US10149869B2
The disclosure provides oral compositions and methods of using such compositions in treating subjects infected with one or more hepatic disorders. The compositions include lysates or cell wall extracts of one or more gram positive bacteria, exhibit particular activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV), and may be useful in treating those infected with HCV as well as other hepatic diseases or disorders. Also described are methods of treating a hepatic disease or disorder by administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one therapeutically active agent capable of upregulating or downregulating the Complement system pathway, wherein the therapeutically active agent enhances the formation of one or more convertase enzymes.
US10149865B2
Method for preparing a biological tissue construct and use of autologous cells obtained specifically
The method for preparing a tissue construct for medical purposes uses endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) which have not been passaged multiple times and have a content of EOEC (early outgrowth endothelial progenitor cells) and LOEC (late outgrowth endothelial progenitor cells). These cells and fibroblasts and/or muscle cells, viz. myoblasts, myofibroblasts, smooth muscle cells or the progenitors thereof, are, in the form of living cells, seeded onto a matrix or introduced into a matrix in order to yield the tissue construct following further treatment steps. The matrix is preferably a protein preparation, more particularly a fibrinogen preparation. Both the cells and the fibrinogen preparation can be obtained from a single blood sample from a patient. Apart from the preparation of bypass materials, prosthetic vascular graft, tissue patches, conduits and the like, the EOEC-containing EPC culture or suspension is suitable as means for cell transplantation.
US10149857B2
An improved lyophilized cyclophosphamide solid composition is described. The lyophilized cyclophosphamide solid composition is thermally stable, contains anhydrous cyclophosphamide and mannitol, and is substantially free of cyclophosphamide monohydrate. A method for preparing the lyophilized cyclophosphamide solid composition is also provided.
US10149849B2
Provided herein are Aminopurine Compounds having the following structures: wherein R1, R2, and R3 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of an Aminopurine Compound, and methods for treating or preventing a cancer, for example, melanoma.
US10149839B2
The specification relates to compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to processes and intermediates used for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of cell proliferative disorders.
US10149835B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of using these compounds to treat or prevent a disease or disorder mediated by FXR. Specifically, the present invention relates to isoxazole derivatives useful as agonists for FXR and methods for their preparation and use.
US10149834B2
Provided is an adhesive patch containing ropinirole serving as a therapeutic drug for Parkinson's disease, with the ropinirole used being free ropinirole (ropinirole in free form) added to an adhesive base, wherein the patch exhibits favorable drug permeability and excellent drug stability. Also provided is a transdermal absorption patch using, as an adhesive base, an acrylic-based adhesive having no specific carboxyl group and having a hydroxyl group or a pyrrolidone group, with the patch including free ropinirole added to the adhesive base. Further provided is a ropinirole-containing transdermal absorption patch including a transdermal absorption promoting agent.
US10149833B2
The present invention provides a composition comprising an indirubin derivative for stimulating longitudinal bone growth. Because the composition for stimulating longitudinal bone growth according to the present invention is shown to be effective in longitudinal bone growth, it may be used not only as a composition for stimulating longitudinal bone growth, but also as a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing short stature, microplasia, dwarfism, or precocious puberty.
US10149828B2
There is described a pharmaceutical combination comprising oxybutynin or a pharmaceutically acceptable addition salt thereof, in a transdermal therapeutic system, and an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, useful for safely treating hypocholinergic disorders of the central nervous system such as Alzheimer type dementia. In this combination, the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (AChEI) is present at a dose that is higher than the maximal recommended dose, per unit form. In particular, the transdermal therapeutic system comprising oxybutynin is in combination with rivastigmine in a transdermal formulation or oral form.
US10149827B2
The present invention relates to a mixture containing up to two fatty acids selected from palmitic acid, oleic acid, stearic acid, linoleic acid, alpha-linolenic acid, gamma-linolenic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, azelaic acid and myristic acid and palmitoylethanolamide. In one embodiment of the present invention said mixture is characterized in that at least one of said up to two fatty acids is saturated. The present invention also relates to the use of the aforesaid mixture in the treatment of inflammatory and allergic pathologies.
US10149820B2
Compositions and methods for treating hyperemia and symptoms in pterygium patients are disclosed. The methods include administration of a multikinase inhibitor, an antimetabolite or a combination thereof to patients in need thereof.
US10149817B2
The present invention relates to a topical skin treatment composition comprising Dendranthema indicum extract and, more particularly, to a topical skin treatment composition containing Dendranthema indicum extract which is excellent for the anti-oxidation, anti-aging, whitening, and moisturizing of skin, and also does not cause skin irritation.
US10149813B2
A hair care composition is provided imparting enhanced shine to hair comprising a) from about 0.1% to about 10.0% by weight of the composition of a non-volatile polysiloxane fluid; b) from about 0.02% to about 5.0% by weight of the composition of a surfactant mixture comprising a shining surfactant and a secondary surfactant, wherein the shining surfactant is a polyether siloxane copolymer; c) from about 0.003% to about 0.6% by weight of the composition of a rheology modifier comprising an acrylic acid/Vinyl ester copolymer; and d) a carrier suitable for the application to hair wherein the composition is free of ethanol and the viscosity s less than 7 Pa*s. Further a method is provided comprising spraying the composition with a particle size in the range of from about 0.01 μm to about 10 μm, wherein the resulting film is in the range of from about 100 nm to about 500 nm after drying.
US10149810B2
The invention relates to a composition (C1) including: (a) at least one compound of formula (I) in which each of the radicals Z is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent radical (Z1); (b) at least one compound of formula (IV); (c) a compound of formula (V). The invention also relates to a method for preparing said composition and to the use thereof in cosmetics.
US10149799B2
The present invention relates to a compression textile, e.g. a compression bandage or garment, which comprises at least one chitosan-containing fiber. The compression textile is suitable for medical applications, but also for non-medical applications in the field of wellness and sport.
US10149792B2
A surgical assembly (20) comprises a post (100) having a longitudinally extending axis (104), a support (56) for resisting movement of the post in a negative longitudinal direction, and a platform (70) offset from the support in a positive longitudinal direction. The platform includes an opening (82) through which the post projects. The opening includes a throat (86). The post has a first dimension which renders the post incapable of passing through the throat and a second dimension which renders the post capable of passing through the throat. Alternate embodiments in which the post can be removably engaged with the support and platform and disengaged therefrom without translating the post in the longitudinal direction are also disclosed.
US10149788B2
Disposable absorbent diapers are provided with improved comfort, fit and liquid transportation. The absorbent core of the disposable absorbent diapers includes at least one absorbent structure comprising a substrate layer and an absorbent layer with channels.
US10149785B2
A device for holding and aligning a trephine blade includes an elongated cylindrical component, a first alignment structure and a second alignment structure. The elongated cylindrical component extends along a first axis and comprises a hollow cylinder having an open proximal end, an open distal end, an inner cylindrical surface and an outer cylindrical surface. The first alignment structure is integral and co-planar with the proximal end and comprises a first circle attached to the inner cylindrical surface with one or more radially extending rods. The second alignment structure is arranged parallel to the first alignment structure within the hollow cylinder above the distal end and comprises a second circle attached to the inner cylindrical surface with one or more radially extending rods. The first and second circles are coaxial with the first axis and the first circle comprises a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the second circle.
US10149781B2
The present invention integrates a decorative design element into the functional elements of a nasal dilator. The design element includes a predetermined artistic, aesthetic, shape defined by at least a portion of a periphery of at least one layer of the dilator. The nasal dilator thus may decoratively express or represent teams, programs, sports, organizations, sponsors, institutions, clubs, schools, companies, product or service brands, legal entities, individuals, etc. In use the nasal dilator stabilizes and/or expands the nasal outer wall tissues and prevents said tissues from drawing inward during breathing.
US10149779B2
The present application is directed to methods and devices for reducing shoulder impingement for a person in a lying position. The device may comprise a generally tubular cuff having an inner radius defining an open passage through the cuff and extending from a proximal end to a distal end, an outer radius defining a sidewall thickness between the inner radius and the outer radius, and a length from the proximal end to the distal end. The outer diameter may be selected to provide a sidewall thickness that restricts movement of the arm such that shoulder flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, lateral rotation, and medial rotation are each limited.
US10149776B2
A braided stent having an integral retrieval and/or repositioning loop includes a plurality of wires having first and second ends interbraided in a braided pattern to form a tubular stent having opposed atraumatic first and second open ends with each open end having a circumference; wherein said first and second wires ends are disposed at said second stent open end and said wires are looped at said second stent open end so that none of the first or second wires ends are exposed at the circumference of second stent open end; wherein at least of two of said wires are formed into a repositioning and/or retrieval loop having an elongated portion circumferentially disposed at said first opposed open end; and wherein said reposition and/or retrieval loop comprises two sections which run adjacent to each other prior to crossing to permit grabbing of both sections simultaneously by a practitioner.
US10149770B2
An implant having a base with a first contact surface and a hinged element, hingedly interconnected with a first portion of the base, providing a second contact surface. The first portion of the base is displaceable relative to a second portion so that the base can be shortened from an initial length towards a second length. A linking segment is hingedly connected to both the second portion of the base and to the hinged element so that shortening of the base causes the linking segment to push a region of the hinged element away from the base, thereby changing an angle of the second contact surface relative to the first contact surface.
US10149769B2
A method for stabilizing a cervical spine segment includes inserting a respective uncinate joint stabilizer into each uncinate joint along a medial-to-lateral direction starting from intervertebral disc space of the cervical spine segment, and securing each uncinate joint stabilizer to the respective uncinate joint. A system for stabilizing a cervical spine segment includes a pair of uncinate joint stabilizers, each (a) elongated along a lengthwise dimension and configured for placement in the respective uncinate joint with the lengthwise dimension substantially oriented along an anterior-to-posterior direction of the cervical spine segment, (b) having height configured to define spacing of the respective uncinate joint, (c) and including a tapered portion for interfacing with superior and inferior surfaces of the respective uncinate joint and to enable insertion of the uncinate joint stabilizer into the respective uncinate joint from intervertebral disc space of the cervical spine segment.
US10149765B1
A hip implant has a neck body that connects to a bone fixation body. The bone fixation body has a porous structure with an elongated shape. An internal cavity is formed in the bone fixation body and includes a substance to stimulate bone growth.
US10149762B2
Disclosed herein are implants and methods for filling voids in a cranium of a patient. A craniofacial implant that may be used for filling such voids may include at least first and second components each having outer and inner surfaces, the outer and inner surfaces being curved in an inferior to posterior direction and a medial to lateral direction. The first component includes a flange extending outwardly from a medial side surface thereof and the second component includes a recessed portion extending inwardly from a medial side surface thereof. The first and second components are preferably engageable to one another such that the medial side surfaces of the first and second components are adjacent one another and the flange of the first component is housed within the recessed portion of the second component.
US10149753B2
Novel bioabsorbable, nasal spreader graft implant devices are disclosed. The devices are useful in rhinoplasty and nasal reconstruction surgical procedures, as well as other surgical procedures. The devices have biodegradable core plates and biodegradable spreader plates or tissue ingrowth plates. The plates may have tissue ingrowth properties.
US10149750B2
A graft device is provided comprising a flow conduit and a surrounding covering. The graft device can connect a first body space and a second body space. In one embodiment, the flow conduit is a vein, such as a harvested saphenous vein, useful as an arterial graft, for example and without limitation, in a coronary artery bypass procedure. Also provided are methods of preparing a graft device and connecting the graft device between a first body space and a second body space, such as the aorta and a location on an occluded coronary artery, distal to the occlusion.
US10149741B2
The present invention relates to a method of attaching a dental component having an angulated screw channel to a dental implant. The present invention also relates to a dental component having an angulated screw channel and a metal adapter.
US10149739B2
An orthodontic bracket for receiving an arch wire of orthodontic patients having both primary teeth and permanent teeth, the orthodontic bracket including a pad sized to fit on one of the primary teeth, the pad extending a first distance generally in a longitudinal direction and a second distance generally in a lateral direction, the first distance being greater than the second distance. An eyelet can extend from the pad, the eyelet including an aperture defined through the eyelet, the aperture having a central axis oriented transverse to the lateral direction. The aperture can slidingly receive the arch wire. A method including bonding the pad of the orthodontic bracket to one of the primary teeth of the patient.
US10149734B2
The present invention provides a pivotable optical assembly for a surgical microscope, specifically a zero-degree assistant's device, the assembly comprising: a microscope body interface for mounting the assembly on a microscope body; an assistant's module including an interface for an assistant's tube, the assistant's module being pivotable about a pivot axis relative to the microscope body; and a retaining system that blocks pivoting the assistant's module about the pivot axis. The retaining system comprises: a retaining element being moveable from a locking position into a release position, a biasing member forcing the retaining element into the locking position, and a hand-operable control element acting on the retaining element for moving it from the locking position into the release position, as well as a pivotable optical assembly comprising said retaining system according to the invention, whose retaining element, in its blocking position, blocks pivoting the assistant's module about the pivot axis.
US10149729B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for controlling a telesurgical system are disclosed. In accordance with a method, a first tool connected to a first manipulator of the system, and a second tool connected to a second manipulator of the system, are controlled. A swap of the tools such that the first tool is connected to the second manipulator and the second tool is connected to the first manipulator is then detected. The first tool connected to the second manipulator and the second tool connected to the first manipulator are then controlled.
US10149728B2
The invention concerns a module for guiding an elongate medical part along an elongation axis for a robotic system comprising: mobile apparatus mounted so as to rotate relative to a base about a rotational axis, and defining a space for receiving the elongate medical part, and comprising a rotational guiding system comprising a passage region for the elongate medical part corresponding to the location of the passage of the elongate medical part through the mobile apparatus, and a plurality of rotary guiding portions distributed about the rotational axis, and access aperture comprising an angular aperture of at least 30°.
US10149718B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for providing laser energy through a catheter towards a second end portion of the catheter. Based on a characteristic of the laser energy multiple types of ablation therapy may be implemented. A first ablation therapy is directed at the target site when the laser energy at the second end portion of the laser energy delivery system has a first characteristic. A second ablation therapy is directed at the target site when the laser energy at the second end portion of the laser energy delivery system has a second characteristic. The first ablation therapy may be an optical ablation therapy wherein the laser energy is directed at the target site as optical energy and the second ablation therapy may be a pressure wave ablation therapy wherein pressure waves are directed at the target site as pressure wave energy.
US10149717B2
Aspects of this disclosure pertain to a device with an elongated body having a distal end. The distal end may comprise a port that permits discharge of a laser energy towards a tissue from an optical fiber located in the distal end. An exterior surface of the distal end may include a cauterization portion that permits discharge of a cauterization energy towards the tissue. In some aspects, the device includes an insulative portion that attaches the distal end to the elongated body and limits energy transfer therebetween. Related systems and methods are also disclosed.
US10149713B2
An electrosurgical generator arranged to supply radio frequency (RF) energy to fuse tissue is provided. The generator is arranged to supply RF energy through a removably coupled electrosurgical instrument to fuse tissue grasped by the instrument. The generator monitors a phase angle of the supplied RF energy and adjusts or terminates the supplied RF energy based on the monitored phase angle in comparison to predetermined thresholds and conditions to optimally fuse the tissue. The electrosurgical instrument conducts radio frequency energy to fuse tissue captured between the jaws and a blade to mechanically cut tissue between the jaws. A conductive post positioned on the jaw adjacent to the blade.
US10149710B2
A system for implanting a bone screw into a vertebra of a vertebral column of a patient to help secure an implant within a joint between the vertebra and an adjacent vertebra may include a bone screw, a bone screw delivery mechanism detachably connected to the bone screw, and a guide tube. The guide tube may have a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen configured to receive the bone screw and the bone screw delivery mechanism, and at least one bend disposed nearer the distal end than the proximal end. The bend in the guide tube may change a trajectory of the bone screw and the bone screw delivery mechanism advancing through the lumen from a first trajectory along a longitudinal axis of the guide tube to a second trajectory that is angled relative to the longitudinal axis.
US10149704B2
An interspinous device for arthrodesis, comprising a main body of distraction, inserted between two adjacent spinous processes to provide a relative support; a first and a second pair of lateral stabilizers; support means of each of the pairs of stabilizers slidable with respect to the main body; and a threaded shaft of actuation of the lateral stabilizers, percutaneously operable to determine a rotation and a subsequent translation of the stabilizers with respect to said main body, wherein the overall arrangement is such that each stabilizer is rotatably movable relative to the main body between a first closed configuration and a second open configuration, in which the stabilizers are open wide, and between the second open configuration and a third retaining configuration, in which the open-wide stabilizers of the first pair are longitudinally juxtaposed to respective open-wide stabilizers of the second pair so as to abut a spinous process.
US10149702B2
Screw and rod systems include polyaxial and hinge joints which provide independent first and second ranges of motion. The first and second ranges of motion are additive in a direction along the rod, so that the screw has greater angulation relative to the rod along the rod than transverse to the rod.
US10149698B2
An interventional catheter assembly has an operating head and catheter system that are inserted and navigated within a patient's body while an operator controls the system externally of the operating head. An operating head is positioned at or near a distal end of the catheter system and coupled to a drive shaft and drive system for rotation. A guidewire brake control system interrupt prevents the drive system from being actuated when the guidewire brake is in a released position, and a selectable guidewire brake interrupt override control permits an operator to translate and/or rotate the drive shaft and operating head while the guidewire is simultaneously moved. This allows withdrawal of the guide wire and the operating head from the target site while rotating the operating head.
US10149692B2
New devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for preventing, treating, and/or at least minimizing ischemia and/or reperfusion injury by restoring and/or modulating blood flow, particularly in the cerebral vasculature where blood vessels are narrow and tortuous. These devices, systems, and methods make it possible for a clinician to adequately and systematically restore blood flow to ischemic tissue while simultaneously modulating the blood flow to minimize reperfusion injury. New thrombectomy devices and systems, which, for example, expand with greater radial force, further enable improved binding with clots and restoration of blood flow.
US10149689B2
A catheter for recanalizing a blood vessel having an occlusion therein via a subintimal pathway. The catheter includes a catheter shaft having an inflatable balloon mounted to the distal end portion of the catheter shaft. A flexible tubular member extends from the catheter shaft and along an exterior of the inflatable balloon. Inflation of the inflatable balloon deflects the flexible tubular member into a deflected configuration away from a longitudinal axis of the catheter shaft to effect re-entry into the true lumen distal of the occlusion.
US10149688B2
A positioning device for acetabular procedures is provided. The positioning device for acetabular procedures includes a base plate, a central pin guide hole, a first positioning hole, and a second positioning hole. The central pin guide hole is provided through a central portion of the base plate and configured for guiding a center pin to be disposed in a specific portion of an acetabulum of a patient. The first positioning hole is provided through a first edge portion of the base plate and configured for guiding a first stabilizing pin. The second positioning hole is provided through a second edge portion of the base plate and configured for guiding a second stabilizing pin. The positioning device further includes a third positioning hole provided through a third edge portion of the base plate and configured for guiding a third stabilizing pin.
US10149663B2
An ultrasound imaging system (102) includes a transducer array (108) with a two-dimensional non-rectangular array of rows (110) of elements, transmit circuitry (112) that actuates the elements to transmit an ultrasound signal into a field of view, receive circuitry (114) that receives echoes produced in response to an interaction between the ultrasound signal and a structure in the field of view, and a beamformer that processes the echoes, thereby generating one or more scan lines indicative of the field of view.
US10149656B2
A radiographic image capturing system includes the following. A capturing stand includes a holder to hold radiographic image capturing devices. A radiation irradiator is able to irradiate the radiographic image capturing devices at once. An image processor generates images based on image data acquired by the radiographic image capturing devices. The image processor removes a structural component derived from the front radiographic image capturing device, on the basis of a calibration image and the generated image. The calibration image is preliminarily generated based on the image data acquired by the rear radiographic image capturing device with no subject disposed. The generated image is generated based on the image data acquired by the rear radiographic image capturing device during actual image capturing. The image processor removes a streaky component residing in the generated image.
US10149649B2
The present disclosure provides a method for identifying an exercise path, a method for searching for an exercise path, and a system thereof. The present disclosure can identify the forms of the exercise paths represented by exercise data and assign them with different codes. In addition, a user can search the exercise data that the user wants by using the codes, and then the exercise data can be applied onto the path on which the user desires to exercise for comparison of exercise performance. Therefore, interaction and fun in finding virtual exercise opponents can be promoted.
US10149646B1
The present disclosure relates to objective evaluation of shoulder stability. An accelerometer is attached adjacent the subject's shoulder and the subject is provided with a vibrating device that is held in the hand of the subject's outstretched arm. The subject is instructed to keep his or her arm as still as possible while holding the vibrating device. Data is obtained from the accelerometer over a predetermined length of time. Using a processor, preferably wirelessly connected to the accelerometer, shoulder stability is evaluated in relation to the subject's ability to resist vibratory forces. In an embodiment, the processor evaluates shoulder stability by averaging measured g-forces obtained from the accelerometer along three axes. The average g-forces across each axis are averaged together to give an overall average. The overall average is compared with available normative values to determine the risk level.
US10149638B2
A motion analysis system includes: at least one orientation sensor configured to detect three-dimensional torso motion over time, the at least one orientation sensor including: a multiaxial accelerometer configured to detect acceleration in at least three orthogonal directions, and a gyroscope; and a controller configured to receive data from the at least one orientation sensor, the controller programmed to process the data to: determine at least one of a state and a transition of the torso; identify normal parameters for the determined at least one of the state and transition; and determine whether motion of the torso is outside the normal parameters. The controller is configured to identify, in real-time, the occurrence of a fall in progress of an individual from at least one of a standing state, a standing-to-seated transition, and a seated-to-standing transition.
US10149634B2
A mobile device case for functional connection and physical attachment to a mobile device, the mobile device case comprises an application adapted to run in the mobile device and a cradle configured for removable attachment with the mobile device, the cradle comprising a controller capable of functional connection with the application, where the cradle is adapted to protect the mobile device while attached to the mobile device and the cradle is adapted to functionally pair with the application to create at least a portion of a mesh network.
US10149632B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a receiving unit and a determining unit. The receiving unit collectively receives settings of an imaging region on an image of a subject with respect to at least part of imaging protocols in a series of imaging protocols performed in an examination. The determining unit determines the propriety of the setting with respect to each imaging protocol included in the part of the imaging protocols before imaging is started using the part of the imaging protocols.
US10149629B2
A measuring system for probe, especially one for measuring dielectric properties and used in devices for measuring properties of dielectric constant changes in human or animal tissues, characterized in that it comprises a microwave resonance circuit (3) made on dielectric substrate and shaped in the form of a three-stage resonator composed of three segments of striplines with different impedances of each of the segments and arranged with respect to each other is such a way that successive segments are perpendicular to each other, and further comprises rows of grommets (2) with metallized surfaces connecting front surfaces on both sides of the substrate and constituting the earth of the probe.
US10149625B2
Disclosed herein is a framework for facilitating patient signal analysis based on vector analysis. In accordance with one aspect, a set of vectors is generated from a patient signal data waveform. The vectors may be directed from a common center to points of interest on the patient signal data waveform. The framework may further extract one or more vector parameters from the set of vectors, and determine one or more vector ratios based on the vector parameters to monitor changes in the patient signal data waveform.
US10149615B2
A fundus imaging apparatus includes a scanning optical system, a control circuit, and an image forming unit. The scanning optical system scans a fundus of a subject's eye with light from a light source, and receives return light from the fundus by a light receiver. The control circuit controls the scanning optical system such that a scanning locus is formed by the light in the fundus. The image forming unit forms an image of the fundus based on a light receiving signal from the light receiver and a position of the scanning locus. The control circuit is capable of performing an alignment mode, in which the control circuit controls the scanning optical system to project an alignment indicator for aligning the scanning optical system with the subject's eye on the fundus based on the light from the light source.
US10149612B2
A scanning laser ophthalmoscope for scanning the retina of an eye is provided comprising a light source emitting a beam of light, scan relay elements, wherein the light source and the scan relay elements provide a two-dimensional scan of the light beam which is transferred from an apparent point source at a pupillary point of the eye to the retina of the eye, and a static aberration correction element which has a shape defined to provide correction of aberrations of at least some of the scan relay elements and a location within the ophthalmoscope chosen to provide correction of aberrations of at least some of the scan relay elements, which location maintains transfer of the beam of light from the apparent point source at the pupillary point of the eye to the retina of the eye.
US10149602B2
An endobronchial tube which contains an integrated camera and light source and a cleaning nozzle arrangement disposed within dedicated peripheral lumen within the tube's wall.
US10149600B2
A medical signal processing device receives an image signal in accordance with a result of examining inside of a subject and processes the image signal that includes a plurality of pixel data groups of respective pixels arrayed at a constant interval among pixels sequentially arrayed in a predetermined direction in an image made of pixels arrayed in a matrix. The pixel data groups are data of respective pixels that are different from each other, and the pixel data groups are input in the medical signal processing device in parallel. The medical signal processing device includes a distribution processing unit configured to generate a plurality of distributed image signals by combining, among the pixel data groups, pixel data groups of respective pixels that are separate from each other, and the distributed image signals are transmitted to an external medical control device through a plurality of respective signal transmission paths.
US10149592B2
The exemplary embodiments provide a device for cleaning a drinking glass having interior and exterior surfaces where the device includes a body having a top and bottom. The device preferably includes an elongate member which contains a first portion that contacts the interior surfaces of the glass while a second portion contacts the exterior surfaces of the glass. The elongate member preferably has a plurality of bristles extending therefrom. In some embodiments, the elongate member is similar to a pipe cleaner.
US10149591B2
A cleaning mitt includes a base layer, a cleaning cloth layer, and a cover layer. The base layer has first and second portions interconnected by a connector. The first and second portions are folded and sealed to define a shell having an open proximal end and an interior pocket. The shell defines a palm section, a fingers section extending distally from the palm section, and first and second thumb sections extending from opposed sides of the palm section. The connector is disposed within the interior pocket. The cleaning cloth layer has a cleaning solution disposed thereon and/or therein, is secured to an outer surface of the shell, and extends about a portion of the palm section and fingers section of the shell. The cover layer is removably disposed about the cleaning cloth layer and secured to the outer surface of the shell about a portion of the cleaning cloth layer.
US10149580B1
The tissue box with improved tissue dispensing may have an auxiliary device or tool for frictionally engaging and manipulating a tissue contained within the tissue box. The tissue box includes a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of longitudinally opposed end walls, and a pair of laterally opposed sidewalls, and a longitudinally extending slot formed through the top wall. The device for frictionally engaging and manipulating the tissue is a finger cot having a closed end and an open end, the closed end thereof being positioned adjacent the longitudinally extending slot. The finger cot is secured to the top wall of the tissue box by a flexible, resilient sheet or band. The band has first and second longitudinally opposed ends, the first end being secured to the top wall of the tissue box and the second end being secured to the open end of the finger cot.
US10149562B2
Stackable drinkware includes a mouth having a mouth diameter and a maximum cavity diameter, wherein the mouth diameter is less than the maximum cavity diameter. The drinkware includes a vessel having a closed bottom and open top, and a chute including an open bottom and open top, wherein the open bottom of the chute is coupled to the open top of the vessel. A sealed vessel or chute pre-filled with fluid may be provided, which may be opened and coupled to a mateable chute or vessel, respectively.
US10149541B2
A utility rack includes a pair of end supports for supporting one or more shelves there between. Each end support includes a first vertical support having one or more cross members mounted thereto and a second vertical support. The cross members may be mounted to one or more cross member mounts of the first vertical support and are configured to be movable relative to the first vertical support between a stored position in which they are disconnected from the second vertical support and are collapsed inwardly towards the first vertical support for storage or transport and an extended position in which free ends of the cross members may be attached to the second vertical support using fasteners.
US10149540B2
A snap-in mounting bracket with a generally “U” shaped cross-section. A set of mounting holes are spaced along the web of the bracket and correspond to existing holes in prefabricated cabinets or closets over a range of industry standard sizes. A guide flange extends from the web proximate the middle of a first edge. End flanges curve around the ends of the first edge. A pair of spring flanges extend from the web on a second edge opposite the middle guide flange. A universal slide assembly is removably secured to the mounting bracket between the flanges. The end flanges and the spring tension of the spring flanges hold the slide assembly in place. Different closet organizer components such as tie racks, pant racks, and belt racks can be affixed to the slide assembly for slidable deployment along the vertical partition out of the closet.
US10149535B2
A foldable mounting bracket including an elongate support member adapted for mounting to a substrate, an elongate arm pivotally coupled to the support member at a pivot point and adapted to pivot between a first raised position generally perpendicular to the support member and a second lowered position generally parallel to the support member, and a strut bridging the support member and the arm wherein a first end of the strut is mounted at a fixed position along a length of the arm and a second end of the strut is mounted to a support slide that is configured to move on the support member such that the pivoting of the arm between the lowered position and the raised position causes the support slide to move along the support member towards the pivot point.
US10149533B2
An apparatus (10) for forming multi-filament tufts for use in a brush seal includes a support (14) for retaining an end of a skein (16) of aligned wires or fibers and a glue reservoir (15) dimensioned to receive the skein end. The support (14) and the reservoir (15) being relatively movable whereby the end can be inserted in the glue reservoir (15) so that the adhesive can adhere the wires or fibers at the end to form the tuft. A cutter (13) is also provided for cutting the wires or fibers to length after the wires and fibers are retained by the support (14).
US10149527B2
The invention relates to a covering device for a container (10), in particular a bottle intended to contain a cosmetic product, said device (1) comprising a decorative element (2) and a holding ring (5) that is able to be fixed to the container (10) by first fixing means and is also able to keep the decorative element (2) on the container (10) by way of second fixing means, said second fixing means being removable so as to allow said decorative element (2) to be mounted on and removed from said ring (5).
US10149526B2
A drawing device includes: an object placing part on which an object is placed, the object being a finger or a toe having a nail; a direction detection unit configured to detect an extended direction of a streaky pattern naturally-existing on a surface of the nail based on the image including the nail of the object placed on the object placing unit; an image processing unit configured to adjust a direction of a nail design based on the extended direction of the streaky pattern detected by the direction detection unit; and a nail design forming unit configured to form the nail design which is adjusted by the image processing unit on the nail.
US10149525B2
A comb for permitting a user to perform a scissor over comb technique on a subject's hair with enhanced efficiency is provided. The comb includes a frame having a handle, a neck and a spine, the handle having a finger rest on an intermediate portion able to receive a first finger of the user, a plurality of tines coupled to the spine, and a support band coupled to opposing sides of the finger rest on the handle. The user's first finger is disposed between the finger rest and the support band. A second finger of the user is pressed against the neck to pivot the tines downward into a generally horizontal plane. Removal of the second finger from the neck permits tension between the support band and first finger to pivot the tines upward into a generally vertical plane.
US10149520B2
An attachment device is provided for two elements of a watch band to allow the two elements to be hooked into place or unhooked. The first element includes at least one bar on one of its ends. The second element includes two grooves, each including a longitudinal opening respectively opposite one another, and one of the two elements can move from an unhooked position. One of the elements is oriented in a predetermined angular position in relation to the other element, to a hooked position, in which the two elements are coplanar after a rotation of a predetermined angle of one of the two elements in relation to the other so that each groove is articulated on the bar to hold the two elements hooked to one another.
US10149516B2
There is provided a hook-and-loop fastener manufacturing method. Injection molding is performed to form a molded product in which a pillar group and a base plate having a surface from which the pillar group protrudes are integrated into a unified body. A tip part of the pillar group is cut to form a cut product in which a small pillar group shorter than the pillar group and the base plate are integrated into a unified body. A tip part of the small pillar group is melted to form pillar body portions which are non-melted portions and engaging portions which are melted portions and thicker than the pillar body portions from small pillars. The engaging portions are cooled to determine shapes of a plurality of engaging elements including the pillar body portions and the engaging portions.
US10149515B2
The present disclosure is directed to an article of footwear including an upper configured to receive a foot and a sole component fixedly attached to a bottom portion of the upper. The sole component may include a baseplate having a bottom surface and at least a first ground engaging member extending substantially downward from the bottom surface of the baseplate and a plurality of elongate support members extending substantially downward from the bottom surface of the baseplate, abutting the first ground engaging member at a side portion, and extending horizontally from the side portion of the first ground engaging member. At least two of the plurality of support members may be disposed on opposite sides of the first ground engaging member and are substantially parallel with one another, but not aligned with one another.
US10149513B1
A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a forefoot region disposed adjacent an anterior end, a heel region disposed adjacent a posterior end, and a mid-foot region disposed intermediate the forefoot region and the heel region. The sole structure further includes fluid-filled bladder having a first segment extending along a medial side in the heel region, a second segment extending along a lateral side in the heel region, and a web area disposed between the first segment and the second segment. Additionally, the sole structure includes an outer sole member having an upper portion extending from a first end in the forefoot region to a second end in the heel region. The second end of the outer sole member is received on a first side of the web area. The outer sole member also includes a rib extending downwardly from the upper portion and defining a cavity.
US10149510B2
Implementations of a helmet liner are provided. In some implementations, the helmet liner may be configured to be worn in conjunction with a helmet and/or a headset (e.g., a communication and/or hearing protection headset). In this way, the helmet liner may be used to provide localized thermal comfort for the wearer's head when a helmet and/or a headset is worn. In some implementations, the helmet liner may have a dome-like shape configured for anatomically fitting the head of a wearer. In some implementations, the helmet liner may comprise a front portion, a top portion, a back portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion. In some implementations, the helmet liner may further comprise a first slot and a second slot that extend through the first side portion and the second side portion, respectively.
US10149508B2
The disclosure provides conspicuity devices and methods. A first embodiment includes a glove with at least one elongate lighting device adapted and configured to admit light having an advantageous spectral energy distribution. Additional articles of clothing are provided herein for enhanced conspicuity, such as for emergency workers and athletes.
US10149506B2
A false eyelash system comprised of upper and lower eyelash assemblies, each including a magnetic and/or metallic element, the assemblies are frictionally secured through magnetic attraction to the wearer's natural eyelash which is sandwiched therebetween.
US10149505B2
A neckwear includes a neckband, a neckband module and one or more torso segments connected by fasteners. The neckwear may include a plurality of pivoting, intra-changeable, metallic torso segments. Also provided are improved take-apart fasteners and improved quick-release buckles, for use in neckwear, jewelry, wristwatches and watchbands or for otherwise securing objects.
US10149502B2
A jacket (1) having a hood (4.1 and 4.2) which has a hood opening and having a zipper which begins at the lower end of the jacket front side (1.1 and 1.2) and which has two opposing strips (rows) (3.1 and 3.2) of zipper coupling members, which begin at the lower end in the two sections (I; II) along the coupling member rows (3.1 and 3.2) centrally in its longitudinal direction, and in that the strips (rows) (3.1 and 3.2) of zipper coupling members extend continuously and centrally over the entire jacket front side and jacket rear side along the edges of the hood (4.1; 4.2) bordering the hood opening up to the jacket rear side (2.1 and 2.2) and end at the lower end of the jacket rear side, and in that the strips (rows) (3.1; 3.2) are associated with another zipper slider (5).
US10149499B2
Pocketed undergarments including one or more pockets are disclosed. The one or more pockets are affixed to a crotch area of an undergarment while allowing a male member to protrude through the undergarment.
US10149495B2
A smoking article having a mouth end and a distal end is provided, including a heat source; an aerosol-forming substrate downstream of the heat source; at least one air inlet downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate; and an airflow pathway extending between the at least one air inlet and the mouth end of the smoking article. The airflow pathway includes a first portion extending longitudinally upstream from the at least one air inlet towards the aerosol-forming substrate, and a second portion extending longitudinally downstream from the first portion to the mouth end of the smoking article.
US10149493B2
The application relates to a composition comprising separately by weight: a) from about 25% to about 50% by weight of a native rice flour; b) from about 5% to about 15% by weight of a rice flour which has been heat-moisture treated; c) from about 10% to about 20% of a flour which has been thermally inhibited; and d) from about 15% to about 35% of a reduced protein pulse flour selected from the group consisting of pea flour, faba bean flour, lentil flour, chickpea flour, and mixtures thereof.
US10149491B2
The invention concerns a powder consisting of 0.5 to 8% by weight of water and a dry material consisting of 88 to 95% by weight of an acerola fruit dry extract and 5 to 12% by weight of magnesium, calcium, zinc, sodium or potassium hydroxide or carbonate, the method of preparing same and the applications thereof for stabilizing a natural dye.
US10149490B2
Popcorn machines having fan assemblies and heat sources are described herein. The fan assemblies and the heat sources can be configured to provide heat to unpopped corn kernels to produce popcorn without the use of cooking oil. The popcorn machines can be configured for commercial use and can be mounted onto support structures that allow operators to rotate the popcorn machines.
US10149483B2
A ready-to-bake batter and method for manufacture are provided. The method includes the steps of: combining cream cheese, cream, sweetener, and eggs to form a mixture; heating the mixture to at least 140° F. to create a heated mixture; injecting an inert gas into the heated mixture; aerating the heated mixture; and cooling the heated mixture to form a batter. The batter is stable when stored for over 120 days such that when baked, the batter provides a cake similar to a fresh made-from-scratch cake.
US10149470B2
The leading cause of graft failure is the subsequent development of intimal hyperplasia, which represents a response to injury that is thought to involve smooth muscle proliferation, migration, phenotypic modulation, and extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition. Surgical techniques typically employed for vein harvest—stretching the vein, placing the vein in low pH, solutions, and the use of toxic surgical skin markers—are shown here to cause injury. The invention therefore provides for non-toxic surgical markers than also protect against stretch-induced loss of functional viability, along with other additives. Devices and compositions for reducing physical stress or protecting from the effects flowing therefrom, also are provided.
US10149456B2
A vertically moving pet bowl apparatus has a vertical tower having a first support column and a second support column. A movable tray may be secured to and located between the first and second support column. The movable tray has a plurality of openings for receiving at least one pet food bowl and/or a water bowl. The movable tray moves vertically between the first and the second support columns so that a user can access the movable tray in the up position and then lower the movable tray to the lower position wherein the pet may gain access. The apparatus allows the user to avoid bending down to provide food/water to the pet and instead allows a user to deliver food and water to the pet from an upright standing position. A top console controls the movement of the movable tray in the up and down position.
US10149453B2
A New Guinea Impatiens plant designated SAKIMP042 is disclosed. Embodiments include seeds of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP042, plants of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP042, to plant parts of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP042, and methods for producing an impatiens plant produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP042 with itself or with another impatiens variety. Embodiments include methods for producing an impatiens plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and transgenic impatiens plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to impatiens varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP042, methods for producing other impatiens lines or plant parts derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP042, and the impatiens plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid impatiens seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP042 with another impatiens variety.
US10149452B2
A New Guinea Impatiens plant designated SAKIMP044 is disclosed. Embodiments include seeds of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP044, plants of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP044, to plant parts of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP044, and methods for producing an impatiens plant produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP044 with itself or with another impatiens variety. Embodiments include methods for producing an impatiens plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and transgenic impatiens plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to impatiens varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP044, methods for producing other impatiens lines or plant parts derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP044, and the impatiens plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid impatiens seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP044 with another impatiens variety.
US10149437B2
A feeder for a combine harvester, the feeder including a housing and a conveyor assembly mounted in the housing. The conveyor assembly includes a frame having lateral support arms, and moveable belts guided by sprocket wheels. The sprocket wheels are mounted on a drive shaft proximate an outlet section of the housing and on a conveyor shaft proximate an inlet section of the housing. The sprocket wheels are mounted on a drive shaft proximate an outlet section of the housing and on a conveyor shaft proximate an inlet section. The conveyor assembly is equipped with a first and second tensioning mechanism, the first mechanism being configured to push the conveyor shaft forward with respect to the frame, the second mechanism including spring-operated tensioning arms and tensioning rolls mounted above the support arms.
US10154619B2
The invention provides a case for fixing a circuit board, including a plate body and an edge-bent component. The edge-bent component includes a first bent plate and a second bent plate respectively formed by extending and bending a side plate of the plate body inward. A fixing region that fits a thickness of the circuit board and fixes the circuit board in a first direction is formed between the first bent plate and the second bent plate. According to the invention, the circuit board is fixed by the bent plates formed by bending the case inward. The invention further provides a power supply, including the case for fixing the circuit board, the circuit board, and a circuit component. The circuit board is mounted in the fixing region to restrict movement of the circuit board in the first direction.
US10154616B2
An electromagnetic interference filter for various electronic devices such as implantable medical devices is provided. A plurality of signal electrodes can be configured in an array, where each signal electrode extends vertically from a top surface to a bottom surface of the filter such that the signal electrodes are flush with the top and bottom surface. Ground or common electrodes can have a parallel arrangement and be interposed between the signal electrodes. The ground electrodes can be grounded internally, externally, or both internally and externally. Dielectric material can be disposed between signal electrodes and ground electrodes to act as an insulator between adjacent electrodes.
US10154615B2
A conditioning unit of the indirect free cooling type, particularly for conditioning computing centers, of the type comprising: an air/air heat exchanger, inside which two air flows, exchange heat: a primary air flow from and toward an environment to be air-conditioned, and a secondary air flow, or process flow, drawn from outside, first fans for moving the primary air flow, second fans for moving the secondary air flow. The conditioning unit comprises: elements for detecting temperature and humidity for the primary flow and the secondary flow at the inlet of the conditioning unit and for the primary flow at the delivery toward an environment to be air-conditioned, elements for detecting the flow-rate of the primary flow and of the secondary flow, elements for detecting the electric power absorbed by the first fans and the second fans, an electronic control and management unit adapted to collect and process the data detected by the detection elements and, on the basis of the detected data, adapted to adjust the speed of the first fans and the second fans.
US10154595B2
A method of manufacturing an electrical component includes providing an electrically insulating substrate having an outer surface, applying a coated structure on the outer surface and irradiating the coated structure with an electron beam to form an electrical conductor on the substrate. The irradiating may include heating the coating layer to melt the coating layer to form the electrical conductor. The coating layer may have a low binder concentration and a high metal concentration. The irradiating may include vaporizing substantially all the binder leaving a substantially pure metallic layer to form the electrical conductor. The coating layer may be irradiated until non-metallic material of the coating layer is completely removed.
US10154581B2
The various structures forming communication paths on a printed circuit board can create several undesired effects, especially when high frequency signals are considered. Non-functional pads created during the manufacturing process have the potential to create an undesired effect, but when the overall collection of non-functional pads are carefully configured, an optimized communication path can be formed. More specifically, by selectively removing some collection of the non-functional pads, the high frequency characteristics of the communication paths can be optimized.
US10154576B2
A radiation image detection apparatus, including an image receiving unit having a two-dimensional array of a plurality of pixels that generate electrical charges when being subjected to irradiation of radiation, the plurality of pixels including a plurality of pixels for detecting an image and one or more pixels for detecting irradiation; an image data generation unit configured to generate image data based on an electrical signal output from the respective pixels for detecting the image, an irradiation detection unit configured to detect the irradiation of radiation based on the electrical signal output from the respective pixels for detecting irradiation, a communication unit that transmits the image data generated in the image data generation unit, and a control unit configured to include a plurality of control modes including a photographing mode generating the image data, an irradiation detection mode detecting the irradiation of radiation and a standby mode.
US10154564B2
A lighting control system using an APP based software technology to operate on line free settings of various operating parameters for a lighting device including setting of manual override timer, setting of detection range of a motion sensor, setting of light-on duration activated by a motion sensor, setting of light intensities for various illumination modes and setting of light color temperature. The technology enables a user to set an operating parameter within a maximum capacity of a designed circuitry on an on line computing basis according to his or her lifestyle by operating an application program designed and loaded in a mobile phone. The technology of the present invention is applicable to a single level security light, a two level security light or a multi-level/life style security light with optional lighting source being a LED load, an incandescent load or any other electrically energize-able light emitting materials.
US10154563B2
Electronic ballast for controlling at least one load, for example a lamp such as an LED, a fluorescent lamp, a gas discharge lamp or the like, comprising at least one resonant converter for generating a start and/or operating voltage from a rectified mains voltage of a mains voltage supply and comprising a mains rectifier for rectifying the mains voltage, where the electronic ballast has an electronic switching device that switches off the mains voltage supply in the event of emergency lighting, an emergency voltage can be fed into the electronic ballast, and different voltages can be determined and/or operating frequencies of the electronic ballast can be adjusted by way of an intermediate voltage circuit and/or an operating frequency circuit.
US10154562B1
A workstation assembly comprising an emissive surface assembly including a substantially contiguous emissive surface on which visual content may be presented, the emissive surface assembly including emissive surface sections including first and second substantially flat emissive surface sections wherein one of the first and second flat sections is substantially horizontal and the other of the first and second flat sections is at least somewhat vertical, first and second curved surface sections that are curved about first and second non-parallel axis, the first curved section positioned between and adjacent the first and second flat surface sections, the second curved section adjacent an edge of the first substantially flat emissive surface section, each of the curved and flat surface sections forming a portion of the substantially contiguous emissive surface, a support structure and a driver.
US10154559B1
A control circuit includes a first control unit, a power unit, a driver unit, a second control unit, a power source, a first switch, a pull-up element and a second switch. The first control unit is used to detect whether a configuration channel line has a predetermined divided voltage and generate a control signal accordingly. The power unit is coupled to the configuration channel line and a power line for supplying power to the driver unit. The driver unit is used to enable or disable a light emitting unit according to the control signal. The second control unit is used to detect whether the configuration channel line has the predetermined divided voltage and control the first switch and the second switch accordingly. The first switch is coupled between a power source and the configuration channel line. The second switch is coupled between the pull-up element and the configuration channel line.
US10154535B2
A method for transmitting a handover report and for transmitting a radio link failure (RLF) report are provided. The method includes obtaining, by a target base station, at least one of location information of a source cell or location information of a user equipment (UE) history cell during a handover procedure, and transmitting, by the target base station, the handover report to at least one of a source base station or to a base station where the UE history cell is located, according to the obtained at least one of location information of the source cell or the location information of the UE history cell, wherein the handover report including at least one of an unnecessary handover report, a too early handover report, or a handover to wrong cell report.
US10154526B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems establish a wireless connection between a full-feature device and a limited user interface (UI) device to enable the full-feature device to transmit, and the limited UI device to receive, network setup information for the limited UI device to utilize in connecting to a wireless access point. For example, the transmission and receipt of network setup information include establishing a secure connection between the limited UI device and the full-feature device to configure the limited UI device as a wireless local area network client using the display and input capabilities of the separate full-feature device.
US10154525B2
A method and apparatus for triggering radio bearer release by a relay UE in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes the relay UE connects with an eNB. The method also includes the relay UE establishes a PDN connection for supporting traffic relaying. The method further includes the relay UE establishes a layer-2 link with a remote UE. In addition, the method includes the relay UE creates a radio bearer between the relay UE and the eNB for forwarding data packets between the remote UE and a PDN corresponding to the PDN connection. Furthermore, the method includes the relay UE sends a NAS message to the eNB if a failure of the layer-2 link is detected. And the method includes the relay UE receives a RRC message indicating release of the radio bearer in response to transmission of the NAS message from the eNB.
US10154518B2
A communication control method used in a mobile communication system in which a UE 100 is capable of simultaneously using a plurality of cells. The communication control method comprises the steps of: transmitting a PRACH securing request to request a securing of a PRACH resource, from a cell 1 having a connection with the UE 100 to a cell 2 having no connection with the UE 100; securing, by the cell 2 that receives the PRACH securing request, the PRACH resource; and transmitting a random access preamble by using the PRACH resource, from the UE 100 to the cell 2.
US10154509B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a group call method and device. The method includes: configuring a group context for a user equipment according to channel resource information or according to network side capability information and channel resource information; sending a message carrying a group call parameter in the group context to the user equipment, where the group call parameter is used to receive a group call message and send a response; sending a group call message to the user equipment according to the group context; and receiving a response, to the group call message, sent by the user equipment according to the group call parameter.
US10154508B2
A radio station (1) includes a first part (1A) and at least one second part (1B). The second part (1B) can be arranged so as to be physically separated from the first part (1A) and is connected to the first part (1A) via a transmission line (40) so as to be able to communicate with the first part (1A). The first part (1A) includes a bearer termination unit (10) capable of terminating at least one bearer between an upper network and the radio station (1). The second part (1B) includes a physical layer signal processing unit (12) that performs physical layer signal processing. The physical layer signal processing includes channel coding and decoding for user data pertaining to a first mobile station connected to the second part (1B) among a plurality of mobile stations.
US10154494B2
A method is provided for arranging transmissions on a downlink carrier c, spanning a frequency range Fc, in a mobile radio communications system, wherein a bandwidth of Fc belongs to a set of predefined channel bandwidths in the communications system, and wherein the carrier c comprises a reference signal defined in the communications system. A configurable frequency range FRS comprising a set of time-frequency resources for comprising the reference signal of the carrier c is provided. Information associated with the configuration of said frequency range FRS is signaled to a receiver in the communications system, such that c can be deployed over a frequency range F smaller than Fc when the frequency range FRS is configured within F and any other transmissions on the carrier c are arranged to be within F.
US10154483B2
Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communications by a first access point, comprising determining a first schedule of intervals for the first access point to communicate with a first group of one or more wireless devices, wherein intervals of the first schedule are synchronized with wake up or transmission cycles of the first group of one or more wireless devices and communicating with the first group of one or more wireless devices according to the first schedule.
US10154479B2
The present invention is designed to adequately control small cells (small base stations) on/off in a structure where small cells and macro cells are arranged to overlap each other. A user terminal can communicate with a macro base station that forms a macro cell and a small base station that forms a small cell arranged within the macro cell, and has a measurement section that measures the received power of a detection/measurement signal that is transmitted from the small base station in a predetermined subframe, and the total received power of downlink signals in a subframe in which no detection/measurement signal is transmitted, a calculation section that calculates received quality by using the received power and the total received power, and a transmission section that transmits information related to the received quality to the macro base station, the calculation section calculates the received quality based on the proportion of the received power and the value given by adding the received power to the total received power.
US10154472B1
Internet, voice calls, and messaging services have become ubiquitous and the means by which the services are accessed varies widely. The number and types of devices that may use these services have also proliferated. To serve a number and variety of client devices, a mobile Hotspot may be used, which is a device that may include a modem for mobile broadband access and a short range wireless link to distribute the services to local devices which may have such connectivity. Power consumption of battery powered client devices is an important consideration. A method and apparatus are disclosed that enable a client device to receive paging information from the mobile networks through a mobile Hotspot over a short range wireless link which may reduce power consumption of client devices.
US10154470B2
Techniques for supporting a control plane solution for location services and positioning are described. In an aspect, an Evolved Serving Mobile Location Center (E-SMLC) may communicate with a Mobility Management Entity (MME) to support location services and positioning for a UE. In one design, the E-SMLC may receive a location request from the MME, perform a positioning procedure with the UE in response to the location request, and send a location response to the MME after completing the positioning procedure. For a UE-assisted or UE-based positioning procedure, the E-SMLC may send a downlink positioning message to the UE via the MME and may receive an uplink positioning message from the UE via the MME. For a network-based positioning procedure, the E-SMLC may send a network positioning request message to an eNB via the MME and may receive a network positioning response message from the eNB via the MME.
US10154461B2
A personal identification device may conserve power by delegating one or more operations to another device. For example, the one or more operations may be associated with the authentication of the personal identification device. In one example, the personal identification device may determine an amount of power greater than a power threshold will be consumed by the personal identification device to perform the one or more operations. The personal identification device may determine it can communicate with a mobile device that is capable of performing the one or more operations, and may then delegate the one or more operations to the mobile device to conserve power. In one example, the personal identification device may receive the results of the one or more operations from the mobile device, and may provide data associated with the results to a personal identification device detector for authentication of the personal identification device.
US10154460B1
Described herein are apparatuses and methods for power adjustments of user measurement device. In one apparatus, a processing element is coupled to a first sensor interface and a second sensor interface. The processing element measures a physiological measurement via the first sensor interface and measures an amount of activity of the apparatus via the second sensor interface. The processing element performs a power adjustment activity in view of the amount of activity. For example, the power adjustment activity may be to perform any one or more of the following: adjust a number of different physiological measurements to take; adjusting a frequency of taking physiological measurements; turning off one or more systems; adjusting a type, frequency, data rate, number of channels and/or power at which to communicate data.
US10154458B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for maintaining reachability at a user equipment (UE). In one aspect, the apparatuses and methods are configured to detect a change in a radio connection between the UE and a peer entity, wherein the change in the radio connection is associated with the UE entering an idle state, to communicate to the peer entity, in response to detecting the change in the radio condition, an indication that the UE is to enter the idle state and is reachable for a specified duration of time while in the idle state, and to enter the idle state after communicating the indication to the peer entity. In another aspect, the apparatuses and methods are configured to communicate to the peer entity an indication that the peer entity is not to attempt to reach the UE during the specified duration of time.
US10154450B2
The present invention provides a cell selection method and apparatus. The cell selection method includes: sending, by a non-access stratum of user equipment UE, network list information to an access stratum of the UE, where the network list information includes a list of forbidden networks and a list of forbidden networks for a GPRS service; determining, by the non-access stratum, indication information about a cell selection priority according to an operation mode of the UE; and sending, by the non-access stratum, the indication information to the access stratum, so that the access stratum selects a suitable cell according to the network list information and the indication information. The present invention can effectively prevent the UE from entering a state of being able to normally camp but unable to obtain a normal service, thereby improving user experience.
US10154443B2
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments for handing off wireless communication. The apparatus comprises an antenna configured to receive data from a first access point; a cache configured to store the data; and a controller configured to predict when the transceiver will hand off a connection from the first access point to a second access point and request a burst of data from the first access point to supplement the data in the cache in preparation for the hand off.
US10154436B2
A physical frame is constructed, the physical frame including a medium access control super-frame payload which in turn includes a plurality of medium access control frames. With respect to the constructed physical frame, virtual carrier sense information is set in the plurality of medium access control frame so that a result of carrier sense is identical to another by virtual carrier sense based on the plurality of medium access control frames in the medium access control super-frame payload. The physical frame in which the virtual carrier sense information has been set is transmitted to a destined communication apparatus.
US10154428B2
An antenna control method for controlling an antenna device to switch between a plurality of beams. The antenna control method includes the steps of: (a) using the beams for communication one after another, and performing a scanning process on each of the beams, so as to retrieve a communication quality parameter; (b) comparing all of the communication quality parameters with each other, and selecting one of the beams as a main communication beam, wherein the selected beam has the best communication quality parameter; (c) performing a saturation determination process on the main communication beam; and (d) when the main communication beam causes saturation of a power amplifier, switching to another beam which is adjacent to the main communication beam as a substitute communication beam.
US10154421B2
A reference signal sequence configuration method includes: selecting, by a network device and from candidate IDs, an ID used for generating a reference signal initialization sequence for a terminal, where the candidate IDs include at least two IDs, and the selected ID does not include a scrambling ID; and generating a reference signal initialization sequence for the terminal according to the selected ID. An implementation manner of the present invention further provides a network device. In the reference signal sequence configuration method and the network device, a reference signal initialization sequence is generated according to the selected ID, thereby providing a manner of generating a reference signal initialization sequence different from the manner in the prior art.
US10154412B2
A method of sharing content of a first device. The method includes performing authentication of a second device connected to the first device through a telephonic connection, receiving information from the second device about at least one third device connectable to the second device, based on a result of the performing of the authentication, accessing the at least one third device based on the received information and transmitting the content to the at least one third device based on the accessing.
US10154405B2
A control server includes: a communication interface for receiving a first identification of a first electronic subscriber identification module and/or a second identification of a second electronic subscriber identification module; and a processor, configured to assign a first partial data volume of the data volume to the first electronic subscriber identification module and/or a second partial data volume of the data volume to the second electronic subscriber identification module according to an electronic distribution rule.
US10154402B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A method and user equipment (UE) for transmitting and receiving discovery information in a wireless communication system supporting a proximity service are provided. The method for transmitting discovery information includes receiving, in a medium access control (MAC) layer, discovery information for discovery associated with the proximity service from a higher layer, generating, in the MAC layer, a MAC protocol data unit (PDU) including the received discovery information, and transmitting, in a physical (PHY) layer, a discovery signal including the generated MAC PDU.
US10154399B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a sensor module including sensing circuitry configured to sense a temperature of at least part of the electronic device and a processor electrically connected with the sensor module. The processor is configured to perform a function using a first output device operatively connected with the electronic device, to determine a temperature of the electronic device using the sensor module, while the function is executed, and to perform at least part of the function using a second output device operatively connected with the electronic device, if the temperature is within a predetermined temperature range.
US10154394B2
A system and method of allowing a network device to receive a customized version of a reference design is disclosed. In one embodiment, many values that may be subject to customization are no longer fixed by the reference design. Rather, the reference design utilizes rewritable non-volatile memory to store a set of customization values that can be changed, based on a customer's preference. The system also includes a configuration tool, which interfaces with the network device. Using vendor-unique commands, the configuration tool is able to initialize this set of customization values to the values requested by the customer. In operation, the reference design is downloaded into the network device. The configuration tool is then used to establish the customized parameters for a particular customer. This process allows the manufacturer to create one reference design, which can be customized without the need to modify the code or recompile the source code.
US10154388B2
Apparatuses and methods for sharing data between wireless devices based on one or more user gestures are disclosed. In some implementations, a wireless device may include a number of antenna elements configured to beamform signals in a plurality of transmit directions, with each of the transmit directions corresponding to one of a number of antenna sectors. Each of the antenna sectors may represent a unique set of phase shift values and gain values applied to the plurality of antenna elements, for example, so that the wireless device may beamform data transmissions in a transmit direction corresponding to a position of a target device in response to a user gesture.
US10154386B2
A method and apparatus for operation by a base station are provided. The base station may be configured to receive a request for attachment from a WTRU and transmit and receive authentication messages between the WTRU and a cellular core network including an HLR. A registration request may be received from the WTRU via SIP, the registration request indicating a capability of the WTRU to receive SMS messages via an IMS. In accordance with the capability of the WTRU, at least one message comprising SMS data may be transmitted, to the WTRU, via the IMS using SIP. The capability of the WTRU may be recorded by the HLR and the SMS data may be ciphered prior to transmission to the WTRU.
US10154381B2
Enhanced input field features and techniques for displaying and resolving location information in meeting items are provided. In response to a user's interaction with a place name displayed in the location field of a user interface for a meeting item, up to date information is retrieved about the location associated with the place name from a web service and displayed. The display can include a map image tile. In addition to enabling the displaying of up to date information, during creation of the meeting item, the location input field of a meeting item can present location suggestions from within the location input field, for example, as a drop-down listing of possible locations. The suggestions for completing a user's input text string to the location input field can be obtained from sources such as a web service, a mailbox, a managed database/directory service, a history cache/database or a combination thereof.
US10154379B2
Methods, systems, and devices for preventing the loss of valuable items using beacon notifications are described. A loss prevention tag is a small, discreet electronic tag which can be attached to belongings in order to prevent them from being lost. The tag may communicate with a computer or mobile device (e.g., a smartphone or a smartwatch) and may transmit a notification when the object it is attached to moves beyond a threshold distance from the device it is communicating with. A loss prevention tag system may utilize a system of smart notifications. One function of the smart notification system is to remove false alarm notifications. Another function of the smart notification system may be to modify the mode or format of the notification.
US10154372B1
Systems and methods of adjusting computing device applications, such as smartphone applications, based on external beacon identifiers are described. Based on the identifier of the beacon detected by the smartphone, the smartphone application communicates with a backend server to receive location-specific information based on the identifier of the detected beacon. The location-specific information includes a location-specific user interface. In some arrangements, the location-specific user interface includes a designated user authentication level that varies from other location-specific user interfaces.
US10154370B2
A system and method for determining a route or waypoints along a route to be or being traveled by a participant, the system including a location device associated with the participant having a location data receiver for receiving location data from a location providing source, and a wireless communication interface, the location detection device receiving location information from the location providing source, time stamping each received location information, and transmitting location data associated with the location device over the wireless interface; a location detection device in at least periodic wireless communication with the location device for receiving the transmitted location data, and transmitting the received location data; and an event/timing system receiving the transmitted location data, and determining a route or waypoints along a route to be or being traveled by a participant that will be tracked.
US10154369B2
Examples include deterrence of user equipment (UE) device location tracking. Some examples include a core network device of a telecommunication network having a processing resource and a machine-readable storage medium with instructions executable by the processing resource to receive a first service request message from the UE device that includes a pseudo-Globally Unique Temporary Identifier (p-GUTI), to send a paging message that includes the p-GUTI, and to receive a second service request message from the UE device that includes a new p-GUTI based on the p-GUTI of the first service request message matching the p-GUTI of the paging message.
US10154360B2
An improved method and system for enhancing a user's experience within an immersive environment is disclosed. Solutions and implementations provided improve the user's ability to both hear and identify sounds from outside the user's immersive experience. Implementations include receiving audio and sensor input from the environment, analyzing the received input and adjusting either the display or audio outputs generated for the user based in part on pre-determined policies.
US10154344B2
Examples described herein include surround sound systems for vertically-oriented displays and televisions that may leverage existing audio formats, recording techniques and audio authoring tools specifically for vertical display applications. Audio speakers and the vertically-oriented display may all be arranged on a single vertical plane to deliver visual image and spatial audio sound and sound effects on the vertical (e.g. top and bottom) and horizontal (e.g. left and right) axes in relation to the user. Speakers can be positioned separate from the vertically-oriented display as a method or integrated with the display using a frame system or within the housing of a display or television device itself.
US10154339B2
A multi-way speaker array is disclosed that includes rings of transducers of different types. The rings of transducers may encircle the cabinet of the speaker array such that the speaker array is rotationally symmetric. The distance between rings of transducers may be based on a logarithmic scale. By separating rings of transducers using logarithmic spacing, denser transducer spacing at short wavelengths is achieved while limiting the number of transducers needed for longer wavelengths by spacing them in larger and larger logarithmic increments. Transducers with overlapping frequency ranges may be used in the speaker array to avoid initial dips or shortfalls in directivity for corresponding beam patterns.
US10154333B2
Technology presented herein increases a user's enjoyment of sound by personalizing an audio signal so that the user perceives the audio signal as if the user had ideal hearing and/or desired hearing. In one embodiment, headphones on a user's head include a sensor and a speaker. While the speaker plays an audio signal to the user, the sensor records the user's response to the audio signal. The sensor can be a microphone, a brainwave sensor, an EEG sensor, etc. The user's response can be the audio response inside the user's ear, the brainwave response associated with the user, electrical skin response associated with the user, etc. Based on the measured response, and based on the knowledge of how other people perceive sound, the audio signal is modified to compensate for the difference between the user's hearing and the ideal hearing and/or desired hearing, therefore increasing the user's enjoyment of sound.
US10154330B2
In at least one embodiment, a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) microphone assembly is provided. The assembly includes an enclosure, a MEMS transducer, and a plurality of substrate layers. The single MEMS transducer is positioned within the enclosure. The plurality of substrate layers support the single MEMS transducer. The plurality of substrate layers define a first transmission mechanism to enable a first side of the single MEMS transducer to receive an audio input signal and a second transmission mechanism to enable a second side of the single MEMS transducer to receive the audio input signal.
US10154322B2
An optical system is provided that converts optical signals received over an optical trunk from a first optical switch to client optical signals intended for a second optical switch. The first and second optical switches operate in accordance with a Fiber Channel (FC) protocol. An interruption of the optical signals on the optical trunk is detected. Responsive to the interruption, a Not Operational State (NOS) message sent to the second optical switch is delayed so as to delay triggering of an FC link initialization in the second optical switch. While the NOS message is delayed, idle messages are sent to the second optical switch.
US10154321B2
A computer system, method, and program product for registering sensors, includes an interface to receive a query (Q) related to a specific event for a target system state associated with a specific activity pattern. A decomposer decomposes the query (Q) into semantic expressions (QSe1,QSe2) describing the target system state, and identifies a database entry associated with a semantic expression from the decomposition. A retriever retrieves behavioral data corresponding to the identified database entry, including dependencies between elements that describe the specific activity pattern. The specific activity pattern is associated with multiple activity data structures. A registration component registers a sensor (S1,S3,S4), assigned to the activity data structures.
US10154320B2
A method is provided in certain example embodiments and may include evaluating a first video stream being encoded by a first encoding element, where the first video stream is provided at a first bit rate. The method may also include evaluating a second video stream being encoded by a second encoding element, where the second video stream is provided at a second bit rate. The method may further include providing an output that is reflective of a time synchronization and a frame alignment for a plurality of frames within the first video stream and the second video stream.
US10154319B1
When a viewer is determined to be interested in an advertisement, a media guidance application may identify a second related advertisement to display to the viewer. The second advertisement may be displayed following the first interesting advertisement. To avoid timing issues, media content following the advertisements may be buffered so that the viewer can catch up on the media content without missing anything.
US10154316B2
In some embodiments, an electronic device obtains first motion information describing motion of an accessory of a multi-user device that is in communication with a display, and obtains second motion information describing motion of a user device that is associated with a first profile, wherein the motions of the accessory and the user device are detected during the first time period. In response to obtaining the first motion information of the accessory and/or the second motion information of the user device, in accordance with a determination that the motion of the accessory and the motion of the user device satisfy profile-switching criteria, including a criterion that is satisfied when the motion of the accessory and the motion of the user device have corresponding movement profiles during the first time period, the electronic device optionally initiates a process for configuring the multi-user device based on the first profile.
US10154313B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that enable a user to identify video content that has not yet been created and to have that content downloaded from a video content provider when that video content has been newly created and available for download.
US10154301B2
A display device including a display; a first external interface configured to be connected to a first external device; a second external interface configured to be connected to a second external device; and a controller configured to display, on the display, a first image content received from the first external device connected to the display device via the first external interface, display, on an external source list menu for selecting the first external device or the second external device, a first image obtained by capturing the first displayed image content, wherein the first image is captured based on a first signal received from a remote controller and the first captured image is used as a first label representing the first external device, display, on the display, a second image content received from the second external device connected to the display device via the second external interface, and display, on the external source list menu, a second image obtained by capturing the second displayed image content, wherein the second image is captured based on a second signal received from the remote controller and the second captured image is used as a second label representing the second external device.
US10154297B2
In particular embodiments, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system determine a first media device of a first user of a social-networking system and determine a second media device of a second user of the social-networking system. The one or more computer systems access a social graph of the social-networking system, update the social graph based on the determined first and second media devices, and stream media from the first media device to the second media device using the updated social graph. The social graph includes nodes and edges connecting the nodes, the nodes including user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system and concept nodes that are each associated with a particular media device.
US10154295B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform operations, for example, including determining a first correlation value between a behavior of a first audience member and a subject matter being presented at a display processor, wherein the subject matter being presented at the display is observable by the first audience member. A second correlation value is determined between the behavior of the first audience member and a characteristic of an environment in a vicinity of the display and the first audience member. Responsive to the second correlation value exceeding the first correlation value, a determination is made as to whether a present channel selection resulting from user input initiated by the first audience member is responsive to the characteristic of the environment influencing the audience member more than the subject matter being presented at the display. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10154290B2
A multimedia distribution system receives multiple television channels and transcodes them into a single stream of data packets with each of the plurality of video data packets for respective ones of the television channels being assigned a port number corresponding to the respective television channel. The data packets are routed to a plurality of Access Points (APs) for transmission. A User Equipment (UE) communicates with the APs and selects one of the television channels for viewing on the UE by selecting the port number corresponding to the desired television channel. The UE can “change channels” to view other television channels by changing the port number to the port number of the desired television channel.
US10154288B2
Provided is a process for compressing data that includes: obtaining data to be compressed; compressing the data with a first DCT compression algorithm to obtain a first DCT amplitude matrix; compressing the data with a second DCT compression algorithm to obtain a second DCT amplitude matrix, the second DCT compression algorithm compressing the data more than the first algorithm; modifying the second DCT amplitude matrix based on a value in the first DCT amplitude matrix.
US10154284B2
A method and an apparatus for processing an intra prediction mode is disclosed. The method includes: determining whether an intra prediction mode of each neighboring block in multiple neighboring blocks of a current block is applicable to the current block; and obtaining multiple mapped intra prediction modes of the current block according to a result of the determining, if it is determined that an intra prediction mode of a neighboring block is applicable to the current block, setting the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block as a mapped intra prediction mode of the current block, and if it is determined that the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block is not applicable to the current block, setting a specific intra prediction mode as the mapped intra prediction mode of the current block.
US10154277B2
A method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digital video encoding is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a system that allows the relative timing of nearby video pictures to be encoded in a very efficient manner. In one embodiment, the display time difference between a current video picture and a nearby video picture is determined. The display time difference is then encoded into a digital representation of the video picture. In a preferred embodiment, the nearby video picture is the most recently transmitted stored picture. For coding efficiency, the display time difference may be encoded using a variable length coding system or arithmetic coding. In an alternate embodiment, the display time difference is encoded as a power of two to reduce the number of bits transmitted.
US10154276B2
In general, techniques are described for separately processing depth and texture components of video data. A device configured to process video data including a view component comprised of a depth component and a texture component may perform various aspects of the techniques. The device may comprise a processor configured to determine a supplemental enhancement information message that applies when processing the view component of the video data, and determine a nested supplemental enhancement information message that applies in addition to the supplemental enhancement information message when processing the depth component of the view component.
US10154271B2
An inter-layer decoding method including reconstructing a color image and a depth image of a first layer based on encoding information obtained from a bitstream; determining, from the depth image of the first layer, a depth image block of the first layer corresponding to a current block of a second layer image to be decoded; determining whether an area included in the determined depth image block deviates from a boundary of the depth image of the first layer; when the area included in the depth image block deviates from the boundary, determining a depth value of the area deviating from the boundary of the depth image; determining a disparity vector indicating a corresponding block of the first layer image with respect to the current block, based on the determined depth value; and reconstructing the current block by using the disparity vector.
US10154263B2
Provided is a video encoding method including: calculating a difference value between a rate-distortion (R-D) cost of a first coefficient level from among coefficient levels of a sub-block and an R-D cost of a second coefficient level adjacent to the first coefficient level by using a distortion difference calculated by using an integer of the first coefficient level and an integer of the second coefficient level and a rate variation between the first coefficient level and the second coefficient level; selecting one of the integer values of the first and second coefficient levels as a modified value of the first coefficient level based on the difference value; and outputting the modified value of the first coefficient level.
US10154261B2
The embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and an encoder for encoding a bitstream representing a sequence of pictures of a video stream. The pictures are divided into units which are further divided into blocks of a first size, wherein the blocks can be divided further into four quarter blocks of a second size. The encoder comprises a processor (810) and a memory (820), said memory (820) containing instructions executable by said processor (810) whereby said encoder is operative to: calculate a result of at least one comparison involving a scaled version of a first error measure associated with one of the quarter blocks, a scaled version of a second error measure associated with at least the remaining quarter blocks; and a threshold C. When at least one of said comparisons gives a Boolean result of a first kind, the encoder is operative to determine that the unit could be divided into quarter blocks of the second size to be used for encoding the picture. When all of said comparisons give a Boolean result of a second kind different from the first kind, wherein the Boolean result of the second kind is indicative of a difference being smaller than if the Boolean result would be of the first kind, wherein said difference is the scaled version of the second error measure subtracted from the scaled version of the first error measure, the encoder is operative to determine that the unit should be divided into blocks of the first size to be used for encoding the picture.
US10154252B2
A projection-type image display apparatus of the present disclosure includes a fluorescent substance, a blue-color laser diode excitation optical system, a DMD, a projection optical system, a polarizing plate, and a depolarizing plate. The fluorescent substance has characteristics of emitting predetermined fluorescence in response to excitation light. The blue-color laser diode has a semiconductor laser that emits laser light of a wavelength with which the fluorescent substance is excited. The excitation optical system condenses light from the blue-color laser diode. The DMD is controllable by a signal from an external source. The projection optical system is an optical system that can enlarge and project an image displayed by the DMD. The polarizing plate is disposed on the output side of the projection optical system.
US10154251B2
A display assembly for showing perceived depth is provided. The display includes a display panel for displaying images and video. A lens extends parallel to and in a spaced relationship with the display panel to define a distal viewing area. An optically clear adhesive is partially disposed between the display panel and the lens to define a plurality of proximal viewing areas. The lens has a varying lens thickness for altering the presentation of the images and video displayed on the display panel in the proximal viewing areas relative to the presentation of the images and video displayed on the display panel in the distal viewing area to create a three dimensional appearance of the images and video. A controller is configured to tailor the images and video presented in the distal viewing area relative to the images and video in the proximal viewing areas to enhance the three dimensional appearance.
US10154250B2
An electronic device and a display device are provided. The electronic device includes the display device and an object to be shown. The display device includes a display panel, a first backlight module, and a second backlight module. The display panel has a transparent area corresponding to the object. The first backlight module is disposed with a gap to the display panel and generates first backlight to reach the display panel. The second backlight module has a prism sheet and a collimated illumination. The prism sheet is parallel to the display panel and corresponding to the transparent area, while the collimated illumination generates light reaching the prism sheet. The light is orientated by the prism sheet and becomes a second backlight before entering the transparent area.
US10154240B2
To generate a warning that a stereoscopic image sequence has been synthesised from a 2D image sequence, a video processor correlates left-eye image data and right-eye image data to identify any sustained temporal offset between the left-eye and right-eye image data. A measure of sustained correlation between a measured spatial distribution of horizontal disparity and a spatial model can also be used to generate the warning.
US10154234B2
An imaging system includes a primary imager and plurality of 3A-control sensors. The primary imager has a first field of view and includes a primary image sensor and a primary imaging lens with a first optical axis. The primary image sensor has a primary pixel array and control circuitry communicatively coupled thereto. The plurality of 3A-control sensors includes at least one of a peripheral imager and a 3A-control sensor. The peripheral imager, if included, has a second field of view including (i) at least part of the first field of view and (ii) a phase-difference auto-focus (PDAF) sensor and a peripheral imaging lens, the PDAF sensor being separate from the primary image sensor. The 3A-control sensor, if included, is separate from the primary pixel array and communicatively connected to the control circuitry to provide one of auto-white balance and exposure control for the primary pixel array.
US10154233B2
Technologies for scene reconstruction include a compute system to determine a context of at least one image of a scene captured by a camera of the compute system and generate metadata for the at least one image based on the determined context such that the metadata identifies the determined context of the compute system. The compute system further anonymizes the metadata to generate anonymized data that maintains privacy of the compute system and transmits the anonymized data to a cloud server for multi-dimensional reconstruction of the scene.
US10154222B2
One problem addressed by the present invention is to provide an optical sensor, a solid-state imaging device, and methods for reading the signals therefrom, which contribute greatly to the development of industry and the realization of a safer and more secure society. One solution according to the present invention is an optical sensor having a light-receiving element, storage capacitors that store a charge, and a transfer switch for transferring to the storage capacitors a charge generated by light input to the light-receiving element, wherein the storage capacitors are a floating diffusion capacitor and a lateral overflow integration capacitor, and the transfer switch is a non-LDD/MOS transistor, that is, a non-LDD/MOS transistor for which the impurity concentration of the drain region is reduced by 50%.
US10154219B2
The present technology relates to a signal processing device, an image pickup element, and an electronic device capable of suppressing power source variation due to driving of a counter. The signal processing device according to the present technology includes a first A/D converter which performs A/D conversion on an analog signal by using a first counter being a predetermined counter and a second A/D converter which performs the A/D conversion on the analog signal by using a second counter count timing of which is the same as that of the first counter and a polarity of a count value of which is opposite to that of the first counter. The first and second A/D converters are arranged in the vicinity of each other such that power source variations thereof affect both. The present technology may be applied to the image pickup element and the electronic device, for example.
US10154215B2
The semiconductor image sensor comprises a plurality of pixels (1) with photo sensors (2). At least one heater (4) is integrated with the photo sensors and is arranged in at least one of the pixels or in the vicinity of at least one of the pixels. An appropriate operation of the heater will increase the temperature of the relevant pixel. Thus it is possible to achieve a local compensation of a temperature difference that may be due to the operation of an integrated readout circuit (3) or any other integrated component generating heat.
US10154203B2
An imaging apparatus and method enables an automated extended depth of field capability that automates and simplifies the process of creating extended depth of field images. An embodiment automates the acquisition of an image “stack” or sequence and stores metadata at the time of image acquisition that facilitates production of a composite image having an extended depth of field from at least a portion of the images in the acquired sequence. An embodiment allows a user to specify, either at the time of image capture or at the time the composite image is created, a range of distances that the user wishes to have in focus within the composite image. An embodiment provides an on-board capability to produce a composite, extended depth of field image from the image stack. One embodiment allows the user to import the image stack into an image-processing software application that produces the composite image.
US10154199B2
An apparatus capable of taking a self-portrait picture includes a screen, a camera, and a controller configured to cause the screen to display a live preview image received from the camera, after the live preview image is displayed, detect a first user gesture for triggering a display of an indicator on the screen, cause the screen to display the indicator at a changeable position where the first user gesture is detected, wherein the indicator indicates that a gesture detection mode is entered to recognize a second user gesture different from the first user gesture, while the indicator is displayed on the screen, detect the second user gesture in the indicator, and after detecting the second user gesture, cause the camera to automatically take a self-portrait picture.
US10154197B2
An image capture device, such as a camera, has multiple modes including a light field image capture mode, a conventional 2D image capture mode, and at least one intermediate image capture mode. By changing position and/or properties of the microlens array (MLA) in front of the image sensor, changes in 2D spatial resolution and angular resolution can be attained. In at least one embodiment, such changes can be performed in a continuous manner, allowing a continuum of intermediate modes to be attained.
US10154191B2
Emotional/cognitive state-triggered recording is described. A buffer is used to temporarily store captured video content until a change in an emotional or cognitive state of a user is detected. Sensor data indicating a change in an emotional or cognitive state of a user triggers the creation of a video segment based on the current contents of the buffer.
US10154187B2
An apparatus (10) and method for adjusting and/or calibrating a multi-camera module (2) having a plurality of cameras (4a, 4b). The apparatus (10) includes an optical arrangement for creating first virtual test structures (22) at an infinite distance and second test structures (26, 32) at a finite distance. Individual images (20a, 20b) captured with the cameras (4a, 4b) of the multi-camera module (2) include respectively the first and the second test structure (22, 26, 32). Based on the deviation of the position of the test structures (22, 26, 32) in the two individual images (20a, 20b), the cameras (4a, 4b) of the multi-camera module (2) are aligned relative to each other.
US10154180B2
A camera including an image capture module, and at least one other module. The image capture module is a sealed module and includes: a housing; at least one image sensor to convert light into electrical signals; an optical system associated with the image sensor and arranged to transmit light through the housing to the at least one image sensor; the image capture module and the at least one other module being directly or indirectly mounted to each other, and interoperable with each other to capture images. An image capture module and method of construction of a camera are also described.
US10154177B2
The present disclosure provides a vision system camera, and associated methods of operation, having a multi-core processor, high-speed, high-resolution imager, FOVE, auto-focus lens and imager-connected pre-processor to pre-process image data provides the acquisition and processing speed, as well as the image resolution that are highly desirable in a wide range of applications. This arrangement effectively scans objects that require a wide field of view, vary in size and move relatively quickly with respect to the system field of view. This vision system provides a physical package with a wide variety of physical interconnections to support various options and control functions. The package effectively dissipates internally generated heat by arranging components to optimize heat transfer to the ambient environment and includes dissipating structure (e.g. fins) to facilitate such transfer.
US10154176B1
An example apparatus for calibrating depth cameras includes an image receiver to receive an image from a depth camera. The apparatus also includes an object detector to detect a natural object with an expected shape in the image. The apparatus further includes a parameter adjuster to adjust a parameter of the depth camera to reduce a detected difference between the expected shape and a measured characteristic of the natural object.
US10154172B2
An image forming apparatus includes a stacker on which an envelope is to be stacked, an image forming device to form an image on the envelope conveyed from the stacker, an operation device to display a screen for prompting a user to set a size of the envelope and an orientation of the envelop to be stacked on the stacker. The orientation of the envelope accepted by the operation device is one of a first orientation, in which the flap and the body portion are aligned in a width direction that is orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the envelope, and a second orientation, in which the flap and the body portion are aligned in the conveyance direction of the envelope. A controller controls the operation device to display a guidance image based on the size of the envelope and the orientation of the envelope accepted by the operation device.
US10154171B2
An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a communicator configured to receive printing data, an image former configured to print the received printing data, and at least one processor configured to, in response to receiving a request for connection setting information from the user terminal apparatus, control the communicator to transmit the connection setting information to the user terminal apparatus.
US10154168B2
An information processing apparatus includes an operation unit, a controller unit, and an external device controller, and a management unit. The external device controller is configured to control connection, writing, and reading of an external memory device. The management unit is configured to manage a mount state and unmount state of the external memory device. The mount state is a state in which the external memory device becomes available when the operation unit or the controller unit recognizes the external memory device. The unmount state is a state in which the mount state is released. The management unit is configured to execute an unmount process depending on the mount state when an unmount request of the external memory device is issued.
US10154167B2
To make it possible to check all received image data later while performing control so that no printout is produced for data that is not necessary among received image data. An image data management system including: a reception unit configured to receive image data; a registration unit configured to resister identification information on a specific source of transmission of the image data; a control unit configured to perform control so that image data received from a source of transmission registered as the specific source of transmission is not printed and image data received from a source of transmission not registered as the specific source of transmission is printed; an acquisition unit configured to acquire the name of a source of transmission of received image data from address book data in which the name of and identification information on each source of transmission are registered in association with each other; a creation unit configured to create a folder path of a folder that is a storage destination of received image data by using the acquired name; and a storage unit configured to store received image data in a folder indicated by the created folder path.
US10154166B2
The present disclosure provides an image sensor panel and a method for capturing graphical information using the image sensor panel. In one aspect, the image sensor panel includes a substrate and a sensor array on the substrate, the sensor array including a plurality of photosensitive pixels. The substrate includes a first region defined by the sensor array and a second region other than the first region. The second region is optically transparent and has an area greater than that of the first region.
US10154162B1
In a mobile terminal, a plurality of operating buttons associated with functions performable by an electronic apparatus are provided on an operation screen. A storage section previously stores correspondence information related to the functions performable by the electronic apparatus and indicating correspondence between a relative location between the mobile terminal and the electronic apparatus and a set of functions available depending on the relative location. A first control section allows a display section to display a setting screen for accepting a change in the correspondence information. Based on an operation accepted by an acceptance section on the setting screen, a second control section changes the correspondence information and allows a storage section to store the changed correspondence information. The first control section changes contents of the plurality of operating buttons on the operation screen, using a location of the mobile terminal detected by a detecting section and the correspondence information.
US10154157B2
A calibration system includes an image forming apparatus, a color-measurement device, a primary-color-input-output-characteristics adjustment unit, and a secondary-color-input-output-characteristics adjustment unit. The primary-color-input-output-characteristics adjustment unit adjusts input-output characteristics of a primary color of the image forming apparatus by correcting a gamma correction table for the primary color. The secondary-color-input-output-characteristics adjustment unit adjusts input-output characteristics of a secondary color of the image forming apparatus by correcting the gamma correction table for the primary color using the measurement results of the chart for the secondary color. The chart for the secondary color is printed by the image forming apparatus after the adjustment. The secondary-color-input-output-characteristics adjustment unit, as a combination ratio of two color materials, obtains the combination ratio where a hue angle of the specific secondary color becomes a defined hue angle so as to correct the gamma correction table for the primary color corresponding to the obtained combination ratio.
US10154152B2
Embodiments herein provide a method and system of reporting a charging information for a Device-to-Device (D2D) communication established using a wireless network. The method includes recording by a first electronic device the charging information associated with a D2D communication session. The D2D communication session is established between the first electronic device and a second electronic device. Further, the method includes determining by the first electronic device whether the charging information meets charging criteria during the D2D communication session. The charging criteria are generated by a network node in a secure environment of the first electronic device. Further, the method includes reporting the charging information to the network node in the wireless network in response to determining that the charging information meets the charging criteria.
US10154146B2
Disclosed is a management method for managing a communication to a user having an identifier allocated thereto on a voice over IP core network, the method being performed by an application server of the voice over IP core network through which the communication transits, and comprises a process, performed on receiving the communication, of consulting a database to select a terminal linked to the identifier of the user for the purpose of routing the communication to the terminal, the database associating at least one terminal registered on the voice over IP core network and linked to the identifier of the user with at least one period of activity of the terminal on the voice over IP core network, and the terminal that is selected being the terminal associated in the database with the most recent period of activity.
US10154141B2
A communication system and method for routing communications can include a communication device that is configured to route a communication connection based on empirical data relating to an attempted communication. For instance, in some embodiments the device of a communication system can be configured to utilize stored and classified empirical data for automatically determining a subject of an attempted communication made by a user via the user's communication terminal and dependencies the user for that attempted communication may have on a callee for use in establishing a connection for the caller based on the determined dependencies and determined subject of the attempted communication. Information regarding the determined subject of the communication attempt can be based on the stored empirical data. The attempted communication can also be rerouted to another user based on the empirical communication data if that attempted communication is not established within a pre-selected time period.
US10154138B2
A method includes: identifying, by a processor, one or more physical arrangements of resources in a customer contact center; predicting, by the processor, for each of the one or more physical arrangements of resources, a predicted performance metric of the physical arrangement of resources in accordance with one or more working environment parameters of the customer contact center; identifying, by the processor, a particular physical arrangement of the one or more physical arrangements having a corresponding predicted performance metric satisfying a threshold performance among the one or more physical arrangements; and outputting, by the processor, the particular physical arrangement of resources in the customer contact center.
US10154131B2
An instruction execution engine on a user device may be configured to receive an executable instruction assigned to one or more contacts or groups of contacts. A communication from the one or more contacts or groups may be detected. Upon detecting the communication, the engine may execute the executable instruction. This executing step may trigger a user reminder or data transfer to one or more third parties.
US10154130B2
Systems and methods are provided for mobile device context aware determinations. In one implementation inputs are received in relation to a location which corresponding to an incidence of deceleration, the inputs are processed to determine a likelihood that the deceleration is to be maintained for a shorter and/or longer time duration, and based on a determination that the deceleration is to be maintained for longer, a restriction at a device can be modified. According to another aspect, first time intervals which correspond to navigation instances associated with a first instruction provider and second time intervals which correspond to other navigation instances can be received, the first time intervals can be compared with the second time intervals to determine an efficiency of the first navigation provider, and based on a determination that the first navigation provider is relatively efficient, a recommendation to select the first navigation instruction provider can be provided.
US10154125B2
An apparatus is removably attachable to an electronic device associated with wireless communication. The apparatus includes an operational circuitry which includes contact means, memory means and data processing means. The contact means is for electrical coupling between the electronic device and the operational circuitry. The memory means is capable of storing subscriber-identity-module-specific data of at least two subscriber identity module associated with at least one operator of wireless communication for causing the apparatus to act as a plurality of the subscriber identity modules of the at least one operator when in use.
US10154119B2
A method and system including a display; a memory storing processor-executable process steps; and a processor to execute the processor-executable process steps to cause the system to: present a user interface on a display, the user interface including one or more sub-actions associated with a core action, and one or more user-entry sub-action fields associated with the one or more sub-actions; receive data in one or more of the displayed user-entry sub-action fields, wherein the received data is entered by a first user; present a sharable action indicator in response to reception of the data in the one or more displayed user-entry sub-action fields; in response to a first user selection of the sharable action indicator, display a list of one or more additional users; and in response to selection by the first user of at least one of the one or more additional users, transmit a notification to the selected one or more additional users indicating that the core action has been shared with them by the first user. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10154118B2
A communication application server is provided with a unified framework for call control and media control. The framework supports a unified API having class objects and functions conforming to a telephony object model. The class objects are invoked and manipulated by a finite set of commands and an application program essentially issues a series of such commands to operate the communication application server. More particularly, an API server on the communication application server defining a messaging API protocol enables an application script to pass commands remotely to the communication application server to operate it. This allows application scripts to be processed remotely by appropriate scripting engines. In this way, application scripting is decoupled from the operation of the communication application server, which only needs to focus on providing basic communication services.
US10154114B2
A delivery apparatus according to the present application includes a receiving unit and a delivering unit. The receiving unit receives a delivery request for content from a terminal device. The delivering unit delivers the content corresponding to the delivery request, and user information that is related to a user who is using the terminal device and that is to be added to the content to the terminal device. For example, the delivering unit delivers the user information corresponding to an attribute that is selected from attributes related to the user, based on a correlation with the content, to the terminal device.
US10154106B2
A method for sending a heartbeat message and a mobile terminal are disclosed. The method includes determining, according to a heartbeat message sending period, a first time point at which a heartbeat message needs to be sent; before the first time point arrives, determining whether a push message has been received to obtain a first determining result; and when the first determining result is no and the first time point arrives, waking up the modem to send a heartbeat message to a service push server. Using the method or the mobile terminal of the present disclosure, power consumption for sending a heartbeat message by a terminal may be reduced, and further average standby power consumption of the terminal may be reduced, thereby prolonging a standby time of the terminal.
US10154105B2
Methods, systems, devices, and software are disclosed for generating a network usage profile. Certain embodiments of the network usage profile include a devices-by-node profile, indicating the set of customer devices available for use in communicating with a customer-side network node located at a customer side of an access network over a period of time, where some of the customer devices are not in operative communication with the customer-side network node during a portion of that time. Other embodiments associate the network usage profile with customer information to generate device-by-customer profiles. Still other embodiments associate the network usage profile with network traffic information to generate traffic-by-device profiles. Even other embodiments associate the multiple sources and types of information to generate traffic-by-customer profiles and/or traffic-by-device-by-customer profiles. Any of the profiles may then be accessed by one or more parties for use in affecting various network services, including targeting content delivery.
US10154104B2
Technologies are described herein for providing intelligent delivery of actionable content. Metadata that describes user activities at a computer system is analyzed to determine a need for actionable content. Actionable content is dynamically delivered to one or more client consoles when need for actionable content is presented. The actionable content may be presented in a number of forms, including links to, or the delivery of, video, text and/or image content. Actionable content may also include links or deliverable environments for enabling automatic engagement of a specific application scenario. The discovery and delivery of the actionable content may be improved by the use of one or more feedback mechanisms.
US10154101B2
A system for monitoring the use of resources by a user includes a mobile device, a resource usage monitoring device, a message display system, and a third party system, each have communication interfaces, memory devices, and processing devices. The system is designed to detect the presence of a user within a physical location where resources may be accessed and determine a time-efficient set of resource allocations that the user may engage in while located in a particular physical location. In some embodiments, a message may be directed to the user through visual and/or audio displays to notify the user of the time-efficient set of resource allocations and direct the user to a particular location where such allocations may be effected.
US10154099B2
A method, system, and computer program product are described for delivering smart services. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for delivering smart services includes defining a situation including subscriber context information based on private information of a service subscriber. The method includes identifying an action associated with the first situation. The method includes determining that the service subscriber is in the defined situation based on current subscriber context information. The method includes performing, in response to determining that the service subscriber is in the defined situation, the action.
US10154097B2
This disclosure relates to remote control of home dialysis machines, for example, using a network connected system including a network device. In an aspect, a dialysis system includes a network device, a dialysis machine configured to connect to the network device over a network, and a mobile device configured to connect to the network device over the network. The network device is configured for receiving, from the mobile device, through the network, a request to access the dialysis machine, receiving an authorization for the mobile device to access the dialysis machine, and after receiving the authorization, transferring, through the network, between the dialysis machine and the mobile device, information pertaining to one or more of an operation of the dialysis machine or the mobile device.
US10154074B1
Managing synchronized data requests is disclosed. Examples of synchronized data requests include viewer-induced synchronization, failure-induced synchronization, and player-induced synchronization. Information indicative of a potential occurrence of an amount of synchronized requests for audiovisual content that has a potential to have a detrimental impact on one or more components within a content delivery network is obtained. Subsequent to obtaining the information, one or more remediation actions are automatically caused to occur.
US10154069B2
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to collaborative information object management and provide a method, system and computer program product for annotating collaborative information structures. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for annotating collaborative information structures can be provided. The method can include creating a collaborative information structure document (ISD) with each of an object section and an annotation section, adding a collaborative object in a collaborative computing environment to the object section of the collaborative ISD, adding an annotation for the collaborative ISD to the annotation section of the collaborative ISD, and storing the collaborative ISD for use as a collaborative object in the collaborative computing environment.
US10154061B1
A cloaking authority system that securely and anonymously identifies a misbehaving device based on its digital certificate. The system may include a cloaking authority server that is communicatively connected to a misbehavior authority server, a pseudonym certificate authority device, and a registration authority device. In response to a request from the misbehavior authority server to identify a misbehaving device using the device's pseudonym certificate, the cloaking authority server interacts with the pseudonym certificate authority device and the registration authority device to securely obtain a representation of the linkage chain identifier that is associated with the misbehaving device, while maintaining the anonymity of the real-world identifying information for the misbehaving device. The cloaking authority server creates a cloak index that corresponds to the linkage chain identifier and that identifies the misbehaving device, and provides the cloak index to the misbehavior authority server.
US10154058B2
A method for validating a timestamp, including receiving a first data packet, including first useful data, from a first transmitter, receiving a second data packet, including a first timestamp associated with the first useful data, comparing the first timestamp to a predefined second timestamp, which is associated with the first useful data, to determine a first validated timestamp, which is associated with the first useful data, receiving a third data packet, including second useful data, from a second transmitter, which is different from the first transmitter, receiving a fourth data packet, including a third timestamp associated with the second useful data, comparing the third timestamp to a predefined fourth timestamp, which is associated with the second useful data, to determine a second validated timestamp, which is associated with the second useful data, and comparing the first validated timestamp to the second validated timestamp.
US10154052B1
Complex web applications may be susceptible to cyber-attacks that affect the security of customer sessions. Session theft and exploitation may be predicted and controlled by monitoring records of requests made to the web application and providing notifications of possible compromise of a session, session service or a machine using a session service.
US10154049B2
The instant disclosure is directed to an attack/unwanted activity detecting firewall for use in protecting authentication-based network resources. The instant system is adapted for installation inline or in sniffer mode. In various embodiments, defined rules are applied to network traffic to determine whether certain types of attacks are occurring on the network resources. If one such attack is detected, the system provides for several potential responses, including for example disconnecting the attacking remote machine, requiring the user at that machine to re-authenticate, and/or requiring a second factor of authentication from the user at that machine. In some example embodiments, regardless of any activity required of a user at the remote machine suspected of malicious behavior, the disclosed system generates an alarm or other alert for presentation as appropriate, such as via a graphical user interface or a third-party system using an API.
US10154048B2
Various embodiments include methods, and computing devices implementing the methods, for authenticating vehicle information by polling selected sensors. A server computing device receiving vehicle information from a reporting vehicle may compare the received vehicle information to contextual information to generate a comparison result, and determine whether the received vehicle information should be evaluated with greater scrutiny based on the comparison result. The server computing device may select sensors for polling based on the received vehicle information (and in response to determining that the received vehicle information should be evaluated with greater scrutiny), and poll the selected sensors to received sensor information. The server computing device may use the received sensor information to corroborate the received vehicle information, and perform a responsive action based on the result of the corroboration.
US10154044B2
A storage controller that is coupled to a plurality of storage clouds is maintained. The storage controller determines security requirements for performing a selected operation in the plurality of storage cloud. A subset of storage clouds of the plurality of storage clouds that are able to satisfy the security requirements are determined. A determination is made as to which storage cloud of the subset of storage clouds is most responsive for performing the selected operation. The selected operation is performed in the determined storage cloud that is most responsive.
US10154031B1
Described are user-wearable devices utilizing encryption authentication techniques to ensure security of any data transmission to and from these devices. In order to provide privacy and security of user-wearable device signals, unique encryption technology is employed together with the use of biometrics associated with each user. The user-wearable devices may be electronic and can include one or more circuits, power sources, displays, and transceivers with biometric data transceiver portions. The devices can establish communications with a counterpart communication device or system in order to provide the ability to perform specific secured transactions. The biometric data transceivers are capable of reading a user's encrypted biometric data and then transmitting the encrypted data to a user identity validation distributed auto-synchronous array (DASA) database which allows for decryption, identification, and authentication of both the user(s) and the transaction(s).
US10154030B2
Tools, strategies, and techniques are provided for evaluating the identities of different entities to protect business enterprises, consumers, and other entities from fraud by combining biometric activity data with facial recognition data for end users. Risks associated with various entities can be analyzed and assessed based on a combination of user liveliness check data, facial image data, social network data, and/or professional network data, among other data sources. In various embodiments, the risk assessment may include calculating an authorization score or authenticity score based on different portions or combinations of the collected and processed data.
US10154024B2
A mobile computing device is operated to receive a trigger at a first instance. The trigger may be associated with a predefined condition or event or action. The mobile computing device may detect the predefined condition or event at a second instance. In response to detecting the predefined condition or event, a notification is activated on the mobile computing device that is based on the trigger.
US10154013B1
A computing device has a processor and a first memory, e.g., a fuse-based memory, storing a first cryptographic key. The processor is configured to receive information related to a second cryptographic key from a cryptographic key provisioning system. The processor derives the second cryptographic key from the information related to a second cryptographic key. The first cryptographic key has fewer bits than the second cryptographic key. The processor is also configured to encrypt the second cryptographic key using the first cryptographic key, and store the encrypted second cryptographic key in a second memory, e.g., a flash memory.
US10154011B2
An embodiment of the invention includes determining a first security status for first information and a second security status for second information, the second security status being more secure than the first security status; establishing a first communication path between the system and a first local computing node via a first wireless path; conveying the first information to the first local computing node via the first wireless path based on the first security status; and withholding the second information from the first local computing node based on the second security status; wherein the first and second information are stored on at least one of the system and a remotely located computing node. Other embodiments are described herein.
US10154009B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing a basic firewall using a virtual networking function. A control system having a processor can detect a firewall request that can include a request to create a basic firewall. The processor can analyze a recipe to determine a virtual switch and a basic firewall virtual function that are to provide the functionality of the basic firewall. The processor can trigger instantiation of the virtual switch via a network control function and instantiation of the basic firewall virtual function via a service control function. The processor also can validate the basic firewall. The basic firewall can provide filtering of traffic at the network transport layer using the virtual switch, and as such, the virtual switch may not operate on the application layer.
US10154008B2
A scanner is enabled for communication with a Secure Input/Output (I/O) Module (SIOM) using a secure communication protocol. The SIOM is provisioned with a manifest, and the manifest defines encryption for use over the secure communication protocol. Communication to and from the scanner occurs over secure communication sessions with the SIOM using the secure communication protocol.
US10154007B1
A cloud access control server and method provides a cloud service access control database to implement cloud services access control policy. The cloud service access control database stores thereon cloud service identifiers associated with cloud service providers having high risk scores. In some embodiments, the cloud service identifiers form a block list of cloud services which is provided to network device of the enterprise data network to implement cloud service access control. In other embodiments, a cloud access control server and method implements cloud services access control policy for an enterprise. The cloud access control server and method receives network traffic data from the installed firewall or proxy at the enterprise and process the network traffic data with respect to cloud service access. The cloud access control server provides instructions to the firewall or proxy to allow or deny the network access at the enterprise.
US10153999B2
A method and apparatus for collecting feed information in a mobile terminal are disclosed. The method and apparatus collects information explicitly clipped by a user as well as content items exchanged between users as feed information. The method for collecting feed information in a mobile terminal includes: detecting a share event corresponding to transmission or reception of content through a communication application implemented in the mobile terminal; generating feed information based on the content; and storing the generated feed information.
US10153996B2
Embodiments described herein provide a Threaded Conversation User Interface (“TCUI”) on a display area of a computer used to connect a social network. The TCUI comprises a plurality of nested columns. First, second, and third nested columns of the plurality of nested columns includes first, second, and third comments, respectively. The first nested column is positioned at a left margin of the display area, the second nested column is indented a single indentation width from the display area's left margin, and the third nested column is indented multiple indentation widths from the display area's left margin. A type of input gesture is determined from a received input gesture and in response, the TCUI is scrolled. The scrolling is terminated with at least one of second, third, or another nested column positioned at the left edge of the display area, the termination being based at least on the determined input gesture.
US10153995B2
One or more media applications are configured to facilitate Web page access. Such media applications receive a request from a user for access to a Web page. The Web page is retrieved from, for example, one or more Web servers, a file, and so on, and the content of the Web page is displayed within the media application. Display of the Web page content within the media application obviates the need to change applications to view the Web page content. By remaining within the application, a more natural and intuitive technique for inter-user communication is provided.
US10153994B2
Centralized hospital communication system and methods are provided for event monitoring and notification. In some embodiments, consistent with the present embodiments, a centralized hospital communication server is disclosed. The centralized hospital communication server may include a memory storing instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the stored instructions to: receive, from a networked device, event information indicative of an event, the event information including at least one personal attribute of a first individual associated with the event; search a network database for information associated with at least one location within a hospital, the first location information including at least one location attribute; identify, based on the received event information and the received first location information, a selected location for the first individual associated with the event; and automatically generate and transmit at least one electronic communication to a first electronic device associated with the selected location.
US10153993B2
In an IMS (IP multimedia system) and/or RCS (rich communication services) environment, devices that support origination forking of various message types are configured to register with an IMS network and to provide an indication that they support origination forking. The IMS network is configured to record this information for its subscribing devices. When the IMS network receives a message request from an origination device, the message request is forwarded to termination devices as well as to other supporting devices that are associated with the user of the origination device.
US10153986B2
A port monitoring system includes a first extending device. The first extending device includes a monitored port and a networking port. The first extending device is configured to detect a first packet at the monitored port and, in response, generate a mirrored packet. Then the first extending device adds a monitoring identifier to the mirrored packet and forwards the mirrored packet through the networking port. The port monitoring system also includes a networking device that is coupled to the first extending device. The networking device is configured to receive the mirrored packet from the first extending device and determine that the mirrored packet is associated with a monitoring port using the monitoring identifier provided by the mirrored packet. The networking device then forwards the mirrored packet to the monitoring port.
US10153982B2
A method and apparatus for generating frames for communicating over a network are provided. The method includes: receiving input signals and signal information comprising at least one from among new signal information, existing data dictionary information, and topology information, determining frame packing rules based on the received signal information, and generating frames of output data based on the determined frame packing rules. The method may be used to package vehicle controller area network messages for transmission over other networks.
US10153964B2
A computer networking appliance includes a networking device to route data through an overlay network. The networking device is connected to a first computer network and receives a data packet to be communicated to a destination computing device. The networking device analyzes the packet to determine a minimum bandwidth requirement corresponding to the data packet, and the destination computing device connected to a second computer network. The networking device then dynamically identifies a plurality of paths to the destination computing device, uses the minimum bandwidth requirement to obtain path information for each of the plurality of paths, and chooses an optimal path to the destination computing device from among the plurality of paths based on a plurality of path metrics associated with each of the plurality of paths.
US10153963B2
The present invention provides a method for rapidly synchronizing a medium access control (MAC) address table. The method includes: initializing a forwarding plane and a control plane, and starting a forwarding plane timer when determining that the forwarding plane and the control plane are initialized successfully (101); when determining that a MAC address table synchronization condition is met, the forwarding plane acquiring a memory operation authority (102); acquiring a MAC address table entry to be synchronized, and synchronizing the MAC address table entry to be synchronized to a designated location in a memory area according to changed content of the MAC address table entry to be synchronized (103). The present invention further provides a device for rapidly synchronizing a MAC address table, and a storage medium.
US10153956B2
An application executed on a plurality of wireless communication devices (100) measures a performance indicator. The application sends reports (40) of the performance indicator to a server (150). On the basis of the reports (40), the server determines a rate of reporting the performance indicator and sends an indication (50) of the rate of reporting to the application executed on at least some of the wireless communication devices (100). According to the indicated rate of reporting, the application on these wireless communication devices controls a timing of measuring the performance indicator and sending the reports (40) to the server (150).
US10153951B2
Presented herein are techniques performed in a network comprising a plurality of network nodes each configured to apply one or more service functions to traffic that passes the respective network nodes in a service path. At a network node, an indication is received of a failure or degradation of one or more service functions or applications applied to traffic at the network node. Data descriptive of the failure or degradation is generated. A previous service hop network node at which a service function or application was applied to traffic in the service path is determined. The data descriptive of the failure or degradation is communicated to the previous service hop network node.
US10153948B2
A hybrid control method for a network includes operating edge switches under software defined networking control, wherein each of the edge switches is communicatively coupled to a controller for the software defined networking control; operating non-adjacent switches communicatively coupling the edge switches together under distributed control, wherein the non-adjacent switches are not coupled to the controller; and utilizing the controller to route traffic between the edge switches through the non-adjacent switches in a hybrid control scheme including both the software defined networking control and the distributed control.
US10153942B2
A method for configuring a path for intercepting user data, a method for intercepting user data, an apparatus, a system, a control plane entity and a user plane entity, the method for configuring the path for intercepting user data comprises: acquiring a target to be intercepted and an intercepting interface address; configuring data path configuration information on a user plane entity GW-U according to the target to be intercepted and the intercepting interface address; sending the data path configuration information to the user plane entity GW-U so that the GW-U establishes a path for data transmission; initiating an establishment of an intercepting connection of an intercepting interface to an intercepting entity based on the intercepting interface address so as to transmit the data of the target to be intercepted.
US10153940B2
A method includes monitoring a plurality of network devices to collect network performance data comprising data flow records of each device on the network and to create a network topology database, accessing the network topology database comprising information on an entry and exit point of each device, the manner in which the devices are connected and a plurality of data flow records on a single data flow from multiple devices on the network and utilizing the network topology database to perform an asymmetric detection algorithm to identify one or more data flows that exited a device via a first path and returned to the device via a different second path.
US10153939B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for monitoring, identifying and correlating changes to transient event data as a plurality of technology events are processed by a plurality of applications. The proctor module of the system is automatically triggered by addition of event data to transient memory locations associated with the plurality of applications. The proctor module is configured to capture the transient multiple-attribute event data, in real-time, before the data is dequeued. The technology event processing module is configured to format, log and index the captured data from the proctor module. The system then maps an event/record of formatted data associated with a first transient memory location with a second event to another event of formatted data from a second transient memory location, and subsequently analyzes the multi-attribute data to identify changes.
US10153935B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatus, system and method of communicating a transmission according to a rotated 256 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) scheme. For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless station to modulate a Single Carrier (SC) transmission according to a rotated 256-QAM scheme; and to transmit the SC transmission over a millimeter Wave (mmWave) frequency band.
US10153934B1
In certain aspects, a circuit comprises a low noise amplifier (LNA) configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal, a first mixer coupled to the low noise amplifier (LNA), and a first trans-impedance filter coupled to the first mixer. The first trans-impedance filter comprises a tunable inductor and capacitor (LC) network configured to be a portion of a doubly terminated LC ladder filter and a trans-impedance amplifier (TIA) coupled to the tunable inductor and capacitor (LC) network. The circuit further comprises a second mixer coupled to the low noise amplifier (LNA) and a second trans-impedance filter coupled to the second mixer.
US10153919B2
A transmitter device is switchably operable in a digital IQ mode (DIQM) of operation and a polar mode (PM) of operation. The device has a switch logic processor that determines an attribute of operation of the transmitter device. When a first condition of the attribute is met, the switch is to switch to or remain in the PM, and when a second condition of the attribute is met, the switch is to switch to or remain in the DIQM. The attribute may be: a modulation bandwidth to be used during a transmission time slot, whether a transmission is to be a non-contiguous single-carrier transmission or a non-contiguous multiple-carrier transmission, a contiguous single-carrier transmission or a contiguous multiple-carrier transmission, whether a low or high EVM mode transmission is to be used during a transmission time period, whether an LTE, a 5G, or a Wi-Fi mode transmission is to be used, among others.
US10153916B1
A controller for accessing a network of lighting system devices, the controller comprising: a communication subsystem configured to allow the controller to be identified as a node on the network, and to communicate according to a first protocol with at least one of said lighting system devices on the network; wherein the controller is configured to detect the presence of a Master lighting system device on the network via the first protocol; wherein the controller is configured to assume a role based on the detection.
US10153886B2
Methods and devices are described that facilitate uplink multi-user acknowledgment transmissions. In particular, acknowledgment information may be located in a media access control (MAC) header of a payload section of a MAC Protocol Data Unit within a downlink multi-user frame. The acknowledgment information may be present in each resource unit of the downlink multi-user frame to indicate to each corresponding station properties/characteristics of a subsequent acknowledgment transmission. The properties may include one or more of (1) whether the acknowledgement transmission is multi-user or single user, (2) whether the acknowledgement transmission is transmitted immediately following receipt of the downlink multi-user frame or upon receipt of a multi-user block acknowledgement request frame, and (3) resource scheduling information for an uplink multi-user acknowledgement transmission.
US10153880B2
The present invention relates to a method for generating an uplink reference signal in a system supporting plural uplink-access transmission modes. The method comprises: a step for transmitting the reference signal configuration information about the configuration of a reference signal from a base station to a user device through an uplink grant PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), and a step for receiving from the user device a sub-frame including the reference signal that is generated based on the reference signal configuration information. The reference signal configuration information is prepared for plural uplink access transmission modes and includes a cyclic shift value for the sequence of the reference signal. The reference signal is supposed to be transmitted to an uplink, and the user device is set up to be operated in the uplink-access transmission mode that corresponding to the reference signal configuration information.
US10153876B2
A base station communicates with a terminal, for which an uplink component carrier and downlink component carriers are configured. The base station adjusts a payload size of control information, transmitted in a downlink control channel, based on a basic payload size, and maps the control information onto a search space in at least one of the downlink component carriers. The basic payload size of the control information mapped onto a search space in a primary downlink component carrier is based on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the primary downlink component carrier, and on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the uplink component carrier. The basic payload size of the control information mapped onto a search space in a non-primary downlink component carrier is based on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the non-primary downlink component carrier.
US10153874B2
Method to perform joint scheduling in the downlink or in the uplink of a centralized OFDM radio access network for a plurality of users considering time, frequency and space domains, scheduler device thereof and computer program products. The method to be applied in the downlink or in the uplink of a centralized radio access network based on OFDM, whereby a set of remote radio heads of a set of remote units are connected to a central unit, that performs all (or part of) the radio-related processing tasks, wherein the scheduling exploit CoMP, NOMA and RF conditions and resource blanking techniques.
US10153870B2
A method and apparatus for operating supplementary cells in licensed exempt (LE) spectrum. An aggregating cell operating in a frequency division duplex (FDD) licensed spectrum is aggregated with a LE supplementary cell operating in a time sharing mode for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) operations. The LE supplementary cell may be an FDD supplementary cell dynamically configurable between an UL only mode, a DL only mode, and a shared mode, to match requested UL and DL traffic ratios. The LE supplementary cell may be a time division duplex (TDD) supplementary cell. The TDD supplementary cell may be dynamically configurable between multiple TDD configurations. A coexistence capability for coordinating operations between the LE supplementary cell with other systems operating in the same channel is provided. Coexistence gaps are provided to measure primary/secondary user usage and permit other systems operating in the LE supplementary cell channel to access the channel.
US10153868B2
Apparatus and methods for a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) mechanism for wireless communication devices of a wireless local area network (WLAN) are disclosed. Methods and apparatus to determine whether a packet is an original, first transmission or a retransmission of a previously transmitted packet without decoding the payload of the packet are disclosed. Medium access control (MAC) addresses of a transmitter, such as an access point (AP), and a receiver, such as a station (STA), of a WLAN are encoded separately with a retransmission bit to indicate whether the packet is retransmitted. For an aggregated MAC protocol data unit (A-MPDU), a sequence number is included to determine which MAC protocol data units (MPDUs) of the A-MPDU are retransmitted. When retransmission is indicated, the receiver of the STA performs a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) process to combine the retransmitted packet with previously received packets.
US10153861B2
A device may receive optical network information associated with a first optical node and a second optical node. The first optical node may be associated with a first group of optical devices. The second optical node may be associated with a second group of optical devices. The device may identify a first mapping in which a first group of optical channels is associated with the first group of optical devices and a second mapping in which a second group of optical channels is associated with the second group of optical devices. The first group of optical channels may correspond to the first group of payloads, and the second group of optical channels may correspond to the second group of payloads. The device may provide information depicting the first mapping and information depicting the second mapping.
US10153857B1
A method for simultaneous communication in a wireless local area network is described. A first control frame is transmitted by a first communication device to a plurality of communication devices, is duplicated across each of a plurality of sub-channels of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing channel, and indicates that the communication devices are requested to simultaneously transmit respective control frames to the first communication device. Respective control frames are received, including second and third control frames from second and third communication devices, respectively, that are transmitted via a same sub-channel having a smallest bandwidth of the wireless local area network and indicate that at least some of the plurality of sub-channels are available. One of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access data unit and a duplicated legacy data unit is transmitted by the first communication device in response to the control frames via the available sub-channels.
US10153855B2
Disclosed is a broadcast receiver that includes an antenna connector configured to connect with an antenna for receiving a broadcast signal including broadcast content. The broadcast receiver also includes a signal processor configured to generate a reference signal having a strength corresponding to a signal input through the antenna connector and to process the generated reference signal to output an image signal for displaying the broadcast content, and a controller configured to determine whether the antenna is connected to the antenna connector based on an output value of the reference signal and to perform subsequent operations related to whether the antenna is connected based on the determination.
US10153853B1
Methods and radio frequency (RF) Doppler emulator circuits for emulating Doppler spread in an RF domain. The RF Doppler emulator circuit includes a power splitter, a signature control circuit, a first variable attenuator, a second variable attenuator, and a power combiner. The power splitter is configured to receive an RF input signal and generate a first signal and a second signal using the RF input signal. The signature control circuit is configured to generate a third signal using the first signal. The signature control circuit is further configured to generate a fourth signal using the second signal. The first variable attenuator is configured to generate a fifth signal using the third signal. The second variable attenuator is configured to generate a sixth signal using the fourth signal. The power combiner is configured to generate an RF output signal by combining the fifth signal and the sixth signal.
US10153847B2
Chromatic dispersion detection method and device for optical transmission network and storage medium
The disclosure discloses a Chromatic Dispersion (CD) detection method for an optical transmission network. Data of two polarization states orthogonal to each other is converted from time-domain data to frequency-domain data, extraction is performed on the frequency-domain data and a linear combination operation is performed on the extracted frequency-domain data, an argument of a CD value of the data of the two polarization states are obtained according to a result of the linear combination operation, and the CD value is estimated according to the argument of the CD value of the data of the two polarization states. The disclosure further discloses a CD detection device for the optical transmission network and a storage medium.
US10153846B2
An optical-communication module includes a transceiver to communicate with another optical-communication module (another module); and a control circuit to transmit a first signal to the another module at activation of the own module, execute a first control where a second signal transmitted to the first signal is received from the another module, and execute a second control after the first control, wherein one of the first and second control is a control to adjust an intensity of a signal from the transceiver to the another module based on a feedback signal from the another module to a signal from the transceiver, and wherein the other one of the first and second control is a control causing the another module to adjust a signal intensity from the another module to the transceiver by transmitting a feedback signal to the another module to a signal from the another module.
US10153844B2
A transceiver comprises: a sampling phase optimization stage comprising: a first interpolator; a first equalizer coupled to the first interpolator; a first optimizer coupled to the first equalizer; and an output; and an equalization stage coupled to the output and comprising: a buffer; a second interpolator coupled to the buffer; and a second equalizer coupled to the second interpolator. A method comprising: receiving an optical burst signal; determining an optimum sampling phase based on a portion of a digital signal representing the optical burst signal; and equalizing all of the digital signal using the optimum sampling phase.
US10153841B2
Optical fiber-based wireless systems and related components and methods are disclosed. The systems support radio frequency (RF) communications with clients over optical fiber, including Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) communications. The systems may be provided as part of an indoor distributed antenna system to provide wireless communication services to clients inside a building or other facility. The communications can be distributed between a head end unit (HEU) that receives carrier signals from one or more service or carrier providers and converts the signals to RoF signals for distribution over optical fibers to end points, which may be remote antenna units (RAUs). In one embodiment, calibration of communication downlinks and communication uplinks is performed to compensate for signal strength losses in the system.
US10153832B2
A method and apparatus for operating a satellite access network (SAN) of a satellite communication system to schedule communications with a user terminal. In some aspects, the SAN may provision a communication frame, for the user terminal, into a number of forward-link (FL) subframes and a different number of reverse-link (RL) subframes. The SAN then transmits the FL subframes to the user terminal via a forward link of the satellite communication system, and subsequently receives the RL subframes from the user terminal via a reverse link of the satellite communication system.
US10153828B2
The present invention provides a system and method for avoiding mobile relay interference to a primary system on an authorized frequency spectrum. In accordance with the system, and with an available-spectrum information provision unit which communicates with the primary system, determine, in accordance with operation information coming from said primary system, authorized-spectrum available-spectrum information capable of being used by a mobile relay when said mobile relay is located in various positional regions surrounding the primary system, and provide the available-spectrum information corresponding to each positional region to a secondary system; using the secondary system and based on the available-spectrum information corresponding to the various positional regions, determine at least one of the positional regions of the primary system, which is experiencing interference from a mobile relay located within the range of base station coverage within the secondary system, and provide each determined positional region to each mobile relay.
US10153821B2
The present invention relates to precoding and feedback channel information in wireless communication system. A method includes receiving a first Precoding Matrix Index (PMI) and a second PMI from a terminal; mapping one or two codewords into layers; precoding symbols mapped into the layers using a first precoding matrix derived from the first PMI and a second precoding matrix derived from the second PMI; and transmitting the precoded symbols to the terminal, wherein the reception of the first PMI is less frequent than the reception of the second PMI.
US10153808B2
A power supply device for an internal antenna of a display is provided. The power supply device includes at least two coils configured to be separated by a predetermined interval and a power supply terminal of the at least two coils to connect the at least two coils in parallel. An integrated circuit (IC) includes the power supply terminal of the at least two coils connects the at least two coils in parallel and supplies a current to the at least two coils through the included power supply terminal. Phases of the current flowing in the at least two coils are the same due to the current supplied by the IC.
US10153802B2
A wireless communication device including a first transceiver which performs communication by using each of a plurality of channels contained in a first frequency band, a second transceiver which performs communication by using each of a plurality of channels contained in a second frequency band that is higher than the first frequency band and separated from the first frequency band through a separation band having a predetermined frequency span, and a control device connected to the first transceiver and the second transceiver capable of communicating with the first transceiver and the second transceiver, selects one channel from the plurality of channels of the fist frequency band and one channel from the plurality of channels of the second frequency band to set a channel pair including a pair of channels, and causes the first transceiver and the second transceiver to communicate the same data by using the set channel pair.
US10153786B1
A decoding method decodes data iteratively according to a first rule, measures at a selected iteration at least one performance criterion of the decoding of data according to the first rule, performs at the selected iteration a comparison of the at least one performance criterion to a threshold, when the comparison yields a first result relative to the threshold, continues decoding according to the first rule, and when the comparison yields a second result relative to the threshold, continues decoding according to a further rule. Decoding apparatus operates according to the method. The decoding according to the first rule, the measuring at least one performance criterion at the selected iteration, the performing the comparison at the selected iteration, and the continuing decoding according to the first or further rule, may be repeated until the comparison yields a predetermined result. Repeating may be stopped after a predetermined maximum number of iterations.
US10153783B2
A low density parity check (LDPC) decoder, including a memory configured to store a log-likelihood ratio (LLR) value of bits output from a demapper, and an LLR message exchanged between a variable node and an inspection node. The LDPC decoder further includes a node processor configured to select a decoding algorithm from a first algorithm and a second algorithm based on a code rate of an LDPC code, and decode the LLR message based on the selected decoding algorithm.
US10153782B2
A method of characterizing a distribution of a maximum number of errors that first cause uncorrectable error correction code failure for hard low density parity check codes includes selecting a low density parity check code, generating encoded data with the low density parity check code and writing the encoded data to a number of memory blocks, reading the encoded data from the number of memory blocks and determining any pages having a first uncorrectable error correction code failure, determining a number of raw bit errors for each page having a first uncorrectable error correction code failure, incrementing an error count value corresponding to each of the numbers of raw bit errors determined, and repeating the generating, reading, determining, and incrementing steps for a predetermined range of values of a predetermined reliability statistic of the memory blocks.
US10153779B1
Methods and apparatus are provided for content-aware compression of data using multiple prediction functions. An exemplary method comprises obtaining a floating point number; applying a default prediction algorithm and at least one other distinct prediction algorithm to the obtained floating point number to generate a plurality of predictions; determining a residual for each prediction based on a difference between the predictions and the floating point number; determining a bit savings estimate for each prediction based on a difference between an exponent of each prediction and an exponent of the residual for each prediction; selecting the default prediction algorithm or one other distinct prediction algorithm for encoding the floating point number based on the determined bit savings estimate for each prediction; and encoding the floating point number by encoding the determined residual associated with the selected prediction algorithm and/or the determined bit savings estimate associated with the selected prediction algorithm.
US10153778B2
A sigma-delta converter including a sigma-delta modulator including at least one analog filter capable, for each cycle of a conversion phase, of receiving an internal analog signal originating from the analog input signal and of supplying an analog output signal, wherein: the contribution of the internal analog signal to the output value of the filter is smaller at a given cycle of the conversion phase than at a previous cycle, the contributions to the different cycles being governed by a first predetermined law which is a function of the rank of the cycle; and the duration of a given cycle of the conversion phase is shorter than the duration of a previous cycle, the durations of the different cycles being governed by a second predetermined law which is a function of the rank of the cycle in the conversion phase.
US10153774B1
A phase locked loop (PLL) circuit and a method for providing a transconductance in the PLL involve forming an input voltage to an operational amplifier by a loop filter. A voltage output of the operational amplifier controls a plurality of current mirrors. A current is formed through a first one of the current mirrors as a function of the input voltage, a resistance of a resistor, and a reference voltage. The reference voltage is directly provided by, or derived from, a reference signal. A second voltage formed in the first current mirror is fed back to the operational amplifier to maintain the current through the first current mirror, which current is then mirrored into at least a second one of the current mirrors to form an output current proportional to a difference between the input voltage and the reference voltage.
US10153767B2
An RF switch circuit and method for switching RF signals that may be fabricated using common integrated circuit materials such as silicon, particularly using insulating substrate technologies. The RF switch includes switching and shunting transistor groupings to alternatively couple RF input signals to a common RF node, each controlled by a switching control voltage (SW) or its inverse (SW_), which are approximately symmetrical about ground. The transistor groupings each comprise one or more insulating gate FET transistors connected together in a “stacked” series channel configuration, which increases the breakdown voltage across the series connected transistors and improves RF switch compression. A fully integrated RF switch is described including control logic and a negative voltage generator with the RF switch elements. In one embodiment, the fully integrated RF switch includes an oscillator, a charge pump, CMOS logic circuitry, level-shifting and voltage divider circuits, and an RF buffer circuit.
US10153763B2
A method and apparatus for use in improving the linearity characteristics of MOSFET devices using an accumulated charge sink (ACS) are disclosed. The method and apparatus are adapted to remove, reduce, or otherwise control accumulated charge in SOI MOSFETs, thereby yielding improvements in FET performance characteristics. In one exemplary embodiment, a circuit having at least one SOI MOSFET is configured to operate in an accumulated charge regime. An accumulated charge sink, operatively coupled to the body of the SOI MOSFET, eliminates, removes or otherwise controls accumulated charge when the FET is operated in the accumulated charge regime, thereby reducing the nonlinearity of the parasitic off-state source-to-drain capacitance of the SOI MOSFET. In RF switch circuits implemented with the improved SOI MOSFET devices, harmonic and intermodulation distortion is reduced by removing or otherwise controlling the accumulated charge when the SOI MOSFET operates in an accumulated charge regime.
US10153752B2
A relaxation oscillator circuit includes a current mirror configured to receive the input current from the and generate a plurality of starved currents, a Schmitt trigger configured to be current starved by a first starved current of the plurality of starved currents and a plurality of inverters configured to receive a Schmitt trigger output signal and generate an output clock signal, the inverters including a plurality of current starved inverters that are current starved by a second starved current of the plurality of starved currents, the plurality of current starved inverters receiving the Schmitt trigger output signal and generating a first inverter output signal, upon which an output clock signal is based. The relaxation includes a capacitor configured to charge or discharge in response to the output clock signal and a switching module configured to provide current from the current source based on the output clock signal.
US10153749B2
A resonator element includes a substrate that vibrates in a thickness shear vibration, a first excitation electrode that is provided on one main surface of the substrate and has a shape in which at least three corners of a virtual quadrangle are cut out, and a second excitation electrode that is provided on the other main surface of the substrate, and a ratio (S2/S1) of an area S1 of the virtual quadrangle and an area S2 of the first excitation electrode satisfies a relationship of 69.2%≤(S2/S1)≤80.1%.
US10153745B1
A circuit and a method for maintaining the desired tone, harmonic relationship and dynamic response of a musical instrument amplifier throughout the complete master volume power attenuation range.
US10153744B1
A system and method automates the tuning of one or more multiband compressors or multiband limiters to minimize loudspeaker distortion. The system and method render one or more test loudspeaker signals that vary in frequency and in amplitude out of a loudspeaker and records the responses of the loudspeaker at a microphone. The system and method measure a distortion of the loudspeaker, relative to a frequency and an amplitude, with respect to the one or more test loudspeaker signals and a microphone signal and calculate tunable parameters of the multiband compressor that includes cutoff frequencies in response to the measured distortion.
US10153741B2
An average power tracking mode power amplifier is disclosed herein. The average power tracking mode power amplifier includes a Power Amplifier (PA), a first Direct Current (DC)-DC voltage converter, and a second DC-DC voltage converter. The PA includes a driver stage configured to be driven by first drive voltage and a main amplification stage configured to be driven by second drive voltage. The first DC-DC voltage converter generates the first drive voltage from power voltage so that the first drive voltage is equal to or higher than the power voltage, and applies the generated first drive voltage to the driver stage. The second DC-DC voltage converter generates the second drive voltage from the power voltage so that the second drive voltage is higher than the first drive voltage, and applies the generated second drive voltage to the main amplification stage.
US10153722B2
A system includes a control module, a velocity-detecting module and a state-analyzing module. The control module generates a control command to control the servo drive system, and bases on the control command to define angular-acceleration standard ranges with respect to detection times. The velocity-detecting module detects output angular-velocity values of the servo motor with respect to detection times upon when the servo motor is driven. The state-analyzing module includes a processing unit and an abnormal-state judging unit. The processing unit stores the output angular-velocity values, and bases on the output angular-velocity values to calculate output angular-acceleration values with respect to the detection times. The abnormal-state judging unit determines whether or not each of the output angular-acceleration values with respect to each of the corresponding detection times is within the respective angular-acceleration standard range and thereby to generate corresponding comparison results.
US10153716B2
A microcontroller controls a BLDC motor with Hall sensors. In a calibration mode, the microcontroller operates the motor at substantially constant load and speed. A first current value across the motor is detected. A reference phase angle value is adjusted and a second current value is detected. If the second current value is less than the first current value, then the reference phase angle value is adjusted and a next current value is detected. The adjusting and detecting is repeated until the next current value is greater than the previous current value indicating that the adjustment increased current across the motor. The adjusted reference phase angle value before increased motor current is stored. In a normal operating mode, using the adjusted reference phase angle value results in desired motor operation where minimal current is consumed for a given load and speed despite asymmetries in motor windings and Hall sensor placement.
US10153714B2
An embodiment of a control system for controlling operation of an electric motor includes a current command module configured to receive a torque command and output a current command, and a current controller module configured to generate a modulation index value based on the current command. The system also includes a signal generator configured to generate a voltage signal modulated via a pulse width modulation (PWM) scheme based on the modulation index value, the PWM scheme being a combination of a continuous PWM scheme and a non-continuous PWM scheme based on the modulation index value being greater than or equal to a first threshold value, the signal generator configured to output the voltage signal to the electric motor.
US10153713B2
A device for harvesting energy from a fluidic flow, including a flexible structure formed by: a base layer; a conductive layer, made of a conductive material and laid on the base layer; and a piezoelectric layer, made of a piezoelectric material and laid on the conductive layer. The base layer, the conductive layer, and the piezoelectric layer form a crystalline structure including a plurality of pseudomorphic portions.
US10153703B2
The present invention provides a flyback power converter with a programmable output and a control circuit and a control method thereof. The flyback power converter converts an input voltage to a programmable output voltage according to a setting signal, wherein the programmable output voltage switches between different levels. The flyback power converter includes: a transformer circuit, a power switch circuit, a current sense circuit, an opto-coupler circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit adaptively adjusts an operation signal according to a level of the programmable output voltage, to maintain a same or relatively higher operation frequency of the operation signal when the programmable output voltage switches to a relatively lower level, so as to maintain a phase margin while supplying the same output current.
US10153701B2
A control circuit for a switched mode power supply (SMPS) has an input voltage reference voltage generator arranged to receive a signal indicative of an input voltage of the SMPS and is arranged to generate a reference signal directly proportional to the input voltage. An error signal generator of the control circuit is arranged to receive a signal indicative of an output voltage of the SMPS and arranged to generate an error signal based on the reference signal generated by the input reference voltage generator and based on the output voltage of the SMPS. A duty cycle control signal generator of the control circuit is arranged to generate a control signal, to control the duty cycle of the SMPS, in dependence upon the error signal.
US10153697B2
A multi-phase power supply circuit includes multiple phases to convert an input voltage into a respective output voltage to power a load. A first phase of the multi-phase power supply includes a core power supply circuit including, for example, high side switch circuitry and low side switch circuitry. During normal operation, the core power supply circuit converts an input voltage into a respective output voltage to power a load. To provide failure mode protection with respect to the core power supply circuit and prevent a failure mode in which the first phase would otherwise produce a dangerous over-voltage condition, the first power supply phase includes an input voltage switch circuit disposed between an input voltage source and the core power supply circuit. The input voltage switch circuit provides a way of preventing the input voltage from being conveyed to the core power supply circuit during a failure mode.
US10153693B2
A DC-DC converter including a DC input and a DC output, at least one switch connecting the DC input to a converter inductor, the converter inductor connecting the at least one switch to the DC output, a controller configured to control an open/closed state of the at least one switch, a first voltage sensor connected to the DC input and operable to provide a sensed voltage to the controller, a second voltage sensor connected to the DC output and operable to provide a sensed voltage to the controller. The controller includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions for causing the controller to dynamically adjust a duty cycle limit of the DC-DC converter to be equal to one minus a numerator divided by a denominator, where the numerator is the instantaneous input voltage minus a compensation factor and where the denominator is the instantaneous output voltage.
US10153692B2
A DC current driver includes a DC current drive circuit configured to provide a DC supply current and receive a DC return current. A switch is coupled in series with the DC return current, and a supplemental power supply is coupled in parallel with the switch and configured to provide a supplemental voltage. Opening the switch diverts the DC return current through the supplemental supply and closing the switch causes the DC return current to bypass the supplemental supply.
US10153686B2
A method of commutation in a matrix rectifier from an active vector to a zero vector includes two steps. A method of commutation in a matrix rectifier from a zero vector to an active vector includes three steps.
US10153681B2
A linear vibration motor includes a housing, a PCB at least partially covered by the housing, a sliding pair, a vibrator suspended in the housing by the sliding pair, the vibrator including a plurality of holes in a middle portion thereof for receiving a magnet assembly, a driving coil assembly located on the lid and facing the magnet assembly for actuating the magnet assembly oscillate along a direction paralleled to the bottom wall of the crust, a pair of gas springs separately located at two ends of the vibrator for providing a constantly and alternatively restoring force to vibrator for oscillating freely.
US10153675B2
A stator for an electric machine has a stator block and at least one first and one second phase winding. The first and second phase windings are supplied with current having different phases. At least one stator slot is formed in the stator block. Several layers of the first phase winding and several layers of the second phase winding are arranged in the stator slot. One layer of the first phase winding defines a layer of the second phase winding in the stator slot.
US10153672B2
A rotating electric machine, which can achieve improvement of a reluctance torque, reduction of stress and improvement of a power factor at the same time, and can also realize high output, and an electrically driven vehicle having the rotating electric machine are provided. A permanent magnet is arranged on a q-axis that connects magnetic poles of a rotor; a gap is formed in a radial direction of the permanent magnet; another permanent magnet is arranged facing the said permanent magnet so that these permanent magnets may sandwich a d-axis which connects centers of the magnetic poles; and another gap is formed at a position corresponding to a position of the said gap. Further, a first virtual line that coincides with a boundary of a permanent magnet insertion hole, which is arranged facing the d-axis, on an inner circumference side of a rotor core; and a second virtual line that is concentric with an inner circumference of the rotor core and contacts the first vertical line are set so that the second virtual line on the innermost circumference and the first virtual line have two or more tangent points.
US10153666B2
A wireless power receiver according to an embodiment wirelessly receives power from a wireless power transmitter. The wireless power receiver includes a printed circuit board having a reception space in a predetermined area, a receiving coil disposed in the reception space of the printed circuit board for receiving power from the wireless power transmitter, and a short-range communication antenna disposed on the printed circuit board while surrounding the receiving coil.
US10153660B1
An example method disclosed herein includes: determining, by a transmitter, whether to transmit one or more power waves to a receiver location along a transmission path by comparing a receiver location and a path of the one or more power waves with a stored location of an entity to be excluded from receipt of power waves. The method also includes: measuring, by one or more sensors of the transmitter, power levels in a transmission field of the transmitter, the transmission field including the receiver location and the entity; and upon determining that (i) the entity to be excluded is not at the receiver location and not in the path and (ii) a measured power level at the receiver location does not exceed one or more permissible power levels for safe wireless power transmission, transmitting, by the transmitter, the power waves along the path to converge at the receiver location.
US10153652B2
The present disclosure provides a charging system that includes a charging adapter and a mobile terminal. The charging adapter includes: a second USB interface; and an adjusting circuit for rectifying and filtering the mains supply to obtain an original power signal, for performing a voltage adjustment on the original power signal, and for outputting a power signal after the voltage adjustment. The mobile terminal includes a first USB interface. P first power wires in the first USB interface and P second power wires in the second USB interface are correspondingly coupled, and Q first ground wires in the first USB interface and Q second ground wires in the second USB interface are correspondingly coupled. Because each first power wire and a corresponding second power wire are coupled, at least two charging circuits can be provided, and the charging system supports charging with a large current more than 3 A.
US10153647B2
A storage battery system connected to a power system includes: a storage battery; a BMU which monitors a state of the storage battery with a first sensor; a PCS which charges the storage battery and discharges from the storage battery with reference to an output value of a second sensor similar in type to the first sensor; and a control device. The control device receives a charge/discharge request and storage battery information supplied from the BMU and controls the PCS based on the charge/discharge request and the storage battery information. An abnormality detection unit of the control device acquires the output value of the second sensor from the PCS, and detects abnormality of any sensor as a result of comparison between the output value of the second sensor and an output value of the first sensor included in the storage battery information.
US10153642B2
Multiphase generator-conversion systems and clusters are disclosed. The multiphase generator-conversion systems include a multiphase n-stator generator, n conversion lines and a transformer module. Each n conversion line is coupled to the plurality of phase lines of one of the n stators, respectively. Each conversion line comprises a rectification module, coupled to the respective plurality of phase lines, configured to receive a multiphase AC voltage and generate a first DC voltage at an output. A dc/ac inverter is coupled to the output of the respective rectification module. The dc/ac inverter receives the first dc voltage and generates a single-phase AC voltage at an output. The transformer module is arranged to receive the n single-phases of the dc/ac inverters and generate an n-phase AC voltage at an output. This voltage is input to a single diode rectifier. Multiphase generator-conversion clusters include multiphase generator-conversion systems arranged to be coupled to a diode rectifier.
US10153638B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for transmitting energy conveyed in the form of a guided surface-waveguide mode along a lossy conducting medium such as, e.g., the surface of a terrestrial medium by exciting a polyphase waveguide probe. A probe control system can be used to adjust the polyphase waveguide probe based at least in part upon characteristics of the lossy conducting medium.
US10153636B1
An electrically-powered vehicle comprising a hybrid battery system is disclosed. The vehicle comprises a motor and a hybrid battery system coupled to the motor. The hybrid battery system comprises a first battery of a first energy density and a first power density and a second battery in parallel with the first battery. The second battery has a second energy density lower than the first energy density and a second power density greater than the first power density. The vehicle is configured to draw power disproportionally from the first battery in a first mode and disproportionally from the second battery in a second mode.
US10153625B2
The present disclosure relates an interlock device for preventing insertion or withdrawal of a circuit breaker into or from a switch board having an ON button and an OFF button and including a switch board body provided with a housing and a rail having an interruption hole formed on one side surface thereof, a carriage movable back and forth along the rail of the switch board body, and the circuit breaker including a main body installed on the carriage and inserted into or withdrawn from the switch board body, the interlock device comprising an interlock rod protruding toward one side to set or release a pressed state, wherein the interlock rod is set in or released from the pressed state and inserted into or disengaged from the interruption hole when the main body is put in or tripped.
US10153624B2
The present invention relates to a container for an energy storage apparatus, the container including: a container main body which defines an internal space finished by an upper plate, a lower plate, and a plurality of sidewalls; a first support frame which is installed on the upper plate of the container main body; a second support frame which is installed on the lower plate of the container main body; and one or more vertical frames which are coupled to the first and second support frames in a vertical direction, and configure vertical frames for a typically used battery rack.
US10153623B2
The present disclosure is directed to ion generator device supports. An ion generator device support is configured to retain an ion generator device, the ion generator device having a first portion containing exposed electrodes and a second portion, the support includes a first wall, a second wall extending orthogonally from the first wall and a third wall extending orthogonally from the first wall opposed to the second wall, wherein the third wall extends a smaller distance from the first wall than the second wall, wherein the third wall comprises an orthogonal extension section that extends from the edge of the third wall towards the second wall and is substantially parallel to the first wall.
US10153618B2
A spark plug having an insulator with a front end portion having an annular groove opened to a front side around an axial line. The groove has a width of greater than or equal to 0.2 mm in a radial direction. In a cross section including the axial line, a value D/L obtained by dividing, by a length L, a creepage distance D, from a position P on the frontmost side of a region in which a clearance distance between an outer surface of a front end portion and an inner circumferential surface of a metal shell is less than or equal to 0.1 mm to a connection position between an outer surface of the front end portion and the axial hole, is greater than or equal to 1.1.
US10153617B2
In the field of optical networks, a laser, a laser modulation method and a laser combination system are disclosed. The laser includes a gain medium, a resonant cavity, and a second microring resonator. The resonant cavity includes a first cavity mirror and a second cavity mirror. The first cavity mirror is located at one port of the gain medium, the second cavity mirror is located at another port of the gain medium, and the second cavity mirror includes a splitter, a first microring resonator, and a reflecting grating.
US10153615B2
Disclosed herein are various embodiments for stronger and more powerful high speed laser arrays. For example, an apparatus is disclosed that comprises (1) a single laser emitting epitaxial structure that comprises a plurality of laser regions, each laser region of the single laser emitting epitaxial structure being electrically isolated within the single laser emitting epitaxial structure itself relative to the other laser regions of the single laser emitting epitaxial structure, and (2) an electrical waveguide configured to provide current to the laser regions.
US10153609B2
A diode pumped solid state laser is provided which includes a ruby crystal optical gain medium and a high bandgap semiconductor laser diode (LD) or light emitting diode (LED) pump source to directly optically pump the gain medium. The high-bandgap semiconductor LD or LED is a semiconductor device whose chemical composition is chosen to provide output radiation at an approximate wavelength of ˜405 nm. The ruby crystal produces laser output at the relatively short wavelength of ˜694 nm.
US10153606B2
A method of crimping wires includes positioning a wire/terminal combination between first and second crimp forming tools. A force is applied to the crimp forming tools to deform the wire/terminal combination. The method further includes measuring ultrasonic energy that is transmitted across the wire/terminal combination as the terminal is being deformed. A rate of change of the magnitude of the ultrasonic energy is also determined as the terminal is being deformed. The crimping process is terminated if the rate of change of the magnitude of the ultrasonic energy falls below a predefined threshold level. Data gathered during the crimping process can also be utilized to determine if a faulty crimp has occurred.
US10153605B2
The invention relates to a contacting part (5) for a drive module (1), comprising: a main body for providing contacting of a brush-commutated drive motor (2) by means of brushes; at least one supply line (62), in particular a punched-grid line (62), for electrically contacting the drive motor (2); a circuit surface (57), to which a conducting track is directly applied by means of an MID technique; and at least one component (59), in particular a surface-mounted device (59), which is electrically connected to the conducting track (58).
US10153602B2
The invention described herein is an electrical junction box system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention where an electrical junction box comprises a housing formed by a pair of side walls, a bottom wall, a top wall, and a rear wall combining to define an open-faced box, where the housing further comprises a plurality of wire attachment terminals, at least one female pin socket, at least one bussbar electrically coupling an upper set of wire attachment terminals to a lower set of wire attachment terminals, and an external securing means allowing the housing secure placement within a recess of a wall. Additionally, an electrical device is structured to removably electrically attach to the housing, the electrical device further comprising at least one male pin extending outward from an inside surface, and an electrical activation means located on an outside surface.
US10153596B2
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing and two grounding members. The insulative housing defines an upper sidewall, a lower sidewall and two end walls connected to both ends of the upper and lower sidewalls to form a mating cavity. Each grounding member defines a body portion fixed to the outside of the insulative housing and a plurality of contacting arms. Each contacting arm defines a connecting portion extending forwardly from the body portion and a contacting portion bent inwardly from the connecting portion, and the upper and lower sidewalls of the insulative housing defines a plurality of channels and a plurality of ribs, the contacting portion of the grounding member protrudes into the mating cavity and the connecting portion abuts against the top surface of the rib to form a certain pre-pressure to the contacting arm.
US10153588B2
The present invention relates to a communication module assembly. The present invention is a communication module assembly which is electrically connected to a communication device and is supplied with power and signal, and can include a connection port unit that is supplied with the power and the signal from the communication device; a cable connection portion which is provided in the connection port unit, and to which cables electrically connected to the communication device is connected; a plurality of communication modules that is stacked on and connected to the connection port unit in a plug-in type; and a guide for guiding the communication module such that the communication modules are connected to the connection port unit in a central direction.
US10153583B1
A connector assemblies having a plurality of terminal cavities configured to hold a plurality of first terminal connections and a plurality of second terminal connections so as to minimize the bending of smaller wires is provided. The connector assembly includes a housing having a terminal board. The terminal cavities are disposed on the terminal board. The terminal cavities include a plurality of first terminal cavities configured to receive the plurality of first terminal connections and a plurality of second terminal cavities configured to receive the plurality of second terminal connections. The first terminal cavities are generally centered on the board so as to minimize a bend of the first wires when the plurality of first terminal connections are bundled with the plurality of second terminal connections.
US10153571B2
A connector system includes a cage with an intermediate section. The cage support a connector and the resulting connector system includes an upper port and a lower port. A heat sink is provided in the intermediate section that is configured to cool a module inserted into the lower port. Apertures can allow air to flow through the connector system so as to allow for improved cooling by more directly cooling the inserted module. The heat sink can be urged into the lower port by a biasing element.
US10153570B2
Provided are electrical harness assemblies and methods of forming such harness assemblies. A harness assembly comprises a conductor trace, comprising a conductor lead with a width-to-thickness ratio of at least 2. This ratio provides for a lower thickness profile and enhances heat transfer from the harness to the environment. In some examples, a conductor trace may be formed from a thin sheet of metal. The same sheet may be used to form other components of the harness. The conductor trace also comprises a connecting end, monolithic with the conductor lead. The width-to-thickness ratio of the connecting end may be less than that of the conductor trace, allowing for the connecting end to be directly mechanically and electrically connected to a connector of the harness assembly. The connecting end may be folded, shaped, slit-rearranged, and the like to reduce its width-to-thickness ratio, which may be close to 1.
US10153566B2
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing comprising a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion; a number of upper and low terminals mounted in the insulative housing and exposed to an upper surface and a lower surface of the tongue portion, the upper terminals and the lower terminals being equal in number, both the upper terminals and the lower terminals comprising five intermediate terminals arranged centrally in succession and one grounding terminal spaced from the five intermediate terminals by two terminal positions, each of the five intermediate terminals having a reserved space for not arranging a terminal, the five intermediate terminals comprising an auxiliary terminal; and a shielding plate disposed between the upper terminals and the lower terminals.
US10153562B1
A pushbutton-equipped patch cord connecting metal terminal is disclosed. The metal terminal has a base on which weld legs are formed. The base has its front part bent backward to form an arc-shaped resilient portion. The arc-shaped resilient portion has its tail end extending backward to form a tilted resilient arm that points the upper rear of the metal terminal. A pushbutton is formed at a lateral of the resilient arm. Also provided is a patch cord connector is composed of the metal terminal and a housing seat. The metal terminal and the connector are structurally simple and easy to use, while ensuring good electrical connection to a patch cord as well as convenient repeated plugging and unplugging of the patch cord.
US10153560B2
Antenna modules and systems, and applications and methods of manufacturing thereof, are described herein. An example radio frequency (RF) signal transmitter includes a data signal port to receive a baseband data signal; a carrier signal port to receive an initial carrier signal; and an antenna module coupled to the signal ports. The antenna module includes: a substrate with a front face that has a phased array of active antenna elements that includes at least two columns of the active antenna elements; and a rear face that has, for each column, a RF signal launcher to receive a RF data signal for the column; and a transmitting module mounted to the rear face. The transmitting module has, for each column of active antenna elements: a combiner to form the RF data signal; and a RF signal port to transmit the RF data signal to the RF signal launcher.
US10153558B2
A component including a substrate with dielectric coating on the substrate. The electrical reactance of the dielectric coating configured for the propagation of electromagnetic surface waves. The dielectric coating is arranged as a plurality of discrete pathways. Also a signal transmission system including a component, an electromagnetic surface wave transmitter coupled to the substrate, and an electromagnetic surface wave receiver also coupled to the substrate.
US10153548B1
A wireless communication assembly includes: a primary support member defining a primary mounting surface with first and second electrical contacts; an antenna, adjacent to primary mounting surface perimeter, and a baseband controller, on the primary support member; primary signal paths between the baseband controller and the first contacts; primary feed lines between the second contacts and the antenna; a secondary support member carrying a radio controller and defining a secondary mounting surface with third electrical contacts and ports adjacent to a perimeter of the secondary mounting surface; secondary signal paths between the third contacts and the radio controller; secondary feed lines between the radio controller and the ports; the secondary mounting surface configured to engage with the primary mounting surface to connect the first contacts with the third contacts, and the second contacts with the ports.
US10153544B2
An electronic device and a protective housing are described. The electronic device has a housing body that includes a plurality of first component units and a plurality of second component units. The first component units include a first metal material, and the second component units are composed of a second isolation material and a second metal material. The plurality of first component units are arranged in a predetermined shape; the plurality of second component units are arranged at an outer edge of the predetermined shape, and the second metal material of the plurality of second component units is not connected with the first metal material of the first component units. The plurality of first component units constitute a radiating body of an antenna of the electronic device which may have an arbitrary shape, so freedom to set the antenna is raised.
US10153537B2
Biometric monitoring devices, including various technologies that may be implemented in such devices, are discussed herein. Additionally, techniques, systems, and apparatuses are discussed herein for providing a hybrid antenna including an RF radiator and an electrically coupled inductive loop. The hybrid antenna is capable of providing both RF and induction functionality, e.g., radio frequency transmission/reception capabilities for Bluetooth as well as near-field-communications (NFC) functionality via the inductive loop. The inductive loop may be in conductive contact with the RF radiator or may be inductively coupled with the RF radiator and not in conductive contact with the RF radiator. The inductive loop may act as a planar element of a planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA).
US10153523B2
An exemplary method includes circulating a fluid along a fluid circuit that extends through a heat exchanger and a battery pack, and, during the circulating, heating the fluid with a flow of exhaust gas and using the fluid to heat the battery pack. An exemplary vehicle system includes a battery pack, a heat exchanger, a fluid circuit configured to circulate a fluid between the battery pack and the heat exchanger, and a valve moveable back and forth between a heating position and a cooling position. The valve in the heating position permits more flow along an exhaust circuit to heat the fluid in the fluid circuit than the valve in the cooling position.
US10153521B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting a battery pack having an operating issue or defect. In an embodiment, a balancing charger may be configured to charge a battery pack. An amount of time that the balancing charger is operating may be recorded. The recorded time may then be compared to a threshold time that indicates a determined variance from an expected operating time. If the recorded time exceeds the threshold time, the battery pack may be determined to have an operating issue or defect. In an embodiment, the threshold time may be adjusted based on an average battery cell or battery module temperature of the battery pack. In various embodiments, an alert may also be issued in response to determining that the battery pack has an operating issue or defect and operation of the battery pack may be halted to prevent any potential adverse effects.
US10153520B2
A manufacturing method for an all-solid-state battery includes: producing a laminated battery having both end surfaces in a lamination direction and a side surface by laminating pluralities of collector layers, positive electrode mixture layers, solid electrolyte layers, and negative electrode mixture layers; supplying a liquid resin to only the side surface of the laminated battery; and curing the liquid resin. Producing the laminated battery by protruding at least one layer of the collector layer, the positive electrode mixture layer, the solid electrolyte layer, and the negative electrode mixture layer relative to remaining of the layers to form a protruding layer. Protruding a plurality of protruding layers from the side surface of the battery. Supplying the resin involves supplying the liquid resin to only the side surface of the laminated battery such that the liquid resin penetrates into a clearance between one protruding layer and another protruding layer.
US10153510B2
A non-aqueous redox flow battery includes a negative electrode immersed in a first non-aqueous liquid electrolyte solution, a positive electrode immersed in a second non-aqueous liquid electrolyte solution, and a semi-permeable separator interposed between the negative and positive electrodes, wherein the second the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte solution comprises a compound of the formula:
US10153509B2
An electrode includes a first diffusion layer (11) having water repellency and functioning to diffuse oxygen, and a second diffusion layer (13) supporting a catalyst layer (30) thereon and functioning to diffuse oxygen. The electrode further includes an electrically conductive layer (12, 15) including a metal material (20, 21) and an oxygen-permeable material, and interposed between the first diffusion layer and the second diffusion layer. A fuel cell (100) and a water treatment equipment each include: an anode (3); an ion transfer layer (4) having proton permeability; and a cathode (1, 2) being the electrode described above, and separated from the anode with the ion transfer layer interposed therebetween.
US10153507B1
The method of making a nanocomposite polyelectrolyte membrane is a process for forming membranes for use in hydrogen and methanol fuel cell applications, for example. A hydrophobic polymer, such as polypropylene, is blended with a nanofiller, such halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) or propylene-grafted maleic anhydride nano-layered silica (Ma-Si), to form a dry mix, which is then pelletized for extrusion in a twin-screw extruder to form a thin film nanocomposite. The thin film nanocomposite is then annealed and cold stretched at room temperature. The cold stretching is followed by stretching at a temperature ranging from approximately 110° C. to approximately 140° C. The nanocomposite is then heat set to form the nanocomposite polyelectrolyte membrane. The nanocomposite polyelectrolyte membrane may then be further plasma etched and impregnated with a sulfonated polymer, such as sulfonated melamine formaldehyde, a polycarboxylate superplasticizer or perfluorosulfonic acid.
US10153504B2
There is provided a fuel cell system. This fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell configured to generate electric power using reactive gases; a voltage sensor configured to measure a voltage output from the fuel cell; a converter configured to boost an input voltage that is input from the fuel cell; and a controller configured to control the converter. In the case where the voltage output from the fuel cell to the converter is to be boosted after a changeover of an operating state of the fuel cell system from an intermittent operation to an ordinary operation, when a duty ratio D1 calculated by Mathematical Formula I is greater than a duty ratio D2 calculated by Mathematical Formula II, the controller causes the converter to boost the voltage output from the fuel cell at the duty ratio D2. [ Math . 1 ] D 1 = 1 - Vltrg VH ( I ) where VH (V) denotes a value of output voltage that is output from the converter, and Vltrg (V) denotes an estimated value of voltage that is output from the fuel cell, [ Math . 2 ] D 2 = 1 - ( Vl + Vlmrg ) Vhul ( II ) where Vl (V) denotes a measured value of voltage of the fuel cell by the voltage sensor, Vlmrg (V) denotes a correction amount of the measured value Vl, and Vhul (V) denotes a predetermined upper limit value of the output voltage. This configuration prevents the converter from excessively boosting the actual voltage input from the fuel cell and outputting the excessively boosted voltage.
US10153497B2
An electrochemical cell, electrochemical cell assembly and a method of assembling an electrochemical cell assembly. The cell includes a pair of current collectors that when joined together form a three-dimensional electrode assembly with an ion-exchange membrane disposed between the anode and cathode of the electrode assembly. The current collectors are sized and shaped such that a three-dimensional reactant chamber volume of one of the current collectors accepts nested placement of at least a portion of the three-dimensional reactant chamber volume of the other current collector. This design allows for easy and direct addition, removal or replacement of cells in a stack of such cells in a modular fashion. In addition, ease of mounting and unmounting of the cells on reactant manifolds promotes ease of assembly of two-dimensional or three-dimensional stack structures.
US10153495B2
Provided is a method for producing a catalyst, including: (i) mixing a core metal salt that serves as a material for a core metal, and a complexing agent (a) to produce a core metal complex solution containing a core metal complex; (ii) mixing a shell metal salt that serves as a material for a shell metal, and a complexing agent (b) to produce a shell metal complex solution containing a shell metal complex; (iii) mixing a carbon powder and a dispersing agent to produce a carbon powder dispersion; (iv) mixing the core metal complex solution, the shell metal complex solution, and the carbon powder dispersion, and reducing the core metal complex and the shell metal complex on the carbon powder by using at least one reducing agent; and (v) drying and baking at a predetermined temperature the carbon powder resulting from Step (iv), said carbon powder having a core-shell structure that includes the core metal and the shell metal.
US10153494B2
An electrode has a first active material layer between a current collector and a separator. The first active material layer comprises an active electrode material and electrically actuated fibers extending from a surface of the current collector and into the active electrode material. The electrically actuated fibers have an actuated state, in which the electrically actuated fibers change dimension in a linear direction under application of an electric field, the electrically actuated fibers configured to direct electrons through the active electrode material in a stacked direction of the electrode, and an unactuated state, in which the electrically actuated fibers are conductive but remain in an original state.
US10153493B2
A secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte is provided. The electrode material of which the positive and/or negative electrode is made contains hydrophobic spherical silica particles, which are obtained by introducing R1SiO3/2 units on surfaces of hydrophilic spherical silica particles of SiO2 units, and further introducing R23SiO1/2 units on the surfaces, and have an average particle size of 5-1,000 nm, a particle size distribution D90/D10 of 2-3, and an average circularity of 0.8-1. All components of the battery are made hydrophobic for suppressing absorption of water within the battery and entry of water into the battery.
US10153489B2
A lithium-containing composite oxide essentially containing Li, Ni, Co and Mn, which has a crystal structure with space group R-3m, with a c-axis lattice constant being from 14.208 to 14.228 Å, and with an a-axis lattice constant and the c-axis lattice constant satisfying the relation of 3a+5.615≤c≤3a+5.655, and of which the integrated intensity ratio (I003/I104) of the (003) peak to the (104) peak in an XRD pattern is from 1.21 to 1.39.
US10153487B2
Provided is a novel lithium complex oxide containing molybdenum. A complex oxide represented by the following compositional formula: LixMyMozO wherein M is one or two or more selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ru, Sn, Mg, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn; x is in the range of 0.60 to 0.75; y is in the range of 0.15 to 0.25; and z is in the range of 0.075 to 0.20.
US10153469B2
The present disclosure relates to a non-woven fabric made from a fiber coated with a binder polymer by spinning a non-woven forming fiber in an organic binder polymer compound solution, an electrochemical cell using the non-woven fabric as a separator substrate, and a method of making the non-woven fabric, and the non-woven fabric has a pore diameter in a range of 0.001 to 10 μm, thereby providing a mechanical property required for a separator while ensuring a favorable movement of a lithium ion, and in the use of the non-woven fabric as a separator of an electrochemical cell, eliminating a need for a process of applying a separate adhesive layer, resulting in an effect of simplifying a separator manufacturing process.
US10153465B2
Provided is a top cap assembly for a cylindrical type secondary battery, including a CID short-circuiting member, which interrupts an electric current when a high voltage is generated in the cylindrical type secondary battery, a safety vent connected to an upper part of the CID short-circuiting member and including a plurality of notches, which are broken when a voltage equal to or greater than an allowable voltage of the CID short-circuiting member is generated, to discharge gas from the cylindrical type secondary battery, a top cap connected to the safety vent and disposed on the uppermost end of an upper opening part of the cylindrical type secondary battery, a gasket surrounding and sealing an outer circumferential surface of the CID short-circuiting member, and a heat resistant member preventing heat transfer between the gasket and the safety vent.
US10153449B2
A novel light-emitting element or a highly reliable light-emitting element is provided. The light-emitting element includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes at least a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer includes at least a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The energy for liberating halogen from a halogen-substituted product of the first organic compound in a radical anion state and in a triplet excited state is less than or equal to 1.00 eV. The amount of halogen-substituted product in the second organic compound is not increased with an increase in driving time of the light-emitting element.
US10153442B2
An iridium complex and an OLED using the same are shown. The iridium complex is represented by formula (I), wherein R1 is substituted or unsubstituted C1-12 alkyl, or substituted or unsubstituted C6-12 aryl; R2 is hydrogen, fluorine or —CmF2m+1 (m=1, 2 or 3), substituted or unsubstituted C1-12 alkyl, or substituted or unsubstituted C6-12 aryl; R3 is hydrogen, fluorine or —CmF2m+1 (m=1, 2 or 3), substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl or alkoxy, and n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; each of R4 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C1-12 alkyl, or R4's may join to form a C3-8 aromatic ring, and R4's may be the same or different; X1, X2, X3 and X4 are each independently CH or nitrogen; Y1, Y2 and Y3 are each independently carbon or nitrogen, with a proviso that at least one of Y1, Y2 and Y3 is nitrogen, and the tridentate chelate Y1^Y2^Y3 is dianionic.
US10153438B2
An organic light-emitting device containing a compound having a lone electron pair and a π electron orbital, the compound emitting fluorescent light by such a mechanism that when at least a part of electrons constituting the lone electron pair is excited to an excited triplet state 3nπ* through nπ* transition, the part of electrons undergoes inverse intersystem crossing from the excited triplet state 3nπ* to an excited singlet state 1nπ*, and returns from the excited singlet state 1nπ* to the ground state, at which the fluorescent light is emitted. The organic light-emitting device has a high light emission efficiency.
US10153429B2
A memory device according to an embodiment includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a third conductive layer intersecting the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and a resistance change layer including a first region which is provided between the first conductive layer and the third conductive layer and has a superlattice structure, a second region which is provided between the second conductive layer and the third conductive layer and has the superlattice structure, and a third region which is provided between the first region and the second region. The third region includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of O, F, C, P, B, N, H, Bi, Cd, Zn, Ga, Se, Al, S, Be, In, and Pb. Concentration of the at least one element in the third region is higher than that in the first region and the second region.
US10153427B1
A process flow for forming magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with minimal sidewall residue and reduced low tail population is disclosed wherein a pattern is first formed in a hard mask that is an uppermost MTJ layer. Thereafter, the hard mask pattern is etch transferred through the underlying MTJ layers including a reference layer/tunnel barrier/free layer stack. The etch transfer may be completed in a single RIE step based on a first flow rate of O2 and a second flow rate of an oxidant such as CH3OH where the CH3OH/O2 ratio is at least 7.5:1. The RIE may also include a flow rate of a noble gas. In other embodiments, a chemical treatment with an oxidant such as CH3OH, and a volatilization at 50° C. to 450° C. may follow an etch transfer through the MTJ stack when the ion beam etch or plasma etch involves noble gas ions.
US10153424B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a plurality of terminals, and a sealing resin. The semiconductor element has a front surface and a back surface. The front surface and the back surface face in opposite directions to each other in a thickness direction of the semiconductor element. The plurality of terminals are disposed at a distance from the semiconductor element and are electrically connected to the front surface. The sealing resin has a first surface facing in a same direction as the direction in which the front surface faces. Each of the plurality of terminals has a main surface exposed from the first surface.
US10153417B2
Provided is a heat conversion device, including: a housing; a thermoelectric module received in the housing and including a thermoelectric semiconductor between substrates disposed to face each other; a first temperature conversion portion and a second temperature conversion portion disposed between the substrates, respectively; and a heat reduction portion adopted to guide a part of a fluid flowing in the housing and passing through the first temperature conversion portion to the second temperature conversion portion.
US10153416B1
A package body for a semiconductor device includes a lead frame, an insulating package, and a reflective coating layer. The lead frame has a first electrode and a second electrode separated from each other. The insulating package provides a housing structure and forming a package cavity therein. The package cavity has a reflective side surface formed by the insulating package. The reflective coating layer partially covers the first electrode and the second electrode and forms a reflective bottom surface of the package cavity. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode may have an angled cut. The insulating package may be made of a binder-filler composite containing white pigments. The package body may be an all diffusive integrated reflecting surfaces (AR-IRS) package body, and may be used in an encapsulant-free semiconductor package.
US10153414B2
An optoelectronic component includes an optoelectronic semiconductor chip configured to emit electromagnetic radiation including a wavelength from a first spectral range, a wavelength-converting element configured to convert electromagnetic radiation including a wavelength from the first spectral range into electromagnetic radiation including a wavelength from a second spectral range, and a reflective element including a first reflectivity in the first spectral range and a second reflectivity in the second spectral range, wherein the first spectral range is below 1100 nm, and the second spectral range is above 1200 nm.
US10153412B2
The present embodiment discloses a package structure for ultraviolet LED, which comprises a substrate, an ultraviolet light-emitting diode (LED), and an optical device. The wavelength of the light emitted by the ultraviolet LED is between 200 and 400 nm. The optical device includes amorphous silicon dioxide, and thus enabling the transmittivity of ultraviolet light greater than 80%. In addition, by including a reflective ring and a metal film, the material aging problem of the sealing material can be prevented by blocking direct ultraviolet-light illumination. The package structure according to the present invention overcomes the limitation on planar packaging, so that the applications of backend processes can be extended.
US10153409B2
Vacuum lamination methods for forming conformally coated articles having a preformed lamination layer conformally coated to or on an object such as an LED array are provided. These vacuum lamination methods utilize a single heating step to heat a middle portion of the preformed lamination layer to a flowable condition prior to the preformed lamination layer being conformally coated over the article, such as the array of light emitting diodes disposed on an inner portion of a first side of a submount wafer.
US10153405B2
A method for producing a fluorescent material is provided. The method includes preparing fluorescent material particles that contain an alkaline earth metal aluminate having a composition represented by (Sr1−x,Eux)4Al14O25, where x satisfies 0.05≤x≤0.4, and a part of Sr may be substituted by at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Ba, and Zn; causing the prepared fluorescent material particles to come into contact with a liquid medium containing water; removing at least a portion of the contacted liquid medium to obtain purified fluorescent material particles; causing a phosphate compound to adhere to surfaces of the purified fluorescent material particles to obtain fluorescent material particles to which the phosphate compound is adhered; and heat treating the fluorescent material particles to which the phosphate compound is adhered at 500° C. to 700° C.
US10153402B2
A light-emitting element includes a semiconductor light-emitting stack including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer; a first conductive layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer and electrically connecting the second semiconductor layer; a second conductive layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer and electrically connecting the first semiconductor layer; and a cushion part disposed on the semiconductor light-emitting stack; wherein in a top view, the cushion part is disposed in a center region of the light-emitting element.
US10153400B2
An optoelectronic semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body having a semiconductor region and an active region, wherein the semiconductor region has a covering layer forming a radiation passage surface of the semiconductor body on a side facing away from the active region, the semiconductor region has a current-spreading layer arranged between the covering layer and the active region; the semiconductor device has a contact for the electrical contacting of the semiconductor region; the contact adjoins the current-spreading layer in a terminal area; the contact adjoins the covering layer in a barrier region; and the barrier region runs parallel to the active region and is arranged closer to the active region than the radiation passage surface.
US10153397B2
A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a first conductive semiconductor layer on a substrate, a superlattice layer including a plurality of first quantum barrier layers and a plurality of first quantum well layers, the plurality of first quantum barrier layers and the plurality of first quantum well layers being alternately stacked on the first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on the superlattice layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer, wherein a Si doping concentration of at least one of the plurality of first quantum well layers is equal to or greater than 1.0×1016/cm3 and less than or equal to 1.0×1018/cm3. Thus, the semiconductor light-emitting device may have increased light output and reliability.
US10153392B2
A method of manufacturing a light emitting element includes: providing a wafer including a substrate and a semiconductor layered body formed at an upper surface of the substrate; irradiating the wafer with laser light by performing first and second patterns of scanning; and separating the substrate from the semiconductor layered body. In the first pattern of scanning, the wafer is irradiated with the laser light outwardly from an inner side of the wafer or inwardly from an outer side of the wafer, so that a region irradiated with the laser light enlarges. In the second pattern of scanning, the wafer is irradiated with the laser light so that the laser light intersects with a circumferential edge of the wafer at a plurality of portions.
US10153390B2
A bifacial solar cell includes a substrate; a first conductive type region having a conductive type different from a conductive type of the substrate; a first insulating layer formed on the first conductive type region; a plurality of first electrodes contacting the first conductive type region through the first insulating layer and extended in a first direction; a plurality of first current collectors extended in a second direction crossing the first direction, wherein the plurality of first current collectors are electrically and physically connected to the plurality of first electrodes; a second conductive type region having a conductive type the same as the conductive type of the substrate, and having an impurity concentration that is higher than an impurity concentration of the substrate; a second insulating layer formed on the second conductive type region; a plurality of second electrodes contacting the second conductive type region through the second insulating layer and extended in the first direction; and a plurality of second current collectors extended in the second direction.
US10153387B2
A method (200) and deposition zone apparatus (300) for fabricating thin-film optoelectronic devices (100), the method comprising: providing a potassium-nondiffusing substrate (110), forming a back-contact layer (120); forming at least one absorber layer (130) made of an ABC chalcogenide material, adding at least two different alkali metals, and forming at least one front-contact layer (150) wherein one of said at least two different alkali metals is potassium and where, following forming said front-contact layer, in the interval of layers (470) from back-contact layer (120), exclusive, to front-contact layer (150), inclusive, the comprised amounts resulting from adding at least two different alkali metals are, for potassium, in the range of 500 to 10000 ppm and, for the other of said at least two different alkali metals, in the range of 5 to 2000 ppm and at most ½ and at least 1/2000 of the comprised amount of potassium. The method (200) and apparatus (300) are advantageous for more environmentally-friendly production of photovoltaic devices (100) on flexible substrates with high photovoltaic conversion efficiency and faster production rate.
US10153380B2
As a display device has a higher definition, the number of pixels, gate lines, and signal lines are increased. When the number of the gate lines and the signal lines are increased, a problem of higher manufacturing cost, because it is difficult to mount an IC chip including a driver circuit for driving of the gate and signal lines by bonding or the like. A pixel portion and a driver circuit for driving the pixel portion are provided over the same substrate, and at least part of the driver circuit includes a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor interposed between gate electrodes provided above and below the oxide semiconductor. Therefore, when the pixel portion and the driver portion are provided over the same substrate, manufacturing cost can be reduced.
US10153356B2
A technique of suppressing the potential crowding in the vicinity of the outer periphery of a bottom face of a trench without ion implantation of a p-type impurity is provided. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a trench gate structure comprises an n-type semiconductor region forming process. In the n-type semiconductor region forming process, a p-type impurity diffusion region in which a p-type impurity contained in a p-type semiconductor layer is diffused is formed in at least part of an n-type semiconductor layer that is located below an n-type semiconductor region.
US10153352B2
A technique of reducing the complication in manufacture is provided. There is provided a semiconductor device comprising an n-type semiconductor region made of a nitride semiconductor containing gallium; a p-type semiconductor region arranged to be adjacent to and in contact with the n-type semiconductor region and made of the nitride semiconductor; a first electrode arranged to be in ohmic contact with the n-type semiconductor region; and a second electrode arranged to be in ohmic contact with the p-type semiconductor region. The first electrode and the second electrode are mainly made of one identical metal. The identical metal is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of palladium, nickel and platinum. A concentration of a p-type impurity in the n-type semiconductor region is approximately equal to a concentration of the p-type impurity in the p-type semiconductor region. A difference between a concentration of an n-type impurity and the concentration of the p-type impurity in the n-type semiconductor region is not less than 1.0×1019 cm−3.
US10153351B2
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a first contact hole is formed in one or more dielectric layers disposed over a source/drain region or a gate electrode. An adhesive layer is formed in the first contact hole. A first metal layer is formed on the adhesive layer in the first contact hole. A silicide layer is formed on an upper surface of the first metal layer. The silicide layer includes a same metal element as the first metal layer.
US10153346B2
To manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device by giving stable electric characteristics to a transistor. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method with the use of a polycrystalline sputtering target. In that case, partial pressure of water in a deposition chamber before or in the deposition is set to be lower than or equal to 10−3 Pa, preferably lower than or equal to 10−4 Pa, more preferably lower than or equal to 10−5 Pa. Thus, a dense oxide semiconductor film is obtained. The density of the oxide semiconductor film is higher than 6.0 g/cm3 and lower than 6.375 g/cm3.
US10153345B2
A method for manufacturing an insulated gate switching device is provided. The method includes: forming a first trench in a surface of a first SiC semiconductor layer; implanting p-type impurities into a bottom surface of the first trench; depositing a second SiC semiconductor layer on an inner surface of the first trench to form a second trench; and forming a gate insulating layer, a gate electrode, a first region and a body region so that the gate insulating layer covers an inner surface of the second trench, the gate electrode is located in the second trench, the first region is of n-type and in contact with the gate insulating layer, the body region is of p-type, separated from the implanted region, and in contact with the gate insulating layer under the first region.
US10153343B2
A method for producing a tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET) having a source region, a channel region, and a drain region includes arranging an epitaxial layer on a silicon substrate; applying a gate arrangement having a gate electrode to the epitaxial layer, a gate dielectric being arranged between the gate electrode and the silicon substrate; forming a doped pocket region below the gate dielectric adjacent to the source region; forming a selectively silicidated region in the source region, the selectively silicidated region extending as far as to below a gate; and forming a counter-doped region doped in an opposite way to the pocket region adjacent to the pocket region in the source region by diffusion of dopants out of the silicidated region, as a result of which a tunnel junction parallel to the electric field lines of the gate electrode is achieved.
US10153342B1
A semiconductor device includes a substrate; an active layer disposed over the substrate and having a source region and a drain region; a contact region disposed over the substrate; a gate structure disposed over the active layer, wherein the gate structure includes a middle portion and a lateral portion connecting to the middle portion, and the lateral portion has a snake shape.
US10153329B2
The present disclosure discloses a method of manufacturing a display panel. The method includes: providing a first substrate, and forming a release layer on the first substrate; forming a thin film transistor driving layer on the first substrate; forming a display element on the first substrate, wherein a part of the display element forms above the release layer and another part of the display element forms above the thin film transistor driving layer; separating the release layer and the first substrate with a laser; removing the release layer and the display element above the release layer, and forming a hollow portion on the first substrate; packaging the display element to form a display panel, wherein the display panel at least includes a first packaging portion; and providing a through hole passing through the display panel at a region on the display panel corresponding to the hollow portion.
US10153326B2
According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a first insulating layer and a first layer. The first conductive layer includes a first metal capable of forming a compound with silicon. The second conductive layer includes at least one selected from a group consisting of tungsten, molybdenum, platinum, tungsten nitride, molybdenum nitride, and titanium nitride. The first insulating layer is provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The first layer is provided between the first insulating layer and the second conductive layer. The first layer includes silicon.
US10153320B2
A semiconductor device includes: a visible light sensing layer, having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; an infrared ray sensing layer, having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the first surface of the visible light sensing layer attached to the second surface of the infrared ray sensing layer; and a circuitry layer, having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the first surface of the infrared ray sensing layer attached to the second surface of the circuitry layer.
US10153319B2
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a method of forming an image sensor integrated chip. The method may be performed by forming an image sensing element within a substrate, and forming an absorption enhancement structure over a back-side of the substrate. The absorption enhancement structure is selectively etched to concurrently define a plurality of grid structure openings and a ground structure opening within the absorption enhancement structure. A grid structure is formed within the plurality of grid structure openings and a ground structure is formed within the ground structure opening. The grid structure extends from over the absorption enhancement structure to a location within the absorption enhancement structure.
US10153312B2
A back-side illuminated pixel including a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type coated, on the front side of the pixel, with a three-layer assembly successively including a first layer of the second conductivity type, an insulating layer, and a second semiconductor layer. The three-layer assembly is interrupted in a central portion of the pixel by a transfer region of the first conductivity type laterally delimited by an insulated conductive wall extending from the front surface, Transistors are formed in the second semiconductor layer.
US10153304B2
The present disclosure relates to a TFT includes an active layer formed on a substrate, wherein the active layer includes a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer stacked together. The first semiconductor layer is made by Indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) having an atomic ratio In/(Ga+Zn) smaller than 50%, and the second semiconductor layer is made by IGZO having the atomic ratio In/(Ga+Zn) greater than 55%. The present disclosure also includes an array substrate having the TFT and the manufacturing method thereof. The array substrate may be adopted in LCD or OLED. The TFT adopts two layers of IGZO semiconductor materials to be the semiconductor of the active layer. Not only the demand toward the TFT characteristics may be satisfied, but also the carrier mobility rate of the IGZO active layer may be enhanced.
US10153301B2
A retention circuit provided in a logic circuit enables power gating. The retention circuit includes a first terminal, a node, a capacitor, and first to third transistors. The first transistor controls electrical connection between the first terminal and an input terminal of the logic circuit. The second transistor controls electrical connection between an output terminal of the logic circuit and the node. The third transistor controls electrical connection between the node and the input terminal of the logic circuit. A gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor. In a data retention period, the node becomes electrically floating. The voltage of the node is held by the capacitor.
US10153300B2
A semiconductor device comprises a substrate and a high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT). The substrate is formed with a recess. At least a portion of the HEMT is disposed in the recess. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor device is also disclosed. A radio frequency (RF) front-end module that employs the semiconductor device is also disclosed.
US10153294B2
A method of controlling the thickness of gate oxides in an integrated CMOS process which includes performing a two-step gate oxidation process to concurrently oxidize and therefore consume at least a first portion of the cap layer of the NV gate stack to form a blocking oxide and form a gate oxide of at least one metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor in the second region, wherein the gate oxide of the at least one MOS transistor is formed during both a first oxidation step and a second oxidation step of the gate oxidation process.
US10153290B2
The present disclosure provides an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a substrate; a field effect transistor disposed in a periphery region of the substrate, the field effect transistor including a gate electrode, a first source, a first drain; a floating gate non-volatile memory device disposed in a memory region of the substrate, the floating gate non-volatile memory device including a second source, a third source, and a second drain, wherein the second source, the third source, and the second drain are disposed along an axis; and a floating gate electrode in the memory region including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, wherein the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion are electrically connected, wherein the first portion, the second portion and the third portion extend perpendicular to the axis.
US10153288B2
A non-volatile memory having a double metal layout is provided that includes a first fuse fabricated on a first conductive layer of the integrated circuit, a second fuse fabricated on a second conductive layer of the integrated circuit, and a transistor fabricated on front-end-of-the-line (FEOL) structure of the integrated circuit. A first memory cell of the non-volatile memory is provided by a first memory circuit comprising the first fuse and the transistor, and a second memory cell of the non-volatile memory is provided by a second memory circuit comprising the second fuse and the transistor.
US10153281B2
Some embodiments include a memory cell having first and second transistors and first and second capacitors. The first capacitor is vertically displaced relative to the first transistor. The first capacitor has a first node electrically coupled with a source/drain region of the first transistor, a second node electrically coupled with a common plate structure, and a first capacitor dielectric material between the first and second nodes. The second capacitor is vertically displaced relative to the second transistor. The second capacitor has a third node electrically coupled with a source/drain region of the second transistor, a fourth node electrically coupled with the common plate structure, and a second capacitor dielectric material between the first and second nodes. Some embodiments include memory arrays having 2T-2C memory cells.
US10153275B2
A method of operating an IGBT is described. The IGBT has gate, emitter and collector terminals, and IGBT cells, switchable diode cells, and non-switchable diode cells integrated in a semiconductor substrate, wherein each of the IGBT cells and switchable diode cells includes an operable switchable channel region. The IGBT is operated in a reverse conductive mode in which the IGBT cells are in a non-conductive mode and the switchable diode cells and the non-switchable diode cells are in a bipolar mode. The IGBT is brought from the reverse conductive mode to a transit mode in which at least some of the non-switchable diode cells are still in the bipolar mode, the IGBT cells are in the non-conductive mode, and the switchable diode cells are in a unipolar mode, by applying a gate voltage having an absolute value larger than a gate threshold voltage to the gate terminal.
US10153273B1
A semiconductor device is provided that comprises a base structure, a first channel layer overlying the base structure, a second channel layer overlying the first channel layer, and first, second, and third ohmic contacts overlying the second channel layer. The semiconductor device further comprises a metal-semiconductor heterodimension field effect transistor that is formed between the first and second ohmic contacts, the metal-semiconductor heterodimension field effect transistor including a first gate formed through the first and second channel layers. The semiconductor device yet further comprises a high electron mobility transistor formed between the second and third ohmic contacts, the high electron mobility transistor including a second gate formed through the second channel layer without extending through the first channel layer.
US10153253B2
A system-in-package apparatus includes a package substrate configured to carry at least one semiconductive device on a die side and a through-mold via package bottom interposer disposed on the package substrate on a land side. A land side board mates with the through-mold via package bottom interposer, and enough vertical space is created by the through-mold via package bottom interposer to allow space for at least one device disposed on the package substrate on the land side.
US10153252B2
A wafer to wafer structure includes a first wafer, a second wafer. A first bonding layer and a second bonding layer are disposed between the first wafer and the second wafer. A plurality of first interconnects are disposed within the he first bonding layer. A plurality of second interconnects are disposed within the second bonding layer. An interface is disposed between the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer. At least a through silicon via penetrates the first wafer, the first bonding layer and the interface to enter the second bonding layer. The through silicon via contacts one of the first interconnects and one of the second interconnects.
US10153250B2
A solution relating to electronic devices of flip-chip type is provided, which includes at least one chip carrier having a carrier surface, the carrier(s) including one or more contact elements of electrically conductive material on the carrier surface, at least one integrated circuit chip having a chip surface, the chip(s) including one or more terminals of electrically conductive material on the chip surface each one facing a corresponding contact element, solder material soldering each terminal to the corresponding contact element, and a restrain structure around the contact elements for restraining the solder material during a soldering of the terminals to the contact elements. The carrier includes one or more heat dissipation elements of thermally conductive material on the carrier surface facing the chip surface displaced from the terminals, the dissipation elements being free of any solder mask.
US10153249B2
A method for forming through vias comprises the steps of forming a dielectric layer over a package and forming an RDL over the dielectric layer, wherein forming the RDL includes the steps of forming a seed layer, forming a first patterned mask over the seed layer, and performing a first metal plating. The method further includes forming through vias on top of a first portion of the RDL, wherein forming the through vias includes forming a second patterned mask over the seed layer and the RDL, and performing a second metal plating. The method further includes attaching a chip to a second portion of the RDL, and encapsulating the chip and the through vias in an encapsulating material.
US10153247B2
A method of forming a wire interconnect structure includes the steps of: (a) forming a wire bond at a bonding location on a substrate using a wire bonding tool; (b) extending a length of wire, continuous with the wire bond, to another location; (c) pressing a portion of the length of wire against the other location using the wire bonding tool; (d) moving the wire bonding tool, and the pressed portion of the length of wire, to a position above the wire bond; and (e) separating the length of wire from a wire supply at the pressed portion, thereby providing a wire interconnect structure bonded to the bonding location.
US10153241B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes an electrode pad provided above a semiconductor substrate; and a wire bonded on the electrode pad and including copper. The electrode pad includes an electrode layer including aluminum and a support layer harder than the wire and the electrode layer. The wire is in contact with the electrode layer and the support layer.
US10153240B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed which reduce the stress concentration at the redistribution layers (RDLs) of a package device. A package device may comprise a seed layer above a passivation layer, covering an opening of the passivation layer, and covering and in contact with a contact pad. A RDL is formed above the passivation layer, above and in contact with the seed layer, covering the opening of the passivation layer, and electrically connected to the contact pad through the seed layer. The RDL has an end portion with a surface that is smooth without a right angle. The surface of the end portion of the RDL may have an obtuse angle, or a curved surface.
US10153239B2
A method includes forming a first metal plate, forming a metal ring aligned to peripheral regions of the first metal plate, and placing a device die level with the metal ring, encapsulating the device die and the metal ring in an encapsulating material. The method further includes filling a dielectric material into a space encircled by the metal ring, and forming a second metal plate covering the dielectric material and the metal ring, with an opening formed in the second metal plate. A plurality of redistribution lines is formed, with one of the redistribution lines overlapping a portion of the opening. The first metal plate, the metal ring, the second metal plate, and the dielectric material in combination form an antenna or a waveguide. The redistribution line forms a signal-coupling line of the passive device.
US10153234B2
An electronic system without using solder balls between electrical components, and without using interposer between chips and package substrate, without using a discrete system board for the chip package to mount. At least one chip is wrapped by molding material, a first redistribution circuitry is built on a bottom side of the molding material. A plurality of first inverse T-shaped metals of the first redistribution circuitry are electrically coupled to the at least one chip; a second redistribution circuitry is built on a bottom side of the first redistribution circuitry. A plurality of second inverse T-shaped metals of the second redistribution circuitry are electrically coupled to the first redistribution circuitry. Either the first redistribution circuitry or the second redistribution circuitry has at least a first extension extended beyond a corresponding side surface of the molding material to electrically couple to at least one device.
US10153222B2
An embodiment is a method including: attaching a first die to a first side of a first component using first electrical connectors, attaching a first side of a second die to first side of the first component using second electrical connectors, attaching a dummy die to the first side of the first component in a scribe line region of the first component, adhering a cover structure to a second side of the second die, and singulating the first component and the dummy die to form a package structure.
US10153221B1
A semiconductor die that includes a first die located on a first side of an interposer and a second die located on a second side of the interposer. Active sides of the first and second dies may each face the interposer. A bond wire may electrically connect the first die to the second side of the interposer and a bond wire may electrically connect the second die to the first side of the interposer. The bond wires may extend through a plurality of windows in the interposer. First and second dies may be attached to a first side of an interposer and may be electrically connected to a second side of the interposer through windows and third and fourth dies may be attached to a second side of the interposer and may be electrically connected to the first side of the interposer through windows.
US10153215B2
A cartridge in an oven enclosure includes a pre-heating feature for an incoming purge gas before the purge gas enters the space around an optical component, such as a nonlinear optical crystal, in an oven cell. The incoming purge gas can be pre-heated as it travels along a gas pathway around a cartridge. The cartridge can include a heater. The oven enclosure can have two windows positioned such that a laser beam can enter through one of the windows, pass through the optical component, and exit through another of the windows. A second harmonic beam can be generated with the optical component.
US10153209B1
One illustrative integrated circuit product disclosed herein includes a first final gate structure, a second final gate structure and an insulating gate separation structure positioned between the first and second final gate structures. In this example, the insulating gate separation structure comprises an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion has a first lateral width in a first direction that is substantially uniform throughout a vertical height of the lower portion. The upper portion has a substantially uniform second lateral width in the first direction that is substantially uniform throughout a vertical height of the upper portion, wherein the second lateral width is less than the first lateral width.
US10153208B1
High-frequency thin film chip attenuators can include a substrate having a first side and a second side, a first portion coupled to the first side of the substrate, and a second portion coupled to the second side of the substrate. The first portion can include a ground section, an input contact section, and an output contact section. The second portion can include a ground section, an input section, an output section, and a plurality of resistive sections providing electrical communication between the input section, the output section, and the ground section. The resistive sections can be arranged in an attenuation configuration to attenuate a signal received at the input section and output via the output section. A plurality of through-holes extending through the substrate can provide electrical communication between sections on the first side of the substrate and associated sections on the second side of the substrate.
US10153207B2
An embodiment described herein includes a method for producing a wafer of a first semiconductor material. Said first semiconductor material has a first melting temperature. The method comprises providing a crystalline substrate of a second semiconductor material having a second melting temperature lower than the first melting temperature, and exposing the crystalline substrate to a flow of first material precursors for forming a first layer of the first material on the substrate. The method further comprising bringing the crystalline substrate to a first process temperature higher than the second melting temperature, and at the same time lower than the first melting temperature, in such a way the second material melts, separating the second melted material from the first layer, and exposing the first layer to the flow of the first material precursor for forming a second layer of the first material on the first layer.
US10153205B2
A package includes a chip that has a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor formed in a first polymer layer and a metallic pillar formed on the MIM capacitor. A molding compound surrounds the chip, a second polymer layer is formed on the chip and the molding compound, a third polymer layer is formed on the second polymer layer, an interconnect structure is formed between the second polymer layer and the third polymer layer and electrically coupled to the metallic pillar and the MIM capacitor, and a bump is formed over and electrically coupled to the interconnect structure.
US10153198B2
A method includes forming a first and a second contact opening to reveal a first and a second source/drain region, respectively, forming a mask layer having a first and a second portion in the first and the second contact openings, respectively, forming a first and a second sacrificial ILD in the first and the second contact openings, respectively, removing the first sacrificial ILD from the first contact opening, filling a filler in the first contact opening, and etching the second sacrificial ILD. The filler protects the first portion of the mask layer from being etched. An ILD is formed in the second contact opening and on the second portion of the mask layer. The filler and the first portion of the mask layer are removed using a wet etch to reveal the first contact opening. A contact plug is formed in the first contact opening.
US10153196B1
Some embodiments include a memory array having a first set of lines extending along a first direction, and a second set of lines over the first set of lines and extending along a second direction. Lines of the second set cross lines of the first set at cross-point locations. Memory structures are within the cross-point locations. Each memory structure includes a top electrode material, a bottom electrode material and a programmable material. Rails of insulative material extend parallel to the lines of the second set and alternate with the lines of the second set along the first direction. The programmable material has first regions within the memory structures and second regions over the rails of insulative material. A planarized surface extends across the lines of the second set and across the second regions of the programmable material. Some embodiments include methods of forming memory arrays.
US10153193B2
An integrated circuit includes a substrate, a pad electrode disposed on the substrate, and a passivation layer disposed on the pad electrode and including an organic insulating material. The integrated circuit further includes a bump electrode disposed on the passivation layer and connected to the pad electrode through a contact hole. The passivation layer includes an insulating portion having a first thickness and covering an adjacent edge region of the pad electrode and the substrate, and a bump portion having a second thickness, that is greater than the first thickness, and covering a center portion of the pad electrode.
US10153190B2
Various embodiments of microelectronic devices and methods of manufacturing are described herein. In one embodiment, a method for enhancing wafer bonding includes positioning a substrate assembly on a unipolar electrostatic chuck in direct contact with an electrode, electrically coupling a conductor to a second substrate positioned on top of the first substrate, and applying a voltage to the electrode, thereby creating a potential differential between the first substrate and the second substrate that generates an electrostatic force between the first and second substrates.
US10153188B1
The present invention provides a micro transfer printing method, which uses pick-up projections provided on a transfer head to suck and hold micro components arranged on a carrier plate, followed by reversing the transfer head and the carrier plate to make the transfer head positioned under the carrier plate, and then separates the transfer head and the carrier plate from each other to allow the micro components that are sucked and held by the pick-up projections to be carried by and supported on the transfer head, and then moves the transfer head that carries thereon the micro components to a location above a receiving substrate and turning the transfer head up side down to allow the micro components that are held on the pick-up projections to be positioned on the receiving substrate. In the micro transfer printing method of the present invention, during the course that the transfer head transfers the micro components, the micro components are carried by and supported on the transfer head and compared to the prior art, holding the micro components on the transfer head does not require any means to overcome influence caused by the gravity so as to ensure stable and smooth transfer of the micro components by the transfer head to thereby allowing for fast movement of the transfer head and thus effectively increasing transfer rate and speed of the transfer head.
US10153187B2
Embodiments method and apparatus for transferring a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate cassette includes a body having an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion and the lower portion defining an interior volume when the upper portion is coupled to the lower portion; a locking mechanism moveable between a locked position, in which the upper and lower portions are coupled, and an unlocked position, in which the lower portion can be separated from the upper portion; and a load distribution plate coupled to an upper surface of the upper portion along an edge of the upper portion to distribute a load applied to the load distribution plate.
US10153186B2
Provided is an indicator that can easily detect whether treatment with at least one member of plasma, ozone, ultraviolet rays, and radical-containing gas is uniformly performed on an entire substrate in an electronic device manufacturing apparatus; also provided is a method for designing and/or managing an electronic device manufacturing apparatus using the indicator. The indicator is used in an electronic device manufacturing apparatus, wherein (1) the indicator detects at least one member selected from the group consisting of plasma, ozone, ultraviolet rays, and radical-containing gas, (2) the indicator has a shape that is the same as that of a substrate used in the electronic device manufacturing apparatus, (3) the indicator contains a color-changing layer, and (4) the color-changing layer is formed by an ink composition whose color changes or disappears by reaction with at least one member selected from the group consisting of plasma, ozone, ultraviolet rays, and radical-containing gas.
US10153172B2
A method of etching a silicon oxide film on a substrate, includes generating reaction products containing moisture by modifying the silicon oxide film by supplying a mixed gas containing a gas containing a halogen element and a basic gas onto the surface of the silicon oxide film and making chemical reaction of the silicon oxide film with the mixed gas, generating different reaction products by modifying the silicon oxide film by supplying the gas containing a halogen element onto an interface between the silicon oxide film and the reaction products and making a chemical reaction on the silicon oxide film with the gas containing a halogen element by using the moisture contained in the reaction products, and heating and removing the reaction products and the different reaction products.
US10153167B2
A semiconductor device comprises a first semiconductor wafer including a cavity formed in the first semiconductor die. A second semiconductor die is bonded to the first semiconductor die over the cavity. A first transistor includes a portion of the first transistor formed over the cavity.
US10153163B2
Example embodiments relate to a hardmask composition and/or a method of forming a fine pattern by using the hardmask composition, wherein the hardmask composition includes at least one of a two-dimensional layered nanostructure and a precursor thereof, and a solvent, and an amount of the at least one of a two-dimensional layered nanostructure and the precursor is about 0.01 part to about 40 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the hardmask composition.
US10153161B1
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes forming a target layer, a lower hard mask layer, a middle hard mask layer, and an upper hard mask layer in sequence on a substrate. A first mask layer is then formed on the upper hard mask layer, wherein the first mask layer has a plurality of openings exposing a portion of the upper hard mask layer. A patterned upper hard mask layer having a plurality of apertures exposing a portion of the middle hard mask layer is formed by etching the exposed portion of the upper hard mask layer. A patterned organic layer is then formed on the exposed portion of the middle hard mask layer. A patterned target layer is formed by etching the patterned upper hard mask layer, the patterned organic layer, the middle hard mask layer, the lower hard mask layer, and a portion of the target layer.
US10153158B2
Methods are provided for fabricating semiconductor nanowires on a substrate. A nanowire template is formed on the substrate. The nanowire template defines an elongate tunnel which extends, laterally over the substrate, between an opening in the template and a seed surface. The seed surface is exposed to the tunnel and of an area up to about 2×104 nm2. The semiconductor nanowire is selectively grown, via said opening, in the template from the seed surface. The area of the seed surface is preferably such that growth of the nanowire proceeds from a single nucleation point on the seed surface. There is also provided a method for fabricating a plurality of semiconductor nanowires on a substrate and a semiconductor nanowire and substrate structure.
US10153156B2
According to one example, a process includes performing a first plurality of layer deposition cycles of a deposition process on a substrate, and after performing the first plurality of layer deposition cycles, performing a plasma enhanced layer deposition cycle comprising a plasma treatment process. The first plurality of layer deposition cycles are performed without a plasma treatment process.
US10153149B2
An apparatus 41 and operation method are provided for an electrostatic trap mass spectrometer with measuring frequency of multiple isochronous ionic oscillations. For improving throughput and space charge capacity, the trap is substantially extended in one Z-direction forming a reproduced two-dimensional field. Multiple geometries are provided for trap Z-extension. The throughput of the analysis is improved by multiplexing electrostatic traps. The frequency analysis is accelerated by the shortening of ion packets and either by Wavelet-fit analysis of the image current signal or by using a time-of-flight detector for sampling a small portion of ions per oscillation. Multiple pulsed converters are suggested for optimal ion injection into electrostatic traps.
US10153147B2
A method of mass or ion mobility spectrometry is disclosed comprising: releasing ions from an ion trapping volume into an ion separation region; separating the ions along a longitudinal direction according to a physicochemical property; and compressing the ion beam in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. The method enables the ions to be focussed without increasing the charge density and hence space-charge effects to undesirable levels.
US10153143B2
A process chamber includes a chamber body having a chamber lid assembly disposed thereon, one or more monitoring devices coupled to the chamber lid assembly, and one or more antennas disposed adjacent to the chamber lid assembly that are in communication with the one or more monitoring devices.
US10153142B2
A sputtering target having a composition of LiCoO2, wherein a resistivity of the target is 100 Ωcm or less, and a relative density is 80% or higher. The sputtering target of the present invention is effective for use in forming a positive electrode thin film in all-solid-state thin-film lithium ion secondary batteries equipped in vehicles, information and communication electronics, household appliances, and the like.
US10153139B2
Implementations described herein provide a substrate support assembly which enables tuning of a plasma within a plasma chamber. In one embodiment, a method for tuning a plasma in a chamber is provided. The method includes providing a first radio frequency power and a direct current power to a first electrode in a substrate support assembly, providing a second radio frequency power to a second electrode in the substrate support assembly at a different location than the first electrode, monitoring parameters of the first and second radio frequency power, and adjusting one or both of the first and second radio frequency power based on the monitored parameters.
US10153136B2
A feed tube for a substrate processing system includes an outer tube and a feed rod. The feed rod is arranged within the outer tube. The feed rod is arranged to provide radio frequency power to the substrate processing system and the outer tube provides a return for the radio frequency power. At least one conductor is routed within the feed rod. The conductor is arranged to provide electrical power to at least one component of the substrate processing system separate from the radio frequency power provided by the feed rod.
US10153132B2
Described herein is a technique capable of suppressing the effects of plasma on a film or a structure formed on a substrate. According to the technique, electrode for generating plasma includes protrusion provided with gas flow path inserted in holes of showerhead to uniformly supply gas in plasma state toward a substrate.
US10153125B2
An impulse voltage generating device includes: an insulation cylinder; a DC power source positioned outside the insulation cylinder; capacitors arranged successively and connected to the DC power source in parallel, the capacitors being provided in a plurality of stages, the capacitors being accommodated in metal containers positioned outside the insulation cylinder; a discharging gap switch positioned in the insulation cylinder and provided between the stages; a blower structure configured to cause an insulation gas to flow in the insulation cylinder; a bushing for each of the capacitors, the bushing being positioned outside the insulation cylinder; and a gas spraying structure positioned outside the insulation cylinder, the gas spraying structure being configured to spray the insulation gas to the bushing.
US10153119B2
A movable contact conductor assembly is provided. The movable contact arm assembly includes an elongated member with a distal tip, a first end, a medial portion, an actuator coupling second component, a primary pivot second component, a secondary pivot second component, a clinch joint second component, a second end, and a proximal tip. During an over-current event the movable contact arm assembly member generates a loop force. A loop force first portion is disposed on a first longitudinal side of the movable contact arm assembly member primary pivot second component, and, a loop force second portion is disposed on a second longitudinal side of the movable contact arm assembly member primary pivot second component.
US10153114B2
An electronic-device seal structure includes a base, a case which covers an upper surface of the base and has an opening at a surface thereof, and a pair of terminals attached to the base. A first clearance sealed with a sealing material is provided between the base and the case, and a second clearance is provided between the pair of terminals attached to an end surface of the base to face each other.
US10153098B2
It is a method for producing an electrode material containing Cu, Cr and a heat-resistant element. A heat-resistant element powder and a Cr powder are mixed together such that the heat-resistant element is less than the Cr by weight. A resulting mixed powder is baked. A resulting sintered body containing a solid solution of the heat-resistant element and the Cr is pulverized, and a resulting solid solution powder is classified, to have a particle size of 200 μm or less. 10-60 parts by weight of the classified solid solution powder and 90-40 parts by weight of a Cu powder are mixed together, followed by sintering to obtain the electrode material. If a low melting metal powder having a median size of 5-40 μm is mixed with a mixed powder of the solid solution powder and the Cu powder, the deposition resistance property is further improved.
US10153088B2
A capacitor with a first voltage layer guided around the capacitor structure, so that the first voltage layer and the second planar electrode of the capacitor form an overlap region in which the first voltage layer and the second planar electrode are arranged, parallel to one another and separated from one another by a gap, on a base side of the capacitor directly one above the other, wherein the first voltage layer is arranged on an outer side of the second planar electrode, which outer side is averted from the capacitor structure).
US10153087B2
An electro-polarizable compound has the following general formula: Core1 is an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule having two-dimensional flat form and self-assembling by pi-pi stacking in a column-like supramolecule. R1 are electron donor groups connected to Core1 and R1′ are electron acceptor groups connected to Core1, m is number of acceptor groups R1, m′ is a number of donor groups R′. The numbers m and m′ are equal to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, but both m and m′ are not both equal to 0. R2 is a substituent comprising one or more ionic groups connected to Core1 directly or via a connecting group; a number p of ionic groups R2 is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. The fragment marked NLE has a nonlinear effect of polarization. Core2 is a self-assembling electro-conductive oligomer, a number n of the such oligomers is 0, 2, or 4. R3 is a substituent comprising one or more ionic groups connected to Core2; a number s of the ionic groups R3 is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. R4 is a resistive substituent providing solubility of the compound in a solvent and electrically insulating the column-like supramolecules from each other. A number k of substituents R4 is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8.
US10153078B2
An integrated inductor structure includes a first spiral coil, a second spiral coil and a connection metal segment. The first spiral coil includes a plurality of metal segments, a bridging segment and first to fourth terminals. The bridging segment connects the metal segments. The second spiral coil has fifth and sixth terminals. The connecting metal segment connects the third and fifth terminals and the fourth and the sixth terminals. The integrated inductor structure uses the first and second terminals as its input and output terminals. The first and third terminals are on a first imaginary line, which passes a central region of a region surrounded by the first spiral coil. The bridging segment and the central region of the region are on a second imaginary line. An included angle between the two imaginary lines is equal to or greater than 45 degrees and equal to or smaller than 90 degrees.
US10153077B2
Aspects described herein generally relate to a computing device and a corresponding input device. The computing device may include a housing including at least one component of the computing device. An input device can be removably attachable to at least a portion of the housing. The computing device may also include one or more electromagnets mounted within the housing, wherein the one or more electromagnets have a detach state that generates a first magnetic field in a direction that opposes a second magnetic field that attracts the input device to the housing.
US10153075B2
The invention is directed to a polyimide-based polymer thick film paste composition for forming a polyimide-based polymer thick film resistor, a process for forming the resistor and an electrical device containing a resistor formed using the paste composition The paste composition comprise a functional component, a polyimide, and an organic solvent and can be cured by heating.
US10153068B2
A composition including: (a) from 30 to 70% by weight of a mixture of benzyltoluene and dibenzyltoluene, and (b) from 70 to 30% by weight of at least one compound chosen from the C4-C8 aromatic compounds enclosing two benzene rings condensed or bonded to each other by a bond or by a spacer group other than —CH2-, the oligomers of same and the mixtures of same, excluding phenylxylylethane. Also, the use of this composition, with or without phenylxylylethane, depending on the case, as a dielectric and/or heat-transfer fluid, in particular in use conditions at very low temperatures, such as temperatures lower than −40° C., or indeed lower than −60° C. Also, mixtures of these compositions with mineral oils and/or natural or synthetic esters. Finally, devices, in particular electrical devices, incorporating this composition.
US10153067B2
There are provided: an electrically conductive thermoplastic elastomer composition which can be produced with higher productivity at lower costs by means of a simple arrangement and has excellent extrudability and a lower resistance required for a driving roller; a production method for the composition; a driving roller produced by employing the electrically conductive thermoplastic elastomer composition; and an image forming apparatus incorporating the driving roller. In the electrically conductive thermoplastic elastomer composition, 5 to 15 parts by mass of Ketjen black is finely dispersed in 100 parts by mass of a mixture of an ester type urethane thermoplastic elastomer and a plasticizer or in 100 parts by mass of a polyester thermoplastic elastomer. In the production method, the ingredient other than the Ketjen black is first kneaded, and then the Ketjen black is added to and further kneaded with the ingredient. The driving roller (1) is formed of the electrically conductive thermoplastic elastomer composition. The image forming apparatus incorporates the driving roller.
US10153064B2
An interface device comprises a layer of a material thoroughly crossed by metal electrodes intended to electrically connect two electronic circuits. According to the present invention, the layer of material comprises a graphene layer and the electrodes each comprise a central electrically-conductive element formed across the thickness of the graphene layer and an electrically-insulating peripheral layer, interposed between the central element and the graphene layer.
US10153062B2
The present invention relates to an illumination and imaging device for high-resolution X-ray microscopy with high photon energy, comprising an X-ray source (1) for emitting X-ray radiation and an area detector (4) for detecting the X-ray radiation. Moreover, the device comprises a monochromatizing and two-dimensionally focussing condenser-based optical system (2) arranged in the optical path of X-ray radiation with two reflective elements (6) being arranged side-by-side for focussing impinging X-ray radiation on an object to be imaged (5) and a diffractive X-ray lens (3) for imaging the object to be imaged (5) on the X-ray detector (4). Typically, the illumination and imaging device is used for performing radiography, tomography and examination of a micro-electronic component or an iron-based material.
US10153058B2
To predict which Hepatitis C patients are at high-risk for disease progression or adverse health outcomes, baseline characteristics are measured for patients as well as longitudinal data, including clinical, laboratory and/or biopsy results, which may be collected periodically in follow-up visits with a healthcare professional. A machine learning engine may predict whether a patient is at high-risk for disease progression or adverse health outcomes based on the baseline characteristics and the longitudinal data for the patient.
US10153057B2
A system and method for generating and using a wearable device profile are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: a retention mechanism including an attachment mechanism configured to attach the retention mechanism to a body part of a user; a memory device for storage of information indicative of the location of the body part in a wearable device profile; and a data interface for communicating the wearable device profile to another electronic device.
US10153055B2
A serial arbitration for memory diagnostics and methods thereof are provided. The method includes running a built-in-self-test (BIST) on a plurality of memories in parallel. The method further includes, upon detecting a failing memory of the plurality of memories, triggering arbitration logic to shift data of the failing memory to a chip pad.
US10153054B2
Methods, systems, and devices for recovering fatigued ferroelectric memory cells are described. Recovery voltages may be applied to a ferroelectric memory cell that is fatigued due to repeated access (read or write) operations. The recovery voltage may have a greater amplitude than the access voltage and may include multiple voltage pulses or a constant voltage. The recovery operation may be performed in the background as the memory array operates, or it may be performed when a host device is not actively using the memory array. The recovery operations may be performed periodically or may include discrete series of pulses distributed among several instances.
US10153048B2
A method for reading data stored in a flash memory includes at least the following steps: controlling the flash memory to perform a plurality of read operations upon a plurality of memory cells included in the flash memory; obtaining a plurality of bit sequences read from the memory cells, respectively, wherein the read operations read bits of a predetermined bit order from the memory cells by utilizing different control gate voltage settings; and determining readout information of the memory cells according to binary digit distribution characteristics of the bit sequences.
US10153042B2
A computing device includes bit line processors, multiplexers and a decoder. Each bit line processor includes a bit line of memory cells and each cell stores one bit of a data word. A column of bit line processors stores the bits of the data word. Each multiplexer connects a bit line processor in a first row of bit line processors to a bit line processor in a second row of bit line processors. The decoder activates at least two word lines of the bit line processor of the first row and a word line in the bit line processor in the second row and enables a bit line voltage associated with a result of a logical operation performed by the bit line processor in the first row to be written into the cell in the bit line processor in the second row.
US10153039B1
The present disclosure includes memory cells programmed via multi-mechanism charge transports. An example apparatus includes a semiconductor material, a tunneling material formed on the semiconductor material, a charge trapping material formed on the tunneling material, a charge blocking material formed on the charge trapping material, and a metal gate formed on the charge blocking material. The charge trapping material comprises gallium nitride (GaN), and the memory cell is programmed to the target state via the multi-mechanism charge transport such that charges are simultaneously transported to the charge trapping material through a plurality of different channels.
US10153038B2
In some embodiments, a semiconductor memory device includes an array of semiconductor memory cells arranged in rows and columns. The array includes a first segment of memory cells and a second segment of memory cells. A first pair of complementary local bit lines extend over the first segment of memory cells and is coupled to multiple memory cells along a first column within the first segment of memory cells. A second pair of complementary local bit lines extend over the second segment of memory cells and is coupled to multiple memory cells along the first column within the second segment of memory cells. A pair of switches is arranged between the first and second segments of memory cells. The pair of switches is configured to selectively couple the first pair of complementary local bit lines in series with the second pair of complementary local bit lines.
US10153013B2
A data output buffer may be provided. The data output buffer may include a pull-up circuit configured to output a pull-up feedback signal by pull-up driving an output node. The data output buffer may include a pull-up driver configured to output the pull-up drive signal by driving a pull-up signal, and selectively activate the pull-up drive signal based on the pull-up feedback signal. The data output buffer may include a pull-down circuit configured to output a pull-down feedback signal by pull-down driving the output node based on a pull-down drive signal. The data output buffer may include a pull-down driver configured to output the pull-down drive signal by driving a pull-down signal, and selectively activate the pull-down drive signal based on the pull-down feedback signal.
US10153012B2
A processor includes N-bit registers and a decode unit to receive a multiple register memory access instruction. The multiple register memory access instruction is to indicate a memory location and a register. The processor includes a memory access unit coupled with the decode unit and with the N-bit registers. The memory access unit is to perform a multiple register memory access operation in response to the multiple register memory access instruction. The operation is to involve N-bit data, in each of the N-bit registers comprising the indicated register. The operation is also to involve different corresponding N-bit portions of an M×N-bit line of memory corresponding to the indicated memory location. A total number of bits of the N-bit data in the N-bit registers to be involved in the multiple register memory access operation is to amount to at least half of the M×N-bits of the line of memory.
US10153001B2
In an embodiment, a method of creating a skimming preview of a video includes electronically receiving a plurality of video shots, analyzing each frame in a video shot from the plurality of video shots, where analyzing includes determining a saliency of each frame of the video shot. The method also includes determining a key frame of the video shot based on the saliency of each frame the video shot, extracting visual features from the key frame, performing shot clustering of the plurality of video shots to determine concept patterns based on the visual features, and generating a reconstruction reference tree based on the shot clustering. The reconstruction reference tree includes video shots categorized according to each concept pattern.
US10152997B1
Systems and methods of laser bias calibration are presented. A preamplifier circuit may configure a laser current supplied to a laser emitter to be a first laser current of the plurality of laser currents during the writing of one or more first sectors. The preamplifier may further detect one or more gaps in a write power signal while the laser current of the laser emitter is configured to be the first laser current. In response to the detection of the one or more gaps in the write power signal, the preamplifier may configure the laser current supplied to the laser emitter to be a second laser current of the plurality of laser currents during the writing of one or more second sectors. The preamplifier circuit may be utilized in a heat assisted magnetic recording device.
US10152993B1
Linear Tape File System that can accommodate various storage orders, such as sequential and reverse sequential, on a tape medium. The storage order may be reversed (or otherwise changed) at the block level and also the bit order within the block level. The LFTS related data associated with the LFTS file system stores data sufficient to indicate storage order (for example, reverse), so that the motions of the tape medium and tape drive can be coordinated during reading or erasing operations to be performed in the correct order, with a view to the order the data was stored on the tape. Storing data in reverse order on an LFTS tape can lead to certain operational advantages.
US10152990B2
A flatbed cutter assembly includes a medium support table for supporting a recording medium, the table extending in a first direction and a second direction, the first direction being perpendicular to the second direction, a gantry arranged to be moveable over the medium support table in the first direction, a carriage support movably arranged on the gantry to move over the medium support table in the second direction, a cutter configured to be coupled to the carriage support and a controller for controlling the movements of the gantry, the carriage support and the cutter while moving over the medium support table. The controller is configured to cut through the recording medium from the front side to the back side along a cut path except for a plurality of bridges along the cut path, the recording medium intended to be printed on both front and back side of the recording medium, wherein parts of each bridge which are intended to be adjacent to printed images on the front and back side of the recording medium, are removed by the cutter.
US10152984B2
Systems and methods are presented for cross-fading (or other multiple clip processing) of information streams on a user or client device, such as a telephone, tablet, computer or MP3 player, or any consumer device with audio playback. Multiple clip processing can be accomplished at a client end according to directions sent from a service provider that specify a combination of (i) the clips involved; (ii) the device on which the cross-fade or other processing is to occur and its parameters; and (iii) the service provider system. For example, a consumer device with only one decoder, can utilize that decoder (typically hardware) to decompress one or more elements that are involved in a cross-fade at faster than real time, thus pre-fetching the next element(s) to be played in the cross-fade at the end of the currently being played element. The next elements(s) can, for example, be stored in an input buffer, then decoded and stored in a decoded sample buffer, all prior to the required presentation time of the multiple element effect. At the requisite time, a client device component can access the respective samples of the decoded audio clips as it performs the cross-fade, mix or other effect. Such exemplary embodiments use a single decoder and thus do not require synchronized simultaneous decodes.
US10152983B2
A method and apparatus for performing coding and decoding for high-frequency bandwidth extension. The coding apparatus may down-sample an input signal, perform core coding on the down-sampled input signal, perform frequency transformation on the input signal, and perform bandwidth extension coding by using a base signal of the input signal in a frequency domain.
US10152982B2
An audio signal processing device comprises a discontinuity detector configured to determine an occurrence of a discontinuity from a sudden increase of an amplitude of decoded audio obtained by decoding the first audio packet which is received correctly after an occurrence of a packet loss, and a discontinuity corrector for correcting the discontinuity of the decoded audio.
US10152981B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide signal encoding and decoding methods and devices. The method includes: determining, a quantity k of subbands to be encoded, where i is a positive number, and k is a positive integer; selecting, according to quantized envelopes of all subbands, k subbands from all the subbands, or selecting k subbands from all subbands according to a psychoacoustic model; and performing a first-time encoding operation on spectral coefficients of the k subbands. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the quantity k of subbands to be encoded is determined according to the quantity of available bits and the first saturation threshold, and encoding is performed on the k subbands that are selected from all the subbands, instead of on an entire frequency band, which can reduce spectrum holes of a signal obtained through decoding, and therefore, can improve auditory quality of an output signal.
US10152979B2
An apparatus for processing an encoded audio signal having a plurality of downmix signals associated with a plurality of input audio objects and object parameters E. The apparatus includes a grouper configured to group the downmix signals into groups of downmix signals associated with a set of input audio objects. The apparatus includes a processor configured to perform at least one processing step individually on the object parameters Ek of each set of input audio objects in order to provide group results. Further, there is a combiner configured to combine the group results or processed group results in order to provide a decoded audio signal. The grouper is configured to group the downmix signals so that each input audio object belongs to just one set of input audio objects. The invention also refers to a corresponding method.
US10152978B2
A decoder for generating an audio output signal having one or more audio output channels from a downmix signal is provided. The downmix signal encodes one or more audio object signals. The decoder has a control unit. Moreover, the decoder has a first analysis module for transforming the downmix signal to obtain a first transformed downmix having a plurality of first subband channels. Furthermore, the decoder has a second analysis module for generating, when an activation indication is set to the activation state, a second transformed downmix. Moreover, the decoder has an un-mixing unit, wherein the un-mixing unit is configured to un-mix the second transformed downmix. Furthermore, an encoder is provided.
US10152977B2
A device includes an encoder. The encoder is configured to receive two audio channels. The encoder is also configured to determine a mismatch value indicative of an amount of a temporal mismatch between the two audio channels. The encoder is further configured to determine, based on the mismatch value, at least one of a target channel or a reference channel. The target channel corresponds to a lagging audio channel of the two audio channels and the reference channel corresponds to a leading audio channel of the two audio channels. The encoder is also configured to generate a modified target channel by adjusting the target channel based on the offset value. The encoder is further configured to generate at least one encoded channel based on the reference channel and the modified target channel.
US10152975B2
A method, device, system, and computer medium for providing interactive advertising are provided. For example, a device may request an advertisement from a remote server, receive the advertisement, receive a response from a user who is listening and/or watching the advertisement, and transmit the response to the server for further action. The user may input a response by speaking. A server may receive an advertisement request from the device, select an advertisement based on pre-defined one or more criteria, transmit the selected advertisement to the device for play, receive from the device a response to the selected advertisement, and then perform an action corresponding to the received response.
US10152972B1
A method includes converting a user's utterance to text; encapsulating the converted text in a rheme object; searching, for each of a plurality of topics, for keywords in the converted text; determining a relevancy metric for each of the plurality of topics based on such searching; selecting one or more topics based on determined relevancy metrics; comparing some or all of the converted text to names in one or more patient lists or databases; identifying a unique patient whose name is contained in the converted; attaching an indication of the identified patient to the rheme object; effecting an action based on the selected one or more topics and the attached patient indication; and saving the topic in a conversation history with a reference to the identified patient.
US10152962B2
Embodiments include a vehicle comprising an audio system configured to create a plurality of audio zones within a vehicle cabin, and at least one display communicatively coupled to the audio system. The display is configured to display a separate user interface for each audio zone. Each user interface comprises an engine sound control and a cabin noise control for adjusting an audio output provided to the corresponding audio zone. Embodiments also include a method of providing user-controlled sound isolation in a plurality of audio zones within a vehicle. The method comprises presenting, for each audio zone, a user interface including an engine sound control and a cabin noise control, and generating an audio output for each audio zone based on a first value received from the engine sound control and a second value received from the cabin noise control of the corresponding user interface.
US10152958B1
An electronic musical performance controller comprising a microprocessor, proximity sensor, gyroscope, accelerometer, narrow beam guide light, and one or more finger monitoring sensors. The proximity sensor is mounted on the front of the controller and represents the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system. Preprogrammed events are mapped into the surrounding space at fixed distances and pitch and yaw angles from the proximity sensor. The guide light beam illuminates the proximity sensor's field of view. The controller is held in one hand and the guide light beam is aimed at the other hand. When the player's finger triggers a finger monitoring sensor, the length of the guide light beam and the pitch and yaw of the proximity sensor are measured. This information is used to determine which mapped event the player is selecting. The preprogrammed event is then output via a MIDI bus or built in sound module and speaker.
US10152954B2
A musical string, in particular a string instrument musical string, has a substantially circularly-cylindrical outer contour and includes an inner part having an inner part cross section delimited by an inner part boundary line. The inner part includes at least one supporting string core. At least in a specifiable length section of the musical string, the inner part boundary line has at least one curved, convex boundary line section. The inner part cross section of the inner part has a width which is greater than a height of the inner part cross section in perpendicular relation to the width.
US10152953B2
According to an illustrative embodiment, an image display method is provided. The method includes detecting a position of a user, detecting a position of a physical object, and defining a non-display area of a display based on the position of the user and the position of the physical object.
US10152951B2
A method, system, and article of manufacture are described for interactive control of multiple images with a high dynamic range that are displayed simultaneously. A medical image control engine provides several synchronous functional capabilities, which comprises an input module, a blending factor synchronization module, a window/level synchronization module, a display module, and an image storage. For window/level adjustment of two images in blended views, the blending factor synchronization module is configured to automatically link the activation of a window/level control of one image with a transparency blending factor that affects both images. For synchronization of window/level adjustments of two or more images, a window/level synchronization module is configured to automatically change window/level parameters of all remaining images when the user makes an adjustment to a window/level control of one image such that all images with updated window/level parameters are displayed simultaneously.
US10152945B2
There is provided an image processing apparatus capable of appropriately performing conversion processing using a lookup table on image data in an image format with a wide dynamic range. In the image processing apparatus, a system control unit sets a second dynamic range (display range) as a display target in a first dynamic range (input range) corresponding to an image format of input image data. A 1D-LUT data generation unit generates, based on the set second dynamic range (display range), first lookup table (LUT) data as a lookup table for performing first conversion processing on the input image data. A 3D-LUT data generation unit generates, based on the first dynamic range (display range), second lookup table (LUT) data as a lookup table for performing second conversion processing on image data obtained by the first conversion processing.
US10152944B2
Color signals to be displayed on a colored display surface and having a first gamut in a color space, are subjected to radiometric compensation. An embodiment includes displaying on the colored surface a set of control points of a known color, acquiring via a camera the control points as displayed on the colored surface and evaluating at least one second color gamut of the control points displayed on the colored surface. The second color gamut(s) is/are misaligned with respect to the first color gamut due to the display surface being a colored surface. The method may also include evaluating as an intersection gamut, the misalignment of the second color gamut(s) with respect to the first color gamut, calculating the color transformation operator(s) as a function of the misalignment evaluated, and applying the color transformation operator(s) to the color signals for display on the colored display surface.
US10152942B2
A display apparatus includes a timing controller, a data driver and a display panel. The data driver generates a positive polarity data voltage and a negative polarity data voltage based on image data compensated by the timing controller. The display panel includes a first pixel driven based on the positive polarity voltage and a second pixel driven based on the negative polarity voltage. The display panel receives a storage voltage applied to the first pixel and the second pixel. The timing controller compensates the image data when a variation on a level of the storage voltage occurs. The compensation shifts a level of the first data voltage from a first normal level to a first compensation level in a direction, and shifts a level of the second data voltage from a second normal level to a second compensation level in the same direction.
US10152939B2
A gate driving circuit according to the present disclosure may include: a plurality of gate driving units, each of which is connected to a pulse signal input end, a timing control signal input end and at least two adjacent gate scanning lines respectively, and configured to sequentially provide the at least two adjacent gate scanning lines connected thereto with a pulse signal inputted by the pulse signal input end under a control of a timing control signal inputted by the timing control signal input end. The pulse signal input end is connected to a gate driver which outputs the pulse signal based on a number of gate scanning lines corresponding to each of the gate driving units.
US10152937B2
This semiconductor device includes a first regulator that stabilizes an input voltage to generate a stabilized voltage; a voltage boosting circuit that boosts the stabilized voltage to generate a boosted voltage; a second regulator that stabilizes the boosted voltage to generate a first power supply voltage; and a third regulator that is connected to the second regulator in parallel, and that stabilizes the boosted voltage to generate a second power supply voltage.
US10152936B2
A novel circuit, a novel display portion, a novel display system, or the like is provided. A circuit, a display portion, a display system, or the like which has low power consumption is provided. A plurality kinds of video signals are generated by division of input data and supplied to different pixel groups. Thus, for example, the plurality of video signals can be supplied individually, and the operation states of a plurality of driver circuits can be controlled individually, leading to fine-grained operation with low power consumption. Accordingly, a decoder, a display portion, or a display system having low power consumption can be provided.
US10152933B2
A driving method used in a liquid crystal display (LCD) is used for preventing or mitigating an image sticking occurring on a screen of the LCD. The driving method includes driving a data line outputted to a liquid crystal capacitor on the screen with a first voltage signal; and driving a reference voltage line outputted to the liquid crystal capacitor with a second voltage signal; wherein the second voltage signal and the first voltage signal have inverse voltage polarities.
US10152931B2
A display device includes a display panel that displays an image, a drive circuit that outputs a drive signal to the display panel, a power supply line that is formed in the display panel to supply a power supply voltage to the drive circuit, and a ground line that is formed in the display panel to supply a ground potential to the drive circuit. At least parts of the power supply line and the ground line overlap each other in planar view with an insulator interposed therebetween.
US10152929B2
A liquid crystal panel and the driving method thereof are disclosed. The liquid crystal panel includes at least one storage electrode, a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixel areas. Each of the pixel areas includes a pixel electrode, a first TFT and a second TFT. The first TFT drives the corresponding pixel electrode. The gate of the second TFT connects with the previous scanning line, and one of the source and the drain of the second TFT connects to the corresponding pixel electrode within the pixel area, and the other one connects with the storage electrode. In this way, the optimal common voltage is applied to the liquid crystal panel when the liquid crystal panel is in a displaying process, and thus the display performance is guaranteed.
US10152924B2
An organic light emitting diode display device including: a timing controller that receives an image signal and a plurality of timing signals from an external system and output an image data, a gate control signal and a data control signal; a peak luminance controlling unit that calculates a peak luminance according to an average picture level of the image data and calculates a modified peak luminance by modifying the peak luminance according to one or more of a color change and a scene change of the image data; a gate driver that generates a gate signal using the gate control signal; a data driver that generates a data signal using the modified peak luminance, the image data and the data control signal; and a display panel that displays an image using the gate signal and the data signal.
US10152913B1
An anti-interference display panel includes a source driving chip, a switching signal line, a multiplexer, and an anti-interference signal line. The source driving chip is configured to generate a data signal. The switching signal line is configured to transmit a switching signal. The multiplexer is configured to receive the data signal and the switching signal, and is configured to output the data signal according to the switching signal. The anti-interference signal line is configured to transmit an anti-interference signal. An equivalent resistor and an equivalent capacitor are formed on the anti-interference signal line, and resistance of the equivalent resistor is approximate to resistance of a load resistor coupled to the switching signal line, and capacitance of the equivalent capacitor is approximate to capacitance of a load capacitor coupled to the switching signal line. A voltage of the anti-interference signal falls when a voltage of the switching signal rises, and rises when the voltage of the switching signal falls.
US10152905B2
Briefly, a method for verifying the visual perceptibility of a display is provided. An intended message is written to a bistable display. Pixels that comprise portions of the message are measured and evaluated to determine if the message actually displayed on the bistable display was perceptible by a human or a machine. In some cases, information regarding the message actually perceivable from the display may be stored for later use. Responsive to determining that a message is perceivable or not perceivable, alarms may be set, one or more third parties notified, or additional display features may be set.
US10152903B2
Apparatuses are disclosed, including apparatuses providing a rotatable sign configured with a base, a display panel, and a support, where a portion of the support defines a horizontal axis and is secured to the panel. The base may be configured to hold the support to allow rotation about the horizontal axis, the height of the horizontal axis of the support may be equal to or lower than a midpoint of the panel height. In addition, apparatuses are disclosed that include a counterweight attached to a support, where some or all of the counterweight may be below the horizontal axis of the support when the support is in an initial rotational position, such that it is disposed to return a sign back to its vertical orientation when in use.
US10152896B2
A teaching device includes a base and a first set of equipment. The first set of equipment includes a first rod portion including a first spiraling rod portion installed in the base. A first encircled object is disposed on the base plate and is encircled by the first spiraling rod portion. Also included is a first rod slider. The first rod slider is slidably movable along the first rod portion and around the first encircled object.
US10152895B2
Disclosed is an automatic climbing and gliding method of a high altitude unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The disclosed method includes setting a cylindrical virtual flight region so that the high altitude UAV climbs and glides, setting a first target point on an end of a first flight radius which is vertically arranged to form the virtual flight region, setting second to Nth target points at arbitrary second to Nth flight radii sequentially arranged above or below the first flight radius, having the target points have a predetermined plane slope angle, and allowing the UAV to climb along a straight path line sequentially connecting each of the target points.
US10152892B2
In one embodiment, a method includes detecting, by a computing device of an autonomous vehicle, one of multiple entities within a proximity of the autonomous vehicle. The method also includes determining a location of the one of the entities relative to the autonomous vehicle, determining a type of the one of the entities, and determining a predefined message to be presented to the one of the entities based on the location of the one of the entities relative to the autonomous vehicle and further based on the type of the one of the entities. The predefined message is specific to the type of the one of the entities. The method includes causing the predefined message to be presented to the one of the entities by a notification device of the autonomous vehicle associated with the location of the one of the entities relative to the autonomous vehicle.
US10152887B2
A route searching device extracts roads reaching a destination from a current position as candidate routes based on a predetermined condition, calculates a link cost of each of lanes in the candidate routes based on traffic information, and determines a lane-basis travel route based on the link costs of the respective lanes.
US10152883B2
A driving support device detects a speed limit by imaging a speed sign indicating the speed limit of a traveling lane. Also, the driving support device continuously acquires attribute information from a car navigation system. The speed limit recognized from a road sign is displayed on a screen mounted in a vehicle. When the speed limit recognized from the road sign is not equal to a speed limit acquired from the car navigation system, a display time of the speed limit is limited. When the attribute information is changed, display of the speed limit is stopped.
US10152880B2
Systems, methods and media for remote control of electronic devices using a proximity sensor are provided. In some implementations, the system comprises: a proximity sensor comprising an infrared emitter and an infrared detector, wherein the proximity sensor is configured to emit infrared light having specific properties using the infrared emitter and sense reflected light having the specific properties using the infrared detector to determine proximity of the sensor to an object; and a hardware processor that is programmed to: receive a user instruction to cause a command to be issued to control an electronic device; determine a code to be transmitted that corresponds to the command from a plurality of codes associated with the electronic device; and provide at least one signal to the proximity sensor to cause the proximity sensor to emit an infrared signal corresponding to the code instead of emitting infrared light having the specific properties.
US10152865B2
A portable information terminal is provided. The portable information terminal includes a housing, a light-emitting region provided for a first surface of the housing, an imaging unit provided for said first surface of the housing, and a controller for supplying a control pulse signal and a shutter signal. The light-emitting region emits pulsed light in accordance with the control pulse signal. The imaging unit performs imaging in an emission direction of the pulsed light and supplies image information in accordance with the shutter signal.
US10152863B2
A dual communication frequency RFID circuit includes a logic unit for processing data signals received or transmitted at a first frequency by a first antenna or at a second frequency by a second antenna, and a unit for managing the state of a tamper loop linked to the integrated circuit by two connection terminals. The management unit includes a first low-pass filter linked to a first connection terminal, a second low-pass filter linked to a second connection terminal, a current source for supplying a current through the first low-pass filter, a switch linked at the output of the second low-pass filter, and a first inverter connected between the current source and the first low-pass filter for supplying an output signal for the state of the tamper loop to the logic unit.
US10152857B2
Some embodiments provide a method for separating the motion detection zone(s) of an A/V recording and communication device from the motion alert zone(s) of the A/V recording and communication device. For example, an A/V recording and communication device may be configured to generate motion alerts, and to record audio and video footage, when an event is detected within a selected motion alert zone (e.g., within a defined radius around the A/V recording and communication device). However, the A/V recording and communication device may not generate a motion alert for an event detected outside of the selected motion alert zone, even though the device may still record audio and video footage for the detected event (e.g., when the event is within a selected motion detection zone).
US10152854B2
A wireless device is possessed by a user. A reporting unit reports, to a management device, status information regarding the surrounding environment of the wireless device and position information of the wireless device. A requesting unit requests the management device to perform guidance to an evacuation route. An accepting unit accepts an instruction for guidance to an evacuation route from the management device when the requesting unit does not request guidance. A notification unit performs notification of an evacuation route.
US10152852B2
An optical fiber cord management system and method is provided to monitor and manage optical fiber cords locations in telecommunication equipment. The system may comprise an antenna to receive a radio signal propagated from an optical fiber cord, and a processor, in communication with the antenna, to receive radio signal data. The processor may determine if the radio signal data matches a modulated radio signal. If the processor determines that the radio signal data associated with the radio signal matches the modulated radio signal, the processor causes a luminescent member to illuminate.
US10152848B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to gaming devices having a delayed bonus win determination and methods of operating gaming systems and gaming devices to provide delayed bonus win determinations. Here, contributions to a linked jackpot may be separated from the chance to win the linked jackpot, where the chance to win the linked jackpot can be stored and used at a later time.
US10152846B2
A gaming system including a plurality of gaming machines is provided. The gaming machines may be configured to provide bonus games with persistent. The gaming machines may be configured to allow a player to enroll in bonus game with persistence and generate a record locator, such as printed ticket that allows a record of a state in the bonus game with persistence to be accessed at a later time. A server coupled to the plurality of gaming machines may maintain records of various states in the bonus game with persistence. When a valid record locator is presented at a gaming machine, these records may be checked out and updated via game play at the gaming machine.
US10152844B2
A graphical user interface for a gaming console is configured to render a first graphical element in a first region that includes multiple user selectable resource objects, detect a first touching operation at a first location in the first region to select and highlight a resource, detect a first touching operation and a second touching operation in the second region, render an instance of the resource at a first and second location in the second region, determine if a time period of the first and second touching operation exceeds a predetermined time period, and if so, render multiple instances of the resource at the first and second location in the second region, wherein a number of rendered the multiple instances of the resource is determined by a duration that the time period of the second touching exceeds the predetermined time period.
US10152842B2
A beverage vending machine includes at least one outer casing with at least one magazine for accommodating agricultural products of fruit and vegetables. The machine is functionally associated with at least one device for centrifugal juicing of the agricultural products to obtain a centrifugally juiced fraction that can be utilized outside the casing. The centrifugal juicing device includes at least one element for the automatic pressing of at least one agricultural product to be subjected to centrifugal juicing against a rotating reference surface, affected by a component for automatically shredding the agricultural product supplied by the magazine for its optimum centrifugal juicing.
US10152837B1
A system and method for reading a credential for an access system is provided. The system may include a plurality of readers, link coupling assemblies and a read head housing a plurality of credential pickup coils of the link coupling assemblies. When a user places a credential, the plurality of readers, via link coupling, determines whether the credential utilizes the same modulation technology, and the reader which utilizes the same modulation technology reads the credential, thereafter determining whether or not to grant the user access.
US10152833B2
In order to determine a defective component of a vehicle, a defect of a first sensor system which is located at a first position in the vehicle is detected. A component, which is located between the first position and the outer edge of the vehicle and is, in particular, sensorless, of the vehicle is marked as being defective.
US10152830B2
An athlete (1) measures sprint time by locating a smartphone (3) having a camera and crystal oscillator clock which is first activated at the finish line. The sprint end time is recorded by a photo stamp time app activated by a video trigger causing the smartphone (3) to send a RF stop event signal to the athlete's wrist mounted motion sensor (2). Before this a sensor timer or clock is started via the sprinter's start event. The sprinter's start activates the sensor's clock and saves the captured start time including time drift error. Upon the phone app selecting the run time function, a sync command sent to the sensor (2) by the app zeros out the phone and sensor timers. A one-time crystal calibration routine correcting for drift errors caused by the smartphone's operating system is activated which provides the sprint with a corrected start time.
US10152827B2
A method to provide a 3D outfit model able to be adjusted corresponding to a 3D human model. The method includes following steps. A three-dimensional (3D) human model is provided, and vertices of the 3D human model are located at first positions. A 3D outfit model is provided, and vertices of the 3D outfit model are located at second positions. In response to that the 3D human model is deformed and the vertices of the 3D human model are displaced from the first positions to third positions, the 3D outfit model is adjusted corresponding to the 3D human model, by setting each of the vertices of the 3D outfit model to fourth positions according to the second positions and displacements of the vertices of the 3D human model between the first positions and the third positions.
US10152802B2
A method of determining a silhouette of a remote object is disclosed herein. The method can include directing an array of telescopes at a star to sense an intensity of EM radiation over time and transmit signals corresponding to the intensity. The signals can be received at a computing device. Each signal can be indicative of a portion of an intensity diffraction pattern generated by an occlusion of the star by an occluding object. The signals can be combined to form a two-dimensional, intensity diffraction pattern. Each point on the intensity diffraction pattern associated with a time, a position of each telescope in the array, and an intensity of the sensed EM radiation. A silhouette of the occluding object can be determined based on the intensity diffraction pattern. A system for performing the method is also disclosed herein.
US10152801B2
A method for depth mapping includes projecting a pattern of optical radiation onto an object. A first image of the pattern on the object is captured using a first image sensor, and this image is processed to generate pattern-based depth data with respect to the object. A second image of the object is captured using a second image sensor, and the second image is processed together with another image to generate stereoscopic depth data with respect to the object. The pattern-based depth data is combined with the stereoscopic depth data to create a depth map of the object.
US10152800B2
The disclosure provides a stereoscopic vision three dimensional measurement method and system calculating a laser speckle as a texture. The measurement method includes that: a forming process of a laser speckle is simulated first, and calculation is performed to obtain a digitized laser speckle diagram, then the laser speckle diagram is outputted onto a film or a photographic dry plate, the laser speckle diagram on the film or the photographic dry plate is projected onto a surface of a measured object subsequently; a left view and a right view of the measured object are acquired finally, and all matching points corresponding to each other are found in the left view and the right view, and then a three dimensional point cloud of the surface of the measured object is reconstructed.
US10152796B2
An example method for segmenting an object contained in an image includes receiving an image including a plurality of pixels, transforming a plurality of characteristics of a pixel into respective neutrosophic set domains, calculating a neutrosophic similarity score for the pixel based on the respective neutrosophic set domains for the characteristics of the pixel, segmenting an object from background of the image using a region growing algorithm based on the neutrosophic similarity score for the pixel, and receiving a margin adjustment related to the object segmented from the background of the image.
US10152793B2
Provided are a magnetic resonance (MR) image processing method and an MR image processing apparatus. The MR image processing apparatus includes: a signal transceiver that transmits or receives a signal to or from the heart; and an image processor that obtains a plurality of MR images of the heart by using the transmitted or received signal, determines at least one contour from each of the plurality of MR images; obtains first information about a first region formed by the at least one contour; and detects an apex MR image or a base MR image of the heart from among the plurality of MR images based on the first information, wherein a location of an apex or a base is automatically detected from a plurality of short-axis MR images of the heart.
US10152781B2
A method for filtering a digital image, comprising segmenting the digital image into a plurality of tiles; computing tile histograms corresponding to each of the plurality of tiles; deriving a plurality of tile transfer functions from the tile histograms preferably using 1D convolutions; interpolating a tile transfer function from the plurality of tile transfer functions; and filtering the digital image with the interpolated tile transfer function. Many filters otherwise difficult to conceive or to implement are possible with this method, including an edge-preserving smoothing filter, HDR tone mapping, edge invariant gradient or entropy detection, image upsampling, and mapping coarse data to fine data.
US10152780B2
This invention provides a system and method for finding multiple line features in an image. Two related steps are used to identify line features. First, the process computes x and y-components of the gradient field at each image location, projects the gradient field over a plurality subregions, and detects a plurality of gradient extrema, yielding a plurality of edge points with position and gradient. Next, the process iteratively chooses two edge points, fits a model line to them, and if edge point gradients are consistent with the model, computes the full set of inlier points whose position and gradient are consistent with that model. The candidate line with greatest inlier count is retained and the set of remaining outlier points is derived. The process then repeatedly applies the line fitting operation on this and subsequent outlier sets to find a plurality of line results. The process can be exhaustive RANSAC-based.
US10152769B2
An image processing method is provided. Calculating sums of differences identified between a pixel value of a pixel of interest in an input image and pixel values of three pixels surrounding the pixel of interest. Calculating an average value of four pixel difference sums calculated by the pixel difference sum calculators. Calculating deviations between the average value and the four pixel difference sums calculated by the pixel difference sum calculators. Deriving a minimum coefficient from the candidates of coefficient calculated by a candidate coefficient calculator by using adjusted deviations derived from multiplying the deviations by a constant. Subtracting values derived from multiplying the adjusted deviations by the minimum coefficient from the pixel value of the pixel of interest in the input image and outputting values of four pixels in an enlarged image twice an original size of the input image in horizontal and vertical directions.
US10152759B2
A method for verification of travel and a purchase to prevent fraudulent redemption of a promotional offer for conditional transportation cost validation includes: using a customer's mobile computing device to transmit geolocation data to a validation network provider while present at the merchant's physical location; updating a token on the validation network provider's server using the geolocation data from the customer's mobile device, thereby confirming the customer's presence at the merchant's physical location; confirming the purchase by correlating transaction data from a linked payment method with the geolocation data from the customer's mobile device to update the token on the validation network provider's server; and automatically issuing a credit to the customer when the data points of the token fulfill the conditions of the promotional offer; wherein the promotional offer is to reimburse the customer for travel expenses the customer incurs for traveling to or from the merchant's physical location.
US10152746B2
There is provided an adaptive access-control and monitor system that comprises at least one portable communication device, further comprising, a transceiver that is adapted to receive and transmit communication signals via a telecommunication link, at least one imaging sensor that is adapted to provide image data to an image processor and a rechargeable energy source and a user interface. The system further comprises at least one first remote actuator that is actuatable by said communication signals and/or electromagnetic energy; at least one control station that is manned by at least one operator and which is adapted to receive and process said image data and monitor and/or control said at least one first remote actuator and said at least one portable communication device via said telecommunication link.
US10152745B2
The invention assembles an automobile, a network, and a database to selectively integrate data regarding the automobile and comprised of information extracted from a unique vehicle identifier, and a geographical location. The integrated assembly permits generation of information facilitating sales of the automobile in a system accessible by multiple users. The system integrated also features interconnections with third party databases contributing particular information regarding the geographical information regarding the vehicle. Dealer inventory data links may also facilitate direct connection between the network and a dealer network.
US10152742B2
Some embodiments described herein provide for a number of portable infusion pumps to be distributed to a pump user via a pharmacy system or like.
US10152740B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating recommendations. In response to receiving a request, the system generates a plurality of suggested recommendations for both a first bound and a second bound of a trip. The system stores the suggested recommendations corresponding to the first bound and the second bound in a memory, where the suggested recommendations corresponding to the second bound coincide to a subset of the suggested recommendations corresponding to the first bound published for display. The system publishes the suggested recommendations corresponding to the first bound for display to a user. In response to receiving an input that indicates a selected recommendation for the first bound, the system determines whether the selected recommendation is one of the subset of the suggested recommendations corresponding to the first bound.
US10152735B2
Embodiments disclose methods and systems for forming one or more ride-sharing groups of a ride-sharing system before executing a ride. The system receives a request for a ride from each user, each request includes details related to the ride and the user. Then, a compatibility score for each pair of users is computed. Based on the computed score, a ride-sharing group is created including one or more members estimated to be compatible with each other. The ride-sharing group is displayed to each member of the ride-sharing group along with pre-defined details of each member. Then a feedback about the ride-sharing group from each group member is received, the feedback being in the form of an acceptance or a rejection. Based on the feedback, the ride-sharing group is updated to include one or more new members or allocate one or more resources to the ride-sharing group.
US10152734B1
Embodiments disclosed herein can leverage dynamic data, fields and implied information from online media (e.g., web sites, mobile apps and other forms of online media) to create a universal variable map and automatically generate deep-linked ads utilizing the universal variable map, linking any arbitrary online media to any other arbitrary online media. The automatically generated deep-linked ads can be inserted into any ad server and served out from there in real-time. A deep-linked ad thus presented to a user can take the user from a starting page on one site or application where the ad is displayed directly to a resulting page such as a checkout page on another site or mobile application, with pertinent information already pre-populated, and action already initiated for the user.
US10152732B2
A system for creating a new advertisement unit is disclosed. The system can include a web browser, an ad server, and an advertisement creator server. The ad server is communicatively connected to the web browser, the ad server can be configured to store and deliver a plurality of advertisement units, and an advertisement creator server communicatively connected to the web browser and can be configured to host an ad creator engine, the ad creator engine can be configured to facilitate the creation of the new advertisement unit, wherein the web browser is configured to function as a graphical interface with the advertisement creator engine.
US10152720B2
A golf club comprises a club head having a hosel, a shaft disposed within the hosel, a ferrule disposed about the shaft at a coupling between the shaft and the hosel, and a tagging device coupled to the ferrule. The tagging device can be at least partially disposed within the ferrule, and the tagging device can be a wireless communication device.
US10152714B2
In one embodiment, a system comprises a database configured to store at least one record, at least one network communication device, a storage device comprising instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method. The method may comprise receiving a fraud communication associated with a first primary account number, calculating one or more limitations associated with the first primary account number based on an account associated with the first primary account number, and storing a database record including the first primary account number, a new primary account number, and the limitation(s). The method may further comprise receiving a transaction request including a second primary account number, and comparing the second primary account number to the at least one record. The method may also comprise, based on the comparing, enabling the transaction request to proceed, declining the transaction, or disabling the first primary account number.
US10152710B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for browser-based payment for content. A request for content is obtained from a client. It is determined whether a payment is sought for the content. It is determined whether a payment-signifying token is presented in a request protocol header of the request. A response protocol header indicating that the payment is sought is returned to the client in response to the request when the payment is sought for the content and the payment-signifying token is not presented in the request protocol header. The content is returned to the client in response to the request when the payment is sought for the content and the payment-signifying token is presented in the request protocol header.
US10152700B2
Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for facilitating a wireless transaction by coupling or associating an identifier to a location. The identifier is read, retrieved, or received by a customer's wireless communication device to connect to a POS terminal. Once connected, the wireless communication device sends a location identifier to the POS terminal, so that the POS terminal can associate the wireless communication device with the location. Once an association is established, the POS terminal then presents options. The POS terminal receives selections, and alerts a staff member of selections and the location. In many instances, the POS terminal also adds the selection to a bill or an invoice.
US10152694B2
According to some embodiments, a source application part may be established having a source data object with a set of source attribute identifiers and associated source attribute values. A target application part may also be established having a target data object with a set of target attribute identifiers. An object reuse platform may then receive, from a user via a graphical interface, an indication that the source data object relates to the target data object. The object reuse platform may then calculate, for each source attribute identifier, a probability that the source attribute identifier is associated with one of the target attribute identifiers.
US10152691B2
Radio frequency identification system for tracking and managing materials in a manufacturing process
A process management system uses a radio frequency identification (RFID) detection system in the form of, for example, a phased array antenna based RFID detection system to track and manage material storage and flow in a manufacturing process or plant. The process management system operates in conjunction with the various machines that implement manufacturing stages or steps of the manufacturing process to assure that the correct materials and processing procedures are used at or on the various production machines of the process to produce a particular product as defined by a job number or job order. The process management system is thereby able to increase the efficiencies of the plant and to increase the quality of the plant production by reducing or eliminating waste, manufacturing errors and shipping errors in the production facility.
US10152686B2
A shipping system and method for managing shipping of electronic devices with customer personal information. One or more electronic devices are scanned prior to shipping to a destination. A determination is made whether the one or more electronic devices include customer personal information in response to the scanning. An identification and metadata of the one or more electronic devices are recorded in response to determining the customer personal information is included on the one or more electronic devices. The one or more electronic devices are prevented from shipping by stopping generation of a shipping label for the one or more electronic devices.
US10152683B2
A method of demand response (DR) assessment may include reading energy economics data from a third party for an interval of a DR event period. The energy economics data may include a day-ahead demand, a day-ahead locational marginal pricing (LMP), and a real-time LMP. The method may also include estimating a real-time energy demand for the interval. Based on the energy economics data and the estimated real-time energy demand, the method may also include determining a demand imbalance for the interval. The method may also include calculating a cost of a DR event that exploits the demand imbalance. The method may also include selecting an energy curtailment request amount for the interval that optimizes profitability of the DR event.
US10152679B2
An asset tracking system includes sensors installed on an asset, where the sensors include a positioning sensor, and a remote central computing device configured to receive data from the sensors, process the data, associate it with a date/time of generation, and store the data in a database and including modules. A communication module receives requests for data and transmits the requested data, a display module displays the requested data, including indicating asset position on a map, an asset information module receives asset information and associates it with the asset, a route module receives route information, associates a driver with a route, and determines from the data whether the driver completes the route and whether the driver leaves the route, and a dashboard module displays a time-period data summary detailing information associated with the asset position over a set period of time.
US10152674B2
A method for accelerated decision tree execution in a processor of a digital system is provided that includes receiving at least some attribute values of a plurality of attribute values of a query for the decision tree in a pre-processing component, evaluating the received attribute values in the pre-processing component according to first early termination conditions corresponding to a first decision to determine whether or not the received attribute values fulfill first early termination conditions, and querying the decision tree with the plurality of attribute values when the received attribute values do not fulfill the first early termination conditions.
US10152668B2
An identification badge system having an image relaying device for communicating an electronic image, a base station for communicating with the image relaying device, a readiness indicator, and a reusable badge. The badge has a housing, a colored e-paper display, a radio frequency identification tag, and a Wi-Fi transponder and related circuitry that sends radio frequency signals to Wi-Fi routers or Bluetooth beacons in the facility using the system for real-time location tracking of the badge using GPS. Backscatter can be used to encode information on the Wi-Fi signals with little or no battery energy. Tracking information can be stored apart from the badge. The base station has at least one docking receptacle for docking the badge for charging only or also for communication of the electronic image to the badge e-paper display and for erasing the image from the display.
US10152667B2
At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag adapted to wirelessly communicate with a remote transceiver. The RFID tag includes a substrate; and first and second circuits disposed on the substrate and comprising respective first and second antennas magnetically coupled to one another. At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a RFID tag having a plurality of RF circuits, where each RF circuit is electronically coupled to a sensing element.
US10152658B2
A printing system includes a printer and an information processing device that includes a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions, the instructions being configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to, when there is not information stored in a queue area of the memory, determine to instruct the printer to start a pre-printing operation based on preparation instruction information. When there is information stored in the queue area, determine not to instruct the printer to start the pre-printing operation. In response to determining to instruct the printer to start the pre-printing operation, store the preparation instruction information into the queue area, and in response to determining to instruct the printer to start the pre-printing operation and storing the preparation instruction information into the queue area, generate print data based on specified contents data, and store print instruction information into the queue area.
US10152657B2
An image processing device performs: breaking down a drawing command into horizontal line parameters each indicating a drawing parameter on a line-by-line basis; and reading, from a translucent image storage unit configured to store a translucent image including a translucency value indicating a transmission rate of a color value corresponding to pixel for each of a plurality of pixels, the translucency values of pixels corresponding to the horizontal line parameter, and writing color values designated by the horizontal line parameter directly into a color image storage unit configured to store a color image including a color value for each of a plurality of pixels as the color values of the respective pixels corresponding to the horizontal line parameter without reading the color values of the pixels corresponding to the horizontal line parameter from the color image storage unit, when all of the read translucency values indicate transparent.
US10152653B2
Examples relate to providing spatial analysis using attribute graphs. In one examples, there are a number of spatial points that each represent characteristics in a dimensional space. Non-data points are generated in the dimensional space, and a Delaunay triangulation is performed using the spatial points and the non-data points to generate a plurality of edges, where interior points of the plurality of non-data points that are in an interior space of the plurality of spatial points are excluded from the Delaunay triangulation. Next, spatial edges from the plurality of edges that each connect a spatial point that is connected to a first mixed edge to another spatial point that is connected to a second mixed edge are identified, where the spatial edges are used to generate a robust contour of a cluster of the spatial points.
US10152650B2
A trademark retrieval method, comprising: establishing a sample trademark library and establishing a correlation between sample trademarks and division data for figurative element codes of known pending or registered figurative trademarks; extracting and processing image feature information about the sample trademarks, and establishing a correlation between the sample trademarks and the extracted image feature information; extracting image feature information about a trademark to be retrieved; carrying out matching retrieval by taking the image feature information as a retrieval condition, and finding out a sample trademark reaching a pre-determined similarity degree, and a sample trademark with the highest similarity degree and a corresponding figurative element code; acquiring and confirming a figurative element code of the trademark to be retrieved; taking the figurative element code as a retrieval condition to carry out matching retrieval, and finding out a matching sample trademark; collecting a result retrieved by taking the image feature information as the retrieval condition and a result retrieved by taking the figurative element code as the retrieval condition; and sequencing the collected trademarks according to the similarity degree of the image feature information. By means of the present disclosure, the standardized retrieval of figurative trademarks can be realized.
US10152646B2
A method for identifying keypoints in a digital image including a set of pixels. Each pixel has associated thereto a respective value of an image representative parameter. The method includes approximating a filtered image. The filtered image depends on a filtering parameter and includes for each pixel of the image a filtering function that depends on the filtering parameter to calculate a filtered value of the value of the representative parameter of the pixel. The approximating includes: a) generating a set of base filtered images; each base filtered image is the image filtered with a respective value of the filtering parameter; b) for each pixel of at least a subset of the set of pixels, approximating the filtering function by a respective approximation function based on the base filtered images; the approximation function is a function of the filtering parameter within a predefined range of the filtering parameter.
US10152641B2
A portable computing device equipped with an image capture device captures an image of a vehicle dashboard of a vehicle. Then, the portable computing device identifies the location of one or more components of the vehicle dashboard in the captured image. Based on the location of the one or more components, the portable computing device segments the captured image to obtain an image of each of the one or more components. Further, the portable computing device processes the images of the one or more components using one or more machine learning models to determine a reading associated with each of the one or more components. An accuracy of the readings is verified and responsively, the portable computing device inputs the readings in respective data fields of an electronic form. The readings associated with the one or more components of the vehicle dashboard represent data associated with the vehicle.
US10152640B2
According to the present invention, a system for verifying a lamp operation includes: a camera for acquiring an image around the vehicle; and an image processor for determining whether the lamp is broken based on the image acquired by the camera, in which the image processor receives a turn on state of the lamp through internal communication of the vehicle connected to the lamp and is operated in synchronization with timing at which the lamp is turned on and the image processor determines whether the lamp is broken by comparing images before and after the lamp is turned on if it is determined that the lamp is turned on.
US10152629B2
A method comprises receiving from a first data source first recognition results which are associated with the first data source, and receiving from a second data source second recognition results which are associated with the second data source. The method further comprises, processing a first set of confidence levels associated with the first recognition results to provide a first set of normalized confidence levels associated with the first data source, and processing a second set of confidence levels associated with the second recognition results to provide a second set of normalized confidence levels associated with the second data source. The method also comprises storing the first set of normalized confidence levels associated with the first data source in a first table of normalized confidence levels and the second set of normalized confidence levels associated with the second data source in a second table of normalized confidence levels.
US10152628B2
Devices, methods, and systems for occupancy detection are described herein. One device includes instructions to receive an image of a portion of a facility captured by an imaging device, the image defined by a field of view, and set a first occupancy detection threshold for a first part of the field of view and a second occupancy detection threshold for a second part of the field of view.
