US10213399B2
The present invention provides a composition comprising HMB. Methods of administering HMB to an animal are also described. HMB is administered to modulate autophagy and lipophagy. HMB is also administered to treat, prevent, inhibit, slow or reduce autophagy-mediated conditions or diseases.
US10213397B2
Disclosed are methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating cardiomyopathies. The disclosed methods and pharmaceutical compositions may be used for treating lamin A/C (LMNA)-related dilated cardiomyopathies (DCM) in a subject in need thereof. The disclosed methods may utilize and the disclosed pharmaceutical compositions may include an effective amount of a modulator of microtubule polymerization such as colchicine.
US10213396B2
There is provided a patch to enhance locally fat metabolism, using a thermoplastic elastomer gel composition including capsaicin, which is applied to the skin surface, comprises: a skin adhering layer formed of the thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) gel including capsaicin, the skin adhering layer having a top surface and a bottom surface; a base layer secured to the bottom surface of the skin adhering layer, to support for the patch; and a removable paper/film layer secured to the top surface of the skin adhering layer, to protect the skin adhering layer prior to use, wherein the skin adhering layer comprises: 3˜12 wt % of styrene ethylene butylene styrene (SEBS) or styrene ethylene ethylene propylene styrene (SEEPS), 44˜53 wt % of an adhesive agent; 44˜53 wt % of mineral oil, and 0.001˜0.009 wt % of capsaicin. Capsaicin included in the TPE gel derives heat generation and fat breakdown, to help attain fat loss in the area where the patch is applied.
US10213393B1
The present disclosure is directed to methods of treating neurological disorders in a patient such as Parkinson's disease, drug-induced extrapyramidal reactions, and/or levodopa-induced dyskinesia comprising administering to the patient once daily in the morning a pharmaceutical composition comprising about 50 mg to about 400 mg of extended-release amantadine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10213389B2
The invention relates to a controlled release composition comprising a combination of isosorbide dinitrate and hydralazine, such as hydralazine hydrochloride, that in operation delivers the drug in a pulsed or multi-modal manner for the treatment of angina, ischaemic heart disease, arterial hypertension and related disease conditions. Preferably, the isosorbide dinitrate and hydralazine hydrochloride can be released from the dosage form in an erodable, diffusion and/or osmotic-controlled release profile.
US10213385B2
The present invention provides methods for delivery of therapeutic agents to a subject using multi-component liposomal systems. The methods include administration of a therapeutic liposome containing an active agent, followed by a administration of an attacking liposome that induces release of the agents from the therapeutic liposome.
US10213381B2
The present specification discloses pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing such pharmaceutical compositions, and methods and uses of treating a chronic inflammation and/or an inflammatory disease in an individual using such pharmaceutical compositions.
US10213367B2
Radically polymerizable dental material, which contains at least one compound of Formula I: and at least one thermolabile radically polymerizable compound and/or at least one photolabile radically polymerizable compound. The materials are characterized by debonding-on-demand properties.
US10213355B2
The present invention provides devices for neck support and correction, for example, pillows, headrests, or cushions, designed to be placed under the head and neck of a person lying in a supine or side-lying position, Such devices are useful for maintaining or improving cervical and/or thoracic spinal curvature and/or alignment and for reducing pain associated with ailments of the neck or cervical vertebrae. Also provided are methods of improving cervical spinal alignment and for treating or ameliorating ailments of the neck or cervical vertebrae.
US10213353B2
A bed step stool for assisting a user into and out of bed including opposite sides, a head, and a foot. The bed step stool includes a first support to be disposed closer to the head of the bed; a second support to be disposed closer to the foot of the bed; and a step assembly supported between the first support and the second support, the step assembly to enable the user to step thereon for assisting the user into and out of the bed.
US10213348B2
An elastic structure for absorbent sanitary products, comprising a sleeve comprising a first layer and a second layer overlapping each other, at least one elastic thread, and a plurality of first connecting portions spaced apart in a longitudinal direction, wherein each of said first connecting portions comprises two first welds arranged on opposite sides of the thread, wherein the first welds weld said first and second layers to each other in a first longitudinal portion of said sleeve, and a plurality of second connecting portions spaced apart in the longitudinal direction, wherein each of said second connecting portions comprises at least one second weld, wherein said second welds weld said first and second layers to each other in a second longitudinal portion of said sleeve without axially connecting the thread to said second longitudinal portion of the sleeve.
US10213347B2
An absorbent article (100-1200) is capable of providing comfort to the wearer and can maintain dryness and inhibit the leakage of fluid. The absorbent article (100-1200) includes a multi-layered topsheet (138). The multi-layered topsheet (138) includes a first topsheet layer (106) having an opening (148) and a second topsheet layer (108) disposed under the first topsheet layer (106). The first topsheet layer (106) and the second topsheet layer (108) are joined together by a seal that, in one embodiment, generally corresponds with the shape of the opening (148). Further, a first sub-topsheet layer (116) is situated beneath the multi-layered topsheet (138) and has an opening (150) that is smaller than the first topsheet layer opening (148). This combination of openings (148, 150) situated one below the other provides for an absorbent article (100-1200) that can maintain a high level of dryness and its ability to conform to the wearer's body, and inhibit the leakage of bodily fluids due to a funnel-like effect.
US10213334B2
Apparatuses and methods to enhance sleep, reduce sleep onset latency, extend sleep duration and/or increasing the duration of deeper sleep stages relative to stage 1 sleep. In general, these apparatuses and methods apply and maintain one or more target “warm” temperatures to a subject's forehead for a time period. The target temperature may be between 25° C. and 42° C. The target temperature may be a fixed amount greater than ambient temperature. The time period may be a fixed time period or a variable time period. These methods and apparatuses may limit the application of thermal energy to the subject's forehead region.
US10213316B2
A prosthesis for primary artrodhesis can be used for artroplasty and a prosthesis for artroplasty comprises members for artrodhesis. The prosthesis (1b) for primary artrodhesis comprises a locking member (33b) with an attachment portion (16b) which is insertable into a hole (8b) in a first attachment member (4b) of the prosthesis for location of the locking member therein, and a lockable member (34b) integral with a second attachment member (5b) of the prosthesis. The lockable member (34b) is configured for adjustable setting thereof relative to the locking member (33b) and for fixation thereof, in set position, to the locking member. Alternatively, the lockable member comprises an attachment portion which is insertable into a hole in the second attachment member for location of the lockable member therein. At the prosthesis for artroplasty, the hole in the first screw-like attachment member is partly configured to define a press fit with an attachment pin of a socket member and partly threaded to permit, after removal of the socket member, during artrodhesis, securing by screwing in the hole of the locking member for cooperation with a lockable member which is configured for adjustable setting thereof relative to the locking member and for fixation thereof, in set position, to the locking member.
US10213314B2
An orthopedic prosthesis for use in a hip replacement surgery includes an implantable stem component. The implantable stem component includes a core and a shell extending over the core. The shell includes a polymeric material and is configured to receive a femoral head component. Metal foam may extend over a portion of the shell.
US10213313B2
Femoral heads, mobile inserts, acetabular components, and modular junctions for orthopedic implants, e.g., hip replacement implants, and methods of using femoral heads, mobile inserts, acetabular components, and modular junctions for orthopedic implants are provided. Prosthetic femoral heads, mobile inserts, and acetabular components are provided that can alleviate soft tissue impingement, reduce implant wear, and/or reduce frictional torque. Modular junctions are provided that can minimize the incidence of loosening and micromotion that can occur at modular junctions of orthopedic implants.
US10213291B2
A stent graft includes a graft sleeve, a bare stent and at least one stent at the proximal end of the graft sleeve distal to the bare stent. The at least one stent includes proximal apices that are nested between adjacent distal apices of the bare stent, and an amplitude defined as a distance extending along the longitudinal length of the stent graft. The at least one stent has a relaxed diameter greater than that of a diameter of the graft sleeve and is secured along its entirety to the graft sleeve. The amplitude of the at least one stent is less than that of the bare stent amplitude. An outward radial force of the at least one stent against the graft sleeve at any given diameter of the stent graft is greater than that of the bare stent. Stent grafts may be used in methods to treat vascular disease.
US10213280B2
Disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing an oral appliance, the method comprising the steps of: a) importing into a computer aided design (CAD) computer program a digitized data set obtained from a three-dimensional scan of a patient's dentition; b) preparing a three-dimensional electronic model of the patient's dentition; c) subtracting the three-dimensional electronic model of the patient's dentition from an image of a solid block to obtain an appliance data set; and d) manufacturing a dental appliance in accordance with the appliance data set. Also disclosed are devices made by the above method, and methods of treating a condition, for example a sleep breathing disorder, by using a device made by the above method.
US10213272B2
The present disclosure provides a device having a circuit. The circuit includes at least one boost converter receiving power from an energy source, a square wave driver in series with the boost converter, an inductor in series with the square wave driver for converting a square wave to a sinusoidal wave, and a piezoelectric transducer in series with the inductor, the piezoelectric transducer connectable to a load. The device further includes a phase-locked loop coupled to the circuit to determine a resonance frequency of the piezoelectric transducer when the piezoelectric transducer is connected to the load.
US10213269B2
A depth limiter for surgical suturing is disclosed. The depth limiter has a tissue stop. The depth limiter also has at least one attachment point coupled to the tissue stop and configured to removably engage a surgical suturing device to position the tissue stop relative to a tissue bite area of the surgical suturing device. A further depth limiter for surgical suturing is disclosed. The depth limiter has a tissue stop. The depth limiter also has at least one attachment point coupled to the tissue stop and configured to engage a surgical suturing device to position the tissue stop relative to a tissue bite area of the surgical suturing device.
US10213268B2
A surgical instrument includes a proximal control mechanism having an instrument control surface. The instrument control surface has two openings through which two resilient latch arms can be inserted to engage a fixed latch structure contained within the proximal control mechanism. The fixed latch structure provides two lead-in ramps that force the resilient latch arms onto locking surfaces. The resilient latch arms are contained entirely within the proximal control mechanism when engaged. Inward forces can be applied to two buttons to apply an outward force on the resilient latch arms and release them from the locking surfaces of the fixed latch structure. Each of the two buttons is accessible from one of two opposite outside surfaces of the proximal control mechanism.
US10213255B2
An electrosurgical device for directing energy to a target volume of tissue includes a coaxial feedline having an inner conductor, an outer conductor and a dielectric material disposed therebetween. A proximal cylindrical dielectric sleeve is coupled to the inner conductor at a distal end of the coaxial feedline. A distal cylindrical dielectric sleeve is coupled to the inner conductor. First and second dielectric segments are coupled to the inner conductor and disposed between the proximal cylindrical dielectric sleeve and the distal cylindrical dielectric sleeve. The device also includes an elongated shaft overlying the proximal cylindrical dielectric sleeve, the first dielectric segment, the second dielectric segment and the distal cylindrical dielectric sleeve. The elongated shaft includes an opening defined therethrough, wherein the opening is at least partially aligned with the first dielectric segment. A balun structure is disposed on the elongated shaft, at least partially overlying the opening in the elongated shaft.
US10213252B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for treating diseased tissue by gentle heating. The method induces vasodilation on tissue disposed about an lumen having both healthy tissue and diseased tissue. The method includes coupling a probe surface to the luminal tissue at a target location and transmitting desired quantities of tissue remodeling energy from the coupled probe into each of a plurality of discrete remodeling zones in the luminal tissue so that the tissue remodeling energy heats the plurality of remodeling zones, the remodeling energy being configured to avoid muscular contraction and inhibit both acute and long-term occlusion of the lumen.
US10213248B2
Cardiac ablation is carried out by placing two ablation electrodes on opposite sides of a wall of the heart to generally oppose one another. The effective current transmission area of one of the electrodes is then varied according to the distance between the two electrodes or the thickness of the wall. Sufficient electrical current is transmitted between the two electrodes to achieve transmural ablation.
US10213247B2
A thermal surgical instrument comprising a conductor having a ferromagnetic material in electrical communication with the conductor, such that passage of electrical energy through the conductor causes substantially uniform heating of the ferromagnetic material sufficient to produce a desired therapeutic tissue effect is provided. The conductor may be shaped to facilitate resection of tissue from a patient and include a support to provide increase rigidity to the loop so that the conductor better resists bending during use. The ferromagnetic material quickly heats and cools in response to a controllable power delivery source. The thermal surgical instrument can be used for substantially simultaneously resecting tissue with hemostasis.
US10213238B2
The present invention is a method and device for the correction and reduction of bone deformities, such as metatarsus primus adductus, using a plate body with winged buttresses and dorsal loop. The method and device can be affixed to a bone without any drilling or violating of the bone and can use a tethering technique which does not require drilling into the second metatarsal, nor does it require the placement of a prominent suture knot/button device medially along the first metatarsal.
US10213228B2
A surgical instrument includes a cannula and a member coupled to the cannula. The member includes a first locking element. The surgical instrument further includes a patient attachable ring having a second locking element configured to engage the first locking element to fix the cannula relative to the patient attachable ring. Systems and methods are disclosed.
US10213221B2
A surgical instrument includes a housing, a handle, an elongated shaft, an end effector assembly, a drive assembly, and an extension depending from the handle. The extension includes a proximal surface having a first proximal cam portion defining a first angle with respect to the longitudinal axis and a second proximal cam portion defining a second angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. Initial actuation of the handle from a non-actuated position causes the first proximal cam portion to contact the first portion of the drive assembly causing a first movement of the at least one jaw member, and a subsequent actuation of the handle causes the second proximal cam portion to contact the first portion of the drive assembly causing a second movement of the at least one jaw member.
US10213218B2
A sleeve pin assembly for fixing a bone piece, and more particularly, a new structure of sleeve pin assembly for fixing a bone piece in which a pin for fixing a plurality of bone pieces that have occurred upon being fractured is coupled to a sleeve with a collet method is provided. The sleeve pin assembly for fixing a bone piece includes: a pin having a fixing portion; a collet portion detachably coupled to the pin; a fastening portion having one end connected to the collet portion and the other end that can be fastened to an electric drill; and a sleeve including an internal receiving space to receive the collet portion.
US10213214B2
Disclosed are methods and devices for obtaining patent hemostasis of the radial artery by compressing the uninstrumented ulnar artery to increase radial artery flow. The device comprises a band having an inflatable bladder for applying blunt pressure to the ulnar artery. The method comprises applying a pressure to the homolateral ulnar artery and applying a pressure to the radial artery at the access site to obtain hemostasis at the access site.
US10213202B2
A method of controlling a surgical stapler system includes transmitting an actuation force to a staple cartridge to actuate a staple firing procedure, the staple cartridge being removably received by a portion of an end effector of a surgical instrument, measuring the transmitted actuation force, and controlling continued transmission of the actuation force based on a comparison of the measured actuation force to a range defined from a minimum threshold actuation force to a maximum threshold actuation force.
US10213201B2
A staple cartridge disclosed herein comprises a cartridge body and staples removably stored therein. The staple cartridge further comprises a longitudinal row of staple drivers movable between an unfired position and a fired position to drive the staples toward an anvil and a firing system movable toward a distal end of the cartridge body to sequentially move the staple drivers toward their fired positions. The staple drivers comprise a first staple driver comprising a first bottom drive surface and a first staple support surface, wherein a first driver distance is defined between the first bottom drive surface and the first staple support surface, and a second staple driver comprising a second bottom drive surface and a second staple support surface, wherein a second driver distance is defined between the second bottom drive surface and the second support surface which is different than the first driver distance.
US10213200B2
Implementations of the disclosed technology include a forcipate surgical instrument including a channel at the working end for guiding a scalpel blade during tissue resection. In some implementations, the forceps may also include a scalpel-driven stapling mechanism for sealing the tissue simultaneously with resection via a single scalpel motion.
US10213195B2
The present invention provides a fixation device that includes an elongate shank defining a longitudinal axis and having at least one engaging member for applying the fixation device within tissue and securing the fixation device in the tissue once implanted formed thereon, and a drive head having a proximal end, a distal end and a radial cross-sectional geometry, where the drive head is mated to the elongate shank, and includes at least one anti-rotational member integral therewith, Fixation device kits utilizing the fixation device, and methods of fixation in tissue are also provided.
US10213182B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are configured to assess the severity of a blockage in a vessel and, in particular, a stenosis in a blood vessel. In some particular embodiments, the devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure are configured to assess the severity of a stenosis in the coronary arteries by monitoring fluid flow. In some embodiments, the devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure include a flow-sensing element within a distal portion of an intravascular device that is mounted at an oblique angle with respect to a central longitudinal axis of the intravascular device. The angled flow-sensing element can be oriented away from a vessel wall and towards the center of the vessel lumen through rotation of the intravascular device.
US10213174B1
Nuclear medicine (NM) imaging system includes a plurality of detector assemblies that each have a movable arm and a detector head that is coupled to the movable arm. The movable arm is configured to move the detector head toward and away from an object. The NM imaging system also includes at least one processor configured to determine a body contour of the object and determine an acquisition configuration using the body contour. The acquisition configuration includes at least three of the detector heads positioned in a dense group that borders the body contour. The detector heads in the dense group are primary detector heads. The at least one processor is also configured to move at least one of the object or one or more of the primary detector heads so that the primary detector heads are in the dense group near the object.
US10213168B2
A patient support for a nuclear medicine imaging system has a base a joint and a chair. The chair can pivot or rotate about the joint. This allows the patient chair to assume a patient loading and a patient imaging position with respect to the detectors of the imaging system. Furthermore, the chair is adjustable to improve the ability of a patient region to be covered by the filed of view of the detectors.
US10213167B2
A method includes obtaining a set of energy dependent data generated from a spectral scan. The set of energy dependent data includes a sub-set of data corresponding to only contrast agent. The method further includes separating the sub-set of data from other data of the energy dependent data. The other data includes non-contrast agent data. The method further includes scaling the sub-set of data to change a concentration of the contrast agent in the sub-set of data from that of the sub-set of data. The method further includes visually presenting at least the scaled sub-set of data.
US10213166B2
A system includes a haptic output device constructed and arranged to generate a haptic effect to a user of the system, and a chemical delivery device constructed and arranged to deliver a chemical to the user of the system.
US10213165B2
Systems and methods for measuring calorie input are described. A calorie measure may be maintained. At least one image of a food item may be captured. The at least one image of the food item may be transmitted to a server. A calories consumed value may be received from the server. The calories consumed value may be determined based at least in part on the at least one image of the food item. The calorie measure may be updated based on the received calories consumed value.
US10213149B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for analyzing data include: receiving data including a person's responses regarding judgments of semantic similarities between items selected from a group of items falling into a same categorical level; processing the data to determine a measure of distance within a generated representation of the person's responses regarding the judgments of semantic similarities; and generating a score of degree of cognitive impairment for the person based at least in part on the determined measure of distance within the generated representation.
US10213143B2
The invention generally relates to enclosed desorption electrospray ionization probes, systems, and methods. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a source of DESI-active spray, in which a distal portion of the source is enclosed within a transfer member such that the DESI-active spray is produced within the transfer member.
US10213142B2
A method for determining oxygen saturation includes emitting light from sources into tissue; detecting the light by detectors subsequent to reflection; and generating reflectance data based on detecting the light. The method includes determining a first subset of simulated reflectance curves from a set of simulated reflectance curves stored in a tissue oximetry device for a coarse grid; and fitting the reflectance data points to the first subset of simulated reflectance curves to determine a closest fitting one of the simulated reflectance curves. The method includes determining a second subset of simulated reflectance curves for a fine grid based on the closest fitting one of the simulated reflectance curves; determining a peak of absorption and reflection coefficients from the fine grid; and determining an absorption and a reflectance coefficient for the reflectance data points by performing a weighted average of the absorption coefficients and reflection coefficients from the peak.
US10213130B2
A catheter (10) comprising a catheter tip (14) that is adapted to have deflection of an associated spring (22) detected by imaging techniques and to have that deflection be translated into an estimation of the tip (14) contact force.
US10213124B2
A device includes a housing; a core contained within the housing and disposed along at least a portion of the length of the housing, the core configured to rotate relative to the housing; a tab configured to connect to a port of a mobile device; and multiple electrocardiogram (ECG) cables wound around the core. A distal end of each ECG cable is connected to the tab and a proximal end of each ECG cable is connected to at least one of a corresponding ECG electrode and a corresponding pad.
US10213121B2
Systems and methods are provided for operating a physiological monitoring system that comprises a distributed algorithm. The physiological monitoring system ma comprise a sensor and a physiological monitor that may be communicatively coupled with the sensor. The sensor may store a first executable code segment and the physiological monitor may store a second executable code segment. The physiological monitor may be configured to receive the first executable code segment and execute the first and second executable code segments to determine at least one physiological parameter of a subject based on physiological signal provided by the sensor. The physiological monitor may be configured to delete or deactivate the first executable code segment. The physiological monitor may also store a configurable algorithm stage that may be configured based on algorithm configuration data received from the sensor.
US10213119B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for evaluating a patient with vascular disease. One method includes receiving one or more vascular models associated with either the patient or with a plurality of individuals; receiving observed perfusion information associated with the patient; and estimating, using one or more computer processors, one or more blood flow characteristics or one or more pathological characteristics of the patient based on the observed perfusion information and the one or more vascular models.
US10213113B2
A wearable device includes a measurement device adapted to be placed on a wrist or ear having a light source with LEDs to measure physiological parameters. The measurement device generates an optical beam having a near infrared wavelength between 700-2500 nanometers by modulating the LEDs, and lenses to deliver the beam to tissue, which reflects the beam to a receiver having spectral filters in front of spatially separated detectors coupled to analog to digital converters that generate at least two receiver outputs. Signal-to-noise ratio of the beam reflected from the tissue is improved by comparing the receiver outputs, and by increasing light intensity from the LEDs. The receiver is synchronized to the modulation of the LEDs and uses a lock-in technique that detects the modulation frequency. The measurement device generates an output signal representing a non-invasive measurement on blood within the tissue.
US10213106B2
A method, a, controller, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions; each of which control an apparatus to produce multiple images of an area of an eye in parallel. Selecting one of the images for estimating a change in position of the area to be used for tracking the area of the eye being imaged.
US10213102B2
Devices, systems, and methods for treating and/or determining appropriate prescriptions for one or both eyes of a patient are particularly well-suited for addressing presbyopia, often in combination with concurrent treatments of other vision defects. High-order spherical aberration may be imposed in one or both of a patient's eyes, often as a controlled amount of negative spherical aberration extending across a pupil. A desired presbyopia-mitigating quantity of high-order spherical aberration may be defined by one or more spherical Zernike coefficients, which may be combined with Zernike coefficients generated from a wavefront aberrometer. The resulting prescription can be imposed using refractive surgical techniques such as laser eye surgery, using intraocular lenses and other implanted structures, using contact lenses, using temporary or permanent corneal reshaping techniques, and/or the like.
US10213100B2
An optical coherence tomography apparatus includes an OCT optical system configured to detect an OCT signal based on measurement light scanned on scan positions of a subject including a blood vessel network by a scanning unit and reference light. The optical coherence tomography apparatus is configured to execute: a signal processing instruction of processing OCT signals which are temporally different from each other with respect to a same position on the subject and generating a motion contrast image which images distribution of a moving object in a depth direction at each of the scan positions based on the OCT signals; and a detecting instruction of analyzing a profile in the depth direction of the motion contrast image generated by the signal processing unit and detecting a change resulting from the blood vessel to detect the blood vessel network included in the subject.
US10213097B2
An endoscope has an imaging unit at a distal end portion of an insert section, and a relay board including an imaging signal converter that converts imaging signals output from the imaging unit is provided inside the insert section. Here, a data transmission method of an imaging signal transmitted at least in a section from the imaging unit to the relay board is a low-amplitude differential transmission method.
US10213091B2
A histopathology system includes an elongated, cylindrical probe having scanners connected to a distal end of the probe and configured to capture digital images of tissue, a mesh net connected to the distal end of the probe and configured to grasp tissue, and control circuitry configured to expand and contract the mesh net to grasp the tissue being examined. The system includes an outer sheath into which the probe is inserted having one or more tabs extending from the outer sheath to affix the outer sheath at one or more locations. An elongated, cylindrical introducer device guides the outer sheath through a bodily orifice or surgical incision when the introducer device is inserted into the outer sheath. At least one server with processing circuitry is configured to digitally stain a tissue image obtained by the scanners of the tissue, and match the tissue images to stored tissue samples.
US10213089B2
A washing agent dispenser for a dishwasher, including a casing defining at least a receptacle adapted to receive an amount of washing agent; a cover displaceable relative to the casing between an opening position and a closing position of the receptacle; the cover carrying an elastic gasket, adapted to sealingly close said receptacle in the closing position of the cover; and a retaining mechanism having a retaining member movable in the casing, and a hooking member movable in the cover and adapted to cooperate with the retaining member. When the cover closes the receptacle the hooking member is kept, by an associated resilient member carried by the cover, in a condition of engagement with the retaining member, maintaining the cover in the closing position. The resilient member associated with the hooking member comprises an appendage integrally formed with and extending from the elastic sealing gasket and interposed between the cover and the hooking member.
US10213081B2
An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arraigned to apply a cleaning fluid onto the surface and to thereafter collect the cleaning fluid up from the surface after it has been used to clean the surface. The robot chassis carries a supply of cleaning fluid and a waste container for storing waste materials collected up from the cleaning surface.
US10213080B2
In a first mode, a control unit controls operation of driving wheels so that a main casing is made to travel straight and, upon detection of an object by an object sensor, the main casing is changed in traveling direction and made to travel straight. In a second mode, the control unit controls the operation of the driving wheels so that the main casing travels in a curved shape along an object detected by the object sensor. When a charging device is not found by a signal reception part during traveling within a region by the first mode, the control unit is changed over to the second mode. The control unit is changed over to the first mode when it is decided a specified number of times or more that the main casing has moved to a different region by the second mode.
US10213079B2
An electric vacuum cleaner that can be improved in quietness without increasing in size while securing air intake balance. The electric vacuum cleaner includes an electric blower. The electric vacuum cleaner includes a separating part that separates dust sucked by the electric blower. The separating part includes a first centrifugally separating part that centrifugally separates dust sucked by the electric blower. The separating part includes a plurality of second centrifugally separating parts that centrifugally separates dust smaller than dust to be separated by the first centrifugally separating part. The second centrifugally separating parts communicate with the downstream side of the first centrifugally separating part, and are disposed at positions opposite to each other with respect to the electric blower.
US10213068B2
Certain dual roll dispensers and methods of dispensing sheet product are provided. In one example, the method includes receiving, by the controller, a first trigger from at least one motion sensor. The method includes determining an active product being dispensed by the dispenser, and powering, in response to the first trigger, a measurement device configured to measure an amount of the active product dispensed by the dispenser. The method also includes receiving, from the measurement device, dispense event information associated with the measured amount of the active product dispensed by the dispenser during a dispense event, and storing the dispense event information.
US10213065B2
An apparatus comprising a first motor to control a rotation and a second motor to control a vibration of a moving portion of the apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises a controller to control of a ratio between the rotation and the vibration.
US10213063B2
A radio frequency identification (RFID) dispenser that includes low cost electronic components that can read and write to the tag of a refill cartridge. In one embodiment, the reader utilizes a multi band pass filter to convert the radio frequency identification into a digital signal that is processed by a controller to perform a dispensing function representative to the code of the tag. In another embodiment, the controller utilizes an internal comparator to convert the radio frequency identification into a digital signal that is processed by a controller to perform a dispensing function representative to the code of the tag. The dispenser in both embodiments also includes a pair of transistors that write to the RFID tag of the refill cartridge. A dispenser according to the invention also includes the capability to read and/or write to tags upon cartridges employed by the dispenser, and augmenting the operation of the dispenser as a function thereof. Additionally, a dispenser of variable size is presented that is adaptable, through adjustable partitions or a telescoping cup, to receive and maintain cartridges of various sizes.
US10213062B2
A pump for dispensing a fluid product from a product container, includes a unitary pump body defining an axis and including a pump chamber, a pump inlet and a pump outlet. The pump chamber is collapsible over an axially directed pumping stroke from an initial condition to a collapsed condition and is biased to return to its initial condition in a return stroke. An axially compressible spring is arranged to at least partially support the pump body during its collapse.
US10213058B2
Apparatus and methods for integrated emergency wash systems. Various embodiments include thermostatically controlled mixing valves arranged so as to permit load carrying by the body of the valve. Further, the integrated wash systems are especially suited for use in laboratories and manufacturing settings in which available space is at a premium.
US10213047B2
A coffee preparation machine can include at least one sealed pod containing unroasted green coffee beans, a roasting system that accepts the at least one sealed pod, a grinding system, and a brewing system, where the brewing system, the roasting system, and the grinding system can be housed within a single self-contained unit.
US10213044B2
A juice extractor includes a food processing chamber having a food inlet, a juice outlet and a pulp outlet. The food processing chamber includes a food entry section having the food inlet and the juice outlet, and a food compression section extending between the food entry section and the food pulp outlet. A spindle extends through the food processing chamber for transporting food from the food entry section through the food compression section. The spindle has a body and a helical member extending from the body by a height of no more than 10 mm. The helical member includes a helical cutting portion in the food entry section, and a motor having a gear box coupled to the spindle and configured to rotate the spindle at a rotation speed of at least 300 rotations per minute during operation of the juice extractor.
US10213026B2
Pultruded frames for an adjustable bed are described herein. The pultruded frames may include various components such as connection/joining and reinforcing structures. The various components and frame parts may be combined in multiple configurations to form light weight and strong adjustable bed frames.
US10213023B2
A collapsible rocking chair adapted and configured to adjust between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration includes a pair of front cross members, a pair of rear cross members, a pair of rear seat support members, a pair of roll tubes, a left side member, a right side member, a left front seat support member, a right front seat support member, a right guiding member, and a left guiding member. The left guiding member is pivotally coupled to the left front seat support member and to the left roll tube between the first and second ends of the left roll tube. The right guiding member is pivotally coupled to the right front seat support member and to the right roll tube between the first and second ends of the right roll tube.
US10213014B2
A transfer station for bristle filaments that are fed to the transfer station in bristle bundles is provided. The bristle filaments are assembled in bundle form by at least one band and are transferred to a magazine in which the bristle filaments are stored. The transfer station has at least two pairs of gripping fingers spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction of the bundles, with the gripping fingers of the gripping-finger pairs being movable relative to one another in order to grip a bristle bundle by a distance between said gripping fingers being reduced. The gripping-finger pairs grip the bristle bundle such that the band of the bristle bundle is arranged between adjacent gripping-finger pairs. This makes it possible for the bristle filaments fed in bundle form to be transferred in an automated manner to the magazine arranged upstream of a stuffing tool of a brush-production machine.
US10213010B2
An apparatus enabling maintaining a small electronic device is provided. The apparatus includes a base and a loop attached to the base. The loop has a length, and the loop is joined to the base at a first position at approximately 6.25 percent of the length from a first end and further joined to the base at a second position approximately 18.75 percent of the length from the first end. The loop includes an unbound section of approximately 68.75 percent of the length and the loop is further joined to the base at a third position proximate the first end.
US10213008B2
Ballistic backpacks have a pouch having a back panel defining a compartment having a pouch lower edge, shoulder straps connected to the pouch, a closure flap connected to the compartment with a flap lower edge connected to the pouch at the pouch lower edge, the closure flap being movable between a closed position in which the closure flap extends up from the pouch lower edge and encloses the pouch, and a deployed position in which the closure flap depends downward from the pouch lower edge, a first ballistic panel connected to the back panel and having a first panel edge proximate the lower pouch edge, a second ballistic panel connected to the closure flap with a second panel edge proximate the lower flap edge at a level above the pouch lower edge, such that when the closure flap is in the deployed position, the first and second ballistic panels overlap.
US10213006B1
The device includes two movable elongated arms with a stationary distal end and a movable wing portion at each proximal end of the elongated arms for slidingly and reversibly receiving disposable absorbent oval-shaped sleeves for effecting the transfer of dissolved or softened mascara from the eyelash to the sleeves when the invention is practiced. One of the elongated arms includes a domed stop disk on its inner surface to prevent damaging pressure on the eyelash during usage. The device provides for the safe and efficient removal of mascara from both the top and bottom surfaces of the eyelashes by causing the gentle encasement of the eyelashes between the two absorbent sleeves during usage. The invention includes a self-contained unit for both transporting the device and providing tools for the hands-free insertion of the sleeves onto the wing portions and hands-free removal of soiled sleeves from the wing portions.
US10213005B2
Container for liquid or paste products of the type generically consisting of a tank and of a closing capsule, a stem being associated with suitable retaining structures with said capsule, said stem supporting an applicator, between said capsule and said stem a spring being arranged, said tank consisting of a cylindrical body, at the top of which there is provided a neck, apt to the insertion of the stem and to the tightening of the capsule to said tank, on the external periphery of said neck being provided shaped relief guiding and retaining members for peg members internally projecting from said capsule characterized in that on said capsule there is provided a fastening portion with a cylindrical coupling ring containing a rotating ring provided with at least one retaining tooth and with an engagement with said shaped relief guiding members provided on said neck.
US10213003B2
A nail care system designed for use in a manicure or pedicure process that is comprised of an assembly of disposable implements required for the manicure or pedicure process and a packaging system comprising individual sections. The individual sections of the packaging system are linked together in a chronological order necessary to complete a manicure or a pedicure, each individual section is adapted to hold and once sealed to sterilely secure a single chronologically ordered disposable implement of the assembly. The individual sections are separable from the packaging system and unsealable thereby providing access to a particular disposable implement secured therein when the particular disposable implement is required in accordance with the chronological ordering of the manicure or pedicure process.
US10212999B2
A luggage apparatus is described. The luggage apparatus comprises an apparatus body having a moveable portion and a fixed portion, the moveable portion being movable with respect to the fixed portion between a deployed position and a stowed position. In the deployed position, a moveable portion surface and a fixed portion surface are arranged to define a seat for a child and in the stowed position, the moveable and fixed portion surfaces are substantially contained within the luggage apparatus body.
US10212997B1
A collapsible umbrella with automatic closing structure has an extendable rod automatically retracting toward a runner away from its users by pressing of a button. The extendable rod includes an outer tube, an intermediate tube, an inner tube and a first spring. The tubes respectively have one, two, and three groove sections along outer peripheries thereof. A runner of the collapsible umbrella has axial protrusion to release a resilient section of a first clip from a first slot hole, thereby retracting a first spring for the intermediate tube being retracted into the outer tube; then a resilient section of a second clip is released from a second slot hole, thereby retracting the inner tube into the intermediate tube. The structure enables the users to close and fold the collapsible umbrella with single hand and has the extendable rod closing in a direction away from the users, so as to prevent from splashes of the rain and potential injuries during the retracting and folding.
US10212988B2
Sole structures (e.g., midsoles and/or outsoles) and articles of footwear include heel-supporting areas and/or forefoot-supporting areas that include a central area (e.g., a central recessed area) and a plurality of surrounding rings. Additionally or alternatively, the sole structures (e.g., midsoles and/or outsoles) may include bands of material defined by recessed grooves to provide a bumpstop type impact-force attenuating structure.
US10212983B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a helmet including customized helmet layers and corresponding methods of construction. In one aspect, a method comprises capturing a 3D image of a head corresponding to the head of an individual, and rendering a 3D headform based on the 3D image. A lining layer is formed, which includes a geometry corresponding to the 3D headform and the inner surface of the shell layer such that an inner surface of the lining layer conforms to the shape of a corresponding portion of the 3D headform. An outer surface of the lining layer further conforms to the shape of a corresponding portion of an inner surface of a shell layer. Another aspect of the method comprises forming a shell layer such that the shell layer includes a geometry corresponding to the shape of a portion of the 3D headform.
US10212981B2
A helmet 100 includes a helmet shell 16, an outer liner layer 14 fixed inside the helmet shell 16; and an inner liner layer 12 positioned against the outer liner layer 14; the outer liner layer 14 having a dome-like concave curved internal surface; the inner liner layer 12 having a dome-like convex curved external surface; the said surfaces of the inner and outer liner layers 12, 14 being substantially spherical where they overlap for allowing rotational sliding movement of the inner liner layer against the outer liner layer; a rotation-limiting mechanism being provided for limiting rotation between the inner and outer liner layers; and at least one of the said surfaces of the inner and outer liner layers 12, 14 having recesses 18 therein for weakening the layer and for facilitating crushing of the layer when a sufficiently large radial force is applied, loosening the inner liner layer 12 within the outer liner layer 14.
US10212968B2
A smoking article is provided, including a combustible heat source having opposed front and rear faces; one or more airflow channels extending from the front face to the rear face of the combustible heat source; an aerosol-forming substrate downstream of the rear face of the combustible heat source; and a thermostatic bimetal valve located between the rear face of the combustible heat source and the aerosol-forming substrate, wherein the thermostatic bimetal valve is arranged to deform from a first position, in which the valve substantially prevents or inhibits fluid communication between the one or more airflow channels and the aerosol-forming substrate, to a second position, in which the one or more airflow channels and the aerosol-forming substrate are in fluid communication, when the thermostatic bimetal valve is heated to above a threshold temperature.
US10212955B1
The embodied invention is a mixture that is used for direct application on a food surface for the purpose of decoration. The mixture is a complete ‘ready to apply’, desirable tasting paint mixture which saves the consumer time, effort, and messiness, and also allows the consumer to apply colors on top of each other without color bleed. The formulation includes FDA approved food colors, emulsifiers, preservatives, and a pH additive. It also allows the decorator ease in combining colors to custom specifications. The ease of application is designed for all settings of food decoration, both for professional and household use. The formulation is also unique by using a white pigment suspension to provide a full spectrum of ready to use, vibrant colors.
US10212952B2
A whey containing composition having a reduced whey flavor is provided. The composition includes whey and about 0.01 ppm to about 10 ppm thaumatin.
US10212945B1
A method of making a mosquito repellant composition which includes a composition of lemon balm leaves, water, antimicrobial preservative, alcohol free witch hazel, sodium lactate, camelina oil, mineral oil, cetyl alcohol, steric acid, fragrance and titanium dioxide.
US10212943B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of plant-microorganism interactions. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for increasing plant growth characteristics by growing the plant in the presence of plant growth-promoting microbial strains.
US10212940B2
This invention relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a plant by associating the plant with a complex endophyte comprising a host fungus further comprising a component bacterium, including benefits to a plant derived from a seed or other plant element treated with a complex endophyte. For example, this invention provides purified complex endophytes, purified complex endophyte components such as bacteria or fungi, synthetic combinations comprising said complex endophytes and/or components, and methods of making and using the same.
US10212935B2
The present invention relates to microcapsules comprising one or more biocides such as, in particular, iodopropargyl compounds, and at least one melamine-formaldehyde polymer, to a process for producing such microcapsules, and to their use for protecting technical materials.
US10212926B2
A tackle box comprising a body and lid configured such that when the body and lid are closed, the combination forms a cavity sized and shaped for housing one or more rollers or spindles. The rollers have one or more compartments for storing fishing equipment, and a user can manipulate user controls to rotate the spindles and thereby cause different compartments to become accessible to the user when the tackle box is open.
US10212924B1
The topside trolling reel is an adapter that attaches a trolling reel to the bottom side of a spin casting reel. The trolling reel is further defined with a cage, a spool, a tensioner, a handle, and a trolling reel foot. The cage is further defined with a first end disk, a second end disk, and a plurality of cage bars. The topside trolling reel comprises a trolling reel and a spinning rod adapter. The spinning rod adapter attaches the cage of the trolling reel to the traditional bottom mount of a spin casting reel rod. In the first potential embodiment of the disclosure, the spinning rod adapter is attached to the cage of the trolling reel using four readily and commercially available screws. The spinning rod adapter is then attached normally to a reel seat provisioned spin casting reel rod.
US10212915B1
A system and method for automatically flushing urine from a pet litter box are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system and method may be directed to a combination of a urine-separating pet litter box with odor controlling conditionally non-absorbent litter and an automatic flushing device. The urine-separating pet litter box includes an upper litter tray with a perforated bottom and a lower liquid holding tank, which holds water inside. The lower liquid holding tank is connected to water intake pipes and a drainpipe and flushes the urine and holding water and fills freshwater in the lower liquid holding tank by detecting a water level of the holding water in the lower liquid holding tank with sensors. The flushing was performed by using a Venturi pump effect to control two electrical valves open or close. In some embodiment, Sodium Sesquicarbonate (SSC) may be used as conditionally non-absorbent litter for complete disposal of feces.
US10212912B2
The present disclosure provides novel endophyte strains or cultures thereof that have a symbiotic relationship with plants. The present disclosure further provides methods of improving seed vitality, biotic and abiotic stress resistance, plant health and yield under both stressed and unstressed environmental conditions, comprising inoculating a seed with the novel endophyte strains and cultivating a plant therefrom.
US10212910B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PVGJ25 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PVGJ25, cells from soybean variety 5PVGJ25, plants of soybean 5PVGJ25, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PVGJ25. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PVGJ25 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PVGJ25, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PVGJ25, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PVGJ25. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PVGJ25 are further provided.
US10212908B2
The invention provides Catharanthus plants comprising a male sterility allele and methods for producing a plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by crossing Catharanthus plants comprising a male sterility allele. The invention further relates to parts of such plants.
US10212900B2
The invention provides seed and plants of corn hybrid SVSC0111 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of corn hybrid SVSC0111 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10212896B2
An emitter (120) has, in a water intake part thereof, a water intake amount regulating part for preventing low-pressure liquid from flowing in. The water intake amount regulating part has a valve body (214) and a securing part (215). When the pressure of the liquid meant to flow into the emitter (120) is less than a set value, the valve body (214) does not move with the securing part (215), preventing the liquid from flowing into the emitter (120). When the pressure of the liquid is equal to or greater than the set value, the valve body (214) bends downstream to open the flow channel for the liquid.
US10212887B2
A bale mover with self-adjusting spinners for loading/unloading bales and unrolling bales. The bale mover includes a cross member and a pair of opposing arms that extend generally orthogonally to the cross member. The cross member is pivotable about an axis extending transverse to the bale mover to move the arms to extend away from the bale mover. The arms are moveable toward one another to pinch a bale between distal ends thereof. A spinner is provided at the distal end of each arm. The spinners include axles secured to the arms and spinner bodies which are rotatable about the respective axles to facilitate rotation of a bale engaged by the spinners. The spinners are also pivotable relative to the axles to enable alignment of the spinners with surfaces of the bale.
US10212873B2
An agricultural tillage implement has a vertical tillage section and an aerating section behind the vertical tillage section, each extending substantially perpendicular to the pull direction of the implement. Individual vertical tillage elements, such as disc blades, can be indexed with individual rotary tine assemblies of the aerator section so that discrete holes formed by the aerator section are positioned between substantially continuous slits formed by the vertical tillage section. A ground deposit system deposits a component on the ground and may be configured for conducting and depositing a granular component, such as seeds, fertilizers, minerals or the like, or liquid components, such as liquid manure.
US10219420B2
The present disclosure relates to an IC chip extractor for removing an IC chip from a panel. The IC chip extractor includes a base plate and a heating head arranged on the base plate. The heating head includes a protrusion protruded from an end of the heating head and a hook arranged at an end of the protrusion, the hook is capable of being in contact with a bottom of a portion the IC chip adjacent to a center of the panel.
US10219418B2
An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielded device which includes an object to be shielded and an EMI shielding material encompassing the object. The EMI shielding material is made up of, but not limited to a broadband biopolymer or polymer dissolved in organic solvents, and metal and carbon-based nano-powders or nanoparticles. The specific makeup of the shielding material and fabrication procedure of the shielding material is also included herein.
US10219408B2
A water-cooling radiator structure includes at least one first and at least one second sealing element and a first water-cooling radiator main body formed by a plurality of stacked first radiator elements. The second sealing element, the first radiator elements and the first sealing element are sequentially stacked and then integrally connected together through heat treating. The first and the second sealing element have one side connected to an upper and a lower side, respectively, of the first water-cooling radiator main body to seal a top and a bottom, respectively, of at least one first flow passage defined on the first water-cooling radiator main body. At least one first and second coupling section are optionally provided on the first sealing element or at two opposite ends of the first flow passage; and the first and the second coupling section are fluidly communicable with the first flow passage.
US10219405B2
Various types of electronic devices may be mounted in a chassis in order to facilitate interfacing with the devices, containing the devices, provide cooling systems which may remove heat from the electronic devices, etc. Delivering adequate cooling air flow to each electronic device in a chassis may be an important issue for the proper functioning, lifetime, or other characteristics of electronic devices contained in a chassis. Embodiments presented herein describe a novel design for an air flow straightener that is configured for insertion within the chassis to straighten the airflow. In some embodiments, the grating is comprised of long dividers and shorter dividers that are predominantly oriented perpendicularly to each other, resulting in a rectangular grating. Including such a grating in a chassis may improve the uniformity and performance of the cooling system.
US10219404B2
A double-floor member includes at least one first guide rail (24) that is fixed to an upper surface and at least one first connecting member (27) that is movable in the longitudinal direction of the first guide rail (24) and is engaged with the first guide rail (24) so as not to be separated upward from the first guide rail (24).
US10219403B2
A data management system includes a chassis metalwork that is electrically conductive. The chassis metalwork is electrically coupled to the power supply to form a return power path. The return power path may include a sub-chassis frame and a drawer frame. The return power path may also include uninsulated return power cables. The return power cables may be maintained in a cable chain along with outgoing power cables and data cables. The return power cables may be coupled to the drawer frame and the sub-chassis frame.
US10219392B2
A sealant and a preparation method thereof, a display panel motherboard and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The sealant includes a main adhesive material and a water swellable material dispersed and doped in the main adhesive material. The sealant and the preparation method thereof, the display panel motherboard and the manufacturing method thereof are capable of solving a problem of a notch formed in a sealant where a etchant flows into the display panel unit when the display panel mother board is subjected to a thinning treatment.
US10219388B2
Methods of transferring an electrically conductive material to a substrate are disclosed. The methods include: a) contacting at least a portion of the substrate with an electrically conductive material disposed on a carrier film; and b) applying heat and pressure to the substrate and carrier film for a period of time ranging from 1 to 40 seconds, at a temperature ranging from 200° F. to 450° F., and at a pressure ranging from 30 to 150 psi, such that the electrically conductive material adheres to the substrate. Methods of forming a layered structure are also disclosed.
US10219387B2
A process for manufacturing a printed circuit board having high-density microvias formed in a thick substrate is disclosed. The method includes the steps of forming one or more holes in a thick substrate using a laser drilling technique, electroplating the one or more holes with a conductive material, wherein the conductive material does not completely fill the one or more holes, and filling the one or more plated holes with a non-conductive material.
US10219386B2
An electronic device may be provided with a display and a multi-layer printed circuit. Integrated circuits and other components may be mounted to the multi-layer printed circuit. The display and multi-layer printed circuit may share a common layer formed from a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate may have portions that are integrated into the display and portions that are integrated into the multi-layer printed circuit board. The flexible substrate may contain patterned conductive traces that are used to route signals from components in the multi-layer printed circuit to display circuitry such as a display driver integrated circuit. An array of thin-film transistors may be used to control the emission of light from the display and may be formed on portions of the flexible substrate that are integrated into the display. The display may be a flexible display that includes an array of organic light-emitting diodes.
US10219382B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, since the electronic components are fixed on the PCB by the clamp, post processing, such as soldering or application of an adhesive, may be not needed. Also, since the PCB can be spaced from the adjacent configurations by the clamp, the efficient layout of the PCB is possible, resulting in an improvement of productivity of the PCB. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a clamp comprises a fixing part configured to surround at least one part of the outer surface of an electronic component, a connection part extending from the fixing part, and penetrating a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), an interference part provided in at least one of the fixing part or the connection part, and configured to be interfered by the PCB and a spacing part protruding from at least one of the connection part or the fixing part.
US10219378B2
The present invention provides a flexible printed circuit capable of being mounted to an outer edge portion of a display panel including a periphery that is at least partially curved. The flexible printed circuit of the present invention includes: a flexible substrate provided with multiple slits; multiple conductive lines; and multiple terminals electrically coupled with the respective conductive lines in an independent manner. The slits and the conductive lines are disposed in the longitudinal direction of the flexible substrate. The terminals are disposed on a first longitudinal end of the flexible substrate.
US10219374B2
A printed wiring board includes a first insulating layer, a second conductor layer including first and second circuits, a second insulating layer covering the second conductor layer on the first insulating layer, a third conductor layer including first and second circuits, a third insulating layer covering the third conductor layer on the second insulating layer, a fourth conductor layer including first circuit, a second via conductor connecting the first circuits in the second and third conductor layers through the second insulating layer, and a first skip via conductor penetrating through the second circuit in the third conductor layer and connecting the second circuit in the second conductor layer and the first circuit in the fourth conductor layer through the second and third insulating layers. The second and third conductor layers are formed such that the second conductor layer has thickness t2 larger than thickness t3 of the third conductor layer.
US10219372B2
A flexible printed board electrically connected to an electronic component (for example, a liquid crystal panel) by thermal compression bonding, including a flexible substrate, a terminal portion formed on one surface of the flexible substrate and having a plurality of connection terminals to be connected to the electronic component, a wire portion having a plurality of wires formed on the other surface of the flexible substrate, and a plurality of through wires formed inside through holes penetrating the flexible substrate in a compression bonding connection area to the electronic component of the terminal portion to connect the connection terminals of the terminal portion and the respective wires of the wire portion.
US10219370B2
A display unit includes: a display section (11) having flexibility; and a bending control section (12a, 12b) configured to limit a movable shaft in bending the display section (11) to one direction in a display surface and allowed to maintain the display section (11) in an arbitrary bending state.
US10219368B1
A laminated light guide and component carrier includes a printed circuit board having a light emitting diode connected to a first face of the printed circuit board. A through bore is created in the printed circuit board proximate to the light emitting diode. An opaque film is applied using an adhesive to a second face of the printed circuit board oppositely directed with respect to the first face, the opaque film having a portion overlapping the through bore. A light guide is positioned within the opening and affixed to the portion of the opaque film overlapping the through bore. A white film is applied or ink printed onto the light guide without contacting the first face of the printed circuit board.
US10219366B1
A multilayer printed circuit board includes an inner circuit layer, a first outer circuit layer, a second outer circuit layer, a via, and a layer of high dielectric dissipation solder resist ink. The first outer circuit layer includes a first trace for transmitting a high frequency signal. The inner circuit layer includes a second trace, and is formed between the first outer circuit layer and the second outer circuit layer. The via is formed from the first outer circuit layer to the second outer circuit layer, and is coupled to the first trace and the second trace. The second trace is coupled to the first trace through the via for transmitting the high frequency signal. The layer of high dielectric dissipation solder resist ink is formed on a terminal of the open stub of the via exposed outside of the second outer circuit layer.
US10219341B1
The present application provides a current control circuit and a method for controlling the same, a backlight assembly and a display device. The current control circuit includes a current regulator, a current detector, a voltage detector, a switching circuit, a controlled circuit and a reference voltage setting device. The current detector is electrically connected with the switching circuit, the controlled circuit and a ground for detecting a current of the controlled circuit, the voltage detector is configured to detect a voltage across at least a portion of the controlled circuit, and a first output terminal of the voltage detector is electrically connected with the reference voltage setting device.
US10219321B2
An apparatus includes a heating body and batteries. The batteries are grouped so as to form a battery bank having a parallelepiped shape which defines anterior and posterior faces of this bank. The heating body forms at least one face located along one of the anterior or posterior faces of the battery bank, or above the battery bank. The apparatus also includes a first thermal insulation plate placed between the battery bank and the heating body.
US10219316B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an apparatus and a system for data connection management. The method for data connection management includes: obtaining, by a user equipment UE, first instruction information, wherein the first instruction information is used for instructing to close or open a data connection; and transmitting, by the UE, the first instruction information to a packet data network gateway P-GW, for enabling the P-GW to stop or start data transmission of at least one bearer of the UE according to the first instruction information.
US10219310B2
A radio access network element includes a base station configured to: allocate, based on received radio link measurement information, at least a first portion of downlink packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) packets received at the base station for delivery to a user equipment over a wireless local area network (WLAN) link between a WLAN access point and the user equipment, the received radio link measurement information being indicative of at least one of a WLAN link quality and a loading of the WLAN link; and output the first portion of the received downlink PDCP packets to the WLAN access point for delivery to the user equipment over the WLAN link.
US10219300B2
Techniques for reservation coordination on a shared communication medium are disclosed. An access point, for example, may contend for access to a communication medium, and transmit a channel reservation message in accordance with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) to reserve the communication medium for a transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration based on the contending. The access point may then transmit, during the reserved TXOP duration, a reservation coordination signal in accordance with a second RAT to convey reservation coordination information associated with the reserved TXOP duration.
US10219287B2
The present invention relates to a wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band and provides methods for performing a channel access process for transmitting different types of signals, and devices supporting the same. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for transmitting different types of signals in a wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band can comprise the steps of: performing a first channel process (CAP) for transmitting a first type of signal; and transmitting a transmission burst including the first type of signal through the unlicensed band if it is determined that a serving cell (SCell) of the unlicensed band is in an idle state after performing the first CAP. At this time, at least one of first parameters for performing the first CAP can be set to be value less than that of second parameters for performing a second CAP for transmitting a second type of signal.
US10219281B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems of User Equipment (UE) centric access network selection. For example, a cellular node may include a transmitter to transmit to a User Equipment (UE) a cellular communication message over a cellular communication medium, the message including a value of a predefined parameter, which is based on a cellular network load of a cellular network controlled by the cellular node.
US10219276B2
A wireless communication base station device which makes it possible to provide a base station, terminal and CCE allocation method capable of reducing the number of times blind decoding of a terminal is performed, without increasing the CCE block rate, even when a plurality of unit bands are set in a terminal. In this device, a search space setting section (103) sets in each of a plurality of unit bands a common search space in respect of a terminal which is communicating using the plurality of unit bands and other terminals, and sets in each of the plurality of unit bands an individual search space in respect of the terminal. An allocation section (106) allocates control information solely to CCEs within the common search spaces set in specified unit bands among the plurality of unit bands, or solely to CCEs within individual search spaces set in specified unit bands.
US10219263B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, specifically to a method comprising the steps of: configuring a PCell of a licensed band and an SCell of an unlicensed band for a base station; receiving resource configuration information concerning the SCell by means of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the PCell; configuring a subframe set within a temporary time duration on the SCell on the basis of the resource configuration information; and communicating with the base station by means of the subframe set temporarily configured on the SCell, and to an apparatus for the method.
US10219262B2
A method includes determining a first subframe on which to transmit a first downlink control information (DCI) message and determining a second subframe on which to transmit a first information. The method also includes determining a delay between the first subframe and the second subframe and transmitting, by a communications controller to a user equipment (UE), the second subframe in accordance with the delay.
US10219261B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting a control signal to a self organizing network controller, are disclosed. For example, the method implemented via a processor receives a change, determines whether the change to at least one network element maintains an acceptable level for one or more service quality metrics based on a predicted service quality metric calculated using a modeling function, generates a control signal based on the determining, and transmits the control signal to the self organizing network controller to cause the self organizing network controller to configure the at least one network element in a communication network in accordance with the control signal.
US10219248B2
A method for communicating test results from a wireless device under test (DUT) using non-link testing resources. Test data resulting from testing one or more operations of the DUT are combined with other data to form one or more data packets for transmission to a tester. The test data occupies, e.g., via encoding, a portion of the one or more data packets designated for data identifying the DUT or a tester.
US10219243B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a network device, and a base station for paging a narrowband terminal, where the method includes: determining that a paging message for paging a narrowband terminal needs to be sent; sending a paging message including narrowband terminal information to a base station, so that the base station obtains a radio capability of the narrowband terminal according to the narrowband terminal information and transmits the paging message according to the radio capability of the narrowband terminal. In the embodiments of the present invention, after it is determined that a paging message is used to page a narrowband terminal, because narrowband terminal information is added in the paging message, a base station is allowed to transmit the paging message according to a radio capability of the narrowband terminal.
US10219236B2
A method of performing cell search includes receiving a primary synchronization signal (PSS) comprising a primary synchronization code (PSC) and receiving a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) comprising a first secondary synchronization code (SSC) and a second SSC, wherein the SSS includes a first SSS and a second SSS, the first SSC and the second SSC are arranged in that order in the first SSS, and the second SSC and the first SSC are arranged in that order in the second SSS. Detection performance on synchronization signals can be improved, and cell search can be performed more reliably.
US10219222B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving data associated with multiple first client devices, the data corresponding to a first set of sensor values and physical-state indicators of the first client devices; receiving data associated with a second client device corresponding to a second set of sensor values, the second client device including a first and a second set of sensors; generating functions that each determine a probability that the second client device is in a particular physical state, wherein the determination includes correlating the second set of sensor values with a corresponding physical state of the second client device based on the data associated with the multiple first client devices, and wherein a first function is based on values of the first set of sensors and a second function is based on values of the second set of sensors; and sending the generated functions to the second client device.
US10219220B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to reducing power consumption in a remote unit of a wireless distribution system (WDS) for intermodulation product suppression. Intermodulation products generated by a power amplifier circuit can leak from a downlink signal path into an uplink signal path to degrade sensitivity of the uplink signal path in a remote unit. In this regard, the remote unit is configured to measure a power of the leaked intermodulation products and enables a selected number of power amplifiers in the power amplifier circuit for reducing the measured power of the leaked intermodulation products to a predetermined threshold. By enabling only the selected number of power amplifiers based on the measured power of the leaked intermodulation products, it is possible to avoid enabling an excessive number of power amplifiers in the power amplifier circuit, thus helping to reduce power consumption for intermodulation product suppression.
US10219215B2
A method of driving a network device for outputting signals to a physical network transmission medium. The network device includes a DAC circuit that comprises a plurality of digital-to-analog conversion units. Each digital-to-analog conversion unit includes a first auxiliary current source and a second auxiliary current source. The method includes the steps of: detecting a length of the physical network transmission medium; generating a control signal according to the length; generating a bias signal according to the control signal; applying the bias signal to the first auxiliary current source and the second auxiliary current source to control the currents of the first auxiliary current source and the second auxiliary current source.
US10219208B1
A communication system is described where multiple communication networks are simultaneously accessible from a plurality of fixed and/or mobile communication devices. A Master and Slave hierarchy is implemented among the communication devices to improve communication properties on one or multiple networks. A network system controller is implemented to select the network with optimal communication characteristics for subsets of communication devices as well as assigning Master status to a communication device within these subsets.
US10219203B2
A wireless local area network scanning method and a wireless access point are provided. The method includes receiving, by a first wireless access point, a probe request frame broadcast by a station and obtaining, by the first wireless access point according to the probe request frame, an SSID associated with the station. Additionally, the method includes rejecting, by the first wireless access point, to reply to the station with a probe response frame corresponding to an SSID different from the SSID associated with the station, or if a preset condition is met, rejecting, by the first wireless access point, to reply to the station with a probe response frame corresponding to an SSID different from the SSID associated with the station.
US10219198B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a machine-type communication message directed to a mobile station and determining a compatibility of the mobile station with a 3GPP IMS architecture. In response to determining that the mobile station is compatible with the 3GPP IMS architecture, a forwarding is facilitated of the machine-type communication message to the mobile station via a network element of an IMS network core. In response to determining that the mobile station is not compatible with the 3GPP IMS architecture a forwarding is facilitated of the machine-type communication message to a machine-type communication, interworking function associated with the mobile station, wherein the machine-type communication, interworking function facilitates a directing of the machine-type communication message to the mobile station via an SGs interface of a mobility management entity of an evolved packet core of a 3GPP long term evolution network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10219196B2
An enhanced uplink user equipment is in soft handover. A radio network controller selects a primary Node-B out of a plurality of Node-Bs supporting the soft handover. The radio network controller receiving successfully received enhanced uplink data packets from the plurality of Node-Bs. The radio network controller reordered the successfully received enhanced uplink data packets for in-sequence deliver. The primary Node-B sends specified scheduling information to the user equipment that the other Node-Bs does not transmit. At least the primary Node-B transmits acknowledgements and negative acknowledgements to the user equipment.
US10219194B2
The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and provides an inter-small cell handover method, a device, and a system. When UE is in a coverage hole of a serving small cell, the UE needs to perform synchronous measurement only on each available beam pair in a set of available small cells determined by the UE, thereby reducing a delay of re-accessing a high frequency network by the UE, and improving QoS of receiving a high frequency service by the UE. the present application includes: performing, by UE, synchronous measurement, to determine a set of small cells available for the UE; sending the set of available small cells to a macro base station; when the UE is in a coverage hole of a current serving small cell, receiving, by the UE, a first synchronization indication sent by the macro base station.
US10219185B2
A method for supporting indication of a failure event to a source access system is provided. The method includes notifying, by the source access system, information of a source cell to a target access system, routing, by the target access system, a message to the base station or the base station controller of the source access through a core network by use of the information of the source cell received from the source access system when the target access system needs to transmit a message to the source access system. By use of the method provided by the present disclosure, a problem of mobility robustness optimization (MRO) among different radio access technology (RAT) may be notified to the source access system, so as to avoid impact for a terminal, reduce operator configuration.
US10219184B2
A method in a network node for handling a traffic flow of a User Equipment, UE. The network node creates a unique Network Address Translated, NAT:ed, Internet Protocol, IP, address mapping to an IP address of the UE. The NAT:ed IP address includes a local IP address prefix assigned to a related first local service cloud. The NAT:ed IP address is usable for the traffic flow both before and after a handover of the UE from the first local service cloud to a neighboring second local service cloud. The NAT:ed IP address is unique at least in all local service clouds neighboring to the first local service cloud, including the second local service cloud. The network node assigns the NAT:ed IP address to the UE for local break out of the traffic flow of the application session to the first local service cloud.
US10219183B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for extending a data length of Bluetooth communication. A method of extending a data length of Bluetooth communication according to the present invention includes receiving a first message including information of a second device from the second device, transmitting a connection request message to the second device based on the first message, performing Bluetooth connection with the second device based on the connection request message, transmitting an extension request message which requests extension of a transmission data length and a reception data length through the connected Bluetooth, and receiving an extension response message in response to the request message through the connected Bluetooth, wherein the request message includes at least one of first maximum transmission data length information, first maximum reception data length information, first maximum transmission time information, or first maximum reception time information of the first device, and wherein the response message includes at least one of second maximum transmission data length information, second maximum reception data length information, second maximum transmission time information, or second maximum reception time information of the second device.
US10219182B1
A method related to selecting a channel bandwidth may include partitioning the plurality of networks into a plurality (P) of local radio environments and identifying, for the P local radio environments, an available channel bandwidth set comprising a plurality of channel bandwidth values. The method may also relate to determining whether the plurality of channel bandwidth values provide a frequency reuse distance that is greater than a threshold frequency reuse distance, wherein the frequency reuse distance is estimated based at least on the pathloss measurement and, based on a determination that at least one of the plurality of channel bandwidth values provides the frequency reuse distance that is greater than the threshold frequency reuse distance, configuring a channel plan for the plurality of networks with a channel bandwidth value from the at least one of the plurality of channel bandwidth values.
US10219181B2
An apparatus, method, and computer readable media for requesting and sending block acknowledgement requests (BARs) and block acknowledgments (BAs) is disclosed. A method for BARs is disclosed. The method may include transmitting data frames to two or more wireless communication devices in accordance with a multi-user multiple-input and multiple-output (MU-MIMO). The method may include transmitting block acknowledgement requests (BARs) for the transmitted data frames to the two or more wireless communication devices in accordance with MU-MIMO. The method may include receiving block acknowledges (BA) of the data frames from the two or more wireless communication devices in accordance with MU-MIMO. A method for BAs is disclosed. The method may include receiving data frames from a second wireless communication device. The method may include receiving a block acknowledgement request from the second wireless communication device The method may include sending a block acknowledgement to the second wireless communication device using MU-MIMO.
US10219180B2
The present disclosure discloses a Carrier Aggregation (CA) method and device for a communication system. Herein, the CA method for the communication system includes that: multiple serving cells with subframe deviations are aggregated to obtain K Primary Cells (PCells) and M Secondary Cells (SCells), herein K and M are positive integers; and a transmission node transmits information on the multiple aggregated serving cells according to the subframe deviations.
US10219178B2
Data to be transmitted to a user device may be received at a network device. It may be determined that the user device has network connectivity to the network device via a wide area wireless network connection and that the user device also separately has connectivity to the network device via a local area wireless network connection to an access point. The data may be split so that some portion of the data is to be transmitted by the wide area wireless network connection and another portion of the data is to be transmitted by the local area wireless network connection.
US10219167B2
A method for operating a first radio of a number of radios within a radio frequency system may include sending a first command to the first radio of the plurality of radios to initiate an antenna sector level sweep and determining a first set of metrics associated with a first set of signals from other radios of the plurality of radios that correspond to the antenna sector level sweep. The method may also include receiving a second set of metrics associated with the first set of signals from a responder electronic device and identifying a sector of a number of sectors associated with the antenna sector level sweep based on the first set of metrics and the second set of metrics. The method may then involve sending a second command to the first radio to transmit data to the responder device via the identified sector.
US10219166B2
Methods and apparatus for using beacon signals are described. One or more sectorized base stations are used in some embodiments to transmit beacon signals into zones, e.g., each zone being at least partially covered by one or more beacon signals. Use of sectorized base stations allows a single base station, e.g., a Bluetooth or other base station capable of transmitting beacon signals, to cover a number of different zones avoiding the need for multiple different beacon transmitters at different locations to establish different beacon coverage areas. Sectorization of a Bluetooth base station and the ability to remotely or locally configure the base station allows for great flexibility to use beacon signals in stores or other locations without the need for numerous individual battery powered beacon transmitters at floor or display level.
US10219165B2
A radio communication system includes a plurality of radio base stations and a control station connected to the radio base stations. One of the radio base stations notifies state control information including information regarding state control to the control station before or after execution of state control in the one radio base station. The control station notifies at least one of management information regarding the radio parameter updated in accordance with the state control and the state control information to the radio base stations connected to the control station, with the exclusion of the one radio base station that notified the state control information.
US10219162B1
A wireless device includes a first receiver configured to receive a first signal transmitted using a first communication protocol, and to generate at least one of first information based on a first portion of a first signal and second information based on a second portion of the first signal. The wireless device includes a second receiver configured to receive a second signal transmitted using a second communication protocol, to suppress at least a portion of interference from the first signal based on the first information in response to the first receiver generating only the first information, and to cancel interference from the first signal based on the first information and the second information in response to the first receiver generating the first information and the second information.
US10219154B1
A system and method for the secure frictionless or near-frictionless authentication of a user's identity resulting in a determination signal that the user is who they claim to be, access granted, or is not who they claim to be, access denied. In one embodiment, a user accesses the login page of a website and, after a short pause, is granted access to a restricted website resource, for example their bank account. During the short pause signals are exchanged over a triad of telecommunication networks, from the webserver to an App on the user's cellphone where credentials and probability of possession are collected, encrypted and sent over near proximity network to the device being used to make the original login request that in turn forwards the accumulated authentication tokens to the webserver for verification. Upon success of the verification the user is granted access to the restricted resource, in this example, their bank accounts.
US10219147B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for enhanced codec control. In one novel aspect, a method includes receiving a codec control command by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network, determining if the recommended codec characteristic will be applied to a codec executing on the UE, and adjusting a characteristic of the codec executing on the UE based on the recommended codec characteristic. The UE is connected with a radio access network (RAN) and the codec control command includes a recommended codec characteristic. In another novel aspect, the recommended codec characteristic is a maximum bitrate. In another embodiment, the recommended codec characteristic is a type of codec. In yet another novel aspect, the recommended codec characteristic is a radio resource allocation command. In another novel aspect, the UE determines all available codec bitrates that can be performed by the UE and communicates the bitrates before receiving the codec control command.
US10219145B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for facilitating, at a system including at least one processor, establishment of a communication session with a device coupled to a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) by way of network equipment of a default Mobile Network Operator (MNO), receiving, at the system, information descriptive of an MNO selection, selecting, at the system, from a database of credentials of a plurality of MNOs first credential information according to the received information, wherein the first credential information is associated with a first MNO of the plurality of MNOs, and transmitting, from the system, the first credential information to the UICC over the communication session by way of the device to cause the UICC to facilitate establishment of communications with network equipment of the first MNO according to the first credential information. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10219140B2
In one aspect, there is a method. The method may include receiving an image of a vehicle from a sensor. The image may include identifying information of the vehicle. The method may further include generating an identifier for the vehicle based on the identifying information. The method may also include sending a message to the vehicle. The message may include the generated identifier in order to identify a destination address of the message. The above-noted aspects and features may be implemented in systems, apparatuses, methods, and/or computer-readable media depending on the desired configuration.
US10219133B2
A notification message sending method and device and a computer storage medium are described. The method includes: acquiring target resource information, a notification sending policy and a notification sending address; generating a corresponding notification message when a target resource changes; and sending the notification message to the notification sending address according to the notification sending policy. The device includes: an acquisition module arranged to acquire target resource information, a notification sending policy and a notification sending address; a generation module arranged to generate a corresponding notification message when a target resource changes; and a sending module arranged to send the notification message to the notification sending address according to the notification sending policy.
US10219132B2
Apparatuses and methods for a wireless communication device having multiple Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) in which a first SIM is associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) subscription used for IMS services. The method includes but not limited to, attaching the IMS subscription to a first cell of a packet-switched cellular network, determining a cause of IMS voice service being not currently available at the IMS subscription, determining availability of a wireless local area network (WLAN) connection at the IMS subscription, and providing voice service at the IMS subscription based on the cause of IMS voice service being not currently available and the availability of the WLAN connection at the IMS subscription.
US10219130B2
Systems and methods for remote device customization and modification are provided. Various embodiments remove the need for a carrier to source multiple types of the same user equipment. In some embodiments, the user equipment can be customized upon activation using network communications. Historically, a carrier might have a variant of a phone for each mobile virtual network operator. However, management of the inventory and custom builds can be difficult and expensive. Some embodiments provide for a single global SKU and a single blank-slate device from an original equipment manufacturer. Carrier detection can be used when the phone is activated to create customized phone settings. For example, the look and feel can be updated to match preferences of a carrier (e.g., wallpaper, ringtones, default apps, etc.), corporate client, family, or another specified group of users.
US10219125B2
A method and system enabling an initiator based process for preventing distracted driving is provided. The method includes continuously retrieving by a mobile device from a plurality of sensing devices, sensor data. The sensor data is analyzed and based on the analysis it is determined that a user of the mobile device is currently operating a vehicle. A message is generated indicating that the user is currently operating the vehicle. The message is transmitted to and stored by a server.
US10219120B2
Embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product for providing seamless PTT services to a user. In an embodiment, a push-to-talk (PTT) component provides, to the user, PTT services with a talk group through a connectivity to a data channel in a mobile network. A voice monitoring component monitors attributes of data connectivity on the data channel to determine when a voice quality falls below a threshold. When the voice quality is determined to fall below the threshold, a connectivity component requests the user to switch the connectivity to a voice channel. Then, the connectivity component dials a telephone number through the voice channel to access a voice conference bridge that provides the PTT services. To provide the PTT services, the voice conference bridge sets up a routing path to a session initiation protocol (SIP) session for the talk group, and routes voice communication through the SIP session.
US10219114B2
A computer program product and a computer system for monitoring an operation status of a disconnected device by a mobile device and an audio analysis system in an infrastructure. The mobile device has connectivity to the infrastructure while the disconnected device has no connectivity to the infrastructure. The mobile device receives from the user a selection of the disconnected device in a list of disconnected devices, determines a location of the mobile device, and determines whether the mobile device is in proximity to a predefined location of the disconnected device. The mobile device invokes passive listening to a sound generated by the disconnected device. The mobile device determines whether the sound can be detected. The mobile device steams audio with information of a location of the mobile device to the audio analysis system. The mobile device receives a notification of the operation status of the disconnected device.
US10219106B1
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for generation of a beacon identifier (ID) for increased security of a system for a location based service. The system includes a beacon device, such as a BLE device, a mobile device, and a server. The beacon device is configured to generate a beacon ID based on a beacon device identifier, such as a unique device identifier, of a beacon device and a time value. In some implementations, generation of the beacon ID includes a pseudorandom function and a shared key that is established between the beacon device and the server.
US10219103B2
A wireless computing device may scan a frequency set. A first group of base stations may use the frequencies in the frequency set. Based on information relating to one or more base stations in the first group of base stations, the wireless computing device may estimate its location. The wireless computing device may further select a frequency subset of the frequency set. A second group of base stations may use the frequencies of the frequency subset. Based on information relating to one or more base stations in the second group of base stations, the wireless computing device may again estimate its location. If the two estimated locations are within a threshold distance of one another, the wireless computing device may perform, during a subsequent location-estimating operation, an additional frequency scan using the frequency subset.
US10219102B2
In various example embodiments, an electronic device includes a communication module comprising communication circuitry, a memory, and a processor. The communication module is configured to receive access point (AP) information from each of a plurality of AP devices. The processor is configured to receive, from the AP information, a strength value of a signal and a unique value of the AP device that transmits the signal, and to processes the AP information, based on the strength value of the signal and the unique value of the AP device. Also, the processor is configured to create an AP list as information for indicating a location of the electronic device, based on a result of processing the AP information, and to store the created AP list in the memory. The processor is configured to determine whether the AP information satisfies a condition for performing a predefined function with regard to the AP list stored in the memory, and to perform the predefined function if the condition is satisfied.
US10219097B1
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided in order to provide 3D audio playback using audio head-mounted devices. The apparatuses may be configured to receive at least one of position and orientation of a first head-mounted device in relation to a first user device, wherein the at least one of the position and orientation received is used to train a model using machine learning. At least one signal quality parameter may be determined based on input data and a filter pair may be determined corresponding with a direction to which a spatial audio signal is rendered based at least in part on the at least one signal quality parameter and the model so as to control spatial audio signal reproduction to take effect a change in the at least one of the position and orientation of the first head-mounted device during rendering of the spatial audio signal.
US10219094B2
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and wearable computing devices to facilitate production and/or reproduction of a spatial sound field and/or one or more audio spaces. More specifically, disclosed are systems, components and methods to determine acoustically positions of audios sources, such as vocal users, for providing audio spaces and spatial sound field reproduction for remote listeners. In one embodiment, a media device includes a housing, transducers disposed in the housing to emit audible acoustic signals into a region including one or more audio sources, acoustic probe transducers configured to emit ultrasonic signals and acoustic sensors configured to sense received ultrasonic signals reflected from an audio source. A controller can determine a position of the audio source.
US10219093B2
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and wearable computing and audio devices for communication audio. More specifically, disclosed are an apparatus and a method for processing audio signals to include spatially modulated message audio signals as a portion of a monaural signal. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a message for a loudspeaker. The method can determine whether an audio signal is in communication with the loudspeaker and a type of a message of the message. Message audio for the message can be spatially modulated as a function of the type of message. A mono-spatial audio signal can be formed based on the audio signal and the spatially-modulated message. Thus, a monaural audio signal can be modulated to generate mono-spatial effects for presenting the messages.
US10219089B2
A hearing loss compensation apparatus and method compensate for distortion caused by a change in a sound transmission path using hearing characteristics of a user. The hearing loss compensation apparatus may include a sound direction detection device configured to detect a sound generation direction, in which a sound generates, using one or more microphones, and a sound compensation device configured to compensate the sound using hearing characteristics of a user corresponding to the sound generation direction. Additionally, a hearing characteristics measurement apparatus and method provide a way to obtain such hearing characteristics information.
US10219078B2
A loudspeaker module includes, but is not limited to, an independent housing enclosing a sealed cavity. The independent housing is provided with an opening communicating the cavity with the exterior. The loudspeaker module further includes, but is not limited to, a loudspeaker unit including, but not limited to, a vibration system, a magnetic circuit system and a casing and a front cover that receive the vibration system and the magnetic circuit system, a sidewall of the casing is provided with a rear sound aperture. An acoustic wave above the vibration system directly radiates to the exterior, and an acoustic wave below the vibration system radiates to a side via the rear sound aperture. The loudspeaker unit and the independent housing combine so that the rear sound aperture and the opening are sealingly engaged and communicate. The cavity of the independent housing forms a rear acoustic cavity of the loudspeaker module.
US10219075B2
The disclosure is directed to a device that includes a multi-layered porous display that permits the passage of sound through the display, while avoiding dead-spots that produce no light. Embodiments of the invention include a display that has first porous layer overlaying a second porous layer. The pores of each layer do not align so that light cannot pass directly through pores of each layer. In this way, a user may not view the pores of the second layer through the pores of the first layer. Further, because the first layer is backed by a second layer, the image displayed will be viewable through the pores of the first layer and, thus, a user will not perceive the pores of the first layer.
US10219074B2
A method of thermal protection of a voice coil of a loudspeaker comprises: determining an estimate of a temperature of the voice coil, determining an estimate of a rate of change of the temperature of the voice coil, determining an estimate of power dissipation in the voice coil, and generating a gain control signal for modulating a gain applied to an input signal in a signal path between an input terminal and the loudspeaker. The gain control signal is generated as a function of all of the estimate of the temperature of the voice coil, the estimate of the rate of change of the temperature of the voice coil, and the estimate of the power dissipation in the voice coil.
US10219066B2
A headset system for interchangeable wearing styles is disclosed. A retention element is detachably coupled to an earpiece, allowing the headset to interchange between a headband, ear loop and neckband wearing style. The retention element comprises a security element that prevents rotation of the earpiece when coupled, providing a stable and ergonomic wearing experience.
US10219064B1
An embodiment of the technology includes Tri-Ear Buds for a wireless in-ear utility device that provides in-ear frequency filtering and can also offer a horn that increases the wireless in-ear utility device's ability to deliver sound. The horn effect can provide higher sound levels while consuming lower battery power. The channels can provide increased safety and comfort for the user. Embodiments of the technology can include accommodation for a balance between the wearable in-ear devices and hearing aids, such as to accommodate the wearable device requiring more sealing in the ear canal for better sound quality, to accommodate the hearing aid seals requiring more leakage for allowing for the user's voice to have an increased naturalness in sound, where the balance between the both can be frequency leakage in the 50 Hz to 300 Hz, which can allow for the seal to produce high quality performance for the two platforms.
US10219062B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for determining when to wirelessly communicatively couple together a pair of untethered wireless audio output devices and for determining when to erase a connection history stored on one or both of the wireless audio output devices.
US10219060B2
The exemplary embodiments herein provide an assembly for transmitting vibrations to a helmet worn by a user, including an annular element adapted to adhere to an outer surface of the helmet. The exemplary embodiments also include an assembly which rotationally connects with the annular element and comprises a bottom housing having a floor, teeth near the floor which engage with the annular element, and a sidewall extending upwardly around the circumference of the circular base unit. The embodiments further include a top housing having an outer sidewall that fits outside of the sidewall of the bottom housing and a plurality of apertures in a top surface; a pressure transducer placed atop the floor; and a mechanical user interface placed above the PCB and having at least one button which extends upwardly and through one of the apertures on the top surface of the top housing.
US10219049B2
An optical reception apparatus includes an equalization processor, an extraction unit, a first ratio calculator, and an instruction transmitter. The equalization processor suppresses fluctuations in amplitude of an electrical signal obtained by converting an optical signal including a plurality of pilot symbols subjected to BPSK modulation by an optical transmission apparatus. The extraction unit extracts the pilot symbols from the electrical signal with suppressed fluctuations in amplitude. The first ratio calculator calculates a ratio of an amplitude component to a phase component of each of the pilot symbols extracted by the extraction unit. The instruction transmitter transmits information relating to skew adjustment based on the ratio of the amplitude component to the phase component calculated by the first ratio calculator for each of different control values to the optical transmission apparatus.
US10219045B2
The present invention relates to a server, an image providing apparatus, and an image providing system comprising the same. A server according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: personal server lists; a memory to store network information of an image providing apparatus corresponding to the personal server lists; an interface unit to, in response to a web address input which is inputted in a terminal, receive a connection request from the terminal; and a processor to control to transmit information for personal server connection to the terminal in response to the connection request, to control to transmit personal server list information corresponding to login information to the terminal when receiving the login information from the terminal, and, if there is an information request from the terminal for a specific personal server list of the personal server lists, to control to transmit network information of the image providing apparatus corresponding to the relevant personal sever to the terminal, wherein the network information includes public IP information and private IP information of the image providing apparatus. Thereby, it is possible to simply connect to the personal server via the terminal.
US10219040B2
A method, system, computer program product, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to bookmark a frame of media content. A media content user interface component that controls playback of the media content in a media player is activated. The component includes a circular progress bar. A frame within the media content is identified and bookmarked. A bookmark is displayed on the circular progress bar and reflects the location of the bookmarked frame. The bookmark is selected to begin play from the bookmarked frame.
US10219038B2
A player receives encoded content of a first resolution level from a content retransmitter and monitors bandwidth of the communication connection utilized to receive the content. When the bandwidth changes with respect to various threshold values corresponding to various resolution levels, the player signals the content retransmitter to increase or decrease the encoding resolution for future portions. The player also locates related substitute content. When the player signals the content retransmitter to decrease the resolution below a minimum, the player plays the substitute content instead of the received content. Subsequently when the bandwidth is again such that player signals the content retransmitter to increase the resolution to the minimum or above, the player plays the received content instead of the substitute content. In various implementations, the player may obtain substitute content prior to or at the time the player determines to play substitute content.
US10219037B2
Techniques described herein relate to providing and controlling the output of physical conditioning video resources based on user and location monitoring data. In various embodiments, a receiver may receive physical conditioning videos from one or more video content providers. After receiving the physical conditioning videos, the receiver may analyze and determine various characteristics of the videos, and corresponding user-specific criteria or video interruption conditions that may be applied when a user plays and interacts with the videos. Then, in response to a user request to commence a physical conditioning video, the receiver may analyze personal user monitoring data and/or location monitoring data, and may use the monitoring data to determine the user's current readiness level to complete the physical conditioning video. The receiver then may control the output of the physical conditioning videos based on the user's current readiness level, along with various other user data.
US10219030B2
A streaming media device includes a printed circuit board hosting components configured to access internet data. An audio/visual connector is linked to the printed circuit board, wherein the audio/visual connector is adapted for connection to an audio/visual device, wherein the audio/visual connector is adapted to operate with a first audio/visual interface having sufficient power to fully operate the printed circuit board and a second audio/visual interface having insufficient power to fully operate the printed circuit board. A power connector is linked to the printed circuit board, wherein the power connector selectively receives power based on the audio/visual connector utilizing one of the first audio/visual interface and the second audio/visual interface.
US10219016B2
Techniques disclosed herein include systems and methods for excluding specific application traffic from customer consumption-based data billing counts. This is useful for excluding traffic from consumption totals where the application traffic has been accounted for using other means, such as through billing as a separate or technically distinct service. In practice, a tablet computer (or other end user device) can run a video application that uses a high-speed data network via a cable modem. This video application may be included as part of a core video package associated with a distinct cable television service. The system then provides accurate consumption billing of customer traffic that is outside of any other managed services by creating separate logical data service flows at a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) for excluding specific traffic counts.
US10219013B2
The present invention relates to a method for reducing data bandwidth between a cloud server and a thin client. The method comprises: rendering a base layer image or video stream at the thin client, transmitting an enhancement layer image or video stream from the cloud server to the thin client, displaying a composite layer image or video stream on the thin client, the composite layer being based on the base layer and the enhancement layer.
US10219010B2
An apparatus and a method for transmitting media data through live streaming or recorded streaming are provided. Live streaming refers to a case where media being captured in real time by a media service apparatus is played in a user's web browser, and recorded streaming refers to a case where media pre-recorded and stored in a server is played in a user's web browser. In the case of live streaming, since real-time is an important factor, there is provided a media playing method with no initial delay by using a decoder written in a script that can be parsed by a web browser. In the case of recorded streaming, there is provided a media playing method capable of using a decoder embedded in a web browser with no compatibility issue related to a container even when the media service apparatus has no container creation functionality.
US10219009B2
A computing device is configured to execute an interactive streaming application, and the interactive streaming application configured to join a live broadcast of an event that is shared by an interactive video broadcasting service executing on a server computer, receive a first video stream having video captured from a camera device configured as a first video source and display the video on a display screen, receive a second video stream having panoramic video captured from a panoramic video capturing device configured as a second video source and display a portion of the panoramic video according to a first viewing angle on the display screen, receive a change to the first viewing angle of the panoramic video, and display another portion of the panoramic video according to a second viewing angle.
US10219000B1
A method of performing motion vector correction in a sequence of video frames includes receiving, at a processor, a frame of video frames at a received rate lower than an original frame rate, identifying motion vector candidates for a frame in the sequence of video frames, detecting a cadence of the sequence of video frames using the motion vector candidates, scaling the motion vector candidates according to the cadence to produce scaled motion vector candidates, calculating motion vectors for a frame in the sequence of video frames using the scaled motion vector candidates, and interpolating at least one new frame of video data using the motion vectors.
US10218994B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to automatic content recognition and recovery of metadata associated with multimedia content. Embodiments include the use of audio watermarks, video watermarks or both to recover metadata. Embodiments also describe improved video watermark embedding techniques including quantization-based video watermarking in the spatial domain and quantization-based video watermarking in frequency domain, as well as improved video watermark detection techniques based on multiple video frames. Embodiments also include improvements to payload structure and improvements to payload recovery.
US10218988B2
A method for performing image decompression. The method includes identifying a pixel in an image, wherein the image comprises a plurality of tiles including color data that is displayed by a plurality of pixels, wherein each tile is associated with a base value, a delta value, and a plurality of indices. One or more tiles associated with the pixel are identified. An interpolated base is determined by interpolating decompressed bases of the one or more tiles. An interpolated delta is determined by interpolating deltas of the one or more tiles. An index is determined for the pixel. A color value is determined for the pixel based on the interpolated base, interpolated delta, and the index.
US10218986B2
A video delivery system alters information (such as time stamp information) associated with one or more frames of a first compressed video file to allow for accurate rendering of frames within the first compressed video file prior to a transition to a second compressed video file. For example, a time stamp of a particular frame of a compressed video file is altered prior to transmission of the particular frame by a video transmission system such that the altered time stamp indicates a time that has already passed. The particular frame can be decoded by a display system that receives the particular frame so that information included in the particular frame can be used in rendering of subsequently received frames. The display system can bypass display of the particular frame due to the altered time stamp.
US10218983B2
System and method for improving operational efficiency of a video encoding pipeline used to encode image data. In embodiments, the video encoding pipeline includes mode decision circuitry that determines a frame prediction mode. The mode decision circuitry includes distortion measurement circuitry, which selects a distortion measurement calculation based at least in part on operational parameters of a display device and the image data. Further, the video encoding pipeline includes mode selection circuitry that determines rate distortion cost metrics associated with an inter-frame prediction mode and an intra-frame prediction mode using the distortion measurement calculation. Additionally, the mode selection circuitry selects between the inter-frame prediction mode and the intra-frame prediction mode based at least in part on the rate distortion cost metrics.
US10218982B2
A method of decoding video, the method including receiving and parsing a bitstream which includes encoded video; extracting encoded image data relating to a current picture, which image data is assigned to at least one maximum coding unit, information relating to a coded depth and an encoding mode for each of the at least one maximum coding unit, and filter coefficient information for performing loop filtering on the current picture, from the bitstream; decoding the encoded image data in units of the at least one maximum coding unit, based on the information relating to the coded depth and the encoding mode for each of the at least one maximum coding unit; and performing deblocking on the decoded image data relating to the current picture, and performing loop filtering on the deblocked data, based on continuous one-dimensional (1D) filtering.
US10218979B2
Video coding and decoding techniques are provided in which entropy coding states are stored for regions of video frames of a sequence of video frames, upon completion of coding of those regions. Entropy coding initialization states for regions of a current video frame are derived based on entropy coding states of corresponding regions of a prior video frame in the sequence of video frames. This process may be performed at a video encoder and a video decoder, though some signaling may be sent from the encoder to the decoder to direct the decoder is certain operations.
US10218974B2
A transform block processing procedure wherein a maximum coding-block size and a maximum transform-block size for an unencoded video frame is determined. The unencoded video frame is divided into a plurality of coding-blocks including a first coding-block and the first coding block is divided into at least one prediction block and a plurality of transform blocks. The size of the transform blocks depend at least in part on the size of the coding block and the corresponding prediction blocks. The transform blocks are then encoded, thereby generating a video data payload of an encoded bit-stream. A frame header of the encoded bit-stream, including a maximum coding-block size flag and a maximum-transform-block-size flag, is generated.
US10218973B2
A subblock-based coding of transform coefficient blocks of the enhancement layer is rendered more efficient. To this end, the subblock subdivision of the respective transform coefficient block is controlled on the basis of the base layer residual signal or the base layer signal. In particular, by exploiting the respective base layer hint, the subblocks may be made longer along a spatial frequency axis transverse to edge extensions observable from the base layer residual signal or the base layer signal.
US10218971B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for adaptive upsampling for multi-layer video coding. A method of communicating video data may involve applying an upsampling filter to a video sequence to create encoded enhancement layer pictures. The upsampling filter may be applied at a sequence level of the video sequence to create the enhancement layer bitstream. The upsampling filter may be selected from a plurality of candidate upsampling filters, for example, by determining whether knowledge of a category related to the video sequence exists and selecting a candidate upsampling filter that is designed for the category related to the video sequence. Upsampling filter information may be encoded. The encoded upsampling information may comprise a plurality of coefficients of the upsampling filter. The encoded upsampling filter information and the encoded enhancement layer pictures may be sent in an output video bitstream. The method may be performed, for example, by an encoder.
US10218969B2
The present technology relates to an image processing device and a method capable of improving encoding efficiency. In a weighted prediction process performed in an image encoding process or in an image decoding process, a motion compensation unit that performs motion compensation of sub-pixel accuracy for each of L0 and L1, a weighted addition unit that applies weighted addition to arithmetic operation results by the motion compensation unit, and a rounding processing unit that suppresses a decrease in arithmetic operation accuracy by performing a necessary rounding process once with respect to an arithmetic operation result by the weighted addition unit are provided. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing device.
US10218966B2
A method for collecting image data destined for producing an immersive video, which method comprises a determination of a zone of viewpoints and the set-up of a set of source points situated at end points of the zone of viewpoints, as well as the placement of each time a scanner of a first set of scanners at each of said source points for scanning step by step a space by means of scanning beams and according to a succession of on the one hand azimuth angles and on the other hand elevation angles each situated in a range predetermined by the zone of viewpoints, and determining on the basis of reflected scanning beams image data formed by a distance between the point touched by a beam and the scanner having produced the concerned scanning beam as well as a colour parameter of said touched point and storing them in a memory.
US10218965B2
A system includes a user holdable plate or other mounting fixture having multiple attachment points and a plurality of mounting arms coupled to the plate via the attachment points. The mounting arms may be user configurable to support cameras at multiple perspective points about an object to be imaged. A trigger may be coupled to provide a command to the cameras to simultaneously capture an image of the object from the multiple perspective points.
US10218964B2
A dimensioning system that analyzes a distance map for null-data pixels to provide feedback is disclosed. Null-data pixels correspond to missing range data and having too many in a distance map may lead to dimensioning errors. Providing feedback based on the number of null-data pixels helps a user understand and adapt to different dimensioning conditions, promotes accuracy, and facilitates handheld applications.
US10218958B2
The present technique relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of generating a color image of a display viewpoint using a color image and a depth image of a predetermined viewpoint. The viewpoint generation information generation unit generates viewpoint generation information used to generate a color image of a display viewpoint in accordance with a generation method of the color image of the display viewpoint obtained by performing warping processing using multi-viewpoint corrected color images and multi-viewpoint depth images. The multi-viewpoint image encoding unit encodes the multi-viewpoint corrected color images and the multi-viewpoint depth images, and transmits them with the viewpoint generation information. The present technique can be applied to, for example, a multi-viewpoint image processing apparatus.
US10218955B2
Disclosed is a method for compensating for motion blur when performing a 3D scanning of at least a part of an object by means of a 3D scanner, where the motion blur occurs because the scanner and the object are moved relative to each other while the scanning is performed, and where the motion blur compensation comprises:—determining whether there is a relative motion between the scanner and the object during the acquisition of the sequence of focus plane images;—if a relative motion is determined, performing a motion compensation based on the determined motion; and—generating a 3D surface from the sequence of focus plane images.
US10218943B2
A method and apparatus for controlling mobile/remote recording devices in a decentralized manner and auto-triggering such devices in the event that one of them is operating in a recording mode. In this way, other such devices can be made to support and augment the recording in an automated way, without requiring an operator to manually turn on his or her devices and without requiring a central controller to control far-flung devices.
US10218940B2
A vehicular vision system includes a side-mounted camera disposed at a side of the vehicle. Responsive to (a) actuation of a user input by a driver of the vehicle and/or (b) traveling speed of the vehicle, the vehicular vision system adjusts the side-mounted camera between (i) capturing image data representative of a ground region at the side of the vehicle and (ii) capturing image data representative of regions further away from the vehicle. With the side-mounted camera adjusted to capture image data representative of the ground region at the side of the vehicle, the vehicular vision system may use captured image data for displaying video images at a display device viewable by the driver of the vehicle. With the side-mounted camera adjusted to capture image data representative of regions further away from the vehicle, the vehicular vision system processes captured image data for a driver assistance system of the vehicle.
US10218937B2
A video calling method and video calling apparatus are provided. The video calling method includes obtaining a first video image acquired by a first terminal; performing action recognition on the first video image; and sending, in response to determining an action recognition result matches a first preset action, a first preset animation corresponding to the first preset action and the first video image to a second terminal performing video calling with the first terminal for displaying by the second terminal. With the video calling apparatus, an animation related to a scenario may be generated according to the scenario, for example, a body action of a user, provided by a video, and the animation is sent to a peer device for displaying.
US10218928B2
There is provided an image capturing apparatus capable of controlling focus detecting pixels independently of the remaining image capturing pixels while maintaining the sensitivity of an image sensor and obtaining high image quality. The image capturing apparatus includes a first semiconductor chip, and a second semiconductor chip stacked on the first semiconductor chip. On the first semiconductor chip, the light receiving sections of a first pixel group and second pixel group, and a first pixel driving circuit configured to drive the pixels of the first pixel group are arranged. On the second semiconductor chip, a second pixel driving circuit configured to drive the pixels of the second pixel group is arranged.
US10218922B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a first semiconductor substrate to which light is incident; a second semiconductor substrate stacked to the first semiconductor substrate; n first photoelectric conversion devices periodically arranged in the first semiconductor substrate and generating first electric charge signals; n first reading circuits arranged in correspondence with the n first photoelectric conversion devices in the first semiconductor substrate, respectively, each of the n first reading circuits accumulating the first electric charge signal outputting a signal voltage corresponding to the accumulated first electric charge signal as a first pixel signal; a driving circuit sequentially outputting the first pixel signal; m second photoelectric conversion devices periodically arranged in one of the first/second semiconductor substrates and generating second electric charge signals; and m second reading circuits sequentially outputting a second pixel signal, wherein m and n are natural numbers equal to 2 or more than 2.
US10218918B2
[Object] To select an effect process appropriately according to a feature of an image.[Solution] Provided is an image processing device including a flow vector detection unit configured to detect flow vectors of pixels in an input image, and an effect selection unit configured to select a process of effect to the input image, on the basis of a pattern of the flow vectors.
US10218916B2
This application discloses a camera including a camera lens, a plurality of light sources and bypass circuit. The camera lens is configured to capture visual data of a field of view, and the light sources are configured to illuminate the field of view. The bypass circuit is coupled to the light sources, and configured to group the light sources into a plurality of light source subsets. At least two of the light source subsets include distinct light source members to illuminate different regions of the field of view of the camera. The camera includes a first mode in which the light sources are electrically coupled in series to form a string and driven by a boosted drive voltage, and a second mode in which one of the light source subsets is selected and driven by a regular drive voltage that is lower than the boosted drive voltage.
US10218912B2
If an operation to switch a first display mode to a second display mode is performed by a user, a display size of an image that is displayed in the first display mode is compared with a minimum display size that is associated with the second display mode. If the display size of the image that is displayed in the first display mode is smaller than the minimum display size in the second display mode, the display size is changed into the minimum display size in the second display mode and the image is displayed on the display screen in a changed display size.
US10218910B2
An apparatus includes: an element that receives subject light from a subject to generate image data; a section that generates a recording image to be recorded on a recording medium from the image data when a first mode is set; a section that generates a second display image, which allows display of a live-view image, from the image data when a second mode is set, and that generates a first display image, which allows display of an image identical to the recording image, from the image data when the first mode is set; a section that sequentially displays the first display image or the second display image; a section that detects a specific state of the apparatus that obstructs recording of an imaging object onto the recording image; and a section that controls switching between the first mode and the second mode on the basis of the detection results.
US10218909B2
A method includes acquiring an angular velocity signal, calculating an angular displacement according to the angular velocity signal, generating a compensation value according to a frequency corresponding to the angular velocity signal and the angular displacement, and controlling an optical image stabilization (OIS) system to align an optical axis of a camera of the camera device according to the compensation value.
US10218906B2
A method applied to a camera device includes receiving one or all of an angular velocity signal and an acceleration signal, selecting one of predetermined motion modes according to the one or all of the angular velocity signal and the acceleration signal, configuring one or more of an exposure time of a camera, an auto focus (AF) configuration of the camera, an auto white balance (AWB) configuration of the camera, and an auto exposure (AE) configuration of the camera according to the selected motion mode, and capturing an image or recording a video according to the one or more of the exposure time of the camera, the AF configuration of the camera, the AWB configuration of the camera, and the AE configuration of the camera.
US10218903B2
The digital 3D/360° camera system is an omnidirectional stereoscopic device for capturing image data that may be used to create a 3-dimensional model for presenting a 3D image, a 3D movie, or 3D animation. The device uses multiple digital cameras, arranged with overlapping fields of view, to capture image data covering an entire 360° scene. The data collected by one, or several, digital 3D/360° camera systems can be used to create a 3D model of a 360° scene by using triangulation of the image data within the overlapping fields of view.
US10218902B2
A method for setting a camera in an electronic device including at least one photographing module is provided. The method includes detecting environment information through a sensor or a microphone, and changing setting information of at least one photographing module according to the detected environment information.
US10218885B2
A network camera capable of identifying a subject of interest in a captured image is disclosed. A network of throwable cameras is disclosed. The network can include a client device capable of receiving images and sensor data from multiple throwable cameras on the network. Also disclosed, a client device can process images captured by multiple cameras. A client device capable of identifying a subject of interest in an image captured by a network camera is disclosed.
US10218879B2
A print data generator includes a storage storing processor-executable instructions causing a processor to perform a process to generate print data from original full-color data. The process includes when a hue value of a pixel is within a specific hue range for an emphasis color, setting a density value of a reference color of the pixel based on a value value of the pixel, and setting a density of the emphasis color of the pixel based on a saturation value of the pixel and a difference value between the hue value of the pixel and a hue value of the emphasis color, and when the hue value of the pixel is out of the specific hue range, setting the density value of the reference color based on a luminance value of the pixel derived from RGB data, and setting the density value of the emphasis color to zero.
US10218867B2
In a case of a first function of carrying out a cooperative processing in accordance with an instruction from a user of a multifunction peripheral (10), the user is set as an execution user. In a case of a second function of carrying out a cooperative processing in accordance with an instruction from an application, a user instructed by the application is set as an execution user. Further, in a case where an execution user of a cooperative processing carried out using the first function and an execution user of a cooperative processing carried out using the second function are identical, use history information of the execution user is managed as use history information of a single user. This makes it possible to appropriately manage use history information of a cooperative processing.
US10218865B2
A paper thickness detecting device that detects a paper thickness in accordance with a detection signal of a displacement sensor, includes: a pair of paper thickness detecting rollers including a first roller and a second roller that pinch a paper conveyed via a pair of conveyance rollers; and the displacement sensor that detects a displacement amount of the pair of paper thickness detecting rollers at the time when the paper passes through the pair of paper thickness detecting rollers, wherein the paper thickness is detected on the basis of the displacement amount of the pair of paper thickness detecting rollers that follows to rotate with respect to the paper conveyed via the pair of conveyance rollers.
US10218864B2
Provided is an image forming device in which a wrapped body that is a paper bundle wrapped in wrapping paper is set into a paper housing, the wrapping paper is subsequently removed and the paper bundle is exposed, and paper is conveyed by one sheet in image forming, the image forming device including: a reader that reads an image on the wrapping paper; and a hardware processor that: compares the image on the wrapping paper, the image being read by the reader, and an image on each of various kinds of wrapping paper, the image being stored in a storage; reads, from the storage, paper setting associated to wrapping paper corresponding to the image on the wrapping paper, the image being read by the reader; and sets a conveyance condition and a process condition based on the paper setting.
US10218859B1
In a method of payment for service of a portable communication unit, a customer prepays a dealer for said service, the dealer forwards transaction order information about the pre-payment to a prepaid management center (PMC); and the PMC provides a bank the transaction order information. The bank, upon receipt of the transaction order information from the PMC, determines whether there are sufficient funds in the dealer account to cover the transaction. If there is insufficient cash on hand, the dealer is notified and is provided an opportunity to replenish the account so that the transaction may proceed. If there are adequate funds in the dealer account, the bank automatically transfers the amount of the purchase transaction in the SP S account, less the dealer's fee for the purchase. After funds are transferred from the dealer account, the PMC is notified of the transfer, at which time the PMC generates codes and issues the codes to the dealer. The dealer transfers the codes to the user and the user enters the codes into the unit. On a regular basis the bank electronically transfers funds from the SPS account into accounts held by parties entitled to receive the funds.
US10218852B2
A method at a computing device includes obtaining time-varying teleconferencing data of a teleconference session with two or more participants, where the teleconferencing data includes one or more of audio data and video data, determining one or more participant quality signals for at least one of the participants based on the teleconferencing data, where at least one of the participant quality signals varies over time; determining for at least one of the participants participant quality metrics based on the participant quality signals; and providing to at least one of the participants information corresponding to the participant quality metrics, where the information is provided in one or more of graphical, textual, and audible form.
US10218843B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for context sensitive contact substitution for mobile communications. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for context sensitive contact substitution for mobile communications includes selecting a contact disposed within a list of contacts in memory of a mobile computing device for use in establishing a telephone call with the selected contact through the mobile computing device. The method also includes determining a context of the telephone call and identifying in the list of contacts an alternate contact to the selected contact based upon the determined context. In this regard, the context may be a location of the mobile computing device, or a time of day of establishing the telephone call, to name two examples. Finally, the method includes establishing the telephone call through the mobile computing device with the alternate contact instead of the selected contact.
US10218834B2
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal which can perform remote control of a plurality of devices. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a display; a reception unit which receives at least one device identification signal from at least one device or at least one transmitter corresponding to the device; a control unit which performs control so as to detect, from the received at least one device identification signal, the identification signal of a device that can be remotely controlled, extract control command information for the remote control of the device on the basis of the detected identification signal, and display a remotely controlled object for the remote control of the device, on the basis of the extracted control command information; and a transmission unit which, when a predetermined item in the remotely controlled object is selected, transmits a remote control signal corresponding to the selected item.
US10218823B2
A node configured to support multi-service with Flexible Ethernet (FlexE) includes circuitry configured to receive a client signal, wherein the client signal is different from a FlexE client; and circuitry configured to map the client signal into a FlexE shim. A method, implemented in a node, for supporting multi-service with Flexible Ethernet (FlexE) includes receiving a client signal, wherein the client signal is different from a FlexE client; and mapping the client signal into a FlexE shim.
US10218814B2
Large-scale images are retrieved over network communications channels for display on a client device by selecting an update image parcel relative to an operator controlled image viewpoint to display via the client device. A request is prepared for the update image parcel and associated with a request queue for subsequent issuance over a communications channel. The update image parcel is received from the communications channel and displayed as a discrete portion of the predetermined image. The update image parcel optimally has a fixed pixel array size, is received in a single and or plurality of network data packets, and were the fixed pixel array may be constrained to a resolution less than or equal to the resolution of the client device display.
US10218813B2
A method for the managing access to a software resource is disclosed. The method may include receiving, from a particular consumer, a request for a number of permits corresponding to units of a software resource. The numbers of permits may be compared to a total number of available permits. In response to determining that the number of permits is greater than the total number of available permits, rejecting the request in response to determining the number of permits requested is within a threshold value of permits requested by another consumer who has requested the largest number of permits in a preceding time period.
US10218809B2
The described technology is generally directed towards a subscriber service using configurable data (e.g., a declarative configuration file) data to make service calls to publisher endpoints. Dynamic reconfiguration of the data changes the service call communication parameters without needing to bring down the subscriber server or its service, and/or without needing to modify/rewrite programs for the reconfiguration.
US10218803B2
An integration service layer is provided for interaction between applications and platform services. The platform services may be cloud services deployed on one or more cloud platforms. The integration service layer provides a set of instantiated interfaces correspondingly defined for the cloud service. The integration service layer may provide one or more interfaces for a cloud service. An application is created to run on a cloud platform. The application is implemented to consume one or more platform services from the provided platform services. The application is connected with the ISL to consume resources provided by one or more platform services from the platform services that are associated with the ISL. Connections between objects from a user interface of the created application and corresponding interfaces defined at the ISL for the one or more platform services included in the application are defined.
US10218800B2
Provided herein is a system or method for a users-to-follow recommendation engine for, based at least in part on social network information and information about users in one or more social networks, determining features relating to users, including topical features and social features, determining, using a model constructed utilizing the determined features, for a set or users, a subset of the set of users for which the user has a high linkage, relative to other linkages in the set, and determining, using the model, and displaying to the user, a recommendation to follow and an associated explanation, of at least one particular user of the subset of the users wherein the associated explanation includes a topical-based explanation when a predominant basis for the high linkage is determined to be topical and a social-based explanation when a predominant basis for the high linkage is determined to be social.
US10218799B2
Methods, computer program products and computer systems for optimizing client distances to nodes in a distributed computing environment are provided. A first registration request is received by a first node from a first client. The first node determines if a second client associated with the first node is suitable for an exchange to a second node. The first node sends a migration request to the second client responsive to determining the second client is suitable. The first node accepts the first registration request responsive to the second client connecting to the second node via a second registration request.
US10218796B2
A method of controlling a communication apparatus includes searching for external apparatus information about an external apparatus sent from the external apparatus, displaying identification information for identifying the external apparatus by using a web browser, based on the searched external apparatus information, and receiving, based on the identification information displayed by using the web browser, designation of any piece of identification information, wherein the searching searches for external apparatus information sent from an external apparatus that does not belong to a same network as the communication apparatus, and wherein in a case where designation of identification information about the external apparatus that does not belong to the same network as the communication apparatus is received, the communication apparatus is caused to belong to the same network as an external apparatus corresponding to the designated identification information and a communication is established between the communication apparatus and the external apparatus.
US10218792B2
A method is provided for transmitting data for use in a vehicle. The method involves a user request for the transmission and reproduction of desired data from a first source by way of a mobile radio link being taken as a basis for ascertaining whether the desired data are also provided by a second source independently of the mobile radio link. The desired data are received in the vehicle from the second source for reproduction for a user if the desired data (DAT) are also provided by the second source independently of the mobile radio link.
US10218789B2
In an illustrative example, a data storage device includes a non-volatile memory and a controller coupled to the non-volatile memory. The controller includes an erasure correcting code engine configured to generate first erasure recovery data and temporary erasure recovery data in a volatile memory at least partially based on first data to be written to the non-volatile memory. The first erasure recovery data is configured to enable a first type of data recovery of the first data, and the temporary erasure recovery data is configured to enable a second type of data recovery of the first data. The controller is further configured to store the first erasure recovery data and the temporary erasure recovery data in the volatile memory and, after verifying that the first data is stored in the non-volatile memory, to discard or modify the temporary erasure recovery data.
US10218788B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing high speed communication between a sending system and a receiving system. One computer-implemented method includes determining, by a computer, that data is available for serialization using a pointer transfer; getting a data block of the data from a memory; getting metadata corresponding to the data block; writing an original address of the data block to a transport layer; writing the data block to the transport layer; determining that the data corresponding to the data block contains pointers; and adding a referenced data block to one or more data blocks to be transferred to a receiving system.
US10218781B2
In one embodiment, an intermediate node, of a multi-stage process path through a computer network, receives a workload message with an associated latency budget to complete the multi-stage process at a final stage device. In response, the intermediate node determines a current latency from an initial stage device for the workload message to the receiving of the workload message, and also determines a remaining portion of the latency budget based on the current latency. In response to the remaining portion of the latency budget being less than expected at the intermediate node, the intermediate node may perform one or more latency-reducing actions, and then transmits the workload message toward the final stage device.
US10218775B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and web content management server device that sends each of a plurality of jobs requiring execution in order to service a received web service request to one of a plurality of slave web services configured to execute the plurality of jobs in parallel. A response from each of the plurality of slave web services is received. A web service response is generated based on the received responses. The generated web service response is provided in response to the received web service request.
US10218766B2
A method of service capability notification including receiving a service capability of a representational state transfer (REST) client and a request for a service capability of a target client from an application server, sending the service capability of the target client to the application server in response to the request, and sending the service capability of the REST client to a notification server so that the notification server is able to provide the service capability of the REST client to the target client.
US10218764B2
Generating non-compressible data streams is disclosed, including: receiving an initialization parameter; determining a constrained prime number, wherein the constrained prime number comprises a plurality of component values, wherein each of the plurality of component values comprises a prime number, wherein each of the plurality of component values is different; and generating a non-compressible sequence based at least in part on the initialization parameter and the constrained prime number.
US10218739B2
Methods and apparatus to perform string matching for network packet inspection are disclosed. In some embodiments there is a set of string matching slice circuits, each slice circuit of the set being configured to perform string matching steps in parallel with other slice circuits. Each slice circuit may include an input window storing some number of bytes of data from an input data steam. The input window of data may be padded if necessary, and then multiplied by a polynomial modulo an irreducible Galois-field polynomial to generate a hash index. A storage location of a memory corresponding to the hash index may be accessed to generate a slice-hit signal of a set of H slice-hit signals. The slice-hit signal may be provided to an AND-OR logic array where the set of H slice-hit signals is logically combined into a match result.
US10218738B2
A system, device and method to securely notify a user of a compromise of a device are provided. The system, device and method may include a detection device adapted for determining a compromise of the device communicatively coupled to the first path, a user database including at least information regarding the device and other devices associated with the user, and the secure signal path to at least one of the other devices.
US10218737B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for reporting sensor data over a communication network are provided. A data reporting instruction that identifies at least one of a sensor or a data reporting technique is received from a trust mediator over a communication network. The data reporting instruction is based at least in part on an identified risk. Sensor data is obtained from the sensor, and the sensor data is transmitted to the trust mediator over the communication network based on the data reporting technique.
US10218735B2
A network attack simulation method including, at a network with a server and a plurality of computers, selecting one or more actions from a plurality of actions for operating on a first computer of the plurality of computers, transmitting instructions from the server to the first computer to execute the one or more selected actions, executing the one or more selected actions on the first computer, and generating data based on the execution of the selected actions. The method includes transmitting the data generated from the first computer to the server, identifying a target computer of the plurality of computers to access, transmitting one or more additional instructions from the server to the first computer to access the target computer using at least a portion of the data, and receiving confirmation from at least one of the first computer and the target computer that the target computer was accessed.
US10218731B2
Detecting cyber threat and malware, particularly zero-day malware is a major challenge for the security community. Signature-based methods of cyber threat and malware detection are unable to detect zero-day malware. In order to detect zero-day malware and cyber threat which may have more severe impacts, a system called Compromised Detection System (CDS) and a method thereof is disclosed. The CDS uses a sophisticated approach and method based on Machine Learning to detect anomalies on the network behavior. By such approach, CDS is able to detect unknown cyber threat and malware (aka zero day)since they will present a deviation from the normal behavior in the network.
US10218730B2
A system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable relating to network security are disclosed. In particular, embodiments described generally relate to systems and methods of stateless processing in a fault-tolerant microservice environment. In one example, a method is disclosed, which includes transmitting, by a first microservice, packet data and a context associated therewith; receiving the packet data and the context by a second microservice, the second microservice to: use the context to determine what security processing to perform, perform the security processing over the packet data, and transmit resulting data and the context to a third microservice; and receiving the resulting data and the context by the third microservice, the third microservice to: use the context to determine what security processing to perform, and perform the security processing over the resulting data.
US10218728B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include a system comprising a machine-readable storage medium storing at least one program and computer-implemented methods for detecting anomalies in revisions to a web document. Consistent with some embodiments, a method includes publishing, at a network-based content publication platform, a web document comprising a plurality of distinct elements generated using data received from a computing device of a user. The method further includes accessing an updated web document that was generated based on modifications to the published web document made by the user. The method further includes generating one or more anomaly scores based on a comparison of the updated web document to the published web document, and determining whether to allow publication of the updated web document based on a result of a comparison of the anomaly score to a threshold anomaly score.
US10218718B2
Rapidly detecting network threats with targeted detectors includes, at a computing device having connectivity to a network, determining features of background network traffic. Features are also extracted from a particular type of network threat. A characteristic of the particular type of network threat that best differentiates the features of the particular type of network threat from the features of the background network traffic is determined. A targeted detector for the particular type of network threat is created based on the characteristic and an action is applied to particular incoming network traffic identified by the targeted detector as being associated with the particular type of network threat.
US10218711B2
In one embodiment, a method includes determining a location of a system responsive to location information received from at least one of a location sensor and a wireless device of the system, associating the location with a key present in the system to generate an authenticated location of the system, and determining whether the authenticated location is within a geofence boundary indicated in a location portion of a launch control policy (LCP) that provides a geographic-specific policy. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10218710B2
Obtaining information may be increasingly more challenging in modern times. The systems described herein enable a user to have access to one or more data streams. For example, the data stream may include messages from a famous person provided to an online social networking service, where the messages may be limited character messages. Yet, in some instances, the data stream may also include images posted on a blog, videos posted on a social networking service for connecting people, a list of searches and/or search strings by a famous person, and a number of purchase orders by an actress. The systems may also control the user's access to the one or more data streams, possibly limiting the access to portions of the one or more data streams.
US10218702B2
Systems, devices, and methods for controlling access to vehicles in rental, loaner, shared-use, and other vehicle fleets. Some of the present systems, devices, and methods use encrypted virtual keys that can be relayed to a vehicle computing device via a user's mobile device. Such virtual keys can be command-specific such that successful use of a virtual key results execution of a predetermined command or group of commands, and further commands require one or more additional virtual keys with the additional commands. Others of the present systems, devices, and methods provide tools: for provisioning or initial pairing of vehicle computing devices with corresponding vehicles, identifying and permitting a user to select locally available vehicles, prompting vehicle computing devices to retrieve pending commands from a server, and/or various other functions described in this disclosure.
US10218696B2
The techniques and systems described herein are directed to providing targeted, secure software deployment in a computing system. An identity of the computing device can be determined and verified using a trusted platform module (TPM) of the computing device, and a software update can be expressly configured to operate solely on the computing device. Further, a configuration of the computing device can be ascertained using platform configuration registers (PCRs) of the TPM to determine that the computing device has not been modified from a trusted configuration. For example, if malware or unauthorized software is operating on the computing device, the software update may be prevented from being installed. Further, the software update can be targeted for a particular computing device, such that when the software update is received at the computing device, the software update may not be duplicated and provided to an additional, unauthorized device.
US10218693B2
Various embodiments are directed to a computer-implemented method for displaying a map of certificate relationships. A method can include retrieving certificate information for two or more servers and storing the retrieved certificate information in a memory. In addition, the method can include receiving a command to generate a map of certificate relationships. The command includes a command scope that identifies at least a first server of the two or more servers. Further, the method can include generating the map from the retrieved certificate information and rendering the map on a display device. The map includes the first server and a device having a certificate relationship with the first server.
US10218692B2
Various embodiments are directed to a computer-implemented method for displaying a map of certificate relationships. A method can include retrieving certificate information for two or more servers and storing the retrieved certificate information in a memory. In addition, the method can include receiving a command to generate a map of certificate relationships. The command includes a command scope that identifies at least a first server of the two or more servers. Further, the method can include generating the map from the retrieved certificate information and rendering the map on a display device. The map includes the first server and a device having a certificate relationship with the first server.
US10218689B2
Technical solutions are described for extending shrouding capability of a virtual server hosting system. An example method includes receiving a request to deploy a shrouded virtual server using a predetermined set of hardware components, and using a shrouded mode. The method also includes adding a guest server to the hosting system, the guest server including the predetermined set of hardware components. The method also includes deploying a preconfigured hypervisor on the guest server, where the preconfigured hypervisor is deployed in an immutable mode that disables changes to security settings of the preconfigured hypervisor. The method also includes deploying, by the preconfigured hypervisor, a preconfigured boot image as an instance of the virtual server on the preconfigured hypervisor. The method also includes sending an identifier of the virtual server for receipt by the client device.
US10218686B2
At a centralized service in a hosted environment, a permission list is established of at least one cipher suite valid for secure connections across multiple network environments. Responsive to the centralized service receiving a request from a socket indicating the socket is negotiating a secure connection with another socket, the centralized service sends the permission list to the socket, wherein the socket negotiates for a mutual cipher suite specified in the permission list with the another socket. Responsive to the centralized service identifying that a particular cipher suite matching the mutual cipher suite used in an ongoing secure session for the socket is revoked, the centralized service notifies the socket that the mutual cipher suite is revoked.
US10218679B1
Methods and systems for implementing single sign on (SSO) and/or conditional access for client applications are described herein. The system may comprise an identity provider gateway, and the system may authenticate a user of the client application using the identity provider gateway. In some aspects, a secure communication tunnel may be established between the client application and the identity provider gateway, and the secure communication tunnel may use, for example, a client certificate. The identity provider gateway may grant or deny the client application access to one or more resources based on information associated with the client certificate.
US10218675B2
Devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for legacy device securitization within a microgrid system are described herein. One or more embodiments include a system having a microgrid network with at least one remote network connection to a non-local network device and the network having at least one local legacy device in communication with the non-local network device and a bump-in-the-wire (BITW) security device between the local legacy device and the at least one remote connection.
US10218673B2
A web content display system including a provided interface, a processor, a storage unit and an operation interface. The processor is coupled to the provided interface, the storage unit and the operation interface. The provided interface is for inputting a web address with an authorization data corresponding thereto. The processor acquires and analyzes at least one web content corresponding to the web address to obtain a title, an article content with a display format corresponding thereto and an original marketing content with a display format corresponding thereto. The storage unit stores analyzed information and a third party marketing content. The operation interface receives a request for the title from a user device. The processor generates an embedded code executed by a web browser to display a reorganized web content. The article contents of the reorganized web content and the web content have the same display format.
US10218665B2
There is disclosed herein a system of managing posts for interacting with web based digital video. The system comprises a user interface application operating on one or more user devices which are operative to view web based digital video, the user interface application creating posts that refer to 3d, 360 degree, geocoded or spherical digital image and video. A database system stores user created posts. A programmed processing system is in operative communication with user devices and the database system for creating and managing programmed links between user created posts and one or more select locations in select web based digital video, wherein users interacting with the user interface application can access user created posts.
US10218663B2
Various embodiments include a social networking system capable of configuring message channel requests based on a browser cookie and URL subdomain. For example, the social networking system can extract a user identifier from a browser cookie of a web browser on the requesting device. The social networking system can identify a URL subdomain in the URL associated with the message channel request and select a domain-specific account identifier associated with the user identifier and the URL subdomain. The social networking system can then configure the message channel as a domain-specific channel. For example, the social networking system can select, based on the domain-specific account identifier, a content item to send over the message channel to the web browser.
US10218660B2
A client user accesses content that is primarily textual in nature. A status of the user related to the content is detected, and a notification is provided for display to the user that is based on the user status. The notification is located in a notification area, and obscures at least part of the content, which is located in a content area. The user performs a gesture referencing the content area to dismiss the notification. In some cases, the gesture involves a gesture that the user would normally make to perform an action related to the content even if the notification were not displayed. The notification is then removed from display, and the action related to the content is simultaneously implemented.
US10218657B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a method and system for private chat within a group chat. During operation, the system receives, at a server from a computing device, a first message that includes a first private chat identifier, private chat counterpart information, and private chat content data. The system determines a private chat counterpart client based on the first private chat identifier and the private chat counterpart information. The private chat counterpart client and the computing device are both participating in the group chat. The system generates a private chat message based on the first message including the private chat content data, and sends the private chat message to the private chat counterpart client without sending the private chat message to all members participating in the group chat.
US10218656B2
A method for message delivery to a transaction processor is presented. The method may include receiving a message having transaction information. The method may also include determining if the received message is prohibited from delivery based on comparing the transaction information with a blacklist, wherein the blacklist is used to block messages. In response to determining that received message is prohibited from delivery, the method may then include refusing message delivery or delaying message delivery. In response to determining that the received message is not prohibited from delivery, the method may further include enqueuing the message in a request queue. The method may also include receiving a reply message with a transaction status update from the transaction processor. The method may then include updating the blacklist based on the received reply message with the transaction status update.
US10218653B2
A set of characteristics is constructed corresponding to a content of a message. For a characteristic in the set of characteristics, a skill factor is computed that is needed to achieve a degree of comprehension of the content having the characteristic. A gap is computed between the skill factor corresponding to the characteristic and a skill factor associated with a recipient of the message. An annotation is selected in response to evaluating that the gap exceeds a tolerance value. The annotation is applied in the message to an identifier of the recipient.
US10218650B2
An information processing system includes information terminals; an information processing apparatus; and an information storage apparatus connected to a network different from a network to which the information processing apparatus is connected. Further, the information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit receiving information from one of the information terminals, and a transmission unit transmitting the information to other information terminals and the information storage apparatus. Each of the information terminals includes a transmission unit transmitting the information to the information processing apparatus, and a receiving unit receiving information from the information processing apparatus. The information storage apparatus includes a storage unit storing the information from the information processing apparatus.
US10218648B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to set of improvements to the out of office assistant that send out of office messages to senders of messages while a recipient is out of the office. One embodiment of the out of office assistant associates an out of office message with a calendar event to ensure the out of office message is sent only for the predetermined time period associated with the calendar event. Other embodiments of the out of office assistant generating different messages to people internal to an organization and people external to an organization, and the out of office assistant allows different rich text formatting for the different messages. In a further embodiment, a persistent reminder reminds the user that the out of office message application is turned on.
US10218642B2
A network switch includes circuitry and multiple ports, including multiple input ports and at least one output port, configured to connect to a communication network. The circuitry includes multiple distinct-flow counters, which are each associated with a respective input port and with the output port, and which are configured to estimate respective distinct-flow counts of distinct data flows received via the respective input ports and destined to the output port. The circuitry is configured to store packets that are destined to the output port and were received via the multiple input ports in multiple queues, to determine a transmission schedule for the packets stored in the queues, based on the estimated distinct-flow counts, and to transmit the packets via the output port in accordance with the determined transmission schedule.
US10218635B2
A network interface controller (NC) that can provide a connection for a device to a network. The NC can include a sideband port controller. The sideband port controller can provide a sideband connection between the network and a sideband endpoint circuit that can communicate information with the network via the sideband. The sideband port controller can include a receive data route that has an input for receiving packets of data from the network and an output for passing the packets of data received from the network to the sideband endpoint circuit. The receive data route may include a buffer to receive the packets of data from the network and to pass the packets of data received from the network to the sideband endpoint.
US10218621B2
Methods and apparatus for multiple user uplink are provided. In one aspect, a method for wireless communication is provided. The method includes receiving a trigger frame from an access point, the trigger frame being transmitted to two or more stations and indicating an uplink transmission opportunity. The trigger frame further includes a request for the two or more stations to concurrently transmit uplink data at a specific time. The method includes transmitting uplink data at the specific time to the access point concurrently with another of the two or more stations transmitting uplink data to the access point.
US10218617B2
A method for handling packets in a network by means of forwarding tables includes providing a software switching layer for implementing a software forwarding table; providing a hardware switching layer for implementing at least one of exact matching forwarding tables and wildcard matching forwarding tables; and redistributing, by using a switch management component for controlling the software switching layer and the hardware switching layer, installed forwarding table entries (FTEs) matching a particular flow between the software switching layer and the hardware switching layer based on traffic characteristics of said flow.
US10218590B2
Techniques are described for performing subscriber aware two-way active measurement protocol (TWAMP) data session provisioning between two endpoints in a computer network. For example, the disclosed techniques include extending TWAMP control messaging to include a communication mode for negotiating subscriber-aware TWAMP data monitoring. If the communication mode is supported by both endpoints, a subscriber identifier is specified when a TWAMP data session is provisioned (negotiated) over the control session. The disclosed techniques further include extending TWAMP data messaging to include the subscriber identifier in each test packet for the data session. In this way, each of the endpoints may identify a subscriber corresponding to one or more received TWAMP test packets based on the subscriber identifier included in the received TWAMP test packets.
US10218589B1
Described techniques enable the tracking and reporting of resource utilization at multiple levels of granularity, the highest of which involves tracking resource usage by a particular object in aggregate. When aggregate usage for the particular object is within certain parameters, actual resource usage is not reported at the lower level of granularity, but is replaced by placeholder values. When aggregate usage for the particular object exceeds a threshold, the particular object is considered to be a “hot spot.” Resource usage for the particular object can then be reported (and tracked, if not already) at the lower level of granularity until the particular object is no longer a “hot spot.” The efficiency of the tracking may be further enhanced by leveraging a bifurcated counting mechanism in which a full count is updated only at selected sample times, with intermediate counters used to store changes in between sample times.
US10218588B1
Systems and methods for multi-stream performance patternization and optimization of virtual meetings
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying virtual meetings previously mediated by one or more communications platforms. The method further includes determining attributes of the virtual meetings. In addition, the method includes collecting time-indexed performance data of individual media streams of the virtual meetings. The method also includes individually correlating the time-indexed performance data to at least a portion of the attributes of the virtual meetings on a per virtual-meeting basis. Further, the method includes selecting one or more virtual-meeting attributes. Also, the method includes extracting multi-stream performance data of those of the individual media streams that have the one or more virtual-meeting attributes. Additionally, the method includes correlating the multi-stream performance data to a time map. The method further includes determining aggregate multi-stream performance. Moreover, the method includes generating a time-based performance pattern.
US10218582B2
Techniques are disclosed for presenting notifications that can receive input data. The techniques include presenting a notification in response to occurrence of an event, wherein the notification is associated with a specified data type and a data source from which data is to be received, receiving input data of the specified data type from the data source, wherein the notification is presented until the input data is received, and storing the input data. The notification can block access to a user interface of at least one application until the input data is received. The data source can be a data entry component of a user interface that receives user input, or can be an application that provides data of the specified data type, and receiving input data can include requesting data of the specified data type from the application, and receiving the input data from the application via inter-process communication.
US10218579B1
Described is a system for analyzing network activities. Each pair of node interactions between nodes in the network is represented with a tensor. For each pair of node interactions, a mesostructure is inferred using tensor decomposition of the tensor, resulting in inferred mesostructures. A temporal network structure representing each pair of node interactions is determined using a set of parameters generated from the tensor decomposition, resulting in temporal network structures. A future data cascade in the network is predicted using the temporal network structures.
US10218574B1
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to detecting software misconfiguration at a remote machine. A control server stores, in a data repository, a plurality of antipatterns, each antipattern relating to a misconfiguration of a remote computer system. The control server accesses data of the remote computer system. The control server runs the plurality of antipatterns on the data of the remote computer system to determine one or more misconfigurations of the remote computer system. The control server provides, as a digital transmission, an output representing the determined one or more misconfigurations of the remote computer system.
US10218568B2
A method of provisioning a control plane in a multi-technology network in response to a first connection request received from a client. The method comprises receiving the first connection request at a control plane dispatcher; analysing said first connection request and selecting a control plane based on results of the analysis and characteristics of control planes at the disposal of the dispatcher in the multi-technology network. The control plane dispatcher selects on a per connection request basis what is the best technology for that request and its requirements, taking also into account the status of the network resources.
US10218563B2
A method for monitoring connections for communicating data is provided. The method includes monitoring communication of data from a device over a connection. A current connection performance parameter for the connection is determined based on the monitoring. The current connection performance parameter is compared with a predetermined threshold. If the current connection performance parameter is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold, the connection is determined to be degraded. An alert may be provided to a user if the connection is determined to be degraded and an alert condition is met.
US10218561B2
Embodiments of the disclosure describe a communications system, including: a control apparatus, multiple remote apparatuses, and a network management server, where the control apparatus communicates with and connects to the multiple remote apparatuses, and the control apparatus controls data aggregation and distribution of the multiple remote apparatuses; the control apparatus communicates with and connects to the network management server, and the network management server and the control apparatus transmit management data and feedback data according to a preset solution, so that the control apparatus and the multiple remote apparatuses are presented as only one network element on the network management server.
US10218554B2
An OFDM transmitter and an OFDM receiver respectively transmit and receive N (N≥2, N is an integer) control symbols. For each control symbol, a guard interval time-domain signal is, for example, identical to a signal obtained by frequency-shifting at least a portion of a useful symbol time-domain signal by an amount different from any other symbol, or to a signal obtained by frequency-shifting one or both of a portion and a span of a useful symbol interval time-domain signal different from any other symbol by a predetermined amount.
US10218550B1
A transmitter or receiver including at least one radio-frequency (RF) chain. The RF chain including an array of transmitting elements, each transmitting element includes a band-pass filter and an antenna connected in series for transmitting an analog signal using a beamforming with an angle of departure (AOD) defined by phase shifts of analog signals received by different transmitting elements within the array. A phase shifter to shift a phase of an input signal. A variable gain amplifier (VGA) to change an amplitude of the input signal. A switcher to connect the phase shifter and the VGA to each transmitting element in the array. Wherein at most one transmitting element is connected to the phase shifter and the VGA at a given point of time, such that the switcher is a single-pole-M-throw (SPMT) analog switch. A controller to control the phase shifter, the VGA and the switcher.
US10218545B2
A power line communication (PLC) device is provided which communicates with another PLC device via a PLC signal transmitted over a wire in a broadband. The PLC signal comprises at least one frame. The at least one frame comprises a preamble, a frame control header and a payload. The preamble comprises at least one synchronization symbols used for a PLC engine to synchronize; at least one preamble code symbols used for specifying at least one of a sub-channel and a modulation mechanism; and at least one channel estimation symbols used for the PLC engine to do channel estimation.
US10218539B2
The present disclosure discloses a distributed system. The distributed system includes a plurality of radio heads and a plurality of controllers disposed in one or more chassis external to the plurality of radio heads. Each of the plurality of controllers includes a baseband unit (BBU), an uplink time-division multiplexing (TDM) switch and a downlink TDM switch. The uplink TDM switch and the downlink TDM switch forward data bits between a radio head and a BBU by using TDM cells which may reduce latency relative to using Ethernet frames.
US10218522B2
A multicast method, apparatus, and system for a software-defined network are presented, where the method includes creating, by a multicast sending device, a multicast group; managing, by the multicast sending device, a member of the multicast group; and completing, by a multicast routing tree management service module disposed on the multicast sending device or on a SDN controller, planning of a multicast routing tree, and converting the planning of the multicast routing tree into a flow entry modification instruction that can be executed by the SDN controller, so that the SDN controller executes the flow entry modification instruction and instructs an SDN switch using a southbound API to execute, according to a modified flow entry, a multicast task. Therefore, multicast is completed by means of mutual cooperation between the multicast sending device and the SDN network.
US10218511B2
A signature authority generates a master seed value that is used as the root of a seed tree of subordinate nodes. Each subordinate node of the seed tree is generated from the value of its parent node using a cryptographic hash or one-way function. The signature authority selects subordinate seed values which are distributed to one or more key generators, each of which generates a set of one-time-use cryptographic keys. Each key generator generates a hash tree from its set of one-time-use cryptographic keys, and the root of its hash tree is returned to the signature authority. The signature authority integrates the hashes provided by the key generators into a comprehensive hash tree. The root of the comprehensive hash tree acts as a public key for the signature authority.
US10218508B2
Methods and apparatus to provide isolated execution environments are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a machine status register to determine whether excess micro operations are available during an instruction cycle to execute a pico-application in response to a request for computing provided by a host application. The pico-application is a fragment of microcode. The microcode comprises a plurality of micro operations. The machine status register is also to determine whether space is available in a memory to load the pico-application. The example apparatus also includes a loader to load a virtual machine and the pico-application into the memory in response to the excess micro operations and the space in the memory being available. The virtual machine validates the pico-application and loads the pico-application into the memory. The example apparatus also includes a processor to execute the pico-application via the excess micro operations.
US10218507B2
Aspects include providing automatic access control and security for a synchronous input/output (I/O) link. Providing automatic access control and security includes initializing devices of a storage environment over a first link to verify that the devices are available within the storage environment; building a table of identifiers, where each of the identifiers is assigned one of the devices that have been initialized; and verifying a first device attempting to perform synchronous I/O commands across the synchronization I/O link by confirming that an identifier assigned to the first device is within the table of identifiers.
US10218503B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for encryption key storage and modification in a data storage device. A portion of an encryption key may be stored in a first storage medium, and one or more bits of the encryption key may be stored in a one-time writable storage location. Data received at the data storage device may be encrypted using the encryption key, and may be stored in a storage medium. In the event that it is no longer desired to allow users to access the encrypted data stored in the storage medium, the one or more bits of the encryption key stored in a one-time writable storage location may be modified. Such modification thereby prevents decryption of the encrypted data and effectively precludes access to the encrypted data.
US10218501B2
A method includes: securely obtaining, by a first device, a first public key estimated value of a second device in an out-of-band manner; encrypting an asymmetric encryption public key by using the first public key estimated value; sending the encrypted asymmetric encryption public key to the second device; receiving an encrypted first key-exchange public key sent by the second device; decrypting the encrypted first key-exchange public key by using an asymmetric encryption private key; performing an operation based on the decrypted first key-exchange public key, to obtain a second public key estimated value; and when the first public key estimated value is consistent with the second public key estimated value, determining that the decrypted first key-exchange public key is correct, generating a shared key by using a key-exchange private key and the first key-exchange public key, and establishing a secure connection to the second device by using the shared key.
US10218499B1
A system and method are described for secure communications between controllers in a vehicle network. The system includes multiple controllers associated in a group and configured to communicate with each other, each having an initial controller identification (ID) number and configured to communicate with a gateway controller. Each controller in the group is configured to calculate an updated controller ID number and transmit the updated controller ID to the gateway controller in a secure fashion, and the gateway controller is configured to authenticate and transmit the updated controller ID of each controller in the group to all the controllers in the group in a secure fashion. Each controller in the group is further configured to include its updated controller ID in network messages transmitted to other controllers in the group, and to authenticate other controllers in the group based on the updated controller IDs in network messages from other controllers.
US10218498B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for compressing keys of key-data item pairs for storage in a hash table to reduce power and/or area requirements of the memory used to implement the hash table. The system and method of the present disclosure use the hash function to compress a key of a key-data item pair. More specifically, the system and method of the present disclosure effectively remove information from the key that can be predicted using in the hash value of the key to generate a compressed key. Information in the key that is not predictable using the hash value of the key can be included in the compressed key to allow for recovery of the key.
US10218483B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for signaling and generating variable length block acknowledgement fields in a wireless network are provided. One aspect of this disclosure provides a method of wireless communication. The method includes generating, by an apparatus, a block acknowledgment (BA) frame comprising a BA bitmap field. The method further includes determining a size of the BA bitmap field. The method further includes inserting an indication of the determined size of the BA bitmap field.
US10218475B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for optimizing real time services (e.g., such as a voice over Long Term Evolution (LTE) (VoLTE)) for devices with limited communications resources, such as machine type communication (MTC) devices and enhanced MTC (eMTC) devices. In one aspect, a UE determines a first configuration of subframes within at least one radio frame available for the UE and other UEs to use for bundled communications with a BS. The UE receives an indication of one or more subframes within the at least one radio frame that are unavailable for bundled uplink transmissions, and determines a second configuration of subframes to use for bundled communications based on the indication. The UE overrides the first configuration of subframes with the second configuration of subframes, and communicates with the BS using the second configuration of subframes. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10218474B2
A communication device for handling scheduling request (SR) transmissions comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage unit. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise being configured to communicate with a first cell and a second cell; being configured a first SR period for a first SR transmission on the first cell and a second SR period for a second SR transmission on the second cell, wherein the second SR period is smaller than the first SR period; starting a SR prohibit timer according to the second SR period; receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message and releasing the second SR transmission in response to the RRC message; and keeping the SR prohibit timer running in response to the release of the second SR transmission.
US10218472B2
A communication terminal is capable of simultaneously communicating through a plurality of carriers by carrier aggregation, and the communication terminal comprises: a quality measurement unit for measuring the reception quality of a radio wave transmitted through a plurality of carriers from a base station of a connected cell to obtain a measured value; a primary carrier storage unit storing information specifying a primary carrier chosen from the plurality of carriers; a comparator for comparing a measured value of the primary carrier measured by the quality measurement unit to a threshold value; and a cell search unit for searching for another cell when the measured value of the primary carrier is less than or equal to the threshold value. Consequently, a search threshold value for carrier aggregation can be appropriately determined to perform a cell search and a quality measurement.
US10218469B2
A method of transmitting packets at a first node of a network to a second node of the network, includes the steps of determining whether or not a total number of packets that are in flight is less a threshold number of packets, computing a target number of forward error correction (FEC) packets upon determining that the total number is less than the threshold number, transmitting a new FEC packet if the number of FEC packets that are in flight is less than the target number, and transmitting a data packet if the number of FEC packets that are in flight is equal to or greater than the target number.
US10218468B2
To prevent an increase in a circuit configuration that is used for a case in which when a header is incorrect under a specific condition, a correctly-received payload is kept and only the header is resent. A USB device according to the present disclosure includes a first processing unit configured to, when a predetermined error is included in a first header of a first packet received from a host apparatus, discard the first header and transmit a first payload of the first packet to a subsequent stage, and a second processing unit configured to discard the first payload received from the first processing unit and transmit a first packet resending request to the host apparatus.
US10218465B2
A system and method includes employing a cyclical redundancy check (CRC) code to information being transmitted on the channel, the CRC code including appending a single CRC code bit to the information, the single CRC code bit having a value of 0. The method further includes adding an error correcting code with a value of 0 to the information and to a plurality of error correcting code parity bits provided by the error correcting code. The method further includes transmitting, by the communication device, the information on the channel without the single CRC code bit, the additional information bit, and the error correcting code parity bits for being decoded and set by a receiver.
US10218454B2
A reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) includes a plurality of interconnected ROADM blocks. Each ROADM block includes an ingress switchable-gain amplifier, an output power detector coupled to an output of the ingress switchable gain amplifier, and a wavelength-selective switch coupled to the output of the ingress switchable gain amplifier. Each ROADM block includes a plurality of add/drop blocks coupled to the wavelength-selective switches of the plurality of ROADM blocks. The ROADM includes a controller configured to receive an indication of an output signal power from the output power detector and adjust gain and equalization parameters of the ingress switchable-gain amplifier based on the received indication of the output signal power.
US10218452B2
A control network communication arrangement includes a second protocol embedded into a first protocol in a way that modules supporting the second protocol may be aware of and utilize the first protocol whereas modules supporting only the first protocol may not be aware of the second protocol. Operation of modules using the second protocol does not disturb operation of the modules not configured to use or understand the second protocol. By one approach, the messages sent using the second protocol will be seen as messages sent using the first protocol but not having a message necessary to understand or as needing a particular response. In another approach, modules using the second protocol can be configured to send message during transmission of first protocol messages by other modules, the second protocol messages being triggered off of expected aspects of the message sent under the first protocol.
US10218448B2
A system and method for determining vehicle position uses light based communication (LBC) signals and a time-of-flight (TOF) pulse. Each vehicle includes a LBC system having light emitting diodes (LEDs) and receiver photodiodes capable of sending and receiving pulsed light binary messages. The LBC system may also include a TOF transceiver for sending and receiving TOF pulses, or the transmitter and receiver diodes may be used to send and receive TOF pulses. Each LBC system has a controller coupled to the transmitter diodes and receiver diodes (and the TOF transceiver when present). The controller includes a processor configured to determine the distance between vehicles. Optical characteristics are used to discern relative angle, a header is used to determine relative orientation, and the time-of-flight is used to determine distance, which together may be used by the processor to determine the relative location between transmitting vehicle and the receiving vehicle.
US10218447B2
When a frequency deviation compensation amount is compensated for by use of frequency shift, a phase offset occurs between adjacent input blocks included in a plurality of input blocks as divided, with the result that an error occurs in a reconstructed bit sequence. A frequency deviation compensation system of the invention is characterized by comprising: a frequency deviation compensation means for compensating for a frequency deviation occurring in a signal by use of frequency shift; and a phase offset compensation means for compensating for a phase offset occurring, in the signal, due to the frequency shift.
US10218445B2
A system is configured to determine a first power level of a first signal output from a first modulator, and determine a second power level of a second signal output from a second modulator. The first signal may include a first optical signal associated with a particular polarization orientation, and the second signal may include a second optical signal associated with the particular polarization orientation. The system is configured to determine a relationship between the first power level and the second power level, and to set, based on the relationship between the first power level and the second power level, a reverse bias voltage associated with the first modulator, where the reverse bias voltage may be used to control the first power level of the first signal.
US10218434B2
The invention relates to a device and a method performed by the device of monitoring an optical fibre link. The method provided for monitoring an optical fibre link comprises generating a monitoring signal used for monitoring the optical fibre link, combining the generated monitoring signal with a data signal to be transmitted over the optical fibre link, detecting backscattering of the monitoring signal from the optical fibre link, comparing the detected backscattered monitoring signal with an estimated monitoring signal backscattered along the optical fibre link, and determining, based on the comparison, at least one location along the optical fibre link where the monitoring signal is backscattered, and signal loss caused by the backscattering.
US10218427B2
Disclosed herein is a diversity receiver (DRx) configuration configured to support carrier aggregation. The DRx configuration includes a diversity receiver (DRx) module coupled to a diversity radio frequency (DRF) module. The DRx module includes a splitter and a combiner to provide a plurality of DRx paths for signals of different frequency bands. The DRx modules includes a plurality of DRx amplifiers for individual frequency bands and the DRF module includes a plurality of downstream amplifiers. A controller is configured to adjust a gain of the DRF amplifiers in response to changes in a gain of the amplifiers of the DRx module.
US10218425B2
A base station receives from wireless device configuration parameters of a plurality of cells grouped into a plurality of timing advance groups (TAGs). The plurality of cells comprises a primary cell with a primary physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), and a PUCCH secondary cell with a secondary PUCCH. The base station receives an activation command indicating activation of the PUCCH secondary cell. The base station receives a timing advance command (TAC) for the first TAG. The base station starts transmission of valid channel state information (CSI) via the PUCCH secondary cell in a second subframe occurring a first quantity of subframes after the first subframe. The first quantity of subframes is greater than eight, and is based on a delay from receiving the activation command until the wireless device applies the TAC to uplink transmissions via the first TAG.
US10218396B2
Various embodiments provide an antenna device that includes: a metal member configured to have a length that contributes to at least a part of an electronic device; a printed circuit board (PCB) configured to be feed-connected to a preset position of the metal member in order to apply the metal member as an antenna radiator; and at least one electronic component electrically connected to a position different from the feeding position of the metal member and grounded to the PCB, and provide an electronic device that includes the same. Accordingly, the antenna device is grounded to the PCB in a desired position of the metal member by using the basically provided electronic component so that it is possible to exclude a separate electrical connection member, thereby reducing the cost, increasing the use of space, enhancing the degree of freedom of the design of the antenna radiator.
US10218394B2
A method and system of providing an active differential resistor. The active differential resistor includes a diode having a first node and a second node. There is a capacitor coupled in series between the first node of the diode and an input of the active differential resistor. There is a current source coupled across the first node and the second node of the diode and configured to forward bias the diode such that a Johnson-Nyquist noise of the active differential resistor is replaced by a shot noise.
US10218382B2
The following description is directed to decompression using cascaded history buffers. In one example, an apparatus can include a decompression pipeline configured to decompress compressed data comprising code words that reference a history of decompressed data generated from the compressed data. The apparatus can include a first-level history buffer configured to store a more recent history of the decompressed data received from the decompression pipeline. The apparatus can include a second-level history buffer configured to store a less recent history of the decompressed data received from the first-level history buffer.
US10218363B1
A circuit includes a reference clock terminal configured to receive a signal indicative of a reference clock, multiple low power oscillators (LPOs) and a controller. Each LPO is operable in at least one of three states including a sleep state in which the LPO is powered off, a calibration state in which the LPO undergoes calibration and an active mode in which the LPO is configured to provide a real-time clock based on the reference clock. The controller controls operation of the LPOs such that at most a single LPO is in the active state at any given time.
US10218360B2
The present embodiments relate to clock-data phase alignment circuitry in source-synchronous interface circuits. Source-synchronous interface standards require the transmission and reception of a clock signal that is transmitted separately from the data signal. On the receiver side, the clock signal must be phase shifted relative to the data signal to enable the capture of the data. Clock-data phase alignment circuitry is presented that may receive a differential clock with complementary clock signals CLK_P and CLK_N. An adjustable delay circuit and clock distribution network may delay clock signal CLK_P and provide the delayed clock signal to a storage circuit that may store the data signal. A replica clock distribution network and a replica adjustable delay circuit may form a feedback path and provide the delayed first clock signal back to clock phase adjustment circuitry which may control the adjustment of the adjustable delay circuit and the replica adjustable delay circuit.
US10218357B2
Clusters of logical elements are interconnected by a switching fabric. Each cluster contains processing elements, storage elements, and switching elements. A circular buffer within a cluster contains multiple switching instructions to control the flow of data throughout the switching fabric. The circular buffer provides a pipelined execution of switching instructions for the implementation of multiple functions. Each cluster contains multiple processing elements, and each cluster further comprises an additional circular buffer for each processing element. Logical operations are controlled by the circular buffers.
US10218356B2
A semiconductor device includes: a first power source (PS1) pad supplied with a PS1 voltage; a PS1 line connected to the PS1 pad; a first ground line (G1); an output circuit operated using the PS1 voltage; a second power source (PS2) pad supplied with a PS2 voltage; a PS2 line connected to the PS2 pad; a second ground line (G2); a signal line connected to an output end of the output circuit; an input circuit connected to the signal line at an input end receiving a signal from the output end and operated using the PS2 voltage; a main protection circuit unit providing discharge routes between the PS1 pad and G1, G1 and G2, and G2 and the PS2 pad; and a sub protection circuit unit. The output circuit includes: a circuit element arranged between the PS1 line and the signal line and able to function as a resistive element.
US10218349B2
In one embodiment, an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) device may include an NMOS portion and a PNP portion, where the PNP portion is coupled to the NMOS portion. The PNP portion may include a base and a collector. The IGBT may further include a flyback clamp, where the flyback clamp is coupled between the base and the collector of the PNP portion.
US10218337B2
A semiconductor device provides a plurality of circuit units arranged in parallel. Each of the plurality of circuit units includes a first signal line that transmits a first signal, which is an analog signal; a sending unit that sends a second signal; a receiving unit that receives the second signal; and a second signal line that transmits the second signal from the sending unit to the receiving unit. The distance between the first and second signal lines is shorter than the pitches at which the plurality of circuit units is arranged. The second signal is a pulse signal.
US10218333B2
A moveable micromachined member of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes an insulating layer disposed between first and second electrically conductive layers. First and second mechanical structures secure the moveable micromachined member to a substrate of the MEMS device and include respective first and second electrical interconnect layers coupled in series, with the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member and each other, between first and second electrical terminals to enable conduction of a first joule-heating current from the first electrical terminal to the second electrical terminal through the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member.
US10218325B2
A Spatial Power Combining Amplifier (SPCA) exhibiting a new concept for the amplification of coherent (e.g., microwave) radiation. A general description of the SPCA a power analysis at various SPCA stages is provided. A successfully tested S-band SPCA example was able to deliver 120 W of power with a gain of 50 dB and 50 percent efficiency.
US10218310B2
Apparatus and methods for power amplifier systems with differential ground are provided. In certain implementations, a semiconductor die for a radio frequency communication system includes a differential ground network configured to distribute a ground voltage. The differential ground network is substantially symmetric with respect to a line of symmetry. The semiconductor die further includes a first differential power amplifier including a first half circuit and a second half circuit that operate differentially to provide amplification. The first half circuit and the second half circuit are symmetrically connected to the differential ground network. The semiconductor die can further include a second differential power amplifier, and the differential ground network serves to provide isolation between the first differential power amplifier and the second differential power amplifier.
US10218295B2
A motor drive controller includes: a motor drive unit; and a lock energization control circuit configured to control the motor drive unit to cause a lock current for holding the rotor at a predetermined lock position to flow from the motor drive unit to the drive coils for lock energization duration before rotation of the motor is started. The lock energization control circuit includes: a first lock energization unit that controls the motor drive unit such that a magnitude of the lock current becomes a first predetermined value when first predetermined duration has elapsed after the lock energization duration is started; and a second lock energization unit that controls the motor drive unit such that the magnitude of the lock current becomes a second predetermined value smaller than the first predetermined value when the lock energization duration is terminated after the first predetermined duration has elapsed.
US10218289B2
A stacked switched capacitor (SSC) energy buffer circuit includes a switching network and a plurality of energy storage capacitors. The switching network need operate at only a relatively low switching frequency and can take advantage of soft charging of the energy storage capacitors to reduce loss. Thus, efficiency of the SSC energy buffer circuit can be extremely high compared with the efficiency of other energy buffer circuits. Since circuits utilizing the SSC energy buffer architecture need not utilize electrolytic capacitors, circuits utilizing the SSC energy buffer architecture overcome limitations of energy buffers utilizing electrolytic capacitors. Circuits utilizing the SSC energy buffer architecture (without electrolytic capacitors) can achieve an effective energy density characteristic comparable to energy buffers utilizing electrolytic capacitors. The SSC energy buffer architecture exhibits losses that scale with the amount of energy buffered, such that a relatively high efficiency can be achieved across a desired operating range.
US10218286B2
A power converter includes an energy transfer element, a cascode circuit including a low voltage switch and a normally-on switch coupled to the energy transfer element, and a controller coupled to control switching of the cascode circuit. The controller includes a current sense circuit to generate a current limit signal and an overcurrent signal in response to a source signal and first and second sense finger signals from the cascode circuit, a control circuit to generate a control signal in response to the current limit signal and the overcurrent limit signal, and a drive circuit to generate a drive signal in response to the control signal to control the switching of the low voltage switch. The drive signal provided by a first stage is coupled not to fully enhance the low voltage switch, and provided by a second stage is coupled to fully enhance the low voltage switch.
US10218276B2
Resonant power converters that replace the conventional impedance matching stage with series or parallel connections between resonant inverters and resonant rectifiers are provided. Two or more resonant rectifiers can be connected in series or in parallel to the resonant inverter to provide impedance matching. Similarly, two or more resonant inverters can be connected in series or in parallel to the resonant rectifier to provide impedance matching. Electrical isolation of DC voltage between input and output is provided using only capacitors.
US10218264B1
A power system having a controller coupled to a power converter and configured to sense a pulsed load current and a load voltage, and configured to control the power converter such that the power converter draws a constant power from a power source to avoid disturbances in the power source while delivering the pulsed load current. The controller is configured to determine an average value of the pulsed load current and an average value of the load voltage to determine an average power delivered to the load. The controller is configured to dynamically establish the charge current to a capacitor bank as a function of the sensed instantaneous load voltage such that the power converter draws a constant power from the power source.
US10218250B2
A vibrating actuator is disclosed, comprising: a magnetic part including at least two magnets (1) arranged with same polarities facing each other; a receiving part including a hollow member (4) with a cavity (5) for receiving the magnetic part and at least one coil (2) wrapped around the hollow member (4) and fixed thereto; elastic elements (6) interconnecting the magnetic part and the hollow member (4); and a chassis (7). In one aspect, the magnetic part is fixed to the chassis (7) via attachment elements (8, 10) such that the magnetic part, the attachment elements (8, 10) and the chassis are stationary, and the receiving part performs a linear movement with changing direction causing the vibration when an alternating current passes through the coil(s) (2). In another aspect, the elastic elements (6) are flat elastic metal or plastic membranes (6). In yet another aspect, a magnetic guidance member of ferromagnetic material partly surrounding the hollow member (4) and the coil(s) (2) is mounted to the longitudinally outer ends of the magnetic part.
US10218246B2
A wind turbine, particularly vertical axis, whose diameter is extensible and retractable, either from the length of the arms or the angle of the blades, or both, has advantages in operating in low wind speed regimes and surviving in high wind speed, regimes. The current application describes how to construct such a turbine, particularly the control mechanisms and the optimal aerodynamic configurations of the blades.
US10218244B2
An electric rotating machine does not require management of the gap between a fan guide at a small-diameter portion and a fan fixing portion and can suppress the manufacturing and maintenance costs from increasing. An electric rotating machine is provided with a small-diameter portion fan guide that extends both in a circumferential direction and in an axial direction in such a way as to be provided a space in the radial-direction outer side of a small-diameter portion that is a portion of an extending axle portion, of a rotation axle, that extends in the axial direction from a rotor, the portion being at an axial-direction departing side than a fan fixing portion to which an axial-flow fan is fixed and in such a way that the small-diameter portion fan guide is disposed to be provided a space with the fan fixing portion in the axial direction.
US10218235B2
A rotor includes a rotor core and a permanent magnet. A core refrigerant passage is configured to guide refrigerant supplied from a shaft refrigerant passage to an outer peripheral end of the rotor core. The first refrigerant passage extends from an inner peripheral end of the rotor core to a position inside the permanent magnet. The first refrigerant passage is placed at a position deviating from a q-axis of the rotary electric machine in a circumferential direction. The second refrigerant passage is provided on the q-axis. The second refrigerant passage extends from the outer peripheral end of the rotor core toward an inner peripheral side in the rotor core. The third refrigerant passage configured to provide communication between the first refrigerant passage and the second refrigerant passage, the third refrigerant passage being placed at a position deviating from the second refrigerant passage in a rotor axis direction.
US10218225B2
A device and circuits are provided for wireless power transfer (WPT) gate-drive power reduction. A WPT receiver circuit includes a receive coil to couple to a transmit coil of a WPT transmitter circuit. A rectification circuit is coupled to the receive coil to generate a rectified voltage. The rectification circuit is a bridge rectifier circuit including a first set of field-effect transistors (FETs). One or more gate-drive control circuits improve power dissipation of the rectification circuit by controlling drive voltages of gate terminals of the first set of FET switches after start-up of the WPT receiver circuit.
US10218222B2
Provided is a non-contact charging module wherein adverse effects from magnets have been prevented even where magnets are used for positioning, power transmission efficiency has been improved, and the entire module has been made thin due to a state of improved power transmission efficiency. The non-contact charging module comprises a planar coil portion (2) of spirally wound conductive wiring, and a magnetic sheet (3) that is provided so as to oppose a surface of a coil (21) on the planar coil portion (2), and is characterized in that the magnetic sheet is layered with a first layer, and a second layer that has a lower magnetic permeability and a higher saturation magnetic flux density than the first layer.
US10218221B2
The present disclosure is directed towards wireless power transfer using one or more rotating magnets in a receiver. An exemplary embodiment provides for a system comprising a transmitter that generates a dynamic magnetic field and a receiver comprising a magnet and a coil. In operation, the magnet rotates in response to the dynamic magnetic field and induces a voltage across the coil.
US10218215B2
A system (10) and method for supplying uninterruptible power has active power negotiation and an extended range. The system includes a housing (12), a power supply input (14), a power source equipment input (16), a powered device output (18), an alternative power supply (20), and a control module (22). The control module (22) includes a comparator (36), a switch (38), a converter (40) and an injector (34). The injector includes a regulator (45) and power autonegotiation module (47). The injector actively manages the power to the powered device, even when the PoE available from older power source equipment differs from the PoE requirements of an updated powered device. There can also be an Ethernet switch (49) as a power source equipment extension between the powered device and the system. The Ethernet switch extends the range of the powered device from the system.
US10218211B2
A power converter having a switch network, a resonant tank network, and a controller performs in situ determination of the Q-factor of the resonant tank network. The controller excites transitory damped oscillations of the resonant tank network by applying a limited number of ON-pulses to the transistor switches of the switch network. The controller then samples the envelope of the waveform corresponding to the excited transitory damped oscillations and processes the resulting set of digital signal samples to determine the Q-factor of the resonant tank network. The Q-factor determination can be repeated to prevent the power converter from being operated under undesirable operating conditions caused by certain ambient factors, such as the unexpected presence of metal objects in the immediate vicinity of the power converter.
US10218210B2
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a transmission coil and a power amplifier. The power amplifier includes a microcontroller and a memory. The memory includes instructions to determine electric current output of the power amplifier, perform a lookup of load reactance range based on target electric current, detect load impedance, calculate reactance based on the load impedance, determine if reactance is within the load reactance range, and adjust reactance shift compensation to bring the reactance within the load reactance range if the reactance is not within the load reactance range.
US10218197B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for an electronic device. A connection of the electronic device with a charging device is detected. A state of the electronic device is determined. One of a first charging circuit and a second charging circuit is selected based on the state of the electronic device.
US10218193B2
A rechargeable pack is provided for containing and recharging an e-cigarette. The pack includes a pack battery; a first connector which is electrically connectable to an external power source; a first recharging mechanism for re-charging the pack battery using the external power source when the first connector is electrically connected to the external power source; a tube for receiving an e-cigarette such that the e-cigarette can be contained within the recharging pack; a second connector which is electrically connectable to the e-cigarette when the e-cigarette is received within the tube; and a second recharging mechanism for re-charging the e-cigarette using the pack battery when the e-cigarette is electrically connected to the second connector. The second recharging mechanism is configured to provide protection against the pack battery providing excessive current through the second connector.
US10218190B2
Disclosed examples include battery apparatus and balancing circuits for transferring charge between one or more of a plurality of battery cells and a second battery, in which a battery is coupled with a first winding of a transformer, and the second battery is coupled with a second transformer winding. A first transistor is turned on to allow current flow in the first winding to discharge the first battery, and then the first transistor is turned off. The resulting induced voltage in the second winding turns on a second transistor to provide flyback active charge balancing to charge the second battery. A signal from the third winding allows detection of low or zero current flow in the second winding for a controller to begin subsequent charge transfer cycles for full isolation between the first and second batteries.
US10218189B2
An apparatus for electrical power supplies and electrical storage systems. While conventional storage systems, for example batteries, offer very limited electrical properties, for example DC voltage with a voltage which is prespecified by the battery design and the state of charge, the apparatus disclosed herein can deliver virtually any desired current and voltage profiles within certain limits, for example a maximum voltage and a maximum current, without the need for a separate power-electronics converter circuit. At the same time, the apparatus can not only output but also receive energy in virtually any desired form and charge its integrated electrical energy stores, for example capacitors, batteries, rechargeable batteries and the like, while maintaining prespecified charging properties, for example specific current and voltage profiles or power output profiles over time (for example constant, increasing with a specific profile or falling with a specific profile).
US10218185B2
A device for switching a semiconductor-based switch includes a terminal that is configured to be connected to a control terminal of the semiconductor-based switch. A controllable deactivation voltage source connected to the terminal is configured to provide, at least temporarily, a switching potential at a potential node. A control device is configured to control the controllable deactivation voltage source in a time-varying manner, such that the controllable deactivation voltage source provides the switching potential at the potential node during a switching interval. The switching potential is galvanically coupled to a supply node to which a supply potential of the control device is applied and has a lower potential value than a threshold voltage of the semiconductor-based switch. The control device is configured to control the controllable deactivation voltage source.
US10218175B2
A system architecture and method for enabling hierarchical intelligent control with appropriate-speed communication and coordination of control using intelligent distributed impedance/voltage injection modules, local intelligence centers, other actuator devices and miscellaneous FACTS coupled actuator devices is disclosed. Information transfer to a supervisory utility control is enabled for responding to integral power system disturbances, system modelling and optimization. By extending the control and communication capability to the edge of the HV power grid, control of the distribution network through FACTS based Demand response units is also enabled. Hence an integrated and hierarchical total power system control is established with distributed impedance/voltage injection modules, local intelligence centers, connected other actuator devices, miscellaneous FACTS coupled devices and utility supervisory all networked at appropriate speeds allowing optimization of the total power system from generation to distribution.
US10218165B2
The invention specifies a termination (1) for a superconducting cable (2) which is arranged in a tubular cryostat, which serves for carrying a coolant, and has at least one electrical conductor. The termination (1) has an inner sheath (3), in which one end of the cable (2) is arranged in a coolant, and an outer sheath (4), wherein the sheaths (3, 4) are composed of electrically insulating material and insulating material is arranged in an existing intermediate space (5) between the inner and the outer sheath. The inner sheath (3) is connected to the cryostat, and the termination (1) is arranged vertically in the assembly position such that a lower part (C) of the inner and the outer sheath (3, 4) is connected to earth and an upper part (A) of the inner and the outer sheath (3, 4) is connected to high-voltage potential in the operating state. At the respective upper end, the inner sheath (3) is closed off by a first bursting disc (3a) and the outer sheath (4) is closed off by a second bursting disc (4a).
US10218151B1
A laser module package with dual colors and multi-dies mainly includes a first PCB arranged in long shape and electrically connected to a plurality of first dies, a second PCB arranged in long shape and electrically connected to a plurality of second dies, a plurality of first collimators correspondingly disposed in a plurality of first openings, and a plurality of second collimators correspondingly disposed in a plurality of second openings. A plurality of first reflectors correspondingly reflects laser beams emitted from the first dies to the first collimators and a plurality of second reflectors correspondingly reflects laser beams emitted from the second dies to the second collimators; or having a plurality of first metal pieces fixing corresponding first dies for the laser beams emitted therefrom to go through the corresponding first collimators and a plurality of second metal pieces fixing corresponding second dies for the laser beams emitted therefrom to go through the corresponding second collimators.
US10218142B1
A water-cooled package of an optical fiber combiner (OFC) comprising an OFC assembly, a front end cap (EC), a rear EC, and a housing operates for long term reliability. The OFC assembly comprises two submounts and an OFC. Each of the two submounts comprises a U-groove in a lengthwise direction and two flat portions symmetrically connected to the U-groove in a widthwise direction. The two flat portions of each of the two submounts are mechanically coincident in a way to form a cavity between the two U-grooves of the two submounts, in which the OFC is fixed. When the OFC assembly is concentrically mated and sealed with the front EC and the rear EC, cooling water in the water-cooled package is prevented from immersing the OFC. The configurations can minimize varying stress-induced optical degradations and maintain beam quality of a laser light exiting the OFC.
US10218141B2
An iterative Fourier transform unit in a modulation pattern calculation apparatus performs a Fourier transform on a waveform function including an intensity spectrum function and a phase spectrum function, performs a replacement of a temporal intensity waveform function based on a desired waveform after the Fourier transform, and then performs an inverse Fourier transform. The iterative Fourier transform unit performs the replacement using a result of multiplying a function representing the desired waveform by a coefficient, and the coefficient has a value in which a difference between the function after the multiplication and the temporal intensity waveform function after the Fourier transform is smaller than a difference before the multiplication of the coefficient.
US10218136B2
Internal interchangeable modular avionics platform assemblies and methods for removably mounting and interchanging modular avionics platforms within an aircraft. In some embodiments, modular avionics platform assemblies may include a modular avionics platform configured to support various avionics equipment, suitable for removable mounting within a forward fuselage, and interchangeable with a number of alternate platforms. A platform may include a frame structure, and mounting pins and a connector assembly disposed on the frame structure. The mounting pins may project outwardly from the frame structure to align with and detachably secure to corresponding airframe members of an aircraft when the frame structure is in a mounted position. The connector assembly may be disposed on the frame structure and have a plurality of connectors, including connectors for alternating current, direct current, and data. In some embodiments, the platform may also include an environmental cooling system disposed on the frame structure.
US10218135B2
An electrical system comprises a four-wire integral receptacle junction block assembly (530) having a first male end connector set (536) and a second male end connector set (538). The assembly (530) also includes a first duplex receptacle set (540) and a second duplex receptacle set (541). The connector sets (534, 536) are connected to a series of buss bars (570) comprising two hot buss bars (586, 616), a neutral buss bar (620), and a ground buss bar (598). The buss bars (570) can be configured so as to selectively apply incoming power to the duplex receptacle sets (540, 541) from either of two circuits.
US10218131B2
Coaxial cable-connector assemblies include: a coaxial cable having: an inner conductor having a termination end including a bore; a dielectric layer that overlies the inner conductor; and an outer conductor that overlies the dielectric layer having a termination end; a right angle coaxial connector including: an inner conductor body with a post configured to mate with the inner conductor body of a mating jack, the inner conductor body further including a receptacle that receives the termination end of the inner conductor such that the post is generally perpendicular to the inner conductor; an outer conductor body configured to mate with the outer conductor body of the mating coaxial cable jack and electrically connected with the termination end of the outer conductor; and an expansion member inserted into the bore of the termination end of the inner conductor sized and configured to radially expand the termination end of the inner conductor.
US10218127B2
A paddle card includes a circuit board, a pad group and first to fourth shielding planes. The circuit board has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other. The pad group is adapted to connect wires of a cable or terminals of a plug, and includes a pair of upper differential pads on the upper surface and a pair of lower differential pads on the lower surface. The pair of upper differential pads is respectively configured corresponding to the pair of lower differential pads in an up and down manner. The first to fourth shielding planes are stacked at intervals between the upper and lower surfaces in sequence. An orthogonal projection of a second opening of the second shielding plane on a geometric plane that a pair of third openings of the third shielding plane is located in is separate from the pair of third openings.
US10218125B2
An electrical connector includes: a contact module comprising an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion, and a number of conductive terminals affixed to the insulative housing and each comprising a contacting portion exposed to a surface of the tongue portion, a soldering portion and a connecting portion connecting the contacting portion and the soldering portion; and a metal shell comprising a pair of locking grooves depressed forwardly from a rear surface thereof; wherein the insulative housing comprises a pair of mounting portions located at two lateral sides of a rear end thereof, the mounting portions are stuck in the locking grooves when the contact module is assembled to the metal shell along a rear-to-front direction, and a lower portion of each mounting portion is resisted against the rear surface of the metal shell.
US10218124B1
An electrical connector includes a first housing with a plurality of first terminal slots. Each first terminal slot includes a first terminal lock. Each first terminal slot also includes a first end stop. The first end stops are part of the first housing. Each first terminal slot is configured to retain a first electrical terminal between the first terminal lock and the first end stop. The electrical connector also includes a first terminal position assurance. The first terminal position assurance includes a first terminal position assurance body. A plurality of first lock retainers extend from the first terminal position assurance body. The first lock retainers prevent the first terminal locks from moving to a release position. The first terminal position assurance body is located in the same plane as the first end stops.
US10218115B1
An adapter for connecting to a connector in a first direction is provided. The adapter includes a plurality of signal pins, arranged in a loop, a power pin, configured to transmit a power signal to the connector, and a detection circuit, coupled to the power pin and the plurality of signal pins. A feedback signal is provided by the connector in response to the power signal that is transmitted through one of the plurality of signal pins, and an interface of the connector is identified by the detection circuit and a pin order of the adapter is defined by the detection circuit according to the feedback signal.
US10218112B2
An electrical plug connector, comprising an insulating plug connector housing and at least one electrical contact element accommodated in the plug connector housing is provided. The plug connector housing forms a plugging side and a connection side, wherein at least one contact opening extends through the plug connector housing from the plugging side to the connection side. An electrical contact element is accommodated in the contact opening and is fastened and retained in the contact opening. An additional cable fixing arrangement for fastening a connected cable is formed on the connection side of the electrical plug connector.
US10218111B2
An implantable plug connector is provided, an inner portion of which has a number of contact surfaces which are embedded in a surface of a first substrate. An outer portion of the implantable plug connector has a number of contact surfaces embedded in at least one surface of a second substrate. The outer portion defines a space, in which the inner portion can be received in a mounting state, where, in a pre-mounting state, the contact surfaces are set back with respect to the surface of the respective substrate, and where, in a mounting state, the inner portion is pressed against the outer portion such that mutually corresponding contact surfaces come into contact with each other.
US10218107B2
A single element connector includes a first cage-like structure configured to receive a wire. The first cage-like structure includes an insert end and a single contact tine coupled to a top wall of the first cage-like structure. The single contact tine extends downward from the top wall to a base of the single element connector and directs a wire inserted into the single element connector to the base of the single element connector.
US10218100B2
A connector for installation on a printed circuit board a contacting part has which includes at least two contact elements, each of which can be connected, on the connection side, to an individual conductor and, on the plug-in side, to a conductive track of the printed circuit board, wherein the connector a connection part which encloses the individual conductors and, in the region of each individual conductor, has a recess, into each of which a contact element engages for the electrical connection between individual conductor and contact element. The contacting part is formed in an injection molding process, wherein at least two contact elements having an insulation-displacement connector are inserted or engaged in the contacting part or are directly encapsulated, and the connection part is formed in an injection molding process, wherein at least two individual conductors, each having a cable sheath, are thus placed in an injection molding tool and are encapsulated.
US10218098B1
A module mount interposer may include one or more fastener receivers configured to mechanically couple with one or more fasteners so as to mechanically and electrically couple a module to the interposer. The module mount interposer may also include a core configured to electrically couple with the module, wherein each of the fastener receivers are mechanically coupled to the core. The module mount interposer may additionally include a solder layer electrically coupled to the core and configured to electrically couple with a printed circuit board (PCB) so as to provide an electrical signal from the module to the PCB and to provide an electrical signal from the PCB to the module.
US10218096B2
A short bar for connecting terminal blocks of two motor driving units which drive a motor includes a strip-plate-like fixed portion which has a through hole into which a screw for fixing is inserted and which is fixed to the terminal block of the motor driving unit with the screw, a first connection portion which is provided on one end of the fixed portion, and a second connection portion which is provided on the other end of the fixed portion, wherein the first connection member has a configuration that the first connection portion and the second connection portion of another shot bar can be connected electrically and mechanically with each other through a relative movement in the thickness direction of the fixing member.
US10218087B2
Antenna arrays and access points are disclosed. An antenna array includes first second, third, and fourth antennas formed in a 2×2 grid on a first surface of a planar substrate. Each of the four antennas is linearly polarized in a first direction and provides a roughly cardiod radiation pattern in a plane normal to the first direction. Nulls of the cardiod radiation patterns of the first and second antennas face the third and fourth antennas, respectively, and nulls of the cardiod radiation patterns of the third and fourth antenna face the first and second antennas, respectively.
US10218078B2
A waveguide device includes a first electrically conductive member having a first electrically conductive surface; a second electrically conductive member having a second electrically conductive surface which opposes the first electrically conductive surface; and a ridge-shaped waveguide member on the second electrically conductive member. The second electrically conductive member has a throughhole which splits the waveguide member into first and second ridges. The first and second ridges each have an electrically conductive end face, the end faces opposing each other via the throughhole. The opposing end faces and the throughhole together define a hollow waveguide. The hollow waveguide is connected to a first waveguide extending between the waveguide face of the first ridge and the first electrically conductive surface, and to a second waveguide extending between the waveguide face of the second ridge and the first electrically conductive surface.
US10218075B1
An example method may involve forming, in a first metal layer, a first half of waveguide channels including an input waveguide channel, a plurality of wave-dividing channels, and a plurality of wave-radiating channels. The input waveguide channel may include an input port for receiving electromagnetic waves into the waveguide channels, and the first half of the plurality of wave-radiating channels may include wave-directing members configured to propagate sub-portions of waves from the first metal layer to another metal layer. The method may also involve forming, in a second metal layer, a second half of the waveguide channels. The second half of the wave-radiating channels may include pairs of output ports configured to radiate the sub-portions of waves out of the second metal layer. The method may further involve fastening the first metal layer to the second metal layer so as to substantially align the halves of the waveguide channels.
US10218074B2
A system and method is provided for downhole wired-pipe communication and/or power transmission. The system includes first and second couplers each comprising a dielectric substrate, an electric dipole arranged on the dielectric substrate, a dielectric encapsulation surrounding the dielectric substrate and the electric dipole, and an electric shield surrounding the dielectric encapsulation. In operation, the electric dipoles are adapted to exchange radiofrequency signals and/or electrical power at radiofrequencies with each other by means of near-field dipole-dipole interaction. The one or more electric dipoles may be of the quarter-wavelength dipole type or of the half-wavelength dipole type. In a first embodiment, the dielectric substrate may form a generally circular ring and the coupler may be adapted to be rotatably movable against another coupler. In another embodiment, the dielectric substrate may form a generally linear structure and the coupler may be adapted to be linearly movable against another coupler.
US10218069B2
Systems and associated methods for improved beamforming of the phase array antenna are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a communication system for wireless signals has a phase array antenna having a plurality of individual antennas and a plurality of electrically conductive traces. The individual traces electrically connect corresponding individual antennas with a transmitter. The lengths of individual traces Ti, Tk satisfy equation Abs ((Ti−Tk) mod (λ))<λ/B, where λ is a wavelength of the wireless signal and λ/B is a fraction of λ.
US10218063B2
Embodiments of the present application relate generally to electronic hardware, computer software, wireless communications, network communications, wearable, hand held, and portable computing devices for facilitating communication of information and presentation of media. An electrically conductive substrate, such as a sheet of metal or metal alloy, for example, includes an active antenna formed by a slot or opening formed in the substrate, and also includes at least one separate passive slot or opening (e.g., a passive slit) formed in the substrate. The active antenna may be intentionally detuned from one or more target frequencies (e.g., 802.11, 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz) such that the active antenna is not optimized (e.g., is not tuned) for the one or more target frequencies. One portion of the active antenna may be electrically coupled with a ground potential. Another portion of the active antenna may be electrically coupled with a RF receiver, transmitter, or transceiver.
US10218062B2
A method and system for wireless communication between a moving vehicle and a remote server through at least one external mobile network are disclosed. The communication system comprises a plurality of antennas arranged on the train, and at least one router in the train for receiving and transmitting wireless data communication to and from a stationary communication server outside the train through at least one exterior mobile network via the plurality of antennas. The antennas are here window antennas, arranged integrated in or connected to windowpanes of the train. This provides very efficient communication performance, and at the same time requires almost no additional space.
US10218060B2
An electronic apparatus includes a display; and an antenna including a first element without power feeding that is a structural component made of metal and is disposed on the display or above a display surface of the display in a display direction, a second element which is disposed below the first element and is connected to a power supply, and a GND plate that is disposed below the second element, wherein the first element and the second element are electromagnetically coupled.
US10218058B2
An electronic device includes a housing comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a side surface, a touch screen display positioned inside the housing, wherein the display comprises a display panel and a touch panel that is separated from or integrated with the display panel, a conductive member (conductor) forming at least a portion of the side surface, at least one substantially transparent conductive pattern that is integrated into the display, a ground member (ground) interposed between the first surface and the second surface, a wireless communication circuit including a port electrically coupled to the conductive member, and a processor electrically coupled to the display and the wireless communication circuit. The substantially transparent conductive pattern is electrically coupled to the port of the wireless communication circuit and/or the ground member.
US10218057B2
The communication device includes a circuit board and a camera mechanism comprising a metal shielding and a camera module positioned on the circuit board. The metal shielding is arranged on the circuit board to cover the camera module and an antenna mechanism is arranged on the metal shielding and electrically connected to a ground region of the circuit board through the metal shielding. A wireless signal generated by the camera module is output by the antenna mechanism and radiates outward from the metal shielding.
US10218055B2
An antenna is provided adapted to be formed on a metal housing of an electronic device. The antenna includes a first slot, a second slot, a substrate, a feed conductor and a signal source. The first slot and the second slot are formed on the metal housing. The first slot and the second slot are aligned along an axis. The substrate is disposed on the metal housing. The feed conductor is disposed on the substrate and corresponding to the first slot. The feed conductor includes a first section and a second section, the first section is extended in a first direction, the first slot is extended in the first direction toward the second slot, the second section extends in a second direction, and the second slot extends in the second direction toward the first slot. The signal source is electrically connected to the feed conductor.
US10218048B2
A vehicle includes a windshield, at least a surface on a vehicle interior side thereof being a surface of glass; an antenna part provided in the vehicle interior and for transmitting a transmission wave, which is a radio wave in a millimeter waveband, from the vehicle interior through the windshield to the outside; and a reflection suppression layer including a dielectric layer that adheres to the surface on the antenna part side of the windshield. The dielectric layer has a refractive index lower than that of the glass. The dielectric layer has a thickness that allows reflection of the transmission wave to be suppressed by interference between a reflected wave generated by reflection of the transmission wave on an interface between the dielectric layer and the windshield, and a reflected wave generated by reflection of the transmission wave on a surface on the antenna part side of the dielectric layer.
US10218046B2
A cell site sector includes: a mounting frame; an RF antenna mounted to one side of the mounting frame; and at least one (RRU mounted to a second, opposed side of the mounting frame and operationally connected with the antenna. The RRU and the RF antenna have horizontal width and depth dimensions, the width dimension being greater than the depth dimension, wherein the width dimension of the RRU is generally parallel with the width dimension of the RF antenna.
US10218042B2
A system having an electrochemical storage device is provided including an anode chamber filled with anode material and cathode chamber filled with cathode material. The anode chamber is separated from the cathode chamber by ion-conducting solid body electrolytes. The anode chamber is defined on one side by the solid body electrolytes, and on the other side by a wall surrounding the solid body electrolytes. The device has a head part to receive and/or supply electric energy, base part arranged opposite the head part and at least one lateral part having at least one wall between the head and base part. At least one heat dissipating device receives heat from the electrochemical storage device via a first surface and/or to supply heat thereto and to supply and/or receive heat via a second surface. A receiving section is in thermal contact with the heat dissipating device.
US10218038B2
A battery sensor assembly (10) is provided with a positioner (11) and a battery sensor (1). The positioner (11) is provided with a sensor-fixing part (29) for fixing the battery sensor (1) and a rotation-blocking part (31) capable of coming in contact with a side surface (2b) of a battery (2). The sensor-fixing part (29) is provided with a fitting section (30). The fitting section (30) allows a casing (8) of the battery sensor (1) to be inserted from a prescribed insertion direction and fits to the inserted battery sensor (1). Additionally, the rotation-blocking part (31) is provided with a reinforcement rib.
US10218037B2
A method for regenerating a nickel metal hydride battery is provided. The nickel metal hydride battery includes a hydrogen absorbing alloy that serves as a negative electrode material and a safety valve that opens when an internal pressure of a battery case is greater than or equal to a predetermined pressure. The method includes connecting a plurality of nickel metal hydride batteries in parallel. Each nickel metal hydride battery is formed by integrating one or more battery cells. The method further includes overcharging the nickel metal hydride batteries by supplying current from a charge unit that is connected in parallel to the nickel metal hydride batteries. The method further includes, when each nickel metal hydride battery is overcharged, restoring a discharge reserve of a negative electrode by releasing at least some of an oxygen gas generated at a positive electrode out of the battery case through the safety valve.
US10218034B2
Provided are an electrolyte for a sodium secondary battery and a sodium secondary battery using the same. More particularly, the sodium secondary battery includes an anode containing sodium, a cathode containing a transition metal, and a sodium ion conductive solid electrolyte provided between the anode and the cathode, wherein the cathode is impregnated in an electrolyte containing a molten sodium salt and an electrolyte additive, the electrolyte additive including an inorganic sodium salt.
US10218030B2
According to one embodiment, an electrode structure is provided. The electrode structure includes a current collector, a separator layer, and an active material layer including a main surface and a first end face other than the main surface. The active material layer covers a first part of at least one surface of the current collector. The separator layer covers the main surface of the active material layer, at least a part of the first end face and second part of the at least one surface of the current collector.
US10218027B2
A starter battery is provided comprising a plurality of pouch-type prismatic cells stacked to form an array and configured to output a voltage sufficient to start a vehicle engine. The starter battery further includes a housing configured to contain the array wherein the housing includes a tray and a lid attached with the tray such that the housing provides a compressive force sufficient to prevent cell delamination and to constrain expansion or swelling of the cells during operation.
US10218023B2
To provide a process for forming a polymer electrolyte membrane having good durability and few wrinkles, a polymer electrolyte membrane capable of forming a catalyst layer, or a catalyst layer; a process for producing a fluorinated ion exchange resin fluid, or a paste for forming a catalyst layer, which can be used for such a forming process; and a process for producing a membrane/electrode assembly for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell having good durability and power generation properties. A fluorinated ion exchange resin fluid obtained by subjecting a powder or pellets of a fluorinated ion exchange resin having cation exchange groups to hydrogen peroxide treatment, followed by mixing with a solvent, is used.
US10218022B2
A process for manufacturing a reinforced membrane-seal assembly includes: (i) providing a carrier material; (ii) providing a planar reinforcing component having one or more first regions including pores and a second region including pores, the first regions being patches and non-continuous and the second region surrounding the first regions and being continuous; (iii) depositing an ion-conducting component; (iv) drying the ion-conducting component; (v) depositing a seal component; (vi) drying the seal component (vii) removing the carrier material. In embodiments, ion-conducting component fills the pores in the first regions and seal component fills the pores in the second region; steps (ii), (iii) and (v) can be carried out in any order; step (iv) is carried out subsequent to step (iii); step (vi) is carried out subsequent to step (v); and steps (iv) and (vi) are carried out subsequent to step (ii). Also disclosed is an assembly prepared by such process.
US10218014B2
An anode-cathode supply device for a fuel cell of a fuel cell system, including an anode supply system and a cathode supply system, which may be brought into a fluid communication with each other with the aid of an overflow line situated therebetween and through an overflow valve, the overflow valve being designed as an NC overflow valve, the NC overflow valve being closed in a de-energized state of the NC overflow valve and at a balanced pressure ratio at the NC overflow valve is provided. A method for supplying an operating medium or a device for supplying an operating medium, in particular hydrogen, from an anode to a cathode of a fuel cell of a fuel cell system, preferably a vehicle, in particular an electric vehicle, chronologically during and/or after the fuel cell is deactivated is also provided. A fuel cell system for a vehicle, in particular an electric vehicle, or to a vehicle, in particular an electric vehicle is also provided.
US10218009B2
A fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell stack is disclosed. An ozone generator is configured to introduce ozone into a coolant in the fuel cell system. A deionization apparatus is coupled to the fuel cell stack. A bypass conduit is arranged in parallel with the deionization apparatus. A controller is configured to control flow of the coolant to the fuel cell stack through either the deionization apparatus or the bypass conduit based on the operating state of the ozone generator.
US10218008B2
A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; a coolant circulation passage; a radiator; a water pump; a flow dividing valve; a fan; and a controller that, when a first prescribed period elapses in a state where a temperature of a coolant is equal to or more than a first prescribed temperature and an opening degree of the flow dividing valve makes the flow rate of the coolant flowing into the radiator equal to or more than a prescribed flow rate, gives a priority to the rise in a driving voltage of the fan over the increase in a flow rate by the water pump, and when a second prescribed period elapses in a state where the temperature of the coolant is equal to or more than a second prescribed temperature after the driving voltage of the fan is raised, increases the flow rate by the water pump.
US10218001B2
A rechargeable lithium battery with improved electro-conductivity and improved rate characteristics and capacity characteristics is disclosed. The battery includes a positive active material that includes an olivine-type composite oxide; and a metal or an alloy thereof adhered to a surface of the olivine-type composite oxide, wherein the metal or the alloy is selected from the group consisting of germanium (Ge), zinc (Zn), gallium (Ga), and a combination thereof.
US10218000B2
A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries is provided with which increased DCR after cycling can be controlled. A positive electrode active material according to an aspect of the present invention is secondary particles of a lithium transition metal oxide formed through the aggregation of primary particles of the oxide, the lithium transition metal oxide containing at least Ni. Secondary particles of a rare earth compound formed through the aggregation of particles of the rare earth compound are adhering to depressions each created between adjacent two of the primary particles on the surfaces of the secondary particles. The secondary particles of the rare earth compound are adhering to both of the two adjacent primary particles at the depressions.
US10217998B2
Various embodiments of a novel chemical synthesis route for lithium ion battery applications are focused on the synthesis of a new active material using NMC (Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide) as the precursor for a phosphate material having a layered crystal structure. Partial phosphate generation in the layer structured material stabilizes the material while maintaining the large capacity nature of the layer structured material.
US10217995B2
An active material containing a monoclinic β-type titanium oxide or a monoclinic β-type titanium complex oxide. A carbonate ion is disposed on at least a part of a surface of the active material. The active material has a peak belonging to a carbonate ion in at least a. region of 1430±30 cm−1, 1500±30 cm−1 and 2350±30 cm −1 in an infrared diffuse reflection spectrum obtained using a Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer.
US10217992B2
High energy rechargeable batteries employing catalyzed molten nitrate positive electrodes and alkali metal negative electrodes are disclosed. Novel and advantageous aspects of the present invention are enabled by the provision catalytically active materials that support the reversible formation of NO3− from O2− and NO2− during battery charging. Such catalytically active materials allow highly efficient cycling and selectively eliminate irreversible side reactions that occur when cycling without such catalysts.
US10217987B2
Systems and methods for producing battery parts, such as battery parts, are described herein. In one embodiment, a battery part machine is configured transform a profile of one or more acid rings on a battery part from a first cross-section to a second cross-section. The machine can include a rotatable spindle configured to receive the battery part, and a first tool and a second tool configured to engage the battery part. The orientation of the first tool and the second tool can be configured to engage the battery part at adjustable to polish, crimp, flare or otherwise transform the profile of the acid rings thereon to produce a finished battery part. An operator can input operating parameters to a machine controller to adjust the finished profile of the acid rings produced by the machine without requiring disassembly thereof.
US10217981B2
A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells aligned in a first direction and a housing portion fixing the plurality of battery cells, wherein central parts of the plurality of battery cell are concave, and wherein first adhesive members are between adjacent battery cells.
US10217980B2
A secondary battery according to one or more embodiments includes a case defining an inner space, an electrode assembly in the case, the electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first and second electrode plates, a cap plate sealing the case and electrically connected to the first electrode plate of the electrode assembly, the cap plate including a safety vent, an electrode terminal part extending through the cap plate, and a connector having a first end electrically connected to the electrode terminal part and a second end electrically connected to the safety vent.
US10217976B2
A secondary battery, includes a bare cell including an upper surface having an electrode terminal and side surfaces perpendicular to the upper surface; and a first coverlay and a second coverlay electrically connected to the bare cell, the side surfaces including a pair of first side surfaces that are in parallel with each other, and a pair of second side surfaces connecting the pair of first side surfaces to each other and having a smaller area than that of the pair of first side surfaces, the first coverlay including a first region on the upper surface, and a second region bent perpendicularly from the first region and on one of the pair of the second side surfaces, the second coverlay including a third region on the first region, and a fourth region bent perpendicularly from the third region and on the second region.
US10217975B2
A packaging material for a power storage device, the packaging material including, in order from a first surface of a metal foil, a first corrosion protection layer and a coating layer, and, in order from a second surface of the metal foil, a second corrosion protection layer, an adhesive layer, and a sealant layer. In the packaging material, the coating layer contains at least one selected from a group consisting of fluorine resins and amorphous polyester resins.
US10217973B2
A prismatic secondary battery includes a first current collector and a second current collector. The first current collector includes a first base disposed along a sealing plate. The second current collector includes a second base disposed along the sealing plate. A distance between an end portion of a wound electrode body facing the sealing plate and a surface of the first base facing the wound electrode body at an end portion of the first base on a central side in the longitudinal direction of the sealing plate is shorter than a distance between the end portion of the wound electrode body facing the sealing plate and a surface of the second base facing the wound electrode body at an end portion of the second base on the central side. An insulating buffer is disposed between the wound electrode body and the above surface of the first base.
US10217971B2
A power storage unit or the like which has flexibility is achieved. An exterior body has projections and depressions. For example, part of the exterior body has projections and depressions in a wave cross-sectional shape. The shape of the projections and depressions is not limited to a shape with a curve and may be a shape with a straight line, such as a rectangle wave shape or a triangle wave shape. The projections and depressions allows the exterior body to be easily shrunk on the inner side of a bend portion and easily stretched on the outer side of the bend portion.
US10217969B2
Disclosed are an organic light emitting diode display device and a method for fabricating the same. The OLED display device includes first and second electrodes formed on a substrate, a red light-emitting layer, a green light-emitting layer and a blue light-emitting layer formed between the first and second electrodes, a hole transport layer formed between each of the red light-emitting layer, the green light-emitting layer and the blue light-emitting layer, and the first electrode, an electron transport layer formed between each of the red light-emitting layer, the green light-emitting layer and the blue light-emitting layer, and the second electrode, and a conducting polymer formed between the substrate and the first electrode, the conducting polymer having different thicknesses in regions respectively corresponding to the red light-emitting layer, the green light-emitting layer and the blue light-emitting layer.
US10217960B2
The present invention provides an OLED encapsulation method, which comprises frit coated on a cover plate to correspond to an outer circumference of an OLED device and a water-contact-to-release-heat layer formed on a backing plate to correspond to the frit. The cover plate and the backing plate are laminated together to make the frit contacting the water-contact-to-release-heat layer. Afterwards, a water-contained gas is introduced to cause reaction of the water-contact-to-release-heat layer to release heat so as to heat and melt the frit for bonding the cover plate and the backing plate, and compared to the prior art, there is no need of a laser based operation so that the cost of laser facility can be saved, the manufacturing cost can be reduced, and also, the heat generated by the water-contact-to-release-heat layer is controllable and uniform, so that the effect of encapsulation is good and product yield is high.
US10217951B2
Conjugated polymer-based organic field-effect transistors have garnered attention since the solution processability of the semiconductor material raises the possibility of lower device fabrication costs, and considerable progress has been made on achieving high mobility systems. Further improvements in charge carrier mobility while using non-specialized deposition techniques and minimizing the volume of semiconductor used in the fabrication process are important considerations for practical implementation. Here, a method of fabricating devices is disclosed that uses a technique (for example, a scalable blade-coating technique) to cast polymer thin film devices from blend solutions with one component being the polymer semiconductor and the other being a commodity polymer. Even when mixing the semiconducting polymer with 90% polystyrene by weight, an average mobility of 2.7±0.4 cm2 V−1 s−1 can be obtained.
US10217950B2
A stretchable film includes a first region including a plurality of first patterns having a concave polygonal shape. The stretchable film also includes a second region including a plurality of second patterns having a concave polygonal shape. The stretchable film further includes a buffer region between the first region and the second region.
US10217946B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) which are characterized in that they are substituted by at least one nitrile substituted carbazolyl group and their use in electronic devices, especially electroluminescent devices. When used as electron transport material, hole blocking material and/or host material for phosphorescent emitters in electroluminescent devices, the compounds of formula I may provide improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices.
US10217944B2
Provided are a compound of Formula 1 and an organic electric element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic material layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising the compound, the element showing improved luminous efficiency, stability, and life span.
US10217940B2
An optoelectronic device is disclosed. In an embodiment the optoelectronic device includes a light-transmissive first electrode, an electrically conductive track including a metal, and a functional organic region having at least one active region, wherein the electrically conductive track is arranged between the first electrode and the functional organic region and wherein the electrically conductive track is in direct contact with the first electrode and the functional organic region.
US10217939B1
The present disclosure provides a substrate and an evaporation device used for manufacturing an organic light emitting display panel. The substrate includes a base plate; a plurality of layer formation areas on the base plate, wherein the layer formation areas are where an organic light emitting layer is formed; a plurality of first spacers disposed on the base plate at a clearance region between the layer formation areas; and a plurality of second spacers disposed on the base plate at outer peripheries of the layer formation areas, wherein each of the second spacers includes a photoresist material and a plurality of magnetic polymer microspheres.
US10217936B2
Apparatuses and methods of manufacture are disclosed for phase change memory cell electrodes having a conductive barrier material. In one example, an apparatus includes a first chalcogenide structure and a second chalcogenide structure stacked together with the first chalcogenide structure. A first electrode portion is coupled to the first chalcogenide structure, and a second electrode portion is coupled to the second chalcogenide structure. An electrically conductive barrier material is disposed between the first and second electrode portions.
US10217930B1
A method of manufacture for an acoustic resonator device. The method can include forming a topside metal electrode overlying a piezoelectric substrate with a piezoelectric layer and a seed substrate. A topside micro-trench can be formed within the piezoelectric layer and a topside metal can be formed overlying the topside micro-trench. This topside metal can include a topside metal plug formed within the topside micro-trench. A first backside trench can be formed underlying the topside metal electrode, and a second backside trench can be formed underlying the topside micro-trench. A backside metal electrode can be formed within the first backside trench, while a backside metal plug can be formed within the second backside trench and electrically coupled to the topside metal plug and the backside metal electrode. The topside micro-trench, the topside metal plug, the second backside trench, and the backside metal plug form a micro-via.
US10217920B2
A sensing system including in-ground sensors not requiring battery power. A thermoelectric generator sensor rod includes an upper thermal contact and a lower thermal contact at or near its two ends. When the thermoelectric generator sensor rod is buried in the ground with one end buried more deeply than the other, a temperature gradient in the soil produces a temperature difference between the upper thermal contact and the lower thermal contact. The upper thermal contact and the lower thermal contact are thermally connected to a thermoelectric generator, e.g., by heat pipes or thermally conductive rods. Electrical power generated by the thermoelectric generator powers sensors for monitoring conditions in the ground, and circuitry for transmitting sensor data to a central data processing system.
US10217896B2
An optoelectronic semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment the optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a p-type semiconductor region, an n-type semiconductor region, and an active layer arranged between the p-type semiconductor region and the n-type semiconductor region. The active layer is designed as a multiple quantum well structure, wherein the multiple quantum well structure has a first region of alternating first quantum well layers and first barrier layers and a second region having at least one second quantum well layer and at least one second barrier layer. The at least one second quantum well layer has an electronic band gap (EQW2) that is less than the electronic band gap (EQW1) of the first quantum well layers, and the at least one second barrier layer has an electronic band gap (EB2) that is greater than the electronic band gap (EB1) of the first barrier layers.
US10217892B2
This application is related to a method of manufacturing a solar cell device comprising providing a substrate comprising Ge or GaAs; forming a first tunnel junction on the substrate, wherein the first tunnel junction comprises a first n-type layer comprising InGaP:Te, and a first alloy layer comprising AlxGa(1−x)As and having a lattice constant; adding a material into the first alloy layer to change the lattice constant; and forming a first p-n junction on the first tunnel junction.
US10217883B2
Functional yarn equipped with semiconductor functional elements includes: a plurality of semiconductor functional elements whose electrically conductive directions defined by positive and negative electrodes are aligned and disposed between a pair of conducting wires in which each of the positive electrodes being connected to the conducting wire and each of the negative electrodes being connected to the conducting wire; an element mounting region consisting of conducting wire portions on which a plurality of the semiconductor functional elements are disposed; a conducting wire region consisting of only conducting wire portions and an insulating member that covers the surface of at least one of the pair of conducting wire portions of the conducting wire region.
US10217879B2
The present invention provides an optical semiconductor device in which damage of a lens when being mounted and mounting displacement due to suction failures of a chip can be suppressed.An optical semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface; an electrode formed over the first surface of the semiconductor substrate; an optical element that is electrically coupled to the electrode and is formed in the semiconductor substrate; and a lens arranged on the second surface side of the optical element. A concave part is formed in the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, and the lens is arranged at the bottom of the concave part. A top part on the second surface side of the lens is located on the first surface side relative to the second surface located around the concave part.
US10217878B2
Tri-layer semiconductor stacks for patterning features on solar cells, and the resulting solar cells, are described herein. In an example, a solar cell includes a substrate. A semiconductor structure is disposed above the substrate. The semiconductor structure includes a P-type semiconductor layer disposed directly on a first semiconductor layer. A third semiconductor layer is disposed directly on the P-type semiconductor layer. An outermost edge of the third semiconductor layer is laterally recessed from an outermost edge of the first semiconductor layer by a width. An outermost edge of the P-type semiconductor layer is sloped from the outermost edge of the third semiconductor layer to the outermost edge of the third semiconductor layer. A conductive contact structure is electrically connected to the semiconductor structure.
US10217867B2
A method for forming fins includes patterning a fin cut mask over a fin etch mask to protect the fin etch mask in a fin region and etching a substrate in accordance with the fin cut mask to form fin cut regions. A first dielectric fill material is formed in the fin cut regions. The fin etch mask is exposed by removing the fin cut mask. Fins in the substrate are etched using the fin etch mask.
US10217855B2
A semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor device are disclosed. The semiconductor substrate includes a base layer, a buffer layer disposed on the base layer, a channel layer disposed on the buffer layer, a barrier layer disposed on the channel layer, and a buried field plate region embedded in the channel layer. In an embodiment, the channel layer includes a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG), and the buried field plate region is located below the two-dimensional electron gas.
US10217846B1
Disclosed are a method of forming vertical field effect transistor(s) and the resulting structure. In the method, five semiconductor layers are formed in a stack by epitaxial deposition. The first and fifth layers are one semiconductor material, the second and fourth layers are another and the third layer is yet another. The stack is patterned into fin(s). Vertical surfaces of the second and fourth layers of the fin(s) are etched to form upper and lower spacer cavities and these cavities are filled with upper and lower spacers. Vertical surfaces of the third layer of the fin(s) are etched to form a gate cavity and this cavity is filled with a gate. Since epitaxial deposition is used to form the semiconductor layers, the thicknesses of these layers and thereby the heights of the spacer cavities and gate cavity and the corresponding lengths of the spacers and gate can be precisely controlled.
US10217841B2
A method of forming a vertical transport fin field effect transistor (VT FinFET), including, forming a plurality of vertical fins on a substrate, forming a sacrificial liner on at least two of the plurality of vertical fins, forming sidewall spacers on the vertical surfaces of the sacrificial liner, wherein the sidewall spacers are on opposite sides of the at least two of the plurality of vertical fins, and removing a portion of the sacrificial liner to form an l-shaped channel adjacent to each of the at least two of the plurality of vertical fins.
US10217840B2
Replacement metal gate structures with improved chamfered workfunction metal and self-aligned contact and methods of manufacture are provided. The method includes forming a replacement metal gate structure in a dielectric material. The replacement metal gate structure is formed with a lower spacer and an upper spacer above the lower spacer. The upper spacer having material is different than material of the lower spacer. The method further includes forming a self-aligned contact adjacent to the replacement metal gate structure by patterning an opening within the dielectric material and filling the opening with contact material. The upper spacer prevents shorting with the contact material.
US10217839B2
Disclosed is a field effect transistor (FET) with a replacement metal gate (RMG) and a method of forming the FET. The RMG includes a conformal gate dielectric layer and a stack of gate conductor layers on the gate dielectric layer. The stack includes a conformal work function metal (WFM) layer and a conductive fill material (CFM) layer on the WFM layer. Within the stack, the top surface of the CFM layer is above the level of the top of an adjacent vertical portion of the WFM layer. A dielectric gate cap has a center portion and an edge portion. The center portion is above the top surface of the CFM layer and the edge portion is above the top of the adjacent vertical portion of the WFM layer and is further positioned laterally immediately adjacent to an upper portion of an outer sidewall of the CFM layer.
US10217838B2
A semiconductor structure includes first, second, and third transistor elements each having a first screening region concurrently formed therein. A second screening region is formed in the second and third transistor elements such that there is at least one characteristic of the screening region in the second transistor element that is different than the second screening region in the third transistor element. Different characteristics include doping concentration and depth of implant. In addition, a different characteristic may be achieved by concurrently implanting the second screening region in the second and third transistor element followed by implanting an additional dopant into the second screening region of the third transistor element.
US10217836B2
A method of manufacturing a power semiconductor device includes forming trenches in a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, forming a gate insulating layer and a gate electrode in each of the trenches, forming a P-type base region between the trenches in the substrate, performing a first implantation process using P-type dopants implanted onto the P-type base region, forming an N+ source region in the substrate, forming an interlayer insulating layer on the N+ source region, performing a second implantation process using P-type dopants to form a P+ doped region on the P-type base region, forming an emitter electrode in contact with the N+ source region and the P+ doped region, forming a P-type collector region on the second surface of the substrate, and forming a drain electrode on the P-type collector region.
US10217834B2
A method of forming a gate stack that includes treating a semiconductor substrate with a wet etch chemistry to clean a surface of the semiconductor substrate and form an oxide containing interfacial layer, and converting the oxide containing interfacial layer to a binary alloy oxide based interlayer using a plasma deposition sequence including alternating a metal gas precursor and a nitrogen and/or hydrogen containing plasma. The method of forming the gate stack may further include forming a high-k dielectric layer atop the binary alloy oxide based interlayer.
US10217831B1
A HEMT device is provided. The HEMT device includes a substrate, a first epitaxial layer, a second epitaxial layer, an insulating layer, a gate, a source, and a drain. The first epitaxial layer is formed on the substrate. The second epitaxial layer is formed on the first epitaxial layer. The insulating layer is formed on the second epitaxial layer. The gate is formed in the insulating layer and extends into the second epitaxial layer. The source and the drain are formed in the insulating layer and extend into the second epitaxial layer, wherein the source and the drain are located on both sides of the gate.
US10217829B2
A compound semiconductor device disclosed herein includes a substrate, an electron transit layer formed on the substrate, a compound semiconductor layer containing gallium and formed on the electron transit layer, a diffusion preventing layer containing gallium oxide and formed on the compound semiconductor layer, an insulation layer formed on the diffusion preventing layer, and a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode formed over the electron transit layer at a distance from one another.
US10217826B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include a Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) transistor including a multi-split gate. For example, an Integrated Circuit (IC) may include at least one MOS transistor, the MOS transistor may include a source; a drain; a body; and a multi-split gate including a control gate component configured to control conductivity of the MOS transistor, and at least first and second field plate gate components, the first field plate gate component is electrically isolated from the second field plate gate component, the first and second field plate gate components are electrically isolated from the control gate.
US10217821B2
A power integrated device includes a channel region, a source region, a drift region, and a drain region. A stacked gate includes a gate insulation layer and a gate electrode. The stacked gate having a plurality of stacked gate extension portions that extend from the stacked gate to over the plurality of deep trench field insulation layers. A plurality of deep trench field insulation layers is disposed in the drift region. The deep trench field insulation layers are spaced apart from each other in a channel width direction. A height of the deep trench field insulation layers is greater than a width of the deep trench field insulation layer.
US10217819B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a metal layer electrically contacting the semiconductor layer, and a two-dimensional material layer between the semiconductor layer and the metal layer and having a two-dimensional crystal structure.
US10217801B2
A light-emitting structure, a display device and a light source device are disclosed; the light-emitting structure comprises a first light-emitting component (10) and a second light-emitting component (20). The first light-emitting component (10) comprises a first light-emitting layer (12) and a second light-emitting layer (14) and the second light-emitting component (20) comprises a third light-emitting layer (22). A combination of electrical connection of the first light-emitting component (10) and the second light-emitting component (14) is driven by AC current as a whole; the first light-emitting layer (12) and the second light-emitting layer (14) do not emit light at the same time; the third light-emitting layer (22) emits light at the same time either with the first light-emitting layer (12) or the second light-emitting layer (14). AC drive is adopted in the light-emitting structure and is easy to achieve adjustment of color and illumination intensity.
US10217797B2
A switching device includes a first electrode, a switching layer having a non-memory characteristic, and a second electrode that are disposed over a substrate. The switching layer includes an oxide of a first atom or a nitride of the first atom, and a second atom is doped in the oxide or the nitride. The second atom forms a trap site trapping a conductive carrier in the switching layer when a voltage having an absolute value that is smaller than an absolute value of a predetermined threshold voltage is applied between the first and the second electrodes. The second atom forms a moving path through which the conductive carrier moves between the first electrode and the second electrode when a voltage having an absolute value that is greater than an absolute value of a predetermined threshold voltage is applied between the first and the second electrodes.
US10217796B2
Stable electrical characteristics of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer are achieved. A highly reliable semiconductor device including the transistor is provided. The semiconductor device includes a multilayer film formed of an oxide layer and an oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film in contact with the oxide layer, and a gate electrode overlapping with the multilayer film with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween. The oxide layer contains a common element to the oxide semiconductor layer and has a large energy gap than the oxide semiconductor layer. The composition between the oxide layer and the oxide semiconductor layer gradually changes.
US10217795B1
A non-volatile storage apparatus is proposed that includes a plurality of serially connected non-volatile reversible resistance-switching memory cells, a plurality of word lines such that each of the memory cells is connected to a different word line, a bit line connected to a first end of the serially connected memory cells and a switch connected to a second end of the serially connected memory cells. In one embodiment, the memory cells include a reversible resistance-switching structure comprising a first material, a second material and a reversible resistance-switching interface between the first material and the second material, a channel, and means for switching current between current flowing through the channel and current flowing through the reversible resistance-switching interface in order to program and read the reversible resistance-switching interface. A process for manufacturing the memory is also disclosed.
US10217794B2
Integrated circuits and methods of producing the same are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a capacitor, where the capacitor includes a first capacitor plate and a second capacitor plate. The first capacitor plate includes a first memory cell, and the second capacitor plate includes a second memory cell. The capacitor is utilized as a functional capacitor in the integrated circuit.
US10217788B2
An imaging device includes a plurality of arranged imaging elements each including: a light-receiving element configured to generate charge from received light by photoelectric conversion, a floating diffusion configured to convert the charge generated by the light-receiving element into voltage, a charge transfer switch configured to transfer the charge from the light-receiving element to the floating diffusion, a reset switch configured to reset the voltage of the floating diffusion, and a source follower configured to amplify the voltage of the floating diffusion. The reset switch is configured to reset the voltage of the floating diffusion a plurality of times for each of predetermined pixel groups in a single image data acquisition period. The charge transfer switch is configured to transfer the charge from the light-receiving element to the floating diffusion a plurality of times for each of the pixel groups in the single image data acquisition period.
US10217786B2
A solid-state image pickup device capable of suppressing the generation of dark current and/or leakage current is provided. The solid-state image pickup device has a first substrate provided with a photoelectric converter on its primary face, a first wiring structure having a first bonding portion which contains a conductive material, a second substrate provided with a part of a peripheral circuit on its primary face, and a second wiring structure having a second bonding portion which contains a conductive material. In addition, the first bonding portion and the second bonding portion are bonded so that the first substrate, the first wiring structure, the second wiring structure, and the second substrate are disposed in this order. Furthermore, the conductive material of the first bonding portion and the conductive material of the second bonding portion are surrounded with diffusion preventing films.
US10217785B2
There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a first substrate having a pixel circuit including a pixel array unit formed thereon, and a second substrate having a plurality of signal processing circuits formed thereon so as to be arranged through a scribe region. The first substrate and the second substrate are stacked.
US10217779B2
A cost effective multicolor sensor and related software achieves a spectral response that closely approximates an ideal photo response to measure optical measurement, for example photosynthetic photo flux density (PPFD). The spectra error of the sensor is smaller than that of the best commercially available sensor at a significantly reduced cost. The sensor may include an 8×2 array of filtered photodiodes and spectral photo sensors that are linearly combined with the appropriate mathematically determined coefficients to create a corrected spectral response curve that has a spectral error much smaller than the best commercial available sensors made by physical coating methods for the entire desired range.
US10217775B2
A display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are disclosed. The display substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region, a display device including the display substrate further includes a gate driving circuit, the gate driving circuit includes a capacitor (C), the capacitor (C) includes a first electrode and a second electrode with an electrical insulation layer provided therebetween. The first electrode and the second electrode are remaining portions of films for forming conductive layers in the display region left in the peripheral region, and the electrical insulation layer is a remaining portion of a film for forming an insulation layer in the display region left in the peripheral region.
US10217772B2
Provided is a display device with high resolution, high display quality, or high aperture ratio. A pixel includes three subpixels and is electrically connected to two gate lines. One of the gate lines is electrically connected to a gate of a transistor included in each of the two subpixels, and the other gate line is electrically connected to a gate of a transistor included in the other subpixel. Display elements of the three subpixels are arranged in the same direction. Three pixel electrodes of the three subpixels are arranged in the same direction.
US10217768B2
In a display device which includes a display panel in which a plurality of pixels are arranged on a substrate two-dimensionally and which is configured to display an image thereon, and a support member which supports the display panel, the support member possesses anisotropy in bending strength so as to encourage one-dimensional deformation (bending along only the X direction) of the display panel while suppressing two-dimensional deformation (bending in the X direction as well as the Y direction) of the display panel.
US10217765B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type which is stacked on a support substrate with an insulating layer interposed between the semiconductor layer and the support substrate, a first well region of a second conductivity type buried in an upper part of the semiconductor layer so as to be separated from the insulating layer, a second well region of the first conductivity type buried in an upper part of the first well region, and an isolation region of the first conductivity type buried in the upper part of the semiconductor layer such that the isolation region surrounds the first well region and is separated from the first well region and the insulating layer.
US10217761B1
A semiconductor structure for three-dimensional memory device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor structure is disposed on the substrate and has a plurality of openings penetrating through the semiconductor structure and extending into the substrate. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a stacked structure and an epitaxial layer. The stacked structure includes insulating layers and gate layers stacked alternatively. Each of the plurality of openings includes a first portion located above the surface of the substrate and a second portion located below the surface of the substrate. The aspect ratio of the second portion is more than 1. The epitaxial layer is disposed in each of the plurality of openings. The top surface of the epitaxial layer is between the top surface and the bottom surface of the i-th insulating layer as counted upward from the substrate, wherein i≥2.
US10217759B2
To provide a semiconductor device having improved reliability by preventing, in a split-gate MONOS memory comprised of a fin type transistor, unbalanced injection distribution of electrons into a charge accumulation film due to the shape of the fin. A memory gate electrode configuring a memory cell is formed over a fin. The impurity concentration of a portion of this memory gate electrode contiguous to an ONO film that covers the upper surface of the fin is made lower than that of a portion of the memory gate electrode contiguous to an ONO film that covers the side surface of the fin.
US10217748B2
A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) includes a substrate, a bit line, a capacitor contact, a dielectric structure, a capacitor, and a landing pad. The bit line is located on the substrate. The capacitor contact is aside the bit line. The capacitor contact protrudes from a space between adjacent bit lines, such that upper sidewalls of the capacitor contact are exposed by the bit line. The dielectric structure is located on the upper surface of the bit line and extending to one portion of the upper sidewalls of the capacitor contacts. The capacitor is located above the capacitor contact. The landing pad is located between the capacitor contact and the capacitor. The landing pad at least covers one portion of the upper surface of the capacitor contact. A contact area between landing pad and the capacitor contact is greater than a contact area between the landing pad and the capacitor.
US10217742B2
A semiconductor device includes circuit active fin lines and circuit gate lines intersecting each other in a circuit active region, dummy active fin lines and dummy gate lines intersecting each other in a dummy active region, the active fin lines and the dummy active fin lines having same width and pitch, and the circuit gate lines and the dummy gate lines having same width and pitch, wherein at least some of the dummy active fin lines are aligned with and collinear with respective circuit active fin lines, and at least some of the dummy gate lines are aligned with and collinear with respective circuit gate lines.
US10217737B2
In one embodiment, a cascode rectifier structure includes a group III-V semiconductor structure includes a heterostructure disposed on a semiconductor substrate. A first current carrying electrode and a second current carrying electrode are disposed adjacent a major surface of the heterostructure and a control electrode is disposed between the first and second current carrying electrode. A rectifier device is integrated with the group III-V semiconductor structure and is electrically connected to the first current carrying electrode and to a third electrode. The control electrode is further electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate and the second current path is generally perpendicular to a primary current path between the first and second current carrying electrodes. The cascode rectifier structure is configured as a two terminal device.
US10217735B2
A semiconductor switch device and a method of making the same. The semiconductor switch device includes a field effect transistor located on a semiconductor substrate. The field effect transistor includes a plurality of gates. Each gate includes a gate electrode and gate dielectric arranged in a loop on a major surface of the substrate. The loops formed by the gates are arranged concentrically. Each gate has a source region located adjacent an inner edge or outer edge of the loop formed by that gate and a drain region located adjacent the other edge of said inner edge and said outer edge of the loop formed by that gate.
US10217728B2
A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor die, a first encapsulant, a first redistribution layer, a second encapsulant and a patterned conductive layer. The first encapsulant encloses the first semiconductor die and has a top surface and a lateral surface. The first redistribution layer is disposed on the top surface of the first encapsulant and electrically connected to the first semiconductor die, wherein a portion of the first redistribution layer is exposed from the lateral surface of the first encapsulant. The second encapsulant covers the first encapsulant and the first redistribution layer. The patterned conductive layer is disposed on at least one of the lateral surface of the first encapsulant or a lateral surface of the second encapsulant, and is electrically connected to the first redistribution layer.
US10217727B2
For example, a semiconductor device capable of achieving a high performance applicable to an SR motor is provided. The semiconductor device includes a chip mounting portion TAB1 on which a semiconductor chip CHP1 having an IGBT is mounted, and a chip mounting portion TAB2 on which a semiconductor chip CHP2 having a diode is formed. The semiconductor device also includes a lead LD1A electrically connected to an emitter electrode pad EP of the semiconductor chip CHP1 via a clip CLP1, and a lead LD1B electrically connected to an anode electrode pad ADP of the semiconductor chip CHP2 via a clip CLP2. At this time, the chip mounting portion TAB1 is separated electrically from the chip mounting portion TAB2, and the clip CLP1 is separated electrically from the clip CLP2.
US10217723B2
A semiconductor chip package includes a first die and a second die. The first die and second die are coplanar and disposed in proximity to each other in a side-by-side fashion. A non-straight line shaped interface gap is disposed between the first die and second die. A molding compound surrounds the first die and second die. A redistribution layer (RDL) structure is disposed on the first die, the second die and on the molding compound. The first semiconductor die is electrically connected to the second semiconductor die through the RDL structure.
US10217713B2
The present disclosure provides for embodiments of packaged semiconductor devices. In one embodiment, a packaged semiconductor device for a die includes an exposed structure. The die has an active surface and a backside surface opposite the active surface. A first surface of the exposed structure is joined to die attach material, and the die attach material is further joined to the backside surface of the die. The exposed structure includes a plurality of openings through the exposed structure within a perimeter of the die, and the die is exposed through the plurality of openings.
US10217708B1
Routing structures including signal routing between die areas is described. In an embodiment, routing structures include signal lines with a characteristic thickness that is greater than a width. The signal lines may be twisted, and run directly underneath pads.
US10217696B2
A first photoresist layer is patterned with a first pattern that includes an opening in a region between areas of two adjacent via holes to be formed. The opening in the first photoresist is transferred into a template layer to form a line trench therein. The lateral dimension of the trench is reduced by depositing a contiguous spacer layer that does not fill the trench completely. An etch-resistant material layer is conformally deposited and fills the trench, and is subsequently recessed to form an etch-resistant material portion filling the trench. A second photoresist layer is applied and patterned with a second pattern, which includes an opening that includes areas of two via holes and an area therebetween. A composite pattern of an intersection of the second pattern and the complement of the pattern of the etch-resistant material portion is transferred through the template layer.
US10217691B2
Methods, systems and an apparatus relating to a heat spreader to be coupled to a heat source having a heat source coefficient of thermal expansion (HS CTE), the heat spreader comprising an anisotropic material having a high expansion axis. The heat spreader also including a surface to be coupled to the heat source, wherein the high expansion axis of the anisotropic material is oblique to the surface of the heat spreader and wherein the high expansion axis of the anisotropic material is oriented at a first angle of rotation about a first axis of the heat spreader wherein the first angle of rotation is selected to optimize a match of a first CTE of the heat spreader with the HS CTE.
US10217681B1
Silicon nitride plasma etching processes are disclosed that minimize the SiN roughness layer on a substrate having a SiN layer thereon by simultaneously introducing an oxidizer at a predetermined flow rate and an etch gas into a plasma reaction chamber containing the substrate. The etch gas has the formula CxHyFz, wherein x is 2-5, z is 1 or 2, 2x+2=y+z, and a fluorine atom is located on a terminal carbon atom of the etch gas.
US10217679B2
The present invention relates to a method of processing a solder masked carrier with electronic components, comprising the detection of a carrier related reference and the detection of a solder mask dependent reference, which detected reference are used for processing the position of the solder mask on the carrier. The invention also relates to an electronic component as produced with such method.
US10217668B2
Some structures and methods to reduce power consumption in devices can be implemented largely by reusing existing bulk CMOS process flows and manufacturing technology, allowing the semiconductor industry as well as the broader electronics industry to avoid a costly and risky switch to alternative technologies. Some of the structures and methods relate to a Deeply Depleted Channel (DDC) design, allowing CMOS based devices to have a reduced σVT compared to conventional bulk CMOS and can allow the threshold voltage VT of FETs having dopants in the channel region to be set much more precisely. The DDC design also can have a strong body effect compared to conventional bulk CMOS transistors, which can allow for significant dynamic control of power consumption in DDC transistors. Additional structures, configurations, and methods presented herein can be used alone or in conjunction with the DDC to yield additional and different benefits.
US10217667B2
A 3D memory device, the device including: a first single crystal layer including memory peripheral circuits; a first memory layer including a first junction-less transistor; a second memory layer including a second junction-less transistor; and a third memory layer including a third junction-less transistor, where the first memory layer overlays the first single crystal layer, where the second memory layer overlays the first memory layer, where the third memory layer overlays the second memory layer, where the first junction-less transistor, the second junction-less transistor and the third junction-less transistor are formed by a single lithography and etch process, and where the first memory layer includes a nonvolatile NAND type memory.
US10217660B2
When patterning active regions for sophisticated semiconductor devices, the cutting through active semiconductor regions previously patterned along a first lateral direction so as to obtain elongated semiconductor lines may be performed in a late manufacturing stage. That is, the cutting may be performed after patterning at least a portion of the gate electrode structures, thereby achieving a self-aligned patterning regime and also contributing to a reduction of strain loss.
US10217659B2
A method of making a dual isolation fin comprises applying a mask to a substrate and etching the exposed areas of the substrate to form a mandrel; forming a dielectric layer on the surface of the substrate and adjacent to the mandrel; forming a first epitaxially formed material on the exposed portions of the mandrel; forming a second epitaxially formed material on the first epitaxially formed material; forming a first isolation layer on the dielectric layer and adjacent to the second epitaxially formed material; removing the mask and mandrel after forming the first isolation layer; removing the first epitaxially formed material after removing the mask and mandrel; and forming a second isolation layer.
US10217654B1
The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for determining whether components in a semiconductor manufacturing system are authorized for use in that system. By embedding an identification feature in the component, it is possible for a controller to determine whether that component is qualified for use in the system. Upon detection of an unauthorized component, the system may alert the user or, in certain embodiments, stop operating of the system. This identification feature is embedded in a component by using an additive manufacturing process that allows the identification feature to be embedded in the component without subjecting the identification feature to extreme temperatures.
US10217645B2
Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) compositions, methods and systems for polish cobalt or cobalt-containing substrates are provided. Dual, or at least two chelators were used in the CMP polishing compositions as complexing agents for achieving the unique synergetic effects to afford high, tunable Co removal rates and with low static etch rates on Co film surface for the efficient Co corrosion protection during CMP process. The cobalt chemical mechanical polishing compositions also provide very high selectivity of Co film vs. other barrier layers, such as Ta, TaN, Ti, and TiN, and dielectric film, such as TEOS, SiNx, low-k, and ultra low-k films.
US10217637B1
Small size chip handling and electronic component integration are accomplished using handle fixturing to transfer die or other electronic components from a full area array to a targeted array. Area array dicing of a thinned device wafer on a handle wafer/panel may be followed by selective or non-selective de-bonding of targeted die or electronic components from the handle wafer and optional attachment to a carrier such as a transfer head or tape. Alignment fiducials may facilitate precision alignment of the transfer head or tape to the device wafer and subsequently to the targeted array. Alternatively, the dies or other electronic elements are transferred selectively from either a carrier or the device wafer to the targeted array.
US10217635B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a target etching layer on a substrate, patterning the target etching layer to form a pattern layer including a pattern portion having a first height and a first width and a recess portion having a second width, providing a first gas and a second gas on the pattern layer, and performing a reaction process including reacting the first and second gases with a surface of the pattern portion by irradiating a laser beam on the pattern layer. The performing the reaction process includes removing a portion of sidewalls of the pattern portion so that the pattern portion has a third width that is smaller than the first width.
US10217626B1
Processes and apparatuses for the treatment of semiconductor workpieces are provided. In some embodiments, a method can include placing the workpiece in a processing chamber. The processing chamber can be separated from a plasma chamber by a separation grid assembly. The method can include forming a passivation layer on the workpiece in the processing chamber using radicals generated in a first plasma in the plasma chamber. The method can include performing a surface treatment process on the workpiece in the processing chamber using a second plasma generated in the plasma chamber.
US10217624B2
A high PAR maintenance rate type high pressure sodium lamp with an auxiliary starting switch is provided with an external glass tube and a discharge tube which is arranged at the center in the external glass tube and coaxial with the external glass tube. The surface of the discharge tube is provided with a metal lead. The left and right ends of an external glass shell are provided with pressure sealing plates which are fused and sealed through high temperature. The pressure sealing plates are internally provided with conductive sheets. One end of the discharge tube is connected with the conductive sheet of the left end through a left internal conductive support, and the other end is connected with the conductive sheet of the right end through an auxiliary starting switch component. According to the high pressure sodium lamp, the high pressure sodium lamp can be quickly lit up through a temperature controlled switch so that the high pressure sodium lamp has the advantages of being great in starting performance, great in lighting effect, high in stability, long in the service life, great in high temperature resistance and high pressure resistance and safe and reliable and is not liable to crack.
US10217607B2
An ion implantation apparatus includes a beam scanner that provides a reciprocating beam scan in a beam scan direction in accordance with a scan waveform, a mechanical scanner that causes a wafer to reciprocate in a mechanical scan direction, and a control device that controls the beam scanner and the mechanical scanner to realize a target two-dimensional dose amount distribution on a surface of the wafer. The control device includes a scan frequency adjusting unit that determines a frequency of the scan waveform in accordance with the target two-dimensional dose amount distribution, and a beam scanner driving unit that drives the beam scanner by using the scan waveform having the frequency determined by the scan frequency adjusting unit.
US10217605B2
One embodiment relates to a method of automated inspection of scattered hot spot areas on a manufactured substrate using an electron beam apparatus. A stage holding the substrate is moved along a swath path so as to move a field of view of the electron beam apparatus such that the moving field of view covers a target area on the substrate. Off-axis imaging of the hot spot areas within the moving field of view is performed. A number of hot spot areas within the moving field of view may be determined, and the speed of the stage movement may be adjusted based on the number of hot spot areas within the moving field of view. Another embodiment relates to an electron beam apparatus for inspecting scattered areas on a manufactured substrate. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.
US10217602B2
High expectations are placed on aberration correctors to increase the resolving power of charged particle devices. Meanwhile, a far more complicated configuration and higher mechanical precision assembly in comparison to prior art aberration correctors are necessary in charged particle beam optical devices that use low-energy electron beams. A complex electromagnetic quadrupole part employed in the aberration corrector preferably has the forward extremities of the poles provided in a vacuum near an electron beam path and excitation coils disposed outside the vacuum, and this necessitates a structure that can achieve both electrical insulation and vacuum sealing for each of these poles. Such structural complexity generally conflicts with improving mechanical assembly precision. The complicated structure in the above problems can be simplified by: separating the electrodes and the magnetic poles in the complex electromagnetic multipole that had been used in prior art aberration correctors; and offsetting the positions of both, or ensuring that the widths of both do not match. Consequently, improvement of mechanical assembly precision can be achieved.
US10217589B2
A high-speed circuit breaking array, for breaking a current path in a switching device in the event of a short circuit or overload, has a drive for moving a drive armature from a standby position to a trigger position, wherein the movement of the drive armature is designed to act on at least one movable contact of the switching device in such a way that the current path is broken using a holding device. A switching device having a contact system has at least one fixed contact and at least one movable contact, wherein in order to make and break a current path the movable contact can be reversibly moved in relation to the fixed contact between a make position and a break position using a drive for the purpose of functional switching, and has a high-speed circuit breaking array of this type.
US10217585B2
Control circuit for composite switch with contact protection based on diode and relay control method
A composite switch with diode contact protection based on a diode is disclosed and includes a primary relay contact protection circuit, a primary relay contact and a relay control circuit, where the primary relay contact protection circuit is formed by an auxiliary relay contact and a diode connected in series and is connected with the primary relay contact in parallel, a current capacity of the auxiliary relay contact is 1/10 to 1/1000 of a current capacity of the primary relay contact.
US10217580B1
A restraint system is used to restrain a movable switch blade of a disconnect switch in order to prevent accidental closure of the switch blade. In this regard, the restraint system has a sheath that is positioned over an end of the switch blade, and the sheath is tethered to a support structure so that tension in the tether resists movement of the switch blade toward a conductive jaw. Thus, current is prevented from flowing through the disconnect switch until the sheath is manually removed from the switch blade.
US10217570B2
An electric storage device has an electrode body and a housing body. The electrode body has a plurality of positive plates and a plurality of negative plates. The positive plates and the negative plates are alternately stacked on each other via separators. The housing body houses the electrode body together with an ion conductor. The electric storage device is provided with a magnetic field generating unit that generates magnetic force lines in a certain direction.
US10217563B2
A method of manufacturing a multi-layer coil includes steps of providing a substrate; forming a seed layer on the substrate; and plating the seed layer with N coil layers by N current densities according to N threshold ranges, so as to form the multi-layer coil on the substrate, wherein an i-th current density of the N current densities is lower than an (i+1)-th current density of the N current densities. A first coil layer of the N coil layers is plated on the seed layer by a first current density of the N current densities. When an aspect ratio of an i-th coil layer of the N coil layers is within an i-th threshold range of the N threshold ranges, an (i+1)-th coil layer of the N coil layers is plated on the i-th coil layer by the (i+1)-th current density.
US10217557B2
One object is to provide a laminated inductor having a reduced thickness without reduction in the magnetic characteristic and the insulation quality. The laminated inductor includes a first magnetic layer, an internal conductor, second magnetic layers, third magnetic layers, and a pair of external electrodes. The first magnetic layer includes three or more magnetic alloy particles arranged in the thickness direction and an oxide film binding the magnetic alloy particles together and containing Cr. The three or more magnetic alloy particles have an average particle diameter of 4 μm or smaller. The internal conductor includes a plurality of conductive patterned portions electrically connected to each other via the first magnetic layer. The second magnetic layers are composed of magnetic alloy particles and disposed around the conductive patterned portions. The third magnetic layers are composed of magnetic alloy particles and disposed so as to be opposed to each other in thickness direction.
US10217548B2
A coaxial cable includes a conductor, an insulation layer provided around the conductor, a shield layer provided around the insulation layer, and a sheath provided around the shield layer. The insulation layer includes a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer and a third insulation layer that are arranged in this order from a conductor side. The first insulation layer includes a non-solid extruded layer. The second layer includes a foamed layer not adhering to the first insulation layer. The third insulation layer includes a non-foamed layer adhering to the second insulation layer.
US10217540B2
Multifunctional nanoparticles can include two or more different populations of nanocrystals that impart a combination of properties arising from the constituent populations in a single, multifunctional nanoparticle.
US10217529B2
A resource tracking system for monitoring the status of multiple resources, displaying the status of those resources to medical personnel, and mirroring the status information to multiple displays for remote users is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, the tracking system is used to track the availability of beds in a hospital or treatment facility. The resource tracking system comprises a resource tracking board and a server. The board comprises a re-writable surface with a plurality of buttons and lights arrayed in one or more columns; and, a network interface operably coupled to the plurality of buttons and plurality of lights. The lights are configured to emit at least three colors including green when the associated resource is available, yellow when the resource is reserved, and red when the resource is in use. The server is configured to generate interactive displays enabling remote users to observe and reserve available resources. The interactive display features a representation of at least one of the plurality of buttons and lights on the physical board. The server causes any change in status of a resource on the physical board in the hospital or treatment facility to be reflected on the interactive displays. The server also causes any change in status of a resource on an interactive display to be reflected on the physical board in the hospital or treatment facility.
US10217528B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus to dynamically manage interdependent, variable scheduled procedures are provided. An example method includes calculating a cumulative distribution function (CDF) for task(s) in a healthcare protocol based on a probability density function associated with task duration(s) for the task(s). The method includes determining a plurality of schedule risk states for each task in a healthcare protocol, each schedule risk state associated with an upper specification limit (USL) and a lower specification limit (LSL) along the CDF. The method includes identifying, within USL and LSL for each schedule risk state, setpoint(s) associated with probability(-ies) along the CDF. The method includes monitoring execution of task(s) in the healthcare protocol to identify a transition in schedule risk state according to USL and LSL. The method includes triggering an action to react to an actual or upcoming change in schedule risk state based on setpoint(s) associated with the schedule risk state.
US10217524B2
Methods of managing systems comprising a processor and a memory device external to the processor, including exposing the memory device to temperature levels associated with soldering, starting up the memory device and testing pre-programmed data using control circuitry of the memory device. When results of the testing indicate repair of the pre-programmed data should be performed, issuing a command from the processor to the memory device indicative of a desire for the memory device to repair the pre-programmed data, and in response to the memory device receiving the command, repairing the pre-programmed data using the control circuitry of the memory device.
US10217517B2
A method is provided for operating a memory device. The method includes counting, from among memory cells, a number of first off-cells with respect to a first reading voltage and a number of second off-cells with respect to a second reading voltage, comparing the number of first off-cells and the number of second off-cells, and determining, based on a result of the comparing, whether a programming error exists in a storage region in which the memory cells are included.
US10217516B2
Nonvolatile memory device, operating methods thereof, and memory systems including the same. In the operating method, a ground select line of a first string connected to a bit line may be floated. An erase prohibition voltage may be applied to a ground select line of a second string connected to the bit line. An erase operation voltage may be applied to the first and second strings.
US10217515B2
Technology for a memory device operable to program memory cells in the memory device is described. The memory device can include a plurality of memory cells and a memory controller. The memory controller can perform a first programming pass to program a memory cell in the plurality of memory cells. A defined number of blanket programming pulses can be applied to the memory cell during the first programming pass. The blanket programming pulses may not include verify operations. The memory controller can perform a second programming pass to program the memory cell. A defined number of program and verify (PV) pulses can be applied to the memory cell during the second programming pass.
US10217514B2
According to embodiments, a semiconductor memory device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a memory cell, and a control circuit. The memory cell is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes a metal film and a resistance change film. The control circuit applies a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode to perform transition of a resistive state of the memory cell. The control circuit performs a first writing operation by applying a first pulse having a voltage of a first polarity to the memory cell and applying a second pulse having a voltage of the first polarity smaller than the voltage of the first pulse to the memory cell continuously after applying the first pulse.
US10217512B1
A neural network unit cell circuit includes multiple floating gate transistors, each of the floating gate transistors having a first source/drain adapted for connection to a common bit line coupled with the unit cell circuit and having a gate adapted for connection to a corresponding one of a plurality of word lines coupled with the unit cell circuit. The unit cell further includes a resistor network having a plurality of resistors connected in a series ladder arrangement, with each node between adjacent resistors operatively connected to a second source/drain of a corresponding one of the floating gate transistors. The resistor network has a first terminal connected to a first voltage source. A readout transistor in the unit cell has a gate coupled with a second terminal of the resistor network, and has first and second source/drains generating an output voltage of the unit cell.
US10217495B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods having non-volatile memory cells, a data line associated with a group of non-volatile memory cells of the non-volatile memory cells, a first transistor coupled to the data line and a node, a second transistor coupled to the node and an additional node, a pull-up component coupled to the node and a supply node, and an additional pull-up component coupled to the additional node and the supply node.
US10217482B2
Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT), the NFT having a disc and a peg, and the peg having five surfaces thereof; and at least one adhesion layer positioned on at least one of the five surfaces of the peg, the adhesion layer including one or more of the following: yttrium (Y), tin (Sn), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), carbon (C), holmium (Ho), gallium (Ga), silver (Ag), ytterbium (Yb), chromium (Cr), tantalum (Ta), iridium (Ir), zirconium (Zr), yttrium (Y), scandium (Sc), cobalt (Co), silicon (Si), nickel (Ni), molybdenum (Mo), niobium (Nb), palladium (Pd), titanium (Ti), rhenium (Re), osmium (Os), platinum (Pt), aluminum (Al), ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), vanadium (V), germanium (Ge), tin (Sn), magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), tungsten (W), hafnium (Hf), carbon (C), boron (B), holmium (Ho), antimony (Sb), gallium (Ga), manganese (Mn), silver (Ag), indium (In), bismuth (Bi), zinc (Zn), ytterbium (Yb), and combinations thereof.
US10217479B2
A magnetic recording head positioning assembly includes a coarse travel carriage secured to and spaced away from each of a front end assembly and head assembly via sandwiched fine guiding flexures and isolation flexures. The fine guiding flexures permit relative movement between the coarse travel carriage and head assembly. The isolation flexures permit relative movement between the coarse travel carriage and front end assembly. The fine guiding and isolation flexures thus isolate the coarse travel carriage from the front end assembly and head assembly. The assembly further includes dampers sandwiched between the coarse travel carriage and isolation flexures to limit movement of the isolation flexures.
US10217477B2
An electronic device and a speech recognition method that is capable of adjusting an end-of-utterance detection period dynamically are disclosed. The electronic device includes a microphone, a display, an input device formed as a part of the display or connected to the electronic device as a separate device, a processor electrically connected to the microphone, the display, and the input device, and a memory electrically connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions, executable by the processor, for receiving an utterance input by a user through the microphone, converting the utterance to text comprised of a series of words or phrases with spaces, displaying the text on the display, the text comprising at least one space formed at an incorrect position, and receiving a user input for updating a predetermined time period through the input device.
US10217471B2
Provided are an apparatus and method for decoding audio, The method includes receiving a bitstream consisting of audio packets; decoding an audio packet included in the received bitstream; extracting a type of the decoded packet; obtaining system data from a packet of which system metadata corresponds to the extracted packet type; and transmitting the obtained system data to a system engine, wherein the system data includes at least one of information regarding a type of the system engine and a length of the system data.
US10217463B2
A recipient computing device can receive a speech utterance to be processed by speech recognition and segment the speech utterance into two or more speech utterance segments, each of which can be to one of a plurality of available speech recognizers. A first one of the plurality of available speech recognizers can be implemented on a separate computing device accessible via a data network. A first segment can be processed by the first recognizer and the results of the processing returned to the recipient computing device, and a second segment can be processed by a second recognizer implemented at the recipient computing device.
US10217461B1
A system has multiple audio-enabled devices that communicate with one another over an open microphone mode of communication. When a user says a trigger word, the nearest device validates the trigger word and opens a communication channel with another device. As the user talks, the device receives the speech and generates an audio signal representation that includes the user speech and may additionally include other background or interfering sound from the environment. The device transmits the audio signal to the other device as part of a conversation, while continually analyzing the audio signal to detect when the user stops talking. This analysis may include watching for a lack of speech in the audio signal for a period of time, or an abrupt change in context of the speech (indicating the speech is from another source), or canceling noise or other interfering sound to isolate whether the user is still speaking. Once the device confirms that the user has stopped talking, the device transitions from a transmission mode to a reception mode to await a reply in the conversation.
US10217460B2
A speech recognition circuit comprises an input buffer for receiving processed speech parameters. A lexical memory contains lexical data for word recognition. The lexical data comprises a plurality of lexical tree data structures. Each lexical tree data structure comprises a model of words having common prefix components. An initial component of each lexical tree structure is unique. A plurality of lexical tree processors are connected in parallel to the input buffer for processing the speech parameters in parallel to perform parallel lexical tree processing for word recognition by accessing the lexical data in the lexical memory. A results memory is connected to the lexical tree processors for storing processing results from the lexical tree processors and lexical tree identifiers to identify lexical trees to be processed by the lexical tree processors. A controller controls the lexical tree processors to process lexical trees identified in the results memory by performing parallel processing on a plurality of said lexical tree data structures.
US10217454B2
According to an embodiment, a voice synthesizer includes a content selection unit, a content generation unit, and a content registration unit. The content selection unit determines selected content among a plurality of pieces of content registered in a content storage unit. The content includes tagged text in which tag information for controlling voice synthesis is added to text serving as a target of the voice synthesis. The content generation unit applies the tag information in the tagged text included in the selected content to designated text to generate new content. The content registration unit registers the generated new content in the content storage unit.
US10217447B2
A lightweight drum shell having two heads for a double-headed drum with a beater connected to an interior wall of the drum shell via a spring, and thus functions to provide a hand held shaker drum capable of producing complicated rhythms, such as varying frequency of beats, speed of beats, or meter especially when two bounce back drums are played together.
US10217445B2
An improved mouthpiece for use with single reed woodwind instruments is provided. The transition from the top surfaces of the side rails to the exterior of the mouthpiece includes a chamfer extending along a portion of each side rail to achieve a venturi effect between the top surfaces and the reed at the region of the tone chamber adjacent the tip rail.
US10217440B2
Disclosed are embodiments of in-situ display monitoring and calibration systems and methods. An image acquisition system captures images of the viewing plane of the display. Captured images may then be processed to characterize various visual performance characteristics of the display. When not in use capturing images of the display, the image acquisition system can be stored in a manner that protects it from environmental hazards such as dust, dirt, precipitation, direct sunlight, etc. A calibration image in which a plurality of light emitting elements is set to a particular color and intensity may be displayed, an image then captured, and then a difference between what was expected and what was captured may be developed for each light emitting element. Differences between captured images and expected images may be used to create a calibration data set which then may be used to adjust the display of further images upon the display.
US10217436B2
A display panel includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a plurality of different-color sub-pixels and a coupling sub-pixel that overlaps at least one color sub-pixel so as to be configured to be capacitively coupled to the at least one color sub-pixel to be thereby driven so as to display a color different from that of the different-color sub-pixels.
US10217435B2
Disclosed is a method of controlling an electronic device and an electronic device. The method may include: acquiring motion information of an electronic device; performing an inertial force correction for removing a part by an inertial force from the acquired motion information; and displaying a screen corresponding to the inertial force-corrected motion information.
US10217431B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel having fan-out lines, data lines, a first dummy line, and a second dummy line. The fan-out lines are sequentially disposed along a first direction. The data lines are connected to the fan-out lines at first through nodes. The first dummy line is connected to one of the nodes. The second dummy line is connected to another of the nodes. A first data driver is configured to output data voltages to some of the fan-out lines based on a data signal. A second data driver is configured to output voltages to other fan-out lines based on the data signal. A timing controller is configured to compensate the data signal based on a voltage of nodes that the dummy lines are connected to.
US10217426B2
A display device includes a display panel and a shift register generating a gate pulse and sequentially outputting the gate pulse to gate lines in response to a voltage at a Q node of each of dependently connected stages. An nth (n is a natural number) stage of the shift register includes a pull-up transistor, a start controller, a reset controller, and a first reset output terminal controller. A first reset output controller outputs a reset signal to a reset signal output terminal at a timing at which a second clock signal and a first output control signal output in a non-display period are synchronized.
US10217420B2
There is provided a display apparatus including a display panel including a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines, a driving circuit configured to control the display panel to display an image on the display panel, and to output a wake signal having a pulse period according to an operating mode, a backlight unit configured to supply light to the display panel, and a light source driving unit configured to supply a light source power voltage to the backlight unit, wherein the light source driving unit is configured to generate the light source power voltage based on the pulse period of the wake signal.
US10217415B2
A display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The display device displays a specific image composed of display lines. A display line of the specific image is supplied to a portion of the sub-pixels through the data lines to form an arrangement of brightness and darkness with a period of Q×M, and a pixel is composed by Q sub-pixels. The plurality of sub-pixels corresponding to the display line have a polarity distribution with a second period of 2N, and 2N sub-pixels in one period are divided into a first region containing first to N-th sub-pixels and a second region containing (N+1)-th to 2N-th sub-pixels. The polarity distribution of the first to N-th sub-pixels is opposite to that of the (N+1)-th to 2N-th sub-pixels. The least common multiple of M and N is an odd multiple of N.
US10217409B2
A pixel circuit and a method therefor, and an organic light-emitting display. The pixel circuit initializes an anode of an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) by means of a first thin-film transistor, a second thin-film transistor and a seventh thin-film transistor, and initializes a gate and a drain of a sixth thin-film transistor serving as a driving element by means of the first thin-film transistor, a third thin-film transistor and the seventh thin-film transistor so that the service life of the OLED and the service life of the sixth thin-film transistor are prolonged. The current output by the sixth thin-film transistor serving as a driving element is irrelevant to the threshold voltage of the sixth thin-film transistor and the impedance of the power wiring, and thus uneven brightness caused by deviation of the threshold voltage of the thin-film transistor and different impedances of the power wiring can be avoided. Therefore, for the organic light-emitting display that adopts the pixel circuit and the driving method therefor, the service life is prolonged and the display quality is improved.
US10217403B2
The disclosure provides a display apparatus. The display apparatus of the disclosure includes a substrate having a plurality of pixel regions, a plurality of active elements, a plurality of first signal lines and second signal lines, a plurality of ground signal lines and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs). The plurality of ground signal lines are disposed on the substrate and arranged to alternate with the first signal lines. At least one LED has first and second electrodes. The first electrode of at least one LED is electrically connected with a corresponding active element. A second electrode of at least one LED is electrically connected with a corresponding ground signal line. At least two LEDs disposed in an identical pixel region is electrically connected with an identical ground signal line between two first signal lines adjacent to each other. The display apparatus of the disclosure has high resolution.
US10217391B2
Disclosed is a shift register unit, a gate driving circuit and a driving method, as well as a display apparatus. The shift register unit has a working cycle including an input phase, an output phase, a reset phase and a maintaining phase. In the reset phase, a clock signal is transmitted to an output terminal to pull a voltage of the output terminal down to a reference voltage, and the pulled-down voltage of the output terminal is subsequently changed from the reference voltage to a gate-off voltage. In the maintaining phase, the voltage of the output terminal is maintained at the gate-off voltage. The reference voltage is smaller than the gate-off voltage.
US10217389B2
Provided are an electronic display device and an information display method of same, the electronic display device enabling recognition by means of a tactile sensation or three-dimensional visual recognition with respect to an object.
US10217387B2
A durable LED light engine includes a printed circuit board including LEDs mounted thereon positioned between a substantially U-shaped top enclosure and a bottom enclosure. Once assembled together, the combination of the substantially U-shaped top enclosure, the printed circuit board and the bottom enclosure are held together with a molding material.
US10217384B2
Linerless labels are presented. A label includes a specific pattern or set of patterns of adhesive applied to one side of the label. The adhesive pattern(s) reduces contact between a cutter blade of a printer and the adhesive on the one side of the label. Moreover, the adhesive patterns reduce buildup of adhesive on the cutter blade and reduce buildup at specific locations on the cutter blade. That is, the adhesive patterns more evenly distribute adhesive buildup across the cutter blade. Consequently, the cutter blade can be used for a longer period of time before the cutter blade needs to be cleaned of the adhesive.
US10217374B2
The portable simulation system is a computer-based driving simulator, which uses an actual vehicle as an input device, and a portable display to present a Virtual Driving Environment (VDE) to the driver. Vehicle's steered wheels are placed atop of the turntables permitting free operation of the steering wheel. The vehicle remains immobile while its engine and power steering can be turned off during simulation. External non-invasive sensors can be placed under the gas and brake pedals, permitting any vehicle to be used in the simulator, including the driver's own vehicle. A digital interface to the vehicle's systems, like OBD II, can be used to increase the fidelity of the simulation. A portable computer used for driving simulation and VDE presentation provides a low cost simulation option. A simple configuration of the portable simulator does not require an external power source and can be set-up and operated at any parking space.
US10217373B2
A method of playing a learning game having game pieces with a playing face divided into first and second sections, the first section displaying a first number and the second section displaying the first number, a mathematical operation, and a second number, the method including taking turns to place a game piece on a playing surface adjacent a game piece already on the playing surface in which a numeric value of the first number in the first section of the game piece or the numeric value of the result of the mathematical operation in the second section is equal to a numeric value of a first or second section of the game piece already on the playing surface that is not adjacent another game piece.
US10217371B1
Apparatus and associated methods relate to controlling, based on a mode selector, the field of view of an external object detector during aircraft taxi operations. For example, during high-speed taxi operations, the field of view can be controlled to have a relatively-small solid-angle of detection capability. The relatively-small solid-angle field of view can be aligned so as to detect more distant objects within a narrow corridor extending forward of the aircraft's wingtips. During low-speed taxi operations, for example, the field of view can be controlled to have a relatively-large solid-angle of detection capability. The relatively-large solid-angle field of view can be aligned so as to detect close objects in the vicinity of the aircraft wings and engine nacelle. The object detector projects structured light within the controlled field of view, thereby illuminating the object(s) external to the aircraft that are within the illumination field of view.
US10217365B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for determining whether an object is within a target area, a parking management device, a parking management system and an electronic device. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring an intensity value of a wireless signal that the object receives from a signal transmitting apparatus which is provided on the site of the target area; and determining whether the object is within the target area based on the intensity value of the wireless signal. The method for determining whether the object is within the target area can be applied to guide a user to park a vehicle within a parking area.
US10217364B2
A lane assistance system of a host vehicle for reacting to fast and extremely fast approaching vehicles includes a rear radar sensing unit having a sensor and an electronic controller. The electronic controller determines the distance and relative velocity of the fast approaching vehicle to the host vehicle. Further, depending on the closeness of the approaching vehicle, the lane of the approaching vehicle is determined from angular resolution of the radar signal. When the vehicle is approaching at an extremely fast rate and the angular resolution of the radar signal is not capable of determining an exact relative lane of the approaching vehicle due to the vehicle being too far away, the assistance system warns against or prevents lane changes by the host vehicle.
