US10063200B2
Feedback circuit for power amplifier. In some embodiments, a radio-frequency amplifier can include a bipolar junction transistor configured to amplify a signal, and having an input and an output. The radio-frequency amplifier can further include a feedback circuit implemented between the output and input of the bipolar junction transistor. The feedback circuit can include a parallel assembly of a field-effect transistor and a resistive element such that the resistive element is bypassed when the field-effect transistor is ON and an overall resistance of the feedback circuit includes the resistive element when the field-effect transistor is OFF. Such a feedback circuit can be configured to be capable of providing a plurality of resistance values between the output and input of the bipolar junction transistor to facilitate different gains of the bipolar junction transistor.
US10063199B2
Provided herein are amplifiers, such as buffers, with increased headroom. An amplifier stage includes a follower transistor and current source configured to receive a power supply voltage comprising an alternating current component and a direct current component. The alternating current component of the power supply voltage has substantially the same frequency and magnitude as the input signal received by the follower transistor. In radio frequency (RF) and intermediate frequency (IF) buffer applications, for example, the increased headroom can allow for linear buffering of an input signals with increased amplitude so that the output power one decibel (OP1dB) compression point can be increased.
US10063197B2
Circuits for power-combined power amplifier array are provided, the circuits comprising: an input splitter coupled to an input that provides a plurality of outputs; a plurality of power amplifier unit cells, each power amplifier unit cell coupled to a corresponding output of the input splitter and each power amplifier unit cell providing an output signal at an output of the power amplifier unit cell; and a power combiner having an output, a plurality of inputs, each input coupled to the output of a corresponding power amplifier unit cell, and a plurality of C-L-C-section equivalents, each having an input connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of inputs of the power combiner and an output connected to the output of the power combiner.
US10063192B2
An apparatus includes a circuit and a shifter. The circuit may be configured to generate a control signal based on a reference voltage and a plurality of characteristics of an amplifier. The shifter may be configured to (i) receive an input signal carrying a pulse burst having a plurality of pulses, (ii) shift a plurality of phases of the pulses in the pulse burst in response to the control signal, and (iii) present the pulses as shifted in an output signal.
US10063185B2
Systems and methods for assembling and wiring photovoltaic arrays are provided. The wiring systems can include retractable wires included in photovoltaic modules that may be extended during installation of photovoltaic modules in the array to connect to wires of adjacent photovoltaic modules, which can retract into a tightened position under the array as the installation is completed. The wires may be made retractable by wire retraction mechanisms mounted to a frame of the photovoltaic module, which maintain a desired tension on the wires of the photovoltaic module. The wire retraction mechanism may include springs that urge components connected to the wire to rotate a particular direction so as to maintain tension on the wire. The wiring systems may also have wire guides to keep the wires accessible for installation and adjustment.
US10063183B2
A folded down support (12) allows for stronger solar panels (10) and the support replaces most of the solar racking required for solar installation which further reduces the cost of the photovoltaic solar system. The solar panels (10) can be arranged so that solar panels form a solar collector solar panel array. The solar panel (10) can be set on a surface by itself or with ballast (43). It can also be attached to the surface by fastening the solar panel to the side supports. If the solar panel frame and supports are electrically conductive, the design allows for self electrical grounding between these conductive parts when the side supports are pivoted to the down position. The folded up support allows for high density storage and shipping.
US10063182B2
Provided is a hybrid power generating device. The hybrid power generating device includes a solar cell configured to generate an electric energy using sunlight; an electrostatic generating device configured to generate an electric energy using static electricity; and a rectifier configured to electrically connect the electric energy generated by the solar cell to the electric energy generated by the electrostatic generating device.
US10063174B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for controlling an electrical power system connected to a power grid. The method includes determining, via a negative sequence regulator programmed in a controller of the electrical power system, a negative sequence component of at least one electrical condition of the electrical power system. Further, the method includes determining a desired current response based on the negative sequence component of the at least one electrical condition of the electrical power system. Thus, the method also includes determining a control command for the power converter as a function of the desired current response so as to achieve a desired relationship between a voltage condition in the power grid and the negative sequence component of the electrical condition of the electrical power system.
US10063167B2
A motor drive controller includes: an advance-angle reference voltage generator that generates an advance-angle reference voltage; a back electromotive voltage comparator that generates phase signals of phases at a cross timing of the advance-angle reference voltage and back electromotive voltages of phases of a motor; and a controller that operates to perform a process including: detecting a rotation speed of the motor based on the phase signals of the phases; increasing the advance-angle reference voltage when the rotation speed moves from a high speed to a low speed; and decreasing the advance-angle reference voltage when the rotation speed moves from a low speed to a high speed.
US10063166B2
This disclosure discloses a motor driving system including a motor with an encoder and a motor driving device configured to control and drive the motor based on a motor control command. The motor driving device includes a first position detection unit configured to perform a magnetic pole position detection process for the motor to detect a position of the motor. When determining whether miswiring is present between the motor driving device and the motor, the motor driving device controls and drives the motor using a first detection result of the first position detection unit and determines miswiring of the motor based on a second detection result that is a position detection result of the motor by the encoder.
US10063162B2
Multi-level inverter introducing a new topology wherein standard IGBTs can be employed in place of common emitter IGBTs, wherein switching and conduction losses are minimized and wherein the number of implemented levels can be easily increased with the addition of a minimum number of components.
US10063157B2
A power source device includes a transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding; a first switch portion connected with the primary winding in series; a circuit including a capacitor and a second switch portion connected in series and connected with the primary winding in parallel; a controller for controlling conduction between the first switch portion and the second switch portion, wherein the first switch portion and the second switch portion are alternately conducted to generate an output voltage at a secondary side of the transformer, a detecting portion for detecting a current flowing through the first switch portion. The controller controls conduction of the first switch portion and the second switch portion so that a value of the current detected by the detecting portion does not exceed a threshold depending on conduction times of the first switch portion and second switch portion.
US10063152B2
A controller for use in a power converter includes a first terminal to provide a turn on signal to initiate turning on of a power switch and a second terminal to provide a turn off signal to initiate turning off the power switch. A detection circuit is coupled to detect a turn off time delay. The turn off time delay is the duration of time between an initiating of a turn off of the power switch by the turn off signal and an actual turn off of the power switch. A control circuit is coupled to control the turn on signal to regulate the turn off delay time to a target time value. The control circuit controls the turn on signal by controlling an amount of charge delivered to turn on the power switch.
US10063144B2
A multi-phase buck converter comprises a first comparator, a second comparator and a counter. The first comparator has a first node connected to a first voltage reference and a second node. The second comparator has a first node connected to a second voltage reference and a second node. The second node of the second comparator and the second node of the first comparator are together connected to an input voltage from an active phase of the buck converter. The counter is configured to adjust a number of active phases of the buck converter based on the input voltage.
US10063132B1
A negative over-current protection circuit for a switching inverting converter is provided. The circuit contains an energy-storing element coupled to a power switch via a switching node, a current sensor adapted to sense a current at the switching node and to convert the current into a voltage. The circuit also contains a converter adapted to convert the voltage into a first current associated with a first domain, a level shifter adapted to convert the first current into a second current associated with a second domain and a current comparator adapted to compare the second current with a reference current and to provide a logic signal based on the comparison. A method of protecting a switching converter from an over-current is also provided.
US10063127B2
A motor and an inverter are configured to present higher performance and to be produced in a compact side and lower cost. In an AC motor having four or more poles, stator windings for the same phase are wound at deferent circumferential positions. Using these stator windings, power required for field windings in a rotor is supplied from the stator side to the rotor side. In the rotor, a plurality of power reception windings are provided and outputs from the power reception windings are rectified to provide a field current to the field windings.
US10063123B2
In the electric power converting apparatus, a frame unit is configured by mounting an inner frame into an outer frame, brackets are disposed on two axial ends of the frame unit, an annular liquid cooling jacket is configured between the inner frame and the outer frame, the inner frame is configured into a tubular shape by bending a plurality of base members that are linked consecutively at thin linking portions between the base members, and butting together the base members that are positioned at two ends in a direction of linking, the power modules are mounted to respective side wall surfaces of the inner frame that face radially inward, and sealing members that seal the liquid cooling jacket are respectively disposed in the butted portion of the base members, and between the frame unit and the bracket.
US10063119B2
The motors/generators of the preferred embodiments include a rotating part (rotor) and a stationary part (stator). In the devices disclosed, the primary function of the stator is to provide a high strength background magnetic field in which the rotor rotates. The rotor can be powered with a current that changes direction in concert with the relative change in magnetic field direction of the background field (that is, as the rotor moves from one magnetic pole to the next) in the case of a motor. In the case of a generator, the movement of the rotor generally results in the generation of an alternating voltage and current.
US10063114B2
Provided is a so-called Lundell-type generator capable of avoiding generation of eddy current in rotor iron-cores without complicated structure. The generator includes a stator, a rotary shaft, first and second rotor iron-cores, and a rotor coil. Each rotor iron-core includes a base and rotor magnetic-pole portions extending axially from the base, the rotor coil disposed on the inside thereof. Each rotor iron-core is formed of a plurality of unit plates stacked axially. The unit plates integrally include respective basal plate portions stacked to form the bases and a plurality of magnetic-pole plate portions stacked to form the rotor magnetic-pole plate portions stacked to form the rotor magnetic-pole portions.
US10063112B2
In a case where a notification signal is received from a second power reception apparatus different from a first power reception apparatus while power transmission is performed to the first power reception apparatus, power transmission to the second power reception apparatus is performed according to a result of negotiation with the second power reception apparatus if a power reception value corresponding to information included in the notification signal received from the second power reception apparatus is a sufficient value. The second power reception apparatus is not targeted for the power transmission if the power reception value corresponding to the information included in the notification signal received from the second power reception apparatus is not a sufficient value.
US10063104B2
Methods, systems, and devices for controlling a variable capacitor. One aspect features a variable capacitance device that includes a capacitor, a first transistor, a second transistor, and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to adjust an effective capacitance of the capacitor by performing operations including detecting a zero-crossing of an input current at a first time. Switching off the first transistor. Estimating a first delay period for switching the first transistor on when a voltage across the capacitor is zero. Switching on the first transistor after the first delay period from the first time. Detecting a zero-crossing of the input current at a second time. Switching off the second transistor. Estimating a second delay period for switching the second transistor on when a voltage across the capacitor is zero. Switching on the second transistor after the second delay period from the second time.
US10063102B2
A wireless power transmitting method performed in a wireless power transmitting apparatus wirelessly transmitting power includes determining reception strength of a short-range wireless communication channel, adjusting an interval of a short beacon signal in response to a change in reception strength; and transmitting the short beacon signal at the interval.
US10063101B2
The present disclosure provides system and methods for optimizing the tuning of impedance elements associate with sub-wavelength antenna elements to attain target radiation and/or field patterns. A scattering matrix (S-Matrix) of field amplitudes for each of a plurality of modeled lumped ports, N, may be determined that includes a plurality of lumped antenna ports, Na, with impedance values corresponding to the impedance values of associated impedance elements and at least one modeled external port, Ne, located external to the antenna system at a specified radius vector. Impedance values may be identified through an optimization process, and the impedance elements may be tuned (dynamically or statically) to attain a specific target radiation pattern.
US10063094B2
A power management system having: a power supply unit; a power meter that detects the total power consumption of power supplied from the power supply unit; a plurality of current sensors that each detect the current flowing to a plurality of power consumption units connected to the power supply unit; and a control unit that calculates the power consumption of each of the plurality of power consumption units by using the power meter and the plurality of current sensors. A power outlet unit having: an outlet to which power is supplied from the power supply unit; a current sensor that detects the current flowing through the outlet to the power consumption unit connected to the outlet; and a transmission unit that sends current detection results from the current sensor to the power supply unit.
US10063087B2
A wireless charging receiver operates on a resonance principle and includes an impedance matching circuit coupled between an antenna and a rectifier circuit. The impedance matching circuit has both series-connected and parallel-connected capacitors. At least one of the capacitors is a tunable variable capacitor. A method is provided for automatically adjusting a capacitance value of the at least one variable capacitor based on an error voltage between a target rectifier voltage and a measured rectifier voltage. Automatically adjusting the antenna impedance of the receiver provides for improved power transfer efficiency for changing operating conditions. In one embodiment, one or more of the parallel-connected capacitors are variable capacitors. In another embodiment, one or more of the series-connected capacitors are variable capacitors.
US10063076B2
A method for charging an energy storage device having a core with an electrolyte. The method including: (a) obtaining one or more of a measurement or approximation of a temperature of the electrolyte; (b) determining whether the temperature obtained in step (a) is below a predetermined threshold considered to at least reduce the charging efficiency of the energy storage device; and (c) inputting one or more of a predetermined voltage and current input to terminals of the energy storage device causing internal components of the energy storage device to generate heat if the temperature is determined to be less than the predetermined temperature. Similarly, a method for discharging an energy storage device having an electrolyte is provided.
US10063072B2
A battery module includes a lithium ion secondary battery and a control circuit. The control circuit includes a measurement unit which measures voltage, current, and the time of charge/discharge of the lithium ion secondary battery; an operation unit which calculates a capacity based on the voltage, the current, and the time and calculates a differential value dQ/dV by differentiating the capacity with a voltage; a threshold voltage setting unit which specifies a peak of a low capacity side of the differential value dQ/dV generated on the basis of a stage structure of graphite and sets a voltage at the peak to a threshold voltage; a cutoff voltage setting unit which sets a discharge cutoff voltage of the lithium ion secondary battery on the basis of the threshold voltage; and a charge/discharge control unit which controls charge/discharge of the lithium ion secondary battery on the basis of the discharge cutoff voltage.
US10063067B2
A battery system includes a main control module and a battery pack. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules. During the transition of mode switching, each of the battery modules outputs a constant current. The battery modules monitor the battery status of the battery modules respectively. Based on a load requirement, the battery status of the battery modules and a conversion efficiency, the main control module dynamically controls a voltage conversion operation mode of a voltage converter of the battery system and dynamically controls the operation modes of the battery modules respectively.
US10063064B1
The embodiments described herein include a transmitter that transmits a power transmission signal (e.g., radio frequency (RF) signal waves) to create a three-dimensional pocket of energy. At least one receiver can be connected to or integrated into electronic devices and receive power from the pocket of energy. A wireless power network may include a plurality of wireless power transmitters each with an embedded wireless power transmitter manager, including a wireless power manager application. The wireless power network may include a plurality of client devices with wireless power receivers. Wireless power receivers may include a power receiver application configured to communicate with the wireless power manager application. The wireless power manager application may include a device database where information about the wireless power network may be stored.
US10063056B2
Systems and methods for shut-down of a photovoltaic system. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a computer system includes: communicating, via a central controller, with a plurality of local management units (LMUs), each of the LMUs coupled to control a respective solar module; receiving, via the central controller, a shut-down signal from a user device (e.g., a hand-held device, a computer, or a wireless switch unit); and in response to receiving the shut-down signal, shutting down operation of the respective solar module for each of the LMUs.
US10063055B2
A distributed control node enables local control of reactive power. A metering device of the control node measures energy delivered by a grid network at a point of common coupling (PCC) to which a load is coupled. The metering device determines that the load draws reactive power from the grid network. The control node draws real power from the grid and converts the real power from the grid into reactive power. The conversion of real to reactive power occurs on the consumer side of the PCC. The conversion of real to reactive power enables delivery of reactive power to a local load from real power drawn from the grid.
US10063049B1
The disclosed apparatus may include (1) at least one unregulated power input that facilitates feeding unregulated electrical power to a telecommunications device, (2) at least one regulated power input that facilitates feeding regulated electrical power to the telecommunications device, and (3) at least one ORing power device that (A) provides unregulated electrical power from the unregulated power input to the telecommunications device when the unregulated electrical power is above a certain threshold and (B) provides regulated electrical power from the regulated power input to the telecommunications device when the unregulated electrical power is below the certain threshold. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US10063046B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a direct current circuit breaker capable of shortening a cut-off operation time and reducing a magnitude of a required reverse current. The direct current circuit breaker includes: a main circuit line which is connected between a power supply and a load, the main circuit line includes a main breaker and a first diode connected in parallel; a charging circuit line which is disposed in the rear stage of the main breaker and is connected in parallel to the load, the charging circuit line includes a first capacitor, a reactor and a second diode connected in series; and a switch line including one end connected in parallel to the front stage of the main breaker and the other end connected between the reactor and the second diode, the switch line includes a third diode and a current switch connected in series.
US10063025B2
An illustrative cable connector hand tool and associated methods are operable to permit cable connection sections to respectively pass through a side opening of hand tool members into a center aperture of the tool members. Exemplary hand tool members are formed with a recessed portion adapted to receive an end of one of a pair of cable connectors such that mating edges of the cable connectors used to couple the cable connection sections are visible when the cable connectors are in a coupled configuration abutting each other. An illustrative embodiment includes the recessed portion formed with a plurality of recesses spaced apart in the center aperture operable to engage protrusions on an outer wall of the cable connectors. Exemplary cable connectors engage each other with respective threaded connection sections to apply compressive or coupling force to two ends of the cable when the tools rotate the connectors.
US10063022B2
A power distribution unit is connected to a three-phase electric power source having three phase wires with different phases, and includes a socket and a switch. The socket has a first socket terminal connected to one of the phase wires, and a second socket terminal. The switch includes a first switch terminal connected to another one of the phase wires, a second switch terminal connected to a neutral, and a third switch terminal connected to the second socket terminal. By selectively connecting the third and the first switch terminals, or connecting the third and the second switch terminals, a line-to-neutral voltage or a line-to-line voltage from the three-phase electric power source is outputted by the socket.
US10063018B2
A cable connector assembly includes: a mating unit; a cable; a PCB interconnected between the mating unit and the cable; a metal shell enclosing the PCB, a rear of the mating unit, a front of the cable, the metal shell including an upper shell part and a lower shell part, each of the upper and lower shell parts having a main body and a pair of side walls; an insulative outer shell enclosing the metal shell, the rear of the mating unit, the front of the cable; wherein the pair of side walls of the upper shell part extend downwardly and those of the lower shell part extend upwardly to align with each other along an up-and-down direction; and each of the pair of side walls of the lower shell part includes a flap extending inwardly and upwardly to latch an associated side wall of the upper shell part.
US10063016B2
An electric connector includes a socket connector, a bar-like plug connector to be inserted/withdrawn to/from the socket connector and a fuse. When the plug connector is inserted to the socket connector, electric conduction is established in the electric circuit via the fuse. The fuse is attached to the socket connector.
US10063015B2
A receptacle includes a first and a second insulating housing, and a shielding plate. The first housing has a first base and a first tongue extending forwardly, the first tongue having a slant connection portion located close to the first base. The second housing has a second base and a second tongue extending forwardly, the second tongue has a slant connection portion located close to the second base. A plurality of first contacts is carried within the first housing, a plurality of second contacts is carried within the second housing. Each contact has a contacting portion, an affixed portion, and a soldering portion. The plate is sandwiched between the first and second housing and has a slant connection portion sandwiched between the connection portions of the two housing. The first housing defines a first stepping portion going through an opening on the plate and pressing against the second housing.
US10063014B2
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing including a base portion and a tongue portion; and an upper and lower rows of conductive terminals retained to the insulative housing, each row of conductive terminals including a pair of grounding terminals at two ends thereof, each conductive terminal having a contacting section exposed to a surface of the tongue portion, a tail section extending out of the base portion, and a retaining section between the contacting section and the tail section; wherein each grounding terminal has a latch extending sidewardly to expose to a side of the tongue portion.
US10062998B2
A connector includes: a short circuit terminal housed in a first housing and having contact pieces contacting with adjacent first terminals of a plurality of first terminals respectively with the first housing and a second housing not being engaged with each other; and a releaser provided in the second housing and configured to displace the contact pieces and release contact between the adjacent first terminals and the contact pieces upon engaging of the first housing and the second housing. The contact pieces include: contact portions contactable with the adjacent first terminals respectively; and slide portions slidable on the releaser and respectively arranged in positions anterior to the contact portions in an engaging direction of the first housing and the second housing. The contact portions are apart from the releaser with the contact pieces being displaced due to slide of the slide portions on the releaser.
US10062990B1
Described herein is a connector, an electric circuit and a lighting apparatus. The connector includes a connector body having a top edge, a bottom edge and a wall connecting the top edge and the bottom edge, the wall providing flexibility to move the top edge relative to the bottom edge, a plurality of metal contacts embedded within the top edge and the bottom edge, locking teeth projecting from the top edge and the bottom edge, wherein the top edge and the bottom edge move away from each other upon application of a force on the locking teeth. Furthermore, the connector can be connector to a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes a plurality of pockets configured to receive the locking teeth of the connector and a plurality of metal strips configured to contact with the plurality of the metal contacts of the connector.
US10062987B2
A card connector includes: an insulative housing (2) for receiving a card tray inserted in a front-to-back direction; and plural contacts (31) secured to the insulative housing, each contact including a frame portion (311), a curved portion connected inside the frame portion, and a tail portion (312) connected outside the frame portion, the curved portion including a first anchoring portion (315) and a second anchoring portion (315) respectively connected to the frame portion, a first arm (313) and a second arm (314) respectively continuing the first and second anchoring portions, a front connecting portion (317) and a rear connecting portion (318) respectively connected to the first and second arms, and a contacting portion (316) connected between the front and rear connecting portions.
US10062985B2
A connector module is mounted at a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes a housing and a circuit board. The circuit board is disposed in the housing, and the housing has an opening. The connector module includes a switch component, a connector and a button assembly. The switch component is disposed at the housing and is electrically connected with the circuit board. The connector is movably disposed between the opening and the switch component, and the connector is electrically connected with the circuit. The connector is for accommodating an IC card, so that the IC card is capable of being electrically connected with the circuit board via the connector. The button assembly is inserted at the opening and abuts against the connector, and drives the connector to touch the switch component when being pressed.
US10062982B2
An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module to a circuit board includes an insulating body having stopping portions, terminals and solder balls. Each stopping portion is located above the solder balls, and has a bottom surface coated with an adhesive. Each terminal includes a connecting portion and two clamping portions extending and bending from two opposite sides of the connecting portion along a horizontal direction. The solder balls are in contact with the terminals and the circuit board, and each corresponds to one of the stopping portions, is adhered to the stopping portion via the adhesive, and is clamped by the two clamping portions and the connecting portion, or by the two clamping portions and the insulating body.
US10062978B2
The invention relates to a terminal assembly and in particular a series terminal assembly for medium-voltage switchgears. The assembly includes at least two input-side connectors and at least two output-side connectors in addition to a configuration location. The input-side connectors and the output-side connectors are not interconnected in a fixed pre-configured manner. Each of the configuration locations for each input-side connector location and for each output-side connector location has a configuration connector location.
US10062971B2
A power divider may include a signal conductor. The signal conductor may include an input, a first conductor section with a first width and a first output, and a second conductor section with a second width and a second output. The first and second widths may be different. The signal conductor may also include a septum. The septum may extend into the signal conductor from a side of the signal conductor opposite the input.
US10062942B2
A transmission line portion of a high-frequency transmission cable includes a dielectric body in which a first ground conductor, a signal conductor, and a second ground conductor are arranged along a thickness direction of the dielectric body from a first principle surface side. The second ground conductor is arranged at a position that does not overlap the signal conductor when viewed in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first principle surface. The third ground conductor and the signal conductor are located at the same position in the thickness direction of the dielectric body. The second and third ground conductors are connected to the first ground conductor via interlayer-connector conductors. The width of the second and third ground conductors is narrower than the width of the signal conductor, but a sum of the widths of the second and third ground conductors is larger than the width of the signal conductor.
US10062940B2
A dielectric phase shifter comprises a cavity having an elongated receiving space, a phase shifting circuit disposed inside the receiving space, and a dielectric element slidably mounted in the receiving space and parallel with the phase shifting circuit. A rail is disposed on an inner wall of the cavity for preventing contact between the movable dielectric element and the phase shifting circuit. By providing a number of rails between the phase shifting circuit and the dielectric element, direct contact between the dielectric element and a feeding network is prevented. As a result, no additional force will be imposed on the feeding network and reliability is enhanced. Moreover, wear of the feeding network and/or dielectric element during operation of the phase shifter is eliminated.
US10062939B2
A phase shifter of cavity type includes an integrally formed cavity, a feeding network disposed inside the cavity, a dielectric element disposed between the feeding network and the cavity, and at least one transmission-line transformation device. The at least one transmission-line transformation device is connected with the cavity by welding for connecting an outer conductor of a transmission cable, and for passing an inner conductor of the transmission cable into the cavity and being connected with the feeding network. Phase shifting is achieved by straight movement of the dielectric element along the longitudinal direction of the cavity. For the phase shifter of cavity type, the cavity and transmission-line transformation device are individually designed, and as a result, difficulty in design and manufacture is decreased. In addition, fasteners such as screws are not used for securing the phase shifter, thus avoiding reliability and inter-modulation problems resulted from failure of screws.
US10062935B2
The invention relates to a cooling plate for an electric energy storage element, said cooling plate comprising at least two non-detachably interconnected metal sheets and at least one plastic covering. The joined metal sheets comprise at least one cooling channel which can be created by separating means.
US10062919B2
A redox flow battery includes a battery unit, a positive electrode electrolyte tank, a negative electrode electrolyte tank, and a pressure adjustment mechanism. The battery unit includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a membrane. The positive electrode electrolyte tank stores a positive electrode electrolyte to be supplied to the battery unit. The negative electrode electrolyte tank stores a negative electrode electrolyte to be supplied to the battery unit. The pressure adjustment mechanism is attached to at least one of the electrolyte tanks and adjusts the pressure of a gas phase inside the electrolyte tank. The pressure adjustment mechanism is provided with a water sealed valve which includes a storage container that stores a pressure adjusting liquid, a first exhaust tube that extends from the gas phase inside the electrolyte tank, extends through a gas phase inside the storage container, and is open to a liquid phase inside the storage container, and a second exhaust tube whose one end is open to the gas phase inside the storage container and whose other end is open to the atmosphere. The pressure adjusting liquid is a non-volatile liquid at normal temperature and normal pressure.
US10062915B2
An electrochemical reactor, such as a fuel cell stack or an electrolyzer, includes a stack of electrochemical cells, a manifold, a sensor, and a monitor. Each electrochemical cell includes an electrode plate having a face in electrical contact with an electrolyte. The manifold is connected to the faces of the electrochemical cells in an exchange circuit, for exchanging a gas with outside of the stack. The sensor is sensitive to a composition of the gas in the circuit. The monitor monitors or controls an operational condition of the electrochemical reactor in response to measurements by the sensor. The stack and the manifold form a one-piece reactor body. A chamber is integrated into the body in communication with the manifold. The sensor is mounted in the body and includes a sensitive or sensing unit exposed directly to an in situ concentration of a component of the gas in the chamber.
US10062914B2
An apparatus for preventing moisture condensation includes a fuel cell stack and an enclosure in which the fuel cell stack is disposed. A heater and a temperature sensor are provided in the enclosure. A controller is configured to control the heater to be turned on when an insulation resistance between the fuel cell stack and the enclosure is less than a preset resistance value. The controller controls the heater not to be turned on when a surface temperature of the enclosure measured by the temperature sensor exceeds a preset temperature.
US10062911B2
Fuel cell devices and systems are provided. In certain embodiments, the devices include a ceramic support structure having a length, a width, and a thickness with the length direction being the dominant direction of thermal expansion. A reaction zone having at least one active layer therein is spaced from the first end and includes first and second opposing electrodes, associated active first and second gas passages, and electrolyte. The active first gas passage includes sub-passages extending in the y direction and spaced apart in the x direction. An artery flow passage extends from the first end along the length and into the reaction zone and is fluidicly coupled to the sub-passages of the active first gas passage. The thickness of the artery flow passage is greater than the thickness of the sub-passages. In other embodiments, fuel cell devices include second sub-passages for the active second gas passage and a second artery flow passage coupled thereto, and extending from either the first end or the second end into the reaction zone. In yet other embodiments, one or both electrodes of a fuel cell device are segmented.
US10062909B2
In some examples, a fuel cell comprising an anode; an electrolyte; cathode barrier layer; and a nickelate composite cathode separated from the electrolyte by the cathode barrier layer; and a cathode current collector layer. The nickelate composite cathode includes a nickelate compound and an ionic conductive material, and the nickelate compound comprises at least one of Pr2NiO4, Nd2NiO4, (PruNdv)2NiO4, (PruNdv)3Ni2O7, (PruNdv)4Ni3O10, or (PruNdvMw)2NiO4, where M is an alkaline earth metal doped on an A—site of Pr and Nd. The ionic conductive material comprises a first co-doped ceria with a general formula of (AxBy)Ce1−x−yO2, where A and B of the first co-doped ceria are rare earth metals. The cathode barrier layer comprises a second co-doped ceria with a general formula (AxBy)Ce1−x−yO2, where at least one of A or B of the second co-doped ceria is Pr or Nd.
US10062907B2
Tensile strength in a width direction and a longitudinal direction is improved without damaging a ventilation characteristic. A perforated film is a perforated film provided with holes, each of the holes is arranged at an intersection of a plurality of virtual lines extending along a direction and a plurality of virtual lines extending along a direction, and the direction is different from the width direction and the longitudinal direction. The direction and the direction may be both inclined at an angle larger than 30° and smaller than 60° to the width direction.
US10062904B2
A scaffold-free 3D porous electrode comprises a network of interconnected pores, where each pore is surrounded by a multilayer film including a first layer of electrochemically active material, one or more monolayers of graphene on the first layer of electrochemically active material, and a second layer of electrochemically active material on the one or more monolayers of graphene. A method of making a scaffold-free 3D porous electrode includes depositing one or more monolayers of graphene onto a porous scaffold to form a graphene coating on the porous scaffold, and depositing a first layer of an electrochemically active material onto the graphene coating. The porous scaffold is removed to expose an underside of the graphene coating, and a second layer of the electrochemically active material is deposited onto the underside of the graphene coating, thereby forming the scaffold-free 3D porous electrode.
US10062902B2
Disclosed is a positive electrode for secondary batteries manufactured by coating and rolling a slurry for a positive electrode mix including positive electrode active material particles on a current collector, wherein the positive electrode active material particles include one or more selected from the group consisting of lithium iron phosphate particles having an olivine crystal structure and lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt composite oxide particles according to Formula 1, the lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt composite oxide particles existing as secondary particles formed by agglomeration of primary particles, in an amount of greater than 50% and less than 90% based on the total volume of lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt composite oxide, and the lithium iron phosphate particles existing as primary particles in an amount of greater than 50% and less than 100% based on the total volume of lithium iron phosphate (Formula 1 is the same as defined in Claim 1).
US10062898B2
In an example of the surface coating method, an aromatic resin or a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is dissolved in an organic solvent to form a solution. A film precursor is formed on a surface of an electrode material by immersing the electrode material into the solution, and evaporating the organic solvent. The electrode material is selected from the group consisting of an electrode active material particle and a pre-formed electrode. The film precursor is exposed to i) a thermal treatment having a temperature equal to or less than 500° C., or ii) ultraviolet light irradiation, or iii) both i and ii, to carbonize the film precursor to form a carbon film on the surface of the electrode material. Also disclosed herein is a method for improving electrochemical performance of an electrode for a lithium based battery.
US10062894B2
A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode inside a case, the case including an open side that is open, and a cap assembly that covers the open side. The cap assembly includes a cap plate that covers the open side, a first terminal that protrudes outside the cap plate and is electrically connected to the first electrode, a connecting member between the first terminal and the cap plate, the connecting member being in a form of a ring including a slit and being made of a conductive material, and an insulating member that covers at least a part of an upper side and a lower side of the connecting member such that another part of the upper side and the lower side of the connecting member is exposed, the insulating member being made of an insulating material.
US10062881B2
The present invention relates to an electricity storage unit comprising a plurality of energy storage cells (1) positioned side by side and a rigid enclosure (10) surrounding said cells (1), comprising two separate parts (100A, 100B), a first part of the enclosure comprising at least one reference wall, in particular made up of a lower wall (110A), the unit comprising:—at least one stop (200, 220, 230) made from an elastically deformable material that comprises at least one so-called main wall (214, 224, 240), extending along a plane essentially normal to the reference wall (110A) and which is positioned between two of the cells (1), such that at least one stop (200, 220, 230) is placed between each pair of adjacent cells (1), and—pressing means (300) designed to bear on a face of each of the cells (1) in order to press each cell (1) against the reference wall (110A), the pressing means (300) being removably fastened to the first part (100A) of the enclosure (10).
US10062874B2
Sealing assembly, method for preparing sealing assembly, and battery comprising the sealing assembly
A sealing assembly, a method of preparing the sealing assembly and a battery are provided. The sealing assembly comprises a metal ring having a mounting hole therein; a ceramic ring having a connecting hole therein and disposed in the mounting hole; and a core column disposed in the connecting hole, wherein at least one of an inner circumferential wall surface of the metal ring, an outer circumferential wall surface of the ceramic ring, an inner circumferential wall surface of the ceramic ring and an outer circumferential wall surface of the core column is configured as an inclined surface, and an inclination angle of the inclined surface relative to a vertical plane is about 1 degree to about 45 degrees.
US10062863B2
A display device includes a display region having a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including a pixel electrode formed on an insulating surface, the plurality of pixels being arranged in a matrix shape, a bank covering an end of the pixel electrode, an organic layer including a light emitting layer covering respective light emitting regions on the pixel electrodes, an opposite electrode on the organic layer and the bank, and a first inorganic insulating layer on the opposite electrode, wherein each of the opposite electrode and the first inorganic insulating layer has a discontinuous region between the two adjacent light emitting regions.
US10062861B2
A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency which includes fluorescent materials is provided. The light-emitting element includes a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer. The first light-emitting layer includes a first fluorescent material and a first host material, and the second light-emitting layer includes a second fluorescent material and a second host material. The second host material includes a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex. A singlet excited energy level of the first host material is higher than a singlet excited energy level of the first fluorescent material, and a triplet excited energy level of the first host material is lower than a triplet excited energy level of the first fluorescent material.
US10062860B2
An organic electroluminescence device includes, in order, a first electrode, a hole transport layer, an organic light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a second electrode. The hole transport layer is configured by a coated film. The organic light-emitting layer is configured by a coated film. The organic light-emitting layer is made of an organic light-emitting material that has a molecular orientation degree specified by a parameter S′. The parameter S′ satisfies an inequality: 0.66
US10062858B2
The invention relates to method for manufacturing an electronic device comprising an organic layer (120). According to this method, a stack with a metal layer (130) and an organic layer (120) as first and second outer layers is structured by etching both these outer layers. In one particular embodiment, an additional metal layer (140) may be generated on the outermost metal layer (130) by galvanic growth through a structured isolation 10 layer (150). After removal of said isolation layer (150), the metal (130) may be etched in the openings of the additional metal layer (140). In a further etching step, the organic material (120) may be removed in said openings, too.
US10062856B1
A flexible display substrate and a flexible display apparatus are provided. The flexible display substrate has a display region including a plurality of pixel units and a peripheral region adjacent to the display region. The flexible display substrate includes a substrate and at least one conductive wire disposed on the substrate, each conductive wire includes at least two first conductive portions and at least one second conductive portion, and two adjacent first conductive portions are electrically connected through the second conductive portion. The Young's modulus of the first conductive portions is greater than that of the second conductive portion, and the resistivity of the first conductive portions is less than that of the second conductive portion.
US10062854B2
To provide an organic material represented by General Formula (1) below: where, in General Formula (1), R1 and R2 are each independently an alkyl group having from 2 through 8 carbon atoms, R3 and R4 are each independently a straight-chain alkyl group having 1, 2, 4, 6, or 12 carbon atoms, or a hydrogen atom, and n is an integer of 1 or 2.
US10062850B2
An organic light-emitting device includes an amine-based compound represented by Formula 1 as a dopant, and an anthracene-based compound represented by Formula 2 as a host: Organic light-emitting devices including the amine-based compound of Formula 1 and the anthracene-based compound of Formula 2 may have an improved efficiency, a low driving voltage, and improved lifetime characteristics.
US10062849B2
A condensed-cyclic compound is represented by Formula 1. An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer, where the organic layer includes at least one of the condensed-cyclic compounds represented by Formula 1.
US10062847B2
An organic semiconducting donor-acceptor (D-A) small molecule, as well as a semiconductor device that can incorporate the D-A small molecule, are disclosed. The D-A small molecule can have electron deficient substituents and R group substituents that can be C1-C20 linear alkyl chains, C2-C24 branched alkyl chains, hydrogen atoms, etc. The D-A small molecule can be can be synthesized in a reaction between a dithienofuran (DTF) core monomer and an electron deficient monomer. Additionally, the D-A small molecule can be part of an organic semiconducting copolymer. A semiconductor device that can incorporate the D-A small molecule in a photoactive layer is also disclosed herein. Additionally, 3,4-dibrominated furan compound that can, in some embodiments, be a precursor for the D-A small molecule is disclosed. The 3,4-dibrominated furan compound can be synthesized in a reaction involving a furan-2,5-dicarboxylic dimethyl ester (FDME), which can have a bio-renewable precursor.
US10062845B1
A two-terminal memory device can be formed according to a manufacturing process that utilizes two distinct chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) processes for each of bottom electrode/terminal (BE) and the top electrode/terminal (TE). The CMP processes can reduce planar height variations for a top surface of the BE and a top surface of the TE. The CMP processes can reduce height differences between the top surface of the BE and adjacent dielectric surfaces and reduce height differences between the top surface of the TE and adjacent dielectric surfaces.
US10062839B2
A magnetoresistive-based device and method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive-based device using one or more hard masks. The process of manufacture, in one embodiment, includes patterning a mask, after patterning the mask, etching (a) through a first layer of electrically conductive material to form an electrically conductive electrode and (b) through a third layer of ferromagnetic material to provide sidewalls of the second synthetic antiferromagnetic structure. The process further includes providing insulating material on or over the sidewalls of the second synthetic antiferromagnetic structure and, thereafter, etching through (a) a second tunnel barrier layer to provide sidewalls thereof, (b) a second layer of ferromagnetic material to provide sidewalls thereof, (c) a first tunnel barrier layer to provide sidewalls thereof, and (d) a first layer of ferromagnetic material to provide sidewalls of the first synthetic antiferromagnetic structure.
US10062832B2
A method of fabricating a microelectronic device comprising providing a substrate comprising a first bottom surface, providing a mold comprising a first top surface with first projections, and punching the first projections through the first bottom surface to define anchors, pre-cantilevers, and cavities in the substrate. A piezoelectric cantilever actuator system array prepared by a process comprising the steps of providing a substrate comprising a first bottom surface, providing a mold comprising a first top surface with first projections, and punching the first projections through the first bottom surface to define anchors, pre-cantilevers, and cavities in the substrate. A microelectronic device comprising a base, a first anchor coupled to the base, and a first cantilever coupled to the first anchor, wherein the base, the first anchor, and the first cantilever are an integral structure formed from the same substrate material.
US10062829B1
A technique relates to a superconducting device. A gyrator includes a first mixing device coupled to a second mixing device. A lumped-element resistor is connected in parallel to the gyrator.
US10062824B2
A thermoelectric material having a composition of formula (TI)x(Bi0.5 Sb1.5-xTe3-y)1-x, where 0
US10062823B2
The invention relates to a thermoelectric device comprising at least two thermoelectric elements (10, 20), called first (10) and second (20) elements, capable of generating an electric current under the effect of a temperature gradient applied between two of their faces, called first and second active faces, the first active faces being intended to exchange heat with a heat source of the temperature gradient, and the second active faces being intended to exchange heat with a cold source of the temperature gradient, said device comprising a first electrical connector (31) connecting the two elements (10, 20), said first connector (31) covering a first part (11, 21) of each first and, respectively, each second active face of said first (10) and second (20) elements, a second part (13, 23) of said first and, respectively, second active faces being left free. The invention further relates to a thermoelectric module comprising such a device and to a method for producing such a device.
US10062816B2
A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element, a wavelength conversion layer and a light pervious element. The light-emitting element includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of side surfaces connecting to the top surface and the bottom surface, and a first electrical contact formed on the bottom surface. The wavelength conversion layer covers the top surface of the light-emitting element to form a first thickness, has an average thickness, and includes a transparent binder and a plurality of wavelength conversion particles having an equivalent particle diameter D50. The light pervious element includes a light exiting surface and is disposed on the wavelength conversion layer. The D50 of the wavelength conversion particles is not great than 10 μm. A ratio of the average thickness to the D50 of the wavelength conversion layer is ranged from 6 to 20.
US10062815B1
A light emitting device includes a carrier, a light emitting chip, and a covering part disposed on the carrier. The carrier includes a board, a guiding metal layer, and a sealing material. The board has a first surface, a second surface, and a through vent that is divided into a first partial hole and a second partial hole. The first partial hole extends from the first surface to the second partial hole, and the second partial hole extends from the second surface to the first partial hole. The guiding metal layer is formed on the second surface and in the second partial hole, and covers the sidewall of the second partial hole. The guiding metal layer extends from the second partial hole to the second surface, and does not cover the sidewall of the first partial hole and the first surface. The sealing material seals the second partial hole.
US10062810B2
Described are a light emitting diode and a light emitting diode module. The light emitting diode module includes a printed circuit board and a light emitting diode joined thereto through a solder paste. The light emitting diode includes a first electrode pad electrically connected to a first conductive type semiconductor layer and a second electrode pad connected to a second conductive type semiconductor layer, wherein each of the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad includes at least five pairs of Ti/Ni layers or at least five pairs of Ti/Cr layers and the uppermost layer of Au. Thus a metal element such as Sn in the solder paste is prevented from diffusion so as to provide a reliable light emitting diode module.
US10062809B2
Disclosed are a light emitting device package, a backlight unit, and a lighting device which are usable for a display or lighting, and a method of manufacturing the light emitting device package. The light emitting device package includes: a substrate; a light emitting device seated on the substrate; a reflecting member provided on the substrate and provided with a reflector cup surrounding a lateral circumference of the light emitting device; a transparent encapsulant charged in the reflector cup of the reflecting member in a flow state and hardened, and provided with a concave phosphor accommodating space in an upper surface thereof; and a phosphor charged in the phosphor accommodating space in a flow state and hardened.
US10062807B2
There is provided a method for manufacturing a nitride semiconductor template, including the steps of: growing and forming a buffer layer to be thicker than a peak width of a projection and in a thickness of not less than 11 nm and not more than 400 nm on a sapphire substrate formed by arranging conical or pyramidal projections on its surface in a lattice pattern; and growing and forming a nitride semiconductor layer on the buffer layer.
US10062802B2
A method of manufacturing an embedded LED circuit board, including the step of: forming a through hole in a circuit substrate, the through hole communicating a first surface and a second surface of the circuit substrate; embedding a LED in the through hole of the circuit substrate; and electrically connecting two pins of the LED with a circuit disposed on the second surface of the circuit substrate. Because the LED is disposed in the through hole of the circuit substrate, not disposed on the surface on the circuit substrate, the LED is embedded in the circuit substrate. Therefore, the thickness of the embedded LED circuit board is reduced and it is advantageous to assembling the embedded LED circuit board in the electronic devices having limited volume.
US10062799B2
Provided are a method of manufacturing a quantum-dot photoactive-layer including: alternately depositing an amorphous silicon compound layer and a silicon-rich compound layer containing conductive impurities and an excess of silicon based on a stoichiometric ratio on a silicon substrate to form a composite multi-layer; and heat treating the composite multi-layer to form a plurality of silicon quantum-dots in a matrix corresponding to a silicon compound, wherein an amorphous silicon layer containing the conductive impurities is formed at least one time instead of the silicon-rich compound layer, and a quantum-dot photoactive-layer manufactured using the method as described above.
US10062797B2
A simple manufacturing method is provided for the fabrication of the IV-VI group of semiconductor films on inexpensive substrates for highly efficient tandem or multi junction solar cells and a variety of other electronic devices such as transistors and LEDs. Specifically, the method includes depositing a textured oxide buffer on a substrate; depositing a metal-inorganic film from a eutectic alloy on the buffer layer, the metal being a component of a IV-VI compound; and forming a layer on the metal-inorganic film on which an additional element from the IV-VI compound is added, forming a IV-VI layer on a semiconductor device. The films comprising tin sulfides—SnS (tin sulphide), SnS2, and SnS3—are grown on inexpensive substrates, such as glass or flexible plastic, at low temperature, allowing for R2R (roll-to-roll) processing.
US10062789B2
A thin film includes a substrate, a bottom gate, a channel layer, a source and a drain, and a top gate. The bottom gate is disposed on the substrate. The channel layer is disposed on the bottom gate. The source and the drain are disposed on two different sides of the channel layer. The top gate is disposed on the channel layer, wherein the channel layer is disposed between the bottom gate and the top gate, and the bottom gate and the top gate are electrically isolated from each other. A related method is also provided.
US10062786B2
A semiconductor device includes a first fin-type pattern on a substrate, having a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposed to each other; a first trench formed in contact with the first sidewall; a second trench formed in contact with the second sidewall; a first field insulating layer partially filling the first trench; and a second field insulating layer partially filling the second trench and a second field insulating layer partially filling the second trench. The second field insulating layer includes a first region and a second region disposed in a sequential order starting from the second sidewall, an upper surface of the second region being higher than an upper surface of the first field insulating layer. The device further includes a gate electrode on the first fin-type pattern, the first field insulating layer and the second field insulating layer, the gate electrode intersecting the first fin-type pattern and overlapping the second region.
US10062785B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a plurality of fins on the substrate, wherein the plurality of fins each include a fin channel region, first isolation regions on the substrate corresponding to active gate regions, a second isolation region on the substrate corresponding to a dummy gate region, wherein a height of the second isolation region is greater than a height of the first isolation regions, a plurality of active gate structures formed around the fins, and on the first isolation regions, and a dummy gate structure formed on the second isolation region.
US10062781B2
An integrated circuit structure includes a gate stack over a semiconductor substrate, and an opening extending into the semiconductor substrate, wherein the opening is adjacent to the gate stack. A first silicon germanium region is disposed in the opening, wherein the first silicon germanium region has a first germanium percentage. A second silicon germanium region is over the first silicon germanium region. The second silicon germanium region comprises a portion in the opening. The second silicon germanium region has a second germanium percentage greater than the first germanium percentage. A silicon cap substantially free from germanium is over the second silicon germanium region.
US10062778B2
A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: an insulating layer; a semiconductor layer of a first conductive type laminated on the insulating layer; an annular deep trench having a thickness reaching the insulating layer from a top surface of the semiconductor layer; a body region of a second conductive type formed across an entire thickness of the semiconductor layer along a side surface of the deep trench in an element forming region surrounded by the deep trench; a drift region of the first conductive type constituted of a remainder region besides the body region in the element forming region; a source region of the first conductive type formed in a top layer portion of the body region; a drain region of the first conductive type formed in a top layer portion of the drift region; and a first conductive type region formed in the drift region, having a deepest portion reaching a position deeper than the drain region, and having a first conductive type impurity concentration higher than the first conductive type impurity concentration of the semiconductor layer and lower than the first conductive type impurity concentration of the drain region.
US10062767B2
Memory cells and fabrication methods thereof are provided. An exemplary method includes providing a substrate having a well region; forming a select gate structure, a floating gate structure and a dummy gate structure on a surface of the well region; forming a first lightly doped region, a second lightly doped region and a third lightly doped region in the well region, the first lightly doped region and the second lightly doped region being at two sides of the select gate structure respectively, the second lightly doped region being in between the select gate structure and the floating gate structure, and the third lightly doped region being in between the floating gate structure and the dummy gate structure; and forming bit line region in the first lightly doped region and a source region in the third lightly doped region, the source region being enclosed by the third lightly doped region.
US10062765B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes bit lines arranged in a first direction over a substrate; a memory cell array disposed between the substrate and the bit lines, and including a plurality of planes which are arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; page buffer circuits disposed between the substrate and the memory cell array; contact pads disposed between the substrate and the memory cell array, the contact pads being suitable for electrically coupling the bit lines and the page buffer circuits; and routing lines disposed at the same layer as the contact pads, and extending in the second direction, wherein the contact pads are disposed to overlap with at least two lines which are arranged in the second direction, and the routing lines are formed in a bent pattern to pass between the contact pads which are disposed to overlap with different lines.
US10062753B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a drift layer, a base layer, a collector layer and a cathode layer. The semiconductor substrate includes a cell region and an outer peripheral region surrounding the cell region. The cell region includes an IGBT region and a diode region. The semiconductor substrate further includes a damage region arranged in the diode region and a part of the outer peripheral region adjacent to a boundary between the outer peripheral region and the diode region. A length, in a longitudinal direction of the diode region, of the part of the outer peripheral region, in which the damage region is arranged, is equal to or more than twice of a thickness of the semiconductor substrate. As a result, recovery characteristic is improved in a portion of the diode region adjacent to the boundary between the outer peripheral region and the diode region.
US10062751B2
A semiconductor device comprises a fin shaped structure, a shallow trench isolation, a diffusion break structure and a gate electrode. The fin shaped structure is disposed on a substrate. The shallow trench isolation is disposed in the substrate and surrounds the fin shaped structure. The diffusion break structure is disposed in the fin shaped structure, and the gate electrode is disposed across the fin shaped structure.
US10062742B2
Semiconductor elements deteriorate or are destroyed due to electrostatic discharge damage. The present invention provides a semiconductor device in which a protecting means is formed in each pixel. The protecting means is provided with one or a plurality of elements selected from the group consisting of resistor elements, capacitor elements, and rectifying elements. Sudden changes in the electric potential of a source electrode or a drain electrode of a transistor due to electric charge that builds up in a pixel electrode is relieved by disposing the protecting means between the pixel electrode of the light-emitting element and the source electrode or the drain electrode of the transistor. Deterioration or destruction of the semiconductor element due to electrostatic discharge damage is thus prevented.
US10062738B2
Devices including organic and inorganic LEDs are provided. Techniques for fabricating the devices include fabricating an inorganic LED on a parent substrate and transferring the LED to a host substrate via a non-destructive ELO process. Scaling techniques are also provided, in which an elastomeric substrate is deformed to achieve a desired display size.
US10062734B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a channel layer on a substrate; forming a gate dielectric layer on the channel layer; forming a source layer near one side of the gate dielectric layer and a drain layer near another side of the gate dielectric layer; forming a bottom gate on the gate dielectric layer; forming a phase change layer on the bottom gate; and forming a top gate on the phase change layer.
US10062720B2
The present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit, and an associated method of formation. In some embodiments, the integrated circuit comprises a deep trench grid disposed at a back side of a substrate. A passivation layer lines the deep trench grid within the substrate. The passivation layer includes a first high-k dielectric layer and a second high-k dielectric layer disposed over the first high-k dielectric layer. A first dielectric layer is disposed over the passivation layer, lining the deep trench grid and extending over an upper surface of the substrate. A second dielectric layer is disposed over the first dielectric layer and enclosing remaining spaces of the deep trench grid to form air-gaps at lower portions of the deep trench grid. The air-gaps are sealed by the first dielectric layer or the second dielectric layer below the upper surface of the substrate.
US10062707B2
Provided here may be a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device may include a first source seed layer, a second source seed layer disposed over the first source seed layer at a position spaced apart from the first source seed layer with a source area interposed between the first source seed layer and the second source seed layer, cell plugs configured to penetrate through the second source seed layer and extend into the source area, the cell plugs being disposed at positions spaced apart from the first source seed layer. The semiconductor device may also include an interlayer source layer configured to fill the source area.
US10062694B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of making the same include forming a first channel region on a first semiconductor region. A second channel region is formed on a second semiconductor region, the second semiconductor region being formed from a semiconductor material that is different from a semiconductor material of the first semiconductor region. A gate dielectric layer is formed over one or more of the first and second channel regions. A nitrogen-containing layer is formed on the gate dielectric layer. A gate is formed on the gate dielectric.
US10062685B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe MOSFET devices that have snubber circuits. The snubber circuits comprise one or more resistors with a dynamically controllable resistance that is controlled by changes to a gate and/or drain potentials of the one or more MOSFET structures during switching events.
US10062679B2
Apparatuses and methods for forming die stacks are disclosed herein. An example method includes dispensing a temporary adhesive onto a substrate, placing a base die onto the temporary adhesive, curing the temporary adhesive, forming a die stack that includes the base die, activating a release layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the release layer is between the substrate and the temporary adhesive, removing the die stack from the substrate, and removing the temporary adhesive from the die stack.
US10062669B2
A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a through via formed to penetrate a semiconductor substrate; first and second buffer circuits; a wiring forming layer formed in an upper layer of the semiconductor substrate; a connecting wiring portion formed in an upper portion of the through via assuming that a direction from the semiconductor substrate to the wiring forming layer is an upward direction, the connecting wiring portion being formed on a chip inner end face that faces the upper portion of the semiconductor substrate at an end face of the through via; a first path connecting the first buffer circuit and the through via; and a second path connecting the second buffer circuit and the through via. The first path and the second path are electrically connected through the connecting wiring portion.
US10062648B2
An embodiment is a structure including a first die having an active surface with a first center point, a molding compound at least laterally encapsulating the first die, and a first redistribution layer (RDL) including metallization patterns extending over the first die and the molding compound. A first portion of the metallization patterns of the first RDL extending over a first portion of a boundary of the first die to the molding compound, the first portion of the metallization patterns not extending parallel to a first line, the first line extending from the first center point of the first die to the first portion of the boundary of the first die.
US10062647B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include interconnect structures for an integrated circuit (IC) structure and methods of making the same. The interconnect structures include one or more electronic devices formed on a substrate. A first interlevel dielectric (ILD) layer is over the one or more electronic devices. The interconnect structure includes a first trench in the first ILD layer. A tungsten contact fills the first trench and is in electrical contact with the one or more electronic devices. A second ILD layer is over the first ILD layer. The interconnect structure includes a second trench in the second ILD layer. Diffusion barrier liners bound all sides of the second trench except at a surface of the tungsten contact. The interconnect structure includes a copper wire filling the second trench, the copper wire in direct contact with the tungsten contact and with the diffusion barrier liners.
US10062644B2
A radio frequency (RF) switch includes a plurality of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS transistors. A first metal layer (M1) includes traces that connect the SOI CMOS transistors in series to form the RF switch. The first metal layer has a first metal composition. Additional metal layers, having a second metal composition, are formed over the first metal layer. In one embodiment the first metal composition is copper, and the second metal composition is a primarily aluminum composition. In one embodiment, first metal layer is fabricated using a process node having a first minimum line width, and the additional metal layers are fabricated using a process node having a second minimum line width, greater than the first minimum line width. The first metal layer exhibits a reduced resistance and capacitance, thereby reducing the on-resistance and off-capacitance of the RF switch.
US10062640B2
Semiconductor devices may include an internal circuit, a sealing region surrounding the internal circuit, and a decoupling capacitor region in the sealing region. The decoupling capacitor region may include decoupling capacitors. Each of the decoupling capacitors may include a first capacitor metal wiring pattern connected to a high power supply line, a second capacitor metal wiring pattern spaced apart from the first capacitor metal wiring pattern and connected to a low power supply line, and a dielectric pattern between the first capacitor metal wiring pattern and the second capacitor metal wiring pattern.
US10062639B2
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes an IC die and a plurality of leads. Each lead includes an unplated proximal end including a first material, and an unplated distal end including the first material. A plated bond wire portion extends between the proximal and distal ends and includes the first material and a plating of a second material thereon. A plurality of bond wires extend between the IC die and the plated bond wire portions of the leads. An encapsulation material surrounds the IC die and bond wires so that the unplated proximal end and plated bond wire portion of each lead are covered by the encapsulation material.
US10062636B2
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor wafer having at least one semiconductor device integrated in a first device layer, a thermally conductive but electrically isolating layer on a back side of the semiconductor wafer, a front side glass on a front side of the semiconductor wafer, where the thermally conductive but electrically isolating layer is configured to dissipate heat from the at least one semiconductor device integrated in the semiconductor wafer. The thermally conductive but electrically isolating layer is selected from the group consisting of aluminum nitride, beryllium oxide, and aluminum oxide. The at least one semiconductor device is selected from the group consisting of a complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) switch and a bipolar complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (BiCMOS) switch. The semiconductor structure also includes at least one pad opening extending from the back side of the semiconductor wafer to a contact pad.
US10062630B2
A semiconductor die includes an III-V semiconductor body having a periphery devoid of active devices, the periphery terminating at an edge face of the semiconductor die. The semiconductor die further includes a seal ring structure above the periphery of the III-V semiconductor body and a barrier. The barrier is disposed over the periphery of the III-V semiconductor body at least between the seal ring structure and the edge face of the semiconductor die. The barrier has a density which prevents water, water ions, sodium ions and potassium ions from diffusing through the barrier.
US10062626B2
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a stackable semiconductor device with small size and fine pitch and a method of manufacturing thereof.
US10062621B2
A power semiconductor device module includes a metal baseplate and a plastic housing that together form a tray. Power electronics are disposed in the tray. A plastic cap covers the tray. Electrical press-fit terminals are disposed along the periphery of the tray. Each electrical terminal has a press-fit pin portion that sticks up through a hole in the cap. In addition, the module includes four mechanical corner press-fit anchors disposed outside the tray. One end of each anchor is embedded into the housing. The other end is an upwardly extending press-fit pin portion. The module is manufactured and sold with the press-fit pin portions of the electrical terminals and the mechanical corner anchors unattached to any printed circuit board (PCB). The mechanical anchors help to secure the module to a printed circuit board. Due to the anchors, screws or bolts are not needed to hold the module to the PCB.
US10062614B2
The present disclosure provides many different embodiments of a FinFET device that provide one or more improvements over the prior art. In one embodiment, a FinFET includes a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of fins having a first height and a plurality of fin having a second height on the semiconductor substrate. The second height may be less than the first height.
US10062612B2
Generally, the present disclosure is directed to a method for forming a FinFET device that may be used in designs that include both tight and relaxed fin pitches. The method for forming the fins includes: forming a first layer of doped silicate glass above a semiconductor wafer and within a plurality of recesses located adjacent the fins; forming a first layer of nitride above the first doped silicate glass layer; and forming a conformal oxide layer above the first nitride layer, substantially filling relatively narrow recesses between fins having a tight pitch and lining relatively wide recesses between fins having a relaxed pitch.
US10062609B2
A semiconductor device includes a first insulating interlayer on a substrate, metal lines in the first insulating interlayer, a first air gap between the metal lines in a first region of the substrate and a second air gap between the first insulating interlayer and at least one of the metal lines in a second region of the substrate, a liner layer covering top surfaces and side walls of the metal lines and a top surface and a side wall of the first insulating interlayer, adjacent to the first and second air gaps, and a second insulating interlayer on the liner layer and contacting the liner layer.
US10062604B2
A semiconductor device includes: a substrate, a gate structure on the substrate, and a spacer adjacent to the gate structure, in which the spacer extends to a top surface of the gate structure, a top surface of the spacer includes a planar surface, the spacer encloses an air gap, and the spacer is composed of a single material. The gate structure includes a high-k dielectric layer, a work function metal layer, and a low resistance metal layer, in which the high-k dielectric layer is U-shaped. The semiconductor device also includes an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the gate structure and a hard mask on the spacer, in which the top surface of the hard mask is even with the top surface of the ILD layer.
US10062601B2
A multilayer semiconductor device structure having different circuit functions on different semiconductor device layers is provided. The semiconductor structure comprises a first semiconductor device layer fabricated on a bulk substrate. The first semiconductor device layer comprises a first semiconductor device for performing a first circuit function. The first semiconductor device layer includes a patterned top surface of different materials. The semiconductor structure further comprises a second semiconductor device layer fabricated on a semiconductor-on-insulator (“SOI”) substrate. The second semiconductor device layer comprises a second semiconductor device for performing a second circuit function. The second circuit function is different from the first circuit function. A bonding surface coupled between the patterned top surface of the first semiconductor device layer and a bottom surface of the SOT substrate is included. The bottom surface of the SOT substrate is bonded to the patterned top surface of the first semiconductor device layer via the bonding surface.
US10062595B2
Various embodiments of aligning wafers are described herein. In one embodiment, a photolithography system aligns a wafer by averaging individual via locations. In particular, some embodiments of the present technology determine the center locations of individual vias on a wafer and average them together to obtain an average center location of the set of vias. Based on a comparison of the average center location to a desired center location, the present technology adjusts the wafer position. Additionally, in some embodiments, the present technology compares wafer via patterns to a template and adjusts the position of the wafer based on the comparison.
US10062594B2
An end effector device is provided with a hand; a plurality of holding portions that are provided to the hand, and that hold a plurality of semiconductor wafers such that the plurality of semiconductor wafers are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction in a parallel attitude; a single detector that is arranged outside the plurality of semiconductor wafers viewed from the vertical direction, and that is configured to be able to detect the presence of each one of the semiconductor wafers, opposing a peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer; and a detector moving mechanism that moves the single detector relative to the plurality of semiconductor wafers in the vertical direction such that the single detector opposes the peripheral portion of every semiconductor wafer.
US10062592B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate retaining mechanism; a detecting unit detecting a placed state of the substrate retained by the substrate retaining mechanism; a first determination unit comparing detection data of the substrate obtained by the detecting unit with master data that is a reference to determine if the detection data is within a first allowed value; a confirmation unit confirming substrate type; a second determination unit comparing the detection data of the substrate with the master data to determine if the detection data is within a second allowed value; and a transfer control unit controlling the substrate retaining mechanism depending on a determination result of the second determination unit when substrate type is confirmed as a predetermined type by the confirmation unit when it is determined that the detection data is not within the first allowed value as determined by the first determination unit.
US10062591B2
An equipment platform system and a wafer transfer method used to a wafer processing is provided. The equipment platform system comprises: a working platform, each side of the working platform is used to mount process chamber; a top-loading wafer device fixed on the top surface of working platform, the top-loading wafer device includes: a cassette or FOUP loading unit, a wafer loading unit installed disposed opposite the cassette or FOUP loading unit, the wafer loading unit has an inside cavity; a central robot, located between the cassette or FOUP loading unit and the wafer loading unit; a loading gate used to open or close the inside cavity; a wafer tray, which is in the inside cavity; a shutoff gate, which is at the bottom of the inside cavity, used to open or close the internal of the working platform; there is an opening at the top of the working platform, the opening is located at the lower part of the inside cavity, and disposed opposite the shutoff gate, the shutoff gate can seal the opening. The equipment platform system of the invention can decrease the floor space, increase the space efficiency, and the wafer transfer efficiency.
US10062588B2
An apparatus for transferring a semiconductor die from a wafer tape to a product substrate. The apparatus includes a wafer frame configured to hold the wafer tape and a support frame disposed adjacent to the wafer frame. A flexible support substrate is secured in the support frame and is configured to support the product substrate. The apparatus further includes an actuator configured to position the semiconductor die at a transfer position with respect to the product substrate. An energy-emitting device is configured to direct energy through the flexible support substrate to a portion of the product substrate corresponding to the transfer position at which the semiconductor die is positioned to be affixed to the product substrate.
US10062572B2
A method is provided for fabricating a semiconductor structure. The method includes providing a substrate having a dielectric layer formed on the substrate, where an opening is formed in the dielectric layer, and bottom of the opening exposes surface of the substrate. The method also includes forming a first metal layer over of the dielectric layer, where a temperature for forming the first metal layer is a first temperature. In addition, the method includes forming a second metal layer filling the opening, where a temperature for forming the second metal layer is a second temperature, and the second temperature is higher than the first temperature. Further, the method includes planarizing the second metal layer and the first metal layer until the top surface of the dielectric layer is exposed.
US10062564B2
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for selective surface deposition. In one example, the method includes providing a substrate containing a first material having a first surface and a second material having a second surface, forming a modified first surface and a modified second surface by exposing the first surface and the second surface to hydrogen gas excited by a plasma source, and selectively depositing a film on the modified second surface but not on the modified first surface.
US10062562B2
According to the present invention, when a film is formed on a substrate, a film-forming rate or film quality is stabilized. There is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: (a) forming a film on a substrate by supplying at least a gas including hydroxyl group to the substrate in a process chamber while maintaining a temperature of an inside of the process chamber at a first temperature; (b) changing the temperature of the inside of the process chamber from the first temperature to a second temperature higher than the first temperature; and (c) maintaining the temperature of the inside of the process chamber at the second temperature at least in a state that the substrate is not in the process chamber.
US10062559B2
A laser desorption electrospray ionization source includes a sample platform configured to support a sample material to be analyzed, an ion transfer tube having a first end and a second end, the first end facing in a direction of the sample platform, the second end connected to a mass spectrometer for providing sample molecules for spectral analysis, and a hollow emission needle having a tip that forms an electrospray nozzle, the tip extending to or into the first end of the ion transfer tube, such that the sample molecules pass the tip of the hollow emission needle on their way to the mass spectrometer.
US10062555B2
Scalable electron amplifier devices and methods of fabricating the devices an atomic layer deposition (“ALD”) fabrication process are described. The ALD fabrication process allows for large area (e.g., eight inches by eight inches) electron amplifier devices to be produced at reduced costs compared to current fabrication processes. The ALD fabrication process allows for nanostructure functional coatings, to impart a desired electrical conductivity and electron emissivity onto low cost borosilicate glass micro-capillary arrays to form the electron amplifier devices.
US10062538B2
According to embodiments of the present invention, an electron device is provided. The electron device includes a support substrate, a conductive planar slow-wave structure on the support substrate, the conductive planar slow-wave structure being adapted to receive an electromagnetic wave signal for interaction with an electron beam, and a dielectric layer arrangement in between the conductive planar slow-wave structure and the support substrate, the dielectric layer arrangement being arranged on the support substrate at only one or more support substrate portions overlapping with the conductive planar slow-wave structure. According to further embodiments of the present invention, a method for manufacturing an electron device is also provided.
US10062531B1
A plastic lampholder with a thermostat includes a housing, a plastic bracket, a plastic threaded ring, a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, a thermostat and a top cover and is installed to a downlight. The lampholder has two slots for plugging two electrodes of a power line by a bare line section, so that a power source is introduced to the lampholder. Both of the plastic bracket and housing of the lampholder are made of a plastic material and integrally formed, and the plastic threaded ring of the lampholder is integrally formed in the housing. Power is conducted through a thermostat to prevent the lampholder from burning by high temperatures.
US10062527B2
A contactor assembly for a transfer switch includes a housing, first and second operating mechanisms in the housing, a first contact assembly in the housing and adjacent the first operating mechanism, a second contact assembly in the housing and adjacent the second operating mechanism, and a central control system in the housing and coupled to each of the first and second operating mechanisms. The central control system is configured to be manually actuated (i) in a first way to cause the first operating mechanism to change the first contact assembly to a closed state and to lock the second contact assembly in an open state and (ii) in a second way to cause the second operating mechanism to change the second contact assembly to a closed state and to lock the first contact assembly in an open state.
US10062525B2
A wireless switch includes: an adjusting member configured to rotate; a rotary plate comprising a first extending bar extending from a surface of the rotary plate in a radial direction and configured to be rotated together with the adjusting member; a first deformation member configured to be deformed by the first extending bar when the rotary plate rotates to cause the first extending bar to contact the first deformation member; a first piezoelectric element disposed on the first deformation member and configured to generate electricity when the first deformation member is deformed; and a radio frequency (RF) communications module unit configured to transmit a signal according to the electricity generated by the first piezoelectric element.
US10062519B2
An improved capacitor and a method for forming an improved capacitor is detailed. The method comprises forming a tantalum anode from a tantalum powder with a powder charge of no more than 40,000 μC/g; forming a dielectric on the anode by anodization at a formation voltage of no more than 100 V; and forming a conductive polymeric cathode on the dielectric wherein the capacitor has a breakdown voltage higher than the formation voltage.
US10062511B1
A multilayer electronic component includes a capacitor body with first and second external electrodes on a mounting surface of the capacitor body. First and second connection terminals include insulators and are respectively connected to the first and second external electrodes. The first connection terminal includes first to third conductive patterns and a first cut portion a side surface. The second connection terminal includes fourth to sixth conductive patterns and a second cut portion in a side surface.
US10062508B2
A three terminal capacitor includes a capacitor element including first through sixth surfaces, first-side and second-side outer electrodes, a center outer electrode between the first-side and second-side outer electrodes, and conductor layers. The conductor layers include a pair of outermost conductor layers that are respectively nearest to the fifth and sixth surfaces, and thicknesses of the pair of outermost conductor layers are greater than a thickness of a center conductor layer nearest to a center of the capacitor element in a width direction.
US10062507B2
An electronic device sheet, comprising a pair of electrodes, a dielectric layer provided between the pair of electrodes, and one or more insulation patch members provided on one of principal surfaces of the dielectric layer, wherein the insulation patch member includes a boundary line having an undulating shape.
US10062496B2
A planar transformer includes conductor plates each having a channel separating a region of the conductor plate into first and second portions. Each conductor plate corresponds to one wire turn of a winding coil with one of the first and second portions being a start point of the wire turn and the other one of the first and second portions being an end point of the wire turn.
US10062494B2
Embodiments of an apparatus are disclosed that includes a first three dimensional (3D) inductor and a second 3D inductor. The first three dimensional (3D) inductor has a first conductive path shaped as a first two dimensional (2D) lobe laid over a first 3D volume. In addition, the second 3D inductor has a second conductive path, wherein the second 3D inductor is inserted into the first 3D inductor so that the second conductive path at least partially extends through the first 3D volume. Since second 3D inductor is inserted into the first 3D inductor, the 3D inductors may be coupled to one another. Depending on orientation and distances of structures provided by the 3D inductors, the 3D inductors may be weakly or moderately coupled.
US10062477B1
An electromagnetic-wave-absorbing filter comprising an electromagnetic-wave-absorbing layer, an insulating layer, and an electromagnetic-wave-shielding layer in this order from inside; the electromagnetic-wave-absorbing layer being constituted by a laminate of at least two electromagnetic-wave-absorbing films; each electromagnetic-wave-absorbing film comprising a plastic film and a thin metal film formed on a surface of the plastic film, the thin metal film being provided with large numbers of linear scratches in plural directions; the acute crossing angle θs of linear scratches in each electromagnetic-wave-absorbing film being 30-90°; the linear scratches in two electromagnetic-wave-absorbing films being crossing; two electromagnetic-wave-absorbing films having different lengths; and a ratio of the length L2 of a shorter electromagnetic-wave-absorbing film to the length L1 of a longer electromagnetic-wave-absorbing film being 30-70%.
US10062470B2
A composite body including a substrate and a forming portion which is composed of a composite phase containing a perovskite oxide and a metal oxide different from the perovskite oxide and which is formed on the substrate. The composite body may be a composite body manufactured by a manufacturing method including a forming step of firing in an oxidizing atmosphere, a laminated body in which an inorganic raw material powder containing a compound powder and a metal powder is disposed on a substrate so as to form a forming portion composed of a composite phase containing a perovskite oxide and a metal oxide different from the perovskite oxide on the substrate.
US10062467B2
The techniques and device provided herein relate to regulating a source generator in an X-ray based equipment. In particular, an X-ray system is provided that comprises an X-ray generator and a reference detector system that regulates the output of the X-ray generator. The reference detector system comprises a direct channel that allows at least a portion of the photons to directly reach the detector crystal and a plurality of fluorescent channels, such that photon flux entering the reference detector from the fluorescent channels is negligibly impacted by variations of beam spots, shapes and/or positions.
US10062465B2
A computed tomography (CT) apparatus to perform a CT scan with a reduced radiation, including: an X-ray source to direct a cone beam of X-rays toward a detector assembly with an object of interest situated between the source and the detector assembly; a multi-leaf collimator fixed with respect to the X-ray source and configured to dynamically limit the cone beam of X-rays directed toward the object of interest, the multi-leaf collimator comprising a plurality of leaflets to block impinging cone beam of X-rays; and the detector assembly to detect the directed X-ray beam on a side opposite to the X-ray source after the X-ray beam with the reduced solid angle passes through the object of interest.
US10062456B2
A risk-based patient monitoring system for critical care patients combines data from multiple sources to assess the current and the future risks to the patient, thereby enabling providers to review a current patient risk profile and to continuously track a clinical trajectory. A physiology observer module in the system utilizes multiple measurements to estimate Probability Density Functions (PDF) of a number of Internal State Variables (ISVs) that describe a components of the physiology relevant to the patient treatment and condition. A clinical trajectory interpreter module in the system utilizes the estimated PDFs of ISVs to identify under which probable patient states the patient can be currently categorized and assign a probability value that the patient will be in each of the identified states. The combination of patient states and their probabilities is defined as the clinical risk to the patient.
US10062454B1
Disclosed approaches for probing signals in a plurality of clock domains include inputting unsynchronized trigger signals from the plurality of clock domains to a plurality of instances of a multi-synchronizer circuit, respectively. Each instance of the multi-synchronizer circuit includes a plurality of synchronizer circuits. One or more of the plurality of synchronizer circuits synchronizes the respective unsynchronized trigger signal with one clock signal from the plurality of clock domains. Output of one of the one or more synchronizer circuits in each instance of the multi-synchronizer circuit is selected as a respective synchronized trigger signal. A trigger equation is evaluated based on a state of each respective synchronized trigger signal. A final trigger signal is generated based the evaluating of the trigger equation, a trigger marker is stored in a memory in response to a state of the final trigger signal, and states of probed signals are stored in the memory.
US10062452B2
A semiconductor memory device may include a memory core unit including a plurality of memory cells suitable for storing data, an error correction code (ECC) control unit suitable for detecting an error of the data to output a flag signal corresponding to a result of detection of the error, and an address control unit suitable for adjusting a refresh interval of at least one memory cell that stores data in which the error is detected, or repairing the memory cell among the memory cells, in response to the flag signal.
US10062447B2
Provided is a power switch circuit that includes a first level shifter that, in response to execution of a programming operation of a one-time programmable (OTP) memory cell array, turns on a first switching device that has received a supply voltage from an external supply voltage pad. The power switch circuit also include a second level shifter that, in response to execution of the programming operation, turns on a second switching device connected to the first switching device, to provide the supply voltage to the OTP memory cell array. The power switch circuit further includes a third level shifter that, in response to execution of a read operation of the OTP memory cell array, turns on a third switching device to provide a power voltage, which is internally generated within the power switch circuit, to the OTP memory cell array.
US10062445B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of a non-volatile one time programmable memory (OTPM) including parallel programming of all banks of the OTPM by programming two rows per bank at a time, verifying the programming by comparing a first row of the two rows per bank, and verifying the programming by comparing a second row of the two rows per bank.
US10062443B2
A memory array comprising a word line and a bit line is disclosed. Each of a plurality of memory cells of the memory array has a first terminal connected to the bit line and a current path between the first terminal and a respective second terminal. A first memory cell of the plurality of memory cells has the second terminal coupled to receive a first supply voltage when selected by the word line. A second memory cell of the plurality of memory cells has the second terminal coupled to receive a voltage different from the first supply voltage when the first memory cell is selected by the word line.
US10062438B2
A controller controls a memory including first and second strings. The first and second strings configure first and second string groups, respectively. In each string group, a set of memory cell transistors each from each string configures a unit. The controller is configured to: sequentially write, in the first string group, data in first units to which serially-coupled memory cell transistors respectively belong; sequentially write, in the second string group, data in first units to which serially-coupled memory cell transistors respectively belong; and sequentially write, in the first string group, data in second units to which serially-coupled memory cell transistors respectively belong.
US10062430B2
A multi channel semiconductor device may include a substrate, a first die on the substrate and having a first channel to function as a first chip; and a second die on the substrate and having a second channel different from the first channel to function as a second chip and including the same storage capacity and physical size as the first die. An internal interface is disposed between the first and second dies. The internal interface is configured to transmit information for controlling internal operations of the first and second dies and first applied to a first recipient die of the first and second dies to the other die.
US10062428B2
A semiconductor apparatus may be provided. The semiconductor apparatus may include a base die. The semiconductor apparatus may include a plurality of core dies stacked on the base die, and each including a plurality of memory blocks. The base die or each of the core dies may include a refresh timing generation circuit configured to delay a refresh pulse, and output delayed signals as a plurality of refresh timing signals.
US10062410B2
Techniques and devices for creating an AutoLoop output video include performing pregate operations. The AutoLoop output video is created from a set of frames. Prior to creating the AutoLoop output video, the set of frames are automatically analyzed to identify one or more image features that are indicative of whether the image content in the set of frames is compatible with creating a video loop. Pregate operations assign one or more pregate scores for the set of frames based on the one or more identified image features, where the pregate scores indicate a compatibility to create the video loop based on the identified image features. Pregate operations automatically determine to create the video loop based on the pregate scores and generate an output video loop based on the loop parameters and at least a portion of the set of frames.
US10062407B1
A precompensation circuit can include: a rising edge interpolator circuit configured to generate a phase shifted rising edge data signal; a falling edge interpolator circuit configured to generate a phase shifted falling edge data signal; a multiplexer circuit coupled with the rising edge interpolator circuit and with the falling edge interpolator circuit to multiplex the phase shifted rising edge data signal and the phase shifted falling edge data signal into an output data signal responsive to a select signal; and a control circuit coupled with the select input of the multiplexer circuit to control production of the output data signal, wherein the control circuit is further coupled with both the rising edge interpolator circuit and the falling edge interpolator circuit to change the select signal to the multiplexer circuit at times determined by both the phase shifted rising edge data signal and the phase shifted falling edge data signal.
US10062406B2
A video masking processing method and a video masking processing apparatus using the same are provided. The video masking processing method photographs frames constituting a video, detects at least one masking area to be masked in the photographed frames, masks an image in the detected at least one masking area, inserts masking information including information on the masking into the photographed frame, and stores the frame which has undergone the masking and has the masking information inserted thereinto. Therefore, since images related to personal information in a photographed video are masked, a user does not infringe others' privacy in a video normally photographed by a CCTV or a dashboard camera.
US10062403B1
The magnetic tape device includes a magnetic tape; and a servo head, in which the servo head is a TMR head, the magnetic tape includes a servo pattern in the magnetic layer, a center line average surface roughness Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 2.0 nm, a logarithmic decrement acquired by a pendulum viscoelasticity test performed regarding the surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.050, and a ratio (Sdc/Sac) of an average area Sdc of a magnetic cluster of the magnetic tape in a DC demagnetization state and an average area Sac of a magnetic cluster thereof in an AC demagnetization state measured with a magnetic force microscope is 0.80 to 1.30.
US10062402B1
A manufacturing method for a waveguide includes forming a core including a first layer and a second layer. The first layer has a top surface including a first region with which a bottom surface of the second layer is in contact, and a second region with which the bottom surface of the second layer is not in contact. Forming the core includes the steps of: forming an initial first layer; forming an etching stopper layer on the second region of the initial first layer; forming an initial second layer on the initial first layer and the etching stopper layer; etching the initial second layer and the initial first layer so as to make the initial first layer into the first layer; and etching the initial second layer until the etching stopper layer is exposed, so as to make the initial second layer into the second layer.
US10062399B1
Some embodiments are directed to tape drive systems that oscillate the relative transverse position of the tape and magnetic head during seek operations (for example, by moving the head in the transverse direction). Some embodiments are directed to tape drive systems that select relative transverse position of the tape and magnetic head to counter uneven wear (for example, observed uneven wear, uneven wear predicted based on historical tape and drive usage data).
US10062387B2
Systems and methods for contacting emergency personnel via voice recognition are provided. Some methods include detecting and identifying, via the voice recognition, a first predetermined phrase, detemiining whether a second predetermined phrase is detected and identified, via the voice recognition, within a predetermined period of time after detection and identification of the first predetermined phrase, and when the second predetermined phrase is detected and identified within the predetermined period of time, contacting the emergency personnel.
US10062386B1
Techniques for indicating to a voice-controlled device that a user is going to provide a voice command to the device. In response to receiving such an indication, the device may prepare to process an audio signal based on sound captured by a microphone of the device for the purpose of identifying the voice command from the audio signal. For instance, a user may utilize a signaling device that includes a button that, when actuated, sends a signal that is received by the voice-controlled device. In response to receiving the signal, a microphone of the voice-controlled device may capture sound that is proximate to the voice-controlled device and may create an audio signal based on the sound. The voice-controlled device may then analyze the audio signal for a voice command of the user or may provide the audio signal to a remote service for identifying the command.
US10062379B2
Devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for adaptive beam forming are described herein. One or more embodiments include a method for adaptive beam forming, comprising: receiving a voice command at a number of microphones, determining an instruction based on the received voice command, calculating a confidence level of the determined instruction, determining feedback based on the confidence level of the determined instruction, and altering a beam of the number of microphones based on the feedback.
US10062373B2
A wireless earpiece includes a wireless earpiece housing, a processor disposed within the wireless earpiece housing, at least one microphone operatively connected to the processor, and at least one speaker operatively connected to the processor. The processor is configured to receive audio from the at least one microphone, perform processing of the audio to provide processed audio, and output the processed audio to the at least one speaker. The processing of the audio involves identifying body generated sounds generated by a body of a user of the wireless earpiece and removing the body generated sounds.
US10062362B2
A method for displaying information at a foldable electronic device having a secondary display that is exposed when the foldable electronic device is folded, the method comprising: obtaining, by a processor, information associated with an exposure of the secondary display; displaying a first content item on the secondary display based on a size of an exposed area of the secondary display; and updating the secondary display in response to detecting a change in the size of the exposed area of the secondary display.
US10062360B2
According to an example embodiment, a 3D providing set of shutter glasses are operated so as to extend their open times beyond a limited duration when the lighting source (e.g., backlighting unit) is providing light and to thus include in the image perceived by the user a proportional amount of ambient light that is directed to and through the shutter glasses during the extended opening time. In one embodiment, a timing control part determines an average grayscale value for each to be displayed image from the received image data and the timing control part correspondingly controls an open time for simultaneously opening the left eye shutter part and the right eye shutter part of the shutter glasses according to the determined average grayscale value of the image data.
US10062355B2
A system and a method for color optimization with a distal server displaying a virtual color image in the form of an image file having individual color values on its website, and with a proximal computer connected to the server and having a display unit, the computer displaying on its display unit the virtual color image of the server by way of an application program, products on the display unit in the most optimum colors possible. The system and method include a reference card having several differently colored translucent reference areas besides a transparent or translucent area or an opening and an application program that starts a routine on the server and/or on the computer.
US10062343B2
A control circuit (600) performs a first process in which it is controlled so that power is supplied to a liquid crystal panel (AA) from a power generation circuit (700), and a second process in which it is controlled so that the liquid crystal panel (AA) is driven based on an internal vertical synchronizing signal (Vs2) of which a frequency is higher than that of an external vertical synchronizing signal (Vs1), and a video center voltage (Dref) is applied to each pixel electrode (6) of the liquid crystal panel (AA), and performs a control so that the liquid crystal panel (AA) is driven based on the external vertical synchronizing signal (Vs1), after repeatedly performing the second process with respect to a plurality of the internal vertical synchronizing signals (Vs2), when a display control signal which instructs displaying of an image on the liquid crystal panel (AA) is supplied.
US10062330B2
An organic light-emitting display device having a pixel structure able to significantly improve threshold voltage compensation capability and range by compensating for a loss in a threshold voltage that would occur during operation.
US10062327B2
The present exemplary embodiments relate to measurement of a characteristic of a driving transistor and sensing driving therefor. Provided are a data driver, an organic light emitting display panel, an organic light emitting display device, and a driving method thereof which are capable of measuring characteristics of a driving transistor even at a data voltage which is not so high within a short sensing time by simultaneously sensing the characteristics of the driving transistors for two or more sub pixels, among a plurality of sub pixels commonly connected to the sensing lines, while measuring characteristics (for example, a threshold voltage or a mobility) of the driving transistor.
US10062326B2
Based on the results of detection of characteristics of drive transistors and organic EL elements, a control circuit finds magnitudes of threshold shifts of the drive transistors and the organic EL elements. A power supply voltage control unit sets a value of a low-level power supply voltage to a value lower, by a voltage value corresponding to an average value of the magnitudes of the threshold shifts for all pixels, than a value at an initial point in time. Furthermore, the power supply voltage control unit adjusts a value of a high-level power supply voltage, depending on magnitudes of mobilities obtained by detection of characteristics of the drive transistors.
US10062309B1
A safety sign device for a vehicle may include a first sign having proximal and distal ends, and a first hinge being coupled to the proximal end of the first sign, the first hinge being coupled to a side of the vehicle. The safety sign device may include a second hinge being coupled to the distal end of the first sign, a second sign having a medial portion coupled to the second hinge, and an arm coupled between the second sign and the side of the vehicle and configured to extend and retract the first and second signs between a retracted position and an extended position. The first and second signs may be transverse to each other in the extended position, and be flat against the side of the vehicle in the retracted position. The safety sign device may include a first flexible arm coupled to the first sign.
US10062301B2
An on-vehicle system for assessing an operator's efficiency of a vehicle, include sensors, an audiovisual display device, a processor and a data storage. The sensors measure or detect conditions of components of the vehicle, and convert the detected conditions into analog or digital information. The data storage stores program instructions, the analog or digital information from the sensors, and other data. The program instructions, when executed by the processor, control the on-vehicle system to determine a state of the vehicle within a vehicle's environment based on the analog or digital information from the sensors, determine whether one or more of a predetermined set of behaviors has occurred based on the determined state of a vehicle, assess performance of the determined one or more of the predetermined set of behaviors, and present the operator, via the audiovisual display device, a feedback based on the assessment.
US10062300B2
A modular learning device comprising of a base board having a frame with plurality of sides, a network of tracks having a spinal track and several other tracks; a plurality of sliding blocks; and a plurality of wisdom cards having an identifier section, a margin having same number of sides as the base board, a plurality of zones in the margin, and a middle area, a solution code for the problems or situations, each wisdom card containing different problems or situations, and an indicator for each problem or situation, for generating the solution code. The wisdom card may be on academic, linguistic, cultural and behavioral subjects, including situations for persons with physical or mental constraints. A plurality of base boards can be unified by a complementary construction to use combination wisdom cards for cross learning of two or more subjects and for learning several languages together.
US10062298B2
An open hardware education kit is provided. The open hardware education kit comprises an expansion board. The expansion board comprises a plurality of metal terminals joinable with a magnet, a plurality of conductive connection wires respectively connected with the metal terminals, and a plurality of pin headers respectively connected with the connection wires. The plurality of pin headers are joinable with an expansion header of open hardware.
US10062287B2
A system and method for navigating a vehicle through a mining environment to a target destination is presented. The system and method may be utilized to avoid contention in the mining environment. A route through the mining environment to the target destination for the vehicle is identified and a first speed profile for at least a portion of the route is determined. A potential contention condition associated with the route is identified and the potential contention condition along the route is used to determine a second speed profile for at least a portion of the route. An optimized speed profile is determined using the first speed profile and the second speed profile, and at least a portion of the optimized speed profile is communicated to the vehicle.
US10062279B2
A method to alert traffic light at an intersection in a vehicle is provided. The method comprises determining a driver intent related to a vehicle driving direction; determining a traffic light status corresponding to the driver intent; determining an alert position in the vehicle based on the driver intent; and illuminating the alert position with at least a first designated color based on the traffic light status.
US10062275B2
A control system for equipment wherein a control unit which acts remotely in relation to the equipment runs an application for the control of the equipment, the equipment not having a data store for the application. The control unit especially obtains circuit data which the equipment comprises, for controlling operation of the equipment, and addresses the circuit via a wireless connection in order to transmit, to the equipment, control data in accordance with the obtained circuit data and relating to the running of the application by means of the control unit.
US10062272B2
Method for testing a rotor blade ice detection system for a wind turbine, the rotor blade ice detection system being configured to output a warning in the event of icing of a rotor blade being monitored, the method having the following steps of: acquiring data relating to a rotor blade to be monitored, providing at least one value of an operating and/or environmental parameter, modifying the at least one value provided in such a manner that the at least one modified value differs from an actual value of the parameter, evaluating the data relating to the rotor blade to be monitored and the at least one modified value via the rotor blade ice detection system, and testing whether the rotor blade ice detection system outputs a warning.
US10062271B2
A method for operating a consumer communication device is described including receiving content from a service provider, determining if the received content is an emergency alert system notification and communicating the emergency alert system notification to a communication device, if the received content is the emergency alert system notification. Further described is a method for operating an enhanced detection device including receiving an emergency alert system notification, determining if the emergency alert system notification is communicated best by means of sounding an alarm or by means of vocalizing the emergency alert system notification and communicating the emergency alert system notification through a protected structure by means of initiating an alarm or by means of verbalizing the emergency alert system notification.
US10062264B2
A customer terminal (1.000) is adapted to communicate with an alarm system (1.002), and includes: a customer terminal processor (4.019); customer terminal memory associated with the customer terminal processor (4.056); one or more external communication network interfaces (4.015, 4.214, 4.018.2); at least a first local communication interface adapted to connect with an alarm system (4.026, 4.062); wherein the customer terminal memory includes a web server (4.018) adapted to communicate with a remote device (2.030) via at least one external communication network (2.022, 2.024); the customer terminal being adapted to convert instructions in a first format from the remote device to an alarm system format suitable for reception by the alarm system via at least the first local communication interface.
US10062262B2
Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement people metering enhanced with light projection prompting for audience measurement are disclosed. Example metering methods disclosed herein include determining whether a meter is to enter a first prompting mode. Disclosed example metering methods also include, in response to determining the meter is to enter the first prompting mode, activating a light projector to project light onto an external surface of a display screen of a media device. Disclosed example metering methods further include, after the light projector is activated, deactivating the light projector in response to determining the meter is to exit the first prompting mode.
US10062261B2
A system and related methods for detecting precursors prior to the formation of odor-causing compounds in a water heater appliance. A sulfate probe including a sulfate-selective electrode is in operative communication with a voltage sensor sensing open circuit potential between the water heater tank and the sulfate sensor probe. A method of alerting a consumer includes monitoring open circuit potential between a water heater tank and a sulfate sensor probe, evaluating the open circuit potential to determine a concentration of an odor precursor, and issuing an alert when the odor precursor concentration reaches a predetermined amount.
US10062256B1
An integrated lighting and notification system includes a light fixture connected to an electrical power supply, a camera, a control unit, and a trigger device. The electrical power supply provides electrical power to the light source unit and the camera. The control unit transmits a signal via a network in response to receiving a signal transmitted by the trigger device.
US10062254B1
Systems and methods for intrusion detection, including an intrusion detection device configured to send a light source to a retroreflector and receive reflected light from the retroreflector. An alarm is activated if the light source is not detected by the intrusion detection device. The intrusion detection device includes a computing device coupled to a preamplifier, a superregenerative receiver, and a digitizer.
US10062244B2
An electronic device including a sensor, a first processor, and a second processor and a method for associating data with time information are provided. The method includes including receiving a notification signal corresponding to the data from the first processor, determining time information and first identification information that correspond to the notification signal in response to the reception, receiving the data and second identification information corresponding to the notification signal from the first processor, associating the data with the time information at least based on the first identification information and the second identification information, and providing the data associated with the time information to an application. Other various embodiments may also be possible.
US10062242B2
A checkout system includes a plurality of settlement apparatuses and a registration apparatus. The registration apparatus includes a scanner, a storage unit, a communication interface, and a processor. The processor controls the scanner, the storage unit and the communication interface to identify a commodity corresponding to a scanned code, generate the settlement information, and transmit the settlement information to a selected one of the plurality of settlement apparatuses. The selected one of the plurality of settlement apparatuses determines, with respect to itself, whether a settlement processing is currently being performed and whether a settlement processing was completed within a preceding predetermined amount of time. Based on the determination, the selected one of the plurality of settlement apparatuses performs one of the settlement processing with respect to the received settlement information and transmission of the settlement information to another one of the plurality of settlement apparatuses.
US10062227B2
A vehicle inventory system may include a passive entry system configured to authenticate a key fob and including at least one antenna and a controller operably arranged with the at least one antenna. The controller causes, during a tag challenge period, the at least one antenna to transmit at least one tag challenge. The tag challenge period is initiated based on an end of a key fob challenge period. The controller further receives a tag response to the challenge indicative of a tag in the vicinity of the vehicle.
US10062217B2
The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for localizing a 3D modeled object in a 3D scene, the method comprising a positioning of the 3D modeled object in the 3D scene, the positioning being performed following an algorithm that rewards, for each of first couples made of two 3D points of the 3D modeled object and their respective associated normal vectors, a match with a respective second couple made of two 3D point of the 3D scene and its respective associated normal vectors, the match between the first couple and the second couple amounting to a substantial equality between the value of a descriptor for the first couple and the value of the descriptor for the second couple, the descriptor being variable under mirror symmetries. This improves the localizing a 3D modeled object in a 3D scene.
US10062207B2
A method for reconstructing a three-dimensional model of point clouds includes following steps: a, scanning to obtain point clouds of an object required for a three-dimensional model reconstruction; b, analyzing quality of the obtained point clouds; c, computing a new scanning view based on the analyzed point clouds; d, scanning according to the new scanning view and updating the point clouds of step a based on point clouds obtained by the scanning according to the new scanning view in real time; and e, reconstructing a three-dimensional model according to the point clouds updated in real time. The invention further relates to a system for reconstructing a three-dimensional model of point clouds. The invention can realize full automatic reconstruction of a three-dimensional model and create a model of point clouds with high quality. In addition, the invention is easy to implement and can achieve high efficiency.
US10062203B2
One embodiment of the invention disclosed herein provides techniques for voxelizing a mesh representation associated with a three-dimensional model to generate a volumetric model. A model filling engine associated with a voxelization system identifies a first voxel included in a voxel grid array that intersects with the mesh representation. The model filling engine selects a second voxel at an exterior boundary of the voxel grid array that is not identified as a boundary voxel. The model filling engine marks the second voxel as an exterior voxel. The model filling engine marks all unmarked voxels that are adjacent to the second voxel as exterior voxels. The model filling engine marks all remaining voxels as interior voxels. A model finishing engine associated with the voxelization system generates a volumetric model based at least in part on the first voxel.
US10062202B2
A method for generating a computer model of a composite component includes generating a surface mesh based on a ply drop region and a ply curved surface and generating node data including a plurality of node points relative to the ply drop region. The method also includes receiving composite data relating to a plurality of composite plies and generating a three dimensional model based on the composite data. The method further includes receiving layup table information and applying the node data, based on the layup table information, to generate a curve through a center of the surface mesh to define a plurality of element sets. The method also includes receiving composite draping data and determining, based on the draping data, where each element set intersects the three dimensional model. The method also includes analyzing an angle deviation of the plies based on the intersection of the element sets.
US10062198B2
System and methods for computer animations of 3D models of heads generated from images of faces is disclosed. A 2D captured image that includes an image of a face can be received and used to generate a static 3D model of a head. A rig can be fit to the static 3D model to generate an animation-ready 3D generative model. Sets of rigs can be parameters that each map to particular sounds. These mappings can be used to generate a playlists of sets of rig parameters based upon received audio content. The playlist may be played in synchronization with an audio rendition of the audio content.
US10062196B2
An information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to specify, with respect to image data including a plurality of image objects each having an attribute. The processing circuitry is further configured to identify all image objects having the specified attribute from among the plurality of image objects, and to create, for each of the identified image objects with the same attribute, an additional object that has an identical shape to the image object and that is to be superimposed on the image object.
US10062189B2
A system and method are provided for displaying a data series. In one embodiment, a graphical interface is provided including at least one axis that is divided into a plurality of axis regions. Preferably, each axis region uses a different linear scale, and the plurality of axis regions forms a continuous non-linear scale. The graphical interface also displays the data series in relation to the plurality of axis regions, and the data series is plotted in relation to each axis region based on a scale resolution corresponding to each respective axis region.
US10062179B2
1. A medical data processing method of determining information describing the probable position of a neural fiber in a patient's brain, the method comprising the following steps which are constituted to be executed by a computer: a) acquiring patient-specific medical image data describing the brain of the patient; b) acquiring atlas data defining an image-based model of a human brain; c) determining, based on the patient-specific medical image data and the atlas data, seed region data describing seed regions (A, B) in the patient-specific medical image data in which the ends of neural fibers of the patient's brain may be located; d) determining, based on the patient-specific medical image data and the seed region data, neural fiber tract data describing a plurality of potential tracts (T1, T2, T3) which a specific neural fiber may take through the patient's brain; e) determining, based on the atlas data and the neural fiber tract data, a figure of merit for each one of the potential tracts (T1, T2, T3).
US10062178B2
The invention relates to an apparatus, a system and a method of locating a location of a portable device using coded light, the portable device comprising an image sensor and an inertial measurement unit, the method comprising: obtaining a first image comprising the coded light source from the image sensor and substantially simultaneously obtaining orientation information indicative of the orientation of the portable device or the image sensor from the inertial measurement unit; obtaining light source specific information in the form of: an identifier that allows retrieval of a three-dimensional location of the coded light source or a three-dimensional location of the coded light source; and computing the location of the portable device or image sensor based on the orientation information, a predetermined height estimate of the portable device or image sensor and the light source specific information.
US10062170B2
According to one general aspect, an apparatus for extracting an object includes an image receiver configured to receive an image; a coupled saliency-map generator configured to generate a coupled saliency-map which is the sum of the product of a global saliency-map of the image and a predetermined weight value and a local saliency-map; an adaptive tri-map generator configured to generate an adaptive tri-map corresponding to the coupled saliency-map; an alpha matte generator configured to generate an alpha matte based on the adaptive tri-map; and an object detector configured to extract an object according to transparency of the alpha matte to generate an object image.
US10062152B2
A method for using a computing device for modifying a lower dynamic range image to a higher dynamic range image is described. According to the method, a lower dynamic range image including a plurality of pixels is analyzed by estimating a dark channel of the plurality of pixels of the lower dynamic range image. A histogram of the dark channel is analyzed by determining the brightest peak and a local minima of the histogram. Using the local minima of the histogram as a threshold for specular highlight determination, a binary mask for specular highlight determination is computed. A final mask is created by multiplying the luminance value of the lower dynamic range image with the binary mask. The final mask is then used to determine the higher dynamic range image. A system for converting a lower dynamic range image to a higher dynamic range image displays the higher dynamic range image on a higher dynamic range display.
US10062147B1
Firmware interfaces scale a fixed-font utilized by the firmware interfaces to display glyphs of the fixed-font at a native resolution or a preferred resolution of a display. A conversion factor is generated for scaling the glyphs of the font using the native resolution or the preferred resolution. The glyphs may be scaled using the conversion factor. The scaled glyphs may be stored and utilized to display text of the firmware interface in the native resolution or the preferred resolution.
US10062135B2
A method and apparatus for managing operation of graphics processing units in a computer system. A processing thread in the computer system controls processing of a set of sinogram data by a graphics processing unit to form a set of graphics data. An output thread in the computer system controls writing of the set of graphics data to a storage system. The graphics processing unit is available to perform processing of another set of sonogram data while the set of graphics data is written to the storage system such that the increased availability of a plurality of graphics processing units is present.
US10062130B2
In various implementations, a digital media recording is received from a user for conversion into an authenticated instrument of an oral agreement. The digital media recording is embedded into an electronic agreement document that is configured to represent an instrument of the oral contract terms between two or more contracting parties. The digital media recording forms a content portion of the electronic agreement document, which is reviewed by each of the contracting parties. A playback status associated with the content portion is monitored to determine that each of the contracting parties have substantially reviewed the terms of the agreement. Upon determining that the content portion has been substantially reviewed by all parties, the contracting parties are requested to electronically sign the electronic agreement document.
US10062119B2
Prevented planting (PP), where wet conditions during the planting season prevent access to farmed fields, costs the United States an average of many hundreds of millions of dollars in crop losses each year. Crop insurance indemnifies most of the losses of PP on farmed land in the US. This system, method, and product uses Earth observation satellite data and geographic information system technology to provide automated PP crop-loss adjusting performed digitally to enhance crop loss adjusting efficiency, reduce loss-adjusting costs, assess crop losses across large geographic regions to forecast financial set asides to meet claim payouts, and parse data to all interested parties.
US10062110B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for calculating a housing volatility index. An exemplary embodiment includes accessing stored property value data reflecting first values of real estate properties during a first time period and second values of the real estate properties during a second time period. The second time period may be subsequent to the first time period. The property value data may be processed to identify the first values and the second values, and time intervals between dates of the first values and dates of the second values may be calculated. Value changes of the real estate properties over the time intervals may also be calculated, based on the first values and the second values. A volatility measure for the real estate properties may be determined based on the value changes of the real estate properties over the time intervals, and the volatility measure may be output to a user.
US10062109B1
A payment system can determine when a business need for a merchant is expected to occur. The payment system can also determine whether the merchant is eligible for financing for a financing amount. Once a determination is made that the merchant is eligible for the financing, the payment system can send the merchant a notification describing the expected business need along with an offer for the financing, which may be presented in an interface on a merchant device. The merchant can accept the offer for the financing by sending an acceptance to the payment system. Upon accepting the offer, the merchant is provided the financing amount, for example, in the form of an electronic deposit in a financial account of the merchant.
US10062101B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system for maximizing the propensity of content consumption according to content complexity and content consumption time. During operation, the system receives a request from a user to access a content feed. Based on a time of receipt, the system identifies a current seasonality that corresponds to reading habits of the user during a time period encompassing the time of receipt. The system then accesses a profile for the user to obtain a reading speed of the user and the reading habits of the user for the current seasonality. Next, the system: identifies a subset of content items; estimates a reading session length; and determines a complexity, with regard to the user, for each content item. The system then creates the content feed by ordering the subset of content items according to the reading session length and the complexity of each content item.
US10062095B2
Disclosed are apparatus and method for facilitating a purchase in conjunction with media content information. The apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a transmission of media content, information regarding the content, and information for facilitating a purchase of at least one of a copy of the content, a good, and/or a service. The content may include broadcast media content and entertainment media content. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to process the information regarding the content and the information for facilitating a purchase of the copy of the content, the good, and/or the service. The apparatus also includes a display device for displaying information.
US10062094B2
Information about a product advertised on a web page is presented separately, but concurrently, with the content of the web page, to avoid having to navigate away from the web page. The information may be automatically presented in a banner that is displayed adjacent the content of the web page. Controls on the banner initiate the display of further information, and/or enable purchase of the product, while maintaining the web page content in view on the browser. Alternatively, the display of the product information may be triggered by user selection of a link associated with that product. The information about the product may appear in an overlay sheet displayed in front of the original web page. The user can interact with controls on the sheet to initiate purchase or download of the product, or can dismiss the overlay sheet to continue viewing the content of the web page.
US10062092B1
Application content information is obtained from a mobile device application server. An ad server log includes at least application identifiers for applications that have requested advertisements from an ad network. If identifying information included in the application content information is the same as an application identifier found in the ad server log, the application content information is analyzed to determine whether the corresponding mobile device application is appropriate to be served an advertisement, based on predetermined content criteria. An application registry includes a database of mobile device applications that are registered in the ad network. The application registry record for a mobile device application is updated to indicate the determined appropriateness of the mobile device application corresponding to the analyzed application content information.
US10062088B2
An advertisement distribution device includes: an arrangement position acquisition unit configured to acquire an arrangement position on a display screen of a terminal to display advertisement information; an attention degree index extracting unit configured to extract an attention degree index of the arrangement position based on acquisition of a specific position on the display screen and an attention degree index of the specific position; an arrangement position ranking unit configured to rank a plurality of arrangement positions based on a plurality of attention degree indices extracted by the attention degree index extracting unit; a distribution information ranking unit configured to rank a plurality of pieces of advertisement information based on a predetermined ranking process; and a distribution unit configured to distribute the plurality of pieces of advertisement information based on the ranks of the plurality of pieces of advertisement information and the ranks of the plurality of arrangement positions.
US10062070B2
Example embodiments enable a server-side value stored in an electronic money server to be transmitted automatically to a mobile terminal prior to payment. This enables payments when a payment terminal only processes payments based on the terminal-side value balance. An asynchronous payment terminal emits ultrasonic waves indicating that the payment terminal is not compatible with payment processes on the basis of a server-side balance. If the mobile terminal determines that the volume of the detected ultrasonic waves corresponds to a received ultrasonic wave pattern that appears while the mobile terminal is near the ultrasonic wave emission source, the mobile terminal transmits a value shift request to an electronic money server that then subtracts a predetermined amount from the server-side value balance, and transmits amount change information which increases the terminal-side value balance by that predetermined amount. An IC module then updates (increases) the terminal-side value balance.
US10062054B2
A method, apparatus, and system are directed towards seeding a user's contacts for their online social network. The invention is arranged to automatically recommend to the user a set of seed contacts that the user may employ to invite to join their social network. The set of seed contacts may be harvested from the user's existing portal activities, as well as other sources. In one embodiment, the invention analyzes portal activity, such as email exchanges with the user, and the like, to determine a frequency of contact with the user. Other sources may include but not be limited to emails, names within an address book of the user, names within an address book of another person, a buddy list, an instant messaging list, an activity, a mailing list, an online discussion group, a membership in a category, chat group, and the like.
US10062045B2
Prioritization of project workspaces is provided herein. Data items are grouped into project workspaces based on workspace identifiers with which the data items have been tagged. Grouped data items included in a project workspace are tagged with a common workspace identifier that indicates association with a project corresponding to the project workspace, the project including tasks for a user. Priority of the project workspace is determined relative to priority of other project workspaces and based on ascertaining priorities of the tasks of the project by analyzing the grouped data items included in the project workspace. An indication of the priority of the project workspace relative to priority of the other project workspaces is provided for graphical presentation to the user, in order to facilitate focusing the user to a highest priority project workspace of the project workspaces.
US10062036B2
In one embodiment, a network device receives metrics regarding a path in the network. A predictive model is generated using the received metrics and is operable to predict available bandwidth along the path for a particular type of traffic. A determination is made as to whether a confidence score for the predictive model is below a confidence threshold associated with the particular type of traffic. The device obtains additional data regarding the path based on a determination that the confidence score is below the confidence threshold. The predictive model is updated using the additional data regarding the path.
US10062033B2
Approaches are described for discovering a formation associated with an agent group engaging in an activity over a window of time. A formation analysis system computes first and second results for an objective function based on first and second sets of role assignments for each agent in the agent group at first and second moments in time, respectively. The formation analysis system iterates by: replacing the first set of role assignments with the second set of role assignments, and determining whether completion criteria have been met based at least in part on comparing the first result with the second result. If the completion criteria have not been met, then the formation analysis system replaces the second set of role assignments with a third set of role assignments that associate each agent in the first agent group with a different role assignment in the third set of role assignments at a third moment in time. If the completion criteria have been met, then the formation analysis system determines the first formation based on the second result.
US10062027B2
A golf ball includes an RFID tag provided with an IC chip and an antenna. A protective layer surrounds the outer periphery of the RFID tag. A core surrounds the outer periphery of the protective layer. A cover surrounds the outer periphery of the core. The protective layer is formed by a material having a hardness equal to or more than 30 in Shore D. Further, the diameter of the protective layer is 3 to 30 millimeters, and the outer shape of the protective layer has an approximately spherical shape.
US10062026B2
A radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder may include a substrate and a device. The substrate may be in communication with a controller and an antenna, and the antenna is arranged to receive radio frequency signals. A first side surface of the substrate may include a capacitor. The device may be detachably coupled with the substrate via a conductive member positioned between the structure and the capacitor of the substrate, and the conductive member may be within a desired proximity of the capacitor. The structure may be attached to an attachment surface so that an attachment strength between the structure and the attachment surface may be greater than a force required to decouple the structure from the substrate. When the structure is decoupled from the substrate, the conductive member separates from the capacitor, disabling the transponder.
US10062021B2
A printing apparatus is provided with a plurality of analyzing units, and a control unit. Each of the plurality of analyzing units analyzes each of different pages of print data, and notifies an error in a case that an analysis error occurs. The control unit receives the error notification from the analyzing unit, at which the analysis error occurs, among the plurality of analyzing units. And, the control unit notifies a cancel to another analyzing unit at which the analysis error does not occur. The control unit is further configured to notify, on a condition that a printing of all pages before a page at which the analysis error occurs is completed, the cancel to the another analyzing unit.
US10062020B2
According to one example, there is provided a method of processing content data representing content to be printed. The method comprises obtaining content data representing content to be printed, and generating raised print data from the content data, the raised print data representing areas of the content to be formed as raised print.
US10062013B2
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of image processing. The method comprises receiving image data comprising a set of feature vectors of a first dimensionality, the feature vectors corresponding to a class of objects. A variable projection is applied to each feature vector in the set of feature vectors to generate a set of projected vectors of a second dimensionality. The method then comprises processing the set of projected vectors to generate a model for the class of objects. A projection is applied to the model to generate an object classification model, of the first dimensionality, for the class of objects.
US10062002B2
Technologies for multi-channel feature detection include a computing device to determine a filter response of each image channel of a multi-channel image for one or more image filters. The computing device determines a local differentiating color vector based on the filter responses, applies the filter responses to the local differentiating color vector to generate an adapted response, and determines a total response of the multi-channel image based on the adapted response.
US10062001B2
A method for segmenting an image containing handwritten text into line segments and word segments. The image is horizontally down sampled at a first ratio. Connected regions in the down-sampled image are detected; horizontal neighboring ones are merged to form lines, to segment the original image into line images. Each line image is horizontally down sampled at a second ratio which is smaller than the first ratio. Connected regions in the down-sampled line image are detected to obtain potential word segmentation positions. A path is a way of dividing the line at some or all of the potential word segmentation positions into multiple path segments; for each of all possible paths, word recognition is applied to each path segment to calculate a word recognition score, and an average word recognition score for the path is calculated; the path with the highest score gives the final word segmentation.
US10061998B2
A system that provides an improved way of scheduling a plurality of imaging tasks in a medical imaging system is disclosed. The system enables a user (i.e. a technician or medical expert) to group different imaging tasks and executes them simultaneously to significantly reduce scan time. These imaging tasks are of different types or are related to different imaging techniques. If different imaging tasks need to be performed substantially at the same location and have substantially same scan time then they can be scheduled simultaneously so that overall scan time can be reduced.
US10061996B1
The present invention comprises capturing an image of a subject to be authenticated; a step of face verification; followed by the process steps of a scan line detection test, a specular reflection detection test, and a chromatic moment and color diversity feature analysis test in no particular order. The method requires a subject to present her face before a camera, which can be the built-in or peripheral camera of e.g. a mobile communication device or a mobile computing device. The method also requires displaying to the subject certain instructions and the real-time video feedback of the subject face on a display screen, which can be the built-in or peripheral display screen of the mobile communication device or mobile computing device.
US10061992B2
There is provided an image display system. An imaging device is provided for a vehicle and configured to capture a partial area of surroundings of the vehicle. A display device is provided for a head-mounted device, which is to be mounted to user's head, and has a display screen. The display screen is disposed at a position that is within a front viewing field of a user wearing the head-mounted device. A control device is configured to display an image captured by the imaging device on the display screen.
US10061987B2
Whether a not a given video includes video content of other videos is determined by evaluating video content as well as video content transitions over time of videos. One or more fingerprints of the video are created and used to match against reference fingerprints of reference videos to identify candidate videos that is likely to have matching video content as an input video. After a candidate video is identified, a likelihood of the candidate video and an input video having matching video content is evaluated. A confidence score based on the evaluation of video content as well as video content transitions over time for a pair of videos including the input video and a candidate video is generated. When the confidence score exceeds a threshold score, it is determined that the pair of videos is likely to include the matching video content.
US10061982B2
The present invention relates to a hand-attachable wearable device capable of iris identification outdoors and/or indoors, which includes an electronic component case and a band covering a wrist or a finger, and particularly, to a hand-attachable wearable device capable of iris identification outdoors and/or indoors, which includes an indoor and outdoor-combined photographing unit or an indoor and outdoor-separated photographing unit installed at one side of the case, which is used for photographing an iris image in which reflection noise is reduced indoors and outdoors, an infrared lighting installed at one side of the case and required for photographing the iris image clearly, and an iris recognition unit performing the iris recognition by comparing registered and stored iris image information and photographed iris image information.
US10061981B2
A method of validating the authenticity of a ticket including a unique ticket identifier generated at an issuing terminal in accordance with a confidential algorithm is provided. The method includes receiving one or more identification variable values expressed with respect to a first coordinate measurement domain, the one or more identification variable values enabling the location of ticket verification information within the unique ticket identifier to be determined, using a coordinate transform function configured to map coordinate values from the first coordinate measurement domain to a second coordinate measurement domain to calculate one or more values of the one or more received identification variable values with respect to the second coordinate measurement domain, extracting the verification information from the unique ticket identifier on the basis of the calculated identification variable values, and verifying the authenticity of the ticket on the basis of the extracted verification information.
US10061979B2
There provides an apparatus for recognizing a head region in a CT lateral image of a subject, comprising: a deriving unit for deriving a first image representing a bone of the subject from the CT lateral image; an extracting unit for extracting a boundary curve indicating an outer contour of a region comprising at least part of the occipital bone and at least part of the cervical vertebra of the subject in the first image; and a determining unit for determining a first pixel position indicating a bottommost point of the head region of the subject, based on a shape feature parameter of the boundary curve.
US10061976B2
The disclosure relates to a device for capturing person-specific data of a person, wherein the person-specific data comprises a facial image of the person, wherein the device has a camera for recording the facial image of the person, a lighting apparatus, and a semi-transparent mirror, wherein the semi-transparent mirror is arranged between the person and the camera, wherein the semi-transparent mirror is oriented such that, on the side of the semi-transparent mirror facing towards the person, the optical path of light incident on the semi-transparent mirror is parallel to the optical path of the portion of this light reflected back by the semi-transparent mirror, wherein the lighting apparatus is used to illuminate the person from the front, wherein the device also has a control unit for capturing an image, by generating light by means of the lighting apparatus in order to illuminate the face of the person and, during the illumination, capturing a first image of the face of the person by means of the camera, capturing a second image of the face of the person by means of the camera without generation of the light, forming a first differential image of the first image and the second image, wherein in the first differential image the face of the person is freed from the background, wherein the person-specific data comprises the first differential image as the facial image.
US10061967B2
A fan-out semiconductor package includes: a first connection member having a through-hole; a semiconductor chip disposed in the through-hole of the first connection member and having an active surface with connection pads disposed thereon and an inactive surface opposing the active surface; an encapsulant encapsulating at least portions of the first connection member and the semiconductor chip; and a second connection member disposed on the first connection member and the semiconductor chip. The first connection member and the second connection member respectively include first redistribution layers and second redistribution layers electrically connected to the connection pads and formed of one or more layers, at least one of the first redistribution layers is disposed between a plurality of insulating layers of the first connection member, and at least one of the second redistribution layers includes sensor patterns recognizing a fingerprint.
US10061965B2
A fingerprint sensing unit includes a carrier substrate, a fingerprint sensing chip on an upper surface of the carrier substrate, a molding layer, a light-pervious cover layer on the molding layer, and an adhesive layer between the light-pervious cover layer and the molding layer. The fingerprint sensing chip is electrically connected to the carrier substrate. The molding layer covers the fingerprint sensing chip.
US10061963B2
An acoustic fingerprint imaging system having a plurality of acoustic elements, each acoustic element including a transducer, and independent drive and sense circuitry is disclosed. Drive circuitry may require higher voltage than low voltage sense circuitry. Many embodiments described herein include a ground shifting controller to apply a voltage bias to the low voltage sense circuitry during a drive operation, in order to prevent electrical damage to the sense circuitry.
US10061958B2
Methods for determining whether a mark is genuine are described. According to various implementations, a computing device (or logic circuitry thereof) receives (e.g., via a camera or via a communication network) an image of a candidate mark (e.g., a one-dimensional or two-dimensional barcode), uses the image to make measurements of a characteristic of a feature of the candidate mark, resulting in a profile for that feature. The computing device filters out, from the feature profile, all spatial frequency components that are indicated to be sibling frequency components. In some embodiments, the computing device carries out the reverse procedure, and filters out all spatial frequency components except for those indicated to be sibling frequency components.
US10061957B2
Various implementations described herein are directed to a method for recording, by a device, identifying information of a plurality of components of a photovoltaic (PV) installation. The method may record, by the device, at least one of timestamps or locations corresponding to each component of the plurality of components. The method may generate, based on the identifying information, timestamps, and locations, a map of the PV installation.
US10061939B1
In an example embodiment, a number of buckets is determined for an empirical histogram of confidential data values submitted to a computer system. The empirical histogram for the confidential data values is computed. Posterior distribution endpoints corresponding to the computed empirical histogram endpoints of the empirical histogram are computed. Then an interval between the posterior distribution endpoints is divided into the determined number of buckets, producing a smoothed histogram based on the posterior distribution. A weight factor is determined based on a ratio between a number of valid entries in a cohort of the confidential data values and a threshold used to determine whether smoothing needs to be performed. Linear interpolation of bucket endpoints is performed for the empirical histogram and the smoothed histogram, using the weight factor to weight the empirical histogram.
US10061936B1
In an embodiment, a computing system, such as a monitoring computer, receives a request from a user to monitor an account of the user with an online service provider. The request may include personal information and user preferences for one or more protective actions. The system periodically monitors external data sources for indications of changes to personal information associated with the account, and detects changes or attempted changes to personal information associated with the account. The system may determine risk levels associated with detected changes or attempted changes, and transmit a notification to the user via a communication channel selected based on the determined risk level and/or the user preferences. The system may also initiate protective actions, so that further unauthorized access to the account may be prevented.
US10061933B1
An exemplary mobile computing device, including a memory device for storing a control policy defining a functional configuration of the mobile computing device; and a processor configured to place the mobile computing device in one of one of plural states based on a validation result of the control policy.
US10061932B1
Systems and methods for encrypting an unencrypted data set within a file are provided. The disclosed systems and methods can be configured to create a ciphertext object within the existing data structures of a native file format. The systems and methods enable the secure copying data between multiple applications while displaying a revealed form of the data to a user.
US10061931B2
An image processing apparatus capable of reducing the frequency of a user's inputting work for authentication information to improve the convenience. When the number of the logged-in users is one, the logged-in user is set as an executor of the predetermined function, and when the number of the logged-in users is two or more, the user is caused to select one of the logged-in users to set the selected one as the executor of the predetermined function.
US10061929B2
Convenient sharing of information among authorized network users may be facilitated by allowing a user to send information originating from multiple applications in aggregate form to another user, e.g., using a secure messaging service. In scenarios where data access is restricted, a server may check the recipient's access privileges prior to forwarding the information to her.
US10061920B2
The present invention relates to a secure platform implementing dynamic countermeasures in relation with the execution of a code, said secure platform having at least a security sensor, a countermeasure controller and countermeasure means. According to the invention, said countermeasure controller includes at least one security sensor flag able to take at least two sensor flag values depending on the output of the security sensor, a table storing N possible security configuration for the countermeasures, a random generator to generate a random configuration value, a decision function using the sensor flag value and the random configuration value to determine a security configuration in the table to be executed by countermeasure means.
US10061919B2
Computing platform security methods and apparatus are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a security application to configure a security task, the security task to detect a malicious element on a computing platform, the computing platform including a central processing unit and a graphics processing unit; and an offloader to determine whether the central processing unit or the graphics processing unit is to execute the security task; and when the graphics processing unit is to execute the security task, offload the security task to the graphics processing unit for execution.
US10061918B2
In one embodiment, a processor comprises: a first storage including a plurality of entries to store an address of a portion of a memory in which information has been modified; a second storage to store an identifier of a process for which information is to be stored into the first storage; and a first logic to identify a modification to a first portion of the memory and store a first address of the first portion of the memory in a first entry of the first storage, responsive to a determination that a current identifier of a current process corresponds to the identifier stored in the second storage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10061915B1
Systems and methods for providing computer system monitoring as a service of a computing resource service provider, monitoring capacity computer system of a customer of the computing resource service provider, and based on the request, launching a monitoring agent in a protected execution environment in which the monitoring agent is configured to generate an assessment of the computer system and provide the assessment of the computer system.
US10061914B2
The present disclosure relates to receiving a request for recovery of an account associated with a user, sending a CAPTCHA challenge to a user device associated with the user, receiving an answer to the CAPTCHA challenge and a confirmation code wrapped by an encryption key derived from a provisional master password, sending a notification of the request for recovery to one or more trusted entities associated with the user, and receiving a confirmation of the request from one or more of the trusted entities. The confirmation includes a recovery token associated with the particular trusted entity and an encrypted confirmation code.
US10061909B2
A method of authenticating a user on a mobile device includes gathering samples of behavioral data of the user from multiple sensors of the mobile device, each sensor generating a different number of samples. The method also includes normalizing the samples to have a same number of samples for each sensor. The method further includes extracting, with a convolutional neural network, features from the normalized samples and authenticating the user based on the extracted features.
US10061904B2
There is a performing of digital rights management (DRM), operable in an offline mode with respect to a communications network. The performing includes identifying a stored rights object associated with a stored asset. The stored rights object includes reporting duration information associated with the stored asset. The performing also includes determining, utilizing a processor, whether a transmission of an early status message is a successful communication based on an early status message determination. If a failure in communicating the early status message is determined, utilizing the stored asset. The performing may also include transmitting an early status message and/or later status message after identifying the stored rights object. There is also a performing of digital rights management (DRM) associated with a DRM system and operable in an offline mode with respect to a communications network. There are also client devices, communicating systems, computer readable mediums and protocols.
US10061899B2
A home therapy machine is configured to perform a home therapy on a patient at a home or dwelling of the patient. The home therapy machine includes at least one processor operating a connectivity agent having an activated mode and a deactivated mode. When the connectivity agent is in the activated mode, the at least one processor is able to send data to and receive data from a system hub. When the connectivity agent is in the deactivated mode, the at least one processor is not able to send data to or receive data from the system hub. The home therapy machine further includes a user interface configured to receive a patient selection of a device program received from the system hub and at least one pump under control of the at least one processor for performing the home therapy according to the selected device program.
US10061897B2
An example method includes: classifying lung function risk based on patient attributes and a clinical protocol; generating alarms and incentives for compliance with the clinical protocol based on patient attributes, clinical protocol, and patient lung function risk; determining an orientation and position of a clinical device based on tagged feature(s) of the clinical device compared to identified patient feature(s); monitoring patient interaction with the clinical device; identifying a deviation from the clinical protocol based on the monitored patient interaction, a patient biometric indicator, and a desired setpoint state in the protocol; when a deviation is identified, providing feedback proportional to the deviation, the feedback including an adjustment with respect to the clinical protocol and/or the clinical device; and triggering at least one alarm and/or incentive based on deviation and feedback, wherein the alarm/incentives differs based on whether and to what extent deviation is identified and feedback.
US10061885B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to determining a layout of a racetrack that forms part of a radio frequency (RF) isolation structure of a packaged module and forming the resulting RF isolation structures. Based on electromagnetic interference data for a module, an area of the module that is less sensitive to external radiation is identified. A racetrack layout can be determined based on identifying the area that is less sensitive to external radiation. The racetrack layout can include a narrowed section in the area that is less sensitive to external radiation or a break in the area that is less sensitive to external radiation.
US10061878B2
Embodiments provide methods and systems for modeling mechanical features of a structural dynamic system. A method according to an embodiment provides, in computer memory, a finite element model representing a structural dynamic system. Next, in a processor coupled to the computer memory, a system of equations with a first term representing a linear combination of a mass, a stiffness, and a damping of the finite element model and a second term representing modal damping is solved. According to such an embodiment, the system of equations is solved using the Sherman-Morrison-Woodbury formula or a preconditioned iterative method. In turn, an improved 3D model of a real world object based on the finite element model is formed utilizing results of the solved system of equations with the finite element model and modal damping to model mechanical features of the represented structural dynamic system.
US10061876B2
A system and methods store initial states and unsafe states (e.g., safety requirements) of a non-linear model of a control system that interacts with a physical system. The system performs simulations of the non-linear model using a set of sampled initial states, to first generate trajectories (numerical approximations of actual behaviors) over bounded time. The system further determines, for respective pairs of neighboring trajectories: an over-approximation of reachable states as an upper bound of a distance between a pair of neighboring trajectories; a linear over-approximation of the reachable states as piece-wise linear segments over a plurality of time intervals; and whether the linear over-approximation overlaps in any of the piece-wise linear segments with the unsafe states, to verify the non-linear model of the control system is safe.
US10061871B2
A novel and useful mechanism for the skinning of 3D meshes with reference to a skeleton utilizing statistical weight optimization techniques. The mechanism comprises (1) an efficient high quality linear blend skinning (LBS) technique based on a set of skeleton deformations sampled from the manipulation space; (2) a joint placement algorithm to optimize the input skeleton; and (3) a set of tools for a user to interactively control the skinning process. Statistical skinning weight maps are computed using an as-rigid-as-possible (ARAP) optimization. The method operates with a coarsely placed initial skeleton and optimizes joint placements to improve the skeleton's alignment. Bones may also be parameterized incorporating twists, bends, stretches and spines. Several tools add additional constraints to resolve ambiguous situations and interactive feedback aids users.
US10061866B2
A user query may be evaluated to provide a result set. In case the results do not reflect the user's intent, the device may provide recourse options for adjusting the query in a manner that yields more desirable results, e.g., a suggestion at the top of the result set for a different spelling, or recommendations at the end of the results set for additional query techniques that may yield more accurate results. However, such presentation of recourse options may clutter the user interface and/or go unnoticed by the user. Instead, an adjusted query may be identified with an interpreted probability of reflecting the intent of the query. An adjustment option describing the adjusted query may be inserted into the result set, between a higher-probability first result and a lower-probability second result. Selection of the adjustment option may cause the adjusted query to be evaluated on behalf of the user.
US10061858B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for processing a data stream capable of providing a data flow processing language to support real-time processing of an exploding data stream and providing an environment for executing the data flow processing language in a cluster system. The data flow-based exploding data stream processing method includes receiving a big data real-time processing service described in a real-time data flow language, interpreting the big data real-time processing service to generate a distributed stream processing service, and distributively deploying the distributed stream processing service in a cluster system including multiple nodes and configuring an execution environment for executing the distributed stream processing service in each node.
US10061848B2
Generating responses to input utilizing an ontology-crowd-relevance methodology is described. The techniques described herein access a plurality of data items and determine an ontology associated with the plurality of data items. The ontology includes one or more ontological elements. Furthermore, the techniques describe sending, to a plurality of devices, a request to generate response templates based on the one or more ontological elements and receiving, from the plurality of devices, the response templates directed to the one or more ontological elements.
US10061842B2
A question is received in a computerized answering system via an input device. A plurality of classes corresponding to the question are retrieved from a memory device. One or more answers to the question are generated by a processor. Each answer is associated with a confidence value. The confidence values associated with the answers are compared with thresholds associated with the plurality of classes. The answers are classified by the processor into the plurality of classes based on the comparing. The answers are presented via a display device in accordance with the classification of the answers. A user response to at least one of the answers is detected. At least one of the plurality of classes is adjusted based on the user response.
US10061841B2
A first plurality of relational tables is obtained from a relational database. Each table of the first plurality of relational tables stores connectivity information for a graph that comprises a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes, and each of the nodes is assigned an initial identifier. The nodes are clustered into a plurality of clusters. Each cluster contains a subset of the nodes, and all nodes in each subset are close to each other according to a metric. Each node is assigned a new identifier. The new identifier comprises a concatenation of an identifier associated with the cluster to which the node belongs and an identifier associated with the node. A second plurality of relational tables is constructed and stores connectivity information for the graph. The node is identified in the second plurality of relational tables by the new identifier.
US10061831B2
In one general aspect, a computer-implemented system for reference partitioning database objects by a reference field includes at least one hardware processor, at least one database environment, the database environment supporting triggers and partitioning, at least one application program, and memory storing a reference field metadata framework. The reference field metadata framework identifies classes in a hierarchy of database objects, identifies at least one class as a root of the hierarchy, identifies, for each non-root class, a reference inheritance function for the class, and identifies, for each parent class-child class pair in the hierarchy, a relation-join query, the relation-join query being a join between tables in the database environment onto which the parent class and child class are persisted. The memory also stores triggers that use the framework to maintain values for the reference field for non-root database objects.
US10061830B2
Architecture that provides the capability to automatically (e.g., dynamically) reorganize (repartition) an existing partition by dividing (splitting) or recombining (merging) logical databases. This reorganization can be performed to logical databases belonging to the same customer, and based on the partitioning of the tables in these databases. This can include not only splitting secondary replicas of a partition or merging secondary replicas of the partition, but also splitting off secondary replicas of the partition to create a new partition and merging two partitions into one partition. Moreover, these operations can occur while the logical databases are accepting workload (online).
US10061822B2
A method for determining a cause of events detected in a plurality of interactions includes: identifying, on a processor, a plurality of elements in the interactions; detecting, on the processor, a plurality of sequences of elements in the interactions; mining, on the processor, the plurality of sequences for generating a set of supported patterns; computing, on the processor, association rules from the set of supported patterns; and returning the computed association rules.
US10061809B2
Provided is a technique enables programming, including that for database operations, without describing a SQL used to operate the database. A PLC (30) that can access a DBMS (22) stores a user program (38) and definition information (32), the user program (38) including a structure type of variable, the definition information (32) indicating a definition of the structure type. The sequence command program (34) sequentially executes instructions in the user program (38) and invokes a DB access process program (35) in order to access the DBMS (22). The DB access process program (35) reads the definition information (32) and, on the basis of the read definition information (32), generates a SQL statement to be used when access to the DBMS (22) is made by execution of the user program (38). The DB access process program (35) executes the generated SQL statement by transmitting the SQL statement to the DB server (20).
US10061808B2
Embodiments relate to view caching techniques that cache for a limited time, some of the (intermediate) results of a previous query execution, in order to avoid expensive re-computation of query results. Particular embodiments may utilize a cache manager to determine whether information relevant to a subsequent user request can be satisfied by an existing cache instance or view, or whether creation of an additional cache instance is appropriate. At design time, cache defining columns of a view are defined, with user input parameters automatically being cache defining. Cache instances are created for each tuple of literals for the cache defining columns, and for each explicit or implicit group by clause. Certain embodiments may feature enhanced reuse between cache instances, in order to limit memory footprint. Over time a cache instances may be evicted from memory based upon implementation of a policy such as a Least Recently Used (LRU) strategy.
US10061787B2
Schema-less databases can make data modeling and data management difficult and can detrimentally affect integration with an RDBMS. Inferring a schema from a schema-less database can improve integration by indicating a structure or organization of data in the schema-less database. A schema analyzer can infer a schema by processing data of the schema-less database to identify statistically significant data fields. The schema analyzer then creates a schema that comprises the statistically significant data fields. A data modeler can use the resulting schema along with a schema for a RDBMS to generate a unified data model. A user may submit a query based on the unified data model to obtain results from both databases. The data modeler translates the query from the unified model to be compatible with each of the schemas so that data may be written to or retrieved from each of the schema-less database and the RDBMS.
US10061786B2
In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a system with multiple computing hosts each having a hypervisor to provide a virtual environment for the host and one or more containers each including a database instance and at least one database. These databases, and the database instance can be provided as a service to a user of a multi-tenant environment.
US10061782B2
This disclosure describes methods and systems for providing instructions automatically to a user that return the status of an electronic device to a preferred functioning state. In a training stage, imagery of electronic devices with known device states are acquired and stored in a database, along with instructions to return the state of each electronic device to a preferred functioning state. In a diagnostic stage, imagery of a first electronic device is acquired and compared to imagery of the electronic devices in different states in the database. A proximity measure between each of the electronic devices in different states in the database, and the first electronic device is computed. The most likely states of the first device are determined based on the proximity measure. The instructions to return the state of the electronic device to a preferred functioning state are then displayed to a user on a screen display module.
US10061773B1
A computing device is configured to parse a selected semi-structured or unstructured digital document. Once a document is selected, an appropriate parser is selected based on the content type of the document. The document is parsed and the data output to a metadata file. Additionally, any nested documents that are included in the selected document are also parsed using an appropriate parser with the being output to the metadata file. Once complete, the metadata file can be stored and analyzed by a user or administrator using tools that are used to model structured data files.
US10061772B2
For data backup and recovery based on linked file repositories with each of the linked file repositories representing an individual file system capable of storing at least one version of a file and being connected to at least one server system, each of the linked file repositories are placed in a certain position for storing a certain version of the file. Each position of each of the linked file repositories is continuously numbered. A number of the versions of the file are determined by the position of the one of the linked file repositories.
US10061764B2
A method for building a tree of parse items involves receiving a plurality of parse items stored in an ordered data structure, processing semantic attributes associated with the plurality of parse items, generating a merged parse item from at least two parse items of the plurality of parse items, and forming a portion of a tree data structure such that the merged parse item is a parent of the at least two parse items.
US10061758B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing spreadsheets with decision tables. The exemplary method includes generating an underlying data model associated with a visual data model of a spreadsheet containing a decision table, populating the underlying data model based on information contained in the visual data model and based on the decision table, generating a first index for mapping cells in the visual data model to cells in the underlying data model consistent with the decision table, and generating a second index for mapping cells in the underlying data model to cells in the visual data model consistent with the decision table.
US10061738B2
An ephemeral system includes an ephemeral communications device and associated ephemeral memory system (onboard or peripheral) for securing user data. Different secure operating modes are provided for customizing user security requirements across end-to-end communications links, including in exchanges of electronic data between smartphone devices.
US10061733B2
A peripheral interface chip and a data transmission method thereof are provided. The peripheral interface chip includes a switching circuit, a universal serial bus (USB) host controller, a keyboard controller and a microprocessor. The switching circuit receives a device identification transmitted from a USB device, and the device identification is used for determining whether the USB device is a keyboard device. When the USB device is the keyboard device, input data of the USB device is transmitted to a controller hub through a first USB interface, the switching circuit, the USB host controller, the microprocessor, the keyboard controller and a low pin count (LPC) interface.
US10061715B2
The present invention relates to solving the issues related to subgraph query services with tunable preservation of privacy of structural information. More particularly, it relates to a novel cyclic group based encryption (CGBE) method for private matrix operations.
US10061699B2
According to one example of the present disclosure, a system includes a computing element configured to provide requests for memory access operations and a memory module comprising a plurality of memories, a plurality of independent data channels, each of the independent data channels coupled to one of the plurality of memories, a plurality of internal address/control channels, each of the independent address/control channels coupled to one of the plurality of memories, and control logic coupled to the plurality of internal address/control channels and configured to receive and decode address and control information for a memory access operation, the control logic further configured to selectively provide the decoded address and control information to a selected internal address/control channel for a selected independent data channel of the plurality of independent data channels based on the received address and control information for the memory access operation.
US10061698B2
Aspects disclosed involve reducing or avoiding buffering of evicted cache data from an uncompressed cache memory in a compression memory system when stalled write operations occur. A processor-based system is provided that includes a cache memory and a compression memory system. When a cache entry is evicted from the cache memory, cache data and a virtual address associated with the evicted cache entry are provided to the compression memory system. The compression memory system reads metadata associated with the virtual address of the evicted cache entry to determine the physical address in the compression memory system mapped to the evicted cache entry. If the metadata is not available, the compression memory system stores the evicted cache data at a new, available physical address in the compression memory system without waiting for the metadata. Thus, buffering of the evicted cache data to avoid or reduce stalling write operations is not necessary.
US10061691B2
According to one embodiment, a controller writes first processed data acquired by a first process into a nonvolatile memory during a first period. The controller writes second processed data acquired by a second process into the nonvolatile memory during a second period. The first process is for the purpose of improving the endurance of memory cells. The second process is for the purpose of decreasing inter-cell interferences between adjacent cells.
US10061688B2
A method and system for automatically enforcing a hybrid branching strategy include receiving a changeset designated for a branch. In response to receiving the changeset, the system may automatically determine whether a merge conflict associated with the changeset exists between the branch and an associated protected branch, and the system may automatically determine whether the changeset is up to date. Upon determining that no merge conflict exists, the system automatically initiates execution of a continuous integration testing pipeline. The continuous integration testing pipeline includes a series of tests applied to the changeset. If the changeset passes the series of tests, the system automatically merges the changeset with the associated protected branch.
US10061658B2
A single system merges primary data storage, data protection, and intelligence. Intelligence is provided through in-line data analytics, and data intelligence and analytics are gathered on protected data and prior analytics, and stored in discovery points, all without impacting performance of primary storage. As data is written it is automatically mirrored for data protection as part of a High Availability (HA) process. Real-time analysis is done in-line with the HA processing, enabling a variety of data analytics. Data content can be mined from within files or blocks. The gathered intelligence is used to tag objects with extended metadata, enabling both valuable search options and rapid restore options. Data recovery begins with metadata restoration, followed by near-instantaneous access to “hot” regions of data being restored, allowing site operation to continue or resume while a restore is ongoing.
US10061649B2
A method for execution by a dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit includes generating a plurality of encoded slices of a data object by performing an encoding function on the data object. Slice stream data is generated that includes a plurality of mutually exclusive slice subsets of the plurality of encoded slices, where each of the plurality of slice subsets is assigned to a corresponding one of a plurality of storage units, and where the encoded slices of each slice subset correspond to contiguous segments of the data object. A plurality of write requests that include the plurality of encoded slices are generated, each for transmission to the corresponding one of the plurality of storage units indicated by the slice stream data via a network.
US10061647B2
In a method of operating a nonvolatile memory device, a plurality of pages of a first memory block of a plurality of memory blocks of a memory cell array are programmed. After programming, a dummy pulse is applied to at least some of the plurality of memory blocks at least once before a read operation on is performed on one of the plurality of pages.
US10061644B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for error correction control (ECC) for a memory device comprising a data portion and an ECC portion, the memory device coupled to a system on a chip (SoC). The SoC includes an ECC cache. On receipt of a request to write a line of data to the memory, a determination is made if the data is compressible. If so, the data line is compressed. ECC bits are generated for the compressed or uncompressed data line. A determination is made if an ECC cache line is associated with the received data line. If the data line is compressible, the ECC bits are appended to the compressed data line and the appended data line is stored in the data portion of the memory. Otherwise, the ECC bits are stored in the ECC cache and the data line is stored in the data portion of the memory.
US10061641B2
A storage device is provided which includes an ECC circuit. At a write operation, the ECC circuit generates a CRC (cyclic redundancy check) parity corresponding to data and generates an ECC (error correction code) parity corresponding to the data using an error correction code. At a read operation about the data stored in the at least one nonvolatile memory device, the ECC circuit corrects an error of the data using the CRC parity and the ECC parity.
US10061639B2
An information processing device includes a question provider that outputs questions for specifying a cause of a defect of a device or a countermeasure for the cause of the defect, a response receiver that receives responses to the questions output by the question provider, a defect cause specifier that specifies the cause of the defect of the device or the countermeasure for the cause of the defect on the basis of the responses received by the response receiver, and an operation history information receiver that receives operation history information of the device. The question provider varying the questions that are to be output, on the basis of the operation history information received by the operation history information receiver.
US10061637B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for automatic root cause analysis. In operation, a root cause analysis system identifies at least one event associated with one or more records for which to perform a root cause analysis. The root cause analysis system performs a root cause analysis of the event by automatically generating a decision tree based on all records in the current time-window such that each leaf in the decision tree represents the probabilities for class labels of a target variable and each branch in the decision tree represents a feature that leads to a corresponding class label probability. The root cause analysis system automatically generates the decision tree by automatically selecting at each step the feature that maximizes information gain based on a current subset of data. The root cause analysis system then classifies which conditioned feature is a causal factor and which is a root cause of the event by using a conditional entropy equation on each branch leading to the tree leaf. The root cause analysis is repeatedly performed on sequential time-window sets of records gathered, per a sufficiently small time window for near-real-time root cause detection, yet sufficiently large records set for statistical significance.
US10061631B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for detecting unresponsiveness of a process, wherein for each target process in a plurality of target processes, creating and activating a timer on a system kernel side, so as to time the target process; and when timing of the corresponding timer exceeds a predetermined time threshold, determining the target process to be unresponsive, and performing a predetermined associated action.
US10061630B2
An image forming apparatus includes an HDD, an HDD confirming unit, a system control unit, and a non-volatile semiconductor storage device. The HDD stores user data created by a user. The HDD confirming unit determines whether or not the HDD is in an inoperative state. The system control unit separates the HDD from the image forming apparatus to set the image forming apparatus to a restriction mode when the HDD is in the inoperative state. The non-volatile semiconductor storage device stores system data used for an operation of the system control unit.
US10061626B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that facilitates developing applications in a component-based software development environment. This system provides an execution environment comprising instances of application components and a registry that maps names to instances of application components. Upon receiving a call to register a mapping between a name and an instance of an application component, the system updates the registry to include an entry for the mapping. Moreover, upon receiving a call to be notified about registry changes for a name, the system updates the registry to send a notification to a caller when a registry change occurs for the name.
US10061619B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for dynamically managing thread pools in a computer system. A method of the disclosure includes receiving a user request to perform an action in a computer system; determining an execution plan for the user request, wherein the execution plan comprises a plurality of tasks; assigning, by a processing device, each of the plurality of tasks to one of a plurality of thread pools for execution; monitoring executions of the plurality of tasks in the thread pools; and reassigning, by the processing device, a first task of the plurality of tasks to a new thread pool in view of the monitoring.
US10061615B2
Systems and methods provide an extensible, multi-stage, realtime application program processing load adaptive, manycore data processing architecture shared dynamically among instances of parallelized and pipelined application software programs, according to processing load variations of said programs and their tasks and instances, as well as contractual policies. The invented techniques provide, at the same time, both application software development productivity, through presenting for software a simple, virtual static view of the actually dynamically allocated and assigned processing hardware resources, together with high program runtime performance, through scalable pipelined and parallelized program execution with minimized overhead, as well as high resource efficiency, through adaptively optimized processing resource allocation.
US10061612B1
A method, system and program product for remote scheduling of at least one job to run on a plurality of computers in a computer network. The job scheduler enables selection of a domain that includes at least a subset of the computers on which the job is to run. A list of computers in the selected domain is automatically generated. The computers on which the job is to run can be selected from the generated list of computers. A configuration file is created for storing an identification of the selected domain and the job to be run on the selected computers in the domain.
US10061611B2
An example method of migrating a virtualized computing instance between source and destination virtualized computing systems includes executing a first migration workflow in the source virtualized computing system, where a host computer executing the virtualized computing instance is a source host in the first migration workflow and a first mobility agent simulates a destination host in the first migration workflow. The method further includes executing a second migration workflow in the destination virtualized computing system, where a second mobility agent in the destination virtualized computing system simulates a source host in the second migration workflow and a host computer in the destination virtualized computing system is a destination host in the second migration workflow. The method further includes transferring, during execution of the first and second migration workflows, migration data including the virtualized computing instance between the first mobility agent and the second mobility agent over a network.
US10061603B2
In one example, a method and apparatus for dynamic routing of user contexts are disclosed. In one example, a method for supporting a context associated with a connection between a user and a first virtual machine of a virtual function includes receiving a notification of a change in a behavior of the user that affects the context, wherein the context is supported by the first virtual machine of the virtual function, and reassigning the context to a second virtual machine of the virtual function, different from the first virtual machine, based at least in part on the change in the behavior.
US10061593B2
An apparatus of an aspect includes a plurality of cores and shared core extension logic coupled with each of the plurality of cores. The shared core extension logic has shared data processing logic that is shared by each of the plurality of cores. Instruction execution logic, for each of the cores, in response to a shared core extension call instruction, is to call the shared core extension logic. The call is to have data processing performed by the shared data processing logic on behalf of a corresponding core. Other apparatus, methods, and systems are also disclosed.
US10061591B2
A method for reducing execution of redundant threads in a processing environment. The method includes detecting threads that include redundant work among many different threads. Multiple threads from the detected threads are grouped into one or more thread clusters based on determining same thread computation results. Execution of all but a particular one thread in each of the one or more thread clusters is suppressed. The particular one thread in each of the one or more thread clusters is executed. Results determined from execution of the particular one thread in each of the one or more thread clusters are broadcasted to other threads in each of the one or more thread clusters.
US10061588B2
Operand liveness state information is maintained during context switches for current architected operands of executing programs. The current operand state information indicates whether corresponding current operands are enabled or disabled for use by a first program module comprising machine instructions of an instruction set architecture (ISA) for disabling current architected operands. A machine instruction of the first program module accesses a current operand by using the current operand state information to determine whether a previously stored current operand value is accessible by the first program module.
US10061586B2
An instruction stream includes a transactional code region. The transactional code region includes a latent modification instruction (LMI), a next sequential instruction (NSI) following the LMI, and a set of target instructions following the NSI in program order. Each target instruction has an associated function, and the LMI at least partially specifies a substitute function for the associated function. A processor executes the LMI, the NSI, and at least one of the target instructions, employing the substitute function at least partially specified by the LMI. The LMI, the NSI, and the target instructions may be executed by the processor in sequential program order or out of order.
US10061577B2
A method for executing program builds comprising: analyzing file dependency information and job duration information associated with jobs of the program build; scheduling jobs for a current program build based on the analysis of the dependency information and the job duration data; executing the jobs according to the schedule; collecting file usage information and new job duration information from each of the jobs; supplementing the file dependency information with the file usage information; and storing the new job duration information to be used for scheduling jobs in subsequent program builds.
US10061574B2
A system includes a processor configured to wirelessly receive update requests from a plurality of vehicles. The processor is also configured to, for each request, determine if any vehicle modules require updating. Also, the processor is configured to retrieve an updated version and sending the updated version to a vehicle for reflashing, for each module that requires updating. The processor is additionally configured to receive confirmation for each module that has been reflashed and update a vehicle configuration with a version identifier corresponding to the updated version for each reflashed module.
US10061570B2
In an approach for removing tenant initialization check per tenant for compiled code, a processor receives a request to create a tenant. A processor creates the tenant. A processor marks a current thread of the tenant as not eligible to run just-in-time (JIT) code, wherein the marking indicates that when a method is invoked, a non-JIT version of the method is executed. A processor executes initialization of a first class from an optimization list, wherein the optimization list is a configurable list of classes to be initialized prior to running JIT code. A processor determines that class initialization has been executed for all classes on the optimization list. A processor adjusts the marking to indicate that the current thread is eligible to run JIT code and that the tenant may run JIT code that assumes, without checking, that classes on the optimization list are initialized.
US10061555B2
A system of controlling media devices configured for outputting signals to a surrounding area. The system including a control strategy for controlling operation of the media devices to execute operations according to a common schedule and a communications strategy for use in communicating the control strategy between the media devices in such a manner as to facilitate distribution of the control strategy to the media devices desired to operate according to the common timeline.
US10061550B2
A printer multifunction system includes a printer having a printer controller and a scanner having a scanner controller and a memory configured to store data obtained by reading a print original by a sensor. The printer and the scanner are connected to a network to which a computer is connected, wherein the scanner controller determines whether to transmit the data stored in the memory to the printer or the computer, based on at least one of a state of the printer, a reading setting of the scanner, and a state of the memory, and causes the scanner to transmit the data stored in the memory to a destination determined by the scanner controller. The printer controller receives the data from the scanner in a case where the data is transmitted to the printer, and receives the data from the computer in a case where the data is transmitted to the computer from the scanner, and the printer controller causes the printer to execute a printing operation, based on the data.
US10061547B2
A relay device may receive first information and second information from the image processing device. The relay device may select one of a first processing and a second processing based on at least one of the received first information and the received second information. The relay device may send, to an image processing device, first instruction information causing the image processing device to execute the first processing when the first processing is selected. The relay device may send, to the image processing device, second instruction information causing the image processing device to execute the second processing when the second processing is selected. The relay device may receive the first image data according to the first instruction information or the second instruction information. The relay device may generate second image data by executing the selected image processing on the first image data that has been received.
US10061541B1
A system includes multiple memory banks that store data. The system also includes an address path coupled to the memory banks that provides a row address to the memory banks. The system further includes a command address input circuit coupled to the address path that refreshes a first set of memory banks via the address path and, when the command address input circuit refreshes the first set of memory banks, activates a row of a second set of memory banks to store the data or read the data from the row of the second set of memory banks via the address path.
US10061540B1
A method is provided for performance by a mapping driver of a computing device operating as a data storage system. The method includes (a) receiving, from a storage driver stack, a first data storage command (DSC), (b) receiving, from the storage driver stack, a second DSC, (c) determining that the first DSC and the second DSC are both related aspects of a combined storage command, (d) in response to determining, establishing a pairing structure to pair the first DSC and the second DSC together, and (e) fulfilling the combined storage command by fulfilling both the first DSC and the second DSC with reference to the pairing structure. An apparatus, system, and computer program product for performing a similar method are also provided.
US10061539B2
Processing within a computing environment is facilitated by use of an inaccessibility status indicator. A processor determines whether a unit of memory to be accessed is inaccessible in that default data is to be used for the unit of memory. The determining is based on an inaccessibility status indicator in a selected location accessible to the processor. Based on the determining indicating the unit of memory is inaccessible, default data is provided to be used for a request associated with the unit of memory.
US10061538B2
A memory device is provided as follows. A memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells, and the plurality of memory cells are divided into a first memory group and a second memory group. A first page buffer group is coupled to the first memory group and includes a plurality of first page buffers. A second page buffer group is coupled to the second memory group and includes a plurality of second page buffers. The first page buffer group performs a first data processing operation on data stored in the first page buffer group and stores a result of the first data processing operation. The second page buffer group performs a second data processing operation on data stored in the second page buffer group and stores a result of the second data processing operation. The first and second data processing operations are performed at substantially the same.
US10061535B2
A method and system for reducing storage requirements and speeding up storage operations by reducing the storage of redundant data includes receiving a request that identifies one or more data objects to which to apply a storage operation. For each data object, the storage system determines if the data object contains data that matches another data object to which the storage operation was previously applied. If the data objects do not match, then the storage system performs the storage operation in a usual manner. However, if the data objects do match, then the storage system may avoid performing the storage operation.
US10061533B1
A method for data protection tiering is provided. The method includes sending information about a plurality of data protection tiering options that are applicable to one or more applications, which are implementable via a plurality of data protection products. The method includes receiving data protection tiering selection information identifying at least one from among the plurality of data protection tiering options and implementing each of the of data protection tiering options consistent with the selection. A system and computer readable medium are also included.
US10061526B2
One embodiment of the present invention is a memory subsystem that includes a sliding window tracker that tracks memory accesses associated with a sliding window of memory page groups. When the sliding window tracker detects an access operation associated with a memory page group within the sliding window, the sliding window tracker sets a reference bit that is associated with the memory page group and is included in a reference vector that represents accesses to the memory page groups within the sliding window. Based on the values of the reference bits, the sliding window tracker causes the selection a memory page in a memory page group that has fallen into disuse from a first memory to a second memory. Because the sliding window tracker tunes the memory pages that are resident in the first memory to reflect memory access patterns, the overall performance of the memory subsystem is improved.
US10061516B2
An example apparatus includes a non-volatile memory including a first memory having a first write rate and a second memory having a second write rate, the first write rate greater than the second write rate An example controller is to determine, based on a ratio, a first portion of the data to be written to the first memory, and a second portion of the data to be written to the second memory type, the second portion of the data not included in the first portion of the data.
US10061512B2
A data storage device including a flash memory and a controller is provided. The flash memory has a plurality of TLC blocks, each of which includes a plurality of pages. The controller checks whether any of the TLC blocks was undergoing a write operation and unfinished at the time that the power-off event occurred when the data storage device resumes operation after a power-off event. When a first TLC block was undergoing the write operation and unfinished at the time that the power-off event occurred, the controller further checks whether data stored in a page which was the last one being written in the first TLC block can be successfully read, and continues to write the remaining data into the first TLC block when the data of the page which was the last one being written in the first TLC block can be successfully read.
US10061506B2
A display device includes a display, a touch panel and a controller. The display includes a plurality of display panels laminated on one another. The touch panel is provided on a screen of the display and accepts touch operation. The controller determines with respect to which display panel among the plurality of display panels the touch operation is carried out, and carries out a process corresponding to operation content of the touch operation on the determined display panel.
US10061505B2
An in-vehicle device includes an operation screen display unit that displays a specific operation screen containing an operation key for causing the in-vehicle device to perform a specific action, an operation key moving unit that moves the operation key in a predetermined direction, a camera and a movement recognition unit that detect a movement of part of a body of a user or a movement of an operation member held by the user, and an operation selection unit that, when a movement direction of the operation key matches a direction of the detected movement of the user, selects the operation key moved by the operation key moving unit.
US10061497B2
An icon position interchanging method includes receiving a first sliding signal triggered by a first dragging operation over a first icon and a second sliding signal triggered by a second dragging operation over a second icon, determining a first sliding vector according to the first sliding signal and a second sliding vector according to the second sliding signal, judging whether the first sliding signal and the second sliding signal satisfy a preset condition according to a first length of the first sliding vector and a second length of the second sliding vector, and performing position interchanging on the first icon and the second icon if the first sliding signal and the second sliding signal satisfy the preset condition.
US10061492B2
Various embodiments relating to displaying viewpoints from a point of interest are disclosed. One embodiment includes displaying an entry point that includes a link to a view of a three dimensional scene from a point of interest, receiving a selection of the entry point from the user, retrieving a predetermined path of a plurality of predetermined viewpoints located around the point of interest, displaying the view of the three dimensional scene, the view being a rendering of the three dimensional scene from a first predetermined viewpoint in the plurality of predetermined viewpoints, displaying an interaction interface including a control to scroll along the predetermined path to a next location on the predetermined path, receiving a selection of the control, and displaying a second view of the three dimensional scene, the second view being a rendering of the three dimensional scene from the next location.
US10061491B2
Disclosed is a cross-platform image editor configured with image editing tools and that is integrated with a software application and operable on a user computing device. A low-res version of a high-res image stored in an image library is displayed, and a user selection of at least one image editing tool and at least one associated parameter is received. The low-res version is modified accordingly. Without human user intervention the high resolution image is processed by executing at least one instruction respectively associated with each of the at least one selected image editing tools using the at least one parameter. The modified high resolution image is output.
US10061490B2
The commodity recognition apparatus displays a frame for surrounding a commodity in an image captured by an image capturing module. Then the commodity recognition apparatus recognizes a candidate of the commodity imaged in the frame according to the feature amount of the image in the area surrounded by the frame, and outputs information of a highest ranked candidate commodity. If a change instruction for the candidate is received, the commodity recognition apparatus outputs information of the commodity other than the highest ranked candidate selected from the candidates.
US10061488B2
A medical imaging apparatus includes a controller which generates a user interface (UI) image, a display which displays the UI image, and a UI device which receives an input which relates to the UI image. The UI image may include a first tab which includes a plurality of first parameter sets which respectively correspond to a plurality of imaging modes, and a second tab which includes a second parameter set which corresponds to an imaging mode selected from among the plurality of imaging modes.
US10061481B2
A method and apparatus for visually querying an aircraft. A model is identified for the aircraft. Sections of the aircraft are displayed in a graphical user interface on a display device. The sections correspond to sections as manufactured for assembly of the aircraft. The sections are selectable.
US10061479B2
An information processing apparatus includes a setting information transmission section that transmits setting information for making a function of controlling a supply of power to a second communication section provided in a display apparatus valid or invalid to the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a first control section that supplies power to the second communication section even when the power source of the display apparatus is turned off in a case where the setting information indicates that the function of controlling the supply of power to the second communication section is valid, and stops the supply of power to the second communication section when the power source of the display apparatus is turned off in a case where the setting information indicates that the function of controlling the supply of power to the second communication section is invalid.
US10061460B2
A self-capacitance input device with hovering touch includes a sensing electrode layer, a reflection and deflection electrode layer, an insulation layer, and an amplifier with a gain greater than zero. The sensing electrode layer has a plurality of sensing electrodes on one side for sensing a touch or approach of an external object. The reflection and deflection electrode layer is disposed on the other side of the sensing electrode layer and has at least one reflection and deflection electrode. The insulation layer is disposed between the sensing electrode layer and the reflection and deflection electrode layer. The amplifier has an output coupled to the reflection and deflection electrode layer.
US10061455B2
An array substrate, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The array substrate comprises a touch circuit including a plurality of first switching units, a controlling unit, and a plurality of touch detecting terminals, and a plurality of independent touch electrodes arranged in an array. The touch electrode is electrically connected to the touch detecting terminal through at least one first switching unit. When the array substrate is in a touch detecting stage, the controlling unit controls the first switching units to be turned on, such that the touch electrodes are progressively detected.
US10061451B2
An improved touch panel assembly (100) is provided. The touch panel assembly (100) comprises a bezel (102), a display (104), a touch panel (108), and a glass lens (110). The assembly (100) is formed to so that the touch panel (108) has a touch panel extension (112) extending beyond the glass lens (110). The touch panel extension (112) allows for a bumper (204) to edge mount to the glass lens (110) between the housing (202) and the module (100) and cover the touch panel extension (112) and sides of the assembly (100).
US10061446B2
A touch panel is provided with a power pattern. The touch panel may include a first substrate, a first pad and a second pad. The power pattern may be formed as the first substrate to surround an edge of one side of the substrate at least one or more times and not to be overlapped all the way from one end to the other end. The first pad may be electrically connected to one end of the power pattern. The second pad may be electrically connected to the other end of the power pattern. The touch panel may also include a second substrate for arranging a terminal unit electrically connected to the first pad and the second pad.
US10061445B2
A touch input device may be provided that includes: a touch sensor panel comprising n number of drive electrodes, m number of receiving electrodes, and a plurality of node capacitors which are formed by the drive electrodes and the receiving electrodes; a driving part which applies a driving signal to the drive electrode; a data processor which receives a signal including information on a capacitance of the node capacitor through the receiving electrode and detects touch information on the touch sensor panel; and a controller which controls the driving part to apply the driving signal to k number of the drive electrodes of n number of the drive electrodes in a first drive mode. The “n”, “m”, and “k” are natural numbers greater than 2 and “k” is less than “n”.
US10061427B2
A computing device includes a digital input system that provides digital input functionality for the computing device. The digital input system receives both a first input and a second input. The first input is typically an input with the user's dominant hand (e.g., using a pen, stylus, finger, etc.), and the second input is typically an input with the user's non-dominant hand. The digital input system determines whether a second input is received simultaneously with the first input, and selects one of multiple behaviors for the first input based on whether the second input is received simultaneously with the first input. Various different behaviors for the first input can be selected from, such as freehand or freeform input, constraining digital input corresponding to the first input to be along an edge of a stencil, and so forth.
US10061426B2
A self-capacitive touch display panel includes a resistor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, a common electrode, a display driving source, and a touch sensing circuit. The first capacitor is coupled between a first terminal of the resistor and a ground terminal. The second capacitor and the third capacitor are coupled in series between the first terminal of the resistor and the ground terminal. The common electrode is coupled to a second terminal of the resistor. The display driving source is coupled between the second capacitor and the third capacitor. The touch sensing circuit is coupled to the common electrode and used to sense a touch capacitance via the common electrode when touch sensing. A first driving voltage of the display driving source is larger than a second driving voltage of the common electrode, so that the touch capacitance sensed by the touch sensing circuit is smaller than the capacitance of the first capacitor.
US10061425B2
A capacitive-image sensing system for use in an information processing system. The information processing system comprises a sensing panel. The capacitive-image sensing system comprises: a first capacitive sensing device disposed in a first region of the sensing panel and having a first capacitive-image sensing characteristic; and a second capacitive sensing device disposed in a second region of the sensing panel and having a second capacitive-image sensing characteristic, wherein the second capacitive-image sensing characteristic is different from the first capacitive-image sensing characteristic. For example, the first capacitive-image sensing characteristic includes a first capacitive-image sensing resolution and/or a first capacitive-image sensing distance from a touch plane of the capacitive-image sensing system, and the second capacitive-image sensing characteristic includes a second capacitive-image sensing resolution and/or a second capacitive-image sensing distance from the touch plane of the capacitive-image sensing system.
US10061415B2
A processing system, and associated input device and method are disclosed suitable for reducing a receiver size within the input device. The processing system comprises a delta-sigma modulator comprising one or more input nodes configured to receive a signal based on a sensor signal received from at least a first sensor electrode of the plurality of sensor electrodes. The delta-sigma modulator further comprises an integrator coupled with the one or more input nodes and configured to produce an integration signal, a quantizer coupled with an output of the integrator and configured to quantize the integration signal, and a feedback digital-to-analog converter (DAC) controlled based by the quantizer. The processing system further comprises a digital filter coupled with an output of the delta-sigma modulator and configured to mitigate a quantization noise of the quantizer.
US10061412B2
A mobile information display terminal narrows a width from the outermost portion of a chassis to an outermost portion of the effective display area by using a sealing part between the chassis and a flat surface of the display panel. The chassis has a panel facing wall that faces a main face of a touch-equipped display panel. The sealing part has an annular shape that substantially matches a periphery of an inner surface of said glass sheet.
US10061407B2
A stylus usable with non-in-cell type and in-cell type electronic apparatuses is provided. A stylus, in operation, transmits pen pressure data P to an electronic apparatus. The stylus includes a stylus electrode and a signal processing circuit. The stylus electrode forms a coupling capacitance with a sensor electrode of the electronic apparatus. The signal processing circuit detects an uplink signal US using the stylus electrode, extracts a command from the detected uplink signal US, determines, based on the extracted command, in which mode to operate between a first mode in which the data is transmitted using M (M≥1) first periods and a second mode in which the data is transmitted using N (N>M) second periods, and repeatedly transmits the data in accordance with the determined mode.
US10061406B2
A position pointer has a tubular housing having a first opening portion at one longitudinal end. A rod-shaped core body is arranged in the housing with a first end of the core body opposed to the first opening portion. A writing pressure detection circuit is arranged in the housing, which, in operation, detects a writing pressure based on movement of the core body. A signal transmitter is arranged in the housing, which, in operation, transmits a signal. The position pointer includes an elastic block of material sized and shaped to form a seal with an inner surface of the housing and positioned near the first end of the core body.
US10061400B2
An input device includes an input module and a fixing module matching the input module. The input module is a sphere having a cavity, the input module includes a signal detection unit and a signal output unit, the signal detection unit and the signal output unit are placed in the cavity after being electrically connected, the signal detection unit is configured to generate a corresponding input signal according to a preset operation performed by a user on the input module, and the signal output unit is connected to an external terminal and configured to output the input signal to the terminal. The fixing module is configured to fix the input device on a preset flat surface.
US10061399B2
An input mechanism for a portable electronic device includes a rotational manipulation mechanism, such as a cap or shaft. The input mechanism also includes a sensor having first capacitive elements coupled to the manipulation mechanism, second capacitive elements, and a dielectric positioned between the first and second capacitive elements. Movement of the manipulation mechanism alters the positions of the first and second capacitive elements with respect to each other and is determinable based on capacitance changes resulting therefrom. In some implementations, the second capacitive elements may be part of an inner ring or partial ring nested at least partially within an outer ring or partial ring.
US10061398B1
An ergonomic computer mouse for comfortably accommodating a user's foot includes a substantially circular pad having a planar upper surface, a planar lower surface and at least one peripheral edge. Outwardly extending from the peripheral edge are a pair of arms, each having a control button at a distal end that functions as either a “left” or “right” button found on a conventional mouse. On the upper surface of the housing are a plurality of peripheral, multidirectional arrows that, when depressed with a foot, move a cursor in a corresponding direction on the screen. Likewise, a centrally disposed zoom button can be manipulated with a foot to enlarge, reduce or scroll through displayed screen content. Accordingly, a user can completely control all typical mouse functions with a foot to prevent wrist and hand stress or injury.
US10061396B1
An electronic apparatus having a thinner chassis by pressing keycaps and capable of avoiding an erroneous motion or an erroneous input. An electronic apparatus includes: a key-position setting mechanism configured to interlock with a rotation of a display chassis and a main body chassis via a hinge mechanism to move keycaps from a first position to a second position; and a controller configured to enable a key input signal from the keycaps when the keycaps are at least at the first position and to disable a key input signal from the keycaps when the key-position setting mechanism moves the keycaps to the second position.
US10061395B2
The present invention provides a button structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The button structure includes a base made from a first material, a graphic piece made from a second material, and a transparent piece made from a third material, where the graphic piece is integrally formed with the base and protrudes out beyond an upper surface of the base, the transparent piece wraps the base and the graphic piece, and a heat resistance temperature of the first material and a heat resistance temperature of the second material are both higher than a heat resistance temperature of the third material. In addition, the present invention further provides a game controller using the button structure.
US10061383B1
A method is provided for determining a point of gaze directed at a graphical display. The method comprises: a) acquiring an image of at least one eye of a user containing at least one gaze aspect and at least one reference aspect; b) extracting image aspects from the image, the image aspects comprising a set of reference aspects and a set of gaze aspects corresponding to the image; c) extracting a set of features for each of said image aspects; d) computing a set of feature vectors between said set of gaze aspects and said set of reference aspects; e) computing a point of gaze for each of said set of feature vectors, using a predefined mathematical relationship; and f) using a predefined rule to combine the computed points of gaze into a final point of gaze on the graphical display.
US10061376B2
A data processing device is configured to deploy, in response to an intermittent source of power, opportunistic power management strategies to manage harvested energy based on an expected amount of energy available to the data processing device and on expected energy expenditures defined by data processing and memory content control writing performed by the data processing device.
US10061375B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a touch sensor, measurement circuits, and a monitoring circuit. The measurement circuits are respectively coupled to electrodes of the touch sensor. Each measurement circuit includes a first component, a second component, and a third component. The first component of each measurement circuit is activated in a first power mode and the second and third components of each measurement circuit are deactivated in the first power mode. The monitoring circuit is coupled to the measurement circuits and includes a first component, a second component, and a third component. The monitoring circuit is configured to perform operations in the first power mode. The operations include receiving signals from the measurement circuits and generating an output signal that is proportional to a sum of the signals received from the measurement circuits. A value of the generated output signal indicates whether activity has occurred on the touch sensor.
US10061373B2
A computer-implemented method for managing display-related resources, the method comprising the steps of: receiving (201) an input sequence of images at a server; the method being characterized in that it further comprises the steps of: analyzing (202) presence of input activity at the server; in case of activity presence at the server, adding (203), to an output data stream, a signal indicative of activity presence (303); adding to the output data stream the input sequence of images (304); transmitting the output data stream to a client device for the purpose of managing display-related resources of the client device based on the signal indicative of activity presence (303).
US10061371B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system for controlling a plurality of managed devices. The system may involve a manageability services module adapted to facilitate communication between the plurality of managed devices and a central user located remotely from the plurality of managed devices. The system may also involve a manageability engine module that communicates with the manageability services module. The manageability engine module may have an element library storing parameters associated with the plurality of managed devices, and may be configured to perform a number of useful operations such as: facilitating communication between the managed devices and the manageability services module; discovering a new managed device; and collecting, aggregating and providing real time analytics on the data collected from the managed devices. A database may be used to store data collected by the manageability engine module.
US10061370B2
Disclosed herein are techniques related to privacy at display devices. The techniques include an apparatus having an electroactive privacy layer of a display device. The electroactive privacy layer is configured to restrict a propagation direction of light emission associated with a display layer of the display device. The restriction of propagation is generated by micro louvers formed in the electroactive privacy layer.
US10061356B2
A flexible display panel including: a flexible panel including a first region including a display region and oriented on a first plane and a second region including a non-display region and oriented on a second plane different from the first plane; and a flexible encapsulation member disposed on the flexible panel so as to encapsulate at least the display region.
US10061351B2
Systems and methods are provided for docking a portable user device to a docking device or adapter via a clip mechanism. A portable user device may include two clip members which rotate relative to one another about an axis. A coupling pivot may be coupled to both clip members to facilitate relative rotation, and may provide a clamping force between the clip members. One or more terminals may be located on at least one of the clip members, allowing data transfer, charging, or other functions when the portable user device is docked using the clip mechanism.
US10061350B2
Particular embodiments described herein provide for a wearable electronic device, such as a bracelet, watch, wristband or armband that includes a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which may include any type of components, elements, circuitry, etc.). One particular implementation of a wearable electronic device may include one or more strap portions that may each comprise a shape memory material, which has a default shape. At least one strap portion may further comprise one or more input elements configured to register one or more inputs and logic configured to receive input data based the one or more inputs and to manipulate, based, at least in part, on the input data, the shape memory material for each of the one or more strap portions from a deformed shape back to its default shape.
US10061341B2
This disclosure describes a precise, fast, and relatively low power current-source for use in various applications, which may include driving power semiconductors such power MOSFETs and IGBTs. The current-source may provide both a constant current and a current profile over time which may charge and discharge the steering terminal (e.g. the gate) of a power semiconductor for precise control of switch timing. The current-source uses current steering digital-to-analog converter (DAC) technology and current mirrors to generate a high output current that is significantly immune to power supply and ground variability.
US10061337B2
Various embodiments provide a voltage regulator. The voltage regulator includes a supply voltage input to apply an input supply voltage, a supply voltage output to output an output supply voltage, and a first field effect transistor and a second field effect transistor, which are connected in series between the voltage supply input and the voltage supply output. The first field effect transistor has a higher operating voltage than the second field effect transistor. The voltage regulator further includes a regulator designed to set the gate voltage of the first field effect transistor and the gate voltage of the second field effect transistor to regulate the output supply voltage on the basis of a reference voltage.
US10061327B2
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for assisted takeoff of an aerial vehicle. The aerial vehicle may takeoff using a first control scheme and switch to a second control scheme for normal flight when a takeoff threshold is met. The first control scheme optionally does not use integral control while the second control scheme may use integral control. The aerial vehicle may determine that a takeoff threshold is met, based on an output to a motor of the aerial vehicle and/or an acceleration of the aerial vehicle.
US10061324B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an autonomous moving device or the like that estimates a self position based on an arrangement of landmarks in surrounding environment while suppressing the influence by external disturbances. In order to achieve the object described above, an external disturbance factor which becomes an external disturbance and a landmark used for the self position estimation when estimating a self position from an image captured by a wide angle camera are extracted, the landmark which is not affected by the external disturbance factor is selected from an image captured by the standard camera capable of controlling a posture using the extracted information, the posture of the standard camera is controlled so as to track the selected landmark, and the self position is estimated based on the arrangement of the landmarks captured by the tracking-controlled standard camera.
US10061316B2
A computer-implemented method is provided for autonomously controlling a vehicle to perform a vehicle operation. The method includes steps of applying a passive actor-critic reinforcement learning method to passively-collected data relating to the vehicle operation, to learn a control policy configured for controlling the vehicle so as to perform the vehicle operation with a minimum expected cumulative cost; and controlling the vehicle in accordance with the control policy to perform the vehicle operation.
US10061308B2
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for delayering parcels. A parcel delayering system for automatic processing of a plurality of parcels includes a multi-stage arrangement of sequential cascading conveyors configured for de-layering the plurality of parcels. One or more of the conveyors has a high-friction belt which is inclined in a direction of travel and arranged such that a first conveyor section discharges from above onto a second conveyor section. The parcel delayering system includes a system or processor configured to progressively increase a duty cycle from stage to stage of the multi-stage arrangement of sequential cascading conveyors by adding pulsation in a velocity of the conveyors.
US10061306B2
A method for allocating printed circuit boards to the fitting lines of a fitting system configured for fitting printed circuit boards with electronic components includes: determining requirements for fitting each of a plurality of printed circuit boards with respective components; and allocating the printed circuit boards to fitting lines under predetermined conditions by integral linear programming. The allocation is carried out such that differences between the component variances of the fitting lines are minimized. The component variance of a fitting line represent the number of different components configured to be fitted to all printed circuit boards allocated to the fitting line.
US10061303B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining portions of an item that would be unsupported during three-dimensional printing. One of the methods includes obtaining data representing a three-dimensional model of an item to be created by a three-dimensional printer, processing data representing discrete portions of an upper layer of the three-dimensional model that are labelled as unsupported to place supports for at least some of the discrete portions that are labelled as unsupported, processing data representing any remaining discrete portions of the upper layer that are labelled as unsupported and for which a support for the remaining discrete portion would intersect with a lower portion in the three-dimensional model, generating, for each of the discrete portions labelled as a portion at which to generate a support, a support for the discrete portion in the three-dimensional model.
US10061302B2
A waste removal and transfer assembly for a 3D printing system comprises a waste material remover and a waste material collector. The waste material remover comprises a movable waste removing element selectively movable into contact with a planerizer roller to remove 3D printing waste material from the planerizer roller. The waste material remover is coupled to translate with the planerizer roller and comprises an opening leading to a waste material receptacle configured to receive waste material and at least one port selectively operable to transfer waste material from the waste receptacle. The waste material collector has a receiving position that is stationary relative to the waste material remover. The waste material collector comprises an opening and a waste material storage recess to receive waste material transferred from the waste material remover via the at least one port and to store the received waste material for subsequent disposal.
US10061299B2
One variation of a method for implementing design-for-manufacturing checks during construction of a virtual model of a real part includes: in response to insertion of a virtual feature into the virtual model, estimating a minimum stock geometry for the real part based on the virtual feature; selecting a first material stock cross-section from a set of available material stock cross-sections of a material designated for the real part based on the minimum stock geometry; at a first time, prompting a user to adjust a dimension of the virtual feature to enable production of the real part with a second material stock cross-section in the set of material stock cross-sections, less than the first material stock cross-section; at a second time succeeding the first time, submitting, to a manufacturing facility and over a computer network, an order for production of a unit of the real part according to the virtual model.
US10061295B2
A numerical controller is equipped with a check drawing function for drawing an unmachined path based on a machining program and a machining drawing function for drawing a machining trajectory during machining control based on the machining program. The numerical controller calculates a drawing trajectory correction vector which represents an amount of shift in an axial position at which machining is actually performed from an axial position commanded by the machining program, and creates a corrected machining trajectory by correcting a drawing position of the machining trajectory drawn by the machining drawing function, based on the calculated drawing trajectory correction vector. Then, the corrected machining trajectory and the unmachined path are displayed on a same screen.
US10061294B2
A numerical controller sets a parameter actually used for servo control on the basis of command data generated by analyzing a machining program. Based on the set parameter and a predefined allowable position deviation amount, a feed speed which is given by a position deviation not exceeding the predefined allowable position deviation amount is calculated. Then, when a feed speed commanded by the command data is larger than the calculated feed speed, the feed speed commanded by the command data is clamped at the calculated feed speed.
US10061291B2
A numerical control device of the present invention includes a control unit that controls a machining tool including a main axis having a screw-hole inspection gauge attached thereto in such a way that a feed-axis motor and a main-axis motor for the main axis perform operations for screw-hole inspection based on a machining program and a determining unit that determines acceptance/defect of inspection of a screw hole machined on a workpiece based on a condition of the feed-axis motor or the main-axis motor during control by the control unit.
US10061287B2
This disclosure relates to an apparatus for monitoring a usage of an item. The usage characterises a physical handling of the item. The apparatus comprises a sensor configured to measure the usage of the item and to generate usage data based on the measured usage; a processing unit configured to determine based on the generated usage data a characteristic indicative of the usage of the item; and a wireless communication unit configured to transmit the determined characteristic indicative of the usage of the item and/or the generated usage data.
US10061284B2
Methods are provided for solid free-form fabrication of an article without using a slice stack file quickly and efficiently—in terms of computational resources—converting STL files representing an article or articles to be built by SFFF without the use of a conventional slicing program. An application program interface (“API”) is used to generate a bitmap corresponding to each particular layer of the article that is to be printed directly from the article's STL file. This conversion may done essentially in real time immediately before the particular layer is to be printed. The bitmap is used in configuring the printing instructions for the SFFF printing mechanism to print that particular layer.
US10061277B2
A servo control device includes a coarse-movement reference model unit calculating a coarse-movement model position by performing predetermined filter computation based on a position command; a coarse-movement follow-up control unit controlling the coarse-movement shaft motor such that a coarse-movement-shaft motor position follows the coarse-movement model position based on the coarse-movement-shaft motor position provided from the coarse-movement shaft motor and the coarse-movement model position; an integrated reference model unit calculating an integrated model position by performing predetermined filter computation based on a position command; and a fine-movement follow-up control unit controlling the fine-movement shaft motor such that a fine-movement-shaft motor position follows a fine-movement model position based on the fine-movement-shaft motor position provided from the fine-movement shaft motor and the fine-movement model position obtained from the integrated model position and the coarse-movement model position.
US10061266B2
There is provided a lighting device arranged to produce a controllable light beam for illuminating a scene. The device comprises an addressable spatial light modulator arranged to provide a selectable phase delay distribution to a beam of incident light. The device further comprises fourier optics arranged to receive phase-modulated light from the spatial light modulator and form a light distribution. The device further comprises projection optics arranged to project the light distribution to form a pattern of illumination as said controllable light beam.
US10061262B2
An image forming unit has a configuration in which, when an opening-closing member causes respective first openings to be opened by the engagement of the opening-closing member and an engaging section in association with an operation of attaching a developer container to an attachment unit, a first surface and a second surface are separated away from each other until arrival of the first openings at positions corresponding to respective second openings, and the first surface and the second surface are brought into proximity to each other upon the arrival of the first openings at the positions corresponding to the respective second openings.
US10061253B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a primary conveyance section, a first diverging section, a sorting ejection section, a secondary conveyance section, and a housing. The first diverging section is located downstream of the image forming section in a paper conveyance direction in the primary conveyance section. The secondary conveyance section diverges from the primary conveyance section at the first diverging section. The sorting ejection section sorts and ejects the paper conveyed thereto by the secondary conveyance section. The housing constitutes an apparatus main body and houses the image forming section, the primary conveyance section, the first diverging section, and part of the secondary conveyance section. One side wall of a plurality of side walls of the housing has an opening. The secondary conveyance section conveys the paper to a proximal end of the sorting ejection section through the opening.
US10061250B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor, a charger, an exposure device, a transfer device, a first and a second surface voltmeter, and a processor. At the first rotation of the photoconductor, the charger charges a charge area on the photoconductor, the exposure device exposes a part of an exposure area in an axial direction of the photoconductor, and the transfer device charges an exposed and unexposed area. At the second rotation, the charger charges the charge area, and the exposure device exposes the exposed and unexposed area at the first rotation. After the exposure at the second rotation, the first surface voltmeter measures a surface potential V1 of the unexposed area at the first rotation, and the second surface voltmeter measures a surface potential V2 of the exposed area at the first rotation. The processor evaluates a life of the photoconductor based on the surface potentials V1 and V2.
US10061245B2
An image forming apparatus includes a mounting unit, a restricting member, a driving source, a reading unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The reading unit reads mounting-destination information from a storage medium. The mounting-destination information is information stored in the storage medium located in the container and information assigned to the image forming apparatus used by an ordering source user who has ordered the container. The own-apparatus information is information assigned to its own apparatus. The control unit that determines whether the mounting-destination information read from the storage medium of the container mounted to the mounting unit by the reading unit matches the own-apparatus information or not when the container is mounted to the mounting unit, and the control unit controlling driving of the driving source to move the restricting member to a restriction position when the mounting-destination information matches the own-apparatus information.
US10061236B2
A fixing device includes a fixing unit that heats and fixes an unfixed image held on a recording medium onto the recording medium, a detector that is disposed at a position downstream from the fixing unit in a direction in which the recording medium is transported and that detects the recording medium by detecting thermal energy emitted by the recording medium, and a heating unit that heats the detector.
US10061225B2
A toner amount detection sensor has a substrate, and a case housing. In the substrate, the light emitting element, the first light receiving element, and the second light receiving element are attached with an interval to the same first surface. In the substrate, first and second slits and are provided between a region where the light emitting element is attached and regions where the first light receiving element and the second light receiving element are attached. In the case housing, first and second light shielding walls and are disposed in such a manner as to extend to reach the inside of the first and second slits and when attached to the substrate and first and second light shielding walls and are provided between the light emitting element and the first light receiving element and between the light emitting element and the second light receiving element.
US10061221B2
A method of printing three-dimensional parts with an electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system, with a part material including a composition having an engineering-grade thermoplastic material and a charge control agent. The part material is provided in a powder form having a controlled particle size, and is configured for use in the electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system having a layer transfusion assembly for printing the three-dimensional parts in a layer-by-layer manner.
US10061220B2
A toner, containing: a binder resin; and kaolinite, wherein the toner has a molecular weight distribution having a main peak in a range of 1,000 to 10,000, and a half value width of the main peak is 8,000 to 30,000, where the molecular weight distribution is obtained by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of THF soluble matter of the toner, and wherein the toner contains the kaolinite in an amount of 5% by mass to 35% by mass.
US10061218B2
A toner configured to produce less odor in printing and to have excellent charge stability. Disclosed is a toner comprising polymer particles obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable monomer and an external additive attached to a surface of the polymer particles, wherein a volatilization amount a of an alkylthiol with a molecular weight of 110 or more and less than 150 with respect to the toner, which is quantitated at a volatilization temperature of 160° C. in purge & trap/gas chromatography measurement A, is 1 mass ppm or less, and a volatilization amount b of the alkylthiol with respect to the toner, which is quantitated at a volatilization temperature of 220° C. in purge & trap/gas chromatography measurement B, is 30 mass ppm or more and 1,000 mass ppm or less.
US10061214B2
An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate using exposure light via a liquid. The exposure apparatus comprises a substrate holding part, which releasably holds and is capable of moving a substrate, a management apparatus, which manages a status of usage of a dummy substrate that the substrate holding part is capable of holding.
US10061212B2
Disclosed is a method of measuring a target, associated substrate comprising a target and computer program. The target comprises overlapping first and second periodic structures. The method comprising illuminating the target with measurement radiation and detecting the resultant scattered radiation. The pitch of the second periodic structure is such, relative to a wavelength of the measurement radiation and its angle of incidence on the target, that there is no propagative non-zeroth diffraction at the second periodic structure resultant from said measurement radiation being initially incident on said second periodic structure. There may be propagative non-zeroth diffraction at the second periodic structure which comprises further diffraction of one or more non-zero diffraction orders resultant from diffraction by the first periodic structure. Alternatively, the detected scattered radiation may comprise non-zero diffraction orders obtained from diffraction at said the periodic structure which have been disturbed in the near field by the second periodic structure.
US10061195B2
A photosensitive resin composition for dry etching including a water-soluble resin, a photopolymerizable monomer, and a photopolymerization initiator, and a method for producing a resist pattern for dry etching. The method includes forming a resin layer with the photosensitive resin composition on a substrate; exposing the resin layer with positional selectivity; and developing the exposed resin layer with water at a temperature less than 50° C., so as to form a resist pattern.
US10061192B2
The invention relates to a method for correcting at least one error on wafers processed by at least one photolithographic mask, the method comprises: (a) measuring the at least one error on a wafer at a wafer processing site, and (b) modifying the at least one photolithographic mask by introducing at least one arrangement of local persistent modifications in the at least one photolithographic mask.
US10061185B2
A projection display device includes a plurality of reflective liquid crystal panels, a plurality of polarizers, and a combining optical system. The combining optical system includes a first incident surface to which first color light emitted from a first reflective liquid crystal panel and reflected by a combining surface of the combining optical system is incident and a second incident surface to which second color light emitted from a second reflective liquid crystal panel and passing through the combining surface is incident. The polarizes include a first polarizer, which reflects the first color light to the first incident surface, and a second polarizer which reflects the second color light to the second incident surface. An alignment direction of the liquid crystal of the first reflective liquid crystal panel is orthogonal to an alignment direction of the liquid crystal of the second reflective liquid crystal panel.
US10061179B2
An optical modulator includes an optical modulation element including a plurality of signal electrodes and the like, a plurality of lead pins and the like for inputting radio frequency signals, and a relay substrate in which conductor patterns and the like that electrically connect the lead pins with the signal electrodes respectively are formed, the relay substrate is disposed so that a propagation direction of the radio frequency signals that have propagated through the lead pins is bent and guided to the conductor patterns, and the relay substrate is constituted so that widths of gaps between the plurality of conductor patterns in the optical modulator-side edge of the relay substrate is smaller than, preferably smaller than 50% of widths of gaps between the plurality of conductor patterns in the lead pin-side edge.
US10061178B2
A glazing having switchable optical properties is described, including a transparent substrate having an outer surface and an inner surface, a reflection layer on the outer surface and/or on the inner surface and a switchable functional element arranged on the interior side with respect to the reflection layer. The reflection layer contains a material having a refractive index nR of 1.6 to 2.5. The product of the refractive index nR and the thickness d of the reflection layer is from 250 nm to 960 nm.
US10061170B2
According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing an electronic device, includes preparing a first substrate including a first basement and a first conductive layer, and a second substrate includes a second basement and a second conductive layer, opposing the first conductive layer and spaced from the first conductive layer, providing a protection layer on the second substrate, forming a first hole penetrating the second substrate by irradiating the second substrate with a laser beam in a position overlapping the protection layer, removing the protection layer and forming a connecting material electrically connecting the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer to each other via the first hole after removing the protection layer.
US10061167B2
A display device includes a plurality of sub-pixel groups, wherein each of the plurality sub-pixel groups comprises eight sub-pixels disposed in a row direction or in a column direction and the eight sub-pixels comprise two red sub-pixels; two blue sub-pixels; two green sub-pixels; and two sub-pixels of a predetermined color, wherein in each of the plurality of sub-pixel groups, a distance between the red sub-pixels or between the blue sub-pixels is less than a distance between the green sub-pixels or between the sub-pixels of the predetermined color, and the sub-pixels of the predetermined color have a luminance higher than a luminance of the red sub-pixels and the blue sub-pixels.
US10061166B2
A liquid crystal display panel includes a first and a second substrate, scan lines, data lines, pixel structures, a counter electrode layer, and a liquid crystal layer. The scan lines, the data lines, and the pixel structures are located above the first substrate. Each of the pixel structures includes a first active device and a first pixel electrode. The first active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first active device and has a plurality of first stripe portions. Two adjacent first stripe portions define a first slit. The first stripe portion has a width L, the first slit has a width S, the first stripe portions have a pitch p there between, and p=L+S. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and second substrates and has a thickness d. The liquid crystal layer has a splay elastic constant k11 and a bend elastic constant k33, 0<(k11/k33)<1, and the liquid crystal display panel represented by a formula (1): 1 2 k 11 k 33 ≤ p 2 d ≤ k 11 k 33 . ( 1 )
US10061159B2
A light-emitting apparatus according to the present invention includes: a board on which a plurality of light source units are provided; a partition member provided on the board and enclosing each of the light source units; and a fixing member arranged in a boundary portion between two or more light source units that are adjacent to each other and fixing the board and the partition member.
US10061152B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display module including a peripheral area located outside a display area, a cover member including a phototransmissive region and a light-shielding region, and a ultraviolet-cured resin layer which bonds the display module to the cover member, includes first and second portions, and contains polar monomers as a monomer component. A transparent first electrode is interposed between the cover member and the display module to cover the phototransmissive region. A second electrode is separated from the first electrode and extends along the first electrode in an area corresponding to the peripheral area. The first and second electrodes apply an electric field to the part of the first portion to orient the polar monomers.
US10061150B2
A light control film includes a light shielding layer and a light diffusion portion, and, when an area of a part where the light shielding layer is in contact with one surface of the base material is set to S1, and an area of a part where a low refractive index portion is exposed between light incidence end surfaces is set to S2, the light shielding layer and the light diffusion portion are formed so as to satisfy (S1−S2)/S1×100≥50.
US10061148B2
A backlight module includes a back plate, a diffuser opposite to the back plate, a plurality of dot light sources arranged on a surface of the backplate facing toward the diffuser in a matrix, thermal emitters configured between the dot light sources, and an optical film configured on the surface of the diffuser facing away the backplate. In addition, the present disclosure also relates to a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal device (LCD). The backlight module radiates infrared rays toward the liquid crystal panel, and the liquid crystal within the liquid crystal panel may convert the infrared rays into heat. That is, the absorbed rays may be converted into thermal energy heating up the liquid crystal panel. Thus, even at a low temperature, the LCD may function normally.
US10061133B2
In an optical element, a half mirror layer includes a silver layer, a first dielectric multilayer film that is provided between the silver layer and a first translucent member made of resin, and a second dielectric multilayer film that is provided on the opposite side to the first translucent member with respect to the silver layer. The first dielectric multilayer film includes a first aluminum oxide layer that is in contact with the silver layer, and a titanium oxide layer that is in contact with the first aluminum oxide layer on the first translucent member side. The second dielectric multilayer film includes a zirconium oxide layer (zirconium oxide-based dielectric layer) and a second aluminum oxide layer that is in contact with the zirconium oxide layer, and one of the second aluminum oxide layer and the zirconium oxide layer is in contact with the silver layer.
US10061131B2
A virtual-reality or augmented-reality viewer (1) for a mobile electronic device (2), the viewer (1) including a central body (3), a left lens (4) and a right lens (4) arranged in the central body (3), a left side body (5) connected to the central body (3), a right side body (5) connected to the central body (3), and a tension mechanism (6) which biases the left and right side bodies (5) towards each other. In a first viewer state, a left portion of the central body (3) is accommodated in the left side body (5) and a right portion of the central body (3) is accommodated in the right side body (5). In a second viewer state, the left portion of the central body (3) is not accommodated in the left side body (5) and the right portion of the central body (3) is not accommodated in the right side body (5), so that the left and right lenses (4) are not covered by the left or right side body (5).
US10061130B2
The present invention comprises a foveated imaging system capable of capturing a wide field of view image and a foveated image, where the foveated image is a controllable region of interest of the wide field of view image.
US10061129B2
A display apparatus has a birefringent ocular having a first index of refraction for light having a first polarization axis and a second index of refraction, lower than the first index by at least 0.1, for light having a second polarization axis that is orthogonal to the first polarization axis, wherein the birefringent ocular defines an eye box for a viewer. An image source emits image-bearing light having the first polarization axis. A polarization beam splitter is disposed to reflect the image-bearing light of the first polarization axis toward the birefringent ocular and further disposed to transmit, from an object scene, light having the second polarization axis.
US10061126B2
An optical device includes a plate-shaped Fresnel lens portion made of a first optical material, the Fresnel lens portion having a Fresnel-shaped portion on one side of Fresnel lens portion in a thickness direction of the Fresnel lens portion, the Fresnel-shaped portion having a plurality of grooves, and a partially reflective mirror layer provided on a surface of the Fresnel-shaped portion. The plurality of grooves of the Fresnel-shaped portion is configured such that a surface configuration of the Fresnel-shaped portion has optically freeform surface characteristics and such that each of the grooves has a non-uniform depth.
US10061114B2
Provided is an eyepiece lens to be used for observing an image displayed on an image displaying surface, the eyepiece lens consisting of, in order from the image displaying surface side to an observation side: a first lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit consists of one negative lens, and the second lens unit consists of, in order from the image displaying surface side to the observation side, a positive lens and a negative lens that has a concave surface facing the observation side. During adjustment of a diopter, the first lens unit is configured to not move, and the second lens unit is configured to move.
US10061113B2
A portable night vision apparatus comprising at least one image intensifier tube and a memory. The at least one image intensifier tube is coupled to a power supply and coupled to a processor. The memory is coupled to the processor for the storage of data relating to the apparatus and to the use of the apparatus.
US10061111B2
Methods, devices and systems for up to three-dimensional scanning of target regions at high magnification are disclosed.
US10061110B2
An imaging apparatus includes: a stage; an imaging unit having an imaging surface for receiving observation light from an object on the stage; a first moving mechanism for performing a relative movement between the stage and the imaging unit along at least one direction within a placement plane for placing the object; a second moving mechanism for performing a relative movement between the stage and the imaging unit along a direction orthogonal to the placement plane; a computation unit that causes the imaging unit to image a first region of the object while operating the first moving mechanism to acquire information on the first region, and calculates a focus tendency of the object; and a control unit that controls the second moving mechanism based on the focus tendency, and adjusts an imaging characteristic of the observation light when the imaging unit images a second region of the object.
US10061103B2
A lens module, including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens comprising a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, and a fifth lens including a negative refractive power and an inflection point formed on an image-side surface thereof. The first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side.
US10061102B2
An imaging lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens group fixed during focusing, and a positive second lens group moved toward the object side during focusing from a distant object to a close object. The second lens group consists of, in order from the object side, a first cemented lens consisting of a biconvex lens and a negative lens having a smaller absolute value of curvature radius of the object-side surface than that of the image-side surface, and a second cemented lens as a whole having a positive refractive power and consisting of a negative lens having a smaller absolute value of curvature radius of the image-side surface than that of the object-side surface and a positive lens having a smaller absolute value of curvature radius of the object-side surface than that of the image-side surface. The imaging lens satisfies specific condition expressions.
US10061085B2
An optical switching system comprising a switching cell having first and second fixed-position bus waveguides and a moveable shunt waveguide is disclosed. The first bus waveguide includes an input and a first output. The second bus waveguide includes a second output. When the switching cell is in its unswitched state, the shunt waveguide is not optically coupled with either bus waveguide and a light signal can pass from the input to the first output while remaining in the first bus waveguide. When the switching cell is in its switched state, the shunt waveguide is optically coupled with both bus waveguides such that the light signal is coupled out of the first bus waveguide and into the second bus waveguide via the shunt waveguide. As a result, the light signal can pass from the input to the second output while bypassing the first input.
US10061078B1
In some variations, a polymer-based microlattice structure includes a plurality of intersecting micro-truss structural elements each comprising a thermoset first polymer, and a continuous coating layer (with a second polymer) that substantially encapsulates each of the micro-truss structural elements, wherein the second polymer in the continuous coating layer bonds the thermoset first polymer to a substrate. The micro-truss structural elements preferably are architecturally ordered and the coating layer is uniformly distributed within the microlattice structure. The polymer coating layer may be present over the entire microlattice surface area, thereby increasing bond area to improve toughness. The microlattice structure may also have higher glass-transition temperature and chemical resistance, compared to a microlattice structure without the coating layer. Methods of forming a polymer-based microlattice structure are also disclosed.
US10061077B2
A backlight device includes a frame formed of a transparent resin, a first diffusion adhesive layer with a light diffusion, provided on a first surface of the frame, a second diffusion adhesive layer with a light diffusion, provided on a second surface of the frame which is opposite to the first surface, a reflecting sheet adhered to the frame with the first diffusion adhesive layer, a light guide plate on the reflecting sheet in the frame, and a light source disposed in the frame to irradiate light to the light guide plate.
US10061073B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device including a circular backlight that illuminates an LCD panel. The backlight is disposed behind the LCD panel and includes a light guide and an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs). The light guide includes a circular top surface, a circular bottom surface, and a connecting surface between the top and bottom surface. The array of LEDs are disposed along the connecting side surface of the light guide in a circular arrangement to emit light into in first directions toward a center of the light guide. The light guide receives the light from the array of LEDs in the first directions and directs the light in a second direction toward the LCD panel from the circular top surface. The backlight can include brightness enhancement films (BEFS), such as first BEF having concentric circular stripe prisms, and a second BEF having radial stripe prisms.
US10061070B2
The present invention discloses an assembly jig for assembling a LED module and a light guide plate, the LED module comprises a circuit board and LED mounted portions which are vertically arranged on the circuit board, and the assembly jig comprises a stripe body and a plurality of grooves with notches on the stripe body, wherein the grooves are spaced and disposed across at least two adjacent sides of the stripe body to contain and tightly contact with the non-mounting surface of the LED mounted portions opposite to the mounting surface. The present invention also discloses a backlight module and a method which is used for assembling a LED module and a light guide plate by ensuring the same distances between each of the LEDs to the light guide plate, furthermore to obtain relatively uniform backlighting and high optical taste of the backlight module.
US10061068B1
A substantially achromatic multiple element compensator system for use in a wide spectral range, (for example 190-1700 nm), rotating compensator spectroscopic ellipsometer or polarimeter or the like system, which does not require external surface coatings at locations whereat total internal reflections occur. Multiple total internal reflections enter retardance into an entered beam of electromagnetic radiation. Berek-type retarders on both input and output sides of the multiple elements are oriented to minimize changes in the net retardance vs. wavelength via adjustment of Berek-type retarders. Berek-type retarders.
US10061064B2
A prism used in analysis utilizing surface plasmons is prism of a dielectric medium with a predetermined reflective index. Trapezoidal prism comprises an incident surface on which excitation light is incident from outside, a reflective surface at which the excitation light incident on the incident surface is reflected, an emission surface from which the excitation light reflected by the reflective surface is emitted; and an opposite surface which opposes the reflective surface. The opposite surface is a recessed sink mark surface.
US10061055B2
Systems and methods for estimating absolute elemental concentrations of a subterranean formation from neutron-induced gamma-ray spectroscopy are provided. In one example, a system for estimating an absolute yield of an element in a subterranean formation may include a downhole tool and data processing circuitry. The downhole tool may include a neutron source to emit neutrons into the formation, a neutron monitor to detect a count rate of the emitted neutrons, and a gamma-ray detector to obtain gamma-ray spectra deriving at least in part from inelastic gamma-rays produced by inelastic scattering events and neutron capture gamma-rays produced by neutron capture events. The data processing circuitry may be configured to determine a relative elemental yield from the gamma-ray spectra and to determine an absolute elemental yield based at least in part on a normalization of the relative elemental yield to the count rate of the emitted neutrons.
US10061054B2
Disclosed are apparatus, systems, and methods for determining the completeness of the cement sheath or gravel-pack annulus of a borehole based on gamma counts or count rates measured with a pulsed neuron tool deployed in the borehole in conjunction with a quantitative relationship between certain gamma count (rate) ratios and a parameter of completeness. In various embodiments, the determination utilizes the ratio of the net long inelastic count (rate) and the near capture count (rate), or the ratio of the net near inelastic count (rate) and the long capture count (rate). Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10061043B2
The invention concerns an evaluation apparatus (50) for evaluating gamma radiation events detected by a gamma camera (10) and identifying valid gamma radiation events, said (gamma camera (10) including a scintillator (12) for emitting scintillation photons (42) at photo conversion positions (44) in the scintillator (12) in response to incident gamma rays (22) and resulting gamma radiation events and a position-sensitive photodetector(14) for detecting emitted scintillation photons (42) and obtaining therefrom a spatial signal distribution (24). The invention further concerns a calibration apparatus (56) for in-situ calibrating a position-sensitive photodetector (14) of a gamma camera (10) for the detection of gamma radiation events.
US10061042B2
A radiation imaging apparatus includes a housing including an incident surface of radiation, an imaging panel stored in the housing and including an effective region for detecting radiation incident through the incident surface, a buffer member arranged between the incident surface and the imaging panel, and an electrically conductive member fixed to the buffer member. An edge of the electrically conductive member surrounds an edge of the effective region in a planar view with respect to the incident surface.
US10061041B2
Embodiments are directed to comparison-based methods of conditionally assessing the excess in correlation of an unknown neutron count measurement compared to the correlation present in a data defined as background, and to providing a technical definition of excess correlation intended to properly handle the measured excess correlation. The degree of correlation between an unknown source and background can be used to prevent masking of neutron count data for the source by background radiation.
US10061037B2
Systems and devices incorporating radiation detection, and techniques and materials for improved radiation detection are provided that involve a nano-scintillator exhibiting a linear luminescent emission response to stimulating electromagnetic radiation. The nano-scintillator can include at least one nanocrystal comprising a rare earth element, a lanthanide dopant, and a spectator dopant, wherein the nanocrystal exhibits a linear luminescent emission response to stimulating electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths less than 100 nm. As one example, the nanocrystal is [Y2−xO3; Eux, Liy], where x is 0.05 to 0.1 and y is 0.1 to 0.16, and has an average nanoparticle size of 40 to 70 nm. These nanocrystals can be fabricated through a glycine combustion method.
US10061034B2
A signal processing device (1) includes a noise generator (11) configured to have a noise strength set therein and to output a noise with a set noise strength; a noise adder (12) configured to add the noise to an input signal including a weak signal as a measurement target to generate a noise-added signal; a threshold processing circuit (13) configured to perform threshold processing on the noise-added signal; an evaluating circuit (20) configured to extract, from an output signal output from the threshold processing circuit, a pulse signal component that meets a pulse waveform condition and to evaluate the extracted pulse signal; and a strength setting circuit (31) configured to set, in the noise generator, a noise strength to a desired value based on an output from the evaluating circuit.
US10061028B2
A method for computing a depth map of a scene in a structured light imaging system including a time-of-flight (TOF) sensor and a projector is provided that includes capturing a plurality of high frequency phase-shifted structured light images of the scene using a camera in the structured light imaging system, generating, concurrently with the capturing of the plurality of high frequency phase-shifted structured light images, a time-of-flight (TOF) depth image of the scene using the TOF sensor, and computing the depth map from the plurality of high frequency phase-shifted structured light images wherein the TOF depth image is used for phase unwrapping.
US10061027B2
A laser navigation system for measuring the position of a vehicle or object. An environmental housing with first and second optical windows contains a first laser source with a steering optic oriented to the first optical window; and a second laser source with a scanning optic oriented to the second optical window. A system controller operates the first laser source with at least one of modulation and signal encoding information and provides steering commands to the steering optic to generate at least three or more adjoining or near-adjoining differentiated steered beams, and operates the second laser source and scanning optic to provide a distance measurement information, wherein the position of a vehicle or object is determined from its angular location within the differentiated steered beams in combination with the distance measurement information.
US10061024B1
A weather radar module for an aircraft is described. The weather radar module includes a weather display and a processor. The processor is configured to control a radar antenna of the aircraft to perform a radar beam sweep and to receive radar returns. The processor is further configured to perform an estimation of a weather vertical location based on the radar returns, the estimation comprising estimating an altitude error correction due to a beam shape of the radar beam and due to weather model parameters of a weather model and correcting for the altitude error correction. The processor is further configured to cause the weather display to display weather based on the received radar returns, and the estimation of the weather vertical location.
US10061020B2
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) apparatus includes dual beam scanners with dual beam steering. A first beam scanner in the LIDAR apparatus scans a wider area in one or more of a first plurality of scan patterns, and a second beam scanner in the LIDAR apparatus scans a narrower area in one or more of a second plurality of scan patterns different from the first plurality of scan patterns.
US10061019B1
To detect return light pulses in a lidar system when scanning in the forward-scanning and reverse-scanning directions, a light source may transmit first light pulses having a first wavelength when scanning in the forward-scanning direction and may transmit second light pulses having a second wavelength when scanning in the reverse-scanning direction. A diffractive optical element (DOE) is configured to deflect the two wavelengths in opposite directions, so that light pulses are transmitted ahead of the field of view of the detector in the scanning direction of the lidar system. A controller may determine the scanning direction of a scanner in the lidar system and transmit a control signal to a light source indicative of a wavelength that corresponds to the scanning direction. The light source may then transmit light pulses at the requested wavelength.
US10061013B2
A first computer is configured to receive, from at least one second computer in a first vehicle, data relating to a gunshot. The computer is configured to then determine a location of the gunshot from the data, and to transmit a message, including the gunshot location, to at least one third computer in a second vehicle.
US10061007B2
A method for acquiring 3D multispectral MRI of a target includes scanning a spectrum of spectral windows with an MRI scanner, wherein each spectral window of the spectrum defines a continuously-differentiable distribution of frequencies around a scan frequency and adjacent scan frequencies are spaced apart by substantially uniform frequency offsets such that adjacent spectral windows substantially uniformly overlap, wherein selected adjacent spectral windows are scanned in consecutive passes, and nearest neighbor spectral windows within each pass are scanned at a maximum temporal spacing within the pass.
US10061002B2
In a method and controller for controlling a magnetic resonance system, a sequence of synchronized control commands is transmitted to different system components of the magnetic resonance system. For different system components a number of control commands is supplied in a relative chronological order in relation to a defined system time, wherein the control commands in the relative chronological order are each allocated times that specify when a particular control command should be executed in relation to a defined system time. The control commands are passed in the relative chronological order to a data-converting interface, which forwards the control commands in a latency-compensating data transfer protocol via a bus system, which has a deterministic latency, to the individual system components.
US10061001B2
In a method for determining time windows in a scan sequence, in which values of setting parameters of a scan can be changed during a current scan without adversely affecting the scan data obtained with the scan, comprising the following a scan sequence is loaded into a control computer, that then determines the time windows in the scan sequence in which values of setting parameters can be changed during a current scan, on the basis of an analysis of useful coherences in the scan sequence. The determined time windows are stored or processed so as to be available to operate an imaging apparatus to execute the scan sequence.
US10060992B2
A magnetic sensor includes an MR element and a bias magnetic field generation unit. The MR element includes a magnetization pinned layer, a nonmagnetic layer and a free layer stacked along Z direction. The bias magnetic field generation unit includes a first antiferromagnetic layer, a ferromagnetic layer and a second antiferromagnetic layer stacked along the Z direction. The bias magnetic field generation unit has a first end face and and a second end face located at opposite ends in the Z direction. The MR element is placed such that the entirety of the MR element is contained in a space formed by shifting an imaginary plane equivalent to the first end face of the bias magnetic field generation unit away from the second end face along the Z direction.
US10060989B2
A board connection terminal (15) is connected to a circuit board that detects a current having flowed through a resistor element (10). The board connection terminal (15) includes an intermediate part (31) and two connecting parts (30) integrated with one another. The intermediate part (31) has a substantially linear shape, and is connected to a shunt resistor (7). The two connecting parts (30) have proximal ends thereof located at opposite ends of the intermediate part (31), and protrude in a direction substantially perpendicular to the intermediate part (31), to be connected to the circuit board. The two connecting parts (30) are arranged substantially in parallel to each other. The board connection terminal (15) comprises two board connection terminals (15) that are arranged with the resistor element (10) sandwiched therebetween. Contact resistance between the intermediate part (31) and the shunt resistor (7) is lower than conductor resistance of the intermediate part (31).
US10060985B2
A system includes an ultra-capacitor and battery system comprising a battery, an ultra-capacitor, a DC-DC converter, a first temperature sensor to sense a battery temperature, a second temperature sensor to sense an ultra-capacitor temperature and a third temperature sensor to sense a DC-DC converter temperature. An auto stop/start module is configured to selectively stop and restart an engine of a vehicle while an ignition system is ON based on operating parameters. A temperature sensing module communicates with the auto stop/start module and is configured to determine differences between temperatures sensed by the first sensor, the second sensor and the third sensor and to selectively disable the auto stop/start module based on the differences.
US10060983B2
To reliably determine a state variable (G) of a polyphase synchronous machine (1) that is supplied with electric current by a polyphase power network (2) with n phases (U, . . . , N), where n≥3, the current values of at least n−1 phase currents (Iu, . . . , In-1) from at least n−1 phases (U, . . . , N-1) of the polyphase power network (2) are detected. The state variable (G) is determined by means of the at least n−1 instantaneous current values (Iu, . . . , In-1), the current values of all n phase currents (Iu, . . . , In) from the n-phase polyphase power network (2) being detected and the n phase currents (Iu, . . . , In) being correlated with one another. The result of the correlation of all n phase currents (Iu, . . . , In) is used for a plausibility check of the n−1 phase currents (Iu, . . . , In-1) used to determine the state variable (G).
US10060972B2
A probe card is adapted for testing at least one integrated circuit that integrated on a corresponding at least one die of a semiconductor material wafer. The probe card includes a board adapted for the coupling to a tester apparatus. Several probes are coupled to the board. The probe card includes replaceable elementary units, wherein each unit includes at least one probe for contacting externally-accessible terminals of an integrated circuit under test. The replaceable elementary units are arranged so as to correspond to an arrangement of at least one die on the semiconductor material wafer containing integrated circuits to be tested.
US10060966B2
A method and apparatus (e.g., semiconductor device) for setting voltages (e.g., guardbands) using “in situ,” or on-die, silicon measurements are described. In one embodiment the semiconductor device comprises: a process monitor to measure silicon parameters of the semiconductor device; and a controller coupled to the process monitor to set a voltage for use on at least a portion of the semiconductor device based on silicon process monitor measurements.
US10060965B1
An apparatus to test an Ethernet powered device includes a processor including a power negotiation supervisor, a DC power source, a first interface having an Ethernet medium dependent interface and a coupling circuit that inserts DC power onto one or more wire pairs of the first interface. The apparatus further includes a first bridging circuit, a measuring circuit to measure characteristics of DC power delivered to Ethernet powered device. The DC power source is configurable over a range of voltage levels including a plurality of operating voltages which are applied to the Ethernet powered device and the power negotiation supervisor processes power negotiation protocol messages.
US10060957B2
A system includes a plurality of power quality devices for continuously measuring and buffering power quality data and transmitting the buffered power quality data on a periodic basis and one or more cloud-based servers communicatively coupled to the plurality of power quality devices. The one or more cloud-based servers are operable to: receive the buffered data transmitted by the power quality devices; decompress and store the buffered data in a database; and display on a web page one or more of a stripchart, daily profile, histogram, waveform, vector diagram, harmonic bar chart, and 3D harmonic graph generated using the stored data. The system also includes one or more computing devices communicatively coupled to the plurality of power quality devices and the one or more cloud-based servers.
US10060954B2
Generally, this disclosure provides circuitry and methods for determining the output capacitance of an output load capacitor of a power supply. The output capacitance is generally determined by beginning a calibration period and charging an output capacitor with a current source to generate an output voltage. The output voltage may be compared to a reference voltage, and a time period is determined during which the output voltage is less than the reference voltage. The capacitance value, C, of the output capacitor may be determined based on, at least in part, the determined time period. This disclosure also provides circuitry and methods to adjust certain parameters of the power supply based on the determined C value. For example, in a ramp compensation portion of the power supply, the value of a ramp capacitor and/or reset resistor may be adjusted once the value of C is determined. This may enable, for example, increased efficiency, greater stability and increased bandwidth operation of the power supply when the output load capacitor is changed for different applications.
US10060948B2
Methods are described for the economical manufacture of Scanning Probe and Electron Microscope (SPEM) probe tips. In this method, multiple wires are mounted on a stage and ion milled simultaneously while the stage and mounted probes are tilted at a selected angle relative to the ion source and rotated. The resulting probes are also described. The method provides sets of highly uniform probe tips having controllable properties for stable and accurate scanning probe and electron microscope (EM) measurements.
US10060942B2
Systems and methods for measuring turbulent gas flux using high-speed vertical wind speed measurements (e.g., on the order of 5-10 Hz or more frequently) and low-speed gas content measurements (e.g., on the order of 5 Hz or less frequently), without the need for the sophisticated and expensive high-speed hardware to separate gas samples (e.g., into accumulation bags) according to updrafts and downdrafts. A time series of high-speed vertical wind speed data is used as a guide to distinguish between updrafts and downdrafts. When vertical wind speed is upward (updraft), the low-speed gas content is recorded into a data structure in one location, or marked with one flag. When vertical wind speed is downward (downdraft), the low-speed gas content is recorded into a different location, or marked with a different flag. Eddy Accumulation or Relaxed Eddy Accumulation computations can be performed using the stored gas content data to determine gas flux.
US10060931B2
The invention also relates to the use of these complex forms for the purposes of screening for biological or chemical compounds capable of modulating a biological activity of said complex forms and/or for preparing and/or improving a pluristratified cell model.
US10060930B2
The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing, predicting and monitoring kidney disorders. In particular, the present invention relates to the diagnosis, prediction and monitoring of kidney disorders by detection of cytokines, cytokine-related compounds and chemokines in urine. The present invention further relates to methods and compositions for assessing the efficacy of agents and interventions used to treat kidney disorders.
US10060927B2
The current disclosure provides methods for detecting and quantitating the 6-O-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase protein (MGMT) directly in biological samples that have been fixed in formalin by the method of Selected Reaction Monitoring/Multiple Reaction Monitoring (SRM/MRM) mass spectrometry. Such biological samples are chemically preserved and fixed with formaldehyde containing agents/fixatives and may include formalin-fixed tissue/cells, formalin-fixed/paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue/cells, FFPE tissue blocks and cells from those blocks, and tissue culture cells that have been formalin fixed and/or paraffin embedded. A protein sample is prepared from the biological sample and the MGMT protein is quantitated in the sample using SRM/MRM mass spectrometry by quantitating one or more fragment peptides.
US10060916B2
An electrical biosensor for use with a reader is provided and can include an electrical component configured such that the coupling of a targeted substance to a surface of the electrical component changes an electrical characteristic of the electrical component. A protein immobilization structure can be disposed on the surface and can include an array of functionalized structures for interacting with a substance in a sample of a bodily fluid. Each functionalized structure can include a protein capable of binding to a targeted chemical substance or substance in the sample whereby an electrical reading can be obtained by a reader to determine the concentration level of the targeted substance in the sample.
US10060913B2
Embodiments described herein may be useful in the detection of analytes. The systems and methods may allow for a relatively simple and rapid way for detecting analytes such as chemical and/or biological analytes and may be useful in numerous applications including sensing, food manufacturing, medical diagnostics, performance materials, dynamic lenses, water monitoring, environmental monitoring, detection of proteins, detection of DNA, among other applications. For example, the systems and methods described herein may be used for determining the presence of a contaminant such as bacteria (e.g., detecting pathogenic bacteria in food and water samples which helps to prevent widespread infection, illness, and even death). Advantageously, the systems and methods described herein may not have the drawbacks in current detection technologies including, for example, relatively high costs, long enrichment steps and analysis times, and/or the need for extensive user training. Another advantageous feature provided by the systems and methods described herein includes fabrication in a relatively large scale. In some embodiments, the systems and methods may be used in conjunction with a detector including handheld detectors incorporated with, for example, smartphones (e.g., for the on-site detection of analytes such as pathogenic bacteria).
US10060904B1
In accordance with the disclosure, a method of forming a nanochannel is provided. The method includes depositing a photosensitive film stack over a substrate; forming a pattern on the film stack using interferometric lithography; depositing a plurality of silica nanoparticles to form a structure over the pattern; removing the pattern while retaining the structure formed by the plurality of silica nanoparticles, wherein the structure comprises one or more enclosed nanochannels, wherein each of the one or more nanochannels comprise one or more sidewalls and a roof; and partially sealing the roof of one or more nanochannels, wherein the roof comprises no more than one unsealed nanochannel per squared micron.
US10060895B2
The invention discloses methods and devices for rapidly detecting a biological and/or chemical residue in a liquid sample. In some embodiments of the instant invention, a single antenna is generally employed in proximity to an aqueous solution in a disposable cup, with electrical outputs being recorded by an electrical metering device in communication with the single antenna. Commercial plastic cups may be used for detection of electric fields related to cleanliness of water samples. General and specific target detection may be performed with various embodiments of the instant invention.
US10060872B1
A system includes an impedance gas sensor configured to be in contact with one or more hydrocarbons. The impedance sensor includes electrodes and a sensing region circuit that is configured to have a sensing material and to generate electrical stimuli to the sensing material upon exposure to one or more hydrocarbons at one or more of a reduced heater voltage or a reduced sensing region temperature as compared to a prescribed heater voltage or a prescribed sensing region temperature. The system also includes one or more processors configured to receive electrical signals from the sensor, where the electrical signals are representative of impedance responses of the sensing material to one or more hydrocarbons. The one or more processors also are configured to analyze the impedance responses and determine an amount of at least one hydrocarbon of interest in the one or more hydrocarbons.
US10060870B2
The invention relates to a system for monitoring a substratum (1) with regard to damage and/or for protecting a substratum (1) from damage. The system comprises: an electrolytically active layer (4), which has a moisture-dependent electrical resistance; at least one electrode pair, the spaced-apart electrodes (3a, 3b) of which are connected to each other by means of the electrolytically active layer (4); and a measuring device, by means of which a property, in particular an electrical quantity of the electrolytically active layer (4) or of the electrodes (3a, 3b), can be measured by using electrodes (3a, 3b) of at least one electrode pair, in particular of each electrode pair, and/or a control device, by means of which a voltage can be applied to the electrodes (3a, 3b) of at least one electrode pair, in particular of each electrode pair. At least one of the electrodes (3a, 3b) of the at least one electrode pair is designed as a planar electrode in the electrolytically active layer (4), in particular the plane of said at least one electrode is oriented parallel to the surface of the substratum (1). The invention further relates to a method for producing a system for monitoring and/or for protecting a substratum, to a method for monitoring a substratum with regard to damage, and to a method for protecting a substratum from damage, in particular moisture damage and/or damage as a result of the penetration of harmful substances.
US10060863B2
A system and method for monitoring environmental state that includes a structure element with a base substrate and at least one reflector element integrated to the base substrate, wherein the reflector element is physically configured with at least one response signature that is discretely expressed based on an substance induced environmental condition of the reflector element; and a remote monitor device comprising a transmitter and receiver unit and a controller, wherein the monitor device is configured to interrogate the structure element; detect a response signature corresponding to at least the one reflector element; and map the response signature to a corresponding substance induced environmental condition.
US10060857B1
A system includes one or more processors configured to create a projection matrix based on a three-dimensional (3D) model of a part and sensor data associated with a workpiece in a workspace of a robotic manipulator. The projection matrix provides a mapping between sensor coordinates associated with the sensor data and 3D coordinates associated with the 3D model. The one or more processors are configured to identify a set of sensor coordinates from the sensor data corresponding to a feature indication associated with the workpiece, and to determine from the set of sensor coordinates a set of 3D coordinates using the projection matrix.
US10060851B2
The disclosed technology relates to methods, apparatuses and systems for detecting molecules using surface plasmon resonance techniques, and more particularly to surface plasmon resonance techniques that employ metal nanoparticles formed on substrates. In one aspect, method of making a layer of metallic nanoparticles includes providing a liquid composition comprising a binder polymer and a solvent and at least partially immersing, into the liquid composition, an article comprising a polymeric surface, wherein the polymeric surface comprises a polymeric material and does not comprise an inorganic glass or crystalline material. The method additionally includes applying a gas phase plasma to the liquid composition to facilitate chemical reactions between the binder polymer and the polymeric material of the polymeric surface to form a binder layer on the polymeric surface of the article. The method further includes applying metallic nanoparticles onto the binder layer to form a metallic nanoparticle layer on the binder layer.
US10060847B2
Systems and methods for detecting and processing signals from particles. In an exemplary method, particles may be passed through a zone of a channel, while the zone is irradiated with light. Interaction of the light with the particles may deflect light and induce photoluminescence. A deflection signal and a photoluminescence signal may be detected from the zone. Particle waveforms may be identified in the deflection signal. At least a subset of the particle waveforms may be double-peak waveforms including a pair of peaks corresponding to a particle entering and exiting the zone. Amplitudes may be obtained from the photoluminescence signal. The amplitudes may correspond to respective particles and their particle waveforms, and at least a subset of the amplitudes may correspond to the double-peak waveforms. Individual particles may be assigned as positive or as negative for an analyte based on the corresponding amplitudes.
US10060845B2
System and methods for reducing secondary emissions in an exhaust stream from an internal combustion engine are disclosed. The systems and methods include a filtration device positioned downstream from an SCR catalyst of an aftertreatment system disposed in the exhaust system. The filtration device can also be used for particulate filter diagnostics and for treatment of ammonia slip.
US10060827B2
In one example, fleet devices are monitored. The fleet devices include engines. A controller, such as an engine controller or centralized controller, receives sensor data indicative of a load on the engine from one or more of the fleet devices. The controller analyzes the load from the sensor data to identify a management function. The controller generates a message including the management function.
US10060826B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to the field of optical fiber splicing, and more specifically to apparatuses and methods directed to mechanical splice termination and evaluation of resulting splice joints. In an embodiment, the present invention is an apparatus for evaluating the integrity of a mechanical splice joint comprising a light source, a circulator, a photo detector, and an analysis circuit, wherein the apparatus connects to a test connector and evaluates signals representative of light pulses passing through at least a portion of the test connector.
US10060823B2
A tunable mass-damping apparatus may include a housing having an interior surface, an interior volume containing a gas, and an axis. The housing may be configured to be coupled to a wind tunnel model. The mass-damping apparatus may include a mass configured to move back and forth in the interior volume along the axis. The mass may be configured to make an airtight seal with the interior surface of the housing, thereby dividing the interior volume into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The mass-damping apparatus may include a passage through the mass fluidly connecting the chambers and at least one spring configured to exert a position-dependent force upon the mass. The spring may be characterized by a spring constant chosen based on a natural frequency of a support structure of the wind tunnel model.
US10060810B2
An apparatus for sensing the operation of an air cushion includes an air cushion with the inside provided with a plurality of patterns filled with air; a part for sensing the air pressure inside the air cushion so as to output a corresponding air pressure sensing signal; a part for sensing the temperature inside the air cushion so as to output a corresponding temperature sensing signal; a photographic part arranged in the lower part of the air cushion for photographing the plurality of patterns so as to output an image of each pattern; and a control unit for determining the air pressure inside the air cushion by measuring the force exerted on the air cushion in the Y-direction based on the temperature, air pressure and contact area, and by measuring the force exerted on the air cushion in the X-direction based on the displacement of the contact area.
US10060805B2
A highly sensitive MEMS capacitive force sensor offering a wide force measurement range is disclosed. The force sensor utilizes a piston-tube electrode configuration that enables the use of a wide area of the electrodes. Therefore, a high sensitivity for force detection is achieved. The force sensor consists of a lower structure, an upper structure, and a force contact platform. The lower structure contains a plurality of fixed electrodes that are attached to the base and have a plurality of teeth (pistons). Those teeth form the fixed sensing electrodes of the force sensor. The upper structure comprises of a moving section that has a plurality of apertures. The moving section is attached to the substrate via restoring mechanical springs. A force contact platform is attached to the moving electrode and provides the foundation for the force to be applied. The force sensor is able to measure concentrated and distributed force (mechanical pressure).
US10060804B2
A cooling-heating stage-type fast scanning calorimeter capable of being integrated with other microscopic structure characterization techniques. The cooling-heating stage-type fast scanning calorimeter includes a sample chamber provided with light transmission and reflection transparent windows on the walls thereof, a cooling-heating stage provided with internal heating elements and coolant channels for temperature control and also provided with a transmission hole, a sample chamber temperature control system and a fast calorimetric system. The cooling-heating stage-type fast scanning calorimeter has the advantages that the fast calorimetric system with heating/cooling rates is miniaturized into the cooling-heating stage, and reflection and transmission windows as well as the transmission hole of the cooling-heating stage are used for in-situ integration of calorimetry and microscopic structure characterization; and through program-controlled rapid response, dynamic compensation of sample temperature disturbances caused by incident light in structure measurement is achieved, and sample temperature is stabilized, thus facilitating precise isothermal research.
US10060800B2
An excitation signal generation unit generates excitation signals of frequency channels with mutually different frequency bands and transmits the excitation signals via an antenna. Reception signals of the frequency channels received by the antenna are inputted to a reception strength detection unit. The reception strength detection unit detects a resonance reverberation signal from the reception signals and detects the signal strength of the resonance reverberation signal. An excitation control unit controls the excitation signal generation unit to adjust the signal strength of the excitation signal such that the signal strength of the resonance reverberation signal reaches or falls below a level adjustment threshold. Upon the signal strength of the resonance reverberation signal reaching or falling below the level adjustment threshold, a temperature detection unit subjects the resonance reverberation signal to a frequency analysis so as to detect a physical quantity on the basis of a frequency spectral peak.
US10060799B2
A variety of nanostructures are provided having a metal nanowire having a plurality of faces extending along a length of the nanowire, and a plurality of semiconductor nanorods forming two or more nanorod arrays, wherein each of the nanorod arrays is attached to a different surface of the nanowire. For example, in some embodiments, the nanostructure is a silver nanowire having a pentagonal cross section and five faces extending along the length of the nanowire, and metal oxide nanorods forming five nanorod arrays extending along each of the five faces of the silver nanowire. The nanostructures can demonstrate high temperature coefficients of resistance, and can be used in a variety of bolometric materials. In some embodiments, bolometric materials are provided including a plurality of the nanostructures deposited onto a surface of a substrate. Methods of making the nanostructures and bolometers are also provided.
US10060792B2
A spectrometer includes a light detection element provided with a light passing part, a first light detection part, and a second light detection part, a support fixed to the light detection element such that a space is formed, a first reflection part provided in the support and configured to reflect light passing through the light passing part in the space, a second reflection part provided in the light detection element and configured to reflect the light reflected by the first reflection part in the space, and a dispersive part provided in the support and configured to disperse and reflect the light reflected by the second reflection part to the first light detection part in the space. A plurality of second light detection parts is disposed in a region surrounding the second reflection part.
US10060787B2
A system is provided for determining personal ultra-violet (UV) radiation measurements, comprising: a measurement device configured to measure UV irradiation; and a terminal device configured to receive or capture an output of the measured UV irradiation from the measurement device and to determine a specific user's personal UV exposure risk level based on at least the measured sun irradiation and information of a skin type of the specific user. The measurement device configured to measure UV radiation exposure includes a surface that includes a plurality of different sections that each have a different sensitivity to UV radiation exposure, and each of the plurality of different sections are configured to display a different color in response to the UV radiation exposure.
US10060781B2
A method for fuel quantity gauging that measures the quantity of liquid fuel in a fuel tank. The method includes the following steps performed while fuel is flowing out of the fuel tank: changing a volume of gas in the fuel tank (e.g., by injecting or venting gas) during a time interval; measuring a rate of change of the volume of gas in the fuel tank during the time interval; measuring a rate of flow of fuel out of the fuel tank during the time interval; measuring a first pressure and a first temperature of the gas in the fuel tank at the start of the time interval; measuring a second pressure and a second temperature of the gas in the fuel tank at the end of the time interval; and calculating a quantity of fuel in the fuel tank based on the acquired measurement data.
US10060778B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for measuring airflow. In one example, an airflow monitor includes an ion generator positioned in a controlled space, an ion detector positioned in the controlled space and spaced from the ion generator, and a controller configured to receive a signal from the ion detector, to measure a time between emission of ions from the ion generator and detection of ions at the ion detector, and to calculate a speed of airflow between the ion generator and the ion detector based on the measured time.
US10060775B2
A smart water management system fixture device is positioned on a water line. The device includes a measuring unit, an electronics unit, and an energy unit associated with a housing. The measurement unit includes an impeller of a turbine disposed in a water chamber and rotatable therein. The water chamber is positioned between an inlet and an outlet to define a fluid flow path. The measurement unit is in communication with the electronics unit. The electronics unit received information from one or more sensors and harvests electricity using the motion of the turbine and is in communication with an energy unit for story electricity.
US10060772B2
A method corrects errors in position-measuring devices having material measures which are scanned by at least one scanning unit. Correction values are obtained in a calibration performed prior to a measurement operation. The correction values from the calibration are compressed for the measurement operation. The correction values are kept available for a defined number of correction points on the material measure and used during the measurement operation to correct acquired position values.
US10060768B2
A measurement transducer having a sensor for converting a physical or chemical variable into an electrical signal which can be further processed, and an electronics unit proximate the sensor, for pre-processing the electrical signal and generating a measurement signal, wherein an evaluation device is connected to the receiver by an interface for transmitting the measurement signal and serves to determine a measurement value as a function of the measurement signal and output the measurement value, and so that the sensor can be operated at a relatively high temperature and the electronics unit arranged proximate the sensor, for reducing measurement noise is operable at a relatively low temperature, the electronics unit proximate the sensor, is provided with a thermal insulation with respect to the sensor and is cooled by a heat pipe, and where the evaluation device housing approximately at ambient temperature preferably serves as a heat sink.
US10060759B2
A rotational angle detecting device may include a flat face part formed on a detected object, and a permanent magnet having a magnetic pole face facing the flat face part. The device may also include a pair of first yokes arranged in line symmetry along a magnetization direction and project in parallel with a rotational axis of the detected object from the permanent magnet, and a second yoke spaced from projecting ends of the first yokes to face a face of the permanent magnet, the first yokes projecting from the face. The device may further include a magnetic detection element having a magnetic sensitive part positioned in a detection point corresponding to each of the first yokes, and may be configured to detect magnetic flux densities in directions parallel with the rotational axis and a magnetic flux density in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis and the reference line.
US10060756B2
A method is described for incorporating a new waypoint into a current trip. The method includes configuring a trip definition and thereafter determining a proposed POI based upon: the trip definition, and a collection of potential proposed POI instances. The waypoint server system processes the collection of potential proposed POI instances, to render the proposed POI, by: (1) establishing POI ratings for individual ones of the collection of potential proposed POI instances based at least in part upon: the delay factor, and an estimate of additional delay arising from adding the individual POI to the current trip route; (2) establishing a rank ordering of the individual ones of the collection of potential proposed POI instances based upon the POI ratings; and (3) rendering the proposed POI from the rank ordering of the individual ones of the collection of potential proposed POI instances.
US10060746B2
The present invention provides methods and systems related to determine a state of the UAV by updating a determined state of UAV with a relative proportional relationship. The UAV may be provided with a monocular camera, a proximity sensor and a processor. The processor may determine external state information of the UAV based on image data captured by the monocular camera, and calculate a relative proportional relationship to be applied to the determined external state information. The updated external state information of the UAV may be more precise or even equal to the actual state information of the UAV, thus enabling more accurate control and navigation for the autonomous flight.
US10060740B2
A distance detection device calculates a pixel cost, every reference pixel, based on a difference between reference pixel information in a reference image and comparative pixel information in a comparative image while switching the reference and comparative images. The device calculates a parallax cost, every reference pixel, representing a cost regarding a change-amount of the parallax as a coordinate difference between a reference pixel and a comparative pixel when the reference image is switched. The device calculates a combination of each reference pixel and a comparative pixel having a minimum total cost every reference pixel. The minimum total cost represents a sum of the pixel cost and the parallax cost. The device obtains a relationship of a corresponding point between each reference pixel and its corresponding comparative pixel, and calculates a distance to an object in each captured image based on the relationship of the corresponding point.
US10060736B1
A method for determining a distance between a near field sensor and a substrate, the method may include creating a diffraction pattern by illuminating, with a beam of coherent radiation having a wavelength that does not exceed twenty nanometers, a slit that is formed between the substrate and an opaque element; detecting, by a detector, multiple portions of the diffraction pattern and generating detection signals indicative of the multiple portions of the diffraction pattern; processing the detection signals to determine a height of the slit; and determining the distance between the near field sensor and the substrate based upon (a) the height of the slit, and (b) a relationship between the height of the slit and a location of the near field sensor.
US10060734B2
The dimension measurement device of one aspect of the present invention includes: an obtainer configured to obtain, from a measurement device for performing three dimensional measurement of a desired object, a set of coordinates in three dimensions of the desired object; a surface extractor configured to determine a focused surface constituting the desired object based on the set of coordinates, and extract a position of a boundary of the focused surface; a region extractor configured to extract, in relation to a candidate region corresponding to an object being a specific object attached to the focused surface, a position of an edge surrounding the candidate region; and a dimension generator configured to generate dimensional data necessary for creating a dimensional drawing of the desired object from the position of the boundary and the position of the edge.
US10060732B2
A flexible apparatus is provided. The flexible apparatus includes a plurality of motion sensors mounted on different locations of the flexible apparatus, a storage configured to store operation information of the flexible apparatus corresponding to a bending shape, and a controller configured to determine a bending shape of the flexible apparatus based on a sensing value of each of the plurality of motion sensors, and to perform an operation corresponding to the determined bending shape based on the operation information stored in the storage.
US10060722B2
A portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine includes a noncontact 3D measuring device that has a projector configured to emit a first pattern of light onto an object, a scanner camera arranged to receive the first pattern of light reflected from the surface of the object, an edge-detecting camera arranged to receive light reflected from an edge feature of the object, and a processor configured to determine first 3D coordinates of an edge point of the edge feature based on electrical signals received from the scanner camera and the edge-detecting camera.
US10060715B1
A nonlethal bullet includes a casing having an open front end with a frangible rubber bullet head seated therein. The bullet head includes a tip with an opening thereon that is in communication with an interior chemical chamber. A plug adhesively secured within the opening is driven into the chemical chamber upon impact with a target. Accordingly, when the bullet is fired by a weapon and strikes an intruder or assailant, the plug is driven into the chemical chamber, causing the tip to splinter, releasing the incapacitating agent.
US10060714B2
A portable target apparatus is described including a first sensored, penetrable target and a second sensored, penetrable target positioned adjacent the first sensored, penetrable target. A user defined number of projectile penetrations on only the first sensored, penetrable target position it non-upright out of the shooter's field-of-view. Whenever the second sensored, penetrable target is penetrated by a projectile the first sensored, penetrable target does not move to the non-upright position out of the shooter's field-of-view even when the same projectile also penetrates the first sensored, penetrable target.
US10060712B2
A sensor system is provided for monitoring anti-personnel effectiveness of a gun that fires a projectile against a mannequin target. The system includes an instrumentation sensor, an aggregation controller and a base station. The instrumentation sensor is disposed on the target. The sensor transmits a status condition based on electrical integrity. The status condition is either intact as default or else disablement in response to impact from the projectile. The aggregation controller receives the status condition from the sensor and transmits the status information as aggregated information. The base station receives the aggregated information for analysis to determine the effectiveness in response to the gun firing at the target.
US10060709B2
An armor shield. The arm shield includes a ballistic material layer and a fabric layer. The fabric layer snuggly encases the ballistic material layer. The ballistic material layer and the fabric layer form a front side, a rear side, and an edge of the armor shield. A least one looped handle may be secured to the rear side.
US10060700B2
Rifle sling buckle assemblies are configured to attach to a foregrip of a rifle for easy and effective rifle sling adjustment. A buckle element is configured to engage with a strap of a rifle sling and to prevent inadvertent loosening or detachment of the rifle sling. A mounting element is configured to attach the rifle sling buckle assembly to a foregrip of a rifle, providing easy access to a consistent adjustment point and allowing a user to efficiently adjust and manage the rifle sling.
US10060694B2
A rotatable spur for a handgun, rotatable with respect to the hammer body, and rotatable in a direction that is about an axis of rotation approximately parallel with the handgun body and barrel. The mechanism of rotation may be varied provided the spur is capable of changing the direction of its finger grip surface from its normal firing position to a position preferably perpendicular to the normal firing position. A retaining pin, biased for retention within an indentation within a cocking spur pin allows the finger grip surface of the spur to rotate and face at least a side position of the handgun.
US10060688B2
A boiler system includes a boiler having at least one heat exchanger having a surface on which a deposit may form. The boiler system further includes at least one retractable sootblower having a lance tube for carrying a high pressure fluid into the boiler. The lance tube is configured such that the high pressure fluid impacts the heat exchanger surface to effect a vibration thereof. The boiler system also includes at least one vibration measuring device coupled to the boiler system. The vibration measuring device is configured to measure the vibration of the heat exchanger surface, and the measured vibration indicates presence or absence of the deposit on the heat exchanger surface. The vibration measuring device may optionally detect a vibration caused by the release of the deposit from the surface of the heat exchanger or the impact of the released deposit with a surface in the boiler system.
US10060687B2
The invention provides a connecting member and a micro-channel heat exchanger. The connecting member comprises a first side plate, a second side plate and an arc-shaped plate connected between the two plates, wherein a plurality of communicating channels (1) which are in parallel with one another and are spaced apart are provided in the connecting member, each of the communicating channels (1) extends from the first side plate to the second side plate. The invention solves the problem that the outer walls of the heat exchange tubes become thin due to bending of the heat exchanger.
US10060684B2
The invention relates to a heat exchanger having a tube bundle with tubes as heat exchanger matrix, it being possible for the tubes to be flowed through by a first fluid and in this way defining a first fluid channel, and to be flowed around by a second fluid and in this way defining a second fluid channel, the tube bundle being configured so as to be closed off toward the outside, in order to close off the second fluid channel, or being arranged in a housing, in order to close off the second fluid channel, the tubes being configured so as to be open on the end side for the inflow or outflow of the first fluid.
US10060675B2
Systems and methods for adjustable interlacing of drying rollers in a print system. One system is an apparatus that includes first rollers that conduct heat from a heat source, and dry a web of print media as the web travels over a front side of the first rollers in a first direction. A last roller of the first rollers turns the web in a second direction. The apparatus also includes second rollers disposed a distance above the first rollers and that transport the web in the second direction. The apparatus further includes a movement mechanism that reduces the distance between the second rollers and the first rollers to cause the second rollers to occupy spaces between the first rollers so that the web traveling in the second direction contacts a back side of the first rollers to further dry the web.
US10060673B2
An argon reflux condensation system and method in which a plurality of once-through heat exchangers are connected to an argon column of an air separation plant to condense argon-rich vapor streams for production of reflux to the argon column. Condensation of the argon-rich vapor streams is brought about through indirect heat exchange with crude liquid oxygen streams that partially vaporize and are introduced into a lower pressure column of the plant for further refinement. The flow rate of the crude liquid oxygen streams are sensed and controlled at locations in the plant where the crude liquid oxygen is in a liquid state and in proportion to the size of the once-through heat exchangers. Feed stream flow rate to the argon column is controlled in response to air flow rate to the plant and product flow rate is controlled in response to the feed stream flow rate to the argon column.
US10060671B2
A system for liquefying a gas includes a liquefaction heat exchanger having a feed gas inlet adapted to receive a feed gas and a liquefied gas outlet through which the liquefied gas exits after the gas is liquefied in the liquefying passage of the heat exchanger by heat exchange with a primary refrigeration passage. A mixed refrigerant compressor system is configured to provide refrigerant to the primary refrigeration passage. An expander separator is in communication with the liquefied gas outlet of the liquefaction heat exchanger, and a cold gas line is in fluid communication with the expander separator. A cold recovery heat exchanger receives cold vapor from the cold gas line and liquid refrigerant from the mixed refrigerant compressor system so that the refrigerant is cooled using the cold vapor.
US10060670B2
A liquefied natural gas production plant for producing a product stream of liquefied natural gas installed at a production location and a process for producing liquefied natural gas includes a plurality of modules and an air-cooled heat exchanger bank designed for the installed production train. The heat exchanger bank includes a first row of air-cooled heat exchanger bays, and an adjacent parallel second row of air-cooled heat exchanger bays.
US10060667B2
A waste air flow capture system, comprising: a) a cylindrical shroud configured to receive a waste air flow from a waste air flow channel of an HVAC compressor or a heat pump compressor and configured to vent the waste air flow received from the waste air flow channel of an HVAC compressor or a heat pump compressor; b) a first electrical generator configured to generate electricity when a first fan blade assembly rotates relative to the cylindrical shroud and/or a second electrical generator configured to generate electricity when a first fan blade assembly rotates relative to the cylindrical shroud; and d) a first fan blade assembly enclosed by the cylindrical shroud and coupled to the first electrical generator motor on a first side of the first fan blade assembly and coupled to the second electrical generator motor on a second side of the first fan blade assembly.
US10060663B2
A cooling circuit is equipped with a coolant, a compressor, a condenser and evaporator expansion valve combinations, whereby the outlets of the evaporators are connected to a collection pipe connected to the compressor. The cooling circuit comprises a control unit connected to a temperature sensor and a pressure sensor affixed in the collection pipe and connected to the expansion valves for the control of them. The control unit is provided with an algorithm for controlling the expansion valves on the basis of the temperature sensor and pressure sensor to control the superheating in the collection pipe.
US10060659B2
A noise reduction insert for an evaporator. The noise reduction insert includes a body defining an inner volume of the insert. The body extends along a longitudinal axis of the insert. A perforated portion of the body defines a plurality of openings configured to allow fluid to pass out from within the inner volume through the plurality of openings. A flange at a first end of the body is opposite to a second end of the body. The flange defines an aperture through which the longitudinal axis extends. The aperture is configured to permit fluid to flow therethrough and into the inner volume defined by the body.
US10060658B2
The invention relates to a condenser of stacked plate design, having a first flow channel for a refrigerant and a second flow channel for a coolant, wherein a plurality of plate elements is provided, which form channels adjacent to each other between the plate elements when the plate elements are stacked on top of each other.
US10060645B2
An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing including an air inlet, an air outlet, and an air passage communicating between the air inlet and the air outlet, the air inlet being located lower than the air outlet, an indoor heat exchanger disposed inside the casing, an indoor fan disposed inside the casing and configured to supply air to the indoor heat exchanger, a refrigerant leakage sensor disposed in the air passage between the air inlet and the air outlet at a position lower than the indoor heat exchanger and the air outlet, and configured to detect refrigerant leakage, and a controller configured to determine whether refrigerant leakage occurs according to a detection result of the refrigerant leakage sensor.
US10060641B2
Roof drying processes and associated systems. A representative process includes drawing moisture-laden air from within the internal structure of a roof via a vacuum blower, a extraction insert and an extraction manifold, and removing moisture from the moisture-laden air via a dehumidifier. The dry air can be directed back into the roof through an injection insert and an injection manifold.
US10060636B2
A heat-pump circuit may include an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger, a compressor adapted to circulate a working fluid between the indoor and outdoor heat exchangers, and an expansion device disposed between the indoor and outdoor heat exchangers. A monitor for the heat-pump system may include a return-air temperature sensor, a supply-air temperature sensor, and a processor. The return-air temperature sensor may be adapted to measure a first air temperature of air upstream of the indoor heat exchanger. The supply-air temperature sensor may be adapted to measure a second air temperature of air downstream of the indoor heat exchanger. The processor may be in communication with the return-air temperature sensor and the supply-air temperature sensor. The processor may be programmed to determine a working-fluid-charge condition of the heat-pump system based on the first and second air temperatures.
US10060633B2
A cooking hob, or a ceramic hob, for a fixed or mobile cooking appliance, the hob including at least one cooking area and at least one control and/or information area, the control and/or information area being formed by a window separated from the cooking area by at least one joint made of synthetic material. The joint includes a mechanism for fixing a control and/or display screen under the window.
US10060630B2
The present invention discloses a novel apparatus and way for reducing the recirculation zone at the inlet end of a combustor. The recirculation zone is reduced by altering the geometry of the inlet end through a tapering of the liner wall thickness and a tapering of the thermal barrier coating to reduce the bluff body effect at the combustion liner inlet end.
US10060628B2
A fuel nozzle assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed herein. The fuel nozzle assembly may include a fuel injector including an outer jacket having a first end and a second end with a threaded surface disposed therebetween. The first end of the fuel injector may include a cylindrical sealing surface. The fuel nozzle assembly also may include an annular hub including an aperture having a first end and a second end with a threaded surface disposed therebetween. The aperture may be configured to at least partially house the fuel injector therein and includes a conical seat about the first end. The cylindrical sealing surface may swage inward along the conical seat to form a seal therebetween as the liquid fuel injector is threaded into the aperture.
US10060625B2
In a perforated coaxial jet burner implemented by a lot of air-fuel coaxial jets, a swirl plate (33) as an end face of the burner on the combustion chamber's side has a lot of air holes for supplying unburned premixed gas of fuel and air to the combustion chamber. Grooves (36) are formed downstream of the air holes of the swirl plate. Adhesion of flame to the swirl plate is inhibited by feeding part of the unburned premixed gas to the grooves. Further, the width of each remaining part (37) between adjacent grooves is set at several millimeters that is approximately equal to the flame quenching distance, by which adhesion of flame to the remaining parts is also prevented. With this configuration, both stable combustion and low NOx combustion can be achieved irrespective of the load condition.
US10060616B2
A system and method of illuminating a foot pedal with an illuminated protective covering. The illuminated protective covering can include a plurality of illuminating devices surrounding at least a majority of a perimeter of the foot pedal. The illuminated protective covering can also include a sheet surrounding the upper surface and the lower surface of the foot pedal and the plurality of illuminating devices, the sheet being configured to protect the foot pedal from debris during use. A friction portion can be attached to the sheet, the friction portion being positioned on the sheet such that the friction portion is adjacent the bottom surface of the foot pedal when the sheet surrounds the foot pedal, the friction portion being configured to prevent sliding of the foot pedal against the floor or other surface.
US10060612B2
An electrical connector device for electrically connecting a light source board and a driver board of an LED light. The electrical connector device includes an input terminal and an output terminal, one end of input terminal is fixed on the driver board of the LED light and electrically connected to the driver board. The output terminal includes a conductive terminal, an elastic clipping portion, and a resistance portion, the conductive terminal includes a conductive pin, the conductive pin is fixed on the light source board and electrically connected to the light source board, the elastic clipping portion and the resistance portion are placed on the conductive terminal, and when assembled, the other end of the input terminal elastically touches one end of the elastic resistance portion and the resistance portion touches the other end of the resistance portion. The electrical connector of LED light owns the advantages of simple structure and high reliability.
US10060608B2
The present invention relates to a detachable LED lighting device, comprising: a lighting module unit which emits light by receiving a power supply, the lighting module unit comprising a substrate including a plurality of LEDs; a connector unit coupled to the lighting module unit, the connector unit having a hitch protrusion on the upper part and having a lower connector for supplying power to the substrate; and a frame unit provided with a connector and a power connector, the connector fixed by being hitched to the hitch protrusion of the connector unit that is inserted into the bottom surface, and the power connector supplying power from an embedded power supply unit to the lower connector. The present invention comprises a frame unit having a power supply unit embedded therein and a lighting module unit which can be easily separated from the frame unit by manipulation of a push button exposed to both ends, with the both ends being fitted and fixed into the frame unit so that the lighting module unit can be more easily detached, thereby reducing the time and cost required for maintenance.
US10060605B2
The application discloses a bendable LED module, which comprises: an elastic component layer (20) on which a plurality of light emitting assemblies are arranged; an adjusting part (30) which acts on the back of the elastic component layer (20) and tightens or stretches the two sides of the elastic component layer (20), such that the elastic component layer (20) is bent into an inner arc or outer arc. After the elastic component layer (20) is bent and deformed, a larger clearance or gap won't appear between the light emitting assemblies, which makes the display effect better.
US10060602B2
An illuminator includes a first light source unit that outputs first light beams and a second light source unit that outputs second light beams. A polarization combining element combines the first and second light beams with each other. A polarization state conversion element which receives the combined light includes retardation elements that are separate from one another and arranged in a first direction. The light source units are so configured that first regions through which the first light beams pass and second regions through which the second light beams pass are alternately arranged in the first direction in the polarization state conversion element. A polarization separation element separates the combined light having passed through the polarization state conversion element into first light and second light. A wavelength conversion element converts the first light into third light. The illuminator outputs the second light and the third light.
US10060596B2
A method 100 of manufacturing a ceramic light transmitting barrier cell for enclosing a luminescent material and such a ceramic light transmitting barrier cell are provided. A part of a pre-formed barrier cell is formed 102 by providing a material mix comprising a binder and inorganic particles in a first mold. On the part is provided 104 a sacrificial layer for defining a cavity. A remainder part of the pre-formed barrier cell is formed 106 by providing the material mix in a second mold which already comprises the part with the sacrificial layer. The sacrificial layer is at least partially removed 112 to obtain the cavity. Optionally, the pre-formed barrier cell is heated 114, 116 (and/or sintered) to obtain the ceramic light transmitting barrier cell. The method 100 of manufacturing is suitable for producing at large scale relatively cheap and accurately formed ceramic light transmitting barrier cells.
US10060593B2
A daytime running lamp (1) for being retrofitted on a road vehicle, comprising a reflector (4) with a reflective surface (5) for reflecting light in a general direction (I) of illumination and a plurality of light sources (3) arranged in a pattern having an extension along a horizontal axis (A). The light emitted by the plurality of light sources (3) has directional components in two opposite horizontal directions (H1, H2) along the horizontal axis (A) and a directional component in a vertical direction (V) perpendicular to the horizontal axis (A). The reflective surface (5) has a curvature such that the directional component in the vertical direction (V) is directed towards the general direction (I) of illumination, and the directional component in at least one of the horizontal directions (H1, H2) upon reflection in the reflective surface (5) is substantially unchanged by the reflection.
US10060590B2
This invention is related to an improved light ring structure for vehicle lamp. An incident portion is extended and projected from one side of a light-guiding ring, and a V-shaped light-guiding portion connects the incident portion and the light-guiding ring. An optical structure is formed on an optical surface of the light-guiding ring, and several teeth are aligned on the optical surface. One side of each tooth is a vertical section which faces to the incident portion and the other side of that is an inclined section. The width of the teeth is increased gradually from the incident portion and the opposite of the incident portion to the two sides of the light-guiding ring, forming the widest tooth at the two sides of the light-guiding ring, and the height of the teeth is increased gradually from the incident portion, forming the highest tooth at the opposite of the incident portion.
US10060588B2
A lighting module for a motor vehicle. The lighting module has least one light source; a heat sink; a reflective surface able to reflect the rays from the light source or sources; a lens that deflects the rays from the reflective surface so as to form a beam of light along an optical axis of the module; and a support of the lens and of the reflective surface, the support being mounted on the heat sink. The heat sink and/or the support comprises at least one boss that maintains a predetermined distance between the heat sink and the support.
US10060584B2
Area lighting with a luminaire constructed from an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) distributed along the convex surface segment of an elliptic torus provides a uniform light output to the surrounding area.
US10060578B2
An embodiment of the invention provides a method for monitoring for and detecting a leak in a line where a mobile detector having an audio sensor and an odor sensor transiting along the line. A sample audio reading is obtained by the audio sensor; and, a sample odor reading is obtained by the odor sensor. A processor compares the sample audio reading to a baseline audio reading to determine whether the line is leaking. The processor compares the sample odor reading to a baseline odor reading to determine whether the line is leaking. The location of the mobile detector is identified by a GPS device on the mobile detector when the processor determines that the line is leaking. The location of the mobile detector, the sample audio reading, and the sample odor reading is sent to a central monitoring center by a communications device on the mobile detector.
