US10050402B2
A gas laser oscillation device of the present invention including a blower unit having a rotating part that rotates, which includes an impeller, a rotating shaft, a motor rotor and a portion of bearings that are brought into contact with the rotating shaft, and a non-rotating part that does not rotate, which includes a motor stator, a casing and a portion of the bearings that are brought into contact with the casing. Two bearings are disposed between the rotating part and the non-rotating part. A grease supply mechanism that supplies grease to each of the two bearings is provided. A control unit drives the blower unit at a rotation rate lower than a rotation rate when a laser is output, after grease is supplied from the grease supply mechanism to the two bearings.
US10050401B2
A terminal insertion device that inserts a terminal into a connector housing, is provided with a stationary disk, a parallel joint mechanism which grasps an electric wire which is connected to the terminal at a leading end and conveys the electric wire and inserts the terminal into a cavity of the connector housing, a biaxial sensor portion capable of measuring at least a contour position of the terminal, roll angle calculation portion which calculates a roll angle with respect to a reference condition, and a roll angle compensation control portion that controls the parallel joint mechanism to compensate an inclination of the terminal.
US10050398B2
A dock connector support structure is to mate with a corresponding structure of a mating connector. A magnet magnetically attaches the dock connector support structure to the corresponding structure of the mating connector. A signal contact and a further contact are supported by the dock connector support structure. The signal contact is to communicatively connect with a contact of the mating connector. The further contact is selected from among a high-power contact to supply power in excess of five watts, and a wireless element contact to connect to a wireless communication element.
US10050395B2
Electrical cables are described having strands of fibers of wire that are fused together at their ends to facilitate attachment to a respective mating member and mounting member.
US10050389B2
Disclosed are field-terminable traceable (e.g., networking) cables and cable components (e.g., field-applicable connection hoods), as well as related kits and methods. For example, in one embodiment of a field-applicable connection hood for a networking cable, the connection hood comprises: a connector or plug configured to be coupled to a port or outlet; two conductive tabs each configured to be coupled without, soldering to a tracer wire to enable electrical communication between the tracer wire and the conductive tab; an electrically activated telltale; and a switch configured to be actuated to enable electrical communication between the two conductive tabs and the telltale.
US10050383B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of telecommunication, and more specifically, to communication connectors such as, for example, shielded plug and jack connectors. In an embodiment, the present invention is a communication jack that includes a housing and a front sled assembly having a plurality of plug interface contacts (PICs), the front sled assembly being moveable along a horizontal plane of the communication jack between a first position and a second position, the first position being different from the second position.
US10050373B2
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of conductive terminals affixed to the insulative housing, a metal shielding plate affixed to the insulative housing and including a fixing plate, and a shielding shell formed by Metal Injection Molding and enclosing the insulative housing for forming a receiving room. The fixing plate is spot-welded onto the shielding shell for forming a welding spot. The thickness of the shielding shell spot-welded onto the welding spot is twice as thick as the fixing plate at least. The shielding shell has more than twice the rigidity of the fixing plate.
US10050369B1
A terminal module comprises a connecting element having second and third slots; a second terminal unit disposed at the second slots; a third terminal unit disposed at the third slots and opposite the second terminal unit; a first terminal module disposed beneath the connecting element to clamp the second terminal unit and comprising a first terminal unit; and a fourth terminal module disposed on the connecting element to clamp the third terminal unit and comprising a fourth terminal unit opposite the first terminal unit. The second and third terminal units are disposed behind the first and fourth terminal units. A ground terminal and two signal terminals are disposed at one or two sides of the first, second, third and/or fourth terminal units. The ground terminal is the outermost one. An electrical connector is provided and comprises a casing and the terminal module disposed therein.
US10050361B1
A flexible circuit connector includes a dielectric holder extending between a base mounted to a circuit board and a mating end mated with an electrical connector assembly. The dielectric holder has a first side and a second side with a first flexible circuit coupled to the first side and a second flexible circuit coupled to the second side. The flexible circuits each have a base edge extending to the base of the dielectric holder and a mating edge extending to the mating end of the dielectric holder. The flexible circuits each have signal conductors routed between the mating edge and the base edge and ground conductors providing electrical shielding for the signal conductors.
US10050356B2
An electrical arrangement (10), including: a first conductor (12) having a first generally planar contact area (34); a second conductor (12) having a second generally planar contact area (40); an intermediate conductor (44) having a first faying area (84) overlying the first contact area and a second faying area (86) overlying the second contact area; a compression arrangement configured to compress the first faying area and the first contact area toward each other and to compress the second faying area and the second contact area toward each other; and a dimpling structure (46) effective to create plural contact points (74) between the first faying area and the first contact area and between the second faying area and the second contact area when the first and the second faying areas and the first and second contact areas are compressed toward each other by the compression arrangement.
US10050350B2
A planar differential aperture antenna that has a high gain and wide bandwidth at a millimeter wave band is provided. The differential aperture antenna has a cavity within it that has a height of roughly a quarter of a wavelength of the desired transmission band. The cavity is H-shaped, and has a cross shaped patch within the cavity that is fed differentially by two grounded coplanar waveguides. Two ends of the patch extend towards the ports on either side of the differential aperture antenna, and the other two ends of the patch extend into the cavity lobes, perpendicular with respect to the ports.
US10050349B2
A waveguide is provided. The waveguide comprises: a ridged waveguide section having a first end and an opposing second end, wherein the ridged waveguide section comprises an input port at the first end, and wherein the ridged waveguide section comprises at least one ridge formed within the ridged waveguide section extending into the ridged waveguide section along an axis normal to the input port; a rectangular waveguide section coupled to the second end; at least one tapered load element located in a non-ridge region of the ridged waveguide section, wherein the at least one tapered load element comprises a material configured to absorb a first portion of power propagating through the waveguide; and at least one lossy back load element within the rectangular waveguide section, wherein the at least one lossy back load element comprises a material configured to absorb a second portion of the power propagating through the waveguide.
US10050345B2
A determined far-field beam pattern can be approximately formed by applying a modulation pattern to metamaterial elements receiving RF energy from a feed network. For example, a desired beam profile projected onto a two-dimensional plane of a far-field of an antenna is desired to be produced by an antenna. A computing system can calculate a modulation pattern to apply to metamaterial elements receiving RF energy to a feed network that will result in an approximation of desired beam profile.
US10050337B2
A V2X antenna includes: a Z directional radiator, an XY directional radiator extending in the Z direction from a central position of the Z directional radiator, and an induction coupler formed between the Z directional radiator and the XY directional radiator. The induction coupler applies an induced current with a designated level to the Z directional radiator and the XY directional radiator.
US10050334B2
An antenna is provided to be applied in a mobile terminal having a metal body. The antenna includes: a feed point; a first ground point; and a metal dome connected with the feed point. A metal frame is extended from an upper side of the metal body. The metal frame is provided with a slit. The metal dome is fixedly connected with the metal frame at an end near the slit. The feed point is disposed on the metal body and under the metal dome. The first ground point is disposed on the metal body and connected with the metal frame.
US10050333B2
Provided is a reception device (20) including: an antenna section (21) that includes a resonant circuit (212) including an antenna (211) that is configured to receive electrical power from a transmission device (10) through contactless communication; and a control section (31) that is configured to change a Q factor of the resonant circuit (212) and control an antenna characteristic of the antenna section (21) in accordance with a change in received electrical power before and after changing of the Q factor.
US10050332B2
According to various embodiments, there is provided an electronic device including: a housing; a first conductive member that forms a portion of the housing and is at least partially disposed within the housing; a second conductive member that forms another portion of the housing and includes a portion disposed adjacent to a portion of the first conductive member; a non-conductive member disposed between the portion of the first conductive member and a portion of the second conductive member; a capacitive coupling structure coupled between the first conductive member and the second conductive member; a communication circuit electrically coupled to the first conductive member; and a sensor electrically coupled to the first conductive member. Various other embodiments may be made.
US10050311B2
The present invention provides an electrode for a secondary battery, more specifically an electrode for a secondary battery, comprising a current collector; an electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface or the whole outer surface of the current collector; a conductive material-coating layer formed on the top surface of the electrode active material layer and comprising a conductive material and a first polymer binder; and a porous coating layer formed on the top surface of the conductive material-coating layer and comprising a second polymer binder. Also, the present invention provides a secondary battery and a cable-type secondary battery comprising the electrode.
US10050309B2
A nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising a nonaqueous solvent, an electrolyte salt comprising a lithium salt, and a difluoroboron complex compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group.
US10050308B2
An electrochemical cell including at least one nitrogen-containing compound is disclosed. The at least one nitrogen-containing compound may form part of or be included in: an anode structure, a cathode structure, an electrolyte and/or a separator of the electrochemical cell. Also disclosed is a battery including the electrochemical cell.
US10050298B2
A conduit assembly for a fuel cell system includes an inner dielectric tube having a first end and a second end, a first metal tube including a first lip coupled to the first end of the inner dielectric tube, a first dielectric ring coupled to the first lip of the first metal tube, a second metal tube including a second lip coupled to the second end of the inner dielectric tube, a second dielectric ring coupled to the second lip of the second metal tube, and an outer dielectric tube having a first end and a second end, coupled to the inner dielectric tube, the first dielectric ring and the second dielectric ring.
US10050297B2
A method and system for storing and/or discharging electrical energy that has a cost, which method includes steps of: (a) providing a flow battery system comprising at least one flow battery cell and a controller; (b) operating the flow battery cell at a power density having a first value; and (c) changing the power density at which the flow battery cell is operated from the first value to a second value as a function of the cost of the electrical energy, wherein the power density is changed using the controller, and wherein the second value is different than the first value.
US10050289B2
Disclosed are a system and a method for discharging a gas and condensed water for a fuel cell system. The gas and condensed water discharge system comprises: a fuel cell stack that includes cathodes and anodes and produces an electric current by an electrochemical reaction of oxygen and hydrogen; a water trap that temporarily stores gases and water discharged from anodes of the stack and condensed water; an integrated drain valve that is mounted at the water trap so as to generate the gas flow path for gases and the condensed water passing through a discharge portion of the integrated drain valve and discharged out of the water trap; and a controller that discharges the gases and the condensed water by opening and closing the integrated drain valve.
US10050281B2
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly wherein a fuel cell electrode layer is formed on a material and is transferred to a fuel cell electrolyte membrane. The method includes the steps of: forming a fuel cell electrode layer on a first substrate layer; cutting from the fuel cell electrode layer side using cutting means so as to reach a second substrate layer, and forming a cut of a predetermined shape in the fuel cell electrode layer and the first substrate layer; and a removal step for peeling off an outer side portion of the predetermined shape from the second substrate layer.
US10050279B2
A fuel cell has a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane, catalyst layers disposed on both sides of the electrolyte membrane, and three or more layers of porous bodies disposed on a front surface side of the catalyst layer, a frame body surrounding an outer periphery of the electrolyte membrane, and a separator that partitions and forms a gas passage between the membrane electrode assembly and the separator. Extended portions are provided at an outer edge of a first porous body adjacent to the separator among the three layers of the porous bodies, and at an outer edge of a second porous body adjacent to the first porous body, respectively, so as to extend to be superimposed over the frame body. The extended portions of the first and second porous bodies intervene between the frame body and the separator.
US10050277B2
Provided are an electrodeposited copper foil, a negative electrode that is for a lithium ion secondary battery, and a lithium ion secondary battery into which the electrode is incorporated. The electrodeposited copper foil exhibits good electrical conductivity and superior tensile strength, with no significant decline in tensile strength exhibited even after one hour of heating at 300° C. The negative electrode has heightened cycle properties due to the use of the electrodeposited copper foil as a current collector. Using x-ray diffraction, in the electrodeposited copper foil, in normal conditions, the diffraction intensity (I)<220> in the <220> orientation, the diffraction intensity (I)<200> in the <200> orientation, and the diffraction intensity (I)<111> in the <111> orientation, satisfy the following formula (1): I<220>/{I<220>+I<200>+I<111>}>0.13 (1).
US10050276B2
Disclosed is a negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a negative active material and a binder, wherein the binder includes carboxymethyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, and a styrene-butadiene rubber, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same.
US10050273B2
An electrode for a power storage device with good cycle characteristics and high charge/discharge capacity is provided. In addition, a power storage device including the electrode is provided. The electrode for the power storage device includes a conductive layer and an active material layer provided over the conductive layer, the active material layer includes graphene and an active material including a plurality of whiskers, and the graphene is provided to be attached to a surface portion of the active material including a plurality of whiskers and to have holes in part of the active material layer. Further, in the electrode for the power storage device, the graphene is provided to be attached to a surface portion of the active material including a plurality of whiskers and to cover the active material including a plurality of whiskers. Further, the power storage device including the electrode is manufactured.
US10050271B2
The invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of metal-containing compounds comprising the steps of a) forming a mixture comprising i) elemental phosphorus and ii) one or more metal-containing precursor compounds, and b) heating the mixture to a temperature of at least 150° C. Materials made by such a process are useful, for example, as electrode materials in alkali metal-ion battery applications.
US10050269B2
The disclosure relates to the manufacturing of a lead-acid battery that includes a composite that includes lead oxide and a nanomaterial. A method of preparing the composite is disclosed. In one embodiment, an in-situ sol-gel reaction of a solution occurs in the presence of lead oxide to produce a composite that includes the lead oxide and a nanomaterial (e.g., a nano-oxide). The solution may include a precursor that includes metal alkoxide or silicate. The composite may include the lead oxide and the nanomaterial dispersed or distributed among particles of the lead oxide. A lead-acid battery may be manufactured using the composite. Various properties of a lead-acid battery may be improved by using the composite as part of the active material including a longer life expectancy, increased specific energy and increased power-to-weight ratio.
US10050261B2
Provided are a cathode material for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery containing the same. The cathode material for a lithium secondary battery comprises: a cathode active material, which is a lithium-transition metal oxide, and a lithium phosphate layer coated on a surface of the cathode active material.
US10050256B2
A method of manufacturing a positive electrode includes: preparing a current collector foil having a first main surface and a second main surface; obtaining a granulated body in which a solvent remains by mixing a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, a binder, and the solvent with each other to obtain a mixture and granulating the mixture; obtaining a first positive electrode mixture layer by pressing the granulated body into a sheet shape; arranging the first positive electrode mixture layer on the first main surface; and heating the current collector foil in a state where the first positive electrode mixture layer is arranged on the first main surface, such that a temperature of the current collector foil becomes a softening point of the current collector foil or higher and that a temperature of the first positive electrode mixture layer is lower than a melting point of the binder.
US10050252B2
A fault tolerant battery system includes an electrical storage cell having a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The electrical storage cell is provided with a normally open bypass circuit path that is closed in the event of an overdischarged, or open-circuit failure of, the electrical storage cell. The bypass circuit path includes a first electrical conductor connected to the negative terminal of the electrical storage cell, a second electrical conductor connected to the positive terminal of the electrical storage cell, and a shorting gap between the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor. The first and second electrical conductors and a non-conductive barrier define an enclosed chamber that encompasses a mass of a fusible material, a spring that is positioned to force the mass of the fusible material into the shorting gap when the mass of the fusible material is at least partially molten, and a heat source is activatable upon the occurrence of the failed electrical storage cell. Two diodes connected in electrical series serve as heat sources, one of which is operable to melt at least a portion of the mass of the fusible material and one of which is operable to heat the conductive web. The chamber entraps the partially molten fusible material such that the spring forces the molten material into the shorting gap, where it closes the shorting gap so that the first electrical conductor is in electrical communication with the second electrical conductor.
US10050250B2
Provided are an anode for a secondary battery including an anode collector, an anode active material coated on the anode collector, and a non-coating portion (anode tab) which protrudes from one side of the anode collector and is not coated with an anode active material, wherein the anode includes a metal member which is bonded to the non-coating portion and has higher reactivity or reducibility with respect to a metal oxide than the anode collector, and a secondary battery including the anode.
US10050248B2
Provided is a secondary battery that exhibits excellent retention of an electrolyte solution in an electrode body and excellent high rate charging and discharging characteristics. A secondary battery provided by the present invention includes an electrode body, which has a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator that electrically isolates the positive electrode from the negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution. In addition, the secondary battery has a non-woven fabric layer between the separator and the positive electrode and/or between the separator and the negative electrode. At least some of the fibers that constitute the non-woven fabric layer have one non-through hole in each of the fibers, with the non-through hole having an opening in one end of the fiber in a length direction thereof and extending in the length direction of the fiber. The length (LW) from the opening of the non-through hole to the deepest part of the non-through hole in the length direction is 50% or higher of the entire length (LF) of the fiber.
US10050247B2
Disclosed herein is a coating composition having excellent thermal resistance and drying processability, utilizing polyamic acid having high thermal resistance and excellent solubility in a low boiling point solvent. Specifically, the coating composition includes polyamic acid and a low boiling point solvent having a boiling point less than 150° C. Also, disclosed herein a separator having improved thermal resistance by coating the coating composition on one or both surfaces of a polyolefin-based substrate film, and an electrochemical battery having improved thermal stability by using the separator.
US10050245B2
A module for an electrochemical battery including plural accumulators electrically connected together by connection elements, a mechanism for electrical connection of the module with an exterior and a continuous envelope made from a dielectric polymer material that covers exterior surfaces of the accumulators, and connection elements that do not cover the mechanism for electrical connection of the module with the exterior. The continuous envelope is made by soaking to ensure coating of the accumulators and of the one or more connecting elements. The plural accumulators are distributed into plural layers, arranged in relation to each other so that one or more passages are made between the accumulators, wherein the continuous envelope covers a surface of the accumulator or accumulators delimitating the passages between the accumulators.
US10050244B2
The present disclosure provides a battery module comprising a plurality of mono-batteries arranged side by side; two end plates positioned at two opposite ends respectively; two side plates positioned at a front side and a rear side respectively and securely connected to the two end plates; a bottom plate positioned under the plurality of mono-batteries and securely connected to the two end plates and the two side plates; a plurality of insulating spacers provided on each side plate, each insulating spacer extends in an up-down direction, and the two adjacent insulating spacers on each side plate receive one side of one corresponding mono-battery in a front-rear direction; a plurality of insulating bonding materials, each insulating bonding material is provided between the two adjacent insulating spacers on each side plate, so as to bond one side surface of one corresponding mono-battery in the front-rear direction.
US10050240B2
An electrochemical cell includes: an electrode assembly; and a housing including a first sheet and a second sheet, wherein the first sheet includes a first gas blocking layer, and a first sealing layer, and wherein the second sheet includes a second gas blocking layer and a second sealing layer, wherein the housing defines an accommodation region which accommodates the electrode assembly, which is disposed between the first sheet and the second sheet, and wherein the housing includes a bonded member, wherein the bonded member includes a third gas blocking layer disposed between the first gas blocking layer and the second gas blocking layer, wherein the third gas blocking layer includes a plurality of nanostructures.
US10050238B2
An organic light emitting display device can include a first electrode on a substrate; a first emission part on the first electrode, the first emission part including a first emission layer; a second emission part on the first emission part, the second emission part including a second emission layer; a third emission part on the second emission part, the third emission part including a third emission layer; and a second electrode on the third emission part, in which a first thickness between the substrate and the first emission layer, a second thickness between the first emission layer and the second emission layer, a third thickness between the second emission layer and the third emission layer, and a fourth thickness between the third emission layer and the second electrode are different from each other, and the first, second emission, and third emission parts include at least one organic layer.
US10050236B2
This presently disclosed technology relates to Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs), more particularly it relates to OLED display extraction and nanocomposite formulations that can be used for the light extraction structure. The OLEDs comprise, in order, an encapsulation layer or a substrate layer, an array of lenses, and an array of light emitting pixels at least partially covered by said array of lenses, wherein at least one of the lenses covers at least one of the pixel, and said lenses comprises a material with higher refractive index than the encapsulation layer or substrate layer.
US10050228B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) display device and an encapsulation method thereof. The encapsulation method of the OLED display device comprises: providing a display substrate, the display substrate having a display region and a peripheral region provided outside the display region; forming a dam in the peripheral region of the display substrate; and forming a plurality of thin film encapsulation layers on the display substrate by using a single mask plate, wherein the plurality of thin film encapsulation layers envelop the dam therein.
US10050225B2
An organic light emitting diode display is disclosed. The organic light emitting diode display includes: a substrate, an organic light emitting diode positioned on the substrate, a metal layer positioned on the substrate with the organic light emitting diode interposed therebetween, and a resin layer positioned on the metal layer and configured to reinforce a strength of the metal layer.
US10050215B2
A compound represented by the general formula (1) is useful as a light-emitting material. R1, R3, and R5 each represent a cyano group, or R1, R2, R4, and R5 each represent a cyano group; and the others of R1 to R6 each represent a group represented by any one of the following general formula (4), etc.
US10050207B2
An object is to provide a new fluorene derivative as a good light-emitting material for organic EL elements. A fluorene derivative represented by General Formula (G1) is provided. In the formula, R1 to R8 separately represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group. Further, α1 to α4 separately represent a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group. Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic hydrocarbon having 14 to 18 carbon atoms forming a ring. Ar2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms forming a ring. Ar3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms. Further, j, m, and n separately represent 0 or 1, and p represents 1 or 2.
US10050205B2
A polymer comprising a first repeating unit represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, groups and variables are the same as described in the specification.
US10050202B2
The present invention relates to organic copolymers and organic semiconducting compositions comprising these materials, including layers and devices comprising such organic semiconductor compositions. The invention is also concerned with methods of preparing such organic semiconductor compositions and layers and uses thereof. The invention has application in the field of printed electronics and is particularly useful as a semiconducting material for use in formulations for organic thin film transistor (OTFT) backplanes for displays, integrated circuits, organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), photodetectors, organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells, sensors, memory elements and logic circuits.
US10050197B2
A semiconductor structure includes a memory region. A memory structure is disposed on the memory region. The memory structure includes a first electrode, a resistance variable layer, a protection material and a second electrode. The first electrode has a top surface on the memory region. The resistance variable layer has at least a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is disposed over the top surface of the first electrode and the second portion extends upwardly from the first portion. The protection material surrounds the second portion of the resistance variable layer. The protection material is configurable to protect at least one conductive path in the resistance variable layer. The second electrode is disposed over the resistance variable layer.
US10050191B2
The present invention provides oxide particles having a compositional formula of Pb(ZrxTi1-x)O3, wherein x is 0.46≤x≤0.6; wherein a size of the particle is from 0.5 to 10 μm; a porosity of a surface of the particle is 20% or less; and a shape of the particle is any one of a cube, a rectangular parallelepiped, or a truncated octahedron.
US10050189B2
A first aspect of the disclosure provides for method of synthesizing bismuth-antimony seleno-telluride thermoelectric nanocrystals. The method may comprise: synthesizing an oxidative chalcogen precursor, the synthesizing including: dissolving a metal in acidic deionized water by reacting the metal with a caustic solution in the deionized water to synthesize a first solution, and adjusting at least one of: pH level or a pE level of the first solution; exposing the oxidative chalcogen precursor to a pnictogen precursor to create nanoseeds; and subjecting the nanoseeds to a microwave thereby synthesizing the bismuth-antimony seleno-telluride thermoelectric nanocrystals.
US10050184B2
The invention provides a lighting device comprising (a) a light converter comprising a light receiving face; and (b) a solid state light source configured to generate a light source light with a photon flux of at least 10 W/cm2 at the light receiving face, wherein the light converter is configured to convert at least part of the light source light into light converter light having a first frequency, wherein the light converter comprises a semiconductor quantum dot in an optical structure selected from a photonic crystal structure and a plasmonic structure, wherein the optical structure is configured to increase the photon density of states in the light converter resonant with the first frequency for reducing saturation quenching, and wherein the quantum dot has a quantum efficiency of at least 80%.
US10050178B2
The present disclosure provides a light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof. The light-emitting device comprises: a metal connecting structure; a barrier layer on the metal connecting structure, the barrier layer comprising a first metal multilayer on the metal connecting structure and a second metal multilayer on the first metal multilayer; a metal reflective layer on the barrier layer; and a light-emitting stack electrically coupled to the metal reflective layer, wherein the first metal multilayer comprises a first metal layer comprising a first metal material and a second metal layer comprising a second metal material, and the second metal multilayer comprises a third metal layer comprising a third metal material and a fourth metal layer comprising a fourth metal material.
US10050177B2
A GaN based semiconductor light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device includes a first GaN based compound semiconductor layer of an n-conductivity type; an active layer; a second GaN based compound semiconductor layer; an underlying layer composed of a GaN based compound semiconductor, the underlying layer being disposed between the first GaN based compound semiconductor layer and the active layer; and a superlattice layer composed of a GaN based compound semiconductor doped with a p-type dopant, the superlattice layer being disposed between the active layer and the second GaN based compound semiconductor layer.
US10050174B2
A device including one or more layers with lateral regions configured to facilitate the transmission of radiation through the layer and lateral regions configured to facilitate current flow through the layer is provided. The layer can comprise a short period superlattice, which includes barriers alternating with wells. In this case, the barriers can include both transparent regions, which are configured to reduce an amount of radiation that is absorbed in the layer, and higher conductive regions, which are configured to keep the voltage drop across the layer within a desired range.
US10050172B2
Fabrication of a heterostructure, such as a group III nitride heterostructure, for use in an optoelectronic device is described. The heterostructure can be epitaxially grown on a sacrificial layer, which is located on a substrate structure. The sacrificial layer can be at least partially decomposed using a laser. The substrate structure can be completely removed from the heterostructure or remain attached thereto. One or more additional solutions for detaching the substrate structure from the heterostructure can be utilized. The heterostructure can undergo additional processing to form the optoelectronic device.
US10050167B2
Embodiments relate to the detection of semiconductor tampering with a light-sensitive circuit. A tamper detection device for an integrated circuit includes a light-sensitive circuit disposed within a package of an integrated circuit. The light-sensitive circuit closes in response to an exposure to a light source, indicating a tamper condition.
US10050165B2
One or more embodiments of the present invention are directed to a photovoltaic system. The system comprises photovoltaic cells, arranged side-by-side to form an array of photovoltaic cells. It further involves a cooling device, which comprises one or more layers, wherein the layers extend opposite to the array of photovoltaic cells and in thermal communication therewith, for cooling the cells, in operation. The one or more layers are structured such that a thermal resistance of the photovoltaic system varies across the array of photovoltaic cells, so as to remove heat from photovoltaic cells of the array with different heat removal rates, in operation. One or more embodiments of the present invention are further directed to related systems and methods for cooling such photovoltaic systems.
US10050161B2
A semiconductor film, including: an assembly of semiconductor quantum dots containing a metal atom; and at least one ligand that is coordinated to the semiconductor quantum dots and that is selected from a ligand represented by Formula (A), a ligand represented by Formula (B), and a ligand represented by Formula (C): wherein, in Formula (A), X1 represents —SH, —NH2, or —OH; and each of A1 and B1 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent having from 1 to 10 atoms; provided that when A1 and B1 are both hydrogen atoms, X1 represents —SH or —OH; in Formula (B), X2 represents —SH, —NH2, or —OH; and each of A2 and B2 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent having from 1 to 10 atoms; and in Formula (C), A3 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent having from 1 to 10 atoms.
US10050158B2
An optical device manufacturing apparatus includes an encapsulating device for encapsulating an optical semiconductor element mounted on a substrate by a liquid resin R in a lens shape, and a curing device for curing the liquid resin R, wherein the encapsulating device includes a dispenser capable of vertically moving a nozzle for supplying the liquid resin R, and brings the tip of the nozzle close to the optical semiconductor element and then supplies the liquid resin R while raising the nozzle. According to this optical device manufacturing apparatus, an optical device having the desired optical properties can be obtained promptly and easily.
US10050150B2
A thin-film transistor includes: an oxide semiconductor layer having a channel region, a source region, and a drain region; a gate insulating layer disposed above the oxide semiconductor layer; a gate electrode disposed at a position that is above the gate insulating layer and opposing the channel region; and a metal oxide layer stacked on the oxide semiconductor layer and in contact with the source region and the drain region. The metal oxide layer includes, as a main component, an oxide of a second metal whose bond dissociation energy with oxygen is greater than that of a first metal included in the oxide semiconductor layer. A first concentration ratio of oxygen to the second metal in an interface layer between the metal oxide layer and the oxide semiconductor layer is greater than a second concentration ratio of the same in a bulk layer of the metal oxide layer.
US10050147B2
A method of semiconductor fabrication includes forming a dielectric layer over a substrate. A dummy gate structure is formed on the dielectric layer, which defines a dummy gate dielectric region. A portion of the dielectric layer not included in the dummy gate dielectric region is etched to form a dielectric etch back region. A spacer element is formed on a portion of the dielectric etch back region, which abuts the dummy gate structure, and defines a spacer dielectric region A height of the dummy gate dielectric region is greater than the height of the spacer dielectric region. A recessed portion is formed in the substrate, over which a strained material is selectively grown to form a strained recessed region adjacent the spacer dielectric region. The dummy gate structure and the dummy gate dielectric region are removed. A gate electrode layer and a gate dielectric layer are formed.
US10050146B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided. At least one stacked structure is provided on a substrate. A first spacer material layer, a second spacer material layer, and a third spacer material layer are sequentially formed on the substrate and cover the stacked structure. The first, second, and third spacer material layers are etched to form a tri-layer spacer structure on the sidewall of the stacked structure. The tri-layer spacer structure includes, from one side of the stacked structure, a first spacer, a second spacer, and a third spacer, and a dielectric constant of the second spacer is less than each of a dielectric constant of the first spacer and a dielectric constant of the third spacer.
US10050139B2
In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a front surface, a LDMOS transistor in the front surface, and a metallization structure arranged on the front surface. The metallization structure includes at least one cavity arranged in at least one dielectric layer.
US10050133B2
In a pin diode, a new means for a soft recovery other than the means for the soft recovery using an anode layer with a low concentration and a local lifetime control is provided. A semiconductor device comprising a drift layer of a first conductivity type provided on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a front-surface-side region of a second conductivity type provided on a front surface side of the drift layer, an insulating-film layer provided on a front surface side of the front-surface-side region with a thickness thinner than a natural oxide film, and a metal layer provided on a front surface side of the insulating-film layer is provided.
US10050119B2
Methods for selectively thinning a silicon channel area under a gate electrode and resulting devices are disclosed. Embodiments include providing a SOI substrate including a Si-layer; providing a first dummy-gate electrode over a first gate-oxide between first spacers over a first channel area of the Si-layer and a second dummy-gate electrode over a second gate-oxide between second spacers over a second channel area of the Si-layer; forming a S/D region adjacent each spacer; forming an oxide over the S/D regions and the spacers; removing the dummy-gate electrodes creating first and second cavities between respective first and second spacers; forming a mask with an opening over the first cavity; removing the first gate-oxide; thinning the Si-layer under the first cavity, forming a recess in the Si-layer; forming a third gate-oxide on recess side and bottom surfaces; and filling the recess and the cavities with metal, forming first and second RMG electrodes.
US10050114B2
A semiconductor device includes an active region in a shape of a fin extending in a first direction, the fin having source/drain regions spaced apart therein, gate structures crossing the fin between the source/drain regions, each including a gate electrode, a first contact structure in electrical contact with a first source/drain region, the first contact structure including a first lower contact and a first upper contact directly thereon, a second contact structure in electrical contact with a gate electrode of a gate structure, the second contact structure including a second lower contact and a second upper contact directly thereon, and a third contact structure in electrical contact with a gate electrode of a second gate structure and in electrical contact with a second source drain region, the third contact structure including a third lower contact and a third upper contact directly thereon.
US10050111B2
A system and method for a channel region is disclosed. An embodiment comprises a channel region with multiple bi-layers comprising alternating complementary materials such as layers of InAs and layers of GaSb. The alternating layers of complementary materials provide desirable band gap characteristics for the channel region as a whole that individual layers of material may not.
US10050109B2
A silicon carbide semiconductor substrate includes: a base substrate that has a main surface having an outer diameter of not less than 100 mm and that is made of single-crystal silicon carbide; and an epitaxial layer formed on the main surface. The silicon carbide semiconductor substrate has an amount of warpage of not less than −100 μm and not more than 100 μm when a substrate temperature is a room temperature and has an amount of warpage of not less than −1.5 mm and not more than 1.5 mm when the substrate temperature is 400° C.
US10050107B1
A method of forming a semiconductor device and resulting device. The method may form a first gate on a gate region of a starting substrate. The starting substrate includes alternating sacrificial layers and semiconductor layers above a buffer sacrificial layer located on a bulk substrate. The method may remove the starting substrate located between the gates. Etching the starting substrate creates a trench into the bulk substrate. The method may form an insulating layer on the inside of the trench. The method may form a masking layer over in the trench in the starting substrate covering a portion of the insulating layer, but below a top surface of the buffer layer. The method may remove the unmasked portion of the insulating layer. The method may form a source/drain in the trench. The method may remove the buffer sacrificial layer, and the sacrificial layers in the layered nanosheet.
US10050104B2
A capacitor includes a first graphene structure having a first plurality of graphene layers. The capacitor further includes a dielectric layer over the first graphene structure. The capacitor further includes a second graphene structure over the dielectric layer, wherein the second graphene structure has a second plurality of graphene layers.
US10050102B2
Semiconductor devices and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a device layer, first and second conductive layers, first and second vias, and a MIM capacitor structure. The substrate includes active and passive regions. The device layer is in the active region. The first conductive layer is over the device layer. The second conductive layer is over the first conductive layer, wherein the first conductive layer is disposed between the device layer and the second conductive layer. The first via electrically connects the first and the second conductive layers. The MIM capacitor structure is between the first and the second conductive layers and in the passive region, and includes first and second electrodes and a capacitor dielectric layer therebetween. The capacitor dielectric layer includes Group IIIA-metal oxide or nitride. The second via electrically connects the second conductive layer and one of the first and second electrodes.
US10050093B2
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a stretchable substrate, a unit pixel over the stretchable substrate and including a plurality of emission layers emitting red light, green light, and blue light separately, and a plurality of interconnection lines connected to a corner portion of the unit pixel. The unit pixel has at least four corners, and the interconnection lines are respectively connected to the four corners.
US10050085B2
Three-dimensional memory structures that are configured to use area efficiently, and methods for providing three-dimensional memory structures that use area efficiently are provided. The vertical memory structure can include a number of bit line bits that is greater than a number of word line bits. In addition, the ratio of bit line bits to word line bits can be equal to a ratio of a first side a memory cell included in a memory array of the memory structure to a dimension of a second side of the memory cell.
US10050084B2
Methods of forming memory cells comprising phase change and/or chalcogenide materials are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes providing a lower line stack extending in a first direction, the lower line stack comprising a sacrificial line over a lower conductive line. The method further includes forming a chalcogenide line extending in the first direction by selectively removing the sacrificial material of the sacrificial line and replacing the sacrificial line with a chalcogenide material.
US10050076B2
Various embodiments of a 3D high resolution X-ray sensor are described. In one aspect, an indirect X-ray sensor includes a silicon wafer that includes an array of photodiodes thereon with each of the photodiodes having a contact on a front side of the silicon wafer and self-aligned with a respective grid hole of an array of grid holes that are on a back side of the silicon wafer. Each of the grid holes is filled with a scintillator configured to convert beams of X-ray into light. The indirect X-ray sensor also includes one or more silicon dies with an array of photo-sensing circuits each of which including a contact at a top surface of the one or more silicon dies. Contact on each of the photodiodes is aligned and bonded to contact of a respective photo-sensing circuit of the array of photo-sensing circuits of the one or more silicon dies.
US10050075B2
Systems, devices, and methods for an extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) image capture system comprising optical components to capture light corresponding to an object, an EOT filter device to receive the captured light and transmit wavelengths of interest, and an image sensor to receive the wavelengths of interest and capture an image corresponding to the object. The EOT filter device comprising a first EOT film with thickness TEOT1 and including upper and lower surfaces and a plurality of apertures having a pitch P1, a second EOT film with thickness TEOT2 and including upper and lower surfaces and a plurality of apertures having a pitch P2; and an optical cavity disposed between the first and second EOT films, the optical cavity having a thickness TOC and a refractive index RIOC, wherein the EOT filter device transmits wavelengths of interest based on thicknesses TEOT1 and TEOT2, pitches P1 and P2, and thickness TOC.
US10050072B2
Imaging sensors, imaging apparatuses, and methods of driving an image sensor are provided. An image sensor can include a semiconductor substrate with a photoelectric conversion element and a charge-conversion element. The sensor can further include a capacitance switch. A charge accumulation element is located adjacent the photoelectric conversion element. At least a portion of the charge accumulation element overlaps a charge accumulation region of the photoelectric conversion element. The charge accumulation element is selectively connected to the charge-voltage conversion element by the capacitance switch.
US10050070B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array, each pixel of the plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion film configured to photoelectrically convert light of a first wavelength and pass light of a second wavelength, and a photoelectric conversion unit configured to photoelectrically convert the light of the second wavelength. The semiconductor device may further include a charge storage unit configured to store charge received from the photoelectric conversion unit of each pixel in a pixel group, wherein the pixel group includes adjacent pixels among the plurality of pixels, a plurality of through electrodes, and a wiring layer coupled to the photoelectric conversion film of each pixel of the plurality of pixels by at least one through electrode of the plurality of through electrodes. The present technology can be applied to a solid-state imaging element.
US10050067B2
A laser crystallization apparatus includes a laser generating module configured to generate a laser beam, an optical module configured to guide the laser beam, an annealing chamber comprising a stage on which a target substrate comprising an amorphous thin film formed therein is disposed, the stage being movable along an X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction, and a tilt refractive lens configured to transform the laser beam having a cross-sectional area of a rectangle shape into a tilted laser beam having a cross-sectional area of a non-rectangular parallelogram shape and to irradiate the tilted laser beam perpendicular to the stage.
US10050060B2
To provide a semiconductor device with excellent electrical characteristics or a semiconductor device with stable electrical characteristics. A semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first insulator, a second insulator, a first wiring, and a first plug. The first transistor includes silicon. The second transistor includes an oxide semiconductor. The first insulator is located over the first transistor. The second insulator is located over the first insulator. The second transistor is located over the second insulator. The first wiring is located over the second insulator and the first plug. The first transistor and the second transistor are electrically connected to each other through the first wiring and the first plug. The first wiring has low hydrogen permeability. The hydrogen permeability of the second insulator is lower than the hydrogen permeability of the first insulator.
US10050050B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, at least one split gate memory device, and at least one logic device. The split gate memory device is disposed on the substrate. The logic device is disposed on the substrate. A select gate or a main gate of the split gate memory device and a logic gate of the logic device are both made of metal, and the other gate of the split gate memory device is made of nonmetal.
US10050044B2
The present invention proposes a static random-access memory device (SRAM). The static random-access memory device is composed of two P-channel gates of loading transistor, two N-channel gates of driving transistor and two N-channel gates of accessing transistor in a memory cell. A dummy gate is disposed adjacent to the N-channel gate of accessing transistor with a bit line node disposed therebetween, wherein the dummy gate is electrically connected to a ground voltage through a metal layer.
US10050034B2
A semiconductor device comprising: a die-source-terminal, a die-drain-terminal and a die-gate-terminal; a semiconductor-die; an insulated-gate-depletion-mode-transistor provided on the semiconductor-die, the insulated-gate-depletion-mode-transistor comprising a depletion-source-terminal, a depletion-drain-terminal and a depletion-gate-terminal, wherein the depletion-drain-terminal is coupled to the die-drain-terminal and the depletion-gate-terminal is coupled to the die-source-terminal; an enhancement-mode-transistor comprising an enhancement-source-terminal, an enhancement-drain-terminal and an enhancement-gate-terminal, wherein the enhancement-source-terminal is coupled to the die-source-terminal, the enhancement-gate-terminal is coupled to the die-gate-terminal and the enhancement-drain-terminal is coupled to the depletion-source-terminal; and a clamp-circuit coupled between the depletion-source-terminal and the depletion-gate-terminal.
US10050032B2
Systems on chips are provided. A system on chip (SoC) includes a first gate line, a second gate line and a third gate line extending in a first direction, a gate isolation region cutting the first gate line, the second gate line and the third gate line and extending in a second direction across the first direction, a first gate contact formed on the second gate line arranged between the first gate line and the third gate line, and electrically connecting the cut second gate line, a second gate contact formed on the first gate line, a third gate contact formed on the third gate line, a first metal line electrically connecting the second gate contact and the third gate contact, and a second metal line electrically connected to the first gate contact.
US10050029B2
A semiconductor device for driving a load includes: a protection circuit configured to be connected to the load, the protection circuit including a protection diode, a diode-connected unipolar protection element, and a diode-connected bipolar protection element, all of which are connected in parallel so that when connected to the load, the protection diode, the diode-connected unipolar protection element, and the diode-connected bipolar protection element are connected in parallel to the load; and a switching circuit that is connected in series to the protection circuit and that performs a switching operation so as to drive the load. The protection diode, the diode-connected unipolar protection element, and the diode-connected bipolar protection element are connected in such a polarity that each is reverse-biased when the switching circuit is turned ON, and consume a discharge current resulting from a counter-electromotive force from the load when the switching circuit is turned OFF.
US10050027B2
First and second integrated devices each have an optical component and a plurality of interconnect structures disposed one edge thereon. The first edge surface of the second integrated device is positioned contiguous to the first edge surface of the first integrated device. The interconnect structures disposed on the first integrated device are in physical contact with the interconnect structures disposed on the edge surface of the second integrated device so as to provide alignment for conveying at least one signal between the optical components on the first and second integrated devices.
US10050023B2
Solid state lighting (SSL) devices and methods of manufacturing such devices. One embodiment of an SSL device comprises a support and an emitter array having a plurality of SSL emitters carried by the support. The emitter array has a central region and a peripheral region outward from the central region. Individual SSL emitters in both the central and the peripheral regions have a primary emission direction along which an intensity of light from the SSL emitters is highest, and the primary emission direction of the SSL emitters in the central region is at least substantially the same direction as the primary emission direction of the SSL emitters in the peripheral region. Additionally, a first coverage area ratio of the SSL emitters in the central region is different than a second coverage area ratio of the SSL emitters in the peripheral region.
US10050017B2
A semiconductor apparatus may include a package substrate, and a plurality of semiconductor chips. Wherein the package substrate and the semiconductor chips may be configured based on a load value of the semiconductor apparatus.
US10050006B2
A method for forming a chip package is provided. The method includes providing a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate is attached onto the second substrate by an adhesive layer. A first opening is formed to penetrate the first substrate and the adhesive layer and separate the first substrate and the adhesive layer into portions. A chip package formed by the method is also provided.
US10050005B2
The objective of the present invention is to obtain a semiconductor resin composition having a sufficiently low coefficient of linear expansion of the cured product thereof and a uniform distribution of inorganic particles in the direction of film thickness of a produced semi-cured film thereof. The semiconductor resin composition, which contains (a) an epoxy compound, (b) inorganic particles, (c) a polyimide, and (d) a solvent, is characterized by further containing (e) rubber particles and by the fraction of the (b) inorganic particles in the weight of the total solid fraction resulting from subtracting the weight of the (d) solvent from the total weight of the semiconductor resin composition being 60-92 wt % inclusive.
US10050003B2
A 3DIC includes a die and a substrate. The die includes multiple bumps to provide electrical connection the substrate. The substrate includes multiple elongated contact pads. The elongated contact pads making electrical contact with the bumps and shaped to maintain alignment with the bumps over a temperature range.
US10050000B2
A package includes first package component, which further includes a first metal trace at a surface of the first package component, with the first metal trace having a trace width measured in a direction perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the first metal trace. The first package component further includes a second metal trace at the surface of the first package component. The first metal trace and the second metal trace are parallel to each other. A second package component is overlying the first package component, wherein the second package component includes a metal bump. A solder region bonds the metal bump to the first metal trace, wherein the solder region contacts a top surface and sidewalls of the first portion of the first metal trace. A ratio of a volume of the solder region to the trace width is between about 1,100 μm2 and about 1,300 μm2.
US10049991B2
An integrated circuit includes an interconnection part with a via level situated between a lower metallization level and an upper metallization level. The lower metallization level is covered by an insulating encapsulation layer. An electrical discontinuity between a first via of the via level and a first metal track of the lower metallization level is provided at the level of the insulating encapsulation layer. The electrical discontinuity is formed prior to formation of any via of the via level and prior to any metal track of the upper metallization level. The electrical discontinuity may comprise: a portion of an additional insulating layer extending over the insulating encapsulation layer; a portion of the insulating encapsulation layer; or an insulating oxide on a top surface of the first metal track.
US10049984B2
An upper surface of a plug (PL1) is formed so as to be higher than an upper surface of an interlayer insulating film (PIL) by forming the interlayer insulating film (PIL) on a semiconductor substrate (1S), completing a CMP method for forming the plug (PL1) inside the interlayer insulating film (PIL), and then, making the upper surface of the interlayer insulating film (PIL) to recede. In this manner, reliability of connection between the plug (PL1) and a wiring (W1) in a vertical direction can be ensured. Also, the wiring (W1) can be formed so as not to be embedded inside the interlayer insulating film (PIL), or a formed amount by the embedding can be reduced.
US10049982B2
An integrated circuit includes an interconnection part with a via level situated between a lower metallization level and an upper metallization level. The lower metallization level is covered by an insulating encapsulation layer and an inter-metallization level insulating layer. An electrical discontinuity is provided between a via of the via level and a metal track of the lower metallization level. The electrical discontinuity is formed by an additional insulating layer having a material composition identical to that of the inter-metallization level insulating layer. The electrical discontinuity is situated between a bottom of the via and a top of the metal track, with the discontinuity being bordered by the insulating encapsulation layer.
US10049980B1
An interconnect structure is provided in which a seed enhancement spacer is present on vertical surfaces, but not a horizontal surface, of a diffusion barrier liner that is located in an opening present in an interconnect dielectric material layer. An interconnect metal or metal alloy structure is present on physically exposed sidewalls of the seed enhancement spacer and on the physically exposed horizontal surface of the diffusion barrier liner.
US10049972B2
A wiring board includes a first wiring layer, an insulating layer, and a pad. The insulating layer is formed on the first wiring layer. The pad is formed on the insulating layer in a region where the insulating layer overlaps the first wiring layer in a plan view. The pad includes a pad body and plural protrusion portions. The protrusion portions protrude from the pad body toward a lower side of the pad body. The protrusion portions are embedded in the insulating layer. The protrusion portions are separate from the first wiring layer.
US10049970B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package according to the present inventive concepts comprises preparing a printed circuit board (PCB) including a protected layer, exposing a portion of the protected layer from the insulating layer, forming a solder ball land by processing the exposed surface of the protected layer, forming a solder ball on the solder ball land, and mounting a semiconductor chip on the solder ball formed on the PCB. The solder balls include copper of about 0.01 wt % to about 0.5 wt %.
US10049966B2
A semiconductor device includes a leadframe that includes contact pins and a semiconductor die that has protruding connection formations. A flexible support member is disposed between the leadframe and the semiconductor die and supports the semiconductor die. The flexible support member has electrically conductive lines that extend between the leadframe and the semiconductor die. The electrically conductive lines of the flexible support member are electrically coupled with the contact pins of the leadframe and with the connection formations of the semiconductor die.
US10049965B2
A device includes a semiconductor substrate and a Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) transistor. The MOS transistor includes a gate electrode over the semiconductor substrate, and a source/drain region on a side of the gate electrode. A source/drain contact plug includes a lower portion and an upper portion over the lower portion, wherein the source/drain contact plug is disposed over and electrically connected to the source/drain region. A gate contact plug is disposed over and electrically connected to the gate electrode, wherein a top surface of the gate contact plug is level with a top surface of the top portion of the source/drain contact plug. A Through-Substrate Via (TSV) extends into the semiconductor substrate. A top surface of the TSV is substantially level with an interface between the gate contact plug and the gate electrode.
US10049964B2
Semiconductor device and method of forming a fan-out PoP device with PWB vertical interconnect units
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor package and an interposer disposed over the semiconductor package. The semiconductor package has a first semiconductor die and a modular interconnect unit disposed in a peripheral region around the first semiconductor die. A second semiconductor die is disposed over the interposer opposite the semiconductor package. An interconnect structure is formed between the interposer and the modular interconnect unit. The interconnect structure is a conductive pillar or stud bump. The modular interconnect unit has a core substrate and a plurality of vertical interconnects formed through the core substrate. A build-up interconnect structure is formed over the first semiconductor die and modular interconnect unit. The vertical interconnects of the modular interconnect unit are exposed by laser direct ablation. An underfill is deposited between the interposer and semiconductor package. A total thickness of the semiconductor package and build-up interconnect structure is less than 0.4 millimeters.
US10049963B2
A power electronics module is provided having one or more power converter semiconductor components. The power electronics module further has a substrate having a first surface to which the one or more components are mounted, and having an opposing second surface from which project a plurality of heat transfer formations for enhancing heat transfer from the substrate. The power electronics module further has a coolant housing which sealingly connects to the substrate to form a void over the heat transfer formations of the second surface. The coolant housing has an inlet for directing a flow of an electrically insulating coolant into the void and an outlet for removing the coolant flow from the void, whereby heat generated during operation of the one or more components is transferred into the coolant flow via the substrate.
US10049961B1
Methods of forming microelectronic package structures/modules, and structures formed thereby, are described. Structures included herein may include a die on a first substrate, at least one first component adjacent the die on the first substrate, and molding material on the first substrate, wherein the at least one component and the die are embedded in the molding material. A second substrate may be physically coupled to the first substrate. A communication structure may be disposed on a top surface of the second substrate, wherein at least one second component may also be located on the top surface of the second substrate.
US10049957B2
A method, system, and computer program product for on-chip control of thermal cycling in an integrated circuit (IC) are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A first circuit is configured on the IC for adjusting a first voltage being applied to a first part of the IC. A first temperature of the first part is measured at a first time. A determination is made that the first temperature is outside a temperature range defined by an upper temperature threshold and a lower temperature threshold. The first voltage is adjusted by reducing the first voltage when the first temperature exceeds the upper temperature threshold and by increasing the first voltage when the first temperature is below the lower temperature threshold, thereby causing the first temperature of the first part to attain a value within the temperature range.
US10049953B2
A method includes forming a through-via from a first conductive pad of a first device die. The first conductive pad is at a top surface of the first device die. A second device die is adhered to the top surface of the first device die. The second device die has a surface conductive feature. The second device die and the through-via are encapsulated in an encapsulating material. The encapsulating material is planarized to reveal the through-via and the surface conductive feature. Redistribution lines are formed over and electrically coupled to the through-via and the surface conductive feature.
US10049951B2
A method for manufacturing a bonded substrate is provided, the bonded substrate including a single-crystal semiconductor substrate on a sintered-body substrate that has small warpage after bonding, has good thermal conductivity and small loss at high-frequency region and is suitable for high-frequency devices. Specifically, the method at least includes: applying coating to all of the faces of a sintered-body substrate, so as to obtain a support substrate including at least one layer of amorphous film; and bonding the support substrate and a single-crystal semiconductor substrate via the amorphous film. On a surface of the amorphous film on the support substrate to be bonded with the single-crystal semiconductor substrate, concentration of each of Al, Fe and Ca by ICP-MS method is less than 5.0×1011 atoms/cm2, and surface roughness Rms of the surface of the amorphous film is 0.2 nm or less.
US10049944B2
A method for integrating nanostructures in finFET processing and a related device are provided. Embodiments include forming fins in a Si substrate in first and second device regions; forming STI regions in spaces between fins; forming a first hardmask over the fins and STI regions; removing a portion of the first hardmask over the first device region to expose upper surfaces of the fins and STI regions in the first device region; recessing an upper portion of the fins; forming first devices over the recessed fins; forming a second hardmask over the fins and STI regions; removing a portion of the second hardmask over the second device region to expose upper surfaces of the fins and STI regions; recessing an upper portion of the fins; and forming second devices, different from the first devices, over the recessed fins, wherein the first and/or second devices include nanowire or nanosheet devices.
US10049943B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first gate structure on a substrate, the first gate structure including a gate insulation layer, a gate electrode, and a hard mask sequentially stacked on the substrate, forming a preliminary spacer layer on sidewalls of the first gate structure and the substrate, the preliminary spacer layer including silicon nitride, implanting molecular ions into the preliminary spacer layer to form a spacer layer having a dielectric constant lower than a dielectric constant of the preliminary spacer layer, anisotropically etching the spacer layer to form spacers on the sidewalls of the first gate structure, and forming impurity regions at upper portions of the substrate adjacent to the first gate structure.
US10049942B2
An aspect of the disclosure provides for an asymmetric semiconductor device. The asymmetric semiconductor device may comprise: a substrate; and a fin-shaped field effect transistor (FINFET) disposed on the substrate, the FINFET including: a set of fins disposed proximate a gate; a first epitaxial region disposed on a source region on the set of fins, the first epitaxial region having a first height; and a second epitaxial region disposed on a drain region on the set of fins, the second epitaxial region having a second height, wherein the first height is distinct from the second height.
US10049938B2
Semiconductor devices, fin field effect transistor (FinFET) devices, and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a semiconductor device includes a substrate comprising a first fin and a second fin. A first epitaxial fin is disposed over the first fin, and a second epitaxial fin is disposed over the second fin. The second fin is proximate the first fin. The first epitaxial fin and the second epitaxial fin have an upper portion with a substantially pillar shape.
US10049936B2
A semiconductor device and method of forming the same is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, two semiconductor fins over the substrate, and a semiconductor feature over the two semiconductor fins. The semiconductor feature comprises two lower portions and one upper portion. The two lower portions are directly over the two semiconductor fins respectively. The upper portion is over the two lower portions. A bottom surface of the upper portion has an arc-like cross-sectional shape.
US10049935B2
An integrated circuit package and manufacturing method thereof are described. The integrated circuit package includes pin up conductive plating to form an interconnect, where an opening on a patterned fifth layer photo-resist material located at bottom portion of a base developed for etching selectively the base to form at least an internal opening and at least a positioning opening, wherein the internal opening corresponds with an inside area of a first patterned conductive layer, and the positioning opening corresponds with an outside area of the first patterned conductive layer.
US10049934B2
A wafer processing method divides a wafer into individual device chips along division lines. The method includes attaching an adhesive tape to the front side of the wafer and attaching a peripheral portion of the adhesive tape to an annular frame having an inside opening for receiving the wafer, thereby supporting the wafer through the adhesive tape to the annular frame; grinding the back side of the wafer to reduce the thickness of the wafer; cutting the back side of the wafer along each division line by using a cutting blade to form a cut groove having a depth not reaching the front side of the wafer; and applying a laser beam to the bottom of the cut groove from the back side of the wafer along each division line to divide the wafer to obtain the individual device chips.
US10049932B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a top surface. A semiconductor circuit defines a circuit area on the top surface of the substrate. An interconnect is spaced apart from the circuit area and extends from the top surface into the substrate. The interconnect includes a sidewall formed of an electrically insulating material. An opening is provided in the sidewall.
US10049928B2
A device includes an interposer, which includes a substrate; and at least one dielectric layer over the substrate. A plurality of through-substrate vias (TSVs) penetrate through the substrate. A first metal bump is in the at least one dielectric layer and electrically coupled to the plurality of TSVs. A second metal bump is over the at least one dielectric layer. A die is embedded in the at least one dielectric layer and bonded to the first metal bump.
US10049926B2
A dielectric material stack including at least a via level dielectric material layer, at least one patterned etch stop dielectric material portion, a line level dielectric material layer, and optionally a dielectric cap layer is formed over a substrate. At least one patterned hard mask layer including a first pattern can be formed above the dielectric material stack. A second pattern is transferred through the line level dielectric material layer employing the at least one etch stop dielectric material portion as an etch stop structure. The first pattern is transferred through the line level dielectric material layer employing the at least one etch stop dielectric material portion as an etch stop structure while the second pattern is transferred through the via level dielectric material layer to form integrated line and via trenches, which are filled with a conductive material to form integrated line and via structures.
US10049925B2
Disclosed herein is a method of forming a metal-to-semiconductor contact with a doped metal oxide interlayer. An insulating layer is formed on a top surface of a semiconductor substrate with target region at the top surface of the semiconductor substrate. An opening is etched through the insulating layer with the opening exposing a top surface of a portion of the target region. A doped metal oxide interlayer is formed in the opening and contacts the top surface of the target region. The remainder of the opening is filled with a metal plug, the doped metal oxide interlayer disposed between the metal plug and the substrate. The doped metal oxide interlayer is formed from one of tin oxide, titanium oxide or zinc oxide and is doped with fluorine.
US10049920B1
A semiconductor structure and methods of forming the semiconductor structure forming a single damascene line formed of a conductive material in a dielectric layer. The single damascene line is at a thickness equal to a line height and a via height. The single damascene line is subtractively cut and patterned to form a first line including a via at a first line end and a second line including a via at a second line end. The tip-to-tip spacing is minimal and defines via pitch. A conformal conductive metal cap layer including cobalt is deposited onto the first and second lines including the respective vias at the first and second line ends.
US10049907B2
An automated module for assembly lines to assemble electronic devices includes a plurality of cells. Each cell includes a support structure, a control unit and at least one actuating system, operatively connected to the control unit for receiving commands and transmitting the results obtained as data to and from the control unit. The automated module includes at least one moving device, for moving at least one electronic device among the module's cells; and a supervision unit. The supervision unit interacts with each control unit of each cell, thus sending commands to control each single cell and receiving respective results from the respective control units as data; and to control the moving device for its activation, to move the electronic devices among the cells. The cells are independent and are assembled in a modular manner in the desired sequence, to perform a desired sequence of operations on the electronic device.
US10049906B1
Provided is a substrate processing apparatus, which comprises a processing chamber, a substrate sensing assembly, a rotation shaft and a driving assembly. A portion of the rotation shaft is provided inside the processing chamber and the remaining portion thereof is provided outside the processing chamber. The substrate sensing assembly is provided on the portion of the rotation shaft outside the processing chamber. The driving assembly is fixed at the portion of the rotation shaft inside the processing chamber. The driving assembly drives, when coming into contact with the substrate, the rotation shaft to rotate about its own axis along a first direction, and drives, when the substrate comes into no contact with the driving assembly, the rotation shaft to rotate about its axis along a second direction opposite to the first direction. The treatment liquid does not affect the substrate sensing assembly since it is provided outside the processing chamber.
US10049900B2
A substrate treatment method and apparatus including a change controlling unit which changes at least one of a protection liquid application position relative to a liquid droplet nozzle and a protection liquid incident angle relative to the liquid droplet nozzle, the protection liquid application position being a position at which the protection liquid is applied on an upper surface of the substrate, the protection liquid incident angle being an angle at which the protection liquid is incident on the liquid application position; wherein the change controlling unit controls the liquid application position and the incident angle in a first condition when the spraying region is located on an upper surface center portion of the substrate, and controls the liquid application position and the incident angle in a second condition when the spraying region is located on an upper surface peripheral portion of the substrate.
US10049898B2
Semiconductor device packages, packaging methods, and packaged semiconductor devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a package for a semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit die mounting region and a molding material around the integrated circuit die mounting region. An interconnect structure is over the molding material and the integrated circuit die mounting region. A protection pattern is in a perimeter region of the package around the interconnect structure. The protection pattern includes a first conductive feature that is vertical within the package near a second conductive feature. The first conductive feature has a first width, and the second conductive feature has a second width. The second width is greater than the first width.
US10049897B2
Various embodiments include methods of forming interconnect structures, and the structures formed by such methods. In one embodiment, an interconnect structure can include: a photosensitive polyimide (PSPI) layer including a pedestal portion; a controlled collapse chip connection (C4) bump overlying the pedestal portion of the PSPI layer; a solder overlying the C4 bump and contacting a side of the C4 bump; and an underfill layer abutting the pedestal portion of the PSPI and the C4 bump, wherein the underfill layer and the solder form a first interface separated from the PSPI pedestal.
US10049895B2
The present teachings disclose various embodiments of a thermal block assembly having low thermal non-uniformity throughout the thermal block assembly. Accordingly, various embodiments of thermal block assemblies having such low thermal non-uniformity provide for desired performance of bioanalysis instrumentation utilizing such thermal block assemblies.
US10049888B2
Disclosed is a method of regenerating a phosphoric acid solution from a treatment liquid including silicon (Si), hydrogen fluoride (HF), and phosphoric acid, the method including removing the silicon by supplying hydrogen fluoride corresponding to a preset amount or more to the treatment liquid, removing the hydrogen fluoride by heating the treatment liquid to a boiling point of hydrogen fluoride or higher, and adjusting a temperature and a concentration of the phosphoric acid to preset values.
US10049887B2
A method of planarizing a substrate surface is disclosed. A substrate having a major surface of a material layer is provided. The major surface of the material layer comprises a first region with relatively low removal rate and a second region of relatively high removal rate. A photoresist pattern is formed on the material layer. The photoresist pattern masks the second region, while exposes at least a portion of the first region. At least a portion of the material layer not covered by the photoresist pattern is etched away. A polish stop layer is deposited on the material layer. A cap layer is deposited on the polish stop layer. A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process is performed to polish the cap layer.
US10049883B2
An object is to provide an MRAM dry etching residue removal composition capable of removing dry etching residues while suppressing damage to a substrate containing a specific metal in a step of producing an MRAM, a method of producing a magnetoresistive random access memory using the same, and a cobalt removal composition having excellent cobalt removability. The MRAM dry etching residue removal composition of the present invention contains a strong oxidizing agent and water. In addition, the cobalt removal composition of the present invention contains orthoperiodic acid and water.
US10049874B2
A self-assembled nanostructure comprises first domains and second domains. The first domains comprise a first block of a block copolymer material and an activatable catalyst. The second domains comprise a second block and substantially without the activatable catalyst. The activatable catalyst is capable of generating catalyst upon application of activation energy, and the generated catalyst is capable of reacting with a metal oxide precursor to provide a metal oxide. A semiconductor structure comprises such self-assembled nanostructure on a substrate.
US10049872B2
A method includes providing a substrate, forming a prelayer over a substrate, forming a barrier layer over the prelayer, and forming a channel layer over the barrier layer. Forming the prelayer may include growing the prelayer at a graded temperature. Forming the barrier layer is such that the barrier layer may include GaAs or InGaAs. Forming the channel layer is such that the channel layer may include InAs or an Sb-based heterostructure.
US10049866B2
A method for analyzing an aliphatic compound by mass spectrometry which comprises: (i) ionizing an aliphatic compound in the presence of a heterocyclic modifier; and (ii) mass analyzing the resulting ions to obtain mass spectrometric data.
US10049855B2
The system described herein detects charged particles which, for example, are generated by interaction of a charged particle beam with an object to be analyzed using, for example, a particle beam device. Detection is carried out for imaging of the object. The system described herein allows detection of charged particles with the same detection principle when the ambient pressures in an object chamber are in a first pressure range being lower than or equal to 10−3 hPa or in a second pressure range being equal to or above 10−3 hPa. When operating with the object chamber in the second pressure range, the system described herein generates photons in a scintillator using cascade particles generated by using the charged particles and a gas, and detects the photons using a light detector.
US10049853B2
The present invention provides apparatus for an imaging system comprising a multitude of chemical emitting elements upon a substrate. In some embodiments the substrate may be approximately round with a radius of approximately one inch. Various methods relating to using and producing an imaging system of chemical emitters are disclosed.
US10049849B2
An x-ray emitter includes a housing. In an embodiment, the method for assembling the housing includes producing a housing of the x-ray emitter and assembling the housing. The producing includes providing a material including a plurality of ferromagnetic particles, aligning the ferromagnetic particles through a magnetic field, the material being in a flowable state, and solidifying the material and fixing the alignment of the ferromagnetic particles.
US10049839B2
A gas circuit breaker having a pair of contacts and a pair of exhaust conductors. An exhaust hole in the pair of exhaust conductors is provided with an insulation cover having an opening. The cover has a guide on an opening end on the side near the pair of contacts and an opening end on the side far from the pair of contacts respectively. The guide has an exhaust hole protective guide and a high-temperature gas passage dividing guide. A first gas flow passage is between an exhaust hole protective guide and a high-temperature gas passage dividing guide, and a second gas flow passage is between the high-temperature gas passage dividing guides. The first gas flow passage is narrower than the second gas flow passage. An end of the exhaust hole protective guide on the first gas flow passage side is projected toward the high-temperature gas passage dividing guide.
US10049836B1
A transfer assembly is for a switching assembly mounted in an electrical enclosure. The switching assembly has an electrical switching apparatus, a shaft, and a handle member coupled to the shaft. The electrical switching apparatus is structured to move between an ON position and an OFF position. The transfer assembly includes a body structured to be coupled to the electrical switching apparatus, and a cam assembly structured to move between a FIRST position and a SECOND position. The cam assembly includes a rotary member coupled to the body and structured to be coupled to the shaft, and a driving member cooperable with the rotary member. When the cam assembly moves between the FIRST position and the SECOND position, the driving member drives the electrical switching apparatus between the ON position and the OFF position.
US10049832B2
A displacement switch includes a main operation portion having a hollow shape. The main operation portion includes a top surface via which the displacement switch is operated, and a side surface connected to the top surface to define the hollow shape. The displacement switch also includes a support member connected to the main operation portion and swingable around a swing axis together with the main operation portion, and a base including a peripheral wall surrounding an insertion inlet into which the support member is inserted. The main operation portion covers the insertion inlet such that the side surface surrounds an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall.
US10049829B2
A switch device includes a casing that includes a recessed bearing portion, a rotatable drive member that includes a shaft portion disposed in the bearing portion, a switch driven by the drive member, and a covering member that includes a pressing structure provided so as to press an upper portion of the shaft portion and that is secured to the casing. The covering member includes an operating portion that faces the drive member such that the operating portion is able to press the drive member and that is formed of an elastically deformable elastic material and a base portion that is secured to the casing, that is formed of a synthetic resin material, and that is integrated with the operating portion. The pressing structure is integrated with the base portion and formed of an elastically deformable elastic material.
US10049826B2
Disclosed is a touch window, The touch window includes a cover window, a first sensing electrode layer formed on a view area (V/A) of the cover window and including a first electrode pattern including a first unit cell electrode pattern, and a second sensing electrode layer formed on the view area and including a second electrode pattern which crosses the first electrode pattern and includes a second unit cell electrode pattern. A ratio of an area of the space part between a first unit cell electrode pattern and a second unit cell electrode pattern adjacent to the first unit cell electrode pattern with respect to an area of the first unit cell electrode pattern of the first electrode pattern or the second unit cell electrode pattern of the second electrode pattern is in the range of 10% to 20%.
US10049822B2
There is provided a monomer liquid for conductive polymer production, comprising: at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of thiophene or its derivatives, pyrrole or its derivative and aniline or its derivative; and at least one kind selected from the group consisting of a naphthalene sulfonic acid type heterocyclic compound and a benzene sulfonic acid type heterocyclic compound in which no hydroxyl group is directly connected to the benzene ring, wherein said at least one kind is dispersed in said at least one monomer. Also, there is provided a production of an electrolyte capacitor by using the monomer liquid for conductive polymer production is explained. In particular, imidazoles are favorable as the naphthalene sulfonic acid type heterocyclic compound and the benzene sulfonic acid type heterocyclic compound.
US10049817B2
The present disclosure provides advantageous composite films/coatings, and improved methods for fabricating such composite films/coatings. More particularly, the present disclosure provides improved methods for fabricating composite films by trapping at least a portion of a layered material (e.g., hexagonal boron nitride sheets/layers) at an interface of a phase separated system and then introducing the layered material to a polymer film. The present disclosure provides for the use of boron nitride layers to increase the properties (e.g., dielectric constant and breakdown voltage) of polymer films. The exemplary films can be produced by an advantageous climbing technique. Exemplary boron nitride films are composed of overlapping boron nitride sheets with a total thickness of about one nanometer, with the film then transferred onto a polymer film, thereby resulting in significant increases in both dielectric and breakdown properties of the polymer film.
US10049814B2
A multilayer electronic component includes a multilayer body having a structure in which a plurality of insulation layers are stacked, and having first and second end surfaces opposing each other and first and second side surfaces connecting the first and second end surfaces to each other. An internal coil disposed in the multilayer body includes a plurality of internal coil patterns exposed to the first and second side surfaces of the multilayer body and vias penetrating through the insulation layers connecting the plurality of internal coil patterns to each other. First and second side parts cover at least portions of the first and second side surfaces of the multilayer body, respectively.
US10049813B2
A method of roll-forming with gap fillers for a solenoid used for a transmission includes the steps of providing a can of a solenoid, the can having a discontinuous surface with a gap, providing additional material in the gap, and roll-forming the additional material in the gap simultaneously with roll-forming the can to maintain a smooth path for rollers during roll-forming for the solenoid.
US10049810B2
A transformer includes a core having a central arm and first and second outer arms on opposite sides of the of the central arm, a first input winding surrounding the central arm and a first output winding surrounding the central arm. The transformer also includes a first input winding shield surrounding the first input winding, the first input winding shield having only flat or arcuate edges in cross section and a first output winding shield surrounding the first output winding, the first output winding shield having only flat or arcuate edges in cross section.
US10049809B2
A surface-mount inductor including a coil formed by winding a rectangular wire, and a mounting body for accommodating the coil, the coil having first rolls of the wire wound in a two-roll arrangement, second rolls being wound at positions shifted away from the first rolls along the winding axis, and lead ends brought out from the outermost turn of the second rolls; the mounting body containing a protruded portion for inserting into the winding axis of the coil, and a pair of bottomed magnetic cores having slits respectively, the protruded portion being inserted into the winding axis of the coil so that the mounting body is embedded in the coil with sealant to incorporate the magnetic cores with the coil and to expose the core mounting face of the magnetic cores therefrom, as well as a method for manufacturing the same.
US10049800B2
A high-temperature superconducting coil according to the invention includes an oxide superconducting wire including a tape-shaped substrate, an intermediate layer being stacked on the substrate, an oxide superconducting layer being stacked on the intermediate layer, and a metal stabilized layer being stacked on the oxide superconducting layer; a coil main body being formed by winding the oxide superconducting wire in a coil shape; and an impregnated resin layer being formed of an impregnated resin of which a thermal shrinkage rate indicating a rate of change of a length when cooling is performed from 293 K to 140 K is greater than or equal to −0.517%, the impregnated resin layer covering the coil main body.
US10049796B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of an enhanced resonant frequency hexagonal ferrite material and methods of manufacturing. The hexagonal ferrite material can be Y-phase strontium hexagonal ferrite material. In some embodiments, sodium can be added into the crystal structure of the hexagonal ferrite material in order to achieve high resonance frequencies while maintaining high permeability.
US10049793B2
In various embodiments, superconducting wires feature assemblies of clad composite filaments and/or stabilized composite filaments embedded within a wire matrix. The wires may include one or more stabilizing elements for improved mechanical properties.
US10049790B2
Electrical cable for supplying aircraft and similar devices with alternating current having at least partially higher frequencies of preferably 400 Hz. The cable is provided with a central neutral and/or return conductor and at least six phase conductors arranged in a concentrically distributed manner about the neutral and/or return conductor, wherein every phase is distributed on two symmetrically opposing phase conductors. The neutral and/or return conductor is formed, in a very space-saving manner and with low inductivity, by six individually insulated compact neutral wires, the total cross-section of which approximately corresponds to the cross-section of an individual solid neutral wire.
US10049783B2
Novel dispersions of nanoparticles such as carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, boron nanotubes, clay nanotubes, other nanotube species, buckminster fullerenes, graphene, graphene nanoplatelets, elements, oxides, nanoparticles, nanoclusters, nanopowders, nanocrystals, nanoscale molecules, other nanoscale materials, as well as products produced therefrom are described. These dispersions can then be further processed into a wide variety of products including but not limited to composite materials, polymers, resins, epoxies, emulsions, cements, coatings, clays, films, membranes, paper, fibers, inks, paints, pastes, electronics, spintronics, optics, biotechnology materials, electrodes, field emission or other displays, plating, capacitance, ceramics, catalysts, clays, ballistic materials, drug delivery, doping, magnetics, dielectrics, barrier layers, selective ion flow membranes, batteries, fuel cells, solar and other applications. The invention can also be used to protect electronics from electromagnetic interference, radio frequency interference or radio frequency identification. Most applications that utilize nanoparticles can benefit from this invention.
US10049779B1
An internally powered electromagnetic signal transmitter is described in which defined magnetic fields direct beta radioisotope electrons to induce gigahertz oscillations in resonant cavities. The device resonant cavities can be fabricated from light weight metalized plastic materials to greatly decrease its weight compared to conventional gigahertz sources. The transmitter output power, frequencies, and longevity are a function of the magnetic field strength, radioisotope quantity, half-life, and decay energy. Embodiments of the disclosed devices can transmit frequencies in the S and Ka bands.
US10049776B2
Modifications to power plants for moderating climate warming and increasing safety combine a large compressed air energy storage (CAES) system with a thermal power plant such that free power plant waste heat replaces natural gas used at existing and planned CAES facilities. The system allows higher percentages of wind and solar energy on existing grids. The compressed air in a companion CAES can cool a nuclear reactor during an emergency. Also an inexpensive, add-on, external, Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) can cool a nuclear reactor after shutdown, even when all internal cooling water circulation has been disabled. All embodiments are installed outside the plant where they will not be damaged in the event of a plant accident. Both systems use environmentally friendly compressed air energy storage in new ways, and can be built and installed quickly around the world at existing plants using only proven infrastructure.
US10049762B2
Disclosed are a shift register unit, an operation method therefor and a shift register including the shift register unit. The shift register unit includes: an input module configured to transmit a received input signal to a pull-up node; an output module configured to output a first control signal of a first control signal end to an output end when a pull-up signal at the pull-up node is at an effective pull-up level; and a coupling module having a first end connected to a second control signal end and a second end connected to the pull-up node, and being configured to control the pull-up signal at the pull-up node in a voltage coupling manner according to a second control signal of the second control signal end. By further pulling up the voltage at the pull-up node when output end is reset, the speed of resetting the output end can be increased.
US10049760B2
According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a plurality of memory cells; and a first word line connected to the memory cells. When data is written, a first program voltage is applied to the first word line, a first verify voltage is applied to the first word line to obtain a first verify result, a second program voltage is applied to the first word line, a second verify voltage is applied to the first word line to obtain a second verify result, and among the memory cells, a first memory cell whose first verify result is a pass is set to a program inhibited state when the second program voltage is applied and set as a target of the detection of the second verify result.
US10049754B1
An operating method of a controller includes: searching, by using a predetermined read voltage, a valid word line coupled to a memory cell having a predetermined program status, among word lines coupled to a first open memory block of a memory device when a memory system is powered on after a sudden power off (SPO); and reading data from the memory cell coupled to the valid word line, and writing the read data into a second open memory block.
US10049751B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of data latches; and an inverter shared by the plurality of data latches. The inverter is inserted between complementary buses that sandwich the plurality of data latches.
US10049741B2
A memory cell includes a source region and a drain region disposed in a semiconductor body. A channel region is disposed in the semiconductor body between the source region and the drain region. A floating gate is disposed between the semiconductor body and the control gate. The floating gate includes a protruding portion that is located over the channel region between the source and drain regions and spaced therefrom. The protruding portion is separated from the channel region by a first insulating layer that is thinner than a second insulating layer that separates remaining portions of the floating gate from the channel region.
US10049739B2
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a data input to receive a data signal. The apparatus further comprises a latching circuitry. The latching circuitry comprises a first Correlated Electron Switch (CES) element and a second CES element. The latching circuitry further comprises a control circuit coupled to the first CES element and the second CES element. The control circuit is configured to program impedance states of the first CES element and the second CES element based on the data signal.
US10049737B2
Methods, systems, and devices for operating and forming a multilevel memory cell and array are described. A multilevel memory cell includes two or more binary memory elements, which may include phase change material. Each memory element may be programmed to one of two possible states—e.g., a fully amorphous state or a fully crystalline state. By combining multiple binary memory elements in a single memory cell, the memory cell may be programmed to store more than two states. The different memory elements may be programmed by selectively melting each memory element. Selective melting may be controlled by using memory elements with different melting temperatures or using electrodes with different electrical resistances, or both.
US10049733B2
A method to access two memory cells include determining a first cell current flowing through a first memory cell by subtracting a sneak current associated with the first memory cell from a first access current of the first bitline and determining a second cell current flowing through a second memory cell in the first bitline or a second bitline by subtracting the sneak current associated with the first memory cell from a second access current of the first bitline or the second bitline.
US10049730B2
A crossbar array with shared drivers has a plurality of sets of row lines, a set of row drivers, a plurality of sets of column lines, a set of column drivers, and a plurality of memory cells. Each set of row lines has a plurality of row lines and is driven by a set of row drivers. Furthermore, each set of row lines intersects with a plurality of the sets of column lines. Likewise, each set of column lines has a plurality of column lines and is driven by a set of column drivers. Each set of column lines intersects with a plurality of the sets of row lines. Each memory cell is coupled between an intersection of a row line and a column line.
US10049720B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell, the cell includes a first capacitor which includes first and second electrodes, and a first transistor which includes first and second terminals and a first control terminal, the first terminal being connected to the first electrode, a first conductive line connected to the second terminal, a second conductive line connected to the second electrode, a sense amplifier, a switch element connected between the first conductive line and the sense amplifier, and a controller turning off the switch element in a write operation, applies a first potential to the first conductive line, and sets a potential of the second conductive line according to a value of write data to be written to the cell.
US10049711B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistive memory device includes a substrate having a first surface which includes a first direction; and memory elements each having a switchable resistance. A first column of memory elements lined up along the first direction is different from an adjacent second column of memory elements lined up along the first direction at positions of memory elements in the first direction.
US10049710B2
A nonvolatile memory cell includes: a first fixed magnetic layer; a first nonmagnetic electrode disposed on the first magnetic layer; a memory storage layer disposed on the first nonmagnetic electrode; a tunnel barrier layer disposed on the memory storage layer; a second fixed magnetic layer disposed on the tunnel barrier layer; and a second nonmagnetic electrode disposed on the second fixed magnetic layer.
US10049709B2
Various implementations described herein may refer to and may be directed to using port modes with memory. In one implementation, a memory device may include access control circuitry used to selectively activate one of a plurality of first word-lines based on first address signals from a first access port, and used to selectively activate one of a plurality of second word-lines based on assigned address signals. The access control circuitry may include address selection circuitry configured to select the assigned address signals based on a port mode signal, where the address selection circuitry selects the first address signals as the assigned address signals when the port mode signal indicates a single port mode, and where the address selection circuitry selects second address signals from a second access port as the assigned address signals when the port mode signal indicates a dual port mode.
US10049706B2
A memory includes a plurality of memory blocks, a plurality of sensing circuits, a plurality of global bit lines, a common pre-charging circuit and a selection circuit. Each global bit line of the plurality of global bit lines is coupled to at least one of the memory blocks by a corresponding sensing circuit of the plurality of sensing circuits. The common pre-charging circuit is configured to individually pre-charge each global bit line of the plurality of global bit lines to a pre-charge voltage. The selection circuit is configured to selectively couple the common pre-charging circuit to a selected global bit line of the plurality of global bit lines.
US10049697B2
An information recording method of the present disclosure is an information recording method for recording information on a write-once information recording medium, including one or more recording layers, each of the recording layers being spiral-shaped on which a land track and a groove track are alternately repeated as recording tracks, each of the recording tracks being divided into blocks, each of the blocks being a minimum unit in which recording is performed. The information recording method includes: recording the information on the information recording medium in a unit of each of the blocks; and controlling recording on the information recording medium. In the control step, switching is performed whether to perform recording in a block to be recorded in which the information is to be recorded next among the blocks based on recording conditions of the recording tracks adjacent on both sides of the block to be recorded.
US10049690B1
A method of forming a read head. The method includes forming first and second read sensors that are substantially trapezoidal in shape. A first read measurement is performed on a storage medium using the first read sensor. A second read measurement is performed on the storage medium using the second read sensor. Based on a comparison of the first and second read measurements to a predetermined quantity, either the first read sensor or the second read sensor is selected to be operational in a data storage device.
US10049683B2
This disclosure falls into the field of audio coding, in particular it is related to the field of spatial audio coding, where the audio information is represented by multiple signals, where the signals may comprise audio channels or/and audio objects. In particular the disclosure provides a method and apparatus for reconstructing audio objects in an audio decoding system. Furthermore, this disclosure provides a method and apparatus for encoding such audio objects.
US10049682B2
In a particular aspect, an apparatus includes a first network interface. The first network interface is configured to receive a packet via a packet-switched network. The packet may include a primary coding of a first audio frame and a redundant coding of a second audio frame. The apparatus further includes a processor. The processor is configured to generate a modified packet that includes one or more bits that indicate signaling information or packet decoding information. The signaling information or packet decoding information may correspond to decoding of at least one of the primary coding or the redundant coding. The apparatus further includes a second network interface configured to transmit the modified packet via a circuit-switched network.
US10049681B2
An apparatus includes a network interface configured to receive, via a circuit-switched network, a packet. The packet includes a primary coding of a first audio frame, redundant coding of a second audio frame, and one or more bits that indicate signaling information. The signaling information corresponds to a decode operation of at least one of the primary coding or the redundant coding. The apparatus further includes a decoder configured to decode a portion of the packet based on the signaling information.
US10049676B2
An interactive response system mixes HSR subsystems with ASR subsystems to facilitate overall capability of user interfaces. The system permits imperfect ASR subsystems to nonetheless relieve burden on HSR subsystems. An ASR proxy is used to implement an IVR system, and the proxy dynamically selects one or more recognizers from a language model and a human agent to recognize user input. Selection of the one or more recognizers is based on factors such as confidence thresholds of the ASRs and availability of human resources for HSRs.
US10049674B2
A method for evaluating voice quality includes performing human auditory modeling processing on a voice signal to obtain a first signal; performing variable resolution time-frequency analysis on the first signal to obtain a second signal; and performing, based on the second signal, feature extraction and analysis to obtain a voice quality evaluation result of the voice signal. According to the foregoing technical solutions, a problem that accuracy of a voice quality evaluation is not high can be solved. A voice quality evaluation result with relatively high accuracy is finally obtained by performing human auditory modeling processing, then converting a to-be-detected signal into a multi-resolution signal, further analyzing the time-frequency signal of variable resolution, extracting a feature corresponding to the signal, and performing further analysis.
US10049670B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving, by a voice action system, data specifying trigger terms that trigger an application to perform a voice action and a context that specifies a status of the application when the voice action can be triggered. The voice action system receives data defining a discoverability example for the voice action that comprises one or more of the trigger terms that trigger the application to perform the voice action when a status of the application satisfies the specified context. The voice action system receives a request for discoverability examples for the application from a user device having the application installed, and provides the data defining the discoverability examples to the user device in response to the request. The user device is configured to provide a notification of the one or more of the trigger terms when a status of the application satisfies the specified context.
US10049669B2
Techniques for combining the results of multiple recognizers in a distributed speech recognition architecture. Speech data input to a client device is encoded and processed both locally and remotely by different recognizers configured to be proficient at different speech recognition tasks. The client/server architecture is configurable to enable network providers to specify a policy directed to a trade-off between reducing recognition latency perceived by a user and usage of network resources. The results of the local and remote speech recognition engines are combined based, at least in part, on logic stored by one or more components of the client/server architecture.
US10049668B2
Systems and processes for converting speech-to-text are provided. In one example process, speech input can be received. A sequence of states and arcs of a weighted finite state transducer (WFST) can be traversed. A negating finite state transducer (FST) can be traversed. A virtual FST can be composed using a neural network language model and based on the sequence of states and arcs of the WFST. The one or more virtual states of the virtual FST can be traversed to determine a probability of a candidate word given one or more history candidate words. Text corresponding to the speech input can be determined based on the probability of the candidate word given the one or more history candidate words. An output can be provided based on the text corresponding to the speech input.
US10049660B2
Systems and methods are described for personifying communications. According to at least one embodiment, the computer-implemented method for personifying a natural-language communication includes observing a linguistic pattern of a user. The method may also include analyzing the linguistic pattern of the user and adapting the natural-language communication based at least in part on the analyzed linguistic pattern of the user. In some embodiments, observing the linguistic pattern of the user may include receiving data indicative of the linguistic pattern of the user. The data may be one of verbal data or written data. Written data may include at least one of a text message, email, social media post, or computer-readable note. Verbal data may include at least one of a recorded telephone conversation, voice command, or voice message.
US10049656B1
Features are disclosed for generating predictive personal natural language processing models based on user-specific profile information. The predictive personal models can provide broader coverage of the various terms, named entities, and/or intents of an utterance by the user than a personal model, while providing better accuracy than a general model. Profile information may be obtained from various data sources. Predictions regarding the content or subject of future user utterances may be made from the profile information. Predictive personal models may be generated based on the predictions. Future user utterances may be processed using the predictive personal models.
US10049650B2
The present disclosure describes a number of embodiments related to devices, systems, and methods locating a an object using ultra-wide band (UWB) radio transceivers embedded in carpet or other flexible material that may be rolled up and moved to various locations. Once in a location, the carpet may be unrolled and the multiple embedded radio transceivers may receive a signal from a tag attached to the object sending UWB radio signals. Based on the signals received by the UWB radio transceivers, various processes including time-difference on arrival, time-of-flight, and phase shift may be used to determine the location or the movement of the object.
US10049646B2
A method for switching, including initializing an instantiation of an application and performing graphics rendering to generate a plurality of rendered frames through execution of the application in order to generate a first video stream comprising the plurality of rendered frames. The method includes sequentially loading the plurality of rendered frames into one or more frame buffers, and determining when a first bitmap of a frame that is loaded into a corresponding frame buffer matches an application signature comprising a derivative of a master bitmap associated with a keyframe of the first video stream.
US10049640B2
A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are provided. Contents displayed in a mobile terminal may be optimized for and displayed on a different mobile terminal in communication therewith. The method for controlling a mobile terminal includes: outputting previously stored contents to a first mobile terminal; and controlling a transmission of the contents being outputted based on characteristic information of a second mobile terminal that is to receive at least a portion of the contents being outputted, wherein there is a difference between the contents being outputted to the first mobile terminal and the contents the second mobile terminal is to receive and output.
US10049638B2
Disclosed is a demultiplex type display driving circuit, applied in a RGBW four colors pixel structure display device, comprising a plurality of driving units, and each driving unit comprises eight demultiplex modules, and each demultiplex module comprises three thin film transistors, and gates of the three thin film transistors are electrically coupled to a first branch control signal (Demux1), a second branch control signal (Demux2), and a third branch control signal (Demux3) respectively, and source are electrically coupled to the same data signal, and drains are electrically coupled to one data line in a jump manner, respectively. Thus, the pulse duration of each branch control signal is equal to ⅓ of a pulse duration of the scan signal to increase the charging time of the data signal and promote the charging rate of the sub pixel under circumstance that the pulse duration of the scan signal is not changed.
US10049620B2
A display device includes: an organic electroluminescent element; a capacitor; a drive transistor; a data line; a test transistor which switches between conduction and non-conduction between the data line and an anode electrode of the organic electroluminescent element; a voltage generation unit which supplies the data line with a test voltage for measuring an anode voltage of the organic electroluminescent element; a current detection unit which detects a current through the test transistor when a test transistor is in a conducting state, while the voltage generation unit is applying the test voltage to the data line; a control unit which updates the voltage value of the test voltage, based on a direction of the current detected by the current detection unit, and causes the voltage generation unit to output the updated test voltage.
US10049619B2
A display device includes a timing controller which transmits a vertical clock signal having rising edges and falling edges to a gate driver and a gate driver which receives the vertical clock signal, to generate a first gate clock signal and a first inverted gate clock signal in accordance with one of the rising edges and the falling edges of the vertical clock signal, and to generate a second gate clock signal and a second inverted gate clock signal in accordance with a remaining one of the rising edges and the falling edges of the vertical clock signal.
US10049610B2
A display apparatus including: a display panel; a light emitting unit having a plurality of light sources; an acquiring unit acquiring feature values of an input image for divided regions respectively corresponding to the light sources; and a control unit configured to control, wherein in a case where the input image is a second image not including the predetermined object image, the control unit does not implement control operation of controlling the brightness of the light sources corresponding to the dark divided regions lower than the brightness of the light sources corresponding to the other divided regions.
US10049608B2
A video image processing device uses a plurality of video data captured by a plurality of cameras to generate a wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere having a 360-degree range around an area where the plurality of cameras is installed and to transmit the generated wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere to a video display device. The video display device detects a direction of the video display device as a direction of a sight line of the user, receives the transmitted wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere, segments a predetermined area of video data including a detection result of a sensor from the wide range video data of the entire celestial sphere, adjusts a luminosity of the extracted predetermined area of video data to fall in a certain range of luminosity, and displays the adjusted predetermined area of video data.
US10049605B2
A display apparatus includes an image acquisition unit, an image extraction unit, a registration unit, a display control unit, a coordinate generation unit, and a motion detection unit. The coordinate generation unit generates, based on a detection result of a detection unit configured to detect the position of an object in a three-dimensional space, coordinates of the object in a screen. The motion detection unit detects a motion of the object based the coordinates in the screen generated by the coordinate generation unit. The display control unit displays a first image on the screen. When the motion is detected by the motion detection unit, the display control unit further displays a second image on the screen based on coordinates corresponding to the detected motion, and changes the display of the first image.
US10049603B1
A guard system for a street sign providing a protective barrier to an edge of the sign. The guard system including at least one elongate member having a top end portion, a bottom end portion, a length and a width. At least one bracket member extends outwardly from the elongate member having a first end fixed to the elongate member and a second end configured to fixedly engage with an outer peripheral edge portion of the sign. When fixedly engaged, the second end of the bracket member is fixedly engaged to an outer peripheral edge portion of the sign whereby the elongate member is spaced apart from the outer peripheral edge of the sign and is aligned with the outer peripheral edge of the sign as a protective barrier to the outer peripheral edge of the sign.
US10049594B2
Systems and methods of competency assessment, professional development, and performance optimization
A computer system is provided. The computer system includes a memory, at least one processor coupled to the memory, and an assessment component executed by the at least one processor. The assessment component is configured to execute a conversation between at least one user and a computer-simulated character and determine a competency level displayed by the at least one user based on at least one response option received during the conversation. In the computer system, the at least one response option may include a plurality of response options and the assessment component may be configured to calculate an overall score based on the plurality of response options.
US10049591B2
A classroom management system which includes a centralized cloud infrastructure, a first user interface having a geo-locating device in communication with the centralized cloud infrastructure, and a second user communication interface in communication with the centralized cloud infrastructure to define authorized users and authorized locations. The centralized cloud infrastructure transmits an in-attendance signal for each authorized user located in the authorized location based on data received from the geo-locating device to the second user communication interface.
US10049589B1
Techniques for providing an object awareness guidance to clear a landing space may be provided. For example, during delivery an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may capture an image of a potential landing zone and identify one or more objects in the image that may impede or obstruct delivery of the item in the potential landing zone. The UAV may be configured to generate and provide instructions to a user device to move or remove the identified one or more objects from the potential landing zone thereby creating a safe and unobstructed landing zone to deliver the item.
US10049588B2
A computer system 20 provided in an aircraft 1 includes, as a module of a computer program to be executed, an approach determination section 31 configured to determine whether the aircraft 1 is approaching a landing site. The approach determination section 31 includes, as a condition for determination of approaching, establishment (C1) of one or both of a condition (C11) that a first absolute altitude A1 obtained by an radio altimeter 21 mounted on the aircraft 1 is low relative to a first approach altitude AA1, and a condition (C12) that a second absolute altitude A2 that is obtained by subtracting an altitude AL of the landing site from a pressure altitude Ap determined by a barometric altimeter 22 mounted on the aircraft 1 is low relative to a predetermined second approach altitude AA2.
US10049570B2
Various embodiments include approaches for analyzing a set of travel pathways for a priority vehicle. In some cases, an approach includes: obtaining data indicating a location of the priority vehicle and a location of a destination for the priority vehicle; ranking each of a set of paths between the location of the priority vehicle and the location of the destination based upon a travel time for the priority vehicle along the set of paths; and sending instructions to vehicles on a highest-ranked path in the set of paths to initiate providing a right-of-way to the priority vehicle, wherein vehicles closer to the destination along the highest-ranked path are instructed to change a corresponding position prior to vehicles farther from the destination along the highest-ranked path.
US10049565B1
A device for controlling at least one electrical apparatus comprising a microprocessor wired to an RF transceiver, the microprocessor storing operating protocol commands as sent over a wireless network, the RF transceiver and microprocessor being configured in cooperation with software code residing in the microprocessor to receive real-time data as sourced from a network time source of the wireless network, and a clock circuit connected to the microprocessor and configured for storing the real-time data, whereby the device controls power to the electrical apparatus according to the operating protocol commands at real-time as obtained from the wireless network by which the operating protocol commands are sent and as kept by the clock circuit, thus eliminating the need for a separate GPS receiver in the device for receiving real-time data.
US10049562B2
Sensor communication testing is described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include a sensor comprising a wireless transmitter configured to generate a radio-frequency (RF) signal, an RF attenuator configured to direct the RF signal in a pre-determined direction, and a controller configured to receive a self-test command to execute a communication test, send a communication test signal to a sensor panel in response to the self-test command, and receive a communication test response signal from the sensor panel in response to the communication test signal, where the communication test response signal indicates whether the sensor has passed or failed the communication test.
US10049559B2
The present invention relates to a power saving safety helmet capable of wireless communication, and a wireless transmission and reception method therefor, and the power saving safety helmet capable of wireless communication comprises: a voice input unit for receiving a voice input from a user; a sensor unit sensing whether an accident involving the user has occurred so as to generate an accident sensing signal; a wireless communication unit for intermittently transmitting and receiving, by using frequency channels different from each other, a voice signal and an emergency signal generated by the voice and the accident sensing signal or transmitted from the outside; a sound output unit for outputting a voice and a beep sound corresponding to the voice signal and the emergency signal transmitted from the outside; and a control unit for controlling the beep sound so as to be outputted at output time intervals which are set to be different according to the reception strength of the received emergency signal.
US10049545B2
A controller, which can be operated wirelessly by a remote transmitter using PIN-based authentication, has some switch-controlled channels and at least one channel that does not have a corresponding switch. The switch-controlled channels can be used for applications where simple switch-driven manual control is desirable, such as opening and closing a garage using a switch inside the garage (in addition to using the remote transmitter). The channel(s) without switch(es) can be used in applications where simple switch-driven manual control is unwanted and only PIN-authenticated control (e.g. by using the remote transmitter) is desired, such as arming and disarming a home alarm.
US10049543B1
An infrared image and/or a video of one or more residents of a controlled-environment facility is captured using an imaging device of a controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device disposed within the controlled-environment facility when the device is not being used in a communication session. The imaging device of the controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device is capable of operation with an infrared light source. The infrared image or video may be stored and/or presented to an entity associated with the controlled-environment facility, such as personnel of the facility, a facility administration system, etc. Capturing the image may include turning on at least one infrared light source on the device and/or turning off any indication that the capturing is taking place. The device may be located in a resident sleeping area and a bed check may be performed by the entity or device, using the infrared image.
US10049538B2
An electronic device may include a device housing and a haptic actuator carried by the device housing and that includes a haptic actuator housing and a field member movable within the haptic actuator housing. The electronic device may also include a motion sensor carried by the device housing to sense motion of the field member, an audio sensor carried by the device housing to sense audio noise from the haptic actuator, and a controller coupled to the haptic actuator, the motion sensor, and the audio sensor. The controller may be configured to drive the haptic actuator based upon sensed motion of the field member and audio noise from the haptic actuator.
US10049537B2
An information presentation apparatus which includes an actuator, a control unit and a belt. The actuator includes a movable portion and is capable of linearly driving a movable portion. The control unit controls the actuator so that the movable portion is driven corresponding to waveform information. The belt is to attach the actuator to a user.
US10049535B1
An apparatus configured to provide enriched human-perceptible signals indicative of a parameter of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the apparatus and reflected from an object.
US10049530B2
A lottery skill wagering interleaved game system. Responsive to a scanned code provided by an entertainment game module, a random number generation result is generated based on the scanned code. A wager outcome is determined based on the scanned code and the random result. The skill wagering interleaved game interleaves a gambling game with an interactive entertainment game. A second chance skill-based game is provided on a user device based on a wager outcome.
US10049525B2
In one embodiment, a method for managing a cash machine having at least one deployed cash cassette having a picking assembly includes (a) determining that the deployed cash cassette should be replaced and (b) generating a cassette-replacement message in order to have a new cash cassette shipped to the cash machine to enable the deployed cash cassette to be replaced with the new cash cassette. In one implementation, the deployed cash cassette includes a cash store that stores currency bills, a picking assembly that retrieves currency bills from the cash store for dispensing from the cash machine and a cassette controller that controls operations of the cash cassette, wherein the cassette controller determines that the cash cassette should be replaced.
US10049523B2
A method for detecting overlapped bank notes is provided. The method includes: step 10, collecting original image data of bank notes; step 20, performing security thread positioning detection on the original image data of the bank notes, to obtain security thread detection data; step 40, determining whether the security thread detection data meets a preset security thread reference condition, going to step 60 if the security thread detection data meets the preset security thread reference condition, and going to step 70 if the security thread detection data does not meet the preset security thread reference condition; step 60, obtaining a determination result that the bank notes are not overlapped, and ending the method; and step 70, obtaining a determining result that the bank notes are overlapped, and ending the method.
US10049519B2
In some embodiments, apparatuses, and methods are provided pertaining to lockers that can be secured in a docking station. In some embodiments, a system comprises a docking station, the docking station configured to selectively secure and release one or more lockers and receive a command to allow one of the one or more lockers to be released, wherein each of the one or more lockers is removable from the docking station, and wherein each of the one or more lockers comprises a storage portion and a securement mechanism for securing each of the one or more lockers to the docking station.
US10049510B2
Embodiments described herein provide various examples of a low cost, low power, fully automated, unobtrusive, and vehicle-independent radio frequency (RF) communication device to be plugged into a standard on-board diagnostic (OBD) port inside a vehicle to access OBD diagnostic data. According to one aspect, an OBD device for a vehicle is disclosed. This OBD device includes: an OBD adapter configured to be plugged into an OBD port of a vehicle and a first RFID module electrically coupled to the OBD adapter. The first RFID module is further configured to receive OBD data of a vehicle from an associated OBD port via the OBD adapter and communicate at least a portion of the received OBD data to a first RFID reader when the first RFID module is queried by the first RFID reader.
US10049509B1
The present invention provides a system and method for transmitting apparatus-related information in real time. The system comprises at least one server in signal communication with at least one external apparatus in a wired or wireless way. While an abnormality of an external apparatus occurs, the external apparatus transmits a set of abnormality information to the server. After an information receiving interface of the server receives the set of abnormality information transmitted by the external apparatus, an information processing module vocally broadcasts the set of abnormality information. An information transmitting module transmits the set of abnormality information to the client device of at least one assigned related person. While an external apparatus suffers abnormality, the system can inform the related persons in real time to repair the external apparatus instantly.
US10049504B2
Methods, systems, and devices for annotating three-dimensional displays are described herein. One method includes displaying, by a computing device, a particular view of a 3D model of a facility, the 3D model including a plurality of objects, each object associated with a respective annotation, determining a context associated with the 3D model, and displaying a subset of the plurality of annotations associated with a respective subset of the plurality of objects based on the context.
US10049503B2
The invention provides a line guided 3D model reshaping method, including: 1. extracting a contour of an object from an image, and selecting a contour or main skeleton to create a 2D line database; 2. extracting a 3D editable line, retrieving and suggesting an appropriate 2D contour or skeleton from 2D line database; 3. establishing point-to-point correspondence by matching 2D contour or skeleton to 3D editable line, and reshaping the model using parametric deformation method. By the method, 2D contour or skeleton appropriate for 3D model editable line is automatically suggested from 2D line database of multiple classes of objects to guide 3D model reshaping, and fewer user interactions are required in extracting from input 3D model editable lines such as axes, cross-sections and outlines and producing various types of reshaped models by using parametric deformation method, thereby helping user to design desirable 3D model with speed and ease.
US10049502B2
A method for edge correction of images of a three-dimensional video content, the video content including at least one original view image and at least one depth or disparity map, the method including the following steps: detecting edges in at least one original view image for obtaining original edges; warping the original edges according to the depth or disparity map; detecting a set of warped edges altered by the warping process; and correcting the altered edges for obtaining corrected edges.
US10049501B1
A head mounted display (HMD) comprises a display panel with a first portion including an active area, and a second portion electrically coupled to the first portion of the display panel. The display panel is configured to receive content and compensation content from a VR console for driving the first portion and the second portion of the display panel, respectively. The compensation content is based on modification of the content to be displayed on the first portion of the display panel to mitigate crosstalk in the first portion of the display panel.
US10049497B2
There is provided a display control device including a matching section configured to match a first image or sensor data output from a first imaging device or a sensor worn on a head of a first user, to a second image output from a second imaging device worn on a part other than the head of the first user, a sight estimation section configured to estimate a region corresponding to a sight of the first user in the second image, on the basis of a result of the matching, and a display control section configured to generate an image expressing the sight of the first user using the second image on the basis of a result of the estimation of the sight, and display the image expressing the sight of the first user toward a second user that is different from the first user.
US10049495B2
There is provided a system for providing virtual reality content. The system includes a computing arrangement that is operable to execute image generating instructions to process the virtual reality content to generate image data, and a display arrangement that is operable to render the generated image data. The computing arrangement, when executing the image generating instructions, is operable to intercept drawing calls to one or more graphics libraries from application software that executes in operation in computing hardware of a user-wearable device of the system, or to intercept drawing calls from the one or more graphics libraries to a graphics driver of the display arrangement, wherein the user-wearable device includes the display arrangement; and to modulate camera and projection matrices of the drawing calls to create two images having a substantially hemi-spherical field of view for presentation to corresponding eyes of the user.
US10049493B1
A method of providing interaction with elements in a virtual architectural visualization includes, providing the architectural visualization comprising a plurality of architectural features, at least one of the architectural features comprising an editable object; providing a heads up display (HUD) visible to a user of the architectural visualization; the editable objects within the visualization having object data associated therewith including at least an object mesh, an object material, and a collision mesh; monitoring a user's field of view via a forward projected vector ray cast from the user's position within the virtual architectural visualization; and, upon interaction by a user with the editable object, prompting the user via the HUD with at least one of an alternative object mesh or an alternative object material, updating the editable object with the user selection, and storing the selection in a computer memory.
US10049489B2
Graphics processing systems and methods provide soft shadowing effects into rendered images. This is achieved in a simple manner which can be implemented in real-time without incurring high processing costs so it is suitable for implementation in low-cost devices. Rays are cast from positions on visible surfaces corresponding to pixel positions towards the center of a light, and occlusions of the rays are determined. The results of these determinations are used to apply soft shadows to the rendered pixel values.
US10049487B2
Techniques for removing duplicate indices from an index stream are disclosed. The techniques involve dividing the indices into chunks. For any particular chunk, the techniques involve examining each index in the chunk to determine whether a “match” exists for that index within a reuse depth sliding window. The reuse depth sliding window includes a fixed number of indices immediately prior to the index being examined for a match. If a match exists, then the index is marked as non-unique and is assigned a position value equal to the position value of the matching index. If a match does not exist, then the index is marked as unique and assigned the next available position value for the chunk. After assigning position values to indices in a chunk, the indices in the chunk are transmitted to a vertex shader stage for processing in the order indicated by the position values.
US10049481B2
Direct manipulation interpolation and ghost wedging for distributed node-based interactive workflows
A distributed computation system is leveraged to evaluate many possible results of a rig near the current pose to obtain predicted poses. A user locally runs an animation application instance to manipulate an animated object including a rig and shape. Depending on a user's selection or modification of a rig control of the rig, changes to the rig control are predicted. Based on the predicted changes to the rig control, the distributed computation system evaluates the rig to obtain different predicted poses. The predicted poses are made available to an interpolator that blends the results to obtain an interpolated shape. In implementations, the distributed computation system may be used to evaluate predicted poses for animation ghosting.
US10049473B2
Embodiments of the disclosure are systems and methods for providing third party visualizations. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving, via an API, computer-executable instructions configured to render a visualization using events and a variable field; rendering the visualization using the events; causing displaying of a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a visualization panel and a variable element; receiving, via the variable element of the GUI, an indication of a first change in the value of the variable field to a first value; re-rendering the visualization using the events and the first value; and causing display of the GUI with an updated visualization panel and the variable element.
US10049465B2
Methods and systems are provided for aligning components of a multi-modality imaging system. In one embodiment, a method comprises performing a plurality of scans of an object with a first modality and a second modality, wherein the object is positioned in a different orientation in each of the plurality of scans, calculating a plurality of alignment parameters of a first modality unit and a second modality unit based on the plurality of scans, and adjusting alignment of the first modality unit and the second modality unit based on the plurality of alignment parameters. In this way, components of a multi-modality imaging system may be accurately aligned using any phantom from which a unique line can be extracted in each modality scan.
US10049456B2
One embodiment provides a method of identifying a location of a target object within a plurality of images, the method including: utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: receiving a plurality of images; receiving position information indicating a central location, wherein the central location comprises a location that the plurality of images were taken; receiving direction information indicating a position of a target object with respect to the central location, wherein one of the plurality of images contains the target object; and determining, using the position information and the direction information, a target location, wherein the target location comprises a location of the target object. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10049452B2
An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a cell analysis system are provided. The information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: determine a frequency feature value based on motion data from an image of a cell, and control displaying information associated with the frequency feature value, wherein the frequency feature value includes a power spectral density for each time range and each frequency band, and wherein the information associated with the frequency feature value is displayed in association with the each time range and the each frequency band.
US10049446B2
A method for reconstructing a volume image of a subject, executed at least in part by a computer, accesses projection x-ray images of the subject and performs a volume image reconstruction using the x-ray images by iteratively performing alternating steps of a tomographic update, where a gradient based algorithm having a preconditioner is used to update the volume image reconstruction and a spatially varying denoising that is a function of the preconditioner. The method displays, stores, or transmits the volume image reconstruction.
US10049445B2
A user had to manually select a cross-sectional image indicating features of a finding and a cross-sectional image displayed in a report, from a three-dimensional medical image. Provided is an image processing apparatus that includes: a unit configured to acquire a target finding of a medical image; a unit configured to calculate an image feature quantity of a type associated in advance with the target finding, for each of a plurality of cross-sectional images of the medical image; and a unit configured to identify a cross-sectional image from the plurality of cross-sectional images based on the calculated image feature quantity. Operation of selecting a cross-sectional image by a doctor can be omitted, and the burden can be reduced.
US10049435B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to methods and systems for facilitating control of smoothness of transitions between images. In embodiments, a difference of color values of pixels between a foreground image and the background image are identified along a boundary associated with a location at which to paste the foreground image relative to the background image. Thereafter, recursive down sampling of a region of pixels within the boundary by a sampling factor is performed to produce a plurality of down sampled images having color difference indicators associated with each pixel of the down sampled images. Such color difference indicators indicate whether a difference of color value exists for the corresponding pixel. To effectuate a seamless transition, the color difference indicators are normalized in association with each recursively down sampled image.
US10049434B2
A computing device for detecting an object of interest in an image is provided. The computing device includes a memory device and a processor to process image data by evaluating pixel contrast to facilitate detecting an edge transition in an image, by identifying neighboring pixels that are above a predetermined contrast value, which represent a potential object of interest, filtering the pixels based on color information to identify areas where there is a color edge transition, applying a convolution filter mask to yield regions of pixels having a localized concentration of contrast and color changes, applying a threshold filter for identifying those pixel regions having values that are greater than a predetermined threshold value and grouping the identified pixel regions into one or more groups representing an object of interest, and generating an alert to notify an operator that the object of interest in the image has been detected.
US10049421B2
According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for secure content watermarking. The method includes generating a watermark that encodes information as a set of visual elements; receiving content that represents a graphical workspace to be displayed to a user; creating watermarked content by combining an image of the received content with at least one copy of the watermark sufficient to fill the area of the image; and displaying the watermarked content to the user via a display device having a display area. Should the user take a screenshot or take a picture of some or all of the watermarked content, the picture so acquired will contain watermark information that can be used to identify the session from which the picture or screenshot was taken.
US10049416B2
An online education platform manages and integrates a number of education services for users of the platform, including job recall services. These job recall services include management and distribution of job recall materials that test whether job applicants have acquired desired knowledge or skills for a particular job opening or class of jobs. The job recall materials are uploaded to the education platform and mapped to one or more learning units. Each learning unit is associated with an educational course and includes a distinct concept in the associated course. Responsive to a user of the education platform completing the learning unit to which a job recall material is mapped, the job recall material is recommended to the user.
US10049413B2
Embodiments create and label contextual slices from observation data and aggregate slices into a hierarchical storyline for a user. A context is a (possibly partial) specification of what a user was doing in the dimensions of time, place, and activity. A storyline is composed of a time-ordered sequence of contexts that partition a given span of time that are arranged in groups at one or more hierarchical levels. A storyline is created through a process of data collection, slicing, labeling, and aggregating. Raw context data can be collected from a variety of observation sources with various error characteristics. Slicing refines the raw context data into a consistent storyline composed of a sequence of contexts representing homogeneous time intervals. Labeling adds more specific and semantically meaningful data (e.g., geography, venue, activity) to the slices. Aggregation identifies groups of slices that correspond to a single semantic concept.
US10049411B2
A technique for controlling release of data associated with an account is described. During this data-privacy management technique, a computer system provides at least a subset of data associated with an account to a third party based on a first consent (which may be received from a user of the account). This subset may have a first classification based on a predefined taxonomy. Subsequently, the third party may notify the computer system that additional data has been derived from the data. In response, the computer system may determine a second classification of the additional data based on a predefined taxonomy. If this second classification is other than a subset of the first classification, the computer system may request a second consent (for example, from the user).
US10049410B2
A portable device is configured to obtain an image of a document, the document being of no predefined format and containing numerical data. The numerical data is extracted and automatically organized into a report in a predefined or customized format and stored into a database. The database is accessible and searchable by a user to obtain either the numerical data of the image or the report.
US10049399B1
Systems and methods for intelligent gift registries are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for using an intelligent gift registry may include: (1) receiving, from a gift receiver, an identification of at least one gift receiver interest; (2) receiving, from a gift giver, an identification of at least one gift giver interest; (3) at least one computer processor generating a gift giving suggestion list comprising at least one gift giving suggestion and based on the at least one gift receiver interest and the at least one gift giver interest; (4) providing, to the gift giver, the gift suggestion list; and (5) receiving, from one of the gift giver, a gift selection.
US10049397B1
Opaque offerings of items conceal at least one attribute of the items from customers, typically a brand associated with the items. Such offerings usually include a generic description of the items and an opaque price that is typically lower than a standard offered price for the items. By identifying customers who may have an interest in such items, and tailoring opaque recommendations of such items to such customers, an online marketplace may increase the likelihood that such items will sell to customers while protecting an owner of a brand of such items from any negative implication or connotation that may be associated with offering such items at substandard prices.
US10049392B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for protecting consumer privacy in an online advertising environment. A request may be received from a browser for a webpage along with a unique browser identifier. The browser may be provided a first portion of the webpage that is locally available. The unique browser identifier may be provided to at least one advertising entity, wherein the advertising entity determines an advertisement based, at least in part, on the unique browser identifier. The advertisement may be received from the advertising entity, and provided to the browser as a second portion of the webpage.
US10049389B2
Various systems and methods for interaction with digital signage are described herein. A system for interacting with digital signage, includes an identification module to identify, at an onboard system in a vehicle, a first roadside digital signage, the first roadside digital signage having first content; a communication module to receive a first option to perform a first action related to the first content; and a presentation module to display the first option via the onboard system.
US10049388B2
Systems and methods are disclosed which may allow a user having a mobile device to check in to a location using a packet sequence that includes information for identifying the location transmitted by one or more Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) beacons at or near the location. The user may be able to store packet sequences for various locations that may allow the user to automatically check into these locations using the store packet sequences.
US10049387B2
Application developers can request to have their applications registered for use with a content delivery platform. The operator of the content delivery platform establishes perimeters defining geographic areas, and maintains records reserving particular areas for delivery of content associated with particular sponsors. Registered applications running on mobile devices can request content from the content delivery platform. Based at least in part on the request, the content delivery platform can identify a target location, which may be the location of the mobile device, or some other location indicated in the request. A mobile device can be provided content based on the relationship of the target location to the geographic areas, so that a registered application running on a mobile device with a target location contained within a geographic area assigned to a particular sponsor will receive content related to that sponsor.
US10049381B2
A device, system, and method are directed towards facilitating monetization of mobile devices. A click action server determines click actions that are to be sent to a client device based on one or more factors. The click actions are sent to the client device as links. An action handler receives requests indicating a selected action, and facilitates the performance of the action.
US10049369B2
A group targeting system may include an Internet protocol (IP) extraction unit to extract a group IP using a number of accesses per unit time with respect to an IP, and a characteristic determination unit to determine characteristics of a group that uses the group IP through the group IP. The system includes also a targeting unit to provide a targeted service or a targeted advertisement to the group according to the characteristics of the group.
US10049367B2
One embodiment may include a non-transitory, computer-readable medium that store instructions configured to cause a processor to execute, via a server configured to communicate within a client-server network, a product compliance fulfillment portal. The product compliance fulfillment portal may include a product compliance evaluation (PCE) tool, a product baseline compliance specification (PBCS) tool, and a transactional compliance plan (TCP) tool. The PCE tool may be configured to add compliance requirements for a product in a territory, the PBCS tool may be configured to identify compliance requirements for the product in the territory and assign a compliance status in the territory, and the TCP tool may be configured to receive a customer order incoming via a computing client communicatively coupled to the server, the customer order including products and a desired territory as input and to derive a compliance plan specifying fulfillment instructions to fulfill the customer order.
US10049363B2
A communication is received from a fare media which includes a token associated with a transit account and a risk score based on a usage history of the account which is indicative of a likelihood of default associated with the account. One or more positive or negative lists are received from a server. Positive lists include first account identifiers associated with accounts in good standing. Negative lists include account identifiers associated with accounts in poor standing. A determination whether the token is associated with an account represented by one of the first or one of the second account identifiers is made. A determination, based on the risk score or the determination of the association of the token is made whether to grant access to the transit system. Information related to the determination of whether to grant access is communicated to the server. Access is granted to the transit system.
US10049360B2
Disclosed are apparatuses, systems, and methods pertaining to the secure communication of payment information from portable consumer devices, such as credit cards, to online merchants using verification tokens.
US10049358B2
Secure passcode entry using a mobile device having augmented reality capability. The mobile device is registered with an authorization server to register an agreed input display algorithm with an initialization seed, and a user passcode is registered with the authorization server. A superset of options is obtained from an input interface device at which a user passcode is to be entered. The superset of options is processed using the input display algorithm and initialization seed to result in an arrangement of characters including the characters of a registered user passcode. The arrangement of characters is overlaid using the augmented reality capability of the mobile device in relation to an input interface of the input interface device.
US10049356B2
Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for processing a card-not-present transaction. According to one embodiment, processing a card-not-present transaction can comprise receiving a request for a card-not-present transaction involving an enrolled consumer. The request can include information identifying the enrolled consumer. A record of information related to the enrolled consumer can be read and the enrolled consumer can be authenticated based at least in part on the information of the request and the record of information related to the enrolled consumer. In response to authenticating the enrolled consumer, a set of single-use payment information can be generated which can include a one-time password and a dynamic Primary Account Number (PAN) which is valid for a single transaction. The single-use payment information can be provided to the enrolled consumer or the merchant to complete the transaction in place of the true PAN.
US10049354B2
Systems and methods that receive one or more images and based at least in part on the received images, identify information associated with a payment instrument. The information associated with the payment instrument may be stored in a payment instrument repository, such as an electronic wallet (eWallet), associated with a user. The eWallet may be accessed by the user to add, delete, or modify payment instruments and associated information in the eWallet. The eWallet may further be used by the use to initiate a financial transaction using one or more of the payment instruments associated with the eWallet.
US10049351B2
A robotic retail wall is presented allowing for the dispensing of merchandise within a retail location. The robotic wall includes commodity products and robotics that pick and deliver products to consumers in response to input at a kiosk. The robotics and products are separated from a retail space by a transparent barrier, allowing consumers in the retail space to view the actions of the robotics in retrieving a product. Behind the robotic wall is a product stocking area, where commodity products can be added to the robotic wall with assistance from the robotics.
US10049347B2
An electronic receipt system may include a point-of-sale (POS) terminal having a near field communication (NFC) device for communicating with a mobile wireless communications device during a transaction for purchasing at least one item, and a server. The server may be for receiving a user identifier transmitted from the mobile communication device via the NFC device, verifying an enrollment status of the user identifier, based upon results of the verifying, generating an electronic receipt associated with the transaction, and generating a social media network link feature in the electronic receipt and associated with the item, the social media network link feature for sharing the purchase of the item on a corresponding social media network.
US10049346B2
A system for maintaining medical devices includes: a computing device including memory and a processor that, when executing instructions stored on the memory, creates a user interface including: a health module providing a summary of a maintenance status of the medical devices; a location module providing a summary of a location of the medical devices; and a maintenance alert module providing a list of the medical devices needing maintenance, the list including a type of maintenance needed for each of the medical devices in the list.
US10049343B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for generating, at a computing device, a collaboration container associated with a project. One or more requirements associated with the project is received using the collaboration container. The one or more requirements is mapped into changes for a web content management artifact. The web content management artifact is generated from the collaboration container. Collaboration for the web content management artifact is received. A status of the web content management artifact is promoted to the collaboration container, wherein promoting includes publically publishing at least a portion of the web content management artifact, closing at least the portion of the collaboration container, and archiving at least the portion of the collaboration container.
US10049340B2
A system, computer program product and method for a global transaction manager in a federated value chain network. The federated value chain network includes a plurality of local networks having shared access to two or more shared databases on a service provider computer over a network via a database router module. The computer program product includes receiving a request for an order for goods or services from a first company in one of the plurality of local networks in the federated value chain network, searching for one or more second companies having matching goods or services over one or more of the plurality of local networks, sourcing the matched one or more second companies, creating a transaction over one or more segments to effect the movement of the good or services, involving one or more third companies, from a source location to a destination location, and managing the handoffs between the relevant first, second and third companies in order to ship the goods or services.
US10049338B2
In an embodiment, a transport management application is executing in the application layer. User may place orders by specifying order data in a user interface of the transport management application, and initiate calculate charges to calculate transportation charges for the orders. Based on the initiation, the charge calculation function is invoked in the application layer. Charge calculation function reads the order data specified in the user interface, and invokes charge computation engine in an in-memory database. Orders are split and grouped based on number of dimensions in a rate table. Charge computation engine looks up master data and computes transportation charges for the grouped orders in parallel. After the charge computation engine determines the transportation charges for the orders, sum of the transportation charges is returned to the application layer.
US10049336B2
A method and system for capturing and analyzing human behavior data is disclosed. The present disclosure describes a method and system for a plurality of people, wherein each person wears a badge. The badge transmits data collected from a plurality of sensors from the badge to a base station. The data is sent from the base station to a server, which aggregates the data from a plurality of base stations, and then analyzes and processes the data to create raw human behavior data. From the raw human behavior data and plurality of metrics is calculated, which can be displayed on a computer screen according to whichever metrics a user wishes to view.
US10049333B2
Provided is a sales clerk operation management apparatus including: an operation contents setter which sets operation contents of each operation executed by the sales clerk; an operation schedule setter which sets the operation schedule relating to each operation set by the operation contents setter; an operation detector which detects that the sales clerk has performed each operation with the set operation contents, based on the image; an execution information generator which generates information relating to the execution situations for each operation condition set in the operation schedule, based on the detected result of the operation detector; and a display information generator which generates and outputs display information showing the information relating to the execution situations for each operation condition generated by the execution information generator to be compared with the operation schedule.
US10049329B2
Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for exchanging content with a content management system comprising an extended record data structure. A plurality of records are maintained at the travel management system in an extended record data structure that includes first data containers containing standard data elements and second data containers containing non-standard data elements. Each non-standard data element is associated with a respective structure description file defining a structure of the attributes of the non-standard data element. A first data exchange message is generated at the travel management system and includes the structure description file of one of the non-standard data elements and a set of values corresponding to values of the attributes of the one of the non-standard data elements. The first data exchange message is transmitted according to a first data exchange format from the travel management system to the client device.
US10049326B1
An apparatus, method, and computer program that can learn a linear or non-linear transfer function are disclosed. In one embodiment, for example, a computer-implemented method may include creating a plurality of combinations for at least one input, and calculating an output for the plurality of combinations. The method may also include calculating an error based on the calculated output.
US10049323B1
A method of learning parameters of a CNN is provided. The method includes steps of: (a) allowing an input value to be delivered to individual multiple element bias layers; (b) allowing the scale layer connected to a specific element bias layer to multiply a predetermined scale value by an output value of the specific element bias layer; (c) (i) allowing a specific element activation layer connected to the scale layer to apply activation function, and (ii) allowing the other individual element activation layers to apply activation functions to output values of the individual element bias layers; (d) allowing a concatenation layer to concatenate an output value of the specific element activation layer and output values of the other element activation layers; (e) allowing the convolutional layer to apply the convolution operation to the concatenated output; and (f) allowing a loss layer to acquire a loss during a backpropagation process.
US10049321B2
A thermodynamic RAM circuit composed of a group of AHaH (Anti-Hebbian and Hebbian) computing circuits that form one or more kT-RAM circuits. The AHaH computing circuits can be configured as an AHaH computing stack. The kTRAM circuit(s) can include one or core kT-Cores, each partitioned into AHaH nodes of any size via time multiplexing. The kT-Core couples readout electrodes together to form a larger combined kT-Core. AHaH Computing is the theoretical space encompassing the capabilities of AHaH nodes. At this level of development, solutions have been found for problems as diverse as classification, prediction, anomaly detection, clustering, feature learning, actuation, combinatorial optimization, and universal logic.
US10049318B2
A method for balancing a rotatable component is disclosed This method comprises and then plating the component to deposit a metal layer onto the component until the component is balanced. In addition, and alternative method for balancing a rotatable component is disclosed. This method comprises attaching a balancing weight to the rotatable component and rotating the component. This is followed by plating the component and the balancing weight to deposit a metal layer onto the balancing weight and the component until the component is balanced.
US10049310B2
Provided are techniques for image text analysis for identifying hidden text. An Optical Character Reader (OCR) is utilized to extract a text string from an image. Context within the image is analyzed. It is determined that the extracted text string is a partial text string based on the context. For a first radius level of a plurality of radius levels, a segmented sub-image is identified around the partial text string within the first radius level, an image search on the segmented sub-image is performed to identify a candidate text string, and, in response to determining that the candidate text string is a complete text string, the complete text string is provided for performing an action.
US10049308B1
Training images can be synthesized in order to obtain enough data to train a convolutional neural network to recognize various classes of a type of item. Images can be synthesized by blending images of items labeled using those classes into selected background images. Catalog images can represent items against a solid background, which can be identified using connected components or other such approaches. Removing the background using such approaches can result in edge artifacts proximate the item region. To improve the results, one or more operations are performed, such as a morphological erosion operation followed by an opening operation. The isolated item portion then can be blended into a randomly selected background region in order to generate a synthesized training image. The training images can be used with real world images to train the neural network.
US10049305B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for classification using a neural network. One of the methods for processing an input through each of multiple layers of a neural network to generate an output, wherein each of the multiple layers of the neural network includes a respective multiple nodes includes for a particular layer of the multiple layers: receiving, by a classification system, an activation vector as input for the particular layer, selecting one or more nodes in the particular layer using the activation vector and a hash table that maps numeric values to nodes in the particular layer, and processing the activation vector using the selected nodes to generate an output for the particular layer.
US10049304B2
A method and system for detecting occupancy in a space use computer vision techniques. In one embodiment an object is detected in an image of the space. If the object is detected in a first area of the image, a shape of the object is determined based on a first shape feature of the object and if the object is detected in a second area of the image, the shape of the object is determined based on a second shape feature of the object. The object may be determined to be an occupant based on the determined shape of the object.
US10049295B2
Methods and systems detect changes occurring over time between synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) images. A processor performs coarse navigational alignment, fine-scale co-registration and local co-registration between current image data and historical image data. Local co-registration includes obtaining correlation peaks for large neighborhood non-overlapping patches. Relative patch translations are estimated and parameterized into error vectors. Interpolation functions formed from the vectors re-map the current image onto the same grid as the historical image and the complex correlation coefficient between images is calculated. The resulting interferogram is decomposed into surge and sway functions used to define the argument of a phase function, which is multiplied by the current image to remove the effects of surge and sway on the interferogram. Based on the aforementioned computations, a canonical correlation analysis is performed to detect scene changes between the historical and new SAS images.
US10049294B2
The present disclosure advantageously provides apparatus, systems and methods which facilitate estimating and accounting for illumination conditions, viewing conditions and reflectance characteristics for imaged surfaces when performing color measurement, correction and/or transformation in an imaging process, such as photography. Advantageously, the disclosed apparatus, systems and methods may utilize a set of one or more illumination target elements for extrapolating illumination conditions from an imaged scene. The disclosure may be used to improve determination of color correction/transformation parameters and/or to facilitate determining a reflectance model for a target surface of interest.
US10049293B2
Techniques are disclosed for extracting micro-features at a pixel-level based on characteristics of one or more images. Importantly, the extraction is unsupervised, i.e., performed independent of any training data that defines particular objects, allowing a behavior-recognition system to forgo a training phase and for object classification to proceed without being constrained by specific object definitions. A micro-feature extractor that does not require training data is adaptive and self-trains while performing the extraction. The extracted micro-features are represented as a micro-feature vector that may be input to a micro-classifier which groups objects into object type clusters based on the micro-feature vectors.
US10049291B2
According to the present disclosure, an image-processing apparatus identifies for each gradation value a connected component of pixels of not less than or not more than the gradation value neighboring and connected to each other in an input image, thereby generating hierarchical structure data of a hierarchical structure including the connected component, extracts based on the hierarchical structure data a connected component satisfying character likelihood as a character-like region, acquires a threshold value of binarization used exclusively for the character-like region, acquires a corrected region where the character-like region is binarized, acquires a background where a gradation value of a pixel included in a region of the input image other than the corrected region is changed to a gradation value for a background, and acquires a binary image data of a binary image composed of the corrected region and the background region.
US10049280B2
Various arrangements for assessing an installation of a smart home device are presented. A video camera device may capture video indicative of a location of the smart home device. The video indicative of the location of the smart home device may be analyzed to determine whether the location of the smart home device prevents the smart home device from operating within specification. An indication may then be output indicative of whether the location of the smart home device prevents the smart home device from operating within specification.
US10049278B2
A system for remote care of an animal includes a robotic animal caregiver that includes a housing, a wireless data communication system disposed within the housing and wirelessly communicatively coupled with an external data communications system, and a microprocessor in communication with the wireless data communication system disposed within the housing. The system further includes a smart collar to be worn by the animal operable to determine a geo-location and behavior information of the animal and communicate with the microprocessor.
US10049276B1
Embodiments are directed toward analyzing images of cables and electronic devices to augment those images with information relating to the installation or troubleshooting of such cables and electronic devices. The images are analyzed to determine non-text characteristics of a connector of the cable and non-text characteristics of at least one port on the electronic device. These non-text characteristics can be compared to each other to determine if the connector is compatible with one of the ports on the electronic device. Similarly, these non-text characteristics can be compared with non-text characteristics of known connectors and ports to determine a type of the connector and a type of the ports on the electronic device, which is used to determine their compatibility. The images are then modified or overlaid with information identifying the type of connector or port, their compatibility or lack thereof, or instructions for connecting the compatible connector and port.
US10049270B1
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for identifying sections in a document based on a plurality of visual features is provided. The present invention may include receiving a plurality of documents. The present invention may also include extracting a plurality of content blocks. The present invention may further include determining the plurality of visual features. The present invention may then include grouping the extracted plurality of content blocks into a plurality of categories. The present invention may also include generating a plurality of closeness scores for the plurality of categories by utilizing a Visual Similarity Measure. The present invention may further include generating a plurality of Association Matrices on the plurality of categories for each of the received plurality of documents based on the Visual Similarity Measure. The present invention may further include merging the plurality of categories into a plurality of clusters.
US10049268B2
A method includes: displaying a digital image on a first portion of a display of a mobile device; receiving user feedback via the display of the mobile device; analyzing the user feedback to determine a meaning of the user feedback; based on the determined meaning of the user feedback, analyzing a portion of the digital image corresponding to either the point of interest or the region of interest to detect one or more connected components depicted within the portion of the digital image; classifying each detected connected component depicted within the portion of the digital image; estimating an identity of each detected connected component based on the classification of the detected connected component; and one or more of: displaying the identity of each detected connected component on a second portion of the display of the mobile device; and providing the identity of each detected connected component to a workflow.
US10049262B2
A method for extracting a characteristic of a three-dimensional face image includes: performing face area division, to obtain a group of face areas; projecting each face area onto a corresponding regional bounding sphere; obtaining an indication of the corresponding face area according to the regional bounding sphere, and recording the indication as a regional bounding spherical descriptor of the face area; calculating a weight of the regional bounding spherical descriptor of the face area for each face area; and obtaining a characteristic of a three-dimensional face image according to the indication of the face area and the corresponding weight.
US10049258B2
A method of preprocessing an image including biological information is disclosed, in which an image preprocessor may set an edge line in an input image including biological information, calculate an energy value corresponding to the edge line, and adaptively crop the input image based on the energy value.
US10049255B2
A finger biometric sensing device may include drive circuitry for generating a drive signal and an array of finger biometric sensing pixel electrodes cooperating with the drive circuitry and generating a detected signal based upon placement of a finger adjacent the array. The detected signal may include a drive signal component and a sense signal component superimposed thereon. A gain stage may be coupled to the array and drive signal nulling circuitry may be coupled to the gain stage for reducing the drive signal component from the detected signal. The drive signal nulling circuitry may include a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC) generating an inverted scaled replica of the drive signal for the gain stage. Error compensation circuitry includes a memory storing error compensation data and a second DAC coupled in series with the first DAC compensating an error in the inverted scaled replica based upon the error compensation data.
US10049250B2
Embodiments of the present invention comprise an indicia reading terminal including operatively configured to interact with a storage module to store data, including location data, of a decodable indicia found in a captured document image. In one embodiment, the indicia reading terminal can be provided with one or more pre-stored information about the decodable indicia and/or the document. In another embodiment the indicia reading terminal can be provided with instructions and similarly operatively configured components that can identify information about the decodable indicia, store such information in a table, and utilize the tabulated data to process captured image data of subsequent documents.
US10049241B2
A radio frequency identification (RFID) reader identifies in which room among several rooms the RFID reader is more likely to be located. The RFID reader includes a transmitter for transmitting an interrogating radio frequency (RF) signal. It includes a receiver for receiving RF signals generated in corresponding pairs of RFID tags. The RFID tag pairs are attached to corresponding regions of each of the rooms. Each of said RFID tag pair including a first RFID tag and a second RFID tag that are spaced from each other by a distance that is larger or equal to λ/4 and smaller than or equal to λ/2 with respect to a frequency of a responding RF signal originated in the pair of RFID tags. A processor selects a larger RSSI of the RSSI's of the signal pair. The processor determines a corresponding sum of the RSSI's selected from each signal pair associated with each room. The processor evaluates in accordance with determined sums, the location in which said RFID reader is more likely to be located.
US10049239B2
An article management system according to the present invention includes: a reader antenna (102) including an open-type transmission line terminated in an impedance matched state; an RF tag (104) that is placed at a location that is electromagnetically coupled to the reader antenna (102) and is visible from the reader antenna (102) in a state where a management target article (105) is placed in the vicinity of the RF tag; a management target article arrangement region in which the management target article (105) is placed, the management target article arrangement region being set in a location where the management target article (105) is electromagnetically coupled to a tag antenna of the RF tag (104); and an RFID reader (103) that sends a transmitted signal to the reader antenna (102) and receives a response signal output from the tag antenna via the reader antenna (102). The presence or absence of the management target article (105) is detected by detecting a change in operating characteristics of the tag antenna due to the management target article based on a change in intensity or phase of a reflected signal from the RF tag (104).
US10049237B2
Embodiments provide a method for sending a message from an RFID transponder to a reader during a transmission frame using active load modulation, the method comprising. An encoded bit signal has a first logic level during first time segments within the transmission frame and a second logic level during second time segments within the transmission frame. The first time segments include an initial time segment of the transmission frame. A transmission signal is generated based on the encoded bit signal. The transmission signal is generated having a first phase depending on the first logic level during the first time segments, a second phase depending on the second logic level during the second time segments, and the second phase during a time interval preceding the transmission frame.
US10049232B2
A rewrite detection system, a rewrite detection device and an information processing device can detect unauthorized rewrite to a program or data stored in a storage unit of the information processing device. A rewrite detection device generates a random seed and transmits it to an ECU and a server device. The ECU calculates a hash value using a predetermined hash function on the basis of the received random seed and the storage content of the storage unit, and transmits the hash value to the rewrite detection device. The server device transmits an expectation in response to an inquiry from the rewrite detection device. The rewrite detection device determines whether unauthorized rewrite to a program or data in the ECU has been performed or not in accordance with whether the expectation received from the server device and the hash value received from the ECU coincide with each other or not.
US10049231B2
A method for obfuscating the properties of a web browser includes identifying an active web browser and generating random assortments of properties compatible with the web browser. The generated random properties are then integrated with the true properties of the web browser to provide an obfuscated property set that, on request by a web server, may be communicated to the web server.
US10049227B1
A computer-implemented method for controlling the expression of a block of data from a sensitive data storage device, the method including the steps of receiving from a software application a request to transfer the block of data from the source sensitive data storage device for expression at a destination device, determining a data mask indicator for the block of data, applying a limited expression format based upon the data mask indicator, and expressing the block of data at the destination device in the limited expression format, such as to facilitate protecting or masking sensitive data. The method may further include allowing a user to request revelation of a masked portion of the block of data, recording in a memory log user activity relating to such revelation request(s) of the user, and providing regular reports and/or administrative alerts relating to such logged user activity.
US10049222B1
An application of a mobile device may be granted access to sensitive or private information. The mobile device may be configured to monitor the application's use of any sensitive data obtained by the application. The mobile device may cloak the sensitive data before providing the data to the application in response to a request. Furthermore, the cloak sensitive data may include taint propagation data configured to enable the mobile device to detect that application's use of the cloaked sensitive data. As a result of detecting the application use of the cloaked sensitive data, a privacy database may be updated to include the applications use of the cloaked sensitive data.
US10049219B2
In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a process risk classifier running on a computer system, a request to determine a risk level for a particular process; accessing one or more signatures that provide one or more snapshots of characteristics of the particular process at one or more previous times; identifying one or more differences between the particular process in its current form and the one or more signatures; accessing information identifying previous usage of the computer system's resources by the particular process; determining a current risk score for the particular process based, at least in part, on (i) the one or more signatures for the particular process, (ii) the one or more differences between the particular process in its current form and the one or more signatures, and (iii) the previous usage of the resources; and providing the current risk score for the particular process.
US10049214B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting malicious processes on computing devices may include (i) identifying a portion of data on a computing device that is stored in an unrestricted section of memory and accessed by processes while running on the computing device, (ii) allocating a restricted section of memory within the computing device and indicating that the portion of data is located in the restricted section of memory, (iii) detecting an attempt by a process running on the computing device to access the portion of data within the restricted section of memory using an unexpected access method, (iv) determining, based at least in part on the process attempting to access the portion of data within the restricted section of memory using the unexpected access method, that the process is malicious, and (v) performing a security action on the computing device to prevent the malicious process from harming the computing device.
US10049212B2
In one embodiment, a processor includes at least one execution unit. The processor also includes a Return Oriented Programming (ROP) logic coupled to the at least one execution unit. The ROP logic may validate a return pointer stored on a call stack based on a secret ROP value. The secret ROP value may only be accessible by the operating system.
US10049209B2
Devices, systems, and methods of detecting user identity, differentiating between users of a computerized service, and detecting a cyber-attacker. An end-user device (a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a smartphone, a tablet, or the like) interacts and communicates with a server of a computerized server (a banking website, an electronic commerce website, or the like). The interactions are monitored, tracked and logged. Communication interferences are intentionally introduced to the communication session; and the server tracks the response or the reaction of the end-user device to such communication interferences. The system determines whether the user is a legitimate human user; or a cyber-attacker posing as a legitimate human user but actually utilizing a Virtual Machine.
US10049201B2
In physical token-less security screening using biometrics, a person provides biometric data to a security computing device as part of a security screening. The biometric data is used by the security computing device to look up an identifier (such as an airline account identifier or a security status identifier) for the person from a security back end. The identifier is used by the security computing device to obtain electronic pass information (such as an electronic boarding pass or a security screening status indicator) from a third party computing system (such as an airline computing system or a clearinghouse), which may be used to clear the person and/or otherwise facilitate the security screening. In some implementations, these techniques may also be used for physical token-less pass processing (such as boarding pass-less airline processing, confirmation of assigned traveling credentials, or determination of security protocols).
US10049199B2
Embodiments are directed to a computer system for securing an electronic device. The system includes at least one processor configured to receive at least one communication from an entity seeking to access the device. The at least one processor is further configured to generate a graph of the at least one communication from the entity seeking access to the device. The at least one processor is further configured to determine a difference between a cognitive trait of the entity seeking access to the device, and a cognitive identity of an entity authorized to access the device. The at least one processor is further configured to, based at least in part on a determination that the difference is greater than a threshold, deploy a security measure of the device.
US10049197B2
Systems and methods to authenticate and verify user access replace the digits of a personal identification number (PIN) of a particular user with prompted randomized words that are to be uttered by an unidentified user. By virtue of this replacement, the PIN remains secret. A known speaker provides voice samples to the system in advance. The words uttered by the unidentified user (in response to the prompted words being displayed) correspond to digits. The uttered words are checked against the PIN, and are used to verify if the unidentified user's voice matches the voice of the known speaker.
US10049185B2
This disclosure includes techniques for analyzing patient data. In one example, a method includes accessing, by a computer system, one or more databases comprising health information, with protected health information, for a plurality of patients, accessing, by the computer system, an analytical model, and receiving, by the computer system via a user interface, instructions to apply the analytical model to health information for each of the plurality of patients. The protected health information is isolated from the user interface to restrict access to the protected health information. The method further includes applying, by the computer system, the analytical model to health information for each of the plurality of patients, and storing a result of the analytical model to the one or more databases.
US10049184B2
A method for communicating data from wearable devices, the method includes sensing data with a wearable sensor worn by an individual and communicating the data from the wearable sensor to an earpiece worn by the individual. The method may further include communicating software instructions for analyzing the data sensed with the wearable sensor from the wearable sensor to the earpiece. An earpiece includes an ear piece housing, a processor disposed within the ear piece housing, a speaker operatively connected to the processor, and a microphone operatively connected to the processor. The earpiece is configured to receive at the processor the software instructions for processing data collected from one or more remotely located sensor devices from the one or more remotely located sensor devices and to process the data according to the software instructions.
US10049177B1
A circuit for reducing power consumed by routing clock signals in an integrated circuit is described. The circuit comprises a clock routing network comprising a clock row coupled to receive an input clock signal having a first clock frequency and a plurality of clock branches coupled to the clock row; and a plurality of circuit blocks coupled to the plurality of clock branches, each circuit block having a clock conversion circuit and a register; wherein the clock conversion circuit is programmable to generate clock pulses of an internal clock signal, coupled to the register, having a second frequency that is greater than the first frequency. A method of reducing power consumed by routing clock signals in an integrated circuit is also disclosed.
US10049167B2
A computer system includes a master controller that receives an HTTP request for a first URL. The URL indicates a first state of a first mobile application. A navigation controller navigates to the first state of the first mobile application within a device. A content scraper extracts content from the first state and identifies forward links to corresponding additional states of the first mobile application. The computer system includes an output formatter configured to package the content and the forward links into an HTTP response and transmit the HTTP response to a source of the first HTTP request. The HTTP response includes a forward URL for each additional state of the first mobile application reachable from the first state. For each additional state, the forward URL includes an indicator of the first mobile application and a path to reach the additional state within the first mobile application.
US10049161B2
An information processing apparatus in which information pieces indicating a plurality of service providers that can provide specific services are registered in advance includes: a selection unit for selecting some of the plurality of information pieces displayed by a display unit in accordance with an instruction of a user, and an access unit. The information pieces selected by the selection unit include a plurality of information pieces which each indicate a service provider that can provide an individual specific service.
US10049144B2
An associative object model for presenting composite entity information is provided. More particularly, a system and method of linking various data related to an entity from isolated databases in a distributed enterprise is provided. The system and method presents composite information on the entity to different systems within the distributed enterprise. The method includes propagating a change of data of a first entity type to one or more related or associated entity types in an active associative object model (AOM) accessible by a subscribing system and a publishing system in an enterprise.
US10049141B2
The technology disclosed relates to a platform for ultra-fast, ad-hoc data exploration and faceted navigation on integrated, heterogeneous data sets. The disclosed method of declarative specification of visualization queries, display formats and bindings represents queries, widgets and bindings combined on a dashboard in real time, with flexible display options for analyzing data and conveying analysis results.
US10049140B2
An encoding system for encoding an event time series, the system including an inter-arrival time computing device configured to compute an inter-arrival time between a plurality of input events and computes a sequence of events, a transformation device configured to transform the inter-arrival time between the plurality of input events into discrete time symbols, and a mapping device configured to map the input events and the discrete time symbols using a dictionary to output a time gram.
US10049138B1
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for an online community management system. One method calculates users' reputations that are based on the activities of each user in the online community. The reputation measures the quality of the user activities in the community. Further, the method includes operations for periodically calculating reputation statistical measures based on the users' reputations, and for sorting the users based on the reputation statistical measures. A user interface for a manager of the online community is provided, the user interface including a presentation of reputation information about a group of users of the online community identifying trends in changes of the reputation. The group of users is selected based on the sorting, and the user interface provides an option to select a first user from the group of users to obtain a display of events associated with the selected user in the online community.
US10049122B1
A cluster file system comprises a parallel file system and a plurality of burst buffers, with the burst buffers collectively configured to provide an interface between the parallel file system and compute nodes of a computer system. Each of the burst buffers comprises a virtual file system component and a metadata server component. The virtual file system components of respective ones of the burst buffers collectively implement a virtual file system. Metadata relating portions of the virtual file system to portions of the parallel file system is stored in a distributed manner over the metadata server components of the respective burst buffers. Each burst buffer independently manages its own flash memory, but the burst buffers are configured such that data consistency is ensured across their flash memories. The virtual file system illustratively comprises a parallel log-structured file system (PLFS) and the metadata server components illustratively comprise respective TO forwarding servers.
US10049115B1
A computer-implemented method for performing incremental database backups may include (1) identifying a request to perform a block-level incremental backup of a database, the block-level incremental backup including data that has changed within the database since a previous block-level incremental backup of the database, (2) requesting, in response to the request, a differential backup stream from a database server of the database, (3) creating an incremental backup stream from the differential backup stream at least in part by removing at least one database block from the differential backup stream that has not changed since the previous block-level incremental backup and (4) forwarding the incremental backup stream to a backup location to create the block-level incremental backup. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10049114B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a processor and a display controller. The processor acquires one or more first related data associated with a first content, when displaying a file containing the first content. The display controller displays the file containing the first content and the one or more first related data. The processor acquires one or more second related data associated with a second content, when a content of the file is updated from the first content to the second content. The display controller updates the display to display a file containing the second content and the one or more second related data based on the update of the content of the file from the first content to the second content.
US10049110B2
An approach is provided for identifying favorite multimedia content, such as digital photographs, possessed by a user. The approach detects a number of content sharing actions involving multimedia content, such as digital photographs, with the detecting being from a number of content handling applications, such as social media sites and person-to-person sharing. One of the content handling applications is a content player, such as a image viewer, that runs on a portable device, such as a smart phone or tablet computer system. The approach computes a shared content score for each of the multimedia content, with the shared content score being based on the content handling application that was used in the content sharing actions. The approach further identifies “favorite” multimedia content based on the shared content score pertaining to each multimedia content.
US10049103B2
A method for trait prediction includes receiving a text sequence and generating character embeddings for characters of the text sequence. Word representations for words of the text sequence are generated with a trained character sequence model, based on the character embeddings. A sequence representation is generated for the text sequence with a trained word sequence model, based on the word representations. At least one trait prediction is generated with a trained trait model, based on the sequence representation.
US10049102B2
Disclosed is a system for providing semantics based technical support to a user. A keyword extraction module extracts a set of keywords from a plurality of knowledge content and a plurality of bug content. A matrix generation module generates a keyword-content matrix comprising a similarity score computed for each keyword corresponding to each knowledge content. The matrix generation module further decomposes the keyword-content matrix into one or more sub-matrices. A vector coordinates identification module determines a first set of vector coordinates for each knowledge content of the plurality of knowledge content and a second set of vector coordinates for a bug-query received from a user in real-time. A similarity measure module computes a cosine similarity measure of the bug-query with each knowledge content to identify at least one knowledge content relevant to the bug-query. The knowledge identification module further provides the at least one knowledge content to the user.
US10049098B2
Systems and methods are provided for extracting actionable information from emails in a completely unsupervised manner with no need for the data to be labeled (i.e., the systems and methods do not a human to identify unlabeled or relabeled emails). Changes in the email structure are automatically incorporated to learn new templates through the novel concept of sub-templates. The systems and methods incorporate the minor variations in email structure seamlessly, without needing to introduce new templates. Email templates are computed as permutations of multiple sub-templates in the email, which allows the systems and methods to handle variations in email structure seamlessly and highly efficiently. These systems and methods are extendable to any domain using structured emails, and improve the efficiency of the systems that receive and act on information contained in emails.
US10049093B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for manipulating image annotations. One method includes receiving an image of an individual's anatomy; automatically determining, using a processor, one or more annotations for anatomical features identified in the image of the individual's anatomy; determining a dependency or hierarchy between at least two of the one or more annotations for anatomical features identified in the image of the individual's anatomy; and generating, based on the dependency or hierarchy, a workflow prompting a user to manipulate the one or more annotations for anatomical features identified in the image of the individual's anatomy.
US10049086B2
A service control system controls access to secured online testing services, such as accredited or standardized tests, examinations in educational courses, tutoring services, and continuing professional development courses or seminars. The secured services may be published by an educational publishing platform and made available to users through online configured browser applications executing on the users' devices. Based on access conditions associated with a secured testing service and the capturing and processing of one or more images, the service control system determines how users are authorized to access the services. When users have been authorized to access a service or a subset of the service, the service may be distributed through the browser applications executing on the users' devices.
US10049083B2
A measurement matrix generating system based on scrambling and a method thereof are disclosed. A plurality of independent identically distributed (i.i.d) elements is pre-stored in a circulant matrix register array, selections are made among the elements so as to perform an algebraic operation on the selected elements, and a measurement matrix with high availability is generated according to results of the operations, so as to achieve the technical effect of improving the availability of the measurement matrix in compressive sensing.
US10049074B2
For optimizing expansion devices on a computer expansion bus based on real-time flow control data, a system, apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed. The apparatus includes a configuration module that initializes a plurality of expansion bus registers, each expansion bus register associated with one of the plurality of expansion bus slots, a packet module that monitors flow control packets on the expansion bus, a flow control module that calculates flow control data from the flow control packets, the flow control data relating to the plurality of expansion devices, and a register module that writes flow control data to the plurality of expansion bus registers. The apparatus may further includes an optimization module that calculates an arrangement of the plurality of expansion devices, based on the flow control data, to maximize expansion bus throughput.
US10049071B2
Programmable logic units are described. A described unit includes one or more input interfaces to receive one or more input signals; logic elements that are individually programmable; one or more output interfaces to provide one or more output signals; and a programmable interconnect array that is configured to selectively form one or more interconnections within the unit based on one or more programming settings. The programmable interconnect array can be programmable to route the one or more input signals from the one or more input interfaces to at least a portion of the logic elements, programmable to route one or more intermediate signals among at least a portion of the logic elements, and programmable to route one or more signals from at least a portion of the logic elements to produce the one or more output signals via the output interface.
US10049066B2
A universal connector apparatus for a mobile device and in communication with the mobile device, the apparatus comprising: at least one universal serial bus (USB) connector providing at least one connection; at least one USB host controller configured to control the at least one USB connection; a microprocessor configured to control the at least one USB host controller, the microprocessor having an operating system; a USB device control interface on the mobile device configured to communicate and control the universal connector apparatus; and a USB driver configured to operate within the operating system to enable the mobile device to connect to one or more peripherals via the at least one USB connector.
US10049060B2
A semiconductor device includes a processor for running a real-time operating system (RTOS). The RTOS causes the processor to update internal time during a first mode and to stop updating in a second mode. A first counter periodically transmits an interrupt signal to the processor that is coordinated with a periodic counting sequence. A second counter counts while the semiconductor device is in the second mode. A first circuit reads a first count value from the first counter at a starting time of a transition from the first to the second mode, masks the interrupt signal, and causes the second counter to start counting. A second circuit unmasks the interrupt signal from the first counter after a starting time of a transition from the second to the first mode and reads a second count value from the second counter.
US10049057B2
A processor includes a front end to receive an encrypted instruction sequence. The processor also includes a decoder including logic to identify a encrypted command from a packet in the encrypted instruction sequence, logic to identify a key index from the packet, logic to determine an encrypted opcode lookup table with the key index, logic to look up a decoded opcode from the encrypted opcode lookup table based upon the key index, and logic to forward the decoded opcode for execution.
US10049055B2
Some implementations provide a method for managing data in a storage system that includes a persistent storage device and a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) cache device. The method includes: accessing a direct mapping between a logical address associated with data stored on the persistent storage device and a physical address on the NVRAM cache device; receiving, from a host computing device coupled to the storage system, a request to access a particular unit of data stored on the persistent storage device; using the direct mapping as a basis between the logical address associated with the data stored on the persistent storage device and the physical address on the NVRAM cache device to determine whether the particular unit of data being requested is present on the NVRAM cache device.
US10049054B2
The present disclosure is related to a virtual register file. Source code can be compiled to include references to a virtual register file for data subject to a logical operation. The references can be dereferenced at runtime to obtain physical addresses of memory device elements according to the virtual register file. The logical operation can be performed in the memory device on data stored in the memory device elements.
US10049046B1
Methods and apparatus for providing region zero-fill on demand for tiered memory including a first region in a first memory tier having a page cache in physical memory, where virtual memory includes a mmap of the first region. An input can be controlled between zeroes and the first region to the page cache.
US10049043B2
A data processing apparatus 2 performs multi-threaded processing using the processing pipeline 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18. Flush control circuitry 30 is responsive to multiple different types of flush trigger. Different types of flush trigger result in different sets of state being flushed for the thread which resulted in the flush trigger with state for other thread not being flushed. For example, a relatively low latency stall may result in flushing back to a first flush point whereas a longer latency stall results in flushing back to a second flush point and the loss of more state data. The data flushed back to the first flushed point may be a subset of the data flushed back to the second flush point.
US10049034B2
Performing data processing for data sets stored in each of a plurality of storage devices includes collecting access data indicating details of accesses to each of the plurality of storage devices and computing predicted changes in access frequency for each of the storage devices on the basis of the access data for each of the plurality of storage devices in response to a request to reserve a storage area for storing a new data set. A storage device in which the storage area for storing the new data set is to be reserved is selected from among the plurality of storage devices on the basis of the predicted changes for each storage device.
US10049028B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for debug session management. For example, methods may include receiving a request from a client device and, in response, identifying a set of instructions to be executed, wherein the set of instructions is associated with at least one breakpoint. The methods may include initiating execution of the set of instructions. The methods may include determining, based on a marker, that pausing execution of the set of instructions using a data structure is permitted, and responsive to this determination: pausing execution of the set of instructions before executing an instruction associated with a breakpoint, and updating the marker to indicate that execution of the set of instructions has paused using the data structure.
US10049026B2
Embodiments of bus interface systems and methods of operating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a bus interface system includes a master bus controller and multiple slave bus controllers that are each coupled to a bus line. The master bus controller is configured to generate a first set of data pulses along the bus line representing a payload segment. Each of the slave bus controllers decodes the first set of data pulses along the bus line representing the payload segment and performs an error check. Each slave bus controller is then configured to generate an acknowledgement pulse along the bus line to indicate that the slave bus controller's particular error check was passed. In this manner, the bus interface system can perform a group write bus function and the master bus controller can determine that the multiple slave bus controllers each received an accurate copy of the payload segment.
US10049024B2
A data processing method, a device, and a system for a storage unit in order to avoid performing repeated data read operations on the storage unit where the method includes recording, by a first server for at least one storage unit used to store data, information about a storage unit in which a repairable fault occurs but repairing fails, querying, by the first server each time a request for reading data is received, whether the storage unit corresponding to the recorded information about the storage unit stores a part or all of the data, and when the storage unit corresponding to the recorded information stores the data, returning, to a requesting party that sends the request, a message indicating that reading the data fails, or otherwise, reading the data from a storage unit that stores the data, and feeding back the data to the requesting party that sends the request.
US10049014B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a first source file, the first source file including one or more first computer-aided design models; converting the first source file into a first plurality of files; generating a first snapshot, the first snapshot including the first source file, the first plurality of files, and a first version; receiving a second source file, the second source file having the first format that is readable by the first application, the second source file including one or more second models, the second source file being an updated version of the first source file; converting the second source file into a second plurality of files; generating a second snapshot; and associating the second snapshot with the first snapshot, where the second snapshot being a more recent version than the first snapshot.
US10049007B2
A non-volatile memory device including a non-volatile memory and a controller is provided. The controller establishes a standard table and at least one priority table according to a read table stored in the non-volatile memory. The probability that the controller utilizes the read voltages corresponding to the indexes recorded in the priority table to read and successfully decode the codewords stored in non-volatile memory is high. When the controller utilizes the read voltages corresponding to the indexes recorded in the priority table to read and unsuccessfully decode the codewords, the controller utilizes the read voltages corresponding to the indexes recorded in the standard table to read and decode the codewords stored in non-volatile memory.
US10049005B2
A flash memory control apparatus includes a data read/write interface and a controller. The data read/write interface is arranged for coupling a first flash memory and a second flash memory, wherein the first flash memory includes a first storage plane and a first buffer, and the second flash memory includes a second storage plane and a second buffer. The controller is coupled to the data read/write interface, and is arranged for transmitting a plurality of valid data sets stored in the first storage plane to the second buffer through the data read/write interface. After an erase cycle is performed on the first storage plane, the controller further programs the plurality of valid data sets transmitted to the second buffer into the first storage plane.
US10048999B2
The present invention discloses a method for optimizing recovery of a single-disk failure, including the following steps: obtaining, according to current load information, an amount of data expected to be read and an allowed number of iterations; obtaining a recovery optimization policy for failed data in each single stripe, and combining an initial recovery policy for multiple stripes; and further optimizing the initial recovery policy by using a greedy algorithm based on tabu search, subject to the amount of data expected to be read and the allowed number of iterations, to finally obtain an optimal recovery policy with a smallest quantity of seeks. The optimization method of the present invention reduces the amount of data to be read and the quantity of seek operations, and improves the efficiency of recovering a single-disk failure. The present invention further discloses an apparatus for optimizing recovery of a single-disk failure.
US10048994B2
Systems and methods for identifying failed customer experience in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a processing device of a distributed computer system, a first application layer message associated with a request originated by a client computer system responsive to an action by a user, wherein the first application layer message comprises a transaction identifier identifying a sequence of messages originated by one or more components of the distributed computer system and associated with the request; identifying a pre-defined byte pattern comprised by the first application layer message; and identifying, based on the pre-defined byte pattern, at least one of: a system error associated with the transaction or an application error associated with the transaction.
US10048988B2
A method of operating an electronic device includes segmenting a second message in a first message, allocating the segmented second message to at least two queues, and performing a parallel-processing of the first message based on the allocated second message.
US10048983B2
Systems and methods are provided for enlisting single phase commit resources in a two phase commit transaction. An exemplary method includes accessing a global transaction having a plurality of processes requiring single phase commit (1PC) resource and a two phase commit (2PC) resource, initializing a 1PC resource manager for the 1PC resource with a first process of the plurality of processes, wherein the first process requires the 1PC resource, preparing a 2PC resource manager for the 2PC resource with a second process of the plurality of processes, wherein the second process requires the 2PC resource, generating a unique identifier for the 1PC resource, transmitting the unique identifier to the 1PC resource manager, and instructing the 1PC resource manager to commit the first process to the 1PC resource, wherein committing the first process to the 1PC resource comprises recording the unique identifier to the 1PC resource.
US10048980B2
One embodiment includes obtaining virtual machine (VM) information for at least one VM. The VM information includes a VSI type identification (ID) associated with each VM. A policy discriminator (PD) is associated for each VSI type ID, where the PD represents scalable policy assignment. At least one rule and bandwidth filter information associated with a VSI type ID is retrieved from virtual station interface (VSI) database (DB) information and PD for each VSI type ID. The associated at least one rule and filter information is applied based on one of multiple PD types. The multiple PD types comprise a VM type and a virtual local area network (vLAN) type.
US10048975B2
A method includes validating, by a switch, a message including virtual machine (VM) information using a value of a virtual station interface (VSI) type identification (ID) to perform a lookup of a fetched VSI database. The VM information for the VM comprises VSI type ID and virtual local area network (VLAN) ID. The switch retrieves an address of the VM from a first table for multiple different VM types based on using VSI type ID and network ID. The switch retrieves rules associated with the retrieved address of the VM and the VSI type ID from a second table including VM information. The switch applies the associated rules for the VM.
US10048970B2
Certain aspects direct to systems and methods for performing boot configuration of a thin client device with a portable storage device, such as a universal serial bus (USB) storage device. The system includes a computing device functioning as a thin client device, which has an interface under a protocol, such as the USB interface, allowing the portable storage device to be connected to the computing device via the interface. The portable storage device stores configuration data for configuring the computing device. Before booting, the computing device checks if the configuration data exists in a local storage device. If not, the computing device attempts to access the portable storage device, in order to automatically retrieve the configuration data from the portable storage device. Once the configuration data is obtained, the computing device may proceed with booting, and configure the computing device based on information of the configuration data without manual intervention.
US10048959B2
Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for incremental upgrade. When a server generates an incremental file, it acquires sub-files of different types in an old version compressed file and a new version compressed file, and performs different difference comparison steps on the sub-files of different types, to obtain difference data files for corresponding types: for sub-files that satisfy a preset decompression condition, a decompression comparison method is used to perform difference comparison, and for sub-files that do not satisfy the preset decompression condition, a direct comparison method is used to perform difference comparison; subsequently, a client acquires the difference data files from the server, and according to the type of a difference data file, carries out a merge operation on the difference data file and the old version compressed file to obtain the new version compressed file.
US10048958B2
Techniques for live data management are described. Some embodiments provide a Live Data Management System (“LDMS”) that provides a facility for managing live data objects and for efficiently developing client-server applications that utilize such live data objects. Live data objects are modules of computation that exist on both a client side and server side portion of a client-server application. Live data objects are configured to monitor changes to data hosted on or accessible via the server side, and to automatically update the client side without the need for polling or other requests made by the client side. The described techniques facilitate efficient software development of Web-based client server applications.
US10048950B2
An architecture for altering the content of a menuing system with little or no change to existing firmware of an electronic device is disclosed. A menu text file is generated and the menu text file is compiled into source code. Menu firmware is compiled and liked using the source code into a downloadable binary for the electronic device. The downloadable binary does not alter existing firmware of the electronic device.
US10048945B1
A method and apparatus are disclosed for enhancing operable functionality of input source code files from a software program by identifying candidate code snippets from the plurality of input source code files that meet a similarity threshold measure for library functions stored in the system library and then identifying at least a first validated code snippet from the candidate code snippets that matches a first library function stored in the system memory on the basis of at least first and second matching metrics so that the developer is presented with a library function recommendation which includes the first validated code snippet, the first library function, and instructions for replacing the first validated code snippet with the first library function.
US10048943B2
A computerized system and method for generating an application structure for an application in a computerized organization having a plurality of components. An implementation includes generating the application structure for the application by including, in the application structure, applicative components and connections between applicative components identified using a first entry point. In an implementation, the identification of the applicative components and the connections between applicative components includes applying a first set of patterns against a first component associated with the first entry point to identify a first applicative component of the applicative components and a first connection of the connections, the first connection including a second entry point. The applicative components and the connections between applicative components can be recursively identified.
US10048933B2
A method includes determining, using signals captured from two or more microphones (1A) configured to detect an acoustic signal from one or more sound sources, one or more prominent sound sources based on the one or more sound sources (1C-1D). The method further includes determining one or more directions relative to a position of one or more of the two or more microphones for the one or more prominent sound sources (1B-1D). The method includes modifying one or more user interface elements displayed on a user interface of a display to provide an indication at least in part of the one or more directions, relative to position of at least one microphone, of the one or more prominent sound sources (1G).
US10048913B2
A method for managing an electronic document (ED) using an electronic content management (ECM) system, including: receiving a submission comprising the ED; generating a unique identifier (UID), a first version number, and a first mapping linking the UID and the first version number to the ED; inserting a first symbol corresponding to the UID and the first version number into the ED; generating a first archived document corresponding to the ED and comprising the first symbol; distributing the first archived document; receiving a submission comprising a revised version of the ED from a user; generating a second version number and a second mapping linking the UID and the second version number to the revised version; inserting a second symbol corresponding to the UID and the second version number into the revised version; and generating a second archived document corresponding to the revised version and comprising the second symbol.
US10048912B2
A control device executes a specific process at a specific time based on instruction from a server. A POS terminal connects through a network to a maintenance server that sends a response to a received request. The POS terminal has a log compiler that generates log data containing status information indicating a state of a monitored item targeted for monitoring; a communication manager that sends log data, generated by the log compiler, as a request to the maintenance server, and receives, as a response from the maintenance server, control data instructing executing a specific process at a scheduled time; a time monitor that monitors if the current time has reached the scheduled time; and a command executor configured to execute the specific process when the current time has reached the scheduled time.
US10048893B2
An electronic circuit includes transmit-side circuitry and receive-side circuitry. The transmit-side circuitry belongs to a first domain of the circuit and is configured to transmit a data signal from the first domain to a second domain of the circuit. The receive-side circuitry belongs to the second domain and is configured to receive the transmitted data signal. The receive-side circuitry is configured to transfer to the transmit-side circuitry a read pointer value indicative of a readout position in a buffer memory that buffers the data signal, and to retain the read pointer value in a non-volatile element that is accessible to the transmit-side circuitry.
US10048883B2
In an embodiment, a method can include storing a plurality of volumes on persistent media. A set of the volumes can store at least one portion of a same copy of data. The method can further include caching the set of the volumes as a single group. In an embodiment, the plurality of volumes can include at least one of drives, snapshots, clones and replicas.
US10048881B2
An apparatus includes an extended capability register and an input/output (I/O) memory management circuitry. The I/O memory management circuitry is to receive, from an I/O device, an address translation request referencing a guest virtual address associated with a guest virtual address space of a virtual machine. The I/O memory management circuitry may translate the guest virtual address to a guest physical address associated with a guest physical address space of the virtual machine, and, responsive to determining that a value stored by the extended capability register indicates a restrict-translation-request-response (RTRR) mode, transmit, to the I/O device, a translation response having the guest physical address.
US10048867B2
An apparatus having a circuit is disclosed. The circuit may be configured to (i) generate a sequence of hash values in a table from a stream of data values with repetitive values, (ii) find two consecutive ones of the hash values in the sequence that have a common value and (iii) create a shortened hash chain by generating a pointer in the table at an intermediate location that corresponds to a second of the two consecutive hash values. The pointer generally points forward in the table to an end location that corresponds to a last of the data values in a run of the data values.
US10048863B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for open block refresh management. In certain embodiments, an apparatus may comprise a circuit configured to monitor an amount of time a block of a solid-state memory remains in an open state where the block has not been fully filled with data, and in response to reaching an open block time limit, compare an amount of the block already written with data against a threshold amount. When less than a threshold amount of the block has been written with data, the circuit may refresh data from a last N pages from the block by writing the data to a new location, N being a number of pages less than all pages in the block. When more than the threshold amount of the block has been written with data, the circuit may fill a remaining unwritten amount of the block with dummy data.
US10048850B2
An electronic apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable medium are disclosed. The electronic apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory having program code stored thereon, the program code being such that, when it is executed by the processor, it causes the processor to: control a display of a first parameter-setting image that relates to values of one or more parameters related to imaging, the first parameter-setting image comprising a graph and an indicator point that is movable by user input, where the values of the one or more parameters related to imaging are set based on a location of the indicator point in the graph; and display, in association with the first parameter-setting image, a second parameter-setting image that relates to values of at least one additional parameter related to imaging.
US10048849B2
In an approach to threshold setting for pie charts, a computing device displays one or more pie charts. The computing device receives an instruction to enter Threshold-Setting Mode. The computing device displays one or more threshold-setting flags associated with one or more pie chart slices and one or more indicators associated with the one or more pie chart slices. The computing device receives an instruction to set a threshold associated with a slice. The computing device updates a percentage displayed on an indicator associated with the threshold. The computing device displays the threshold as a virtual slice.
US10048843B2
A mobile terminal including a display; a wireless communication processor configured to transceive data with a drone and an external device through wireless communication; and a controller configured to display a mobile terminal graphic object corresponding to the mobile terminal, an external device graphic object corresponding to the external device, a drone control menu object and a camera control menu object on the display, assign the external device to control the drone in response to the external device graphic object and the drone control menu object being selected, and assign the external device to control the camera on the drone in response to the external device graphic object and the camera control menu object being selected.
US10048836B2
Systems, computer products, and methods are described herein for determining the applications and/or devices that a user users, or has used in the past, through a user computer system. The system categorizes the applications and/or devices related to one or more potential targets in which the user maybe interested and presents the targets to the user for selection by the user. The system monitors and aggregates information from the applications and/or devices related to the one or more desired targets and provides suggestions to aid in achieving the desired targets. The system allows the user to control, or may automatically control, the applications and/or devices related to the one or more desired targets in a central location. The aggregated information and/or one or more desired targets may be pushed to systems, applications, and devices, in order to act as filters or additional information for providing additional output to the user.
US10048834B2
The invention discloses an information processing method and an electronic device. The information processing method is applied to an electronic device that includes a display unit, the method comprising when a second electronic device is connected with the electronic device and placed on the display unit, obtaining a placement position of the second electronic device on the display unit; determining a display position of a menu of the second electronic device based on position information of the placement position of the second electronic device; and displaying the menu on the determined display position; wherein the menu is a navigation menu of files stored on the second electronic device.
US10048827B2
A dual-screen user device and methods for controlling data displayed thereby are disclosed. Specifically, the data displayed by the multiple screens of the dual-screen user device is conditioned upon the type of user gesture or combination of user gestures detected. The display controls described herein can correlate user inputs received in a gesture capture region to one or more display actions, which may include maximization, minimization, or reformatting instructions.
US10048821B2
A touch window may include a substrate, a sensing electrode disposed on the substrate to sense a position, and a protective layer on the sensing electrode. A touch device may include the touch window, and a driving part on the touch window. The substrate may include a first active area and a second active area. The second active area may be flexibly provided from the first active area. The sensing electrode may be provided on the substrate to sense a position. Moreover, the protective layer may be disposed in the second active area.
US10048818B2
The present invention relates to a touch panel capable of detecting a capacitive touch input of a finger of a human body or a touch input tool having conduction characteristics similar to those of the finger, and more particularly, to a structure of a touch panel having a high resolution so as to detect a touch input tool having a diameter smaller than a unit pi. In a touch panel having a high resolution according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to maintain high touch sensitivity while minimizing a change in structures of touch patterns depending on a size or a purpose of the touch panel.
US10048800B2
A method of controlling a mobile apparatus to display an end effect is provided. The method includes displaying at least one object on a first layer on a touch screen, converting the at least one object in response to a first gesture that converts the at least one object, detecting that the conversion for the at least one object is ended, and displaying an end effect, which represents a message saying that the at least one object to be converted does not exist anymore or represents additional information, on the touch screen.
US10048798B2
A touch detection device includes a processing unit, a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The processing unit has an output terminal for outputting a first analog signal, and an input terminal for receiving a second analog signal. The first capacitor has an adjustable first capacitance. The first capacitor includes a first terminal coupled to the output terminal of the processing unit, and a second terminal coupled to the input terminal of the processing unit. The second capacitor has a second capacitance. The second capacitor includes a first terminal coupled to the input terminal of the processing unit, and a second terminal coupled to a ground terminal. The first capacitance is adjusted to be substantially equal to the second capacitance. The processing unit determines whether a touch event is triggered according to variation of voltage level of the second analog signal.
US10048797B2
Disclosed is a display device including: a display panel including data lines and gate lines; a touch screen including a plurality of touch screens; a data driving circuit for supplying a data voltage to the data lines; a gate driving circuit for supplying a gate voltage to the gate lines; a touch sensing circuit for applying a driving signal to the touch sensors to sense a change in a voltage or a capacitance value of the touch sensors; and a timing controller for time-dividing a first frame period into a first driving period for sensing the touch sensors and a second driving period for performing display on the display panel, wherein the timing controller performs a control to supply a data voltage to a first area of the first driving period adjacent to a boundary surface between the first driving period and the second driving period.
US10048787B2
A fingerprint sensor which includes a conductive layer which is incorporatable within an electronic display is disclosed. The fingerprint sensor also includes a controller coupled to the conductive layer to capture a fingerprint image and can further be adapted to control the display.
US10048785B2
The embodiment of the present invention discloses a touch display device, including: a common electrode layer, having a plurality of driving regions with driving region electrodes inside, which are arranged in a rectangular array, and a plurality of floating regions with floating region electrodes inside located between the driving regions of tow adjacent columns, and the two adjacent floating regions are located in space and construct a floating region pair, and isolating regions among the driving regions and the floating regions; floating connection lines are distributed at the sensing layer, and one point of a floating connection line is electrically coupled to the floating region electrode in one floating region in the floating region pair with a first via, and an another point of the floating connection line is electrically coupled to the floating region electrode in the other floating region in the floating region pair with a second via.
US10048782B2
A menu execution apparatus and method for conveniently providing a menu in a wireless terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a pointer unit for indicating a specific object in a menu execution recognition mode. A camera photographs the object indicated by the pointer unit in the menu execution recognition mode. A controller controls an operation for recognizing the object indicated by the pointer unit and photographed by the camera and displaying a menu for controlling the recognized object.
US10048773B2
A touch sensing apparatus includes a group of emitters arranged to emit light to illuminate at least part of the touch surface, a light detector arranged to receive light from the group of emitters, and a processing element. Each emitter is controlled to transmit a code by way of the emitted light such that the code identifies the respective emitter. The codes may at least partly be transmitted concurrently. The codes may be selected such that a value of an autocorrelation of each code is significantly higher than a value of a cross-correlation between any two codes of different emitters. The processing element processes an output signal from the light detector to separate the light received from the individual emitters based on the transmitted codes, and to determine the position of the object/objects based on the light received from the individual emitters.
US10048764B2
A sensor module is provided. The sensor module includes three or more sensors and includes a substrate having the three or more sensors arranged thereon.
US10048756B2
Provided are a mobile terminal and a method of controlling the mobile terminal in which various operations performed by the mobile terminal can be controlled based on a vibration-indicator image representing the intensity, pattern and frequency of vibration generated by the mobile terminal. Therefore, it is possible for a user to identify the vibration generated by the mobile terminal not only with his or her sense of touch but also with his or her sense of touch. In addition, it is possible to display a vibration-indicator image representing vibration generated upon the detection of an entity near and approaching the mobile terminal and change the vibration-indicator image according to the distance between the entity and the mobile terminal. Thus, it is possible to easily determine the state of the entity.
US10048749B2
Examples are disclosed herein that relate to gaze tracking. One example provides a computing device including an eye-tracking system including an image sensor, a logic device, and a storage device comprising instructions executable by the logic device to track an eye gaze direction by acquiring an image of the eye via the eye-tracking system, and determining a determined location of a center of a lens of the eye from the image of the eye. The instructions are further executable to adjust the determined location of the center of the lens on a sub-pixel scale by applying a predetermined sub-pixel offset to the determined location of the center of the lens to produce an adjusted location of the center of the lens, to determine a gaze direction from the adjusted location of the center of the lens, and perform an action on a computing device based on the gaze direction.
US10048744B2
In an embodiment, a processor includes a first chip of a multi-chip package (MCP). The first chip includes at least one core and first chip temperature control (TC) logic to assert a first power adjustment signal at a second chip of the MCP responsive to an indication that a first chip temperature of the first chip exceeds a first threshold. The processor also includes a conduit that includes a bi-directional pin to couple the first chip to the second chip within the MCP. The conduit is to transport the first power adjustment signal from the first chip to the second chip and the first power adjustment signal is to cause an adjustment of a second chip power consumption of the second chip. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10048741B1
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing performance estimation mechanisms are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computing system includes at least one processor and a memory subsystem. During a characterization phase, the system utilizes a memory intensive workload to detect when the memory subsystem reaches its saturation point. Then, the system collects performance counter values during a sampling phase of a target application to determine the memory bandwidth. If the memory bandwidth is greater than the saturation point, then the system generates a prediction of the memory time which is based on a ratio of the memory bandwidth over the saturation point. Otherwise, if the memory bandwidth is less than the saturation point, the system assumes memory time is constant versus processor frequency. Then, the system uses the memory time and an estimate of the compute time to estimate a phase time for the target application at different processor frequencies.
US10048739B2
Power consumption of an integrated circuit (IC) clock mesh can be managed by a method of clock mesh design. Clock mesh data, including a location of a set of circuit elements and gating information of the set of circuit elements of the clock mesh, can be retrieved. A portion of the clock mesh, known as a local clock mesh, can be identified by analyzing the clock mesh data. The local clock mesh can include a subset of circuit elements having substantially similar clock gating characteristics, and which satisfy a placement density threshold. Mesh clock gating (MCG) cells can be added to wires surrounding the perimeter of the local mesh. MCG cells can be configured to enable and disable clock loads and clock mesh wires within the local clock mesh.
US10048724B1
The present invention relates to a discrete type wearable computer. The discrete type wearable computer includes a clothing accessory having a first installation element, a second installation element and a third installation element; a main board module set on the clothing accessory by the first installation element; a near-eye display module electrically connected with the main board module; an air mouse module electrically connected with the main board module and set on the clothing accessory by the second installation element; and a battery module electrically connected with the main board module and set on the clothing accessory by the third installation element, wherein the main board module, the air mouse module, and the battery module are configured on the clothing accessory and separated from each other.
US10048723B2
The present disclosure provides for a power supply module for supplying a power to a load. The power supply module includes a solar battery and a storage battery. The solar battery is configured to supply power to the load when the solar battery is irradiated by light to generate electrical energy. The storage battery is configured to supply power to the load when the solar battery does not supply power to the load.
US10048722B2
A wearable portable electronic device includes at least one energy module which further included thermoelectric materials which may convert heat to electric power. A plurality of heat spreader thermally and electronically contact to at least one wall of an enclosure of the wearable portable electronic device by using graphene layer.
US10048714B2
In an example embodiment, a circuit is provided that includes a current source with a calibrated trim circuit whose output current varies with transconductance of the current source, and tracks a current mismatch between the current source and another current source under varying bias currents and temperatures. The trim circuit may include at least one calibration digital to analog converter (CAL DAC), which may be driven by a bias circuit generating current proportional to the transconductance of the current source. In an example embodiment, the trim circuit may include at least two CAL DACs, whose output current may vary with bias current only, and with bias current and temperature. A method to calibrate the CAL DACs includes varying calibration settings of the CAL DACs under different bias currents until the output current of the trim circuit substantially accurately tracks the current mismatch under disparate bias currents and temperatures.
US10048711B2
Operations of nuclear power plants have been suspended in various locations due to the Great East Japan Earthquake. However, it is not necessarily essential to undertake strict emergency energy saving measures at all times. In order to solve the aforementioned problems, the present invention proposes an energy saving system comprising an electrical power consumption quantity information acquisition unit for acquiring information on the quantity of electrical power consumed for a plurality of electric devices, a target demand value storage unit for storing a target demand value for electrical power consumption, a supply surplus indicator acquisition unit for acquiring indicators of surplus electric power supplied by an electric power company having control over electrical power within a certain region, and a control unit for controlling the plurality of electric devices based on the acquired supply surplus indicators, the acquired electrical power consumption quantity information, and the stored target demand value.
US10048710B2
A voltage regulator which provides at an output node a load current at an output voltage is described. The voltage regulator comprises a pass transistor for providing the load current at the output node from an input node, and a driver stage configured to set the gate voltage of the pass transistor based on a drive current. The voltage regulator has voltage regulation means to set the drive current in dependence of an indication of the output voltage at the output node and in dependence of a reference voltage for the output voltage. The voltage regulator has bypass regulation means to set the drive current in dependence of an indication of the gate-to-source voltage at the pass transistor and in dependence of a target voltage for the gate—to activate the voltage regulation means and/or the bypass regulation means. source voltage. The voltage regulator also comprises mode selection means.
US10048709B2
An electric power system includes an OLTC transformer including a plurality of primary and secondary windings inductively coupled to each other. The electric power system includes at least one on-load tap changer coupled to at least one of the primary and secondary windings that is selectively configurable to regulate the portion of the primary and secondary windings inductively coupled to each other. The electric power system also includes a plurality of buses coupled to the transformer and are positioned downstream therefrom. The electric power system further includes at least one processor coupled to the tap changer configured to regulate a voltage bandwidth of the tap changer as a function of estimated voltage values of at least one bus as estimated based on a priori values of power/current transmitted through each bus. The a priori values are substantially based on measured power/current transmission through the on-load tap changer.
US10048705B2
An HVAC controller may include a user interface, along with a memory for storing a recurring programmable schedule having two or more time periods. The user interface may be configured to allow manual modification by a user of the recurring schedule stored in the memory, wherein the user can associate an HVAC-off control mode with any of the two or more time periods. In the HVAC-off control mode, the HVAC controller may not cycle the HVAC unit on regardless of the temperature of the air in the inside space. The HVAC controller further may include an output that is configured to issue operational commands to the HVAC unit in accordance with the programmable schedule.
US10048703B1
A force feedback cuff system, method, and apparatus may include receiving force feedback signal from an external, remotely controlled device; processing the force feedback signal to determine a correlated amount of pressure; applying a correlated signal to air pump equipment to inflate or deflate an inflatable cuff on an operator; and continuing the receiving, processing, and applying while the operator controls the external, remotely controlled device to provide haptic feedback to the operator in an intuitive and non-obtrusive fashion.
US10048701B2
Apparatus, such as a pump controller, features a signal processor configured at least to: receive signaling containing information about a linear set point control curve based at least partly on an adaptive set point control curve related to fluid being pumped by a pump in a pumping system, and determine a control set point based at least partly on the signaling received. The signal processor may be configured to provide a control signal containing information to control the pump based on the control set point determined.
US10048698B2
A method for guiding a motor vehicle in a parking facility encompasses steps of ascertaining, externally to the motor vehicle, a trajectory in the parking facility from a starting position to a destination position; transmitting at least a segment of the trajectory to the motor vehicle via a communication network; and monitoring the motor vehicle, by way of a monitoring system external to the motor vehicle, as the segment is traversed, to determine a deviation, the trajectory being ascertained as a function of a property of the motor vehicle. Also described are a corresponding apparatus, a parking system, and a computer program.
US10048689B2
An unmanned surface vehicle for underwater investigation that is free from negative effect of a thruster is provided. A position control system for an unmanned surface vehicle includes: at least one mooring device fixed on the ground; a wire fed and wound from the mooring device; an unmanned surface vehicle connected at the tip end of the wire; and at least one rudder equipped on the unmanned surface vehicle, wherein the mooring device includes a mooring device control device for controlling the feeding and winding of the wire, and a rudder control device for drive-controlling the rudder, the mooring device control device and the rudder control device control the position of the unmanned surface vehicle to reach the target.
US10048680B2
A robot system includes a robot including a robot arm, and a first hand and a second hand which are connected to the robot arm and which are provided to independently rotate about an axis on the robot arm; and a controller configured to control an operation of the robot. When the robot arm and the first hand are operated so that the first hand reaches a predetermined target position, teaching values for the first hand in the target position is generated. When the first hand and the second hand are rotated based on the teaching values for the first hand, a relative error in rotation amount around the axis between the first hand and the second hand is acquired and stored in a memory. Teaching values for the second hand is generated from the teaching values for the first hand based on the acquired relative error.
US10048679B2
A manufacturing process management (MPM) computer device is provided. The MPM computer device is configured to store a first version of a product and a second version of the product. The second version includes the first plurality of parts, the second plurality of parts, and a third plurality of parts associated with the plug. The first location is between the first plurality of locations and the second plurality of locations. The MPM computer device is also configured to calculate a first numbering system, calculate a second numbering system for a third plurality of locations associated with the third plurality of parts, determine a first grid overlay for the first version of the product based on the first numbering system, determine a second grid overlay for the second version of the product based on the first numbering system and the second numbering system.
US10048678B2
A numerical controller for controlling a machine tool for machining a work on the basis of an NC program for execution including a variable includes NC program reading unit, NC program analyzing unit, and a variable value table sequentially holding a variable value assigned to a variable at time of execution of a predetermined unit of program read by the NC program reading unit, and the NC program analyzing unit includes a character string for variable-check creating unit for replacing a character string included in an instruction affected by the variable in the predetermined unit of program with a character string for variable-check on the basis of the predetermined unit of the program read by the NC program reading unit and the variable value obtained from the variable value table and an NC program for variable-check writing unit.
US10048673B2
A BOP system for use in a high pressure subsea environment, including a BOP stack including a lower marine riser package and a lower stack portion, the lower stack portion having a plurality of BOP rams attached to a subsea wellhead. The system also includes a riser subsystem extending from a drilling vessel to the BOP stack and providing fluid communication therebetween, a ship board subsystem electronically, mechanically, and hydraulically connected to the BOP stack and the riser subsystem to control the functions of the BOP stack and the riser subsystem, and a safety instrumented system having a surface logic solver and at least one subsea logic solver, the safety instrumented system in communication with at least a portion of the BOP rams to act as a redundant control system in case of failure of the ship board subsystem.
US10048671B2
A control method according to an aspect of the invention includes a process for setting target fastening torque, a pulse interval of neighboring pulses, and an elevated value of torque per pulse, detecting last fastening torque at an Nth pulse (N is a natural number of 1 or more) after seating of a fastening member, setting pulse loading time at an N+1th pulse and pulse strength at the N+1th pulse based on the last fastening torque at the Nth pulse so that fastening torque at the N+1th pulse coincides with a multiple of the elevated value, controlling a fastening tool based on the pulse interval, the pulse loading time, and the pulse strength so that last fastening torque at an N+Mth pulse (M is a natural number of 1 or more) reaches target fastening torque.
US10048669B2
A method of manufacturing at least a first product and a second product with at least a first machine and a second machine at minimum cost in an environment in which a cost of energy used by the first machine and the second machine varies as a function of time may include generating multiple chromosomes, determining fitness scores of each of the chromosomes, randomly generating, with probabilities based on the fitness scores, new chromosomes, determining fitness scores of the new chromosomes, selecting one of the new chromosomes with an optimal fitness score, and manufacturing at least the first product and the second product with at least the first machine and the second machine according to a schedule based on the selected new chromosome.
US10048667B1
A mixer controller includes a housing for audio processing equipment having a device surface and a front edge, and a plurality of audio processing devices mounted on the device surface. The plurality of audio processing devices include at least a first channel and a second channel. The mixer controller includes a cross-fader that controls an amount of audio output from the first channel and output from the second channel by sliding the cross-fader between a first position and a second position. The cross-fader includes an extension, the extension having an end that extends forward of the front edge of the housing.
US10048654B2
A torque control apparatus includes a torque command output unit including a first low pass filter configured to cut off a torque command value by a first frequency, and a switching unit configured to switch, when a first torque value detected by a first torque sensor satisfies a predetermined condition, a second torque value detected by a second torque sensor to the torque command output unit. The switching unit includes a second low pass filter configured to cut off the second torque value by a second frequency which is higher than the first frequency and output the obtained value to the torque command output unit, uses the second low pass filter for a predetermined period of time after the switching, and outputs the second torque value to the torque command output unit without using the second low pass filter after the predetermined period of time has passed.
US10048646B2
Image forming apparatus with frame body and detachable cartridge with integrated photosensitive drum
A structure includes a rotatable rotating member, a blade, a support member, and a frame body. The blade extends in an axial direction of the rotating member and is in contact with or disposed close to a surface of the rotating member. The support member supports the blade such that one end side of the blade projects toward the rotating member in a lateral direction that intersects the axial direction. The frame body is formed by insert molding in which resin is injected while the support member is secured to a mold. The frame body clamps part of the support member so as to support the support member.
US10048645B2
A process cartridge including: a photosensitive member cartridge including a photosensitive member; and a developing cartridge including a developer carrier. The developing cartridge further includes: an inputting portion; a first cover; and a second cover. The first cover has a first engagement portion configured to move the developer carrier away from the photosensitive member. The first engagement portion is positioned between an axis of the developer carrier extending in an axial direction and an axis of the inputting portion extending in the axial direction, when projected in the axial direction. The second cover has a second engagement portion configured to move the developer carrier away from the photosensitive member. The second engagement portion is positioned between the axis of the developer carrier and the axis of the inputting portion, when projected in the axial direction.
US10048643B2
An image forming apparatus includes a cover unit, a boss, a hook member, a biasing member and a pressing member. The cover unit is turnably provided on an apparatus main body to form and open a conveying path. The boss is provided on the apparatus main body. The hook member is turnably provided on the cover unit and engaged with the boss when the cover unit is turned to a position where the conveying path is formed. The biasing member is provided on the cover unit and biases the hook member in a direction in which the hook member is engaged with the boss. The pressing member is provided on the cover unit in an elastically deformable manner and abuts on the hook member from an upstream side of a turning direction of the hook member to a position where the hook member is engaged with the boss.
US10048642B2
An image forming unit and a paper feed unit on which the image forming unit is stacked is provided. The image forming unit or the paper feed unit includes a connecting fixing member including a connection portion with which the units are connected to and fixed to each other. The connecting fixing member is rotatably provided to one device which is one of the image forming unit and the paper feed unit. The connection portion rotates to an engagement position of the other device, when the connecting fixing member comes into contact with the other device which is the other one of the image forming unit and the paper feed unit.
US10048639B2
An unidirectional clutch including: a first rotating member including an accommodation portion; a second rotating member provided on a same axis as the first rotating member and including a latch portion; and a latch member including a latch arm and accommodated in the accommodation portion so as to pivot to a locking position, wherein the latch arm is caught at the latch portion, or to a releasing position, wherein the latch arm is released from the latch portion, according to a rotation direction of the first rotating member, wherein the latch member does not rotate in the accommodation portion, and a location of a pivot center of the latch member changes when pivoting to the locking position or to the releasing position.
US10048633B2
An image forming apparatus comprises a first roller, a second roller and a control section. The first roller is arranged on a conveyance path of a sheet. The second roller is arranged downstream side of the first roller in the conveyance path. The control section calculates a deflection amount of the sheet nipped by the first roller and the second roller based on a conveyance speed of the sheet conveyed along the conveyance path, and controls a rotation speed of at least one of the first roller and the second roller based on the calculated deflection amount.
US10048626B2
A fixing device includes a leading-end fixing value output part to output a leading-end fixing value indicating a leading-end fixing temperature and a leading-end separation value output part to output a leading-end separation value indicating a leading-end separation temperature. These output parts both output a higher value as a leading-end toner value representing a toner adhesion amount of a toner image in a leading area of a sheet is higher. A controller of the fixing device performs separation control to control a heating temperature by a heating source so that a leading-end set temperature at a fixing nip while the sheet leading area is passing through the fixing nip becomes equal to or higher than the leading-end fixing temperature. When the leading-end fixing value is lower than the leading-end separation value, the leading-end set temperature becomes equal to or higher than the leading-end separation temperature.
US10048617B2
The present invention provides a refill adapter for coupling a closure of a toner bottle to a toner reservoir, the refill adapter comprising: a base having an insertion area for receiving the closure inserted therein and an opening mechanism for opening the closure, wherein the opening mechanism is configured to hold a first closure member of the closure and to move a second closure member of the closure relative to the first closure member along an axis between a closed position, in which the second closure member cooperates with the first closure member to close or seal an outlet opening of the closure, and an open position for dispensing toner from the toner bottle through the outlet opening into the toner reservoir; a sealing device comprising a first sealing part, which is fixed to the base, and a second sealing part, which is movable relative to the first sealing part, wherein the second sealing part is configured to be moved together with the second closure member along the axis and to thereby contact the second closure member for isolating an outer region of the closure from an inner region of the closure, which is in contact with toner. Furthermore, the invention provides a corresponding method of coupling a toner bottle to a toner reservoir, and a printing system comprising such a refill adapter and/or for performing such a method.
US10048613B2
A process of reducing a toner consumption amount is to be performed on a region within several tens of pixels from a rendering end. An excessive amount of toner is supplied from a toner supplying unit which faces a non-printing region of a photosensitive drum within several tens of pixels at most from an end portion of a printing region. Accordingly, if only contour pixels in the rendering end are processed by an existing processing system, the contour correction and the process of reducing a toner consumption amount may be simultaneously realized. A contour is calculated as a processing result of the existing processing system, and an existing process is performed on a contour portion. The process of reducing a toner consumption amount is performed on other portions.
US10048591B2
A catadioptric optical system operates in a wide spectral range. In an embodiment, the catadioptric optical system includes a first reflective surface positioned and configured to reflect radiation; a second reflective surface positioned and configured to reflect radiation reflected from the first reflective surface as a collimated beam, the second reflective surface having an aperture to allow transmission of radiation through the second reflective surface; and a channel structure extending from the aperture toward the first reflective surface and having an outlet, between the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface, to supply radiation to the first reflective surface.
US10048590B2
Provided is a photoresist that includes a polymer having a backbone that is breakable and a photo acid generator that is free of bonding from the polymer. Further, provided is a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes providing a device substrate. A material layer is formed over the substrate. A photoresist material is formed over the material layer. The photoresist material has a polymer that includes a backbone. The photoresist material is patterned to form a patterned photoresist layer. A fabrication process is then performed to the material layer, wherein the patterned photoresist layer serves as a mask in the fabrication process. Thereafter, the patterned photoresist layer is treated in a manner that breaks the backbone of the polymer. The patterned photoresist layer is then removed.
US10048586B2
A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a first polymer including an acid-labile group, an acid generator to generate an acid upon exposure to radiation, and a second polymer including a fluorine atom and a functional group shown by a general formula (x). The second polymer has a fluorine atom content higher than a fluorine atom content of the first polymer. R1 represents an alkali-labile group. A represents an oxygen atom, —NR′—, —CO—O—# or —SO2—O—##, wherein the oxygen atom represented by A is not an oxygen atom bonded directly to an aromatic ring, a carbonyl group, or a sulfoxyl group, R′ represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali-labile group, and “#” and “##” each indicate a bonding hand bonded to R1. -A-R1 (x).
US10048581B2
Arrangement information regarding shot areas is obtained in an imprinting method. When a pattern is sequentially formed in the shot areas, the attraction force of a first attraction area is reduced to less than that of the second attraction area. After the pattern is formed in the shot area corresponding to the first attraction area, the attraction forces of the first and second attraction areas are changed. The position information regarding the shot area corresponding to the second attraction area is obtained, which is compared with the position information regarding the shot area corresponding to the second attraction area based on the arrangement information. If the difference between the compared position information is a threshold value or less, positioning of a substrate and a mold is achieved using the arrangement information. If the difference is greater than the threshold value, the arrangement information regarding the shot areas is obtained again.
US10048580B2
The present invention provides a halftone mask comprising an assist pattern and a manufacturing method of the halftone mask, which uses an ArF excimer laser as an exposing source, is used for a projection exposure by an off axis illumination, does not resolve the assist pattern while keeping the focal depth magnification effect as the assist pattern, and may form a transferred image having high contrast of a main pattern. A photomask is a photomask comprising the main pattern which is transferred to a transfer-target surface by the projection exposure and the assist pattern which is formed nearby the main pattern and not transferred, characterized in that the main pattern and the assist pattern are each constituted from a semi-transparent film made of the same material, a retardation of 180° is generated between the light transmitting through the main pattern and the light transmitting through a transparent region of a transparent substrate, and a predetermined retardation within the scope of 70° to 115° is generated between the light transmitting through the assist pattern and the light transmitting through the transparent region of the transparent substrate.
US10048578B2
A method of identifying repeating design cells in a layout is disclosed. The method includes: providing a layout including a plurality of first leaf cells and a plurality of second leaf cells; identifying a plurality of groups each consisting of overlapping first and second leaf cells; for each of the groups, selecting a first or second leaf cell as an observational cell and establishing a coordinate system originated at a single reference position of the observational cell, thereby obtaining a plurality of coordinates of the overlapping first and second cells; for each of the groups, sorting the coordinates and generating a hash; and identifying ones of the groups having identical hashes as repeating design cells.
US10048574B2
An embodiment provides an electronic device, including: a support arm; a base portion connected to one end of the support arm; a head portion connected to the other end of the support arm; a projector disposed within the head portion; and a projector adjustment element that adjusts an image projected by the projector; wherein a portion of the projector adjustment element is exposed on an underside of the head portion. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10048573B2
In an imaging section (imaging device), optical filters constituting an optical filter device are inserted and extracted, and an aperture varies an f-number in accordance with the insertion and the extraction of the optical filters. Thus, during the writing operation to the surface of the projection screen, namely during the interactive projector operation, entering of the light in the wavelength band other than that of the detected light DL is suppressed while capturing the detected light DL with the necessary light intensity, and during an alignment (a calibration), the axial chromatic aberration caused by the difference in wavelength band between the pattern image light GL as the image light and the detected light DL is suppressed to achieve an improvement in accuracy.
US10048572B2
A camera cover includes a cover outer surface which is a convex curved surface of which a lowermost part in a vertical direction is downwardly projected in the vertical direction; a first region which is provided at a predetermined radius around a substantially lowermost point of the convex curved surface; and a second region which is provided on the cover outer surface other than at the first region. The second region includes a first hydrophilic region having hydrophilic properties, and the first region has lower hydrophilic properties than those of the second region.
US10048564B2
A first electro-optic display comprises first and second substrates, and an adhesive layer and a layer of electro-optic material disposed between the first and second substrates, the adhesive layer comprising a mixture of a polymeric adhesive material and a hydroxyl containing polymer having a number average molecular weight not greater than about 5000. A second electro-optic display is similar to the first but has an adhesive layer comprising a thermally-activated cross-linking agent to reduce void growth when the display is subjected to temperature changes. A third electro-optic display, intended for writing with a stylus or similar instrument, is produced by forming a layer of an electro-optic material on an electrode; depositing a substantially solvent-free polymerizable liquid material over the electro-optic material; and polymerizing the polymerizable liquid material.
US10048541B2
A liquid crystal device having higher transmittance and lower driving voltage is provided. The liquid crystal device comprises a first substrate having a first conductive layer, a second substrate having a second conductive layer, a first alignment layer and a liquid crystal layer. The first alignment layer comprises a liquid crystal alignment treatment agent and a methacryloyloxy-containing silane and is disposed on the first conductive layer of the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer comprises a liquid crystal material and a bifunctional-group resin and is disposed on the first alignment layer. The second substrate having a second conductive layer is disposed on the liquid crystal layer.
US10048537B2
The present application discloses a liquid crystal display apparatus, includes a backlight source to emit blue light; a composite film layer to receive the blue light and wherein the composite film layer includes an intermediate region, and an edge region, the edge region is disposed around the intermediate region, the intermediate region doped with quantum dot, the edge region doped with phosphors, the composite film layer emit white light after absorbing blue light; and a color filter substrate to receive white light and the color filter substrate includes a color resist layer, wherein the color resist layer includes a first region and a second region, the first region is provided corresponding to the intermediate region, the second region is provided corresponding to the edge region, and the thickness of the first region is smaller than the second thickness of the second region.
US10048520B2
An optical isolator includes: an input-side lens converting an operating light incident in a forward direction via an optical fiber input end into parallel light beams; an input-side polarizer disposed on a right hand of the input-side lens; a Faraday rotator rotating a polarization plane of the operating light having been converted into the parallel light beams; an output-side polarizer disposed on an output side of the Faraday rotator; an output-side lens transmitting the operating light having passed through the output-side polarizer; an optical filter blocking light leakage and transmitting the operating light; an optical fiber output end that the operating light exits; and a housing accommodating the input-side lens, the input-side polarizer, the Faraday rotator, the output-side polarizer, the output-side lens, the optical filter and the optical fiber output end therein to enclose them.
US10048519B1
A driver configuration for driving a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) includes a first driver supplied by a first voltage and a second voltage and configured to provide a first two complimentary outputs respectively to a first N-electrode of a first branch of the MZM and a second N-electrode of a second branch of the MZM. Additionally, the driver configuration includes a second driver supplied by a third voltage and a fourth voltage and configured to provide a second two complimentary outputs respectively to a first P-electrode of the first branch and a second P-electrode of the second branch. The driver configuration sets a difference between the third voltage and the fourth voltage equal to a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage to provide a same peak-to-peak differential swing for modulating light wave through each transmission line and output a modulated light with twice of the peak-to-peak differential swing.
US10048517B2
A backlight device including an optical sheet diffusing and outputting light from a light guide plate, a frame member having an opening corresponding to a light output surface of the light guide plate, the frame member being provided between the light guide plate and the optical sheet to secure a positional relationship therebetween. The device also includes a plurality of securing members provided at a peripheral edge of the frame member, which secure the optical sheet, are each coupled with the frame member via a thin hinge, and each include a pressing portion having a hole, where the pressing portion presses the optical sheet to the frame member. The frame member is provided with protrusions respectively fit into the holes. The optical sheet includes perforations, and the protrusions are inserted through the perforations and fit into the holes, and the pressing portions press the optical sheet to the frame member.
US10048516B2
Methods and systems for making measurements for eyeglass frames worn by human subjects include capturing, using a first digital camera module, a plurality of images of a head of a tested subject wearing an eyeglass frame. The plurality of images comprises a front view image and a side view image of a face of the tested subject. A second camera module is used to monitor a top view of the head. A computer module is used to process the front view image and the side view image. The front view image is used to determine a pupillary distance and a segment height, and the side view image is used to determine a vertex distance and a pantoscopic tilt.
US10048513B2
Autofocusing eyewear for correcting eye accommodative dysfunctions includes a pupil tracking VOG (video-oculography) system to determine location of the pupils, a focus-tunable lens and a controller to focus the lens based on the position of the pupils.
US10048508B2
An optical unit may include a movable body holding an optical module by a holder, a fixed body having a body part surrounding the movable body, a support mechanism swingably supporting the movable body, and a shake correction drive mechanism that swings the movable body. The holder includes a plurality of wall parts on an outer periphery of the optical module, and the wall part holds a part of the shake correction drive mechanism, and the support mechanism includes a movable frame surrounding the optical module and a plurality of swing support parts supporting the movable frame. The movable frame includes supporting point parts contacting the swing support parts, and connecting parts connecting supporting point parts adjacent to each other. The supporting point parts are located on an outer periphery of wall parts, and the connecting parts are disposed so as to pass on inner sides of the wall parts.
US10048507B2
An imaging apparatus includes a front lens group, which constitutes part of an imaging optical system, at a fixed position with respect to an optical axis direction, wherein the front lens group includes a front lens element and a reflector and the reflector reflects light rays exiting from the front lens element; a movable lens group provided closer to the image plane side than the front lens group and movable along the optical axis; a support which supports the reflector; a movable frame which supports the front lens element and is supported by the support to be movable along a plane orthogonal to the optical axis of the front lens element; a front cover fixed to the support; and a driver which drives the movable frame in the plane, in accordance with vibrations applied to the photographing optical system, to reduce image shake.
US10048490B2
A drive system includes an actuator, a waveform generating unit, a driving amplifier, and a bias amplifier. The actuator includes a drive unit. The waveform generating unit generates a voltage waveform for driving the drive unit. The driving amplifier amplifies the voltage waveform so as to apply a voltage to the drive unit. The bias amplifier applies a bias voltage to the drive unit. The driving amplifier and the bias amplifier are coupled to a shared power supply and the ground. The output voltage of the bias amplifier is higher than the minimum output voltage of the driving amplifier.
US10048489B2
A mirror driving device is provided. A pair of piezoelectric actuator units are disposed at both sides of a mirror unit so as to sandwich the mirror unit, and each piezoelectric actuator unit is connected with an end portion of the mirror unit through a linking unit. The linking unit has a structure including one or more plate-shaped members whose longitudinal direction is a direction perpendicular to a rotation axis, and functions as a plate-shaped hinge unit in which a plate-shaped member is deformed so as to be deflected in the thickness direction by the drive of the piezoelectric actuator unit. The linking unit is provided with a sensor unit that detects the stress to be generated in the linking unit during the rotational drive of the mirror unit by a resonant vibration.
US10048487B2
A micromirror including a first layer having a first main extension plane, and a second layer having a second main extension plane, the first main extension plane and the second main extension plane being situated parallel to one another, the first layer and the second layer being sectionally connected to one another via at least one connection area, at least one spring element being implemented in the first layer, a movably suspended mirror plate being implemented in the second layer, the mirror plate having a mirror surface on a first side parallel to the main extension plane and being connected on an opposing second side via the connection area to an anchor of the spring element, a part of the spring element on the second side of the mirror plate being movably situated in relation to the mirror plate. A two-mirror system having such a micromirror is also provided.
US10048486B1
A display device includes a first support plate. A pixel region is formed on the first support plate and a reflective layer is positioned in the pixel region. The reflective layer includes a specular reflector and a diffuse reflector.
US10048480B2
A three-dimensional (3D) microscope includes various insertable components that facilitate multiple imaging and measurement capabilities. These capabilities include Nomarski imaging, polarized light imaging, quantitative differential interference contrast (q-DIC) imaging, motorized polarized light imaging, phase-shifting interferometry (PSI), and vertical-scanning interferometry (VSI).
US10048478B2
An optical transmission system configured to image a selected region of a sample arranged in a first medium in an object plane on or in a sample carrier, which includes plane-parallel plate, from the object plane into an intermediate image plane in a second medium. The plane-parallel plate is located between the optical transmission system and the sample during the imaging. The object plane and the intermediate image plane form an angle between 0° and 90° with an optical axis of the transmission system. The optical transmission system is positioned relative to region of the sample such that the sample is located within the focal length of the lens of the optical transmission system closest to the sample. The intermediate image plane and the object plane are located on the same side of the optical transmission system, and the intermediate image is a virtual image.
US10048472B2
Methods and apparatus for implementing a camera having a depth which is less than the maximum length of the outer lens of at least one optical chain of the camera are described. In some embodiments a light redirection device, e.g., a mirror, is used to allow a relatively long optical chain with a relatively large non-circular outer lens. In some embodiments the light redirection device has a depth, e.g., front of camera to back of camera dimension, which is less than the maximum length of the aperture of the outer lens in the aperture's direction of maximum extent. Multiple optical chains with non-circular outer lenses arranged in different directions may and in some embodiments are used to capture images with the captured images being combined to generate a composite image.
US10048469B2
A camera lens is disclosed. The camera lens includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with negative refractive power; a third lens with negative refractive power; a fourth lens with positive refractive power; a fifth lens with negative refractive power; and a sixth lens with negative refractive power. The camera lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10048466B2
A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element has positive refractive power. The sixth lens element has negative refractive power. The photographing optical lens assembly has a total of six lens elements, and the photographing optical lens assembly further includes an aperture stop.
US10048457B2
Electro-optical connectors and connector systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electro-optical plug includes a tip connector, a ring connector, and a sleeve connector, wherein the tip connector, the ring connector, and the sleeve connector are electrically conductive. The electro-optical plug further includes a gradient-index lens co-axially disposed within at least the tip connector, wherein the tip connector has a tip window that optically exposes a coupling surface of the gradient-index lens, and an optical fiber that is co-axially disposed within at least the sleeve connector. In another embodiment, an electro-optical connector includes a plug body having a planar electrical coupling surface with an array of electrically conductive contacts, and an optical coupling surface having at least one optical window. The electro-optical connector further includes a gradient-index lens disposed within the plug body. A coupling surface of the gradient-index lens is optically exposed at the at least one optical window.
US10048442B2
This reinforcement device includes: a first heater (9A) on which a fusion-spliced section of an optical fiber covered with a protective member is disposed and which heats a central portion of the protective member at a first temperature (T1); second heaters (9B) which are respectively provided on both sides of the first heater (9A) along a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber and respectively heat both end portions of the protective member at a second temperature (T2); and a CPU (14) which performs energization control for heating each of the first heater (9A) and the second heaters (9B), wherein the CPU (14) makes an energizing time of the first heater (9A) and an energizing time of each of the second heaters (9B) at least partially overlap.
US10048440B2
A photonic interconnect apparatus includes tunable light devices, multiplexers to multiplex optical signals produced by the tunable light devices onto optical paths, and a cyclic arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) to receive the optical signals over the optical paths, and to direct a given optical signal of the received optical signals to a selected output of a plurality of outputs of the cyclic AWG based on a wavelength of the given optical signal. A respective demultiplexer directs the given optical signal to a selected output of a plurality of outputs of the respective demultiplexer according to which coarse wavelength band the wavelength of the given optical signal is part of.
US10048435B2
The present invention provides a mold-frame-free liquid crystal display device and an assembly method thereof, in which a lower surface of a liquid crystal display panel (2) is provided with a first double-sized adhesive tape (110) that circumferentially surrounds an effective display area (21) and an optical film assembly (15) is adhesively attached to the first double-sized adhesive tape (110) and a reflector plate (14) and a light guide plate (11) are sequentially disposed inside the terminal frame (4) and, finally, the liquid crystal display panel (2) that includes the optical film assembly (15) attached thereto and the terminal frame (4) with the reflector plate (14) and the light guide plate (11) disposed therein are assembled together, whereby a backlighting mold frame can be omitted, the cost can be reduced, and a bezel width of a liquid crystal display device can be effectively reduced to realize narrow bezel of the liquid crystal display device, increase product competition power, allow the backlight module to be assembled with the liquid crystal display panel and the terminal frame to increase the degree of integration of the liquid crystal display panel and improve accuracy of assembly.
US10048432B2
A backlight module includes a light guide plate that includes a light incident surface including a first light incident section and a second light incident section, a light emission surface, and a first reflection surface defining a first acute angle with respect to the first reflection surface; a light bar, which includes first and second light sources respectively corresponding to the first and second light incident section such that light from the first and second light sources is allowed to enter the light guide plate to be selectively reflected by the first reflection surface and emit outward from the light emission surface; and a control circuit, which is electrically connected to the first light source and the second light source for controlling the first light source and the second light source. Also provided is a liquid crystal display that includes the backlight module and may achieve sectionized displaying.
US10048421B2
A light guide unit includes a frame having a groove and sidewalls around the groove and a light guide plate carried in the frame. The sidewalls define at least one hole therein. The light guide plate includes at least one light guide fiber arranged in the groove and an optical rubber filling in the groove and covering the light guide fiber. Each light guide fiber has a first optical coupling end extending out of the frame through the hole configured for light penetrating into therein.
US10048417B2
There is provided a method of manufacturing a thin polarizing plate including: forming a film laminate by attaching a non-stretched polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-based film to a non-stretched base film, using attractive force therebetween or using an adhesive; stretching the film laminate; attaching a first protective film to the PVA-based film of the stretched film laminate; and separating the PVA-based film having the first protective film attached thereto from the base film.
US10048412B2
The invention discloses a QD CF substrate and manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method uses high power UV light irradiation on the QD material in the QD gel for prolonged period of time to perform selective quenching to obtain a selectively quenched QD layer, i.e., patterning the QD layer without etching process, achieve simplifying the QD CF substrate manufacturing process and reduce production cost. The QD CF substrate uses selectively quenched QD layer obtain by UV light irradiation technology to achieve improve the color gamut of display as well as simplifying manufacturing process. Moreover, the QD layer comprises no blue QD material, but uses blue backlight and organic transparent photo-resist layer to improve light utilization efficiency as well as reduce material cost.
US10048405B2
Composite hydrogel films for contact lenses and the methods of manufacturing are provided. The composite hydrogel films are formed by the following steps of: mixing a hydrogel precursor with nanospheres dispersed in a colloid; evaporating the solvent in the mixture; curing the hydrogel to form a composite hydrogel film having nanospheres arranged in amorphous arrays. The composite hydrogel films selectively reflect light in hazardous wavelengths.
US10048404B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a resin having a high Abbe number and a small difference in hygroscopic expansion coefficient with respect to a polycarbonate resin having a low Abbe number and a high refractive index. The above problem can be solved by a polycarbonate resin including structural units represented by general formula (1). In general formula (1), R represents H, CH3, or C2H5.
US10048394B2
A system and method for discontinuous spectrum emission in seismic exploration is disclosed. The method may include determining a minimum frequency to be emitted by a seismic source in a frequency spectrum. The method may further include selecting a maximum frequency to be emitted by the seismic source in the frequency spectrum. The method may include identifying a portion of the spectrum between the minimum frequency and the maximum frequency where a reduced signal will be emitted by the seismic source. The method may finally include emitting, by the seismic source, a seismic signal according to the frequency spectrum and the identified portion of the frequency spectrum with the reduced signal.
US10048391B2
An imaging detector module (112) of an imaging system includes at least one detector pixel (114) and self-diagnosing circuitry (116). The self-diagnosing circuitry includes a microprocessor (202) and at least measurement device (210). The microprocessor controls the at least measurement device to measure at least one parameter of the at least one detector pixel, wherein a value of the at least one parameter is indicative of a health state of the imaging system. A method includes employing self-diagnosing circuitry embedded in an imaging detector module to measure at least one parameter of at least one detector pixel of the imaging detector module. A value of the at least one parameter is indicative of a health state of the imaging detector. The method further includes generating, with the self diagnosing circuitry, a signal indicating a health state of the imaging detector module based on the measured at least one parameter.
US10048390B2
There is provided an x-ray detector including a number of adjacent detector modules arranged in a configuration having central parts and peripheral parts. The x-ray detector is configured to have higher dose efficiency in the central parts and lower dose efficiency in the peripheral parts.
US10048389B1
A centroid contact radiation detector system/method providing for low capacitance and noise insensitivity is disclosed. The system incorporates a P-type/N-type bulk germanium volume (PGEV/NGEV) having an internal well cavity void (IWCV). The external NGEV surfaces incorporate an N+/P+ electrode and the surface of the IWCV incorporates a centrally located P+/N+ contact (CPPC). The IWCV surface is constructed and the CPPC is positioned within the IWCV so as to provide uniform symmetric field distribution within the PGEV/NGEV and improved noise immunity. The CPPC may be formed using point, reduced-area, medium-area, large-area, hemispherical, semi-hemispherical, and cylindrical annulus contact constructions. The PGEV/NGEV may be constructed using cylindrical, regular polyhedral, or spherical forms.
US10048385B2
A multi-band satellite navigation receiver for carrier and code tracking using a fixed point sigma rho filter with improved stability is described. The receiver simplifies and speeds up the data processing in the filter to adaptively accommodate common information from aggregate bands and obtain the accurate position of the receiver in real time. The filter may utilize a standard deviation function and a cross correlation function while determining adaptive scale factors to ensure that the filter is stable and reliable.
US10048382B2
A fleet of small spacecraft (“cells”) in low Earth orbit combine to form an integrated Earth observing system providing many observations previously requiring distinct sensing systems. Each cell performs a few relatively primitive functions, including emission, reception, sampling, and recording of radio and microwave signals. Each cell observes over a spherical field of view, samples the received signals independently at many small antenna elements, and stores the data from each element. Data from all cells are sent to a common location where they can be combined in diverse ways to realize a wide range of observing functions. These functions may include ionosphere and gravity field mapping; atmospheric radio occultation; ocean, ice, and land altimetry; ocean scatterometry; synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging; radar sensing of soil moisture, land cover, and geological surface properties; and interferometric SAR sensing of surface change. The system can also provide real-time messaging, navigation and surveillance functions.
US10048380B2
A distance-measuring imaging device includes: a drive control unit; a light source unit; an image processing unit including light receiving units and charge reading units arranged one-to-one; and an image processing unit. The charge reading units are arranged partly at the left side of corresponding ones of the light receiving units and partly at the right side of corresponding ones of the same. In each of a period in which the exposure is performed when the exposure control signal is received after a first delay time since when the light emission control signal is received and a period in which the exposure is performed when the exposure control signal is received after a second delay time longer than the first delay time, since when the light emission control signal is received, the left-side charge reading units read charge leftward, and the right-side charge reading units read charge rightward.
US10048378B2
A method and device for determining position coordinates of a target object is disclosed. The method includes positioning a target device on the target object, transmitting a laser beam onto the target device, reflecting the laser beam off of the target device, recording an image of the target device by a camera device with the reflected laser beam as a light reflection in the image, and determining a focus of the light reflection in the image. The reflected laser beam is received and a distance to the target object is calculated from the received beam. A first offset is calculated from a focal length of the camera device, the calculated distance to the target object, and a first image coordinate of the focus of the light reflection in the image. The position coordinates of the target object are calculated from the distance and the first offset.
US10048374B2
Methods and systems for performing three dimensional LIDAR measurements with different pulse repetition patterns are described herein. Each repetitive pattern is a sequence of measurement pulses that repeat over time. In one aspect, the repetition pattern of a pulsed beam of illumination light emitted from a LIDAR system is varied to reduce total energy consumption and heat generated by the LIDAR system. In some examples, the repetitive pattern is varied by skipping a number of pulses. In some examples, the repetitive pattern of pulses of illumination light emitted from the LIDAR system is varied by changing a repetition rate of the sequence of emitted pulses. In some examples, the pulse repetition pattern is varied based on the orientation of the LIDAR device. In some examples, the repetition pattern is varied based on an object detected by the LIDAR device or another imaging system.
US10048373B2
An object information acquisition apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of transducer elements each configured to transmit an acoustic wave to an object, to receive reflected waves reflected from inside the object, and to convert the reflected waves into a time-series reception signal; and a processor configured to perform frequency domain interferometry combined with adaptive signal processing by using the reception signals output from the plurality of transducer elements and a reference signal so as to obtain acoustic characteristics at a plurality of positions located inside the object. The processor is configured to switch the reference signal to another reference signal at least once in accordance with a target position located inside the object while performing the frequency domain interferometry so as to obtain the acoustic characteristics at the plurality of positions located inside the object.
US10048371B2
A method comprising: receiving, by an electronic device, a first signal having a first frequency; identifying, by the electronic device, at least one of a strength of the first signal or a signal-to-noise ratio of the first signal; outputting, by the electronic device, a second signal having a second frequency that is different from the first frequency, the second signal being output based on at least one of the strength of the first signal or the signal-to-noise ratio of the first signal; receiving the second signal by the electronic device; and detecting whether the electronic device is at least partially immersed in a liquid based on the received second signal.
US10048359B2
A system uses range and Doppler velocity measurements from a lidar subsystem and images from a video subsystem to estimate a six degree-of-freedom trajectory of a target. The video subsystem and the lidar subsystem may be aligned with one another by mapping the measurements of various facial features obtained by each of the subsystems to one another.
US10048357B2
In accordance with certain embodiments of the present technology, edges of light drive pulses, which are produced by a light source driver and are used to drive a light source, are aligned with edges of light reference pulses that have a predetermined fixed delay relative to light timing pulses. This way, light pulses are emitted by the light source at precisely known times, so that accurate time-of-flight (TOF) measurements can be made. Additionally, edges of shutter drive pulses, which are produced by a shutter driver and are used to drive a gated light detector, are aligned with edges of shutter reference pulses that have a predetermined fixed delay relative to shutter timing pulses. This way, the gated light detector is shuttered on at precisely known times, so that accurate TOF measurements can be made.
US10048346B2
In a magnetic resonance apparatus and a method for the operation thereof, a pulse sequence is employed that is composed of a number of pulse sequence segments, each including an excitation procedure and a readout procedure. For each of a number of slices of an examination subject that are to be simultaneously excited, the pulse sequence segment is repeated, as a pulse sequence segment pair, with a prephasing gradient pulse being generated between the respective excitations in the respective segments of the pair. The prephasing gradient is configured to cause a gradient moment for all gradients between the respective centers of the respective excitations to be zero. The respective rephasing gradient pulses in each pair of segments are similar, and the respective excitation pulses have different phases.
US10048331B2
The embodiments relate to a local coil for an imaging magnetic resonance tomography system. The local coil includes at least one displacement facility for a displacement of at least part of the local coil along at least axes running, in particular, in the axial patient direction.
US10048328B2
An angle sensor may comprise a first primary sensing element and a second primary sensing element. The first primary sensing element may be positioned adjacent to the second primary sensing element in a plane substantially parallel with respect to a face of a magnet. The angle sensor may comprise a first auxiliary sensing element and a second auxiliary sensing element. The first primary sensing element and the second primary sensing element may be positioned between the first auxiliary sensing element and the second auxiliary sensing element in the plane substantially parallel with respect to the face of the magnet.
US10048326B2
An electronic device equipped with a magnetic sensor which detects a magnetic field around the electronic device, a connector connection section to connect to a magnetic connector including a magnet which is positioned on one end side of a connection cable, and a CPU, in which the CPU controls to stop a measuring operation in the magnetic sensor when judged that the connector connection section is connected to the magnetic connector.
US10048324B2
There is provided a voltage detecting device. A plurality of detecting units are configured to detect voltages of a plurality of battery stacks of a battery pack having the plurality of battery stacks each having a plurality of battery cells connected, at intervals of a predetermined period, respectively. A mode switching unit is configured to perform switching between an active mode in which the detecting units detect the voltages and a standby mode in which the value of an electric current flowing in the detecting units is smaller than a predetermined value. A timing changing unit is configured to change start timings or/and finish timings of the active mode.
US10048320B2
System and methods for estimating a future power capability of a battery system included in a vehicle are presented. In some embodiments, a method for estimating a future power capability of a battery system may include determining an initial battery voltage when the battery operates at a current limit and estimating a future battery current at a first time when the battery operates at the associated voltage limit based on the initial battery current. A future battery voltage at the first time when the battery operates at the associated current limit may be determined based on the initial battery voltage. An estimated voltage-limited power capability of the battery at the first time may be determined based on the future battery current and an estimated current-limited power capability of the battery at the first time may be determined based on the future battery voltage.
US10048313B2
Systems and methods for semiconductor design evaluation. IC layout information of a circuit design is received, and the circuit design is decomposed into smaller circuit pieces. Each circuit piece has IC layout information and a netlist. For each circuit piece, a set of strike models is selected based on the layout information and the net-list of the circuit piece and received radiation environment information. Each strike model has circuit components with voltage values corresponding to a respective particle strike. For each selected strike model of a circuit piece: a radiation susceptibility metric is determined by comparing functional results of simulation of the of the strike model with functional results of simulation of the circuit piece. For each circuit piece, a radiation susceptibility metric is determined based on the radiation susceptibility metrics generated for each selected strike model of the circuit piece.
US10048312B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for destructive testing of a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA). The PCBA contains embedded components on a printed circuit board within a non-functional area. At least one of these embedded components is susceptible to defects and exposed to conditions that facilitate destructive testing which leads to accelerated measurements. The accelerated measurements on the non-functional area are more representative of variability than measurements on a functional module while providing insights into potential future defects.
US10048305B2
A semiconductor abnormality detection circuit includes a semiconductor circuit and a controller which controls supply of power to a load. The semiconductor circuit includes a switch device disposed between a power source and the load, and a sense signal generator generating a sense signal corresponding to a current flowing through the switch device. The controller judges that the semiconductor circuit is operating normally if the instruction voltage level is equal to an off-voltage corresponding to non-energization of the switch device and a voltage of the sense signal is equivalent to a prescribed off-voltage corresponding to non-energization of the switch device or the instruction voltage level is equal to an on-voltage corresponding to energization of the switch device and a voltage of the sense signal is equivalent to a prescribed on-voltage corresponding to a steady energization state of the load.
US10048299B2
An electric power sensor includes a sensor pad and an electric terminal. The sensor pad includes a flexible substrate that defines a first surface and a second surface that opposes the first surface. Additionally, the sensor pad includes an electrically-conductive layer applied to the first surface of the flexible substrate. The sensor pad further includes an adhesive layer applied to the second surface of the flexible substrate. The electric terminal is coupled to the electrically-conductive layer of the sensor pad.
US10048287B2
A tachometer system for an aircraft landing gear. The tachometer system includes a tachometer arranged to generate a variable voltage signal in response to the rotation of a wheel of the aircraft landing gear, and a processing system arranged to output a speed signal indicative of the rotation speed of the wheel of the aircraft landing gear. The speed signal is determined from the variable voltage signal from the tachometer using a set of determined parameters. The determined parameters of the processing system are determined from the voltage levels of the variable voltage signal.
US10048276B2
Methods, kits and compounds are provided that relate to the diagnosis, treatment, and/or prevention of preeclampsia.
US10048272B2
The present invention provides novel methods and assays for high-throughput screening of combinatorial libraries to identify FPR1 and/or FPR2 ligands (e.g., agonists and/or antagonists), preferably FPR1 agonists and/or FPR2 antagonists, by positional scanning deconvolution.The invention also provides novel FPR1 and FPR2 ligands (e.g, agonists and antagonists), related pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating FPR1 and FPR2-related disorders.
US10048263B2
The method of the invention allows confirmation of infections caused by Streptococcus agalactiae bacterial species. The method employs a specific reaction of immunoreactive proteins obtained from clinical isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae with antibodies present in the serum of patients.
US10048262B2
An immunochromatographic method for detecting a specific substance contained in milk, which comprises (1) the step of contacting the milk with a test strip having a first part retaining a labeled first antibody directed to the specific substance or the specific substance that is labeled, a second part disposed downstream from the first part, on which a second antibody directed to the specific substance is immobilized, and a third part disposed upstream from the first part or the second part and having voids enabling removal of milk fat globules contained in the milk, at the third part or a further upstream part, and (2) the step of flowing the milk up to the second part or a further downstream part to obtain a detectable signal of the label at the second part or a further downstream part.
US10048260B2
A Positional Scanning-Synthetic Peptide Combinatorial Library (PS-SPC) searching apparatus and method using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) are provided. The method includes spotting and fixing each of a plurality of peptide pools to a top of one thin metal film, inputting specific materials to the top of the thin metal film, applying a TM-mode light to a bottom of the thin metal film and exciting SPR for the thin metal film, and detecting a TM mode reflected light reflected from the thin metal film and displaying the detected light as a two-dimensional image.
US10048254B2
The present disclosure provides a simple yet fast, cost effective, reliable method for the detection and quantification of cyclic-di-adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) by measuring c-di-AMP binding to a c-di-AMP-binding protein (CabP). A sample is contacted with CabP in the presence of biotin-labeled c-di-AMP. Once binding has reached equilibrium, unbound c-di-AMP is removed and the CabP-bound c-di-AMP is contacted with an enzyme-conjugated biotin-binding protein and a chromogenic substrate to generate a detectable signal. The signal generated correlates to the amount of unlabeled c-di-AMP in the sample.
US10048247B2
A system configured to receive and eject a fluid testing device test strip. The system includes a strip connector having first and second guide rails, and divider walls each having a channel. A sled has first and second legs connected to a cross member. Each leg has a contact leg extending inwardly from a chamfered end. The first and second legs when positioned parallel to the guide rails have the contact leg captured in the divider wall channels retaining the sled in sliding contact with the guide rails for motions in loading and ejection directions. A mechanism assembly is movably connected to the fluid testing device. The cross member is coupled so operation in a first direction displaces the sled in the loading direction positioning the sled in a test strip test position, and opposite operation positions the contact legs in direct contact with and ejects the test strip.
US10048235B2
The present invention relates to axial flow chromatography columns, methods for separating one or more analytes in a liquid by the use of such columns, and systems employing such columns. The column comprises a first port and a second port, the first port and said second port being at essentially the same level or elevation above the level of the bed space on the chromatography column.
US10048232B2
A photo acoustic non-destructive measurement apparatus and method for quantitatively measuring texture of a food snack is disclosed. The apparatus includes a laser generating tool, an acoustic capturing device, and a data processing unit. The laser generating tool directs a laser towards a food snack placed on a surface and creates pressure waves that propagate through the air and produce an acoustic signal. The acoustic capturing device records and forwards the signal to a data processing unit. The data processing unit further comprises a digital signal processing module that processes the received acoustic signal. A statistical processing module further filters the acoustic signal from the data processing unit and generates a quantitative acoustic model for texture attributes such as hardness and fracturability. The quantitative model is correlated with a qualitative texture measurement from a descriptive expert panel. Texture of food snacks are quantitatively measured with the quantitative acoustic model.
US10048227B2
The present invention provides a surface property inspection method and apparatus for inspecting the surface properties of a test object subjected to two stages of shot peening. The present invention is an apparatus 1 includes an AC power supply, an AC bridge circuit, and an evaluation apparatus. The AC bridge circuit is constituted by a variable resistor, a reference detector and inspection detector. The inspection detector includes a coil wound so as to oppose the surface property inspection area of the test object M; an eddy current is excited in the test object M by supplying AC power to the coil. A pass/fail judgment of the first shot peening can be made by inspecting the surface properties of a test object subjected to a second shot peening only after the second shot peening is completed.
US10048219B2
A probe for identifying and measuring volume fraction constituents of a fluid using time domain analysis and frequency domain analysis to identify individual volume fraction constituents within a pipe on a real time basis and to measure the volume of the individual volume fraction constituents flowing through the pipe on a real time basis.
US10048215B2
An object of the present invention is to non-destructively obtain, in an X-ray imaging apparatus, a sectional image of a subject with spatial resolution higher than spatial resolution of an image detector. In the present invention, the image detector is two-dimensionally moved with respect to an incident X-ray for each half (180°) rotation of the subject, and a plurality of image groups (CT data sets) is obtained at different positions of the image detector. An image (sinogram) is synthesized from each image group thus obtained, which image is equal to an image obtained with a detector whose pixel size is smaller than the pixel size constituting the above described image detector. From this synthesized image, a sectional image with high spatial resolution is calculated by reconstruction calculation.
US10048214B2
An inspection method of a rolling element includes the steps of: projecting an X-ray from a light source to a rolling element, detecting the X-ray passing through the rolling element by a detector, calculating data of the detected X-ray to form an image, and detecting a defect in the rolling element based on the image. At the step of projecting an X-ray, the light source rotates relatively around the rolling element while the X-ray is projected to an entire region of the rolling element facing the light source. At the step of forming an image, data of the X-ray for one circuit around the rolling element is calculated to generate the image.
US10048213B2
A method of forming of an item includes: selecting a component of the item that is formed of an element; mixing one or more identifiable additives with the element; forming the component with the mixture; performing an atomic level test on at least a portion of the component; and recording the results of the test.
US10048207B2
Provided are compositions, kits, and methods for detecting a vesicle comprising a membrane permeable marker that is converted into a detectable marker inside the vesicle.
US10048200B2
The invention is a SPR sensor that comprises a multi-layered plasmonic structure on a substrate for sensing. The SPR sensor has an enhanced figure of merit and lower limit of detection (system noise divided by the sensitivity) by at least two orders of magnitude than prior art SPR sensors. The plasmonic structure of the invention comprises a Nanostructured Porous Metal Layer (NPML) and at least one of: (a) buried dielectric layer under the nano-porous metal layer; (b) a nano-dimensional high index layer on top of the metal layer; and (c) a molecular layer for bio-functionalization adjacent to an analyte layer. The invention also encompasses many embodiments of measuring systems that comprise the SPR sensors of the invention with improved signal to noise ratio.
US10048197B2
An optical measurement device includes a light source, first and second beam splitters, and first and second photodetectors. The light source that generates an emitted light beam. The first beam splitter that divides the emitted light beam into a compensation light beam and a measurement light beam. The first beam splitter directs the measurement light beam to a target. The second beam splitter that redirects the compensation light beam from the first beam splitter. A part of wavelength dependent characteristics of the first beam splitter and the second beam splitter are the same. The first photodetector that detects the compensation light beam redirected from the second beam splitter. The second photodetector that detects the measurement light beam reflected by the target and redirected by the first beam splitter. Another optical measurement device and an optical measurement method are also provided.
US10048193B2
A curved surface is placed tangent to a slide and displaces a sample liquid from the point or line of contact outward. Imaging indicates a region where fluorescence is observed, and the location of the fluorescence indicates the molecular size. The radius of curvature of the lens is known, the distance from the (center) point of contact of the observed fluorescence is measured with a microscope and the distance of the lens surface to the slide's surface can then be calculated. This distance represents the size of the molecule or ensemble of molecules emitting. Similarly, absorbance, etc. could be measured with a light source below the slide.
US10048188B2
Systems and methods are described for sensing particulate matter in an exhaust system of a vehicle. An example system comprises a first outer tube with a plurality of intake apertures on an upstream surface, a second inner tube with a plurality of intake apertures on a downstream surface, and a particulate matter sensor placed within the second inner tube. The second inner tube may be positioned within the first outer tube such that a central axis of the second inner tube is parallel to a central axis of the first outer tube.
US10048180B2
A coating bond test method includes, attaching with an adhesive a pull-off bar to a coating on a planar surface of a substrate for which a normal bond strength between the coating and the substrate is sought, reducing a first area defined by an interface between the substrate and the coating to a value less than a second area defined by an interface between the adhesive and the coating, urging the pull-off bar away from the substrate in a direction normal to the planar surface until failure occurs, and recording a load at which failure occurred.
US10048169B2
The present invention discloses a climbing test bench for scooters, comprising a middle bridge arranged horizontally and above the ground and a first skew bridge and a second skew bridge which are arranged at both ends of the middle bridge; an upper end of the first skew bridge is hinged with one end of the middle bridge, an upper end of the second skew bridge is hinged with the other end of the middle bridge, a lower end of the first skew bridge and a lower end of the second skew bridge are in contact with the ground, respectively; and a lifting device is arranged below the middle bridge, and the lifting device may drive the middle bridge to rise and fall so that the first skew bridge and the second skew bridge form different tilt angles. Due to light weight of a scooter, it is not desired to provide a truss-frame structure. The arrangement of a lifting device can ensure the stability of the present invention.
US10048161B2
The present invention provides a vibration excitation system which allows a vibration exciter to be easily mounted on/removed from a wing. The present invention is a vibration excitation system for an aircraft which imparts vibration to a main wing of an aircraft subjected to a test flight, for evaluation of vibration resistance to flutter. A vibration exciter which generates vibration is removably mounted on the main wing through a fixing structure. It is preferable that the fixing structure transmit the vibration of the vibration exciter as a shearing force to a front spar and a rear spar of the main wing.
US10048160B2
A method is disclosed for diagnosing a valve assembly having valve members serially arranged along a flow channel of the valve assembly connecting at least one inlet and at least one outlet of the valve assembly. All of the serially arranged valve members of the valve assembly are opended to allow fluid to flow through the flow channel. The flow of fluid through the flow channel is measured by at least one sensor. At least one of the valve members is openend, and at least one sensor checks for fluid leakage caused by at least one faulted valve member. The at least one sensor may include a flow sensor, e.g., a mass flow sensor.
US10048159B2
A monitoring device for a pipe system includes a housing, a housing fastener, and a strap assembly. The housing is configured to mount on an exterior surface of a pipe element of the pipe system. The strap assembly is coupled to the housing with the housing fastener, and the housing fastener is received within the housing to secure the strap assembly to the housing. The strap assembly includes a first strap and a second strap, each of the first strap and the second strap including a mounting end, an adjusting end, and an intermediate portion. The first strap includes an insert tab proximate to the first adjusting end, and the second strap includes a plurality of adjustment slots sized to lockably receive a portion of the insert tab. The insert tab is lockably coupled to the second strap when the monitoring device is tightened.
US10048156B2
A method for operating a pressure transducer which transducer includes a pressure sensor having a measurement membrane and a base body, between which a cavity is enclosed with a reference pressure, wherein utilizing a control and calculation unit in a pressure measuring mode, the capacitance of a measuring capacitor and a reference capacitor are determined, and a measured value of the media pressure is calculated as a function thereof, where during a diagnostics mode, the capacitance is determined and evaluated for a diagnostics capacitor formed by one measuring capacitor electrode and one reference capacitor electrode arranged on the same surface such that changes in the relative humidity in the cavity and/or process medium penetrating through a tear can be detected with via the diagnostic capacitor, and a warning signal regarding an impending malfunction can thus be generated and output to a service device in a timely manner.
US10048155B2
In a method for calibrating at least one sensor, in particular a pressure sensor, having at least one signal-conducting connection to at least one signal converter, a sensor characteristic is recorded by the determination of at least one measurand at at least two different temperatures, the extent of the influence of a further value influencing the sensor is determined from the sensor characteristic by means of a functional relation, the extent of the influence of the further influencing value is considered in the calibration and the influence of the further influencing value is balanced in the calibration. As a result, the influence of a further influencing value acting on the sensor is corrected.
US10048154B2
A method of calibrating strain sensors operatively associated with a machine may involve the steps of: Calculating, for each of n loading conditions, at least one structural load associated with at least one member of the machine to produce n calculated structural loads corresponding to the n loading conditions; measuring, for each of n machine positions, at least one strain associated with the at least one member of the machine to produce n measured strains corresponding to the n loading conditions; and determining curve fit parameters from said n calculated structural loads and said n measured strains, the curve fit parameters relating measured strain and structural loads over n loading conditions.
US10048152B2
A process fluid pressure transmitter is provided. The process fluid pressure transmitter includes a pressure sensor having an electrical characteristic that changes in response to a deformation of the pressure sensor in response to pressure. Measurement circuitry is coupled to the pressure sensor and is configured to provide an indication of the electrical characteristic. An isolation diaphragm is configured to contact the process fluid and deform in response to process fluid pressure. A substantially incompressible fill fluid fluidically couples the isolation diaphragm to the pressure sensor. An overpressure compliant structure is coupled to the fill fluid and is configured to be substantially rigid at pressures below a selected threshold, but to deform in response to pressure above the selected threshold.
US10048151B2
Systems and methods for controlling a source of physiological affliction within a moving enclosed structure, such as a vehicle, which defines an interior. The system includes: at least one pressure fluctuation generator, at least one pressure sensor located to sense pressure indicative of the interior of the structure; and at least one controller configured to: determine, from the first pressure sensor information, at least one pressure disturbance within the interior of the structure; and control the at least one pressure fluctuation generator to cancel the at least one pressure disturbance within the interior of the structure. In an example, the at least one pressure disturbance includes infrasonic pressure fluctuations (infrasound). In an example, the physiological affliction includes motion sickness or nauseogenicity.
US10048142B2
Provided are a method by which the degrees of the strains of lattices in a plurality of bulk SiC single crystals can be relatively evaluated, and a reference SiC single crystal to be used in the method. Specifically provided are an evaluation method for bulk-shaped silicon carbide single crystals, including: measuring a Raman shift Rref of a reference silicon carbide single crystal to be used as a standard; measuring respective Raman shifts Rn of a plurality of bulk-shaped silicon carbide single crystals serving as objects to be evaluated; determining differences between each of the Raman shifts Rn and the Raman shift Rref; and relatively comparing the differences, to thereby relatively evaluate magnitudes of strains of lattices in the plurality of bulk-shaped silicon carbide single crystals serving as objects to be evaluated, and a reference silicon carbide single crystal to be used in the method, having a size of 5 mm square or more and 50 mm square or less and a thickness of 100 μm or more and 2,000 μm or less, having a surface roughness Ra of 1 nm or less, and having a micropipe density of 1.0/cm2 or less and a dislocation density of 5×103/cm2 or less.
US10048140B2
Provided is a sensor device including a receiving body including an inserting space, an inserting body disposed in the inserting space, a first sensor assembly including at least one sensor provided between an inner surface of the receiving body and an outer surface of the inserting body, and a second sensor assembly including at least one sensor provided between another inner surface of the receiving body and another outer surface of the inserting body.
US10048134B2
A non-contact medical thermometer is disclosed that includes an IR sensor assembly having an IR sensor for sensing IR radiation from a target, a distance sensor configured to determine a distance of the thermometer from the target, and a memory component operatively coupled at least to the IR sensor assembly and the distance sensor. The memory component contains predetermined compensation information that relates to predetermined temperatures of targets and to predetermined distances from at least one predetermined target. A microprocessor is operatively coupled to the memory component. The microprocessor is configured to perform temperature calculations based on the IR radiation from the target, the distance of the thermometer from the target, and the predetermined compensation information.
US10048125B1
A bridge circuit arrangement, method of providing said bridge circuit arrangement, and uses thereof are described. The bridge circuit arrangement comprises a first photodevice configured on a first arm, a second photodevice configured on a second arm, a first resistor configured on a third, the first resistor being a variable resistor and a second resistor configured on a fourth arm of the bridge, the second resistor being a constant resistor. The first and second photodevice provide current flow in opposing directions. The first photodevice on the first arm includes a third resistor having an equivalent resistance to the first photodevice. The second photodevice on the second arm includes a fourth resistor having an equivalent resistance to the second photodevice. The bridge circuit arrangement is balanced by illuminating the first and second photodiode and adjusting the arrangement so the net current is zero.
US10048122B2
A pyranometer, comprises a thermal sensor, and a diffusing member positioned so as to be opposed to a receiving surface of the thermal sensor.
US10048107B2
A metering unit has a module carrier having a fastening element, a valve module and a media store which is replaceably fastened to the module carrier.
US10048100B1
Aspects of spectrometer secondary reference calibration are described. In one embodiment, a diagnostic measurement for evaluation of an aspect of calibration in spectroscopy is performed. A result of the diagnostic measurement is analyzed to determine a deviation from an expected result. Based on the analysis, a correction algorithm may be applied to the aspect of calibration, in view of the deviation. In some embodiments, a product model diagnostic measurement is also performed for further evaluation of the aspect of calibration. A result of the product model diagnostic measurement is analyzed to determine a product model deviation from an expected result of the product model diagnostic measurement, and a product model correction algorithm is applied, if necessary. According to aspects of the embodiments described herein, using secondary reference standards permits reconstruction of calibration parameters without any need for a master instrument or other forms of calibrated reference instrumentation.
US10048092B2
In a torsional moment and angle sensor for determining a torsional moment to be transferred from a drive member to a driven member, an at least partially circumferential drive side encoder ring section is provided. A contactless sensor scans the drive side encoder ring section. A driven side encoder ring section is provided via which an angular position of the driven member is scanned. The sensor for scanning the drive side encoder ring section is coupled to the drive side encoder ring section via a torsion spring bridge having a predetermined torsional elasticity.
US10048088B2
An intelligent electronic device (IED) is provided. The IED includes a metering sub-assembly and an input base module sub-assembly. The metering sub-assembly is hinged to the input base module sub-assembly, where when in an open position, various cables, connectors, and input/output cards/modules are accessible. Various input/output cards/modules are interchangeable to add/change functionality and/or communication capabilities to the IED. In one embodiment, a communication card is provided with at least one antenna disposed internal or external to a housing of the IED.
US10048084B2
Methods and apparatus automatically determine a location, such as of an aircraft or spacecraft, by matching images of terrain below the craft, as captured by a camera, radar, etc. in the craft, with known or predicted terrain landmark data stored in an electronic data store. A star tracker measures attitude of the camera. Optionally, a rangefinder measures altitude of the camera above the terrain. A navigation filter uses the attitude, and optionally the altitude, to resolve attitude, and optionally altitude, ambiguities and thereby avoid location solution errors common in prior art terrain matching navigation systems.
US10048075B2
Disclosed is an effective and efficient compression system and technique for large amount of data. The data compression is particularly useful for compressing locational data. The compressed locational data is efficient and effective in tracing a moving object. By selecting appropriate input compression parameters, the accuracy and efficiency of the data compression can be tailored to the needs of the user.
US10048071B2
A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a crimp tool angle sensor, a flange section module, and a diagnostic module. The crimp tool angle sensor measures at least one of a roll angle of a crimp tool, a pitch angle of the crimp tool, and a yaw angle of the crimp tool. The flange section module identifies a flange section of a vehicle on which the crimp tool is disposed based on at least one of the roll angle, the pitch angle, and the yaw angle. The diagnostic module determines whether at least one of the roll angle, the pitch angle, and the yaw angle is within a predetermined range.
US10048064B2
An optical scanner includes a light source located within a housing. A reticle having an aperture is positioned within the housing to receive a first light beam emitted from the light source. The reticle is configured to transmit a second light beam through the aperture. A mirror is positioned within the housing to receive the second light beam transmitted from the reticle and reflect the second light beam through a first window in the housing onto a surface of interest of an object. A light receiver is configured to receive a third light beam from the surface of interest of the object through a second window in the housing, wherein the light receiver is configured to obtain one or more light position values to determine a parameter of the surface of interest of the object. Methods for generating three-dimensional images of an object utilizing the optical scanner are also disclosed.
US10048054B1
A method and apparatus for aligning an input shaft of a wind turbine generator with an output shaft of a wind turbine are disclosed. Preferably, the method includes engaging a support flange of a wind turbine generator with an advancement structure, the support flange communicating with a securement stud associated with the support flange, and supplying a linear force on the support flange with the advancement structure, the linear force shifts the support flange in relation to the securement stud, in which the shifting of the support flange aligns an input shaft of the wind turbine generator secured to the support flange with an output shaft of a wind turbine. The method preferably concludes by rechecking the alignment of the input shaft of the wind turbine generator with the output shaft of the wind turbine.
US10048050B1
The present invention provides polymeric ammunition cartridge comprising: a three piece primer insert; a substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body extending about the three piece primer insert, wherein the substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body comprises: a substantially cylindrical polymeric bullet-end coupling element at a first end of the substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body opposite a substantially cylindrical polymeric coupling end connected by a powder chamber, wherein the substantially cylindrical polymeric coupling end extends over the substantially cylindrical coupling element and covers an circumferential surface of the primer flash hole aperture; and a substantially cylindrical polymeric bullet-end upper portion comprising a bullet-end coupling element connected to the substantially cylindrical polymeric bullet-end coupling element opposite a projectile aperture adapted to engage a bullet.
US10048048B2
An active bolt release arrangement includes a nut having nut portions adapted for radial movement, a sleeve part encircling the nut and having contact portions in contact with the nut portions in order to prevent the nut portions from radial movement, and a pyrotechnical actuator. The pyrotechnical actuator is adapted for, upon deployment, moving the sleeve part relative to the nut to a released position forming a release space allowing radial movement of the nut portions. The pyrotechnical actuator is arranged for turning, upon deployment, the sleeve part a predetermined rotational distance to the released position, such that radial movement of the nut portions by formation of the release space is allowed, thereby causing release of a bolt connected to the bolt release arrangement.
US10048030B2
A floor plate assembly for a firearm magazine for use in automatic and semi-automatic pistols and rifles is designed to occupy a minimal amount of space inside the magazine so that more magazine volume is available for bullets in a minimal magazine size. The magazine floor plate assembly includes a floor plate and a lock plate. The floor plate includes opposing lock plate guides that secure to the base flanges of a magazine housing. The lock plate acts as a spring for snap assembly and is inserted underneath the back edge of the magazine housing over the bottom inside surface of the floor plate, so that the lock plate covers the open magazine back side, while keeping the floor plate tight and without movement.
