US10155486B2
A reversible load floor is provided for a motor vehicle. The reversible load floor includes a body having a first user surface and a second user surface wherein the first user surface is opposed to the second user surface.
US10155480B2
Provided herein is a novel vehicle mounted ladder rack which advantageously combines the ability to carry a short ladder vertically and/or to support one end of a long ladder horizontally. The novel ladder rack of the invention allows workers to select the appropriate ladder length for a particular job and transport it using only a single rack.
US10155478B2
A system for detecting a hitch angle between a vehicle and a trailer is provided herein. An imaging device is configured to capture images of the trailer and a controller is configured to process the captured images. The controller derives an edge map and identifies trailer pixels therein. The controller defines a number of candidate lines in the edge map and determines the hitch angle based on an angle between a selected candidate line and a reference line.
US10155473B2
A rear window security grid and light system has a frame, a grid within it, cross units forming the grid, and a left member and a right member in each cross unit. The grid has a primary cross unit centered upon the frame. Upon each left member and each right member, the invention has at least one light emitting diode, or LED. The LED operate from the power supply of a vehicle or a separate battery. The LED provide at least three patterns: left chevron, right chevron, and a letter X. Each left member has an upper portion and a lower portion and each right member has an upper portion and a lower portion with LED upon each portion. The controls allow for selection of the chevron's direction, interval speed to simulate motion, and operation of the letter X upon each cross unit.
US10155441B2
A fuel door opener may include a main body coupled in a fuel door housing, and disposed to face a hinge of a fuel door rotatably coupled at one side of the fuel door housing, a locking rod which is disposed to be movable between a locking position where the fuel door is locked and an unlocking position where the fuel door is unlocked in accordance with opened and closed states of the fuel door, and an opening detection switch disposed in the main body adjacent to the locking rod, and detecting the opened and closed states of the fuel door by selectively coming into contact with the locking rod as the locking rod is positioned at the unlocking position.
US10155423B1
The subject invention, a collet receiver hitch, has a receiver tube with collet features, and a collet collar to eliminate the problem movement of the draw bar/mount inside the receiver. The first part is a collet receiver tube with an open end for accepting the ball mount shank. The second part is an outside collet collar. The outside collet collar is drawn onto the collet receiver tube, thereby causing the wedging action that, in turn, centers and holds the mount shank. The hitch pin is still required, and its use does not impair the subject invention.
US10155421B2
The invention concerns a fixing device for fixing a measuring sensor, such as a tire pressure sensor inside a tire cavity on a vehicle rim, in particular utility vehicle rim, comprising a band-shaped tension belt, which carries a receiving device for the measuring sensor:The invention is characterized in that the tension belt contains at a first end an eyelet for threading a second end opposite the first end, and starting from the second end and away from the first end on the surface of the tension belt, two textile fields are positioned behind one another in the longitudinal direction of the tension belt, one of which is fitted with barbed hooks and the other with loops to form together a Velcro fastener after folding the textile fields together on top of each other.
US10155420B2
A vehicle tire (1), comprising a tread (2) which is intended for rolling contact against a surface, said tread (2) being formed with a tread pattern (20) which comprises circumferential grooves (25) and transverse grooves (26) for removing water from a contact patch between the surface and the tire (1). The transverse groove (26) increases in width when progressing in a longitudinal direction of the transverse groove (26) from a sidewall (41, 42) of the tire (1) towards a center line (CL) of the tire and when progressing in a radial direction (R) outward from a base (263) of the transverse groove.
US10155410B2
To make it possible to easily change a writing line width.A ballpoint pen chip that brings a front half part side of a transfer ball into contact with an inward annular protrusion on a front end side in a chip body from a backward side of the inward annular protrusion and receives a rear half part side of the transfer ball with a front end part of a receiving member. The receiving member includes, on a front end side thereof, a reduction part gradually reduced in a cross-sectional area forward. A front-most end part of the reduction part is disposed backward from the transfer ball. A portion of the receiving member further on a rear side than the reduction part is unretreatably fixed to the chip body and configured to elastically contract when a pressing force is received from the transfer ball.
US10155407B2
A system (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) for producing a security element (4), in particular a vignette for a windshield (6) of a means of transport, is specified. This comprises a carrier element (3) with a first and a second surface, wherein a first sub-element (1) of the security element (4) is arranged in a first area (31) of the first surface and a second sub-element (2) of the security element (4) is arranged in a second area (32) of the first surface separated from the first area (31) by a fold edge (33). These sub-elements (1, 2) can be made to overlap with the first sub-element (1) by folding of the carrier element (3) along the fold edge (33) and can be adhered by means of an adhesive (25) arranged on the side of the second sub-element (2) facing away from the carrier element (3). An individualization feature (14) can be attached to a side of the first (1) and/or the second (2) sub-element facing away from the carrier element (3). Furthermore, a method for producing a security element (4) by means of such a system (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600), as well as a security element (4) obtained thereby, is specified.
US10155389B2
A head cleaning mechanism of the disclosure includes a recording head and a wiper. The recording head includes an ink ejection surface in which an ink ejection area with a plurality of ink ejection ports opened therein is provided. The wiper wipes the ink ejection surface in a specified direction. The recording head includes an inclined surface placed on an upstream side of the ink ejection surface in a wiping direction that is a direction in which the wiper wipes the ink ejection surface, the inclined surface being inclined downward toward a downstream side of the wiping direction. A plurality of cleaning liquid supply ports for supplying cleaning liquid are provided on a wiping-direction upstream side of a position in the inclined surface with which the wiper makes contact during wiping operation.
US10155388B2
A blowout port for gas is efficiently configured without impairing mist collection performance. Two blowout ports for gas are adjacent to each other by interposing a partition. An end of the partition is provided at a position near a deep side of the two blowout ports relative to ends of the two blowout ports so as to form a step.
US10155385B2
A liquid ejection head includes: a substrate including an energy-generating element; a flow path forming member including a discharge port and having a liquid flow path formed between the flow path forming member and the substrate; and a plurality of through-passages passing through the substrate, each of the through-passages including a first through-passage part serving as a common liquid chamber and a plurality of second through-passage parts communicating with the first through-passage part, wherein a separation wall separating the adjacent first through-passage parts includes a plate-shaped member separating the adjacent first through-passage parts and approximately vertical to a substrate in-plane direction and, at least one protrusion protruding from the plate-shaped member in the substrate in-plane direction and contacting a bottom portion of the first through-passage part.
US10155382B2
An ink jet print head 1 includes: a pressure chamber (cavity) 7; a movable film formation layer 10 arranged on the pressure chamber 7 and including a movable film 10A defining a ceiling surface portion of the pressure chamber 7; a piezoelectric element 9 formed on the movable film 10A and including a lower electrode 11, a piezoelectric film 12 formed on the lower electrode 11, and an upper electrode 13 formed on the piezoelectric film 12; and first upper wiring 16. The upper electrode 13 includes a main electrode portion 13A constituting the piezoelectric element 9 and an extension portion 13B as second upper wiring drawn out of the main electrode portion 13A and connected to the first upper wiring 16. The first upper wiring 16 has a portion arranged between the extension portion 13B and the movable film formation layer 10, and, within this portion, the extension portion 13B is connected to the first upper wiring 16.
US10155377B2
The present invention relates to a print system, such as an ink jet printer, which performs printing on a medium, such as a sheet that is transported.
US10155371B2
An automated bonding sequence system and method for customizing a bonding sequence is provided. The method includes the steps of detecting that a first substrate is in close proximity with the a second substrate, during an optical bonding operation, wherein at least the first substrate includes an amount of adhesive for optically bonding to the second substrate, stopping an automated process of optically bonding of the optical bonding operation, in response to the detecting, recording operator feedback control signals, the operator feedback control signals being received from a controller being operated by an operator to contact the first substrate and the second substrate, analyzing the operator feedback control signals to determine a bonding sequence for automatically optically bonding the first substrate and the second substrate, and resuming, by the processor, the automated process of the optical bonding operation.
US10155370B2
An overlay applicator can include an overlay with a top side and a bottom side. The bottom side can include an adhesive agent configured to adhere to a screen of an electronic device. The overlay applicator can include an adhesive release liner. The adhesive release liner can include a top side and a bottom side. The top side of the adhesive release liner can be removably attached to the bottom side of the overlay. The adhesive release liner can be configured to protect the adhesive agent at the bottom side of the overlay from contaminants. The overlay applicator can include a protective film removably attached to the top side of the overlay. The overlay applicator can include an alignment tab. The alignment tab can include an alignment mechanism. The overlay applicator further can include a pull tab. The pull can include a wiper. Other embodiments are provided.
US10155363B2
A high impact and load bearing building panel includes a first magnesium oxide board, a phenolic resin sheet, an expanded polystyrene layer, and a second magnesium oxide board. The phenolic resin sheet is laminated with the expanded polystyrene layer, and the first magnesium oxide board is laminated with the phenolic resin sheet opposite of the expanded polystyrene layer. The second magnesium oxide board is laminated with the expanded polystyrene layer opposite of the phenolic resin sheet. The high impact and load bearing building panel is used for building construction to construct exterior walls, interior walls, roofs, floors, and foundation systems.
US10155361B2
Provided herein are nanoparticulate coated structures and methods of making structures. The structures comprise a support element, a nanoparticulate layer, and a binder disposed on the support element, wherein the binder comprises an alkali silicate or borate. In addition, methods of making the structures and uses of the described structures are described herein.
US10155360B2
Gypsum panels, methods for their manufacture, and systems and methods for monitoring environmental conditions with such panels are provided herein. The panels include a gypsum core having a first surface and an opposed second surface, a first facer material associated with the first surface of the gypsum core, and an environmental sensor assembly associated with the gypsum panel and configured to detect an environmental condition of the gypsum panel and wirelessly communicate data on the environmental condition to a reader.
US10155345B2
A method of forming a three-dimensional object is carried out by: (a) providing a carrier and an optically transparent member having a build surface, the carrier and the build surface defining a build region therebetween, with the carrier positioned adjacent and spaced apart from the build surface at a start position; then (b) forming an adhesion segment of the three-dimensional object (c) optionally but preferably forming a transition segment of the three dimensional object; and then (d) forming a body segment of the three dimensional object. In each case, the segment can be formed by: (i) filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid, (ii) continuously or intermittently irradiating the build region with light through the optically transparent, and (iii) continuously or intermittently advancing the carrier away from the build surface, to thereby form that segment from the polymerizable liquid.
US10155344B2
A prepreg fabrication system provided with an impregnation zone, which includes: (i) a movable support surface for supporting a continuous web material during impregnation; (ii) an endless roller chain carrying a plurality of linking, rotatable idler rollers, a portion of the roller chain facing the movable support surface; and (iii) pressure applicators for pressing at least some of the idler rollers facing the support surface against the support surface to form pressure nips. The movable support surface is configured to move at a first velocity during operation and the roller chain is configured to revolve at a second velocity different from the first velocity so as to establish a relative velocity between the revolving roller chain and the moving support surface, and wherein the relative movements of the support surface and the roller chain create pressure nips that are moving in the same direction as the moving direction of the support surface.
US10155341B2
A fiber-reinforced plastic joined body is provided, in which a fiber-reinforced molded article (X) containing carbon fibers and a thermoplastic resin and having a joining surface (x), and a thermoplastic resin member (Y) having a joining surface (y) are welded via the joining surfaces (x) and (y) by applying ultrasonic to the molded article (X), and in which: (1) a maximum value of tan δ by viscoelastic measurement of the molded article (X) is less than 70% of a maximum value of tan δ by viscoelastic measurement of the thermoplastic resin contained in the molded article (X) within a range of a glass transition temperature ±100° C. of the thermoplastic resin contained in the molded article (X), (2) at least one of the joining surfaces (x) and (y) has an energy director, and (3) an application surface of the molded article (X) to which ultrasonic sound is applied is smooth.
US10155334B2
A method of molding a composition comprising a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (TLCP) comprising mesogens; providing a mold having a mold cavity, with a feature cavity comprising a fine feature chamber; heating the composition to form molten composition; filling the fine feature chamber with molten composition moving at a flow velocity that causes flow alignment of at least a portion of the mesogens in the molten TLCP filling the fine feature chamber, relative to a flow direction of the moving molten composition; and solidifying the molten composition such that mesogens of at least the solidified TLCP in the fine feature chamber maintain their flow alignment. A molded article comprising a body and a 3-dimensional structural feature protruding out from the body and comprising a fine feature element having a minor dimension, with TLCP mesogens across the minor dimension being in a flow aligned state.
US10155326B2
Preform, made of plastic material for the manufacturing of hollow bodies through a blow-molding process, in which said preform comprises a substantially cylindrical body (1) having an open end (2) and a closed end {4), in which said closed end (4) has an outer surface with a varying curvature which is entirely enveloped within a hemispherical surface having a radius equal to the outer radius (R) of the cylindrical body (1) of the preform, said outer surface with varying curvature being tangent to the hemispherical surface in which it is enveloped in correspondence of the circular crown C and of the preform vertex.
US10155324B2
A cutter includes a cutting edge, a rear, a cutting surface, a foot and a longitudinal axis, as well as a transverse axis, wherein a stop surface is provided on the rear pointing towards the cutting edge. The stop surface extends in the direction of the transverse axis and is provided at an angle (alpha) of between 92° and 112° in relation to the longitudinal axis. In addition, the cutter is suitable for use in a cutter head having a carrier body, in which at least one radially outwardly open recess is provided for receiving a cutter and a clamping jaw which can be actuated by a clamping screw, and by means of which the cutter can be clamped in a fixed position in the recess. The recess has a stop with a stop surface that is directed radially inwards, and the cutter can be introduced into the recess against the force of at least one elastic element. The cutter can be applied, in a radially outward direction, by its stop surface to the stop surface that is directed radially inwards, by an elastic element.
US10155322B2
In a first punching mode, a control portion displaces a support member from a first-path-side end side to a second-path-side end side, and causes a first punching portion on the first-path-side end side to operate in a state where the support member has reached a first target position. In a second punching mode, the control portion displaces the support member from the second-path-side end side to the first-path-side end side, and causes a second punching portion on the second-path-side end side to operate in a state where the support member has reached a second target position. The first and second target positions are based on positions of the support member at points of time when edges on the first-path-side end side and the second-path-side end side are detected by the first sheet sensor and the second sheet sensor, respectively.
US10155317B2
An information processing system for identifying a position of a workpiece conveyed on a conveyor is provided. A counter measures a movement amount of a conveyor a plurality of times at intervals shorter than a cycle of communication with a controller, and transmits measured movement amounts and respective measurement timings to the controller. The controller receives a position of a workpiece measured from an image obtained at a set imaging timing, identifies measurement timings relatively close to the imaging timing from among measurement timings, identifies a reference movement amount associated with the measurement timing, identifies a reference position of the workpiece at the imaging timing based on the position of the workpiece within the image, and adds a difference between the current movement amount of the conveyor and the reference movement amount to the reference position to calculate a current position of the workpiece.
US10155313B2
An alternative to additive manufacturing is disclosed, introducing an end-to-end workflow in which discrete building blocks are reversibly joined to produce assemblies called digital materials. Described is the design of the bulk-material building blocks and the devices that are assembled from them. Detailed is the design and implementation of an automated assembler, which takes advantage of the digital material structure to avoid positioning errors within a large tolerance. To generate assembly sequences, a novel CAD/CAM workflow is described for designing, simulating, and assembling digital materials. The structures assembled using this process have been evaluated, showing that the joints perform well under varying conditions and that the assembled structures are functionally precise.
US10155306B1
A handle with a mounting track includes a handle section. One or more legs extend from the handle section and are attachable to a surface. When the leg is attached to the surface, the handle section forms a graspable handle. A mounting track is formed along at least a portion of the handle section. The mounting track includes a base, two vertical rails extending opposite each other from the base, and two horizontal beams each extending from a different one of the vertical rails over the base toward the other horizontal beam. The horizontal beams are laterally spaced apart from each other by a first distance. The vertical rails and the horizontal beams define a track within which a retention element of a mount assembly can move.
US10155301B1
Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) comprising a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table including at least a portion having aluminum carbide disposed interstitially between bonded-together diamond grains thereof, and methods of fabricating such PDCs. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a substrate, and a PCD table bonded to the substrate. The PCD table includes a plurality of bonded-together diamond grains defining a plurality of interstitial regions. The PCD table further includes aluminum carbide disposed in at least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions.
US10155291B2
A process for assembling a coil clad hose includes suspending a spring wire helix between carriages mounted on a rail, rotating one of the ends of the helix to expand the helix, inserting a hose through the expanded helix, contracting the helix onto the hose, installing an end fitting onto each end of the hose, fixing one end of the helix together with the ferrule and the hose at one end of the hose, adjusting a pitch of the helix along the hose to another end of the hose, and fixing the helix and the hose together with the ferrule at the another end of the hose. The apparatus includes a rail, a pair of carriages movably supported on the rail, each of the carriages having a through bore holding a tang clamp bushing therein, and a pair of cable clamp fixtures mounted one at each end of the rail.
US10155290B2
A method for repairing an air cycle machine compressor housing includes removing a journal bearing support sleeve in an air cycle machine compressor housing, positioning a cylindrical insert within the air cycle machine compressor housing, wherein the cylindrical insert has an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of at least one portion of the removed journal bearing support sleeve, an inner diameter less than an inner diameter of at least one portion of the removed journal bearing support sleeve, and a length greater than a length of the removed journal bearing support sleeve, welding the cylindrical insert to the air cycle machine compressor housing, and machining the welded cylindrical insert to form a replacement journal bearing support sleeve.
US10155285B2
A laser welding method of the present disclosure includes a first step, a second step, and a third step. In the first step, a first workpiece and a second workpiece are stacked on each other. Each of the first workpiece and the second workpiece has a surface coated with a first material and is made of a second material, which is different from the first material. In the second step, a first region in which the first workpiece and the second workpiece are stacked on each other is irradiated with a laser beam so that the laser beam penetrates both the first workpiece and the second workpiece. In the third step, a second region including the first region is irradiated with a laser beam in a spiral fashion.
US10155281B2
Methods and process flows for diffusion bonding and forming metallic sheets are disclosed herein. The methods include stacking a first metallic sheet and a second metallic sheet to define a sheet stack. The methods further include creating a pneumatic seal between the first metallic sheet and the second metallic sheet to define a sealed sheet stack that defines a pneumatically isolated region. The methods also include increasing a surface area of the sealed sheet stack to define an expanded sheet stack. The methods further include compressing at least a portion of the expanded sheet stack to form a diffusion bond between a corresponding portion of the first metallic sheet and an opposed portion of the second metallic sheet thereby defining a diffusion bonded sheet stack.
US10155269B2
In a drill, a negative land is provided on a rake face, and a ridge line at an intersecting position of the negative land and a flank face, a ridge line at an intersecting position of the flank face and a margin, and a ridge line at an intersecting position of the negative land and the margin are convex faces in a longitudinal rectangular cross section. When a curvature radius of the convex face of a first ridge line at the intersecting position of the flank face and the negative land is 1, at curvature radius of the convex face of a second ridge line at the intersecting position of the flank face and the margin is 0.8 to 1.5 times the curvature radius of the first ridge line, and a curvature radius of the convex face of a fourth ridge line at the intersecting position of the negative land and the margin is 1.5 to 3.0 times the curvature radius of the first ridge line.
US10155262B2
Monitoring of a line system (1) in which a liquid medium (3) is guided in a line (2). The current pressure of the liquid medium (3) in the line (2) and in the associated current flow are sensed at sensing times. The two values are fed to a computing unit (5). The computing unit (5) calculates a theoretical flow of the liquid medium (3) in the line (2) from the sensed current pressure by taking into account a specified flow function. The flow function describes a physical relationship between the theoretical flow of the liquid medium (3) and the current pressure of the liquid medium (3). The computing unit (5) determines an individual degree of clogging on the basis of the current flow and the theoretical flow. On the basis of a number of determined individual degrees of clogging and by using stochastic methods, the computing unit (5) calculates an interval within which a degree of clogging of the line system (1) lies with a probability to be defined. The line system (1) is monitored by using the size of the interval and/or the position of the interval with respect to first limits for the degree of clogging that are defined beforehand.
US10155259B2
The invention relates to FSH receptor antagonist according to general formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and to a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The compounds can be used for the treatment and prevention of endometriosis, for the treatment and prevention of pre-menopausal and peri-menopausal hormone-dependent breast cancer, for contraception, and for the treatment of uterine fibroids and other menstrual-related disorders.
US10155256B2
The invention relates to a metal strip which is produced from steel by hot rolling and by cold rolling of the metal strip. The invention also relates to a blank produced from the metal strip, the use of the metal strip, and to a method of producing it. The object of providing metal strip from which components of minimum weight which are adapted to specific loads can be produced with little cost or complication is achieved by metal strip of the generic kind which, after the cold rolling, is of constant thickness and has, section by section, regions whose mechanical properties vary. What “after the cold rolling” means, for the purposes of the present invention, is that, immediately on completion of the cold rolling, i.e. without any further treatment such as heat treatment, regions whose mechanical properties vary are present in the metal strip.
US10155250B2
A method of fabricating an elastomeric structure, comprising: forming a first elastomeric layer on top of a first micromachined mold, the first micromachined mold having a first raised protrusion which forms a first recess extending along a bottom surface of the first elastomeric layer; forming a second elastomeric layer on top of a second micromachined mold, the second micromachined mold having a second raised protrusion which forms a second recess extending along a bottom surface of the second elastomeric layer; bonding the bottom surface of the second elastomeric layer onto a top surface of the first elastomeric layer such that a control channel forms in the second recess between the first and second elastomeric layers; and positioning the first elastomeric layer on top of a planar substrate such that a flow channel forms in the first recess between the first elastomeric layer and the planar substrate.
US10155244B2
The present disclosure relates to a micro-fluidic probe card that deposits a fluidic chemical onto a substrate with a minimal amount of fluidic chemical waste, and an associated method of operation. In some embodiments, the micro-fluidic probe card has a probe card body with a first side and a second side. A sealant element, which contacts a substrate, is connected to the second side of the probe card body in a manner that forms a cavity within an interior of the sealant element. A fluid inlet, which provides a fluid from a processing tool to the cavity, is a first conduit extending between the first side and the second side of the probe card body. A fluid outlet, which removes the fluid from the cavity, is a second conduit extending between the first side and the second side of the probe card body.
US10155242B2
The invention relates to a metering device (5) for a fluid, in particular hot melt adhesive, adapted for use with a dispensing apparatus (1) for said fluid or a remote metering apparatus (16) for transporting said fluid, comprising a housing (28), said housing comprising a fluid inlet and one or more fluid outlets, a gear (34) which is rotatably supported in said housing (28) and inserted in a gear chamber (31) in the housing (28) such that a cavity for fluid transport is formed in between two adjacent teeth and said housing (28), one or more chamber inlets in fluid communication with said fluid inlet and said gear chamber (31) such that fluid may flow into said gear chamber (31).
US10155239B2
A spray foam hose storage system includes a shaft and an elongated sleeve having the shaft concentrically positioned inside, where the elongated sleeve configured to rotate about the shaft. In addition, the system includes a cantilever arm having a proximate end and a distal end, a base plate securing the cantilever arm perpendicular to the elongated sleeve, where the cantilever arm is offset from the elongated sleeve by a distance. The cantilever arm includes a plurality of slats positioned to form a concave periphery for a spray foam hose to be draped back and forth thereon.
US10155232B2
A conformal, cup-shaped fluidic nozzle engineered to generate an oscillating spray is configured as a (e.g., 100, 400, 600 or 700). Preferably, the fluidic circuit's oscillation inducing geometry 710 is molded directly into the cup's interior wall surfaces and the one-piece fluidic cup may then fitted into an actuator (e.g., 340). The fluidic cup (e.g., 100, 400, 600 or 700) conforms to the actuator stem used in typical aerosol sprayers and trigger sprayers and so replaces the prior art “swirl cup” 70 that goes over the actuator stem (e.g., 320), With the fluidic cup (e.g., 100, 400, 600 or 700) and method of the present invention, vendors of liquid products and fluids sold in commercial aerosol sprayers 20 and trigger sprayers 800 can now provide very specifically tailored or customized sprays.
US10155223B2
A container designed to store dehydrated biological material under a controlled atmosphere, in particular at ambient temperature, and more particularly DNA, includes an envelope (12) that is made of a gas-tight material. The envelope (12) is made of a material that is metal and cylindrical in shape, sealed at one end, and it includes a stopper (16) that is designed to be connected in an airtight manner to the envelope.
US10155214B2
A getter is provided. The getter consists essentially of from about 0% to 50% of titanium, from about 0% to 50% zirconium, and from about 5% to 50% of tantalum. A MEMS device is provided. The MEMS device includes a substrate and a getter over the substrate. The getter consists essentially of from about 0% to 50% of titanium, from about 0% to 50% zirconium, and from about 5% to 50% of tantalum. A method of forming a MEMS device is provided. The method includes the following operations: providing a substrate; and providing a getter over the substrate, wherein the getter consists essentially of from about 0% to 50% of titanium, from about 0% to 50% zirconium, and from about 5% to 50% of tantalum, and wherein all of the percentages are atomic percentages.
US10155198B2
A compact rough terrain crane in which an exhaust emission control device and an elevating step are laid out in a compact manner without impairing excellent small-radius turning performance is provided. The crane includes a lower carrier that has a front axle and a rear axle. The crane includes an exhaust emission control device that has a DOC which is connected to an exhaust pipe extending from a diesel engine and is supplied with exhaust, a DRT disposed downstream of the DOC, and an SCR disposed downstream of the DRT. The crane includes an elevating step. The DOC, the DRT, and the SCR are disposed in parallel on a virtual horizontal plane that is separated from an upper surface of the lower carrier by a predetermined distance. The step is disposed in a gap that is formed between the upper surface of the lower carrier and the exhaust emission control device.
US10155195B2
A gas scrubber cone condition monitoring system has a sealed gas scrubber cone (9) moveably mounted in a gas pipe (1), a collar (5) fixedly mounted radially outward of the cone in the gas pipe and a pressure tap (12) into the sealed cone. The pressure tap is coupled to a condition monitor (17, 18) via an input line (16). An output line (14) from the condition monitor is coupled to a gas pipe (15), downstream of the sealed cone. The condition monitor includes at least one of a pressure gauge and a gas flow meter.
US10155190B2
A system for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from a flue gas is provided. The system includes a carbonator, and a calciner. The carbonator receives the flue gas and lean sorbent particles such that the lean sorbent particles absorb gaseous carbon dioxide from the flue gas and become loaded sorbent particles. The calciner includes a drum that defines a cavity having a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is fluidly connected to the carbonator such that the loaded sorbent particles flow into the cavity from the carbonator. The drum rotates such that at least some of the loaded sorbent particles are mixed with heat-transferring particles so as to release the absorbed gaseous carbon dioxide and exit the drum via the second opening as lean sorbent particles.
US10155188B2
Provided are: an oil separator with which oil-separation efficiency can be improved by reliably capturing oil once separated, and inhibiting the re-entrainment of the oil; and a compressor provided with the oil separator. This oil separator (1) is provided with a cylindrical separation cylinder (2), and is configured such that oil included in a gas flowing in from a gas inflow port (5) provided along an inner circumferential surface (4) of the separation cylinder (2) in a tangential direction is centrifugally separated, and the separated oil is discharged from one end side of the separation cylinder (2), while the gas is discharged from another end side of the separation cylinder (2). The oil separator (1) has, provided to the inner circumferential surface (4) of the separation cylinder (2) therein, an opening (9) which communicates with the gas inflow port (5), and a plurality of oil-capturing openings (10) which protrude toward and are open at an inner circumferential side. Furthermore, in the oil separator (1), a cylindrical body (8) is fitted which has, provided to an outer circumferential surface side thereof, a plurality of oil passages (11) which communicate with the oil-capturing openings (10).
US10155182B1
A diffusiophoretic water filtration device includes a pressurized gas chamber receiving a pressurized gas; an inlet manifold receiving a colloidal suspension including colloidal particles in water; a flow chamber having an inlet and an outlet, the flow chamber receiving the colloidal suspension at the inlet from the inlet manifold, the colloidal suspension flowing between the inlet and at least one outlet in a flow direction; and a horizontal sheet separating the gas chamber and the flow chamber, the sheet being made of a gas permeable membrane, the gas capable of permeating the membrane, the membrane being water impermeable, the gas being carbon dioxide and permeating the membrane upwardly from the gas chamber in a direction normal to the membrane so as to induce diffusiophoretic motion on at least some of the colloid particles opposite to or in the direction normal to the membrane, the sheet covering a top of the pressurized gas chamber. The flow chamber is a closed flow chamber having an air permeable cover and a channel structure contacting the colloidal suspension, so as to define a thickness between the cover and the horizontal sheet; and the at least one outlet has a first outlet spaced above a second outlet, the first outlet for receiving water having a higher concentration of some of the colloid particles than a second outlet.
US10155177B2
A liquid-chromatography module includes a microfluidic cartridge housing a microfluidic substrate with a channel for transporting fluid. The microfluidic substrate has fluidic apertures through which fluid is supplied to the channel. One side of the cartridge has nozzle openings, each aligning with a fluidic aperture in the microfluidic substrate and receiving a fluidic nozzle. A clamping assembly has a plunger that is movable into a clamped position and an end housing that defines a chamber. One wall of the end housing has a fluidic block with fluidic nozzles extending into the chamber. A second wall has a slot through which the cartridge enters the chamber. When moved into the clamped position while the cartridge is in the chamber, the plunger urges the cartridge against the fluidic block such that each fluidic nozzle enters one nozzle opening and establishes fluidic communication with one fluidic aperture in the microfluidic substrate.
US10155176B1
The invention relates to methods for preparing a concentrated cannabinoid product optionally also containing an array of terpenes, flavonoids, and other phytoconstituents from a cannabinoid-containing extract feed. The cannabinoid-containing extract feed is contacted with an adsorbent to produce a pre-treated extract which is then subjected to one or more filtration steps, and recovering the concentrated cannabinoid product utilizing an extractant or an evaporator.
US10155173B2
In accordance with the present invention, a stand-alone pop up assembly and method for making the same is provided comprising a plurality of wall panels connected with an internal base. A roof structure is provided and a roof interface component for attaching the roof to the structure. The assembly is moveable between a first position being substantially flat into a one dimensional structure and a second position enfolded into a three dimensional structure by manipulating the outer structure and the internal base. The roof interface component may swivel into place during the movement to the three dimensional structure, thereby positioning the roof structure over the upper portions of the first and second panel walls or, alternatively, a sliding feature is provided with a tab from the roof inserted into a slot at the top of one of the panel walls, thereby sliding the roof into position.
US10155172B2
A robotic activity system, which includes a board and an autonomous robotic device, is described herein. The board may display a line and one or more color patterns. The robotic device may traverse the line using one or more integrated sensors. For example, sensor data may include light intensity data for visible light reflected or emitted by the board. The sensor data may be analyzed to 1) ensure the robotic device follows the line and/or 2) detect color sequences associated with color patterns shown on the board. Upon detection of a color sequence, the robotic device may attempt to match the color sequence with a known color pattern definition. The color pattern definition may be associated with a function to be performed by the robotic device. Using multiple sets of color patterns and associated functions allows the robotic device to move in a variable and potentially unpredictable fashion.
US10155164B2
A method and system for using spatial audio in a virtual environment, which is capable of running on portable devices with limited processing power, and utilizing low bandwidth communication connections. The system identifies a first avatar in the virtual environment; and determines if the avatar satisfies a reuse criterion, which will enable the system to reuse the audio information which has been generated for a second avatar in the virtual environment for the first avatar.
US10155139B2
A golf club includes a shaft and a club head for a metal wood type club. The club head includes a ball striking face, a heel, a toe, a rear, a crown and a sole. The sole includes a forward sole surface and a rearward sole surface. The substantially horizontally-oriented forward sole surface extends rearwardly from the ball striking face to a rearward edge. The substantially horizontally-oriented rearward sole surface extends forwardly from the rear of the club head. The rearward sole surface extends over and is offset in a height direction from the rearward edge. A cavity may be located above the forward sole surface, the cavity having a rearward facing opening located below the rearward sole surface. A projection may extend rearwardly from the rearward edge beneath the rearward sole surface, the projection having sides that extend in a generally breadthwise direction.
US10155138B2
The golf club head includes a crown portion, a face portion and a sole portion. The crown portion is formed to have an average thickness, in a range of a predetermined length toward a back side from a boundary between the crown portion and the face portion, that is larger in a vicinity of a center in a toe-heel direction than at a toe side and a heel side.
US10155123B2
A neutron capture therapy system includes a neutron beam irradiation unit that applies neutron beams, a treatment table on which an irradiation object irradiated with the neutron beams is mounted, a storage unit that stores distribution data indicating a distribution of hydrogen atoms or nitrogen atoms of a part to be irradiated of the irradiation object, a gamma ray detection unit that detects gamma rays generated from the irradiation object due to irradiation with the neutron beams, and a neutron flux distribution calculation unit that calculates a distribution of neutron flux in the irradiation object on the basis of the distribution data stored in the storage unit and gamma ray distribution data detected by the gamma ray detection unit.
US10155121B2
Visual or photic stimuli generating methods, devices and control systems for inducing steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) from human viewers without causing discomfort to the viewers or distorting the embedding images are disclosed. The control system includes a stimuli-generating device and an electroencephalography (EEG) sensing device. The stimuli-generating device includes a first and a second light source. The first light source generates a flickering light with a first wavelength while a second light source generates another flickering light with one or more wavelength(s) differ from that of the first one. Together, the light sources generate visual/photic stimuli flickering above their critical flicker fusion threshold while maintaining the colorfulness and hue of the embedding images. At least one electrode of the EEG sensing device is connected to each viewer, configured to receive and analyze his/her EEG signals in order to detect and determine his/her responses to the stimuli.
US10155111B2
Shielded sheaths are placed over implantable medical leads and/or implantable medical lead extensions to provide shielding from electromagnetic energy and to prevent heating at the electrodes. The shielded sheaths include insulative bodies with shield layers such as conductive braided wire or conductive foil tubular structures. The shielded sheath may be implanted at the time of implanting the lead and/or lead extension. The shielded sheath may also be implanted at a later time after the lead and/or lead extension has previously been implanted. The shielded sheath may be anchored onto the lead or lead extension.
US10155110B2
A Wearable Cardiac Defibrillator (WCD) system is configured to be worn by a patient who carries a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device has a user interface that is configured to enable the patient to enter wireless inputs. The WCD system includes a communication module that is configured to establish a local comlink with the mobile communication device. The WCD system also includes a tethered action unit that has a user interface configured to enable the patient to enter action inputs. The WCD system can perform some of its functions in response to the action inputs or to the wireless inputs. Since the wireless inputs can be provided from the mobile communication device instead of the action unit, the patient is less likely to attract attention when entering them, and thus exhibit better compliance.
US10155108B2
Described here are devices, systems, and methods for treating one or more conditions (such as dry eye) or improving ocular health by providing stimulation to nasal or sinus tissue. Generally, the devices may be handheld or implantable. In some variations, the handheld devices may have a stimulator body and a stimulator probe having one or more nasal insertion prongs. When the devices and systems are used to treat dry eye, nasal or sinus tissue may be stimulated to increase tear production, reduce the symptoms of dry eye, and/or improve ocular surface health.
US10155101B2
An access port for providing subcutaneous access to a patient is disclosed. In one embodiment, the port includes an internal body defining a fluid cavity that is accessible via a septum. A compliant outer cover including silicone is disposed about at least a portion of the body. A flange is included with the port body and is covered by the outer cover. The flange radially extends about a perimeter of the port body proximate the septum so as to impede penetration of a needle substantially into the outer cover in instances where the needle misses the septum. The flange can further include both an anchoring feature for securing the outer cover to the port body and an identification feature observable via x-ray imaging technology for conveying information indicative of at least one attribute of the access port. The outer cover provides a suitable surface for application of an antimicrobial/antithrombotic coating.
US10155096B2
A supplemental gas delivery device is described for a mask assembly having at least one supplemental gas port, the at least one supplemental gas port including an aperture in communication with an interior of the mask assembly. The mask assembly may include an aperture communicating with an interior of the mask assembly, and a cannula for communicating with the supplemental gas port. The cannula is positioned to deliver supplemental gas adjacent to the patient's nares and/or mouth, to increase an efficacy of treatment for the patient by more directly applying the flow of supplemental gas to the patient's nares. An optional bridging portion may be included to provide a connection between supplemental gas port and the cannula.
US10155087B2
A biosensor detects a medication applied to an upper epidermal layer of skin of a user. The biosensor obtains at periodic intervals a concentration level of the medication in the upper epidermal layer of skin and surrounding tissue of the user. The biosensor may also detect the concentration level of the medication in an arterial blood flow of the patient or obtain a concentration level of a substance in the arterial blood flow, wherein the concentration level of the substance correlates to a first concentration level of the medication. The biosensor may determine an absorption rate of the medication in the upper epidermal layer of skin and surrounding tissue and in an arterial blood flow of the patient from the detected concentration levels of the medication obtained at the periodic intervals.
US10155084B2
An apparatus for indicating acceptable programmable dosing of an infusate, for delivery by a medical infusion pump programmable with a protocol library defining at least one dosing range of the infusate is disclosed. A method of indicating acceptable programmable dosing of an infusate, for delivery by a medical infusion pump programmable with a protocol library defining at least one dosing limit of the infusate is also disclosed.
US10155081B2
A tele-care management system for peritoneal dialysis (PD) includes at least a container, a holder, a removable detection device and a mobile device. The container is for placing effluent fluid of peritoneal dialysis. The holder is for placing the container. The removable detection device includes a detection unit, a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor detects the turbidity and the chrominance of the effluent fluid and performs a quantitative analysis on the effluent fluid, and generates a turbidity prediction value based on the detection result of the detection unit. The processor respectively calculates first and second turbidity values, which correspond to first and second turbidity respectively, for the effluent fluid according to first and second algorithms and selects one from the first and second turbidity values to generate the turbidity prediction value based on a predetermined threshold value sent to a mobile device for further processing.
US10155070B2
Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy apparatuses and methods for using such apparatuses are disclosed. In some embodiments, a negative pressure wound therapy apparatus includes a controller configured to determine a level of exudate in a canister (or a dressing) based at least in part on one or more characteristics of pressure signals generated by a negative pressure source and monitored by a pressure sensor. One such characteristic of the pressure signals can be amplitude, which may increase as a level of exudate in the canister (or dressing) increases. The canister (or dressing) can include a filter configured to become occluded in order to prevent overflow of the canister (or dressing). The controller can be additionally configured to detect and indicate a canister (or dressing) pre-full condition before the filter becomes occluded. More efficient and reliable operation of the negative pressure wound therapy apparatus can thereby be attained.
US10155067B2
A fiber-based surgical implant stabilized against fraying, includes a thermally crimped flat-knitted fabric of a biocompatible, optionally biodegradable, polymer material having a glass transition temperature or other thermally induced secondary conformational mobility threshold in the temperature range of from 20° C. to +170° C. Also disclosed is a corresponding fabric and methods of producing the implant and the fabric.
US10155049B2
The present invention relates to fluorocarbon vectors for the delivery of influenza antigens to immunoresponsive target cells. It further relates to fluorocarbon vector-influenza antigen constructs and the use of such vectors associated with antigens as vaccines and immunotherapeutics in animals, including humans.
US10155047B2
Polymeric conjugates of a polymeric backbone formed of a plurality of backbone units and having attached to portions of the backbone units two or more therapeutically active agents, or one or more therapeutically active agents and a NCAM targeting moiety, are disclosed. Uses of such polymeric conjugates in treating and/or monitoring cancer and/or medical conditions associated with angiogenesis are also disclosed.
US10155039B2
The invention provides aqueous pharmaceutical adalimumab compositions suitable for long-term storage of adalimumab, methods of manufacture of these compositions, methods of administration, and kits containing same.
US10155038B2
Compositions and methods of making cells using RNA, and cells made using the disclosed compositions and methods are also provided. In exemplary embodiments, RNA is transfected into cells to effect a molecular, biological, physiological, or histological change in the cells. In preferred embodiments, the RNA is prepared in vitro, more preferably using a DNA template according to the provided compositions and methods. Methods for treating or inhibiting a disorder or disease such cancer are also provided. The methods can include, for example, locally or systemically administering to the host an effective amount of one or more RNAs; or an effective amount of population of cells isolated from the subject or a syngeneic or histocompatible subject, contacted ex vivo with one or RNAs, and optionally expanded. The cells can be, for example, immune cells or stem cells.
US10155033B2
Described herein is a reliable method for preparing a potent vaccine useful for immunotherapy comprising the step of cryopreserving a population of cells undergoing immunogenic cell death, and using such cells to activate dendritic cells for use in immunotherapy. In a specific embodiment, the method comprises cryopreserving cancer cells undergoing cell death, which can be used to prepare a pharmaceutical composition for immunotherapy against cancer.
US10155027B2
The present application provides compositions comprising α-galactosidase A in combination with an active site-specific chaperone for the α-galactosidase A, and methods for treating Fabry disease in a subject in need thereof, that includes a method of administering to the subject such compositions. The present application also provides methods for increasing the in vitro and in vivo stability of an α-galactosidase A enzyme formulation. The present application also provides methods for treating Fabry disease using intravenous administration of 1-deoxygalactonojirimycin.
US10155023B2
The present invention provides methods of making engineered viral proteins and protein complexes that are useful as vaccine immunogens, engineered viral proteins and protein complexes made using such methods, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such engineered viral proteins and protein complexes. Such engineered viral proteins and protein complexes may comprise one or more cross-links that stabilize the conformation of an antibody epitope, such as a quaternary neutralizing antibody, and may exhibit an enhanced ability to elicit a protective immune response when administered to a subject as a component of a vaccine.
US10155020B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection as well as methods for identifying a compound or a composition that is suitable for treating HBV infection. In addition, the present invention provides a suitable non-mammalian animal model that can be used to screen for a compound or a composition that can inhibit HBV replication or treat HBV infection in a mammal. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for treating hepatitis B infection by inhibiting interaction between HBV x protein and a Bcl-2 family protein or by reducing the expression level of a Bcl-2 family protein.
US10155019B2
The present invention relates to a method for preventing, improving or treating a periodontal disease, by administering a composition containing a moringa extract and a eucommia bark extract as active ingredients. More specifically, the complex composition of a moringa extract and a eucommia bark extract according to the present invention provides a synergistic effect in improvement of a periodontal disease including gingivitis and periodontitis. Especially, it exhibits an effect of directly preventing or improving a periodontal disease through antioxidant, antibacterial or anti-inflammatory effect, improvement of alveolar bone loss and regeneration of alveolar bone, etc. Accordingly, it can be usefully used as a food, a medicine, a quasi-drug, etc.
US10155012B2
An object of the present invention is to provide: a catecholamine production accelerator comprising a natural product as an active ingredient; a therapeutic agent and preventive agent for diseases caused by catecholamine deficiency; and food compositions for the treatment or prevention of diseases caused by catecholamine deficiency. Provided are: a catecholamine production accelerator comprising a dry powder, ground product and/or extract of an earthworm as an active ingredient; a therapeutic agent and preventive agent for a disease caused by catecholamine deficiency; and loud compositions for the treatment or prevention of a disease caused by catecholamine deficiency. It is preferred that the disease caused by catecholamine deficiency be selected from the group consisting of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
US10155011B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for inactivating TCR genes, using zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) comprising a zinc finger protein and a cleavage domain or cleavage half-domain in conditions able to preserve cell viability. Polynucleotides encoding ZFNs, vectors comprising polynucleotides encoding ZFNs and cells comprising polynucleotides encoding ZFNs and/or cells comprising ZFNs are also provided. Disclosed herein are also methods and compositions for expressing a functional exogenous TCR in the absence of endogenous TCR expression in T lymphocytes, including lymphocytes with a central memory phenotype. Polynucleotides encoding exogenous TCR, vectors comprising polynucleotides encoding exogenous TCR and cells comprising polynucleotides encoding exogenous TCR and/or cells comprising exogenous TCR are also provided.
US10155007B2
The present invention relates to a synthesis method of preventing the formation of impurities and byproducts in the synthesis of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (Teno-DF) used as a medicine for hepatitis B and HIV treatment due to its function to promote bioactivities. In the synthesis method of the present invention, an ion-exchange resin (Dowex 50W hydrogen form, sulfonic acidic cation exchange resin) is used to enhance the yield and purity of the compound. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing an oral dissolving film dosage form in the manufacture of a medicine using the tenofovir compound with high purity obtained by the synthesis method of the present invention as an effective ingredient.
US10155003B2
Methods and compositions comprising ursolic acid and/or resveratrol for treating diabetes, or cancer
Certain embodiments are directed to methods and compositions for treating obesity, diabetes, and/or cancer with a combination of ursolic acid and resveratrol.
US10154993B2
[Problem] To provide a novel pharmaceutical composition which can suppress delayed, release of the compound represented in general formula (1) or a salt thereof.[Solution] This solid pharmaceutical composition contains the compound represented in general formula (1), or a salt thereof, and a salting-out agent.
US10154986B2
This application is in the field of medicinal chemistry and relates to ultrapure ajulemic acid, its synthesis, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof for the treatment and/or prevention of inflammation, pain, and fibrotic diseases including scleroderma, systemic sclerosis, scleroderma-like disorders, sine scleroderma, liver cirrhosis, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Dupuytren's contracture, keloids, chronic kidney disease, chronic graft rejection, and other scarring-wound healing abnormalities, post-operative adhesions, and reactive fibrosis.
US10154984B2
A topical pharmaceutical composition containing diacerein and/or its analogs is provided. Also provided is a method for treating various diseases using this topical pharmaceutical composition.
US10154980B2
This invention is directed to compositions having synergistic combinations of omega-3 fatty acid such as OMEGA-3 with a tomato extract lycopene, and optionally with carnosic acid and/or lutein. More specifically, the present invention provides compositions having synergistic combinations of the aforementioned compounds, which may be used, inter alia, to inhibit/suppress inflammation via the suppression of the expression of anti-inflammatory mediators or via the suppression of the secretion of anti-inflammatory mediators from macrophages at a site of inflammation.
US10154979B2
Provided herein is technology relating to lipid compositions containing bioactive fatty acids and particularly, but not exclusively, to compositions and methods related to the production and use of structured lipid compositions containing sciadonic and/or pinoleic acid alone or in combination with other bioactive fatty acids including, but not limited to, eicosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, conjugated linoleic acid, and non-β-oxidizable fatty acid analoges such as tetradecylthioacetic acid.
US10154974B1
The present disclosure provides methods for treating or preventing malaria by administration of abscisic acid, analogs or pharmaceutical salts thereof to a mammalian subject infected with or at risk of exposure to Plasmodium. In some aspects, the therapeutic and prophylactic regimens of the present disclosure are effective in reducing parasitemia and gametocytemia in a mammalian subject and/or reducing transmission of Plasmodium by a mosquito vector.
US10154971B2
Methods of nighttime administration of amantadine to reduce sleep disturbances in patient undergoing treatment with amantadine are described, as well as compositions of extended release amantadine that are suitable for nighttime administration.
US10154954B2
The present invention is an anhydrous cosmetic composition for making up and/or caring for the skin and/or lips, which is liquid at 20° C., comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least one fatty phase comprising: —at least one organopolysiloxane elastomer powder coated with silicone resin, —at least one organopolysiloxane elastomer conveyed in a first oil, —at least one wax, and —at least one second oil, —the said organopolysiloxane elastomer and the organopolysiloxane elastomer powder coated with a silicone resin being present in a ratio by weight on a dry basis of organopolysiloxane elastomer conveyed in an oil/organopolysiloxane elastomer powder coated with a silicone resin of greater than 2 and preferably of greater than 2.5.
US10154953B2
The present invention relates to the use of a composition comprising a peroxidic compound and a particular, generically defined copolymer for tooth bleaching.
US10154950B2
The invention pertains to an antimicrobial disinfecting composition including: a) 0.1-1 wt. % of each of at least one food allowed organic acid or a salt thereof; b) 0.1-1 wt. % of each of at least one amine oxide amphoteric surfactant, the composition having a total surfactant content which does not exceed 8 wt. %, wherein the total amount of betaine amphoteric surfactants in the composition is in the range of 0-75 wt. % of the total amount of amine oxide amphoteric surfactant. The composition is particularly suitable for use on skin or mucous membranes. On the one hand it shows good disinfecting properties, but on the other hand it does not lead to any use precautions or hazard or warning statements on the product label.
US10154946B2
The present application relates to sunscreen formulations, including foamable sunscreen formulations, that comprise zinc oxide and titanium dioxide particles, suitably in the size range of about 1-100 nm. The compositions suitably produce a minimal residual whitening effect when applied to a skin surface.
US10154940B2
A massage stick includes a rod, a massage tube, two tube stoppers, two handles and two heads. The rod extends through the massage tube and each tube stopper is fixed on one end of the rod. Each tube stopper has a step in a hole thereof. The two handles are mounted to two ends of the rod and each has a passage in which two shoulders and a contact face are formed. The two heads are respectively connected to the two handles, and each has a shank and a massage end. The user may hold the handles and roll the massage tube to massage the body. Alternatively, the user may hold the massage tube and roll the handles to massage the body. The user may hold the handles or the massage tube, using the massage ends of the heads to massage the body.
US10154938B2
An ice boot spa system that is lightweight and portable to allow leg and ankle cooling in a mineral bath and optionally means to secure a foot to the spa and to provide proper foot support. It enables a portable means for cryotherapy that is self-contained and that can be used, in some embodiments, without an external power source or refrigeration means.
US10154937B2
A gait orthotic device, such as a powered exoskeleton, includes at least one joint; at least one actuator configured to cause movement of the device at the joint; a cushioning mechanism coupled to the device for absorbing energy or spreading a force during an impact with a surface or object; and a controller. The controller is configured to determine when a fall is occurring and direct the actuator to: orient the device so the cushioning mechanism makes contact with the surface or object during the fall; or reduce a kinetic energy of the device during the fall by performing positive joint work. The cushioning mechanism can take various forms, including an airbag, a spring, a bumper, a roll bar or a kickstand. Preferably, the cushioning mechanism is an airbag in the form of an airbag module that is detachably coupled to the device for removal and replacement.
US10154929B2
A wound dressing suitable for use in negative pressure wound therapy system includes a cover layer adapted to establish a reservoir over a wound in which a negative pressure may be maintained. The cover layer includes an opening therein through which atmospheric gasses and wound exudates may pass through the cover layer. A vacuum port is affixed to the cover layer, and establishes a substantially fluid tight seal about the opening in the cover layer. The vacuum port includes a hollow interior in fluid communication with the opening in the cover layer and a connector to facilitate connection to a vacuum source. A packing member is affixed to the cover layer, to provide a wound dressing that may be applied in a single step process. The packing member is adapted to fill the wound and support the cover layer when a negative pressure is applied to the reservoir.
US10154926B1
Assemblies and methods for modifying an intraocular pressure of a patient's one or both eyes are disclosed. The assemblies and methods can be used to treat, inhibit, or prevent ocular conditions such as glaucoma, high intraocular pressure, optic disc edema, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, zero-gravity induced papilledema, and other optic pressure related conditions. An assembly can include a goggle including at least one cavity, a pump in fluid communication with the at least one cavity, and a control mechanism. The control mechanism can be operatively coupled to the pump and can maintain a target pressure or target pressure range in the at least one cavity, which, when the assembly is worn by a patient, is the area between a patient's eye(s) and wall surfaces of the goggle. Controlling the pressure over the outer surfaces of the patient's eye(s) can drive a desired change in the intraocular pressure of the eye(s).
US10154915B2
An actuator control system includes a motorized joint having first and second members rotatable relative to one another. An actuator is coupled with the motorized joint and is configured to rotate the first member relative to the second member in response to an input including a voltage, a current, or any combination thereof. A controller is coupled with the actuator and is configured to control the input using a control algorithm. The control algorithm controls the input based upon a mathematical model of biological muscle actuation that models titin as a filament which winds around actin during muscle actuation. In implementations the mathematical model includes mathematical representations of a contractile element, a viscous damping element in parallel with the contractile element, and a spring in series with the contractile element through a pulley and simultaneously in parallel with the contractile element.
US10154907B2
A male sexual impotence treatment apparatus comprises an adjustable non-inflatable restriction device implanted in a male impotent patient. The restriction device directly engages a portion of the normal penile tissue of the patient, such as both of the corpora cavernosa as a single unit or one or more of the exit veins from the penis, to affect the blood flow leaving the penis. An adjustment device mechanically adjusts the restriction device to temporarily restrict the blood flow leaving the penis when the patient wishes to achieve erection.
US10154904B2
Disclosed embodiments of introducer devices provide hemostatic sealing and allow a delivery catheter to be inserted through the introducer seals without the use of a separate loader device that covers a medical device that is mounted on the catheter. Some disclosed introducers comprise a housing, a distal sheath extending distally from the housing and adapted to be inserted into a patient's vasculature, a distal hemostatic seal mounted within the housing and a proximal hemostatic seal mounted within the housing, and a slidable tube positioned within the housing that is movable longitudinally relative to the distal hemostatic seal between a proximal position and a distal position, wherein in the proximal position a distal end of the tube is positioned proximal to the distal hemostatic seal with the distal hemostatic seal closed, and wherein in the distal position the distal end of the tube extends through the distal hemostatic seal.
US10154895B2
The present invention provides an actuator, comprising a fiber and a temperature regulator capable of at least one of heating and cooling the fiber. The fiber is twisted around a longitudinal axis thereof. The fiber is folded so as to have a shape of a cylindrical coil. The fiber is formed of linear low-density polyethylene. The following mathematical formula (I) is satisfied: D/d<1 (I), where D represents a mean diameter of the cylindrical coil; and d represents a diameter of the fiber.
US10154894B2
An endograft is provided for a blood vessel having a branch extending from said blood vessel, including a body having a wall defining a lumen and an exterior surface. The endograft body includes a first portion defining or being made to define a non-circular cross-sectional dimension, and a second portion defining a circular cross-sectional dimension. Modular systems including the endograft and methods for creating endografts according to the disclosure are described also.
US10154890B2
A dental archwire is provided having a pre-set shape including an elongate, curved length approximating the shape of a dental arch and a rectangular cross-section having a first dimension of 0.013-0.021 inch and a second dimension of 0.018-0.026 inch or a circular cross-section of diameter 0.013 through 0.026 inch over at least a portion of the elongate, curved length. The dental archwire in the pre-set shape comprises a hyperelastic, single crystal shape memory alloy that is free of elemental precipitates and is capable of exhibiting greater than a 10 percent strain recovery, a constant force deflection, negligible stress hysteresis, and a binding force to an orthodontic bracket equal or less than 4 N.
US10154880B2
Various high-strength microwave antenna assemblies are described herein. The microwave antenna has a radiating portion connected by a feedline to a power generating source, e.g., a generator. The antenna is a dipole antenna with the distal end of the radiating portion being tapered and terminating at a tip to allow for direct insertion into tissue. Antenna rigidity comes from placing distal and proximal radiating portions in a pre-stressed state, assembling them via threaded or overlapping joints, or fixedly attaching an inner conductor to the distal portion. The inner conductor is affixed to the distal portion by, e.g., welding, brazing, soldering, or by adhesives. A junction member made from a hard dielectric material, e.g., ceramic, can be placed between the two portions and can have uniform or non-uniform shapes to accommodate varying antenna designs. Electrical chokes may also be used to contain returning currents to the distal end of the antenna.
US10154879B2
The devices and method described herein allow for therapeutic damage to increase volume in these hyperdynamic hearts to allow improved physiology and ventricular filling and to reduce diastolic filling pressure by making the ventricle less stiff. For example, improving a diastolic heart function in a heart by creating at least one incision in cardiac muscle forming an interior heart wall of the interior chamber where the at least one incision extends into one or more layers of the interior heart wall without puncturing through the interior heart wall and the incision is sufficient to reduce a stiffness of the interior chamber to increase volume of the chamber and reduce diastolic filing pressure.
US10154878B2
An electrosurgical balloon includes an inflatable balloon body formed of a non-conductive substrate material. One or more electrodes are disposed on an exterior surface of the balloon body. The electrodes can include a pair of bipolar electrodes, and the balloon body can have at least one fluid outlet hole configured to provide fluid to the pair of bipolar electrodes. A second inflatable balloon body can be disposed inside the first inflatable balloon body. The electrosurgical balloon can be incorporated into a catheter assembly, in which the electrosurgical balloon is a balloon electrode tip at a distal end of a catheter.
US10154877B2
An endoscopic surgical instrument is provided. The instrument includes a housing, a handle, an elongated shaft extending distally from the housing and defining a longitudinal axis, an end effector assembly, a drive assembly, a clevis, a first link, and a second link. The end effector assembly is disposed adjacent a distal end of the elongated shaft and includes a first jaw member and a second jaw member. The first link is pivotably connected to the clevis about a first pivot axis, and is pivotably connected to the first jaw member about a first jaw member pivot. The second link is pivotably connected to the clevis about a second pivot axis, and is pivotably connected to the second jaw member about a second jaw member pivot. The first pivot axis and the second pivot axis are offset from the longitudinal axis.
US10154873B2
Example apparatuses and systems are disclosed for providing controlled delivery of electrolysis products to a site which may be used the treatment of infection and ablation of undesirable cells and tissue. A system disclosed may include a power supply, two electrodes, an aqueous matrix that may close the electric circuit between the electrodes at the treated site, and a controller. The controller may control the electrical circuit to induce a direct current through the electrodes and an aqueous matrix to produce electrolysis products. The duration and magnitude of the charge applied may determine the dose of the products applied to the treatment site. The composition of the electrodes and the aqueous matrix may be chosen to produce desired products. An apparatus is disclosed that may be in the form of a pad for applying to a wound. An apparatus is disclosed that may be used for treating internal tissue.
US10154868B2
Instruments and methods for surgical transosseous attachment to a bone include a guide able to guide the formation of intersecting bone tunnels and a passer able to pass a member through the bone tunnels.
US10154861B2
A spinal stabilization system is provided for maintaining preselected spacing and movement between adjacent vertebrae in a spinal column and for providing overall stability thereto. The system includes interlaminar members positioned in the spaces intermediate a first vertebra and the vertebrae positioned immediately above and immediately below and adjacent to the first vertebra. The interlaminar members are operatively connected to one another by an adjustable support structure and cooperate therewith to maintain the preselected spacing between adjacent vertebrae and to provide overall stability to the spinal column.
US10154858B2
A device for preparing an opening in tissue for implantation of an implant. The device includes a tool adapted to be coupled to an energy source, an augmentation element of a thermoplastic material, and a counter element. A tool contact surface and a first augmentation element contact surface together form a first interface, and a second augmentation element contact surface and a counter element contact surface together form a second interface. The device is configured to be being inserted into an opening in the tissue and configured for the augmentation element to be compressed between the tool and the counter element while at the same time energy is coupled into the tool.
US10154856B2
A cervical transfer catheter (10) for transferring a therapeutic substance to an endocervix or other internal mucosal surfaces of a recipient, the catheter (10) comprising: a catheter body (12) having first and second lumens (14) and (16), the second lumen (16) being adapted, in use, to allow passage and retention of a structure containing the therapeutic substance that will be released slowly and continuously. The catheter (10) also comprises an inflatable balloon (20) provided at a distal end of the first lumen (14), the inflatable balloon (20) being designed to be as small as possible in its inflated condition while still being retained in the uterus by virtue of its shape.
US10154855B2
Devices and methods for obtaining a plurality of skin tissue particles for use in skin grafting.
US10154854B2
The devices and methods generally relate to treatment of occluded body lumens. In particular, the present devices and method relate to removal of the occluding material from the blood vessels as well as other body lumens.
US10154851B2
Provided herein are expandable endoscopic devices. In accordance with certain aspects of an embodiment of the invention, an endoscopic expandable device is disclosed that comprises an expandable jaw at the distal tip, a control wire connected to the jaw, a sheath enclosing the control wire, and a handle connected to the sheath or wire having an actuating trigger. The expandable jaw is configured to allow its delivery in a retracted configuration to a target site within a patient's body through the working channel of an endoscope, after which the jaw may reconfigure to an expanded configuration that is larger than the retracted configuration. This allows the expandable jaw to be easily delivered to the target site while allowing an operable jaw size that is larger than would be allowed if limited to size of the working channel. The expandable jaw of the endoscopic expandable device may optionally be detachable from the sheath, in which case a jaw release mechanism may also be provided and controlled from the handle. The endoscopic expandable device described herein may, in accordance with certain aspects of the invention, have utility as a clip, and may, in accordance with further aspects of the invention, have utility as forceps. Also disclosed are methods of using the devices identified above.
US10154838B2
Devices and methods for treating or repairing a heart are disclosed. The device includes at least one radially expandable tissue-engaging element, an elongate member (e.g., suture) coupled to the expandable element, and a locking mechanism (e.g., locking clip, suture knot). The expandable element may be anchored to heart tissue within the heart, such as in the left ventricle, with the elongate member extending from the expandable element and across a heart chamber to a second location such as the heart apex where the elongate member is held by the locking mechanism.
US10154832B2
A semen collection device includes a core member, a mounting unit, and a position sensing module. The core member defines an insertion space having an inlet at an end. The mounting unit includes a main body having a main portion and a receiving portion extending from an end of the main portion, a cover detachably installed on the receiving portion. The cover and the receiving portion cooperatively define a cylindrical chamber for fixedly receiving the core member, and further define an opening communicating with the chamber for exposing the end of core member having the inlet. The position sensing module is located in the main portion substantially close to the opening and configured to detect a variation of amplitude and frequency of a position of the core member.
US10154820B2
A method for a CT scan of a body part, wherein a marker is positioned on the body part. The method comprises: positioning a marker on the body part; performing a scout scan of the area which contains the body part, to acquire a scout image; detecting the marker in the scout image to acquire position information of the marker; and using the position information to navigate the CT scan.
US10154816B2
An adhesive wearable device includes a cover assembly, a sensor assembly and an electronic module. The cover assembly includes a top cover. The top cover defines an accommodating chamber and a plurality of exhaust holes. The sensor assembly includes a sensor board, and an adhesive pad mounted under the sensor board. The sensor board defines a plurality of through-holes. A bottom surface of the sensor board is equipped with a plurality of sensor units. The adhesive pad defines an opening corresponding to the sensor units, a plurality of perforations and guiding channels extending radially from the opening to the perforations. The electronic module is disposed on and is electrically connected with the sensor board. The cover assembly covers up the sensor assembly and the electronic module. The exhaust holes are communicated with the opening by virtue of the accommodating chamber, the through-holes, the perforations and the guiding channels.
US10154815B2
Modular physiological sensors that are physically and/or electrically configured to share a measurement site for the comfort of the patient and/or to ensure proper operation of the sensors without interference from the other sensors. The modular aspect is realized by providing outer housing shapes that generally conform to other physiological sensors; mounting areas for attachment of one sensor to another sensor; providing release liners on the overlapping sensor attachment areas; and/or providing notches, tabs or other mechanical features that provide for the proper placement and interaction of the sensors.
US10154812B2
The present invention relates to a non-invasive system with diagnostic and treatment capacities that use a unified code that is intrinsic to physiological brain function. In an embodiment of the present invention, an approach to the treatment of disorders that supplements existing diagnostic and treatment methods with robust quantitative data analysis are presented. This is achieved by a unification of cognitive and neural phenomena known as the Fundamental Code Unit (FCU), representing identifiable patterns of brain activity at the submolecular, molecular, and cellular levels (intra-brain communications), as well as their manifestations in thought and language (inter-brain communications).
US10154809B2
An electrochemical biosensor test strip device and compatible meter or processor for determining the amount of an analyte in a liquid sample received from a subject. The device may include: a substrate having a liquid sampling end and an electrical contact end; a circuit disposed in communication with the substrate; a reaction area formed at the liquid sampling end of the substrate; and a lancet having a pointed end and an opposite end, whereby the opposite end of the lancet is disposed in communication with the substrate and located at the reaction area. The device may also include an interface area that may be separate or integrated as part the reaction area (or the reaction area may be integrated with interaction area).
US10154797B2
MRI based molecular imaging is strongly supported by the accurate quantification of contrast agents. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, contrast agent is applied on the basis of a multiple injection application scheme, during which changes in relaxation rate are determined. This may provide for an accurate determination of rumor vascularity via MRI relaxometry.
US10154787B2
The present document describes a pressure guidewire. It comprises a shaft tube having a proximal section and a sensor housing having a distal end, the proximal section and the sensor housing being the continuity of the same shaft tube. A fiber optic pressure sensor is embedded in the sensor housing and comprises an optical fiber extending within the sensor housing, the sensor adapted to measure a pressure of a fluid which is substantially applied in an axis collinear with the longitudinal axis of the guidewire. A marker band, to help in localizing the pressure guidewire in a patient's vessels, is embedded inside the sensor housing and fixed to the optical fiber for holding the pressure sensor inside the sensor housing.
US10154783B2
A computer program is disclosed for performing the following method: recording images of a response of a left pupil to a stimulus thereby resulting in a first set of sequential images; recording images of a response of a right pupil to the same stimulus at the same time as the first images were recorded, thereby resulting in a second set of sequential images; displaying on a display simultaneously the first set of images and the second set of image, wherein the two sets of images are synchronized, and wherein a center of the left pupil of each image from the first set of sequential images is aligned with a center of the right pupil from the second set of sequential images on the display.
US10154779B2
An illuming device for use in medically illuminating tissue of interest within a patient generally includes a light diffusing optical fiber and an at least partially optically opaque sheath that is mounted over the fiber for selective, sliding movement along the length thereof. By sliding the sheath relative to the optical fiber after it has been inserted into a patient to illuminate a particular area of tissue, the length, size, and/or shape of the light that is exposed to the tissue can be selectively controlled. Such in situ variation of the properties of the exposed light permit use of a single instrument and a single procedure regardless of variation in the size and shape of the diseased tissue being medically treated.
US10154773B1
An adhesive cleaning system for cleaning surfaces provided with a cleaning unit including at least two support arms in a spaced apart and parallel relationship with each other. Each of the support arms has a stop edge, a free end and at least one annular ridge. A first roller and a second roller each include a roller core rotatably receiving at least one of the support arms, respectively. An adhesive sheet is transferable between the rollers, with the adhesive sheet including a release liner, a first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer and a backing layer. During use the first adhesive layer is exposed when wound on one of the rollers, with the second adhesive layer is exposed when transferred to the other roller, thereby provide multiple uses of the adhesive sheet.
US10154754B2
An apparatus for managing water levels in a boiler of a coffee machine is provided. The boiler is connected to a control circuit and includes a first probe arranged, in use, to measure a first water level and at least a second probe arranged to measure a second water level, or working level of the apparatus, higher than the first level. apparatus is arranged to supply steam or hot water through respective ducts connected to the boiler and controlled by respective valves. The first probe is configured for measuring a draining level of the boiler on the basis of draining commands generated by the control circuit and for automatically enabling water replacement in the boiler.
US10154734B1
An inflatable seat having an internal inflatable tube disposed within a cloth barrel and framed by a pair of fixed planks secured to a pair of internal connector rings and a pair of plastic shields and covered by a decorative canvas.
US10154731B2
A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, and a supporting member. The second rail can be displaced with respect to the first rail. The supporting member is connected to the second rail and includes an upper supporting portion and a lower supporting portion. The upper supporting portion is used for supporting an upper wall of the first rail, and the lower supporting portion, for supporting a lower wall of the first rail.
US10154729B2
An articulating support arm includes a base, a first set of control arms having proximal ends and distal ends, with the proximal ends of the first set of control arms being pivotally connected to the base. The support arm further includes a second set of control arms having proximal ends and distal ends, with the proximal ends of the second set of control arms being disposed forward of and pivotally connected to the distal ends of the first set of control arms. The distal ends of the second set of control arms also are pivotally connected to a control head, and a locking assembly selectively prevents pivotal movement of the control arms, so as to provide vertical adjustment of the control head relative to the base.
US10154726B2
A ported brush applicator that includes a brush with a ferrule; an applicator base cap attached to the brush, where the applicator base cap includes a cap section having a cap opening that is sized and configured for attachment to a container; an applicator base mesa protruding from the cap section and secured within the ferrule, where the applicator base mesa has at least one through-hole and a fluid port having a first end in the brush and a second end in the through-hole.
US10154721B2
An external or internal artwork tube pocket that allows a child to carry artwork on a backpack or other carrying accessory without damage. The invention typically includes a tubular pocket that is open on the top and closed on the bottom. This tube can hold rolled-up sheets of artwork or other paper or thin cardboard. The tube is adapted to be attached to the backpack or accessory. The tube can have a fixed or removable bottom and an optional removable top. A preferred embodiment includes a substantially cylindrical artwork pocket attached vertically to the side of the backpack.
US10154714B2
A waterproof container includes a bag unit, a seat unit, a cover unit and a lock unit. The seat unit is disposed on the bag unit and defines an opening. The cover unit includes a cover, and two zippers dividing the cover into a fixed portion and a flip portion. The lock unit includes a first lock seat disposed on the fixed portion, a second lock seat disposed on the flip portion, and a locking mechanism operable between a locking state, where the locking mechanism engages the first and second lock seats so as to prevent the flip portion from being flipped open, and a releasing state, where the locking mechanism does not engage the first and second lock seats so as to allow the flip portion to be flipped open when the zippers are unzipped.
US10154709B1
A jewelry clasp includes a lower arm and an upper arm that are hingedly joined to each other at one respective ends thereof. A locking pin is provided adjacent a second end of the upper arm and the locking pin extends toward the respective second end of the lower arm and locked inside a locking receptacle formed adjacent a second distal end of the lower arm. The locking receptacle contains two spring wires that extend transversely to the direction of the locking receptacle, the spring wires being spaced from each other at a distance slightly smaller than the diametrical size of a pin head of the locking pin. The clasp can be used as a general jewelry closure device.
US10154701B2
An accessory is provided. The accessory is for use with a garment, such as a necktie or others. For example, the necktie includes a knot and an elongated portion extending from the knot downwardly. The accessory includes a helical body. The body includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion includes a tab extending therefrom. The tab is operative to secure onto the knot via tucking behind the knot such that the body at least partially overlays the knot frontally and extends from the tab helically around the elongated portion at least once and the second end portion is visible below the knot frontally.
US10154698B2
A slip system includes a skirt or a slip with an adjustable length. The skirt may be a standalone skirt or part of a dress. The slip may be a full slip or a half slip. In addition to the skirt or slip, the slip system includes one or more removable, replaceable sections. Each removable, replaceable section may add to the length of a main body of the skirt or slip. Each removable, replaceable section may impart the skirt or slip with a desired appearance by providing variety in a design and/or style of the skirt or slip.
US10154697B2
Provided is a neck supporter which is easy to use and which can reliably support the head of the wearer. The neck supporter includes an elongated main body providing said air-bag; an air injection valve that is provided in said main body to enable the air to be injected into said air-bag or discharged therefrom; connection sections (e.g., loops and hooks) that are provided on opposite surfaces in a vicinity of opposite ends of said main body to connect said opposite surfaces to each other; and a plurality of retaining portions (e.g., thermal compression bonding portions and through-holes) that are provided dispersedly as dots in series in a longitudinal direction of said main body to provide bonded portions between a front surface and a back surface of said main body.
US10154694B2
The present invention provides a sensor garment including a harness. In one exemplary embodiment, the sensor garment includes a textile portion, a device-retention element coupled to the textile portion, and a stretchable harness coupled to the textile portion. The harness includes a conductive element disposed between layers of film. The conductive element includes a first termination point at the device retention element, configured to connect to a monitor device. The conductive element includes a second termination point configured to connect to a sensor or transceiver.
US10154689B2
A fuel element adapted for use in a smoking article is provided, the fuel element including a combustible carbonaceous material in an amount of at least 25% by dry weight, based on the weight of the fuel element, and a particulate ignition aid dispersed throughout the fuel element and selected from ceramic particles, cellulose particles, fullerenes, impregnated activated carbon particles, inorganic salts, and combinations thereof, wherein the average particle size of the ignition aid is less than about 1,000 microns. Also provided are elongate smoking articles having a lighting end and an opposed mouth end, and including the above-noted fuel element configured for ignition of the lighting end.
US10154687B2
A cigarette paper is disclosed that contains at least one burn additive the concentration c(x) of which varies along a direction x of the cigarette paper. For the position-dependent concentration c(x) over an interval of length L, for x over the interval [0,L], ƒ(x)−Δc≤c(x)≤ƒ(x)+Δc. In this regard, 3 cm≤L≤11 cm, ƒ(x) is monotonic over the interval [0,L], but not a constant function over the entire interval, and Δc≤1% by weight, preferably ≤0.7% by weight and particularly preferably ≤0.5% by weight, and especially preferably ≤0.3% by weight and particularly preferably ≤0.15% by weight and Δc>0% by weight, each with respect to the mass of the cigarette paper.
US10154683B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for producing irregular pieces of meat from meat products. Further, a method of mass-producing a home-style meat product with an irregular appearance includes combining whole muscle meat with a mixture having a low-phosphate solution and/or a low-salt solution and cooking the combination to produce whole muscle meat logs. Once the whole muscle meat has been cooked, the meat may be pulled, shredded, or sliced on a variety of pulling, shredding, and slicing equipment to create a home-style meat product with an irregular appearance.
US10154681B2
The present disclosure relates to a compound, method of making the compound, method of using such compound preferably in the form of a dietary supplement that, when administered, is capable of use by any individuals, including patients having thyroid disease or various thyroid-related disorders. The unique combination of the composition is preferably administered orally, and preferably in the form of a drink. In some embodiments, the composition includes at least organic chlorella, organic dulse, organic acai, organic carrot, organic pineapple, apple pectin, organic inulin, PR-4 probiotic strain—preferably “Bacillus Coagulans,” organic wheat grass, organic beet root, organic ulva, organic evaporated cane juice, natural flavorsweet flavor, sodium chloride, citric acid, organic guar gum, creamy vanilla flavor, natural raspberry flavor, and natural mixed berry flavor.
US10154675B2
The present embodiments generally relate to beverages with enhanced flavors and aromas and method of making same. Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to soluble coffee and methods of making soluble coffee with improvements in such qualities as taste and aroma.
US10154670B2
This invention provides compositions of Bacillus strains and methods for using such compositions to inhibit the activity and/or growth of fungal pathogens of plants. In one embodiment, this invention provides a composition comprising Bacillus bacteria selected from the group consisting of Brevibacillus laterosporus strain CM-3, Brevibacillus laterosporus strain CM-33, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens BCM-CM5, Bacillus licheniformis ATCC-11946, Bacillus mojavensis BCM-01, Bacillus pumilus NRRL-1875, Bacillus subtilis 10 DSM-10, Bacillus subtilis NRRL-1650, Bacillus megaterium BCM-07, Paenibacillus polymyxa DSM-36, Paenibacillus chitinolyticus DSM-11030, and combinations thereof. In another embodiment, this invention provides a method for preparing a bacterial composition comprising one or more Bacillus strains by growing Bacillus strain bacteria until the bacteria form spores, collecting said spores, and formulating said composition.
US10154669B2
Methods of forming antimicrobial resin compositions comprising silver nanoparticles are disclosed. Such methods generally comprise: combining a silver-containing material with a resin in situ in the presence of a silver-binding compound; and curing the resin. Antimicrobial polymeric resin compositions formed by said methods have a lighter color than control compositions and also display a slower release of silver ions over time.
US10154660B1
A cooler having a support bracket. The apparatus includes a cooler having a bottom, sidewalls and a lid, and a fastenerless support bracket. The fastenerless support bracket includes a cantilevered plate; a primary stop adjacent to the inside of one of the sidewalls, the primary stop adapted to prevent the cantilevered plate from sliding in a first direction; and a secondary stop adjacent to the upper portion of one of the sidewalls adapted to prevent the cantilevered plate from sliding in a second direction. The primary stop and the secondary stop are at a proximate portion of the cantilevered plate and adapted to be clamped between the lid and one of the sidewalls of the cooler. The cantilevered plate may be adapted to receive a fishing rod holder assembly attached to the distal end of the fastenerless support bracket.
US10154659B2
A fishing rod holding assembly for PURPOSE includes a tube that insertably receives a fishing rod. A pair of holding units is provided. Each of the holding units is coupled to the tube. Each of the holding unit selectively engages a diagonal support of a chair. Thus, the tube is positioned at an upward angle with respect to the ground. A stand is coupled to the tube. The stand is selectively positioned in a deployed position. Thus, the stand supports the tube above ground. The stand is selectively positioned in a solo position. Thus, the stand supports the tube on the ground when the tube is not coupled to the chair.
US10154658B2
The invention provides genetically modified non-human animals that express chimeric human/non-human MHC I and MHC II polypeptides and/or human or humanized β2 microglobulin polypeptide, as well as embryos, cells, and tissues comprising the same. Also provided are constructs for making said genetically modified animals and methods of making the same. Methods of using the genetically modified animals to study various aspects of human immune system are provided.
US10154657B2
A method of experimenting on aquatic life in an indoor facility and lighting assembly for accomplishing the same. The lighting assembly includes a lighting device that emits light at a predetermined wavelength that provides a minimum water penetration depth and is positioned in a manner to provide uniform lighting at the air and water interface within a containment unit housing the aquatic life. The on and off function are also controlled by the lighting assembly to provide a gradual turn on and off to prevent interference of effects of lighting with experimental results.
US10154654B2
A method to determine a body condition score of an animal including: providing a three-dimensional camera system configured and arranged to record at least one three-dimensional image of the animal, and an image processing device to process the image; recording at least one three-dimensional image of the animal; processing the image. The processing the image includes: forming a three-dimensional surface representation of a part of the animal from the three-dimensional image recorded by the three-dimensional camera system; determining, in the image, reference points of the animal, at least including hook bone points and pin bone points of the animal; selecting a surface part of the animal representative for a body condition of the animal using the reference points; analyzing a first parameter representative for a body condition of the animal of the selected surface part; and determining the body condition score based on the first parameter.
US10154649B2
We describe an animal entry control system, for example for a cat flap, using RFID (radio frequency identification). The system comprises an RFID reader to register the presence and identification number of a transponder (15) injected under the skin of an animal; and a door (8) mounted on a hinge (10) and controlled by the RFID tag reader. The RFID reader comprises a resonant circuit including a tuning circuit to control the RFID reader such that a drive frequency of the RFID reader matches both a resonant frequency of the RFID reader and a resonant frequency of the transponder. Embodiments of the system are thus tolerant to a degree of detuning, for example from a metallic or magnetic material in the vicinity of the antenna.
US10154644B2
Disclosed are alfalfa varieties with low or reduced lignin content, including an alfalfa seed designated CW 096043 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122473, an alfalfa seed designated CW 103009 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122475, an alfalfa seed designated CW 099079 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122474, an alfalfa seed designated CW 090075 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122471, an alfalfa seed designated CW 054004 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122470, an alfalfa seed designated CW 093009 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122472, and an alfalfa seed designated CW 104015 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122476. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the cultivar, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of these alfalfa varieties, such as CW 096043, CW 103009, CW 099079, CW 090075, CW 054004, CW 093009, or CW 104015 and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in alfalfa breeding and alfalfa transformation.
US10154643B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH581470. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH581470, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH581470 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH581470.
US10154641B2
A New Guinea Impatiens plant designated SAKIMP040 is disclosed. Embodiments include seeds of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP040, plants of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP040, to plant parts of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP040, and methods for producing an impatiens plant produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP040 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 SAKIMP040, methods for producing other impatiens lines or plant parts derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP040, 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 SAKIMP040 with another impatiens variety.
US10154636B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH311019. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH311019, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH311019 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH311019.
US10154629B2
The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of farm irrigation, and particularly relates to a novel pressureless irrigation device. The novel pressureless irrigation device of the present disclosure uniformly conveys irrigation water to crop plant root systems on the basis of a “connector” principle; and the size of a flow cross-section necessarily satisfies the extremely-low flowing speed requirement of “lossless conveyance” for the “connector” in a static pressure dominant operating state, thereby eliminating a problem of irrigator blockage which accompanies energy dissipation. Water enters the atmosphere via transpiration of crop plants, and a water supply water level control pool at a head portion is triggered to replenish the water. The water consumption and water replenishment are adaptive, and human intervention and additional energy are not required, thereby realizing low-cost and “fool-proof” automatic irrigation and true sense of uniform irrigation.
US10154624B2
In an approach, hyperspectral and/or multispectral remote sensing images are automatically analyzed by a nitrogen analysis subsystem to estimate the value of nitrogen variables of crops or other plant life located within the images. For example, the nitrogen analysis subsystem may contain a data collector module, a function generator module, and a nitrogen estimator module. The data collector module prepares training data which is used by the function generator module to train a mapping function. The mapping function is then used by the nitrogen estimator module to estimate the values of nitrogen variables for a new remote sensing image that is not included in the training set. The values may then be reported and/or used to determine an optimal amount of fertilizer to add to a field of crops to promote plant growth.
US10159164B2
A suspension type sliding bracket having anti-dropping mechanism, the sliding bracket uses a first sliding rail of suspension type to slide on a first bracket, and the sliding bracket uses a second sliding rail of suspension type to slide on a second bracket, a front-end portion of the first sliding rail can provided with a first locating plate, a front-end portion of the first bracket can provided with a first locating post; wherein the first locating post can enter a first slot of the first locating plate, and the first locating post can block a closure portion of the first slot, therefore the first sliding rail can form a first anti-dropping position to stop slide; and the first slot can escape from the first locating post when an extension portion of the first locating plate is pressed.
US10159163B2
A removable electronic module usable with an electrical system includes a main body, electronic devices, indicators, and a switching member. The indicators receive the power by the power storage device when the main body is removed from a slot and electrically disconnected from the electrical system to indicate a functional status of the corresponding electronic devices when placed in an active state.
US10159160B2
A component and an electronic device with the component includes a structural assembly and a cover assembly that matches the structural assembly. The structural assembly includes a bracket, the cover assembly includes a cover body, and a glare film is disposed on a surface that is of the cover body and that is close to the structural assembly. An isolation assembly configured to isolate the bracket from the glare film is disposed in some regions between the bracket and the glare film. A hardness of the isolation assembly is less than or equal to hardness of the glare film. A connection assembly configured to connect the bracket and the glare film is disposed in some or all regions that are between the bracket and the glare film and in which the isolation assembly is not disposed.
US10159159B2
A connector including a first connector side having a first rotatable connector mechanism and a second connector side having a second rotatable connector mechanism, the first rotatable connector mechanism and the second rotatable connector mechanism being configured to engage one another when the first connector side and the second connector side abut one another at a first angular orientation, the first rotatable connector mechanism and the second rotatable connector mechanism being configured to disengage from one another when the first connector side and the second connector side are rotated away from the first angular orientation in at least a first direction.
US10159158B2
The description relates to devices, such as computing devices having displays that can be rotated through a range of travel. The device can counter-balance the display to create a near weightless feel for the user when repositioning the display.
US10159155B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a first curved portion that is curved; and a drive circuit board on which a circuit for driving the display panel is formed. The drive circuit board includes a second curved portion that is curved following the first curved portion, and each of a plurality of components including one of a resistor and a capacitor and mounted on the second curved portion is mounted on the drive circuit board so that a crosswise direction of the component in plan view, which is a direction perpendicular to an alignment direction of a plurality of electrodes of the component, follows a curving direction of the second curved portion.
US10159154B2
A method of making a multilayered, fusion bonded circuit structure. A first circuitry layer is attached to a first major surface of a first LCP substrate. A plurality of first recesses are formed that extend from a second major surface of the first substrate to the first circuitry layer. The first recesses are then plated to form a plurality of first conductive pillars of solid metal that substantially fill the first recesses. A plurality of second recesses are formed in a second LCP substrate corresponding to a plurality of the first conductive pillars. The second recess are plated to form a plurality of second conductive structures that extend between first and second major surfaces of the second substrate. The second major surface of the first substrate is positioned adjacent to the second major surface of the second substrate. The first conductive pillars are aligned with the second conductive structures. The stack is then fusion bonded to mechanically couple the first conductive pillars to the second conductive structures.
US10159151B1
A chip package circuit board module including a circuit board and at least one original chip is provided. The circuit board includes at least one first pad, at least one second pad and at least one substitute pad. The at least one second pad is located besides the at least one first pad and separated from the at least one first pad. The at least one substitute pad is adjacent to the at least one second pad and separated from the at least one first pad and the at least one second pad. The at least one original chip is connected to the at least one first pad and at least one the second pad, respectively. A total width of a portion corresponding to each of the at least one second pad and a portion corresponding to the substitute pad adjacent to the second pad of the first pad is greater than or equal to twice a width of the original chip.
US10159147B2
Disclosed is a display apparatus having a circular display portion, wherein the display apparatus includes a cover window for covering a circular display portion on a substrate, and an insertion member provided in a gap space between an edge of the substrate and an edge of the cover window, thereby improving reliability of the substrate.
US10159139B2
A two-way load control system comprises a power device, such as a load control device for controlling an electrical load receiving power from an AC power source, and a controller adapted to be coupled in series between the source and the power device. The load control system may be installed without requiring any additional wires to be run, and is easily configured without the need for a computer or an advanced commissioning procedure. The power device receives both power and communication over two wires. The controller generates a phase-control voltage and transmits a forward digital message to the power device by encoding digital information in timing edges of the phase-control voltage. The power device transmits a reverse digital message to the controller via the power wiring.
US10159132B2
Systems and methods are provided to control the color and brightness of LED lighting. A control signal generator generates a hybrid control signal using pulse width modulation and analog control to drive an LED driver with increased resolution to maintain color mixing while adjusting brightness of the LED lighting.
US10159131B1
An LED light fixture, in the form of lamps or luminaires, is comprised on a plurality of LED lights producing bright white or warm light and a plurality of color LED lights producing light of a visibly different color. The fixture includes control circuitry for receiving an input voltage signal from a dimmer switch wherein when the dimmer switch reduces the input voltage to the LED light fixture within a top range setting of the dimmer switch, the brightness of the light is maintained while the color Kelvin temperature of the light spectrum is reduced. If the dimmer switch is increased in the top range, the color temperature increases. This is achieved by increasing the frequency of a reduced input voltage signal during a reduction of the dimmer switch in the top range thereof to supply full driver current to the white or warm light LED's while reducing the driver current to the color LED's. When the dimmer switch is operated below the top range both drive currents to the while and color LED's is reduced to provide a warm relaxing light spectrum but with substantially high luminosity/brightness.
US10159130B2
An illumination system and method is provided for readily mapping a plurality of scenes along a dimcurve form a natural show for one or more groups of LED illumination devices. Mapping can be performed using a graphical user interface on a remote controller wirelessly linked to the illumination devices. A keypad is preferably configured for button control of changes to color temperature as a function of brightness along each of the various dimcurves for each of the various groups of illumination devices controlled by a corresponding keypad to allow momentary or persistent override and reprogram of the natural show. Modification to a scene further comprises modifications to scenes before and after the currently modified scene to provide a smoothing dimcurve modification. Global keypad can be used to control multiple zones arranged throughout a structure to switch between a natural show that emulates outdoor sunlight conditions to a panic show when an intruder is detected.
US10159127B2
A low-voltage DC lighting system with identification addresses, comprising a smart controller, a terminal controller, a plurality of digital control switches connected with a low-voltage DC power supply through the terminal controller and controlled by the terminal controller and low-voltage DC lamps connected with each of the digital control switches respectively, each one of the smart controller and the terminal controller has a unique code, a storage space and an own CPU respectively, the terminal controller has a network interface connected to the smart controller, and the terminal controller exchanges information with the smart controller through the network interface, the smart controllers are also connected with each other via network interfaces, and the smart controller stores the identification addresses of every low-voltage DC lamps controlled by the terminal controller; the terminal controller comprises a network information receiving and transmitting module, a terminal calculating module and a lighting industrial control module. Accordingly, the smart controller can perform various controls over the low-voltage DC lamps located at different locations through the terminal controller according to the identification addresses of the low-voltage DC lamps.
US10159126B2
The present invention relates to a lighting application, the lighting application comprises an LED assembly comprising a serial connection of two or more LED units, each LED unit comprising one or more LEDs, each LED unit being provided with a controllable switch for substantially short-circuiting the LED unit. The lighting application further comprises a control unit for controlling a drive unit and arranged to receive a signal representing a voltage level of the supply voltage, and control the switches in accordance with the signal. The invention further provides for an LED driver that enables to operate a TRIAC based dimmer at an optimal holding current and an LED driver comprising a switchable buffer, e.g. a capacitor.
US10159125B1
An LED power supply device includes a primary winding, a secondary winding, a charge-pump capacitor, a bridge rectifier circuit, a unidirectional controlled switch, and an output capacitor. The secondary winding includes a first terminal and a second terminal and configured to provide a secondary current in response to a primary current flowing through the primary winding. A first terminal of the charge-pump capacitor is coupled to the second terminal of the secondary winding. The bridge rectifier circuit is coupled to the first terminal of the secondary winding and a second terminal of the charge-pump capacitor. The unidirectional controlled switch is reversely coupled to one of multiple diodes in the bridge rectifier circuit, and configured to be on or off according to a control voltage selectively. The output capacitor is coupled to the bridge rectifier circuit and configured to provide an output voltage according to the secondary current.
US10159124B2
A dimmable LED light unit, in particular for a passenger transportation vehicle, such as an aircraft, a road vehicle, a ship or a rail car, is disclosed that comprises a power input adapted to receive electrical power from a power source, at least one LED, and an LED drive and control module coupled between the power input and the at least one LED, wherein the LED drive and control module is adapted to receive an LED control signal indicative of a desired light intensity of the dimmable LED light unit.
US10159122B2
A system and method for emulating a gas discharge lamp comprising an input arranged to direct electric current from a lamp ballast to a delay circuit, wherein the delay circuit is arranged to establish an electrical communication between the lamp ballast and an electric lamp when a predetermined condition associated with one or more characteristics of the gas discharge lamp is attained.
US10159116B2
A heater system is provided that comprises a plurality of layered heater modules, each module comprising a plurality of resistive zones. The layered heater modules are disposed adjacent one another to form the heater system, which can be adapted for a multitude of different sizes of heating targets. Preferably, the resistive zones comprise a plurality of resistive traces arranged in a parallel circuit and oriented approximately perpendicular to a primary heating direction, wherein the resistive traces comprise a positive temperature coefficient material having a relatively high TCR. The resistive traces are responsive to the heating target power gradient such that the resistive traces output additional power proximate a higher heat sink and less power proximate a lower heat sink along the primary heating direction.
US10159108B2
Methods and structures are disclosed which facilitate handling discontinuous reception (DRX) in Long Term Evolution (LTE) type communication signal reception and transmission using one carrier, such as a licensed carrier, and another carrier, such as an unlicensed carrier, in the presence of other transmissions using the other carrier.
US10159107B2
A first method includes transmitting, to a network, an indication of a capability to operate in an uplink aggregation dual connectivity mode or in a fast switching dual connectivity mode; and receiving, from the network, a dual connectivity configuration for the UE based at least in part on the indication of the capability. A second method includes communicating with a first network access device; transmitting, to a second network access device, a request to perform fast switching from the first network access device to the second network access device; receiving, from the second network access device, a dual connectivity configuration for communicating with the second network access device; and communicating with the second network access device based at least in part on the dual connectivity configuration.
US10159105B1
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may transmit a LMP version request PDU to a second device. The apparatus may receive a LMP version response PDU including at least one of a link layer identification, a version number, or a sub-version number associated with the second device. The apparatus may determine if one or more of the link layer identification, the version number, or the sub-version number included in the LMP version response PDU are associated with a recognized QLM. The apparatus may a first LMP encapsulated header PDU that includes a first QLMP feature request opcode to the second device when it is determined that one or more of the link layer identification, the version number, or the sub-version number included in the LMP version response PDU are associated with the recognized QLM.
US10159097B2
Wireless communications systems, methods, and techniques related to signaling and determining slot and mini-slot structures are provided. A first wireless communication device transmits a first signal according to a first numerology including at least a first tone spacing. The first signal indicates a second numerology including at least a second tone spacing. The first wireless communication device transmits a second signal according to the second numerology. The first signal includes a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) signal. The second numerology is independent from the first numerology. Different slot/mini-slot structures may be utilized for varying channel types to support mixed numerology arrangements. Embodiments may utilize single and varied slot structures; single slot structures may be decoupled from transmission numerology and varied slot structures may be defined based on reference numerology. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US10159094B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, a device for communication according to a specific communication protocol is provided. The communication device includes a processor for generating and processing frames based on frame formats defined by the communication protocol. The processor generates a beacon frame so that information on a collision avoidance scheme supported by the device of a plurality kinds of information specified based on the communication protocol is omitted. Further, the processor processes a connection request frame transmitted from other device to extract information on a collision avoidance scheme supported by the other device, and controls communication with the other device based on comparison of the extracted information on the collision avoidance scheme with the information on the collision avoidance scheme supported by the device.
US10159092B2
Methods and apparatus are provided contention based uplink data transmission. In one novel aspect, the contention-based uplink data channel is used to transmit the data directly to the network. In one embodiment, the UE selects an UL data channel from a set of preconfigured uplink contention based data channels and sends the UL data transmission on the selected UL data channel. In one embodiment, the contention based UL data has a narrow bandwidth with a long CP such that the TA is not needed from the base station. In another embodiment, a small signaling payload is included in the CB UL data transmission if the size of the data contents cannot be fit in the UL data channel. In one embodiment, the signaling payload is the BSR. The UE, subsequently, receives an UL grant and sends the remaining data contents using the allocated data channel in the UL grant.
US10159086B1
Disclosed are methods and systems for a UE to expedite handover through advanced obtaining and reporting of a network identifier. The UE could detect for possible handover a target cell that a target base station provides. In response to the detecting, the UE could determine that the target base station is of a particular class of base stations and, responsive to determining that the target base station is of the particular class, could determine and report the network identifier to a source base station serving the UE. In this way, if the source base station does not have a record of the network identifier, the source base station would not need to request the UE to determine and report that identifier, and could instead use the reported network identifier as basis to engage in handover signaling to process handover of the UE to the target cell, thereby expediting handover.
US10159074B2
The present disclosure is a novel utility of a software defined radio (SDR) based Distributed Antenna System (DAS) that is field reconfigurable and support multi-modulation schemes (modulation-independent), multi-carriers, multi-frequency bands and multi-channels. The present disclosure enables a high degree of flexibility to manage, control, enhance, facilitate the usage and performance of a distributed wireless network such as flexible simulcast, automatic traffic load-balancing, network and radio resource optimization, network calibration, autonomous/assisted commissioning, carrier pooling, automatic frequency selection, frequency carrier placement, traffic monitoring, traffic tagging, pilot beacon, etc.
US10159073B2
Frequency management methods and communication networks utilizing such frequency management methods are disclosed. More specifically, multiple frequency sets may be utilized to facilitate frequency hopping and a frequency management method may implement various switching schemes to switch between the different frequency sets. Techniques such as synchronization and spectrum harvesting may also be provided to support utilization of multiple frequency sets, all of which may provide improved operation reliabilities and better handling of jamming signals.
US10159071B2
Disclosed is a method for a terminal for receiving a downlink signal from a plurality of cells according to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) method in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving, in a first subframe, a first or second type scheduling information indicating an activation, according to the SPS method, from a serving cell from among the plurality of cells; and, in the first subframe and a second subframe configured via a higher layer after the first subframe, receiving the downlink signal from one cell from among the plurality of cells in accordance with resource allocation information comprised in the first or the second type scheduling information, wherein the first type scheduling information comprises quasi co-location (QCL) information for the serving cell and the one cell, and the QCL information applied in the first and second subframes is updated in accordance with the type of the scheduling information.
US10159070B2
A user equipment (UE) may receive a wireless wide area network (WWAN) signal on a first antenna. The UE may process the WWAN signal with a portion of a WWAN receive chain of a WWAN module of the UE. The WWAN signal may be routed from the WWAN receive chain to a wireless local area network (WLAN) receive chain of a WLAN module of the UE. The UE may then process the WWAN signal with a portion of the WLAN receive chain.
US10159066B2
It is possible to efficiently transmit and receive signals including control information between a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus. A control channel is constituted of one or more first elements. The mobile station apparatus sets a search space for performing decoding detection of the control channel within a control channel region in which each of the first elements is constituted of resources in one physical resource block, and a search space for performing decoding detection of the control channel within a control channel region in which each of the first elements is constituted of second elements in a plurality of different physical resource blocks. Each of the second elements is resources obtained by dividing one physical resource block. The mobile station apparatus performs decoding detection of the control channel using the first elements in the set search spaces.
US10159063B2
Disclosed is a base station which transmits and retransmits to a terminal first and second downlink data in first and second component carriers, respectively, wherein a first configuration pattern of UL (uplink) and DL (downlink) subframes is set for the first component carrier and a second configuration pattern of UL and DL subframes is set for the second component carrier. The base station receives from the terminal in the first component carrier an ACK/NACK for the first and second downlink data received by the terminal, which stores retransmission data of the first and second downlink data in a soft buffer, wherein the soft buffer for the second downlink data is sized according to a maximum number of downlink HARQ retransmission processes executable in a reference configuration pattern of UL and DL subframes, and the reference configuration pattern is determined according to the first and second configuration patterns.
US10159060B2
Methodologies are presented that provide better uplink and downlink data throughput for cell-edge stations (CE STAs) in wireless networks. In downlink, two or more access points (AP) can work in concert to code a signal such that each AP sends a portion of the data during concurrent transmissions. To further enhance the data throughput of a CE STA, each link between the CE STA and one of the APs can have different characteristics or parameters, for example, a different modulation and coding scheme (MCS). The different characteristics or parameters are communicated to the CE STA through one of various signals sent to the CE STA to allow the CE STA to receive the portions of data over the differently configured links.
US10159050B2
Novel techniques for pooling the available transmit power of a beam across the subcarriers that are or that are scheduled to be in use (and not across all available subcarriers) are disclosed. The scheduled subcarriers may be located in the same or different carriers of a modulation transmitter modulation system, and the pooled transmit power may be allocated or distributed across the scheduled subcarriers of the beam. Modulation symbols or resource elements may be transmitted in accordance with allocated, per-subcarrier power budgets, thereby maximizing the SNIR of signals that are transmitted in the beam via the scheduled subcarriers. Additionally, the allocation of the pooled transmit power to various subcarriers may continuously and/or dynamically vary over time, e.g., based on traffic demands, interference characteristics, etc., as well as based on subsequent scheduling of subcarriers to transmit subsequent modulation symbols or resource elements.
US10159046B2
A mobile terminal device includes a display module configured to turn on and display information, a touch detection module including a touch panel and being configured to detect a touch operation of a user with respect to the touch panel, and a processor configured to control the display module and touch detection module. The processor is configured to turn off a turned-on display module when an object approaches the display module in a case where an application program accompanied by information display is being executed, and disable the touch operation after turning off the display module in a case where the application program corresponds to a first application program, and enable the touch operation after turning off the display module in a case where the application program corresponds to a second application program.
US10159043B1
The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to training sequences used in wireless communication systems. In some implementations, a transmission mode of a transmitting device is determined for transmitting a long training field (LTF) sequence for High Efficiency (HE) wireless local area network (WLAN) communication. Based on the transmission mode, candidate training sequences for the LTF sequence are constructed. Each candidate sequence includes a first number of base sequences and a second number of floating sequences, wherein the base sequences reuse an LTF sequence for Very High Throughput (VHT) WLAN communication. The candidate training sequences are constructed by varying values and locations of the floating sequences. A target training sequence is selected that has a desired peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) value. The target training sequence is assigned to the transmitting device for transmitting the target training sequence in the LTF for the HE WLAN communication.
US10159041B2
A communication apparatus includes a memory that stores instructions, and a processor that executes the instructions. The instructions are executed to transmit to another communication apparatus a notification for requesting a predetermined type of packet which is used by the communication apparatus for changing an operation mode of the communication apparatus from a first operation mode to a second operation mode higher than the first operation mode in power consumption, and to determine, in a case where the predetermined type of packet is received from the another communication apparatus during a test time period according to the notification, the first operation mode as an operation mode of the communication apparatus after the test time period. The operation mode of the communication apparatus is set to the first operation mode according to such a determination.
US10159039B2
Systems and methods for steering WiFi clients based on capabilities of the clients and access points (APs) are provided. According to one embodiment, multiple access points (APs) of a wireless local area network (WLAN) receives probe requests from a WLAN client for joining the WLAN. The APs forward the probe requests to an AP controller (AC) that controls the APs of the WLAN. The AC selects one or more of the multiple APs based at least on the matching of the capability of the WLAN client and capabilities of the multiple APs and sends a confirmation to one or more of selected APs. The selected APs accept the probe requests to allow the WLAN client to join the WLAN through the one or more selected APs.
US10159036B1
The disclosure includes embodiments for selecting one or more gateway vehicles for a virtual parked vehicle network including a plurality of parked vehicles that are members of the virtual parked vehicle network. A method according to some embodiments includes assigning position data to the plurality of parked vehicles which describes a plurality of unique position values for the plurality of parked vehicles in the virtual parked vehicle network. The method includes designating a parked vehicle having a lowest position value in the plurality of unique position values as a gateway vehicle for the virtual parked vehicle network. In some embodiments, the gateway vehicle is an only member of the virtual parked vehicle network that is operable to provide access to the virtual parked vehicle network.
US10159035B2
Method, systems, and apparatuses are described for discovery operations in a millimeter wave wireless communication system. A first base station of the millimeter wave wireless communication system may determine a timing parameter and a propagation parameter associated with a second base station of the millimeter wave wireless communication system. The first base station may perform a discovery procedure with the second base station based at least in part on the timing parameter and the propagation parameter. At least a portion of the discovery procedure may be performed wirelessly via the millimeter wave wireless communication system. The first base station may establish a backhaul communication link with the second base station based on the discovery procedure.
US10159031B2
The present invention discloses an access point, a station, and a beacon frame sending method and system, relates to the communications field, and resolves a problem of relatively large network overheads caused for purposes of ensuring that in a WLAN system having multiple channels, a STA can quickly access a network. A specific solution is as follows: A first sending unit sends a beacon indication frame on each subchannel of N subchannels, where the beacon indication frame is used to indicate configuration information of a beacon frame; and a second sending unit sends the beacon frame on at least one first subchannel. The present invention is applied to a beacon frame sending process.
US10159028B2
A system includes a vehicle-based processor configured to store SIM profiles of locally connectable wireless devices on a list in vehicle memory. The processor is also configured to monitor the network signal strengths of different networks associated with different SIM profiles as a vehicle travels and, if the signal strength of the presently connected network drops below a predetermined threshold, automatically select and connect to a different cellular network using an associated stored SIM profile.
US10159020B2
When handing off a multi-mode patient monitoring device (PMD) (28) between radio access technology (RAT) networks, a serving access point (AP) (12, 16, 72) with which a communication link is established by the PMD (28) over a first RAT network (RAT-1) to permit the PMD to communicate with a hospital IP network (18) via the serving AP (12, 16, 72). A scanning interface (14, 54, 74, 104) collects information regarding other available RAT networks (e.g., RAT-2 , RAT-3, etc) and candidate APs therein. If the RAT-1 communication quality of service falls below a predetermined threshold level, the serving AP (12, 16, 72) delivers information regarding the candidate APs (22, 24, 26) and their RAT networks to the PMD (28). Delivery of the candidate network/AP information is performed using a beacon signal continuously or periodically emitted from the serving AP (12, 16, 72), or upon request by the PMD (28). The PMD (28) selects a candidate AP (22, 24, 26) as a target AP, and initiates a handover to the target AP. In this manner, the PMD (28) is provided with candidate AP information without having to actively search for the APs, thereby conserving battery power.
US10159018B2
The present disclosure includes: a data processing method of a software defined network (SDN) controller included in a SDN, wherein the SDN controller is connected to legacy network access equipment, an edge switch, and base network access equipment, and includes: (a) receiving an access request of user equipment transmitted by the legacy network access equipment through the edge switch connected to the legacy network access equipment; (b) setting initial access of the user equipment through a legacy network service module included in the SDN controller in response to the access request of the user equipment; (c) generating an access path for a base network on the basis of a base network service module included in the SDN controller upon completion of the initial access setup; and (d) requesting the edge switch to generate an entry for the access path upon generation of the access path.
US10159017B2
Disclosed is an incoming call processing method for a dual-card and dual-system terminal. A first operating system receives an incoming call of a first SIM card; a second operating system triggers an event to notify the first operating system of an incoming call of a second SIM card upon receiving the same; the first or second operating system partitions a display screen into first and second display regions; and the first operating system displays an operating interface of the SIM card corresponding to the first operating system in the first display region, and triggers an event to notify the second operating system of display in the second display region; or the second operating system displays an operating interface of the SIM card corresponding to the second operating system in the second display region, and triggers an event to notify the first operating system of display in the first display region.
US10159014B1
Systems, methods, and processing nodes are related to allocating bandwidth in a wireless network. A method includes identifying a plurality of small cell relay nodes connected to a relay node. The method further includes determining priority data indicative of resource utilization by each of the plurality of small cell relay nodes and types of services utilized by wireless devices connected to each of the plurality of small cell relay nodes. Additionally, the method includes determining a priority for each of the plurality of small cell relay nodes based at least partially the priority data. The method also includes allocating backhaul bandwidth of the relay node to each of the plurality of small cell relay nodes based at least partially on the priority for each of the plurality of small cell relay nodes.
US10159001B2
Provided are a method, device and system for detecting a network coverage condition. The method comprises: receiving, by a device-to-device (D2D) user equipment (UE), network coverage judgement parameter information sent by a base station (101); and detecting, by the D2D UE, a network coverage condition of the location thereof according to the network coverage judgement parameter information (102).
US10158999B2
A spectrum sharing system includes an advanced beacon (e.g. a low latency RF link) as part of an information sharing subsystem. The advanced beacon signal carries radar spectrum transmission schedule in an obfuscated way such as not to reveal the geolocation of the radar. The information sharing subsystem directs nodes, such as cell phones, to share spectrum based on spectrum sharing instructions contained in the advanced beacon. The spectrum sharing system permits out-of-band sharing of spectrum white space, as well as sharing of in-band spectrum gray space.
US10158997B2
A wireless network may include devices that wirelessly transmit and receive packets. Each packet may include a preamble, a start-of-frame delimiter, a physical layer header, a sequence of symbols between the start-of-frame delimiter and the physical layer header, and a data payload. The sequence of symbols may have a pattern that is resistant to spoofing attacks. A receiving device may have a correlator that correlates known symbols against the symbols in the sequence using overlapping three-symbol-length correlation windows. Early arrival peaks in the output of the correlator may be used to correct time stamp information in the packets and late arrival peaks corresponding to spoofed signals from an attacker may be ignored. Time stamp information may be processed to determine ranges between transmitting and receiving devices.
US10158992B2
An example electronic device includes memory for storing a program for unlocking the first electronic device using a wearable electronic device; wireless communication circuitry; and one or more processors configured to execute the program stored in the memory to cause the electronic device to at least establish wireless communication, via the wireless communication circuitry, with the wearable electronic device when the wearable electronic device is in a wireless communication range of the first electronic device; determine whether the wearable second electronic device is authenticated for unlocking the first electronic device; determine whether the wearable electronic device is in a specific range of the first electronic device based on a signal transmitted from the wearable electronic device being worn; and unlock the first electronic device based on determining that the wearable electronic device is authenticated and is in the specific range of the electronic device.
US10158984B2
A service system and method for collecting usage history of a smartphone using a smartphone optimization application, recommending a user-fitting application, and providing a research service based on a reward, include a processor, and a memory. The processor includes a collector configured to collect usage history provided from a terminal according to a control of an optimization application that is installed in the terminal and automatically executed in the terminal for at least one of a security enhancement and performance optimization of the terminal, and an analyzer configured to analyze at least one of a field of interest of the user and a usage pattern of the user about at least one other application installed in the terminal, based on the collected usage history.
US10158982B2
Disclosed are various examples for message-based management service enrollment. In one example, a map is generated that associates an identifier with an enterprise within the map. The identifier identifies a network endpoint of an enrollment service. A message with client data is received from a client device, which sends the message to the enrollment service using the identifier. A username is generated with the client data and a user account is created having the username. Enrollment data is obtained from the management service and an enrollment of the client device is initiated by sending a message with the enrollment data to the client device.
US10158976B2
A tracking system can provide intervention notifications to a user to notify the user that a tracking device is potentially lost or is in a predicted state. The tracking system may notify the user that a tracking device is potentially lost or in a predicted state based on a number of factors, including: a proximity of a tracking device to other tracking devices or a user's mobile device, a movement of a tracking device to more than a threshold distance away from a mobile device or other tracking devices, a location of a tracking device relative to a geographic location or to geographic boundaries, a usage or movement behavior of the tracking device, a usage or movement behavior of a user or owner of a tracking device, information received from an external source, or information received from sensors within the tracking device or a user's mobile.
US10158969B2
Systems and methods for concurrent wireless power transfer and data transmission are provided. A constraint encoder receives data bits for communication to a mobile device and encodes the data bits onto a transmit signal. The constraint encoder specifies signal constraints that cause the transmit signal to have a peak-to-power-average ratio (PAPR) during a given time interval sufficient to provide wireless power transfer to the mobile device. The system also includes a signal generator coupled to the constraint encoder. The signal generator generates the transmit signal according to the signal constraints. The system further includes a transmitter coil that is coupled to the signal generator. The transmitter coil is configured to transmit the transmit signal that has been encoded with the data bits to receiver coils of the mobile device. The encoded transmit signal is able to provide wireless power transfer and the encoded data bits to the mobile device.
US10158961B1
There is described a computer-implemented method for calibrating a sound signal, comprising: receiving an initial sound signal, a recorded background sound signal, a recorded initial sound signal and a target sound signal; subtracting the recorded background sound signal from the recorded initial sound signal, thereby obtaining a denoised sound signal; dividing the target sound signal by the denoised sound signal, thereby obtaining a compensation factor; dividing the initial sound signal by the compensation factor, thereby obtaining a calibrated sound signal; and outputting the calibrated sound signal.
US10158940B2
A stackable communications apparatus comprises modules to be powered on in a sequence. Each of the modules comprises components that perform an individual function or group of functions of the apparatus, each module in the plurality of modules comprising an individual chassis stackable with at least another individual chassis of at least another module in the plurality of modules. The modules comprise at least two modules establishing surface contacts by stacking. The surface contacts maintain, without physical cabling, power connection between the at least two modules. A preceding module in the sequence determines, via a power controller in communication with a power controller of a next module, a power requirement of the next module. The power controller of the preceding module in the sequence enables power to the next module if a remaining power from the preceding module is greater than the power requirements of the next module.
US10158939B2
Multiple Holocam Orbs observe a real-life environment and generate an artificial reality representation of the real-life environment. Depth image data is cleansed of error due to LED shadow by identifying the edge of a foreground object in an (near infrared light) intensity image, identifying an edge in a depth image, and taking the difference between the start of both edges. Depth data error due to parallax is identified noting when associated text data in a given pixel row that is progressing in a given row direction (left-to-right or right-to-left) reverses order. Sound sources are identified by comparing results of a blind audio source localization algorithm, with the spatial 3D model provided by the Holocam Orb. Sound sources that corresponding to identifying 3D objects are associated together. Additionally, types of data supported by a standard movie data container, such as an MPEG container, is expanding to incorporate free viewpoint data (FVD) model data. This is done by inserting FVD data of different individual 3D objects at different sample rates into a single video stream. Each 3D object is separately identified by a separately assigned ID.
US10158938B1
A horn speaker improves ambience and sound quality by minimizing the transmission of sound diffusion and noise while maximizing the transmission of source sound generated by a speaker unit. The sound emitted by the speaker unit is collected in a seating groove and discharged through a discharge outlet of the horn speaker by integrally forming a plurality of horns in primary and secondary cases of the horn speaker enclosure. A simplified structure reduces the size of the horn speaker and difficulty associated with its assembly. The reproduction band of sound can be extended by forming a horn in a duct structure and adding sound pressure by combining it with sound emitted from the resonance of the duct in forward and backward directions. The amplitude of the resonance point is reduced in the same band and consequently advantageously reduces distortion of the sound.
US10158925B2
A user (e.g., a viewer of audio/video content) may select a primary or main content stream (MCS). Metadata regarding the MCS may be generated to indicate a start and a stop within the MCS of content that is not of interest to the user, such as commercials. When the MCS (e.g., a sporting event) provides undesired content, backfill content (BFC) may be provided in place of the undesired content. BFC may include content provided by a fantasy sports platform, a social media website, an email provider, a secondary content stream (e.g., highlights from a different sporting event), and/or any other content. The MCS may be presented to the user with a slight time-delay, so that the metadata identifying commercials may be determined, and to allow the primary stream to be blended seamlessly with BFC. In another example, BFC may include a second game, provided to the user's device and segmented into highlights.
US10158921B2
An IM client and a method performed by the IM client for providing a subscriber of a real-time content distributor of an IPTV service provider with information about a transmission from the real-time content distributor are provided. The IM client, the IPTV service provider and the subscriber are using an IM service. The method comprises detecting (110) a start, or imminent start of the transmission; and determining (130) whether the subscriber is comprised in a friend list of the real-time content distributor. The method further comprises, if the subscriber is comprised in a friend list of the real-time content distributor, notifying (140) the subscriber about the start, or imminent start, of the transmission.
US10158908B1
A processing device sends a first list of content comprising an unsolicited electronic content item to be stored on a first device associated with a user profile. The processing device receives information describing a first state of storage space on the first device. The processing device determines at least one of an amount of total free space or an amount of available free space on a second device associated with the user profile. The processing device then determines a second list of content using the first state of the storage space on the first device and at least one of the amount of total free space or the amount of available free space on the second device and sends the second list to the second device.
US10158905B2
Media is selected for video playback through a first device and audio playback through one or more separate devices connected through a wireless network. Different techniques for synchronizing the audio and video can be selected based on one or more factors to improve media playback.
US10158899B2
In particular embodiments a social networking system captures data associated with video content provided to a first user of a social-networking system, identifies, using the captured data, the video content provided to the first user, and updates a graph of the social-networking system to associate the first user with the identified video content. The graph of the social-networking system has a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes. The nodes of the graph include user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system.
US10158889B2
Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described below including operations for replaying old packets for concealing video decoding errors as well as operations for video decoding latency adjustment based on wireless link conditions.
US10158886B2
There are provided methods and apparatus for the use of slice groups in encoding and decoding multi-view video coding (MVC) information. An apparatus and method are described which encodes at least two views corresponding to multi-view video content using multiple slice groups. Furthermore, an apparatus and method are described for decoding at least two views corresponding to multi-view video content using multiple slice groups.
US10158878B2
A motion information storing method and a TMVP deriving method using the motion information storing method are provided. The motion information storing method includes a step of determining a representative block out of blocks of a motion data storage unit in a co-located picture with a current picture and a step of storing motion information of the representative block as motion information of the motion data storage unit, wherein the motion information of the representative block is used as motion information of the blocks included in the motion data storage unit.
US10158876B2
In one example, a device for coding video data includes a video coder configured to code motion information for a block of multiview video data, wherein the motion information includes a reference index that identifies a reference picture comprising a source for backward-warping view synthesis prediction (BVSP), perform BVSP on a portion of the reference picture to produce a BVSP reference block, and predict the block using the BVSP reference block.
US10158870B2
Provided is a video processing apparatus for processing motion compensation of a plurality of frames. The video processing apparatus includes an image receiving receiver, a filter, a block divider, a compression processor, and a frame buffer memory. The image receiving receiver receives encoded data The filter an image frame reconstructed from the encoded data, and a block divider divides a reference frame into a plurality of blocks in a predetermined block dividing unit. The each of the plurality of blocks has an identical size. A compression processor compresses each of the plurality of blocks in a method selected from one of an uncompression method or a lossless compression method on a basis of reduction or non-reduction of bandwidths with respect to a frame buffer memory that contains the reference frame and packages the plurality of blocks in a unit of a burst group. A size of the burst group corresponds to a burst length of the frame buffer memory. The frame buffer memory records the packaged data and provides the reference frame for the emotion compensation. The lossless compression method includes a lossless variable-length compression method, such as a DPCM entropy coding method.
US10158860B2
An encoding apparatus of encoding units included in a picture is provided. The encoding apparatus generates a first flag indicating whether a removal time of encoded data from a buffer by a hypothetical decoder is set per unit. When the removal time is set per unit, a second flag is generated which indicates whether an interval between removal times of the units is constant. When the second flag indicates that the interval is constant, common-interval information is generated which is distinct from the second flag and indicates a constant time interval between the removal times of the units. A bitstream including the encoded data, the first flag, the second flag, and the common-interval information is generated, with the common-interval information being included in control information of the bitstream.
US10158843B2
An imager may include depth sensing pixels that receive and convert incident light into image signals. The imager may have an associated imaging lens that focuses the incident light onto the imager. Each of the depth sensing pixels may include a microlens that focuses incident light received from the imaging lens through a color filter onto first and second photosensitive regions of a substrate. The first and second photosensitive regions may provide different and asymmetrical angular responses to incident light. Depth information for each depth sensing pixel may be determined based on the difference between output signals of the first and second photosensitive regions of that depth sensing pixel. Color information for each depth sensing pixel may be determined from a summation of output signals of the first and second photosensitive regions.
US10158842B2
The present disclosure relates to devices, methods, and systems for cargo sensing. One cargo presence detection system includes one or more sensors positioned in an interior space of a container, and arranged to provide spatial data about at least a portion of the interior space of the container and a detection component that receives the spatial data from the one or more sensors and identifies if one or more cargo items are present in the interior space of the container based on analysis of the spatial data.
US10158839B2
An apparatus including a processor and a non-transitory storage medium is provided. The non-transitory storage medium includes a program code executable by the processor. The apparatus is configured to execute the program code with the processor for processing a source image to generate a target image. The target image includes a plurality of target pictures, and the program code includes: a first code segment, configured to separate the source image into a first image comprising a first part of the source image and a second image comprising a second part of the source image; a second code segment, configured to process the first image to obtain a plurality of target first pictures according to a first setting; a third code segment, configured to process the second image to obtain a plurality of target second pictures according to a second setting; and a fourth code segment, configured to combine each of the target first pictures with a corresponding one of the target second pictures to obtain the plurality of target pictures.
US10158836B2
A device for encoding or decoding video data may clip first residual data based on a bit depth of the first residual data. The device may generate second residual data at least in part by applying an inverse Adaptive Color Transform (IACT) to the first residual data. Furthermore, the device may reconstruct, based on the second residual data, a coding block of a coding unit (CU) of the video data.
US10158826B2
A system and method for recording and training athletes uses multiple points of view For example, a new football training video in which a stationary camera (75″ high) replaces the player (QB). The smooth (not jerky GoPro) easy to see video provides an unobstructed POV from the sightline of the QB (CorneaCAM—“CC”) during the execution of live play. For confirmation of visual fields and analyzing the intentions of the defensive team, there are two other cameras videoing the same play. The user will have the capability to view the play from either of the two other angles in real time, to better understand, interpret and confirm what he thinks he sees at the CorneaCAM POV. All three POV's have freeze frame and slow motion capability.
US10158824B2
An imaging apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture a subject to generate image data, a communication unit configured to receive image data from a plurality of electronic devices, and a controller configured to combine an image indicated by the image data received from an electronic device registered in advance as a target device for a predetermined function with an image indicated by the image data generated by the image capturing unit. The controller registers the electronic devices as the target device, the number of registered electronic devices being equal to or less than a first predetermined number. The controller limits the number of the electronic devices from which the image data is received to a second predetermined number or less, with the second predetermined number being less than the first predetermined number.
US10158813B2
An image pickup device including an amplification transistor (136) and a photodiode (134) is provided. The photodiode is configured to generate an electric charge and provide the electric charge to a first terminal of the amplification transistor. The image pickup device also includes a selection transistor (131) having a first terminal electrically connected to a second terminal of the amplification transistor and a second terminal of the selection transistor electrically connected to a signal line (129) is provided. In particular, a third terminal of the amplification transistor is electrically connected to a ground potential.
US10158808B2
A zoom control device includes: a zoom magnification ratio change speed setting unit that sets a main image zoom magnification ratio change speed and a monitoring image zoom magnification ratio change speed according to a zoom operation by a user; and a zoom control unit that conducts a zoom control on a main image so that a zoom magnification ratio changes according to the main image zoom magnification ratio change speed, and conducts a zoom control on a monitoring image so that the zoom magnification ratio changes according to the monitoring image zoom magnification ratio change speed. The zoom magnification ratio change speed setting unit is configured to set the main image zoom magnification ratio change speed by smoothing the monitoring image zoom magnification ratio change speed.
US10158805B2
An image display method and an electronic device adapted thereto are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a plurality of cameras, a display for displaying one or more preview images captured by at least one of the plurality of cameras, and a controller, which may execute the method including displaying a first layout and a second layout, the first layout including a first subject captured within a first image from a first camera, and the second layout including a second subject captured within a second image from a second camera, and adjusting at least one of the displayed first and second layouts, according to attributes of each of the first subject and the second subject.
US10158803B2
A vibration detection apparatus comprising: an extraction unit that extracts, from among a plurality of motion vectors obtained from a difference between frames of images output from an image sensor for predetermined regions set in the images, motion vectors that exist outside a range determined based on an angular velocity of vibration, as subject vectors, and outputs an average value of the extracted subject vectors; and an acquisition unit that obtains, in panning shooting, a correction amount of a correction unit based on the average value and the angular velocity in a case where the subject vectors were extracted. The extraction unit sets the range narrower in a case where the angular velocity is less than a predetermined threshold value than in a case where the angular velocity is greater than or equal to the threshold value.
US10158794B2
A lighting device capable of performing satisfactory light emission control while suppressing a rise in the temperature of the lighting device irrespective of the attachment of an optical accessory. In the lighting device, an accessory detection section detects whether or not an optical accessory for color adjustment or light distribution angle adjustment is attached to a light emission section, and light emission performed by the light emission section is limited based on a result of detection performed by the accessory detection section.
US10158788B2
An image processing device is provided that enables an operator to reduce time and effort, and that enables an image to be read stably without receiving the influence of a shadow generated after calibration. The image processing device includes: a tint component removing unit that removes a tint component from a captured image; a character information removing unit that removes character information from an image obtained by removing the tint component; a dividing unit that performs grouping on the captured image according to a combination of hue and saturation; a calculating unit that calculates, for each group, correction data for correcting the shadow in accordance with an image obtained by removing the character information and an image obtained by grouping; and a correcting unit that corrects the captured image in accordance with the calculated correction data.
US10158787B2
Provided are a control apparatus, an image processing method and a non-transitory recording medium. A hardware processor of the control apparatus controls the amount of color materials to be used in printing a source image together with a white base by adjusting pixel values of multi-valued pixels forming the source image and white base, and converts the multi-valued pixels into two-valued pixels corresponding to colors of the color materials of the source image and two-valued white pixels. In controlling the amount of color materials, the hardware processor, for each multi-valued pixel of the white base, defines the pixel value such that colored two-valued white pixels exist in a coverage ratio being equal to or greater than the total coverage ratio of the color materials of the source image. The hardware processor rearranges the two-valued white pixels so that colored two-valued white pixels are located at all the colored pixel positions.
US10158784B2
A system and method adaptively lossy compresses image data by receiving a pixel of image data and meta data indicating a type of object that generated the pixel of image data, the pixel of image data includes a first byte having most significant bits of image data and a second byte having least significant bits of image data; electronically determining if the meta data associated with the pixel of image data is associated with a noisy image or indicates that the pixel of image data was generated by a specific type of object; electronically modifying the pixel of image data, when it is determined that the meta data is associated with the pixel of image data is associated with a noisy image or indicates that the pixel of image data was generated by a specific type of object, by setting a predetermined number of low bits of the pixel of image data to zero.
US10158778B1
Provided is an image forming system that controls an image forming apparatus from a terminal with sufficient usability for a user. The image forming system includes the terminal and the image forming apparatus. The job accumulating part accumulates a job. The command acquiring part acquires the command for setting time and executing for the job accumulated by the job accumulating part. The command interpreting part interprets the command acquired by the command acquiring part. The command instructing part performs the instructions to execute the job in the image forming apparatus at the set time corresponding to the command interpreted by the command interpreting part. The job executing part executes the job with an instruction acquired from the command instruction part of the terminal.
US10158776B2
An image forming apparatus includes a scanner and a printing apparatus, wherein the scanner includes a scanning window; a transport unit configured to transport a document to a top surface of the scanning window; a scan unit configured to obliquely irradiate light to a bottom surface of the scanning window to scan the document; a transport guide member configured to be disposed to face the top surface of the scanning window to guide a transport of the document; and a curved reflection member configured to be coupled to the transport guide member to collect the light irradiated from the scan unit and to reflect the collected light toward the scanning window.
US10158775B2
An image processing apparatus is to execute a process selected among multiple processes. The image processing apparatus includes a storage unit to store a list in which each of the processes is associated with a type of the process representing whether the process is to use information about an orientation of a document; an objective process determination unit to determine whether the selected process to be executed is of the type to use the information about the orientation of the document, based on the list stored in the storage unit; and a display control unit to display a confirmation screen on a display unit, for prompting to confirm the orientation of the document after having received an execution command for the process, in a case where the process has been determined as of the type to use the information about the orientation of the document.
US10158773B2
A control section allows a screen of a display section to display a plurality of numeric keys, detects a touch gesture on the individual numeric key through a touch panel to allow an input of a numeric number corresponding to the numeric key subjected to the touch gesture, and detects an action on each of hard keys to accept an instruction to perform a function corresponding to the hard key subjected to the action. When a predetermined action is performed on one or more individuals of the hard keys, the control section assigns numeric numbers to the respective hard keys and detects an action on the individual hard key to allow an input of the numeric number corresponding to the hard key subjected to the action.
US10158771B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus including a first processing unit and a second processing unit. A diagnosis unit included in the first processing unit is configured to detect that communication of first information through a communication line is not performed properly, the communication of the first information being performed between a first CPU in the first processing unit and a second CPU in the second processing unit. A switch unit included in the second processing unit is configured to switch information to be transmitted through the communication line from the first information to second information in a case where it is detected that the communication of the first information through the communication line is not performed properly, the second information being transmitted to the diagnosis unit included in the first processing unit from a diagnosis unit included in the second processing unit.
US10158761B2
A system for managing resource commitment in a contact center includes: a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that cause the processor to: receive over a shared data communications channel a request for contact center resources, wherein the request is for handling activities for the contact center having an activity type; transmit a signal to initiate a raise round according to the request over the data communications channel to a pool of resources registered to communicate on the data communications channel; receive a plurality of volunteer signals from a plurality of volunteering resources from the pool of resources; select one or more of the plurality of the volunteering resources for fulfilling the request; and transmit a message to the selected volunteering resources for committing the selected volunteering resources to the request, wherein the committed resources are selected for routing an activity having the activity type.
US10158758B2
A method, system, and a computer program product are provided for monitoring an emotional state of a conversation by monitoring a communication between first and second persons to determine an emotional state of the communication, providing a visual representation of the emotional state of the communication for display to a person having access to the communication, and performing an intervention action to improve the emotional state of the communication in response to detecting the emotional state of the communication meets one or more specified intervention criteria.
US10158757B2
A method for automatically generating a grouping of resources of a customer contact center includes: identifying, by a processor, one or more resource groups, each of the resource groups including a plurality of customer contact center resources; predicting, by the processor, for each of the one or more resource groups, a predicted performance metric of the resource group in accordance with the one or more customer contact center resources of the resource group; identifying, by the processor, a particular resource group of the one or more resource groups having a corresponding predicted performance satisfying a threshold performance among the one or more resource groups; and outputting, by the processor, the particular resource group.
US10158753B2
A voice call quality information generation method and an apparatus of a server for use in a wireless communication system are provided. The voice call quality information generation method includes receiving log information from at least one base station and generating voice call quality information using muting information generated based on the log information.
US10158742B2
A Multi-Stage Acceleration System improves performance, security, and reduces data transferred for mobile devices using wireless networks by transforming protocols and data into an encrypted form that consumes far less bandwidth, lowers latency, and improves throughput. The Multi-Stage Acceleration System includes multiple stages running on the mobile device and multiple stages running in the cloud that provide security and data reduction for all types of network traffic from and to the mobile client, including but not limited to TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, SSL/TLS, IMAP, POP, SMTP etc.
US10158740B2
In accordance with various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a webpage resource acquisition method, and an apparatus thereof are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: obtaining pre-read webpage resources from a web server through a communication network according to a pre-read algorithm; storing raw data of the pre-read webpage resources in a pre-read cache; and in response to receiving a loading instruction to load a target webpage resource, obtaining the raw data of one pre-read webpage resource that corresponds to the target webpage resource from the pre-read cache based on the loading instruction without going through the communication network.
US10158731B2
Techniques to increase engagement with a social networking system. In one embodiment, an engagement level of a user with a social networking system is monitored. A low engagement user type associated with the user is identified from a plurality of low engagement user types. It is determined whether the engagement level of the user is less than a threshold. If so, a communication is provided for the user based on the low engagement user type associated with the user. The communication may be a notification or a digest communication.
US10158729B2
A system and method for content distribution are provided. A content provider generates a network topology having one or more subnetworks made up of content sources. The content provider segments content, such as applications, into segments for distribution. The content provider then distributes the content such that for each identified subnetwork, each content segment is distributed to a content source. Subsequent, client computing device requests for content can be serviced by selecting a content source in a particular subnetwork selected for delivering the requested content to the client computing device to minimize traffic flow of the requested content through the nodes of the distribution network.
US10158728B1
A computer implemented method, device and computer program device are provided that are under control of one or more processors and are configured with executable instructions. The method collects tracking data from one or more tracking devices independent of the object. The tracking data associates with an object. The method further compares the tracking data to one or more templates to identify the object, determines a location associated with the object based on the comparing and outputs, from an electronic device, a response indicative of the location of the object.
US10158726B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for orchestrating services in a service chain. Establishing a first group with a plurality of active services and a second group with a plurality of standby services. Upon receiving an error notification of a crash in a service, moving the plurality of active services from the first group to the second group, and moving the plurality of standby services from the second group to the first group. Upon receiving an updated service group of the plurality of active services of the first group, moving the plurality of active services from the first group into the second group, and moving the plurality of standby services from the second group to a repository.
US10158724B2
A method is provided for managing notifications between a user agent installed in a mobile terminal and a web server. The method includes the following acts, carried out by an intermediate piece of equipment: receiving a notification message from the mobile terminal in accordance with a first protocol designed for transmission over a signaling channel, the notification message including notification data from the user agent; generating a notification message in accordance with a second protocol designed for transmission over the Internet network, in which the notification data is inserted; and transmitting to the web server, of the notification message in accordance with the second protocol. Also provided are an intermediate piece of equipment implementing these acts, as well as a method for sending a notification message and a mobile terminal implementing such a sending method.
US10158722B2
A method and system for the scheduled capturing of web content from a web server includes a capturing server establishing a link with a client device and receiving over the link from the client device a set of indications for web content to capture and schedule information for capturing the web content. The method further includes performing, in accordance with the schedule information, establishing a network connection with the web server hosting a web resource of the indicated web content, receiving the web resource over the network connection from the web server without the web resource being routed through the client device, and capturing the web resource as a set of images of the web resource loaded into a web browser executing on the capturing server.
US10158718B2
In one example, a method is provided for a lighting node within a lighting infrastructure to communicate data to other nodes within a lighting sensory network. The method includes receiving, at the lighting node, a first message from a server instructing the lighting node to enter into a sensor transmit mode associated with a first type of sensor data, the first message including transmission parameters for transmitting secure sensor messages associated with the first type of sensor data to the other nodes and a retransmit base interval associated with the first type of sensor data. The method includes obtaining, at the lighting node, the first type of sensor data and recording a timestamp associated with a time the first type of sensor data was obtained. The lighting node generates an encrypted sensor message including the obtained first type of sensor data and the recorded timestamp; and transmits the encrypted sensor message by broadcasting the encrypted sensor message to at least one other operating in an authorized listening mode.
US10158714B2
The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, machine type communication (MTC), machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. An apparatus for zone management is provided. The apparatus includes a processor configured to collect environment information of each zone of a plurality of zones, and determine an energy efficiency level of each zone of the plurality of zones based on the environment information.
US10158708B2
A computer-implemented method is provided for managing and sharing picture files. In one embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises providing a server platform and providing a datastore on the server platform for maintaining full resolution copies of the files shared between a plurality of sharing clients. A synchronization engine is provided on the server platform and is configured to send real-time updates to a plurality of sharing clients when at least one of the sharing clients updates or changes one of said files. A web interface may also be provided that allows a user to access files in the datastore through the use of a web browser.
US10158707B2
A method and system for profiling execution of an application implemented by an application file comprising a plurality of data blocks. The application is executed in response to an execute command from a management process. Read messages are sent to the management process each time the application reads one or more of the plurality of data blocks of the application file. The management process records information about the read operations in one or more transcripts which may be used to create a streaming model for the application allowing the application to be downloaded using a conventional download protocol without using a specialized streaming protocol.
US10158704B2
A method for clustering objects distributed in multiple servers to allow one or more distributed objects to be used as if they were one object is provided. The method includes steps of: (a) a specific server transmitting to a client a remote controller including a particular communication object capable of supporting communications between the client and the specific server; and (b) the specific server supporting the client to include at least one communication object, capable of supporting communications between the client and at least one server, respectively, except the specific server within the cluster, in the remote controller, to thereby support the client to be communicable with all the servers in the cluster by acquiring, and providing to the client, the at least one communication object by referring to information on all the servers within the cluster.
US10158703B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide utilizing a distributed network of systems for allocating and transferring resources between entities (e.g., users, institutions, or the like) by providing holds (e.g., soft or hard) on the resources, allocating the resources, and transferring the resources by utilizing allocation identifiers and/or holding pools, if needed. The use of allocation identifiers and/or holds on the resources improves upon the processing speeds and power of systems used for the resource transfers between entities.
US10158702B2
A Network Interface (NI) includes a host interface, which is configured to receive from a host processor of a node one or more work requests that are derived from an operation to be executed by the node. The NI maintains a plurality of work queues for carrying out transport channels to one or more peer nodes over a network. The NI further includes control circuitry, which is configured to accept the work requests via the host interface, and to execute the work requests using the work queues by controlling an advance of at least a given work queue according to an advancing condition, which depends on a completion status of one or more other work queues, so as to carry out the operation.
US10158698B2
A method for transmitting data in a core cache server of a communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving, from a source base station, a core cache search signal; selecting a relay core cache unit according to the received core cache search signal; and transmitting content data to a target base station through the selected relay core cache unit. A cache server for transmitting and receiving data in a communication system, according to another embodiment of the present invention, comprises: one or more core cache units for storing content data; a receiving unit for receiving, from a source base station, a core cache search signal; a control unit for selecting a relay core cache unit among the one or more core cache units according to the received core cache search signal; and a transmission unit for transmitting the content data to a target base station through the selected relay core cache unit. When the present invention is used, the source base station can continuously provide content to a terminal by transmitting session information and the content to a target base station during a handover of the terminal by using a logical interface between base stations in an LTE system, and in this case, a core cache function is additionally provided such that it is possible to smoothly provide the content to a base station even when moving to a server that does not have a cache function. Thus, backhaul costs caused by a handover are reduced and a user can be provided with improved quality of experience.
US10158695B1
The present disclosure is directed to a system and a method for generating a poll based upon proximal awareness of one client device to another client device. In one or more implementations, the present disclosure discloses receiving, at a server, digital content data from a first client device in communication with the server via at least one local area wireless signal. The present disclosure also discloses pairing the digital content data with the at least one local area wireless signal. The present disclosure also discloses transmitting the digital content data to a second client device when the second client device detects the at least one local area wireless signal.
US10158694B1
A method for adding a selected attribute to a mobile asset management application is provided. The method includes displaying an import fields dialog to a user, receiving from the user a selection of a selected object of an asset database, receiving from the user a selection of the selected attribute of the selected object, retrieving a set of one or more resources, automatically modifying a build file if at least a first condition is met, automatically acquiring a new RDF file from an asset management server if at least a second condition is met, and automatically generating an updated application definition file by updating code relating to the set of retrieved resources.
US10158693B2
Distributing an update from a server to multiple endpoint devices that reside on the same local network. The server provides information to each client device identifying all other devices located on the same local network that will also need to receive the update. Each client device sorts the files and begins the process of downloading the files by checking, for each file in sequence, whether another device on the same network has downloaded the file or is currently in the process of downloading. If another device on the same network has completed downloading the file, the device requests the file from the other client device. If another device is currently in the process of downloading, the device places the file at the end of the sequence. If the file has not been downloaded and is not being downloaded, the endpoint device initiates downloading the file from the server.
US10158691B2
A method for providing access to web content by an intermediary server is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a mobile terminal, a loading request for a web page; receiving, from a content server, document data of the web page after forwarding the web page loading request to the content server; dividing the received document data into a plurality of document data segments; identifying sub-resources included in the web page; associating the sub-resources with the document data segments; transmitting requests sequentially for the identified sub-resources to a resource server to start transmissions of at least some of the identified sub-resources from the resource server to the intermediary server; and transmitting, to the mobile terminal, a first document data segment of the plurality of document data segments after the transmissions of all of sub-resources associated with the first document data segment from the resource server to the intermediary server have completed.
US10158690B2
A method and system for streaming multimedia content in a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) Display (WFD) network environment are provided. The method includes establishing a Wi-Fi display session with at least one Wi-Fi sink device by a Wi-Fi source device prior to capability negotiation with the at least one Wi-Fi sink device; streaming multimedia content to the at least one Wi-Fi sink device using a basic codec format during the Wi-Fi display session; performing capability negotiation with the at least one Wi-Fi sink device substantially simultaneously with streaming the multimedia content using the basic codec format during the Wi-Fi display session; and seamlessly continuing to stream the multimedia content to the at least one Wi-Fi sink device using a codec format negotiated during the capability negotiation.
US10158686B2
An apparatus is provided that includes communication channels, and m communication media interfaces, and v virtual lanes. V is a positive integer multiple of the least common multiple of m and n. An information stream is transferred into data and alignment blocks striped across all of the v virtual lanes, the blocks being communicated from the virtual lanes onto the communication channels. The blocks are received on the communication channels. Each of the communication channels transmits a different portion of the blocks striped across all of the v virtual lanes.In more particular embodiments, v>=n>=m. The communication media interfaces can be electrical and optical. Each of the communication channels can include a SerDes interface operating at least 5 Gigabits per second. Furthermore, each of the m communication media interfaces is configured to transmit a different stream of information over a single optical fiber.
US10158685B1
In one embodiment of the invention, a system provides virtual presence model in servers. An embodiment of the invention also has video streaming capability and can allow a user to select which video to watch as the large, central video with some statistics and data on side portions of the user interface.
US10158684B2
An access server communicates with a video conference device and a user device. The access server and the user device may access known mappings, including a default mapping. Each mapping is configured to map between tokens and symbols according to a distinct mapping relationship between the multi-bit tokens and the symbols. The access server instructs the video conference device to map an initial token to an initial symbol based on the default mapping and to transmit the initial symbol. The access server receives from the user device the initial token and a challenge mapping selected by the user device. The access server determines a challenge token that the challenge mapping maps to a challenge symbol, and instructs the video conference device to transmit the challenge symbol. The access server grants the user device access to an information carrying channel only if the challenge token is received from the user device.
US10158682B2
Techniques for influencing power consumption of a client while streaming multimedia content from a server over a network are described. For example, a server push strategy is used to push a number of media segments of the multimedia content from the server to the client in response to a single request identifying one of the media segments. Thus, instead of using multiple requests, the media segments are provided to the client by using a single request. Reducing the number of requests influences (e.g., reduces) the power consumption of the client. To optimize the power consumption given current client, server, and/or network conditions, the number of the media segments to be pushed is computed based on parameters associated with these conditions.
US10158675B2
An alert source issues security alerts to an identity provider, which acts as a gatekeeper to a secure resource. Each security alert is associated with an alert user identity and a security threat. When a user identity requests access to the secure resource, the identity provider may look up security alerts associated with the user identity, such as by matching up the user identity with the alert user identity associated with each alert. Based on any discovered security alerts that correspond to the user identity and a pre-defined security policy, the identity provider may perform various security actions on the user identity. The identity provider may provide access to the secure resource without containing the user identity if there are no discovered security alerts associated with the user identity, or if the discovered security alerts pose a minor threat.
US10158665B2
An anti-malware system including at least one database, remote from a plurality of computers to be protected, which stores identification of computer applications resident on the computers to be protected and an application-specific communications footprint for the computer applications, and at least one server, remote from the plurality of computers to be protected, and being operative to calculate a reference computer-specific communications composite pattern based on multiple application-specific communications footprints for applications installed on the computer to be projected, calculate a current computer-specific communications composite pattern based on actual communications of at least one the plurality of computers to be protected, and provide an alert when the current computer-specific communications composite pattern of the at least one of the plurality of computers to be protected differs from the reference computer-specific communications composite pattern of the at least one of the plurality of computers to be protected.
US10158663B2
Systems, methods, and software described herein enhances how security actions are implemented within a computing environment. In one example, a method of implementing security actions for a computing environment comprising a plurality of computing assets includes identifying a security action in a command language for the computing environment. The method further provides identifying one or more computing assets related to the security action, and obtaining hardware and software characteristics for the one or more computing assets. The method also includes translating the security action in the command language to one or more action procedures based on the hardware and software characteristics, and initiating implementation of the one or more action procedures in the one or more computing assets.
US10158662B1
The present disclosure relates to scanning for security threats on a lightweight computing device. An example method generally includes receiving, from a mobile device, a software package including a lightweight computing device security application. A lightweight device transmits, to the mobile device, information identifying at least a first application installed on the lightweight computing device. In response, the lightweight device receives, from the mobile device, information identifying the first application as being a known security threat and remediates a security threat posed by the identified application.
US10158657B1
Techniques are provided for determining a reputation of a source address based on analytics of interaction history. In an embodiment, computers store interaction data that indicates a plurality of interactions between users and an online entity. For each interaction of the plurality of interactions, the interaction data indicates a source address of a user. For each source address of a plurality of source addresses indicated in the interaction data, the computers determine an aggregate measurement indicating aggregate behavior of users associated with an aggregate subset of interactions of the plurality of interactions. Each interaction of the aggregate subset is associated with said source address. The computers determine a negative measurement indicating negative behavior of users that are associated with a negative subset of interactions of the aggregate subset. The computers generate, based on the negative and aggregate measurements, a score that indicates a reputation of said each source address.
US10158655B2
Methods and systems for performing security functions in a service-oriented computer system are provided. The method includes acts of receiving, from one or more entities, a service request for a service provided by one or more server computers adapted to process the service request; providing a copy of the service request to a processor adapted to analyze the copy of the service request; storing the service request in a memory; determining, by the processor, if the service request should be processed by performing one or more analyzes of the copy of the service request to determine if the service request would be harmful to the one or more server computers; and if it is determined that the service request should be processed by the one or more server computers, forwarding the service request to the one or more server computers.
US10158652B2
A security platform employs a variety techniques and mechanisms to detect security related anomalies and threats in a computer network environment. The security platform is “big data” driven and employs machine learning to perform security analytics. The security platform performs user/entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) to detect the security related anomalies and threats, regardless of whether such anomalies/threats were previously known. The security platform can include both real-time and batch paths/modes for detecting anomalies and threats. By visually presenting analytical results scored with risk ratings and supporting evidence, the security platform enables network security administrators to respond to a detected anomaly or threat, and to take action promptly.
US10158647B2
Access to a module element within a first module by a second module is prohibited if the module element within the first module has not been exposed to the second module. If a particular module element within a first module has been exposed to a second module, then access to the particular module element by the second module may or may not be allowed depending on: (a) whether the particular module element has been declared with a public or non-public access modifier, (b) whether a second exposed module element, which includes the particular module element, has been declared with a public or non-public access modifier, (c) a level of access associated with the operation that attempts to access the particular module element of the first module, and/or (d) whether an accessibility override configuration is set for accessing the particular module element.
US10158646B1
A system and method provides access to one or more web services requested from a web site by using an app on a smart device, such as a smart phone or tablet, or the smart device itself.
US10158639B1
Techniques are described relating to the detection of personal information that may be sent to parties outside of an organization. Techniques may include comparing portions of emails to several file templates to calculate a document exposure score. The document exposure score may indicate an overall similarity based upon the presence of a number of common items such as graphics, words, form fields, etc. When the document exposure score for a particular sent email is greater than a threshold value, the sent email may be re-routed and quarantined instead of being transmitted outside of the organization's local network. A secondary determination may also be performed that identifies personal information when a matching file template is not initially found and, if so, adds a new file template to a template database to improve the performance and accuracy of the system over time.
US10158636B2
A method for setting up a secure end-to-end communication between a user terminal or a context broker server, and an object connected to the IP infrastructure through a gateway. The method uses an access authorization server and a production server. The method can generate a private and public access key pair (KF,QF) within the connected object, particularly using a cryptosystem on an elliptical curve with a small implicit certificate, the access keys being used to set up a secure end-to-end communication.
US10158635B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for associating an application that was pre-installed on a computer with a user account on an online store. A system configured to practice the method presents an application available for download, receives a request to download the application to a computing device, determines that the application is a pre-installed application, presents an authorization prompt configured to request user authorization to link the application with a user account, receives the user authorization, generates a unique hardware identifier associated with the computing device, determines that the application is linkable based upon the unique hardware identifier, and links the adoptable application with the user account when the adoptable application is linkable.
US10158629B2
A computing platform may receive, from a client portal server, a request to authenticate a user to a user account associated with a client portal provided by the client portal server, as well as device selection input selecting a first registered device and a second registered device to receive one-time passcodes. The computing platform may generate a first one-time passcode for the first registered device and a second one-time passcode for the second registered device, and may send the first one-time passcode to the first registered device and the second one-time passcode to the second registered device. The computing platform may receive and validate one-time passcode input. Based on validating the one-time passcode input, the computing platform may generate a validation message directing the client portal server to provide the user with access to the user account, and may send the validation message to the client portal server.
US10158628B2
A computing platform may receive, from a client server, a request to authenticate a user to a user account, as well as device selection input selecting a registered device to receive a one-time passcode. The computing platform may evaluate the device selection input based on contextual login information associated with the user account, determine that the registered device selected to receive the one-time passcode is out of context, and execute a security procedure. Based on validating a response to the security procedure, the computing platform may generate a one-time passcode and may send the one-time passcode to the registered device selected to receive the one-time passcode. Thereafter, the computing platform may receive one-time passcode input, validate the one-time passcode input, generate a validation message directing the client server to provide the user with access to the user account, and send the validation message to the client server.
US10158627B2
User authentication techniques based on geographical locations associated with a client device are provided. An example method for authentication of the client device includes receiving an authentication request from the client device. The method may include establishing current geographical location of the client device based on metadata received from the client device. The method may further include establishing a trusted tolerance geographical area based on historical location area associated with the client device. After establishing the trusted tolerance geographical area, the method may proceed with determining whether the current geographical location of the client device is within the trusted tolerance geographical area. The method may further include authenticating the client device based on the determination that the current geographical location of the client device is within the trusted tolerance geographical area.
US10158624B2
A system includes first circuitry in a first computing device configured to issue a credential, second circuitry in a second computing device configured to perform an operation corresponding to content at a third computing device based on the credential, third circuitry in the third computing device configured to receive a request to perform the operation corresponding to the content from the second computing device, and fourth circuitry in a fourth computing device configured to monitor communication between the first computing device, the second computing device and the third computing device.
US10158622B2
A system and method are presented for providing generic single sign-on in an electronic device. Information is received that identifies one or more applications and associated identity authenticators and a whitelist of the identified applications and authenticators is created. A request for an access token is received from a requesting application. If the requesting application is listed in the whitelist, an authenticator associated with the requesting application is determined and a request for an access token is sent to the associated authenticator. In response to the request, an access token is received from the authenticator and the access token is sent to the requesting application. If the requesting application is not listed in the whitelist, a predefined response message is sent to the requesting application.
US10158615B2
A location-reporting request is sent by a processor to at least one remote server. The location-reporting request (i) requests processing of data away from a geo-location-aware client device and (ii) includes an instruction that instructs any available server to respond with a reported geographic location. An asserted geographic location is received from a remote server available to process the data responsive to the instruction in the location-reporting request. In response to determining that the asserted geographic location of the available remote server satisfies location-based data processing restrictions that regulate remote processing of the data away from the geo-location-aware client device, the asserted geographic location is verified using a geo-location assertion server. In response to a successful verification of the asserted geographic location of the available remote server, the data is sent to the available remote server to process.
US10158614B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to electronic data transfer methods and systems for multiple recipient destination processing. A plurality of computer readable memory locations in a computer readable database associated with a first entity computer system is maintained. Electronically, via a computer-based data communications network, an instruction is received for electronic data transfer EDI data payload including a stored value data attribute, and data transfer request attribute, and a first recipient destination and a second recipient destination; wherein the first recipient destination and the second recipient destination are associated with different recipient virtual memory locations. Responsive to the data transfer request attribute request being extracted, EDI data payload associated with the stored value data attribute to the first recipient destination and the second recipient destination is transmitted.
US10158612B2
A system and method for secure data transfer between two secure computer systems via display-based transfer in geometric form. A first computer network stores alphanumeric data. The alphanumeric data is encoded into a geometric data form, such as a bar code or matrix code representation or other non-text, non-numeric data form suitable for visual display. The bar code or matrix code, or other geometric data form, is displayed on a display monitor connected to the first computer network. The system and method then receives the displayed geometric data form on a second computer network. The second computer network has a camera which obtains a view of the bar code, matrix code, or other geometric data representation. The second computer network then decodes the geometric data representation to restore the data to its native form (such as text or numbers). The second computer network then stores the retrieved data.
US10158608B2
It is disclosed a method and a constrained resource device (502, 70, 90) for establishing a secret first key between a client device (506) and the constrained resource device. The invention also relates to a method and an authorization server (504, 60, 80) for enabling establishing a secret first key between a client device (506) and the constrained resource device. Based on a secret second key shared (508) between the constrained RD and the AS, the secret first key shared between the constrained resource device and the client device can be established. Devices having constrained resources cannot use protocols with which additional messages are required to share a secure identity. Embodiments of the present invention have the advantage that a secret identity can be established within an authentication protocol and that no additional messages are required to establish the secret identity.
US10158606B2
A method includes obtaining, at a device, packet data descriptive of authorized traffic of a network. The method also includes generating, at the device, rule elements based on the packet data. The method further includes consolidating, at the device, the rule elements based on distance measures associated with the rule elements. The method also includes generating, at the device, firewall filter rules for the network based on the consolidated rule elements.
US10158603B2
A system includes a computing device communicatively connectable with network devices via a network. The computing device has a processor and a storage device storing computer executable code. The code is configured to receive multiple addresses, each network device identifiable by one of the addresses; in response to receiving the addresses, generate at least one long integer pair, each long integer pair including a start long integer and an end long integer corresponding to a range of addresses, and store the at least one long integer pair in a data store; and perform a discovery operation by: retrieving the at least one long integer pair from the data store; for each long integer pair, converting the start and end long integers to a start and end addresses; and performing discovery of the network devices using the addresses between the start and end addresses.
US10158600B1
This disclosure relates to handling email for a contact center. In one example, a contact center system can include an email interface to access an enterprise email system, inbound emails to and from each inbound mailbox in the contact center system being stored and maintained in the enterprise email system. An email tracking data structure can be stored in memory, the email tracking data structure programmed to store interaction data corresponding to each email interaction being processed by the contact center system. An email handling control can be programmed to control sending a reply email to a given incoming contact email from a contact based on the interaction data associated with the given incoming contact email, the reply email being sent to the contact through the enterprise email system via the email interface.
US10158599B2
A method, system and computer program product for blinder avoidance in social networking interactions includes executing a social networking data processing system in memory of a host computing system to provide a social networking service to different users in a social network. The method also includes defining in memory of the host computing system a user interface interaction for a user interface of the social networking service, and a corresponding user interface change in connection with a presentation of a status update for a user in different streams of other users of the social networking service. In response to detecting the user interface interaction with respect to a stream of status updates presented to one of the other users, the corresponding user interface change is performed in the user interface in connection with the presentation of the status update for the user in the stream.
US10158598B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for social interaction data preservation for augmented photos. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for social interaction data preservation for augmented photos includes selecting for replacement an image posted to a social media site and replacing the selected image in the social media site with a new image. The method also includes determining if the new image is similar to the selected image and preserving a thread of responsive postings for the selected image in the social media site and associating the preserved thread with the new image in the social media site if the new image is determined to be similar to the selected image, but otherwise discarding the thread of responsive postings.
US10158596B2
Techniques are provided for proposing automatic corrections of online identifiers, such as an email address or a subject name of a directory entry or a certificate. In an embodiment, one or more computers store domain correction records. Each domain correction record comprises a misspelled domain name and candidate domain name corrections. The computers detect that an unprocessed online identifier is not contained in a plurality of known online identifiers. The unprocessed online identifier comprises a misspelled domain name. Each known online identifier of the plurality of known online identifiers comprises a domain name. The computers retrieve, based on the misspelled domain name of the unprocessed online identifier, from the plurality of domain correction records, a matching domain correction record having a same misspelled domain name as the unprocessed online identifiers. A client device displays the one or more candidate domain name corrections of the matching domain correction record.
US10158593B2
Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe proactive action by an intelligent personal assistant application/service to improve functionality of one or more applications. In one example, an intelligent personal assistant service may interface with a messaging application to analyze a message thread within the messaging application. The intelligent personal assistant service may analyze the message thread by evaluating context of message content within the message thread. Analysis of the message thread may occur proactively without requiring an explicit request for assistance from a user of a processing device. In response to the analyzing of the message thread, the intelligent personal assistant service may proactively provide a cue that includes content retrieved by the intelligent personal assistant service. An input may be received to include the cue within the message thread. In response to receiving the input, the cue may be displayed within the message thread. Other examples are also described.
US10158591B2
A telecommunication and multimedia management apparatus and method that supports voice and other media communications and that enables users to: (i) participate in multiple conversation modes, including live phone calls, conference calls, instant voice messaging or tactical communications; (ii) review the messages of conversations in either a live mode or a time-shifted mode and to seamlessly transition back and forth between the two modes; (iii) participate in multiple conversations either concurrently or simultaneously; (iv) archive the messages of conversations for later review or processing; and (v) persistently store media either created or received on the communication devices of users. The latter feature enables users to generate or review media when either disconnected from the network or network conditions are poor and to optimize the delivery of media over the network based on network conditions and the intention of the users participating in conversations.
US10158574B2
A processor-implemented method for regulating the flow rate of data packets in a network, including defining a global constant representing a regularly repeating time period common among flow sources in the network; transmitting current flow rate information from each of the flow sources, and for each flow, to the links traversed by each flow, exactly once during a current period; categorizing each of the flows passing through the links on the network into a category for the current period for each link by comparing the current flow rate information to a previously determined fair-share flow rate for the link; counting, in each link, the flows per category for the current period; determining a current fair-share flow rate for the current period in each link using the results of the categorizing and counting; and providing control instructions to each of the flow sources to regulate the rate of each flow.
US10158552B2
To test user equipment at a cell-based test system, a type of user equipment to be tested is determined. A device profile for the type of the user equipment to be tested is accessed. The device profile includes, for example, a test script that can be used to control the user equipment during the testing. A test of the user equipment is performed at the cell-based test system. During the test, the user equipment is controlled according to the device profile in response to the software executing on a computer system.
US10158551B2
Certain example embodiments relate to a Resume Trigger Manager (RTM) and associated computing framework that handles client-server communications associated with automated application testing and/or monitoring, for both a system under test and third-party servers. The RTM in certain example embodiments performs the test execution by routing service request messages from one or more clients to the web server in accordance; maintains a count of open service requests for each client; and relays return messages from the web server to the client(s). When a wait request is received from a given client, the RTM may determine that there are no open service requests for that client and send a wait response message indicating same; and/or that a period of time has elapsed and accordingly interrupt pending service requests for that client, reset that client's counter, and return a wait response message indicating that the predefined period of time has elapsed.
US10158549B2
Methods and apparatuses are described for real-time monitoring of computer system processor and transaction performance during an ongoing performance test. A plurality of monitoring agent processes executing on a processor of a first computing device in a computer system testing environment extracts performance data relating to the ongoing performance test in the computer system testing environment by scraping CPU usage data, analyzing submitted transaction data as stored in a transaction log file and executing search queries against a transaction database in the computing system testing environment to generate a transaction lifecycle dataset. A second computing device retrieves files stored at a predetermined location and generates one or more graphical representations of the performance data contained in the files for display, the graphical representations including at least one interactive chart to indicate a relationship between the CPU usage data, the submitted transaction data, and the transaction lifecycle dataset.
US10158545B1
Embodiments are directed to managing communication over one or more networks. A monitoring engine may be instantiated to perform actions including receiving network traffic from a physical network that may be associated with network addresses of the physical network. The monitoring engine may analyze the network traffic to associate activity with gateway identifiers (GIDs) associated with gateway computers in an overlay network such that the GIDs are separate from the network addresses. The monitoring engine may be arranged to monitor the network traffic based on monitoring rules. The monitoring engine may provide metrics associated with the gateway computers based on the monitoring of the network traffic. The monitoring engine may compare the metrics to event rules. The monitoring engine may generate events based on affirmative results of the comparison. The events may be mapped to actions based on characteristics of the events and executed.
US10158540B2
A computer system for use in load testing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) service has a testing processor and a memory storage device in communication with the processor. The testing processor is adapted to receive an XML message, an address for a service to be tested, an action compliant with a protocol for exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed environment and associated with the service; create and store in memory a template message package compliant with the protocol; create a populated message package compliant with the protocol by incorporating in the template message package the XML message, the address and the action; establish a connection to the service and furnish one or more documents to the service; and receive a response from the service.
US10158539B2
Systems and methods for transmission of data through mesh networks are disclosed. Specifically, various techniques and systems are provided for using performance metrics of nodes in a mesh network to make data transmission decisions. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a computer-implemented method. The method comprises receiving, at a network device on a network, performance metrics associated with an additional network device on the network; generating performance metrics associated with the network device; storing the performance metrics associated with the network device and the performance metrics associated with the additional network device; and transmitting the performance metrics associated with the network device and the performance metrics associated with an additional network device, wherein when the performance metrics are received, the performance metrics are used to determine whether data will be transmitted to the network device.
US10158538B2
Some embodiments provide a system that detects whether a flow is an elephant flow; and if so, the system treats it differently than a mouse flow. The system of some embodiment detect elephants based on one or more of the following: statistics associated with a flow, packet segment size, and invoked system calls. Also, some embodiments use one or more various methods to handle elephant flows. Examples of such methods include marking each packet belonging to an elephant with a particular marking, breaking the elephants into mice, reporting the elephant to a network controller, and selectively choosing a route for each packet belonging to the elephant.
US10158531B2
In various embodiments, a device may include a communications interface configured to receive, from the device management server, an indication to perform an action that requires access to a privileged user space. The device may include a processor configured to use a bridge service to perform the action, where the bridge service runs in a security context that enables the service to operate in the privileged user space. In various embodiments, a server may include a communications interface and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive an indication to perform a management action not within a native device management functionality. The processor may be further configured to invoke a bridge service running on the managed device to perform the action by sending a request via the communications interface, where the bridge service runs in a security context that enables the service to operate in the privileged user space.
US10158529B2
The technology disclosed can query configuration management system data and includes cross table selection criteria and joined data return.
US10158510B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. An apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals comprises an encoder for encoding service data corresponding to each of a plurality of data transmission path, wherein each of the data transmission path carries at least one service component, a mapper for mapping the encoded service data onto constellations, an encoder for encoding physical signaling data, a frame builder for building at least one signal frame including preamble data, the encoded physical signaling data, the mapped service data, wherein the preamble data is located before the encoded physical signaling data and the encoded physical signaling data is located before the mapped service data, a modulator for modulating the at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme and a transmitter for transmitting the broadcast signals carrying the at least one modulated signal frame, wherein the broadcast signals includes channel information data, wherein the channel information data includes binding information between the service data and the data transmission path.
US10158498B2
Apparatus and systems for providing home and building security and condition monitoring include a plurality of devices, including intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices, that communicate dynamically with each other and a remote server.
US10158490B2
Disclosed is a double authentication system (“DAS”) for electronically signing a first data from a user having a smart card, where the smart card has a personal identification number (“PIN”). As an example, the DAS may include a client module, high assurance signing service (“HASS”) module, and hardware security module (“HSM”).
US10158484B2
Instructions and logic provide for a Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) SM4 round slice operation. Embodiments of an instruction specify a first and a second source data operand set, and substitution function indicators, e.g. in an immediate operand. Embodiments of a processor may include encryption units, responsive to the first instruction, to: perform a slice of SM4-round exchanges on a portion of the first source data operand set with a corresponding keys from the second source data operand set in response to a substitution function indicator that indicates a first substitution function, perform a slice of SM4 key generations using another portion of the first source data operand set with corresponding constants from the second source data operand set in response to a substitution function indicator that indicates a second substitution function, and store a set of result elements of the first instruction in a SIMD destination register.
US10158475B2
It is possible to improve the CQI reception performance even when a delay is caused in a propagation path, a transmission timing error is caused, or a residual interference is generated between cyclic shift amounts of different ZC sequences. For the second symbol and the sixth symbol of the ACK/NACK signal which are multiplexed by RS of CQI, (+, +) or (−, −) is applied to a partial sequence of the Walsh sequence. For RS of CQI transmitted from a mobile station, + is added as an RS phase of the second symbol and − is added as an RS phase of the sixth symbol. A base station (100) receives multiplexed signals of ACK/NACK signals and CQI signals transmitted from a plurality of mobile stations. An RS synthesis unit (119) performs synthesis by aligning the RS phase of CQI.
US10158473B2
Methods, systems, and storage media for providing and/or obtaining feedback for data transmissions in an unlicensed shared medium are described. In embodiments, an apparatus may include radio control circuitry to demodulate and decode a data transmission from an evolved node B (eNB). The apparatus may include and processing circuitry, coupled with the radio control circuitry, and the processing circuitry is to receive the data transmission from the radio control circuitry and generate feedback based on the data transmission. The radio control circuitry may also control radio-frequency circuitry to determine whether a physical channel in an unlicensed shared medium is unoccupied, and transmit the feedback to the eNB over the physical channel when the physical channel is unoccupied according to the determination. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10158467B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink data based on hybrid beamforming in a wireless communication system. Specifically, a user equipment (UE) receives a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) determined based on a sounding reference signal from a base station (BS) through an uplink grant. The UE determines an MCS offset based on a variation of an uplink channel when the variation of the uplink channel between a subframe for transmitting the sounding reference signal and a subframe for receiving the uplink grant is a threshold or greater. The UE transmits uplink data to the BS using a second MCS acquired from the first MCS and the MCS offset.
US10158463B1
A method and system to manage coordinated transmission of data in a wireless communication system. When a serving base station receives data of a particular class for transmission to a user equipment device (UE), the serving base station transmits the received data to the UE and sends a proper subset of the received data to a neighboring base station for the neighboring base station to also transmit to the UE optimally concurrently with the serving base station's transmission of the proper subset. To help comply with a policy in place at the neighboring base station, the serving base station decides how much of the received data to send to the neighboring base station as the proper subset by (i) determining what scheduling weight the neighboring base station is set to apply for data of the particular class and (ii) applying that determined scheduling weight to the received data.
US10158462B2
Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for communication are provided. In an aspect, an apparatus for communication may include a processing system configured to receive a frame configured to assign at least member information or position information for one or more identifiers, and receive a data packet associated with a particular identifier and indicating a number of space-time streams for one or more position information. In another aspect, an apparatus for communication may include a processing system configured to transmit a frame configured to assign at least member information or position information for one or more identifiers, and transmit a data packet associated with a particular identifier and indicating a number of space-time streams for one or more position information.
US10158452B2
A method is provided for transmitting broadcast signals. The method includes encoding, by an encoder, service data, encoding, by a signaling encoder, signaling data based on modes of the signaling data, wherein the signaling data is categorized into each mode representing a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code rate and a modulation order for the signaling data, building, by a frame builder, at least one signal frame including the encoded service data in at least one data symbol and the encoded signaling data in at least one signaling symbol, modulating, by a modulator, data in the at least one signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) scheme, and transmitting, by a transmitter, the broadcast signals carrying the modulated data in the at least one signal frame. One of the modes for the signaling data represents a 6/15 LDPC code rate and a Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulation.
US10158449B2
A method and apparatus for receiving broadcast signals are discussed. The method includes receiving the broadcast signals; demodulating the received broadcast signals by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) scheme; obtaining broadcast data from a signal frame in the demodulated broadcast signals, wherein the broadcast data includes video data or audio data, and the broadcast data is carried by only a Data Pipe (DP); decoding the broadcast data; and output-processing the decoded broadcast data to output a data packet, wherein the data packet includes a Transport Stream (TS) packet, wherein a header of the data packet includes first information indicating whether a header deletion is performed in the TS packet, wherein the header of the data packet further includes second information indicating whether a null packet deletion is performed, and wherein when the second information is not a zero value, the null packet is deleted prior to the data packet.
US10158447B2
An optical communication system includes a plurality of optical system nodes, a plurality of optical space switches and a plurality of optical fibers. The plurality of optical system nodes each includes at least one reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM). The optical system nodes each have at least one client side port and at least one line side port. Each optical space switch is operatively coupled to the line side port of one of the plurality of optical system nodes. Each of the optical fibers couples one of the optical space switches to another of the optical space switches.
US10158443B1
The present disclosure describes methods and apparatuses for fine timing measurement with frequency domain processing. In some aspects, a first device receives a frame that is transmitted by a second device via a wireless medium. A degree to which the frame is affected by multipath propagation in the wireless medium is determined based on frequency power and linear phase of the frame, which can be calculated using frequency domain processing. Based on the degree to which the frame is affected, a time of arrival calculation for the frame can be compensated for effects related to the multipath propagation. By so doing, the effects of multipath propagation can be addressed without time domain processing, which is typically complex and more expensive to implement.
US10158442B1
Provided are systems and methods for a reliable precision time architecture in a network. In various implementations, the network can be configured with a first time synchronization tree, the first time synchronization tree providing a first network time to network devices in the network. Each network device can further synchronize to the first network time. The network can further be configured with a second time synchronization tree. The second time synchronization tree can provide a second network time to the network devices on the network. The network devices can also synchronize to the second network time. The network devices can further be configured to use the first network time as a current time.
US10158440B1
Described are techniques for configuring a group of audio devices in communication with an access point to provide an audio output. Values indicative of the data throughput for communication between each audio device and the access point may be determined. The audio device having the greatest data throughput value may be designated as the master audio device. A value indicative of the airtime that would be used to distribute audio data using to the group of audio devices using the designated master audio device may be determined based on the data throughput values associated with each audio device. If the airtime value is less than a threshold airtime value, the audio data may be provided to the audio devices. If the airtime value exceeds the threshold airtime value, a notification may be generated indicating the relationship between the airtime value and the threshold airtime value.
US10158435B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for detecting a passive intermodulation (PIM) source in a radio frequency (RF) device through analysis of a thermal image of the RF device.
US10158431B2
A method for mitigating the effect of a localized jamming attack on a secure, tactical wireless network implements a dynamic relay assignment (“DRA”) approach, whereby nodes are dynamically assigned to relay communications to “disadvantaged” nodes that are subject to the attack, the relay nodes being selected based on their communication reliability and their proximity to the disadvantaged nodes. In embodiments, the nodes share with each other performance statistics and, in embodiments, measured local noise levels. In various embodiments, each node provides data to a “strategy optimizer” which then dynamically makes relay assignments. In Link-16 embodiments support for a “DRA” relay mode is added, and the communication protocol is extended to support the required exchange of communication quality and local noise information via PPLI messages.
US10158430B2
There is provided a communication terminal including an electrode unit configured to cause a dielectric to induce an electric field, and to transmit and receive signals via the dielectric, and a processing unit configured to obtain power from a reception signal received by the electrode unit, to process the reception signal, and to cause a response signal to be transmitted from the electrode unit through load modulation.
US10158422B2
There is provided an apparatus configured to estimate optical transmission performance in a transmission path of an optical signal, the apparatus including a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to acquire a first index related to a first transmission performance of an optical signal transmitted through a span group between a first node and an n-th node and a second index related to a second transmission performance of an optical signal transmitted through a span or a span group between the first node and an m-th node, wherein n is an integer of 3 or more, and m is the integer satisfying m
US10158416B1
An unattended apparatus and method for isolating and relaying secure communications under adverse circumstances without awareness of encryption keys uses known and/or inferred characteristics of received transmissions to identify, isolate, and retransmit only friendly communications without decryption or re-encryption, and in embodiments also without awareness of applicable TRANSEC algorithms and keys. A channelizer digitizes energy received within a bandwidth of interest, which is then analyzed to detect chip timing, identify and demodulate pulses, and assemble secure messages for retransmission. In embodiments, the retransmissions use the original frequencies and TRANSEC parameters, and/or otherwise adhere to applicable TRANSEC and MSEC constraints so that the relayed messages are accepted by intended recipients. Embodiments provide interoperability with existing secure communications such as Link 16 and CDL. In embodiments relay nodes communicate via an out-of-band transport to determine which link has the best reception and which should retransmit a message.
US10158412B2
Provided are a method, system and apparatus for indicating and receiving an uplink beam index. The indicating method includes that: a base station detects a first uplink access signal of a terminal from at least one uplink access signal received from the terminal according to a preset rule; the base station acquires corresponding related information from the first uplink access signal; and the base station generates an access response indication by virtue of an uplink beam index corresponding to the first uplink access signal, and sends the access response indication.
US10158402B2
Interference in preamble signals and pilot signals in cooperative transmission using interference suppressing technology is avoided. A wireless apparatus for transmitting a wireless signal on which directivity control has been performed to stations in a wireless system including at least one wireless apparatus is provided with a known signal generating unit which generates a known signal to be added to the wireless signal, a weighting processing unit which performs weighting on the known signal generated by the known signal generating unit, and a wireless processing unit which transmits the known signal on which the weighting has been performed by the weighting processing unit.
US10158397B2
According to one embodiment, a wireless device includes a receiver configured to receive a first beacon signal via a first channel; and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to: analyze the first beacon signal to obtain channel information for specifying a second channel, change an operation channel of the receiver from the first channel to the second channel, and change, in a case of not receiving a second beacon signal via the second channel during a predetermined period of time, the operation channel of the receiver from the second channel to the first channel. The receiver is further configured to receive a third beacon signal via the first channel after the operation channel is changed from the second channel to the first channel.
US10158395B2
A wireless system allows for selectively using, and communicating through, wireless propagation paths between radio devices in an over-the-horizen communication environment. Also an elevator control system and a substation monitoring system using the same are provided. The wireless system includes a transmitter having: two spatially orthogonal antennas; and a transmission circuit that transmits a signal having an information signal spread with one code and then superimposed on a circularly-polarized wave, along with a signal having the same information signal spread with two different codes and then superimposed on orthogonal statically-polarized waves, which are orthogonal to each other, and a receiver having: at least one antenna; and a reception circuit that takes a difference between the sum of two operation results obtained by despreading with two different codes a signal received through statically-polarized waves, and an operation result obtained by despreading with one code a signal received through a circularly-polarized wave.
US10158389B2
A method of processing interference received in a wireless network, the interference comprising a non-linear product of at least one downlink signal of the wireless network, is provided. The method includes intercepting a plurality of optical links, each optical link being between a respective baseband processing unit of a plurality of baseband processing units and a respective radio head of a plurality of radio heads, to provide a plurality of downlink and uplink data streams. The method includes detecting interference in an uplink data stream representing signals received at a first uplink carrier frequency caused by non-linear products of at least a signal at a first downlink carrier frequency represented by a downlink data stream. The method includes generating an indication comprising information relating to an uplink carrier frequency experiencing interference and at least one downlink carrier frequency causing interference.
US10158387B1
An frequency down-converter includes a mixer configured to receive a RF (radio frequency) signal having a first end and a second end and output an intermediate signal comprising a first end and a second end in accordance with a LO (local oscillator) signal having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end of the LO signal jointly form a two-phase periodic signal of a fundamental frequency approximately equal to a mean frequency of a desired component of the RF signal. The down-converter further includes an opamp (operational amplifier) configured to receive the intermediate signal and output an output signal having a first end and a second end; a first feedback network configured to couple the second end of the output signal to the first end of the intermediate signal; a second feedback network configured to couple the first end of the output signal to the second end of the intermediate signal; and an auxiliary mixer configured to receive the RF signal and provide a supplemental signal added to the output signal in accordance with the LO signal. Preferably, the auxiliary mixer is based on using the same circuit as the mixer but replacing each switch in the mixer with a switch in series with a capacitor.
US10158383B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating a wireless signal at a first network device and directing the wireless signal towards a second network device of another utility pole, which includes directing the wireless signal away from another network device of the other utility pole. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10158378B1
Systems and methods are provided for decoding a codeword using an iterative decoding process. The systems and methods include receiving a codeword comprising a plurality of symbols, and concurrently processing the received codeword with a detector and a decoder based in part on extrinsic information associated with the plurality of symbols to obtain updated extrinsic information. The systems and methods further include modifying the extrinsic information associated with the plurality of symbols based on the updated extrinsic information, and repeating the processing and modifying steps until a stopping criterion is met.
US10158377B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for hardware-accelerating various data processing operations in a rule-based decision-making system such as a business rules engine, an event stream processor, and a complex event stream processor. Preferably, incoming data streams are checked against a plurality of rule conditions. Among the data processing operations that are hardware-accelerated include rule condition check operations, filtering operations, and path merging operations. The rule condition check operations generate rule condition check results for the processed data streams, wherein the rule condition check results are indicative of any rule conditions which have been satisfied by the data streams. The generation of such results with a low degree of latency provides enterprises with the ability to perform timely decision-making based on the data present in received data streams.
US10158374B1
A sigma delta modulator includes an integrator, a quantizer, a randomization circuit, and a digital to analog converter circuit. The integrator is configured to integrate an analog signal, in order to generate a first signal, in which the analog signal is a sum of an input signal and a second signal. The quantizer is coupled to the integrator and configured to quantize the first signal to generate a digital signal which has a plurality of bits. The randomization circuit is coupled to the quantizer, and is configured to randomize partial bits in the plurality of bits of the digital signal, in order to generate first control signals. The digital to analog converter (DAC) circuit is coupled to the quantizer and the randomization circuit, and is configured to generate the second signal according to the first control signals and remaining bits in the plurality of bits of the digital signal.
US10158370B2
Methods and systems for generating a digital representation of the amplitude and phase of a bandpass signal are disclosed. The methods comprise filtering the bandpass signal with a bandpass filter, generating the real and imaginary parts of the complex analytic signal with a quadrature hybrid, determining the amplitude of the complex analytic signal by adding an even power-law transform of the real and imaginary parts of the complex analytic signal, and determining the phase of the complex analytic signal by comparing the real and imaginary parts of the complex analytic signal to zero and comparing an even power-law transform of the real and imaginary parts of the complex analytic signal to each other. Analog to digital converters and methods of converting complex analytic signals to digital signals are also disclosed.
US10158368B2
A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) controller system may be configured for controlling switching in an associated digital-to-analog converter (DAC), based on a plurality of system inputs that include at least a first system input corresponding to an input applied to the DAC for controlling switching therein, and a second system input that includes a reference control signal. The DAC controller system may include a logic gate circuit that generates a gate output based on two gate inputs that include the first system input and an input set based on the second system input; and a plurality of timing circuits that generate timing outputs for controlling timing of switching in the DAC, which include at least one timing circuit that generates a timing output based on the gate output, with the timing output configured for application in conjunction with and for adjusting a timing output of another timing circuit.
US10158357B1
A semiconductor package includes a VLSI semiconductor die and one or more output circuits connected to supply power to the die mounted to a package substrate. The output circuit(s), which include a transformer and rectification circuitry, provide current multiplication at an essentially fixed conversion ratio, K, in the semiconductor package, receiving AC power at a relatively high voltage and delivering DC power at a relatively low voltage to the die. The output circuits may be connected in series or parallel as needed. A driver circuit may be provided outside the semiconductor package for receiving power from a source and driving the transformer in the output circuit(s), preferably with sinusoidal currents. The driver circuit may drive a plurality of output circuits. The semiconductor package may require far fewer interface connections for supplying power to the die.
US10158349B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic circuit is described comprising an output circuit configured to output data elements, an input circuit configured to receive the data elements from the output circuit wherein the input circuit is clocked by a clock signal and receives the data elements in accordance with its clocking, a signaling circuit configured to, when the output circuit switches from the output of one data element to the output of a following data element, signal to interrupt the clocking of the input circuit and a controller configured to interrupt the clocking of the input circuit in response to the signaling.
US10158336B2
In some implementations, an automatic gain control (AGC) circuit comprises: a pre-divider circuit operable to pre-divide an input signal according to a pre-divider circuit setting and output a pre-divided signal; a pre-amplifier operable to pre-amplify the pre-divided signal and output a pre-amplified signal; a post-divider circuit operable to post-divide the pre-amplified signal according to a post-divider circuit setting; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) operable to generate a digital data stream from the post-divided signal; logic operable to sample the digital data stream; determine a pre-divider circuit setting and a post-divider circuit setting based on the sampled data stream; set the pre-divider circuit and the post-divider circuit based on the determined settings; and generate a received signal strength value based on the pre-divider circuit setting and the post-divider circuit setting.
US10158331B2
A power amplifying apparatus includes a control circuit generating a bias voltage and generating a control signal using a battery voltage and a reference voltage, and a power amplifying circuit boosting the battery voltage according to the control signal to provide an operating voltage, and operating according to the bias voltage and the operating voltage to amplify an input signal, wherein the power amplifying circuit detects the operating voltage and provides a detection voltage to the control circuit, and the control circuit controls the control signal according to the detection voltage.
US10158329B1
An envelope tracking (ET) power amplifier circuit is disclosed. The ET power amplifier circuit includes ET tracker circuitry configured to output an ET modulated output voltage having an output voltage envelope that tracks a target voltage envelope of an ET modulated target voltage. Impedance adjustment circuitry in the ET power amplifier circuit is provided between a first node and a second node coupled to a feedback voltage input and a voltage output of the ET tracker circuitry, respectively. A power amplifier circuit(s) includes a first amplifier and a second amplifier coupled respectively to the first node and the second node. As such, it is possible to configure the impedance adjustment circuitry to provide adjustment impedance to offset output impedance of the ET tracker circuitry, thus helping to reduce voltage error in the ET power amplifier circuit.
US10158328B2
Various envelope tracking amplifiers are presented that can be switched between an ET (envelope tracking) mode and a non-ET mode. Switches and/or tunable components are utilized in constructing the envelope tracking amplifiers that can be switched between the ET mode and the non-ET mode.
US10158325B2
An inspection apparatus inspects a solar cell. The inspection apparatus includes: a short-circuiting element that electrically connects an anode as a p-type semiconductor layer and a cathode as an n-type semiconductor layer of the solar cell to short-circuit the solar cell; an irradiation part that irradiates the solar cell short-circuited by the short-circuiting element with pulse light; and a detection part that detects an electromagnetic wave emitted from the solar cell in response to the irradiation of the solar cell with pulse light from the irradiation part.
US10158317B2
In a control apparatus for an alternating current (AC) motor, a control mode switching determiner compares a modulation rate with a modulation rate threshold, and selects between a synchronous control mode to perform synchronous control in a range where the modulation rate is equal to or greater than a modulation rate threshold and an asynchronous control mode to perform asynchronous control in a range where the modulation rate is less than the modulation rate threshold. The control mode switching determiner uses a different modulation rate threshold in a low rotational speed range and a high rotational speed range such that the modulation rate threshold in the low rotational speed range is greater than the modulation rate threshold in the high rotational speed range. A selector selects between outputting the synchronous pulse signal and outputting the asynchronous pulse signal.
US10158305B2
An inverter controller according to an embodiment has an inverter main circuit, current detectors, a current command value calculator, a voltage command value calculator and an estimator. The inverter main circuit is capable of being electrically connected to a rotary drive target. The current detectors detect current values output from the inverter main circuit. The current command value calculator calculates current command values with which an output voltage output from the inverter main circuit becomes equal to or more than a target value. The voltage command value calculator calculates voltage command values with which the current values become equal to the current command values. The estimator calculates an estimated rotational phase angle of the rotary drive target, based on the voltage command values and the current values.
US10158280B2
A charging-voltage generating unit generates voltage which charges a charge storage element from one input signal. An output-voltage generating unit generates voltage referenced to a signal output reference terminal and output at a signal output terminal from another input signal. A charging-voltage output terminal and first terminals of a first switching element and the charge storage element are connected at a first point. A charging-voltage output reference terminal is connected with a second terminal of the first switching element at a second point. An output-voltage output terminal, a first terminal of a second switching element, and the signal output terminal are connected at a third point. The output-voltage output reference terminal, a signal output reference terminal, and second terminals of the second switching element and the charge storage element are connected at a fourth point. The second and third points are interconnected.
US10158278B2
A vibration motor is provided in the present disclosure. The vibration motor includes a housing with a receiving space; a vibration module, received in the housing; elastic parts, used for suspending the vibration module in the housing; first voice coils, fixed on the housing and used for driving the vibration module to vibrate in the horizontal direction; and a second voice coil, fixed on the housing and used for driving the vibration module to vibrate in the vertical direction.
US10158269B1
An electric motor includes a frame including a cylindrical frame housing having an open end, a sleeve fitted in the frame housing, a stator attached to the outer peripheral part of the frame housing, and a rotor including a magnet disposed opposite to the stator and rotating shaft 9 rotatably and pivotally supported by the sleeve and having one fixed end. At a center portion of rotating shaft 9, tapered part 9d whose diameter decreases toward front end part 9a side is formed. Oil is provided to a gap between rotating shaft 9 and the sleeve.
US10158267B2
An electronically commutated motor has a rotor with a permanent magnet arrangement, a stator (30) with a bundle of laminations (32) and a winding (34). The bundle of laminations is, at at least at one axial end (32′), provided with an insulator (41) and the winding (34) has a plurality of coils (38A, 38B, 38C, 38D) that are wound from at least one winding wire (36); at least one winding wire contact element (50) which is attached to an insulator body (41) and mechanically and electrically conductive connected with at least one section (36A) of at least one winding wire (36); at least one contact track (60) with a first section (61) which is mechanically and electrically conductive connected to the winding wire contact element (50), a second section (62) which is arranged with an internal threaded part (65) with an internal thread (66) to enable an electrical connection of the winding (34) to the associated voltage source and a third section (63) which connects the first section (61) with the second section (62) electrically conductive.
US10158262B2
A stator for an electric rotating machine includes an annular stator core, an outer cylinder fitted on a radially outer surface of the stator core, and a stator coil mounted on the stator core. The stator core is comprised of a plurality of stator core segments that are arranged in a circumferential direction of the stator core so as to adjoin one another in the circumferential direction. The stator coil is fixed to the stator core by a thermosetting resin that is set by induction-heating the stator core. Each of the stator core segments is formed by laminating a plurality of steel sheets in an axial direction of the stator core and fixing at least some of the steel sheets by staking. The number of staking portions formed in one of the steel sheets is different from the number of staking portions formed in another one of the steel sheets.
US10158258B2
Disclosed is a beamforming method for microwave power transmission. The beamforming method includes sending, by a transmitter, microwaves to each training slot based on a random phase through antennas, receiving from a receiver, by the transmitter, a power measurement value for each of the training slots, estimating, by the transmitter, a channel using the received power measurement value, and determining, by the transmitter, beamforming weight based on information about the estimated channel.
US10158256B2
A contactless connector apparatus is provided with a first coil closely opposed to a second coil so as to be electromagnetically coupled thereto. The first coil includes: an inner transmitter coil wound around an axis passing through its center; and an outer transmitter coil wound around the axis and outside the inner coil. One end of the outer transmitter coil is connected to one end of the inner transmitter coil such that, when a current flows through the transmitter coils, a direction of a loop current generated around the axis by a current flowing through the inner transmitter coil is opposite to that of a loop current generated around the axis by a current flowing through the outer transmitter coil. A self-inductance of the outer transmitter coil is larger than that of the inner transmitter coil.
US10158249B2
A wireless temperature maintenance container has an accommodating space accommodating a transmitter circuit and a receiver circuit. The transmitter circuit comprises a first power processing circuit and a transmitter coil. The first power processing circuit receives a utility power and outputs a first direct current. The transmitter coil receives the first direct current and generates a magnetic field. The receiver circuit comprises a receiver coil, a second power processing circuit and a temperature controller. The magnetic field passes the receiver coil and an alternating current is generated. The second power processing circuit receives the alternating current and outputs a second direct current. The temperature controller receives the second direct current to control the temperature of the container. The transmitter circuit is on the first circuit board, and the receiver circuit is on the second circuit board. Distance between the first circuit board and the second board is 2 mm˜4 mm.
US10158246B2
An energy storage device includes a first energy storage, a second energy storage, a voltage converter, and a controller. The first energy storage has a first resistance to degradation of a charging capacity of the first energy storage. The second energy storage has a second resistance to degradation of a charging capacity of the second energy storage higher than the first resistance. The voltage converter converts a voltage output from the second energy storage or supplied from an external electric power source to charge at least one of the first energy storage and the second energy storage. The controller controls the voltage converter so as to supply electric power from the second energy storage to the first energy storage before charging the at least one of the second energy storage and the first energy storage with electric power supplied from the external electric power source.
US10158245B2
A method and apparatus for controlling an on-board charger (OBC) are provided. The method includes monitoring a voltage of an input power source, increasing or decreasing the voltage of the input power source to a preset output voltage of a power factor corrector (PFC), and operating a converter receiving the preset output voltage to adjust a switching frequency of the converter based on a ripple current of an output terminal of the converter. Additionally, the converter includes a first switch configured to receive a first voltage of a first capacitor mounted within the PFC and a second switch configured to receive a second voltage of a second capacitor mounted within the PFC.
US10158241B2
An electricity storage system includes an electricity storage block including an electricity storage element for performing charging and discharging; a relay switched between an ON state in which the electric storage block is connected to a load and an OFF state in which a connection between the electricity storage block and the load is cut off; a controller for controlling the ON state and the OFF state of the relay; and a current cutoff circuit so as to cut off energization of the electricity storage block. The current cutoff circuit has an alarm circuit to indicate that the electricity storage block is in an overcharged state by comparing a voltage value of the electricity storage block and a threshold; a latch circuit retains the alarm signal; and a transistor receives an output signal of the latch circuit and switches the relay from the ON state to the OFF state.
US10158238B2
A Hybrid Electric Light Pole System (HELPS) generating energy from wind and solar and collecting it in storage or transferring it to the grid and, supplying uninterrupted power to light bulb(s) (107) is disclosed. The system comprises a monopole (106) and a wind turbine (101) attached on the top of the pole, two leaves (103) symmetrically attached to the pole with “C” shape branches (105), where each “C” shape (105) crosses the pole (106) at two support points. The top surface of the leaves is designed to handle flexible solar panel(s) (104). Some embodiments may be equipped with additional rigid solar panel(s) (102) if required. The bottom surface of the leaves is designed to handle the light bulb(s) (107). The generator—wind/solar and the load—lightbulbs are wired to the controller (109), capable of maintaining battery (110) charge and turning ON and OFF the lights based on the preset parameters.
US10158237B2
A battery pack includes a battery, a battery management system (BMS), a charge switch, a discharge switch, and a tilt sensor. The BMS monitors voltage and current states of the battery and control charge and discharge operations of the battery. The charge and discharge switches operate based on control signals from the BMS. The BMS measures a variation in tilt angle of the battery pack or a load based on tilt information sensed by the tilt sensor, and turns off the discharge switch when the tilt angle variation is equal to or less than a first critical value for a preset time period. The load may be an electric vehicle or another type of load.
US10158235B2
A non-contact power transmitting device includes a power receiving device that includes a rectification circuit, a voltage converting circuit, and a switching circuit for connecting or disconnecting the voltage converting circuit to or from a load circuit, and a power transmitting device that includes a power transmitting circuit, a detection circuit that detects a current that is supplied to the power transmitting circuit, and a determination circuit that compares the detected current value with a threshold current set in advance, and determines whether the load circuit of the power receiving device is in contact with the power transmitting device, where the power transmitting device transmits power to the power receiving device in a non-contact manner.
US10158225B2
An ESD protection system for an internal circuit is disclosed. The ESD protection system comprises an ESD clamping device connected between a pad and a ground of a first domain); a pre-driver having an output coupled to a gate of the ESD clamping device); an ESD control circuit connected between the pre-driver and the internal circuit; and a transient detection unit coupled to the ESD control circuit, configured to detect an ESD transient from the pad of the first domain. The transient detection unit outputs an first signal to the control circuit upon detection of an ESD transient. In response, the control circuit causes the pre-driver to output a high-impedance state at the gate of the ESD clamping device, thereby floating the gate thereof.
US10158221B2
A power pedestal includes a pedestal member including a base structured to be fixed to a platform and an enclosure extending from said base, a plurality of input power terminals mounted to said pedestal member and structured to be electrically connected to a power source, a number of output power receptacles mounted to said enclosure, a number of circuit interrupters having a ground fault detection capability and being structured to output an alarm signal in response to detecting a ground fault, a relay structured to receive the alarm signal from the circuit interrupters and to output an indicator signal, and an indicator unit structured to receive the indicator signal from the relay, the indicator unit including an indicator and being structured to illuminate the indicator in response to receiving the indicator signal.
US10158220B2
Provided are a triple redundant digital protective relay and an operating method therefor. The triple redundant digital protective relay according to the present invention includes: three power monitoring control devices which have a triple redundant structure and control a circuit breaker for separating a failed power system based on a 2 out of 3 voting using real-time mutual data communication; and a central communication device which acquires data related to an operating state of the power system from the three power monitoring control devices and manages the acquired data related to the operating state of the power system.
US10158219B2
An electric field control device for a high voltage cable includes a stress cone and a field grading adapter, wherein the stress cone and the field grading adapter are chemically bonded by vulcanization. An electric installation includes a power cable and the electric field control device. A method for producing the electric field control device is also disclosed.
US10158218B2
A cable hanger includes: a base panel having opposed ends; a pair of arms, each of the arms attached to a respective end of the base panel and having a free end; a pair of locking projections, each of the locking projections attached to a respective free end of the arms; and a pair of gripping members, each gripping member attached to a respective arm, each gripping member having opposed ends, wherein one of the ends of each gripping member is fixed to the arms and the other of the ends of each gripping member is fixed to the arm or to the base panel. The arms and locking projections are configured to spread apart to enable insertion of a cable between the arms, wherein the gripping projections engage and grip the cable, and wherein the locking projections are configured to be inserted into the aperture of the supporting structure.
US10158217B1
Method and apparatus are disclosed for interlocking wire conduits for vehicles. An example vehicle includes wiring and conduits. The conduits include a first conduit and a second conduit that each include an inner surface defining a pathway for the wiring, an outer surface, annular ribs extending from the outer surface and defining annular grooves, flanges protruding from distal ends of the annular ribs and configured to interlock with the flanges of the other of the conduits.
US10158201B2
A coaxial cable connector comprising an inner sleeve, a nut and an outer sleeve, wherein the inner sleeve includes a first outer flange, a first rear extension portion, and a first surface being between the first outer flange and the first rear extension portion; the nut includes an inner threaded surface, and a first inner flange being between the first outer flange and the first surface; the outer sleeve includes a second rear extension portion and a second inner flange being on the first surface and an annular space formed between the first and second rear extension portions, wherein the outer sleeve further comprises a second outer flange disposed on the out surface of the outer sleeve outside the annular space, wherein the second outer flange has a maximum diameter greater than an outer diameter of the second inner flange, and an axial distance between a front end of the second outer flange and a rear end of the outer sleeve is greater than twice of that between the front end of the second outer flange and a front end of the annular space.
US10158200B2
A coaxial electrical connector connected to a circuit board having a metal outer conductor having a tubular portion and a metal center conductor equipped with a contact portion extending in the axial direction of said tubular portion within the interior space of said tubular portion, and in which said center conductor is secured in place by the outer conductor, with a dielectric interposed therebetween, the center conductor has a radial portion with a plate-shaped configuration extending radially outward from the base portion side of the contact portion, and a connecting portion placed in contact with a circuit board is formed on the bottom face of said radial portion, wherein the radial portion has grain flow lines formed by a flow of metallographic structure oriented parallel to two major surfaces opposing each other in the axial direction, and the contact portion has grain flow lines oriented, in the axial direction.
US10158199B2
A power cord is described that includes “in-line” power control functionality. The power control functionality may selectively enable or disable a flow of electrical current through the power cord and/or selectively control an amount of electrical current that is permitted to flow through the power cord. The power control functionality may be activated and/or controlled through the receipt of control signals from an external device. The power cord may be configured to monitor the state of an electronic device to which it is connected and selectively activate and/or modify the operation of the power control functionality in response to the detection of a particular state of the electronic device. The power cord may also be configured to receive and analyze sensor data, and based at least on the analysis, selectively activate and/or modify the operation of the power control functionality.
US10158191B2
A vacuum generator is included within an accessory or an electronic device and generates a vacuum seal within mated connectors of the accessory and the electronic device to protect against ingression of moisture and/or debris. A vacuum release valve is used to break the vacuum seal and allow the accessory to be demated from the electronic device. A sensor is used to monitor the vacuum level.
US10158188B2
A cable connection structure for connecting a plurality of cables to an electrode provided on a substrate includes an extended portion that is provided integrally with the plurality of cables, extends from the plurality of cables, and covers at least a connection part between the plurality of cables and the electrode.
US10158183B2
A method and a structure for positioning and wrapping wire leads involve providing two leads of a transmission wire for transmitting power and/or signal with appropriate orientational limit therebetween by: wrapping a predetermined range of the two leads extending from a predetermined object with one or more segments of strip-shaped net for orientational limit that maintain independent extension and juxtaposition of the two leads, so as to prevent the leads of the transmission wire from entwining with each other after frequent orientational change caused by an external force.
US10158179B2
A phased antenna array comprises a plurality of antennas and photodiodes arranged on a substrate. Each antenna is driven by an electrical signal output by the photodiode. The photodiodes each receive an optical signal via an optical fiber. The optical fibers conform to the sheet-like shape of the antenna array (which may be planar or curved) and optically communicate with a corresponding photodiode via a corresponding reflector, such as a ninety degree reflector. The reflectors may comprise a v-groove in a silicon substrate on which the optical fiber is positioned and a reflecting surface. Each reflector may be attached to the substrate or a ground plane positioned parallel to the substrate and the optical fiber may connect to the reflector in a direction running parallel to the phased antenna array. This optical feed network may accommodate tight spacing of the antenna elements (such as spacing less than 5 mm apart) with a thin profile.
US10158177B2
A digital video broadcast satellite (DVB-S) television antenna horn assembly, reflector antenna, and a satellite communication system in which the antenna horn includes a suspended dielectric tuning vane that reduces the horn size, modifies the shape the reception pattern, and improves the antenna performance in a number of ways. The antenna horn and the dielectric tuning vane are configured to impart a combined differential phase shift protocol, such as CP polarization, on a circular polarity (CP) signal as the CP signal propagates through the horn from a reception aperture to an output aperture. The dielectric tuning vane may be built into the antenna horn, snap into the antenna horn, be built into a protective plastic lens cover that fits over horn opening, or designed to snap into the plastic lens cover. Various dielectric tuning vanes are suitable for single horn structures and multi-horn structures built into LNB amplifiers.
US10158175B2
An apparatus comprising at least one antenna for transmission and/or reception of circularly polarized electromagnetic radiation. The antenna includes a radiating element and a single feed line. The single feed line is coupled between the radiating element and a circuit that drives the antenna. The radiating element has a non-symmetrical outer perimeter shape. The radiating element may include an aperture. The antenna may further include a ground element and a supplemental ground feed structure, the supplemental ground feed structure located between the radiating element and the ground element.
US10158173B2
Methods and systems for Spatial Multiplexing Mu-MIMO radio communications are provided. An antenna array is controlled to establish plural radio beams which are mutually orthogonal in terms of excitation functions and which are differently spatially directed to cover a geographic area. The beams may be arranged in angular space in a pattern of rows, with adjacent rows being offset. To facilitate same, the antenna array may include elements which are offset from neighboring elements horizontally, vertically, or both. For each terminal, a subset of the radio beams may be selected for communication. The selection may prefer higher-power beams, where power is determined by summing contributions from eigen-channels. Subsets of radio beams may be grouped into orthogonal channels for use in servicing different sets of terminals in different geographic areas, and terminals sharing a channel may further share resources using multi-access techniques.
US10158169B1
A mobile antenna system has a dome with an internal space for enclosing an antenna, and tabs spaced around and extending outward from the circular edge of the dome. A base supports the antenna and includes a side wall extending upward to define a circular edge abutting the edge of the dome. Tabs are spaced around and extend outward from the circular edge of the base in vertical alignment to contact the tabs of the dome. The dome and base are removably secured together by a locking ring having an inner diameter large enough to fit over the edges of the dome and base. This ring has a set of L-shaped slots, each having a vertical slot segment with a width to receive the aligned tabs, and a horizontal slot segment continuing from the vertical slot segment.
US10158138B2
A fuel cell system is provided. The fuel cell system includes a source of fuel, and a fuel desulfurization system fluidly coupled to the source of fuel to receive the fuel in a gaseous phase. The fuel desulfurization system includes a fuel condenser that condenses at least a portion of the fuel from the gaseous phase to a liquid phase. The fuel cell system includes a reformer fluidly coupled to the fuel desulfurization system that receives the fuel from the fuel desulfurization system in the liquid phase to generate hydrogen enriched fuel and a fuel cell stack fluidly coupled to the reformer to receive the hydrogen enriched fuel.
US10158136B2
A fuel cell system comprising: a power generation controller that controls a value subject to control, which is a value exhibiting a power generating state by a fuel cell and is a value that is affected by alternating current applied to the fuel cell, to approach a target value; a dead zone setter that sets a dead zone with the target value as a reference; and, a stopper that stops the control by the power generation controller when the value subject to control is contained in the dead zone.
US10158128B2
Disclosed are fuel cell stack break-in procedures, conditioning systems for performing break-in procedures, and motor vehicles with a fuel cell stack conditioned in accordance with disclosed break-in procedures. A break-in method is disclosed for conditioning a membrane assembly of a fuel cell stack. The method includes transmitting humidified hydrogen to the anode of the membrane assembly, and transmitting deionized water to the cathode of the membrane assembly. An electric current and voltage cycle are applied across the fuel cell stack while the fuel cell stack is operated in a hydrogen pumping mode until the fuel cell stack is determined to operate at a predetermined threshold for a fuel cell stack voltage output capability. During hydrogen pumping, the membrane assembly oxidizes the humidified hydrogen, transports protons from the anode to the cathode across the proton conducting membrane, and regenerates the protons in the cathode through a hydrogen evolution reaction.
US10158123B2
A secondary battery includes a case; an electrode assembly accommodated in the case, and including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first and second electrode plates; a first terminal portion electrically connected to the electrode assembly; and a cap plate configured to cover an opening of the case, and the first terminal portion includes a first electrode terminal passing through the cap plate to protrude upward from a first position of the cap plate, and a first current collector including a first end connected to the first electrode terminal, and a second end connected to the first electrode plate, the first current collector including a plurality of notches.
US10158121B2
Provided is a cable-shaped alkali metal-sulfur battery comprising: (a) a first electrode comprising an electrically conductive porous rod and a first mixture of a first electrode active material and a first electrolyte residing in pores of the porous rod; (b) a porous separator wrapping around the first electrode; (c) a second electrode comprising an electrically conductive porous layer wrapping around or encasing the separator, wherein the porous layer contains a second mixture of a second electrode active material and a second electrolyte residing in pores of the porous layer; and (d) a protective sheath encasing the second electrode; wherein one electrode is a cathode containing sulfur, a sulfur-carbon compound, sulfur-polymer composite, or metal sulfide.
US10158119B2
Disclosed is an electrolytic copper foil obtained by heat treating a copper foil manufactured through electrolysis, the electrolytic copper foil having specific resistivity of 1.68 to 1.72 μΩ·cm and a grain mean diameter of a crystallite of 1.0 to 1.5 μm.
US10158112B2
Considering that the battery separator of embodiments of the present invention will have thinner materials and lower costs, provided are a polyolefin porous membrane with exceptionally high peel strength between the polyolefin porous membrane and a modified porous layer, suitable for high-speed processing during slit processing and the battery assembly process, and suitable for laminating on a modified porous layer, and a battery separator obtained by laminating a modified porous layer on the polyolefin porous membrane. A polyolefin porous membrane comprising protrusions of polyolefin having a size (W) within a range of 5 μm≤W≤50 μm and a height (H) within a range of 0.5 μm≤H and irregularly disposed on both sides of the polyolefin porous membrane in a density not less than 3/cm2 and not more than 200/cm2 per side, and the polyolefin porous membrane having a thickness of not more than 25 μm.
US10158109B2
Electrode assemblies for use in electrochemical cells are provided. The negative electrode assembly includes negative electrode active material and an electrolyte chosen specifically for its useful properties in the negative electrode. Such properties include reductive stability and ability to accommodate expansion and contraction of the negative electrode active material. Similarly, the positive electrode assembly includes positive electrode active material and an electrolyte chosen specifically for its useful properties in the positive electrode. These properties include oxidative stability and the ability to prevent dissolution of transition metals used in the positive electrode active material. A third electrolyte can be used as separator between the negative electrode and the positive electrode. A cell is constructed with a cathode that includes a fluorinated electrolyte which does not penetrate into the solid-state polymer electrolyte separator between it and the lithium-based anode. Such an assembly improves charge transport properties without compromising the strength and durability of the separator.
US10158107B2
A battery provided according to the invention includes an electrode body including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and a battery case. A positive electrode inner terminal is connected to the positive electrode, and a negative electrode inner terminal is connected to the negative electrode. The battery includes, inside the battery case, a first film placed between the electrode body and an inner wall of the battery case, and a second film placed between the battery case and at least one of the negative electrode inner terminal and the positive electrode inner terminal. By the first film and the second film, at least one of the negative electrode inner terminal and the positive electrode inner terminal is insulated from the inner wall of the battery case, and the electrode body is insulated from the inner wall of the battery case.
US10158101B2
A power storage device includes an electrode assembly, a case that houses the electrode assembly, and an insulating sheet, which insulates the electrode assembly and the case from each other. The electrode assembly has a first end face, which is orthogonal to the stacking direction, two primary faces, which are located on both sides in the stacking direction, and a tab, which extends on the first end face in the direction orthogonal to the stacking direction. The insulating sheet has a folded box shape, and further has two primary face covering portions, which respectively cover the primary faces of the electrode assembly, and non-primary-face covering portions, which cover the first end face of the electrode assembly and faces other than the primary faces thereof and are continuous with the primary face covering portions. The non-primary face covering portions overlap at least partially with each other.
US10158097B2
An organic electroluminescent display panel, a fabrication method thereof, and a display device are provided. The organic electroluminescent display panel includes: a base substrate and a package cover plate disposed opposite to each other, and an organic electroluminescent structure disposed on the base substrate and provided between the base substrate and the package cover plate. The package cover plate has a first groove for accommodating the organic electroluminescent structure within a display region of the organic electroluminescent display panel; the package cover plate has at least one second groove surrounding the first groove and having a closed boundary within a non-display region of the organic electroluminescent display panel; the second groove accommodates a sealant; and a metal layer is located between a protrusion portion of the package cover plate and the base substrate.
US10158090B2
Compounds comprising phosphorescent metal complexes comprising cyclometallated imidazo[1,2-f]phenanthridine and diimidazo[1,2-a:1′,2′-c]quinazoline ligands, or isoelectronic or benzannulated analogs thereof, are described. Organic light emitting diode devices comprising these compounds are also described.
US10158083B2
The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1), which are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular in organic electroluminescent devices.
US10158082B2
A semiconducting component for an electrographic device, comprising a crosslinked body obtained by crosslinking a copolymer containing 9.9 to 39.9% by mole of structural units (a) originating from an epihalohydrin, 60 to 90% by mole of structural units (b) originating from an alkylene oxide, and 0.1 to 10% by mole of structural units (c) originating from a cyclic ether monomer having a (meth)acryloyl or alkoxysilyl group with use of reactivity of the structural units originating from the cyclic ether monomer having a (meth)acryloyl or alkoxysilyl group.
US10158071B2
Electrical contacts may be formed by forming dielectric liners along sidewalls of a dielectric structure, forming sacrificial liners over and transverse to the dielectric liners along sidewalls of a sacrificial structure, selectively removing portions of the dielectric liners at intersections of the dielectric liners and sacrificial liners to form pores, and at least partially filling the pores with a conductive material. Nano-scale pores may be formed by similar methods. Bottom electrodes may be formed and electrical contacts may be structurally and electrically coupled to the bottom electrodes to form memory devices. Nano-scale electrical contacts may have a rectangular cross-section of a first width and a second width, each width less than about 20 nm. Memory devices may include bottom electrodes, electrical contacts having a cross-sectional area less than about 150 nm2 over and electrically coupled to the bottom electrodes, and a cell material over the electrical contacts.
US10158070B2
A memory cell and method including a first electrode formed through a first opening in a first dielectric layer, a resistive layer formed on the first electrode, a spacing layer formed on the resistive layer, a second electrode formed on the resistive layer, and a second dielectric layer formed on the second electrode, the second dielectric layer including a second opening. The first dielectric layer formed on a substrate including a first metal layer. The first electrode and the resistive layer collectively include a first lip region that extends a first distance beyond the first opening. The second electrode and the second dielectric layer collectively include a second lip region that extends a second distance beyond the first opening. The spacing layer extends from the second distance to the first distance. The second electrode is coupled to a second metal layer using a via that extends through the second opening.
US10158067B2
A memory device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a variable resistance layer provided between the first and second conductive layers. The variable resistance layer includes a first layer having a semiconductor or a first metal oxide containing a first metal, and a second layer provided between the first layer and the second conductive layer, having a second metal oxide containing a second metal, and having crystal grains that are not in contact with at least one of an end face of the second layer on a side of the first conductive layer or an end face of the second layer on a side of the second conductive layer.
US10158066B1
Methods of fabricating a flexible dummy fill to increase MTJ density are provided. Embodiments include forming a first oxide layer; forming lower interconnect layers in the first oxide layer; forming a nitride layer over the first oxide layer and the lower interconnect layers; forming a second oxide layer over the nitride layer; forming bottom electrodes through the second oxide layer and the nitride layer contacting a portion of an upper surface of the lower interconnect layers; forming MTJ structures over the bottom electrodes; forming top electrodes over the MTJ structures; and forming upper interconnect layers over one or more of the top electrodes.
US10158061B2
In one embodiment, a method to form a superconductor device includes depositing a crystalline layer having a preferred crystallographic orientation on a substrate and forming an oriented superconductor layer comprising an oriented superconductor material on the crystalline layer. A metallic layer is formed on the superconductor layer and a mask is provided proximate the substrate to define a protected portion of the oriented superconductor layer and an exposed portion of the oriented superconductor layer. The exposed portion of the oriented superconductor layer is removed without etching the protected portion of the oriented superconductor layer.
US10158056B2
An LED package used in a light-emitting device is provided with a function of position correction in mounting by self-alignment, and mounting density of such LED packages is increased. The LED package includes an LED element including an element electrode on a bottom surface, a phosphor layer containing a phosphor and covering a top surface and a side surface of the LED element, and an auxiliary electrode having an upper face bonded to a lower face of the element electrode, wherein the auxiliary electrode is larger than the element electrode, the auxiliary electrode includes a step that makes a lower face smaller than the upper face, and an end portion of the auxiliary electrode on a side where the step is formed is located inside an outer peripheral side of the phosphor layer.
US10158051B2
Provided are a process method for bond-packaging an LED using a refined photoconverter, and a refining equipment system. The process method includes the following continuous process flow: roll-shaping of a special-shaped microporous carrier sheet, refining of a semi-cured photoconversion sheet, preparation of a flip chip LED array sheet, forming of LED package elements by roll-bonding, curing of the LED package elements, and cutting of the LED package elements. The present invention has a significant advantage of a refined photoconverter, and especially can meet a requirement of a continuous process flow of bond-packaging an LED using an organic silicone resin photoconverter, so as to enhance the production efficiency and yield of LED packages in industrialized batch production.
US10158048B2
A light emitting device includes a light emitting chip which generates a first light having a first color, a first cavity layer disposed on the light emitting chip and which generates a second light having a second color and has a first refractive index, a second cavity layer disposed on the first cavity layer and which generates a third light having a third color and has a second refractive index, a first half mirror layer disposed between the first cavity layer and the light emitting chip and which reflects at least a portion of the second light, a second half mirror layer disposed between the first cavity layer and the second cavity layer and which reflects at least a portion of the third light, and a third half mirror layer disposed on the second cavity layer and which transmits the first light.
US10158036B2
There is to provide a semiconductor device including a light receiving element capable of reducing the manufacturing cost and improving the optical performance of the light receiving element. For example, a p type germanium layer, an intrinsic germanium layer, and an n type germanium layer forming the structure body of a Ge photodiode are formed according to a continuous selective epitaxial growth. An insulating film having an opening portion is formed on the silicon layer of a SOI substrate, and an intrinsic germanium layer is formed bulging from the opening portion to above the insulating film. In short, by using the insulating film having the opening portion, the cross section of the intrinsic germanium layer is formed into a mushroom shape.
US10158033B2
An optoelectronic device has a layered construction, comprising a base layer, a first conductive layer, a photoactive layer and a second conductive layer. Plural separation channels extending through the photoactive layer and the first conductive layer separate the photoactive layer into photoactive regions, and insulator material extends through the respective separation channels to the base layer. Between adjacent photoactive regions, electrical connectors extend inside the lateral extent of the insulator material between a surface of a second electrode that is in electrical contact with one photoactive region to an opposing surface of a first electrode that is in electrical contact with the other photoactive region. By forming the electrical connectors extend inside the lateral extent of the insulator material, the overall size of the connection is minimized.
US10158031B2
An interconnect assembly. The interconnect assembly includes a trace that includes a plurality of electrically conductive portions. The plurality of electrically conductive portions is configured both to collect current from a first solar cell and to interconnect electrically to a second solar cell. In addition, the plurality of electrically conductive portions is configured such that solar-cell efficiency is substantially undiminished in an event that any one of the plurality of electrically conductive portions is conductively impaired.
US10158028B2
Provided is a semiconductor device including a substrate having a first conductivity type, a first well having a second conductivity type, a first doped region having the first conductivity type, a second well having the second conductivity type, at least one second doped region having the first conductivity type, at least one third doped region having the second conductivity type, and a fourth doped region having the second conductivity type. The first well is located in the substrate. The first doped region is located in the first well. The second well is located in the first well. The second doped region is located in the first doped region. The third doped region is located in the first well at a first side of the first doped region. The fourth doped region is located in the first well at a second side of the first doped region.
US10158027B2
A semiconductor device (100) includes a thin film transistor (5) provided on a substrate and including a gate electrode (12), a gate insulating layer (20) in contact with the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer (18) located so as to partially overlap the gate electrode with the gate insulating layer being located between the oxide semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, a source electrode (14), and a drain electrode (16). The oxide semiconductor layer (18) includes a gate facing region (18g) overlapping the gate electrode as seen in a direction of normal to the substrate; and offset regions (18os, 18od) provided adjacent to the gate facing region, the offset regions not overlapping the gate electrode, the source electrode or the drain electrode as seen in the direction of normal to the substrate. The gate facing region has a carrier concentration in the range of 1×1017/cm3 or greater and 1×1019/cm3 or less.
US10158026B2
A transistor includes oxide semiconductor stacked layers between a first gate electrode layer and a second gate electrode layer through an insulating layer interposed between the first gate electrode layer and the oxide semiconductor stacked layers and an insulating layer interposed between the second gate electrode layer and the oxide semiconductor stacked layers. The thickness of a channel formation region is smaller than the other regions in the oxide semiconductor stacked layers. Further in this transistor, one of the gate electrode layers is provided as what is called a back gate for controlling the threshold voltage. Controlling the potential applied to the back gate enables control of the threshold voltage of the transistor, which makes it easy to maintain the normally-off characteristics of the transistor.
US10158023B2
A method for fabricating a fin field effect transistor (FinFET) is provided. The method includes: patterning a substrate to form a plurality of trenches in the substrate and at least one semiconductor fin between the trenches; forming a plurality of insulators in the trenches; forming a patterned photoresist on the insulators, wherein sidewalls of the semiconductor fin are partially covered by the patterned photoresist, and at least one area of the sidewalls is exposed by the patterned photoresist; by using the patterned photoresist as a mask, partially removing the semiconductor fin from the at least one area of the sidewalls exposed by the patterned photoresist so as to form at least one recess on the sidewalls of the semiconductor fin; removing the patterned photoresist after forming the at least one recess; and forming a gate stack to partially cover the semiconductor fin and the insulators.
US10158022B2
A fin structure for a semiconductor device, such as a FinFET structure, has first and second semiconductor layers and an air gap between the layers. The second semiconductor layer includes a recessed portion, the air gap is located in the recessed portion, and the recessed portion has an upwardly-opening acute angle in the range from about 10° to about 55°. The air gap may prevent current leakage. A FinFET device may be manufactured by first recessing and then epitaxially re-growing a source/drain fin, with the regrowth starting over a tubular air gap.
US10158017B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, first gate structures and second gate structures over the substrate, third epitaxial semiconductor features proximate the first gate structures, and fourth epitaxial semiconductor features proximate the second gate structures. The first gate structures have a greater pitch than the second gate structures. The third and fourth epitaxial semiconductor features are at least partially embedded in the substrate. A first proximity of the third epitaxial semiconductor features to the respective first gate structures is smaller than a second proximity of the fourth epitaxial semiconductor features to the respective second gate structures. In an embodiment, a first depth of the third epitaxial semiconductor features embedded into the substrate is greater than a second depth of the fourth epitaxial semiconductor features embedded into the substrate.
US10158012B1
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer of silicon carbide, a second semiconductor layer of nitride semiconductor, a third semiconductor layer of nitride semiconductor and a drain electrode. The semiconductor device includes a source electrode that has a first projection portion, a conduction electrode that has a second projection portion and a gate electrode. The first semiconductor layer includes a first region, a second region, a third region and a fourth region.
US10158004B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a method of forming a semiconductor device having a strained channel and an associated device. In some embodiments, the method includes performing a first etching process by selectively exposing a substrate to a first etchant to produce a recess defined by sidewalls and a bottom surface of the substrate. An implantation process is performed to form an etch stop layer along the bottom surface. A second etching process is performed by exposing the sidewalls and the bottom surface defining the recess to a second etchant to form a source/drain recess. The source/drain recess laterally extends past the etch stop layer in opposing directions. A semiconductor material is formed within the source/drain recess.
US10158003B2
A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming a fin in a substrate; depositing a first spacer material to form a first spacer around the fin; depositing a second spacer material to form a second spacer over the first spacer; recessing the first spacer and the second spacer; removing the first spacer; and performing an epitaxial growth process to form epitaxial growth on an end of the fin, along a sidewall of the fin, and adjacent to the fin.
US10157998B2
A field effect transistor includes a channel layer made of a semiconductor and a metal gate structure. The metal gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer, a barrier layer formed on the gate dielectric layer, a work function adjustment layer formed on the barrier layer and made of one of Al and TiAl, a blocking layer formed on the work function adjustment layer and made of TiN, and a body metal layer formed on the blocking layer and made of W. A gate length over the channel layer is in a range from 5 nm to 15 nm, and a thickness of the first conductive layer is in a range of 0.2 nm to 3.0 nm. A range between a largest thickness and a smallest thickness of the first conductive layer is more than 0% and less than 10% of an average thickness of the first conductive layer.
US10157996B2
A method includes forming a first material stack above a first transistor region, a second transistor region, and a dummy gate region of a semiconductor structure, the first material stack including a high-k material layer and a workfunction adjustment metal layer. The first material stack is patterned to remove a first portion of the first material stack from above the dummy gate region while leaving second portions of the first material stack above the first and second transistor regions. A gate electrode stack is formed above the first and second transistor regions and above the dummy gate region, and the gate electrode stack and the remaining second portions of the first material stack are patterned to form a first gate structure above the first transistor region, a second gate structure above the second transistor region, and a dummy gate structure above the dummy gate region.
US10157991B2
A method for fabricating a memory device is provided. The method for fabricating a memory device includes forming a first dielectric layer over a substrate and forming a floating gate layer over the first dielectric layer. The method further includes forming a hard mask layer over the floating gate layer and etching the hard mask layer to form a recess in the hard mask layer. The method further includes patterning a portion of the hard mask layer under the recess to form a recessed feature having a first tip corner and etching the recessed feature and the floating gate layer to form a floating gate having a second tip corner. The method further includes depositing a second dielectric layer over the floating gate and forming a control gate partially over the floating gate and separating from the floating gate by the second dielectric layer.
US10157988B1
A FinFET device structure is provided. The FinFET device structure includes a fin structure formed over a substrate and a first gate structure formed over the fin structure. The FinFET device structure includes a conductive plug formed over the first gate structure, and the conductive plug is electrically connected to the first gate structure. The FinFET device structure includes a first spacer layer formed on a sidewall surface of the conductive plug and a source/drain (S/D) contact structure formed over the fin structure and adjacent to the first gate structure. The FinFET device structure further includes a first insulation layer formed over the S/D contact structure and a second spacer layer formed on a sidewall surface of the first insulation layer. The conductive plug extends from a first position which is above the first spacer layers to a second position which is above the second spacer layer.
US10157987B1
Fin-based well straps are disclosed herein for improving performance of memory arrays, such as static random access memory arrays. An exemplary integrated circuit (IC) device includes a FinFET disposed over a doped region of a first type dopant. The FinFET includes a first fin structure doped with a first dopant concentration of the first type dopant and first source/drain features of a second type dopant. The IC device further includes a fin-based well strap disposed over the doped region of the first type dopant. The fin-based well strap connects the doped region to a voltage. The fin-based well strap includes a second fin structure doped with a second dopant concentration of the first type dopant and second source/drain features of the first type dopant. The second dopant concentration is greater than (for example, at least three times greater than) the first dopant concentration.
US10157986B2
A drift layer of a first conductivity type is made of silicon carbide. A body region of a second conductivity type is provided on the drift layer. A source region of the first conductivity type is provided on the body region. A source electrode is connected to the source region. A gate insulating film is provided on side and bottom surfaces of a trench which penetrates the body region and the source region. A gate electrode is provided in the trench with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween. A trench-bottom-surface protective layer of the second conductivity type provided below the bottom surface of the trench in the drift layer is electrically connected to the source electrode. The trench-bottom-surface protective layer has a high-concentration protective layer, and a first low-concentration protective layer provided below the high-concentration protective layer and having an impurity concentration lower than that of the high-concentration protective layer.
US10157984B2
The present invention is directed to a method for forming multiple active components, such as bipolar transistors, MOSFETs, diodes, etc., on a semiconductor substrate so that active components with higher operation voltage may be formed on a common substrate with a lower operation voltage device and incorporating the existing proven process flow of making the lower operation voltage active components. The present invention is further directed to a method for forming a device of increasing operation voltage over an existing device of same functionality by adding a few steps in the early manufacturing process of the existing device therefore without drastically affecting the device performance.
US10157979B2
We disclose a high voltage semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate of a second conductivity type; a semiconductor drift region of the second conductivity type disposed over the semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate region having higher doping concentration than the drift region; a semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, opposite to the second conductivity type, formed on the surface of the device and within the semiconductor drift region, the semiconductor region having higher doping concentration than the drift region; and a lateral extension of the first conductivity type extending laterally from the semiconductor region into the drift region, the lateral extension being spaced from a surface of the device.
US10157974B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a main surface, a first insulating film formed on the main surface, a first coil formed on the first insulating film, a second insulating film formed on the first coil and having a first main surface and first side surfaces continuous with the first main surface, a third insulating film formed on the first main surface of the second insulating film and having a second main surface and second side surfaces continuous with the second main surface, and a second coil formed on the second main surface of the third insulating film. The second insulating film and the third insulating film are formed as a laminated insulating film together. A thickness of the second coil is greater than a thickness of the first coil in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate.
US10157969B2
A display device includes a substrate having a first region in which an image is displayed, a second region in which an image is not displayed, and a bending region connecting the first region and the second region. The bending region is configured to bend along a bending axis which extends in a first direction. A plurality of pad terminals is disposed within the second region. A first width of the bending region, measured along the first direction, is narrower than a second width of the second region, measured along the first direction.
US10157968B2
A display device according to an embodiment can include a plurality of pixel areas disposed on a lower substrate, each pixel area including a plurality of sub-pixel areas for displaying images. The display device further includes a plurality of light emitting structures disposed respectively in the sub-pixel areas of each pixel area and configured to output at least one color light, a plurality of color filters disposed correspondingly to the light emitting structures and configured to convert the at least one color light output from the light emitting structures into different color lights, and a white light emitting structure configured to output white color light, wherein the white light emitting structure covers all the light emitting structures and the color filters.
US10157967B2
An organic electroluminescence device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a base material having a top surface on which a recess is provided; a reflective layer provided along at least a surface of the recess; a filling layer filled inside the recess via the reflective layer, the filling layer having light transmissivity; a first electrode provided at least on an upper layer side of the filling layer, the first electrode having light transmissivity; an organic layer provided on an upper layer side of the first electrode, the organic layer including at least a light emitting layer; and a second electrode provided on an upper layer side of the organic layer, the second electrode having light transmissivity, wherein a coloring material is mixed into the filling layer.
US10157953B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a back side illuminated (BSI) image sensor. The back side illuminated (BSI) image sensor includes a semiconductive substrate and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer at a front side of the semiconductive substrate. The ILD layer includes a dielectric layer over the semiconductive substrate and a contact partially buried inside the semiconductive substrate. The contact includes a silicide layer including a predetermined thickness proximately in a range from about 600 angstroms to about 1200 angstroms.
US10157949B2
An optical isolation structure and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The optical isolation structure includes a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, a third dielectric layer and a dielectric post. The first dielectric layer includes a trench portion located in a trench of the semiconductor substrate. The second dielectric layer includes a trench portion covering the trench portion of the first dielectric layer and located in the trench of the semiconductor substrate. The third dielectric layer includes a trench portion covering the trench portion of the second dielectric layer and located in the trench of the semiconductor substrate. The dielectric post is disposed in the trench of the semiconductor substrate and covering the trench portion of the third dielectric layer.
US10157934B2
A vertical gate all around (VGAA) nanowire device circuit routing structure is disclosed. The circuit routing structure comprises a plurality of VGAA nanowire devices including a NMOS and a PMOS device. The devices are formed on a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate. Each device comprises a bottom plate and a top plate wherein one of the bottom and top plates serves as a drain node and the other serves as a source node. Each device further comprises a gate layer. The gate layer fully surrounds a vertical channel in the device. In one example, a CMOS circuit is formed with an oxide (OD) block layer that serves as a common bottom plate for the NMOS and PMOS devices. In another example, a CMOS circuit is formed with a top plate that serves as a common top plate for the NMOS device and the PMOS devices. In another example, a SRAM circuit is formed.
US10157932B2
A semiconductor device includes: a memory transistor including a first silicon oxide film, a first silicon nitride film, a second silicon oxide film, and a first gate electrode that are disposed in sequence on a substrate; and a MOS transistor including a third silicon oxide film and a second gate electrode that are disposed in sequence on the substrate. The memory transistor has a side wall including an extending portion of the first silicon oxide film, a second silicon nitride film that is in contact with the first silicon nitride film, and a fourth silicon oxide film that are disposed in sequence on the substrate, and the MOS transistor has a side wall including a fifth silicon oxide film that is disposed on the substrate.
US10157931B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor memory including a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a transistor. The first capacitor includes a first conductive layer provided on a surface of an n-well, n-type diffusion layers provided in a surface layer portion of the n-well, and a p-type diffusion layer provided in the surface layer portion of the n-well so as to be adjacent to the first conductive layer and separated from the n-type diffusion layers. The second capacitor includes a second conductive layer provided on a surface of an n-well, n-type diffusion layers provided in a surface layer portion of the n-well, and a p-type diffusion layer provided in the surface layer portion of the n-well so as to be adjacent to the second conductive layer and separated from the n-type diffusion layers.
US10157929B2
A method of forming a NAND flash memory includes forming a conductive area in a substrate, the conductive area extending along a direction that is perpendicular to the direction along which NAND strings extend, the conductive area connecting terminals of NAND strings. Discrete contact areas in the conductive area are contacted by discrete contact plugs, each contact plug contacting a corresponding contact area in the conductive area.
US10157927B2
A semiconductor memory device includes, for example, a substrate having a fin having a web portion extending from the substrate and a first overhanging fin portion extending outward from the web portion and spaced from the substrate, the fin comprising a source/drain region in the web portion of the fin, a first source/drain region in the first overhanging fin portion, an isolation material surrounding the web portion and disposed under the first overhanging fin portion of the fin, an upper surface of the isolation material being below an upper surface of the fin, a first gate disposed over the fin between the source/drain region in the web portion of the fin and the first source/drain region in the first overhanging fin portion of the fin, and a capacitor operably electrically connected to the first source/drain region in the first overhanging fin portion.
US10157917B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device may include a field insulating film on a substrate, a first fin type pattern which is formed on the substrate and protrudes upward from an upper surface of the field insulating film, and a gate electrode which intersects with the first fin type pattern on the field insulating film. The gate electrode may include a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being located on one side of the first fin type pattern and including a first terminal end of the gate electrode, and the second portion being located on the other side of the first fin type pattern. A height from the substrate to a lowest part of the first portion may be different than a height from the substrate to a lowest part of the second portion.
US10157899B2
Various packages and methods of forming packages are discussed. According to an embodiment, a package includes a processor die at least laterally encapsulated by an encapsulant, a memory die at least laterally encapsulated by the encapsulant, and a redistribution structure on the encapsulant. The processor die is communicatively coupled to the memory die through the redistribution structure. According to further embodiments, the memory die can include memory that is a cache of the processor die, and the memory die can comprise dynamic random access memory (DRAM).
US10157898B2
A light emitter, comprising a monolithic n-type layer (comprising at least first and second n-type regions), a monolithic p-type layer (comprising at least first and second p-type regions), at least a first isolation region and at least a first electrically conductive via that extends through at least part of the first isolation region. At least part of the first isolation region is between the first n-type region and the second n-type region, and/or least part of the first isolation region is between the first p-type region and the second p-type region.
US10157897B1
A display component can include an array of pixels and a color conversion film. Each pixel in the array can include one or more green sub-pixel emitters and a plurality of blue sub-pixel emitters. The color conversion film can be disposed on a subset of the plurality of blue sub-pixel emitters. The color conversion film can be configured to convert blue light from the subset of the plurality of blue sub-pixel emitters to red light to realize a pixel including red, green and blue emitters.
US10157895B2
A three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC) die is provided. In some embodiments, a first IC die comprises a first semiconductor substrate, a first interconnect structure over the first semiconductor substrate, and a first hybrid bond (HB) structure over the first interconnect structure. The first HB structure comprises a HB link layer and a HB contact layer extending from the HB link layer to the first interconnect structure. A second IC die is over the first IC die, and comprises a second semiconductor substrate, a second HB structure, and a second interconnect structure between the second semiconductor substrate and the second HB structure. The second HB structure contacts the first HB structure. A seal-ring structure is in the first and second IC dies. Further, the seal-ring structure extends from the first semiconductor substrate to the second semiconductor substrate, and is defined in part by the HB contact layer.
US10157878B2
An improvement is achieved in the reliability of a semiconductor device. Over a die pad, first and second semiconductor chips are mounted. The first and second semiconductor chips and a part of the die pad are sealed in a sealing portion. The first semiconductor chip includes a power transistor. The second semiconductor chip controls the first semiconductor chip. The thickness of the portion of the die pad over which the first semiconductor chip is mounted is smaller than the thickness of the portion of the die pad over which the second semiconductor chip is mounted.
US10157873B1
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having a pad which is exposed through a passivation layer, a bump pillar formed over the passivation layer adjacent to the pad, but not overlapping with the pad. The semiconductor chip also has a solder layer including a solder bump portion which is formed over the bump pillar and a solder fillet portion which is formed at one side of the bump pillar facing the pad to cover the pad and electrically couples the bump pillar and the pad.
US10157870B1
A method of fabricating an integrated fan-out package is described. The method includes the following steps. A carrier is provided. Through insulator vias are formed on the carrier, and at least one semiconductor die is provided on the carrier. The semiconductor die is attached to the carrier through a die attach film. An insulating encapsulant having a first region and a second region is formed on the carrier. The insulating encapsulant in the first region is encapsulating the semiconductor die, and the insulating encapsulant in the second region is encapsulating the plurality of through insulator vias. The carrier is debonded, and a trimming process is performed to remove portions of the insulating encapsulant in the second region, and a trench is formed in the insulating encapsulant in the second region. A plurality of conductive balls is disposed on the insulating encapsulant in the second region. The plurality of conductive balls surround the first region of the insulating encapsulant and the die attach film, and is electrically connected to the plurality of through insulator vias.
US10157861B2
Disclosed embodiments include an integrated circuit having a semiconductor substrate with insulator layers and conductor layers overlying the semiconductor substrate. A scribe region overlying the semiconductor substrate and a periphery of the integrated circuit includes a crack arrest structure and a scribe seal. The crack arrest structure provides first vertical conductor structure that surrounds the periphery of the integrated circuit. The scribe seal is spaced from and surrounded by the crack arrest structure and provides a second vertical conductor structure. The scribe seal includes first and second vias spaced from each other and connected to one of the conductor layers. The first via is a trench via and the second via is a stitch via, with the second via being located closer to the crack arrest structure than the first via.
US10157851B2
The present disclosure relates to a fan-out semiconductor package in which a plurality of semiconductor chips are stacked and packaged, and are disposed in a special form to be thus electrically connected to a redistribution layer of a connection member through vias rather than wires. The fan-out semiconductor package can further include a connection member having a through-hole, and at least one of the semiconductor chips can be disposed in the through-hole.
US10157846B2
Structures and formation methods of a chip package are provided. The method includes disposing a semiconductor die over a carrier substrate and forming a protection layer over the carrier substrate to surround the semiconductor die. The method also includes forming a dielectric layer over the protection layer and the semiconductor die. The method further includes cutting an upper portion of the dielectric layer to improve flatness of the dielectric layer. In addition, the method includes forming a conductive layer over the dielectric layer after cutting the upper portion of the dielectric layer.
US10157845B2
A semiconductor device includes a first transistor having a first gate, a first source and a first drain, a second transistor having a second gate, a second source and a second drain, an isolation region separating the first transistor from the second transistor, and a local interconnect connecting at least one of the first source and the first drain to at least the second source and the second drain. The local interconnect is in contact with a surface of the at least one of the first source and the first drain, a surface of the at least the second source and the second drain and a surface of a part of the isolation region.
US10157842B1
A semiconductor structure and methods of forming the semiconductor structure generally includes providing a thermocompression bonded superconducting metal layer sandwiched between a first silicon substrate and a second silicon substrate. The second substrate includes a plurality of through silicon vias to the thermocompression bonded superconducting metal layer. A second superconducting metal is electroplated into the through silicon vias using the thermocompression bonded superconducting metal layer as a bottom electrode during the electroplating process, wherein the filling is from the bottom upwards.
US10157841B2
A method includes forming insulative material along the opposing sides of a conductive via and a conductive line in a vertical cross-section comprising forming a laterally-inner-insulator material comprising silicon, oxygen, and carbon laterally-outward of the opposing sides of the conductive via and the conductive line in the vertical cross-section. A laterally-intervening-insulator material comprising silicon and oxygen is formed laterally-outward of opposing sides of the laterally-inner-insulator material in the vertical cross-section. The laterally-intervening-insulator material comprises less carbon, if any, than the laterally-inner-insulator material. A laterally-outer-insulator material comprising silicon, oxygen, and carbon is formed laterally-outward of opposing sides of the laterally-intervening-insulator material in the vertical cross-section. The laterally-outer-insulator material comprises more carbon than the laterally-inner-insulator material. Elevationally-extending-conductor material is formed laterally between and along the insulative material in the vertical cross-section. Additional method aspects, including structure independent of method of fabrication, are disclosed.
US10157836B2
A fabrication process including the following steps for making a metal via structure is disclosed. A substrate with at least a metal pad configured thereon is prepared. A first dielectric layer configured on a top surface of the substrate has a first opening exposing a top surface of the metal pad. A patterned first photoresist having a second opening aligned with the first opening is applied on a top surface of the first dielectric layer. A first metal evaporation is performed to form a first adhesive layer conformably distributed on a wall surface of the first opening and on a top surface of the exposed area of the metal pad. A second metal evaporation is performed to form a first metal block. The first photoresist is stripped. The first metal block is flattened to have a top surface coplanar with a top surface of the first dielectric layer.
US10157835B2
An embodiment is a method including forming a first package. The forming the first package includes forming a through via adjacent a first die, at least laterally encapsulating the first die and the through via with an encapsulant, and forming a first redistribution structure over the first die, the through via, and the encapsulant. The forming the first redistribution structure including forming a first via on the through via, and forming a first metallization pattern on the first via, at least one sidewall of the first metallization pattern directly overlying the through via.
US10157834B1
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes an integrated fan-out package, a dielectric housing, and a plurality of conductive patterns. The dielectric housing is covering the integrated fan-out package, wherein a gap or a first dielectric layer is in between the dielectric housing and the integrated fan-out package. The plurality of conductive patterns is located on a surface of the dielectric housing, wherein the plurality of conductive patterns is located in between the dielectric housing and the integrated fan-out package.
US10157833B1
The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to via and skip via structures and methods of manufacture. The method includes: forming a plurality of openings in a hardmask material; blocking at least one of the plurality of openings of the hardmask material with a blocking material; etching a skip via to a metallization feature in a stack of metallization features through another of the plurality of openings which is not blocked by the blocking material; and at least partially filling the skip via by a bottom up fill process.
US10157830B2
A semiconductor device having a first die and a second die is provided. The first die of the device includes a first surface and a through-substrate via (TSV) extending at least substantially through the first die, the TSV having a portion extending past the first surface. The first die further includes a first substantially helical conductor disposed around the TSV. The second die of the device includes a second surface, an opening in the second surface in which the portion of the TSV is disposed, and a second substantially helical conductor disposed around the opening.
US10157829B2
A device includes a polymer. A device die is disposed in the polymer. A passive device includes three Through Assembly Vias (TAVs) penetrating through the polymer, wherein the TAVs are coupled in series. A Redistribution Line (RDL) is underlying the polymer. The RDL electrically couples a first one of the TAVs to a second one of the TAVs.
US10157824B2
A device comprising a semiconductor die, a package substrate coupled to the semiconductor die, and an encapsulation layer that at least partially encapsulates the semiconductor die. The package substrate includes at least one stacked via. The at least one stacked via includes a first via and a second via coupled to the first via. The second via includes a seed layer coupled to the first via. The second via includes a different shape than the first via. The package substrate includes a prepreg layer. The package substrate includes a first pad coupled to the first via, and a second pad coupled to the second via.
US10157823B2
A high density fan out package structure may include a contact layer. The contact layer includes a conductive interconnect layer having a first surface facing an active die and a second surface facing a redistribution layer. The high density fan out package structure has a barrier layer on the first surface of the conductive interconnect layer. The high density fan out package structure may also include the redistribution layer, which has conductive routing layers. The conductive routing layers may be configured to couple a first conductive interconnect to the conductive interconnect layer. The high density fan out package structure may further include a first via coupled to the barrier liner and configured to couple with a second conductive interconnect to the active die.
US10157822B1
Electrical interconnects having a non-linear conductive pathway, and related apparatuses and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an electrical interconnect may include a non-linear conductive pathway electrically coupling top and bottom conductive portions. In some embodiments, an electrical interconnect may include a non-linear conductive pathway that propagates an electrical signal generating electromagnetic fields with an electrical field orthogonal to the direction of electromagnetic-wave propagation. In some embodiments, an electrical interconnect may include a non-linear conductive pathway portion and a linear conductive pathway portion. Also disclosed are connectors including an electrical interconnect having a non-linear conductive pathway. In some embodiments, a connector may include a first electrical interconnect having a non-linear conductive pathway generating first electromagnetic fields; and second electrical interconnect having a linear conductive pathway generating second electromagnetic fields that are orthogonal to the first electromagnetic fields.
US10157813B2
A package includes a substrate having a conductive layer, and the conductive layer comprises an exposed portion. A die stack is disposed over the substrate and electrically connected to the conductive layer. A high thermal conductivity material is disposed over the substrate and contacting the exposed portion of the conductive layer. The package further includes a contour ring over and contacting the high thermal conductivity material.
US10157802B2
A workpiece evaluating method evaluates the gettering property of a device wafer having a plurality of devices formed on the front side of the wafer and having a gettering layer formed inside the wafer. The method includes the steps of applying excitation light for exciting a carrier to the wafer, applying microwaves to a light applied area where the excitation light is applied and also to an area other than the light applied area, measuring the intensity of the microwaves reflected from the light applied area and from the area other than the light applied area, subtracting the intensity of the microwaves reflected from the area other than the light applied area from the intensity of the microwaves reflected from the light applied area to thereby obtain a differential signal, and determining the gettering property of the gettering layer according to the intensity of the differential signal obtained above.
US10157799B2
A method of semiconductor device fabrication is described that includes forming a first fin extending from a substrate. The first fin has a source/drain region and a channel region and the first fin is formed of a first stack of epitaxial layers that includes first epitaxial layers having a first composition interposed by second epitaxial layers having a second composition. The method also includes removing the second epitaxial layers from the source/drain region of the first fin to form first gaps, covering a portion of the first epitaxial layers with a dielectric layer and filling the first gaps with the dielectric material and growing another epitaxial material on at least two surfaces of each of the first epitaxial layers to form a first source/drain feature while the dielectric material fills the first gaps.
US10157794B1
Embodiments of the disclosure provide integrated circuit (IC) structures with stepped epitaxial regions and methods of forming the same. A method according to the disclosure can include: removing a portion of a substrate to form a recess therein, the portion of the substrate being laterally adjacent to a semiconductor fin having a sidewall spacer thereon, to expose an underlying sidewall of the semiconductor fin; forming an epitaxial layer within the recess, such that the epitaxial layer laterally abuts the sidewall of the semiconductor fin below the sidewall spacer; removing a portion of the epitaxial layer to form a stepped epitaxial region adjacent to the semiconductor fin, the stepped epitaxial region including a first region laterally abutting the sidewall of the semiconductor fin, and a second region laterally adjacent to the first region; and forming a gate structure over the stepped epitaxial region and adjacent to the semiconductor fin.
US10157792B2
A through substrate via (TSV) and method of forming the same are provided. The method of making the TSV may include etching a via opening into the backside of semiconductor substrate, the via opening exposing a surface of a metal landing structure. A conductive layer is deposited over the backside of semiconductor substrate, sidewalls of the via opening, and exposed surface of the metal landing structure. The conductive layer is coated with a polymer material, filling the via opening. The polymer material is developed to remove the polymer material from the backside of semiconductor substrate, leaving the via opening filled with undeveloped polymer material. A planar backside surface of semiconductor substrate is formed by removing the conductive layer.
US10157784B2
Methods for integration of conformal barrier layers and Ru metal liners with Cu metallization in semiconductor manufacturing are described in several embodiments. According to one embodiment, the method includes providing a substrate containing a recessed feature, depositing a barrier layer in the recessed feature, depositing a Ru metal liner on the barrier layer, and exposing the substrate to an oxidation source gas to oxidize the barrier layer through the Ru metal liner. The method further includes filling the recessed feature with CuMn metal using an ionized physical vapor deposition (IPVD) process, heat-treating the substrate to diffuse Mn from the CuMn metal to the oxidized barrier layer, and reacting the diffused Mn with the oxidized barrier layer to form a Mn-containing diffusion barrier.
US10157779B2
A method includes forming a first conductive line and a second conductive line in a dielectric layer, etching a portion of the dielectric layer to form a trench between the first conductive line and the second conductive line, and forming a first etch stop layer. The first etch stop layer extends into the trench. A second etch stop layer is formed over the first etch stop layer. The second etch stop layer extends into the trench, and the second etch stop layer is more conformal than the first etch stop layer. A dielectric material is filled into the trench and over the second etch stop layer. An air gap is formed in the dielectric material.
US10157776B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a hard mask layer overlying a device layer of a semiconductor device, a mandrel underlayer over hard mask layer, and a mandrel layer over mandrel underlayer. The mandrel layer has a plurality of mandrel lines extending along a first direction. A plurality of openings are formed in mandrel underlayer extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to first direction. A spacer layer is formed over mandrel underlayer and layer. Spacer layer fills plurality of openings in underlayer. Portions of spacer layer are removed to expose an upper surface of underlayer and mandrel layer, and mandrel layer is removed. By using remaining portions of spacer layer as a mask, underlayer and hard mask layer are removed, to form a hard mask pattern with first hard mask pattern lines extending along first direction and second hard mask pattern lines extending along second direction.
US10157775B2
In a pattern forming method, a stacked structure, including a bottom layer, a middle layer and a first mask layer, is formed. The middle layer includes a first cap layer, an intermediate layer and a second cap layer. The first mask layer is patterned by using a first resist pattern as an etching mask. The second cap layer is patterned by using the patterned first mask layer as an etching mask. A second mask layer is formed over the patterned second cap layer, and is patterned by using a second resist pattern as an etching mask. The second cap layer is patterned by using the patterned second mask layer as an etching mask. The intermediate layer and the first cap layer are patterned by using the patterned second cap layer as an etching mask. The bottom layer is patterned by using the patterned first cap layer as an etching mask.
US10157774B1
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a contact scheme for landing on different contact area levels of a semiconductor structure and methods of manufacture. The structure includes a first contact at a first level of the structure; a jumper contact at a second, upper level of the structure; an etch stop layer having an opening over the first contact and partially encapsulating the jumper contact with an opening exposing the jumper contact; and contacts in electrical contact with the first contact at the first level and the jumper contact at the second, upper level, through the openings.
US10157771B2
A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device are provided. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate including a first region and a second region, and forming a plurality of fins on the semiconductor substrate in the first region and the second region. The method also includes forming a first barrier layer on surfaces of the fins in the first region, and forming an isolation fluid layer on the semiconductor substrate to cover the first barrier layer in the first region and to cover the fins in the second region. Further, the method includes forming an isolation film and a by-product layer by an oxygen-containing annealing process respectively from the isolation fluid layer and sidewalls of the fins in the second region.
US10157759B2
A UV curing apparatus includes a processing chamber, a UV light source disposed above the processing chamber, a window disposed between the processing chamber and the UV light source for allowing a UV light from the UV light source passing through and entering the processing chamber, a sealing ring disposed between the processing chamber and the window for sealing the processing chamber, and a light shading kit disposed between the UV light source and the sealing ring for preventing the sealing ring from being exposed of the UV light. Therefore the sealing ring is not exposed of UV light directly, and the bonding of the rubber sealing ring would not be destroyed.
US10157753B2
A wiring board (1) includes an insulating substrate (11) having a cutout (12) opened in a main surface and a side surface of the insulating substrate (11), and an inner electrode (13) formed on an inner surface of the cutout (12). The inner electrode (13) includes a plurality of metal layers. The inner electrode (13) includes, as an intermediate layer, at least one metal layer (17b) selected from the group consisting of a nickel layer, a chromium layer, a platinum layer, and a titanium layer, and includes a gold layer as an outermost layer (17a). The metal layer (17b) is exposed at an outer edge portion of the inner electrode (13).
US10157743B2
A method of forming patterns includes the steps of providing a substrate on which a target layer and a hard mask layer are formed; forming a plurality of first resist patterns on the hard mask layer; performing a tilt-angle ion implant process to form a first doped area and a second doped area in the hard mask layer between adjacent first resist patterns; removing the first resist patterns; coating a directed self-assembly (DSA) material layer onto the hard mask layer; performing a self-assembling process of the DSA material layer to form repeatedly arranged block copolymer patterns in the DSA material layer; removing undesired portions from the DSA material layer to form second patterns on the hard mask layer; transferring the second patterns to the hard mask layer to form third patterns; and etching the target layer through the third patterns.
US10157738B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing an oxide with a novel crystal structure, an oxide with high crystallinity, or an oxide with low impurity concentration by a sputtering method. The method comprises the steps of cleaving pellets and aggregates of atoms from a sputtering target containing indium, an element M (aluminum, gallium, yttrium, or tin), and zinc, depositing the pellets and the aggregates of atoms on a substrate, and then filling a gap between the pellets by the aggregates of atoms with lateral growths.
US10157731B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to compositions including a yttrium-based fluoride crystal phase, or a yttrium-based oxyfluoride crystal base, or an oxyfluoride amorphous phase, or a combination of those materials. The compositions may be used to form a solid substrate for use as a semiconductor processing apparatus, or the compositions may be used to form a coating which is present upon a surface of substrates having a melting point which is higher than about 1600°, substrates such as aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, quartz, silicon carbide and silicon nitride, by way of example.
US10157720B2
A device includes a thermally deformable assembly accommodated in a cavity of the interconnection part of an integrated circuit. The assembly can bend when there is a variation in temperature, so that its free end zone is displaced vertically. The assembly can be formed in the back end of line of the integrated circuit.
US10157713B2
An electrolyte for an electrochemical double layer capacitor and an EDLC utilizing such an electrolyte are disclosed. The electrolyte can include a solution of an organic salt or a combination of organic salts, the salts including cations and anions, and a single organic solvent or a mixture of organic solvents, wherein the electrolyte has a boiling point above 100° C., electrochemical stability at voltages between 2.7 V, and a viscosity below 2 mPa·s at a temperature of 100° C. The electrolyte may contain an organic solvent or a mixture of organic solvents having boiling points above 100° C. and melting points below 0° C.
US10157708B2
The present disclosure provides a wrapping method for the common inductor. The common mode inductor includes a first coil winding and a second coil winding. The wrapping method for a common mode inductor includes steps of: disposing two isolation blocking sheets at different positions of a magnetic core; wrapping the first coil winding around the magnetic core, wherein the first coil winding is divided into two wrapping areas by one of the isolation blocking sheets; wrapping the second coil winding around the magnetic core, wherein the second coil winding is divided into two wrapping areas by the other one of the isolation blocking sheets, wherein the first coil winding and the second coil winding are symmetrically wrapped.
US10157696B2
In a communication cable having a multi-core cable with a plurality of core cables in which a pair of signal lines are covered with an insulator, in which the insulator is covered with a shield tape, and in which the shield tape is covered with a wrapping tape, and having a connector formed on an end portion of the multi-core cable, the communication cable further has a case which is inserted/removed to/from a slot formed on a communication device to which the communication cable is connected, a substrate which is housed in the case and to which an end portion of the multi-core cable is connected, and a resin portion which molds a connection portion between the end portion of the multi-core cable and the substrate.
US10157692B2
Improvements to atom interferometers. An improved atom interferometer has a single polarization-preserving fiber, coupled for propagation of beams of two Raman frequencies, and a parallel displacement beamsplitter for separating the laser beams into respective free-space-propagating parallel beams traversing at least one ensemble of atoms. A reflector generates one or more beams counterpropagating through the ensemble of atoms. Other improvements include interposing a beam-splitting surface common to a plurality of parallel pairs of beams counterpropagating through the ensemble of atoms, generating interference fringes between reflections of the beams to generate a detector signal; and processing the detector signal to derive at least one of relative phase and relative alignment between respective pairs of the counterpropagating beams.
US10157690B2
Provided is a high-pressure fluid discharge device in which a pipe, to which a nozzle is connected, is routed and a high pressure fluid transferred through the pipe is discharged from the nozzle, wherein the pipe is formed by alternately connecting first pipes and second pipes having a larger flow passage area than the first pipes.
US10157686B1
A document management device provides a user interface that receives an indication from a user of one or more series associated with an electronic document, such as a scanned or electronically completed medical-related form. In other embodiments, the document management device comprises document detection intelligence that determines a type of document and/or series for an electronic document. After determining a series associated with a document, one or more attributes that have previously been associated with the determined series are associated with the electronic document. The attributes associated with the electronic document may then be used to control user's rights to the document, indicate a type of viewer associated with the document, indicate a storage location for the document, and/or indicate a type of the electronic document, for example.
US10157681B2
A series of programming pulses, where the individual pulses are identified by a pulse number, is used to program a page of memory cells in parallel. After receiving a pulse, the memory cells under verification are verified to determine if they have been programmed to their respective target states. The memory cells that have been verified are inhibited from further programming while those memory cells not verified will be further programmed by subsequent programming pulses. The pulsing, verification and inhibition continue until all memory cells of the page have been program-verified. Each verify level used in the verification is a function of both the target state and the pulse number. This allows adjustment of the verify level to compensate for changes in sensing, including those due to variation in source line loading during the course of programming.
US10157676B2
Techniques are provided for improving the accuracy of read operations of memory cells, where the threshold voltage (Vth) of a memory cell can shift depending on when the read operation occurs. Countermeasures are provided for a first read situation in which a memory is read after a power on event or after a long delay since a last read. Read voltages of lower or higher programmed data states are set according to a positive or negative temperature coefficient (Tco), respectively. Read voltages for error recovery can be set similarly. In another aspect, a wait period between a dummy voltage and a read voltage is a function of temperature. In another aspect, word line voltages of unselected blocks are set according to a negative Tco. In another aspect, pass voltages are set based on a Tco for each programmed data state.
US10157675B2
According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a control unit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in a matrix. The control unit erases data of the memory cells. The control unit interrupts the erase operation of the memory cells and holds an erase condition before the interrupt in accordance with a first command during the erase operation, and resumes the erase operation based on the held erase condition in accordance with a second command.
US10157669B2
Some embodiments include methods of storing and retrieving data for an RRAM array. The array is subdivided into a plurality of memory bits, with each memory bit having at least two memory cells. A memory bit is programmed by simultaneously changing resistive states of all memory cells within the memory bit. The memory bit is read by determining summed current through all memory cells within the memory bit. Some embodiments include RRAM having a plurality of memory cells. Each of the memory cells is uniquely addressed through a bitline/wordline combination. Memory bits contain multiple memory cells coupled together, with the coupled memory cells within each memory bit being in the same resistive state as one another.
US10157667B2
Methods, systems, and devices for multi-deck memory arrays are described. A multi-deck memory device may include a memory array with a cell having a self-selecting memory element and another array with a cell having a memory storage element and a selector device. The device may be programmed to store multiple combinations of logic states using cells of one or more decks. Both the first deck and second deck may be coupled to at least two access lines and may have one access line that is a common access line, coupling the two decks. Additionally, both decks may overlie control circuitry, which facilitates read and write operations. The control circuitry may be configured to write a first state or a second state to one or both of the memory decks via the access lines.
US10157662B1
The present invention provides a memory cell. The memory cell includes a static random access memory (SRAM) cell located on a substrate. The SRAM cell includes a first storage node. At least one tunneling field-effect transistor (TFET), the gate of the tunneling field-effect transistor is electrically connected to the first storage node of the SRAM cell. A read bit line (RBL) electrically connected the drain of the TFET. A read terminal which is connected to a read port voltage (Vrp) and electrically connects to a source of the TFET.
US10157657B2
A method of refreshing a memory is disclosed. The method includes accessing from active memory an active memory map. The active memory map is generated by software and identifies addresses corresponding to the active memory and associated refresh criteria for the addresses. The refresh criteria are evaluated for a portion of the active memory, and an operation initiated to refresh a portion of the active memory is based on the refresh criteria.
US10157647B2
Apparatuses and methods for writing and storing parameter codes for operating parameters, and selecting between the parameter codes to set an operating condition for a memory are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first mode register and a second mode register. The first mode register is configured to store first and second parameter codes for a same operating parameter. The second mode register is configured to store a parameter code for a control parameter to select between the first and second parameter codes to set a current operating condition for the operating parameter. An example method includes storing in a first register a first parameter code for an operating parameter used to set a first memory operating condition, and further includes storing in a second register a second parameter code for the operating parameter used to set a second memory operating condition.
US10157646B2
A semiconductor device may be provided. The semiconductor device may include a latch control signal generation circuit configured to compare a count signal counted according to the number of times that a command is inputted to the latch control signal generation circuit with a random signal having a random combination to generate a latch control signal which is enabled, based on an update signal. The semiconductor device may include a storage circuit configured to latch an address to generate a latched address, based on the latch control signal. The semiconductor device may include an internal circuit configured to receive the latched address to execute an internal operation.
US10157645B2
To obtain a booster circuit capable of reducing voltage stress applied to a booster cell, provided is a booster circuit including a plurality of booster cells connected in series. Each of the plurality of booster cells includes a charge transfer transistor connected between an input terminal and an output terminal, and a boost capacitor connected between the input terminal and a clock terminal. Among the plurality of booster cells, a plurality of booster cells at least in a last stage are connected in parallel so that the plurality of booster cells connected in parallel are connected to a booster cell in a previous stage of the last stage by switching the plurality of booster cells in the last stage in accordance with a boosting operation.
US10157644B1
Methods of operating a voltage generation circuit, and apparatus configured to perform such methods, include applying a clock signal to an input of a voltage driver of a stage of the voltage generation circuit, connecting the voltage driver output to a first voltage node configured to receive a first voltage when the clock signal has a particular logic level and a voltage level of the voltage driver output is less than a threshold, connecting the voltage driver output to a second voltage node configured to receive a second voltage greater than the first voltage when the clock signal has the particular logic level and the voltage level of the voltage driver output is greater than the threshold, and connecting the voltage driver output to a third voltage node configured to receive a third voltage less than the first voltage when the clock signal has a different logic level.
US10157636B2
The magnetic tape device includes a TMR head (servo head); and a magnetic tape, in which a magnetic layer of the magnetic tape includes fatty acid ester, Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 2.0 nm, full widths at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding a surface of the magnetic layer before and after performing a vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape are greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 7.0 nm, a difference between spacings before and after the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 8.0 nm, and ΔSFD (=SFD25° C.−SFD−190° C.) in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape is equal to or smaller than 0.50.
US10157617B2
A method for providing a flight display to an aircrew of an ownship aircraft includes receiving, at a radio communications module of the ownship aircraft, a voice transmission on an air traffic control first radio frequency from an air traffic controller, the voice transmission comprising a conditional clearance, wherein the condition clearance comprises a condition instruction and a clearance instruction, transcribing, using voice recognition software installed on the ownship aircraft, the voice transmission into an electronic, textual format, thereby generating a digital transmission record, and automatically, displaying, on a display device of the ownship aircraft, the condition instruction using a multi-format symbology and in a multi-step sequence over time, and waiting for and detecting an aircrew input corresponding to the clearance.
