unit exceeds the first SOC threshold.
US10020647B2
An electrical device protection circuit for a smart grid includes a detection unit for detecting whether or not the output power source of an electrical device short-circuits; a switch unit for connecting power, input to the electrical device, to the output power source of the electrical device or disconnect it therefrom; and a control unit for generating a control signal for making the switch unit disconnect the power input to the electrical device from the output power source of the electrical device. According to the electrical device protection circuit for a smart grid, a simply configured protection circuit, arranged in the electrical device, operates when the output power source of the electrical device short-circuits, whereby the electrical device may be prevented from being damaged.
US10020643B2
The present invention relates to a structure of a switchgear with an arc protection system including an arc optical sensor to detect an arc, a relay to determine an occurrence or non-occurrence of a fault current by receiving an arc signal detected by the arc optical sensor, and an arc eliminator to earth an arc-generated side bus bar in response to an operating signal with respect to the determined fault current, wherein the arc eliminator has a test position or a service position within the switchgear.
US10020638B2
An optical semiconductor device outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes: a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction; a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and the n-type cladding layer; and an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and the n-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer.
US10020636B2
A tunable laser with multiple in-line sections including sampled gratings generally includes a semiconductor laser body with a plurality of in-line laser sections configured to be driven independently to generate laser light at a wavelength within a different respective wavelength range. Sampled gratings in the respective in-line sections have the same grating period and a different sampling period to produce the different wavelengths. The wavelength of the light generated in the respective laser sections may be tuned, in response to a temperature change, to a channel wavelength within the respective wavelength range. By selectively generating light in one or more of the laser sections, one or more channel wavelengths may be selected for lasing and transmission. By using sampled gratings with the same grating period in the multiple in-line sections, the multiple section tunable laser may be fabricated more easily.
US10020627B1
A watthour meter block having a safety shield is shown. The safety shield surrounds and isolates electrical components, for example watthour meter block jaws and wires in the watthour meter block. The watthour meter block is pre-wired to allow connection between a watthour meter block and a test switch assembly.
US10020626B1
An adaptor includes: a main body, a first and a second grooves being disposed in the main body; a connection port is disposed at a bottom end of the main body, one end of the two grooves communicating with the connection port; an electrode case is connected around the main body to enclose the main body; an electrode member disposed at a top end of the main body; and a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate respectively mounted in the first and second grooves of the main body. The connection end of the first conductive plate is electrically connected with the electrode member. The connection end of the second conductive plate is electrically connected with the electrode case. The contact ends of the two conductive plates are positioned in the connection port.
US10020623B1
An electric circuit jumper cable assembly having a plurality of leads electrically connected serially at first ends of the leads to form an electrical junction within a bus within a housing; a plurality of terminals individually connected at second ends of the leads, each terminal having: a base, an electrically conductive tip in the base electrically connected to one of the leads; and a cover element relative to the base that selectively shields at least a portion of the electrically conductive tip. The electric circuit jumper cable assembly is useful for convenient testing of electrical circuits.
US10020621B2
The present disclosure provides a USB interface and a mobile terminal. The USB interface includes a USB interface main body, an inserting tongue of a power line configured for coupling to an external power line via inserting portions and an inserting tongue of a ground line configured for coupling to an external ground line via inserting portions, in which a bottom of the inserting tongue of the power line and a bottom edge of the inserting tongue of the ground line are coupled to the USB interface main body; the inserting tongue of the power line has P inserting portions extending therefrom, where P is greater than or equal to 2; and the inserting tongue of the ground line has Q inserting portions extending therefrom, where Q is greater than or equal to 2. At least two of the P inserting portions have different lengths, and at least two of the Q inserting portions have different lengths.
US10020613B2
A power terminal includes a terminal beam having a mating surface. A protective thermal coupler bridge is positioned adjacent the terminal beam having a bridge conductor, an insulating substrate and a bridge pad. The bridge pad has a mating surface. A variable resistive member is electrically coupled between the terminal beam and the bridge conductor to provide a shunt so that arcing does not occur when the power terminal is disconnected from the mating power terminal. The mating surface of the terminal beam is separable before the mating surface of the bridge pad is disconnected so that the resistance in the variable resistive member increases after disconnection of the main power terminal from the mating power terminal and prior to disconnection of the bridge pad from the mating power terminal to shunt the current through the bridge conductor and the variable resistive member during unmating.
US10020608B2
A connector includes a connector insert comprising a first plurality of electrical contacts configured to electrically couple, in a mated position, with a second plurality of electrical contacts within a connector receptacle housing accessible via a first surface of a computing device; and a non-magnetic connector insert housing configured to mechanically couple, in the mated position, with a second surface of the computing device. A computing system includes a connector insert comprising a first plurality of electrical contacts; a computing device comprising a connector receptacle housing accessible via a first surface of the computing device, the connector receptacle housing comprising magnetic elements and a second plurality of electrical contacts configured to electrically couple, in a mated position, with the first plurality of electrical contacts in the connector insert; and a non-magnetic connector insert housing configured to mechanically couple, in the mated position, with a second surface.
US10020598B2
Plug connector (10) with at least one spring or blade contact element (410) arranged in a housing, the spring or blade contact element being connected in an electrically conductive manner to at least one displacement insulation contact (430), which contacts and fixes at least one single-core, insulated cable (301, 302, 303, 304), characterized in that the at least one displacement insulation contact (430) is arranged offset by 90° in the plug direction (R) of the spring or blade contact element (410) relative to the spring or blade contact element (410) such that the at least one single-core, insulated cable is contacted and fixed in the plug direction passing through a displacement insulation contact.
US10020596B2
A base station performs the combination of digital precoding and analog beamforming. Transceiving antenna elements are classified into antenna groups. The analog beamformer includes branches corresponding to the antenna groups. Each branch includes sub-branches, and each sub-branch is connected to one antenna element. In self-calibration, after pilot signals are transmitted from antenna elements belonging to an antenna group and are received by antenna elements belonging to another antenna group, it is identifiable as to which antenna element transmitted each pilot signal. After pilot signals are received by antenna elements belonging to an antenna group, it is identifiable as to which antenna element received each pilot signal.
US10020591B2
A slotted waveguide array antenna having a smaller reflection coefficient and a larger gain than conventional one is realized. In a slotted waveguide array antenna (1A), control walls (12c1-12c6) orthogonal to an upper wall (11) and side walls of the waveguide are provided inside the waveguide, and slots (11d1-11d6) each extend over an interface between regions formed by partition with corresponding one of the control walls but do not overlap the corresponding one of the plurality of control walls when viewed from above.
US10020586B1
A segmented helical antenna can include: a plurality of unit arms, each unit arm having a center hole, a first end hole, and a second end hole; a central axis passing through the center hole of the plurality of unit arms; a first wire passing through the first end hole of each of the plurality of unit arms; and a second wire passing through the second end hole of each of the plurality of unit arms. Each unit arm can be configured to be rotatable such that the first wire and the second wire rotate clockwise or counterclockwise.
US10020575B2
An apparatus and method for controlling stabilization of a satellite-tracking antenna, the apparatus including: an antenna driving unit driving the antenna to track a satellite based on preset satellite position information and position information collected by an inertia sensor and an encoder; a point detecting unit detecting a point where an amplitude of a satellite reception signal is maximum; an elevation measuring unit measuring an elevation value corresponding to the point; and a controller controlling an azimuth motor and an elevation motor to enable the antenna to face the point, when the measured value is out of a first range, the controller controlling the azimuth motor to have an azimuth value corresponding to the point and controlling the elevation motor to have an elevation value less than the measured value corresponding to the point, when the measured value is in the first range.
US10020572B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an outer housing that comprises a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface, a display adapted to expose at least a portion of the display through the first surface of the outer housing, a PCB arranged between the second surface and the display in an interior of the outer housing, a communication circuit arranged on or over the PCB, a first conductive structure formed of at least one of the first surface or at least a portion of the side surface is electrically connected to the communication circuit, and a second conductive structure formed of the portion of the display electrically connected to the first conductive structure.
US10020570B2
An antenna device which is built into an electronic appliance having a metal cover provided with a radio wave passer is provided. The electronic apparatus includes an antenna portion arranged adjacent to the radio wave passer so as to be capable of transmitting and receiving radio waves through the radio wave passer. A reflecting portion which reflects the radio waves radiated from the antenna portion is located on an opposite side of the antenna portion, so that the antenna portion is between the reflecting portion and the radio wave passer.
US10020569B2
A laminated antenna structure includes a substrate, a first conductive circuit layer, an insulating colloidal layer, a second conductive circuit layer and a conductive structure. The first conductive circuit layer is disposed on or above the substrate, the second conductive circuit layer is disposed above the first conductive circuit layer, and the insulating colloidal layer is disposed between the first and the second conductive circuit layers. The first conductive circuit layer, the insulating colloidal layer and the second conductive circuit layer form a laminated capacitive structure. The conductive structure is electrically connected to a signal source on the substrate, and the signal source is electrically connected to at least one of the first conductive circuit layer and the second conductive circuit layer. The insulating colloidal layer contains catalyzers.
US10020567B2
An antenna includes a first antenna body formed as a hollow cylindrical shape having a first outer surface, a first inner surface and a first radiation surface formed in a circular shape, a second antenna body accommodating the first antenna body inside the second antenna body, the second antenna body formed as a hollow cylindrical shape with a second outer surface, a second inner surface and a second radiation surface formed in a ring shape, a plurality of first partitions, and a plurality of second partitions, wherein a plurality of first radiation apertures, formed by the plurality of first partitions for radiating a first radio wave, is formed on the first radiation surface, and a plurality of second radiation apertures, formed by the plurality of second partitions for radiating a second radio wave, is formed on the second radiation surface.
US10020562B2
An antenna structure includes a metal housing, a first feed source, and a first switching circuit. The metal housing includes a front frame, a backboard, and a side frame. The side frame defines a slot and the front frame defines a first gap and a second gap. The metal housing is divided into at least a first branch and a second branch by the slot, the first gap, and the second gap. The first feed source is electrically connected to the first branch. One end of the first switching circuit is electrically connected to the first branch. Another end of the first switching circuit is grounded.
US10020560B1
The invention relates to a stacked circularly polarized antenna structure (10). The stacked circularly polarized antenna structure (10) comprises a first antenna (1), a second antenna (2), and an adhesive element (3). The adhesive element (3) is adhered between the first antenna (1) and the second antenna (2) to stack and form a stacked circularly polarized antenna structure (10) having the first antenna (1) and the second antenna (2) made of ceramic material with the same dielectric constant, having two feeding elements to reach circular polarization and enhance antenna bandwidth, and stacking the two antennas (1, 2) together to form two resonance frequencies.
US10020559B2
An antenna comprises: a first terminal; a second terminal; and a winding, having an inductance, comprising a plurality of turns and connected between the first and second terminals such that a change in magnetic flux linking the winding generates a corresponding voltage between said terminals. The winding comprises a conductive element connected to the first and second terminals and extending around said turns from the first terminal to the second terminal and having a thickness not exceeding X μm along a length of the conductive element from the first to the second terminal and a width not exceeding X μm along said length, where X is less than or equal to 10, whereby said conductive element is substantially non-visible to a naked human eye.
US10020551B2
A liquid activated air battery includes: an electrode assembly that includes an air electrode and a metal anode; a battery container that is capable of holding the electrode assembly and electrolytic solution; a supply tank for the electrolytic solution to be supplied to the battery container; a drainage tank for the electrolytic solution discharged from the battery container; and pumps as an electrolytic solution flow mechanism that runs the electrolytic solution from the supply tank to the drainage tank through the battery container. The composition of the electrolytic solution supplied to the battery container is kept constant, and stable power output is ensured.
US10020548B2
A gauging method for a battery discharge-capacity corresponding to a temperature includes steps of detecting a temperature of a battery module of an electronic device according to a predetermined condition; detecting an internal impedance of the battery module and estimating the battery discharge-capacity of the battery module according to the internal impedance if the temperature meets the predetermined condition; and detecting an output current and a voltage of the battery module according to the temperature and calculating the battery discharge-capacity of the battery module according to the temperature, the voltage and the output current if the temperature does not meet the predetermined condition.
US10020540B2
A thin film battery comprises a glass or ceramic substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion (“CTE”) of from about 7 to about 10 ppm/° K, a continuous metal or metal oxide cathode current collector and having a thickness of less than about 3 micrometers, the cathode current collector being superjacent to the glass or ceramic substrate, a cathode material layer comprising lithium transition metal oxides that is a continuous film having a thickness of from about 10 to about 80 micrometers, the cathode material layer being superjacent to the cathode current collector, a LiPON electrolyte layer superjacent to the cathode material layer and having a thickness of from about 0.5 to about 4 micrometers, and an anode current collector with an optional anode material. Methods of making and using the batteries are described.
US10020539B2
A nonaqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery of the embodiment includes an exterior material, a nonaqueous electrolyte solution, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator sandwiched between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution is charged in the exterior material. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution contains at least one of sulfone-based compounds represented by formula 1, a partially fluorinated ether represented by a molecular formula of formula 2, and at least one of lithium salts. The positive electrode is housed in the exterior material. The positive electrode contains a composite oxide represented by L1−xMn1.5−yNi0.5−zMy+zO4 as a positive electrode active material (wherein 0≤x≤1, 0≤(y+z)≤0.15, and M represents one, or two or more selected from Mg, Al, Ti, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Nb, Sn, Zr and Ta). The negative electrode is housed in the exterior material.
US10020537B2
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable Li ion conductivity. To achieve the above object, the present disclosure provides a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising a composition of Li(4+x)AlxSi(1−x)S4 (0
US10020521B2
A fuel cell cogeneration system includes a fuel cell module, a heat exchanger, a hot water tank, a circulating water channel, and an oxygen-containing gas supply channel. A circulating water heater for heating water is provided on the circulating water channel. Part of the oxygen-containing gas supply channel is provided in the circulating water heater to thereby allow air flowing through the oxygen-containing gas supply channel to be heated by receiving heat from the circulating water heater.
US10020518B2
A fuel cell stack includes a stacked body, a first insulator, and a first shim. The stacked body includes electrolyte-electrode assemblies and separators. The electrolyte-electrode assemblies are stacked in a stacking direction and have a first end electrolyte-electrode assembly disposed at a first end of the stacked body. The separators includes a first end separator disposed at the first end of the stacked body between the first end electrolyte-electrode assembly and a first contact end plate having a first contact surface which the first end separator contacts. The first shim is provided in a first recess between the first contact end plate and the first insulator and has a thickness such that an outer peripheral surface of the first end separator is positioned between the first contact surface of the first contact end plate and an outer peripheral surface of the first insulator in the stacking direction.
US10020516B2
A printed energy storage device includes a first electrode including zinc, a second electrode including manganese dioxide, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode, second, electrode, and separator printed onto a substrate. The device may include a first current collector and/or a second current collector printed onto the substrate. The energy storage device may include a printed intermediate layer between the separator and the first electrode. The first electrode, and the second electrode may include 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (C2mimBF4). The first electrode and the second electrode may include an electrolyte having zinc tetrafluoroborate (ZnBF4) and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (C2mimBF4). The first electrode, the second electrode, the first current collector, and/or the second current collector can include carbon nanotubes. The separator may include solid microspheres.
US10020514B2
An electrochemical stack comprising carrier ions, an anode comprising an anode active material layer, a cathode comprising a cathode active material layer, a separator between the anode and the cathode comprising a porous dielectric material and a non-aqueous electrolyte, and an ionically permeable conductor layer located between the separator and an electrode active material layer.
US10020507B2
There is provided a positive electrode active material capable of achieving a high volume energy density and yet superior rate characteristics when configured as a positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries. This positive electrode active material comprises a plurality of secondary particles each comprising primary particles composed of a lithium-nickel based complex oxide having a layered rock-salt structure. The plurality of secondary particles have a volume-based average particle diameter D50 of 5 to 100 μm, and at least part of the plurality of secondary particles are coarse secondary particles having a particle diameter of 9 μm or greater. The coarse secondary particles have a voidage of 5 to 25%, and the ratio of through holes among all voids in the coarse secondary particles is 70% or greater.
US10020506B2
An active material for a cathode of a battery cell which includes a first component containing Li2MnO3. The first component has been doped with a dopant containing a fluoride of a transition metal. Moreover, a cathode of a battery cell which includes an active material, and a battery cell which includes at least one cathode, are provided.
US10020500B2
A method for producing a graphene-composite material, including removing any oxide layer from each of a plurality of silicon nanoparticles, forming a polyaniline layer over each clean silicon nanoparticle, binding a graphene oxide sheet to the polyaniline layer of each particle, and carbonizing the polyaniline to yield a plurality of composite particles. Each composite particle has a graphene outer layer substantially encapsulating a silicon inner core.
US10020496B2
Provided is an anode material for a secondary battery, and more particularly, to an anode material for a secondary battery using a silicon oxide (SiOx), and a method of preparing the same. There is provided an anode material for a secondary battery, formed by preparing an SiOx and a carbon material, mixing the SiOx and the carbon material, forming a SiOx-carbon (SiOx-C) composite, and performing a heat treatment.
US10020491B2
Silicon based anode active materials are described for use in lithium ion batteries. The silicon based materials are generally composites of nanoscale elemental silicon with stabilizing components that can comprise, for example, silicon oxide-carbon matrix material, inert metal coatings or combinations thereof. High surface area morphology can further contribute to the material stability when cycled in a lithium based battery. In general, the material synthesis involves a significant solution based processing step that can be designed to yield desired material properties as well as providing convenient and scalable processing.
US10020481B2
The present invention relates to a separator comprising a porous substrate and an adhesive layer on one surface or both surfaces of the porous substrate, wherein the adhesive layer includes an acryl-based copolymer containing a (meth)acrylate-based monomer-derived repeating unit and having a weight average molecular weight of 400,000 g/mol to 750,000 g/mol; and to a secondary battery comprising the separator.
US10020477B2
An exemplary assembly includes an enclosure wall of an enclosure that houses at least one battery cell, and a vent of the enclosure wall. The vent is configured to move from a first position to a second position in response to an increase in a pressure within an interior of the enclosure. The vent in the second position provides a passage to discharge battery vent byproducts from the interior. An exemplary battery pack venting method includes moving a vent of an enclosure wall from a first position to a second position in response to an increase in a pressure within an interior of an enclosure having the enclosure wall. The vent in the second position provides a passage to discharge battery vent byproducts from the interior.
US10020469B2
An organic light-emitting apparatus includes a flexible substrate, an organic light-emitting device on the flexible substrate, the light emitting device including a first electrode, an emission layer, and a second electrode sequentially disposed on the flexible substrate, and an anisotropic film on the second electrode of the organic light-emitting device. The anisotropic film includes an anisotropic material horizontally oriented with respect to a surface of the flexible substrate.
US10020454B2
Provided are an organic electroluminescence device, which shows high luminous efficiency, is free of any pixel defect, and has a long lifetime, and a material for an organic electroluminescence device for realizing the device. The material for an organic electroluminescence device is a compound having a π-conjugated heteroacene skeleton crosslinked with a carbon atom, nitrogen atom, oxygen atom, or sulfur atom. The organic electroluminescence device has one or more organic thin film layers including a light emitting layer between a cathode and an anode, and at least one layer of the organic thin film layers contains the material for an organic electroluminescence device.
US10020453B2
An organic light emitting display device and an organic layer are disclosed. The organic light emitting display device includes an anode, an organic layer over the anode, and a cathode over the organic layer. In one aspect, the organic layer may include an indolocarbazole compound. In another aspect, the organic layer may include a compound by linking a carbazole derivative and a carbazole compound to an aryl group or a heteroaryl group.
US10020439B2
An electrostrictive element that can prevent the breakage includes a current collector that is constituted by sheet-shaped carbon nanotube aggregates, and can expand in the fiber direction in a state in which carbon nanotubes overlap with each other, when a dielectric film expands.
US10020435B2
A composite thermoelectric material comprising a matrix comprising a thermoelectric semiconductor; and a nanoscale heterophase dispersed in the matrix, wherein the thermoelectric semiconductor comprises an element belonging to Group 15 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and the heterophase comprises a transition metal element.
US10020432B2
Etched trenches in a bond material for die singulation, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A method for solid state transducer device singulation in accordance with one embodiment includes forming a plurality of trenches by etching through a metallic bond material forming a bond between a carrier substrate and a plurality of the dies and singulating the carrier substrate along the trenches to separate the dies. In particular embodiments, the trenches extend into the carrier substrate. In further particular embodiments, the dies are at least partially encapsulated in a dielectric material.
US10020421B2
An optoelectronic component is disclosed. In an embodiment the optoelectronic component includes an active zone configured to produce electromagnetic radiation, wherein the active zone has at least two quantum films, wherein the first quantum film is arranged between a first barrier layer and a second barrier layer, wherein the second quantum film is arranged between the second barrier layer and a last barrier layer, and wherein bandgaps of the first barrier layer and of the second barrier layer are related differently to one another than bandgaps of the second barrier layer and of the last barrier layer.
US10020419B2
A four-element light emitting diode with a transparent substrate, comprising a AlGaInP light emitting diode (LED) epitaxial wafer, and the surface of a GaP layer of the AlGaInP-LED epitaxial wafer is roughened into a bonding surface, a film is plated on the bonding surface and is bonded with a transparent substrate, and finally a GaAs substrate is removed. The transparent bonding disclosed herein can replace the GaAs substrate made of light absorption materials with the transparent substrate by substrate transfer technology, increasing the light emitting efficiency of the light emitting diode chip and avoiding extremely low external quantum efficiency caused due to the limitations of the material of conventional AlGaInP light emitting diode and the substrate; in addition, with the support of the cut path pre-etching technology, back melting or splashing during the epitaxial layer cutting process is avoided, light emitting efficiency is increased and electric leakage risk is eliminated.
US10020414B2
A solar cell, according to one embodiment, comprises: a support substrate; a rear electrode layer arranged on the support substrate; an optical absorption layer arranged on the rear electrode layer; a buffer layer arranged on the optical absorption layer; and a front electrode layer arranged on the buffer layer, wherein a first through-groove penetrating through the rear electrode layer and the optical absorption layer is formed on the rear electrode layer and the optical absorption layer, and the optical absorption layer comprises: a first optical absorption layer arranged on the rear electrode layer; and a second optical absorption layer arranged to make contact with an inner side surface of the rear electrode layer exposed by the first through-groove.
US10020408B2
Architecture of the light-to-electricity converter characterized in that the system of amorphized nanograins, preferentially nanograins of amorphized silicon, of any shape are optimally spread within the crystalline host material, preferentially crystalline silicon that are wrapped around with a metamaterial seg-matter nanolayer, characterized by secondary generation centers, called segtons, that are conditioned around divacancies and disposed entirely or only partly within the volume of the emitter, this volume being limited at each end by a nanomembrane assuming the appropriate exploitation of the lower-energy secondary generation through the giant photoconversion involving hot electrons, segtons, and seg-matter.
US10020399B2
A semiconductor device and method making it utilize a three-dimensional channel region comprising a core of a first semiconductor material and an epitaxial covering of a second semiconductor material. The first and second semiconductor materials have respectively different lattice constants, thereby to create a strain in the epitaxial covering. The devices are formed by a gate-last process, so that the second semiconductor material is deposited only after the high temperature processes have been performed. Consequently, the lattice strain is not substantially relaxed, and the improved performance benefits of the lattice strained channel region are not compromised.
US10020398B1
A method for inducing stress in a device channel includes forming a stress adjustment layer on a substrate, the stress adjustment layer including an as deposited stress due to crystal lattice differences with the substrate. A device channel layer is formed on the stress adjustment layer. Cuts are etched through the device channel layer and the stress adjustment layer to release the stress adjustment layer to induce stress in the device channel layer. Source/drain regions are formed adjacent to the device channel layer.
US10020393B2
The present invention provides a laterally diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor and a manufacturing method thereof. The LDMOS transistor includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulation structure, agate structure, and a plurality of floating electrodes. The insulation structure is disposed in the semiconductor substrate. The gate structure is disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The floating electrodes are embedded in the insulation structure, wherein the floating electrode closest to the gate structure protrudes from a top surface of the insulation structure or the gate structure includes at least one branch portion embedded in the insulation structure, and the floating electrodes are separated from the gate structure.
US10020388B2
A semiconductor device is disclosed. One embodiment provides a cell area and a junction termination area at a first side of a semiconductor zone of a first conductivity type. At least one first region of a second conductivity type is formed at a second side of the semiconductor zone. The at least one first region is opposed to the cell area region. At least one second region of the second conductivity type is formed at the second side of the semiconductor zone. The at least one second region is opposed to the cell area region and has a lateral dimension smaller than the at least first region.
US10020378B2
Methods of forming a semiconductor device include laterally etching a dummy gate to recess the dummy gate underneath a spacer layer, such that the spacer layer overhangs the dummy gate. A sidewall of the dummy gate is nitridized. The dummy gate is etched away without removing the nitridized sidewall.
US10020374B2
A field-effect transistor includes a substrate; a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode that are formed on the substrate; a semiconductor layer by which a channel is formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode when a predetermined voltage is applied to the gate electrode; and a gate insulating layer provided between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer. The gate insulating layer is formed of an amorphous composite metal oxide insulating film including one or two or more alkaline-earth metal elements and one or two or more elements selected from a group consisting of Ga, Sc, Y, and lanthanoid except Ce.
US10020373B1
Provided is a highly reliable semiconductor device that uses a thick passivation layer. The protective film is formed so as to cover mostly the entire surface of a semiconductor substrate, and is open only in an area of part that is above a metal wiring layer (connection area). The passivation layer includes starting from the bottom side, a first silicon nitride film that includes silicon nitride (Si3N4), a silicon oxide film that includes silicon oxide (SiO2), and an organic film (organic layer) that includes a polyimide. The silicon oxide film and organic film are formed so as to cover the electrode layer (metal wiring layer) except the top of the insulation layer and the connection area, however, the first silicon nitride film is formed only on the insulation layer and not formed on the electrode layer.
US10020372B1
A method of forming a thick EG polysilicon over the FG and resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming a CG on a substrate; forming an STI between a logic region and the CG; forming a polysilicon EG through the CG and CG HM; forming a polysilicon structure over the logic and STI; forming and overfilling with polysilicon a WL trench through the CG and CG HM, between the EG and STI; forming a buffer oxide in the polysilicon structure over the logic region and part of the STI; recessing the buffer oxide and etching back the polysilicon overfill down the CG HM; forming a second buffer oxide over the EG and logic region; recessing the WL polysilicon; removing the first and second buffer oxides; forming a mask with an opening over a center of the WL, the STI, and a majority of the logic region; and removing exposed polysilicon.
US10020369B2
A dual channel trench LDMOS transistor includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type formed on a substrate; a first trench formed in the semiconductor layer where a trench gate is formed in an upper portion of the first trench; a body region of the second conductivity type formed in the semiconductor layer adjacent the first trench; a source region of the first conductivity type formed in the body region and adjacent the first trench; a planar gate overlying the body region; a drain drift region of the first conductivity type formed in the semiconductor layer and in electrical contact with a drain electrode; and alternating N-type and P-type regions formed in the drain drift region with higher doping concentration than the drain-drift regions to form a super-junction structure in the drain drift region.
US10020359B1
Capacitors and methods of forming the same include forming a dielectric layer on a first metal layer. The dielectric layer is oxygenated such that interstitial oxygen is implanted in the dielectric layer. A second metal layer is formed on the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is heated to release the interstitial oxygen and to oxidize the first and second metal layers at interfaces between the dielectric layer and the first and second metal layers.
US10020356B2
Provided is an organic light-emitting display device. An organic light-emitting display device (OLED) includes: a substrate including at least three pixel regions arranged in a horizontal direction, a first electrode in each pixel region on the substrate, a bank surrounding each pixel region, and a power line in the horizontal portion at a lower side of each pixel region on the substrate, the power line being configured to supply a driving voltage to each pixel region.
US10020355B2
A photosensor includes a first light-shielding layer provided on an insulating surface; a first insulating layer covering the first light-shielding layer; a semiconductor layer provided on the first insulating layer, the semiconductor layer being connected to a first electrode and a second electrode, and the semiconductor layer configuring a diode; a second insulating layer covering the semiconductor layer; an opening provided in the second insulating layer so as to surround the semiconductor layer as viewed from a planar direction and the opening reaching at least the first insulating layer; and a second light-shielding layer covering at least a side wall of the opening.
US10020350B2
A novel display panel that can be used as a reflective display panel in an environment with strong external light and as a self-luminous display panel in a dim environment, for example and that has low power consumption and is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a pixel and a substrate that supports the pixel. The pixel includes a first display element (e.g., a reflective liquid crystal element) that includes a reflective film having an opening as a first conductive film and a second display element (e.g., an organic EL element) that emits light to the opening.
US10020348B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a first emission part between an anode and a cathode and a second emission part on the first emission part. At least one of the first emission part and the second emission part includes at least three emission layers emitting lights of different colors, and one of the at least three emission layers include a green emission layer including a phosphorescent material. Accordingly, a lifetime and color reproduction rate of the organic light emitting display device having green lifetime is enhanced.
US10020344B2
A device includes a semiconductor substrate, an image sensor at a front surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of dielectric layers over the image sensor. A color filter and a micro lens are disposed over the plurality of dielectric layers and aligned to the image sensor. A through via penetrates through the semiconductor substrate. A Redistribution Line (RDL) is disposed over the plurality of dielectric layers, wherein the RDL is electrically coupled to the through via. A polymer layer covers the RDL.
US10020331B1
Systems and methods for a multi-band position sensor and a multi-band optical detector are disclosed. This system comprises a dual-axis, lateral-effect position sensor for locating spots of light that has energy in two wavelength bands. This sensor senses the time-varying intensities of the light in each of the two wavelength bands. This sensor also provides the location of the spot of light on the light-detecting plane of the sensor. Examples are provided for light of two mid-wave infrared (MWIR) wavelength bands or of a short-wave infrared (SWIR) and a MWIR band. This sensor approach, could be applied to detect light of other wavelength bands, such as a combination of a MWIR and a long-wave infrared (LWIR) band. This concept is extended to an array of detectors for multi-band optical detection and multi-source location and tracking. Monolithic chip level fabrication of the multi-band detectors is also discussed.
US10020325B2
The present disclosure provides a method for producing a TFT array substrate, a TFT array substrate, and a display apparatus, and relates to a technical field of display. It can solve a problem of no signal transmission caused by fracture of a source signal line, without increasing a coupling capacitance of the TFT array substrate. The method for producing a TFT array substrate includes: forming a transparent conductive layer and a source-drain metal layer in sequence onto a base substrate; and patterning the source-drain metal layer and the transparent conductive layer in one patterning process to form a source signal line and a pixel electrode line overlapping with each other.
US10020324B2
A disclosed display device includes a first oxide semiconductor layer and an oxide semiconductor connection wire both formed from an oxide semiconductor material layer over a substrate. The oxide semiconductor connection wire is integrally connected to the first oxide semiconductor layer and has a lower sheet resistance than the first oxide semiconductor layer. The display device also includes a first gate electrode either over the first oxide semiconductor layer or between the first oxide semiconductor layer and the substrate. The display device further includes a first gate insulation layer between the first oxide semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode.
US10020323B2
A display device including: a lead wiring layer pattern 207, made from metal, that extends outside a region 10A on a substrate in which a light-emitter is present; a passivation layer 216; a contact hole 216a in the passivation layer 216 outside the region 10A in a position over the lead wiring layer pattern 207 in plan view; a connecting wiring layer pattern 237 that is continuous across the passivation layer 216, an inner circumference of the contact hole 216a, and the lead wiring layer pattern 207 in the contact hole 216a; a sealing layer 217 covering a portion of the connecting wiring layer pattern 237 in the contact hole 216a; and an upper sealing layer pattern 219 covering the sealing layer pattern 217 that is above the connecting wiring layer pattern 237.
US10020322B2
A highly reliable semiconductor device which includes an oxide semiconductor is provided. Alternatively, a transistor having normally-off characteristics which includes an oxide semiconductor is provided. The transistor includes a first conductor, a first insulator, a second insulator, a third insulator, a first oxide, an oxide semiconductor, a second conductor, a second oxide, a fourth insulator, a third conductor, a fourth conductor, a fifth insulator, and a sixth insulator. The second conductor is separated from the sixth insulator by the second oxide. The third conductor and the fourth conductor are separated from the sixth insulator by the fifth insulator. The second oxide has a function of suppressing permeation of oxygen as long as oxygen contained in the sixth insulator is sufficiently supplied to the oxide semiconductor through the second oxide. The fifth insulator has a barrier property against oxygen.
US10020313B2
An antifuse may include a non-planar conductive terminal having a high-z portion extending to a greater z-height than a low-z portion. A second conductive terminal is disposed over the low-z portion and separated from the first terminal by at least one intervening dielectric material. Fabrication of an antifuse may include forming a first opening in a first dielectric material disposed over a substrate, and undercutting a region of the first dielectric material. The undercut region of the first dielectric material is lined with a second dielectric material, such as gate dielectric material, through the first opening. A conductive first terminal material backfills the lined undercut region through the first opening. A second opening through the first dielectric material exposes the second dielectric material lining the undercut region. A conductive second terminal material is backfilled in the second opening.
US10020304B2
A substrate is patterned to form trenches and a semiconductor fin between the trenches. Insulators are formed in the trenches and a first dielectric layer is formed to cover the semiconductor fin and the insulators. A dummy gate strip is formed on the first dielectric layer. Spacers are formed on sidewalls of the dummy gate strip. The dummy gate strip and the first dielectric layer underneath are removed until sidewalls of the spacers, a portion of the semiconductor fin and portions of the insulators are exposed. A second dielectric layer is selectively formed to cover the exposed portion of the semiconductor fin, wherein a thickness of the first dielectric layer is smaller than a thickness of the second dielectric layer. A gate is formed between the spacers to cover the second dielectric layer, the sidewalls of the spacers and the exposed portions of the insulators.
US10020286B2
Package on package (PoP) devices and methods of packaging semiconductor dies are disclosed. A PoP device includes a first packaged die and a second packaged die coupled to the first packaged die. Metal stud bumps are disposed between the first packaged die and the second packaged die. The metal stud bumps include a stick region, a first ball region coupled to a first end of the stick region, and a second ball region coupled to a second end of the stick region. The metal stud bumps include a portion that is partially embedded in a solder joint.
US10020285B2
A method of producing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes: providing a semiconductor wafer, the wafer including an upper layer of a semiconductor material, an inner etch stop layer and a lower layer; forming a plurality of functional areas in the upper layer; performing a selective first etch process on the upper layer so as to separate the plurality of functional areas from each other by trenches etched through the upper layer, the first etch process being substantially stopped by the inner etch stop layer; and removing the lower layer by a second etch process, the second etch process being substantially stopped by the inner etch stop layer.
US10020281B2
Methods and semiconductor devices for bonding a first semiconductor device to a second semiconductor device include forming metal pads including a textured microstructure having a columnar grain structure at substantially the same angular direction from the top surface to the bottom surface. The textured crystalline microstructures enables the use of low temperatures and low pressures to effect bonding of the metal pads. Also described are methods of packaging and semiconductor devices.
US10020274B2
Disclosed is a solder particle including a plastic core; a copper-free metal layer which is formed on an external surface of the plastic core; and a solder layer which is formed on the copper-free metal layer and contains not less than 85 wt % tin. Thus, it is possible to provide a solder particle with a copper-free metal layer, which is excellent in strength and conductivity and prevents or minimizes generation of a void during a reflow process or the like.
US10020273B2
According to aspects provided herein, a semiconductor device may include a bump providing improved reliability and reduced size. In some aspects, a conductive pad may be formed on a substrate, and a conductive support layer, which may be a pillar, may be formed on the conductive pad. An intermetallic compound (IMC) layer may be formed on the conductive support layer, and a solder layer may be formed on the IMC layer. In some aspects, the conductive support layer may be of a smaller width than the IMC layer. In some aspects, the conductive support layer may have side surfaces which are wider at the solder side than at the conductive pad side. In some aspects, other layers may be formed, such as a seed layer between the conductive pad and the conductive support layer, or a barrier layer between the conductive support layer and the IMC layer.
US10020271B2
A method includes measuring a first calibration kit in a wafer to obtain a first performance data. The wafer includes a substrate, and a plurality of dielectric layers over the substrate. The first calibration kit includes a first passive device over the plurality of dielectric layers, wherein substantially no metal feature is disposed in the plurality of dielectric layers and overlapped by the first passive device. The method further includes measuring a second calibration kit in the wafer to obtain a second performance data. The second calibration kit includes a second passive device identical to the first device and over the plurality of dielectric layers, and dummy patterns in the plurality of dielectric layers and overlapped by the second passive device. The first performance data and the second performance data are de-embedded to determine an effect of metal patterns in the plurality of dielectric layers to overlying passive devices.
US10020269B2
Disclosed are systems, devices and methods for providing electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for integrated circuits. In some implementations, first and second conductors with ohmic contacts on an intrinsic semiconductor region can function similar to an x-i-y type diode, where each of x and y can be n-type or p-type. Such a diode can be configured to turn on under selected conditions such as an ESD event. Such a structure can be configured so as to provide an effective ESD protection while providing little or substantially nil effect on radio-frequency (RF) operating properties of a device.
US10020253B2
The invention provides a memory device. The memory device includes a substrate, a plurality of first wires, a plurality of etch-stop layers, a dielectric layer, and a plurality of vias. The substrate has a plurality of first regions and a plurality of second regions arranged in a staggered manner along a first direction. The first wires are embedded in the substrate and extended along the first direction. The first wires include a conductive layer and a cap layer located on the conductive layer, and the upper surface of the cap layer has a groove. The etch-stop layers are located on the cap layer and filled in the groove. The dielectric layer is located on the substrate and has a plurality of via openings in the first regions. The via openings expose the substrate and the etch-stop layer. The vias are filled in the via openings and electrically connected to the substrate. The invention further provides a manufacturing method of a memory device.
US10020250B2
To achieve an interposer being capable of corresponding to a variety of pitch conversions and being inexpensive as compared to the one in the related art. An interposer including a resin lamination including connection terminals for a main board on one surface, and a glass sheet that is fixed along another surface of the resin lamination, the glass sheet having an exposed portion exposed from the resin lamination, the exposed portion being at least a part of a surface not facing to the resin lamination, the glass sheet including connection terminals for a semiconductor device on a surface of the exposed portion, and wiring being formed on a surface of the exposed portion to interconnect the connection terminals with an edge of the exposed portion.
US10020232B2
Integrated circuits including MOSFETs with selectively recessed gate electrodes. Transistors having recessed gate electrodes with reduced capacitive coupling area to adjacent source and drain contact metallization are provided alongside transistors with gate electrodes that are non-recessed and have greater z-height. In embodiments, analog circuits employ transistors with gate electrodes of a given z-height while logic gates employ transistors with recessed gate electrodes of lesser z-height. In embodiments, subsets of substantially planar gate electrodes are selectively etched back to differentiate a height of the gate electrode based on a given transistor's application within a circuit.
US10020225B2
An object of the present invention is to improve the reliability of a semiconductor device.A semiconductor device has a first lead group comprised of a plurality of first leads, a second lead group comprised of a plurality of second leads, and a first suspension lead arranged between the first lead group and the second lead group. Further, the semiconductor device has a first tape attached to each of the first leads, the first suspension lead, and some of the second leads, and a second tape attached to each of the second leads. Further, the first tape has a lead holding part attached to each of the first leads, and a tape supporting part attached to the first suspension lead and some of the second leads and is attached to a position farther from wire connecting portion than the lead holding part.
US10020224B2
A method of forming a via and a wiring structure formed are disclosed. The method may include forming a conductive line in a first dielectric layer; forming a hard mask adjacent to the conductive line after the conductive line forming; forming a second dielectric layer over the hard mask; and forming a via opening to the conductive line in the second dielectric layer. The via opening lands at least partially on the hard mask to self-align the via opening to the conductive line. A via may be formed by filling the via opening with a conductor.
US10020222B2
There is provided a method for processing an inner wall surface of a micro vacancy, capable of reliably etching or cleaning even if the hole provided to the substrate to be processed is narrow and deep. The substrate has a surface and a micro vacancy with an opening on the surface. An aspect ratio of the micro vacancy being at least 5, or the aspect ratio being less than 5 and a ratio of a micro vacancy volume to a surface area of the opening being at least 3. The micro vacancy is exposed to an atmosphere for forming a silicon oxide film so as to form a silicon oxide film on the inner wall surface of the micro vacancy. Subsequently a processing solution with a wettability with respect to silicon oxide is introduced into the micro vacancy so as to perform processing of the inner wall surface.
US10020212B1
An LED die containing a gallium semiconductor layer is placed on a target substrate using a pick-up tool (PUT) attached to the LED die using metallic gallium. As a result of a laser lift-of (LLO) process to separate the gallium semiconductor layer from a substrate layer on which the gallium semiconductor layer is formed, a layer of gallium metal is formed on a surface of the LED die. The gallium layer is melted to form liquid gallium. A head of the PUT is contacted with the liquid gallium, whereupon the LED die is cooled such that the liquid gallium solidifies, attaching the LED die to the PUT. The PUT picks up and places the LED die at a desired location on a target substrate. The LED die can be heated to melt the gallium layer, allowing the PUT to be detached.
US10020211B2
An apparatus includes a mold chase, which includes a top portion and an edge ring having a ring-shape. The edge ring is underlying and connected to an edge of the top portion. The edge ring has an injection port and a venting port. A molding guide kit is configured to be inserted into the injection port. The molding guide kit includes a front sidewall having a curved front edge.
US10020210B2
Systems and methods are provided for annealing a semiconductor structure using microwave radiation. A semiconductor structure is provided. One or more energy-converting materials capable of increasing the semiconductor structure's absorption of microwave radiation are provided. Microwave radiation is applied to the energy-converting materials and the semiconductor structure to anneal the semiconductor structure for fabricating semiconductor devices. First local temperatures associated with one or more first zones of the semiconductor structure are detected. The microwave radiation applied to the energy-converting materials and the semiconductor structure is adjusted based at least in part on the detected first local temperatures.
US10020204B2
Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to methods and apparatus for processing of the bottom surface of a substrate to counteract thermal stresses thereon. Correcting strains are applied to the bottom surface of the substrate which compensate for undesirable strains and distortions on the top surface of the substrate. Specifically designed films may be formed on the back side of the substrate by any combination of deposition, implant, thermal treatment, and etching to create strains that compensate for unwanted distortions of the substrate. In some embodiments, localized strains may be introduced by locally altering the hydrogen content of a silicon nitride film or a carbon film, among other techniques. Structures may be formed by printing, lithography, or self-assembly techniques. Treatment of the layers of film is determined by the stress map desired and includes annealing, implanting, melting, or other thermal treatments.
US10020202B2
A method of fabricating multi Vth devices and the resulting device are disclosed. Embodiments include forming a high-k dielectric layer over a substrate; forming a first TiN layer, a first barrier layer, a second TiN layer, a second barrier layer, and a third TiN layer consecutively over the high-k dielectric layer; forming a first masking layer over the third TiN layer in a first region; removing the third TiN layer in second and third regions, exposing the second barrier layer in the second and third regions; removing the first masking layer; removing the exposed second barrier layer; forming a second masking layer over the third TiN layer in the first region and the second TiN layer in the second region; removing the second TiN layer in the third region, exposing the first barrier layer in the third region; removing the second masking layer; and removing the exposed first barrier layer.
US10020199B1
Initial film layers prepared from tin(II) chloride spontaneously generate open cavities when the initial film layers are thermally cured to about 400° C. using a temperature ramp of 1° C./minute to 10° C./minute while exposed to air. The openings of the bowl-shaped cavities have characteristic dimensions whose lengths are in a range of 30 nm to 300 nm in the plane of the top surfaces of the cured film layers. The cured film layers comprise tin oxide and have utility in gas sensors, electrodes, photocells, and solar cells.
US10020193B1
A laser annealing method that includes forming a second layer having through holes on a first layer, and radiating laser light with a wavelength of 3 μm or greater to the first layer via the through holes.
US10020191B2
A method for characterizing carbon nanotubes comprising: providing a conductive substrate and applying an insulating layer on the conductive substrate; forming a carbon nanotube structure on a surface of the insulating layer, the carbon nanotube structure includes at least one carbon nanotube; placing the carbon nanotube structure under a scanning electron microscope, adjusting the scanning electron microscope with an accelerating voltage ranging from 5˜20 KV, a dwelling time ranging 6˜20 microseconds and a magnification ranging from 10000˜100000 times; taking photos of the carbon nanotube structure with the scanning electron microscope; and, obtaining a photo of the carbon nanotube structure, the photo shows the at least one carbon nanotube and a background.
US10020174B2
A method for parallel analysis in mass spectrometry and ion mobility spectrometry includes enabling a sample to be subjected to a chromatography separation; ionizing the chromatography separated sample and then feeding the sample into a succeeding stage device for analysis, comprising: analyzing at least part of the ionized sample through an ion mobility spectrometer to obtain an ion mobility spectrum, and analyzing at least other parts of the sample through a mass spectrometer to obtain a mass spectrum, wherein the period for obtaining each ion mobility spectrum and each mass spectrum being not longer than 5 s; and performing data post-processing, comprising: correlating the peaks in said ion mobility spectrum and the peaks in said mass spectrum with a deconvolution algorithm according to the consistency in retention time or elution profile for the same analyte in said chromatography.
US10020172B2
There is provided a plasma processing apparatus including a susceptor, having a substrate mounting portion for mounting thereon a substrate; a focus ring including an outer ring and an inner ring; a dielectric ring; a dielectric constant varying device for varying a dielectric constant of the dielectric ring; a grounding body positioned at an outside of the dielectric ring with a gap from a bottom surface of the focus ring; and a controller for controlling a top surface electric potential of the focus ring by controlling a current flowing from the susceptor to the substrate.
US10020162B2
There is provided a beam alignment method capable of easily aligning an electron beam with a coma-free axis in an electron microscope. The method starts with tilting the electron beam (EB) in a first direction (+X) relative to a reference axis (A) and obtaining a first TEM (transmission electron microscope) image. Then, the beam is tilted in a second direction (−X) relative to the reference axis, the second direction (−X) being on the opposite side of the reference axis (A) from the first direction (+X), and a second TEM image is obtained. The reference axis is incrementally varied so as to reduce the brightness of the differential image between a power spectrum of the first TEM image and a power spectrum of the second TEM image.
US10020145B2
A mechanical connector for high and low voltages has a first connector part with a first end having a cavity; a second connector part with a first end having a cross section adapted to the cavity of the first connector part, wherein the inner dimensions of the cavity correspond with the outer dimensions of the cross section to provide a slide fit and an electrical connection between the outer circumference of the cross section and the inner circumference of the cavity; and a thermal conductive, electrically insulating layer is arranged between and in contact with the end face of the second connector part and the bottom of the cavity of the first connector part. A circuit breaker may have such a mechanical connector incorporated in the fixed electrode rod.
US10020139B2
A key structure includes a base plate, an illumination module, a switch circuit board, a metallic elastic element, a supporting element, a metallic pressing plate and a covering member. The metallic elastic element is disposed on the switch circuit board. The supporting element is located beside the metallic elastic element. An edge of the metallic pressing plate is fixed on the supporting element. As the metallic pressing plate is swung relative to the base plate to push the metallic elastic element, the switch circuit board is triggered by the metallic elastic element. The covering member covers the base plate and the metallic pressing plate. The covering member has a light-transmissible region. A light beam from the illumination module passes through the light-transmissible region. Consequently, the key structure is illuminated.
US10020130B2
Provided is a switch with excellent operability. A switch is provided with a plunger, a lower torsion spring in which a biasing direction changes according to the movement of the plunger. The lower torsion spring biases the plunger in a returning direction when the plunger is in a reference position, and biases the plunger in a direction different from the returning direction when the plunger is in an operation position.
