US10225967B2
A noise suppression cable includes an insulated electric wire including an insulator that covers an outer periphery of a conductor wire, and a magnetic tape layer formed by transversely winding a magnetic tape on an outer periphery of the insulated electric wire. A magnetic body constituting the magnetic tape is cut out from a rolled material in such a manner that a width direction of the magnetic tape corresponds to a rolled direction, and the magnetic body has a magnetic property that is different between the width direction and an orthogonal direction to the width direction.
US10225956B1
A cooling device applied to a server or other casing reduces airflow resistance. A covered chassis defines a accommodating groove and includes two opposite ends, an air inlet located at one end and an air outlet located at the other end, the air outlet communicating with the air inlet. The cover of the chassis is mounted adjacent a side of the chassis and seals the accommodating groove. The cover defines first and second openings corresponding to the accommodating groove. Part of cooling air exits the casing through the accommodating groove and the air outlet, the rest of the cooling air exits the casing through the first opening, re-enters the casing through the second opening and exits the casing through the air outlet.
US10225955B1
A computing device includes a housing having an inner surface, a first outer surface, a second outer surface, and a side extending between the first outer surface and the second outer surface. The computing device also includes a heat generating electronic device, a first heat spreader, and a second heat spreader. At least a portion of the first heat spreader abuts or is adjacent to the inner surface of the housing. The second heat spreader extends from a first position within the housing, at or adjacent to the heat generating electronic device to a second position within the housing. The second position is closer to the side of the housing than the first position. A first portion of the second heat spreader abuts the first heat spreader, and a second portion of the second heat spreader is at a distance from the first heat spreader.
US10225953B2
A heat transfer system includes a heat source, a first heat exchanger coupled to the heat source to remove heat from the heat source, and a second heat exchanger coupled to the first heat exchanger to remove heat from the first heat exchanger. The heat transfer system also includes a thermal doubler coupled to the second heat exchanger to remove heat from the second heat exchanger, a first heat pipe coupled to the thermal doubler to remove heat from the thermal doubler, and a second heat pipe coupled to the first heat pipe to remove heat from the first heat pipe.
US10225950B2
A heat exchange system for an aircraft includes an aircraft controller for controlling an operation of an aircraft, a thermoelectric device having a low temperature side and a high temperature side, an inlet line that carries fluid through the low temperature side of the thermoelectric device and to the aircraft controller; and an outlet line that carrier the fluid away from the and aircraft controller through the high temperature side of the thermoelectric device. Heat is transferred away from the inlet line to the outlet line through the thermoelectric device when a predetermined condition is met.
US10225944B2
A Self-Service Terminal (SST) plinth is provided. The SST plinth includes one or more fastening mechanisms, a power supply, and one or more communication ports. The fastening mechanisms are configured to fasten an SST to the SST plinth. The SST is powered through the power supply of the plinth. Modules of the SST connect to some of the communication ports, and cabling connects external resources of the SST to the SST though other ones of the plinth's communication ports.
US10225942B2
A flameproof housing (202) includes a display aperture (212), a shoulder (207) adjacent to the display aperture (212), a transparent panel (230) including an outer face (231) and a perimeter (232), and a fastener element (236) configured to hold the transparent panel (230) against the shoulder (207). A perimeter interface region (264) between the perimeter (232) of the transparent panel (230) and the interior surface (203) of the flameproof housing (202) creates a perimeter gap that does not exceed a predetermined flameproof gap limit and a face interface region (260) between the outer face (231) of the transparent panel (230) and the shoulder (207) creates a face gap that does not exceed the predetermined flameproof gap limit.
US10225938B2
A display device is divided into a panel part and a body part so that the panel part can have an ultra thin thickness. By dividing the display device into the panel part and the body part and connecting them via a connection wiring, it is possible to implement an ultra thin panel part. A first connector is disposed in the panel part, and a second connector is disposed in the connection wiring connected to the body part. The body part can be easily attached to the panel part by connecting the second connector to the first connector, and the body part can be easily detached from the panel part by disconnecting the second connector from the first connector.
US10225936B2
A flexible display device may include a display unit, and a support mechanism. The support mechanism may include multiple supporting units arranged at intervals in a direction of a side edge of the display unit and fixed to a second surface, and a movable unit. The supporting units respectively define holes that have openings facing toward each other and communicating with each other. The movable unit passes through the holes and is movable relative to the supporting units. The shape is changed by adjusting a position relationship between the movable unit and the supporting units.
US10225935B2
A power conversion device includes an input conversion module, an output conversion module, a filtering module and a controlling module, which are installed on a main board. The main board includes a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge. The first edge and the second edge are opposed to each other. The third edge and the fourth edge are opposed to each other. A first part of the input conversion module is located near the first edge and the third edge. A second part of the input conversion module is near the first edge and the fourth edge. An airflow channel is formed between the first part and the second part. The output conversion module is near the second edge. The filtering module is near the second edge. The controlling module is arranged between the first part and the third edge.
US10225934B2
A circuit board (01), including at least two electrically conductive layers (02) arranged one above the other and at least one dielectric layer (03), which is arranged between adjacent electrically conductive layers (02), is provided. The circuit board (01) is characterized in particular in that the plate has at least two magnetically conductive layers (05), wherein each magnetically conductive layer (05) is arranged at least indirectly adjacent to an electrically conductive layer (02), and that the circuit board also has vertical recesses for accommodating magnetic vias (08) for connecting the magnetically conductive layers (05) in a specific manner. A method for producing such a circuit board (01) is provided.
US10225919B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatuses for generating an ionizing electromagnetic field via a remote plasma source such that the field controllably extends through a field projection portion where the field attenuates, to a plasma processing portion where the field is attenuated but still strong enough to sustain a plasma. The plasma has a low voltage and RF energy and can be used for a variety of semiconductor and thin film processing operations including chamber cleaning via radical generation, etching, and deposition.
US10225916B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a curtain configured decorative lighting system. The curtain configuration of decorative light stings is obtained by using light-string distribution elements, each of which receives an input signal by a conductive lead. The input signal is indicative of a plurality of lighting commands. The light-string distribution element then provides an output signal to a tap connector, to which a decorative light string can be connected. The provided output signal is indicative of lighting commands corresponding to a plurality of lighting elements distributed along the decorative light string connected thereto. The plurality of lighting elements of the attached decorative light string each illuminate in response to one of the lighting commands indicated by the output signal. In some embodiments, the decorative light string provides to the tap connector a signal indicative of lighting commands that do not correspond to lighting elements of that decorative light string.
US10225908B2
An active damping circuit is disclosed, which includes a peak current limiter, a drain source voltage limiter, a turn-on driver, a resistor shunt circuit, and a peak current sensor. The peak current sensor detects a rising edge of an input voltage from a phase cut dimmer by detecting a higher peak current. This drives a collector voltage of a second transistor of the peak current limiter low, which lowers a gate voltage of a first transistor of the peak current sensor, and forces it into a linear operating region, so it functions as a damping resistor. When the peak current sensor detects a decreased peak current, such that the turn-on edge of the input voltage is passed, the second transistor turns off, and the turn-on driver turns the first transistor on, such that the active damping circuit is waiting for a next edge of the input voltage.
US10225890B2
Temperature measurement systems (20) include a temperature sensor (22) and an electronic signal interrogator (24). The temperature sensor (22) has a transponder (26) equipped with an antenna (28), and a separate parasitic antenna (32) with a temperature-sensitive transducer (34, 68-74, 78a-84a), while the interrogator (24) has a transmitter (42) and antenna (40). The sensor (22) is designed to be placed in thermal contact with an object to be temperature-measured, with the interrogator (24) placed in proximity to the object. The systems (20) may be used with food servingware domes (88, 114), which can be preheated and placed over a food-bearing plate to maintain the temperature of the food.
US10225888B2
A defrost window includes a transparent substrate, a carbon nanotube film, a first electrode, a second electrode and a protective layer. The transparent substrate has a top surface. The carbon nanotube film is disposed on the top surface of the transparent substrate. The first electrode and the second electrode electrically connect to the carbon nanotube film and space from each other. The protective layer covers the carbon nanotube film.
US10225884B2
Method for initializing protection device and protection device in wireless microphone beacon system
A method for initializing a protection device PD comprising steps of: receiving by a beacon receiver beacon information from other protection devices around the PD; sending by the beacon receiver the received beacon information to a channel monitoring decision maker within a time period set in a channel monitoring timer; determining by the channel monitoring decision maker whether there exists any primary beacon transmission device PPD; if yes, deciding the PD as a secondary beacon transmission device SPD; if no, deciding the PD as a PPD; receiving by an initialization process decision maker a determination result from the channel monitoring decision maker and determining an operation status of the PD within a time period set in the initialization process timer; outputting by the initialization process decision maker the determination result to a transmitter of the PD to decide whether the transmitter has transmitted any data or request information.
US10225879B2
A communication device for handling a user equipment (UE) access stratum (AS) context comprises a storage device for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage device. The instructions comprise establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a network; receiving the UE AS context from the network; receiving a RRCConnectionRelease message configuring the communication device to suspend the RRC connection and enter a RRC_IDLE state; storing the UE AS context, when receiving the RRCConnectionRelease message; restoring the UE AS context, resuming a signalling radio bearer 1 (SRB1) and transmitting a RRCConnectionResumeRequest message, when initiating a RRC connection resume procedure; receiving a RRCConnectionSetup message or a RRCConnectionReject message in response to the RRCConnectionResumeRequest message; and releasing the UE AS context and the SRB1 in response to the RRCConnectionSetup message or the RRCConnectionReject message.
US10225878B2
A method and system for displaying wearable device display information may include: a master wearable device detecting whether a user has put on a slave wearable device via a body transmission channel; if yes, the master wearable device transmits the device display information of the slave wearable device to a handheld terminal; the handheld terminal establishes a wireless communication link with the slave wearable device; when determining that a priority of the slave wearable device is higher than a priority of the master wearable device, the handheld terminal transmits the display information to the slave wearable device for display.
US10225872B2
A communication device for handling a device-to-device (D2D) communication comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing means coupled to the storage unit. The storage unit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise receiving a barring in a signalling transmitted by a first base station; and bypassing the barring to initiate a procedure for the D2D communication to a second base station.
US10225871B2
A method, a terminal, and a system for hosting a network access point are disclosed, and relate to the communications filed. The method includes: initiating, by a terminal, a hosting request to a server, where the hosting request includes an identifier of an access point needing to be hosted, so that the server authenticates the access point according to the identifier of the access point, and the hosting request is used to delegate operation permission of the access point to the server; receiving, by the terminal, an authentication result sent by the server; and when the authentication result is that the authentication succeeds, determining, by the terminal, that the hosting succeeds. This application can effectively resolve a problem that a user has excessive network traffic, thereby improving user experience.
US10225870B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to link aggregation between devices. A device may determine a first frequency band and a second frequency band for sending data to a second device in a multiband link aggregation session. The device may cause to send, in an initial state, a setup request frame to the second device for establishing the multiband link aggregation session. The device may receive, in a setup completion state, a setup response frame from the second device to establish the multiband link aggregation session. The device may cause to send, in an operating mode established state, the data to the second device over the first frequency band and/or the second frequency band in the multiband link aggregation session.
US10225864B2
The invention provides the method and apparatus for node and UE to schedule and transmit CTS in a communication network. The method comprises that a node transmits a RTS for indicating a CTS scheduling information to a LTE in an unlicensed band, wherein the scheduling information is used to indicate the LTE to send a CTS in uplink licensed band in response to the RTS. The CTS scheduling information may explicitly include time resource and frequency resource for the UE to transmit the CTS. The CTS scheduling information may implicitly indicate the time and frequency resource for the UE to transmit the CTS. Based on the explicit or implicit schemes of the present application, the scheduling signaling overhead can be reduced and the co-existence problem between LTE-U/LTE-U or between LTE-U/Wi-Fi can be efficiently mitigated.
US10225862B2
A base station includes a storage device to store results of carrier sensing performed respectively on a data transmission side and on a data reception side with respect to a plurality of sub-bands in unlicensed frequencies being the frequencies of which a use is not licensed for data transmission, and a controller to extract sub-bands of the unlicensed frequencies being determined that are in an idle status or have high possibility to be in the idle status by both of the data transmission side and the data reception side in the carrier sensing results as candidates for sub-bands of the unlicensed frequencies to be used for transmitting data by the data transmission side.
US10225856B2
Resources are allocated on a shared downlink control channel by an allocation table that is partitioned into a first, fixed length partition and into at least one second, variable length partition. The fixed length and the modulation and coding scheme MCS of the first partition is known a priori. The second variable length and the MCS of the second partition may be given in the first partition. Robustness may be varied between different second partitions of the same allocation table, or even within a single second partition to account for users at different proximity to the network node giving the allocations. Users may be identified in the first partition (e.g., a fixed number of users), and/or in the second partition (either additional allocated users or all users being allocated if the first partition does not identify users). Method, apparatus, computer program, integrated circuit and systems are detailed.
US10225855B2
Disclosed is a method for transmission of a device-to-device (D2D) signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method for transmission of a D2D signal, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving a location of resources, for transmitting a scheduling assignment, from a base station; and transmitting the scheduling assignment by means of the resources, wherein the scheduling assignment comprises information indicating a subframe, for transmitting a D2D-related signal in a scheduling assignment period that is subsequent to the subframe in which the scheduling assignment is transmitted.
US10225851B2
System and techniques for a multi-class Long Range Lower Power (LRLP) access point (AP) multifactor intelligent agent control are described herein. A station (STA) association at the AP is received. Here, the association includes Class Identifier (ID) information. The Class ID information encompasses a set of communication parameters. A schedule of LRLP and non-LRLP STAs with associations at the AP is maintained. A transceiver chain is modified based on the schedule and the set of communication parameters to complete a communication with the STA.
US10225840B2
A distributed antenna and backhaul system provide network connectivity for a small cell deployment. Rather than building new structures, and installing additional fiber and cable, embodiments described herein disclose using high-bandwidth, millimeter-wave communications and existing power line infrastructure. Above ground backhaul connections via power lines and line-of-sight millimeter-wave band signals as well as underground backhaul connections via buried electrical conduits can provide connectivity to the distributed base stations. An overhead millimeter-wave system can also be used to provide backhaul connectivity. Modules can be placed onto existing infrastructure, such as streetlights and utility poles, and the modules can contain base stations and antennas to transmit the millimeter-waves to and from other modules.
US10225838B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication over non-contiguous channels. For example, a device may include a wireless communication unit capable of transmitting symbols of a wireless communication packet to a wireless communication device over a plurality of non-contiguous wireless communication channels.
US10225830B2
Embodiments of present invention provide a processing method of a data packet, a terminal, a base station and a system, the terminal comprises: a receiving unit, configured to receive a first instruction sent by a first base station; a processing unit, configured to stop reordering data packets according to the first instruction received by the receiving unit, or start reordering the data packets according to the first instruction received by the receiving unit. The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention are used to achieve that an orderliness of the data packets in the terminal is guaranteed.
US10225829B2
The present invention provides a method and system for transmitting LTE control information for Category M User Equipment (UE). According to embodiments, there is provided a method and system for LTE downlink control information for HD-FDD UE using multiple HARQ processes in a low Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR).
US10225828B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating control information in a Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU). For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless station to generate a PPDU comprising a header field, a payload after the header field, and a control trailer after the payload, the control trailer comprising control information, the header field indicating presence of the control trailer; and to transmit the PPDU over a directional wireless communication band.
US10225825B2
A method and apparatus for enhanced uplink communication is disclosed. A Node-B receives a scheduling request from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The Node-B determines a scheduling grant based at least on the scheduling request. The Node-B transmits the scheduling grant to the WTRU. The Node-B demultiplexes a received medium access control for enhanced uplink (MAC-e) protocol data unit (PDU), from the WTRU, into medium access control for dedicated channel (MAC-d) PDUs. The Node-B generates and sends a transmission feedback in response to the received MAC-e PDU.
US10225820B2
The present invention discloses a method, an apparatus and a system for configuring Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) control information, and the method includes: a network side apparatus broadcasts Multicast Control Channel (MCCH) configuration information to the terminal by Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH), and the MCCH configuration information is received by the terminal; the network side apparatus sends Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) region configuration information to the terminal by the MCCH channel; the MBSFN region configuration information is received by the terminal according to the MCCH configuration information; the network side apparatus sends MBMS service data to the terminal by Multicast Traffic Channel (MTCH); the MBMS service data is received by the terminal according to the MBSFN region configuration information. In the present invention, the network side apparatus broadcasts MCCH configuration information to the terminal by the BCCH channel, and sends MBSFN region configuration information to the terminal by the MCCH channel respectively, thereby the information required to be transmitted in the BCCH channel and MCCH channel is configured in division, the capability requirements of the different air interfaces are satisfied, and the signaling overhead is saved.
US10225815B2
The present invention relates to a transmitting terminal for transmitting data to a receiving terminal over a direct link connection. The transmitting terminal comprises a receiving unit that receives from at least one neighboring terminal direct link timing information generated at the respective neighboring UE for determining the timing of the data transmission over the direct link. A generating unit generates derived direct link timing information based on the received direct link timing and which can be used for generating a derived direct link transmission timing value for determining the timing of the data transmission over the direct link. A transmitting unit transmits to the receiving terminal the derived direct link timing information.
US10225812B2
Disclosed in the present application is a method for transmitting a synchronization signal for a direct device-to-device communication by a user equipment in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: setting a power parameter of a synchronization signal for the direct device-to-device communication through an upper layer; receiving, from a base station, a transmit power control (TPC) command for the direct device-to-device communication; determining a transmission power of the synchronization signal for the direct device-to-device communication on the basis of the power parameter and the TPC command; and transmitting the synchronization signal for the direct device-to-device communication according to the determined transmission power, wherein the TPC command is for a data channel of the direct device-to-device communication.
US10225808B2
Provided are a method and a device for controlling transmission power in a wireless communication system. The device conducts an adjustment such that the transmission power of an UL (uplink) signal, with respect to a serving cell in an unlicensed band, does not exceed the maximum PSD (power spectral density) of the unlicensed band.
US10225807B2
Methods and systems for communicating a message through a communication network are provided. A method for receiving a message through a communication network is provided, where the message is partitioned into at least two parts each of which is carried in a corresponding modulated part of a first modulated signal frame, and the at least two modulated parts of the first modulated signal frame have different power levels, the method including: receiving the first modulated signal frame; obtaining control information of the message from the first modulated signal frame; and obtaining the message carried in the first modulated signal frame based on the control information.
US10225804B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus is configured to determine a power control command including a target receiver power level for uplink transmission. The apparatus is configured to transmit a frame to a wireless device. The frame may include information associated with the determined target receiver power level for uplink transmission from the wireless device and a transmit power level at which the frame is to be transmitted. The information may enable the wireless device to compute a transmit power for the uplink transmission. The frame may include power control commands for other wireless devices.
US10225785B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for user equipment initiated handover. Certain aspects include a method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) including determining a first signal metric between the UE and a first base station, while the UE has a connection established with the first base station. The method further includes determining a second signal metric between the UE and a second base station, while the UE does not have a connection established with the second base station. The method further includes determining that the second signal metric is stronger than the first signal metric. The method further includes declaring a radio link failure with the first base station based on determining that the second signal metric is stronger than the first signal metric. The method further includes establishing a connection with the second base station.
US10225784B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting dual connectivity of a first base station and a second base station is provided. A radio link failure (RLF) associated with at least one cell of the second base station is detected. A failure message is transmitted to the first base station upon detecting the RLF.
US10225776B2
Embodiments provide a method for configuring a serving cell in dual connectivity, user equipment, and a base station. According to the method, a master eNodeB sends RRC connection reconfiguration signaling to the user equipment, where the RRC connection reconfiguration signaling carries indication information used to indicate whether an SFN of the master eNodeB and an SFN of the secondary eNodeB have same parity, or carries an SFN of the secondary eNodeB. The UE executes primary secondary cell pSCell configuration at the secondary eNodeB according to the RRC connection reconfiguration signaling. The UE may determine parity of the SFN of the secondary eNodeB according to the received indication information or the SFN of the secondary eNodeB, and then the UE performs random access to the SeNB.
US10225769B2
A method for receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method includes receiving, from a base station, an RRC connection reconfiguration message for adding a secondary cell group (SCG), wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message includes data radio bearer (DRB) configuration parameters for remapping a DRB that is established on a master cell group (MCG), to the SCG; and remapping the DRB to the SCG based on the RRC connection reconfiguration message, wherein the DRB configuration parameters include a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) configuration.
US10225768B2
Disclosed are a serving node relocating method in a wireless communication system and a device for same. In detail, a method for relocating, by a first serving node, a serving node in a wireless communication system can include: receiving a tracking area update (TAU) request message from a terminal; transmitting an update location request to a home subscriber server (HSS), when the first serving node having received the TAU request message is different from a second serving node that is an old node; and transmitting an update location message to a service capability exposure function (SCEF), when the first serving node is different from the second serving node that is the old node and a connection for transmitting/receiving non-internet protocol (non-IP) data via the SCEF is configured in the terminal.
US10225760B1
A system for evaluating the performance of beam forming antennas based on correlations of signal to noise measurements of individual scattering elements in the antennas. An RF source provides a radio frequency (RF) signal having a first frequency to an input of the antenna. Each of the antenna's scattering elements are individually selectable to emit the RF signal. A bias signal sequentially turns off and on each scattering element while emitting the RF signal. Also, a characteristic of the RF signal emitted by each scattering element is separately measured and each difference between the characteristics are identified and compared to one or more threshold values. A report regarding the differences that exceed the threshold value is provided to a user.
US10225754B2
A method includes determining a quality of service (QoS) of a direct link between an edge device and a communications controller and determining a hub search parameter in accordance with the QoS of the direct link between the edge device and the communications controller. The method also includes searching for hub devices in accordance with the hub search parameter.
US10225753B2
A terminal, and a control method for a terminal in a wireless communication system including a network of base stations, operating under extended discontinuous reception. The method comprises the steps of performing discontinuous reception of signals from a serving base station so as to listen for a paging message, with a reception periodicity having a first interval; performing radio link measurements so as to determine the need for cell selection, with a measurement periodicity having a second interval; wherein the second interval is shorter than the first interval.
US10225744B2
A method and apparatus for sending information are provided, herein the method for sending information includes: the sending end using a physical control channel (PDCCH) or an enhanced physical control channel (ePDCCH) or downlink control information (DCI) transmitted in the agreed resources to describe the information about time that the unlicensed carriers are occupied; the sending end sending the DCI information through licensed carriers or the unlicensed carriers; herein, the information about time includes: a starting subframe occupying an unlicensed carrier and the number of subframes that are continuously occupied starting from the starting subframe. Through the present disclosure, how to enable base stations to mutually inform about an occupation situation of the unlicensed carrier in the related art is achieved, the coordination and utilization of the unlicensed carriers in a wireless communication system are simplified the utilization rate of the unlicensed carriers is improved.
US10225743B2
System and techniques for radio spectrum sharing are described herein. A free radio spectrum block may be identified. An identification packet of the free radio spectrum block may be published. Here, the identification packet may include at least one of available spectrum, time, or area corresponding to the free radio spectrum block. An acknowledgement to the identification packet may be received. A provider of the free radio spectrum block may then be caused to cease radio communication on the available spectrum for the time and area specified in the identification packet.
US10225742B2
A method performed by a radio network node for determining a partitioning of a first signal into one or more parts to be transmitted to a first radio node. The radio network node comprises two or more antennas, each associated with a respective radio chain. The radio network node and the radio node operate in a wireless communications network. The radio network node determines a number of radio chains, to be used to send the first signal, and determines a partitioning of the first signal into the one or more parts of the first signal over the determined number of radio chains. The one or more parts are to be transmitted to the first radio node. The radio network node determines the number of radio chains and the partitioning based on a scheduling decision associated with the radio network node, and one or more parameters.
US10225740B2
Systems and methods implemented in a cloud node in a cloud based security system for network access control of a mobile device based on multidimensional risk profiling thereof include receiving posture data from the mobile device; determining a device fingerprint and a risk index of the mobile device based on the posture data; and, responsive to a request by the mobile device for network resources through the cloud based security system, performing a multidimensional risk analysis based on the device fingerprint and the risk index and allowing or denying the request based on the multidimensional risk analysis.
US10225737B1
A method, system, and computer readable program code are disclosed for authenticating a user having a mobile device with plural sensors. The method includes recognizing a situation of the mobile device or the user; determining if the situation of the mobile device or the user is a predetermined situation; when the situation is the predetermined situation: determining a first action as an authentication action; determining a single sensor or a first combination of sensors among the plural sensors; and executing a first authentication for the user by using the single sensor or the first combination of sensors; and when the situation is not the predetermined situation: determining a second action as the authentication action; determining a second combination of sensors among the plural sensors; and executing a second authentication for the user by using the second combination of sensors.
US10225736B2
A method and apparatus for performing an authentication procedure in a wireless communication system is provided. A mobile equipment, which runs a plurality of applications, detects that a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) of the mobile equipment is in a first status, in which the UICC is able to answer a request, or a second status, in which the UICC is not able to answer a request. If detected, the mobile equipment stores a first set of authentication credentials in the UICC and a second set of authentication credentials in the mobile equipment, and performs the authentication procedure by using one of the first set of authentication credentials for the first status or the second set of authentication credentials for the second status.
US10225728B2
Various embodiments detecting wireless communication device mobility in a wireless communication network. In one embodiment, one or more Internet Protocol (IP) data packets associated with a wireless communication device are analyzed. The wireless communication device is coupled with the edge entity. A determination is made, based on the analyzing, that the wireless communication device is a newly coupled device at the edge entity. A central entity disposed within the wireless communication network is notified that the wireless communication device is currently coupled to the edge entity.
US10225711B2
A first client device or system performs a method that includes retaining in memory registration information for a respective application indicating the respective application is registered for sharing application state with other client devices or systems. The method further includes storing an application state of a respective application, and detecting a transfer triggering condition. The transfer triggering condition includes presence of a second client device or system within a predefined proximity of the first client device or system, and the predefined proximity is a predefined proximity for near field communication. Furthermore, upon detecting the triggering condition, the first client device or system determines, in accordance with the stored registration information, that the respective application is registered for application state sharing, and transmits the application state of the respective application to the second client device or system.
US10225696B2
Data transmission in a multicast fashion in which retransmissions are requested by recipients sending feedback to the one sender. Receiving stations are informed about the feedback of another receiving station. This is done by mirroring the feedback of receiving stations to other receiving stations. Due to this, in case, for example, one of the mirrored feedbacks is a negative acknowledgement message, the other receiving stations are informed that it is no longer necessary to provide their feedback, since a retransmission will be initiated anyway. Advantageously, this may allow reduced interference in the direction of the feedback
US10225693B2
A wireless communication device mounted on a mobile object, the mobile object including: a mobile communication unit that is able to connect to a mobile communication network; and a wireless network connection unit that provides a wireless network connection service based on the mobile communication network connected by the mobile communication unit, the wireless communication device includes: a satellite positioning unit configured to acquire position information on the wireless communication device based on a satellite positioning system; and a control unit configured to control a connection state of the wireless network connection service based on the position information acquired by the satellite positioning unit.
US10225688B2
A convenient, easy to use ubiquitous governance system to help manage and maintain the plurality of semi-autonomous devices that will be loosely coupled to and communicate via the Internet or other network, more commonly referred to as the network of things.
US10225673B2
A system is provided for identifying a source of an audible nuisance in a vehicle. The system includes a device configured to receive a visual dataset, and to generate a camera signal in response thereto. The system includes a dock configured to removably couple to the device. The dock includes a microphone array configured to receive the audible nuisance, and to generate a microphone signal in response thereto. The system includes a processor module configured to be communicatively coupled with the device and the dock. The processor module is configured to generate a raw soundmap signal in response to the microphone signal. The processor module is configured to combine the camera signal and the raw soundmap signal, and to generate a camera/soundmap overlay signal in response to combining the camera signal and the raw soundmap signal.
US10225670B2
A method for operating a hearing system including a hearing device, a camera and an auxiliary device, the method including the steps of providing an input signal to the hearing device, capturing an image or a sequence of images of at least sections of a surrounding of a user wearing the hearing device, processing the image or the sequence of images in the auxiliary device) for obtaining consolidated data of a sound source being important for the user, transmitting the consolidated data to the hearing device, generating an output signal in the hearing device by processing the audio signal and by taking into account the consolidated data, and feeding the output signal to an output transducer of the hearing device. Thereby, a hearing system having improved capabilities is obtained.
US10225666B2
A hearing prosthesis, including an implantable microphone, and a sound management system, wherein the hearing prosthesis is configured to set an operational parameter of the sound management system based on input from a microphone external to the recipient of the implantable microphone.
US10225659B2
The present invention discloses a speaker device capable of restraining polarization, a method for adjusting a diaphragm balance position of the speaker device and a method for adjusting diaphragm compliance performance of the speaker device. The speaker device comprises a vibration system, a magnetic circuit system, a shell accommodating the vibration system and the magnetic circuit system, a first electret layer, a second electret layer and a third electret layer, wherein the first electret layer, the second electret layer and the third electret layer have the same electric charge polarity; the first electret layer is attached to the vibration system; the second electret layer is attached to a first fixing component above the vibration system and opposite to the first electret layer; the third electret layer is attached to a second fixing component below the vibration system and opposite to the first electret layer; and the first electret layer, the second electret layer and the third electret layer are parallel to one another. In the present invention, an electrostatic field force is adopted to restrain the polarization of a diaphragm in a vibration direction.
US10225656B1
A computing system comprises a memory including instructions and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor, when executing the instructions, is configured to perform the steps of mapping, to a robotic speaker, a sound associated with a virtual object included in a virtual environment, transmitting information to the robotic speaker to cause the robotic speaker to move to a location in a physical environment that corresponds to a location of the virtual object in the virtual environment, and transmitting an audio signal to the robotic speaker. The robotic speaker outputs, based on the audio signal and at the location in the physical environment, the sound associated with the virtual object.
US10225651B2
Systems and methods discussed herein involve designating a default playback device in a local playback network. One method may involve determining that a networked microphone device is available for assignment to one or more playback zones within a local playback network, displaying a prompt to indicate at least one playback zone to which the network microphone device is to be assigned, receiving an input indicating a particular playback zone in the local playback system to which the network microphone device is to be assigned, and storing data indicating an assignment of the network microphone device to the particular playback zone.
US10225648B1
Embodiments are disclosed for loudspeaker arrays that maximize a number of transducers and associated channel waveguides for a given length of the arrays. In one example, a loudspeaker array includes a plurality of transducers arranged in adjacent groups on opposing sides of a vertical axis of the loudspeaker array, and a plurality of channel waveguides, each channel waveguide coupled to a different transducer of the plurality of transducers, outlets of each channel waveguide being center aligned with one another along the vertical axis of the loudspeaker array. In the example, at least two inlets of the plurality of channel waveguides are substantially aligned along a horizontal plane, the horizontal plane being perpendicular to the vertical axis.
US10225642B2
An earset, according to various examples, comprises: an electronic device connection unit having a microphone terminal connected to a microphone of the earset, an audio ground terminal connected to an audio ground of the earset, a right speaker terminal, and a left speaker terminal; and a switch for allowing, according to a voltage of the microphone terminal, a right speaker and a left speaker of the earset to be mutually connected with one of the right speaker terminal and the left speaker terminal, and the other one of the right speaker terminal and the left speaker terminal to be connected with a shield ground of the earset. Other examples are possible.
US10225641B2
A wearable electronic device includes: a headphone including two sound generators and an elastic band connecting the two sound generators; a display part including two end portions and a middle portion located between the two end portions; and two movable members, wherein each sound generator is movably connected to the corresponding end portion of the display part via the corresponding movable member. Since the sound generator is movably connected to the end portion of the display part via the movable member, the end portion of the display part is not bent and deformed when the headphone is opened outward, such that the restoring force caused by deformation is not increased or even generated, thereby facilitating use of the user.
US10225635B2
A microelectromechanical microphone includes: a substrate; a sensor chip, integrating a microelectromechanical electroacoustic transducer; and a control chip operatively coupled to the sensor chip. In one embodiment, the sensor chip and the control chip are bonded to the substrate, and the sensor chip overlies, or at least partially overlies, the control chip. In another embodiment, the sensor is bonded to the substrate and a barrier is located around at least a portion of the sensor chip.
US10225627B2
A narrative includes a number of serially connected narrative segments combined by a director or editor in a defined sequence to tell a story. Quite frequently a number of different narrative segments are available to the director or editor. A content delivery editor provides editors and directors with the ability to augment a standard with additional narrative segments that provide alternate perspectives, view, or insights to the narrative consumer. Such provides the ability to convey the same narrative to the narrative consumer using a number of plots, storylines, or perspectives. Branch points in the narrative, defined by the editor or director, provide the narrative consumer the opportunity to follow a storyline they find interesting. Each narrative consumer follows a “personalized” path through the narrative. Through social media, narrative consumers are able to discuss the narrative path with other narrative consumers who have taken a different path through the narrative.
US10225626B2
A method of receiving a broadcast signal including a Non-Real-Time (NRT) service and a broadcast receiver are disclosed herein. A method of receiving a broadcast signal including an NRT service, method comprises receiving a broadcast signal including first signaling information and second signaling information, identifying the NRT service based on the first signaling information, identifying an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an NRT service signaling data based on the first signaling information and the second signaling information, receiving the NRT service signaling data by accessing the IP address, and downloading a desired NRT service based on the NRT service signaling data.
US10225623B2
Methods and systems are described herein for masking a network disruption. In an aspect, a plurality of advertisements can be stored locally to a user device. In an aspect, the user device can receive content from a network. In an aspect, the network can experience a disruption, wherein the disruption prevents the user device from receiving the content. In an aspect, the user device can select one of the plurality of advertisements. The selected advertisement can be presented.
US10225622B2
An original advertisement is transformed at a first content viewing device into a transferrable incentivized deferred advertisement that itself includes as added encoded data elements a configured incentive, a configured incentive time period within which to obtain the configured incentive, and a reporting instruction that causes an alternative content viewing device to report advertisement viewing back to the first content viewing device. The transferrable incentivized deferred advertisement, that includes the added encoded data elements, is transferred to the alternative content viewing device.
US10225617B2
Methods and apparatus for generating, distributing, and/or presenting social networking content in conjunction with video content are described. In accordance with various embodiments, social networking related information, e.g., comments, remarks and/or a twitter feed, are displayed in conjunction with the display of video to which the social networking information relates. The social networking related information may be displayed on the same or a different device from that which is used to display the video comments. In some embodiments, the social networking information, e.g., comments on a program, event or broadcast, are displayed on a personal computer or other device such as a mobile telephone, while video content is being viewed, e.g., on a television which is provided video content via a set top box. A knowledgeable moderator can review, supplement, add and delete comments in real time enhancing the overall social networking session.
US10225615B2
A set-top box with enhanced content and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wireless transceiver is located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes a television input, television output, a processor, and memory. The set-top box may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device having a display. Content, such music, for example, may be imported from the proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device and provided to the television. While the music is playing, the set-top box may generate and provide to the television a control signal that includes instructions to adjust the brightness of the television by dimming the television.
US10225612B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for estimating audience member engagement with content, or distinguishing between users consuming content and users who have become distracted or have left. User presence or attention may be estimated from user interactions with or skipping of content, with the user interactions either compared to high quality engagement data from small audience measurement panels, or extrapolated based on a temporal-engagement curve. An attention gap may be estimated, representing users that were not present for or not engaged with or paying attention to a presentation of content at a client device. This allows the measurement system to distinguish between users who consumed and potentially enjoyed the content, and users who did not, even as client devices of both sets of users receive and present the content items.
US10225607B1
The disclosure is directed to a video processing apparatus and a video processing method thereof. In one of the exemplary embodiments, the disclosure is directed to a video processing apparatus which includes not limited to a storage medium configured to store a first video file, a down-scaling module coupled to the storage medium and configured to down-scale the first video file into a second video file, a learning machine module configured to receive the first video file and a third video file which is processed from the second multimedia file and generate a trained model out of the first video file and the third video file, and a transmitter configured to transmit a data package which comprises a compression of the second video file and a compression of the trained model.
US10225606B2
A system and method for remotely transcoding content includes a cloud location storing content titles, communicating at least one of the content titles to a user device to form communicated content titles. The user device is in communication with the cloud location through a network. The user device generates a selection signal for selecting a first content title from communicated content titles to form a selection. The user device negotiates settings by intercommunicating between the user device and the cloud location in response to form the selection. The user device communicates the selection to the cloud location. The cloud location has a transcoder device transcoding content corresponding to the selection to form transcoded content in response to the optimal settings. The cloud location communicates the transcoded content to the user device.
US10225599B2
A system includes a user interface for allowing a user to select a data stream to be played, a receiver for receiving the data stream to be played and a transmitter for transmitting the received data stream to a device that is capable of playing the stream. The system includes a first and a second device, which are separate from one another. The first device, called a receiving device, integrates the receiver and the transmitter. The second device, called a control device, integrates the user interface and, following the selection, by a user, of a stream to be played, transmits to the first device a command for playing the selected stream, the command containing data for locating the selected stream.
US10225598B2
A system and method for visual editing of an input signal, including an editing device comprising a device screen, a media module, a user input module, and an output module. The media module receives an input signal which includes at least one visual component. The device screen comprises a source screen and a delay screen, wherein the input signal is displayed on the source screen in real time, and the input signal is displayed on the delay screen in delay time, with the delay time being adjustable. The user input module allows the user to create at least one clip comprising a portion of the input signal as it is displayed on the delay screen. The output module is structured to output the clip.
US10225596B1
A computer-implemented method includes receiving information associated with a user of media services, wherein the received information does not uniquely identify one media head end for the user, identifying a plurality of head ends responsive to the received information, and generating, for display on a client device associated with the user, information for displaying a program guide aggregating channels for the plurality of head ends.
US10225594B2
A content transmission selection system is disclosed. The content transmission selection system receives requests from viewers for specific video content items. Using characteristics of the designated content item, the content transmission selection system determines whether to transmit the content item over a broadcast network or a broadband network.
US10225590B2
Disclosure includes a system, method and architecture to monitor media content streams, e.g., streams of digital encoded media data such as without limitation audio and/or video data, from a number of media content streaming providers and identify media content items from those media content items being streamed by the media content streaming providers for inclusion in a personalized media content stream for a user. In a direct streaming approach, the media content items contained in a stream are available while each item is being streamed by the content provider. In a centralized streaming approach, media content items contained in each media content stream that is currently being streamed by content provider are available for a limited window of time, which can be dependent on buffer length.
US10225587B1
A motion estimation method for a frame rate converter includes generating a plurality of unidirectional motion vectors (MVs) based on a first original frame and a second original frame; classifying each of the plurality of unidirectional MVs as a reliable MV or a mismatch MV; mapping the reliable MV onto one of a plurality of blocks of an interpolation frame; classifying each of the plurality of blocks as a high confidence block or a low confidence block based on whether there is at least one reliable MV mapped onto the block; and determining an assigned MV for each of the high confidence block by selecting one of the at least one reliable MV mapped onto the high confidence block.
US10225581B2
Techniques are described for encoding and decoding digital video data using macroblocks that are larger than the macroblocks prescribed by conventional video encoding and decoding standards. For example, the techniques include encoding and decoding a video stream using macroblocks comprising greater than 16×16 pixels. In one example, an apparatus includes a video encoder configured to encode a coded unit comprising a plurality of video blocks, wherein at least one of the plurality of video blocks comprises a size of more than 16×16 pixels and to generate syntax information for the coded unit that includes a maximum size value, wherein the maximum size value indicates a size of a largest one of the plurality of video blocks in the coded unit. The syntax information may also include a minimum size value. In this manner, the encoder may indicate to a decoder the proper syntax decoder to apply to the coded unit.
US10225570B2
A virtual desktop can be remoted to a client device by transmitting a video stream using a video coding format, such as H.264, where higher resolution video can be streamed than natively supported by the encoder or decoder. The encoder framebuffer is divided into a plurality of equal size child buffers, each child buffer is assigned an identifier for identifying the child buffer. Padding pixels can be added to the child buffers to make the child buffer size acceptable for the video coding format. The child buffers are encoded using the video coding format and the encoded frames are transmitted to a client. On the decoder side, the encoded child frames are decoded, padding pixels are removed, and the data is used to update corresponding child buffers in a framebuffer on the client display system.
US10225561B2
A method and apparatus of coding using multiple coding modes with multiple color spaces are provided. For the encoder side, a coding mode is selected from a coding mode group. A corresponding color domain is associated with the coding mode and the corresponding color domain is selected from a color-domain group including at least two different color domains. The current coding unit is then encoded in the corresponding color domain using the coding mode. Furthermore, the syntax of the corresponding color domain is signaled in current coding unit syntaxes. The different color domains may include RGB color domain and YCoCg color domain. According to another method, if the midpoint prediction (MPP) mode is selected, a current block is color transformed into another color domain and the MPP coding process is performed in said another color domain.
US10225557B2
The present invention relates to an entropy decoding method which includes: generating context related to a bin that forms a codeword of a syntax element; and performing arithmetic decoding of the bin based on the context.
US10225553B2
The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method that enable suppression of an increase in the amount of coding of a scaling list.An image processing device of the present disclosure sets a replacement difference coefficient that is a difference between a replacement coefficient and a coefficient located at the beginning of a quantization matrix whose size is limited to not greater than a transmission size that is a maximum size allowed in transmission, the replacement coefficient being used to replace a coefficient located at the beginning of an up-converted quantization matrix which is obtained by up-converting the quantization matrix to the same size as a block size that is a unit of processing in which dequantization is performed, quantizes an image to generate quantized data, and transmit encoded data obtained by encoding the generated quantized data, replacement coefficient data obtained by encoding the replacement coefficient, and replacement difference coefficient data obtained by encoding the set replacement difference coefficient. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing device.
US10225544B2
The present invention embraces a system for measuring the 3D shape of an object using a structured light projector and an image sensor such as a scanner or camera. The structured light projector “projects” a pseudo random dot pattern onto the object that is positioned on a planar surface. The image sensor captures the 3D image of the object from the reflective surface and determines the dimensions or shape of the object. The surface displays the projected dot pattern and defines a grid based on the projected dot pattern. The dot pattern comprising a plurality of dots distributed on the grid such that neighboring dots within a certain sub-window size are unique sub-patterns. The neighboring dots are arranged in a staggered grid format relative to one axis of grid.
US10225539B2
The luminance atmosphere that the creator intends is excellently reproduced on the receiving end. The transmission video data is obtained by applying a predetermined opto-electrical transfer function to the input video data. The transmission video data is transmitted together with the luminance conversion acceptable range information about a set region in the screen. For example, a transmitting unit transmits a video stream obtained by encoding the transmission video data while inserting the luminance conversion acceptable range information into a layer of the video stream. The receiving end obtains display video data by applying an electro-optical transfer function corresponding to the predetermined opto-electrical transfer function to the transmission video data, and performing a luminance conversion process in each of the set regions independently in accordance with the luminance conversion acceptable range information.
US10225530B2
A MEMS device includes a fixed structure and a mobile structure with a reflecting element coupled to the fixed structure through at least a first deformable structure and a second deformable structure. Each of the first and second deformable structures includes a respective number of main piezoelectric elements, with the main piezoelectric elements of the first and second deformable structures configured to be electrically controlled for causing oscillations of the mobile structure about a first axis and a second axis, respectively. The first deformable structure further includes a respective number of secondary piezoelectric elements configured to be controlled so as to vary a first resonance frequency of the mobile structure about the first axis.
US10225522B1
A system and method that caregivers, central monitoring companies and other persons to monitor whether individuals entering patients' rooms take appropriate steps to mitigate the spread of healthcare associated infections to the patients receiving healthcare services. In one non-limiting the system and method determine whether an individual who has entered the room of a patient has wash his or her hands prior to approaching the patient. A live video feed from the monitored rooms can be displayed on a centralized monitoring primary display which can be located remote to the monitored rooms. When it is determined that an individual in a specific room from the monitored rooms is approaching a patient and has not washed his or her hands an alert, notification and/or a live video feed for the specific room can be displayed on a centralized monitoring alert display which can also be preferably located remote to the monitored rooms.
US10225516B2
In one embodiment, a device de-multiplexes a stream of multimedia data into first and second media streams. The device determines that a portion of the first media stream is missing for co-presentation with a corresponding portion of the second media stream due to a present latency condition. The device associates the corresponding portion of the second media stream with a previously received portion of the second media stream. The device generates media data for the first media stream for co-presentation with the corresponding portion of the second media stream in lieu of the missing portion of the first media stream, based on a previously received portion of the first media stream associated with the previously received portion of the second media stream. The device provides the generated media data and the corresponding portion of the second media stream for co-presentation by one or more user interfaces.
US10225509B1
A method of manufacturing display screens/display screen enclosures (and concomitant display screens/display screen enclosures thus produced) comprising extruding metal to create metal extrusion profiles of the display screen enclosures, casting metal to create metal castings for corners of the display screen enclosures, joining the metal castings to the metal extrusion profiles together forming a frame, and fabricating a sheet metal back panel for structural rigidity and to provide a mounting surface within the frame.
US10225496B2
A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel array including pixels arranged in rows and columns, each of the pixels being configured to output a pixel signal, and including an optical filter and a photoelectric conversion unit, wherein the optical filters of different colors are arranged for each rows and each columns, a holding circuit including first holding units for each of the columns, the first holding units being configured to respectively hold the pixel signals read out from the pixels including the optical filters of different colors in one column of the pixel array in parallel, an output signal line, and a readout circuit configured to successively read out the pixel signals of pixels including the optical filters of the same color from the first holding units for each of the columns to the output signal line.
US10225493B2
A method for driving an imaging device which includes unit pixel cells each including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and second electrode, the photoelectric conversion layer having a photocurrent characteristic including a first voltage range, a second voltage range, and a third voltage range where an absolute value of a rate of change of the current density relative to the bias voltage is less than in the first voltage range and the second voltage range, the method including supplying a first voltage to the second electrode in a first period, and supplying a second voltage different from the first voltage to the second electrode in a second period different from the first period such that the bias voltage applied to the photoelectric conversion layer falls within the third voltage range.
US10225481B2
An underwater sensor is configured to detect an underwater state in which at least part of an exterior of the electronic apparatus is located in the water and an above-water state in which the at least part of the exterior is not located in the water. An acceleration sensor is configured to detect acceleration. An image sensor includes a transparent member located in the exterior and is configured to receive light entering through the transparent member and generate a captured image. At least one processor is configured to identify a water surface image among a plurality of captured images generated by the image sensor, based on the acceleration and a transition timing at which one of the underwater state and the above-water state changes to the other state, the water surface image being captured when the transparent member reaches a water surface.
US10225480B2
A terminal device, comprising: a capturing unit capturing a subject; a light emitting unit; a display unit, a processor, and a storage unit containing a program that causes the processor to execute a process of acquiring a drawing target drawn by a user from a captured image of the subject including the drawing target and causing the drawing target to be displayed on a screen of the display unit, the program causes the processor to execute; controlling the light emitting unit to emit the light when the capturing unit captures the subject according to the user's operation, acquiring the captured image that is obtained by capturing the subject irradiated with the light emitted from the light emitting unit, performing image correction corresponding to a brightness distribution of the light emitted from the light emitting unit on the captured image, and extracting the drawing target from the captured image acquired.
US10225477B2
An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.
US10225475B2
The present invention provides a magnetic interference-resistant optical image stabilization voice coil motor and a method of manufacturing same. The motor includes a housing, multiple pairs of magnets, a lens carrier, a conductive spring plate and multiple coils. The magnet is fixed on an inner wall of the housing, the coil is mounted on an outer wall of the lens carrier, and the coil is disposed opposite to the magnet. The conductive spring plate is mechanically fixedly connected to the bottom of the lens carrier and the housing, the conductive spring plate is provided with at least three conductive paths, each of the conductive paths corresponds to one coil and has an input end and a common end adjacent to and separated from each other, a first wire end and a second wire end of each of the coils are respectively connected to the corresponding input end and common end.
US10225469B2
An image processing apparatus including an interface that receives an input identifying a subject, and a processor that generates a panoramic image based on captured image data so that the subject is positioned in a reference position in the panoramic image.
US10225462B2
An image processing system includes a face detection unit to detect a face in an image and a partial region detection unit to detect a partial region of the image based on a position of the face detected in the image. A tracking determination unit may also be included in the image processing system to select at least one of the face and the partial region for tracking based on a predetermined condition, and to track the selected one of the face and the partial region.
US10225457B1
A method is provided for operating an imaging system to maintain a tunable acoustic gradient (TAG) lens at a desired operating state. In a first step, the TAG lens operates using a standard imaging drive control configuration (e.g., a standard drive voltage and duration) during a plurality of imaging drive mode time periods, to achieve a standard imaging state of the TAG lens. In a second step, the TAG lens operates using a regulating adaptive drive control configuration during a plurality of regulating adaptive drive mode time periods, wherein at least one of a different respective TAG lens drive voltage and a different respective TAG lens drive duration is used for different respective regulating adaptive drive mode time periods, based on a monitoring signal that is indicative of a difference between the standard imaging state and a current operating state of the TAG lens.
US10225447B2
The invention relates to a photography system and to a method of generating a multi-view picture of a wristwatch.
US10225434B2
An information processing system includes a first information processing apparatus coupled to a second information processing apparatus via a network. The first information processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit to acquire first data including second data, a process information reader to read, when the first data satisfies a predetermined condition, process information in association with the predetermined condition from a storage, a transmitter to transmit, when the process information includes predetermined process information, third data to the second information processing apparatus, and an editor to edit the second data in accordance with the process information. The second information processing apparatus includes a second acquisition unit to acquire the third data from the first information processing apparatus, and a display unit to display on a display device indication that the second data are edited when the third data are acquired.
US10225426B2
An image forming apparatus which is started in a plurality of modes and improved in reliability of the firmware update function. An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that stores standard firmware for a normal operation and safe firmware for updating the standard firmware, in respective different storage areas. A standard firmware update section updates the standard firmware. Proper operations of the standard firmware update section and the safe firmware update section are verified before updating them, respectively. When the verification of the operation of the standard firmware update section is successful, the standard updating section is caused to perform the update of the standard firmware. When the verification of the operation of the safe firmware update section is successful, the safe firmware update section is caused to perform the update of the safe firmware.
US10225413B2
A method and system of detecting a delinquent mobile user device. An international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) of a subscriber identity module (SIM) card of the user device is determined by the user device. The IMSI is sent to a Remote Recovery Server (RRS). A message is received from the RRS as to whether the IMSI is authorized for the user device. Upon determining that the IMSI is not authorized for the user device, a notification is displayed on a display of the user device.
US10225403B2
The methods, apparatus, and systems described herein relate to routing outbound communications. The methods include receiving a list of customers to contact, determining a time that each customer on the list is available, determining a personality type of each customer on the list, determining availability of one or more agents at the time that each customer on the list is available, determining, by the one or more processors, a personality type of each available agent, matching the one or more available agents with each customer on the list based on the personality type of each customer on the list and the personality type of each available agent, and routing the one or more available agents to each customer on the list.
US10225400B1
A method of operating a captioned telephone, comprising storing analog test data in a captioned telephone memory, dialing a telephone number to a relay gateway, connecting to the relay gateway over a communication network and performing a test of the communication network quality using the test data to determine if the network is sufficient to carry analog data, the test including at least one of transmitting the test data to the relay gateway and receiving test data from the relay gateway via the communication network, wherein the network is one of a POTS network and a VOIP network.
US10225386B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a housing; a primary display screen arranged inside the housing and connected to a mainboard; a secondary display screen; a flexible connection member within which a signal transmission line connecting the secondary display screen to the mainboard is provided, one end of which is connected to the secondary display screen, and the other end of which is connected to a side wall of the housing, such that the secondary display screen is rotatable relative to the primary display screen; and a fixation mechanism corresponding to the flexible connection member and arranged on the side wall to which the flexible connection member is connected, the flexible connection member may be switched between a first state where the flexible connection member is fixed by the fixation mechanism and a second state where the flexible connection member is not fixed by the fixation mechanism.
US10225383B2
A mobile terminal having a body including a first body and a second body, a display positioned on one surfaces of the first and second bodies and commonly overlapping the first and second bodies, and a hinge assembly positioned between the first and second bodies and connecting the first and second bodies is provided. At least a partial structure of the hinge assembly slidingly moves with respect to another structure of the hinge assembly so that a position of the first and second bodies is changed from a first state in which the first and second bodies are disposed on the same plane to a second state in which one of the first and second bodies is folded on the other. The mobile terminal can smoothly change a state of the body of the mobile terminal using the hinge assembly that slidingly moves and has a variable length.
US10225373B2
Within the financial-services industry, there are online centers that allow brokers to match sellers with buyers of financial instruments based on indications of interest. To follow up on these indications of interest, users of such centers are now using proprietary instant-messaging (IM) systems, which allow them to instantaneously exchange text messages over the Internet with other users. The present inventor recognized that these communications are often inconvenient because the IM programs are isolated from the financial information. Accordingly, he devised systems, methods, and software that integrate IM and other communications-related functions into financial-data displays. Ultimately, one of more of these or other embodiments promise improved efficiency and convenience of online interactions not only for financial trading partners and others in the financial-services industry, but also for those in any private, public, and commercial domain where rapid or convenient online communication is desirable.
US10225371B2
It is proposed a method for verifying configuration changes in a Self-Organizing Network comprising a plurality of verification areas, in which each verification areas at least one network element is installed. The method comprises observing 701 a configuration change within a verification area affecting one or more network elements; computing 702 a virtual temperature value for the affected network elements, wherein the virtual temperature value indicates a stability state of the network element; distributing 703 the computed virtual temperature value; receiving 703 the computed virtual temperature value; triggering 704 a verification mechanism 500; and evaluating 705 the virtual temperature value of the given verification area.
US10225370B2
Methods, systems and devices for organizing media content are provided. One method includes receiving a request, via a user interface presented to a user, to compile a requested plurality of episodes of a selected media content. The availability of the requested plurality of episodes are determined from at least two types of media content sources. The requested plurality of episodes are then compiled (e.g., recorded via a digital video recorder or located within a streaming service). A user interface is then presented to the user, including a series-order arrangement of the requested plurality of episodes.
US10225363B2
Just in time delivery of a consistent user profile to overlapping user sessions, where a first user session issues a request for a first file of a user profile to a server agent. Upon receiving the request, the server agent retrieves the first file from a base user profile, and just in time delivers the retrieved first file to the first user session. The user, via a second user session executing simultaneously with the first user session, issues a request to the server agent for the first file and a second file of the user profile. Upon receiving the request, the server agent identifies a modified version of the first file in a provisional user profile, retrieves the modified first file from the provisional user profile and the second file from the base user profile, and just in time delivers both files to the second user session.
US10225356B2
The disclosure discloses an information receiving method, applied for a terminal to receive information pushed by a server, the method including: the terminal listening to a notification message transmitted from the server; the terminal establishing a connection with the server based upon the notification message listened; and the terminal receiving information transmitted from the server over the connection, and upon reception of the information transmitted from the server, the terminal disconnecting the connection immediately or after a preset period of time. The disclosure further discloses a terminal and a storage medium.
US10225352B2
Managing data, including: receiving a request to create a work session; creating a work session table stored on a session server, wherein the work session table includes a user table, a data table, and an application table; receiving a request to add a user to the work session; storing user data for the user in a record in the user table of the work session table; receiving a request to add an application to the work session; and storing application data for the application in a record in the application table of the work session table. Key words include work session and data access.
US10225351B2
A system and method for communication across browser-based applications, and from a crashed application to a web server are disclosed. The system can store structured data in local storage for each instance (e.g., tab, window, frame) of an browser-based application (e.g., website, web application). The data can be structured to group blocks of data according to instances of an application in different tabs. A first session can locate a block of data created by a second session to achieve synchronization between two sessions. In addition, if one session has crashed, data written by that session can be accessed by another session and sent to a web server. In some implementations, a session, when writing to a block of data, can include meta-data for another session or for the web server, such as a timestamp, valid-until time, data-item identifier, etc.
US10225344B2
An infrastructure for servicing remote direct memory access (RDMA) requests without the need to pin memory and/or register memory for access by only a single RDMA adapter. Rather, RDMA requests can be coherently serviced from memory accessible to multiple adapters, and that memory can be flexibly managed (such as by swapping it out of main memory or moving it around within main memory). This coherent servicing of RDMA requests is achieved through the use of a coherent attached bus connecting the RDMA adapters to main memory that owns the address space.
US10225342B2
A converged infrastructure management system includes a processing system and a memory for storing an operations management application, which is executed by the processing system to obtain physical configuration information associated with one or more physical hosts of a virtual computing environment, and virtual object information associated with a plurality of virtual objects executed on the hosts. Using this information, the application generates an association for each virtual object, the association associating the virtual object with the host that executes the virtual object, and displays a virtual object representation of at least one of the virtual objects, a host representation of its respective host, and an indicator representing the association between the virtual object and its respective host on a display.
US10225340B2
A computer-implemented method is provided for transparently optimizing data transmission between a first endpoint and a second endpoint in a computer network. The endpoints have a directly established data session therebetween. The data session is identified by each endpoint at least to itself in the same way throughout the session. The method includes the steps of: relaying data between the endpoints transparently in the session using a network optimization service; and transparently modifying or storing at least some of the data transmitted from the second endpoint to the first endpoint using the network optimization service in order to optimize data communications between the endpoints, wherein transparently modifying at least some of the data comprises changing the data, replacing the data, or inserting additional data such that the first endpoint receives different data than was sent by the second endpoint.
US10225338B1
A method for discovering devices in a peer to peer (P2P) wireless communication network is described. During a search state of a first communication device, a probe request is transmitted by the first communication device on a first channel included in a plurality of channels. During the search state, a probe response transmitted by a second communication device on the first channel is received by the first communication device. In response to the probe response, a ranging exchange with the second communication device is performed by the first communication device.
US10225332B2
In one general embodiment, a computer program product for sharing a data management policy with a load balancer comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se. Additionally, the program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising analyzing, by the processor, a plurality of data management factors within an object-based storage system, determining, by the processor, a data management policy for predetermined data within the object-based storage system, based on the analyzing, and sharing, by the processor, the data management policy for the predetermined data with a load balancer associated with the object-based storage system.
US10225330B2
Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for providing auto-documentation to APIs. The auto documentation plugin is architecturally placed between an API and a client thereof and parses API requests and responses in order to generate auto-documentation. In some embodiments, the auto-documentation plugin is used to update preexisting documentation after updates. In some embodiments, the auto-documentation plugin accesses an online documentation repository. In some embodiments, the auto-documentation plugin makes use of a machine learning model to determine how and which portions of an existing documentation file to update.
US10225326B1
A system, method and computer-readable medium for data uploading based on points of presence (POPs) are provided. In response to a client's request for data uploading, the system provides routing information for POPs that may facilitate data communications between the client and a data storage service provider. The client may fragment the upload data and transmit the data fragments via data connections to POPs, which in turn may relay the received fragments to the data storage service provider. Upon receipt of necessary data fragments, the data storage service provider may merge the data fragments to reconstruct a copy of the upload data for storage.
US10225325B2
A method and system for managing access to information stored in a data storage system of an organization is provided. In an embodiment, the data storage system may be configured to receive a request from a requester on a client device to access information stored in the data storage system. In some aspects, upon receiving the request, the first system may determine that an access token identifying the requester is stored in a cache in the data storage system. In some aspects, the data storage system may then retrieve one or more roles from the cache. In some examples, the roles may be associated with the access token. In certain embodiments, the data storage system may then be configured to determine that the requester is authorized to access the information based on the roles and provide the information to the requester on the client device.
US10225320B2
An arrangement is provided in which a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) device exposes a service for mapping a UPnP discovered content item to a server message block (SMB) location. The service is arranged to expose an SMB share path to a user at a remote client using a UPnP protocol. The user is then enabled with access to the share via SMB to gain file access, write changes or exercise file level control of the discovered content item. Authentication is optionally utilized to verify that the user is authorized to receive the SMB share location from the service or to verify that the user is authorized to access the SMB share.
US10225318B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method used for an HTTP network, including: receiving, by a BNG, a first HTTP request sent by user equipment; adding, by the BNG, an identifier of the BNG to the first HTTP request, to obtain a second HTTP request; sending, by the BNG, the second HTTP request to an application server; receiving, by the BNG, a third HTTP request sent by the application server, where the third HTTP request includes location information of an image for creating a virtual machine; and obtaining, by the BNG, the image according to the location information, and creating, by the BNG, the virtual machine in the BNG according to the image.
US10225310B2
Transmission processing methods and apparatuses of a data packet are provided. A User equipment (UE) carries out the following processing for media plane data to be sent: calling a Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) stack to encapsulate the media plane data to obtain an initial RTP packet, and prohibiting calling an Internet Protocol (IP)/User Data Protocol (UDP) stack for encapsulating the initial RTP packet; and sending the processed media plane data to a base station.
US10225306B2
Methods and systems for enabling client-controlled streaming of segmented content are described. In one example, the client-controlled streaming is on the basis of a manifest file, the manifest file including one or more segments identifiers and one or more associated segment locators, In one example, a method involves: requesting the delivery of at least one segment on the basis of a first segment identifier selected from the manifest file; on the basis of the first requested segment, selecting a second at least one segment identifier from the manifest file, the second segment identifier being associated with an expected future segment request; and pre-resolving a first segment locator associated with the selected second segment identifier for obtaining network information associated with the first segment locator.
US10225305B2
Systems, devices and processes are described to adapt segment requests placed by an autonomous media player during media streaming to compensate for fluctuations in the bandwidth consumed by the requested segments due to variances in the underlying video content. By providing predictive data about the bandwidth consumption of upcoming video segments, client devices can adapt requests for future segments accordingly. Further, predictive consumption data can be shared between players operating within shared bandwidth to assist players needing additional bandwidth for upcoming video sequences.
US10225303B2
A method is disclosed for the rendering, by a second terminal, of a content shared by a first terminal with the second terminal, the first terminal being engaged in playing back the content. The method includes a playback, by the second terminal, of the content from an effective temporal position within the content. The effective temporal position is determined as the temporal position of the content played back by the first terminal at the instant when a server receives a first request, the second terminal having transmitted the first request to the server following reception of an invitation by the first terminal to share in the playback of the content. The first request is a request for obtaining a content playback starting temporal position.
US10225302B2
A low-latency cloud-scale computation environment includes a query language, optimization, scheduling, fault tolerance and fault recovery. An event model can be used to extend a declarative query language so that temporal analysis of event of an event stream can be performed. Extractors and outputters can be used to define and implement functions that extend the capabilities of the event-based query language. A script written in the extended query language can be translated into an optimal parallel continuous execution plan. Execution of the plan can be orchestrated by a streaming job manager which schedules vertices on available computing machines. The streaming job manager can monitor overall job execution. Fault tolerance can be provided by tracking execution progress and data dependencies in each vertex. In the event of a failure, another instance of the failed vertex can be scheduled. An optimal recovery point can be determined based on checkpoints and data dependencies.
US10225295B2
A multicast packet forwarding method, to implement multicast forwarding of an IPv6 multicast data packet on an IPv4 network, thereby saving bandwidth of the IPv4 network. The method includes: receiving an MLD multicast group join packet that is sent by an ISATAP host, encapsulated in an IPv4 unicast packet, and used for joining an IPv6 multicast group; maintaining an IPv6 multicast forwarding table according to the MLD multicast group join packet; receiving an IPv6 multicast data packet that is sent by an IPv6 network device and corresponds to the IPv6 multicast group; encapsulating, according to an IPv6-IPv4 multicast group mapping relationship, the IPv6 multicast data packet in an IPv4 multicast data packet, and sending the IPv4 multicast data packet to an IPv4 device, so that the IPv4 device forwards the IPv4 multicast data packet to the ISATAP host.
US10225294B2
A method of displaying user information of a group including a plurality of terminals, the plurality of terminals including a first terminal manager a floor and a second terminal, the method including transmitting a floor grant message from the first terminal to the plurality of terminals, wherein the floor grant message indicates the second terminal as a transfer target of the floor; acquiring floor candidate information of the second terminal by using a floor request queue; receiving a real-time transport protocol media packet within a predetermined time; determining whether the RTP media packet is from the second terminal; and displaying second terminal user information using the floor candidate information based on a result of the determining.
US10225292B2
Customizing an electronic meeting broadcast is described in which the meeting canvas is customized to the capabilities of the device of the participating user. The meeting server manages the electronic meeting including each of the participants' connections into the electronic collaboration space. As a part of the connection mechanism, the meeting server or a proxy/gateway connected to the meeting server has information on the capabilities of individual devices accessing the electronic meeting. Based on these capabilities and/or selections made by the meeting participant, the meeting server or proxy/gateway connected to the meeting server selectively identifies zero or more meeting objects from a collection of meeting objects supporting the meeting canvas of an electronic meeting and transmits only those meeting objects to the participant's device.
US10225291B2
To manage complexity related to messages and comments about collaboratively edited electronic documents, an electronic document has associated activity data and comment data, where a type of activity data includes messages among users. Message data is stored in a stream of activity data in a format that is accessible both to communication applications outside of the electronic document, and to end user applications for editing the electronic document. The message data can include a document identifier, a user identifier for a sender and/or a receiver, and content of the message. A communication application, given a user identifier, can access document messages for that user, from a single electronic document or over multiple electronic documents. Further, the communication application can be notified when new document messages related to a user identifier are added to one or more electronic documents. Additionally, the end user application, given a document identifier, can access document messages associated with that document identifier for inclusion in the activity data for the document.
US10225288B2
This disclosure provides a network security architecture that permits installation of different software security products as virtual machines (VMs). By relying on a common data format and standardized communication structure (e.g., using pre-established, cross-platform messaging), a general architecture can be created and used to dynamically build and reconfigure interaction between both similar and dissimilar security products. Examples are provided where an intrusion monitoring system (IMS) can be used to detect network threats based on distributed threat analytics, passing detected threats to other security products (e.g., products with different capabilities from different vendors) to trigger automatic, dynamically configured communication and reaction. A network security provider using this infrastructure can provide hosted or managed boundary security to a diverse set of clients, each on a customized basis.
US10225270B2
Aspects of the embodiments are directed to a service classifier configured for steering cloned traffic through a service function chain. The service classifier is configured to create a cloned data packet by creating a copy of a data packet; activate a mirror bit in a network service header (NSH) of the cloned data packet, the mirror bit identifying the cloned packet to a service function forwarder network element as a cloned packet; and transmit the cloned packet to the service function forwarder network element.
US10225267B2
Monitoring use of a sensor of a computing device. A sensor obtains information from an environment of the computing device. A co-processor provides functionality for the sensor, and at least one channel connects the co-processor to a central processing unit (CPU) of the computing device. Sensor data transmission is monitored over the at least one channel to determine when a transmission of data changes from a low data transmission mode to a high data transmission mode, and an alert is activated when the transmission of data is in the high data transmission mode.
US10225266B2
A transmission system includes a multiplexing apparatus and a message authentication code generating apparatus. The multiplexing apparatus multiplexes MMTP packets for video data and audio data to be transmitted to generate multiplexed data. The message authentication code generating apparatus generates a message authentication code in accordance with a message authentication scheme, using data except for at least either a time stamp or a packet counter in the MMTP packet included in the multiplexed data. The message authentication code generating apparatus adds the message authentication code to the MMTP packet.
US10225261B2
A mechanism is provided for authentication and authorization of an access to a resource by a device may be provided. The device may be a system-on-a-chip resource weak device. The mechanism forms a federation of a group of the devices in a neighborhood. The devices are wireless communication enabled. The mechanism builds a representational vector for each device of the federation of devices during an initial authentication procedure for the device. The representational vector comprises characteristic parameters of the device and neighboring devices. The mechanism uses an access token based authorization process for accessing the resource. The access token is generated during the initial authentication procedure, in which the representational vector of the device is used to confirm that a device that is new to the federation is in the neighborhood of already federated devices.
US10225252B1
Techniques are disclosed for implementing a CAPTCHA access control system based on graphical representations of a watch or other timekeeping device. More particularly, the disclosed CAPTCHA system's request/challenge mechanism employs a graphical representation of a watch whose perturbation from a baseline visual presentation is controlled by a large number of attributes, each of which may assume a number of different values. The use of a large number of display attributes (e.g., 20 or more) and a relatively small number of difficulty levels allows each difficulty level to have an enormous number of possible graphical representation. Such a large number of potential challenge images essentially precludes the likelihood that any automated search for a matching image—providing the ability to correctly respond with certainty to the challenge query—will be successful.
US10225240B2
The present invention relates to a method to protect, in a secured container using an encryption key, a set of mixed sensitive and public data to be transferred to an entity. The method includes the steps of: generating a random key, ciphering the set of mixed sensitive and public data using said random key to obtain a ciphered set of data, generating an initialization value, and defining configuration information for the secured container. The initialization value, the configuration information and random key form a preamble. The preamble and the ciphered set of data are encrypted. The initialization value renders the resulting encrypted data variable from a secured container to another even in case of repetitive configuration information in the preamble.
US10225233B2
Example methods are provided for a host to perform Media Access Control (MAC) address learning in a virtualized computing environment. The host includes multiple physical network interface controllers (NICs) configured as a team. The method may comprise: in response to detecting an egress packet that includes a source MAC address from a virtualized computing instance, learning address mapping information that associates the source MAC address with a virtual port; and sending the egress packet to a physical network via a first physical NIC selected from the team based on a NIC teaming policy. The method may also comprise: in response to detecting an ingress packet that also includes the source MAC address, determining whether the source MAC address has moved based on whether the ingress packet is received via the first physical NIC, or a second physical NIC from the team, but otherwise, maintaining the address mapping information.
US10225226B2
A method of communication among a plurality of terminals, including transmitting, by a first terminal of the plurality of terminals, a call setup request message of the first terminal to at least one other terminal of the plurality of terminals; and establishing, by the first terminal, a session with the at least one other terminal, the at least one other terminal having received the call setup request message of the first terminal, wherein a terminal having a floor of the session is determined based on priority information regarding terminals that requested the floor from among the plurality of terminals.
US10225217B2
A system, comprising: at least one hardware processor; at least one executable software module that, when executed by the hardware processor, performs operations comprising: detecting a first event associated with a contact; in response to detecting the first event: collecting environment data associated with the first event; selecting a first of a plurality of actions based at least in part on the environment data; and performing the first action.
US10225210B2
A method for communicating in real-time to users of a provider of Internet access service, without requiring any installation or set-up by the user, that utilizes the unique identification information automatically provided by the user during communications for identifying the user to provide a fixed identifier which is then communicated to a redirecting device. Messages may then be selectively transmitted to the user. The system is normally transparent to the user, with no modification of its content along the path. Content then may be modified or replaced along the path to the user. For the purposes of establishing a reliable delivery of bulletin messages from providers to their users, the system forces the delivery of specially-composed World Wide Web browser pages to the user, although it is not limited to that type of data.
US10225205B2
Methods and apparatus for selection of memory locations for data access operations in a dispersed storage network (DSN) are disclosed. In various embodiments, a dispersed storage (DS) processing module of the DSN receives a DSN access request regarding at least one data segment of a data object. The DS processing module determines a DSN address associated with the DSN access request and performs a scoring function using the DSN address and one or more properties of DSN memory to produce a storage scoring resultant. The storage scoring resultant is utilized to identify a set of storage units of the DSN. A set of access requests is then sent to the set of storage units regarding the DSN access request. The scoring function can include, for example, performing deterministic functions, normalizing functions and ranking functions to produce the storage scoring resultant.
US10225198B2
A bandwidth control circuit includes bandwidth control units and a management unit to control each of the bandwidth control units. Each bandwidth control unit includes: a bandwidth monitor unit to monitor a bus usage bandwidth of each of the plurality of the circuit blocks; an operating period observation unit to monitor a start and an end of an operating period of each of the plurality of the circuit blocks; and a limit unit to be enabled to limit the bus usage bandwidth of each of the plurality of the circuit blocks. The management unit limits the bus usage bandwidth, corresponding to a bus average usage bandwidth and the operating period of each of the plurality of the circuit blocks.
US10225193B2
Encapsulated packets may be generated for different packets transmitted between a source instance and destination instance in a computer system. The source instance and destination instance may be implemented by different physical hosts linked by multiple network paths. Congestion of the multiple network paths may be determined and path-balancing polices may be implemented in response to the determined congestion. Each encapsulation packet comprises contents of a corresponding packet, and one or more data values selected in accordance with a path-balancing policy. The data values added to one encapsulation packet may differ from those added to another. Different network paths to the destination may be selected for different encapsulation packets of a given transmission based at least in part on the added data values.
US10225192B2
At an application executing in conjunction with a vSwitch in a host system, using a processor assigned to the vSwitch in the host system, a flow of a number of packets is received from a VM. At the application, a set of CWND values is computed using a corresponding set of congestion control algorithms. At the application, a determination is made whether any of the CWND values in the set of CWND values match the number of packets in the flow within a tolerance value. In response to a CWND value in the set of CWND matching the number of packets in the flow within the tolerance value, a conclusion is drawn that a type of the congestion control algorithm which computed the matching CWND value is the type of a local congestion control algorithm implemented within the VM.
US10225182B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) identifying a plurality of routes that lead to a plurality of eBGP peers that represent portions of network paths, (2) assigning a plurality of labels to the routes that lead to the eBGP peers, (3) advertising the labels to an iBGP peer to enable the iBGP peer to make routing decisions identified by the labels, (4) receiving, from the iBGP peer, traffic that is destined for an endpoint device and includes a label that (A) was selected by the iBGP peer and (B) corresponds to a specific route that leads to a specific eBGP peer, and then (5) forwarding the traffic to the endpoint device along the specific route that leads to the specific eBGP peer based at least in part on the label selected by the iBGP peer. Various other methods, systems, and apparatuses are also disclosed.
US10225179B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure provide methods for avoiding a packet bounce event in a virtual port channel (VPC). A method of the technology can include steps for detecting a link failure event (e.g., between a first network device and a destination node), and receiving a data packet addressed to the destination node. In some implementations, the method can additionally include steps for rewriting encapsulation information of the first data packet. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.
US10225172B2
In one implementation, a method for tap technology can include identification of a plurality of network element primitives of a tap request, a determination of a set of selection criteria based on the plurality of network element primitives, a selection of a tap technology based on a comparison of the set of selection criteria to a tap technology profile, and a configuration of the tap domain to copy packets based on the set of selection criteria.
US10225171B2
A method is provided for assigning a time stamp to a specific data packet which, as with a group of received data packets, is received by a cyclically operating sensor. The specific data packet is especially part of the group of received data packets. The disclosed method includes: determining the time of arrival of each data packet of the group of received data packets; assigning a time stamp to each data packet of the group of data packets; determining the time difference between the determined time of arrival and the assigned time stamp for each data packet of the group of data packets; determining the smallest time difference from among the determined time differences; and assigning a time stamp to the specific data packet on the basis of the time of arrival determined for the data packet for which the smallest time difference has been determined.
US10225165B2
A method of processing a data stream of a communication network in a distributed processing architecture comprising a plurality of processing units comprises the steps of extracting data from the data stream, wherein the data is extracted for a particular time window of a sliding time window. The extracted data is converted into a format suitable for graphical representation. A graphical representation of the converted extracted data is generated, and an estimated value of at least one structural property of the graphical representation of the data determined. The estimated value of the at least one structural property is compared with a threshold value, and a change condition reported based on the outcome of the comparison step. The change condition may be used, for example, to change a location based quality of service parameter.
US10225158B1
Described are techniques for performing system management. A first policy definition of a first policy is received. The first policy definition includes information identifying a first criterion, a first resource of the system, and a first action to be taken. It is determined whether a condition of the first policy is met. The condition includes the first criterion. Responsive to determining that the condition is met, first processing is performed that includes performing the first action.
US10225154B2
Methods for removing a middlebox from a network connection include determining a degree of mismatch between a sequence number in a first connection between the middlebox and a client and a sequence number in a second connection between the middlebox and a server, delaying acknowledgment signals from the middlebox on a connection to decrease the degree of mismatch, and establishing a direct connection between the client and the server without mediation by the middlebox when the degree of mismatch is zero.
US10225145B2
Embodiments of the present application relate to a method for updating a client, a device for updating a client, and a computer program product for updating a client. The method includes determining whether the client is to be updated, in the event that the client is to be updated, determining update packages for the client, determining a user's preferred functions from among functions offered by the client based on saved record of operations of the user corresponding to the client, determining update packages, from among the determined update packages, on which the user's preferred functions depend to serve as preferred packages, and releasing the preferred packages to the client to be updated.
US10225144B2
A system and a method for processing value documents comprises a multiplicity of bank-note processing machines connected and arranged to communicate with each other via a communication network, and which respectively have stored therein configuration data defining the operating configuration of a respective bank-note processing machine. At least a first bank-note processing machine is logically associated with a first local access service module, and at least a second bank-note processing machine is logically associated with a second local access service module. The system comprises a central master access service module having configuration data stored therein and in communication via the communication network with the first local access service module and the second local access service module. A change of the configuration data stored in the central master access service module leads to the configuration of the first bank-note processing machine and of the second bank-note processing machine being changed.
US10225139B2
A self-organizing network (SON) and an operating method of the SON. An operating method of a base station in the SON includes receiving a parameter setting message including a first version identification (ID) and setting values of parameters, storing the setting values to match the first version ID, and setting parameters of the base station based on the setting values.
US10225133B2
A gateway transmits a communication switch request to a communication control unit by HTTP communication. The communication switch request serves to switch connection with a data center from HTTP communication to WebSocket communication. The communication control unit, when the communication switch request is received from the gateway, switches communication with the gateway device to WebSocket communication. A mobile terminal transmits a management execution request requesting execution of a management process of a PLC, to the data center. The communication control unit transmits a session establishing request requesting establishment of a session with the PLC, to the gateway by WebSocket communication based on the received management execution request.
US10225126B2
The present invention provides a synchronization signal receiving method, including: receiving, by a receive end, a synchronization sequence sent by a transmit end, where the synchronization sequence includes a carrier frequency synchronization sequence, the carrier frequency synchronization sequence is zc(m)=e±jπm(m+1+2q)/L, m=0, 1, . . . , L−1, q∈Z, L indicates a length of the carrier frequency synchronization sequence, q indicates a parameter of the carrier frequency synchronization sequence, Z indicates an integer set, e±jπm(m+1+2q)/L indicates the (±jπm(m+1+2q)/L)th power of e, and e is a natural constant; and performing, by the receive end, frequency offset estimation according to the received synchronization sequence, to obtain a frequency offset estimation value. With the technical solutions of embodiments of the present invention, accuracy of frequency offset estimation can be improved.
US10225121B2
The present disclosure relates to transmission of information across a communication channel efficiently and without error. The present disclosure also enables transmission of information across a communication channel such that the Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) is one (zero in decibels). The present disclosure also enables transmission of information across a communication channel such that the information transmitted is present only along a finite number of orthogonal frequencies. The present disclosure also combines advantages of both Single-carrier Transmission (SCT) and Multi-Carrier Transmission (MCT) systems (e.g. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) systems).
US10225119B2
Systems and techniques for communicating data as a function of frequency are presented. In an implementation, a system includes a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor, a digital signal processor and a frequency detection circuit. The digital signal processor is coupled to the MEMS sensor. The frequency detection circuit receives data encoded as a function of frequency from the digital signal processor via a clock communication channel.
US10225118B1
A carrier leakage correction method for a quadrature modulator according to an embodiment includes inputting a test signal with a frequency fBB to a transmitter and up-converting the test signal with a frequency fL0 and down-converting with the frequency fL0. A frequency 2fBB component is detected in the down-converted test signal. One or a plurality of parameters of the transmitter is/are adjusted so as to reduce a magnitude of the detected frequency 2fBB component in the test signal.
US10225117B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for communicating data in a wireless communication system, especially a method, performed in a wireless device, for transmitting data from the wireless device to a wireless network node in OFDMA system having multiple resource units. The method comprises obtaining instructions to use at least one of the resource units for data transmission, receiving information regarding a set of allowed combinations of transmission parameters to use when modulating signals, modulating signals from the wireless device based on the combination of the received transmission parameters to create signals having constant amplitude and/or continuous phase in the time domain using a modulation scheme other than Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing, OFDM, and transmitting the modulated signals in the frequency ranges defined by the used at least one of the resource units.
US10225116B2
A transmitter includes a baseband frame generator configured to generate a baseband frame comprising a baseband header, a data field, and a padding field; and a mapper to map a plurality of data streams to the data field, wherein the baseband frame generator is further configured to insert a padding length field indicating a byte number of the padding field in the baseband frame, and insert a padding indicator field indicating information about the padding length field in the baseband header.
US10225102B2
Traffic is transferred between a first consumer network node and a second consumer network node via a local connection established at a first service provider network node. The first service provider network node is connected to the first consumer network node via a first attachment circuit, and to the second network consumer node via a second attachment circuit. A loss in connectivity is detected between the first consumer network node and the second consumer network node via the local connection, and in response, traffic is transferred between the first consumer network node and the second consumer network node via a remote connection. The remote connection includes a pseudowire established between the first service provider network node and a second service provider network node. The second consumer network node is connected to the second service provider network node via a third attachment circuit.
US10225100B2
Control electronics for an agricultural or forestry vehicle or an agricultural or forestry machine, having power connections at least for a first supply network (45, 46) and a second supply network (56, 57) and having at least one network connection (80), wherein the control electronics contain a communication circuit (70) which is configured to transmit data via the network connection (80) and is supplied via the first supply network (45, 46), and a logic circuit (69) which is coupled to the communication circuit (70) and has at least one control output for controlling an electrical load (84, 85) supplied via the second supply network (56, 57), having at least one switch (77) which is configured to connect the first supply network (45, 46) to the second supply network (56, 57), with the result that the two supply networks (45, 46, 56, 57) have at least one defined minimum isolation impedance in a switched-off state of the at least one switch (77), and a method for switching on such control electronics.
US10225078B2
Disclosed aspects relate to managing a database management system (DBMS). A central database to include a set of central data may be structured with respect to the DBMS. A blockchain database which is linked with the central database may be constructed with respect to the DBMS. A set of blockchain data may be established in the blockchain database corresponding to the set of central data of the central database. An access request may be received with respect to the DBMS. In response to receiving the access request, both the central database and the blockchain database may be maintained.
US10225077B1
A symmetric data encryption system configured to receive a data stream to be encoded; to relate segments of the data stream with a predetermined distortion-inducing amplitude of light to encrypt the data stream; to transmit the data stream; to decrypt the data stream by compensating for the value induced by the distortion-inducing amplitude of light; wherein the distortion-inducing amplitude of light relates to different wavelengths of light emitted by one or more of a plurality of light sources in a non-uniform manner so the effect of the distortion-inducing amplitude of light is difficult to predict, thereby providing obfuscation and encryption of the data stream.
US10225070B2
A method for processing a digital audio broadcast signal in a radio receiver, includes: receiving a hybrid broadcast signal; demodulating the hybrid broadcast signal to produce an analog audio stream and a digital audio stream; and using a normalized cross-correlation of envelopes of the analog audio stream and the digital audio stream to measure a time offset between the analog audio stream and the digital audio stream. The time offset can be used to align the analog audio stream and the digital audio stream for subsequent blending of an output of the radio receiver from the analog audio stream to the digital audio stream or from the digital audio stream to the analog audio stream.
US10225067B2
A method of calibrating a phased array including an array of antenna elements, RF communication circuits each of which is electrically coupled to a different corresponding antenna element within the array of antenna elements, and a signal feed network that electrically couples a first signal line to second signal lines, wherein each second signal line is electrically coupled to a different corresponding RF communication circuit among the RF communication circuits, the method involving: performing a first phase of a calibration operation, the first phase of the calibration operation involving calibrating the signal feed network independent of the RF communication circuits; and performing a second phase of the calibration operation, the second phase of the calibration operation involving calibrating, independent of the signal feed network, each of the RF communication circuits until all RF communication circuits among the RF communication circuits are calibrated.
US10225055B2
Various aspects described herein relate to measuring cells in a public land mobile network (PLMN). An enhanced discovery reference signal (eDRS) of a cell is received on an unlicensed carrier frequency, wherein the eDRS comprises at least a reference signal transmission or a synchronization signal transmission. Measurements of the eDRS for the cell can be performed based at least in part on a configuration associated with a serving cell. The measurements of the eDRS can be reported to the serving cell.
US10225047B2
A method for wireless communications is disclosed that includes generating and interpreting multicast block acknowledgement frames. Group identifiers and apparatus identifiers are used for indicating the presence of aggregated acknowledgement information and for extracting acknowledgement information for individual stations.
US10225046B2
An adaptive cyclic redundancy check process for uplink control information signaling is provided to allow a number of cyclic redundancy check bits to be adjusted based on the likelihood of data being corrupted during transmission. In an embodiment, a base station device can send a cyclic redundancy check length map to a mobile device that indicates to the mobile device to use a specific number of cyclic redundancy bits to use per a specified payload size of uplink control information. Optionally, the mobile device can determine a number of cyclic redundancy bits to include in the uplink control information, and use two stage uplink control information signaling to indicate to the base station how many cyclic redundancy check bits there are in the succeeding stage.
US10225044B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a launcher that includes a hollow waveguide that guides a first electromagnetic wave conveying data from a transmitting device. A dielectric stub coupler receives the first electromagnetic wave from the hollow waveguide to form a second electromagnetic wave that propagates along a portion of the dielectric stub coupler adjacent to a transmission medium, wherein second electromagnetic wave propagates along the dielectric stub coupler via a first guided wave mode and a second guided wave mode, and wherein the portion has a length that supports a coupling of the second guided wave mode for propagation along an outer surface of the transmission medium.
US10225037B2
Systems and methods to provide a channelized Optical channel Data Unit flexible (ODUflex) include receiving a signal; multiplexing the signal into a Tributary Slot (TS) of the channelized ODUflex, wherein the channelized ODUflex supports a variable number of TSs and a variable size; and mapping the channelized ODUflex into an Optical channel Transport Unit k/Cn (OTUk/Cn)(k=1, 2, 3, 4), (n=1, 2, 3, . . . ). A network element configured to operate in an OTN network includes one or more ports coupled to switching circuitry, wherein a first port is configured to receive a signal, wherein the switching circuitry is configured to multiplex the signal into a TS of a channelized ODUflex, wherein the channelized ODUflex supports a variable number of TSs and a variable size (rate), and wherein a second port is configured to map the channelized ODUflex into an OTUk/Cn.
US10225018B2
A transmitter (TX) for a WDM optical link includes a light source (CS) generating a plurality of discrete lines (EL) with different frequencies (f), a plurality of modulators (FSM, RRM, MZM), each modulator (FSM, RRM, MZM) being configured to modulate one of the discrete lines (EL) according to a data stream (c1-c4), at least one optical amplifier (SOA) configured to simultaneously amplify multiple lines (EL), wherein only a subset of the generated lines (EL) is routed to the optical amplifier (SOA) resp. to each one of the optical amplifiers (SOA). A receiver (RX) for an optical link adapted to work together with the transmitter (TX) is also described. An optical link including the transmitter (TX) and/or the receiver (RX), and a method to operate said link are also described.
US10225011B1
The disclosure provides for a system that includes a plurality of stations equipped for free-space optical communications (FSOC) in a network and a central control system. At least one station in the plurality of stations includes a wavelength selectable switch, an OEO module, and one or more first processors. The one or more first processors are configured to control the wavelength selectable switch, process an electrical signal that is extracted using the OEO module, and communicate with the central control system. The central control system includes one or more second processors that are configured to receive data regarding FSOC communication conditions at the plurality of stations, determine a path between stations through the network based on the received data, and transmit instructions to the plurality of stations.
US10225009B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for communicating over a radio link by devices with broadband connectivity are disclosed. In one aspect, a telecommunications device includes a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and a state monitor. The first transceiver communicates over a broadband link. The second transceiver communicates over a radio link. The radio link is a Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) link. The state monitor includes one or more processes that monitor a state of the telecommunications device, and in response to the state of the telecommunications device being one of a plurality of pre-specified states, transmit, using the second transceiver, data specifying the state of the telecommunications device over the radio link.
US10224998B2
This invention relates to decorrelation of signals in order to improve coding gains of wireless communications. To this end a branch signal processor includes a summer to determine a sum of a first branch signal and a second branch signal to produce a sum signal. A conjugate swapper to determine a conjugate swap of the first branch signal and a conjugate swap of the second branch signal to produce two swapped signals, wherein the conjugate swapper takes an imaginary part of the first branch signal to become a real part and a real part of the first branch signal to become an imaginary part of a new complex signal which new complex signal becomes a first swapped signal, and wherein the conjugate swapper takes an imaginary part of the second branch signal to become a real part and a real part of the second branch signal to become an imaginary part of a second complex signal which second complex signal becomes a second swapped signal. A differencer determines a difference of the first swapped branch signal and the second swapped branch signal to produce a difference signal and a diversity combiner configured to combine the sum signal, the first branch signal, the second branch signal and the difference signal.
US10224989B2
All data symbols used in data transmission of a modulated signal are precoded by switching between precoding matrices so that the precoding matrix used to precode each data symbol and the precoding matrices used to precode data symbols that are adjacent to the data symbol along the frequency axis and the time axis all differ. A modulated signal with such data symbols arranged therein is transmitted.
US10224975B2
The application relates to a portable electronic system comprising a first electronic device and an auxiliary device. The first electronic device comprises a first antenna defining a first spatial direction, and a first wireless unit operationally coupled to the first antenna. The auxiliary device comprises a second antenna defining a second spatial direction, the second antenna comprising a multitude of antenna elements, each defining a specific spatial direction, a second wireless unit operationally coupled to the second antenna, a direction detector configured to provide a direction-signal indicating an estimate of a current value of said second spatial direction relative to a reference direction, and a control unit configured to selectively control the connection of said multitude of antenna elements of the second antenna to said second wireless unit based on said direction-signal from the direction detector. Thereby a wireless link between a hearing assistance device and an auxiliary device can be optimized.
US10224971B1
A symbol rate estimating device includes: a power spectrum density (PSD) estimating unit, estimating a PSD of an input signal; an index searching unit, searching for a cut-off frequency index in the PSD; an adjacent channel interference (ACI) detecting unit, detecting whether the input signal has ACI to generate a detection signal; a threshold adjusting unit, generating an adjusted index number threshold according to the detection signal; an index output unit, outputting the cut-off frequency index according to the adjusted index number threshold; and a symbol calculating unit, calculating a symbol rate of the input signal according to the cut-off frequency index.
US10224968B2
A digital up-converter (DUC) includes a cascaded combinator-differentiator (CCD) filter, a low-pass filter, an up-sampler, and a down-sampler. The combinator includes a number of series-connected combinator stages and the differentiator includes a number of series-connected differentiator stages. The CCD filter functions similarly to an interpolator filter, filtering and up-sampling the baseband signal out of the baseband. In one embodiment, the up-sampling factor is twice the number of channels (2N). The disclosed DUC does not require complex mixers or oscillators. Also, the low-pass filter of the DUC does not require a narrow transition band, so the number of coefficients for the low-pass filter is relatively low.
US10224965B2
There is provided an apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an information block generated from transmission data for a user and subjected to error correction coding; and an interleaving unit configured to interleave a bit sequence of the information block using an interleaver unique to the user. The interleaving unit interleaves the bit sequence by interleaving each of two or more partial sequences obtained from the bit sequence.
US10224961B2
An encoding method generates an encoded sequence by performing encoding of a given coding rate according to a predetermined parity check matrix. The predetermined parity check matrix is a first parity check matrix or a second parity check matrix. The first parity check matrix corresponds to a low-density parity check (LDPC) convolutional code using a plurality of parity check polynomials. The second parity check matrix is generated by performing at least one of row permutation and column permutation with respect to the first parity check matrix. An eth parity check polynomial that satisfies zero, of the LDPC convolutional code, is expressible by using a predetermined mathematical formula.
US10224957B1
Example data compressors disclosed herein include a hash unit to identify a hash table entry matching a hash index determined for a current position of a data stream undergoing data compression, the hash table entry identifying one or more prior positions of the data stream. Disclosed example data compressors also include a match engine to perform data matching based on the current position of the data stream and the one or more prior positions of the data stream to determine a primary match result and a backward match result for the current position of the data stream. Disclosed example data compressors further include a results evaluator to determine an output match result for the current position of the data stream based on the primary match result for the current position of the data stream and a backward match result determined for a subsequent position of the data stream.
US10224955B2
Disclosed is a data compression method of DeMura Table, a data decompression method of DeMura Table, and a Mura compensation method. The data compression method includes: acquiring image information of a display panel and obtaining an original DeMura Table; performing region extraction based on the original DeMura Table; performing edge detection based on the Mura region obtained from extraction; distributing each sub-pixel element included in the display panel as per results from the region extraction and the edge detection to determine a numerical value of each sampling point in the DeMura Table. The method may save storage costs of DeMura Table.
US10224954B1
Embodiments of an instruction, its operation, and executional support for the instruction are described. In some embodiments, a processor comprises decode circuitry to decode an instruction having fields for an opcode, a packed data source operand identifier, and a packed data destination operand identifier; and execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction to convert a single precision floating point data element of a least significant packed data element position of the identified packed data source operand to a fixed-point representation, store the fixed-point representation as 32-bit integer and a 32-bit integer exponent in the two least significant packed data element positions of the identified packed data destination operand, and zero of all remaining packed data elements of the identified packed data destination operand.
US10224950B2
Devices and methods for digital to analog conversion (DAC) are provided, in which the analog outputs of an even number of digital to analog converters are combined. The individual converters operate on the same data but there is a relative time delay between the input digital signal received by one or more of the converters and the input digital signal received by other of the converters, wherein the delay is a fraction of the data sample period. Moreover, the data signal fed to half of the converters has an inverse relationship with the data signal fed to the other half of the converters and their analog outputs are subtracted. Dither and filtering techniques may also be employed.
US10224948B2
Aspects of a method and system for a successive approximation analog-to-digital converter with dynamic search algorithms are provided. In some embodiments, a successive approximation analog-to-digital converter includes a digital-to-analog converter, a comparator, and a search and decode logice modules which cooperate to generate a digital output code representative of the analog input voltage based on a dynamic search algorithm. The dynamic search algorithms may alter a sequence of reference voltages used to successively approximate the analog input voltage based on one or more characteristics of the analog input voltage.
US10224941B2
An oscillation apparatus includes: an oscillation circuit; a timing control circuit that generates a timing signal using an output clock of the oscillation circuit; an integration circuit that cyclically integrates a reference current based on the timing signal to output an output voltage value; a comparison circuit that compares the output voltage value of the integration circuit with predetermined threshold voltage and outputs a comparison result; a steady voltage changing circuit that, when it is shown by the comparison result of the comparison circuit that the output voltage value of the integration circuit exceeds the threshold voltage, returns the output voltage value of the integration circuit by a predetermined amount; and a frequency adjustment circuit that generates a control signal for adjusting an oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit based on a value obtained by averaging the comparison result in plurality of the comparison circuit.
US10224940B2
A digital solution for phase control of an output of a phase-locked loop (PLL) (100) is provided to achieve a desired phase shift at the output of the PLL (100). To that end, a fraction of the pulses of a PLL feedback signal are time shifted to achieve a desired average time shift associated with the desired phase shift. As a result, a desired phase shift is generated at the output of the PLL (100), while a desired devisor of the feedback signal is maintained on average. The resulting digital solution provides highly accurate phase control.
US10224938B2
Apparatuses and methods for indirect phase variation detection are disclosed herein. An example apparatus may include a clock generator circuit comprising a delay-locked loop (DLL) circuit configured to adjust a phase of a clock signal based on a phase of a feedback clock signal during an initial phase-lock operation. The DLL circuit includes a phase deviation detection circuit configured to detect a variation in a phase of the clock signal based on variations in gate delays of an oscillation circuit, and to initiate a subsequent phase-lock operation in response to detecting variations in the gate delays of the oscillation circuit.
US10224936B1
An apparatus comprises: a main frequency quadrupler configured to receive a first clock and output a second clock of a quadruple frequency in accordance with a first control signal and a second control signal, wherein a timing difference between a first rising edge and a second rising edge of the second clock is controlled by the second control signal, and a timing difference between the first rising edge and a third rising edge of the second clock is controlled by the first control signal; an auxiliary frequency quadrupler configured to receive the first clock and output a third clock of the quadruple frequency with a timing offset controlled a third control signal; and a calibration circuit configured to generate and output the first control signal, the second control signal, and the third control signal in accordance with a timing difference between the second clock and the third clock.
US10224926B2
A circuit arrangement is disclosed for controlling the switching of a field effect transistor (FET). A current controlled amplifier may be configured to amplify a current in a current sense device to generate an amplified current, wherein the current in the current sense device indicates a current through the FET. A comparator may be coupled to the current sense amplifier to compare a voltage corresponding to the amplified current with a voltage reference and to generate a comparator output based on the comparison, wherein the comparator output controls whether the FET is on or off.
US10224924B1
A device includes a semiconductor body having an active region and a substrate region that is beneath the active region. A bidirectional switch is formed in the semiconductor body having first and second gate structures that are configured to block voltage across two polarities as between first and second input-output terminals that are in ohmic contact with the electrically conductive channel. First and second switching devices are configured to electrically connect the substrate region to the first and second input-output terminals, respectively. A passive electrical network includes a first capacitance connected between a control terminal of the first switching device and the second input-output terminal and a second capacitance connected between a control terminal of the second switching device and the first input-output terminal. The passive electrical network is configured temporarily electrically connect the substrate region to the first and second input-output terminal at different voltage conditions.
US10224921B2
A driver IC includes a ring-shaped termination area, and a first area and a second area that are respectively arranged outside and inside the termination area on a layout. A sense MOS that is arranged between a floating terminal and a first sense node and is driven at a power supply voltage is formed in the termination area. A fault detection circuit that detects presence of a fault when a voltage of the first sense node is higher than a decision voltage that has been determined in advance in a period of time that a low side driver is driving a low side transistor into an ON state is formed in the first area.
US10224911B1
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a first input/output (I/O) buffer circuit. The first input/output buffer circuit includes first and second groups of stacked transistors. The first group of stacked transistors transfer signals formatted in accordance with only one signal protocol from the group of signal protocols. The second group of stacked transistors transfers the signals formatted in accordance with more than one signal protocols. In addition, integrated circuit device also includes a second input/output buffer circuit. The second input/output buffer circuit includes third and fourth groups of stacked transistors. The third group of stacked transistors transfers the signals formatted in accordance to the first signal transmission protocol from the group of signal transmission protocols. The fourth group of stacked transistors transfers the signals formatted in accordance to the plurality of signal transmission protocols from the group of signal transmission protocols.
US10224901B2
The invention relates to a method for radio communication using a plurality of antennas, and to an apparatus for radio communication using a plurality of antennas. An apparatus for radio communication of the invention comprises: 4 antennas; a radio device; an antenna tuning apparatus having 2 antenna ports and 2 radio ports; a switching unit comprising 4 input ports each coupled to one of the antennas through a feeder, and 2 output ports, the switching unit operating in an active configuration in which it provides a path between any one of the output ports and one of the input ports, the active configuration being determined by a configuration instruction generated by the radio device; and a tuning control unit, the tuning control unit receiving a tuning instruction generated by the radio device, the tuning control unit delivering a plurality of tuning control signals to the antenna tuning apparatus.
US10224885B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes receiving a first differential logic signal using a first branch of a circuit that extends from a voltage supply of the circuit as far as an earth terminal of the circuit and has at least one first differential transistor pair, receiving a second differential logic signal using a second branch of the circuit that extends from the voltage supply to the earth terminal and has at least one second differential transistor pair, conducting a current flow between the first branch and the second branch, and outputting an output signal by the second branch.
US10224882B2
An embodiment provides an amplifier system with multiple amplification paths connected to a combiner for combination of signals amplified in the amplification paths, each amplification path comprising an amplifier and a matching network provided between the amplifier and the combiner, wherein the individual amplifiers can interact through the combiner, causing an active load-pull effect. The matching networks of the paths comprise harmonic terminations configured to one or more of reduce an overlap between the voltage and current waveforms within the amplifier connected to the matching network and improve the linearity of one or more of the amplifiers.
US10224880B2
A power amplification circuit includes: a first output transistor that has a power supply voltage supplied to its collector or drain, has a common emitter or source, amplifies an input signal supplied to its base or gate and outputs a first amplified signal from its collector or drain; a first transistor that has the power supply voltage supplied to its collector or drain, has a first current supplied to its base or gate and supplies a first bias current to the base or gate of the first output transistor from its emitter or source; and a second transistor that has its collector or drain connected to the base or gate of the first transistor, has a second current supplied to its base or gate and supplies a second bias current to the base or gate of the first output transistor from its emitter or source.
US10224879B1
A peak detector utilizes two choppers to cancel offset voltage of a transconductance amplifier, so the influence of the offset voltage is preventable and the peak detection accuracy of the peak detector can be improved significantly.
US10224875B2
A micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) frequency divider apparatus having one or more MEMS resonators on a substrate is presented. A first oscillator frequency, as an approximate multiple of the parametric oscillation frequency, is capacitively coupled from a very closely-spaced electrode (e.g., 40 nm) to a resonant structure of the first oscillator, thus inducing mechanical oscillation. This mechanical oscillation can be coupled through additional MEMS resonators on the substrate. The mechanical resonance is then converted, in at least one of the MEMS resonators, by capacitive coupling back to an electrical signal which is a division of the first oscillation frequency. Output may be generated as a single ended output, or in response to a differential signal between two output electrodes.
US10224869B1
A solar panel module provides increased efficiency in solar production within a volume of area within a space's square footage. In general, embodiments arrange solar panels into polygonal shaped containers. The containers include inward facing solar cell faces that project orthogonally from a common base. The solar cell faces reflect sunlight captured within the module's volume and reflect it from one incident solar cell face onto one or more other inward facing surfaces of the plurality of panels joined together to form the polygonally shaped module. Thus, solar energy which is typically reflected off when incident upon a conventional solar panel is recaptured by adjacent panels in the module.
US10224866B2
A leveler for a solar module can include a base, a rotatable adjuster, and a follower. The rotatable adjuster can be mounted to the base with a swaging process, or other techniques. The follower can be embedded within a coupler configured to be connectable to solar modules. Turning the rotatable height adjuster changes the relative spacing between the solar module and the base.
US10224865B2
An integral, monolithic mounting bracket supports a corner of a photovoltaic module. The bracket includes a ballast tray for holding one or more ballast blocks, and includes a plurality of monolithic support legs that are disposed at acute angles from a plane of the ballast tray and that are integral with the ballast tray. The bracket can be manufactured by stamping at least two identical sections of metal from the sheet and then bending-up each section on its remaining uncut fourth side into a near-vertical position, so that each bent-up section forms a monolithic support leg.
US10224863B2
An on-board solar battery module includes: an encapsulant layer of power generating elements; a top surface layer joined to the encapsulant layer on the side corresponding to a light receiving surface side of the power generating elements; and a back surface layer joined to the encapsulant layer on the side opposite the side corresponding to the light receiving surface side of the power generating elements. Furthermore, an end portion of the back surface layer is positioned on the inner side of an end portion of the top surface layer in an extension direction of the top surface layer, and the top surface layer has a general portion that covers the power generating elements, and a peripheral edge portion that is formed at an end portion side thereof on the outer side of the general portion, and that has a thicker panel thickness than that of the general portion.
US10224859B2
A motor control device includes a detecting unit configured to detect rotation of a motor to be controlled and output a rotation detection value related to the rotation; a drive control unit configured to perform drive control to rotate the motor at a control target value increasing with time based on the rotation detection value; and an abnormality detection unit configured to perform an abnormality detection process for detecting an abnormality in the drive control based on the rotation detection value and a predetermined threshold. The drive control unit performs control to stop rotation of the motor when the abnormality is detected.
US10224846B2
A sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet includes a conveyance roller, a motor, a phase determiner, and a controller. The phase determiner determines a rotor rotation phase of the motor that drives the conveyance roller to convey the sheet. The controller controls so that a value of a rotor torque current component becomes a target value of the torque current component and controls so that an excitation current component value becomes a target value of the excitation current component, and controls to reduce a deviation between a command phase and the determined rotation phase. The controller controls so that a magnetic flux penetrating through a winding is weaker than a magnetic flux of the rotor, and so that a magnetic flux penetrating through the winding in a second period is stronger than the magnetic flux penetrating through the winding in the first period.
US10224845B2
A method is provided for determining an operational readiness state of an electric motor, a pump motor for pumping an operating fluid, for example, an aqueous urea solution, in a vehicle. The method includes applying an electric drive voltage to the electric motor according to a prescribed drive voltage curve in order to drive a rotor of the electric motor to rotate through a prescribed angle of rotation, detecting a response behavior of the electric motor, and determining the state of the electric motor based on the results determined in step b).
US10224844B2
A motor driving controller comprising a motor driver applying voltage to each phase of a motor and driving the motor, a rotary position detection circuit detecting a rotary position of a rotor and generating rotary position information, and a control part outputting, to the motor driver, a driving control signal to execute control based on the detected rotary position information, so that an overlap energization operation at a time of energization switching is repeated in a predetermined pattern.
US10224838B2
A method and device for electrodynamic braking of a universal motor. The method comprises the steps of continuously ascertaining a rotational speed of the universal motor, temporarily, periodically short-circuiting an armature of the universal motor with a semiconductor switch, and regulating firing angles of the semiconductor switch with a regulating device. The regulating device regulates firing angles of the semiconductor switch such that the rotational speed of the universal motor is adapted with minimal deviation to a rotational speed of a target rotational speed profile.
US10224836B2
Various embodiments include determining an alternating current (AC) voltage and frequency of a supply voltage coupled to a circuit input. The circuit includes a soft starter circuit that is coupled between the circuit input and a first side of an AC motor. A stator winding configuration of the AC motor is determined. A control transformer is configured in response to the AC voltage and frequency, wherein the control transformer is coupled to the circuit input. A jumper device is configured on a second side of the AC motor in response to the stator winding configuration of the AC motor.
US10224834B2
A power inverter includes a plurality of bridge arms and a plurality of switching circuits. The bridge arms are electrically coupled to a first and a second dc node and a neutral point node, and respectively coupled to a corresponding one of a plurality of ac output nodes to provide an ac output voltage and output current via the ac output node. The switching circuits are respectively coupled between a corresponding one of the ac output nodes and the neutral point node. Each of the switching circuits includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first diode and a second diode. The first and the second transistors are coupled in series to each other. The first and the second diodes are electrically coupled in inverse-parallel to the first and the second transistors respectively.
US10224829B2
A drive train comprising an electric machine including a rotor and a stator, the stator being electrically connected to an alternating grid and having a stator frequency, and a bidirectional system for converting an alternating current into another alternating current. The conversion system is connected between the grid and the rotor, and comprises an ac/dc converter connected to the network, and an inverter connected between the ac/dc converter and the rotor, the inverter and the rotor being interconnected at an intermediate point for each phase of the alternating voltage. The drive train comprises a band-stop filter for a target interval of between 0.6 times the stator frequency and 1.4 times the stator frequency, said band-stop filter being connected between the intermediate points and attenuating the voltage at the intermediate point for the frequencies of the target interval.
US10224823B2
Integrated circuit for switching converter and method for providing power supply voltage to the same
An integrated circuit used for a switching converter has a power supply circuit for providing a power supply voltage, and a control circuit. The switching converter has a switching circuit converting a DC input voltage into an output signal. The power supply circuit has a protection circuit, an UVLO unit and a current source coupled to a power supply capacitor. The protection circuit detects whether the DC input voltage is at a brown-in state. The UVLO unit generates a lock out signal by comparing the power supply voltage with a upper threshold voltage and a lower threshold voltage. The lower threshold voltage is selectively limited to one of a first value or a second value based on the detection. The second value is less than the first value. The current source provides the power supply voltage under the control of the lock out signal.
US10224815B2
A voltage converter performs a step-up operation and step-down operation in parallel. The step-up operation raises an input voltage to a voltage that is N (N≥1) times the input voltage. The step-down operation lowers the input voltage to a voltage that is M (0≤M≤1) times the input voltage. The voltage converter outputs the voltage transformed through the step-up operation and the step-down operation from output terminals. A current detection circuit detects an output current. A step-up adjustment circuit decreases N if the output current is higher than a reference current, and increases N if the output current is lower than the reference current. A step-down adjustment circuit decreases M if the output current is higher than a reference current, and increases M if the output current is lower than the reference current. The reference current is higher than the reference current.
US10224805B1
Methods and apparatus relate to a minimizing ripple in a polyphase power supply by modulating a voltage pre-regulator output setpoint to minimize ripple performance. In an illustrative example, the modulation may include incrementally adjusting the pre-regulator output setpoint supplied, for example, to a multiphase controller. Some examples may reverse the increment direction in response to determining that the prior incremental adjustment yielded increased ripple. Each phase of the polyphase power supply may include a buck-derived switch-mode power supply connected, for example, to a common output node. Various embodiments may advantageously maximize reduce bulk capacitance requirements for active loads by dynamically seeking a duty cycle of the polyphase power supply with substantially minimal ripple.
US10224801B2
An asymmetrical bipolar voltage supply comprising a transformer (1), having at least one primary winding (7) and a plurality of secondary windings (8) and a primary-side power supply (2; 25; 28) connected to at least one DC voltage source. The circuit is configured and connected so as to generate in the transformer two oppositely polarized winding voltages UW1 and UW2 with different amplitudes.
US10224800B2
Techniques for indicating a load level of a DC-DC switching converter are provided. IN an example, a method for real-time load current detection for a switching converter using a discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) of operation can include generating a minimum DCM current threshold based on an reference current source and a duty cycle of the switching converter, receiving a representation of inductor charge current from power switch of the switching converter at a comparator, comparing the representation to the DCM current threshold, and controlling the power switch using a discontinuous conduction mode of the switching converter when a peak of the representation exceeds the minimum DCM current threshold.
US10224797B2
A linear motor includes a field core, a stator that includes a plurality of permanent magnets disposed on the field core, and an armature core that includes an armature winding wire, the armature core being disposed via a magnetic void with the permanent magnets. Assuming that a length of the armature core in a traveling direction of the linear motor is Lc, a pitch of the permanent magnets is τp, and N is a natural number, the length Lc of the armature core is specified by (N×τp−0.2×τp)≤Lc≤(N×τp+0.2×τp).
US10224793B2
A magnet-type power generator includes a rotor having a bowl-shaped flywheel and plural magnets disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the flywheel so as to be spaced at a predetermined interval, and a stator having plural cores facing the magnets and each having a coil wound therearound. The magnets include a bonded magnet integrally molded with the flywheel.
US10224787B2
Disclosed is an improved life large electric generator comprising a rotor arranged along a centerline of the generator; a core arranged coaxially and surrounding the rotor; a plurality of stator windings arranged within the core; a stator frame arranged to fixedly support the core and rotationally support the rotor; a gas cooling system that circulates a cooling gas within the generator; a liquid cooling system that circulates a cooling liquid to cool the stator windings wherein the cooling ability of the liquid cooling system is a function of a required generator parameter; and a pressure boundary member that surrounds a plurality of the rotor and an entirety of the core and stator windings, the frame configured to operatively contain an internal pressure of two (2) bar relative to atmospheric pressure.
US10224784B2
A motor includes a rotating portion. The rotating portion includes a shaft, a rotor hub, and a flywheel. The rotor hub is arranged to extend in an annular shape around the shaft. The flywheel is arranged axially above the rotor hub. The rotating portion of the motor includes an annular inertia portion. The inertia portion comprises a material having a specific gravity greater than a specific gravity of a material of the flywheel. At least a portion of the inertia portion and at least a portion of the radial bearing portion are arranged to radially overlap with each other. The inertia portion having the specific gravity greater than the specific gravity of the flywheel is arranged at a position radially overlapping with the radial bearing portion.
US10224778B2
An electric motor vehicle coolant pump includes a pump rotor which pumps a coolant and a drive motor which drives the pump rotor. The drive motor includes a dry motor stator comprising motor coils, a wet motor rotor, and a gap tube configured to separate the dry motor stator and the wet motor rotor from each other in a fluid-tight manner. The gap tube is formed by an integral sheet metal body which, in a gap region between the wet motor rotor and the dry motor stator consists of an austenitic high-grade steel comprising a material thickness of <0.5 mm, a hardness of from 200 to 500, a specific electrical resistance >0.10Ω×mm2/m, and a relative magnetic permeability<20. The integral sheet metal body forms a sheet metal shell sliding bearing shell of a sliding bearing to radially mount the wet motor rotor.
US10224775B2
A linear motor that displaces a tubular body and a rod relative to each other in an axial direction includes teeth arranged in the axial direction so as to project from an inner peripheral surface of the tubular body, slots formed between adjacent teeth, coils disposed in the slots, and permanent magnets provided in the rod and arranged in the axial direction. The coils are constituted by one or more first phase coils, one or more second phase coils, and one or more third phase coils. The first, second, and third phase coils are provided in the axial direction such that the first phase coil and the second phase coil are disposed at respective ends the tubular body. A total number of coil windings of the third phase coils is set to be smaller than a total number of coil windings of the first phase coils and a total number of coil windings of the second phase coils.
US10224762B2
Techniques for providing radio-frequency signals to a region of interest for a living-objection protection (LOP) system are provided. An example base wireless power transfer system includes a power-coupling element and a power transfer circuitry configured to provide energy to the power-coupling element to produce a magnetic field, and a living-object protection subsystem including an antenna configured to transmit a first radio-frequency (RF) signal with a main beam directed away from the power transfer circuitry and to receive a second RF signal, the antenna including a radiating element and a reflector with the reflector being disposed between the radiating element and the power transfer circuitry and comprising a metal sheet disposed over an area, the metal sheet defining at least one opening within the area and between the radiating element and the power transfer circuitry.
US10224758B2
The present disclosure describes a methodology for wireless power transmission based on pocket-forming. This methodology may include one transmitter and at least one or more receivers, being the transmitter the sender of energy and the receiver the device that is desired to charge or power. In the present disclosures, transmitters may power devices within a predefined range out of which devices may not be operable. This configuration may be beneficial in retail store settings where improved interactivity between users and devices is required. In addition, the configuration provides a safety feature to avoid unauthorized usage of electronic devices. A variation of this configuration is given in an academic setting where electronic devices utilized for learning are required to stay within school premises. Finally, an example of how such devices may improve their own form factors by using the disclosed wireless power transmission may be provided.
US10224755B2
An electronic unit includes an electricity reception section configured to receive power transmitted using one of a magnetic field and an electric field, a secondary battery configured to be charged based on a received power received by the electricity reception section, and a state notification section configured to provide notification to outside as to a state of its own unit. A charging period during which the secondary battery is charged based on the received power and a non-charging period are set in a time-divisional manner. The state notification section notifies of the unit state based on the received power in both of the charging period and the non-charging period.
US10224749B2
A wireless power transmission apparatus includes a communicator configured to receive information associated with a reference power of a wireless power reception apparatus and information associated with a power measured at an input terminal of a direct current-to-direct current (DC/DC) converter of the wireless power reception apparatus, a controller configured to control an output power based on the information associated with the reference power and the information associated with the power measured, and a source resonator configured to transmit the output power to the wireless power reception apparatus by resonating with a target resonator.
US10224738B2
A power distribution method is applied to control an energy harvesting system that includes an ambient energy source, an energy storage, a power converting circuit and a control unit. With the power distribution method, the excess power generated by the ambient energy source is transmitted to charge the energy storage through an indirect power flowing path, or the load side is powered by the energy storage through another indirect power flowing path. Therefore, the number of inductor switches of the power converting circuit can be reduced to mitigate switching loss and ensure higher power conversion efficiency.
US10224732B2
A portable information handling system battery module has a self-contained housing having a battery charger, integrated rechargeable batteries and plural ports to transfer power, such as USB Type C ports having bi-directional power transfer capability. A cable couples first battery module port to a portable information handling system port to provide power to the portable information handling system and accept power from the portable information handling system. Plural additional battery modules daisy chain to the first battery module to accept power from and provide power to the portable information handling system. Power transfer is coordinated with communications through the ports, such as by a USB power transfer protocol supported at the information handling system and each battery module.
US10224729B2
It is inter alia disclosed an apparatus (10), comprising a power connector (210) configured to be connected to a removable first rechargeable energy source and configured to supply power from the first rechargeable energy source to the apparatus via a power supply line (220), a second rechargeable energy source (240), a balancing element (230) placed between the power supply line (220) and the second rechargeable energy source (240) and configured to provide power from the power supply line (220) to the second rechargeable energy in a first state of the apparatus and configured to provide power from the second rechargeable energy source (240) to the power supply line (220) in a second state of the apparatus, wherein in the first state the apparatus is configured to prevent supplying power from the second rechargeable power supply (240) to the power supply line (220).
US10224714B1
A multi-source power supply for supplying power that includes a first rectifier configured to convert a first AC power signal from a first source to a first DC power signal, a second rectifier configured to convert a second AC power signal from a second source to a second DC power signal and a common bus operatively connected to the first rectifier and the second rectifier and configured to combine a the DC power signals into a combined DC power signal, where the common bus distributes the combined DC power signal to at least one server.
US10224709B2
A battery protective circuit includes a battery controller, a charging control transistor, and a protection circuit. The battery controller controls charging of a battery according to a charging control voltage output through a charging control terminal. The a charging control transistor electrically connects the battery to a charger or to electrically disconnect the battery from the charger. The protection circuit includes a voltage sensing terminal electrically connected to a load, an input terminal electrically connected to the charging control terminal, and an output terminal electrically connected to a gate terminal of the charging control transistor. The protection circuit outputs a signal through the output terminal to turn off the charging control transistor, regardless of the charging control voltage of the input terminal, when a voltage equal to or greater than a threshold voltage is sensed at the voltage sensing terminal.
US10224708B2
An over-temperature protection system has a control board mounted in a charging device and a temperature sensor mounted in a charging plug. A switch is coupled on a power circuit of the charging plug and controlled by the control board. When the charging plug is connected to a power supply and the charging device begins a charging operation, the control board periodically receives temperature information of the charging plug sensed by the temperature sensor. When the control board determines that the temperature of the charging plug is abnormal, the switch is open to interrupt the power circuit so as to stop the charging operation for ensuring safety of the charging device.
US10224707B2
In an embodiment, an electronic component fuse 10 includes: (1) an insulator sleeve 11 having a hollow part 11a that opens to the exterior at both ends; (2) a conductor element 12 having a fusible part 12a whose cross-section is smaller than the cross-section of the hollow part 11a, a first engagement part 12b provided at one end of the fusible part 12a, and a second engagement part 12c provided at the other end of the fusible part 12a, where the fusible part 12a is positioned in the hollow part 11a, the first engagement part 12b and the second engagement part 12c are disposed on the respective ends of the insulator sleeve 11; (3) a first terminal 13 having a first connection part 13a connected to the first engagement part 12b; and (4) a second terminal 14 having a second connection part 14a connected to the second engagement part 12c.
US10224701B2
Disclosed herein is a modular structural and electrical building system. The system includes first and second structural support members. In use, the second end of the first structural support member is adjacent the first end of the second structural support member. The system further includes at least one conductor bar secured to each of the structural members. In addition, the system utilizes conductor bar connectors for maintaining electrical connectivity from one conductor bar to the next on the same structural support member and a power drop connector for connecting electrical power carried by the conductor bar to various pieces of equipment. In addition, a jump cable provides a bridge for electrical power from the conductor bar on the first structural member to the conductor bar secured to an adjacent structural member.
US10224692B2
A surface emitting laser element includes a first distribution Bragg reflector (DBR) layer having a first conductivity type; a second DBR layer having a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type; an active layer located between the first DBR layer and the second DBR layer; an insulating layer formed over the second DBR layer; and a surface conductive layer formed over the insulating layer. In the surface emitting laser element, a first opening, which exposes the insulating layer and overlaps with the active layer when viewed in a thickness direction of the first DBR layer, is formed in the surface conductive layer, and the first opening extends when viewed in the thickness direction.
US10224691B2
In various embodiments, the beam parameter product and/or beam shape of a laser beam is adjusted by coupling the laser beam into an optical fiber of a fiber bundle and directing the laser beam onto one or more in-coupling locations on the input end of the optical fiber. The beam emitted at the output end of the optical fiber may be utilized to process a workpiece.
US10224689B2
A Q-switched CO2 laser material processing system with acousto-optic modulators (AOM) is employed, on the one hand, inside the resonator for Q-switching the CO2 laser and, on the other hand, externally for efficient suppression of the radiation feedback between a laser and workpiece. The frequency shift of the radiation diffracted at the AOM is taken into account which exactly corresponds to the excitation frequency of the acoustic wave in the AOM crystal under the aspect of the amplification of the radiation in the active medium. Since this frequency shift significantly reduces the amplification of the radiation, it has to be avoided in the Q-switching process, which is achieved, by means of a tandem of two AOMs with identical excitation frequencies but with the acoustic waves propagating in opposite directions in the crystal. The frequency shift advantageously suppresses radiation feedback between the laser and workpiece.
US10224687B1
A laser using a laser diode and a narrow wavelength from a resonant atomic transition of a predetermined material. The gain range of the laser diode encompasses the wavelength of the resonant atomic transition. A vapor cell containing a material, such as a metal vapor, providing the resonant atomic transition forming the predetermined wavelength is placed between permanent magnets. In one embodiment the vapor cell has opposing windows positioned at a Brewster's angle and rotated 90° relative to each other. The laser produces a very narrow bandwidth of a predetermined wavelength with high power. The laser configuration eliminates several optical components reducing cost.
US10224680B2
A power distribution window unit is a device that can be mounted in a window that has multiple power outlets of various types on a face located inside of a building window and a power cord located on the back of the unit, which is outside of the window, and connects to a generator. The window is able to close onto the device so that there are no openings between the inside and the outside.
US10224679B1
An adapter module including an adapter and a power cord is provided. The adapter includes a first interface, at least a second interface coupled with at least a load, an identifying circuit having a sensing switch configured at the first interface, a controller, and a detecting circuit. The first interface is provided for inserting by a connector of the power cord. The sensing switch changes its on/off state depending on whether the first connector provides a trigger. A first message is generated if the first connector provides the trigger. The controller is coupled to the identifying circuit and receives the first message. The detecting circuit is coupled between the first interface and the second interface for detecting a power parameter value, and provides a second message to the controller. The controller sends a warning message according to the first message and the second message.
US10224674B1
A high frequency connector is disclosed. The high frequency connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of insulating pieces, and a plurality of terminals. Each of the terminals is respectively assembled to the insulating pieces. The plurality of insulating pieces are assembled to the insulating housing. Each of the insulating pieces has a first surface and a second surface. A plurality of recesses are formed on each of the first surface and the second surface. The recesses are arranged in parallel on each of the first surface and the second surface. A plurality of impedance adjustment holes are arranged on each of the first surface and the second surface in an interlaced manner. The impedance adjustment holes are disposed between the recesses. Each of the terminals is received in the impedance adjustment hole or the recess, so as to improve characteristic impedances and crosstalk interferences of the terminals.
US10224666B2
A shield connector has a packing. The packing has a plurality of tubular packing bodies that respectively mates with a plurality of tubular portions that respectively accommodating one or more electric wires connected to terminals in a connector housing, and have inner circumferential surfaces making contact with the tubular portions, and a connecting portion that connects the neighboring packing bodies. Each packing body has a first seal surface connected to an outer circumferential surface of the connecting portion in a connector insertion direction side out of an outer circumferential surface, and a second seal surface formed to extend in a circumferential direction and provided in a connector removal direction side. The first seal surface makes contact with the casing. Each second seal surface makes contact with each of a plurality of shield shells.
US10224665B2
A connector includes a housing (10) having cavities (13) and deflectable and deformable locking lances (15) project into the cavities (13), and a front retainer (60) to be mounted into the housing (10) from the front. A terminal fitting (50) is inserted into the cavity (13) of the housing (10), and the locking lance (15) resiliently locks a lance receiving portion (54) so that rearward detachment of the terminal fitting (50) is restricted. The front retainer (60) includes a deflection restricting portion (77) configured to restrict the deflection of the locking lances (15), and a retaining portion (69) configured to lock retainer receiving portions (55) and retain the terminal fittings (50) by laterally approaching the terminal fittings (50) by a tilting displacement about a hinge (68) from an opening state to a closing state.
US10224661B2
Contact structures that are readily manufactured, where contacts in the contact structures provide a sufficient normal force while consuming a minimal amount of surface area, depth, and volume in an electronic device.
US10224651B2
A receptacle connector is mounted on a board and is to be connected to a plug connector. An insulative housing is to be fitted to a housing of the plug connector. A plurality of electrically conductive contacts is arranged on the housing and connected to terminals (ground terminal and signal terminal) on the board, and are to be connected to electrically conductive contacts of the fitted plug connector. Among the plurality of contacts, at least one of a first contact and a second contact is configured so that the position at which the contact is in contact with a terminal (signal terminal or ground terminal) on the board can be adjusted, the first contact being connected to the signal terminal on the board, and the second contact being connected to the ground terminal on the board.
US10224646B2
The present invention discloses an antenna radiating element and an antenna, where the antenna radiating element includes a pair of crosswise disposed dipoles and parasitic element assemblies; the parasitic element assembly is disposed in an included angle formed by two neighboring dipole arms of the crosswise disposed dipoles; the parasitic element assembly is fastened to the dipole; and a radiation signal transmitted by the dipole is reflected and converged by using the parasitic element assembly. In embodiments of the present invention, the antenna radiating element has a very simple structure, may be directly formed by sheet metal parts, and is convenient to process and manufacture. Also, the parasitic element assembly achieves an effect of reducing a volume of the entire antenna, and therefore both production costs and maintenance costs are reduced.
US10224643B2
In the present invention, a radio communication antenna having a narrow beam width comprises: a reflecting plate provided in the form of a plate of rectangular shape; and one radiating module disposed on the reflecting plate and generating x-polarized waves. Here: the radiating module comprises four radiating elements of dipole structure; the four radiating elements are respectively disposed at four edge portions of the reflecting plate, and each comprises two radiating arms placed in the direction extending along both sides relative to the edges; and, among the four radiating elements, those radiating elements that face each other diagonally are linked in movement so as to generate one of the x-polarized waves.
US10224621B2
A mountable antenna element is constructed as an object from a single piece of material and can be configured to transmit and receive RF signals, achieve optimized impedance values, and operate in a concurrent dual-band system. The mountable antenna element may have one or more legs, an RF signal feed, and one or impedance matching elements. The legs and RF signal feed can be coupled to a circuit board. The impedance matching elements can be utilized to create a capacitance with a portion of the circuit board and thereby optimize impedance of the antenna element at a desired operating frequency. The mountable antenna includes features that enable it for use in concurrent dual band operation with the wireless device. Because the mountable antenna element can be installed without needing additional circuitry for matching impedance and can be constructed from a single piece of material, the antenna element provides for more efficient manufacturing.
US10224620B2
A device containing a radio-frequency (RF) liquid crystal (RFLC) mixture with improved performance is disclosed. In one embodiment, the improved performance includes high RF tuning, broad thermal operating ranges and low viscosity. In one embodiment, the device comprises an antenna comprising: an antenna element array having a plurality of antenna elements and each antenna element having a liquid crystal (LC) structure, wherein the LC structure comprises a mixture of one or more of the following: laterally functionalized with one or more of at least a proton, a hydrogen (H), or a heteroatom.
US10224618B2
A MIMO antenna system for a vehicle comprising first and second monopole antennas, which comprises first, second and third conductors. First and second conductors are electrically connected in parallel, and the third conductor is coupled to the first and second conductors. The first conductor has a height (H1) and thickness (t1) such that the H1/t1 ratio is within 5 to 45 to provide a resonant frequency at a first LTE frequency band. The second conductor has a height of 30%-60% H1 to provide a resonant frequency at a second LTE frequency band. The third conductor provides resonant frequencies at third and fourth LTE frequency bands, and having an electrical length such that the coupling level of the third conductor with respect to first and second conductors in the third and fourth LTE frequency bands is greater than 10 dB.
US10224616B2
The invention relates to a communication device for arranging in an aircraft cabin, said device comprising: an antennae assembly designed so as to emit and receive communication data in a first frequency band of a communication network and to receive localization data in a second frequency band of a localization network, said antennae assembly comprising an antenna having a pattern of radiation revolving about a main axis, the radiation being at its maximum in the direction of said main axis, and a system for restraining the radiation, designed to limit the radiation outside said antenna axis; a modem connected to the antenna, designed so as to allow the emission and the reception of communication data via a communication network; and a localization data receiver.
US10224615B2
A wireless communication device includes a housing and a plurality of antenna units. The antenna units surround a surface of the housing and stand on a system ground. Each of the antenna units includes a first radiation part, a second radiation part and a conductive component. The first radiation part has a signal feed point for receiving a feeding signal. The second radiation part surrounds the first radiation part and has a first side, a second side, a first ground point and a second ground point, wherein the first side is parallel to the system ground while the second side is perpendicular to the system ground. The first side is perpendicular to the second side and shorter than the second side. The conductive component is disposed between the first side and the system ground and connected to the first side and the system ground.
US10224607B2
An electronic device is provided that includes a housing, a first conductive member configured to form a part of the housing, or be partially disposed within the housing, wherein the first conductive member includes a first conductive protrusion disposed toward the inside of the housing, a second conductive member configured to form another part of the housing, wherein the second conductive member includes a portion disposed adjacent to a portion of the first conductive member and a second conductive protrusion disposed toward the inside of the housing, a non-conductive member disposed between the portion of the first conductive member and the portion of the second conductive member, a coupling structure that includes a conductor and is connected between the first conductive protrusion and the second conductive protrusion, and at least one communication circuit electrically connected to the second conductive member.
US10224597B2
Antenna arrangement for a fill-level measuring device for ascertaining and monitoring a fill level of a medium in a container by means of a microwave, travel-time measurement method, comprising a horn antenna having a horn shaped component for focusing microwaves and a microwave transmissive, process isolating element, which is provided in the region of the exit opening of the horn shaped component facing the medium and which isolates the interior of the horn shaped component from the interior of the container. There is provided for additional focusing of the microwaves a lengthening component, which lengthens the horn shaped component in the radiated direction of the microwaves. The process isolating element is embodied and arranged in such a manner that it isolates the horn shaped component and the lengthening component galvanically from one another.
US10224596B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an antenna device that makes it possible to ensure satisfactory communication performance even when the antenna device is mounted in an electronic apparatus with limited mounting space. An antenna device, incorporated in an electronic apparatus, which communicates with an external device via an electromagnetic field signal, comprising: a metal plate provided inside a housing of the electronic apparatus and facing the external device, and an antenna coil provided by winding a conducting wire in a approximately rectangular shape so that parts of the conducting wire that face each other in a width direction via an opening of the antenna coil come close to each other, and inductively coupled to the external device, wherein the antenna coil is provided along a side face of the metal plate.
US10224594B2
A radio and power pole that includes a pipe defining a longitudinal interior cavity for storing modular electronic equipment (e.g., radios) is described. The radio and power pole can also include mounting channels extending longitudinally proximate to an interior surface of the interior cavity of the pipe, a structural spine extending longitudinally through the interior cavity of the pipe, ribs spaced apart from one another proximate to the interior surface throughout the interior cavity of the pipe, doors for accessing the interior cavity of the pipe, and a vent trap. The radio and power pole can be configured as a direct bury radio and power pole (possibly including one or more vaults). A radio and power pole can include a precast pier connected to the pipe and configured to support the pipe when the pier is inserted into the ground. A radio and power pole can include a bench disposed about the pipe.
US10224592B2
An antenna stand for holding a flexible or non-flexible planar antenna includes a base and support frame. The support frame includes two spaced apart legs and a horizontal cross member interposed therebetween. At least two lower antenna supports are provided on the support frame on which the bottom edge of the planar antenna may rest. An optional extendable antenna holding arm includes an upper antenna clip that engages the top edge of the planar antenna. The extendable antenna holding arm support is adjustably mounted to the support frame so that the distance between the lower antenna supports and the upper antenna clip can be varied to accommodate planar antennas of varying dimensions. The support frame may be arcuately shaped transversely to impart a slight lateral bend to a flexible planar antenna mounted on the stand. This helps to maintain the flexible planar antenna in an upright position on the stand.
US10224582B2
An electrochemical secondary battery (100) having an inbuilt charging circuit comprises a battery housing (101), a battery cell (102), a positive electrode cap (105), a negative electrode cap (103), a circuit board module (104), and an insulating washer (106). A recessed loop line (107) structure is provided at an end of the battery housing (100) in proximity to the negative electrode cap (103). The battery cell (102) is arranged within the battery housing (101) and arranged between the positive electrode cap (105) and the loop line (107) structure. The positive electrode cap (105) is connected to the battery housing (101) to constitute the positive electrode of the secondary battery. The negative electrode cap (103) is arranged on the circuit board module (104). The circuit board module (104) is arranged between the loop line (107) and the negative electrode cap (103).
US10224579B2
Methods and systems are described of managing a battery system. The battery system including at least one battery cell and one or more sensors configured to measure a temperature of the at least one battery cell. The method includes receiving a measurement of the temperature of the at least one battery cell, estimating an open circuit potential of the at least one battery cell, estimating a capacity fade of the at least one battery cell based on the open circuit potential of the at least one battery cell and a ratio of a change in the open circuit potential relative to a change in the temperature of the at least one battery cell, and regulating at least one of charging or discharging of the at least one battery cell based on the estimation of the capacity fade.
US10224573B2
An electrochemical cell includes a cell housing and an electrode assembly disposed in the cell housing. The electrode assembly includes an electrode pair that is arranged to form a winding having a polygonal spiral wound shape in which a radius of the corner portions of each turn of the winding is constant, regardless of the number of turns. In addition, a length of the linear portions of one turn of the winding is different than a length of the linear portions of another turn of the winding. Since each turn of the winding includes the corner portions having a desired radius, the volumetric efficiency of the electrode assembly including the winding within a cell housing is improved relative to some cells that use conventional windings. An apparatus and method of forming a polygonal spiral wound winding are disclosed.
US10224565B2
A lithium ion battery includes a positive electrode comprising carbon fibers, a binder composition with conductive carbon, and a lithium rich composition. The lithium rich composition comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of Li1+x(My MzII MwIII)O2 where x+y+z+w=1, and xLi2MnO3(1−x)LiMO2, where x=0.2-0.7, and where M, MII and MIII are interchangeably manganese, nickel and cobalt, and LiM2−xMxIIO4, where M and MII are manganese and nickel, respectively, with x=0.5. A negative electrode comprises carbon fibers having bound thereto silicon nanoparticles, and a mesophase pitch derived carbon binder between the silicon nanoparticles and the carbon fibers. An electrolyte is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. Methods of making positive and negative electrodes are also disclosed.
US10224564B2
A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a wound electrode body, and the wound electrode body includes two curved portions and a center flat portion which has flat surfaces. A positive electrode winding end, a negative electrode winding end, and separator winding ends are positioned on the same curved portion. The negative electrode winding end is arranged at an advanced position from the positive electrode winding end in a winding direction, and at least one of the separator winding ends is positioned at an advanced position from the negative electrode winding end in the winding direction. A distance a (mm) from the negative electrode winding end to the separator winding end and a distance b (mm) from the positive electrode winding end to the negative electrode winding end satisfy relationships 0.5≤a×(a+b)≤104 and 0≤b≤11.
US10224563B2
A frame body that is a part of a flat cell frame for a cell stack of a redox flow battery, and that supports, on an outer peripheral side of a bipolar plate of the cell frame, the bipolar plate, the frame body including a frame-facing surface that is to face, when a plurality of the cell frames are stacked, a frame body of another cell frame that is adjacent to the cell frame in a stacking direction, wherein the frame-facing surface has a surface roughness Ra of 0.03 μm or more and 3.2 μm or less.
US10224562B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a polymer electrolyte molded article, which comprises forming a polymer electrolyte precursor having a protective group and an ionic group, and deprotecting at least a portion of protective groups contained in the resulting molded article to obtain a polymer electrolyte molded article. According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a polymer electrolyte material and a polymer electrolyte molded article, which are excellent in proton conductivity and are also excellent in fuel barrier properties, mechanical strength, physical durability, resistance to hot water, resistance to hot methanol, processability and chemical stability. A polymer electrolyte fuel cell using a polymer electrolyte membrane, polymer electrolyte parts or a membrane electrode assembly can achieve high output, high energy density and long-term durability.
US10224560B2
A fuel cell system according to the present invention includes a cell stack, a combustion part, a reformed water carburetor, a gas mixer, and a reformer. The cell stack is a cell stack that is configured by stacking fuel cells and generates electric power by using hydrogen-containing gas and oxygen-containing gas. The combustion part burns the hydrogen-containing gas and the oxygen-containing gas that have not been consumed in the cell stack. A reformed water carburetor is communicated with the combustion part via an exhaust gas passage and generates steam. The gas mixer, placed on the top of the combustion part. The reformer, placed on the top of the combustion part in contact with the gas mixer, is a reformer, generates the hydrogen-containing gas by reforming the mixed gas, and supplies the hydrogen-containing gas to the cell stack via the hydrogen gas passage.
US10224559B2
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, auxiliary devices, an auxiliary device controller, a secondary battery, a current sensor, a voltage sensor, and a diagnosis controller. In an output stop state where the fuel cell does not output electric power, the auxiliary device controller performs a residual water scavenging process of scavenging water remaining in the fuel cell to outside of the fuel cell system by driving the auxiliary devices using electric power supplied from the secondary battery and supplying the gas to the fuel cell. The diagnosis controller diagnoses the secondary battery using a current integrated value that is obtained by integrating amounts of current supplied from the secondary battery in a predetermined voltage range of a discharge voltage of the secondary battery that changes in response to discharge when electric power is supplied to the auxiliary devices by performing the residual water scavenging process.
US10224556B2
According to one embodiment of this disclosure an integrated fuel cell and environmental control system includes a turbo-compressor. The turbo-compressor includes a rotatable shaft, a compressor rotatable with the shaft to generate a flow of compressed air, a motor connected to the shaft, and a turbine connected to the shaft. The system further includes a fuel cell connected to the compressor by a first compressed air supply line that supplies a first portion of the flow of compressed air to the fuel cell. The fuel cell is connected to the turbine by a fuel cell exhaust line that supplies a flow of fuel cell exhaust to the turbine and causes the turbine to rotate. The system further includes an environmental control system connected to the compressor by a second compressed air supply line that supplies a second portion of the flow of compressed air to the environmental control system.
US10224552B2
The present invention relates to a gas diffusion electrode that includes an electrically conductive carrier, and a porous coating based on an electrochemically active catalyst and a hydrophobic material, wherein the electrode has a first side facing an oxygen-containing gas and a second side facing an alkaline electrolyte, wherein the catalyst comprises a noble metal as a catalytically active component, wherein the hydrophobic material comprises a hydrophobic polymer, and wherein the coating comprising the catalyst has a pore volume from 10 to 500 mm3/g, and a pore diameter in the range from 100 to 10,000 nm.
US10224548B2
An object is to improve the characteristics of a power storage device such as a charging and discharging rate or a charge and discharge capacity. The grain size of particles of a positive electrode active material is nano-sized so that a surface area per unit mass of the active material is increased. Specifically, the grain size is set to greater than or equal to 10 nm and less than or equal to 100 nm, preferably greater than or equal to 20 nm and less than or equal to 60 nm. Alternatively, the surface area per unit mass is set to 10 m2/g or more, preferably 20 m2/g or more. Further, the crystallinity of the active material is increased by setting an XRD half width to greater than or equal to 0.12° and less than 0.17°, preferably greater than or equal to 0.13° and less than 0.16°.
US10224539B2
Surface modification of LiNi0.4Mn0.4Co0.2O2 (442) compound with certain inert (MxOy) metal oxides viz., Al2O3, Bi2O3, In2O3, Cr2O3, ZrO2, ZnO, MgO has been attempted with a view to improve the structural and cycling stability, especially upon high voltage and high rate cycling conditions. In addition to HF scavenging effect, the protective metal oxide inter-connect layer restricts the number of oxide ion vacancies eliminated during the initial cycling of cathode, resulting in the reduced irreversible capacity loss of the first cycle. Among the surface modified cathodes, Bi2O3 coated LiNi0.4Mn0.4Co0.2O2 cathode exhibits appreciable specific capacity values of 196 (Qdc1) and 175 (Qdc100) mAh g−1 with 89% capacity retention, thus evidencing the superiority of Bi2O3 modifier in improving the electrochemical behavior of pristine LiNi0.4Mn0.4Co0.2O2 cathode. Further, suitability of Bi2O3 coated LiNi0.4Mn0.4Co0.2O2 cathode for high voltage (5.0 V) and high rate (3 C) lithium intercalation and de-intercalation applications has been demonstrated up to 100 cycles.
US10224535B2
A rectangular secondary battery (1) includes a current interrupting portion (60) disposed in a current path between a collector plate (21) connected to a rolled electrode group (40) and an external terminal (61) disposed outside a battery container (2) and configured to interrupt the current path when an internal pressure of the battery container (2) is increased. The current interrupting portion (60) has a diaphragm (68) electrically connected to the external terminal (61) and deformed when the internal pressure of the battery container (2) is increased, a connection plate (24) connected to the diaphragm and disconnected from the diaphragm by the deformation of the diaphragm, and a connecting portion (23) connecting the connection plate and collector plate. A rigidity of the connecting portion (23) is lower than that of the collector plate (21).
US10224530B2
A battery terminal (A) includes a terminal main body (10). Left and right fastening pieces (36) are formed on the terminal main body (10) and are deformable to be held in close contact with an outer periphery of a battery post (P). A cam member (51) have left and right pressing surfaces (56) capable of pressing outer side edges of the pair of fastening pieces (36) and are inclined with respect to an axis line of the battery post (P). Fastening members (fastening bolt (58) and nut (61)) vertically displace the cam member (51) with the pressing surfaces (56) held in contact with the outer side edges of the fastening pieces (36). Inclination restricting portions (16) are formed on the terminal main body (10) and restrict lateral inclination of the cam member (51). The cam member (51) is slidable in contact with the inclination restricting portions (16).
US10224529B2
Disclosed are a stacked-electrode battery cell that has offset electrode-to-terminal bonds, and a method for manufacturing such a cell. The stacked-electrode battery cell can comprise an external connection terminal that includes a flat tab, and a plurality of flat electrodes stacked along a first coordinate axis and collectively forming at least a portion of an anode or a cathode of the battery cell. A first electrode of the plurality of flat electrodes is bonded to a first bond region of the tab and a second electrode of the plurality of flat electrodes is bonded to a second bond region of the tab, where the first bond region and the second bond region are non-overlapping along at least one coordinate axis perpendicular to the first coordinate axis.
US10224528B2
A battery module includes a battery module housing, cells disposed in the battery module housing, and spacers disposed between adjacent cells. Each spacer is electrically insulating and includes a body portion having a curvilinear, for example elliptical, outer peripheral shape. The body portion is suspended from the cell housing by hangers, and overlies a central region of a cell housing surface corresponding to large deflection due to cell growth. In addition, the body portion is spaced apart from a periphery of the cell housing surface.
US10224526B2
The present invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle and a battery thereof. The battery includes a battery body and a shell disposed on one end of the battery body. The shell has a clamp button disposed on the side opposite the unmanned aerial vehicle. One end of the clamp button is fixed on the shell and the other is used for detachably connecting with the unmanned aerial vehicle. The clamp button makes the battery detachably connect with the main body of the unmanned aerial vehicle be possible and it is very convenient for changing the battery.
US10224512B2
The organic EL device includes a base material, a recessed portion, a reflective layer provided along an inner face of the recessed portion, a filling layer having optical transparency, and filled and disposed at an inside of the recessed portion, with the reflective layer interposed between the recessed portion and the filling layer, a first electrode having optical transparency and provided at an upper-layer side of the filling layer, an organic layer including a light-emitting layer and provided at an upper-layer side of the first electrode, a second electrode having optical transparency and optical reflectivity and provided at an upper-layer side of the organic layer. At least a portion of an edge of the light-emitting region is positioned further inside than an edge of the recessed portion, and the reflective layer and the first electrode are in contact with each other at the periphery of the recessed portion.
US10224508B2
An organic light-emitting display panel, a method for manufacturing the same and an organic light-emitting display device are provided. The organic light-emitting display panel includes a flexible substrate comprising a display region, an aperture region surrounded by the display region, and a first non-display region located between the display region and the aperture region, a thin film transistor layer arranged on the flexible substrate, a light-emitting device layer arranged on the thin film transistor layer and including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode, an encapsulation layer arranged on the light-emitting device layer and sequentially including a first inorganic encapsulation layer and a first organic encapsulation layer, and borders of the second electrode and the first inorganic encapsulation layer in the first non-display region are aligned, and an inorganic layer covering the borders of the second electrode and the first inorganic encapsulation layer.
US10224502B2
A display device including a display panel and a window. The display panel includes a first curved display portion. The window covers the display panel and includes a base substrate having a light transmittance. The base substrate includes a bent portion. The bent portion is defined by bending at least a portion of the base substrate and covers the first curved display portion. The base substrate includes a composition material comprising a plurality of different polymer materials.
US10224500B2
An organic electronic device includes an organic device including an organic material, a first protective film on the organic device, a second protective film on the first protective film and including a same material as the first protective film, and a third protective film on the second protective film.
US10224493B2
The invention relates to boron-containing compounds with bicyclic structural units and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, containing said compounds.
US10224491B2
An amine-based compound and an organic light-emitting device, the amine-based compound being represented by the following Formula 1:
US10224489B2
A novel compound is disclosed, which comprises: a 7-membered ring segment, which is formed by a cis-stilbene segment and a bridge atom with four bonds; and a fluorene segment connecting to the bridge atom with a double bond. In addition, an organic electronic device is also disclosed, and an organic layer therein comprises the novel compound of the present invention.
US10224488B2
The present invention discloses a delayed fluorescence compound and the organic EL device employing the delayed fluorescence compound as light emitting host of emitting lay and/or an electron transporting layer, and/or a hole blocking layer, and/or a delayed fluorescence material of emitting layer for organic EL device in the present invention display good performance.
US10224486B2
A compound for an organic photoelectric device is represented by Chemical Formula 1. An organic photoelectric device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, and an active layer including the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US10224480B2
A memory using mixed valence conductive oxides is disclosed. The memory includes a mixed valence conductive oxide that is less conductive in its oxygen deficient state and a mixed electronic ionic conductor that is an electrolyte to oxygen and promotes an electric filed to cause oxygen ionic motion.
US10224474B2
An integrated circuit may include a substrate and a dielectric layer formed over the substrate. A plurality of p-type thermoelectric elements and a plurality of n-type thermoelectric elements may be disposed within the dielectric layer that are connected in series while alternating between the p-type and the n-type thermoelectric elements. The integrated circuit may include first and second substrates each having formed thereon a plurality of thermoelectric legs of a respective type of thermoelectric material. The first and second thermoelectric substrates also may have respective conductors, each coupled to a base of an associated thermoelectric leg and forming a mounting pad for coupling to a thermoelectric leg of the counterpart substrate. In other embodiments, one or more substrates may have trenches formed therein to capture eutectic material that facilitates bonds between components from each of the substrates and prevent inadvertent short circuits that may occur between components of the circuit system.
US10224473B2
There is provided a thermoelectric conversion material which is characterized by being composed of a sintered body of plate-like crystals of a composite oxide represented by general formula (2) BifCagM3hCoiM4jOk, and by having a density of 4.0-5.1 g/cm3. This thermoelectric conversion material is also characterized in that: when observed by SEM, the ratio of the plate-like crystals of a composite oxide represented by general formula (2) having an inclination in the major axis direction within 0±20° relative to the surface of the thermoelectric conversion material is 60% or more on the number basis; the average length of the lengths of the plate-like crystals of a composite oxide represented by general formula (2) is 20 μm or more; and the aspect ratio of the plate-like crystals of a composite oxide represented by general formula (2) is 20 or more.
US10224471B2
Embodiments provide a light emitting device package including a substrate, a light emitting structure disposed under the substrate and including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer, first and second electrodes connected to the first and second conductive semiconductor layers, a first pad connected to the first electrodes in first-first through-holes penetrating the second conductive semiconductor layer and the active layer, and a first insulation layer disposed between the first pad and the second conductive semiconductor layer and between the first pad and the active layer to cover the first electrodes in a first-second through-hole, and a second pad connected to the second electrode through a second through-hole penetrating the first insulation layer and electrically spaced apart from the first pad. The second pad does not overlap the first insulation layer in the first-second through-hole in a thickness direction of the light emitting structure.
US10224464B2
A package for mounting a light emitting element includes: a first lead electrode having, in a plan view, a first region, a second region surrounding a periphery of the first region having a width of 110 μm or more and a thickness greater than that of the first region, and a third region partially surrounding a periphery of the second region and having a thickness smaller than that of the second region; a second lead electrode spaced apart from the first lead electrode; and a resin molded body fixing a portion of each of the first and second lead electrodes. A portion of each of the first and second lead electrodes and a portion of the resin molded body exposed therebetween form a bottom surface of a recess.
US10224463B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a film formation technique having high productivity by realizing a foundation layer having excellent crystallinity with a small film thickness of about 2 μm. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a film forming method which includes the step of forming a buffer layer by sputtering on a sapphire substrate held by a substrate holder. The buffer layer includes an epitaxial film having a wurtzite structure prepared by adding at least one substance selected from the group consisting of C, Si, Ge, Mg, Zn, Mn, and Cr to AlxGa1−xN (where 0≤x≤1).
US10224459B2
Provided herein are all-inorganic perovskite-based films, devices including all-inorganic perovskite-based films, and methods of forming all-inorganic perovskite-based films. The methods may include casting a precursor formulation that includes an all-inorganic perovskite, a liquid, and a polymer. The amount of polymer in the precursor formulation may be less than the amount of all-inorganic perovskite in the precursor formulation.
US10224447B2
Disclosed are a connector and a solar cell module including the same. The connector includes a body, and a connecting part received in the body. The connecting part is movably provided at an inside of the body and an outside of the body. The solar cell module includes a plurality of solar cell modules, a cable to connect the solar cell modules to each other, and a connector at an end portion of the cable. The connector includes a body, and a connecting part received in the body. The connecting part is movably provided at an inside of the body and an outside of the body. The solar cell module includes a first solar cell module including a first cable and a first connector, and a second solar cell module including a second cable and a second connector. The first connector includes a first body, a first connecting part received in the first body, a first fixing part, and a first-first groove and a first-second groove provided in the first connecting part. The second connector includes a second body, a second connecting part received in the second body, a second fixing part, and a second-first groove and a second-second groove provided in the second connecting part. The first connecting part is placed at an inside of the first body and an inside of the second body, such that the first connector is connected with the second connector.
US10224443B2
An LED device capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation ranging from about 200 nm to 365 nm, the device. The device includes a substrate member, the substrate member being selected from sapphire, silicon, quartz, gallium nitride, gallium aluminum nitride, or others. The device has an active region overlying the substrate region, the active region comprising a light emitting spatial region comprising a p-n junction and characterized by a current crowding feature of electrical current provided in the active region. The light emitting spatial region is characterized by about 1 to 10 microns. The device includes an optical structure spatially disposed separate and apart the light emitting spatial region and is configured to facilitate light extraction from the active region.
US10224440B2
A method for forming a solar cell including steps of (1) providing a semiconductor wafer having an upper surface; (2) applying an electrical contact material to the upper surface, the electrical contact material forming an electrically conductive grid that includes grid lines extending from a bus bar; (3) forming an isolation channel in the semiconductor wafer to define a solar cell portion and a wing portion, wherein the wing portion is electrically isolated from the solar cell portion, and wherein the wing portion is substantially free of the electrical contact material; (4) submerging the semiconductor wafer in a solvent, wherein formation of metal dendrites on the grid lines of the electrically conductive grid is inhibited; and (5) separating the solar cell portion from the wing portion.
US10224432B2
Embodiments of the disclosure generally provide methods of forming thin film transistor (TFT) device structure with good interface management between active layers of a metal electrode layer and/or source/drain electrode layers and a nearby insulating material so as to provide high electrical performance devices, or for other suitable display applications. In one embodiment, a thin film transistor structure includes a contact region formed between fluorine-doped source and drain regions disposed on a substrate, a gate insulating layer disposed on the contact region, and a metal electrode layer disposed on the gate insulator layer.
US10224426B2
A device includes a first high electronic mobility transistor (HEMT) and a second HEMT. The first HEMT includes a first gate, a source coupled to the first gate, and a drain coupled to the first gate. The second HEMT includes a second gate coupled to the source and to the drain. The second HEMT has a lower threshold voltage than the first HEMT.
US10224423B1
A bipolar transistor is supported by a single-crystal silicon substrate including a collector contact region. A first epitaxial region forms a collector region of a first conductivity type on the collector contact region. A second epitaxial region forms a base region of a second conductivity type. Deposited semiconductor material forms an emitter region of the first conductivity type. The collector region, base region and emitter region are located within an opening formed in a stack of insulating layers that includes a sacrificial layer. The sacrificial layer is selectively removed to expose a side wall of the base region. Epitaxial growth from the exposed sidewall forms a base contact region.
US10224418B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include fabricating integrated circuit (IC) structures using a boron etch-stop layer, and IC structures with a boron-rich region therein. Methods of forming an IC structure according to the present disclosure can include: growing a conductive epitaxial layer on an upper surface of a semiconductor element; forming a boron etch-stop layer directly on an upper surface of the conductive epitaxial layer; forming an insulator on the boron etch-stop layer; forming an opening within the insulator to expose an upper surface of the boron etch-stop layer; annealing the boron etch-stop layer to drive boron into the conductive epitaxial layer, such that the boron etch-stop layer becomes a boron-rich region; and forming a contact to the boron-rich region within the opening, such that the contact is electrically connected to the semiconductor element through at least the conductive epitaxial layer.
US10224415B2
A nanowire structure includes successive crystalline nanowire segments formed over a semiconductor substrate. A first crystalline segment formed directly on the semiconductor substrate provides electrical isolation between the substrate and the second crystalline segment. Second and fourth crystalline segments are each formed from a p-type or an n-type semiconductor material, while the third crystalline segment is formed from a semiconductor material that is oppositely doped with respect to the second and fourth crystalline segments.
US10224411B2
A lateral bipolar transistor includes trench emitter and trench collector regions to form ultra-narrow emitter regions, thereby improving emitter efficiency. The same trench process is used to form the emitter/collector trenches as well as the trench isolation structures so that no additional processing steps are needed to form the trench emitter and collector. In embodiments of the present invention, the trench emitter and trench collector regions may be formed using ion implantation into trenches formed in a semiconductor layer. In other embodiments, the trench emitter and trench collector regions may be formed by out-diffusion of dopants from heavily doped polysilicon filled trenches.
US10224409B2
The present disclosure provides a thin film transistor, a method for producing the same, an array substrate and a display apparatus. An electrode of the thin film transistor is made of Cu or Cu alloy, and an anti-oxidization layer is used to prevent oxidization of Cu. The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulation layer, a semiconductor active layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode provided on a base substrate, wherein the gate electrode and/or the drain and source electrodes is/are made of Cu or Cu alloy. The thin film transistor further includes an anti-oxidization layer made of a topological insulator material, the anti-oxidization layer being provided above and in contact with the gate electrode and/or the source and drain electrodes made of Cu or Cu alloy.
US10224408B2
A perforating ohmic contact to a semiconductor layer in a semiconductor structure is provided. The perforating ohmic contact can include a set of perforating elements, which can include a set of metal protrusions laterally penetrating the semiconductor layer(s). The perforating elements can be separated from one another by a characteristic length scale selected based on a sheet resistance of the semiconductor layer and a contact resistance per unit length of a metal of the perforating ohmic contact contacting the semiconductor layer. The structure can be annealed using a set of conditions configured to ensure formation of the set of metal protrusions.
US10224393B2
A method of producing a plurality of semiconductor chips includes a) providing a carrier substrate having a first major face and a second major face opposite the first major face; b) forming a diode structure between the first major face and the second major face, the diode structure electrically insulating the first major face from the second major face at least with regard to one polarity of an electrical voltage; c) arranging a semiconductor layer sequence on the first major face of the carrier substrate; and d) singulating the carrier substrate with the semiconductor layer sequence into a plurality of semiconductor chips.
US10224379B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device is provided. The OLED device includes a substrate, a first light emitting unit and a second light emitting unit. The first light emitting unit is disposed on the substrate. The first light emitting unit includes a first organic light emitting layer, a second organic light emitting layer and a first charge generation unit. The first charge generation unit is located between the first organic light emitting layer and the second organic light emitting layer. The first organic light emitting layer and the second organic light emitting layer are respectively in contact with a top surface and a bottom surface of the first charge generation unit. The second light emitting unit is disposed on the substrate. The second light emitting unit includes a third organic light emitting layer, and the second light emitting unit does not include a charge generation unit.
US10224378B2
An organic light emitting diode pixel arrangement structure includes multiple first sub-pixels, multiple second sub-pixels, and multiple third sub-pixels. Two adjacent first sub-pixels are arranged in a first sub-pixel group, two adjacent second sub-pixels are arranged in a second sub-pixel group, two adjacent third sub-pixels are arranged in a third sub-pixel group. The multiple sub-pixels form multiple arrays, and each array includes at least one first sub-pixel, at least one second sub-pixel and at least one third sub-pixel, each of the first, second and third sub-pixel groups corresponds to a square opening of a mask plate in an evaporation process, there is an inclination angle between a side of the square opening and an arrangement direction of a linear evaporation source, and the inclination angle is an acute angle or an obtuse angle.
US10224377B2
An organic light-emitting display device with improved light efficiency includes a plurality of pixel electrodes each corresponding one of at least a first, second, or third pixel; a pixel-defining layer covering an edge and exposing a central portion of the pixel electrodes; an intermediate layer over the pixel electrode and including an emission layer; an opposite electrode over the intermediate layer; and a lens layer over the opposite electrode and including a plurality of condensing lenses each having a circular lower surface. An area of the portion of the pixel electrode exposed by the pixel-defining layer is A, and an area of the lower surface of the condensing lens is B. For the first pixel, a ratio B/A ranges from about 1.34 to about 2.63. For the second pixel, B/A ranges from about 1.43 to about 3.00, For the third pixel, B/A ranges from about 1.30 to about 2.43.
US10224375B2
An organic optoelectronic component includes an organic light-emitting element and an organic protective diode element. The organic light-emitting element includes an organic functional layer stack having at least one organic light-emitting layer between two electrodes. The organic protective diode element includes an organic functional layer stack having an organic pn-junction between two electrodes and is arranged on a shared substrate in laterally adjacent area regions with the organic light-emitting element.
US10224374B2
According to one or more embodiments, a memory device includes a first interconnection extending in a first direction, a plurality of second interconnections extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a first resistance change film provided between the first interconnection and the second interconnections. The first resistance change film includes a first conductive layer having a first conductivity, and a second conductive layer provided between the first conductive layer and the plurality of second interconnections and having a second conductivity higher than the first conductivity.
US10224365B2
A micro LED including an epitaxial stack layer, a first electrode and a second electrode is provided. A lower surface of the first electrode is in contact with an upper surface of a first semiconductor layer of the epitaxial stack layer. An upper surface of the second electrode is in contact with a lower surface of a second semiconductor layer of the epitaxial stack layer. The lower surface of the first electrode substantially coincides with the upper surface of the first semiconductor layer. The upper surface of the second electrode substantially coincides with the lower surface of the second semiconductor layer. Furthermore, a display panel is also provided.
US10224363B2
An imaging sensor for accepting terahertz signals, including a die made of a dielectric material, one or more antennas for receiving terahertz signals, positioned on top of the die or in an upper layer of the die, each antenna having a CMOS detector electrically coupled to the antenna and positioned in the die below the antenna, a metal shield layer in the die below the antennas and above the CMOS detectors, shielding the CMOS detector from interference signals, a shielding layer under the die comprising a back metal coating and/or a layer of silver epoxy glue for attaching the bottom of the die to a lead frame.
US10224359B2
Light trapping pixels, devices incorporating such pixels, and various associated methods are provided. In one aspect, for example, a light trapping pixel device can include a light sensitive pixel having a light incident surface, a backside surface opposite the light incident surface, and a peripheral sidewall disposed into at least a portion of the pixel and extending at least substantially around the pixel periphery. The pixel can also include a backside light trapping material substantially covering the backside surface and a peripheral light trapping material substantially covering the peripheral sidewall. The light contacting the backside light trapping material or the peripheral light trapping material is thus reflected back toward the pixel.
US10224348B2
Disclosed are a pixel unit structure and a display device. The pixel unit structure includes a thin film transistor formed on a substrate, and a first insulating layer, a first transparent electrode layer, a second insulating layer, and a second transparent electrode layer formed in sequence from bottom to top above the thin film transistor. A storage capacitor is formed between the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer.
US10224332B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate with an active region, a plurality of conductive line structures on the substrate, an insulating layer separating the plurality of conductive line structures from the substrate, a contact plug between every two adjacent conductive line structures, an insulating spacer structure between each conductive line structure and a corresponding contact plug, a landing pad connected to each contact plug, and a landing pad insulation pattern having an asymmetrical shape based on a vertical axis of the landing pad that extends along a normal to the substrate. The landing pad insulation pattern includes a first portion overlapping the conductive line structures and a second portion overlapping the contact plug, the first and second portions being on opposite sides of the vertical axis.
US10224329B2
Methods of forming semiconductor devices include forming structures having an inner vertical layer and spacers on sidewalls of the inner vertical layer on a first region and a second region of a gate layer. The inner vertical layer is etched in only the first region to expose inner sidewalls of the spacers in the first region. The gate layer is etched using the remaining inner vertical layers and the spacers as a mask to form first gates in the first region and second gates in the second region. The first gates have a smaller gate length than a gate length of the second gates.
US10224327B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device includes forming a first fin and a second fin on a substrate, the first fin arranged in parallel with the second fin, the first fin arranged a first distance from the second fin, the first fin and the second fin extending from a first source/drain region through a channel region and into a second source/drain region on the substrate. The method further includes forming a third fin on the substrate, the third fin arranged in parallel with the first fin and between the first fin and the second fin, the third fin arranged a second distance from the first fin, the second distance is less than the first distance, the third fin having two distal ends arranged in the first source/drain region. A gate stack is formed over the first fin and the second fin.
US10224326B2
A method is presented for forming a semiconductor structure. The method includes forming a plurality of vertical fins over a semiconductor layer formed over a substrate, depositing an oxide over the plurality of fins, and applying a cutting mask over a portion of the plurality of fins. The method further includes removing the oxide from the exposed portion of the plurality of fins, depositing a replacement gate stack, and etching portions of the replacement gate stack to remove exposed fins, the exposed fins forming recesses within the semiconductor layer. The method further includes depositing a spacer over the exposed fins and the recesses formed by the removed fins. A portion of the plurality of fins are cut during etching of the replacement gate stack and a portion of the oxide is removed before deposition of the replacement gate stack.
US10224321B2
A semiconductor device with an embedded schottky diode and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A semiconductor device having a schottky diode include: an epilayer of a first conductivity type, a body layer of a second conductivity type, and a source layer of the first conductivity type arranged in that order; a gate trench that extends from the source layer to a part of the epilayer; a body trench formed a predetermined distance from the gate trench and extends from the source layer to a part of the epilayer; and a guard ring of the second conductivity type that contacts an outer wall of the body trench and formed in the epilayer.
US10224317B2
A system and method of manufacturing a system are disclosed. An embodiment of the system includes a first packaged component comprising a first component and a first redistribution layer (RDL) disposed on a first main surface of the first packaged component, wherein the first RDL includes first pads. The system further includes a second packaged component having a second component disposed at a first main surface of the second packaged component, the first main surface having second pads and a connection layer between the first packaged component and the second packaged component, wherein the connection layer connects a first plurality of the first pads with the second pads.
US10224295B2
Provided are a device and method for generating an identification key using process variation during a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) process. A BJT may be produced by designing such that the effective base width of the BJT is at least a first threshold value but not more than a second threshold value, or, such that the total of the width of a second depletion region formed by connection with a collector region and the width of a first depletion region formed by connection with an emitter region, within a base region, differs from the width of the base region by a value that is at least the first threshold value but not more than the second threshold value. Whether or not there is a short circuit between the emitter region and the collector region is stochastically generated, and if ordinary turn-on voltage is not applied, whether or not there is a short circuit is identified.
US10224290B2
Electromagnetically shielded electronic device technology is disclosed. In an example, a method of making an electronic device package can comprise providing a substrate having a conductor pad and an electronic component. The method can also comprise forming a conformal insulating layer on the substrate and electronic component. The conformal insulating layer conforms to the electronic component. The method can further comprise exposing the conductor pad. In addition, the method can comprise forming an electrically conductive electromagnetic interference (EMI) layer on the insulating layer and in contact with the conductor pad.
US10224282B2
A protection device including a substrate, a first doped region, a first well region, a second doped region, a third doped region, a fourth doped region, a second well region, a fifth doped region, and a sixth doped region is provided. The substrate, the first well region, and the third and the fifth doped regions have a first conductivity type. The first doped and the second well regions are disposed in the substrate. The first, second, fourth, and sixth doped regions and the second well region have a second conductivity type. The first well and the second doped regions are disposed in the first doped region. The second doped region is not in contact with the first well region. The third and fourth doped regions are disposed in the first well region. The fifth and sixth doped regions are disposed in the second well region.
US10224281B2
A semiconductor structure is provided that includes a first interconnect dielectric layer containing a first interconnect metal structure embedded therein. A second interconnect dielectric layer containing a second interconnect metal structure embedded therein is located atop the first interconnect dielectric layer. A metallic blocking layer is present that separates a surface of the second interconnect metal structure from a surface of the first interconnect metal structure. The metallic blocking layer has a lower resistivity than the first and second interconnect metal structures. The metallic blocking layer prevents electromigration of metallic ions from the first and second interconnect metal structure.
US10224275B2
Semiconductor devices include a patterned dielectric layer overlaying a semiconductor substrate; a metal layer comprising copper disposed in the patterned dielectric layer; and a barrier layer formed at an interface between the dielectric layer and the metal layer, wherein the barrier layer is AlOxNy. The patterned dielectric may define a trench and via interconnect structure or first and second trenches for a capacitor structure. Also disclosed are processes for forming the semiconductor device, which includes subjecting the dielectric surfaces to a nitridization process to form a nitrogen enriched surface. Aluminum metal is then conformally deposited onto the nitrogen enriched surfaces to form AlOxNy at the aluminum metal/dielectric interface. The patterned substrate is then metalized with copper and annealed. Upon annealing, a copper aluminum alloy is formed at the copper metal/aluminum interface.
US10224270B1
An electronic component package includes a substrate having an upper surface. Traces on the upper surface of the substrate extend in a longitudinal direction. The traces have a first latitudinal width in a latitudinal direction, the latitudinal direction being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Rectangular copper pillars are attached to bond pads of an electronic component, the copper pillars having a longitudinal length and a latitudinal second width. The latitudinal second width of the copper pillars is equal to and aligned with the first latitudinal width of the traces. Further, the longitudinal length of the copper pillars is parallel with the longitudinal direction of the trace and equal to the length of the bond pads. The copper pillars are mounted to the traces with solder joints.
US10224267B2
A first switching element and a second switching element are thermally connected to each other since the first switching element and the second switching element are fixed on a second substrate. An upper arm is capable of increasing the current capacity of the semiconductor device because of the parallel connection of the first switching element and the second switching element. The lower arm is capable of increasing the current capacity of the semiconductor device because of the parallel connection of the first switching element and the second switching element.
US10224263B2
A thermal exchange device with reduced sizes and suitable to cool down electronic components in data center is disclosed. The device includes: a pair of outer plates integral thereto, equipped with respective inlet doors and outlet doors for a cooling fluid and for a fluid to be cooled down, respectively; and an intermediate plate, interposed between the outer plates and integral thereto, which intermediate plate bears respective thermal exchange surfaces faced to the outer plates and equipped with fins suitable to increase the area of thermal exchange with the fluids, wherein the whole configuration is so that between each outer plate and the respective exchange surface a passage compartment for the respective fluid remain defined, which thermal exchange device is made integral, at an outer plate, with the casing of the electronic component to be cooled down.
US10224261B2
An electronic component mounting structure includes a terminal of an electronic component package and a chip heat radiating member. The terminal is soldered on a land of an electronic substrate and the chip heat radiating member is soldered on a back surface of the electronic component package. The chip heat radiating member is covered by a packaging resin. A metallic heat radiating pattern integrally includes a pattern extension part that protrudes from the electronic component package, such that at least a part of the metallic heat radiating pattern is formed so as to be larger than the electronic component package. The pattern extension part is configured to guide excessive solder to an outside of the electronic component package.
US10224260B2
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die having a first main side and a second main side opposite the first main side, the first main side having an inner region surrounded by a periphery region. The semiconductor package further includes a film covering the semiconductor die and adhered to the periphery region of the first main side of the semiconductor die. The film has a curved surface so that the inner region of the first main side of the semiconductor die is spaced apart from the film by an air gap. Electrical conductors are attached at a first end to pads at the periphery region of the first main side of the semiconductor die. A corresponding method of manufacture is also provided.
US10224257B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor module that reduces an excessive stress on a sealed object due to the expansion and contraction of a sealing gel to thus improve the reliability. A semiconductor module according to the present invention includes: a semiconductor element bonded to a metal pattern on an insulating substrate contained in a case; a sealing gel sealing the insulating substrate and the semiconductor element within the case; and a sealing-gel-expansion suppressing plate disposed in the upper portion of the sealing gel to be at least partially in contact with the sealing gel. The sealing-gel-expansion suppressing plate includes a surface facing the sealing gel and inclined to the upper surface of the sealing gel.
US10224254B2
A package structure may include a one-piece metal carrier, a die, a mold layer and a redistribution layer. The one-piece metal carrier may include a bottom portion and a first supporting structure, and the one-piece metal carrier may have a recess defined by the bottom portion and the first supporting structure. The die may be disposed in the recess of the one-piece metal carrier, and the die may have a plurality of conductive bumps. The mold layer may be formed to encapsulate the die. The mold layer may expose a portion of each of the plurality of conductive bumps and a portion of the first supporting structure. The redistribution layer may be disposed on the mold layer and electrically connected to the plurality of conductive bumps.
US10224247B2
FinFET devices and processes to prevent fin or gate collapse (e.g., flopover) in finFET devices are provided. The method includes forming a first set of trenches in a semiconductor material and filling the first set of trenches with insulator material. The method further includes forming a second set of trenches in the semiconductor material, alternating with the first set of trenches that are filled. The second set of trenches form semiconductor structures which have a dimension of fin structures. The method further includes filling the second set of trenches with insulator material. The method further includes recessing the insulator material within the first set of trenches and the second set of trenches to form the fin structures.
US10224227B2
Described herein is a technique capable of improving the uniformity of device characteristics. According to the technique described herein, there is provided a method of processing a substrate, including: (a) loading a substrate having a patterned hard mask into a process chamber; (b) supplying a metal-containing gas at a first pressure into the process chamber; and (c) supplying an inert gas into the process chamber and storing the metal-containing gas at a second pressure lower than the first pressure after performing (b).
US10224226B2
Provided is a substrate processing apparatus, including: transportation chamber maintained in an atmospheric environment where a substrate is transported; a vacuum processing chamber connected with the transportation chamber through a load lock chamber; a substrate placing table installed in the vacuum processing chamber and having a body part and a surface part that is attachable to/detachable from the body part; a storage unit installed in the load lock chamber or the transportation chamber and configured to receive the surface part; and a transportation mechanism configured to transport the substrate from the transportation chamber to the vacuum processing chamber through the load lock chamber and transport the surface part between the storage unit and the body part of the vacuum processing chamber.
US10224217B1
A wafer level fan out package includes a semiconductor die having a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface. A stiffener is disposed on the third surface of the semiconductor die. A conductive via passes through the stiffener. First and second electrically conductive patterns electrically connected to the conductive via are disposed on the first and second surfaces of the semiconductor die and stiffener. Solder balls are electrically connected to the first or second electrically conductive patterns.
US10224212B2
A method for isotropically etching film on a substrate with atomic layer control includes a) providing a substrate including a material selected from a group consisting of silicon (Si), germanium (Ge) and silicon germanium (SiGe). The method includes b) depositing a sacrificial layer on the material in a processing chamber by: cooling a lower portion of the substrate; one of creating or supplying an oxidant-containing plasma in the processing chamber; and increasing a surface temperature of the substrate for a predetermined period using rapid thermal heating while creating or supplying the oxidant-containing plasma in the processing chamber. The method includes c) purging the processing chamber. The method includes d) etching the sacrificial layer and the material by supplying an etch gas mixture and striking plasma in the processing chamber.
US10224211B2
There is provided an etching method for etching an antireflection film including silicon according to a pattern of a resist film by using plasma processing with respect to a processing object, the processing object including an etching object film, the antireflection film including silicon laminated on the etching object film, and the resist film laminated on the antireflection film including silicon. The method includes generating plasma of a processing gas containing a fluorocarbon gas in a processing chamber, the processing object being disposed in the processing chamber, and generating plasma of a processing gas containing an inactive gas in the processing chamber, the processing object being disposed in the processing chamber. A set of the first generating and the second generating are repeatedly performed.
US10224208B2
An electroless plating process is performed on an Al layer, which is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, with an electroless plating liquid which is alkaline and contains a complexing agent. A plating method includes preparing a substrate 10 having a surface (for example, bottom surface of TSV 12) at which an Al layer 22 made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy is exposed; forming a zincate film 30 on a surface of the Al layer by performing a zincate treatment on the substrate; and forming a first electroless plating layer (for example, Co barrier layer 14a) on the surface of the Al layer with an electroless plating liquid (for example, Co-based plating liquid) which is alkaline and contains a complexing agent.
US10224203B2
Provided is a method of producing a semiconductor epitaxial wafer having enhanced gettering ability. The method of producing a semiconductor epitaxial wafer includes: a first step of irradiating a surface of a semiconductor wafer with cluster ions to form a modified layer that is located in a surface portion of the semiconductor wafer and that includes a constituent element of the cluster ions in solid solution; and a second step of forming an epitaxial layer on the modified layer of the semiconductor wafer. The first step is performed in a state in which a temperature of the semiconductor wafer is maintained at lower than 25° C.
US10224200B2
An aluminum compound is represented by Chemical Formula (I) and is used as a source material for forming an aluminum-containing thin film.
US10224192B2
Methods and circuits for detecting an ion current in a mass spectrometer are described. A circuit and a method may involve converting, over a length of integration time, the ion current to a voltage ramp by an integrating circuit having a gain setting. The circuit and the method may also involve determining a slope of the voltage ramp. The circuit and the method may also involve determining a magnitude of the ion current based on the slope of the voltage ramp and the gain setting. The circuit and the method may further involves determining an out-of-range state based on the voltage ramp and adjusting the gain setting of the integrating circuit, or the length of integration time or both, in response to the determining of the out-of-range state.
US10224182B2
A system for reducing parasitic plasma in a semiconductor process comprises a first surface and a plurality of dielectric layers that are arranged between an electrode and the first surface. The first surface and the electrode have substantially different electrical potentials. The plurality of dielectric layers defines a first gap between the electrode and one of the plurality of dielectric layers, a second gap between adjacent ones of the plurality of dielectric layers, and a third gap between a last one of the plurality of dielectric layers and the first surface. A number of the plurality of dielectric layers and sizes of the first gap, the second gap and the third gap are selected to prevent parasitic plasma between the first surface and the electrode during the semiconductor process.
US10224179B2
Provided is an ion beam processing apparatus including an ion generation chamber, a processing chamber, and electrodes to form an ion beam by extracting ions generated in the ion generation chamber to the processing chamber. The electrodes includes a first electrode disposed close to the ion generation chamber and provided with an ion passage hole to allow passage of the ions, and a second electrode disposed adjacent to the first electrode and closer to the processing chamber than the first electrode is, and provided with an ion passage hole to allow passage of the ions. The apparatus also includes a power unit which applies different electric potentials to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively, so as to accelerate the ions generated by an ion generator in the ion generation chamber. A material of the first electrode is different from a material of the second electrode.
US10224171B2
A blanking device for multi charged particle beams includes a first substrate, in which plural first openings are formed in an array, to form multi-beams, a second substrate in which plural second openings are formed in an array, where a corresponding beam of the multi-beams passes through each of the plural second openings, plural control electrodes, which are on the second substrate and each of which is close to a corresponding one of the plural second openings and arranged not to be directly exposed to other second opening adjacent to the corresponding one of the plural second openings, to be switchably applied with first and second potentials, plural counter electrodes, each of which is facing a corresponding one of the plural control electrodes, to be applied with the second potential, and a shield film provided between the first substrate and the plural control electrodes.
US10224168B2
A fuse protector with a plurality of fuses comprises a fuse protector base, a fuse carrier, and fuse elements. The fuse elements are disposed on the fuse carrier, and the fuse carrier is inserted in the fuse protector base. One side of the fuse protector base is provided with at least two wiring assemblies, and the other side of the fuse protector base is provided with at least two wiring assemblies. The fuse protector base is further provided with base contacts corresponding to the wiring assemblies. The fuse carrier is inserted into the fuse protector base. When the fuse carrier is pulled out of the fuse protector base, at least four breaking points are formed at the same time, and the voltage of an arc is distributed to the four contact points. Therefore, the voltage of the arc is effectively reduced, space is saved.
US10224159B2
A key stabilizer is provided, in which the key stabilizer includes a keycap and a balance bar. The keycap has a bottom surface and two protruding portions disposed thereon. The keycap moves back and forth along a vertical direction between a top position and a bottom position. Each of the two protruding portions has an engaging portion at the end thereof. The bottom surface faces the bottom position, and the two protruding portions are arranged along a horizontal direction that is perpendicular to the vertical direction. The balance bar has a hinge portion and two side portions respectively connected to both ends of the hinge portion. The hinge portion is positioned on a rotation axis parallel to the horizontal direction. The end of each of the two side portions that is away from the hinge portion is inserted into the engaging portion.
US10224156B2
The present invention discloses a de-bouncing keypad and a preparation method thereof, wherein the keypad is composed of a rubber substrate and a metal contact having three layers of layered structures. A layer of tin alloy or lead alloy is plated on a surface of the metal contact by electroplating or chemical plating. The metal contact plated with the tin alloy or lead alloy has excellent contact bouncing resistance and arc-ablation resistance, and the metal contact is further composited with the rubber to shape and prepare the rubber de-bouncing keypad.
US10224151B2
A capacitor assembly that is capable of performing under extreme conditions, such as at high temperatures and/or high voltages, is provided. The ability to perform at high temperature is achieved in part by enclosing and hermetically sealing the capacitor element within a housing in the presence of a gaseous atmosphere that contains an inert gas, thereby limiting the amount of oxygen and moisture supplied to the solid electrolyte of the capacitor element. Furthermore, the present inventors have also discovered that the ability to perform at high voltages can be achieved through a unique and controlled combination of features relating to the formation of the anode, dielectric, and solid electrolyte. For example, the solid electrolyte is formed from a combination of a conductive polymer and a hydroxy-functional nonionic polymer.
US10224148B2
A multi-layer ceramic capacitor includes a multi-layer unit, a side margin, and a bonding unit. The multi-layer unit includes ceramic layers and internal electrodes. The ceramic layers are made of first ceramics and laminated in a first direction, the first ceramics having a first average crystal grain diameter. The internal electrodes are disposed between the ceramic layers. The side margin is made of second ceramics and covers the multi-layer unit from a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the second ceramics having a second average crystal grain diameter. The bonding unit is made of third ceramics and disposed between the multi-layer unit and the side margin, the third ceramics having a third average crystal grain diameter that is larger than the first average crystal grain diameter and the second average crystal grain diameter.
US10224127B2
The resin composition according to the present invention contains a polyacetal resin having a specific molecular weight distribution, a specific carbon black, and an alkaline metal wherein the contents of the carbon black and the alkaline metal are in specific ranges. The molded article according to the present invention contains the resin composition.
US10224123B2
A cask transport system includes a support assembly including a plurality of wheels and a support frame coupled to and supported by the wheels. The cask transport system also includes a tower disposed above the support assembly, the tower including a base portion and a tower frame coupled to the base portion, the tower frame movable relative to the base portion. The cask transport system also includes an upper beam assembly coupled to the tower frame, and a bottom block assembly coupled to the upper beam assembly, the bottom block assembly movable relative to the upper beam assembly.
US10224122B2
An object of the invention is to provide a reactor instrumentation system that can be easily repaired or replaced. The invention includes: an instrumentation tube provided in a reactor core; a gas flow pipe provided in the instrumentation tube; a suction mechanism for supplying gas containing oxygen to the gas flow pipe; and a nuclide analysis device for measuring a nuclide in the gas in the gas flow pipe. According to the invention, it is possible to provide a reactor instrumentation system that can be easily repaired or replaced.
US10224117B2
A computer readable medium stores instructions configured to cause a home therapy machine to allow an at home patient selection of a device program from a plurality of device programs stored on the home therapy machine and perform an at home treatment using fluid flow equipment provided by the home therapy machine according to the selected device program. The instructions are further configured to receive data generated during the at home treatment and generate at least one log file based upon the received data.
US10224114B2
A memory device may include a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, and an internal operation circuit configured to perform a test operation in a test mode using a parallel bit operation of simultaneously comparing a plurality of bits and also perform an internal operation including a comparison operation with respect to external data in a normal mode other than the test mode using the parallel bit operation.
US10224111B2
A data device includes a memory having a plurality of memory cells configured to store data values in accordance with a predetermined rank modulation scheme that is optional and a memory controller that receives a current error count from an error decoder of the data device for one or more data operations of the flash memory device and selects an operating mode for data scrubbing in accordance with the received error count and a program cycles count.
US10224109B2
A memory device, comprising: a memory cell array including a plurality of NAND strings, each NAND string including a plurality of memory cells respectively connected to a plurality of word lines vertically stacked on a substrate; and a control logic configured to generate a pre-programming control signal for memory cells of a first NAND string of the NAND strings such that, before erasing the memory cells of the first NAND string, pre-programming voltages applied to the word lines coupled to the corresponding memory cells of the first NAND string vary based on an operating characteristic of the corresponding memory cells.
US10224107B1
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory comprising a first group of memory cells, a second group of memory cells, and a controller to program one or more lower pages of data to the first group of memory cells; store dynamic start voltage information, the dynamic start voltage information indicative of a rate of programming of at least a portion of the first group of memory cells; determine a start program voltage based on the dynamic start voltage information; and apply the start program voltage to the second group of memory cells during a first program pass of a program operation, the program operation to program one or more lower pages of data to the second group of memory cells.
US10224101B2
A data holding device 100 has an inverter loop 101, a differential pair circuit 102 connected to the ground terminals of inverters, a first potential setter 103 configured to turn the output terminals of the inverters to a first potential (VDD), and a second potential setter 104 configured to turn the ground terminals of the inverters to a second potential (VSS). During data holding, the differential pair circuit 102 and the first potential setter 103 are disabled so that the ground terminals of the inverters are at the second potential. During data writing, the differential pair circuit 102 is disabled so that the output terminal of one inverter is at the first potential and the ground terminal of the other inverter is at the second potential.
US10224074B2
A method includes receiving a first digital video signal having frames at a first frame rate. A respective frame of the first digital video signal is then replicated multiple times to produce a series of replicated frames for inclusion in a second digital video signal have a second frame rate greater that the first frame rate. For at least some of the pixel data defining pixels in at least one of the replicated frames, the method includes randomly modifying the respective pixel data. The random modification of pixel data for a respective pixel in a respective replicated frame results in a modified replicated frame which is included in the second digital video signal.
US10224072B2
A memory system includes a memory device, a command clock (CK_t clock) that provides a first clock signal at a first frequency, and a data path clock (WCK_t clock) that provides a second clock signal at a second frequency different than the first frequency. Data path circuitry is synchronized with the WCK_t clock and provides an error detection code (EDC) hold pattern during an idle state. EDC hold pattern synchronization logic synchronizes a start of transmission of the EDC hold pattern synchronous to the CK_t clock.
US10224068B2
A magnetic storage medium is formed of magnetic nanoparticles that are encapsulated within nanotubes, which are arranged in a substrate to facilitate the reading and writing of information by a read/write head. The substrate may be flexible or rigid. Information is stored on the magnetic nanoparticles via the read/write head of a storage device. These magnetic nanoparticles are arranged into data tracks to store information through encapsulation within the carbon nanotubes. As carbon nanotubes are bendable, the carbon nanotubes may be arranged on flexible or rigid substrates, such as a polymer tape or disk for flexible media, or a glass substrate for rigid disk. A polymer may assist holding the nanoparticle-filled carbon tubes to the substrate.
US10224066B1
A method includes depositing a plurality of layers over a substrate. The layers include read sensor layers and an electrically conductive layer substantially coplanar with the read sensor layers and substantially surrounding the read sensor layers. The electrically conductive layer is in contact with at least one of the read sensor layers. The electrically conductive layer provides an electrical path between the at least one of the read sensor layers and ground. The method further includes forming an isolation structure around the read sensor layers by removing a portion of the electrically conductive layer substantially surrounding the read sensor layers. The isolation structure is substantially coplanar with the read sensor layers and substantially surrounds the read sensor layers. The isolation structure breaks the electrical path between the at least one of the read sensor layers and the ground.
US10224062B1
Sample rate converter and related methods are provided. A method may include (1) obtaining a pitch value based at least on a relationship between an input sampling rate of input samples of a first audio signal to an output sampling rate of output samples corresponding to a second audio signal; (2) automatically generating a first set of interpolated coefficient values by interpolating between a first set of coefficient values corresponding to a first filter and automatically generating a second set of interpolated coefficient values by interpolating between a second set of coefficient values corresponding to a second filter; (3) automatically generating a third set of coefficient values by interpolating between the first set of interpolated coefficient values and the second set of interpolated coefficient values using a set of fraction values related to the pitch value; and (4) filtering data corresponding to the input samples.
US10224060B2
A home-appliance system is provided that may alleviate user's stress or fatigue. The interactive home-appliance system includes an utterance unit, a voice input unit for accepting input of a reply to voice, a storage unit for storing an assessment criterion for assessing stress or fatigue based on conversation with an utterer and data for outputting voice alleviating stress or fatigue, a determination unit for determining the utterer's stress or fatigue based on the assessment criterion and the reply, and a drive mechanism for performing an operation for assisting in the utterer's life. The utterance unit is configured to output an utterance based on the determination result and the data.
US10224055B2
An image pickup device which captures sound and a moving image prevents deterioration in a reproduction quality. A scene change detector detects a frame at the time of a scene change from among a plurality of frames imaged at a predetermined frame rate as a detection frame. A frame rate converting unit converts a frame rate of the frame imaged outside a detection to a lower frame rate. A video reproduction time setting unit sets a reproduction time when reproduction is performed at the lower frame rate as a video reproduction time. An audio reproduction time setting unit sets an audio reproduction time at constant intervals for sounds recorded at constant intervals outside the detection period and sets an audio reproduction time in synchronization with the video reproduction time corresponding to the detection frame relative to sound recorded in the detection period.
US10224054B2
Methods and apparatus for performing signal processing. The signal processing comprises demultiplexing input encoded data into data including information for a segment including frames and coefficient information for a coefficient selected in the frames of the segment, and low band encoded data, decoding the low band encoded data to produce a low band signal, selecting a coefficient of a frame to be processed from a plurality of the coefficients based on the data, calculating a high band sub-band power of a high band sub-band signal of each sub-band constituting a high band signal of the frame to be processed based on a low band sub-band signal of each sub-band constituting the low band signal of the frame to be processed and the selected coefficient, and producing the high band signal of the frame to be processed based on the high band sub-band power and the low band sub-band signal.
US10224050B2
A method and system for compressing an audio signal. The method includes receiving a segment of an audio signal and selectively disabling noise suppression for the received segment. The segment is filtered in a noise-suppression module if noise suppression is not disabled. The method also includes calculating an autocorrelation coefficient and an LSP coefficient, predicting a short-term coefficient and long-term coefficients according to the LSP coefficient and calculating one or more bandwidth-expanded correlation coefficients. Further, the method includes determining the type of packet in which to encode the segment. An encoding rate is selected from among a full rate encode, a half-rate encode, and an eight-rate encode if noise suppression is not disabled. An encoding rate is selected from among a full rate encode and a half-rate encode if noise suppression is disabled. Furthermore, the segment is formed into a packet of the determined type and selected rate.
US10224048B2
An audio coding device includes a filter configured to extract a low-band signal having a first frequency component from an input signal, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to extract envelope information relating to an envelope of a high-band signal having a second frequency component which is higher than the first frequency component in the input signal, detect tone information that is information on a tone signal included in a high-band signal spectrum from the input signal, correct the envelope information based on a difference between frequency of the tone signal and frequency of a peak of the envelope, and code the low-band signal, the tone information, and the envelope information that is corrected.
US10224035B1
Systems and methods for assisting voice searches are provided. An example method commences with receiving a voice query from a user and transmitting the voice query to a plurality of natural language processing systems. The method may continue with receiving a plurality of search parameter sets generated by the plurality of natural language processing systems based on the voice query. The method may further include transmitting at least one of the plurality of search parameter sets to a plurality of information search systems. The method may continue with receiving a plurality of responses from the plurality of information search systems. The plurality of responses may be generated by the plurality of information search systems based on the at least one of the plurality of search parameter sets. The method may conclude with providing at least one response of the plurality of responses to the user.
US10224032B2
A computer program product for determining an impact of a proposed dialog act in a conversation according to one embodiment includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se. The program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising receiving textual data associated with a real-time conversation between a first participant and a second participant, receiving an objective of the first participant for the real-time conversation between the first participant and the second participant, receiving a proposed dialog act to be entered at a current point in the real-time conversation from the first participant, determining an impact of the proposed dialog act on the objective of the first participant, and performing one or more actions based on the impact of the proposed dialog act.
US10224025B2
A method for processing messages pertaining to an event includes receiving a plurality of messages pertaining to the event from electronic communication devices associated with a plurality of observers of the event, generating a first message stream that includes only a portion of the plurality of messages corresponding to a first participant in the event, identifying a first sub-event in the first message stream with reference to a time distribution of messages and content distribution of messages in the first message stream, generating a sub-event summary with reference to a portion of the plurality of messages in the first message stream that are associated with the first sub-event, and transmitting the sub-event summary to a plurality of electronic communication devices associated with a plurality of users who are not observers of the event.
US10224022B2
A computing device having the capability to dynamically select a voice that will be used by a speech synthesizer in creating synthesized speech for use in communicating with a user of the computing device is provided. For example, in some embodiments, the computing device: i) employs the speech synthesizer to have a first audible communication with the user using a first voice; ii) stores user satisfaction data that can be used to determine a user's satisfaction with an action the user took in response to the first audible communication; and iii) determines whether a different voice should be used during a second audible communication with the user based on the stored user satisfaction data.
US10224012B2
A method to author music. The method includes presenting, on a display by a computing device, an audio effect menu, receiving, by the computing device, a first user input selecting a first audio effect from the audio effect menu, generating, in response to receiving the first user input, a first modified audio stream based on a particular audio stream and the first audio effect, receiving, by the computing device while receiving the first user input, a second user input selecting a second audio effect from the audio effect menu, generating, in response to receiving the second user input, a second modified audio stream based on the first modified audio stream and the second audio effect, detecting cessation of the first user input, and continuing, in response to detecting the cessation, generating the second modified audio stream based on the first modified audio stream and the second audio effect.
US10223996B2
A power supply device of an electronic apparatus includes: a power input portion configured to receive alternating current (AC) power; a rectifier-smoother configured to rectify and smooth the received AC power and output the AC power; a power converter configured to convert a level of a voltage output from the rectifier-smoother to supply operating power to the electronic apparatus; a board on which the power input portion, the rectifier-smoother, and the power converter are provided; and a waterproof coating layer formed in an area on the board corresponding to a position of the power converter to prevent infiltration of moisture from an outside.
US10223991B2
A pixel includes a voltage dividing unit, a LC capacitor, a control unit, a first capacitor, a writing-in unit, and an adjusting unit. First terminal of the voltage dividing unit receives a first power voltage. The control terminal of the voltage dividing unit receives a first control signal. The LC capacitor is electrically coupled to the second terminal of voltage dividing unit. The control terminal of the control unit receives a second control signal. The writing-in unit provides a first pixel data signal to the first capacitor based on a third control signal. The adjusting unit receives a second power voltage. The adjusting unit divides voltage difference between the first and second power voltages based on the first pixel data signal stored in the first capacitor so as to control voltage stored in the LC capacitor, such that the LC corresponding to LC capacitor can be controlled.
US10223984B2
A production control system for liquid crystal panels includes a general design circuit board producing section configured to produce general design circuit boards, a frame processing section configured to process frames of the general design circuit boards based on an outline of the liquid crystal panels in an order from a customer, a customer terminal, a processor, and information and communication lines. At least the outline of the liquid crystal panels and an order quantity are input to the customer terminal by the customer. The processor is configured to control the general design circuit board producing section to produce the general design circuit boards and the frame processing section to process the frames of the general design circuit boards for an order quantity based on the outline of the display panels and the order quantity entered in the customer terminal.
US10223980B2
Disclosed is a display device comprising: at least one processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores therein computer readable instructions, wherein the at least one processor executes the computer readable instructions to: if an input image signal is received, adjust refresh frequency of the display device to the frequency of the input image signal, and generate an output image signal and a field sync signal according to the input image signal, wherein the filed sync signal and the input image signal are in sync with each other and have the same frequency; output a backlight driving signal at a rising edge of the field sync signal acting as a trigger edge, so that backlighting of the display device is synchronized with image display of the display device; and perform the image display according to the output image signal and provide the backlighting according to the backlight driving signal.
US10223977B2
A circuit configured to sense a threshold voltage of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) of a display panel includes a sample and hold unit configured to receive the threshold voltage of the OLED, a first capacitor configured to sample the threshold voltage of the OLED, a second capacitor configured to charge-share the voltage on the first capacitor, an output terminal configured to output the voltage on the second capacitor, and an amplifier including an input terminal connected to the output terminal of the sample and hold unit. The sample and hold unit includes a first switching unit configured to selectively connect the OLED, the first capacitor, the second capacitor, the first capacitor and a first or second reference voltage, the second capacitor and the second or a third reference voltage, and the second capacitor and the output terminal.
US10223976B2
Disclosed are a circuit and a method for driving an AMOLED pixel. The circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a grayscale storage capacitor. The circuit further comprises a third transistor. A source of the third transistor is connected to a drain of the first transistor; a drain thereof is connected to ground; and a gate thereof is configured to receive a shutdown control signal. The third transistor is turned on under control of the shutdown control signal and a predetermined shutdown sequence of voltages of respective portions of the circuit.
US10223962B2
A display having fused light-emitting diodes (LEDs) includes a display substrate and an array of pixel components disposed on the display substrate. Each pixel component comprises a light-emitting diode and an electrical fuse electrically connected in series with the light-emitting diode. The micro-transfer printable pixel components include an LED having first and second LED electrical contacts for providing power to the LED to cause the LED to emit light, a fuse having first and second fuse electrical contacts, the first fuse electrical contact electrically connected in series with the first LED electrical contact, a first electrode connected to the second fuse electrical contact, and a second electrode connected to the second LED electrical contact.
US10223958B2
A display device includes a first unit pixel disposed in a first pixel column and a first pixel row, and a second unit pixel disposed in the first pixel column and a second pixel row adjacent to the first pixel row, and first and second gate lines extending in a row direction and having gate voltage input pads at a terminal portion thereof. First and second data lines extend in a column direction and are connected to the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel, respectively. A first charge control line extends in the row direction and has a charge control gate voltage input pad disposed at a terminal portion thereof. The first gate line is connected to the first unit pixel and the second gate line is connected to the second unit pixel. The first gate line and the second gate line simultaneously receive a same gate pulse.
US10223954B2
An array substrate, a method for manufacturing the array substrate and a display apparatus are provided. The array substrate includes: a display region; a common bus line disposed at all edges of the display region. The common bus line comprises a first and a second regions which are opposite to each other. A plurality of gate lines, each of which is configured to drive a row of sub pixels. The gate lines are parallel to the direction from the first region to the second region of the common bus line. At least one gate line intersects one or both of the first region and the second region of the common bus line.
US10223952B2
An electronic display comprises a display matrix and an image-correcting layer. The display matrix includes a flat face portion, a curved corner portion, a light-releasing surface, and a series of pixels extending across the flat face portion and around the curved corner portion. Coupled to the light-releasing surface of the display matrix, the image-correcting layer is configured to transmit light released from the flat face portion of the display matrix and to reorient light released from the curved corner portion of the display matrix such that the transmitted light and the reoriented light exit the image-correcting layer substantially in parallel, forming an apparent plane image of the series of pixels.
US10223948B2
A 3-D label is disclosed including moving patterns using fine patterns and microlenses, including a lens layer in which a pattern display unit having microlenses that are convex in a semicircumferential form arranged at specific intervals and to represent patterns formed in a pattern layer regardless of a visual field focal length and a secret unit placed on one side of the pattern display unit and displaying intended patterns formed in the pattern layer when a predetermined visual field focal length is reached are integrated and formed; and the pattern layer disposed under the lens layer and having patterns formed thereon so that the distance between the central point of each of the microlenses and the central point of an adjacent microlens is matched with the distance between the central point of each of pattern cells and the central point of an adjacent pattern cell in the state.
US10223946B2
A lighting device includes a heat sink having fins on a first side and a mounting surface of a second side opposite the first side, a substrate attached to the mounting surface, a number of LEDs attached to the substrate, and a single transparent substrate with a number of optical elements, each optical element overlying an associated one of the LEDs. The device configured to direct light from the LEDs towards an area in a manner that does not create hot spots or result in dead spots on the area regardless of whether all of the LEDs of the plurality of LEDs or some of the LEDs of the plurality of LEDs are functional.
US10223930B2
The invention relates to an action data generation device, and a client and a system for information transmission, wherein the action data generation device comprises an action input unit and an action data generation unit, the action input unit is for receiving action information on an interface and sending the action information to the action data generation unit, and the action data generation unit is for receiving the action information input by the action input unit and generating action data including a path part and a data part according to the action information. The technical solution provided by the present invention realizes effective extraction of data from the interface and improves the data transmission efficiency.
US10223922B2
A system for mission parameterization is provided and includes a vehicle that itself includes a sensor to sense characteristic sensed elements in surroundings of the vehicle and a computing device. The computing device includes a processing unit and a memory unit. The memory unit has a database configured to associate objects disposable in the surroundings with sensible characteristic object elements and executable instructions. The executable instructions are configured to cause the processing unit to find correspondence between any characteristic sensed elements in the surroundings, which are sensed by the activated sensor, and any of the characteristic object elements, identify objects in the surroundings based on the correspondence and set mission parameters based on identifications of the objects in the surroundings.
US10223906B2
Systems and methods to determine open neutral conditions in a poly-phase electrical connection. Voltage measurements of at least two phases of poly-phase electrical power delivered to a customer premises are received from an electrical meter via a communications network providing communications among many electrical meters. The electrical power is delivered with a neutral conductor separate from the at least two phases. A first voltage measurement of a first phase and a second voltage measurement of a second phase of at least two phases are received. Based on determining that a difference between the first voltage measurement and the second voltage measurement exceeds a phase-to-phase threshold amount, a likely open neutral condition in the neutral conductor is determined. An indication of the likely open neutral condition is sent to a customer service system.
US10223899B2
Provided is a sensor network system including sensor master devices (15A to 15D) which receive detection information obtained by sensors (11A to 11F) through wireless communication, a data server (17) which acquires the detection information from the sensor master devices (15A to 15D) through power line communication, and notification devices (13A, 13B) which receive notification information from the data server (17) to perform notification, in which the sensor master devices (15A to 15D) are connected to the sensors (11A to 11F) and the notification devices (13A, 13B), and the data server (17) determines an object to be notified in accordance with, for example, a detection position which is detection information for at least one of an object to be notified and notification contents, on the basis of the acquired detection information.
US10223893B2
A method for using a meter and a meter (10) adapted to determine an analyte concentration reading, the meter comprising a display (12) adapted to display information to a user of the meter, the display including information directed to a post-meal test-time alarm (22″) that is adapted to remind the user to obtain a post-meal analyte concentration reading, and at least one user input mechanism (15) adapted to allow the user to activate the post-meal test-time alarm.
US10223892B2
A computer is programmed to receive a command to broadcast an alert; determine a plurality of routes, each for one of a plurality of ground vehicles; and instruct each ground vehicle to follow its respective route while playing a message from external speakers. The computer may be integrated into, for example, a civil-defense system.
US10223890B2
A movement and/or a position of an object (1) to be monitored is detected. At least one marker (2) radiating light is arranged in an area of the object (1) such that a camera (4) can capture images of the marker (2), when the object (1) is in a first position. An image processing unit (6) is enabled to detect the marker (2) in the images and to detect a movement and/or a second position of the object (1) in response to determining that at least a part of the marker (2) cannot be detected in one or more of the images. The object (1) may be a person laying in a bed and the marker (2) may be arranged adjacent to the bed's lying area (3) so that the system can detect when the person leaves the bed and notify nursery staff or an emergency central.
US10223879B2
A haptic system includes a structure having a conductive layer and a reactive layer. The conductive layer is coupled to a power source and the reactive layer is coupled to a switch having a first state and a second state. The power source enables the conductive layer to generate a charge. The first state of the switch operates the reactive layer to block the establishment of a tissue-stimulating electric field. The second state of the switch operates the reactive layer to enable the establishment of a tissue-stimulating electric field to generate a touchless haptic effect.
US10223876B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a fixture and method for a fixture (referred to as a Two Way Fixture) displaying and holding objects for sale at a retail store. The two way fixture is includes a free-standing frame which is formed by a I-shaped base portion and a U-shaped upright portion. A pair of tempered hardboards are inserted in the middle of the U-shaped upright portion. The two way fixture has shelves and wire racks mounted to the sides of the U-Shaped upright portion. The shelves, I-shaped base portion, and wire racks create a volume allows for the two way fixture to hide or obscure the a cash box storing components of a point-of-sale (POS) station while keeping the electronic components live and updated. The two way fixture can surround the pole and the cash box without having to remove the pole or lift the bin over the cash box.
US10223874B2
A system is provided. The system includes one or more of a jacket including a plurality of armor panels. The jacket includes a base panel, a back side, a rear panel, extending upwards from the base panel, including first and second opposed vertical sides and a bottom side, the rear panel bottom side orthogonally secured to the back side of the base panel, and first and second side panels, extending upwards from the base panel a predetermined distance. The first side panel includes a front edge that is adjacent to one or more vault door hinges of a vault door. The second side panel includes a front edge that is adjacent to an opening side of the vault door and configured to vertically cover a seam between the vault door and a chassis of the automated teller machine when the vault door is closed.
US10223871B2
Methods and systems are provided herewith for creating and managing wagers on possible states or outcomes within a live event, such as outcomes of at-bats, innings, and other subparts of a sporting event or other event. An initial state and multiple possible future states of a performance parameter of the event may be determined based on state information of the event. A betting market may be created based on probabilities and odds determined for the possible future states. The betting market may be closed at a time after bets are received and before an end of an initial state. A payout may be made to a winner who selected the correct outcome of the performance parameter.
US10223867B2
A token dispensing system is adapted suitable for installing a token dispenser in a game device. A mounting bracket for the token dispenser provides a simple and inexpensive way to install the token dispenser as part of the token dispensing system inside the housing of a game device. The dispensing system includes an electronic control circuit that controls an alarm device to provide a low level warning signal when the level of tokens in the token dispenser is low and an empty warning signal when the token dispenser is empty. The electronic control circuit controls dispensing tokens from the token dispenser such that a user receives the correct number of tokens even if the dispenser runs out of tokens in the middle of dispensing a selected number of tokens during a transaction.
US10223864B2
An electronic gaming machine and method for detecting player emotion and generating sensory output. The machine and method featuring a processor, control circuitry and instructions stored on a computer readable medium. The instructions being executable by the processor to execute a game program and having stored data associating a player condition with a predetermined sensory output. During play of the game, the processor registering information regarding a detected condition, comparing the information to the stored data and implementing the sensory output where the information is associated with the predetermined sensory output.
US10223862B2
The present invention relates to a gaming system (100) comprising a local gaming device (101) and a first remote gaming device (108). If player of the respective devices (101/108) fulfills a predetermined gaming behavior criterion then gaming information is shared between common gaming interface portions of the respective devices (101/108). The invention provides an improved interaction between local (103) and remote players (107), resulting in a more realistic gaming experience for the local players as well as for the remote players. The invention also relates to a corresponding method, server, computer program product and remote gaming device.
US10223861B2
A gaming device including a plurality of symbol generators adapted to generate a plurality of symbols at a plurality of symbol positions. In one embodiment, a player selects a first symbol position, the selected symbol position is activated and the gaming device reveals whether a terminator is associated with the selected symbol position. In this embodiment, the player continues selecting symbol positions (and the gaming device continues activating the selected symbol positions) until a terminator is revealed to be associated with a selected symbol position. After a terminator is revealed, the gaming device randomly generating a symbol at each of the activated symbol positions. The gaming device determines an outcome based on the symbols or combinations of symbols generated at the activated symbol positions and provides the player the determined outcome.
US10223855B2
In a paper sheet handling apparatus, communication part or parts (29) are arranged in a bottom part of an upper assembly (12) and communication part or parts (42) are arranged in an upper part of a lower assembly (14) for exchanging banknotes between the upper assembly (12) and the lower assembly (14). The number of the communication part or parts (29) of the upper assembly (12) and the number of the communication part or parts (42) of the lower assembly (14) are same. The position or positions of the communication part or parts (29) of the upper assembly (12) and the position or positions of the communication part or parts (42) of the lower assembly (14) match when the upper assembly (12) or the lower assembly (14) is reversed.
US10223848B2
Various systems and methods for providing a smart entry system are described herein. A smart entry system includes a detector to detect a person near a portal to a room; a transceiver to attempt to establish a wireless connection between the smart entry system and a user device associated with the person; and a user interface to present a notification to the person based on a state of the wireless connection.
US10223845B1
A method based on separating ambient gravitational acceleration from a moving three-axis accelerometer data for determining a driving pattern is presented. A server may receive telematics data originating from a client computing device and combine the telematics data. The server may estimate a gravitational constant to the combined telematics data and generate a function for pitch and a roll angle from the combined telematics data. The server may further determine a driving pattern using at least the pitch and the roll angle.
US10223844B1
A maintenance system can be used with a self-driving vehicle. The maintenance system can include a vehicle management system configured to autonomously drive the vehicle. The maintenance system can include a smoke detection system configured to detect smoke inside the vehicle and a communication system configured to send wireless communications to a remote computing device in response to the smoke detection system detecting the smoke.
US10223840B2
A method for dynamically managing parking space utilization including receiving a dynamic feed of available parking spaces across a set of sectors, each parking space associated with a parking control device, each sector having a preferred utilization rate; utilizing a processor to determine that a parking utilization rate of a first sector exceeds a preferred utilization rate for the first sector; upon receiving a location based parking space reservation request from a user, the request capable of being fulfilled from a plurality of sectors, providing a list of available parking spaces meeting the request including associated prices dynamically generated, wherein parking spaces in the first sector are priced higher than parking spaces in other sectors; and upon selection of one of the provided list of available parking spaces by the user, allocating the selected parking space to the user at the provided associated price and notifying the parking control device associated with the selected parking space.
US10223830B2
A computer-implemented method for designing a manufacturable garment provides a three-dimensional shape representing a garment segmented into a set of three-dimensional panels (3DP). Next the method computes for each three-dimensional panel, a corresponding flattened pattern (FP). The method defines a mesh (MF, M3D) on each of said three-dimensional panels and flattened patterns; and simulates a draping of the segmented three-dimensional shape over a three-dimensional manikin (MK) by progressively imposing a constraint that each mesh element (ME3) of said three-dimensional panels adopts dimensions (EEL) of a corresponding mesh element (MEF) of the corresponding flattened pattern while it conforms to the manikin shape. A computer program product, a non-volatile computer-readable data-storage medium and a Computer Aided Design system may carry out such a method. Also application of such a method to the manufacturing of a real garment.
US10223822B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to performing mid-render auxiliary compute tasks for graphics processing. In some embodiments, auxiliary compute tasks are performed during a render pass, using at least a portion of a memory context of the render pass, without accessing a shared memory during the render pass. Relative to flushing render data to shared memory to perform compute tasks, this may reduce memory accesses and/or cache thrashing, which may in turn increase performance and/or reduce power consumption.
US10223820B2
A method is provided for image processing an angiography data set of a capture region of interest of a patient's vascular system. The method includes establishing a static time parameter set from the angiography data set, wherein the static time parameter set includes time parameters and characterizes the time profile of the contrast agent concentration for picture elements of the capture region described in the image data subsets; establishing a series of mask data sets by picture element-by-picture element application of a window function having a window width of greater than zero; selecting a subinterval in the parameter space covered by the time parameters for each instant of the series to the static time parameter set; and establishing a series of static display data sets by applying the mask data sets to a static vessel data set, which shows a vascular system perfused by the contrast agent in the capture region and which underlies or is derived from the angiography data set.
US10223815B2
A system and related method for X-ray phase contrast imaging. A signal model is fitted to interferometric measurment data. The fitting operation yields a Compton cross section and a photo-electric image. A pro-portionality between the Compton cross section and electron-density is used to achieve a reduction of the number of fitting variables. The Compton image may be taken, up to a constant, as a phase contrast images.
US10223809B2
Described herein are technologies related to facilitate lossy compression for multi-sample color data of computer graphics that maximizes the apparent quality of pixels while avoiding a corresponding burden on memory and processor bandwidth.
US10223808B2
A system for determining the gaze endpoint of a subject, the system comprising: a eye tracking unit adapted to determine the gaze direction of one or more eyes of the subject; a head tracking unit adapted to determine the position comprising location and orientation of the eye tracker with respect to a reference coordinate system; a 3D Structure representation unit, that uses the 3D structure and position of objects of the scene in the reference coordinate system to provide a 3D structure representation of the scene; based on the gaze direction, the eye tracker position and the 3D structure representation, calculating the gaze endpoint on an object of the 3D structure representation of the scene or determining the object itself.
US10223807B1
A method of localization for a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs is disclosed. The one or more programs comprise instructions, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform utilizing one or more autonomous vehicle driving modules that execute processing of images from a camera and data from a LiDAR the following steps comprising: aligning a 3D submap with a global map; extracting features from the 3D submap and the global map; classifying the extracted features in classes; and establishing correspondence of features in a same class between the 3D submap and the global map.
US10223806B1
A method of localization for a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs is disclosed. The one or more programs comprise instructions, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform by one or more autonomous vehicle driving modules execution of processing of images from a camera and data from a LiDAR using the following steps comprising: constructing a 3D submap and a global map; extracting features from the 3D submap and the global map; matching features extracted from the 3D submap against features extracted from the global map; refining feature correspondence; and refining location of the 3D submap.
US10223802B2
In a method for determining a depth map from stereo images, the disparity for a pixel is selected from a predefined quantity or set of predefined discrete disparity values that are distributed over the entire predefined disparity value range, whereby the distribution is non-uniform or has at least two different distances or intervals between different adjacent disparity values. This method makes it possible to more precisely determine (with finer resolution) especially only those disparities for which a more precise determination is required.
US10223798B2
The present application relates to systems and methods used to characterize or verify the accuracy of a tracker comprising optically detectable features. The tracker may be used in spatial localization using an optical sensor. Characterization results in the calculation of a Tracker Definition that includes geometrical characteristics of the tracker. Verification results in an assessment of accuracy of a tracker against an existing Tracker Definition.
US10223795B2
A device for segmenting an image of a subject (36), includes a data interface for receiving an image of the subject (36), which image depicts a structure of said subject (36). A translation unit translates a user-initiated motion of an image positioner into a first contour (38) surrounding said structure. A motion parameter registering unit registers a motion parameter of said user-initiated motion to said first contour (38). The motion parameter includes a speed and/or an acceleration of an image positioner. An image control point unit distributes a plurality of image control points (40) on the first contour with a density decreasing with the motion parameter. A segmentation unit segments the image by determining a second contour (44) within the first contour based on the plurality of image control points (40). The segmentation unit is configured to use one or more segmentation functions.
US10223787B2
A system for counting fetal and maternal red blood cells (RBCs) including a microscope and image capturing device to capture at least one image from a slide holding the fetal and maternal RBCs; a computer readable medium for storing the at least one image; a processor for executing computer readable instructions stored on a computer readable medium; wherein the computer executable instructions include instructions for: indentifying red blood cells from the at least one image; distinguishing between fetal and maternal red blood cells; and counting the fetal and maternal red blood cells.
US10223782B2
An example method includes acquiring two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) digital images of a rock sample. The method also includes selecting a subsample within the digital images. The method also includes deriving a trend or petrophysical property for the subsample. The method also includes applying the trend or petrophysical property to a larger-scale portion of the digital images.
US10223779B2
A fluorescent image acquisition system includes a light emitting device which emits excitation light during ON period and stop the emission of the excitation light during OFF period, an imaging device which outputs ON image data and OFF image data, an input device which sets a coefficient, an image processing unit which creates fluorescent image data and background image data, and an identification unit which identifies fluorescent pixels and non-fluorescent pixels. In order to create a superimposed image, the image processing unit calculates values obtained by summing pixel values of fluorescent pixels of the fluorescent image data and pixel values of fluorescent pixels of the background image data at a ratio of 1:1, as pixel values of the fluorescent pixels and calculates values obtained by multiplying at least pixel values of the non-fluorescent pixels of the background image by the coefficient, as pixel values of the non-fluorescent pixels.
US10223778B2
An image contrast enhancement method and an apparatus thereof are disclosed, which calculate the degree of influencing the clarity according to the influence feature (e.g., heavy fog, dust, smoke, or etc.) in the image, and then adjust the brightness of the pixels corresponding to features of influencing the clarity according to the degree, thereby enhancing image contrast and removing phenomenon of influencing the clarity in the image.
US10223775B2
A method for combining array camera images with feature-based ghost removal includes (a) receiving, from an array camera, a first image and a second image respectively captured by a first camera and a second camera of the array camera, (b) rectifying and aligning the first image and the second image, (c) after said rectifying and aligning, identifying features in the first image to produce at least one first feature image each indicating features in the first image, and identifying features in the second image to produce at least one second feature image each indicating features in the second image, (d) comparing the at least one first feature image with the at least one second feature image to determine a ghost mask defining combination weights for combination of the first image with the second image.
US10223771B2
A method performed under control of a storage manager may include identifying a subject of an image; determining a resolution value for the image based, at least in part, on the identified subject; and modifying a resolution of the image in accordance with the determined resolution value.
US10223770B2
An image processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set a virtual light source for a captured image; a brightness correction unit configured to correct brightness of a partial region of an object using the virtual light source set by the setting unit; an attribute detection unit configured to detect an attribute of the partial region; a glossy component generation unit configured to generate a glossy component that is to be applied to the partial region, according to the attribute of the partial region detected by the attribute detection unit; and a glossy appearance correction unit configured to correct a glossy appearance of the partial region using the glossy component generated by the glossy component generation unit.
US10223765B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus including an image supply unit that supplies a plurality of input images showing corresponding objects to an image processing unit and obtains a plurality of object images as an image processed result from the image processing unit, and a display control unit that synchronously displays the plurality of object images that have been obtained. The object images are regions including the corresponding objects extracted from the plurality of input images, and orientations, positions, and sizes of the corresponding objects of the plurality of object images are unified.
US10223757B2
Information can be provided in a convenient manner to help a user decide what events to attend. The information can include information regarding a popularity of the events. The popularity of the events can be based upon the number of people expected to attend, the number of the user's friends expected to attend, and/or the number of people fitting user-defined criteria who are expected to attend. The events for a user-specified time period can be shown on a map along with information representing the popularity of the events. Thus, the user can choose to attend those events in the user's area which are more popular. The map can be displayed on a user device, such as a cellular telephone. In this manner, the user can more readily attend those particular events which the user is more likely to enjoy.
US10223753B1
Systems and methods for performing insurance damage inspection by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are provided. A computing device may receive a request to inspect a vehicle, the request comprising a location of the vehicle. The computing device may identify a UAV from a plurality of UAVs that is located closest to the location of the vehicle from other UAVs in the plurality of UAVs. The computing device may instruct the UAV to travel to the location of the vehicle. The computing device may instruct the UAV to collect damage information on the vehicle using one or more onboard sensors of the UAV. The computing device may determine an amount of insurance payout to approve for repairs to the vehicle based on the damage information collected by the UAV.
US10223752B1
A method includes receiving vehicle sensor data from a second vehicle via one or more wireless signals. The vehicle sensor data is collected by a sensor that is located on or in the second vehicle and configured to sense an environment external to the second vehicle. The vehicle sensor data is received at an electronic processing system, and stored in a memory. A set of one or more characteristics of the environment external to the first vehicle is determined by processing the stored vehicle sensor data, and a risk indicator is determined based on the set of one or more characteristics, a risk indicator. An insurance rating for an insurance policy associated with the first vehicle is determined based on the risk indicator.
US10223747B2
Systems and methods are provided to control gaming in electronic trading markets. These systems and methods alleviate the problem of a seller or buyer trying to act on a trader's original bid or offer only to trade at an unfavorable level after the trader changes the bid or offer. A pricing method suspends trading for a period of time if a price difference between two bids or offers by the same trader is too great. A timing method prevents a trader from canceling or replacing a bid or offer for a period of time. These methods provide a more fair and efficient way of executing electronic trades.
US10223746B2
Certain implementations of the disclosed technology may include systems, methods, and apparatus for inferring the performance of rejected credit applicants using non-tradeline data. According to an example implementation, a method is provided for evaluating factors that may indicate financial distress and/or future credit performance associated with an applicant. In an example implementation, the method may include receiving applicant information associated with an applicant of a credit application. Responsive to a query, the method may include receiving by at least one processor, non-tradeline data related to the applicant. The method includes scoring, using a predictive scoring model, and based at least in part on the non-tradeline data, a prediction of the applicant's future credit performance. The method includes generating, based on the scoring, an estimated credit performance of the applicant over a predetermined period; and outputting an indication of the estimated credit performance.
US10223743B2
A communication system may include a transaction terminal configured to perform a transaction based upon receiving account information, a first NFC device(s), and a mobile wireless communication device. The mobile device may include a second NFC device configured to communicate with the first NFC device(s) upon being swiped therewith, a memory configured to store account information associated with different accounts and store respective account swipe patterns for the different accounts, where each account swipe pattern comprising at least one of a set time or a set number of swipes, and a controller. The controller may be configured to detect a swipe pattern, determine whether the detected swipe pattern corresponds to one of the plurality of stored account swipe patterns, determine a respective account based upon the determined corresponding stored account swipe pattern, and communicate the associated account information for the determined respective account to the transaction terminal.
US10223734B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for facilitating, via an interactive display platform, a sales transaction conducted in real time between a consultant associated with a consultant device and a customer associated with a customer device. Independent user interaction control capabilities are assigned to the consultant device and the customer device for controlling the sharing of information, the identification of selections pertaining to the shared information and the population of a virtual shopping cart based on the selections, and/or for interacting with the shared information, selections and populated virtual shopping cart. The disclosed methods, systems, and apparatus can facilitate a sales transaction involving any type of product and/or service, including the sale of a report containing product data.
US10223732B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using location data to identify and provide services in association with items appearing in captured images. One of the methods includes receiving, from a device, an image and location data representing the device's physical location, determining, based on the location data, that a particular set of one or more locations are within a threshold distance of the device's physical location, accessing, for each of the one or more locations in the particular set, item information that indicates one or more items that are associated with the location, determining, based on the accessed item information, that the image likely shows a particular item that is associated with one or more locations in the particular set, and providing, to the device, instructions for presentation of information about (i) the particular item and (ii) one or more locations in the particular set that are associated with the particular item.
US10223725B2
A service provider presents results from a search query with dynamic category ranges, with each category range having approximately the same number of items within the category range.
US10223723B1
A device may receive user data associated with a product or service, the user data including a user identifier associated with a user. The device may identify a business application that is relevant to the product or service, the business application being designed to provide the user with a business offer related to the product or service. In addition, the device may provide the user data to the business application and receive, from the business application, business application state data and user response data, the business application state data specifying a partially completed transaction associated with the product or service, and the user response data including information associated with the partially completed transaction. The device may store the business application state data and the user response data, and perform an action based on the business application state data.
US10223709B1
Methods, apparatus, and computer program products are disclosed for providing an impression to a consumer based on consumer preferences for future promotions. The methods include accessing consumer preferences for future promotions that specify at least one promotion request relating to a provider or a promotion category, and one or more promotion qualities, analyzing a plurality of promotions to identify those that satisfy the consumer preferences, and providing an impression to the consumer indicating the availability of the identified promotions. In embodiments, the methods can be used to identify promotions that are combinable with additional promotions offered by the same provider. Corresponding apparatus and computer program products are also provided.
US10223708B2
A mobile rewards real-time redemption system allows members of programs to use a mobile rewards redemption application via their mobile device to redeem currency or points. A ‘ghost’ credit/debit vehicle (account) is used to redeem the rewards currency or points. The ghost card completes the financial transaction which is, from the perspective of a redemption retailer, a conventional card transaction.
US10223705B2
An apparatus, system and method of implementing a computerized brand affinity engine. The apparatus, system and method include at least a plurality of computerized access points having accessible thereto a plurality of sites mentioning at least one sponsor, a categorized, hierarchical database of keywords, wherein at least the keywords falling in at least one category of the hierarchy correspond to a sponsor category of the at least one sponsor, and a tracker, wherein the tracker tracks positive ones of the mentions of the at least one sponsor on ones of the plurality of sites and negative ones of the mentions of the at least one sponsor on ones of the plurality of sites, in accordance with positive and negative keywords of the categorized, hierarchical database in the sponsor category, and wherein the tracker issues an rating with regard to the at least one sponsor in accordance with the positive ones and the negative ones of the mentions. An assessment of optimal sponsors for particular markets and/or in particular geographies that additionally increases sponsorship opportunities in particular markets and/or in particular geographies is thereby provided.
US10223693B2
A digital wallet bill management system runs on centralized processors in operative communication with databases and in networked communication with digital wallet applications, computerized billing systems and payment gateways. Code snippet activators are provided to customers running digital wallet applications on their respective electronic devices. When customers activate the code snippet information, the digital wallet bill management system produces biller e-cards for the digital wallet applications, linking customer accounts to the billing system for the respective customers. The code snippets include biller codes, customer codes and URL addresses, and the system matches the codes with data stored in the database for the respective biller and customer and transmits the biller e-card information to the respective electronic devices for the digital wallet application. The customers use funding e-cards in their digital wallets to produce electronic bill payment records for electronic bills that the system populates using the biller e-cards.
US10223692B2
A method for setting a temporary payment card and a mobile device applying the same are provided. The method includes: displaying a list of mobile payment cards; setting, as a temporary payment card, a mobile payment card which is moved by a user from among the mobile payment card listed in the list; and resetting the setting of the temporary payment card when a payable time passes. Accordingly, the temporary payment card can be changed more easily and swiftly.
US10223690B2
Payment instrument data is received in connection with a transaction, the data including an alternative primary account number (PAN) and an account identifier. A permanent PAN of an account is identified that is based on the account identifier. An alternative PAN associated with the permanent PAN is derived to determine whether the received alternative PAN matches the derived alternative PAN associated with the permanent PAN.
US10223687B2
In linking mobile devices to facilitate a mobile commerce transaction, a primary mobile device creates an invitation to link to a mobile commerce account of the primary mobile device with a mobile commerce payment system and sends the invitation to a secondary mobile device. The secondary mobile device receives the invitation from the primary mobile device and sends an agreement to link to the mobile commerce account to the primary mobile device. The primary mobile device receives the agreement from the secondary mobile device and sends credentials for linking to the mobile commerce account to the secondary mobile device. The secondary mobile device receives the credentials from the primary mobile device and acquires information for enabling the link to the mobile commerce account using the credentials. The secondary mobile device links to the mobile commerce account using the information.
US10223686B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed for remote management of payment terminals. Public keys, or other security elements can be received from a certification authority and distributed to the payment terminals. A merchant, or other entity affiliated with the payment terminals, can monitor the status of the software and security elements of the payment terminals.
US10223682B2
In certain embodiments, an electronic device can include a secure element that detects a mechanical input. The mechanical input can correspond to an instruction to transmit securely stored payment information to another device and/or to release such information to an application on the device (e.g., for use in an in-app commerce transaction). This feature can inhibit or prevent unauthorized transmission of payment information. When the mechanical input is detected, payment information can be transmitted to a point of sale (POS) terminal (e.g., via near-field communication) or released to an app on the device. Further, a user can either use default payment information or interact with the device (before or after providing the mechanical input) to select appropriate payment information for a transaction. For example, the user can select between credit cards, debit cards and/or stored-value cards (e.g., transit card).
US10223680B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for determining whether a check may be cashed at an automated teller machine (ATM) are provided. The ATM may capture check image data from the face of the check and the ATM may transmit the data to a check cashing computing platform. The check cashing computing platform may determine whether the account on which the check is drawn is an account of a first financial institution associated with the ATM, or the account is an account of a second financial institution. A first or second set of rules may be applied to the check based on this determination, to determine an overall check cashing risk score. A determination is then made, based on the overall check cashing risk score, as to whether the check may be cashed or the request to cash the check may be denied.
US10223679B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to deploying, configuring, and utilizing cash handling devices to provide dynamic and adaptable operating functions. A cash handling device having at least one processor, a memory, and a communication interface may store a device registration module, a containerized operating module, a non-engagement services module, and a secure communications module. The device registration module may include instructions that cause the cash handling device to register with a support server and a plurality of financial institution servers. The containerized operating module may include instructions that cause the cash handling device to selectively execute a first operating application or a second operating application. The non-engagement services module may include instructions that cause the cash handling device to generate and present one or more non-engagement user interfaces. The secure communications module may include instructions that cause the cash handling device to track and securely communicate transaction details information.
US10223662B1
Generating a filtered view of an insurance product model is disclosed. A master insurance product model comprising a plurality of insurance policy elements is accessed. Each insurance policy element has a set of one or more availability indicators that indicate one or more conditions under which the insurance policy element is available. A specification of a set of filtering criteria specifying at least one value corresponding to at least one of the set of availability indicators is obtained. The master insurance product model is examined using the set of filtering criteria to generate a resulting insurance product model, wherein the resulting insurance product model is used as a basis for generating specific insurance policies. The resulting insurance product model is presented in a display.
US10223658B2
Described are various embodiments of a continuous integration software development platform and system, and implementation method therefor. In one embodiment, the process comprises creating at least one regular changeset bundle from said submitted software changesets; executing a predefined automated pre-commit quality verification on said at least one regular changeset bundle; promoting at least some successfully verified software changesets in said at least one regular changeset bundle as confirmed low-risk changesets; creating a primary bundle from said confirmed low-risk changesets; executing said pre-commit quality verification on said primary bundle against a current software development version label; and committing at least some successfully verified low-risk changesets in said primary bundle to invoke a new software development version label to be set as said current software development version label in subsequent primary bundle verifications.
US10223657B2
A system that facilitates the negotiation of a standard for inter-enterprise collaboration between trading partners includes a set of meta-model elements. Each element in the set can be negotiated by enterprises and incorporated into a negotiated meta-model that describes an agreement between the enterprises as to collaborations between the enterprises. Each element in the set describes a portion of a potential standard for collaboration between enterprises. The system also includes a meta-model negotiation service that receives an indication that enterprises wish to negotiate a standard for collaborations between the enterprises and provides access to the set of elements and receive selections of one or more of the elements for negotiation and incorporation into a negotiated meta-model. The negotiated meta-model describes an agreement between the enterprises as to collaborations between the enterprises.
US10223649B2
A technology for multi-objective optimization is provided. In accordance with one aspect, historical data and real-time data of a network of interest are provided in an integrated database. User input containing a problem to be solved and user preference for solving the problem is received. An optimization function is identified for generating at least one solution to the problem. The optimization function is identified based on the user preference. In response to identifying a single objective optimization function, the optimization function is initiated from a single objective optimization function library. In response to identifying a multi-objective optimization function, the optimization function is initiated from a multi-objective optimization function library. The optimization function retrieves the historical and real-time data based on the user preference for solving the problem. A result comprising at least one solution to the problem is provided.
US10223641B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for increasing the quality of interactions between two or more entities. These entities are either individuals (e.g., human beings using a computer device) or artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The interactions between all of the entities within a computing environment are mapped and analyzed. Based on the mapped interactions, a relationship model is generated in order to run multiple applications within a computing environment.
US10223639B2
Generating, updating, and using a knowledge graph. Concepts in a knowledge graph can have relations to one another. These relations may be expressed as confidence values. A training data set may be split into two portions, with the first portion used to update confidence values for existing relations between concept pairs, using the knowledge graph. These confidence values can be used, together with the second portion used to update confidence values for known phrases that express known relations. These confidence values, in turn, can be used, together with the first portion, to increase the accuracy of the original confidence scores with respect to existing relations. The process may be iteratively employed, with each iteration increasing the accuracy of confidence scores.
US10223635B2
Compressing a machine learning network, such as a neural network, includes replacing one layer in the neural network with compressed layers to produce the compressed network. The compressed network may be fine-tuned by updating weight values in the compressed layer(s).
US10223633B2
A user-specific, electroencephalogram data-based secure encryption generator maps artificial neural network neuron elements to electroencephalogram data signals generated from scanning neural activity of a user while the user executes a mental activity. Weighting factors are trained to transform the electroencephalogram data signals into a first set of weighted signals that are different from weighted signals generated from scanning neural activity of the user while the user executes another, different activity, and from weighted signals generated from scanning neural activity of another user while executing a similar mental activity. The trained weighting factors are associated with the first set of electroencephalogram data signals and the current mental activity. Thus, a reproducible electroencephalogram encryption key is defined that is unique to the user as a function of one or both of the trained weighting factors and the first weighted set of electroencephalogram data signals.
US10223629B2
In various embodiments, a smart card module is provided. The smart card module may include an electronic circuit in or on a carrier, a smart card module contact layer, which is coupled to the electronic circuit and provides a plurality of smart card module contacts, a mirror layer on the smart card module contact layer, said mirror layer at least partly covering the smart card module contacts, and an optically translucent, electrically conductive oxide layer, which covers the mirror layer. The optically translucent, electrically conductive oxide layer includes a plurality of regions of different layer thicknesses for providing different color components.
US10223628B2
A contactless communication circuit (card) communicates with a proximity coupling device (reader). The card hosts at least two applications. The card initializes an identifier of a communication protocol to a first value. In response to a failure of a transaction with the reader, the card increments a counter. When the counter reaches a threshold, the card changes the identifier to a second value.
US10223625B2
A two-dimensional code generation device includes a determination unit, an image acquisition unit, and a code generation unit. The determination unit determines whether point information is included in coding information, which is information for generating a two-dimensional code. The image acquisition unit selecting, from an image database in which multiple images are registered, an image that visually indicates the point information as a base image and acquires the selected image as the base image when the determination unit determines that the point information is included in the coding information. The code generation unit generates the two-dimensional code based on the coding information, and includes the base image in the two-dimensional code in a superimposed manner when the base image is acquired by the image acquisition unit.
US10223620B2
A rectangular region group storage unit stores a group of rectangular regions indicating portions to be recognized for a crowd state on an image. A crowd state recognition dictionary storage unit stores a dictionary of a discriminator acquired by machine learning by use of a plurality of pairs of crowd state image as an image which expresses a crowd state at a predetermined size and includes a person whose reference site is expressed as large as the size of the reference site of a person defined for the predetermined size, and training label for the crowd state image. A crowd state recognition unit extracts regions indicated in the group of rectangular regions stored in the rectangular region group storage unit from a given image, and recognizes states of the crowds shot in the extracted images based on the dictionary.
US10223617B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing images using recurrent attention. One of the methods includes determining a location in the first image; extracting a glimpse from the first image using the location; generating a glimpse representation of the extracted glimpse; processing the glimpse representation using a recurrent neural network to update a current internal state of the recurrent neural network to generate a new internal state; processing the new internal state to select a location in a next image in the image sequence after the first image; and processing the new internal state to select an action from a predetermined set of possible actions.
US10223613B2
A machine intelligent communication and control system is able to dynamically predict and adapt information presented to various users. The system provides a personalized experience with its ability to identify users, become contextually aware of the user's location and environment, identify objects and actions, and present customized information tailored for the user and the current environment. The system is further able to control connected items within the environment based upon various user preference considerations.
US10223605B2
An interactive virtual aquarium simulation system includes a two-dimensional (2D) fish image having a unique identifier associated therewith, with the unique identifier corresponding to predefined fish movements. A scanner scans the 2D fish image and converts to a digital image. A three-dimensional (3D) mapping processor is coupled to the scanner to generate a 3D fish image based on the digital image. A virtual simulation processor is coupled to the 3D mapping processor to generate simulation video of a virtual aquarium including a plurality of fish and the 3D fish image. The 3D fish image swims within the virtual aquarium based on the predefined fish movements. The simulation video of the virtual aquarium with the 3D fish image is provided to a display.
US10223601B1
A method for generating images of traffic objects using deep learning is disclosed. The method includes obtaining image data from an image. The method includes assigning a set of default parameters to the image data, and the set of default parameters include values associated with at least one of a weather condition of the image and a defect condition of an object of the image. The method includes generating a set of predicted parameters based on the image data. The method includes determining an error for each parameter of the set of predicted parameters, and the error is based on a value of the parameter of the set of predicted parameters and a value of a corresponding default parameter of the set of default parameters. The method includes adjusting a weight of a corresponding connection of the deep learning module.
US10223596B1
Systems and associated methods are disclosed to reduce wait time experienced by customers during order fulfillment and pick-up. The system utilizes cameras and automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) to quickly identify vehicles associated with customer accounts and pending pick-up orders upon arrival. Proximity detectors provide an additional layer of vehicle detection. A concierge tool provides manual inputs from a user relating to vehicle or customer status. The system provides for synthesis and fusion of these diverse input types to accurately detect and identify arriving and departing customers.
US10223595B2
The present invention relates to determining a trajectory of a target from two streams of images obtained from two sources of images, a sub-image of each of the images of the two streams of images representing an overlapping area of a real scene. After having obtained a target path for each of a plurality of targets, from images of the sources of images, for each of the two streams of images, each target path being obtained from a target tracker associated with a source of image, each of the obtained target paths is split into a plurality of target path portions as a function of each potential target switch along the obtained target path. Then, the trajectory is generated as a function of a plurality of the target path portions.
US10223593B1
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a video being posted through a social networking system; one or more portions of the video to be compressed are determined; and the one or more portions of the video are compressed, wherein, upon being compressed, at least one frame corresponding to at least one of the portions is deleted.
US10223590B2
Techniques and systems are provided for processing video data. For example, techniques and systems are provided for performing content-adaptive morphology operations. A first erosion function can be performed on a foreground mask of a video frame, including setting one or more foreground pixels of the frame to one or more background pixels. A temporary foreground mask can be generated based on the first erosion function being performed on the foreground mask. One or more connected components can be generated for the frame by performing connected component analysis to connect one or more neighboring foreground pixels. A complexity of the frame (or of the foreground mask of the frame) can be determined by comparing a number of the one or more connected components to a threshold number. A second erosion function can be performed on the temporary foreground mask when the number of the one or more connected components is higher than the threshold number. The one or more connected components can be output for blob processing when the number of the one or more connected components is lower than the threshold number.
US10223585B2
Disclosed systems and methods generate page segmented documents from unstructured vector graphics documents. The page segmentation application executing on a computing device receives as input an unstructured vector graphics document comprising drawing commands. The application generates an element proposal for each of many areas on a page of the input document tentatively identified as being page elements. Each of the element proposals may be generated at least in part based on the drawing commands. The page segmentation application classifies each of the element proposals into one of a plurality of defined type of categories of page elements at least in part based on the drawing commands. The page segmentation application may further refine at least one of the element proposals and select a final element proposal for each element within the unstructured vector document. One or more of the page segmentation steps may be performed using a neural network.
US10223584B2
Video frames of a document are captured. A still image of the document is optimally automatically taken after the video frames have been recorded. The best image from the frames and the still image is determined. The best image is provided for OCR processing to derive document information represented in the best image for the document.
US10223583B2
In an object detection apparatus 1, a window definer 11 defines a window relative to the location of a pixel in an input image 20. A classification value calculator 13 calculates a classification value indicative of the likelihood that a detection target is present in the window image contained in the window based on the feature data of the detection target. A classification image generator 14 arranges the classification value calculated from the window image according to the pixel location to generate a classification image. An integrator 15 integrates the classification image and a past classification image 42 generated from a past input image input prior to the input image 20 to generate an integrated image 45. A determiner 16 determines whether the detection target is present in the input image 20 based on the integrated image 45.
US10223580B2
Methods and systems for video action recognition using poselet keyframes are disclosed. An action recognition model may be implemented to spatially and temporally model discriminative action components as a set of discriminative keyframes. One method of action recognition may include the operations of selecting a plurality of poselets that are components of an action, encoding each of a plurality of video frames as a summary of the detection confidence of each of the plurality of poselets for the video frame, and encoding correlations between poselets in the encoded video frames.
US10223567B2
The disclosure features dendritic tags, and methods and systems for fabricating and using such tags. The methods can include obtaining at least one image of a dendritic tag attached to an article, analyzing the at least one image to identify a set of features associated with the dendritic tag, and comparing the set of features to stored information to identify the article.
US10223565B2
There is provided in one embodiment a data collection system including a data collection terminal having an encoded information reader device and a computer spaced apart from the data collection terminal. The data collection terminal in one embodiment can be configured to be responsive to configuration data expressed in an extensible markup language.
US10223560B2
Signal detection and recognition employees coordinated illumination and capture of images under to facilitate extraction of a signal of interest. Pulsed illumination of different colors facilitates extraction of signals from color channels, as well as improved signal to noise ratio by combining signals of different color channels. The successive pulsing of different color illumination appears white to the user, yet facilitates signal detection, even for lower cost monochrome sensors, as in barcode scanning and other automatic identification equipment.
US10223550B2
Systems and techniques are described for generating canonical representations of JSON documents. One of the techniques includes receiving a first JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) document, wherein the first document includes one or more JSON objects, and wherein each JSON object includes one or more name-value pairs; generating a first canonical representation of the first JSON document, wherein generating the first canonical representation comprises: removing each non-significant whitespace character and non-significant line ending from the first document, for each JSON object, sorting the name-value pairs included in the JSON object lexicographically, and converting one or more instances of a number value type in the first document into a standardized representation of a double data type; and generating a first digital signature for the first JSON document using the first canonical representation.
US10223549B2
Techniques are disclose herein for facilitating secure user access to resources without user-provided credentials. More specifically, the techniques described herein eliminate the need for end users to remember and provide privileged resource authentication information (e.g., credentials) at the time of resource access. The system accepts and securely stores registration information for accessing privileged resources during a registration process. As discussed herein, the registration information can include identification and authentication information for each privileged resource. The authentication process can also include registration of one or more secondary authentication devices that are used to verify the identity of the end user in lieu of the end user providing credentials.
US10223546B2
Techniques for sorting encrypted data within a software as a service (SaaS) environment. Data is encrypted on a per symbol basis with a symbol based encryption module. Sort and search functionality preserving encryption that allows other modules to sort tokens and to search for tokens is provided. Encrypted tokens that have been encrypted by the symbol based encryption module are stored in a database. Access to the encrypted tokens is provided through the SaaS environment.
US10223545B1
A request is received from a first agent, the request having a filesystem namespace and an operation identifier (ID) identifying one or more operations to be performed within the file system namespace. In response to the request, a security unit is identified based on a first agent ID identifying the first agent. It is determined whether the security unit contains an operation set ID corresponding to the operation ID of the request. It is determined whether the security unit contains information identifying a set of one or more file system management object (FSMOs) associated with the requested filesystem namespace. The one or more operations are allowed to be performed on the one or more FSMOs, in response to determining that the security unit contains information matching the operation ID of the request and the filesystem namespace of the first request.
US10223544B1
In one embodiment, in response to a request received from a client for retrieving a data object stored in a storage system, a root key is obtained from the request. The data object is represented by metadata in a hierarchical structure having a plurality of levels. Each level includes a plurality of nodes and each node being one of a root node, a leaf node and an intermediate node. The hierarchical structure of metadata associated with the data object is traversed in a top-down approach to decrypt each of a plurality of nodes in the hierarchical structure using a key provided from its parent node, starting from the root node to the leaf nodes, including decrypting the root node using the root key. Decrypted data associated with the plurality of nodes is transmitted to the client.
US10223543B1
In general, embodiments of the technology relate to encryption requirements for distributed data archives. More specifically, embodiments of the technology relate to accessing globally distributed data archives by way of local query nodes while providing that encryption rules are enforced.
US10223538B1
Organizations maintain and generate large amounts of sensitive information using computer hardware resources and services of a service provider. Furthermore, there is a need to be able to delete large amounts of data securely and quickly by encrypting the data with a key and destroying the key. To ensure that information stored remotely is secure and capable of secure deletion, cryptographic keys used by the organization should be prevented from being persistently stored during serialization operations. A variety of methods may be used to protect access to keying material and prevent the keying material from being stored persistently.
US10223535B2
A computer-implemented method improves a computer system's security. A description of real-time trends, for multiple computer security issues from a third party resource is associated with multiple security routines for a computer system. The multiple security routines are sorted according to the real-time trends, such that the sorting establishes an order of priority for running each of the multiple security routines based on the real-time trends. A percentage of sorted security routines to execute on the computer system is executed in their order of priority to identify one or more computer security issues for the computer system. One or more processors then execute a resolution program to resolve the one or more computer security issues that are identified for the computer system.
US10223525B2
A display apparatus which determines a screen to be displayed when a power-on command is input, and method thereof, is provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display a content; an input unit configured to receive a command; and a controller configured to: in response to a power-off command being input while a content is displayed, determine whether or not the displayed content is appropriate to be subsequently displayed when a power-on command is input; in response to determining that the displayed content is not appropriate to be subsequently displayed when the power-on command is input, store a predetermined initial screen; in response to determining that the displayed content is appropriate to be subsequently displayed when a power-on command is input, store the displayed content; and in response to a power-on command being input, control the display to display the predetermined initial screen or the displayed content.
US10223523B2
The present invention is directed to a system and method for restricting data, or portions thereof, to specific display devices when accessed by a user. Furthermore, the system and method of the invention are directed, in part, to evaluating in real time, the access level of a device and restricting the availability of sensitive information on the device according to the access level as determined by device location and hardware configuration.
US10223516B2
Disclosed is a login method for controlling user access into a restricted access environment requiring a login device, which may be a wearable device, to effectuate a login process.
US10223511B2
A method of mapping an input message to an output message by a keyed cryptographic encryption operation, wherein the keyed cryptographic encryption operation includes a first round, including: performing a substitution function on a first portion of the input message to produce an output, wherein the substitution function incorporates a portion of a cryptographic key; and performing a watermarking function on the output, wherein the watermarking function produces a watermark output when the first input portion has a specific predetermined value, wherein the watermark output uniquely identifies the keyed cryptographic encryption operation.
US10223510B1
Method for automatically distributing, as needed, a user's digital-works and usage-rights to one or more user-devices. A definition of the usage-rights for a digital-work may be stored at one or more locations on a network. A version of said digital-work suitable for a user-device may be provided by one or more locations on said network. When a user who is authorized to utilize said digital-work is active at a user-device, a version of said digital-work and authorization to utilize is automatically transferred when needed to a user-device. The digital-work and authorization may be automatically transferred as needed to any user-device where an authorized user is active. The usage-rights may only be valid for one or more specific users. The usage authorization at each user-device may be less than defined in the full usage-rights maintained on the network. Authorization to utilize said digital-work at a user-device may be extended from time to time by exchanging user-device status across the network. Digital-works are automatically provided as needed to any user-device that an authorized user is using.
US10223500B2
The present invention provides methods, systems and devices for drug-drug interaction and adverse event analysis. Chemical structures for one or more pairs of drugs are obtained from at least one of a user and a database. A chemical fingerprint is generated for each drug of the one or more pairs of drugs based on the chemical structure of the drug. Drug-drug interaction prediction is performed for each pair of drugs based on the chemical fingerprints. Adverse event prediction is performed based on the predicted drug-drug interaction for the one or more pairs of drugs.
US10223490B2
One aspect includes identifying via groups that each includes a ratio of a plurality of signal vias to one ground via based on a design file defining a layout of a multi-layer circuit board. A genetic via placement solver iteratively evaluates potential placement solutions that adjust a placement of one or more of the signal vias until at least one solution is identified that meets one or more placement criteria of the signal vias. The genetic via placement solver performs a mutation and recombination of one or more solutions that do not meet the one or more placement criteria and re-evaluates the one or more solutions that do not meet the one or more placement criteria. The design file is modified to include at least one shifted signal via position based on identifying the at least one solution that meets the one or more placement criteria.
US10223481B2
In a computer-aided resin behavior analyzer that analyze behavior of a continuous fiber and long discontinuous fiber incorporated in a resin during molding in a mold under predetermined molding conditions through a simulation program installed on a computer, the simulation program is configured to calculate, when analysis conditions including at least multiple nodes F of the fiber is inputted, a bending rate Af of the fiber with respect to an evaluated length obtained from at least one node Fn among multiple nodes F anticipated under the molding conditions based on the analysis conditions, and to evaluate bending of the fiber based on the bending rate Af with respect to the evaluated length.
US10223466B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for searching for and acquiring information under a computing environment. The apparatus includes: at least one input device configured to receive a first query input of a first query type and a second query input of a second query type; and a controller configured to output a query input window including a first display item corresponding to the first query input and a second display item corresponding to the second query input, to automatically switch, in response to receiving the first query input, the apparatus from a first state to receive the first query input of the first query type to a second state to receive the second query input of the second query type, and to obtain a search result according to a query based on the first query input and the second query input.
US10223465B2
A customizable intelligence channel may be uniquely designed and implemented to contain only that information deemed to be relevant and material to a specific topic. The topic-related information provided via the intelligence channel may contain no extraneous results, irrelevant, and/or redundant information. The intelligence channel may be dynamically updated in real time, based on user input and/or crowdsourced data, to provide topic-related information.
US10223463B2
A method for filtering out nodes associated with hierarchical data structures is provided. The method may include generating node controllers on the hierarchical data structures. The method may include determining whether user actions are received on a first node controller, a second node controller, and a third node controller associated with the generated plurality of node controllers. The method may include filtering node levels associated with hierarchical data structures, and presenting the hierarchical data structures without the filtered out node levels. The method may include filtering out sibling nodes associated with the hierarchical data structures, and presenting the hierarchical data structures without the filtered out sibling nodes. The may further include reverse-collapsing first node levels and filtering out second node levels based on the reverse-collapsed first node levels, and presenting the hierarchical data structures without the filtered out second node levels.
